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ORACE in all his Poems fhows himself a great Poet, a great Philofopher, and a great Critic; but his Skill in Philofophy and Criticism appears more especially in his SATIRES and EPISTLES, in which he lays down the best Rules, not only to form the Tafte but the Manners of Youth: Nor does he in his SATIRES, while reproving Vice, put himself in a Paffion, like fome Satirifts; but on the contrary, he endeavours to laugh us out of our Vices, and fmiles when he is pointing out the Truth to us, as he himself says, Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat; which agrees with the Character Perfius gives of him:

Omne vafer vitium ridenti, Flaccus amico
Tangit & admiffus circum præcordia ludit,
Callidus excuffo populum fufpendere nafo.

He, with a fly, infinuating Grace,

Laugh'd at his Friend, and look'd him in the Face;
Wou'd raise a Blush where fecret Vice he found,
And tickle while he gently prob'd the Wound:
With feeming Innocence the Crowd beguil'd,
And made the desp'rate Passes when he smil❜d.

But to understand the Nature of Satire clearly, it will be neceffary to enquire into its Origin, about which there is fo great a Contest among the Critics. Julius Scaliger and

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D. Heinfius affert, it had its Origin among the Greeks, and that it takes its Name from the Greek Word Earugo, a mix'd kind of Animal, one of the rural Gods of the Antients.

On the other hand, Cafaubon, Rigaltius, and Dacier, affert its Origin to be entirely Roman, and that it takes its Name from the Latin Word Satur, and that the Romans wrote Satires long before they had any Commerce with Greece, of which Quintilian leaves no room to doubt, when he fays, Satyra quidem tota noftra eft; and Horace himself, fpeaking of Satire, calls it, Græcis inta&tum Carmen. The Etymology of the Word is this: The Latins call'd it SATUR, quafi plenum, as quite Perfect. Thus when the Dye of Wool is full and good, it is faid to be Satur color. From Satur they made Satura, which they fometimes wrote Salira with an i, as they did Maxumus or Maximus, and Optumus or Optimus. Satura is an Adjective, and has Reference to the Subftantive Lanx, which fignifies a Charger or large Platter, fill'd with all forts of Fruit, which they offered every Year to Ceres and Bacchus, as the First-fruits of all they gathered; which Cuftom of the Romans, and the Word Satura, Diomedes the Grammarian has exactly described in this Paffage: Lanx referta variis multifque primitiis, facris Cereris inferebatur, & à Copia & Saturitate rei SATURA vocabatur: of which Virgil also makes mention in his Georgics:

Lancibus & pandis fumantia reddimus exta.

From thence the Word Satura was apply'd to many other Mixtures, as in Feftus: Satyra cibi genus, ex variis rebus conditum. From hence it paffed to the Works of the Mind, for they call'd fome Laws Leges Sature, as they contain'd many Heads or Titles. But they refted not here, for they