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Philofophy, that touch'd the Heavens before,
350 Shrinks to her hidden cause, and is no more::
See Phyfic beg the Stagyrite's defence !
See Metaphyfic call for aid on Sence!
See Mystery to Mathematicks fly!

In vain they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die.. 355 Thy hand great Dulness! lets the curtain fall, And univerfal Darkness covers all.

Enough! enough! the raptur'd Monarch cries; And thro' the Ivory Gate the Vision flies.

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M. SCRIBLERUS Lectori.

HE Errata of this Edition we thought (gentle reader) to have trufted to thy candor and benignity, to correct with thy pen, as accidental Faults efcaped the prefs: But feeing that certain Cenfors do give to fuch the name of Corruptions of the Text and falfe Readings, charge them on the Editor, and judge that correcting the fame is to be called Reftoring, an Achievement that brings Honour to the Critic; we have in like manner taken it upon ourselves.

Book i. Verfe 8. E'er Pallas iffu'd from the Thund'rers head. E'er is the contraction of ever, but that is by no means the fenfe.in this place: Correct it, without the leaft fcruple, E're, the contraction of or-ere, an old English word for before. What Ignorance of our mo ther tongue!

Verfe 6. Still Dunce [] fecond reigns like Dunce the firft. Read infallibly, ftill Dunce the fecond Want of knowledge in the very Measure!

Verse 23, 24.

tho' her power retires,

Grieve not at ought our fifter realms acquire.

Read our fifter realm acquires. Want of Ear even in Rhime!

Verfe 38.

Lintot's rubric's poft. Read rubric poft. I am aware there is fuch a Subftantive as Rubric, The Rubric, but here (I can affure the Editor) it is an Adjective.

Verse 189. Remarks. C'eft le mem quem Marc Tulle. Correct it bold's, ly, le meme que Marc Tulle. Ignorance in the French!

Ibid. Verfe 167. Ev vep↔ snpice, correct the Accents thus, Εν νέφεϊανθρώπων, Cor. ἀνθρωπών Want of underland+ ing in Greek!

Book i. verfe 253. Rem. Tenderness for a bad writer, read the bad writers, Plur. Falfe English: No Relative!

Book iii. verfe 167. Remarks for Nafus Amore, pio Pueri, Read Ni fus, a proper Name, Unskilfu nefs in Latin!

Verfe 208. Imit. Uc, alegon. Monftrous Divifion! away with that Comma!

Book ii. verfe 369. Leave out thefe words- -When he came in to the Administration For thefe Gentlemen never write against any man in power. This betrays great want of knowledge in Authors!

After fo thameful ignorance in Greek, Latin, French, English, Quantity, Accent, Rhyme, Grammar, we cannot wonder at fuch Errors as the following. Book i. verfe 101. Rem, for 254, read 258. and for 300, read 281. Book ii. verfe 75, for Here r. Hear, Verse 118. Rem. col. 2. for Libel, read filly book, it deferves not the name of a Libel. Verfe 258, for Courts of Chancery r. Offices, for those Courts, r. that Court, and for them r. it. Verfe 319. for facred r. fecret. Book iii. verfe 46. Imit. for hedaram r. hederam, Verle 56. for run forward, r. rusb forward. We must also observe the careless manner of fpelling fometimes Satyr, fometimes Satire, in the Notes, probably from the diffe rent Orthography of the various Annotators; however no excufe for the Editor, who ought conftantly to have spelled it Satire,

In our Prolegomena likewife, pag. 12. line 6. where it is faid, certain Verfes were never made publick till by Curl their oron Bookfeller; Correct and strengthen the paffage thus, never made publick fill in their own Journals, and by Curl their own Bookfeller, &e. But this, gentle reader, be fo candid as to believe the Error only of the Printers Vale & fruere,

INDEX

OF

PERSONS celebrated in this POEM.

A.

Dunton, John. ii. 136
Durfey. iii. 138

AMBROSE Philips. i. 103. iii. Dutchmen, iii. 43

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Boyer, Abel, ii. 383

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Breval (J. Durant) ii. 118, and 232 GILDON, Charles. i. 250. iii.

Bavius. iii. 16

Bt, Thomas Efq; iii. 174,

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Goths. iii. 82

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William, i.

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ANDALS. iii. 78
Vifigoths, iji. 86

W.

W wynkin de Werde, i. 129
TITHERS, George. i. 128

PRYNN, Ambro. I. 103. iii. Ward, Edward. i. 200. iii. 138

322

Q:

UARLES, Francis. i. 126

QUARLES, i.

Warner, Tho. ii. 117
Wilkins, ibid.

Welfted, Leonard. ii. 199, 295.
iii. 163

Woolfton, Tho. iii. 210
Wormius. iii. 184

INDEX

OF THE

AUTHORS of the NOTES.

Mr. Giles Jacob,

R. Winftanley,

Authors of Lives of Poets.

Book i. Verse 121, 122, 126, 134. b. i. V. 104, Ic6, 200, 240, ibid. ii. 201, 367, 111. 149.

Mr. Edm. Curl, b. i. v. 48, 240. ii. 46, 66, 116, 149, 370, iii. 26. Mr. Charles Gildon, ii. 258, 134. iii. 322.

Mr. Lewis Theobald, b. i. v. 48, 104, 106, 129, 162, 221. ii. 177. ii. 28.

Mr. John Dennis, b. i. v. 61, 88, 104, 106, 162, ii. 111, 134, 258, 295, 382. iii. 16.

Mr. Milt, Publifher of the Journal, b. i. v. 106, 129. ii. 134.,

F'ying-Poft, b. ii.

London Journal, b. ii. and iik

Daily Journal, b. i. 61. &c.

Mr. Jonathan Smedley, b. ii. 130, 295.

Mr. John Oldmixon, b. i. 102. iii. 319.
Mr. J. Ralph, b. i. v. 1, 28, 31. ii. 111.
Mr Welftede, b. iii. 16, 195.

The learned Martinus Scriblerus, and others, passim.

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