Excerpt from The Psalms of David, Vol. 1: Translated Into Lyrick-Verse If you expel! Fuch elegant-firming Pa raph rates, as are compo/ed by tho/e, who felec'ting ea/y and Pajfrionate Pral mes, have trimmed them vp with Rhetoricall [tlu/irations, (jutable to their fancies, 6 Degrees the cha agable gnrbe of Afic'ted Language) [flail deceave your expectation hbf, 1 have purpofely avoycted tho/e Dg/'cants, e'confined m y [elf to the grave, 6 fimple Language qf the Text And 1 was therebthebetterheptfiom wandringa ermineormefenfe, as in their Circumlocutions that ve done. Bg/ute their Verfions are fitted rather to be Read, then Sung which giveth a greater Libertie to the Tranflator. For, though it be mofi gracg'ull in a reading Poeme, when the Period is cafi, fometime into one parte of the Line or Stanza, and fometime into another: Yet, in a L yrich Com pofition, where the jbme Stafl' is often reiterated to one Tune the Periods, and words of the fizme Quantity, mufi be alwaies ob/erved in the fame Places. For, if there be not allwaies a decent paw/e in the Matter, when the Tune is ended; or, if in the jinging, the naturallyuantib' of the word be adulterated or, if wee he not carefull, that a full-point fall not, where the Tune is in the height of a continuengfiraine; It will found verie ab/urdly to a indi tious eare: as may appear, by ofi'ing to jing jome ofthq/e Com fares, which are plaufible in Reading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.