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 Oétober 43

ot Yu derving doe,In manhoode and cheualrie.:. . titcdiv teste i

For ewer He ineweththe caufe, why Poeces were woont be had-in fuche honowrefinoble, men,thatis,chatby them their worthinefie and valor fhoulde throngh.their famous Pofies be | commended to all pofterities. Wherefore itis fayde, that Achilles had neuer beenc fo f2-! | raous, as hee is, but for-Homeres immertall verfes, whiche is the onely aduauntage, whiche he hadde of HeGor. And alfo that Alexander the great comming to hys tombe in Sigues, » with natural! tearesblefied him,that euer it'was histhap to bee honoured with {© exceiles.t a Poetes worke: as furcnowmed and ennobled onely by his meancs. Whiche becing de- as in amofte eloquent Oration of Tulliesis of Petrarch noleile warthely (ene foorth is afonets 9 & © ; ob enacias i

ree Giante Alexandro ala famofatomba Del fevo Achille fofpargude diffe .- ; pa: O fortunato che fr cuiavatromba, Trouaftieec.

And that fache account hathe beene alwayes made of Poetes, afwell fheweth this:chas the worthie Scipio in all his warres agaynit Carthage and Numanua haddecuermose inhys companie, and that in a moft familiar forte the good olde Poet Enniuszas alfo that Alexane der deftroying Thebes; when he was enformed tharthe: famous.Lyrick Poet Pindarus was borne in that Cité, sot onély-commannded ftreightly, that no man fhould vppon payne of | death doe anye violéhee tio thac howle or otherwifes but alfo fpeciallye, eons motte, and fome highely rewarded, that were of hiskinne. So fauoured hee the onely name ofa:boer,. . which praife ocherwife was in the fame man no lefle famous,then when he came to ranfack= ing of king Darius coffers, whome he lately had ouerthrowne; hee founde ina hiede cotter , ef filuer the two bookes of Homers workes, as layde vp there tor fpeciall iewelles and ri- cheife, whiche he taking thence, put one of them dayly in hys bofome, and che other cucry. night layde vader hys pillowe. Suche honour haue Pectes alwayes tound inthe tight of ah and noble menne, whiche. this authour here very well fheweth, as clic whercniore notably. ..

But otek hee theweth the.caufe ofcentempt of Poetiie to bee idlenefie and bafenefle of mynde. “= '

Ment, fhut vp in flouthe,asin a coopeer case. |”

Tom pyper, An lronicallSarcafmus,fpoken in derifion of thefe rude wittes, whiche make more account of a ryming/rybaud, then of skill grounded vppen learnyng and iudge- mxnt. . i.

Ne éref,the meaner forteofmin. .,._r -.. Her peeced pincons, vuperfe& skill: Spoken + with humble modeftie. ss ee “a

As foote as Swaxne,xhe comparifon feemeth to bee ftranngesfor the fivannz hathe ever wonne {mall commendation for ber{weete finging: buritis fayde of the learned, thacthe - fwanne a little before her deathe; fingeth mofte pleafaunely, as prophecying by a fcerct in~ find her ncere deflinie, As well fayththe Pocteliewhetein one of hys fonets.

the filuer fwanne dochfipg before her dying ‘day As the that feeles the deepe delight thar 1s in death, &c,

Immortal mirrour, Beautie, whiche ts an excellent objedte of F ceticall fpirites,as. appea-

yeth by the worthy rervarchsfaying. - ; ' Frorsr facenarl mio debits sngegno - A ke fsa ombra,& crefcct ne gh affanni,

A cayteu: corage,a bafe and abie& minde.

__ Fer lofue lowe, thinke this playing wuh the letter to be rather a faulcthen afigure, afwell yn our Englith toong, as it hath benc alwaies in the latine,called Cacozelon,

A vacant, imitateth Mantuanes faying, Vacuums curis deusina cerebram Veit.

Lamfheups,Refembleth the common verfe Facwnd: calsces quem non fecere dijertura,

O éf my, He {eeraeth here te be rauifhed witha Poetical} furie. For (if one rightly mark) the numbers rife fo full,and theverfe gtoweth fo bigge, that irftemeth he hath forges the - meancneffe of fhepheardes ftate and flile,

Wibi yuie, foricis dedicated to Bacchus and therefore it is faid that the Manades (that is >

L 3° - Bacchus:

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