N O x r.v. Terr,e. Filius. 79:' thy, and can in a handrome manner inlinuate to you, how fincerely he thinks you are fo, will, in all p,-o.'. bability, enjoy your good opinion as long as he lives. On the contrary, if a Pedant or a Coxcomb ' attemp,'s your commendation, the ful{ome ext,'ava-' gance of the one, and the odd ftarch'd encomiums of" the other, wou',d procure him your eternal averlion. If this be true ?n general of GomlJl?m?'nts made over a bottle or a tea-table, it is much more fo of tho? printed Douceurs .that pafs between authors. and their betters, vulgarly call'd Dedications. When. the Sv?_cx,xxoR or 'I',?'t. er? makes a valuable pre- t?nt of his works to? a Peer of the realm, all is de- cent, greah and mode,qi in the writer you fee the complete gentleman; in the nobleman the difinte- ref?ed patriot: but when a Coxcomb takes it in- to his h=d, to c,;v,;mlt !:i; eftecru for 7ou to the" lorefi, you have nothing but flowers of rhetofick, r[ooth, nothing but metaphor anti timlie; right or wrong, he compares you to whatever is bright or beautiful in the creation. l?hcebe's pale erelet'; b - (in plain I?r, glifl? the h?l�-moon) the ?lanets? ftars,. and fo upwards, have all of them _tomething or other to hy to you. ? As for the Sun, fl?ould that efcal:,e him, 'rwere a wonder. The P�?.?x, that other aukward p?rafite? pull? you down his Livy, muffers up his Cato's, his De- emJ's, and Fnbricius's? and if he can happily find' rome little hint for a cornparifon between his pa- tron end an old Roman, with a great deal of learn- ing and fett:-fatisth?ion he prov,.:s them to be at ieaft coufin-germans. The beff on'r is, that whilfl: th, is dauber is laying it on thick anti threefold, he d.aws the parallel f0 wretchedly, and paints fo little' to the life, .that they refcmble no more than the, bladt 'ro/? on his hat does the blooming one or, the' t?ee. ?s to fide, you muff not exl:,ecq: it: 'tis flat, E 4. 'tis'
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