Elogium famae inserviens: Jacci Etonensis, sive Gigantis; or, the praises of Jack of Eton, Commonly called Jack the Giant Collected into Latin and English Metre, after the Manner of Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, John Burton, and Others. To which is added a dissertation on the Burtonic Style. By a Master of Arts [i.e. William King] |
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POSTSCRIPT.
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Now for the Speech, which doth engageA few unlearned Men,
I'll maul it so in half a Page,
'Twill ne'er be read again.
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And first, 'tis Impudence enough,And we should all resent it,
With such fair Types to print such stuff,
And so to ornament it.
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Next, tho' to some he doth appearTo use a Latin Style;
The Blockhead writes, as I can swear,
In English all the while.
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Therefore I put this Joke upon't,By which all Folk shall rate it;
Bid him, if he'd make Latin on't,
Sit down and re-translate it.
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In fine, since Mortals all are frail,That he may ever fear us,
When mine and Lummy's Lungs do fail,
We've Coadjutors near us.
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Observe, who acts a rev'rend Don,Confest a Man of Mettle;
My second self, the Tinker's Son,
Beating his Father's Kettle.
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Say, ye Alumni, what he merits;O give him double Fees!
By sounding Brass who calls up Spirits,
As old Wives call down Bees.
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