------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. This is a very visual work, with numerous diagrams and meticulous discussion of them. The HTML or eBook versions would be more suitable if those aspects of the work are of interest. There is a single footnote following the Translator’s note. If an article spans several pages, marginal paragraph notes were repeated. These redundant notes have been removed. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes: Volume 1 [Illustration: THOMAS HOBBES. _W Humphrys sc._ _London. Published March 1st 1839, by John Bohn. 17, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden._ ] THE ENGLISH WORKS OF THOMAS HOBBES OF MALMESBURY; NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND EDITED BY SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, BART. --- VOL. I. --- LONDON: JOHN BOHN, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. --- MDCCCXXXIX. LONDON: C. RICHARDS, PRINTER, ST. MARTIN'S LANE. TO GEORGE GROTE, ESQ. M.P. FOR THE CITY OF LONDON. -------------- DEAR GROTE,