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A47975 The history of learning, or, An abstract of several books lately published, as well abroad, as at home by one of the two authors of the Universal and historical bibliotheque. Lacroze, Jean Cornand de, d. ca. 1705. 1691 (1691) Wing L137; ESTC P2191 57,220 74

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years 360 and 370. It is prohibited to read in the Church any other Books than the Canonical and those only are acknowledged as such which are allow'd by the Protestants excepting the Revelation The 8. Canon of the Council of Saragossa forbids the vailing of Nuns before the age of 40 years The Bishops of Macedonia being about to confirm a Censure that they had made against a certain Bishop named Bonosius and desiring the advice of Pope Siricius he replied That the Council of CAPUA having referr'd this cause to them it did not appertain to him to give any Judgment therein and that they had power to determine it The most ancient Record according to the opinion of Mr. Du Pin in which the name of Mass is applied to signifie the publick Prayers recited by the Church of Rome in celebrating the Eucharist is the third Canon of the II. Council of Carthage holden Anno Domini 390. In the end of this Volume the Author exhibits an Epitome of the Doctrine of the fourth Century as he hath done in the preceeding with respect to the first three and he avoucheth that altho' nothing was taught in the fourth Age of the Church but what was likewise believed in the three former nevertheless the principal Mysteries of the Christian Religion have been much illustrated and explained therein III. Commentaries on Latin Authors Q. HORATII FLACCI Poemata Interpretatione notis illustravit Petrus Rodellius é Soc. Jesu jussu Christianissimi Regis ad usum Sereniss Delphini huic Editioni accesserunt Odae aliquot Satyrae unà cum interpretatione continuâ quae in priori desiderabantur nec non Index rerum Phrasium Verborum memorabilium 8. Lond. Impensis Abel Swalle 1690. pag. 366. THis Edition which is no less correct than that of Paris hath moreover this advantage that it contains the entire Works of Horace Father Rodellius thought fit indeed not only to avoid the interpretation of divers Odes and Satyrs that seemed to him to be somewhat too luxuriant and offensive to chast minds but even wholly to retrench them nevertheless this defect is now supplied by reprinting these Pieces that were omitted and by Paraphrasing all the rest excepting about half of the second Satyr I. THE Author having perus'd Mr. Dacier's Translation and Critical Remarks undertakes to censure some of those that are not agreeable to his opinion The latter in his French Interpretation declares that whereas Horace makes mention of Maecenas thus Atavis edite Regibus These words are not to be understood as if Maecenas were really descended from the Kings of Etreria since there is not so much as one Historian that takes any notice of the Royal Stock of this Favourite of Augustus but they all affirm that he derived his extraction from an illustrious Family of Knights The ancient Commentators produce three Names of these pretended Kings but he avoucheth it to be a counterfeit List and that they were deceived in taking Atavus for a Great Grand-Father As for his part by the word Reges he understands Noblemen or Persons of considerable Quality insomuch that according to his Judgment the meaning of Horace was only this that Maecenas was descended of an ancient Family of Etreria It must be granted that the words Rex Regina are often used in that sense which is alledged by Mr. Dacier but on the other hand Rodellius insists that in this place the word Rex ought to be taken in its proper and genuine signification as well as in the following Verse of Propertius Maecenas eques Etrusco de Sanguine Regum The Historians might easily omit this circumstance relating to the Noble Extraction of Maecenas by reason that none of them undertook to give a particular account of his life and it is mention'd by the Poets in regard that they had receiv'd the greatest share of his favours Neither indeed could Maecenas derive his Pedigree from the Kings of Etreria but at a very great distance so that according to the judgment of Rodellius as well as that of Mr. Dacier the name of Cecina that is attributed to the Great Grand-Father of this Illustrious Person and who is reputed to have been King of Etreria is meerly feigned Besides the Kings of Etreria were not very considerable if we may give credit to the Testimony of Dionysius Hallicarnassaeus Lucius Florus and other Ancient Writers There were twelve in number at the same time and altho' they had an Equipage like unto that of the Roman Consuls together with a Scepter and a Crown nevertheless they reigned only within the narrow bounds of one City as Porsenna at Clusium Therefore altho' it ought not to be accounted as a matter of no moment to be descended from those Kings Yet it is not of so great consequence as that it should be admir'd that the Historians have not made mention thereof with respect to Maecenas These are the reasons alledged by Rodellius which being confirmed by the Authority of Propertius will without doubt cause many to incline to his Opinion It is not sufficient that because a word as that of Rex is used in a certain sense in some places therefore it ought to be explain'd after the same manner wheresoever it is possible that this signification may be admitted it must also be attended with certain circumstances which favour this sense and determin that equivocal word thereto It is requisite then to enquire whether it be probable that in the expressions of Horace and Propertius the word Rex should be taken for a Rich or Noble Man but we shall leave this to the decision of those that are expert Criticks in the Latin Tongue II. Father Rodellius hath annexed a Chronological Epitome of the Roman History from the 21. year of Horace to the 57. which account indeed is useful for the more clear understanding of the Works of this Poet but the Chronology of Horace's Odes inserted in Tanaquil Faber's Letters would not have been less advantageous and Rodellius would not have acted more unjustly in borrowing from him all this little Work and in doing him that justice which is due to his merits than in taking only part of his design for altho' Faber died among those of the Reformed Religion nevertheless there is no Jesuit that can deny him the reputation of a good Grammarian which quality hath been always esteemed to be consistent with that of an ill Roman-Catholick III. Moreover Rodellius contradicts M. Dacier with respect to an explication published by the later on the 6 Verse of the 1 Ode Terrarum Dominos evehit ad Deos which M. Dacier understands not with reference to those that are properly called Gods but concerning those that had obtain'd the prize in the Olympick Games whom Horace else-where stiles Coelestes The Latin Interpretation is consonant to the ordinary acceptation of the words that is to say that they which overcame believ'd that they had acquired a great deal of Honour which might be Hyperbolically termed a Glory