of it; and thereby both Elevate their minds to a generous Contempt of all they can lose and suffer for it, and Fill them with bright _Idea_’s of Heroick Vertue, and of the much brighter Glories that will Crown it. By such Reflections, I was induc’d not to omit some Passages that seem’d likely to further the main Ends I pursu’d, though I forsaw, that perhaps some rigid Judges would say, that they might have been spar’d. For _as_ I writ not a Romance, wherein Authors are wont to aim no higher, than to Delight the Delicate Readers, and Escape the Critical ones, by making their Composures Diverting and Regular; _so_ I presum’d that to employ a more Useful, though less Fashionamble way of Writing, was allowable for Me, who ought _to_ endeavour in such a piece as This, rather to propose Patterns of Vertue, than Models of Skill or Eloquence; and _to_ think it more Successful, if the Readers shall upon perusing it, Imitate our excellent Martyrs Piety, than if they should only Applaud their History. Which both as to Stile and Reasonings, is freely submitted to your Judgment, by _Sir, your most_ &c. ERRATA. _Preface Page 3. line 19. read =Jonathan Cæsar=, &c._ p. 5. l. 11. r. _feign Contents_ Ch. 1. r. _Chamber_. Ch. 3. r. _thinking_. P. 80. l. 16. r. _manifest Danger_, &c. p. 89. l. 14. r. _and let her see_, &c. p. 152. l. 14. r. _enough_. p. 222. l. 17. r. _her Kindness_, &c. p. 227. l. 1. for _having_, r. _did_. ibid. l. 4. for _assum’d_, r. _assume_. p. 238, l. 15. r. _of all other_, &c. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library: University of California The Augustan Reprint Society _General Editors_ H. RICHARD ARCHER Wm. Andrews Clark Memorial Library R. C. BOYS University of Michigan RALPH COHEN University of California, Los Angeles VINTON A. DEARING University of California, Los Angeles _Corresponding Secretary_: MRS. EDNA C. DAVIS, Wm. Andrews Clark Memorial Library The Society exists to make available inexpensive reprints (usually facsimile reproductions) of rare seventeenth and eighteenth century works. The editorial policy of the Society remains unchanged. As in the past, the editors welcome suggestions concerning publications. All income of the Society is devoted to defraying cost of publication and mailing. All correspondence concerning subscriptions in the United States and Canada should be addressed to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2205 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles 18, California. Correspondence concerning editorial matters may be addressed to any of the general editors. The membership fee is $3.00 a year for subscribers in the United States and Canada and 15/- for subscribers in Great Britain and Europe. British and European subscribers should address B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England. Publications for the seventh year [1952-1953] (At least six items, most of them from the following list, will be reprinted.)