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Ded icacion.

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May it pleafe your Grace, there¬

fore to take this Book into your Fro-

tehlion, pnce whatever may be want- ]

ing, either in the Wtork or the Au- i

thor, to recommend it to your Fa-

vour, will abundantly be [applied by

the i)ignity'of the Subject.

For to whom can I fo properly

fend a Treatife of the Stars and

Heavenly Motions, us to a faithful

and jealous Servant of that Heaven¬

ly King, who knoweth the

Number of the Stars, and call-*

eth them by their Names. So

remarkable is your Grate's Zealfor

the Service and Honour of God, that

you took particular Care to adorn

his Hotife before you would lay the

Foundation of your own. Nor did

your Care extend only to the Orna¬

mentsDedication.

ments of the Temple, but likewiff

and more efpecially to the Decency

of the Worjhip : Ton call'd Mufick

in to excite Devotion ; Mufick be¬

ing the Delight and Employment of

the Heavenly Choir.

Touy My Lord, are the publick

and fianding Mark of all Mens

Admiration, the beautiful Patent

which all defire to imitate, tho’ few

can hope to equal. In publick Affairs

what Statefman more able ? In do¬

meflical Management, what private

Alan more expert ? In the confiant

fating and exact keeping of Ac-

compts, no Body more Provident, no

Body more frugal. In Expenses, no

Body more Liberad'. In Largeffes,

no Body fo Aiagni.ficent.

SoDedication.

So great is jour Affection to

Learning and the Learned, that

while you make your[elf Majier of

every Art, you give Matter and

Encouragement to every Artifl. To

the particular Science which is the

Subject of this Book your Grace is

fo Eminent, fo Beniffcent a Batron,

that in the /lately and beautiful

StruUure of Cannons, Afironomers

will find every thing for the Im¬

provement oj their Knowledge ; In-

framents worthy of the Science, and

an Obfervatory worthy of its Lord.

The Book l now pr'efent is a Tran -

flation ofthofeAgronomical LeClares,

which were honoured with your Gra¬

ce s Name at their firft Publication,

in the Language they were read in

at the llniverfity of Oxford. The

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Dedication.

\

Verflon was made at the Kequefl

and for the Service of the fair Sex,

and particularly for the Service of

the great Ornament of her Sex they

Datchefs of Chandos. It is no FlatM\

tery to the Ladies to fay that fich

of them as delight in Arts and Sci¬

ences, as to ffluichiefs of Perception

and Delicacy of Tafle, are equal,

if not fuperior to Aden ; and it is

no Affront to the moft refned of either

Sex to fay, there is not a finer.

Genius than my Lady Dutchefs.

May every Star in Heaven jhed

its kindeft Influence on loth your

Heads. And may you long continue

to enjoy that Affluence, which, like

the Kays of the Sun, flatters Light

and Warmth to all round you.

This,Dedication.

This, my Lord, is a general Wijh,

lecaufe it is for the General Good of

Mankind, particularly of him who

is with the deepefl Senfe of Gra¬

titude,

,

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Tour Graces

‘ ’ ' ' ^ ' *'C ' ' 'f ’ . ' ' "" • ’ ' "

mofl faithful

and mofl humlle Servant,

s. - -s.. "

John Keill.

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