| § To the right noble, learned, and | worthie minded Lord, Edward de Vere, Earle of Ox- | enford, Vi∫count Bulbeck, Lord Sanford, and of Ba- | del∫mere, and Lord high Chamberlaine of England: A. M. | wi∫heth continuall happines in this life, and | in the world to come. | … | If Palmerin hath ∫ustained any wrong by my bad tran∫- | lation, being ∫o worthely ∫et downe in other languages: | Your Honour hauing ∫uch ∫peciall knowledge in them, I | hope will let ∫lip any fault e∫caped, in re∫pect I haue doone | my good will, the large∫t talent I haue to bestowe. | … | Needle∫∫e were it, by tediou∫nes to growe touble- |∫ome, when a word ∫uffi∫eth to ∫o ∫ound iudgement: I ∫ub- | mit my ∫elfe and my Booke to your gracious conceit, and | ∫econd part, now on the pre∫∫e, and well neere finished | I will shortly pre∫ent my worthie Patrone… | Sometime your Honours ∫eruant, | yet continuing in all humble duty. | Anthonie Monday. |

| § To the courteous Readers. | When I fini∫hed my ∫econde | parte of Palmerin of England, | I promi∫ed this worke of Pal- | merin D’Oliua, becau∫e it de- | pended ∫o e∫pecially on the | other: to di∫charge that debt, | for promi∫e is no le∫∫e accoun | ted, with the new yeere I ∫end | him abroad, a freendly com- | panion for the long euenings, and a fit recreation for | other vacant times. | But becau∫e ∫ome (perhaps) will make exceptions a- | gain∫t me, that being but one Booke in other langua= | ges, I now deuide it twaine: my aun∫wer is, that to | glut men with delight, may make them ∫urfeit… | … Be∫ide, a Booke growinge too bigge in quantitie, is profitable neither | to the minde nor the pur∫∫e: for that men are now ∫o | wi∫e, and the world ∫o hard, as they looue not to buie | plea∫ure at vnrea∫onable price…. | Yet heerein I am encouraged, that what hath pa∫t | with ∫o great applau∫e in diuers languages, can hard- | ly merite to be de∫pi∫ed in England, being matter al= | together of delight, and no way offen∫iue:… | And yet I am per∫waded, that both one and other [the Gentle and inferior sort] | will freedly entertaine Palmerin D’Oliua, becau∫e his | Hi∫tory is ∫o plentifully ∫tored with choy∫e conceit, | varietie of matter and exqui∫it conueyaunce: as no- | thing can be reprooued but my ∫imple tran∫lation, yet | that I hope will be pardoned too, in that to tran∫late, | allowes little occa∫ion of fine pen worke. | … | A. Munday. |