| TO MY DEARE AND LOVINGE | countreywomen and ∫i∫ters in Chri∫t a∫- | ∫embled together to ∫erue God, vnder | the holie order of S. Briget in the | towne of Rone in Fraunce. | … | And becau∫e I cold not haue the effect of my de- | ∫ire, nor they , the fruite of that good, I vvished | them, except it vvere made cõmunicable by ∫ome | mans trauayle and indu∫trie, in reducing it out of | ∫pani∫he or Italian language, (vvherein it | vvas fir∫t vvritten) into our vulgare & mother tongue… | From the pri∫on Aprilis 7. Anno domini. 1584. | no∫t. capt. 7. | Your faythfull vvellvviller, and | true frende in Chri∫t Ie∫u. | G. C. |