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Other Century in this prefent March : My jirfi Volume contain- 
ing the firJl yQdX$y as partly interrupted by our fublic Ca- 
lauHties, and ^ >rt of the time iaid out for lnjlru6im$ and Ejc- 
empUrs to pr are and incline our generous Correfpondents, to 
adhere clofei to the Truth of Nature by faithful Experiments, 
and to evidence of matter of faft in their Hiftorical Narrations. 
And I lhall not here take much notice of the Obftrudiions 
and Difcouragements,that have been and are caft in our way by 
theMalevolent^ihey being fufficiently punifli't by this,that they 
exclude themfelves from the knowledge of Gods admirable Works 
and of ingenioHS Inventions. 
Mean while, the Virtuoji may encourage themfelves and re- 
ceive fatisfaftion from that noble Elogy^ which was long ago 
provided for them by the elegant Poet Claudian ; 
]pfa quidem VIRTUS frecium fibi^Solaf^ late ' ' 
Fortune fecura nitet^ nec fafcibns uUis 
Erigitur^ plaufuve petit cUrefcere vulgi ; De Gonfu^ 
Nil opts externa cupiens^nil indiga laudis^ > latu Mallii 
Divitiis animofa [uis^ immotkque cun6lU I Theodori 
Cajibus ^ ex alt A mortalia defpicit arce : I Panegyris. 
Attamen invitam bland} vejligat^ ^ dtro 1 
Ambit honor ' J 
The very fame, in efFea,whicha more aritlent and a more genial 
Poet, (Horace^) ixm^d tohisLyre,intheage,and in the ear, and 
with the high applaufe of great Augufim Cafar ; 
Virtus, repulfe nefcia fordid£y 
Intaminatis fulget homribus^ 
Nec fumit^ aut ponitfecures^ 
/irbitrio popularis aura. Carm, 
Virtus^ rechdens immeritis mori > Ode 2 . 
Calum, negata tentat iter via^ I 
Catufyuevulgares^ (jr udam : 
Spernit humum^fugiente penna, \ 
And an other, (Ovid) in few words,lays down the grounds and 
withall the final unfuccefsfulnefs, of all our adverfaries calum- 
nies and rallieries^ 
Pafcitur in vivis Livor^ pojl fata quiejcit ; 1 
Tunc [urn ex merito quemque tuetur Honos. Amor. 
And 
