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Show The Epiftle to the 1\ead~r. ---- fectiotB, and Abilities; And the heft Pcrfun1e, of his Name, to the fforld, after hi~ Death. Lafily, if it be objceted, that fomelew, of the Pie- 1 cu, ·whereof this whole confifieth, ha<l vifired the PubIIick Light before; It is true, that they had been obtru- 1 ded, to the World, by unknown Hands; But with fuch Skars, and Blemiibes, upon their f'a,ces ; That th~y could paffe, but for a SpurioJ,.t, and Adulterine Brood,and not for his L,rdfoips Legitimate I Jfue: And the Publii11ers, and Printers, of them, deferve to have al.l-Aliion, of Defamation, brought againfi them, by the State of Learning, for Difgrar.ing,and Perfonating, his LerdJbipJ urork:!. As for this prefent Colleefion, I doubt not, but that it will veri fie it felf, in the feverall P arcel!J thereof; And tnanifefi, to all underftanding, and unpartiall, Keader.r, who is the AuthoHr of it; By that Spirit, of ferfpicuity, and Aptne.!Je, and Concifeneffe, which runs through the whole WorJt; And is ever an Annex, of his Lordfoips P~nne. · There is required now; And I have been moved by n1any ; Both from F orretn Nt~tions, and at HtJ!Ue ; who have held in Price, and been Admirers, of this HOltourable AuthourJ ConceitJ, and Apprehenfions; That iome Memorial/J,might be added,concerning his LordjhipJ Lifo; Wherein I have been ntore WilliNg, then Juflicient, to fatisfie their RequeftJ: And to that -End,have endeavoured, to contribute, not my Talent, but my Mite, in the next following Difcqurfe; Though, to give the true Valoe, to his LorJjhipJ Worth; There were more need, of another H'mer , to be the TrHmpet, of AchilleJ Vertues. WILL1AM N.AWLET. THE THE ~~ .. '• i E OF THE H 0 -:-N 0 U ~ A B L E A.UTHOR: c ~.-='-"'~,e!P' H. AN CIS B A C 0 N, the Glory, of 1 t hjJ Age, and Nation; The Adorner, and Ornatnent) of Learning; WaJ born, in York Idonfe, or York Flace,in the Strand; ~• Onthe 2.~thDay,fJanuary; lntheYear .... ofour Lord, I~ 6o. Hitf Father, waJthat F amouJ Conn feller, to (hteen Elizabeth ; The Second P~opp, of the Kingdo·me, in hiJ Time; Sir Nicholas Bacon, Knight, Lord Keeper,~ftheGreat Seal, ofEngland; A Lord, o{K11own Pruelence, Sufficiency, Moderation, and Integrity •. HiJ Mother, waJ Ann Cook, oneofNJeDaughte~ s, tJfStr Anthony Cook; unto whem, the Erudition, of] Ktng Edward, the Sixth, bad been committed: .A cleoyce 'l.~ady, and Eminent,for l'iety, Yertue, and Le4rniag; Bei11g ( b ~) ex- |
