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XXI. To Sir Paul Pindar Knight, upon the version of a•…•… Italian peece into English, call'd St. Pauls Pro∣gress upon earth, a new and a notable kind of Satyr.
SIR,
ST. Paul having descended lately to view Italy and other place•…•… •…•…s you may trace him in the following Discours, he would no•…•… take Wing back to Heaven before he had given you a speciall visit▪ who have so well deserv'd of his Church heer, the goodliest pile o•…•… stones in the Christian world of that kind.
Of all the men of our times, you are one of the greatest exam∣ples of Piety, and constant Integrity, which discovers a noble sou•…•… to dwell within you, and that you are very conversant with heaven▪ so that me thinks I see St. Paul saluting and solacing you in thes•…•… black times, assuring you that those pious works of Charity yo•…•… have don and daily do (and that in such a manner that the lif•…•… hand knows not what the right doth) will be as a triumphant Chari∣ot to carry you one day up to heaven to partake of the same bea∣titude with him. Sir, among those that truly honor you, I am one▪ and have been so since I first knew you, therfore as a small testimo∣ny heerof, I send you this fresh fancy compos'd by a Noble Perso∣nage in Italian, of which language you are so great a Master.
For the first part of the Discours which consists of a Dialog▪ 'twixt the two first Persons of the Holy Trinity, ther are example•…•… of that kind in som of the most Ancient Fathers, as Apollinariu•…•… and Nazianzen, and lately Grotius hath the like in his Tragedy o•…•… Christs Passion, which may serve to free it from all exceptions. So! most affectionatly kiss your hands, and am
Sir,
Your very humble and ready Servant, J. H.
Fleet, 25 Martii 1646.