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Transcribers notes:

i) This transcript retains the original spelling, except
for the obsolete "long ess" character which has been
replaced by 's' throughout.

Spellings of proper names tend to be phonetic and
haphazard. Eg Pensanz, Pensans, Pensants, Pensance, and
Penzance are all the same place.

ii) The Latin is worse than the English. I am 99.9% certain
that I have transcribed it correctly, the doubt being
where the printer has randomly mixed the "long ess" and "f"
characters & neither form is in my Collin's Little Gem
Latin Dictionary.

iii) This transcript omits the original page numbering from
the introduction and appendix, but retains it in the main
text to support cross-referencing and the index.

Each double-page spread was given a single page number.
I have given these in []s at the beginning of the left-
hand page.

iv) Marginalia have been inserted into the text surrounded
by []s

v) Footnotes have been placed beneath the sections to
which they refer.

vi) Italics, which Carew uses heavily, have been mostly
removed, but sometimes replaced with quotes.

vii) The original capitalisation & over-punctuation is retained.

T H E

S V R V E Y

O F

C O R N W A L L.

A N D

An EPISTLE concerning the EXCELLENCIES
of the ENGLISH TONGUE.

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By RICHARD CAREW, of Antonie, Esq;
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WITH
The LIFE of the AUTHOR,
By H**** C***** Esq.
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A NEW EDITION.
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'LONDON,
Printed for E. LAW, in Ave-Mary-Lane;
and J.HEWETT, at Penzance.

MDCCLXIX.

LIST of the SUBSCRIBERS,

A. Copies.

SIR. John St. Aubyn, of Clowance, Baronet 20
Rev. Mr. Jerveys Allen, of Helston
Thomas Saunders Allen of St. Just, Attorney at Law
Alexander Allen, Purser of the Wolf Sloop of War
John Antony, of St. Ives
John Antony, junior, of St. Ives

B.

Joseph Beard, of Penzance
John Batten, jun. of ditto, Merchant
Joseph Batten, of ditto
John Blewett, Esq. of Marazion 4
George Borlase, Attorney at Law, of Penzance
William Bastard, of Exon
Joseph Batten
John Beard, jun. of Penzance, Merchant
Capt. Barkley, of the Wolf Sloop of War
Rev. Mr. William Borlase, of Zennor
William Borlase, LL.D. of Ludgvan, F.R.S.
James Bennett
Capt. Thomas Braithwaite, of Falmouth
James Bonithon, of Penzance
Rev. Mr. Jacob Bullock, of Wendron
Francis Benallock
James Bower, of Lostwithiel
James Baron, of ditto
Thomas Bennet
Nicholas Bishop, of Bristol
Jofeph Bunney, Esq. Leicester
John Bawden, Exon

C.

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Daniel Carthew, of ditto
Robert Coleman, of Bristol
George Cooney, of Penzance
Mr. Carlyl, of Marazion
Humphrey Cole, Attorney at Law, of ditto
David Cloak, Surgeon, of Penzance
William Cornish, of Marazion
Capt. Thomas Cassett, of Plymouth
Richard Carne, of Falmouth, Merchant
Coleman, Harris, and Co. Merchants at Bristol 2
Henry Coleman, Esq. of Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Henry Coleman, Esq. Leicester

D.

David Dennis, Attorney at Law, of Penzance
John Dennis, of ditto
James Donithorne, of Marazion
Thomas Daniel, of Truro, Esq.
John Dyer, of Penryn
William Dawkin, Esq. of Kilvough, near Swanzey, in Wales
Robert Dunkin, of Penzance

E.

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Charles Streater Ellis, of ditto
James Edwards, of ditto, Merchant
Hugh Edwards, Attorney at Law, St. Ives
Thomas Ennys, of Redruth

F.

Miss C. Foley
Rev. Mr. Fisher, of Marazion
Edward Freeman, of Lostwithiel

G.

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Charles Gwavas, of Penzance, Merchant 2
Pascoe Grenfell, of Marazion, Merchant
John Grenfell, of Penzance, Merchant
Richard Jerveys Gryles, Attorney at Law, of Helston,
Andrew Gaylard, of Bristol
Miss Jane Gilbert, of St. Ives
Thomas Glanvile, of Lostwithiel
Rev. Mr. Edward Giddy, of St. Earth
Thomas Giddy, of Truro, Surgeon
William Giddy, of ditto

H.

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Capt. John Halse, of Redruth
Rev. Mr. Edward Hobbs, of Sancrete
John Hawkins, Esq. of Helston
Rev. Mr. John Hosken, of Menaccan
Thomas Hacker, of Penzance
Isaac Head, Esq. Collector of his Majesty's Customs in the
Islands of Scilly
William Holbeck, Gent. Com. of Trinity Col. Oxford, Esq.
Captain Peter Hill, of Falmouth
John Hall
John Hewett, of Plymouth-dock
John Hurd, of Birmingham
Christopher Harris, Esq. Keneggy 6
Nathanial Hicks, of St. Ives
Rev. Mr. Haydon, Liskeard
Samuel Hick, of Lostwithiel
Edward Harford, of Bristol
John Hosking, of Madron
John Howell, of Penzance
John Hall, of Stofford, Devonshire

I.

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John James, of Newlyn, ditto
Capt. John James, of Marazion
William James, of Redruth
Thomas John, of Penzance, Merchant
John James, of St. Agnes

K.

John Knill, Esq. Collector of his Majesty's Customs at St. Ives
John Keir, Surgeon, of Marazion 2
J. Kimber, Attorney at Law, of Fowey

L.

Thomas Love, of Newlyn
Stephen Luke, of Penzance
Maddren Legoe, of St. Just
John Ley, of St. Ives, Merchant
Rev. Mr. Lane, of St. Ives
John Luxmore, Esq. of Oakhampton, Devon.
Samuel Luly, of Penzance
Rev. Mr. Philip Lyne, Vicar of Leskard
Tobias Lanyon, Esq. Penzance

M.

Joseph Michell, of Penzance
Henry Michell, of ditto
James Michell, of Marazion
John Michell, of Chyandower
James Moore, of Penzance
Thomas Mathews, of St. Ives
Herbert Mackworth, Esq. Exon
Henry Mudge, of Truro
Robert Michell, of ditto
Mathias Michell, of Penzance

N.

Rev. Mr. Newton, of Sithney
William Nicholls, Esq. of Trereife
John Nancarrow, jun. of Marazion
Charles Newman, of Falmouth
Rev. Mr. Newton, of Bristol
Thomas Nicholls, of Penzance
B. Nankivell, of St. Agnes

P.

John Price, Esq. 6
John Pender, of Penzance, Merchant
Benjamin Pidwell, of Penzance
Rev. Mr. James Parkin, Lecturer of ditto
Thomas Pidwell, jun. of ditto
John Pearse, Surgeon, of ditto
William Penrose, ------ of ditto
Thomas Pascoe, ------, of ditto
Josias Perry, Surgeon, of Langdon, Devon
James Pascoe, Attorney at Law, of Penzance
Rev. H. Parker, D.D. Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford
William Price, Surgeon, at Redruth
Daniel Pryor, of Penzance
Henry Philips, of St. Ives, Merchant
Rev. Mr. Richard Pearce, of St. Buryan
Thomas Penrose, Attorney at Law, of Penzance

R.

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Thomas Rodda, of Marazion
George Rippar, of ditto
David Richard, of ditto
Charles Rashleigh, of St. Austle, Attorney at Law
Thomas Read, of Penzance
Charles Rawlinson, of Marazion
Stephen Robinson, jun. of Bridport
Samuel Rodda, of Marazion

S.

Walter Stone, of Penzance
John Stone, of ditto
George Scobell, Esq. Collector of his Majesty's Customs at
Penzance
John Stackhouse, Esq. of Pendarves
William Stackhouse, Efq. of Trehane
William Sincock, of Marazion
Edward Stevens, of St. Ives
William Stevens, of ditto
Thomas Slade, of ditto
Miss Sarah Stephens, of ditto
William Skues, of Helston
John Stott, of Ludgvan, Esq
William Stevens, of Bristol
Francis Spernon, Surgeon, in Lostwithiel
Rev. Mr. Smith, of St. Just
John Smith, Truro

T.

Thomas Trenwith, Esq. of St. Ives
John Trengrouse, Surgeon, of ditto
Richard Treeve, of Penzance
Uriah Tonkin, Esq. of ditto
William Tregurtha, of ditto
John Tonkin, Surgeon, of ditto
Joseph Tovey, of ditto
Rev. Mr. James Tonkin, of ditto
John Treluddra, of Marazion
Rev. Mr. Trevennen, of Cambron
George Treweeke, Surgeon, of Penzance
Joseph Taylor, of Bristol
J. Trevethan, Attorney at Law, of Redruth

U.

George Veale, Attorney at Law, of Penzance
William Usticke, Esq. of Nansalverne

W.

Rev. Mr. Williams, of Crowan
Dionysius Williams, of Penzance, F.R.S.
Samuel Woodis, of ditto
John Williams, Officer of Excise
Matthew Wills, Surgeon, of Helston
Richard Williams, Marazion
Rev. Mr. Anthony Williams, of St. Keverne
Philip Webber, Attorney at Law, Falmouth
George Woodis, of Penzance
John Weston, Esq. of Illuggan
Rev. Thomas Wharton, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College,
Oxford.

The Life of R I C H A R D C A R E W
of Antonie Esq;

By HUGH C******* Esq;

RICHARD CAREW, the Celebrated Author of the Survey of Cornwall, was
born of an antient Family at East-Antonie (a), the Seat of his
Ancestors, in the Year 1555, if we may credit Mr. Wood (b). He was
the Son of Thomas Carew by Elizabeth Edgecumb, Daughter to Sir Richard
Edgecumb, a Gentleman says our Author (c), in whom Mildness and
Stoutness, Diffidence and Wisdom, Deliberateness of Undertaking, and
Sufficiency of Effecting, made a more commendable, than blazing
mixture of Vertue. He adds, that Sir Richard, at his fine House,
call'd to this day Mount-Edgecumb,

"during Queen Mary's Reign, entertain'd at one time
for some good space, the Admirals of the English,
Spanish, and Netherland Fleets, with many Noblemen
besides.

But", pursues he, " not too much of this, lest a
partial Affection steal, as unawares, into my
Commendation, as one, by my Mother, descended from
his Loins, and by my Birth a Member of the House (d)."

But Mr. Carew hath given us an account of his Ancestors, which I shall
set down here, that the Reader may see they were no less distinguished
by the great Estates in their possession, than by the Noble Families
they were allyed to. Speaking of the Lyner, which, with the Tamer,
discharges itself into the Sea above Plymouth;

"A little within this Mouth of Lyner", says
he (e), " standeth East-Antonie, the poore home of
mine Ancestours, with which in this manner they
were invested:

Sir John Lerchedekne ------- of Ashton in Devon.
Touching our Stock in general", pursues our Author
(f), " and my Family in particular -------------
our Queen."

The Pregnancy of his Parts being much above his Age, he was sent to
Oxford in the Year 1566, being then but eleven Years old, and

"(g) became a Gentleman Commoner of Christ Church .......
but had his Chamber in Broadgate's Hall:"

And three Years after he was call'd to dispute with the incomparable
Sir Philip Sidney, who was a Year older than he (h).

Dr. Fuller and Mr. Wood have taken notice of this memorable Dispute,
without mentioning from whence they had that Particular, which, as we
have seen already, is related by Mr. Carew himself.

"He was bred", says Dr. Fuller (i), " a Gentleman-
Commoner in Oxford; where, being but fourteen Years
old, and yet three Years standing, he was call'd out
to dispute ex tempore, before the Earls of Leicester
and Warwick, with the matchless Sir Philip Sidney.

Si quaeritis hujus
Fortunam pugnae, non est superatus ab illo.

Ask you the End of this Contest ?
They neither had the better, both the best."

Mr. Wood expresses it thus:

"At fourteen Years of Age", says he (k), " he disputed
ex tempore with the matchless Philip Sidney, (while he
was a young (l) Man, I suppose) in the presence of the
Earls of Leicester, Warwick, and other Nobility, at what
time they were lodged in Christ-Church, to receive
entertainment from the Muses."

Mr. Wood says afterwards, that

"After Mr. Carew had spent three Years in Oxon, he retired
to the Middle Temple, where he spent 3 Years more" (m) ;

which may be true, tho' he brings in no Authority for it. But what
he adds, that

"then he was sent with his Uncle (Sir George Carew
as it seems) in his Embassage unto the King of Poland;
whom when he came to Dantzick, he found that he had
been newly gone from thence into Sweden, whither also
he went after him :"

And that

"After his return, and a short stay made in England,
he was sent by his Father into France with Sir Hen.
Nevill, who was then Ambassador Leiger unto K. Hen. 4.
that he might learn the French Tongue, which by reading
and talking, he overcame in three quarters of a Year :"

All this, I say, cannot hold, if it be true that, tho' he understood
Italian, French, High-Dutch, and Spanish, he had never been out of
England ; as his Countryman Charles Fitzgeffry seems to assert in the
following Compliment to him:

Quis Deus tibi tam bene invocatus (n),
Disertissime millium trecentum
Idemq; optime omnium CARAEE,
(Seu quis multiplicem eruditionem,
Seu quis, quo magis emicas elenchum
Morum ponderet elegantiorum,
Virtutumq; tot auream coronam)
Quis (inquam) Deus (o Deus profecto!)
Tantis te spoliis, tot & trophaeis
Terrarum locupletat exterarum,
Domi perpetuo interim morantem
Et libris patriaeque servientem?
Quo Graij tibi, quo tibi Latini
Auri pondera tanta? quove Hetrusci,
Galli, Teutones, invidiq; Iberi
Tam assatim te opibus suis bearunt?
O si tot Deus ora, totq; linguas
Mihi idulserit, ut tuas referrem
Laudes, quot dedit ora quotq; linguas
Tibi uno Deus ore, lingua in una?

I may add, that Mr. Carew, in his Survey of Cornwall, giving an
account of the eminent Men born in that Dutchy, reckons among the
Civilians Doctor Carew (o) :

"In the Civil Law", says he (p), " there lived of
late Doctor Kennals, and now (q) doth Doctor Carew,
one of the antientest Masters of the Chancery; in
which Calling, after his younger Years spent abroad
to his benefit, he hath reposed himself."

He mentions him again among the Persons employed in State Affairs, and
therethrough stept to Preferment (r).

"Master George Carew", says he, " in his younger Years
gathered such Fruit as the University, the Inns of
Court, and Foreign Travel could yield him. Upon his
Return, he was first call'd to the Bar, then supply'd
the Place of Secretary to the Lord Chancellor Hatton;
and after his Decease, performed the like Office to his
two Successors, by special Recommendation from her
Majesty, who also gave him the Prothonotaryship of the
Chancery; and in anno 1598 sent him Ambassador to the
King of Poland, and other Northern Potentates, where
through unexpected Accidents, he underwent extraordinary
Perils; but God freed him from them, and he performed his
Duty in acceptable manner : And at this present the
Commonwealth useth his Service, as a Master of the Chancery."

Had our Author attended this worthy Person in his Embassies, it is
hardly possible he should not have taken some notice of it here;
being elsewhere so ready to honour himself with the Friendship or
Acquaintance of the Great Men of his Time.

As to what Mr. Wood adds, viz. that Mr. Carew was sent by his Father
into France with Sir Henry Nevill.... that he might learn the French
Tongue, &c. I am afraid he hath mistaken our Author for his Son, who,
in effect, went into France with a Nevill, in order to learn the
French Tongue ; as it appears by the following Verses of the aforesaid
Fitzgeffry, upon his Return.

Ad (s) RICHARDUM CARAEUM, Ri. Filium,
e Gallijs reducem.

Melligo juvenum Caraee, quotquot
Damnoni occiduis alunt in oris :
Ecquid Fama sinistimae (t) auricellae
Veris se insinuat meae susurris,
Te longae peregrinitates omnes
Exanclasse (v) molestias, marisq;
Emensum omnia taedia, ad parentes
Patremq; unanimum, piamq; matrem,
Membrorum incolumi statu redisse,
Onustum omnigenae eruditionis
Gazis & Spoliis, quot aut Camoenae
Dant vaenum emporio Lutetiano
Aut culto Aureliae urbis in Lycaeo.
Qua tibi Aonii latus NEVILLI
Phoeboeumq; TRELAVNIVM sequuto
Aulam invisere curiamq; magni
Regis contigit, aemulam tonantis.
At o Liligeri potentis Aula
AEtatem bene sit tibi, quod almum
CAREUM modo patriae patriq;
Post desiderium utriusq; longum,
Salvumq; incolumenq; reddidisti.
At tu non modo stemmatum opumq;
Verum & laudis & eruditionis
Patritae genuinus artis haeres
Cresce in spem patriae, hostium timores,
Patris delicias, Elisae amores,
Donec concilijs senex, at ore
Et membris juvenis sat intigellus (x)
Totum Nestora vixeris, tuisq;
Album feceris Albiona factis :
Melligo juvenum CARAEE quotquot
Damnoni occiduis alunt in oris.

Learning is not only useful, but necessary in all Conditions and
States of Life; but I will presume to say, that it is more
particularly so to all Gentlemen, who are allotted to live in the
Country. And if they cannot pass their leisure Hours in reading, or
cultivating Arts and Sciences, they will spend that time in such
things as must be detrimental to their Families, and, at the end,
fatal to their own Persons. Our Author could never fall into those
Inconveniences : He loved Letters, and not only made them subservient
to his own Entertainment, but sometimes useful to the Publick.

As he was a great Master of Languages, he delivered his Opinion upon
the true and ready way to learn the Latin Tongue, in answer to a
Quaere, Whether the ordinary way by teaching Latin by the Rules of
Grammar, be the best way for Youths to learn it (y)? He wrote
likewise a Dissertation, shewing the Excellency of the English
Tongue (z) : and published a Translation of the Examen de Ingenios
para las Sciencias, written by Juan Huerte, that ingenious and
learned Spanish Physician. It was printed at London in 1594, with
this Title: The Examination of Mens Wits. In which, by discovering
the Variety of Natures, is shewed for what Profession each one is
apt, and how far he shall profit therein (A).

His Proficiency in natural Philosophy, enabled him to improve
Agriculture and Husbandry to such a degree, that he was accounted
among his Neighbours the greatest Husband, and most excellent Manager
of Bees in Cornwall (B).

The Enquiries he had made into the History and Antiquities of Nations,
and chiefly of Great Britain, engaged him to attempt a Description
of Cornwall; as it is natural to every Man to have a particular
Fondness for his native Country:

Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine cunctos
Ducit & immemores non finit esse sui.

This he only undertook for his private Satisfaction and Entertainment;
but was afterwards prevail'd upon by his Friends to publish it, as we
shall see anon. Mr. Camden, who had seen it, and was an excellent
Judge in those Matters, thought himself obliged to do justice both to
the Author and his Performance, in the first Edition of his Britannia,
printed in the Year 1586:

"But these Matters" (says he, at the end of his Account
of Cornwall) " will be laid open more distinctly and
fully, by Richard Carew of Antonie, a Person no less
eminent for his honourable Ancestors, than his own
Virtue and Learning, who is writing a Description of
this Country, not in little, but at large."

Sed haec planius & plenius docebit Richardus Carew
de Antonie, non minus generis splendore, quam virtute &
doctrina nobilis; qui hujus regionis descriptionem
latiore specie, & non ad tenue elimat (D).

Our Author's Knowledge in the Laws, his Love for Justice and Equity,
and his Affection to the Government, rais'd him to all the Posts of
Honour, that are consistent with a Country Life. Mr. Wood assures
us (E), that he was made Justice of the Peace in 1581, High-Sheriff
of Cornwall in 1586, and about that time was the Queens Deputy for
the Militia. And indeed we find in his Survey of Cornwall, that he
was Justice of the Peace, and one of the Quorum (F) : and that in the
Year 1599, (Sir Walter Raleigh being then Lieutenant General of
Cornwall) Mr. Carew was one of the Deputy Lieutenants, Treasurer of
the Lieutenancy, and Colonel of a Regiment, consisting of five
Companies, or 500 Men, armed with 170 Pikes, 300 Musquets, and 30
Calivers, appointed for Causam Bay (G).

There was at that time a Society of several Gentlemen, eminent for
their Learning and Merit, such as Sir Robert Cotton, Mr. Dodderidge,
(afterwards Sir John Dodderidge, who died one of the Judges of the
King's-Bench) Mr. Camden, Mr. Stow, &c. who had regular Meetings, or
Conferences, for the Improvement and Illustration of the History and
Antiquities of England. That Society had a particular Claim to our
Author; and in 1589 he was elected a Member of the College of the
Antiquaries (H). The Oration he made at his Introduction, contained,
(as I am informed by a Gentleman who saw it)

"an elegant Display of the Devastations Time so
swiftly makes upon all things; thence it subsides to
the Advantages and Commendations of that kind of Study,
they had chosen to be the Subject of their Conferences :
and concludes with a pathetical Exhortation to his
Auditory, That they would persevere in establishing what
they had so nobly begun, and continue to employ their
Labours upon those things, which were worthy of them;
that so they might not be drawn into Oblivion themselves,
by that which they would rescue from it, and that Time
might not rob them of aught more considerable than that
which they should restore."

Thus flourished that Illustrious College of Antiquaries, whose
Meetings were chiefly held at Sir Robert Cotton's House (I). For they
had no publick Place for it. And therefore these Gentlemen
considering that they were but a private Society, which several
Accidents might either interrupt, or even dissolve, and did besides
want some Accommodations, in order to fix and perpetuate an
Institution so beneficial to the Publick, they resolved to apply to
the Queen for a Royal Charter, and for some publick Building, where
they would perform their Exercises; and intended to erect a Library
suitable to it. And they had the more reason to believe they could
obtain such a Grant, that the Queen, not contented with a superficial
Smattering of Learning, back'd with Conceit and Talkativeness, (which
is the highest pitch Persons of the first Rank do commonly arrive to)
was truly and solidly learned, and a real Encourager of Letters :
wherein she had the ready Concurrence of her Ministers, who were no
less conspicuous for their Learning, than for their Integrity and
consummate Wisdom. But as fair as the Hopes of this famous College
appeared in its Bloom, they were soon blighted by the Death of that
ever-memorable Princess, like those Fruits, which for want of the
Sun's genial Rays, cannot arrive at due Maturity. For all the
Applications they made for the same purpose to her Successor, proved
vain and unsuccessful. But what else could be expected from a Man who
never had a relish for polite Literature, or any kind of useful
Learning, and only delighted in pedantick scholastical Divinity; and
fancy'd himself the Wisest and most glorious Prince in the World,
(a second Solomon forsooth) if he could but scrible a Pamphlet against
Witches, or against tobacco: a Man, in short, whose Genius and Taste
were as low and mean, as his Soul and Inclinations! As for our
learned Antiquaries, they were obliged to dissolve themselves, and
break their Society, lest (such was the Wisdom of those Times) they
should be prosecuted as a Cabal against the Government : Ne quicquam
mali contra Rempublicam illos moliri Rex, Conciliariive
suspicarentur (K).

Mr. Carew published his Survey of Cornwall, in the Year 1602 (L) and
did dedicate it to his Friend Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Warden of the
Stannaries, Lieutenant-General of Cornwall, &c.

"This mine ill-husbanded Survey", says he to that great
Man, " long since begun, a great while discontinued,
lately reviewed, and now hastily finished, appealeth
to your Lordship's Direction, whether it should pass;
to your Corection if it do pass; and to your Protection
when it is passed. Neither unduly : for the same
intreateth of the Province and Persons, over whose Bodies
and Estates, you carry a large, both Martial and Civil
Command, by your Authority ; but in whose Hearts and
Loves you possess a far greater Interest, by your Kindness.
Your Ears and Mouth have ever been open to hear and
deliver our Grievances, and your Feet and Hands ready to go,
and work their Redress; and that, not only always as a
Magistrate of yourself, but also very often, as a Suiter
and Solicitor to others, of the highest Place. Wherefore,
I, as one of the common beholden, present this Token of
my private Gratitude. It is Duty and not Presumption,
that hath drawn me to the Offering; and it must be
Favour, and not Desert, that shall move your Lordship to
the acceptance. And so I take humble leave, resting no
less willing to serve you, than under you."

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