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] |
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Here Ajax ends, and all the rout
Of Souldiers that did stand about
With his last Words a Tumult raise,
Sounding his Merits, and his Praise;
Till worthy Ithacus arose,
Their rustick Rashness to oppose;
And pausing (with a gentle smile)
He fix'd his Eyes on Earth a while,
Then lifting up his Face with Care,
He to the Noble Grecians there,
Thus bravely spoke, in his Defence,
With Grace, and fluent Eloquence.
Of Souldiers that did stand about
With his last Words a Tumult raise,
Sounding his Merits, and his Praise;
Till worthy Ithacus arose,
Their rustick Rashness to oppose;
And pausing (with a gentle smile)
He fix'd his Eyes on Earth a while,
Then lifting up his Face with Care,
He to the Noble Grecians there,
Thus bravely spoke, in his Defence,
With Grace, and fluent Eloquence.
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