| To the most Vertuous and | well giuen Gentleman, Mai∫ter | Ihon Smirth: Claudius Hollybrand | wi∫heth good ∫ucce∫∫e & per- | petuall felicitie. | [Decorative letter] Diuers and manifolde are the | cōmodities, vertuous Gen- | telman, and mo∫t ∫weete be | the fruites which do ∫pringe | out of the knowledge of | tongues: & that as well for the ine∫tima- | ble trea∫ures therein hiddē, as the vn∫pea- | ble contentation of the minde of all ∫uch | as do delight in them. This wi∫e con∫i- | deration moued your wor∫hipfull Father | of good memorie, to haue you carefully | brought vp in good learning, did pricke | you forward in imbracing and following | of the ∫ame: and finallie to beautifie your | Latin | Latin & Greeke tongues, kindled in your | brea∫t a de∫ire to haue an in∫ight both in | French and Italian ∫peeches. And be- | cau∫e it did plea∫e you to cho∫e me amōg | ∫o many teachers here in London, to bee | your director… | London this 15. of Septem- | ber 1597. |