Dedicatory.
being mine: The Matter it self directs me to Your Lordship as the proper Patron of the Cause, as well as of its Advocate. Those that enquire whether there is such a Spirit now in the World as animated the greatest Examples of Antiquity, must seek for living Instances, as well as abstracted Arguments; and those they must take care to produce to the best Advantage, if they expect to convince the World that they have found what they sought for.
This therefore being the Subject of this following Enquiry, it seemed necessary to urge the strongest Argumentsfirst,
