Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . TO T HE MOST Vertuous Lady, the Qtunte/Je o/D orset Dowager. His excellent Booke, pro-. uing tho ihortly, yet fure-ly, thevanitieof all otherqoods; the veritie of mansonely good to confift infolely ietling his foule onGod the foueraigne^yea fole Good; hailingproued profitable to all almoft neighbourNations5 as turned into their tongues; Iprcfume to prefent vnto our Countrie alfofor our common good. Now for that it isacommonvfc, in communicating; to all apriuatelnuention or Tranllation,to 3 priate. The Epis tl priate the protection thereof to
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . TO T HE MOST Vertuous Lady, the Qtunte/Je o/D orset Dowager. His excellent Booke, pro-. uing tho ihortly, yet fure-ly, thevanitieof all otherqoods; the veritie of mansonely good to confift infolely ietling his foule onGod the foueraigne^yea fole Good; hailingproued profitable to all almoft neighbourNations5 as turned into their tongues; Iprcfume to prefent vnto our Countrie alfofor our common good. Now for that it isacommonvfc, in communicating; to all apriuatelnuention or Tranllation,to 3 priate. The Epis tl priate the protection thereof to fome oneparticular Perfon: in the defigning of thatPerfbn, vnto me none occurs more properthen your vertuous felfe , not fo much formy priuate obligations vnto you (which yetbe manifold, I muft needes publikely ac-knowledge) as for a peculiar intereft (as Imay fay) it fecms you haue vnto this Booke (I fay ) fo much efteemed byyour late moil worthy Lord arid Husband,as had his leifure beene anfwcrable to hislearning and will,it had becne enobledby amore noble Tranilatour, ThisBooke (I fay)which though perhaps as Philofophicali forthe fpeculatiue points, may be aboue yourvnderftanding,yet as truely Theological forthepradticall partes, the principal! ende offueh (peculations 5 it is I am perfwaded ac-cording, and vnder your wilt And yet alfo(Madame, fpr I had rather you (hould wife-ly feare, then I foolifhly flatter ) looke intoit as a giafle , not fo much to fee if modparts be much , as if any bee leffe beautiful!.Weigh if in all t
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