THE AUTHOR COMPARES HIMSELF AND THE DOCTOR TO CARDINAL WOLSEY AND KING
HENRY VIII. AND SUGGESTS SUNDRY SIMILES FOR THE STYLE OF HIS BOOK.
I doubt not but some will liken me to the Lover in a modern Comedy,
who was combing his peruke and setting his cravat before his mistress;
and being asked by her when he intended to begin his court? he
replied, he had been doing it all this while.
DRYDEN.