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6 As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about, Unless on holy-days, or so, As men their best apparel do. Beside, 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak; That Latin was no more difficile, Than to a blackbird 'tis to whistle: Being rich in both, he never scanted His bounty unto such as wanted; But much of either would afford To many, that had not one word. For Hebrew roots, although they're found To flourish most in barren ground, He had such plenty, as sufficed To make some think him circumcised; And truly so, perhaps, he was 'Tis many a pious Christian's case. He was in Logic a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south, and south-west side: On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute, He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse;