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To the Worfhipful 
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W ARKWO R.T H in the County 
of NORTHAMPTON, Efq; Grace, 
Mercy, and Peace be Multiplied. 
Worfhipful Sir , 
I T hath been heretofore accounted a happinefs 
to d6 fomething that was worthy to be Writ¬ 
ten, or to write fomething that was worthy 
the "Reading; and although I have not at¬ 
tained any, ofthofe two, yet, I doubt not to fay, I 
have in the following Trad: writ fomething that is 
worthy to be Pradifed; although by thofe that are 
of the lower Orb. Sir, I have many years fmce had 
the advantage and opportunity, in your Worfhips 
Service,- to-St-udy-and .Practice the Art of Plantings 
Grafting and Gardning 0 to which I was naturally in¬ 
clin’d j as alfo being in fome meafure countenanced 
and affiftedby your Worfhip, as indeed you did all 
your other Servants that had any inclination or en¬ 
deavour to the Pradice of good Husbandry ; as al¬ 
fo having found your Worfhip rather as an Indul- 
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