. Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries. TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KAngof ^reat^ritaine, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. &c. May it pleafejour mofl Excellent Maiefiie j He whole Body of the ;!A(W^^e Ventis, about foureyeeres pad, when your Alaiefiiewsis Trirtce: Soas there needed no new Dedication of thisWor{e, but only, in all humblenefTe, to let yourMaieflie know, it is yours. It is true, if that lined, your Maieflie, erelong, hadbeeneinuoked, to the Protedtion of another Hiftorie Whereof,. T2eaicatory, Whereof, i


. Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries. TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KAngof ^reat^ritaine, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. &c. May it pleafejour mofl Excellent Maiefiie j He whole Body of the ;!A(W^^e Ventis, about foureyeeres pad, when your Alaiefiiewsis Trirtce: Soas there needed no new Dedication of thisWor{e, but only, in all humblenefTe, to let yourMaieflie know, it is yours. It is true, if that lined, your Maieflie, erelong, hadbeeneinuoked, to the Protedtion of another Hiftorie Whereof,. T2eaicatory, Whereof, iiQt 0\(atures K^ngdomc^ as in this,but thefc ofyour Mdeflies^ (dunng theTinreand %aigne o^K^ng Henry the Eighth) had beenethe Subiecl: Which fince it died vnder the De-fignation meerely^there is nothing left,butyour^Maieftiis Princely Goodneffe, gracioufly toaccept of the Vndertakers Heart, and Intenti-ons . who was willing to hauc parted , for awhile, with his Darling ^iilo/ophie^ that heemight haue attended your Royall Commande-ment, in that other IVorf^, 1 hus much I hauebeene hold, in all lowIinefTe^to reprcfent vntoyour Maiiflie^ as one that was trufted wiih hisLordlhipi Writingf, euen to the lall. And as thisfVor{e affccteththe Sfampe of your zSAdaieJiies%)jaUProteBion, to make it more currant to theWorlds So vnder the TroteBion of this Worl^e, Iprefume in all humbleneffe to approach yourMakfties prefence • And to oflFer it vp into yourSacred Hands. Your MAieSTieS moji LojaHand Deuoted Subie9, W. R/WI^BY. a*ii3»^*-^{ SYLVA SYLVARVM: A N


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