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TO THAT GREAT LIGHT OF LAW LEARNING, THE Right Worshipfull William Noy Esquire, of Lincolnes Inne, present Reader.

To You how much this work of mine doth owe,
My selfe must needs confesse, & you do know.
To say (I thanke you) is but poore amends;
For so the Fydler and the Begger ends:
Their Thanks liues, only, while the Almes is giuing,
But mine shall neuer die, while we are liuing.
Signa virtutum tuarum longé, latéque ferens.
Tho. Powell.