Albeit, I well
know, how Opere in vario, no lesse then in longo, fas est obrepere
somnum. And I acknowledge, this playing work to come so farr short,
of satisfying, euen myselfe (though Suus cuiq; placet partus) as I
haue little reason, to expect the applause of any other.
Besides the state of our Countrie hath vndergone so manie Alterations,
since I first began these scriblings, that,in the reuiewing, I was
driuen, either likewise to varie my report, or else to speake against
my knowledge. And no maruaile, for each succeeding time, addeth, or
raueth, goods, & euils, according to the occasions, which it selfe
produceth : rather a wonder it were, that in the ceaselesse reuolution
of the Vniuerse, any parcell should retaine a stedfast constitution.
Reckon therefore (I pray you) that this treatise plotteth downe
Cornwall, as it now standeth, for the particulars, and will continue,
for the generall. Mine Eulogies proceede no lesse, from the
sinceritie of a witnesse, then the affection of a friend: and
therefore I hope, that where my tongue hath beene good, no mans
eye will bee euill: and that each wel-minded Reader will wish a merrie
passage, to this my rather fancie-sporting, then gaine-fseeking voyage.
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