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TO THE MOST NOBLE
And
INCOMPARABLE PAIRE
OF BRETHREN.
William
Earle of Pembroke, &c. Lord Chamberlaine to the Kings moſt Excellent Maieſty.
and
Philip
Earle of Montgomery, &c. Gentleman of his Maieſties Bed-chamber. Both Knights of the moſt Noble Order of the Garter, and our ſingular good
lords.
Right Honourable,
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Hilſt we ſtudie to be thankful in our particular, for the many fauors we haue receiued from your L. L we are falne vpon the ill fortune, to mingle two the moſ diuerſe things that can bee, feare, and raſhneſſe; raſhneſſe in the interprize, and feare of the ſucveſſe. For, when we valew the places your H. H. ſuſtaine, we cannot but know their dignity greater, then to deſcend to the reading of theſe trifles: and, vvhile we name them trifles, we haue depriu'd our ſelues of the defence of our Dedication. But ſince your L.L. haue beene pleas\d to thinke theſe trifles ſome-thing, heertofore; and haue proſequuted both them, and their Authour liuing, vvith ſ much fauour: we hope, that (they out-liuing him, and he not hauing the fate, common with ſome, to be exequutor to his owne writings) you will vſe the like indulgence toward them, you haue donevnto
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