I
hauehave
HaueHave
the rather presumed
humbly to offer
vntounto your
Honor
the dedication
of this little
Poëme, for that the noble
and vertuous Gentlewoman of
whom it is written, was by match neere alied, and in affection greatly
deuoteddevoted
vntounto your Ladiship. The occasion why
JI wrote the same, was
aswell the great good fame which
JI
heard of her deceassed, as the
particular goodwill
which
JI beare
vntounto her husband Master
Arthure
Gorges
, a
louerlover of learning and vertue, whose
house as your Ladiship
by mariage hath honoured,
so doo
JI finde the name of them by many notable
records, to be of great antiquitie in this Realm; and
such as
hauehave
euerever borne
themseluesthemselves with honorable
reputation to the world, and
vnspottedunspotted loyaltie to
their Prince and Countrey: besides so linially
are
they descended from the
Howards
, as that the
Lady
Anne Howard
,
eldest daughter to
IohnJohn
Duke of
Norfolke, was wife to Sir
Edmund
,
mother
to Sir
Edward
, and grandmother to Sir
VVilliamWilliam
and Sir
Knights. And
therefore
JI doo assure my selfe that no due honour
done to the white Lyon, but will be most gratefull to your Ladiship,
whose husband and children doo so neerely participate with the bloud
of that noble familie. So in all duetie
JI recommend this
Pamphlet,
&and the good acceptance thereof to your
honorable
fauourfavour and protection.
London this first of January. 1 5 9 1.
E. Sp.