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delivered them er tempore, with so much 
neatness and distinctness, that his scho- 
Jars, particularly the Germans, wrote what 
they could of them, and comparing to- 
gether afterwards what they had written, 
he found, that they had omitted very 
little of what he said, These manuscripts 
went to the press. He could not bear to 
be interrupted, and often left his chair, 
when his scholars made a noise. Ie 
made a visit to Meldonat, at the head of 
eight kundred scholars. 
He had permission, with his brother 
doctors, from the university of Paris, to 
give degrees to those, who lad studied 
the time required! So that conferring 
degrees was not there confined to af- 
ficers. This was in 1576. 
DE THOU—THUANUS. 
This writer, (if there is no mistake) and 
Thuanus are the same person. Ife sold 
his office, with the intention of being 
chancellor or first president, but obtained 
neither. * 
ARETIN—-MACHTAVEL. 
Leonard Aretin found a Greek manu- 
script of Procopius, translated it into 
Latin, and passed it off for his own: but 
was detected by other copies being found. 
Machiavel did the like with the Apo- 
theems' of Plutarch, in his Life of Castru- 
clo Castracant, in whose mouth he put 
the best of the good things that Plutarch 
said. 
RINONCINNS. 
This man. was one of the first authors 
of bringing the Opera trom Italy to 
Franck. He took # into his head, that 
Mary de Medicis was in love with him, 
ORIGINAL POETRY. 
eee eee . 
THE SCALE OF NATURE, AND THE THREE 
~ RECORDERS, 
By R.DINMORE, | 
OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. 
YE who.enquire why man for ages sought, 
The civic lorein vains— | 
Why slow through rolling time his reason 
wrought, 
Fair knowledge to obtain ;— 
hy through terrific dangers hard he fought, 
His liberty to gain ;— 
Come listen to my lay, 
ee er, ek | 
And ye! the powers that swell the minstrel’a 
soul, 
When wrapt inextacy divine, : 
Over the vibrating chords his fingers roll, 
Painting expression with resistless fire 5 
Original Poetrys 
[Sept. f, 
and with this ridiculous idea he werit 
with her to France, where the virtue of 
that queen put him out of countenance. 
He was foolish enough to tell his secret 
to some persons, and their railleries cote 
pelled him to quit France. 
ARCHBISHOP USHER, 
The archbishop was not rich. Care 
dinal Richelieu sent to him to offer 
him a pension, but instead of accepting 
it, Usher sent him some books. 
SIRMOND—LE MOLINE, 
Sirmond and Le Mome were two Fe- 
suits. The one wrote learned works: 
the other, those of gallantry for the | 
ladies. The brother Porter of the Jesuits. 
told father Strmond, that the ladies 
wished to speak with him. You must 
mistake (replied Sirmond): they want 
Father le Moine.” i 
MENAGE. 
_He gives the following advice to au- , 
thors; at least he publishes it. “ Never 
send well-written copy for the press, for 
then masters give it to their apprentices, 
who make a thousand faults; but if it 
is dificult to read, the masters do it 
themselves.” This advice has been men- 
tioned to, several printers by the writer 
of th’s, and they have gniformly, to a ~ 
man, been angry. : 
| PROTOGENES==SALMASIUS. 6! 
Protogenes painted a fine picture, 
while the enemy was hesieging the town, 
M. de Saumaise ‘composed in the noise: 
of his wife, childrex, and- domestics. 
Priestley is said to have written hig 
History of Light, &e. under the same 
circumstances, ‘ 
Ah! would ye give the hymblest son of song, 
3eatic burnish to each line ; 
And as his meteor rapid flows zlong, 
With glowing point his honest song inspire? 
Shed from solar orb profusely, 
Piercing elemental ray 5 
Essences of life elastic, 
Through the vast creation play. 
Genial powers acquire dominiong 
Quickea’d by impetus warm 5 
Plastic nature takes impressiony wy 
Infinite in varied form. AS 
oe a 
Buried in the depths of ocean, hr oe 
Where the currents never roam 5 
Clinging to the cragzy coral, 
Where the madden’d waters foam -  . f= 
Passive polypes feelisapulsion, *~ a 
Spark. minute of vital glow 3 ° 
Warmth, 
