Dedicatory Letter.

...rekindle, and to adorn the ancient dignity of both nations original: "utriusque gentis"; referring to the British and the Dutch, over both of whom William III reigned with new trophies. And just as Hercules was once the conqueror of Wild Beasts and Monsters, so may the House of Nassau Gens Nassavica; the royal dynasty of King William III, renowned for defending Protestantism and liberty always be known as the Conqueror of Tyrants.