Tile ‘Dedication 
in Ills mjo)i on Criticifm be Jiilt; 
that even a Poet when fpeaking of 
that rough Element Ihould make 
Jiis Verje roat like the Billows', 
How much more ought it to be ex- 
pe<Ted that one who for many 
Years has drawn his Breath in 
Neptune s Realm, fliould fpeak a 
Language confonant to it. 
I could enumerate many more 
Things tending to your Advantage, 
but that I fear to trefpafstoo much 
on your Patience wherefore I 
lave your Blujhes. 
Daily Experience fhews us, that 
Men who have gained a Competen- 
cy, and are for leaving off Bulinefs 
generally flatter themfelves in vain 
with fitting down in quiet, and 
enjoying the Remainder of their 
Days to their Satisfad:ion, where- 
as on the contrary, unlefs they 
choofe fonie Amufement equiva- 
lent to their ufual Way of Life, 
they 
