TO THE honourable Gentleman, Sir Charles Morrison, Knight Baronet.TO THE HONOrable Gentleman, Sir Charles Morrison, Knight Baronet.

TO THE honourable Gentleman, Sir Charles Morrison, Knight Baronet.

TO THE HONOrable Gentleman, Sir Charles Morrison, Knight Baronet.

Worthy Sir, I have been bold, upon better acquaintance with your virtues then with your self, to send a short Treatise to your view. I know whose judgement it must pass, yet am fear-less: not in any arrogant stupidity of my own weakness; but in a confident presumption of your goodness; a weighty habit, not parallel but transcendent to your Greatness. Perhaps Nature hath taught you, that to be Generous is to be virtuous: but I am ⟨image 3⟩sure, wisdom hath perfected natural disposition in you; & given you not only an excellent theoretical discourse, but an actual reducing of those things into practise; which are better then you shall find here. Though you have happier Contemplations of your own, yet accept these, as the slender presents of a poor man given to the rich. Weak I confess it: for how should the child be strong, begot in the fathers weakness! It hath the more need of your Protection; & knows the better to express it self and the Author ever ready at

WOrthy Sir, I haue beene bold, vpon better acquaintance with your vertues then with your selfe, to send a short Treatise to your view. I know whose iudgement it must passe, yet am feare-lesse: not in any arrogant stupidity of my owne weakenesse; but in a confident presumption of your goodnesse; a weighty habite, not parallel but transcendent to your Greatnesse. Perhaps Nature hath taught you, that to be Generous is to be vertuous: but I am ⟨image 3⟩sure, wisedome hath perfected naturall disposition in you; & giuen you not onely an excellent theoricall discourse, but an actuall reducing of those things into practise; which are better then you shall finde here. Though you haue happier Contemplations of your own, yet accept these, as the slender presents of a poore man giuen to the rich. Weake I confesse it: for how should the child be strong, begot in the fathers weaknesse! It hath the more need of your Protection; & knows the better to expresse it selfe and the Authour euer ready at