Prorsum enim non eo infitias nec radio nec subula nec lima nec torno nec id genus ferramentis uti nosse, sed pro his praeoptare me fateor uno chartario calamo me reficere poemata omnigenus apta virgae, lyrae, socco, coturno, item satiras ac griphos, item historias varias rerum nec non orationes laudatas disertis nec non dialogos laudatos philosophis, atque haec et alia eiusdem modi tam Graece quam Latine, gemino uoto, pari studio, simili stilo.
What is more, I admit to not knowing how to use a shuttle, awl, file, lathe, or other metal implements of the kind; instead of these, I confess I prefer using simple pen and paper to recreate poetry of every sort in the genres of rhapsody, lyric, comedy, tragedy, and similarly satires and riddles, histories on various subjects, speeches praised by orators, dialogues praised by philosophers, and these and other works of the same kind both in Greek and in Latin, with twofold ambition, equal application, and similar style.
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