be known, that the Portico's in _Rome_ were the publick Walks; and
here Persons of both Sexes used to assemble. Among these was one built
by _Pompey_. The second Portico mentioned, is by the best Commentators
understood of the _Octavian_, which was built by _Octavia_, Sister to
_Augustus_, and Mother to _Marcellus_; and this adjoined to a Temple
built by the same _Marcellus_. The third Portico was built by _Livia_
the Wife of _Augustus_, and called from her Name. The fourth, where
the Picture of the _Belides_ was, is to be understood of the Portico
of _Apollo Palatinus_, in which were the Statues of the fifty
Daughters of _Danaus_ and Grandaughters of _Belus_. These being
married to the fifty Sons of their Uncle _AEgyptus_, every one, by her
Father's Command, slew her husband on the first Night, save only
_Hypermnestra_. For this they were punished in the lower World, by
being obliged to fill a Barrel full of Holes with Water. _Scaliger_
and others have here made a mistake, supposing the Picture of the
_Belides_ was here hung up: But the contrary appears by many
Authorities, particularly by this in _Qv. Trist. 3_.
_Signa peregrinis ubi sunt alterna columnis,
Belides, & stricto barbarus ense pater._
It appears that the Number of Pillars was equalled by the Number of
Statues. 5thly, The Temple of _Venus_, in which she was worshipped,
together with _Adonis_, after the _Assyrian_ manner. This _Adonis_ was
the Son of _Cinyras_ King of _Cyprus_, begotten by him on his own
Daughter _Myrrha_. The Fame of his Beauty, and the Passion which
_Venus_ bore towards him, are well known. 6thly, The _Jewish_
Synagogues. The _Jews_ having been encouraged by _Julius Caesar_, were
very numerous in _Rome_ at that time; and the Strangeness and Pomp of
their Ceremonies inviting the Curiosity of the _Roman_ Ladies, their
Synagogues became famous Places of Intrigue. 7. The Temple of _Isis_.
This Goddess, when a Woman, was called _Io_. She was the Daughter of
_Inachus_; and being beloved by _Jupiter_, was by him, to preserve her
from his Wife's Jealousy, turned into a Heifer, _Juno_ suspecting the
Fact, obtained this Heifer of her Husband, and set Argus to watch over
her. _Jupiter_ wanting to visit his old Friend, sent _Mercury_ to kill
_Argus_; in revenge of which, _Juno_ ordered a Gad-Bee to sting the
poor Heifer; which thereupon growing mad, ran to _Egypt_, where she
was again restored to the Shape of a Woman, and married to _Osiris_.
The Feast of _Isis_ was celebrated in _Rome_ ten Days together by the
Women, and was a time of Carnival among them.]
[Footnote 15: In _Caesar's Forum_, which was built on the _Appian_
Way, was the Temple of _Venus Genetrix_.]
[Footnote 16: Races were run at _Rome_ in _April_ in the _Circus
Maximus_, which was likewise the Scene of many other public Exercises
and Shews.]
[Footnote 17: _And when the Procession shall pass on with the Ivory
Deities, do you applaud most the Statue of _Lady_ Venus._ Thus the
Original. The Paraphrase preserves the same Sense, though in other
Circumstances. These Statues were carried in Procession on many
Occasions, particularly at the _Maegalesian_ Games.]
[Footnote 18: _Adjusting her cushion._]
[Footnote 19: _Putting a Foot-stool under her._]
[Footnote 20: The Original mentioned the Fights of the _Gladiators_.
The Paraphrase comes as near as our Customs admit; for the _British_
Ladies never attend to see Men kill one another in jest.]
[Footnote 21: _Augustus Caesar_ among other rich Shews, with which he
entertained the People, exhibited to them a Sea-Fight in a Place dug
on purpose near the banks of the _Tyber_. The Poet takes this occasion
of introducing many Compliments to the Grandson of this Prince. We
have done little more than altered Names in this Place; and as we are
assured all here said is as properly applicable to the noble Person to
whom we have transferred it, the learned Reader will admire that any
Passage in an antient Author can be so apposite to the present Times,
and the true _English_ Reader will be no less delighted to see _Ovid_
introduced as singing forth the Praises of the _British Hero_.]
[Footnote 22: _Parthia._]
[Footnote 23: The _Crassi_.]
[Footnote 24: _Hercules._]
[Footnote 25: _Bacchus._]
[Footnote 26: The Original here described the many Nations who are led
Captives.]
[Footnote 27: Here we have inverted the Original; but sure the Sense
upholds us in so doing.]
[Footnote 28: _Baiae_, a Place not far from _Naples_, famous for
wholesome as well as pleasant Baths. It is described very largely by
_Diodorus_; and _Horace_ mentions it as the pleasantest Place in the
World.]
[Footnote 29: In the Original, the Temple of _Diana_ in the Suburbs.
It stood in a Grove not far from Rome. The next Line, _Partaque per
gladios, &c._ alludes to a very singular Custom, by which the Priests
of this Temple succeeded to each other, _viz._ by Conquest in single
Combat, for which every Slave or Fugitive was admitted to contend, and
the Victor was rewarded with the Priesthood. This Practice was renewed
every Year, and was, as _Strabo_ informs us, originally taken from the
_Scythians_.]
[Footnote 30: _Byblis_ fell in love with her Brother _Caunus_; and
upon his rejecting her Addresses, hanged herself. The Poets feign she
was afterwards turned into a Fountain. See _Metam._ IX.]
[Footnote 31: _Myrrha_ was the Daughter of _Cinyras_, who being in
love with her Father, took an Opportunity, while her Mother was
employed in the Sacrifices to _Ceres_, to supply her Place. Her Father
discovering the Imposture, ran after her with a drawn Sword to kill
her: But she escaped by means of the Night, and fled into _Sabeaea_.
She was changed into the Myrrh-Tree. The Story of which is in _Metam._
X. But though the Poets have subjoined Fable to this Fact, it is
related by _Pliny_ as a true History.]
[Footnote 32: _Pasiphae_ was the Daughter of the Sun, married to
_Minos_ King of _Crete_. The Poets feign that being in love with a
Bull, she employed _Daedalus_, a famous Artist, to make her a wooden
Cow, into which she conveyed herself, in order to enjoy her monstrous
Desires. From this unnatural Coition sprung the _Minotaur_, a Monster
half Man and half Bull, which was enclosed in a Labyrinth, and
afterward destroyed by _Theseus_.]
[Footnote 33: The Original alludes to the _Cretans_, who were famous
among the Antients for the Vice of lying.]
[Footnote 34: _Europa_ was the Daughter of _Agenor_ King of _Cydon_,
beloved by _Jupiter_, and by him run away with in the Shape of a
Bull.]
[Footnote 35: _AErope_ was the Wife of _Atreus_. She committed
Adultery with her Husband's Brother _Thyestes_, by whom she had two
Sons, whom _Atreus_ caused to be killed, and served up to his
Brother's Table. To avoid this Sight, the Sun is said to have gone
backward.]
[Footnote 36: _Scylla_ the Daughter of _Nisus_, King of the
_Megarensians_, fell in love with _Minos_, while he was besieging her
Father's City. She stole away her Father's Hair, on which the Fate of
the City depended, and carried it to _Minos_; for which Fact she was
rewarded by her Lover with Contempt only. She is by some said to have
been changed into a Lark: But _Ovid_, who here seems to confound two
Stories together, makes her Transformation to have been into a Rock,
which lies between _Sicily_ and _Italy_; where the dashing of the
Waves against the Rock representing the Sound of the Barking of Dogs,
gave rise to the Fable which is here hinted at.]
[Footnote 37: _Clytemnestra_, the Wife of _Agamemnon_, who in the
absence of her Husband committed Adultery with _AEgysthus_, and with
him afterwards murdered _Agamemnon_, at his Return from _Troy_.]
[Footnote 38: _Creusa_ was the Daughter of _Creon_ King of _Corinth_,
and second Wife to _Jason_; to whom _Medea_, enraged with _Jason_, who
had forsaken her, sent a Casket in which Wild-Fire was inclosed, and
by which she was burnt as soon [as] it was opened. This _Medea_
afterwards, on account of the same Anger with _Jason_, tore to pieces
her two Sons which she had bore to him.]
[Footnote 39: This _Phoenix_ having incensed his Father, by lying with
a Woman who was beloved by the latter, fled to the Protection of
_Peleus_ the Father of _Achilles_, and was by bim [_sic_] Preceptor of
that young Hero.]
[Footnote 40: _Hippolytus_ being beloved by his Stepmother _Phaedra_,
and refusing to gratify her Desires, was by her falsely accused to his
Father _Theseus_; upon which account he was obliged to fly, and the
Chariot Horses being frighted by Sea-Calves, dashed the Chariot
to-pieces, and him also.]
[Footnote 41: _Phineus_ King of _Arcadia_, having repudiated his Wife
_Cleopatra_, married _Harpalice_; by whose Instigation he put out the
Eyes of his Sons: for which he was afterwards punished by Divine
Vengeance with the Loss of his own.]
[Footnote 42: The _Romans_ paid a Religious Regard to their Birth-Day,
as appears from many Passages in their Poets. At this time they used
to receive Presents from their Relations and Acquaintance. We have
here given the Sense of the Original, only varying the Customs
(_Kalendae Martii_.) _Ovid_ advises the Lover to abstain from visiting
his Mistress in the Kalends of _March_. At which time the _Matronalia_
were celebrated to _Juno Lucina_, and the Husbands used to pray to
that Goddess to protect the Chastity of their Wives. _Horace_ likewise
Lib. III. Ode 8. hints that this was not the proper Season for
Batchelors to give a Loose to their Gaieties. (_Sive erit ornatus
Circus_, &c.) A third Caution _Ovid_ gives, is not to visit on those
Days when the Wealth of the _Roman_ Conquests were exposed to the
_Circus_, in admiring which, as _Mycellus_ observes, the Girls were
too much taken up, to attend to the Desires of their Lovers. To say
the truth, some Custom seems to be alluded to here, which is not
sufficiently preserved from the Ruins of Antiquity.]
[Footnote 43: _Then the _Pleiades_ are at hand. Then the Goat is
merged in the Sea_, _viz._ in the Month of _October_ and _November_.]
[Footnote 44: The Original points at the Day in which the _Romans_
were overthrown by the _Gauls_ on the Banks of the River _Allia_. This
was the 15th of the Kalends of _August. A. U. C._ 363, and it was
marked as a black Day in their Kalendar. As this Nation is too happy
to produce any such Day, we have been obliged to give it a different
Turn in our Paraphrase.]
[Footnote 45: _Cydippe_ was a beautiful virgin of the island of
_Delos_. She was celebrating the Rites of _Diana_ when she was seen by
_Acontius_, who falling in love with her, and not daring openly to
declare his Passion, contrived to drop an Apple at her Feet, in which
were inclosed these two Lines:
_I swear to you by the mystical Rites of _Diana_,
That I will attend you as a Companion, and become your Bride._
_Cydippe_ took up the Apple and read the Lines; by repeating which
words they became her own; and she was ignorantly betrothed to her
Lover: For it was a Law, that whatever any persons said in _Diana_'s
Temple, they were obliged to perform.]
[Footnote 46: _Ariadne_ was the Daughter of _Minos_ King of _Crete_.
She fell in Love with _Theseus_, and with a Clew of Thread helped him
out of the Labyrinth into which he went to kill the _Minotaur_. He
afterwards basely deserted the poor Lady, of which our Poet will
presently tell the Story.]
[Footnote 47: _Silenus_ was the Pedagogue of _Bacchus_, and his
Foster-Father: He was likewise his Companion on all Occasions; and is
often introduced in his drunken Mood by our Poet.]
[Footnote 48: At this Wedding _Eurytion_ the _Centaur_ getting drunk,
attempted to ravish _Hippodamia_ the Bride of _Pyrithous_, but
_Theseus_ knocked his Brains out with a Bowl. Upon this a Battle
ensued between the _Centaurs_ and the _Lapithae_, who defending the
Cause of their Prince _Pyrithous_, destroyed almost all the
_Centaurs_. _Horace_ Lib. I. Ode 18. mentions this Story likewise, as
a Caution to Men not to be quarrelsome in their Cups.]
[Footnote 49: Here and in many other Places, we have been obliged to
supply that Connection, which is greatly wanting in the Original.]
[Footnote 50: _Phoebe_ and _Ilaira_ were two pretty Girls, the
Daughters of _Leucippus_, and by their Father betrothed to two
Brothers _Idas_ and _Lynceus_; but before the Celebration of their
Nuptials, were ravished by _Castor_ and _Pollux_. This ended in the
Death of _Castor_, by the Hands of _Lynceus_; and of _Lynceus_, by
_Pollux_, whose Death while _Idas_ was attempting to revenge, he was
struck dead by Thunder at the Feet of _Pollux_.]
[Footnote 51: _Orion_ the _Theban_ was in Love with _Merope_ the
Daughter of _AEnopian_; but who this _Lyrice_ was, is not so plain, no
Mention being made of her in any other Place.]
[Footnote 52: _Daphnis_ was the Son of _Mercury_; for his Love for
this _Nais_, we have here _Ovid_'s Authority.]
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15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_
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34. Thomas Tyers' _A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson_
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39. Thomas Warton's _A History of English Poetry_.
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44. Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski's _The Odes of Casimire_, Translated by
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45. John Robert Scott's _Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine Arts_.
46. Selections from Seventeenth Century Songbooks.
47. Contemporaries of the _Tatler_ and _Spectator_.
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49. Two St. Cecilia's Day Sermons (1696-1697).
50. Hervey Aston's _A Sermon Before the Sons of the Clergy_, (1745).
51. Lewis Maidwell's _An Essay upon the Necessity and Excellency of
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53. Urian Oakes' _The Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence_ (1682)
54. Mary Davys' _Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady_ (1725).
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55. Samuel Say's _An Essay on the Harmony, Variety, and Power of
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56. _Theologia Ruris, sive Schola & Scala Naturae_ (1686).
57. Out of print.
58. Eighteenth-Century Book Illustrations.
59. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. I, Comedies, Part I.
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61. Elizabeth Elstob's _An Apology for the Study of Northern
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62. _Two Funeral Sermons_ (1635).
63. _Parodies of Ballad Criticism_ (1711-1787).
64. _Prefaces to Three Eighteenth-Century Novels_ (1708, 1751, 1797).
65. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. II, Histories, Part I.
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67. Henry Fielding's _The Voyages of Mr. Job Vinegar_ (1740).
68. Elkanah Settle's _The Notorious Impostor_ (1692) and _Diego
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69. _An Historical View of the ... Political Writers in Great
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70. G.W., _Magazine_, or _Animadversions on the English Spelling_ (1703).
71. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part I.
72. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part II.
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73. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part III.
74. _Seventeenth-Century Tales of the Supernatural_.
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76. Andre Dacier, _Preface to Aristotle's Art of Poetry_ (1705).
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80. [P. Whalley's] _An Essay on the Manner of Writing History_ (1746).
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