Princeps rhetoricus or Pilomachia· ye combat of caps. Drawn forth into arguments, general and special. In usum Scholæ Masonensis : et in gratiam totius auditorii mercurialis.
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Princeps rhetoricus or Pilomachia· ye combat of caps. Drawn forth into arguments, general and special. In usum Scholæ Masonensis : et in gratiam totius auditorii mercurialis.
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[Mason, John, of Cambridge].
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London :: Printed for H.R. at the three Pigeons in S. Pauls Church-yard,
1648.
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Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- Humor -- Early works to 1800.
Satire, English -- 17th century.
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"Princeps rhetoricus or Pilomachia· ye combat of caps. Drawn forth into arguments, general and special. In usum Scholæ Masonensis : et in gratiam totius auditorii mercurialis." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A89633.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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The Questions in this ACT accidently emergent were these.
1. WHether the Mercuriall Cap be more injured by the Fa∣thers indulgence, the Sons negligence, or the Masters in∣sufficience?
2. Whether a lying humour be rather suckt from the dugs of the Nurse; or the paps of custome, or rather, An mendacium be ex traduce? Hereditary?
3. Whether the Parsons Cap hath received more cuts and blows, from the blunt weapons of Bacchus, or the sharp sword of Mars?
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4. Whether a-wel-bred Rhetorician did ever want a Mocenas, or his Cap mendicant?
5. Whether every Noble and great Gentlemen ought to be princeps Rhetoricus, a prime good speaker?
6. Whether every Master of Arts be princeps Rhet. Et e contra?
7. Whether the greatest enemy to the Cap, be not the Cap? Science against Science more persecuting then Ignorance?
8. An pileum Sir-Shonnuli fit ex Lana Caprina?
9. An fiat Pileorum transmigratio?
10. Pileus An tandem fataliter—Exeat omnis?
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