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Dutch; fhe is too polite an Authorefs not to write in French; notwithstanding which, I can affure you her Works richly deferve the Name the has given them of Dutch Letters, as being full of Belgicifms.

Befides this Edition of Montagne, which I have mentioned, and those publifh'd much about the fame time at London and at Paris, they promife us a fourth at Touloufe; which will exceed the reft, if it be true that the Monk who is publishing it has writ Notes on it, which will be very ferviceable, as well as diverting, and in which he will not only give us a great deal of the History of the Age the Author liv'd in, that produced fo many remarkable Events; but will alfo let us into the Manners and Cuftoms of that Time to which the Author fo often alludes. The Undertaker of this Work is defcended from a Sifter of Montagne's, and has the Reputation of that Author very much at heart; befides which, we are affured that he's poffefs'd of feveral authentick Family Memoirs and Manufcripts, which will enable him to fet many things in the cleareft Light. It is much to be wifh'd, that an ill-grounded Scruple of Confcience does not make him cut off feveral Paffages, which his Enemies have frequently attack'd, but hitherto in vain; for fpite of Meffieurs of Port Royal, and feveral other Authors, who have loudly and bitterly inveigh'd against him, his incomparable Effays, fo neceffary and highly ferviceable to thofe who are defirous to know themfelves, and to know Mankind, are still in the highest Reputation; of which I think there needs no other Proof, than the Publication of the three Editions, I have mention'd, in fo fhort a Space of time, and the Preparations making to publish a fourth, provided it does not meet with too great Obftables from Ignorance and Superfti

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They have lately republifh'd all the Works of Father Buffier, and alfo a Piece entitled, Les Quinzee Joyes du Marriage. There is lately come out of the Prefs, Difcours au Grands de Pologne fur la neceffité de faire fortir les Jefuites du Royaume pour y retablir l'Union & Tranquillité; par un feigneur Polonois. Done from the Latin with explanatory Notes. They are printing by Subfcription in Folio, Botanicon Parienfe, ou, denombrement general des Plantes qui fe trouvent aux environs de Paris, &c. enrichi de plus de 300 Figures. There is alfo in the Prefs a very curious Work call'd, La Maniere

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d'enseigner & detudier les belles Lettres par rapport a l'Esprit & au Cœur en 2 Vol. 12°. Par Mr. Rollin de l'Academie des belles Lettres. This Book is printing at Paris too.

Our Correfpondent at Paris writes us word, that the most valuable Books lately publish'd there are, M. F. Quinctiliani de Inftitutione Oratoriâ Libri XII. cum notis Caperonerii, folio. ('Tis from this Copy they are printing the Dutch Edition mention'd above.) Hiftoria Regum Arfacidarum & Achæmenidarum. 4to. 2 Vol. Les facetieufes Nuits de Straparole. 4 Vol. 12°. And alfo Le Dictionaire de Richelet en 3 Vol. Folio.

They are also printing by Permiflion at Paris, the felect Works of the late Mr. De la Fontaine in three Volumes in 4to. And a very able Hand is engraving several Representations of different Subjects in the Comedies of Moliere.

In London we have had a new Edition (the fixth) of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth.

The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle in feveral Parts of the World.

Philofophical Experiments and Obfervations of the late eminent Dr. Robert Hooke.

Mr. Gavin's third Volume of his Mafter-Key to Popery.

The fecond Edition of Dr. Keating's general Hiftory of Ireland. Euripidis Hecuba, Oreftes and Phaniffe, &c.

The Works of Walter Moyle, Efq;

A Treatife of Gavelkind, both Name and Thing.

The third Edition of the Cook's and Confectioner's Dictionary. The Laws of Sewers, or the Office and Authority of Commiffioners of Sewers.

Officium Clerici Pacis.

The first Volume of Cafes argued and adjudg'd in the High Court of Chancery.

Tabulæ Synopticæ Plantarum Officinalium ad methodum Raianam difpofitæ.

The trueState of England, containing Lifts of the Privy-Council,&c. A Paraphrafe on the Book of Ifaiah.

Annuities upon Lives, or the Valuation of Annuities, &c. and Reversions.

Money the Mistress, a Comedy.

Rufi Éphefii de veficæ rerumq; morbis, &c.

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Thou Moon, howe'er unfix'd thy Course,
To him thy constant Tribute bring:
He to thy Glories gave the Source,
To him with pious Duty fing.

Ye gay Attendants of the Night,

From Sphere to Sphere the Accents roll;

Ye Planetary Globes of Light,

Refound his Deeds from Pole to Pole.

Ye fplendid Heav'ns, ye Vaults on high,
With Rapture feize the darling Theme:
Ye Floods that glide above the Sky,

Bear down his Praise in ev'ry Stream.

Let

Let the bright Realms of lafting Blifs
Extol him thro' the vaft Expanse;
By him from Chaos, dark Abyss,

The various Elements advance.

He fpoke, Confufion heard the Word
In her capacious Gulphs obfcure;
Strait fprung up Worlds in fweet Accord,
Fix'd and commanded to endure.

Let Clouds in Rain their Parts difclofe;

Let Winds with all their Blafts adore; Ye Meteors blaze; drop down ye Snows; Ye Lightnings play, and Thunders roar.

Next let the Chorifters of Air

The propagated Hymn affume;
His Hand protects 'em with its Care,
To him they owe the various Plume.

Whilft they his Wonders fpread around,
Let the Seas add their watry Noife;
Ye Whales alarm the dark Profound;
Ye finny Nations take a Voice.

Let Ocean rouze the peaceful Deep,

Loud bell'wing thro' his large Domain:

Ye Surges break your idle Sleep;

Ye Shores reverberate the Strain.

And fhall mute Animals who fwim,

Nor thou, O Earth, his Worth declare?

O pay thy juft Devoirs to him!

He made thy pondrous Ball cohere..

Ye Dragons, tune your noifome Breath
From dreadful Hiffings into Joy:

Ye fcaly Minifters of Death,

In Songs your forky Tongues employ.

Let

Let Beasts their falvage Lowings give;

From him they draw their springing Food:
Let Wolves in Emulation strive

With the dread Monsters of the Wood.

Let Mountains with their Cedars bow;
Ye proftrate Vallies higher rife:
Let Oaks bend down in Rev'rence low;
Ye Shrubs mount upwards to the Skies.

Ye fev❜ral People of this Frame,
Howe'er diftinguish'd or disjoin'd,
Confpire to celebrate his Name,

And laud the Maker of Mankind.

To him let Kings their Homage pay,

Their Pow'r compar'd with his is none;

Ye Monarchs great in earthly Sway

Bend low, as Subjects at his Throne.

With the chaft Virgin's tender Voice
Appear, O Youth, in Bloom of Age;

In feebler Plaudits to rejoice,

Let Years and Infancy engage.

To praise th' Eternal, the Divine,

Far, far, be impious Difcord hurl'd;

Let all his Works in Confort join,

And with the Chorus fill the World.

The following Copy is fent by an unknown Hand, who defires they may be inferted in our Mifcellaneous Collection.

The Future Golden Age.

IN Thames bright Sand, then India's Gems fhall glow,
And the rich Ifle with Milk and Honey flow,

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