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AUTHOR'S PREFACE Nor will I detain you longer, most Religious fathers, who performing this embassy for Christ, soon to become Preachers of the Gentiles, have by his counsel become converted to the simplicity of children; and with admirable zeal, though wont elsewhere to instruct others in the sublimest matters. have here begun to lisp the barbarous sounds, which, you have modestly not disdained to learn from others. To this your Apostolic desire, this little work of mine, such as it is, wishes to afford its service. If you are of opinion that you have received and assistance from it, pray ye the common. Lord of the harvest, that I also, following your example, may not sit down in slothful idleness in His vineyard-Farewell. From the Mission of Madura, 29th January, 1728.
