TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
ERNEST AUGUSTUS,
DUKE OF CUMBERLAND AND TEVIOTDALE, EARL OF ARMAGH, K. B.
K. B. refers to Knight of the Order of the Bath.
CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN,
&c. &c. &c.
THE ILLUSTRIOUS PATRON
OF ACADEMIC LITERATURE IN IRELAND,
THIS WORK
IS,
WITH HIS GRACIOUS PERMISSION,
AND WITH UNFEIGNED GRATITUDE AND RESPECT,
MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED,
BY
HIS GREATLY OBLIGED,
AND MOST DUTIFUL SERVANT,
WILLIAM HALES.
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