Thomas Smith: Library As University

Lines 12-22:<br>
‘To listen to this Doctor as he taught<br>
Cheke did not blush, nor Redman, nor great Burleigh,<br>
Nor the elder Cox, - Hatton was his pupil.<br>
Who was the chiefest rhetorician? Smith.<br>
Who was the first interpreter of tongues?<br>
‘Twas Smith. And who the most famed naturalist?<br>
Oh, Smith, the all knowing. Who of life and manners<br>
The ablest Master? Smith again.’<br>
Traduction by A. B. Grosart, <i>The works of Gabriel Harvey</i>, Oxford: Oxford University, 1884

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<b>Author:</b> Gabriel Harvey<br>
<b>Title:</b><i> Smithus; vel Musarum lachrymae </i> [Smith, or The tears of the Muses] (London, 1578) <br>
<b>Shelfmark:</b> G.15.5(1) <a href="http://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/1nnjft8/44CAM_ALMA21416680580003606"> (catalogue record)</a>

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Lines 12-22:
‘To listen to this Doctor as he taught
Cheke did not blush, nor Redman, nor great Burleigh,
Nor the elder Cox, - Hatton was his pupil.
Who was the chiefest rhetorician? Smith.
Who was the first interpreter of tongues?
‘Twas Smith. And who the most famed naturalist?
Oh, Smith, the all knowing. Who of life and manners
The ablest Master? Smith again.’
Traduction by A. B. Grosart, The works of Gabriel Harvey, Oxford: Oxford University, 1884

Author: Gabriel Harvey
Title: Smithus; vel Musarum lachrymae [Smith, or The tears of the Muses] (London, 1578)
Shelfmark: G.15.5(1) (catalogue record)

G.15.5