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Containing I. Mr. Cobb's Tripos Speech at Cambridge, with a Complete key inserted. II. The Brawny Priest: Or, the Captivity of the Nose. A Poem

Cobb, Samuel (1675-1713)

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TRIPOS CANTABRIGIENSIS .

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The LETTER.

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Regulæ Auctiones sunt hæ.

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The EPILOGUE.

NASUS PREHENSUS.

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A Man by his Regalians known
For Timber measuring and Stone;
For they must needs be Architects,
Who are so us'd to eating Bricks.

He was very much given to the Study of Architecture.

'Tis a Custom at Kings College, when a Lad comes in after Prayers to Dinner, to lay a Brick on his Trencher.