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T H E 
T P. A N S L A T O R’s 
PREFACE, 
H I S Effay was publiflied in Swedifh in 
the year 17585 by the i\uthor, who in 
the beginning chofe to be anonymous, for 
reafcns lie has given in his Preface : He could 
not, however, remain long concealed, but was 
fooii difcovered to be the learned nobleman 
Axel Fredric Cronftedto 1 now giye a tranfla- 
tion of it, to comply with the defiVe of feve- 
ral of my friends here in England. I /hall not 
pttempt to arnufe the Publick in favour of this 
work, lince it fpeaks fo Vt^ell for itfelf, and 
has b£en almoft generally adopted wherever 
knowiio 
The univerlal applaufe, and the favourable 
reception it met with in Sweden, made it foori 
knov^m in Norway and Denmark. In the year 
1700 it v/as tranilated into German, and was 
equally 
