Dedication.
and Hardness of their Composition; being written, and difficultly made apt, and proper to wonderful and uncommon Tunes, which the best Masters of Musick were then famous for: And I must presume to say, scarce any other Man could have perform'd the like, my double Genius for Poetry and Musick giving me still that Ability which others perhaps might want; nor was the Encouragement inconsiderable; for as well as obliging the Nobility, Gentry, and Commonalty, I had the Satisfaction of diverting Royalty likewise with my Lyrical Performances: And when I have perform'd some of my own Things before their Majesties King CHARLES the IId, King JAMES, King WILLIAM, Queen MARY, Queen ANNE, and Prince GEORGE, I never went off without happy and commendable Approbation. The Remembrance of my Success at that time, makes me hope the present Affair,My
