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«[OMITTED]g»ue:
[OMITTED] author is from arrogance,[OMITTED] that he craves pardon for his Ignorance
in storie, yf you finde what'es Roman here,
Grecian, or Asiaticqe, drawe to nere
a late, & sad example, tis confest
hee's but an English scholler at his best,
a stranger to Cosmographie, and may erre
in the cuntries names, the shape, & character
of the person he presentes, yet he is bolde
in me to promise, be it new, or olde,
the tale is worth the hearinge, & may move
compassion, perhaps deserve yor love,
and approbation, he dares not boast
his paynes, & care, or what bookes he hath tost
& turnde to make it vp, the rarietie
of the eventes in this strange historie
now offerd to you, by his owne confession
must make it good, & not his weake expression.
you sit his Iudges, & like Iudges bee
from favour to his cause, or malice free,
then whether hee hath hit the white or mist,
as the title speakes, beleeve you as you list./
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