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 peculiarities, the elegances, and the resources of both languages equally would be illustrated. For he has given a number of Latin renderings for each word and phrase of Polish, while according to my plan only one, but that an exact equivalent, should be given. In this way, my dictionary would be of great service to those translating books from Latin into the vernacular, and vice versa. Thirdly, in Cnapius’ Thesaurus there is a great lack of method in the arrangement of examples. These should not be carelessly heaped together. First, sinople illustrations, drawn from history, should be given, then more ambitious ones taken from the orators, ther the more complex and uncommon usages of poets, and finally the uses that are obsolete.

26. But a detailed account of this comprehensive dictionary must be left for another time, as must also the further particulars of the Vestibulum, the Janua, the Palatium, and the Thesaurus, by means of which languages can be acquired with unfailing accuracy. Of these it will be fitting to speak when we deal with the several classes in detail.