MADAM,
I venture to offer my humble and most grateful thanks for the permission granted me to dedicate to YOUR MAJESTY the following Translation of a Manuscript, placed in the hands of the Royal Asiatic Society by the favour of YOUR MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY.
Upon this occasion I cannot approach YOUR MAJESTY, the Daughter of my Brother’s early patron, the illustrious DUKE OF KENT AND STRATHERN, to whose condescension and kindness, I and my family are indebted for many lasting obligations, without the expression of the deepest feelings of acknowledgment and gratitude.
That long and happy may be YOUR MAJESTY’S Reign is the sincere wish and prayer of YOUR MAJESTY’S