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 ()erfe|ungen aus bcpben ©prad)en t>erfertiget. 5)?aii 

 fiefpt leicht ein, roaö t)or 5öirfung t>lefc aügcmcine 

 TiufmerffamfeiC auf tie ®i|Jen|ct)aften bei) cbicn 

 «nb rcc^lerjogenen ©emüt^ern gehabt ^aben mu(]e» 

 Unt» eö n?ar ein t?ür^uglid)e6 ©lurf biefeß geirnlrerö, 

 tag bie ©ele^rfamfeit, ob jle gldd) mit fo großem 

 Cifer getrieben rourbe, nid)f, mie i^o in 'Pebanteret) 

 ou^artete: id) mei}ne, bag fte in biefen eifrigen unb 

 gefd;afftigen Seiten , nid;t fowol |ur Prahlerei), a\6 



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IHP tieg n>ni' ter ßflgcmeine ^^rttaffcr fcec 

 ©rcPn unter Mefer 9?cgterung ; weniallen^ roenn 

 tpir bem William -^«crifon glauben, ter uon ber 

 flegenn?artigen 6ac^c auf fcigenbeüirt rebet: This 

 further is not be omitted, to the fingular com- 

 mendation of both forts and fexes of our cour- 

 ticrs here in Enzlanä^ that there are very few of 

 them, wliich have not the ufe and fkillof fundry 

 fpeeches, befide an excellent vein of writing, be« 

 fore time not regarded. Truly it is a rare thing 

 with US now, to hear of a courtier which hath 

 buc bis ovvn Language. And to fay how many. 

 genrlewomen and ladies there are, that, befide, 

 fouiid knowledge of the GV^f^ and Latin tongues, 

 are there to no lefs f kilful in the Spawfhy Itaiian^ 

 and hrench , or in fome one of them , it refteth 

 nor in me : firh I am perfuaded , that as the, nob« 

 lernen and gentlemen do furmount in this behalf, 

 fo thefe come very little or nothing behind them 

 for their parts ; which induftry God continue, and 

 accomplifh that which otherwife is waming. D«- 

 fcripc. of England, ^eite 196. " • '' 



