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should remain enamour'd of her handmaids. It is a desirable purchase to attain the praise of a learned Man; that of a wise Man is beyond it, but that of a good Man surpasses all. Hereafter let us aim at these; and by all our labours endeavour not only to know, but to be wise and do:
How vaine's that knowledge where
No Wisdome doth appear?
No Wisdome doth appear?
sayes that old and true Verse. How many are there in this our Assembly of the Muses, who dishonour both themselves, and the very name of Learning? Some in that they are even covered with the black spots of detestable impieties; and the most because they are vain, light Meteours only, and of no worthy designment. Do they learn languages? Yes, but languages alone. Do they understand the Greek and Latine Authors? Yet they do but understand
them,
