"Libels and Advertisements was forged and untrue "that all mouths had been filent, except in Mr. Pope's praife; and nothing against him published, "but by Mr. Theobald."] Sawney, in blank verfe, occafioned by the Dunciad; with a Critique on that poem. By J. Ralph [a perfon never mentioned in it at firft, but inferted afte.] printed for J. Roberts, octavo. A complete Key to the Dunciad. By E. Curl, 12mo. pr. 6d. A fecond and third edition of the fame, with additions, 12mo. The Popiad. By E. Curl, extracted from J. Den nis, Sir Richard Blackmore, &c. 12mo. price 6d. The Curliad. By the fame E. Curl. The Female Dunciad. Collected by the fame Mr. Curl, 12mo. price 6d. With the Metamorphofis of P. into a stinging Nettle. By Mr. Foxton, 12mo. The Metamorphofis of Scriblerus into Snarlerus. By J. Smedley, printed for A. Moore, folio, price 6d. The Dunciad diffected. By Curl and Mrs. Tho mas, 12mo. An Effay on the Tafte and Writings of the prefent times. Said to be writ by a gentleman of C. C. C. Oxon, printed for J. Roberts, octavo. The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric, partly taken from Bouhours with new Reflections, &c. By John Oldmixon, octavo. 2 t Remarks on the Dunciad. By Mr. Dennis, dedicated to Theobald, octavo. A Supplement to the Profund. Anon. by Matthew Concanen, octavo. Mift's Weekly Journal, June 8. A long letter, fign'd W. A. Writ by fome or other of the club of Theobald, Dennis, Moore, Concanen, Cooke, who for fome time held conftant weekly meetings for these kind of performances. Daily Journal, June 11. A Letter figned Philoferiblerus, on the name of Pope-Letter to Mr. Theobald, in verfe, figned B. M. [Bezaleel Morris] against Mr. P. Many other little epigrams about this time in the fame papers, by James Moore, and others, Mift's Journal, June 22. A Letter by Lewis Theobald. Flying Poft, Auguft 8. Letter on Pope and Swift. Daily Journal, Auguft 8. Letter charging the Author of the Dunciad with Treason. Durgen: a plain fatire on a pompous fatirift. By Edward Ward, with a little of James Moore. Apollo's Maggot in his Cups. By E. Ward. Gulliveriana fecunda. Being a Collection of many of the Libels in the News-papers, like the former Volume, under the fame title, by Smedley. Advertifed in the Craftsman, Nov. 9. 1728, with this remarkable promise, that " any thing which any body "fhould fend as Mr. Pope's or Dr. Swift's, fhould "be inferted and published as theirs.". Pope Alexander's fupremacy and infallibility examined, &c. By George Ducket, and John Dennis, quarto. Dean Jonathan's Paraphrafe on the ith chapter of Genefis, Writ by E. Roome, folio, 1729. 1 Labeo. A paper of verfes by Leonard Welfted, which after came into One Epiftle, and was published by James Moore, quarto, 1730. Another part of it came out in Welfted's own name, under the just title of Dulnefs and Scandal, folio, 1731. There have been fince published, Verses on the Imitator of Horace. By a Lady [or between a Lady, a Lord, and a Court-'fquire.] Printed for J. Roberts, folio. An Epistle, from a Nobleman to a Doctor of Divinity, from Hampton-court [Lord H Printed for J. Roberts alfo, folio." -y.] A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope. Printed for W. Lewis in Covent garden, octavo. III. ADVERTISEMENT I To the FIRST EDITION with Notes, T will be fufficient to fay of this edition, that the reader has here a much more correct and complete copy of the DUNCIAD, than has hitherto appeared. I cannot answer but some mistakes may have flipt into it, but a vast number of others will be prevented by the names being now not only fet at length, but juftified by the authorities and reafons given. I make no doubt, the author's own motive to use real rather than feigned names, was his care to preserve the innocent from any false application; whereas in the former editions, which had no more than the initial letters, he was made, by keys printed here, to hurt the inoffenfive; and (what was worse) to abuse his friends, by an impreffion at Dublin. The commentary which attends this poem was fent me from feveral hands, and confequently muft be unequally written; yet will have one advantage over most commentaries, that it is not made upon conjectures, or at a remote distance of time: And the reader cannot but derive one pleasure from the very Obfcurity of the perfons it treats of, that it parVOL. VI. G takes of the nature of a Secret, which most people love to be let into, tho' the men or the things be ever so inconfiderable or trivial. Of the Perfons it was judged proper to give fame account: for fince it is only in this monument that they must expect to furvive (and here furvive they will, as long as the English tongue fhall remain fuch as it was in the reigns of Queen ANNE and King GEORGE,) it feemed but humanity to bestow a word or two upon each, just to tell what he was, what he writ, when he lived, and when he died. If a word or two more are added upon the chief offenders, 'tis only as a paper pinned upon the breast, to mark the enormities for which they suffered; left the correction only fhould be remembered, and the crime forgotten. In fome articles it was thought fufficient, barely to transcribe from Jacob, Curl, and other writers of their own rank, who were much better acquainted with them than any of the authors of this comment can pretend to be. Moft of them had drawn each other's characters on certain occafions; but the few here inferted are all that could be faved from the general deftruction of fuch works. Of the part of Scriblerus I need fay nothing; his manner is well enough known, and approved by all but those who are too much concerned to be judges, The imitations of the Ancients are added, to |