TO THE MOST NOBLE

THE MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON,F.R.S., F.S.A.,

WHOSE PRACTICAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE MATTERS TREATED OFIN THE FOLLOWING PAGESENABLES HIM FULLY TO APPRECIATE THE REASONSWHICH HAVE LED TO THEIR PUBLICATION,

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IS, BY PERMISSION, DEDICATED,

BY HIS LORDSHIP’S

VERY OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.