30Earle of Montgomery, &c. Gentleman of his Maiesties

34 Right Honourable,

35WHilst we studie to be thankful in our particular, for

36the many fauors we haue receiued from your L.L

37we are falne vpon the ill fortune, to mingle

38two the most diuerse things that can bee, feare,

39and rashnesse; rashnesse in the enterprize, and

40feare of the successe. For, when we valew the places your H.H.

41sustaine, we cannot but know their dignity greater, then to descend to

42the reading of these trifles: and, vvhile we name them trifles, we haue

43depriu'd our selues of the defence of our Dedication. But since your

44L.L. haue beene pleas'd to thinke these trifles some-thing, heereto-

45fore ; and haue prosequuted both them, and their Authour liuing,

46vvith so much fauour: we hope, that (they out-liuing him, and he not

47hauing the fate, common with some, to be exequutor to his owne wri-

48tings) you will vse the like indulgence toward them, you haue done