48 A Thiiological EJfay concerning 



kind, is a very mifchievous Cuftom ; for they are thereby imprefTed with 

 fuch Fears, as perhaps they cannot conquer all their Life time. But the 

 Account that (m) ?hurmtm gives of thefe PanickMears, I think is natu- 

 ral 5 for he tells us , "E?-' 3 70 Trai/i^ysV A^T^idas/ Ttt^ya-c^ to^ a^wJi'a?, ^ 

 d?\.6yiig, BTZi) yi^ Tra? -2) at dyihaif, it} to. cliTrnMoc ■^o&iraif, \toipa nv^'; c)^ jJa«;, 

 ri 7^ Oarai'7^ctiv iy <px^-}(cii^Zv -zinroev dKbaztvIa,' i. e. Nihil prohihet qnin eti- 

 am Panicos tutmdtusdicamm, qnifubito d^ fine ratione cert a. exoriuntur : fie 

 enifn interdnm armenta (& greges terrentur , dnm fonus qnidam fubitm e 

 Sylva^ ant ex Antrk ant ex Terrte voraginibus affertur. 



Now Lucretius thinks that all this Mufick of Pipes , Flutes, Cymbals 

 and Drums, that is faid to be made by the Jollity and Revellings of the 

 Satyrs^ Fannie Paties, &c. in this dreadful Mountain by Night, is meer 

 Romance and Fiftion ^ and that 'tis nothing but the Ecchoing of the 

 whiftling boifterous Winds amongft thofe hideous Rocks : For l^eaking 

 of Eccho's^ he tells us («), 



Sex etiam, ant feptem loca vidi reddere voces 

 Unam ctwijaceres : ita coUes coUibus ipfis 

 Verba repitlfantes iterabant dii^a refer re. 

 Hiec loca Capripedes Satyros , Nymphafque tenere 

 Finitimifingnnt, & Faunos ejje loqmntur ; 

 Sluorum notiivago firepitu, Ludoque jocanti 

 Adfirmant voJgo tacitnrna filentia riampi^ 

 Chordarnmqiie Sana s fieri ^ dulceifque querelas^ 

 "Tibia quasfiindit digitk pidfata canentum : 

 Et genus Agricolum late fentifcere^ cum Pan 

 Pifteafe/f/iferi Capitis yela/^/Jna quajjans, 

 "Vfu-oficpe labro calamos perciirrit hianteis, 

 Fijlnla Silveflrem ne cefiet fundere Mufam. 

 Ccelera de gcnere hoc monfira, ac Portent a. loqmmtnr, 

 Ne loon deferta ab Divis qiioque forte putentur 

 Sola tenere : ideojaolant miracnla diCfis 

 Ant aliqua ralione alia dncuntur^ ut omne 

 Humamim Genus eB avidum nimis auricidarum. 



Which the Ingenious Mr. Creech hath thus rendered : 



And I my felf have known 



Some Rocks and Hills return/^ words for on^ : 

 The dancing words from Plill to Hill rebound, 

 They all receive^ and all rejiore the found. 

 The Vulgar^ and the Neighbours think, and tell, 

 That there the Nymphs^ and Fauns, and Satyrs dwell 5 



(m) PhmmtHi deNatura Vmum C0. de Fane, p. m. 70. (n) T. Lucretij de Rerum Natim, Iib.4, 

 verf. 581. 



And 



