vili The PREFACE. 



only has been fippedy it is no wondey*^ as 



citr judicious Satyriji has obfervedy thai 



fuch Jh allow draughts JJoould ifitoxicafe 



the brain. But till gentlemen make this 



a more general ftudy^ and thereby be^ 



come better judges of ply peal merits 



we mitfi net be fur prized to find them 



fometimes impofed on by fuch conceited 



fmatterers ; whofe canty though deemed 



oracular by the credulous^ is but too like 



the oracles of old^ fpecious delufion^ and 



vile impqfition ; where learned imperti- 



7icnce paffesjor found erudition^ and a 



barren Juperfiuity of words , for won-^ 



derous knowledge and elocution, Thus 



founds are adopted and mifiaken for 



fenfe ; and impudence and folly hut too 



often triumph over modefty a?jd true 



dejert : for as the above- quoted Feet 



juftly obfervesy 



Diftruftful fenfe with modeft caution 



fpeaks, 

 But rattling nonfenfe, in full volleys 



breaks. 



BUT to return: It may be ne- 

 Mffary to infor?n the reader ^ that as 



the 



