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38 Majesty of Style, to write up to the Subject. "And in this my Lord, lieth the great Secret of Writing well. It is that elegant Simplicity, that ornamental PIainness of Speech, which every common Genius thinketh so plain, that any Body may reach it, and ﬁndeth so very Elegant, that all his Sweat and Pains, and Study fail him in the Attempt."

In Reading the excellent Authors of the Roman Tongue, whether You converse with Poets, Orators or Historians, Your Lordship will meet with all that is admirable in Humane Composure: And tho' Life, and Spirit, Propriety, Rh