No fooner had Pol\-
11 y M N I A ended, but the moft ferene Erato rejoin'd ; That the badnefs
of fume late Italian Poems ought not to be imputed to the Lazinefs of the
Poets, fo much as to the UrJiappinefs ot the prefent times, which are wholly
delHtutc of thofe generous Macenas's, who were formerly the true of that noble Art.
11 y M N I A ended, but the moft ferene Erato rejoin'd ; That the badnefs
of fume late Italian Poems ought not to be imputed to the Lazinefs of the
Poets, fo much as to the UrJiappinefs ot the prefent times, which are wholly
delHtutc of thofe generous Macenas's, who were formerly the true of that noble Art.
Boccalini - 1611 - Advices from Parnassus, in two centuries, with the Political touchstone
