A Defence of the Lord Cobham againfl Alanus Copus. 6 61 ~Now to the other plrt of his ac91fati?n; wh~cin this ingrn~d"ul a~t~ inhum.:m, bt~t t would. have thank~ him M~~:f;o ~:r~:~a~U~~:n1l:fer~:1 ~~~~~.r~; 0fo~:~~~~~~,gu: ;:~!:~~o~tt~~u;ld1j:~l~~r ~~~Jcd~~~:~~:u~:~ :~; ~:~· ~r~~(«~~~ ;7 :~,ryatde~:er1~f' t;ri~~'ai~::J f.tu~u~~~=~1y:~~:~~ ·(Mafter Copr) doth right well unvrntl~ ~Si'i:r :~~!f~=t e:!~~:ll~~:;e =:t h~~~;;: ~~;· m~:;fi 0~~~~~1~:: ~~;f~C:~~:n~~n~~~c·~~~ ~:~.;~~ !!"a.s:."ol perfrnt, 1 know not.. ~tes for my pm I never defer· fruttfut nor Ut!prohra.ble pcradveJ~turt for the infiruCHon ~~~n~tQtt. ..,ro this at his hands wttungly, that l do know. M. Cope of your con(CH:ncc, and whertm my labours perhaps !~m~~;dhoofhY~~ ~fur~~ ra;;~dat£\:7,adff~~~~~ 1:h~ ~~~~~~r1~~;r~e~~~~edeJ0uri~~a~1~c a~~~~ ~hl~~C:a~: front of his Book inticuled himfclf to be an Englijhma_n, for avi!lacion. ~bus~ black Spider out of pleafant !l',bellatlm by his writing I would h:1.vc judged him r:1.thcr Come wild flowers fuck~th Ius p01f01~. And what Book IS fo plea· fplda. ~;e,~~~·~~i~rh~lr~~uhfv~~~fa~~h.icks rmcgawry, ro ~:: ~:~ ~~;~·f~~~h .~~~e~~:~:r~o:Y~~1~fs~;:: But I ceafe here, and temper my (elf, confidcring not t~ the rcadmg. whcrrof if 1 .brought the l1k~ mmd fu ~.:~~~:~~(~~cf~ j!lu~h~igo~:ttu~1~ffi~:i~~ ~fho~~.~ ~~t ~v~l~ ~;;'d ~~~~w~~c t~c =:;1~mo.Ja::, ~~ttl~uf~~(~~;'~~1a/~~~a1 ::(M~~~ftf~~~r~~ ha~~u';~;c'~!~:&r"p:;;o;~:t~~!:;~?· £7t)·c~;: matter, where you chargcmyH.ifiory of A& :incl. Monu· have done preu!y welL mcntsfocruclly, to be full of untruths, falfelics, impu· BcfldcsallthLs, yetbctttrtornarkthef?oodntf;ot: ycur t;~~org::~; d~7='infra~~eu:~~:U~~=~ ;~~ ~~tt~t:;wJ~ef:cdt •(o ~at ~0 ~1~ ~~ifi1;!;Ce1f1~e~ ~ :r::y:hcwftjlco;:s b~7=~~o fi; t~~~JtG:l~~~i~o;~j ih'~n~;a:~.~ )~{ ~(~tcr~~~g~~~/ t~a~; ::h.d-~ tlut in all the whole Book of A& and Monumtnts, from taken the bc0, and left the \":orfi, or elfc: havt gently r.~O?' o-thebeginning to the later end of the: fame, w~renc:vc:r a t<~ktn the p:uns to have advtrtifcd. me of fuch Notes as dri'\"'I!It. nut fiory, but that all were: fllft, all wcrt hes, an~ all you had, without fun.her cxclarnauo~, or a.t ltafi might were fables. Would God the crutlty of your Cathohcks ~13\'e dtfcrred your D1alogue; for a tunc, t1l1 ~he com· had fufftrcd all them to live, of whofc death yt fay now mg our. ~f my Book, to fee firfi what would m the la· that I do lie. Although I denynotbut.inthatBookof tc:r Ed111on be alttTtd. But beiJke your G:ill was full, Acts and Monuments, c~ntaining fuch dLVerfiry of mat· your h:Lfk could 110t tarry, your vemm mutt mcds bw'fi: ttr, fomcthing mightoverfcape; yetl _have bellowed my out. poor diligence. Myintentwastoprotit all men, tohurt none. Etjil'lonaliqua l'l()(uiffis, mortlluseffis. lf)·ouM. Copt, or anyothercmbetter myru~edQ.o . ings, and find t~in!)S out more finely and truly, ,With all Se~mg tt:crefore the Clrdcr of your doings to be fuch, my heart t fhaU repyce with youand d1e C<Jmtl\Oit·wcalth, and .difp:l~Uon of your nature fo far from all humanity, taking profi t by you. In perfedion of.writing, of wit, deahng wnh n&c: fo extrtamly, if I thus ~ovoked wi.th :t~i~~ ~~i:,tltcimo~~~t~~~u:ilits)'~;~~; ;~:~x:;~~;tyy~~\~~~~~~~~~t~ ~~~ l~:d~ft:~.s, ... .any other. I gra.nt that ~ ~ Llbourcd Story, fuch as Cope,God&tha you to bc ·a perpetua1 ~·coph:l.nt, ~ould you you feem to rtquue, contauung fuch infinite variety of much bhme me ? and doth nor your fycophanttcal Book matter, as this doth, much more time ~vould be re- welld~fmrtit ~ ~~think you I could not repay you again quirtd : But fuch time, as I had, that I did bellow, it with l1kt: extrcnucy as you bring, and drds your drowlie not fo laborioufly as others could, yctasdiligtndy as I orr:uhtr!O\lf~tDialoguts in their right colors, if I were mit~hcrepartly I hear what )OO will fay; I fhould ~~ti:C~~o~~~Ylr;:e;isG~h~~~a}~t~:::~~ havetlktn mort lcafwc: anddoneitbcttcr. I :;rantand Peradventure hernayhaeaftcrcallyou. And rather had confdS my fault, fuch is my vice:, I cannot lit all tht ~y I to wiu }'OU, than to .fiing you. ~ving r?c:rcfore ~~· h;:~)a~di·~~t~i:;1%:£~le~f:~d:;~tG~~~ !~{idc1~~7;t~~~~ ~i~':~vh~~!t~~d~\~t ~;~~l ~: C1eero, yet not ':'tthllan~~g doing what lean, and do- Book, anfwc:ringbneOy unto the fame. Brierly, I fay, be~ ing my good wsll, me thmkslfhould not be rtprthtJt~ caufethegreuntfsofthisVolumc, andabundanceofother ded, at !tall nor fomuch be railed on at Mafter Copu rnvrtfruit(ul matttr,. givc:th mclittltleaG.treat this preftnt ~h:~· m~!~a~~:~ 7t!~,r;~~~~~t :~fi~n~·~~ f~~!td~1 t~ to ~~;~d f~~f:t:cl!n:~ J:r~~~ghly grieved with me for The cattao ~~~tt:,~~edfoili~~ldhha~:r:~~~h!th~a:~~lf~~:~ ~Jh~~~e~~~~~.a~~:~;edca:refo~h;~~o ~~ff~~d~~i~%~ ~~~?M, have been found in hun. Not that t hcrt:in do utterly or to chafe. ~Jth lumfclf. As touchmg which Caltnda; f:t~l'· ~~~u~et~~:~~hh~w:~~~kr:~Y ;~f ~~~~~~YJ~f~ ~ h:~~~u~~~~~~Y fu~:n~xfh~11Yr~;J~1~ ~.fo~~~ ~£~~ wnhal at Maficrs Copt1. hand. Who bemg mme own «:Lther would have takt11 the p:uns, or elfe had ltafure Country-man, an E,gtijlmJa1f as he faith, alfo of tht to rtad the words cont.lincd in the Utin Prtface before fame Univerfity, yea, ~liege and. School that I was of; rh~ Book prdi.xed, which .arc thus, . £!!!11w.mam t~ me knowing that the firfi edition of thefe Ads and Monu- rtJem nun ~hter Clllmtlartum hoc mHitut~m efl, ni~ :: ,';;,-~ &:l, ~~.in th'e :a~:~~~an~td~r~d~ h;'fJ.r:;1~~: ~:;;:::,,~u:J ;;~~~J:(/:~~j;= ~ the fa.mc ed1tion afterward tranlhted out of L:!tin vmt uf~n, &~ . . In which words prc:\·attmg before llltO ~ngliCb by others, w~ltfi I in the mtan ti~e was the cavilling objedion of the adverfary, I forewarned ~=cr~~:~u~\~~dJ:st:!~da~:~ }~e ~~~ :&::~n~a;n~~:hfor~hC:~~: Edtt!O!' ri the fame: Ads .and Monumc:nrs, at this prt- but to ferve the ufe only of the Rtadcr, infiead of a :~~"::~~(be~~r;t~ h~~~~U~10°!1~i:~~~ !h~~e,tiJ~~~~~~u~:J:~c~nd\V:t~:{ f';Jy ~:}~ ~~!.=~~ilia~1{ ~m~~fsg~~Zdb}o1~~~~ :~!~\~~~~~~la~tfer~a~~ ~~~ ~:P~~'Mr~:~.~f:~~ :isw~ /;·fa~~. ~:dh;~;g7~vef~~~:rta~~ w~~~l:e: ~:~~~~~tfo~h~·~;:~0~adno ltafwc ro ~fut thiS place; Letter to me, than a Book againll me. Neither was I fo Kkk
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