The Epistle Dedicatory.
0.38that were neuer thought. But in a word your
0.39poore seruant offers the truth of his progresse and
0.40profit to your honorable view, receiue it I beseech
0.41you, such as it is, rude and plaine, for I know your
0.42pure iudgement, lookes as soone to see beauty in a
0.43Blackamoore, or heare smooth speech from a
0.44Stammerer, as to finde any thing, but blunt mirth
0.45in a Morrice dauncer, especially such a one as Will
0.46Kemp, that hath spent his life in mad Iigges and
0.47merry iestes. Three reasons mooue mee to make
0.48publik this iourney, one to reproue lying fooles I
0.49neuer knew: the other to cōmend louing friends,
0.50which by the way I daily found: the third to shew
0.51my duety to your honorable selfe, whose fauours
0.52(among other bountifull friends) makes me (di-
0.53spight of this sad world) iudge my hart Corke, &
0.54my heeles feathers, so that me thinkes I could flye
0.55to Rome (at least hop to Rome, as the olde Pro-
0.56uerb is) with a morter on my head: In which light
0.57conceite I lowly begge pardon and leaue, for my
0.58Tabrer strikes his huntsup, I must to Norwich: I-
0.59magine Noble Mistris, I am now setting from my
0.60Lord Mayors, the houre about seauen, the mor-
0.61ning gloomy, the company many, my hart merry.
0.62Your worthy Ladiships most
0.63vnworthy seruant,
0.64William Kemp.