THE
WORKS
OF
JOHN DRYDEN,
 NOW FIRST COLLECTED
 IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES
    .    
ILLUSTRATED
WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND EXPLANATORY,
AND
A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,
BY
WALTER SCOTT, ESQ.
VOL. XVI.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE STREET
    BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH.
1808.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME SIXTEENTH.
 PAGE.
The Life of St Francis        Xavier, of the Society of
         Jesus, Apostle of the Indies, and of Japan,...		1
Dedication to the Queen,3
The Author's        Advertisement to the Reader,8
Book I14
Book II59
Book III116
Book IV191
Book V288
Book VI408
THE
 LIFE
OF
ST FRANCIS XAVIER,
OF THE
SOCIETY OF JESUS,
APOSTLE OF THE INDIES, AND OF JAPAN.
TO
THE QUEEN.[1]
MADAM,
The reverend author of this life, in his dedication to his Most Christian Majesty,    affirms, that France was owing for him to the intercession of St Francis Xavier. That    Anne of Austria, his mother, after twenty years of barrenness, had recourse to    heaven, by her fervent prayers, to draw down that blessing, and addressed her    devotions, in a particular manner, to this holy apostle of the Indies. I know not,    madam, whether I may presume to tell the world, that your majesty has chosen this    great saint for one of your celestial patrons, though I am sure you will never be    ashamed of owning so glorious an intercessor; not even in a country where the    doctrine of the holy church is questioned, and those religious addresses ridiculed.    Your majesty, I doubt not, has the inward satisfaction of knowing, that such pious    prayers have not been unprofitable to you; and the nation may one day come to    understand, how happy it will be for them to have a son of prayers ruling over    them.[2] Not that we are wholly to depend on this particular    blessing,                        
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