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irioii Level: Hence it isx th a ttru e Patronsof
Learning ahd Honour, have (itch
an Influencé oventhofewho move in a lower
Orb, that they are enabled by that borrowed
Luftre, to dart fetch Refleëions^ as raife
feme Sort of Men to that Pitch of Thought*
that can allure them to the Perufal of a
Boob
So little, indeed, by a great many u
Learning efteemd, and a Public! Good encouraged,
that an Author like an Afe in
the Indies, may be overloaden with Trea-
fure; but the Brambles in his tedious Fatigues,
are frequently his Recommence: fehe
Poets, how unhappy feever they may have
been upon other Accounts, have, f a d thffr
McecenasV in aB Ages, to guardthem from
the Fury of the Criticksv while the Philofopher
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fopher, generady like Truth', the Object of
hh Intentions and Difcourfe, comes into: the
World naked: It s only fis Inmcenie and Integrity
that skreens him from weir malevolent
CenfureSs. but t$ a4d ipflre and Energy
to his Perfgrmances, is to derive it from
the. Pairm^e^o0mGttki, which gives to
em (if the Metaphor be not too uncouth} d
kind (ffeeifaetml living f;
Since therefore, fo many Noble Perfo-
nages and Worthy Gentlemen, have been
pie afe d fe far to incourage this U nderta -
king, by honouring both it and me with your
Generous Subfcriptions; I hope you will
pardon this in me, who cannot but now, and
ever fhall acknowledge it with th l deepeil
Senfe