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WILLIAM RAWLEY

PROFESSOR OF SACRED

GREETINGS TO THE READER.

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Since it has pleased my Lord and Master to do me the honor of using me in the printing of his Works, I believe it will not be out of place to offer some advice to the Reader concerning what pertains to this first Volume. Let it be known, therefore, that my said Lord published this treatise on the Dignity and Advancement of Sciences in the common language i.e., French sixteen years ago; that he divided it into only two Books; and that he dedicated it then to His Royal Majesty, just as he does now. A short time later, he decided