xlii The PREFACE. 



' lAriy inquit, Hefiodi fententU non ?mnjjiri^ 

 tibi ait, ArchiteEtum ArchiteSo invidere, C^ 

 Poetam Poet<z ^ De malis, inquit^ Gtacus ille 

 intellexit, nam honi erudithres amant : fed 

 magna cum mea Laicde d^ Gloria vindiSam in- 

 manu haheo : Majore eiiim cura virtuti inten^^ 

 da?n, atque quo ekgantior ego fiam^ eo vebe* 

 meiitius invidia mmpeier. ' -a 



And a little farther : t/j; 



'. Ka?n qui contendit, & an contentionis finis 

 \itihs fit non novit, Jlultis ilium innumerandud 

 japientes putant. ' -■ 



Ruasus* '^ 



Which I leave them to Englifh, and to make 

 fuoh Ufe of as is moft proper. 



Without doubt, the Circumftances of an 

 Author, how immaterial foever, will by thefe 

 Wits be immediately brought on the Stage. 

 And indeed, it would be too idle and im- 

 pertinent for me, or any One in fuch a Cafe^ 

 "to recriminate on Fortune or 111 Ufage, 

 much lefs on Perfons and Things ^ for which 

 reafon J fnall iubmit to the lli-will of fome, 

 and the Miftake of a great many in this 

 Aitair. 



li. iTo what is already faid, there feems to be 

 little occalion to add more of the Ufefulnefs 

 of this. Subject, or to vindicate the Reafon- 

 ablenefe and Advantage it may be lo fo Polite 



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