<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=499086" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To My Truely Valiant, Learned Friend; Who In His Brooke Resolv'd The Art Gladiatory Into The Mathematicks</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I.<br>Hearke, reader! wilt be learn'd ith' warres?<br> A gen'rall in a gowne?<br>Strike a league with arts and scarres,<br> And snatch from each a crowne?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> II.<br>Wouldst be a wonder? Such a one,<br> As should win with a looke?<br>A bishop in a garison,<br> And conquer by the booke?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> III.<br>Take then this mathematick shield,<br> And henceforth by its rules<br>Be able to dispute ith' field,<br> And combate in the schooles.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> IV.<br>Whilst peaceful learning once againe<br> And the souldier so concord,<br>As that he fights now with her penne,<br> And she writes with his sword.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br> TO THE READER.<br> Harke, reader, would'st be learn'd ith' warres,<br> A CAPTAINE in a gowne?<br> Strike a league with bookes and starres,<br> And weave of both the crowne?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Would'st be a wonder? Such a one<br> As would winne with a looke?<br> A schollar in a garrison?<br> And conquer by the booke?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Take then this mathematick shield,<br> And henceforth by its rules,<br> Be able to dispute ith' field,<br> And combate in the schooles.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Whil'st peacefull learning once agen<br> And th' souldier do concorde,<br> As that he fights now with her penne,<br> And she writes with his sword.<br> Rich. Lovelace, A. Glouces. Oxon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Richard+Lovelace">Richard Lovelace</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=499086" data-title="To My Truely Valiant, Learned Friend; Who In His Brooke Resolv'd The Art Gladiatory Into The Mathematicks" data-description="I. Hearke, reader! wilt be learn'd ith' warres? A gen'rall in a gowne? Strike a league with arts and scarres, And snatch from each a crowne? II. Wouldst be a wonder? Such a one, As should win with a looke? A bishop in a garison, And conquer..."></div> </div> </div>

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