8 D • M· OC" 1 Tu s to the Rtader. a/Jem. a I'roftrunt [e nova lngeni4 & ojlentant,we frretch our wits out, and fer ~d;';:;f/:;: them tO fale,magno conatunihil agimas.Sothat whiciJb Gefoer much de. ~eliberandun. fires, ifa fpecdie reformation be not had, by fome Princes Edio!ls and ·~~'::!:~·:;,",:,~ gtaveSupervifors,to refirain this libetrie,it will run on minjimtum• .f<.!!_is ~umftma & film avtdas ltlrrorum htlluo? Who can readethem ~ As alreadte, we Illall ::,;:;~,;:;,"~;have avafi Cha.os and confufion ofBoo~s, we are' opprelfcd with them, temere f'ribllt· dour eies akewith read.ng,our lingers With mrmng~For my part I am one : Ji libidocoer~ of the number, nos numtr/Ufomus,! doe notdente It, f have only this of ~!·::}.~::~· Macr~b~a.rtofayformyfelf, O'('ntmettm,'!ikt! meum, 'tisallminc and progrejforo. none mine. As agood houfe.wife out of dtvers fleeces weaves one peecc ~ onerabunrur ofcloath,a Bee· gather~ wax 3ndhony O!ltofmany flowers, and makes~ ;;i::f; [u]ft- new bundle of all, . . . . cit. F lorifttuut apes ttJ falttbus omma ltbant, ;;;~~~;t;:!·l have bb~rioully •collected this Centoout ofdivers Writers, and that gen<W,ma'"" ftnttn]ur<a, lhavewrongednoauthors, but gtven ~very manh1s0wn; votua"""J.. which I Hierom fo much commends inNepoti•n, he fro le not whole ver- ~;:·J.";.· fes, pages, ttacrs, ~~ fome doe now adaies, concealingthcira&thours l.u<"t.tius~mo. names, but fiillfaid this was cyprialU, that Lat1antim' that H rlarius ,fo ~tf!t;•z:!:di. fa!dMinutitn Felix, fo Yiflorinas, rhu~ far Arnobitu: I cite and quote nu~ faoi•m•· Jtilne authors (whtchhowfoever fome i'.lltterate fcnblers •accompt peum, . & iU•d danticall,as a cloke of ignorance,and oppofite to their affected line fiile, ::~;::,e;:.~ I mufi and will ufe )[umpft, nonfurripui; attdwhat Yarro Lib. 6.Jm r~•ft. Hunc aJfidezn ft'eaks of Bees, mtmmt mal'.ftc" nulltm opm velltcantesfocwnt deterstn,I & ··~·~~''"'" canfay ofmy felf, whom have I injured~ Thematter is theirsmofi parr, ;',7m~':;'~~~~- and yet minc,appam mMe fumptum jit( whith s eneca approves) alittd ta• omnet authores menquam ttndefumptum fit apparet, which nature doth with the alimcn'e if,::~'""' ofour bodies,in~orporatc,digefi,allimulare,I do conquoquere quodhartji, &<.so;;~':,;. difpofe ofwhat I take: I make them paytdbutc,to fet out this my MMe- ;"•Ji• aJ Po· ronicon,the methode on!y is mine own, I mufi ufurpe that of g Weekere y;;~j,f::;h. Ter. nihil dic1um q~totl non diflumprius, methodmfola artijiam ojlendtt, N ,p.iUud. cyp. we can fay nothmg but what harh been [;hd,the compofinon andmethod ~~:;::p:::; is ours only,and fue~saScholar. Oribajim,A!.ji~~<,Avimma,h~ve all out Vitlurim•,in of Gahn, but fo their own methode, dwerfo ftylo, non dwersa fide, our hunc modum Poets fieal from Homer, hefpew,,faith lfi,IJan, they lick it up. Divines ~;~:~;;.:ft&,. uf~ Auftins words 'llerbatim llill,and our Storie-dreffers doe as much, he g Pr.-J.a4syr.- that comes lafi is commonly befi, '""· med. --donee q~tid granditu ~tftH Pofterd (orf#t ftr"t melior.- . Though there weremany Giants of old in Phylick and Philofophie,yet h lllluc,to. l fay with hDidaczu Stdla, A dnwft fta.nding on thejhonlders ofaGian1· 'r•!fl·•·Pi.gmei.may feeforther thana Giant bimfel/; I may likelyadde,alter,and feefar. ~;~:.":~~.~t~etthenmy Predecelfors; And i' isnogrl!aterprejudiceform~toenP'~fquamipfi . diteafterothers,dien for AYtA-11114 Mont•itm that famous Phyfinan, to ~~~'' ~i· write de morbi& &~pitii after J•fon l'r_a~tnJis ,Heurnizu '.H~tdejhcim,&c: Ma· ny liotfes t6 runmarace, ·one Logtciall, one RhetoncJan, a(teranothcr. 9ppofe then what thou wilt, ·· .AUarre~ lkttufit f<oJ·&Hfqttt, Et g<~il#i!!.~!. $mprobt!_lncej[M, I folve
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