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TO THOMAS EVELYN SCOTT ELLIS LORD HOWARD DE WALDEN AND WILLIAM CHARLES DE MEURON WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM EARL FITZWILLIAM WHOSE PURCHASE OF THE ACADEMY HATH CONFERRED SUCH LUSTRE ON LETTERS AND SUCH A DIGNITY UPON THE HIGH MUSES THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THEIR LORDSHIPS' OBEDIENT AND OBLIGED SERVANT THOMAS WILLIAM HODGSON CROSLAND