at si tu ipse, cui datum est saltibus gloriae proterere posse cervices vituperonum seu supercurrere, materiae istius libens provinciam sortiare, nemo te celsius scripserit, nemo et antiquius, etiamsi placeat recentia loqui; quandoquidem sermonum copia impletus ante, nunc rerum, non reliquisti, cur venenato morsu secere.
On the other hand, if you to whom has been given the power to trample upon or run over the necks of fault-finders with glorys triumphant leaps, if you (I say) should of your free will take this subject-matter as your province it will be found that no one ever wrote more sublimely or indeed with more of the good old style, even though you should choose recent history as your theme; for with your present wealth of information added to the wealth of expression previously acquired, you have left no excuse for any poisoned tooth to tear you;
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