Characters and essayes, by Alexander Garden

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Characters and essayes, by Alexander Garden
Author
Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?
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Aberdene :: Printed by Edward Raban, printer to the citie and both colledges,
1625.
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Page 7

TO THE READER.

EN•…•… I and tenderlie entreat, If you haue teasure, and th'Effayres not great, To take some tyme, and to survey this Table: VVhich well perused, shall prooue pro∣fitable. VVhere thou thy selfe in some of these shalt see Portrayd, if eyther Good or Bad tho•…•… bee.
If good, insist, and make a Progresse still: And if perverse, pray, and repent thine ill. But I would wish, that thou thy selse find foorth, Amongst the best and worthie for thy worth. Disdaine not then, nor loathe thou for to looke Vpon the Tenor of this tabled Booke.

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Nor scorne thy Misses mongst these Maps to marke, Albeit they bee not cut in curious VVorke: As these, Apelle•…•… •…•…o •…•…he Lyfe had limm'd Or Hondius hand had them attyrd and trimm'd, Yet sagely searched thou in These shalt see, The not to please, yet what may profit thee.
Even as justly you merit So AL GARDEN inherit.
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