Lingva : Or The Combat of the Tongue, And the fiue Senses For Superiority A pleasant Comoedie |
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Lingva Sola.Ling.
Whilome this Crowne and gorgious ornament,
Were the great prize, for which fiue Orators,
With the sharpe weapons of their tongues contended:
But all their speeches were so equall wrought,
And a-like gratious, that if his were witty
His was as wise; the thirds faire eloquence
Did pararell the fourths firme grauitie,
The lasts good gesture kept the Ballance euen
With all the rest so that the sharpest eye,
And most iudicious censor could not iudge
To whom the hanging victory should fall,
Therefore with one consent they all agreed,
As the chiefe patronesse of their profession,
Which heretofore I holily haue kept,
Like to a misers gold, to looke on onely.
But now Ile put them to a better vse,
And venter both, in hope to—
| Lingva : Or The Combat of the Tongue, And the fiue Senses For Superiority | |