But let us now observe how these Eminent Men manage what they borrow'd; and then compare them with those of our times. =First=, They propos'd to themselves those Authors whose Works they borrow'd from, for their Model. =Secondly=, They were cautious to borrow only what they found beautiful in them, and rejected the rest. This is prov'd by =Virgil='s Answer concerning =Ennius= his Works, when he was ask'd by one who saw him reading, what he was about, reply'd, =Aurum se ex Enii stercore colligere=. =Thirdly=, They plainly confess'd what they borrow'd, and modestly ascrib'd the credit of it to the Author whence 'twas originally taken. Thus =Terence= owns his Translations in his =Prologue= to =Eunuchus=. =Qui bene vertendo, & eas discribendo malè Ex Græcis bonis, Latinas fecit non bonas.= This behaviour =Pliny=[48] commends in these words: =Est enim benignum & plenum ingenium Pudoris, fateri per quos profeceris=: and after having blam'd the Plagiaries of his time, he commends =Cicero= for making mention of =Plato=, =Crantor=, and =Panætius=, whom he made use of in his Works: and let it be observ'd by our =Modern= Poets, that though our modest =Carthaginian= own'd his Translations, yet was he not the leß esteem'd by the =Romans=, or his Poems leß valu'd for it. Nay, even in =this= Age he is universally commended by learned men, and the judicious =Rapin= gives =him= a Character, which I doubt few of our Age will deserve. Terence[49] =a ecrit d'une Maniere, & si naturelle, & si judicieuse, que de Copie qu'il estoit il est devenu original: car jamais Auteur n'a eu un goust plus par de la Nature=. =Lastly=, Whatsoever these ancient Poets (particularly =Virgil=) copyed from =any= Author, they took care not only to alter it for their purpose; but to add to the beauty of it: and afterwards to insert it so =handsomly= into their Poems, (the body and Oeconomy of which was generally their own) that what they =borrow'd=, seem'd of the same Contexture with what was =originally= theirs. So that it might be truly said of =them=; =Apparet unde sumptum sit, aliud tamen quam unde sit, apparet=.