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. The Florentine TO THE RIGHT H RABLE SYR CHRISTOPHER HAfTON,KNIGHT OF THE ORDER, ONE OF HER MAIESTIES P R1V 1 E COVNCELL, AND LORD C H A N- cellour of Enilwdi Y VERIE GOOD LORD, It hath bene (andyet I thinke is)an vie allowable, to prefent thofe whomwe honour or loue, with flich things as either for theirvalue beprofitable,or for dieir noueltiepleafing. Wan-ting power to performe the one, I make bold Co do theother: and according to my promife) fend you this oldHifbrie newly translated. Which albeit your L. hathheretofore read in the Italian toons:,yet may it be, that(for varieties
. The Florentine TO THE RIGHT H RABLE SYR CHRISTOPHER HAfTON,KNIGHT OF THE ORDER, ONE OF HER MAIESTIES P R1V 1 E COVNCELL, AND LORD C H A N- cellour of Enilwdi Y VERIE GOOD LORD, It hath bene (andyet I thinke is)an vie allowable, to prefent thofe whomwe honour or loue, with flich things as either for theirvalue beprofitable,or for dieir noueltiepleafing. Wan-ting power to performe the one, I make bold Co do theother: and according to my promife) fend you this oldHifbrie newly translated. Which albeit your L. hathheretofore read in the Italian toons:,yet may it be, that(for varieties fake)youwill againe vouchsafe to perufe it in our Englifh : written by him that is allyours. Sure I am (and by reading hereof,your L. fhall be aiTuredjthat neitherI haue rlillv exprefled die Authours conceit, nor the writer well performedhis dutie. Notwithstanding, fith both thofe wants may be fupplied by youriudgementj aduenture the Booke into your ,whom I dare truft withany pardonable error. For as 1 haue taken in
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