The arte of rhetorique for the vse of all suche as are studious of eloquence, sette forth in English, by Thomas Wilson.

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The arte of rhetorique for the vse of all suche as are studious of eloquence, sette forth in English, by Thomas Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Thomas, 1525?-1581.
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[[London] :: Richardus Graftonus, typographus regius excudebat],
Anno Domini. M.D.LIII. [1553] Mense Ianuarij.
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Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.
Oratory -- Early works to 1800.
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ROBERTI HILERMII IN RHETORICEM THO∣mae Vuilsoni, Epigramma.

ANgla serua diu, & quondam uexata Tyrannis, Libera nunc regnat, Rege potíta pio: Et cui iura dedt Roma imperiosa tot annos, Legbus psa suis uiuit, & mperijs. Libertas gitur, regn{que} antíqua potestas Reddíta nunc Anglis, quos rígat Oceanus. Quod licet egregium, & decus immortale parenti Concilíet magno: Rex{que} Edoarde tíbí: Gloria prisca tamen gentis, uel nomen auítum Hoc est: nam fuerant libera sceptra tuis. At quòd barbaries uestris nunc exulat ors, Pulsa{que} rusticitas his dominata príus: Hoc opus, hoc uestrum est, uobis per secula fama Quod dabit, & uestrum nomen ad astra feret. Barbara gens siquidem, gemino sub Príncípe tal Artibus enitut nobltata bonis: Moríbus & copta est ludandis arte magistra: AEdita{que} ingenij sunt documenta uírûm.

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Vuda testantur uígílem monimenta laborem, Scrípta{que} tot, nulla quae moritura die. Exemplum mihi sit de tot Scriptoribus, unus (Nam{que} ommes celebres nemo referre queat,) Vuilsonus, patrio sub quo sermone magistro, Pierides Musae perdídcêre loquí. Cu tamen haud satis est, quod cum ratione loquantur, Ni quo{que} concinn, non putat esse satis. At{que} ob íd addubítans, ne operi pars ulla deesset, Hsce dedít Musis, hanc modo Rhetorícem. O quanta his scríptis, linguae, regni{que} futura est Maestas, & honos: si fauor adfuerit.
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