Note 258 — Chapter V · SECOND PERIOD OF HUMANISM
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'Quod si Virgilius superat me carminis ullis Laudibus, orator ille ego sum melior. Sin Tulli eloquio præstat facundia nostro, Versibus ille meis cedit ubique minor. Adde quod et linguâ possum hæc præstare Pelasgâ Et Latiâ. Talem quem mihi des alium?'
Lib. ix., De Jocis et Seriis. Elegy to Alessandro Sforza. Reported by Rosmini, vol. iii. p. 149. One specimen of these boasts may stand for thousands.