E. C. TO THE READER.
If care to ſhowe, good will to natiue ſoyle,
In ſetting forth, a worke of great auayle:
If how to ſhunne, the vaine & reſtleſſe toyle,
Wherein we wade, for things that ſoone doe fayle.
If graue aduice, bewraydde in ſimple ſhowe,
Forwarning ſtill, the trayne of guilefull waye:
If Wiſedomes lore, the good from yll to knowe,
And by the fame, our brittle Hues to ſtaye.
If this and more, yea more an hundred folde,
Lies open nowe, vnto thy happie gaine:
If theſe I ſaye, worth more than mafſſe of golde
Doe well defſerue, by him that tooke this paine
Good Reader than, graunt this my iuſt deſire,
In thankfull ſort, receyue this learned Booke:
For his rewarde, he ſeekes no further hire,
But good report, when thou herein ſhalt looke.
His paines were great, thy gift thus waye but ſmall
Yet be content, and thinkes he reapeth all.
