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Chap. 20.

Did not expect so serious a discourse from Langius and therefore interrupting him; whether go you said I, was this it you promised? I expected the sweet and delicious wines of History; and you bring me such harsh and unpleasant ones, as scarce all the stores of Wisdom will afford their like. Suppose you that you are speaking to some Thales? 'Tis to Lipsius a Man; and that of the middle rank; who desires remedies that are somewhat more humane than these. Rh