London :: Printed by W: Stansby, and are to be sould by Rich: Meighen,
An⁰ D. 1616.
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"The workes of Beniamin Ionson." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A04632.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.
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To my friend M. BEN: IONSON. Vpon his Ca∣tiline.
IF thou had'st itch'd after the wild applauseOf common people, and had'st made thy lawesIn writing, such, as catch'd at present voice,I should commend the thing, but not thy choise.But thou hast squar'd thy rules, by what is good;And art, three ages yet, from vnderstood:And (I dare say) in it, there lyes much witLost, till thy readers can grow vp to it.Which they can ne're out-grow, to find it ill,But must fall backe againe, or like it still.
FRANC. BEAVMONT.
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