The history of Italy

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by  Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540

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Tranflated from the I T A L I A N of
FRANCESCO GUICCIARDINI,
BY
AUlSTIN PARKE GODDARD,Efqi
The T H R D EDITION.
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TEN VOLUMES,
In
VOL.
I,
LONDON,
Printed forZ. Stuart, at theLamb, in PaUr^fio/f^r-Rotv*
MDCCLXIII.
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The Right Honourable the
POMFRET.
Countefs of
Madam,
SHOULD
§)!G^g never have
m
ik prefumed to appear in
Print, had I not had the
Honour and good Fortune of Your
Ladyfhip's Acquaintance. In a
Converfation Two Years ago, You
exprefled the Satisfadion You
fhould receive in reading a faith-
ful Tranflation of Guicciardini's
Hiftory in our Language. This
induced me to render a Sheet
of it into Englijhy which Your
Ladylhip was fo good as to ap-
prove
DEDICATION.
prove. As you are a perfect
Judge of both Languages, I con-
ftrued Your Approbation for anEn-
couragement and, with no fmall
;
Labour, have gone through the
Whole Hiftory. If I find my Un-
dertaking has anfwered Your Lady-
fliip's Expectation (which is the
my
Height of Ambition) I fhall
have no Reafon to doubt of its
being acceptable to the Public.
I am, Madam,
Your Ladyfhip's
mofl: obedient
humbleServant,
Austin Parke Goddard,
READER.
To
the
H E
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g T g World entertains of the Merit
of Guicciardims Hiftory, the
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greater the Exped:ation may be of feeing
it rendered properly into Engliff;). The
Tranilator, therefore, to obviate all Preju-
dices and PrepolTeflions, thinks proper to
give the following Account ofhimfclf.
The Grand Duke ofTtifcany^ Cofmo III.
having had fome Knowledge of the Tran-
flator's Family, fent for him to Italy be-
fore he had attained the Eleventh Year of
his Age. He lived Eighteen Years in that
Country, Seven of them in the Academy
of Siena, and other Places of Study, and
the Remainder at the Court of Florence^
where his Royal Highnefs honoured him
with the Order ofSt. Stephen.
This was mentioned in the Firft
Edition by the Tranilator, as an Excufe
for
READER.
To the
for the Propriety ofhis Englijb, But fince
the Public has been fo indulgent as to take
ofFall theCopies ofthe firft Four Volumes,
fo as to put him under a Neceffity of en-
larging the Number of the reft, and re-
printing the firft Four, he congratulates
himfelfin thinking he has no farther Oc-
cafion to apologize on that Score. Ani-
mated by this Succefs, he applied himfelf
with ftill greater Attention to the Revifal
ofthe Remainder, as alfo ofthe firft Four
Books before their Re-publication.
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