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 20 THE ARTE OR CRAFTE OF RHETHORYKE

LEONARDI Coxi Readingiensis ludi moderatoris, Ad Gallicae linguae studiosos, Carmen.

Gallica quisquis amas, exacte verba sonare,

Et pariter certis jungere dicta modis, Nulla sit in toto menda ut sermone reperta,

Pro vero Gallo, quin facile ipse probes, Haec euolue mei Palgraui scripta diserti,

His linguam normis usque polire stude. Sic te miretur laudet^z/<? urbs docta loquentem

Lutecia, indigenam iuret et esse suurn.

EIUSDEM Coxi ad eruditum uirum GEFRIDUM TROY de Burges Gallum, Campi Floridi authorem, quern ille sua lingua Champ Fleury vocat, nomine omnium Anglorum Phaleutium [sic].

Campo quod toties Gefride docte In florente tuo cupisti, habemus. Nam sub legibus hie bene approbatis Sermo Gallicus ecce perdocetur. Non rem grammaticam Palaemon ante Tractarat melius suis latinis, Quotquot floruerantue posterorum, Nee Grsecis melius putato Gazam, Instruxisse suos libris politis, Seu quotquot praetio prius fuere, Quam nunc Gallica iste noster tradit. Est doctus, facilis, breuis^&f quantum Res permittit, et inde nos ouamus, Campo quod toties GEFRIDE docte In florente tuo cupisti, habentes.

These doubtless, and perhaps others, are to be included in the "diversi generis carmina et epistolas, lib. I," written by Cox, according to Bale, and described by Tanner in the following terms : lt Epigrammata varia et epistolas. Duo ejus carmina (i) Ad lingua Gallicce studiosos ; (2) Ad Galfr. Troy auctorem Gallicum ; prasfiguntur Lexico Joh. Palsgrave, Lond., 1530, fol."

The Geoffrey Troy addressed is alluded to by Palsgrave in the " Epis- tle" as "Geffrey Troy de Bourges (a late writer of the frenche nation) in his boke intituled Champ Fleury." Troy, or Tory (Lat. Torinus), was a celebrated printer, engraver, scholar, and author of the time. See, e. g.,

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