TO THE READER.
HE that beginneth not to reade thys Booke frõ the beginning to the ende and that aduiſedly followeth not the order he findeth written, ſhall neuer profite anything thereby. But reading it through, and oft, aduiſing what he readeth, hee ſhall finde a marveylous benefite thereof. The ſtories, fables, and tales, are very pleaſaunt and compendious. More over the ſimilitudes and compariſons doe (as they ſaye) holde hands one with the other, they are ſo linked
