I SOLEMNLY declare to all mankind, that the above dedication was made for no one Prince, Prelate, Pope, or Potentate, - Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, or Baron, of this, or any other Realm in Christendom; - nor has it yet been hawked about, or offered publicly or pnvately, directly or indirectly, to any one person or personage, great or small; but is honestly a true Virgin - Dedication untried on, upon any soul living.

I labour this point so particularly, merely to remove any offence or objection which might arise against it from the manner in which I propose to make the most of it - which is the putting it up fairly to public sale; which I now do.

Every author has a way of his own in bringing his points to bear ; - for my own part, as I hate chaffering and biggling for a few guineas in a dark entry ; - I resolved within myself, from the very beginning, to deal squarely and openly with your Great Folks in this affair, and try whether I should not come off the better by it.

If therefore there is any one Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, or Baron, in these his Majesty's dominions, who stands in need of a tight, genteel dedication, and whom the above will suit, (for by the bye, unless it suits in some degree, I will not part with it) it is much at his service for fifty guineas ; - which I am positive is twenty guineas less than it ought to be afforded for, by any man of genius.

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