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from Shakspeare; I must take refuge under the authority of Chaucer; or rather his polisher Dryden; who makes his Dame Partlet quote Galen and Cato, while Chanticleer explains Latin sentences: For in the days of yore the birds of parts, Were bred to speak and sing; and learn the liberal arts."