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To the Right Worſhipfull
Maiſter Benedic Barnam, Eſquire, Alderman and Sheriffe of this honorable Citty of
London: health and happineſſe.
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Orſhipfull Sir, I am bold (by way of dedication) to giue yee this excellent Dialogue of Plato the Phyloſopher, for two reaſons. The firſt, that ſo ſinguler a worke, doone by a Heathen man, might as wel floriſh in our vulgare ſpeech, as of long time it hath doone both in Greeke and Latine.
The ſeconde, that your countenance might ſhaddowe it from reprochefull ſlaunders, which common cenſures too lightly bolt out againſt the beſt endeuours. But con-
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