TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE of ORMON D. Anno 1699. MY LORD, Spayinga OME estates are held in England, by fine at the change of every Lord: I have enjoyed the patronage of your family, from the time of your excellent grandfather to this present day. I have dedicated the translation of the lives of Plutarch to the first Duke, and have celebrated the memory of your heroic father. Though I am very short of the age of Nestor, yet I have lived to a third generation of your house; and by your Grace's favour am admitted still to hold from you by the same tenure. |