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TO HIS WORTHY Captaine the Author.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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TO HIS WORTHY
Captaine the Author.

THat which wee call the subject of all Storie,
Is Truth: which in this Worke of thine gives glorie
To all that thou hast done. Then, scorne the spight
Of Envie; which doth no mans merits right.
My sword may helpe the rest: my Pen no more
Can doe, but this; I'ave
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said enough before.

Your sometime souldier,

J. Codrinton,

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now Templer.

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8. "I'ave" was a frequent spelling of modern "I've."

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9. John Codrinton (better, Codrington; also Cudderington) arrived in Jamestown
with the second supply in 1608 (see the Proceedings, 52; and the Biographical Directory,
s.v. "Codrington, John"). The verse was reprinted in the Generall Historie, 95.