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To the Author, on this his ingenious Translation of Cornelius Agrippa.
WHat is't I view? Agrippa made to wear
An English habit? Sure 'tis something vare.
Or are his Romane garments, by thy Wit,
Translated to an English garb so fit
T' illustrate him? for that thou hast, we see,
Enlightned his obscure Philosophie;
And that which did so intricate remain,
Thou hast expos'd to ev'ry vulgar brain.
If then thy beams through such dark works shine clear,
How splendent will they in thine own appear!
Then go thou on, brave soul, to spread such rays
Of Learning through the world, may speak thy praise.
And fear no Criticks: for thou, by a Spell,
Canst force their tongues within their teeth to dwell.
Jo. Tabor,
of St. John's in Cambridge.