ipi DireSiions for KaifDig Chap. 7^ 



to an Admiration thereof. And indeed, 

 whoever (efpecially of our Profeffion) at^ 

 tempts to foar the Heights of that bright Per- 

 fon, to hold the Reins, and govern thefe 

 fublime Subjeds with a Dexterity equal 

 to him, liiay juftly exped the Fate oi Phaeton^ 

 to be tumbled from thofe Sublimities his Am- 

 bition has carried him. 



To epitomize then what has been faid by 



him and others on this Subjed : 'tis here the 



vcearied Traveller and laborious Ruftick feek 



for Shelter and Refreflment-^ and (fub dio, 



as the Latins term it) to Jlretch their weari^ 



ed Limbs^ and enjoy that fvceet Repofe, and 



thofe meridian Naps^ appointed for the Recruit 



of Nature in the receive Intervals of a fultry 



Day: 'Tis here the indefatigable Statefman 



reads over and confiders the feveral Govern-- 



ments of the Worlds and makes fuch Obfer- 



fervations as are for the Service of bis Prince 



and Country : 'Tis here the learned Divine 



oft forms his elegant and pathetick Orations^ 



tind the Poet his never-dying Poems. 



Virgil begins his Paftorals, Sub tegmine fa- 

 gi 5 and in his Second Georgick^ as if fainting 

 under the intenfe Heat of Heaven, breaks 

 out ; 



quis me gelidis in Vallibus Hemi 



SiJIat^ & ingenti ramorum protegit Umbra. 



And thro* the whole Courfe of his Works, 



is often fhrouding himfelf under the Covert 



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