ADVERTISEMENT. THE plan of editing VIRGIL for Schools with English Notes having met with general approbation, a similar appendage to Horace has been attempted. These Notes contain no critical disquisitions; they claim no other merit than that of facilitating the author to the young pupil. Few Proper Names are explained in these Notes, because the student is supposed to have recourse to Dr. Lempriere's Dictionary, which will give him satisfactory information. QUINTI HORATII FLACCI CARMINUM LIBER PRIMUS. ODE I. Præfatio Carminum. Alios aliis rebus duci; se lyrici carminis studio teneri, cujus palmam, Mæcenate judice, consequi velle. MECENAS, atavis edite regibus, O et præsidium, et dulce decus meum! A 10 1 Est qui nec veteris pocula Massici, ODE II. Deos omnes iratos esse Romanis ob Cæsaris cædem: unam Imperii spem in Augusto constitutam esse. JAM satis terris nivis, atque diræ Terruit gentes, grave ne rediret Seculum Pyrrhæ nova monstra questæ ; Piscium et summâ genus hæsit ulmo, |