Marie Catherine le Jumel de Barneville,

Baroness of Aulnoy
THE 
 Ingenious and Diverting 
 LETTERS 
 OF THE 
 Lady——Travels 
 INTO 
 SPAIN
DESCRIBING
The Devotions, Nunneries, Humours,
Customs, Laws, Militia, Trade, Diet,
and Recreations of that People.
Intermixt with
Great Variety of Modern Adventures,and Surprising Accidents: being theTruest and Best REMARKS Extanton that Court and Country.
The Second Edition
LONDON:
Printed for Samuel Crouch, at the Corner of
Pope’s-Head-Alley, next Cornhil. 1692.
Copyright, 1899, by
Archer M. Huntington
Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
The Knickerbocker Press
New York & London
To
W. W. D.
      Licensed,
Sept. 2, 1691.
                  Rob. Midgley.
To the Honourable 
 Mrs Martha Lockhart
Madam,
I Humbly beg Leave theseLetters may appear in anEnglish Dress, under theProtection of your Name; whoseAccuracy in the Original, justlyIntitles you to this Dedication;and whose Advantagious Birth,Greatness of Mind, and UncommonImprovements, exacta Veneration from the most Invidious;and render you an IllustriousOrnament of your Sex.
Madam, For me to attempthere the Publishing your Vertuesand Accomplishments, souniversally acknowledg’d byall that have the Honour ofyour Acquaintance, would be todetract from your Merit; andmight more justly be censuredfor Presumption than Flattery.
It were better to imitate thePainter, who perceiving it notpossible to represent the Father’sGrief for the loss of hisDaughter, drew a Veil over hisFace, and owned his Inability.
But I forget, Madam, ’tis mypart only to crave your Pardonfor this bold Address; and tostudy ever to approve myself,
Madam,
Your most Obedient Servant.
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