The Sixth ADVERTISEMENT:
A Learned Laconick is severely punished by the Laconick Senat, for not having used requisite brevity in his dis∣course.
THat unluckie Laconick Letterato, who exprest that in three words, which was judged by the Laconick Senat, might have been said in two, and which was reputed a more then Capital fault, by those Laco∣nicks who are more penurious of words, then courteous men are of pence; after eight moneths long and teadious imprisonment, received his sentence five daies agoe; which was, That he should read only once over the Warr of Pisa, written by Guicchardino; the Laconick read over the first leaf with much agony; but so horribly teadious did that rabble of discourse appear to him, as the unfortunate wretch threw himself down before his Judges feet, who had sentenced him, and earnestly entreated them that they would condemn him to row in the Gallies during life, that they would immure him between two Walls, and that for mercies sake they would flea him alive; for to read those endless discourses, those so teadious Councels, those empty Harangues made at the taking in of a Pigeon-house, was a punishment which surpast all the bitter pains of child∣birth, and all the most cruel deaths that ever the pittiless Perillus could think upon, at the instance of the most cruel Tyrants.