TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . T. Lucretius Carus. I^ Pleasant, when the Seas are rough, to HandAnd view anothers Danger, fafe at Land:Not caiife he*s troubled, but *tis fweet to feeThofe Cares and Fears, from which our felves are free. 5 Tis alfo pleafant to behold from far How ITroops engage, fecure our felves from War. But NOTES, pleafantj&c] Lucretiushad made Choice or a Subjectnaturally crabbed j and thereforehe adornd it with Poetical De-fcriptions and Precepts of Mora-lity, in the Beginning and End-ing of his Books: And thus in-tending in this Book to treat ofthe Moti
TLucretius Carus, Of the nature of things . T. Lucretius Carus. I^ Pleasant, when the Seas are rough, to HandAnd view anothers Danger, fafe at Land:Not caiife he*s troubled, but *tis fweet to feeThofe Cares and Fears, from which our felves are free. 5 Tis alfo pleafant to behold from far How ITroops engage, fecure our felves from War. But NOTES, pleafantj&c] Lucretiushad made Choice or a Subjectnaturally crabbed j and thereforehe adornd it with Poetical De-fcriptions and Precepts of Mora-lity, in the Beginning and End-ing of his Books: And thus in-tending in this Book to treat ofthe Motions and Figures of hisAtoms, and of their othet Pro-perties, which we call Qualities,he introduces his Subjecft by thePraife of that Philofophy whichEpicurus taught: as well to givefeme Refpite and Relaxation tothe wearyd Mind of his Mem-mius; as by laying before hisEyes, and forewarning him ofthe Dangers and Calamities ofothers, to allure him to the Stu-dy of that Philofophy, which hecalls the Dodrine of the Wife. Thus the firft 20. v. contain twbCompari
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