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PUBLICATIONS FOR 1967-1968
127-128. Charles Macklin, _A Will and No Will, or a Bone for the
Lawyers_ (1746). _The New Play Criticiz’d, or The Plague of Envy_
(1747). Introduction by Jean B. Kern. [_In Preparation_]
129. Lawrence Echard, Prefaces to _Terence’s Comedies_ (1694) and
_Plautus’s Comedies_ (1694). Introduction by John Barnard. [29684]
130. Henry More, _Democritus Platonissans_ (1646). Introduction by P. G.
Stanwood. [_Present Text_]
131. John Evelyn, _The History of ... Sabatai Sevi ... The Suppos’d
Messiah of the Jews_ (1669). Introduction by Christopher W. Grose.
[_In Preparation_]
132. Walter Harte, _An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad_
(1730). Introduction by Thomas B. Gilmore. [29237]
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next in the series of special publications by the Society will be a
volume including Elkanah Settle’s _The Empress of Morocco_ (1673) with
five plates; _Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco_ (1674)
by John Dryden, John Crowne and Thomas Shadwell; _Notes and Observations
on the Empress of Morocco Revised_ (1674) by Elkanah Settle; and _The
Empress of Morocco. A Farce_ (1674) by Thomas Duffet, with an
Introduction by Maximillian E. Novak. Already published in this series
are reprints of John Ogilby’s _The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse_
(1668), with an Introduction by Earl Miner and John Gay’s _Fables_
(1727, 1738), with an Introduction by Vinton A. Dearing. Publication is
assisted by funds from the Chancellor of the University of California,
Los Angeles. Price to members of the Society, $2.50 for the first copy
and $3.25 for additional copies. Price to non-members, $4.00.
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Errors and Inconsistencies (noted by transcriber)
The author used a number of forms that were unusual or archaic even in
1646, and might be mistaken for typographical errors:
ne (_conjunction_)
won (stay, dwell, like German _wohnen_)
eath (easy, light; also “uneath”)
words in -en, especially verbs:
aboven, amazen, been (_infinitive_), causen, standen, withouten...
Greek diacritics were consistently printed over the first vowel of an
initial diphthong. This has been silently regularized.
Both occurrences of the name “DesCartes” or “DesChartes” are at line
break; the hyphen has been omitted conjecturally. In general, spellings
that appear more than once, such as “Psyc-” for “Psych-”, were assumed
to be intentional.
The word “invisible” means that the letter is absent but there is an
appropriately sized blank space.
Modern Introduction:
Immobile . . . Incomprehensible ”[6]
[_line-initial long space in the original, not explained in
the footnote_]
with its seque _Democritus Platonissans_
[_l in “sequel” invisible at line-end_]
describes the genesis of
[_final s in “genesis” illegible at line-end_]
Footnote 9: _Ibid._, II. xi. 5 (p. 52). [II.xi. 5]
To the Reader:
in the neglectfull disguise of a fragment [of of]
or which is as harsh one infinite one.
[_. missing; text otherwise unchanged_]
defending the infinitude of both, [both.]
Unum ut attendentes ad infinitam Dei potentiam
[_first i in “infinitam” invisible_]
Democritus Platonissans
7. Numbers infinite of each would strike our ’stonishd sight;
[_er in “Numbers” invisible_]
25. This is the parergon of each noble fire [is is]
27. What mark is left,? what aimed scope or end
[_punctuation as printed_]
45. This inf’nite voidnesse as much our mind doth gall
[_text cut off; “-all” conjectural_]
47. With their strange vizards. This will follow right
[_text cut off; “-ht” conjectural_]
55. Keeping a well-proportionated space [ptoportionated]
81. And immense mounting smoke arose all round about. [mountiug]
99. Snow-limb’d, rose-cheek’d, ruby-lip’d, pearl-ted, star eyn’d
Their parts each fair in fit proportion all conbin’d.
[_text unchanged: possible hyphen in “star eyn’d”_]
102. Such as no vulgar wit can well believe. [vnlgar]
103. A wider period; turneth still and slow. [tnrneth]
Cupids Conflict
Had I (but O that envious Destinie,
[_mismatched parenthesis in original; closing parenthesis may
belong after “harm!” in 4th line of stanza_]
Who can his passions master and controll, [aud]
For can their carefull ghosts from Limbo take
[_reading uncertain: may be “take” corrected by hand to “Lake”_]
Particular Interpretation
_Energie._ It is a peculiar Platonicall terme. [_Energie,_]
_Faith._ ... excellently described in Proclus, [roclus.]
Ἐστί οὖν οὗτος ὅρμος ἀσφαλὴς τῶν ὄντων ἁπάντων.
[Εἰς οὖν ... τῶν ὅντων]
[_Original text could not be checked, but Εἰς is grammatically
impossible._]
_Intellect._ [_Intellect.._]
Ἔχομεν οὖν καὶ τὰ εἴδη διχῶς [εἶδη]
_Idiopathy._ } See Interpret. Gen.
_Iao_ }
[_Printed as shown; may be damage or error for “Idea” or similar_]
_Omniformity._ [_Omniformity,_]
_Reduplicative._ ... as the centre. But I define nothing.
[_blank space at mid-line in original_]
_Soul._ ... And that which God inspired into _Adam_ [that that]
_Vaticinant._ ... Theolog. Platon. [Theolog Platon]
Augustan Reprints
Here as in e-texts 29237 and 29684 (from the same year), one or two
pages from the list of titles in print appear to be missing. The same
list should be present in any Augustan Reprint from a later year.
[First page] UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES [. for,]
117. Sir Roger L’Estrange, _Citt and Bumpkin_ (1680). [Sir George]