Dedication
TO THE
HONORABLE AND RIGHT REVEREND
BROWNLOW,
LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER,
PRELATE OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER
OF THE GARTER,&c.
MY LORD,
IT is with much respect that I make use of the
permission, you have given me of prefixing your
name to this volume, which cannot but stamp a
credit on it, much beyond its merits. The honor
your Lordship has done me in the encouragement of
my History from the first publication of it, and this
continuance of it is a still further mark of your partiality to a county with which you are still materially
connected by the relationship of your noble family,
their large extended property and principal residence
in it, a partiality strengthened by your Lordship's
having presided over the chapter of the metropolitical church of Canterbury, when you first honored
me with your notice and where the, liberal conduct
and assability of dean NORTH is still held in a pleasing
and grateful remembrance. Permit me, my Lord, to
return you my most respectful thanks for these repeated marks of your favor. That your Lordship
may long continue to make happy that diocese, over
which you now so worthily preside, are the servent
wishes of, my Lord,
Your Lordship's
much obliged,
and most obedient servant,
LONDON,
January 10, 1798.
EDWARD HASTED.