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The Works of Gabriel Harvey; For the First Time Collected and Edited, With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Etc
The Works of Gabriel Harvey For the First Time Collected and Edited With MemorialIntroduction Notes and Illustrations Etc Author:Alexander Balloch Grosart General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1884 Original Publisher: Printed for private circulation only Subjects: History / General Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, ... more »Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Pierces Supererogation. A NEW PRAYSE OF THE Old Asse. A Preparatiue to certame. larger Difcourses, intiiuled Nashes S. Fame. Was euer vnwilling to vndertake any enterprife, that was vnmeete for me ; or to play any part, either in earneft, or in ieft, that might ill befeeme me: and neuer more vnwilling then at this in- ftant, when I muft needes do it, or put fomething in hazard, that I would be loth to commit to the curtefie of aduenture. Not becaufe my Confuters fwordes, or my enemies daggers carry any credite with the wife ; or becaufe my Letters feare anydifcredite with the honeft ; or becaufe I cannot abide to be confuted, that daily confute my felfe, and condemne euery mine owne default with rigour : but becaufe Silence may feeme fufpicious to many ; Patience contemptible to fome ; A good minde, A bad hart to thofe, that value all by courage ; A knowne forbearer of Libellers, A continuall bearer of coales ; and there is no end of abufes vpon abufes, of iniuries vpon iniuries, of contempt vpon contempt, where prefumptuous Impudency, and odious Slaunder, the two errantift vagabonds in the world, may fafe conduct them- felues, and franckely pafle vncontrolled. Yet were that, either / all, or the worft of all, I could ftill vow filence in brawles, and would ftill profefle Patience in wronges: (I hate brawles with my hart : and ca...« less