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68 424. Or swift, &c.] The Translation follows , who reads Eurum instead of Hebrum; I have endeavour’d to image the Rapidity of in the Run of the Verse. Nor is this too Extravagant for, who in the seventh Æneid, paints the Swiftness of in as bold a Manner, in those charming Lines which fly along with the Virgin they describe.

504. The good am I call’d, &c.] To defend this Passage which may disgust a squeamish modern Critic, I shall transcribe the Words of a very ingenious Author, whom I am proud to call my Friend, and to quote upon any Occasion. ‘Custom and Prejudice have now render’d it unpolite, and even shocking, for a Man, almost in any Case, to commend himself: But it was not thus anciently. It is certain, that it was not thus in the Times of those Heroes whom describes; and  therefore acts with Propriety, in making  say that 'and