Hecatonphila. The arte of loue Or, loue discouered in an hundred seuerall kindes.
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- Title
- Hecatonphila. The arte of loue Or, loue discouered in an hundred seuerall kindes.
- Author
- Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.
- Publication
- Printed at London :: By P. S[hort] for William Leake: and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the Greyhound,
- 1598.
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- Italian literature -- Translations into English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Hecatonphila. The arte of loue Or, loue discouered in an hundred seuerall kindes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15427.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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To the Right Worshipfull Ma: Henry Prannell Esquire, the true Friend and Fauourer of all laudable Professions.
SIR, the stranger may these my sa∣lutations seeme vnto ye, in that I being a Stranger and neuer treading on English ground till this instant, make choice of you for my first En∣tertainer, intruding my selfe as a guest, whereas yet I haue no acquaintance at all. But if you
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shall deeme me blame-worthy heerein, (as I will not greatly stand in maintaining anie pre∣sumption) the fault indeed is a kinde Countrimans of yours, who would needes haue mee leaue my honourable Friends in Italy, and those great prefer∣ments alotted me in France, to trie the aire & climate of faire Englands Maiden Kingdome. And whereas diuers others in∣treated me to honorable habi∣tations, yea, as great places of reckoning as anie mine owne natiue Soile affoorded me: yet the perswasions of this your wel-wishing Friend hath ouer∣ruled
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me, to lay all my fortunes at your feete, & either by your fauour to liue here for euer, or by your discountenance to re∣turne backe disgraced. The rude English I speake, I learnd it of him: the danger I may in∣curre, I impose vpon him: one∣ly (for his friendly association in my trauell) if you allow me anie grace, bestow it on him. For, as his affection to you ex∣ceedeth that of manie: so, (in mine opinion) if you trie him, you shall finde him as forward to your welfare as anie.
Your Worships to bee commaunded: Hecatonphila.