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The Epiftle. 
highly to he commende i and prajfedtthanmitnv other 'f^orthie and 
noble things in this -faorUe : for tht6 y^rt hath not onely from tyme 
to tyrne, Lene put in \fe and praHife of labour through Kin es and 
T>rinces : but alfo it hath bene put m "ifriting of many great "toor- 
thie perfonagesM diuers kj de of languages, as in Greeks by Philo^ 
nietor,Hieron,^cheleus,Orpheits,Mufceits, Homer, H of ode. Con- 
frantine, Crefar : and in Latinjy l^erron,Caton,Co!umell.i,Va'a {ius, 
virgin, .Amilms 7yiacer,and in the Vortirgall tongue by King .At- 
tains and Mago,{the %'hich reci.eth the H ifortesfhat after their 
death,the booi^es of Vlaiiting and Graffing Yi ei e brought to Ifome, 
foone after theJejlruHton of Carthage. Lihg'HyJe hoy^ many f nee 
haue "tn itten onely ofzeale and loue for their county ey and common 
-tcealth, of the fruit fuller te of flanting and Grajfing : yea of late 
dayes ho'tn many 'trorthie men by their learning haue y^ritten Hkf^ 
*ts>yfe therof, fhoulde feeme that it hath come from their auncefers, 
.as thegreatef honor,through the noble inuention ofthefame.Lihy- 
yeyfe I dare boldely afirme,not onely the learned haue ycritten, bult 
alfo haue bene praHifrs and inuenters of thefame,f as yvitnejfeth 
diuers Hilloriesyn diuers Cf many fecret i hings,ys>herin I dare bold- 
lye fay, thy haue not learnedly, nor jo exaUly yoritten, but they haue 
more exallly taught and left inyvritingthingesfo certayne, that 
their fuccejfours may eaj'dy marky, obferue, and keepe the fame : for 
euery one hath ycritten according to the nature of his countrey. T he 
Creebesfor Greeke,the Barbarians for Barbaric, the Italians for /•• 
tahe, the Fre.iche men for Fraunce. ttre. U^hich Meriting "Without 
yhe order and pYaHife,doth Vey fmall prof te for this our Byahne of 
£nglande,the y»hich T can blame nothing more than the rrgligence 
of our nation, yihich hath had fmall care heretofore in planting and 
Crajfngdn fo^ne places of this readme (^as I haue lQio'9t>ne')yehere as 
^ood and yvell dijPofed haue grajfed , the euill and malicious perfon 
hath fcr.e after deflroyedthem agahe : but ifyre ycouLle endeuour 
our jellies thereinto (as other ou itries doe,) %v.? might fiorif, and 
haue n any a fraunge hinde of fruite ( yrhich noys yse haue often'- 
times the yvant thereof ) that might grea.ly pi afure and feme ma- 
ny e yrayes Loth for the rich and poore, as yce'las in Grece,Barharie, 
Italy, or Fa'auncedf our naAo yeeregiuen fo yvelltkatys>ay,as they are. 
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