340 Lo! the great Anarch's ancient reign reftor'd; As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, REMARK S. fince what he fays fhall be, is already to be seen, in the writings of fome even of our most admired authors, in divinity, philofophy, phyfics, metaphyfics, &c. (who are too good indeed to be named in fuch company.) Do not gentle reader, reft too fecure in thy contempt of the Inftruments for such a revolution in learning, or defpife fuch weak agents as have been defcribed in our poem; but remember what the Dutch ftories fomewhere relate, that a great part of their Provinces was once overflow'd, by a small opening made in one of their dykes by a fingle water-rat. However, that fuch is not feriously the judgment of our Poet, but that he conceiveth better hopes from the diligence of our Schools, from the regularity of our Univerfitles, the difcernment of our Great men, the encouragement of our Patrons, and the genius of our Writers in all kinds, (notwithstanding fome few exceptions in each) may plainly be seen from his conIMITATIONS. V. 343. As Argus eyes, by Hermes wand oppreft.] Ovid. Met. 2. Et quamvis fopor eft oculorum parte receptus, Thus at her felt approach, and fecret might, See mystery to Mathematics fly; -345 350 In vain! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Enough! enough! the raptur'd monarch cries; And thro' the Ivory gate the vifion flies. REMARK S. clufion; where by caufing all this vifion to pafs thro' the Ivory gate, he exprefly in the language of poefy declares all fuch imaginations to be wild, ungrounded and fictitious. SCRIBLER US. V. 347. Truth in her old Cavern lye.] Alludes to the faying of Democritus, that truth lay at the bot tom of a deep well. IMITATIONS, V. 358. And thro' the Ivory gate the vision flies.] Virg. Æn. 6. Sunt gemine fomni portes quarum altera fertur FINIS, By the Author; A DECLARATION. W HEREAS certain Haberdafhers of Points and Particles, being inftigated by the Spirit of Pride and affuming to themfelves the Name of Criticks a. Reftorers, have taken upon them to adulterate the common and current Senle of our Glorious Ancettors, Poets of this Realme; by clipping, coyning, defacing the Images, 02 miring their own Lale Allay, 02 othe wile fallifying the lame, which they publich, utter, and vend as genuine : The faid Haberdashers having no Kgyr_thereto, as neither Heirs, Eecutors. Adminiftrators, Asligns, of in any lozt Kelated to such Poets, to all, of any of Them: Now We, having carefully reviled this our Dunciad, beginning with the word Books, and ending with the wozd Alics, containing the entire Sum of one thou fand and twelve Lines, do declare every Wozd, Figure, Point, and Comma of this Impzelton to be Authentic ; And do therefoze Üricly enjoin and fozbid any Perlon oz Perlons whatsoever, to erale, reverse, put between hooks, o2 by any other means directly or indirectly change of mangle any of them. And we do hereby earnestly erhost all our zethren to follow this our Example, which we heartily with our Great Pzedcceffors had heretofoze fet, as a Remedy and Prevention of all fuch Abules. Provided always, that nothing in this Declaration shall be construed to limit the lawful and undoubted Right of every Subject of this Realme, to judge, cenTure, oz condemn, in the whole or in part, any Poem or Poet whatsoever. Given under our hand at London, this third day of January, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred thirty and two. Declarat' cor' me. JOHN BARBER, Mayor. LACMORE, Sir BR C. AXTON,Will. i. 129 ii. 3, 54, 161, &c. 287 Concanen, Matthew. ibid. Richard.i.102.ii.249 Cibber, Colley. i. 240 Befaleel,Morris, ii. 118. iii Centlivre, Susannah. ii. iii. 32. Chi-hoamti Emperor of China. iii. 67 Bond ii. 118. iii. 151. Brown iii. 20 D. Banks i. 250 Blome i. 126 Budgel, Esq; ii. 367. Bentley, Thomas ii. 197. Boyer, Abel, ii. 383. Breval (J. Durant) ii. 118, DANIEL, Defoe. i. 101 and 232 ii. 139. |