Clievelandi Vindiciæ, or, Clieveland's genuine poems, orations, epistles, &c. purged from the many false and spurious ones which had usurped his name, and from innumerable errours and corruptions in the true copies : to which are added many never printed before, with an account of the author's life.

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Clievelandi Vindiciæ, or, Clieveland's genuine poems, orations, epistles, &c. purged from the many false and spurious ones which had usurped his name, and from innumerable errours and corruptions in the true copies : to which are added many never printed before, with an account of the author's life.
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Cleveland, John, 1613-1658.
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London :: Printed for Robert Harford ...,
1677.
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Cleveland, John, 1613-1658.
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"Clievelandi Vindiciæ, or, Clieveland's genuine poems, orations, epistles, &c. purged from the many false and spurious ones which had usurped his name, and from innumerable errours and corruptions in the true copies : to which are added many never printed before, with an account of the author's life." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33433.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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Epistola Gratulatoria ad Episcopum Dunelmensem, qui in Bibliothe∣cam Iohannensem saepius fuit Be∣neficus.

Reverende Praesul;

QVamvis ea sit Liberalitatis vestrae di∣vina indoles, ut prodesse malit quam agnosci, ea nostrae Talionis paupertas quae nec illam debita gratitudine metiri valeat, nolu∣mus tamen donis lacessiti alternas deserere, sed Amoebaeo gratiarum obsequio humanitati vestrae succinere. Erubescimus quidem hunc imparem congressum, ubi tam frequentia vo∣lumina unico gratulatorio Indice colligimus; & quae Bibliotheca vix capit, exiguis Episto∣lii pellibus arctare cogimur. Quotus enim es Mecoenas noster? Quam atavis erga nos beneficiis editus? qui ita annuus in teipsun redis, ita 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 beneficia repetis, ac si no∣vissima quaeque munera recentiori fulgore ca∣stigares. Quotuplicem igitur veneramur eun∣dem Patronunt? qui ut caeteris omnibus prae∣ripuit aemulationis secundas, ita nec sibi ipsi concedit primas; sed variatis subinde amo∣ris indiciis seipsum vicit; nec diu erit quin ipsam victoriam captivam ducet. Esuriens mo∣do

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Theca nostra ita benignitate vestrâ exten∣dit fauces, ut si qua hujusmodi satius posset ca∣pi, à crapulâ propior quàm à fame abesset. Solvimus igitur quas debemus gratias, & usque debemus solutas, dapibus tuis Helluo∣nes accedimus; Libris & Honori vestro pari∣ter incumbimus; ita enim commodum no∣strum & observantia vestri mutuo nexu alli∣gantur, ut quo quisque doctiores erimus, eò Munificentiae vestrae magis memores.

Dominationi vestrae quam maximè devinctissimi Mag. & Socii Seniores Coll. D. I.

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