The cardinal

<TITLE THE CARDINAL.>
<SN TO MY WORTHILY HONORED FRIEND G.B. ESQ;>
SIR,
I DID SUFFER AT THE FIRST SOME CONTENTION WITHIN
ME, AND LOOKING UPON MY SELF, WAS INCLINED
TO STIFLE MY AMBITIOUS THOUGHTS IN THIS DEDICATION;
BUT WHEN SOME TIME, AND A HAPPY
CONVERSATION, HAD PREFERRED ME TO MORE ACQUAINTANCE
WITH YOU, ( WHICH WAS MORE ARGUMENT TO ME, THAN
THE FAME I HAD HEARD OF YOUR REPUTATION, WITH THE
MOST TEMPERATE AND INGENIOUS MEN) I FOUND YOU
NOT ONLY AN EXCELLENT JUDGE, BUT A GOOD MAN: AT THIS
MY MODESTY TOOK FULL ENCOURAGEMENT, TO MAKE
THIS OFFERING, WHICH AS I CONCEIVE TO BE THE BEST OF
MY FLOCK, I KNEW NOT A BETTER ALTAR WHEREON TO
MAKE IT A SACRIFICE, WITH THIS PROTESTATION, THAT IT
COMES ( AND THAT IS IT ONLY, WHICH MAKES ALL DEVOTIONS
ACCEPTABLE) FROM THE HEART, AND YOUR CANDID
ACCEPTANCE WILL BIND ME WITH ALL MY SERVICES, AND
REMEMBRANCE, TO MERIT A RECEPTION WITH YOU, IN THE
QUALITY AND HONOUR OF,
SIR,
YOUR MOST HUMBLE DEVOTED SERVANT, J A. SHIRLEY>
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THE CARDINAL, 'C . . .

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