WHen I ( good M. MAINWARING ) had made this simple Nosegaye : I was in minde to bestow the same on some dere frind , of which number I haue good occasion to accompt you chiefe : But waying with my selfe , that although the Flowers bound in the same were good : yet so little of my labour was in them that they were not ( ●●●●● be they should ) to bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for the least of a great number of benefits , which haue from time to time ( euen from our Childhoo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ) receaued of you : yet ●●●●● by me , you●●●●●● be occasioned to say , as ANTI●ATER s●●●●DEMADES of Athens , that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him with geueing , I woulde ●o ●●●●●●y selfe ●●●ffied , gratifye your Guifts , and also by the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 confessions that by deedes you haue deserued benefits : which as DIOGENES saith ) is ●●●● worth then be ●eu●●● or 〈◊〉 by receauing of many 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 benefits ( Which to do is not alotted me ) to accquit your curtesies , I come to prefer you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pore 〈◊〉 which hauing no goods , ca●● with his hands full of water to meet the Persian Prince withal , who respecting the good wyll of the man● did not disdayne his simple Guift : euen so , I being ●●●●●● to bestow some Present on you , by the same thinking to make part of a●onder for the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 merited , to perfourme the dutie of a friend , 〈◊〉 expresse the good wyll that should rest in Countrie folke , & not hauyng of mine owne to discharge that I go about ( like to that poore Fellow which ●●●● into an others ground for his water ) did shaping anothers garden for these Flowers : which I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 you ( as DARIVS did , ) to accept : and though they be of anothers growing , yet considering they be of my owne gathering and making ●●●●spect my labour and regard my good wil and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them , but vouch●●●● to be a protected 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him from the spightful , which ( perhaps ) wil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hat leith as presented you , or gathered th 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ad done one , or both : and so might spoyle●●●● Nosegay , and not to let it come so happili 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 handes , as I wish it mai . And though the Garden of your godly mind be full fraught with 〈◊〉 Flowers , which I know in your infancie to take roote , and which all may see now to florish , with an vndoubted hope of their yeelding fruite hereafter : yet ordaine to smell so these , and when you come into a pestilent aire that might infect your sound minde : yet sauour to these SLIPS in which I trust you shal finde safety : And yf you take pleasure in them , I shal not only be occasioned to endeuour my selfe to make a further viage for a more dayntier thing ( then Flowers are ) to present you withall : but also haue good hope that you wil accept this my labour , for recompence of al that which you are vnrecompenced for , as knoweth god : who I beseeche geue vnto you a longe and a lucky lyfe with increase of all your vertuous studies .