PREFACE

Ohh here tells a story ast sayeth the Bard of country matters deep and fine
That of his soul darken’d so yet shone he in anguish above them all but his face with deep scars of pain had entrenched and sorrow sat on his faded cheek and he with
courage never to submit or yield to woe
with nothing else not to be overcome Ohh if thee didst ever feel in thy heart that absesnt fromst thee felicity for awhile and in this hash world in pain draw thy breath thenst listen to this tale my story of cuntry matters `which didst cost I most pain in seeking she thru this world