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himfelf acquainted with that dialed!, in which al-molt the heft among them were wont to write andeven to converfe; a jargon which could not but beoffenhve to a claffical ear. He, therefore, tookmore than ordinary pains to become acquainted withthe technical terms of the profeffion, and to markthe abufe of them. Of all the information whichhe was by reading, and converfation with Lawyers,able to acquire, he has, with admirable dexterity,availed himfelf in the character of Ignoramus, whonot only tranfadts bufmefs in Law Latin , but“ woos in language of the Pleas and Benchandwhere words for this purpofe fail him, as they ne-celfarily mull, he fupplies the deficiency by convert-ing common Englifh words into Latin , by alteringtheir terminations.

This Comedy was twice added before King James at Cambridge, by Members of the Univerfity. No-thing better could have been conceived for flatteringhis ruling vanity and ambition, to be thought thePatron of Literature. He is even faid to havelaughed heartily at it, which was a very unufualmark of approbation from him. It was received asa very favourable teftimony of the loyalty of theUniverfity,