. TheEpiftIc, 
frijm tyme to tyme > hecn put in rfe and praSlifi of lahcuy^f 
tljroiioh Kyngtis and princes : But alfo it hath been put in 
writyng of manygreate and worthie per/onages , in diuerfe 
kjnde of languages y as in Greeks by philometor yHicrony 
^ chclemyOrpheusy Mufeeusy Plcmery Hcfiode, Con flan- 
rincyCdefar: ^nd in Latincy by Verren^ Caten , CclumcUa, 
Paladimy Virgilly ^milms Macer : and in the Vortingali 
tongue by Kyfg ^ttalm and MagOy ( the whiche reciteth 
the Hiftoydes ) that after their death y the bookesof Plan- 
ting and Grajjyngrv ere brought to Remeyfone after the de- 
dlnifiion of Carthage. Lik^wife how many ftyice haue writ- 
ten onely of ^^ealeyund louejer their Countrie and Com- 
mon wealthey of the-fruitfull^rte of plantyngandGraf- 
fyng:yea of late daies how many worthie men by their lear- 
tiyyg haue written lih^wife thereof > piould feeme that it 
hath come from their aunce flour SyOs the greatefl hcncur^ 
thi''ou^h the noble inuentionof tne fame • Ltk^wife I dare 
bcldlle affirme yttot cnely the learned haue written y but 
alfo haue been praflifers and inuenters of the fame, {as wit- 
neffeth diuers Htflories) in diuers and many fecrete thyn- 
freSy wherein I dare boldliefaie, thei haue not learnedly, 
nor fo exaSlly written ^ but they haue mere exaSily taughp 
and left in writyng thyngesfo cert aine, that their fuccejfors 
maie eafily mark?, ohferue, and hfepe the fame : per euery 
one hath written yaccerdyn^ to the nature of his Countrie* 
The Greeks for Greeks j t%e Barbarians for Barbaric, the 
Italians fur Italic , the Frenche memiefor Fraunccy^c, 
PFoiche writyng wlihout the order andpraflifcydoeth very 
/mail prof te for this cur Realme of Englande, the whiche I 
canhlime nothyrg morcythen the negligence of our Nation, 
