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Show ) TO THE EA E Aving b~en employed, as an AmtJmtenjis, or dayl y inftrum~nt, to this Honom·able Aut hour; And acquainted with his Lordjbips Conceits, in the compofing, of his Wor4___r, for many years together; Efpecially, in l1is writing Time; I conceived, that no Man, could pretend a better IntereH, o.r Clairn, to th~ ordering of thetn, aftc..r his Death , then tny ielf. For which caufe-, I have con1piled in or.1e, whatfoever bears the true Stan1p, of his Lorc!fl.JipJ excellen t Genius; And hath hither. to flept, and been fupprelfed; In this pre{ent Volume; Nor leaving any ThiHg, to a future Hand, \V hich I found, to be of mon1ent, and communicable to the Pub lick; Save on ely fomc few Latine 1-PorbJ; Which, by God.J Favour and fufierance, fl1all foon after follow. It is true, that for fome of the .Piece.r, herein contained, his Lorc!Jhip did not aitn, at the Publicati~Jn of them) but at the Prefervation onely; And Prohibiting them from Perifoing; So as, to have been repofed, in fome |