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TO HIS GRACE FRANCIS GODOLPHIN, DUKE of LEEDS.
My Lord,
THE honour I have in being, by baptism, your Grace's namesake, a consequence of my being distantly related to Francis Earl of Godolphin, has emboldened me to dedicate to your Grace this weak essay at an imitation of our immortal Shakspeare.
Having, my Lord, no incentive to the liberty I presume to take, but my respect for your Grace's taste and virtues, I should only sully the purity of my motive, were I to expatiate on them.
I have the honour to be, My Lord,
Your Grace's Most humble, And most obedient Servant,
FRANCIS GODOLPHIN WALDRON.
Cross-court, Bow-street,
Covent-garden.
May 1, 1797.
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