Excerpt from The British Bibliographer, Vol. 1 Let not Ambition, nor a foul Desire, Nor Hate, nor Envy set my heart on fire; Revenge, nor Choler, no, nor Jealousy; And keep me from Despair and Cruelty Fond hepe expel, and I beseech thee, bless My soul from fear, and too much heaviness. But give. Me special grace to shun the vice That is so common; beastly Avarice: Yea, grant me power I not only know, But fly those evils, that from Passion flow. Moreover, now inspire my soul with Art, And grant me thy assistance to impart The rest of man's ill customs yet remaining, fluid their vain humours; that, by my explaining, They may perceive how odious I can make them, Blush at the reading, and at last forsake them. So let my Muse in this, and things to come, Sing to thy glory, Lord, or else he dumb. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.