Earl of Roscomon,

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I can tell you no more of him, but that he died inthe Close of the Year ,684, at St, James's, and wasburied in Wefitnhifier-Ahhty , His Character you maygather from the best Writings of his Cotemporaries ;where you will find him, in short, a fine Gentleman, asincere Friend, an universal Master of the Sciences; anda Poet whose Works, all that ever pretended to Poetryhave insured us, will last; to the latest Posterity : For, asMr, Pope fays, in his Essay on Criticism,

Such anas RofcomOn ! mt mire Learn d them Go id ;

With Manners generous as his Noble Blood ;

To him the Wit of Greece aud Rome nxcas inonssn.

And ev'ry Author s Merit but his own.

I am, SIB'

Sincerely, Yours,

hondon,Nov. 16, 17)7.

GEORGE SE WELL.

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Mr. Dryden ’s Character of the Earlof RO SCO MO N.

T HE Wit of Greece, the Gravity of Rome,Appear exalted in the Briti/h Loom ;The Muses’ Empire is restor’d agen,

In Charles's Reign and by Rofcomon's Pen.

Yet modestly He does his Work survey,

And calls a finished Poem an Essay ; §

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§ On Translated Verse.