unde cognosce, quod, etsi tacere necdum, coepimus certe taciturire, duplici ex causa: ut si placemus, pauca lecturis incitent voluptatem; si refutamur, non excitent multa fastidium, quippe in hoc stilo, cui non urbanus lepos inest, sed pagana simplicitas.
Hence you must infer that, although I have not yet begun to be silent, I have at least begun to have silence in view'and for a two-fold reason, first, that if I am well received the smallness of my material may increase the readers pleasure and, secondly, if I am scorned he may not have many pages to excite his disgust, especially in a style which shows not polite elegance but rustic bluntness.
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