The Catalogve
of the Avthors.

  Haue heere muſtered in thy view, Courteous Readerm thoſe Authors which from mine owne ſight, J haue mentioned in this Work. Some of them, I confeſſe are of no great note, and ſome are noted for notorious Counterfeits: but all are of ſome vſe, and meete to bee heere placed, that they may haue their due: Some of thankfulneſſe for their worthy and great induſtry (where in thoſe deſerue a place, though otherwiſe obſcure, who by their Nauigations and Diſcouries haue made the World knowne to it ſelfe) Others, that they may be knowne to be lyes and meere Changelings. Jn this, and all kinds, Sacred, Profane, Learned, Vnlearned, Ancient, Moderne, Good, and Bad; I haue toyled my ſelfe to benefit thee. Many more might be added, which are cited in this Worke. But becauſe I haue borrowed them on others credit, and not ſeene them my ſelfe (and Many for other cauſes) I haue not here mentioned them. The Letter F. ſignifies that wee haue a Fragment of the ſaid Authour, and Pſ. brands him for a Counterfeit. The Sacred Authours, or Scribes rather, to the Holy Ghoſt, are Tranſcendents, and quite beyond this Predicament. We haue alſo omitted the Apocrypha: beſides thoſe which haue eſcaped vs in the Collection.

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