The Shipwreck (Falconer, 1762)/Dedication

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TO HIS

ROYAL HIGHNESS

EDWARD,

DUKE of YORK and ALBANY,

EARL of ULSTER,

KNIGHT COMPANION of the MOST NOBLE

ORDER of the GARTER,

REAR ADMIRAL of the BLUE SQUADRON

OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET,

And ONE of HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE

PRIVY COUNCIL;

The FOLLOWING POEM

IS,

BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S PERMISSION,

With the UTMOST RESPECT and DUTY,

INSCRIBED,

By His ROYAL HIGHNESS's

MOST DEVOTED,

MOST OBEDIENT;

And MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,

WILLIAM FALCONER.

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