TO The Right Honourable WILLIAM PITT, Esq.
Paymaster General of his Majesty's Forces,
One of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council,
And to the Honourable Sir GEORGE LYTTELTON, Bart.
One of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury,
THESE VOLUMES Are inscribed by the Author; Who is desirous that the Friendship,
With which they have for many Years honoured him,
And the sincere Affection and high Esteem, Which he hath conceived for them,
From a long and intimate Knowledge of their Worth and Virtue, May be known
Wherever the Publication of the ensuing Pieces Shall make known the Name of
Gilbert West.
