General and rare memorials pertayning to the perfect arte of nauigation annexed to the paradoxal cumpas, in playne: now first published: 24. yeres, after the first inuention thereof.

A BRIEF NOTE SCHOLASTICAL, FOR THE better vnderstanding of the Decorum obserued, (or, at the least, regarded) in this present Two-fold Treatise, written vnder the Names of Three diuers Proprieties, States, or Conditions of MAN: Wherby yt may appere, that they are not Scopae dissolutae: or, Du Coq à l' Asne: But, by the will, and Grace of the Highest, thus•• Recorded.

First, yt was needfull, for the Vnknown Freend, to declare his Sensible grief, conceaued, to see, and per∣ceiue an honest Ientleman, and Philosopher, by the ma∣lice and ignorance of sundry his Cuntrymen, to be al∣most oppressed, vtterly defaced, and by dangerous reports, greeuously and dammageably discredited. And secondly, to make a mournfull, and dolefull Supplication generall, to all his Cuntrymen, to help the sayd Ientleman to haue Iustice, and due amends, now at the end of his dayes. And all this, is the rather thus endited, that God his great Graces bestowed on him, should (to God his great glory) be acknowledged thankfully, and not be suffered any lon∣ger to be so craftily, wilfully, and violently trodden vn∣der foot, or barbarously despised. And it is likely, that, vnleast this Vnknown Freend, haue fauourable audi∣ence, and Credit, (in those things, which in this Aduer∣tisment he declareth: being Sensible, both past, & pre∣sent: pertayning to the forsayd Ientleman,) that the Me¦chanicien his industry, and great zeale, (vsed in col∣lecting, and penning, from the sayd Philosopher his mouth, the Hexameron Plat Politicall, of the Brytish Monarchie,) shalbe but slenderly, and slightly regar∣ded or wayed: and therby, the same to be found, final∣ly, to les Commodity Publik, auailable. But, yf the same Aduertisement, be earnestly, speedily, vnpartially, & charitably examined, and considered, good hope may a∣rise, that Omnia cooperabuntur ad Vtilitatem Salu∣tem{que}

Publicam procurandam, ac promouendam, expeditissimè & potentissimè. VVhich, God graunt, Amen.

• Trinitas Humana••
  • ...Homo Dei —〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉—M••ns
  • ...Anima M••d••a —〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉—Dianoea
  • ...••omo Animalis 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉—S••nsus.
  • ...〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉—S••nsus.
  • ...R••••ormatus. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉—S••nsus.
• ...HOMO
  • Philosophus— The In••••••uct••r. — 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the BRYTISH MONARCHY
  • Mech••ni••us. The Mechani••ien o•• th•• Plat Poli••i••all. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the BRYTISH MONARCHY
  • Siu••. The Mechani••ien o•• th•• Plat Poli••i••all. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the BRYTISH MONARCHY
  • Philosophicus. The Mechani••ien o•• th•• Plat Poli••i••all. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the BRYTISH MONARCHY
  • Vulga••••ter Iustus —The vnknown Fre••nd. His Ad••••••tisemen•• Introduc••ory.

The Epistle in Meter, (annexed in the end of this Book,) was by the Mechanicien sent, after that the vnknown Freend had (at his own charges, and with his careful Trauail concurrent,) put the foresayd two Treatises, in Print: & deliuered again into the hands of the sayd Mechanicien, the whole Impression therof. The diuers Intents and purposes of which Epis••le, are easily to be perceiued. Therfore, yf to haue sayd thus much, was necessary, the same also may suffice.