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<TITLE THE MERCHANTS HAND-MAIDE, OR A BOOKE CONTAINING VERIE
NECESSARIE AND COMPENDIOUS TABLES, FOR THE SPEEDIE CASTING UP, AND
TRUE VALUING OF ANY COMMODITIE WHATSOEVER.
VERY BEHOOVEFULL FOR MERCHANTS, GENTLE-MEN, TRADES-MEN, AND ALL SUCH
AS BUY, SELL, OR DEALE IN ANY MANNER OF ACCOUNTS.>
BY I.W. GENT.
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL, HIS
MUCH HONORED AND WORTHY GOOD
FRIEND GEO: RIDGEWAY ESQUIRE.
RIGHT WORSHIPFULL,
HAVING SPENT NO SMALL TIME IN THE EXACT
COMPOSING OF THIS NEW FRAMED WORKE,
LONG BY ME THOUGHT UPON, OFTEN BY MANY
(OF MY JUDICIOUS FRIENDS) URGED UPON,
AND NOW (I HOPE) TO THE GOOD OF MANY
BROUGHT FORTH TO BE LOOKED UPON. WHEN
IT WAS (AS I THOUGHT) SUFFICIENTLY SUITED FOR PUBLIKE VIEW, IT
SEEMED TO WANT AN UPPER GARMENT TO SHROWD IT FROM ENVIES
MALICE: AND BEING DUBIOUS WHERE TO SHELTER IT, I WAS TOLD
(THOUGH WITHOUT LEAVE) (BY FIXING YOUR HONORABLE NAME IN
THE FRONTISPEECE) TO CRAVE YOUR PATRONAGE, TO WHOM INDED BY
MANY RESPECTS IT JUSTLY BELONGS; (AS THE FORMER DID, TO MY E . . .
