^ 0 mHtis qmqi^ F^f^.-rh.^' 
Dm^lma C^g^u f lib- 
" Thai it: does cxpkin toe trr-" ----i^iog of it, but 
. this very ^ • ^ - , .it tbefe 
Lines-^J-or whoever is /aioderaidy converiant ia the Greek 
a-iid L^?/i>5 will eafiiy be of opinion, that the latter freqnen?> 
ly borrowed not'only their thoughts, and fancies from the 
former, but even fometimes they copied as near as poffible, 
their very turns and expreffioos, confideriog they writ in a* 
differing Language ^ yet this^ miift be allow 'd^ they ufoally 
furpafled thofe they drew from.,and the Copies Vv^ent beyond 
their firftOrigiiials,. as Horace I think has here outdone Ni- 
carder in his hncy, wMch I perceive he has been fo fond 
of, th;ithe was not only fatisfied to ufeit in this plaSe^ but 
has it again^ tho not fo fully and exprefsly in his i ith Ode 
o{ the 3d Bookj where he invokes his Lyre in this man- 
ner, . ; . ' - 
; Tnq^^ Tejhdo rejomre Jepfem 
Ccdida nervk ^ 
NequeLoquax olim neqm grata — 
Vi^hich laft Line is a plain comment to (hew what he 
means in this place. • - 
0 rdutis qHoqiypjVbns 
Donatura fonum^ 
The other inftance I fliall rnention, is from one of Luci- 
Dialogues, who writ above a hundred years after H?- 
r^i?^, whence *tis plain the McchaniUn of the Ancient Lyre, 
and the Opinion concerning its firft invention, prevailed fince 
as well as beforeliV^a^'s days. In this Dialogue he introduces 
