The PREFACE.
tings, as well as to coins and medals—It may be added too, that as Butler is not only excellent, but almost singular too in his manner of writing; every thing of his must acquire a proportionable degree of value and curiosity.
I shall not longer detain the reader from better entertainment by indulging my own sentiments upon these Remains; and shall rather chuse to wait for the judgement of the public, than impertinently to obtrude my own. It is enough for me, that I have faithfully discharged the office of an Editor; and shall leave to future critics the pleasure of criticising and remarking, approving or condemning. The notes which I have given, the reader will find to be only such as were necessary to let him into the author's meaning, by reciting and explaining some circumstances not generallyknown,
