 TO THE RIGHT Honourable ſir Henry Sydney Knight, Lorde Deputie Generall of Irelande, Lorde preſident of Wales, Knight of the moste noble Order of the Garter, and one of hir Maieſties priuie Counſel within hir Realme of Englande.

[1] _TAking in hande right Ho|norable to gather the perticular Hiſto|ries of diuers Countries and Nations, to ioyn vvith a Coſmographie, vvhich one Reginald VVoulfe late Printer to the Queenes Maieſtie, meant to pu|bliſhe in our Engliſh tounge: vvhen I came to cõſider of the Hiſtories of Ire|land, I founde my ſelfe ſo vnprouided of helpes, to ſet dovvne any perticular diſcourſe therof, that I vvas in diſpaire to enterprice to vvrite any thing at all concerning that realme, othervviſe thã incidently, as fell to purpoſe, to touche the ſame in the Hiſtorie of England.