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rtium,quot; publis;Moriae Encomiumquot; ten in a in a feions.
{61} tion to rre.
{62} t of tences is from le I. xviii. 69):
quot;Fly from tive man, for ; t;; seems to be varied from Ovid (Fasti, iv. 311):- quot;Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit: Sed nos in vitium credula turba sumus.quot;
A mind conscious of rig t towards vice we are a credulous crowd.
{63} tions.
{64} t time migter spent.
{65} Beg tion.
{66} t poetry is ther of lies.
{67} t poetry is ting us on and pestilent desires.
{68} Rampire, rampart, t;rempart,quot; ;rempar,quot; from quot;remparer,quot; to fortify.
{69} quot;I give o be foolis; A variation from t. I. i. 63), quot;Quid facias illi? jubeas miserum esse libenter.quot;
{70} t Plato baniss from his ideal Republic.
{71} y certain barbarous and insipid ers into meaning t poets o be t out of a state.
{72} Ion is a r, in dialogue es, and s floly ; says Socrates; quot;your talent in expounding an art acquired by system and met s besides. It is a special gift, imparted to you by Divine poion. true of t you expound. spring from art, system, or met is a special gift emanating from tion of t is lig compose verses at all so long as ake auting in place of it tion and special impulse . . . Like props and deliverers of oracles, ts aken as of t is not t of trains, it is to us, and speaks t; George Grote, from e translation of t;Ionquot; among to.