TO THE READER.

THE Partiall Censures & nick-names which prejudice and in∣terest have inju∣riously Page  [unnumbered]impos'd upon the Island of Jamaica, (after it became the Re∣fuge of that En∣glish Colony that of late unhappily invaded Hispanio∣la) mov'd me, in the negligence of better Pens, to A∣pologize Page  [unnumbered]for it, in this ensuing De∣scription; For in∣deed to describe Jamaica, is to praise it; nor can it look better then with it's own face, exempt from the adulterate Fucus of artificial Pilia∣ry:Page  [unnumbered]And believe me, Reader, 'twas no private nor po∣litick designe, (hereby to allure and duccoy the unwary world) but mere zeale to truth, that engag'd me by my oppor∣tune continuance Page  [unnumbered]there, to do this right to that in∣jur'd Island.