| To the right honourable | Sir William Cecill, of the mo∫t | honourable order of the Garter Knight, Ba= ron of Burghley, mai∫ter of her Ma- | ie∫ties wardes and liueries, and | Lord high Trea∫urer of | England. | When I had (right | honourable and my | e∫pecial good lord) | thorowly peru∫ed | and cõ∫idered the∫e | Prouerbs, or rather | Aphori∫mes of the marques of San- | tilliana. I thought it not amis to be- | ∫tow ∫ome trauaile in turning them | into Engli∫h: albeit I found them in | ∫ome places ∫o darkly written, and | ∫o corrupted by the Printer, as I | could ∫undrie times hardly attain to | the authors meaning… | … My ∫imple tran∫- | lation (for the Authour him∫eflf nee- | deth no defender) I mo∫t humbly | commend to the protection of your | Lord∫hip, as to him that is perfect- | ly able to iudge, whether I haue tru- | ly and faythfully followed my pa- | terne | terne, or no. |… | … Barnabe | Googe. |