"O RERUM PRUDENS QUANTUM EXPERIENTIA VULGO
MATERIEM LARGILIA BONI, SI VINCERE CURENT
DESIDIAM, ET GRATOS AGITANDO PREBENDERE FINES !
------- DEUS AUCTOR, ET IPSA
AREM ALUIT NATURA SUAM."

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TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THOMAS, EARLE OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERIE,

LORD HERBERT OF CAERDIFFE, &c.;


ONE OF THE PRIVY COUNCELL TO THEIR MAJESTIES,
AND PRESIDENT OF THE ROYALL SOCIETIE.

[A page is appropriated in the manuscript to the Author's intended
DEDICATION ; the name and titles of his patron only being filled in,
as above.

The nobleman named is particularly mentioned by Aubrey in his Chapter
on "The Worthies of Wiltshire", printed in a subsequent part of this
volume. He was Earl of Pembroke from 1683 till his death in 1733; and
was distinguished for his love of literature and the fine arts. He
formed the Wilton Collection of marbles, medals, and coins; and