To the Right Honourable EARL COWPER MY LORD, I T has been obferved by " an Mr. Hughes, that * « a dead Author ought to confider "himself as a kind of Executor of "his Will; which he fhou'd endea Dedication of SPENSER's Works to the late Lord SOMMERS. vour to perform with the fame "Care, and, in every Circumftance, "after the fame Manner he believes "the Author himfelf would have ❝ done, if living.” With this Rule for my Direction, I could not be at a Lofs to whom I fhould addrefs the following Collection of Mr. Hughes's Works. Your LORDSHIP has an Hereditary Title to them; and (if That were wanting) there would ftill be a Propriety in offering the Works of our finest Lyrick Poet to the Patronage of a young Nobleman, who makes it his Pleasure to promote and cultivate the polite Arts. The |