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To The Doubtfull Reader

Gentle Reader, if thou desire to be resolued, why I
giue this Title, Salue Deus Rex Judaeorum, know
for certaine, that it was deliuered vnto me in sleepe
many yeares before I had any intent to write in this
maner, and was quite out of my memory vntill I had written  
the Passion of Christ, when immediately it came into my re-
membrance, what I had dreamed long before; and thinking
it a significant token, that I was appointed to performe that
Worke, I gaue the very same words I receiued in sleepe as the
fittest Title I could deuise for this Booke.

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  • Cristos
    January 12, 2006
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    An epic piece it seems. Sounds like the prelude to Salue Deus Rex Judaeorum. I took a look at was quickly sucked in, but dared not venture to read the whole piece inawhile. Shows her conviction towards this particular piece and sounds like a personal recomendation to read it, as well as the passion of christ.
    I am not doubtful, I feel resolute.
    peace
    Chris