From the CREATION of the WORLD By SAMUEL SHUCKFORD, D. D. VOLUME the FIRST. The THIRD EDITION. LONDON: Printed for J. and R. TONSON in the Strand. MDCCXLII. To the Right HONOURABLE CHARLES Lord Viscount Townshend, Baron of Lynn-Regis, and Knight of the Moft Noble Order of the Garter, &c. MY LORD, HIS Volume was first published, before I had the Happiness to be introduced to your Favour; but [a new Impreffion having been A 2 been called for, foon after my Second Volume came into the World under your Lordship's Patronage] I moft humbly beg now to have the Honour of Dedicating it to ship. your Lord Your Lordship will find no Retirement from the Honour and Efteem of Mankind: And whoever may be permitted to appear to have any Share of your Lordship's Favour, will experience it a fure Recommendation to the good Opinion of the World. I fhall in a little Time intreat your Lordship's Acceptance of a Third Volume, and hope for the |