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I Humbly begge your Pardon for bringing this Book under your Protection. Were it a Work of my own, or I any thing but the Translatour, I should master my Thoughts to a meaner Dedication; But being a Collection of some of the greatest Masters in the World, and never made English till now, I conceived I might sooner procure their Welcome to a person so eminent for Noble Candor, as well as for all those Intellectual Excellencies wherewith Your Rich Soul is known to be furnished. I resolv'd to be as kind to this Book as I could,