laud and glore be therfore ascribed to be the free geuer of all good and perfect gifts. The third booke*, I neither will, or may (as yet) say any thing of. The Ientleman his desire was, that it should be vtterly suppressed, or deliuered to Vulcan his custody. But the fourth volume +, I may judge it to be as an earthly paradise; a booke, of as great godly pleasure, as worldly profit and delight; a booke for the BRYTISH HONOR and WEALTH, (and that in diuers maner) such an one as neuer King Ptolomæus, or Prince Abilfada Ismaël, or any geographicall or hydrographicall discouerer did write or collect, as I (for my simple capacity) do verily judge of it. The title whereof, is OF FAMOUS AND RICH DISCOVERIES; the discourse thereof, not only conteineth the generall suruey hydrographicall of all the whole world, (and chiefly the rare euidences for all the partes thereof, most septentrionall) but also a particular and ample examination of King Solomon his Ophirian three yeres voyage; and alas the lawfull and very honourable entitling of our most gratious and souerague Lady, QUEENE ELIZABETH, (and so this BRYTISH SCEPTRE ROYALL) to very large forrein dominious; such as in and by The third booke suppressed. + The fourth volume, the the same, duly recouered and vsed. The course of the Diuine Prouidence generall, in this present age will bring to light and life, matter of great importance and consequency, both to the glory of God and the benefit of all Christendom and Heathenes. The greatness of this volume is not much les than of the second. And one way it far passeth the second; for, in the secret centre therof is more bestowed and stored vp, than I may, or (in this place) will express. The same volume, was chiefly of the lentle man his own very speedily collecting; and (by his wil and order) hath this inscription or dedication, To THE MOST WORTHY; and the same inscription to be written or printed in letters of gold. And had not the incredible and manifold in. juries, and vndue disturbances bin, which haue happened to him (by sundry parcels of tyme) for the space of three monthes and more, (in totall summe) within the tyme of all these collections, most speedily and carefully heaping vp togither, since August last; I am right well assured, that neuer, in so small tyme, so much matter of so great importance, with such syncere and dutifull zeale to pleasure his native cuntry, had by any subject (BRYTISH OR ENGLISH) bin deliuered from him by inuention of his own, or by circumspect collection, or discrete appli cation, laud and glore be therfore ascribed to be the free geuer of all good and perfect gifts. The third booke*, I neither will, or may (as yet) say any thing of. The Ientleman his desire was, that it should be vtterly suppressed, or deliuered to Vulcan his custody. the But the fourth volume t, I may judge it to be as an earthly paradise; a booke, of as great godly pleasure, as worldly profit and delight; a booke for the BRYTISH HONOR and WEALTH, (and that in diuers maner) such an one as neuer King Ptolomæus, or Prince Abilfada Ismaël, or any geographicall or hydrographicall discouerer did write or collect, as I (for my simple capacity) do verily judge of it. The title whereof, is OF FAMOUS AND RICH DISCOVERIES; discourse thereof, not only conteineth the generall suruey hydrographicall of all the whole world, (and chiefly the rare euidences for all the partes thereof, most septentrionall) but also a particular and ample examination of King Solomon his Ophirian three yeres voyage; and alas the lawfull and very honourable entitling of our most gratious and souerague Lady, QUELNE ELIZABETH, (and so this BRYTISH SCEPTRE ROYALL) to very large forrein dominions; such as in and by The third booke suppressed. + The fourth volume, the the same, duly recouered and vsed. The course of the Diuine Prouidence generall, in this present age will bring to light and life, matter of great importance and consequency, both to the glory of God and the benefit of all Christendom and Heathenes. The greatness of this volume is not much les than of the second. And one way it far passeth the second; for, in the secret centre therof is more bestowed and stored vp, than I may, or (in this place) will express. The same volume, was chiefly of the lentle man his own very speedily collecting; and (by his wil and order) hath this inscription or dedication, To THE MOST WORTHY; and the same inscription to be written or printed in letters of gold. And had not the incredible and manifold in, juries, and vndue disturbances bin, which haue happened to him (by sundry parcels of tyme) for the space of three monthes and more, (in totall summe) within the tyme of all these collections, most speedily and carefully heaping vp togither, since August last; I am right well assured, that neuer, in so small tyme, so much matter of so great importance, with such syncere and dutifull zeale to pleasure his native cuntry, had by any subject (BRYTISH OR ENGLISH) bin deliuered from him by inuention of his own, or by circumspect collection, or discrete appli cation, cation, out of former or present writers and au thours. What is than (I pray you) in all his life tyme, to be thought likely or possible, and in tymes more commodious, to haue bin inuented, or conuerted to better method of knowledge or vse of practise, or notably reformed, by the said Jentleman especially for the space of these thirty yeres last past? In which long tyme of his Tyrocinie he hath incessantly, to the uttermost of his power and hability, followed an extraordinary, and most painfull, and very costly course of Philosophical enquiries making after the best verities, which may yeld † (by due considerations of the creatures, their vertues and properties) to their Creator, and ours, glory, praise & honor vnspeakable: for his infinit goodnes, wisdom and power; the euident print & demonstrable proof wherof the same (our God) hath most in his own handy worke, of all his creatures creating; all the whole and vniversall world over dispersed; nay, rather filling the whole como *In which space of tyme he hath aduisedly spent above thirty hundred pounds, for learning of worthy knowledges and sciences: to the honor of God aduancing (far and nere) and the better enabling of himself to pleasure his native cury aboue all other, how little so euer they haue (yet) deserued it at his hands. 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