. The wisedome of the ancients . ator i£. And for this Booke that I humbly prefctic toyotjr High- ncflci which fo eininently ex- prefiTeth its owneperfeftion, in mee it would fecme no lefTe a va- nitie to giue it attributes of glorie and praife,then if I ftiould lend Spcftacles to Z,y;?Ar 5 or an- Eye ta ^^rgm , knowing it ncedlefle to wafte guiiding on pureGould,whii:hi3 cuerbeft valued by its owne true touch Jtnd lufter. But to delcend to my fclfe, that do now lay before , your Rrifacdic cefure the Tranf- lation of thefe excellent and iti- dicious difcourfes , fo barely wrapt vp in my harfli
. The wisedome of the ancients . ator i£. And for this Booke that I humbly prefctic toyotjr High- ncflci which fo eininently ex- prefiTeth its owneperfeftion, in mee it would fecme no lefTe a va- nitie to giue it attributes of glorie and praife,then if I ftiould lend Spcftacles to Z,y;?Ar 5 or an- Eye ta ^^rgm , knowing it ncedlefle to wafte guiiding on pureGould,whii:hi3 cuerbeft valued by its owne true touch Jtnd lufter. But to delcend to my fclfe, that do now lay before , your Rrifacdic cefure the Tranf- lation of thefe excellent and iti- dicious difcourfes , fo barely wrapt vp in my harfli Engli(h ..pbrafe, that were by the Author fo richly attired in afwcete Lat tine ftile: I muft therein flie to the Sancluarie of your gracious acceptance. In which hopefe- a 3 cu- The Ep I s t l I, &:c. curing my doubtes , doe withall reuercnce kiflc your Prince-ly hands: Rcmayning cucr ready to approouc; . _ myfclfcicr ^ ? : V Your Htghneffe moft dutiful! and moftdeuoced Scruanc f i 3fh 1. KArthnr Gorges. Ut;i^\; The. The Preface. HB Antiquities of the firFi age (exceft thofevpefinde m fir credwrit) vperebH- rkdin ohliuion itnd ftlence \f1lencev0asfuccedeihy PO eticali fables ; and pMes agxine vpen foUovpedhy the Records wee novtf entoySo thxt the myfteries and /ecrets of Antiquity were dijiingui- Jheddnd feparatedfrom the Re* cords and Evidences offucceedinjg time shy the vatleoffiBion^ which interfofeditfelfe(^ came between thofe things which ferijhed, and thofe which are extant. J fupfofe fame are of opinion^ thatmypHrpofe is to write toyes and trifles \ and to vfurpe the f me liberty in applying^. that the Foetsajfumediri pyning^ which I might dee (Iconfejfe) if I a 4 It^led^ The Preface. and mfh pwr^ fmous contem^Utions intermixe thefe things, todelight either my felfe in meditAtion^or others in reading. Neitheraip I $gHormt: howfickle and in-(.m^Ant a timgfction i6^ ai beingjiihieElto heedrawneand vpreftedany way, and how great the com-moditie of wit and dtfconrfe i
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