being brought unto your Lordſhip by my good Friend, (who alſo diſcovered to your Lordſhip this my Labour) and finding your Lordſhip favourably to reſpect me and it, I took Encouragement to put the fame in Print, after I had obtained (according to my humble Suit) your Lordſhip's Favour for Allowance and Patronage thereof.
Now it remaineth farther, to crave of your Lordſhip, not only for my ſelf, but for all that ſhall uprightly labour in this juſticiary Courſe, that we may receive from your Lordſhip ſuch Encouragement, as that we may undergo the Charge impoſed upon us, without Fear of Oppoſitions, or other Diſturbances. So by your Lordſhip's Favour and Means ſhall Juſtice be the more duly adminiſtred, and his Majeſty's Peace be the more firmly maintained, to the Honour and Safety of the King's Majeſty, and the good and peaceable Government of all his Subjects. And ſo his Majeſty will no Doubt proceed (as he hath begun) ſlill to increaſe your Honour, for your Care in honouring him, and his Royal Throne thereby; and the People, who ſhall feel the Benefit of your Zeal for Juſtice, will heartily pray for your Happineſs; and God, beholding how you make Juſtice and Peace go together, will, according to his abundant Mercies, give you the everlaſting Reward of Juſtice and Peace: For all which I will continually pray, and beſides, reſt
Your Lordſhip's in all Humility
And Duty ever to be commanded,
Michael Dalton.
