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 228 THE POllTRAITS OF JOHN KNOX. though now fallen dim enough to mankind. Goulart's Book had the same publisher as Beza's last year, — Apud Joannem Laonimn ; and contains a kind of pre- face or rather postscript^ for it is introduced at the end of the Icons, and before his translation of the Em- blems, which latter, as will be seen, he takes no notice of; nor in regard to the Icons is there a word said of the eleven new woodcuts, for most part of superior quality, which G-oulart had furnished to his illustrious friend; but only some apology for the straggle of French verses, which he has been at the pains to in- troduce in his own zealous person at the end of many of the Icons. As the piece is short, and may slightly illustrate the relations of Author and Translator, we give it here entire : ' Au Lecteur. ' Au Teste, apres la description des personnes illiistres ^fai adjouste qiielqiies vers frangais a chacim, exptri- ' Id oil ils se sont rencontrez, et fonrnissant les autres t vers de ma rude invention. : ce que fay voulu vousfaire
 * Bu consentement cleM. Theodore de BeszCjj'ay tra-
 * duit ce livre, le plus fidelement qiCil m'a esti possible.
 * mant commej^ai pen les epigrammes Latins de Vautenr