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LOGOMAXIA[Greek]: Or, The Conquest of Eloquence

Containing Two Witty Orations, The First spoke by Ajax: The Second by Ulisses, when they Contested for Achilles's Armour, before the Nobles of Greece; a little before the Overthrow of Troy: As they may be Read, Ovid Metamorph. Lib. 13. Very Delectable and Necessary for Statesmen, Judges, Magistrates, Officers of War &c. to Read; and know how wrong Information guilded with Eloquence, may pervert Justice, and so learn to avoid the giving of rash Sentence, in any Case or Cause. By P. K. [i.e. Peter Ker]
Ker, Patrick

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To the Right Honourable Sir T.P. L.M.L.
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THE Conquest of Eloquence In Two Witty Orations.

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To the Right Honourable Sir T.P. L.M.L.

Thrice Worthy Sir, accept this Sheet,
Which Flies with Wings, instead of Feet,
That it may rest, and safely lie
Under the Sun-shine of your Eye.
It is a Fight, 'twixt Word and Wind,
For Justice as we oft-times find;
One's Right perverted in pretence;
By false informing Eloquence.
'Tis short enough, then read it o're,
And for my Mite, I ask no more;
But wish all Controversy Dye,
Without reviv'd Logomachy.
P. K.
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