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‘To the Reader. contrary, in Poefie, Oratory, Panegyrick, Satire, or fuch like lofer Subjeđds, tbe Excellency refulting rather from the Stile and Fancy in general, than from the firittnefs of particular Periods, there may, nay, there maſt, be Jome fuch Judgment or Difcretion tolerated, as Shall within due Bounds new marſhal the Words, and in fome Meaſure plaifter over the Abruptnefs and Incoberence of Senſê. Accordingly the Defign of Trazflations feems then beft anfwered, when the refpeltive Renderers fquare their Attempts by the foregoing Rule ; the fame Liberty being an unpardonable Extravagance in the one, which is no worſe than: a becoming Freedom in the other : As the Painter, who is employed to draw a Face to to the Life, muft confine his Pencil to an exact Tranfeript of the Natural Strokes, without any room to Fancy, or Flattery, Limning even Venus berfelf with a Blemifhing Mole; whereas in the Copying after a Landskip, or other flourifhsng Draught, both Colours, and other Features for the Luſtre Of Profpeël, may be fo far altered, as the Fudgment of the Artift foall wih Liberty recommend. The Refult of This, it is my Intereft to have thus underftood. Our Language beth been fo much Poljfhd and Refnd fince thé firft Appearance of ibis. Declamation .
