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Grammatical Tyranny of teaching Tongues ; There- 

 fore I am willing to make an Appeal, and seek out an 

 Eminent Patron for this bold Attempt/^ not doubting an 

 impartial judgment, rather than suspecting " all New 

 Designes as light Projects of unsetled braines/^ He 

 declares that prosecuting ways to advance learning 

 '' hath been a great part of my Study above these 

 twenty years [from 1630-34?] : nor have I been alone 

 in this Work, but many others of great Worth and 

 Abilities, have been obliged to contribute their help 

 unto me/^ He states that his object in the present 

 Treatise is — " to introduce a Better, Easier, and Readier 

 way of Teaching/^ 



He takes as a motto, the words of Lord Bacon, in 

 his Advancement of Learning : — " All those things are 

 to be held possible and performable, which may be 

 accompHsht by some Persons, though not by every one ; 

 and which may be done by the united labours of many, 

 though not by any one apart ; and which may be finisht 

 by the Publique Care and Charge, though not by the 

 Ability and Industry of Particular Persons/' 



The pamphlet consists of the three following 

 treatises : — 



^' The true and ready way to learn the Latin e 

 Tongue, expressed in an Epistolary Discourse of Eil- 

 hardius Lubinus, before his New Edition of the New 

 Testament/' 



The same subject — *'*' Expressed in answer to a 



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