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TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE THE Lords, AND THE Right Worshipfull Knights and Gentlemen; Adventurers for Nevv-England.

What your favourable imployments haue taught me to obserue, I presume here briefly to relate I hope it will be acceptable, because innocent, though nothing excellent. Vera non mira cano, assured that with your more acurate judgements. Plus valebit vera oratio quam carminis candida & maxime compta in singulos pedes commensuratio, Censure at the least would be my best sentence, if I should answer such service with a NIHIL DICIT. VVhen in contempt of Envy, I may present your Councell

with an OMNE BENE, at least, Certâ spe boni, if the three noble Mistresses of Monarchies, Pietas, Pecunia, and Potentia, royally vndertake and resolutely continue constant favourers to their well ordered and sweetly scituated Colonies. Without these, at least the two latter (I suppose vnder favour) the Spanyard and Hollander had ad Græcas calendas raysed to such sweet tones their westerne and easterne flourishing Plantations But illorum postpono mea Jerea ludo. The keys of Kingdomes, judicious Statesmen are best able to open and explicate these closets and secrets of state. I may admire, but scarce without offence obserue such princely attempts and royall secrets. Yet giue me leaue to you worthy favourers of Colonies, as in armes and architecture to be your remembrancer, first to accompt, and then to accomplish: so power and abilitie shall crowne your proceedings with happie perfections. Beyond these I presume nothing, onely wishing every person in his severall sphere such happie motion as may crowne him with immortall perfection.