highly complimented to the Prejudice of his Native Country. I fhall fet down a Paffage of that Learned Man in a Letter to Tycho Brahe, (pag. 24.) wherein he makes a judicious Obfervation relating to this Subject." Illamque (fays he) etfi falfam, pluri"mis tamen pro vero vulgatam opinionem, tuis monumentis, labore & induftria refutas, ingenia fcil. "hominum fub hac languente & frigida coeli plaga, inertiæ effe a natura damnata. Igitur cum omnes populi ad feptentriones publice, & nos privatim "tibi plurimum debeamus; non exiftimabis, &c." ARTICLE XXII. IBIUS SEQUESTER de Fluminibus, Fontibus, Lacubus, Nemoribus, Paludibus, Montibus, Gentibus, quorum apud Poetas mentio fit. Ex recenfione FRANCISCI HESSELII, cum ejuf dem Adnotationibus, Roterodami. Apud Arnoldum Willis Bibliopolam. MDCCXI. That is, " THE NAMES of Rivers, Fountains, Lakes, Woods, Marshes, Mountains and Nations, mentioned by the Poets, collected by VIBIUS SEQUESTER. A new Edition, illuftrated with the Notes of FRANCIS HESSELIUS. Rotterdam. 1711. in 8vo. pag. 295. Sold by P. Vaillant in the Strand. A ABOOK of this Narure does not require Extract; and therefore I fhall only obferve, That this new Edition of Vibius Sequefter will be of great Ufe to understand the Geographical Part of the ancient Poets. What is wanting in the Author is fully fupplied by the Learned Notes of Mr. Heffelius, Mr. Reland, and Mr. Claude, Grandfon to the famous Minifter of that Name. Thofe, who love to read the Greek and Latin Poets, may confult this Author upon feveral Occafions, without needing to have recourse to any other Geographical Book. A ARTICLE XXIII. PARIS. BOOK, containing the oppofite Characters of Men of different Degrees and Conditions, is lately come out. Le Critique & Apologifte fans fard, ou Caracteres •ppofez dans differens etats & conditions. Paris. 1711. in 12mo. pagg. 350. The Author examines all the Conditions of the Civil Society, and describes the good and bad Characters of each of them. What he fays of a Magiftrate, who does not mind the Duties of his Office, is expreffed in the following Words: 66 As foon as you come to Vertilas' Houfe, two grat Hunting Dogs fall upon you, but without doἐσ ing you any Harm. They follow you to the very "Door of their Mafter's Apartment, and will not "leave you, unless they be turned out by the Ser66 vant who fhews you the Way. When you get into Vertilas's Room, you find there another Dog much bigger than the other two. His Name is 64 Favourite, and he lies by his Mafter's Bed. Which "Way 66 Way foever you caft your Eyes in the Apartment, you fee nothing but Guns, Piftols, Swords, Boots, "Sadles, mufical Books, and Inftruments. Vertilas "tells you immediately: Where was you Yefterday, my dear Friend, when I fent for you? I gave a Treat to all the Opera, and we had a charm"ing Confort. The Italian Mufick and the Italian "Muficians are mightily cried up. For my own 66 66 66 86 Part, I am for Lully and the French Mufick. The "Italians are quite wrong, and do not affect the "Senfes as the French do. We have made a Hunting Match: Will you come in for one? I have fix "led Horfes the fineft in the World. I fhall take "it as a Favour, if you will ride one, and fhare in our Diverfion. We are already Eight, and defign to treat one another by turns, and to hunt toge❝ther. What have you to do at Paris? What Bu"finess can hinder you from going with us? I have won Three hundred Piftoles at Play within these "few Days: That Money will ferve for our Charges, "and for Powder and Shot. 66 66 66 "All those who vifit Vertilas, are Counts, Marqueffes, Courtiers, and Sword-men; for his Porter has "Orders to let in no Body elfe. Vertilas has a Confort of Mufick at Home twice a Week, when he is at 66 Paris, to which he invites none of his Relations of "either Sex, but only his Friends who love Mufick "and Inftruments, and use to hunt, to play, and to "drink with him; for he glories in being a hard Drinker, and is always provided, and takes Care "6 to provide his Friends with the best Wines. Not contented to take take a Journey into England in "order to buy Hunting-Dogs and Horses, he makes a Trade of it, and fells them to great Men, who 66 are well fatisfied with him, and commend him "for his good Tafte. All his Domefticks are either "Huntfinen or Players upon Mufical Inftruments, or "well skilled in managing Horfes and Dogs. He "will have no other Servants, and overlooks many Faults, when they are thus qualified. 'Tis to 66 no Purpose to talk to him of marrying: He will not get a Wife fo foon, left the fhould deprive "him of his Liberty. He knows no better Occupa“tion than Hunting, Gaming, Mufick, and good "Cheer; and therefore cannot apprehend how any 66 one can be happy that does not enioy thofe Plea"fures. Reading and good Books are no less in"tolerable to him than the Care of Reckoning with "his Farmers and Tenants. He wholly depends for that upon an old Secretary, formerly a Serci vant to his Father, and only defires to give a 66 Receipt for the Money he receives. He has fo "little Oeconomy, that he affects to let his Land at a low Rate, that he may easily find a Farmer, and have a quick Return of his Money. "He cannot abide the Company of Gown-Men, "and Men of Letters. They were born (fays "he) to torment other People : The latter "cenfure your Conduct, and do not approve you fhould enjoy any Pleasure The former ute "all their Induftry to make you poor and uneafy, " and talk of nothing but of Law Suits. These are "the Reasons for which Vertilas does not fee his "nearest Relations, who are Men of those two Pro"feffions: He hates them mortally, because Ten "Years ago they forced him to be a Magiftrate against his Will and his Inclination." 66 Here follows the oppofite Character of a Regular Magiftrate, "Tho' Valerius has not been Six Years a Magiftrate, yet he is fo much efteemed for his conftant "Attendance, Application, and Judgment, that the most important Affairs are already put into his Hands. 66 66 Being fenfible that he has not yet acquired a fuf"ficient Experience and Capacity, he ufes his ut"moft Endeavours to qualify himself for his Office. "He ftudies continually: He keeps a Man of Letters, to be directed by him in his Studies, and has fre "quent 66 66 86 quent Conferences, because he longs to be thorough"ly acquainted with every Thing that concerns the "Law. He is very fond of Converfing with the moft "famous Magiftrates and Advocates, knowing how ¿ much one may learn by their Converfation. His ἐσ greateft Curiofity concerns good Books relating to his "Profeffion. He fpares no Coft to make a great "Collection of them, and confults the most knowing ἐσ Perfons, when he has a mind to enlarge his Li"brary. As often as he goes to Court, he never "fits upon the Bench without trembling, left he "fhould give his Judgment in a Matter with which "he is not fufficiently acquainted. Being apprehenfive that his Secretary may be bribed, and wrong his Client, he himself keeps the Papers belonging ટ to a Law-Suit, and takes Care to make him quickly draw up the requifite Writings. When he is 66 upon any Bufinefs at Home, no Body can fee him but thofe for whom he is actually concerned. He does not vifit his nearest Relations, and his beft Friends, that he may make the quicker Difpatch. "He is fo much difpleafed with young People, who are idle and ignorant, that when he converfes with fome young Perfons of that Character, he only does it out of Decency, tho' they be related to him. He obferves the fame Method with respect ઠંડ to the Ladies: He is not fond of their Converfation, because one lofes a great deal of Time by "it, without any great Advantage. Several Confi"derable Families have already propofed a Match to him; but he returned this modeft Anfwer, That "he would ftudy Ten Years more, and ferve the "Publick a long Time, and then he might think of મંદ Marrying, and getting fome Heirs who should tread in his Steps. He goes upon this Principle, That a "Magiftrate ought to establish his Reputation, be"fore he enters upon the State of Marriage. Being "fenfible that he muft live a quiet Life, he has ta "ken a House in a Part of the Town very free from "Noife. He will have no Servants that are Muficians, or can play upon Inftruments. All his Do"mesticks' |