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 and seriously considering which way to effect it, I at last concluded to prefix Your Name, whom His Majesty and all his Subjects, (who have a higher Sense and Judgement of Excellent Parts) know best able to defend my Imperfections. And yet I confess there's one thing makes against me, which is your eminent Integrity and great Affection to Truth, whereby my Lapses in a Work of this Nature might justly despair of Shelter, but that the Excellency of Your Native Candor strives for Predominancy over all Your great Abilities. For 'tis all-most impossible to think what Your Matchless Wit is not able to Conquer, would Your known Modesty but give leave: therefore Galileus, Kepler, and those other Worthies in Learning are now brought before You in English Habit, having chang'd their Latine, Italian and French, whereby they were almost Strangers to our Nation, unless to such as You, who so perfectly master the Originals. I know you have so much and great imployment for His Majesty, and his good Subjects that I shall not robb you of another Minutes loss; besides the liberty of subscribing my Self;