Portal of Ifthmian Neptune,
For thy fons, renowned:

For in thee refides fair Legiflation,
And the twin fifters, Justice,

Of cities fure bulwark, and Peace
Accommodating, difpenfers of wealth

To men, golden daughters of fage Themis;

Ready to check Infolence, of Wantonness
The boaftful mother:- Belour.

Mars glories in the bloody victories

Of thy youthful Heroes."

"Not to linger in a city, which fhared none of its luxuries with them."

Ουδεν οἱ Ρωμαίοι, &c.

"The Romans were in no wife dejected, as was likely to happen, when they had undertaken a great war, and given up all hopes of auxiliaries, and relied on their domeftic powers alone; but became more animated for the

conteft;

conteft:-as men will be rendered brave in dangers, by neceffity; and provided they act prudently, will happily conclude the war, by their own prowess, without sharing the glory with others."

P. 129.

Ferro Argolicas foedare latebras.

"To rip open the dark receffes of Grecian Trea

chery."

P. 130.

(*Gallic)

Tu ne cede malis, &c.

"Yield not to ills; but more boldly brave them,

Than thy fortune will warrant."

N. B. Milton, feems to have had this paffage in his mind, in the following noble declaration of Chriftian refignation on his blindness:

I argue not

Against HEAVEN's hand or will, nor bate a jot
Of heart or hope: but still bear up, and fteer
Right onward.

TRANSLATION S.

DIALOGUE III.

DIALOGU E III.

MOTTO. P. 131.

Ματαιολόγων φημα, &c.

"The Fame of blattering Poetafters has flown
TO GREECE; odious difgrace of a scientific art.”

Εσιν ε το όπωσεν, &c.

P. 137.

"To SWEAR any how, is not fublime; but the where

and when, the how and why, [are to be taken into account."]

P. 140.

Λοξων εις διεξοδος επων, &c.

"In circumlocutions of diflocated words."

E 2

P. 141.