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TO THE

HONOURABLE

Edward Howard Esq.

On his intended Impression of his

POEM

OF THE

BRITISH PRINCES.

SIR,
My Judgement in Poetry hath, you know, been once already Censured by very good Wits, for commending Gondibert; but yet they have not, I think, disabled my testimony. For, What Authority is there in Wit? A Jester may have it; a Man in drink may have it, and be fluent over night, and wise and dry inthe