14611 DEDICATION. To Dr. PEPUSCH. TH HE following Reduction of Englifh Verfe is owing to your letting me fee Merfennus upon this Subject; and as the Truth of the Principles, and their Application is fo very evident, the Difcovery, I hope, will pleafe all who are Lovers of Learning, 1 The greatest Impediment, as I know of, to true Learning, is a vain Opinion, that we equal, or rather exceed, the Ancients, in all kinds of Knowledge and Learning. You will be able, in a little Time, from your Reduction of ancient Mufic, to convince the World, that modern Mufic falls infinitely short of ancient Harmony, and that the Moderns have nothing t |