A30125:295
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
XL. Upon an Instrument of Music in an unskilful Hand.
XL. Upon an Instrument of Musick in an unskilful Hand.
Suppose a Viol, Cittern, Lute, or Harp, Committed unto him that wanteth Skill; Can he by Strokes, suppose them flat or sharp, The Ear of him that hears with Music fill? No, no, he can do little else then scrape, Or put all out of tune, or break a string: Or make thereon a muttering like an Ape, Or like one which can neither say nor sing.
SUppose a Viol, Cittern, Lute, or Harp, Committed unto him that wanteth Skill; Can he by Strokes, suppose them flat or sharp, The Ear of him that hears with Musick fill? No, no, he can do little else then scrape, Or put all out of tune, or break a string: Or make thereon a mutt'ring like an Ape, Or like one which can neither say nor sing.
Comparison. The unlearned Novices in things Divine, With this unskilled Musician I compare: For such, instead of making Truth to shine, Abuse the Bible, and unsavoury are.
Comparison. The unlearn'd Novices in things Divine, With this unskill'd Musician I compare: For such, instead of making Truth to shine, Abuse the Bible, and unsavoury are.