Iliad, of Virgil the Eneid, of Camoens the Lufiad, we may pronounce, could have been, and can be no other than

The DUNCIAD.

It is ftyled Heroic, as being doubly fo; not only with refpect to its nature, which, according to the beft rules of the ancients, and strictest ideas of the moderns, is critically fuch; but alfo with regard to the heroical difpofition and high courage of the writer, who dared. to ftir up fuch a formidable, irritable, and implacable race of mortals.

There may arife fome obfcurity in chronology from the Names in the poem, by the inevitable removal of fome authors, and insertion of others, in their niches. For whoever will confider the unity of the whole defign, will be fenfible, that the poem was not made for thefe authors, but thefe authors for the poem. I fhould judge that they were clapped in as they rofe, fresh and fresh, and changed from day to day; in like manner as when the old boughs wither, we thruft new ones into a chimney.

I would not have the reader too much troubled or -anxious, if he cannot decypher them: fince when he fhall have found them out, he will probably know no more of the persons than before.

Yet we judged it better to preferve them as they are, than to change them for fictitious names; by which the fatire would only be multiplied, and applied to many inftead of one. Had the hero, for inftance, been called Codrus, how many would have affirmed him to have been Mr. T. Mr. E. Sir R. B. etc. but now all that unjuft fcandal is faved by calling him a name, which by good luck happens to be that of a real perfon.

II.

A LIST of

BOOKS, PAPERS, and VERSES,

In which our Author was abused, before the Publication of the DUNCIAD; with the true Names of the Authors.

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EFLECTIONS critical and fatirical on a late Rhapfody, called, An Effay on Criticism. By Mr. Dennis, printed by B. Lintot, price 6d.

A New Rehearfal, or Bays the younger; containing an Examen of Mr. Rowe's plays, and a word or two on Mr. Pope's Rape of the Lock. Anon. [by Charles Gildon], printed for J. Roberts, 1714, price 1 s.

Homerides, or a Letter to Mr. Pope, occafioned by his intended tranflation of Homer. By Sir Iliad Dogrel [Tho. Burnet and G. Ducket efquires], printed for W. Wilkins, 1715, price 9 d.

Efop at the Bear-garden; a vifion, in imitation of the Temple of Fame, by Mr. Prefton. Sold by John Morphew, 1715, price 6 d.

The Catholic Poet, or Proteftant Barnaby's Sorrowful Lamentation; a Ballad about Homer's Iliad. By Mrs. Centlivre, and others, 1715, price 1d.

An Epilogue to a Puppet-fhow at Bath, concerning the faid Iliad. By George Ducket efq. printed by E. Curl.

A complete Key to the What-d'ye-call-it. Anon. [by Griffin a player, fupervised by Mr. Th], printed by J. Roberts, 1715.

A true character of Mr. P. and his writings, in a

letter to a friend. Anon. [Dennis], printed for S. Popping, 1716, price 3 d.

The Confederates, a Farce. By Jofeph Gay [J. D. Breval], printed for R. Burleigh, 1717, price 15.

Remarks upon Mr. Pope's tranflation of Homer; with two letters concerning the Windfor Forest, and the Temple of Fame. By Mr. Dennis, printed for E. Curl, 1717, price 1 s. 6d.

Satires on the tranflators of Homer, Mr. P. and Mr. T. Anon. [Bez. Morris], 1717, price 6 d.

The Triumvirate or a Letter from Palemon to Celia at Bath. Anon. [Leonard Welfted], 1711, folio, price 15.

The Battle of Poets, an heroic poem. By Tho. Cooke, printed for J. Roberts, folio, 1725.

Memoirs of Lilliput. Anon. [Eliza Haywood], octavo, printed in 1727.

An Effay on Criticism, in profe. By the Author of the Critical History of England [J.Oldmixon], octavo, printed 1728.

Gulliveriana and Alexandriana; with an ample preface and critique on Swift and Pope's Mifcellanies. By Jonathan Smedley, printed by J.Roberts, octavo, 1728. Characters of the Time; or an account of the writings, characters, etc. of feveral gentlemen libelled by in a late Miscellany, octavo,

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1728.

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Remarks on Mr. Pope's Rape of the Lock, in letters to a friend. By Mr. Dennis; written in 1724, though not printed till 1728, octavo.

Verfes, Letters, Essays, or Advertisements, in the public

Prints.

British Journal, Nov. 25, 1727. A Letter on Swift and Pope's Mifcellanies. [Writ by M. Concanen,]

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Daily Journal, March 18, 1728. A Letter by Philomauri. James-Moore Smith.

Id. March 29. A letter about Therfites; accufing the author of difaffection to the Government. By James Moore Smith.

Mift's Weekly Journal, March 30. An Effay on the Arts of a Poet's finking in reputation; or, a Supplement to the Art of finking in Poetry. [Supposed by

Mr. Theobald.]

Daily Journal, April 3. A Letter under the name of Philo-ditto. By James-Moore Smith.

Flying Poft, April 4. A Letter againft Gulliver and Mr. P. [By Mr. Oldmixon.]

Daily Journal, April 5. An Auction of Goods at Twickenham. By James-Moore Smith.

The Flying Post, April 6. A Fragment of a Treatife upon Swift and Pope. By Mr. Oldmixon. The Senator, April 9. On the fame. By Edward Roome.

Daily Journal, April 8. Moore Smith.

Advertisement by James

Verfes against Dr. Swift,
By J. Oldmixon.

Flying Poft, April 13. and against Mr. P's Homer.

- Daily Journal, April 23. Letter about the tranflation of the character of Therfites in Homer. By Thomas Cooke, etc.

Mift's Weekly Journal, April 27. A Letter of Lewis Theobald.

Daily Journal, May 11. A Letter against Mr. P. at large. Anon. [John Dennis.]

All these were afterwards reprinted in a pamphlet, entitled, A Collection of all the Verfes, Effays, Letters, and Advertisements occafioned by Mr. Pope and Swift's Mifcellanies, prefaced by Concanen, Anonymous, octayo, and printed for A. Moore, 1728, price 1

Others of an elder date, having lain as waste Paper many years, were, upon the publication of the Dunciad, brought out, and their Authors betrayed by the mercenary Bookfellers (in hopes of fome poffibility of vending a few) by advertising them in this manner.-"The Confederates, a farce. By Capt. Breval (for which he was put into the Dunciad). An Epilogue "to Powel's Puppet-fhow. By Col. Ducket (for which he was put into the Dunciad). Effays, etc. By Sir Richard Blackmore. (N. B. It was for a paffage "of this Book that Sir Richard was put into the Dunciad."] And fo of others.

After the Dunciad, 1728.

An Effay on the Dunciad. Octavo, printed for J. Roberts. [In this book, p 9. it was formally declared, "That the complaint of the aforefaid Libels and Advertisements was forged and untrue: that all mouths had been filent, except in Mr. Pope's praise; "and nothing against him published, but by Mr. "Theobald."]

Sawney, in blank verse, occafioned by the Dunciad; with a Critique on that poem. By J. Ralph [a per fon never mentioned in it at first, but inferted after], printed for J. Roberts, octavo..

A complete Key to the Dunciad. By E. Curl, 12mo. price 6d.

A fecond and third edition of the fame, with additions, Izmo.

The Popiad. By E. Curl, extracted from J. Dennis, Sir Richard Blackmore, etc 12mo. price 6d. The Curliad. By the fame E. Curl.

The Female Dunciad. Collected by the fame Mr. Curl, 12mo. price 6 d. With the Metamorphofis of P. into a finging Nettle. By Mr. Foxton, 12m0.