_Vesontini_, P. of _Besançon_.

_Ulbanesses_, _non liquet_.

_Witmarium_, _non liquet_.

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The Author's Preface.


To the most Illustrious and Potent Prince _FREDERICK_,
Count Palatine of the _Rhine_, Duke of _Bavaria_, &c.
First Elector of the _Roman_ Empire, His most Gracious
Lord, _Francis Hotoman_, wishes all Health and Prosperity.

_'Tis an old Saying, of which_ Teucer _the Son of_ Telamon _is the
supposed Author, and which has been approved of these many Ages_, A
Man's Country is, where-ever he lives at Ease. [Footnote: _Patria est
ubicunq; est bene._] _For to bear even Banishment it self with an
unconcern'd Temper of Mind like other Misfortunes and Inconveniences,
and to despise the Injuries of an ungrateful Country, which uses one
more like a Stepmother than a true Mother, seems to be the Indication of
a great Soul. But I am of a quite different Opinion: For if it be a
great Crime, and almost an Impiety not to live under and suffer
patiently the Humours and harsh Usage of our Natural Parents; 'tis sure