Dedication

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL & COUNTESS OF SHREWSBURY,

THIS ESSAT, WRITTEN AT THEIR SUGGESTION AND REQUEST,

IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED

WITH SENTIMENTS OF DEVOTION AND GRATITUDE

FOR THEIR MORE THAN PARENTAL KINDNESS

IN TIMES OF DIFFICULTY AND TRIAL,

AND FOR THE CONTINUED AND CHEERING EXAMPLE

OP THEIR MANY DOMESTIC VIRTUES,

SO FEELINGLY TESTIFIED

BY THE DAILY BENEDICTIONS OF THE POOR.

St. Wilfrto's, Feast of our Blessed Lady's Expectation, m. d. ccc. xlvii.