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the Latin language was spoken ; the Alexandrine , or Egyptian ; the Edessene , which comprehends those matiuscrtpls from which the old Syriac yersion . was made /* of which edition , % AS . " i Michaelis , we have at present no manuscripts , and •« the Byzantine
edition . Now this eminently Jearned critic admits with readiness the general acot ^ racy of Griesbach ' s text ; though hrimself believes in the existence of Jour , instead of three principal editions . On this fact we'lay considerable stress , because no man was more competent than Michaelis to pronounce such an
opinion . The truth seems to be that the discovery and collation of a greater number of manuscripts may indeed assist future editors in improving on Griesbach ' s plan ; while even at present we are in possession of the oldest and the test . Practicable and not ideal good , was the object of the labours of the late Professor of Divinity at Jena . We scarcely know what the Remarker means when he says ( 24 ) , in effect , that Griesbach employs the jeadings of particular manuscripts
either to supply the want of " more direct testimony , " or to augment its weight . In adjusting the text of any ^ ntiient wri te r , what " more direct testimony * ' can we have than that of fyi&ntiscripts ? If this be a loose line of proceeding , criticism is an empty name . % ri a future Number we hope to resume the consideration of this point , and to examine the remainder ot Dr . L ,. s pamphlet .
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to Mr . Southey / fChS Poet Laureate , who began his ; mreeras a vfofchrvrrefornver , but whro for srihie trtitb * $ Ut has been said to employhis" f ^ e at 7 t ) # we ¥ s of writing in the abuse of all those who are now what he formerly was , excepting his violence . . Mr . Soutbey
is thus consigned to his own lash ; his self-castigation will we hope suWtafc his angry spirit : if it should have this effect , we would recommend lo him , as a work equally fitted to his literary researches and his experience , a new History of' the Flagellants . The following extract will give tfe reader a pretty fair idea of this production of the Poet Laureate ' syautiifbl and uncourtly muse :
" ACT II . SCENE BLACK 9 EATH ., Tyler , Hob , &c . SONG . ' When Adam delv'd , and Eve spaa , Who was then the gentleman ?*
Wretched is the infant ' s lot , Born within the straw-roof d cot ! Be he generous , wise , or brave , He ninst only be a slave . Long , long labour , 4 ittle rest , * Still to toil to be oppress'd ; Drain * d by taxes of his store , Punish * d next for being poor : This is the poor wretch ' s lot , Born within the straw-roof f d cot .
While the peasant works—to sleep ; What the peasant sows—to reap ^ On the couch of ease to liti , Kioting in revelry ; Be he villain , be be fool , Still to hold despotic rule , Trampling on his slaves with scorn s - This is to be nobly born . 6 When Adam delv'd , and Eve span , Who was then the gentleman ?' JACK STRAW . The mob are up in London— -the proud courtiers Begin to ti ' emble .
TOM MILLER . Aye , aye , * tis time % o tremble ; Who'll plow their fields , who'll do their drudgery fiow ^ And work lYke horses , 'to git * e them the harvest ?
JACK STRAW : - ~ I only wonder we lay qmt ? t solongv - We had always the same strength , and we ,. . " * ¦ » '"" fleseiVed .- T ¦; . ¦' ' v w * ¦ - » - ' ~ ^ The ills we met with for mot * u » tii ^ iU
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Art . II . — Wat Tyler . A Dramatic r Poem . 12 mo . ]> p . 82 . Sherwood pnd Co . 18 17 . THE Key to this publication is given in two niottos on the titlepage : ** Come listen to a Tale or Times or Oli > !—Come , fbr ye know rne—^ 1 am he who sung The * Maid op Arc , ' and I am he who framed # Of * Thauba / the wild and wondrous song . Southey !
And I was once like this ! 4 , , - ¦ - . • Twenty years H » ve , wrought strange alteration ! . ^ Sovt . hey !!!' The meanmKdOJf th | ea ^ quotations is € > b \ -toti 6 . * ' Wat Tyler ** is attributed
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/44/
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