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Show great of alllea:ned men) Jac~huJ thing that may be ufeful to y~u· in f<>ur *Grot. tpifl.ad Auguftus Thuanus : I was exceed1ng· Ann~tls of France, believing it to be of ]a. Aug. ly glad (faith he) when~ undcrf~ood,my tnuch concernment to my Country, if the ThUAn, Annr~ Capella, ~rateu; and Eptthalamtum Re- A6tions thereof, by occafion of the Neigh- 1601• gium,were not only come to your hands, bo\Jring Affairs, be eterniz•d in fo glori .. but. alfo well taken ; not that I think ous a Work. And I will take the bett · thofe poor eadea vours of my Youth do care I can , to anf wer your delire, by inmerit the honour of your fuffrage,but that fonning you , what time and place was I am confidenc,you have rightly efieem'd fatal to the learned Men of our Couri .. the Donour·s Affe6l:ion.My own opinion trey. Happy are you', who at your fpare of Martian us &the other Syntagm is only hours (which I ampetfwaded :ue but few) this, that they are capable of fome excufe can do things above the Abilities of other from my Aoe : for I wrote th m when I men, who make it their only Bufinefs. ,. Diu ante pie.. was very yo~g *.But you are pleas'd to go Happy is France, 1govern'd by the CounutVn pr•btrtattm. farther, and upon thefe beginnings ground ffi of Men, that liberally be flow upon the a judoment of Greater Hope and Growth 1~..o.mu1uuwealth oflearning~ the Remain-hereafter. This , I muft confefs, is my of their Time which they can borrow de fire , this is my grea tefi ambition, to the publick Affairs of the King-be prais'd by the praif:-worchy. As to. the . And ·would. I might be fo bappy EpichalamiPm , I am forry many thmgs to enjoy the prefence and friend-are miilaken, of which I have fince had f fuch men, which I do nor defpair better intellioence: for I compo»'d it by pecially hoping for your Favour.An. conjecture. 0 And I wilh I had inferc:d 1. In another Epiftle ofthe fame year fome things of the rv"Jllohrogit:k_ War, JD fame Thuanus , wherewith h~ pre .. the place nf fame other. I know not how him his Adamus Exul ( conarning it comes to pafs, which I find in myfel~, , by the 'Wtfi.J, takf this of J;~.,Jus *]an. Doll{. in ~hat my yonoer wnrings are condemn d z-a *: Hug. Grot. A· by the judom;ntof my r.iper years, and yet damiRIJE.xMlnn I ceafe ngt,but have a minde to compofe Mortiferttm hie vetita decerptum ex Trag~d. what will afterward diipleafe my Celf. I . arbore pormem, have now fome pieces done ,.others de· Adamt lapfus exiltumq; Leges , figned, which , when they are fet forth' Nt~nc primum en Latio dont~ti atq; urb~ lhall carefully be conveyed to you. My Q.uiritum ; chief care is at.prefent, to colleCt fo~e· Debi~~~ qu~ Civi gloria [o/11 meo; · thmg X x z. 0.,-ti I I |
