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Rh. Anacreon hath another Follower among the choicest Wits of Rome, and that is Catullus, whom I could recommend for the Softness and Delicacy of his Verse, but must decline for the Looseness of his Thoughts too immodest for chaste Ears to bear. Otherwise in his more solemn Lines he riseth to the Majesty of the Roman Genius.

I will go no further in the Poets only for the Honour of our Country, let me observe to Your Lordship, that while Rome hath been contented to produce some single Rivals to the Grecian Poetry, England hath brought forth the wonderful Cowley's Wit, who was beloved by every Muse he Rh