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Thus have
my booke . . and yf to some I to have satisfied their desyres herein fullye to their accordinge expectation or not so cunninglye have handled the same as the matter itself offereth and is worthy shall
I
ended
.
seeme not
then
my
wholye to ye learned correction desyrynge theym frendelye to geeve knowledge to the printer, or to me, and beinge detected of my fault, for well I wyll wyllyngelye correct and amend the same wotte that no treatise can alwaies so workmanly be handeled but that somewhat sometimes may fall out amisse contrary both to the minde of the wryter and contrary to the expectation of the reader. Wherefore my petition to the gentle reader is to accept these my trevails with that minde I do offer them to thee and to take gentelye that I geeve gladly, in so doinge I shal thinke my paynes well bestowed and shal be encouraged hereafter to trust more, unto thy curtesye. And therefore I era we at thy handes the thankefull acceptof,
I referre
selfe
of the wise,
:
ance of these rude labours of myne. The favour of God bee with thee alwayes." Thomas Hill, The Proffitable Arte of Gardeninge, 1568.
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