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The F il E F A jC 
E Learned Sr* Hierom was formerly our Advocat m 
_ celebrating the Travels aod hardy Adventures of Phis 
lofbphers to acquire koowledgCj and in commemoratiog the 
refpecflful Addrefles and Veneration, which great and wife 
meo ofFeiiM to Philofophers* This he performs with moft af^ 
fedionat ardor § aod thefe Refpefts are agreeable to thcDi- 
flates of Right Reafooj of Good Nature^ and of the Good 
Manners of the Civil Gentile?. Alfo our famous Cowley came 
clofeto our Concernments, both in his Poetical infpirationsj 
aod io his fober Profe* He vindicates the excellency and di- 
ftfibutes the main parts of ExperimeDtal Philofophy.^ Aod 
thus far we ha ve obtaio'd, in our Defence, Authentique zealj 
well grounded Raptures^ Ancient and Modern Suffrage 5 on 
both (ides accomplifh't with the politeft LcarniDg and foundeft 
Judgments. 
Now, for a Caution, to prevent an unhappy ObftrutiioD, 
that it may not interrupt the Generous in their pourfuit of Re- 
viving and Promoting the Ingenuous Arts,! fhall here enquire 
a little the Caufe of their Decay in degenerating Ages. And 
the Roman Satjriji^ whofe ftyle was too often polluted by the 
profligate Luxury of his days, hath yet referv'd, for our oc^ 
cafioDs, aclean^ elegant and brief Declamation, (perhaps one 
of the beft Remains of Antiquity 3) fince pertinent and argute 
Declamations had a great name in the Schools of Rome aod of 
old Greece. 
turn ilk ( Eumolpus Encolpioj) Tecunm^ ipiqmt, cupidim 
^ /. Umbras ren^m atque i» ^'"^^''^^ ^ wfiUmh 'Prifci^ 
marines tantum, & fimulacra re- ^^^^ temporibm , mm adhuc nu- 
"^my^k Erh,rdus, ^ mmmorits. men •inter homines er at \ nt quid 
^^mmmstio ? hat" 
