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THE WRITINGS OF DANIEL DEFOE 
 
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 MOORE NO. 10. 
 
 TITLE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY. 
 
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 (1692.) 
 
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 The EPISTLE DEDICATORY, 
 
 to the Gentlem^a of the Athenian Soct et f; 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 EVER fmce my F/V// Thoughts of writing thiis JdXftbJP, I have frequemiy onfidfir'd 
 whom I lliould feleft, as a// Patron of rny Endeavors this way ; but tJtfe Con- 
 nderations IHll concluded, that you, wh6onthe/r«» FounJetion of voiifown Ex- 
 . cellence, have cftablifli'd your (elves in the tftsem of the 'more folis patt of 
 Mankind, without the Auxiliary Si^port of any great Man's Alfiftancej that ^(JU who nad 
 no Richelieu to cfisiilh your firit Effays, or guard your Ri/ing Mivit, were ableft to Patronize 
 that, whidi chiefly ainVd at giving the World a Draught, in licde, of what it ow'dtoVour 
 Incomparable Performances. Jf it were not, that mod Writers have a fordid prefent Gain 
 in View, when they defign a Dedication, I ^m ccuihdent, we (hould fee few NeHemeni Names 
 ar the beginning of liieir Works, fince it niuft b;; confeli'd, 'twould be more for the Advan- 
 tage of their Reputation, to chufe one anflther for Patrons j a Writer being better qualified 
 to defend that, which he has once efpous'd, with his Pen, than any Great man, with his 
 eniptji*\Mj«j«, or a long CiltalOSUe OfSl'tIC0. At leaft I am fure, no man will think 
 my Choice improper, when he fliall, confider, how well able you are to proteff my Pailmgi 
 with yoar 3IntlinCillIC PEI10j agaiijft all thofe, who fliall hereafter atr^que them. Nor will 
 i\\&.DefeEi of what I have writ, make meat all defpair of your favourable Reception, fince 
 every ■ Adion ought to receive its Value from tlhl'/itention, not the awiwar.-i manner of Per- 
 formance. My iM\\\ defign'd your Honor, ttio*niy \pZ\\ has not come up to the Greatnefi 
 of my Aim. I Was no fooner convinced by what you puljlifhcd, of the PolUbility of carry- 
 ing on (b hSuble an UnihrtaLing, but I refolvcd to attempt this JpiftOJ.l', Whicli I hop'd to 
 perfedl without the kno.vLdjjc of any of your Learned Society, being lenfil/e tliat your aboun: 
 ding A/oi/*/?/ would endeavour to (fifle that, which might iiear the kafi r.J;mblance of a Pane- 
 gyric, in the Eye of even the Envious ; but by the want ot'Ciution in (one concernd in thj 
 publithing it, I found, before the laft llieec was printed, one gjilyottr-SCICiCtp had Intel- 
 ligence of it, whole JLCttEL* may convin^: the World, that this Fear of mine was not with- 
 out Jufi Ground. But I will not pretend wholy to juftirte my (elf, for publilhing this Dt« 
 ftO?P without your Leave, fince a thing of this nature, indeed, merited bstter Helps than I 
 had to the compiling of Tt, and none were capable of aflofinng them jffedually but your 
 (elves; yet it was.m trror of the better fule, aTrifpals caus'd by a too unconfidering Efteeriti 
 and Value for your Noble Undertaking, and no le(s Performances, which have not only cngag'd 
 me in this Affair, but alwaics to be, as I rfiuft here (ubfcribe my felf ; 
 
 Gentlemaiy 
 Tour Admirer, and Humble Servant, 
 
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 To the Athenian Society. 
 
 THE IVarmth %oiiT Bums preduc'd yoiipiufl ixcufi ; 
 Tour CtmmtndatioH fi'll infpii'd mj Mufe ■ 
 Tturfrietdly Frtift fupports htrfiibli Wing : 
 ToH itib invite, and tttch bit how tofnig. 
 And,vphile liy Art jtur chitmingNiimbtri iuvi. 
 Hit Wood-wild Volts injtruS bit to imfmil. 
 Cinfuri, M tbit Attempt, ctn only fay. 
 That I my Debt tj Thanks too purly pay ; 
 Thatj'nm your Bounty J my Tributi raifi , 
 And but rtturn the ProduCl of your Praifi. 
 Tit Mortals that to Sacred Altars go 
 Wm Prifents vhUh tbt Gods didfir^ btflorv. 
 Wt treat them from the Stores vhieb they difpinfl 
 Kit to Rtquitt, but jhev onr grateful Siife. 
 To fingyour Tails /(t abler Bards ajjiire, 
 Whililat diHaiicf fiiently adniirt, 
 Hovt tnncb oblig'd your Country is to you. 
 If Wit, and Learning, bere.tboje Charms reniv, 
 ibat ArCs Admirers once to Athens drew. 
 If thither Conqu'ring Rome /or Knowltdgi fought. 
 What Miracles have you fir Britain wrought ! 
 Who AthcDs home to m at your own Chargi bavftri»ebt 
 Affiring leva's felf muft yield to you. 
 In tbatfole Praije wbicb be can call hii Due ■' 
 Tranflated Learning Vtmce too dearly buys. 
 Which ehiaply your ComptndioM Booifuf plies. 
 
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 Th'.i DifriKci too your Prtjirenci ficaris, 
 H.i Aim mm Glory, Publicly Good ir.u T'urs. 
 For while you mi'Vi thevario:ii Orbs ojWit, 
 Concial'd the gnat JntiUigtncispt. 
 
 N. Tate. 
 
 Attics SocktatL 
 
 .y~y)Aa coliors, Mufis & Apollinc nan rccundis, 
 mJ Per qiiam Cecropjis vita refurgit avis^ 
 Cujus lucf novum nofira decus additur Urbi, 
 
 Vifit, & arAoas mitior aura plagas, 
 Eja age nacurz penecralia pande lacencis, ■ 
 
 Invitam cxcuiiens, qui' licet ufcj) Deam. 
 Fortia languenti prxbc niedicamina muado, 
 
 Plicetieumq^cuo lUmineredde diem- 
 Lux divina Soplii Titania lumlna vincic, 
 
 £&penctrat terras, & fupcr aAra volac. 
 Quin pcrgis viduram in fzcula promerc chartam, 
 
 Quin Sophiz fequeris liberior|s iter i 
 Ingcns reflac adhuc meflis, novus ordo labornm ; 
 
 Auxiliatrices fpeiai Apollo minus. 
 Barbariem,more(qi fcros manus Attira ademit, 
 
 Ncc fubigrncU tibi monflra minora mancnt. 
 
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 p. Motieu'. 
 
ThefameioEaglifli. 
 
 To the Athenian Society. 
 
 QO*s $f Ai JUufii, at wfeo/i wttcomt Birth 
 i^^4iific«iu Phctbayehtir'tltbi drooping f-'rtb, 
 Bj Wl)«* tici more oli Lianid Aiheni livii, . 
 OwfTut JKtirtfolis niv P*m rictivts. 
 Mi 4 M«r( intlt Air our Northtrn Clisits rivivts. 
 Go OB, dileni to Naturis ditpifl CtU, 
 Thi gloomj N^fbt thdt vtils tht h^\Hl Dtmi difel. 
 HiXf t whole WorM irbicb dotb lotr Aid imflori. 
 And fsiti'rineBiamt of Light our goldtn dtjs r^ore.- 
 Liwmin£s dixnntr Kays tht Sun's outtiyi, 
 A*d finct tht Gtohi, and rangt tht liftiefl S^ir. ■■ 
 tn nruir-dying Lxnisyour tas^nntrv, 
 nr«iif b Lttinint'i boundlifs Stt leur ceutft furjiit, 
 Vt^ undifcovir'd Rtgjtni tvtit for.you. 
 Tbi mighty Wor^^mach Art^ muchToyl demands. 
 And tvir. Apollo vjnts afjijiiig Hands. 
 In difmtt fhtdts tht tnciir.t World dii jiray, 
 TiU Athens mfdom did its l ight diiplay ; ' 
 
 Athens' oRcc nort muli changt our Dir^nifi into Day. 
 
 P. Mocteiix, 
 
 To the Athenian Society. 
 
 E'Ki Science tvm, n Learning had a Nami^ ' 
 Dilated Mimtry reordtd Fame : , 
 
 'Twos long fcifiiw Forgafukiefs was born. 
 Or Wit could find out Igioranct to fcorn : 
 When Milt cauld bacl;^ Six biintrtd years relate, 
 And ftiUpurfitd their vtr; di^nt Fate. 
 Vtids foontrjtr than Men did dye. 
 And tongrfrotraCled Lift 'firgat Mortality ; 
 
 Wide at tht Heaven tkir tb^ugliti did rout 
 To AOions great at the titei^t Soul. 
 Letters and Books th Helps We uft 
 To l^etp expiring Senci alive, 
 \ Necdicrs to Them, wis cmld at oiici pirufe. 
 In their unboundii Knowlidge all wis knowo-; . 
 
 Who had with Time thtir Race begun. 
 And i}iU liv'd as as if thifd Time it felj furvivl.l 
 Nature bepyo'd her youtlifu! Score /» iriU, 
 Thit'none could want, ltd thirifort none excell. 
 And fa Impartially ado'n'i 'he i^nd. 
 That equal Knowledge did injorm Mankind. 
 
 ■ Jhus when out Fathers (toucht with Guilt) 
 That huge ftupcndiciuS Stair-cafe built, ' 
 We mocl(^indeed tkifruitttfs Enttrpri\e, 
 Siicccncfs-Aaions rever pafs for Wife: 
 Rut was th{ Driadjul lite in biing'twouldlhow 
 To what digttethit untaught Age did know 
 moNilurc'i ioizc untquiUy divide. 
 And turn'd I'ni Oioht into a I'iran.id'.-, 
 Whiit Htavnfum'i mori to afHthtnd it, than 'dtridt, 
 
 Strjr.gt iiKCOU'hDii^cl^sfriim Iltavh fnccetd. 
 And Vnivnjjl CUu is of Jsrgcn Ip' ad : 
 Ciuiim'ioy.shere inht'Tidiquadrnnsioyn; 
 , And her; King Ignorance began fc.i Ktign ; 
 Old Knowleiige hither b0t,lm^irial Sway, 
 ISut{3UnAillrir.s\ifinftbleT)t'.ay : ' . 
 
 Andlho' tnt Old Monarch ftem'd to kttp tht Tlmnt, 
 The T^r^n: fpnorancc mcnj/d as hit own. 
 Tnn Tboufand years thi Ulurpcr had prevail'd, 
 ■> And 5(1 bJJ Darling Sbth (hf Crown entaiCd; 
 While theoM Atooym?, >\oniich jiw his Ftti, 
 tut wmted Fowtr to file his ruin'd State. 
 Tno Sons hi bad. Youths of Angtlic Birth, 
 That promis'dfair, to reinjorm tht Earth, 
 WiWom, and Learning, Twins ofbloomihi Hope, 
 -Jhatfln^ his Fttr,and all hit Comjortsprop. 
 Of Ml his numiroM t'rogi y, thift alone 
 Remain tht H.ipts if hit declining Throne ; • 
 ■ 77« red oppofi'g hit approaching Pate, 
 Sank in tht Ruins of thtir Patbir s State. , 
 But tht ft the Darlingt iftbi PartntsAgt, 
 Hi timtly rifcuid from tht Tjrint's'Kagi i 
 
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 For tbip bi car'd ; for thifi to Heaven hi pray' d. 
 To Latium M(, tnd*ne t* Greece convefd. 
 Injpifd by Inflind, wfth t mutual Rage, 
 Eternal Wars with Ignoranei tbiy wigi \ r 
 
 From Athens »%i, and tnt from Ronie, in^bl 
 The ghdfomi. World with their own Geoia) Fire ; 
 So Form did Chaos,/;; fcj, the Dark, ixfeli 
 j4s Athens Rome, and flome tbi World extttli 
 Vie UfurpinK Troops, by their own Guilt fubdifdt 
 Flidfrom th" appnaebing dawn, while none purfi^d. 
 Tbi iKlightn'd world ntw Altars gladly raifi, 
 And form ntw Triumphs to tht Villor's Praifi. 
 Wifdom, and Learning, aged with JRtnown, 
 Enjoy uninvy'd an Etlhial Crown ; 
 their Empire to the World's Extremes, extend,^ 
 And Viceroys to remoter Kingdoms fend. 
 Their faithful Agtnys through tbi world diSpirfi, 
 And thefe.wifing in our Immortal l^erfi ; 
 Thefe now we fing, and willing Trophies raije, 
 Jo their /«p l^alut, and their Mafler>s Praife. 
 
 D. F. 
 
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 To the Athenian Society. 
 
 W/^in the MyficrioKb Nothine fir(l wm hurld 
 Into a Chaos, thtnci into a World, 
 By that great Fiat, (greater much by jar 
 Than the fir ait Bounds ej anciinf Maxims wire, 
 . Which faidj From Nothing Notl/ing can afpear.) 
 Mtthinks in that great Work_y.thit mighty Change, 
 I faw the Immaterial Beings range. 
 And crowd towards the Sight, as Mortals ga\i 
 At font unknown prodijsiom Coatts blaff ; 
 But when they faw the fwtit, thi Uvtty Pact, 
 And curiom Harmony the V/oader grace, 
 ThM Admiration lofiitfelfinPraife. '' 
 
 Thus meaner We, whofe low and humble Birth. 
 Derives its Half at leafijrom Kativi Earth, 
 When firfl tht Spreading-Fami, the Rumour run. 
 That Athens had another World beiun, ' 
 And clear d the gloomy (hades nyigiorancc, 
 
 Andjorm'dnewfpartUne Orbs 
 
 Thisfoon empl'i'd each Ttngui ; all Ears and Eyis 
 
 Were full, •/'Athens, and the Enterprise. ■ 
 
 But when thefiarching Age began to find 
 
 Tne greater Aim, the Good that was difignd, 
 
 Chang' d into Alt, and cultivate Mankind ; • 
 
 The deep Amaxmett paltd; and in its room j 
 
 Tiiftru'e^^jicomium's crowd, and bring thtir Off'riiifs\b»mi. 
 
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 D. T, 
 
 To the Athenian Society. 
 
 SOON as our fetter'd Souls from Ttmi arifril, . 
 -"AU things in Heaven, jolt at tbiy an we fee: 
 ^^rf;^rtCbnjeaure, »»»iij:«r«SMppofe * 
 
 Confounds the ^ii»wl«iir« «f lach hidden Cauft ; 
 hut eafii Nature's beautiom Form appears 
 Difroh'd of the thick.Vei(, which here fhi wiars, ' . 
 7he Chain of Caufcs, aiidtheir Otderfhini^ 
 And cliarlyfhtw, tbty'ri frtm'd by Hiitlls Divitl. 
 Tt Great Unkno^v n, this You bayfaim'd at Now :■ 
 And tho'coy Nature flits onrfiarthing fiew, 
 Whilji clfudid Retfin'scoitf'd within this Cage, 
 TiCyiu havi thiu far btifs'd this happy Agi ; 
 Whalt'tr thi fiarthing Study of tbi Wife 
 In things divine, and natural yet havi found, 
 Whati'ir from your own Obfirvations rife. 
 From youi fublimi Retreat you fcatttr all aroundi ' 
 ThiVlMiv,wbodiadinlgnorancitay, 
 Now Speak, and Think, rtviv'd by yiur bright Diy. 
 jiifori, thiy had a mtir Promethean Frame, 
 TiU you Inform' d thtir Souls with tht Coeleftial Flame. 
 
 Goon Litr»in[, and folidjruth advtnci. 
 
 They're Hoble Subjeasjjr/iiffc Nobtt Pins : 
 Let your Oppofers Iri/i«f Jefls purlbc. 
 They write fw Mi n ote», but for Ages You. ;' 
 
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