To Her G R A C E the

Duchess of SOMERSET.

MADAM,

I OFFER these Papers to You, because I havebeen long desirous of making a public Ac-knowledgement of the great Obligations the de-ceased Author and present Editor have owed tohis Grace of Somerset, and Your Self. Was Ias able to deseribe the Variety of AccomplishmentsYou are Mistress of as I am ready to own the Fa-vours I have received, You are the only Person inthe World who would read them with Uneasiness 5but my Incapacity to do Justice to Your Virtues,prevents my offending one which gives a Lustre to

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