With becoming gratitude for your Lordship’s condescension in granting
such a noble Asylum to a Stranger, I humbly presume to shelter this
Translation under your Lordship’s Patronage.
If I have been able to do justice to my Author, your Lordship’s accurate
Jugment, and fine Taste, will naturally protect his Work: But I must
rely wholly on your known Candour and Goodness for the pardon of many
imperfections in the language.