426 Mr. Lofft’s Letter oF papelior Heyne to Mr. Wakefield. 
sl it would be better when the verfe 
ftands at the head of the page to let it ex- 
prefs the firft line of that page over which 
it ftands, In the beautiful Edizburgh 
Virgil of 1755, (2 vol. 8vo. ) it does fo: 
and in the elegant and valuable edition of 
Mr. WAKEFISLD of 1796. I remain. 
Trofton, near Bury, Yours fincerely. 
Mey 25, 1799. CapeL Lorrr. 
I have to addon II En. that-Urbe 
Vv. 439, fnould have a, inftead of the : and 
the a in fiftam, (v. 620.) in my copy, 
is imperiectly itruck. I with that in the 
orthography adopted, Aztiguity and Eu- 
phony had been both more confulted :— 
particularly by retaining, as © ie beft 
editions do, and as the authority of MSS 
and of QUINTILIAN requires, the Greek 
terminations in z of proper names, rather 
then returning to the Laizg in m. 
The claffic accuracy cf MrLtTon, 
beautifully characterizes the Empreft of 
the Ocean and the Sea-Nympbh in his 
Comus. 
<¢ In name of great Oceanus 
<¢ And Tetiys? grave majefic pace, 
€¢ By Thetis tinfel flipper df feers 
‘* And the fongs of Syrens fweet.” 
Vireir might have. made his fecondary 
hero—veati tis et Dis Agrippa jecundis, 
cui belli iniigne fuperbum, 
Aly empora navali fulgent rofirata corond, 
Zon, Vill. 682. 
the fon-in-law of Thetis, but. in deify- 
ing Augufius, (fince he ‘chofe to deify 
him), he was obliged to go higher. 
SS 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
TWO LETTERs FROM THE CELEBRA- 
TED PROFESSOR HEYNE, OF GOT- 
TINGEN, TO MR. GILBERT WAKE- 
FIELD : 
Te ANSFERENDUM* ‘curavi ad te, 
“vir do&tifime, cujus ingenium et 
eruditionem a multo inde tempore admira- 
tus fum, bhbellum viri doéti, JACOBS, ex 
mea difciplina progreffi ; quandoquidem 
me et colit et amat te, et veftigia tua in 
nonnullis premit, ‘Nihil eorum, quz a te 
aguntur, ‘ct qua ad tua Eonfilia fpectant, 
a me non fedulo anquiritur, quantum 
quidem ex {criptis tuis aut ex indiciis ali- 
crum confequi poffum. Non itaque levis 
et temere concepta efie poteft ea qua te 
profequor voluntas amor et ftudium. ‘Tu 
et valeas et res tuas ex animo agas, precor. 
Scr. Gottinge d. xii Dec. CISTOXCVII. 
Cur. ‘G.HEYNE. 
Prof. Acad. Ge. Aug. 



* A tranflation will be inferted i ina a futurt 
ES 
[July 
Vire dodtifimo GILBERTO WAKEFIELD 
¢. G. HEYNE. 
Ca antea affeétu animi nefcio que, 
erga Te, Vir praftantifiime, f ierrer : 
nunc multo majore animi ftudio incenfum 
me fentio, ex quo Lucretium tuum perlegi. 
Etfi enim haud diffteor, hanc ipfam tuam 
benevolentiam, quam. litteris tuis huma- 
niffimis mihi es teftatus, eam vim ad ani- 
mum meum habuifle, ut etiam aliecnam a 
te voluntateme xpugnare ea potuiffet ; nune 
autem proclive meum in te ftudium thulto 
magis inclinare et impellereea debuit » ad- 
miratione tamen ingenil tui dogtzingeque 
exquilite et omni litterarum copia im- 
ftruétz ita percuflus ex ea leétione receffi, 
ut etiam dubitarem, fitne voluptas. ef 
fructus, quem inde percepi, cum ea coms 
parandus: certe utroque animi fenfu ita 
contaétum me féntii, ut inter jucundiffima 
fortunz mwnera numerem, quod contulit 
illa mihi opportunitatem compellandi te 
et contrahendi hanc litterarum ftudie- 
rumque neceffitudinem, Utinam ex in- 
credibili tuo de antiguis litteris merendi 
ftudio fruétus conjequaris uberrimos ! 
Nihil video quod mihi auditu jucundius 
futurum effe poffit, quam te fperatum 
meritis tuis favorem et oper in Lucretium 
expenfe premia tuliffe largiffima ! Quam 
vellem confilium tuum ejufque fortunam 
non premi temporum iniquitate ! Com- 
paratione enim aliarum terrarum facili 
licet conjectare, quz litterarum bonarum 
efle poflit au€toritas apud Britannos, 
Frovidebit tamen bonis coniiliis bonum 
providumgue numen. Vale, et quod in- 
greflus es’ favoris benevolentieque tue 
ftadium ita emetiendum tibi efle puta, ut 
tibi conftantis laudem ceteris laudibus 
adjiciendum effe memineris in diligendo eo 
cui femel benevolentiam tuam_egregio 
voluntatis pignore es teftatus. Cum pri- 
mum belli aoe refederit, mittam tibi 
mez voluntatis teftem iteratam Pindari et 
tertiam Tibulli editionem a me curatam. 
Nunc in Iliade exprimenda opere librari- 
crum occupantur. Vale. 
—— 
For the Monihiy Magazine. 
Mr. EDITOR, 
HE (hort returns of the Income Tax, 
the real produce-of which muft be 
tll lefs, by no means proves that the 
whole income of the nation does not 
amount to the full fum ftated by Mr. 
PirT when he propoitd this meafure, 
though he may have been miftaken with 
refpect to the diftribution of it, or not al- 
lowed fufficiently for the very confiderable 
part 
