Virgilius de eodem loquens Æneid l. 6. integrum hoc carmen sumpsit,
ita tamen, ut _spondeorum tarditate Fabii moram referret_,

--tu Maximus ille es,
Unus, qui nobis cunctando restituis rem.
_Enn. Frag._

Sept. 21, 1736,

_I am_, SIR, _&c._

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_P.S._

The Passage in the learned _Muhlius_, which I should have inserted at
the beginning of this Letter, I send you in a Postscript. You have
seen it before, but it is worth reading more than once. You know it
belongs principally to the Article that treats of _the varying the
Pause_.

"Neque potest unus idemque semper tenor in carmine usurpari, sed
debet is pro varià periodorum Poeticarum ratione distingui. Et ut
insurgat decore & intumescat aliquando, iterumque remittat, ubi opus
est, consequimur cæsorum ac periodorum sola inæqualitate. Quod
pulcerrime observat _Virgilius_, cujus alia mensura, alia pedum
compositio est in narrationibus, descriptionibus, orationibus, &
tanta periodorum numerorumque variatio, ut ad eam perfectionem nihil
addi possit. Hujus rei quanta negligentia in _Statio_, _Lucano_,