The essayes of a prentise, in the diuine art of poesie
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The essayes of a prentise, in the diuine art of poesie
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James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
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Imprinted at Edinbrugh [sic] :: By Thomas Vautroullier,
1584.
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CHAP. VII.
BOT sen Inuention, is ane of the cheif vertewis in a
Poete, it is best that ʒe inuent ʒour awin subiect,
ʒour self, and not to compose of sene subiectis. E∣specially,
translating any thing out of vther language,
quhilk doing, ʒe not onely essay not ʒour awin ingyne
of Inuentioun, bot be the same meanes, ʒe are bound, as
to astaik, to follow that buikis phrasis, quhilk ʒe tran∣slate.
Ʒe man also be war of wryting any thing of materis
of cōmoun weill, or vther sic graue sene subiectis (except
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Metaphorically, of manifest treuth opinly knawin, ʒit
nochtwithstanding vsing it very seindil) because nocht
onely ʒe essay nocht ʒour awin Inuentioun, as I spak be∣fore,
bot lykewayis they are to graue materis, for a Poet
to mell in. Bot because ʒe can not haue the Inuentioun
except it come of Nature, I remit it thairvnto, as the
cheif cause, not onely of Inuentioun, bot also of all they∣ther
pairtis of Poesie. For airt is onely bot ane help
and a remembraunce to Nature, as I shewe ʒow in the
Preface.
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