[14] _Upon the Article of_ Virgil's _Invention, see M._ Segrais _at large in his admirable Preface to his Translation of the_ Æneis; _and from him Mr_. Dryden _in his Dedication of the_ Æneis, _p. 226_, &c. _of the Folio Edition._ [15] _Preface_ to Juvenal. [16] Paradise lost, _Book VII._ [17] _Preface to Mr._ Pope's Homer. [18] P. 142. _Second Edition._ [19] _P. 158._ [20] _Præl. Poet._ Vol. I. Præl. 2. [21] _Verses before L._ Roscommon's _Essay. And Preface to his_ Virgil. [22] _Preface to it._ [23] _Dr._ Swift _in his Letter to the Earl of_ Oxford. [24] _Preface to his_ Virgil. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes Spelling: English spelling in the 18th century had many differences from present-day spelling, and most of the spelling has therefore been retained without alteration. The following may also be correct, and have been retained: "Excrescencies" (Preface p. xiii), "it self" (Preface p. xvii), "w'on't" (Preface p. xxvii), "encountring" (Preface p. xliv, a quotation from Milton PL Book 6), "forreign" (Preface p. xlviii), "litteral" (Preface p. xv), "Scotish" (Preface p. xlviii), "grosly" (Preface p. xlix). The spelling "Aeneid" is standard in the Introduction, and the spelling "Æneid" is standard in the Preface. The following more obvious typos have been amended: "parishoners" to "parishioners" (Introduction p. iv) "mnch" to "much" (Preface p. xlv line 14) "Transprosers" to "Transposers" (Preface p. xlviii line 23) Missing period has been inserted on the following pages in the Preface: p. xv (after "rest are Episodes"), p. xlii (after "Vertue to break it"), and p. l (after "Erroneous"). Footnotes 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 15 in the Preface have been particularly difficult to decipher. Missing period has been added at the end of footnotes 5, 11, 15 and 19. Incorrectly placed breathings and diacritics on diphthongs in the Greek text have been correctly placed. Inconsistent positioning of footnote numbers has been retained. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718), by Joseph Trapp