To His GRACE

PEREGRINE

Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven,

Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of

The Lord Great Chamberlain is a high-ranking ceremonial officer of the British Royal Household, responsible for the Palace of Westminster and participating in royal coronations.

ENGLAND, and so forth.

May it please your GRACE,

TO accept of this attempt to illustrate one of the noblest antiquities now left upon earth.
In the context of 18th-century "antiquarianism," this term usually refers to massive prehistoric stone structures like Stonehenge or Avebury.
I am confident your Grace will not dislike it, either because it is a religious antiquity, or because it belongs to our own country.