A K E N S I D F. u } and fuperfedc the rcpublication of the original poem, and too valuable to be withheld from the public, hath caulcd m.-iii both to be inferted in the collection of his poems. Dr. Ak u- fide, in this work, hath d no fur the nMe author of the.
- ' Charadk-riftics," what Lucretius diil for Kpicurus h m:; i:
that is, he hath di'phyed an. I cm! ; l!:f!u d his philofophtC fyiiem, that fyitem which hath th:- Dutiful and ihe f:rjl- goodfor its foundation, with all the force of p >ecic colour i: He had very uncommon parts and learning, a Uroivj; and enlarged way of thinking, and no in :abL* portion .of that Hoical enthufiafm, which his Archer. <ry nukes the ground-work of eviry tiling that can oe |/reat and good in us. He was, in ihort, one of innui |e in (lances to prove, that very fubltme qualities may fprin . ry l.nv fituations in life; for ne hud this in c mmi " i tii 1 - moft hi^h and mighty cardinal Woliey, that he was i. m of a butcher. ALAIN (CHARTITR), fcrretarv to Charles VII. king of France, born in the year 1386. He was the author of feveraJ works in prole and verfe ; but his moil , nance was hrs Qhronrele of K.ing Charles VII. . .ir.rd, in his preface to the HiHory of France, Oyles hiiji anex- " cellent hiftorian, who has given an accou;;t of all the " affairs, particulars, ceremonies, Jpeechcs, aniwers, aiiJ " circurnltances at which he was prc-lcnt himfelf, or had in- " formation of." Giles Coroxet tells us, that Maf^dret^ Hit Col- daughter to the king of Scotland, and wife to the dauphin, 1 " 1 ' n~ i_ i 11 i A- i n i 'T:or*b!e paffing once through a hall where A:am lay I'.necp, (topped p v . r ., and killed him before all the company who attended: fomebfofnobl them telling her, that it was Itran^e Hie fliould kits a man lllullr ' who had Co few charms in his perfon, (he replied, " 1 did " not kils the man, but the mouth from whence proceed fo
- ' many excellent layings, ib many wife difcourles, and fo
- ' many elegant exprelVr.ms." Mr. Fontenelle, among his
Dialogues of the Dead, has one upon this incident, between the princefh Margaret and Plato. Mr. Palquier comp.'.;>> Alain to Seneca, on account of -the great number of beautitul fentencesinterfpeikd throughout his wnti. ALAMANNI (LEWIS), born at Florence, the 28th of October, 1495, Was ^ a noble family, of the party i.r ilu- 1 Palefchi, who were in the intereft of the Mei'ici, cgainit the 1 ' Puppoloni, or Alllrtc.rs n| Liberty. Ke ftudiid in his own country, and, as fame authors afiert, under James Diacetto. 1 4 The
