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Opinion
Opinions held by Custome and Prescription
As Legally as Reason and Conviction:
As Greatest Nonsense serv's for Tearms of Art
The Mysterys of Science to Impart;
When, if th' had been agreed on, Hum, and Buz
Had don the Feat as wel, or Mumpsimus:
For Sense has less to do, with Tearms of Arts
Then Spades with Diamonds, or Clubs with Hearts.
As Legally as Reason and Conviction:
As Greatest Nonsense serv's for Tearms of Art
The Mysterys of Science to Impart;
When, if th' had been agreed on, Hum, and Buz
Had don the Feat as wel, or Mumpsimus:
For Sense has less to do, with Tearms of Arts
Then Spades with Diamonds, or Clubs with Hearts.
For as a Noose, the more 'tis Puld
Is wont to take the Faster hold,
So his Opinions allwayes far'd,
The more th' were Hammerd, grew more hard:
For confidence is nere so strong
As when 'tis Certainst in the wrong
Is wont to take the Faster hold,
So his Opinions allwayes far'd,
The more th' were Hammerd, grew more hard:
For confidence is nere so strong
As when 'tis Certainst in the wrong
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