To the Trader. 
Ihtmat Hicfos 
JehnBug $1. 
William Broad. 
Job Weale. 
Leonard Buch- 
ner. 
lames Clarke. 
Robert Lorain. 
knowne to growwildc in this kingdcme,asycufha!lfirideby diners places in this book. 
My lotting friends and fellow Trauellers in this ftudy,and of the fame profelTion, vvhofe 
companie I haue formerly enioyed infearching oner agreatpartof Kent, and vvhoare 
ftill ready to do the like in other places, are here alfo to bcrcmembred } and that the ra- 
ther, becaufe this Knowledge amongft vs in this city was almoft loft, or at leaft too much 
neglefted,efpecially by thofe towhom it did chiefely belong, and who oughtto be a- 
fhamed of ignorance, efpecially in a thing fo abfolutely neccflaric to their profelfton. 
They (hould indeed know them as vvorkemen do their tooles, that is readily tocal them 
by their names,know where to fetch, and whence to procure the belt ofeachkinde; and 
laftly,how to handle them. 
I haue already much exceeded theboundsofan Epiftle,yet haue omitted many things 
of which I could further haue informed thee Reader, but I will Ieaue them vntill fuch 
time as I findeagratefttll acceptance 3 orfome other occafion that may againe in- 
uite me to let Pen to Paper which, That it may be for my Countreyes 
good and Gods glory, fhall euer be the prayers and 
Endeauours of thy Well- 
Wilher 
From my trnfeon Snow-hill, 
Octet, 12. i £33. 
Thomas Iohnson . 5 
