Peace and ^d.t, Eloquence was efteemed more than fundamental ,morc 
than a Key,to unlock,reguIate and fet in order the Cabmets of incns 
Hearts and Minds, to aflwage bad Paffion's, and to excite nobleft 
Affeftion's. 
And Poe[te, in feveral kinds, being the higheft Efflorefcence of E- 
loquence , is with a fublime and accurate felicity guided and 
promoted in a late Englifli Traft^entitul'd, Keflcxms oh Ariftotle'^ 
Treatife of Poefie^ contawing the necejfary^ rMional^ and miverfdl 
Rules f0r Epick, Dramatiek^ and the other firts of i'oetry • wth Re- 
flexions on the Works of the Ancient and Modern 2oets^ and their 
fmlts^ noted by R.Rapin. Printed in London, in 8% 
I take ]eave,on this occafion,to mention here,for Oratoryythe two 
Traa:s,that came abroad A. 1 672. in 8°. viz. l.Reflexions upon the 
Eloquence cf the feliimes^ i. ingeneral ; 2, of the Barr^and 3^ of the 
Pulpit : Pretending to be a Tranflation out of French^but by thead- 
diceflcs,conclufion, and often in the Body of the Trad, it appears to 
bea Free Application to our Englifli Eloquence. II. By the Tame 
hand, A Comparifin between the Eloquence of DEMOSTHENES and 
CIGERO ; which (doubtlefs) was,as is acknowledged, really tran* 
flated out of French. Thofe Reflexions upon Eloquence, by 
a few Emendations at a fecond review, may give much light to 
Oratory. 
Etrttta in N^mk, 109. 
LONDON, 
Printed for 5^* (^tartyn^ Printer to the Royal Society, 1674; 
