2. _The intermediate_ or _casual plain Rhyme_.

3. _The scanning conclusive Rhyme_. So called, because it would hardly

be perceived by the Generality of Readers, unless they first scann'd

the Verse; but when they have done that in three or four Lines, the

Ear will afterwards make the necessary Distinction without any farther

trouble.

I will explain and give Examples of all these several sorts of _Rhyme_

in their Order.

1. To treat of the plain _Single_ direct _Rhyme_. The following Verses

are Examples of this sort of Rhyme: But to make them more like our

own, I will divide the Verse into two Parts.

"_Poculaque inventis

Acheloia miscuit uvis._

"_Totaque Thuriferis

Panchaia pinguis arenis._

"_Et premere, & laxas

Sciret dare, jussus habenas._

"_Atque rotis summas

Levibus pellabitur undas._

"_O nimium coelo

Et pelago confise sereno._

Many more of these Lines might be produced, but these are sufficient.

Of the plain direct _Double_ Rhyme (which is the Sort of Rhyme the

_Spectator_ speaks of No. 60, and which the Monks were in Love with)

the following are Instances.

"_Hic labor extremus, lon_garum _hæc meta vi_arum.

Again,

"_I nunc & verbis

Virtutem illude superbis._

Again,

"_Cornua veletarum

Obvertimus Antennarum._

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