AMADIS

OF

GAUL.

AN

OPERA.

As it is perform'd at the

King’s Theatre

IN THE

HAY-MARKET.

LONDON:

Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's-Headover-
against Catherine-Street in the Strand. 1715.

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To the Right Honourable

RICHARD,

EARL of

Burlington and Corck,

Baron Clifford of Landesbrough, & c.

My LORD,

MY Duty and Gratitude oblige me to givethis Publick Testimony, of that Generous Concern Your Lordship hasalways shown for the promoting of Theatrical Musick, but this Opera moreimmediately claims Your Protection, as it is compos'd in Your ownFamily.

|The particular Encouragement you have given to the liberal Arts, notonly shows the Delicacy of Your Taste, but will be a Means to Establishthem in this Climate, and Italy will no longer boast of being theSeat of Politeness, whilst the Sons of Art flourish under YourPatronage.

Your Lordship indeed has distinguished Your self this way, and everyScience has raised it self under Your Auspicious Bounty. So true aNotion of Merit, and so nice a Discernment of what is Curious, is butrarely found among Persons of an advanced Age; but You my Lord, by anuncommon Felicity of|Genius, do even in the Bloom of Youth make Your Entrance in the Worldwith the most refin'd Taste and mature Judgment.

But I fear the Pleasure I take in Recounting Your Excellent Qualitieswill make me commit an Involuntary Errour, and that I shall be thoughtTroublesome, when I only designed to show with how much Respect Iam,

My LORD,

Your Lordship's most Humble,

most Obliged, and most

Faithful Servant,

John James Heidegger.