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Anent the defunct, his name was M. Iames Gall, a Citizen of Perth, and a Gentle-man of a goodly stature, and pregnant wit, much given to pastime, as golf, archerie, curling; and Joviall companie. A man verie kinde to his friends, and a prettie poet in liberall merriments, and tart satyres; no lesse acquaint with Philœnus, and the Acidalian Dame, than with the Muses.

For the mourner, he yet lives and mournes: and seeing he is of purpose to set forth the webbe of his life, which is verie long, now almost an hundred elnes, counting an elne for a year, it is needlesse to speak of him here, all know him (that know him) to be a good man; and hath beene occasion of mirth to many, to none of mourning, as M. Gall by his immature death hath beene to him. It seemeth sufficient, untill the time he himself set out the historie of himself, to set down here the inventar of the ornaments of his Cabin, which, by a Catachrestick name, he usually calleth Gabions.

This Inventarie we have in a torn, and worn copie, and in respect there are some lines in it we can not read, pray thee, gentle Reader, be content of that, that is to the fore, till we can obtaine from M. George the whole piece, which was alleaged to be written by M. Gall, although, in veritie, the Author of this book did write it, and as I think, not without M. George his owne advice, and for his friends recreation.