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S e c t. Roman Language had taken deepest Root, and VIII. which being mixed afterwards with the Nor' them Tongues, produced that flowing Dialec? used by their Poets, whom they called Trovadores or Troubadours ; as if they had said Contri vers or Inventers. The Name is still known P(q) and used in Spain. " All the Knights-Errant 114. (o) « 0f tjje iafl. ^ge, sayS Cervantes, or by far the " greatest Part of them, were great Trovadores, " (Inventers of Songs and Verses) and great " Jicians" Don Quixote.

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The Character of a w/ Poet from Ju~

wAo/^ Genius is allow d, Who with stretch'd Pinions soars above the Crowds Who mighty Thought can cloatb with manly Dress; He whom Ifancy,-—but can ne'er express ; Such, such a Wit, tho' rarely to be found, Must be secure from Want, if not abound. Nice is his Make : —no Hardships can he bear, Avoiding Business, and abhorring Care ; He must have Groves, and lonely Fountains chuses And easy Solitudes to bait his Muse ; Unvex'd with Thoughts of Want.-*—The Human Mind Two Cares admits not,-— Mr. Ch, Dryden. PlA TO Rh