...learning, in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other points extremely licensed. ... It is taken in two senses in respect of words or matter....sense it is but a character of style, and belongeth to the arts of" speech. ... In the latter it is ... one of the principal portions of learning, and it...

...been allowed to take whatever liberties they wished)."] It is taken in two senses in respect of Wordes or Matter. In the first sense it is but a Character of stile, and belongeth to the Arts of speeche, and is not pertinent for the present. In the latter, it...

...may at pleasure make unlawful matches and divorces of things. Now Poesy (as I have already observed) is taken in two senses; in respect of words or matter. In the first sense it is but a character of speech; for verse is only a kind of style and a certain form of elocution, and has nothing to do with...