To the Right VVorshipfull 
Ivlivs Caesar DodtoroftheLawes^ 
Judge of the High Court of Mimiralty * 
Mafler of %e^uefls to the Queenes 
Maiefly , and Mailer of Saint 
Katherines, 
IG H T vv ORSHIPFYLL5 
The manyfolde Curtefies , 
which it hath pleafed you 
from time to time to multiply 
vpon mee, haue made me fo 
greatly beholden vnto yoii^ 
that they can iieuer dye, but 
Vemainefrefh in my remem¬ 
brance during my Life: So that I mull enforce my 
felfe with all my bell Endeuours openly to acknow¬ 
ledge the fame, and by all the meanes that poffibly I 
can, to bee thankefull for them • otherwife I might 
iuftly be noted with theblackelpotte of Ingratitude , 
the moft odious vice that can raigne amongft men s 
which vice to auoyde , I haue ftudied earneftly to 
finde out fome way, wherby I might make knowne 
vnto your Worfhip that duetifull reuerence and af¬ 
fection, which I owe vnto you in that refpcc5l . But 
hauing hitherto had no fitoportunitie or good ocea- 
lion to declare the fame , I hauebeene conftrayned 
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