Di quésta sómma ti contenti e gódi:

Sómma di Sénno, Amór, Virtù e chiarézza,

E d'Inghilterra Imperatríce ANNA.

Il Cándido.

To my deare friend and brother M. Iohn Florio,
one of the Gentlemen of hir Maiesties Royall
Priuy-chamber.

I stand not to giue praise before the face

Of this great worke, that doth it selfe commend:

But to congratulate the good and grace

That England com's thereby to apprehend:

And in hir name to thanke your industry