o 
derable obligations. There are alfo 
1797] 
ftyle, in Dr. PemMBERTON’s VIEW 
OF THE NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY. 
VOLTAIRE’s account of the Newtonian 
philofophy, though very fuperficial, is 
yet pleafing; I have always, in parti- 
cular, admired his account of the dii- 
coveries on light and colours, and his 
explanation of the phenomena of the 
rainbow. Another French book I muft 
alfo mention, with commendation, as a 
general work on natural and experi- 
mental philofophy, and that is, Bris- 
SONs PRAITE ELEMENTAIRE DE 
Puysrqur, to which I ,can perceive 
Dr. Gregory, in his late work, has confi- 
fome 
detached treatifes on particular topics of 
philcfophy, which are popular and ufe- 
ful’ Dr. PrigsTLey’s History ot 
EvLeEcTRiciry and, of Oprics, are 
both of them replete with entertainment 
and inftruction. Mr. Cavallo’s treatifes 
on air, &c. and Mr. Adams’s work on. 
eleétricity, are well deferving attention, 
The leétures publifhed by the latter gen- 
tleman, { have not read, but I have 
heard them . refpeétfully fpoken of- 
GRAVESANDE’s INTRODUCTION, and 
HeitsHam’s LECTURES, are old; but 
they are fcientific, though fomewhat ab- 
ftrufe ; and I have feen a work on expe- 
rimental philofophy, in three volumes, by 
the late Benj. Martin, which | thought 
good for the time in which it was com- 
piled, viz. about forty years ago, if I 
rightly remember. a 
“One or two, however, of the firt 
books which I have recSmmended in 
this letter, will enable’ any perfon to 
read with advantage, the PHiLoso- 
PHICAL TRANSACTIONS, fm which 
moft of the new difcoveries, at leaft in 
this country, are, from time to time, 
recorded. -I know not whether the 
JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE is ftill con- 
tinued; it was an excellent and uferul 
periodical repoftory for the fcattered 
parts of -fcience. But I perceive, fir, 
that I have already exceeded the ufual 
limits which, I believe, you allot to fuch 
addreffes as this ; —if you approve of my 
correfpondence, I fhall be tempted occa- 
fionally to refume it, and fhall, before 
long, tranimit to you a fhort ¢flay on 
the ftudy of hiftory—in the mean 
time, I am, fir, with many thanks for 
the entertainment which your Publica- 
tion has already afforded me, 
Your moft humble fervant, 
£cb.20, 1797. NEPIODIDASCALOS. 
\ sii) gh ea) 4 - 
Poviry of Hywet, Prince of Wales, 
95 
_ Io the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
STR, . . 
(THE reputation which Mr. Marth 
has acquired by his letters to Mr. 
TRAVIS, 4 work, which will vie in cri- 
tical acumen, induftry, and genius, with 
any ever published in this country, is too 
well eftablithed to receive addition from 
farther teftimony: yet, as. Mr. Travis 
has gotten the manufcript in difpute in 
his own poflefiion, and threatens, not- 
withftanding his repeated defeats, to 
write again, it may not be improper to 
flate. to your readers, that the greateit 
critic in biblical literature now living, 
is cecifively of opinion, that the faét is’ 
completely proved. Greifbach, in the 
prolegomena to his new edition of the 
Greek teftament, {peaks of Mr. Marth’s 
difcovery in the following manner: 
Steph. I.) detectus nuper eft a Mar- 
fhio “in publica bibliotheca Univerfitafis 
Cantabrigienfis, ubi figia K k. 6.. 4. 
notatus eft. Quondam Vatabli fuerat, 
amici Stephani. Hune omnino codicem 
Stephani 1) efle; validiflimis argu- 
mentis evicit Marfhius. 
The confequences.of this difcovery 
are fatal to» Mr: Iravis) and chis: ad- 
herents, if he has any, in this, or any 
ether, kingdom; and the learned and 
religious world muft rejoice, that this 
controverdy has cccafioned the moft ac- 
curate. refearches of a PorRSoN, a 
Marsu, and a GRIESBACH, into the 
value of the edition of the Greek. tefta- 
ment, which is the bafis of moft of the 
teftaments in the vulgar languages of 
Europe. I remain, fir, your’s, 
London, Feb, 11, 1797. INDAGATOR. 

To the Editor of the Monthly Magazines 
SiR, 
1% anfwer to the enquiries made Jaf 
month; by your correfpoendent B, I 
beg leave to ftate, that rhere are, to my 
knowledge, eight pieces preferved of 
the poetry of Hywel, the fon of Owain 
Guynex, Prince of Wales. The volume, 
No. LV, of the Welch School Colleétion, 
‘being a trantcript, made by Dr. Davies, 
of the poetry of the middle ages, con- 
tains copies of the number above {peci- 
fied ; and, the following is one of them, 
accompanied by a literal tranflation, by 
Your humble fervant, 
. MErIRION, 
Rywel ab Owain a gant yr Awdyl hon. 
-Caravi gaer wenglaer o du gwerylan, 
Men yd gar gwylde! gweled gwylany; 
Ydgarwni vyneJ, can ni’m cared yn “wy, ~ 
sry elaun OVWy, | ar veingany 
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