OR, A SPECIMEN OF THE Many ERRORS, AS WELL Committed, as Unamended, by Mr. POPE In his Late EDITION of this POET. t. DESIGNED Not only to correct the faid EDITION, but to restore the True By Mr. THEOBALD. Laniatum Corpore toto DEIPHOBUM vidi & lacerum crudeliter Ora, VIRG. LONDON: Printed for R. FRANCKLIN under Tom's, J. WOODMAN and D. LYON M. DCC. XXVI. ΤΟ JOHN RICH Efq; SIR, T may feem a little particular, that, when I am attempting to reftore SHAKESPEARE, I should addrefs that Work to One, who has gone a great Way towards fhutting him out of Doors; that is, towards banishing him the Benefit of the Stage, and confining us to read him in the Clofet. Let me ftand excufed from intending any perfonal Accufation here; for it is not You, indeed, but that Affection, with which Entertain ments A 2 |
