MEMOIRS AND MANNERS Of feveral PERSONS OF QUALITY FROM THE New ATALANTIS, AN Island in the Mediterranean. In Four Volumes. Written Originally in ITALIA N. VOL. II. The Sirth Edition. LONDON: Printed for John Morphew near Stationers- iii To the most Noble PRINCE HENRY, Duke of BEAUFORT, Marquefs and Earl of Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, Baron Herbert, AND Lord of Chepstow, Ragland, and Gower. My LORD, T HE First Volume of the New Atalantis flourish'd under Your Grace's aufpicious Sun-fhine, unknown, unfriended, of an obfcure Original, a nameless Tranflator, no Party interested in its Favour, or ready to prepoffefs others: Its whole Hopes and Merits fum'd up in the Great Name of BEAUFORT in the Front: An Attempt in me (I confefs) fo daring, that, like a Heroe who has gained an almoft impoffible Victory, I fcarce believe the Conqueft, but still trembling look back with Wonder at my own Ambition, how it durft put it self to that eminent Trial, which was mightiest, Your Grace's unequal'd Goodness, or my unequal'd Prefumption. As then, my Lord, I implor'd Your Moft Noble Protection, So now let me embrace the Opportunity of expreffing my Gratitude! The customary Manner of barely infcribing this Second Volume to Your Grace, was too faint, too cold a Method, to speak my Duty, and my Thanks: Let me loudly tell the World how truly confcious I am that all its Succefs was owing to Your Grace's Favour. It had the good Fortune to please You; which as foon as I was affured, I became no longer folicitous, nor doubted of the rest: You led me on to a certain Victory, to that Renown which I prophesied to my Self from fo great a Leader's Approba tion. O Fortunate Event! Oh laudable Ambition! Is not Ambition the Spring of the greatest Actions? What raifes a Private Soldier to a General, a Common Seaman to an Admiral, but the Defire of Glory? This Motive made Rome the Miftrefs of the World; 'till her Sons, Bartering the Love of Praife for Luxury and Love of Money, fhe became an eafy Prey to every barbarous Invader. This gave me to be known, nay to be applauded, by the ILLUSTRIOUS BEAU FORT. The New Atalantis feems, my Lord, to be written like Varonian Satyres, on different Subjects, Tales, Stories, and Characters of Invention, after the Manner of Lucian, who copy'd from Varro. In my Opinion, nothing can be added to Mr. Dryden's learned Difcourfe of Satyre, in his Dedication of Juvenal. He obferves thus, What is most effential, and the very Soul of Satyre, is Scourging of Vice, and Exhortation to Vertue. Satyre is of the Nature of Moral Philofophy: He therefore who inftructs most usefully will carry the Palm And again, 'Tis an Action of Vertue to make Examples of vicious A 3 Men. |