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TO THE READER.

''Have rather opened and chawen ane occaion to the gud deader, to perform this warke, then exponed, or declared the amin being an matter nocht pleaand in it elf, nor treated be uthers of before: Gif I have preaed to do weil, or attempted that, quhilk uthers may accomplih and make perfite, the profite and commodity redounds to thee, quha at thy pleaure, may big upon this little ground and fundament. Gif utherwaies be errour or ignorance, I have nocht atified thy deire and expectation'', Sic erranti medicina confeio. ''For ane aboulte memorie, and perfite knawledge, in na thing erroneous, is proper to God, and not competent to man. Quhat ever I have done, I did it not to offend thee, or dipleae any man, but to provoke uthers to do better, alwaies for thine awin weil, be warre to reprehend my doings flowand from ane benevolent, and gude mind: except thou be aured to be reprehended of na man, quha cumis after thee and all cenure thy doings. I am affrayed of all Readers, for ilk mat hes his awin Judgement and opinion, quhairof their is als mony contrarieties, as diverities of perons, Advie therefore, and or thou do any thing rahly, gif thou may, tranact and agree with all the poteritie, that albeit thou doe awel as Homer in his Poeie: nane of them be unto thee, ucceor or imitatour of Zoilus: o great is the varietie of ingines , and inclinations, that none can be ure fra reprehenion. Reade therefore, and make thy profite of gud thinges. Correct modetly at errours, quhilks are ignorant, and nocht wilfull. Eik all necearies omitted. Cut away al uperfluities adjected. And whatever thou do, eteeme of me, as I do of thee and of al, to quhais knawledge, this my little labour hall happen to cum. And wa. ''