Tfje Preface to the Redder. 
1 am out of doubt that this Booke of Bres ypill in his In- 
fancie lie hidden in ©bfcuritie, as the Booke of Tropes and 
Figures did fora while goe vnregarded, without friends or 
acquaintance : but as that did by little and little infinuate it 
felfe into the loue and liking of many Schooles, yea of the 
Vniuerfitieitfelfe, where it hath beene both priuately and 
ptiblikely read j (afauour, which this Mother dothfel- 
dome afford to hir owne Children, left haply (lie Ihould 
feeme too fond ouer them : ) fo this will in time trauell into 
the moft remote parts of this great kingdome of Great Bri - 
uine, and be entertained of all forts both learned and vn- 
learned : although th tMufes Birds are fitteft for the Mufes, 
and the knowledge of their long-hidden fecrets was chiefly 
pubiiflued for the Mufes friends. Qmbm me, quicqutd fam* 
& flu dia me a dico. Wott&n. May 3 o* 1 62 3 . 
Char: Bvtler. . 
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