_"Fluvi[)o]rum Rex Erida.n.u.s._--
And
_"Strid[)e]re apes utero & ruptis efferv[)e]re costis._
VIII. _Lines contrary to the common Measure_, or rather without any Measure at all, _viz._
"_Quod fieri ferro, liquidove potest electro, Saxa per & scopulos & depressas convalles._
IX, X, XI. These are the three Articles formerly mentioned, namely, the _Alliteratio_, the _Allusio Verborum_, and the _a.s.sonantia Syllabarum_.
1. As to the _Alliteratio_. This is of several Kinds, it is _Initial_, _Single_ and _Double_; sometimes _Treble_, or more frequent. It is likewise _Mix"d_, that is, both in the first Letters of the Words, and in the following Syllables. It is sometimes so often repeated, that it may be term"d _a.s.sultus_, or an Attack upon, or a storming of the Ear.
The following are Examples of the _Single Alliteratio_.
"_Quid faciat laetas_ segetes, _quo_ sidere _terram_ Vertere, _Maecenas_, _ulmisque adjungere_ vites, Conveniat: _quae_ cura _boum_, _qui_ cultus _habendo_.
Again,
"--_Sed_ viva volare _Sideris in numerum_.--
And,
"--_Asia longe_ Pulia palus.--
Of the _Double_ initial _Alliteratio_, this is an Example:
"_Totaque thuriferis Panchaia pinguis arenis._
Of the _Treble_ and more frequent initial _Alliteratio_, this is an Instance:
"_Et sola in sicca sec.u.m spatiatur arena._
The _Mix"d Alliteratio_, and the _a.s.sultus_ are to be found in these two Lines:
"Illas _ducit_ amor trans Gargara, transque sonantem Ascanium: superant _montes_, & flumina tranant.
In these two Lines the Vowel _a_ is repeated fourteen times, and what an Effect this has upon the Ear, the Reader cannot but perceive.
2. Of the _Allusio Verborum_, the following are Examples:
"_Nec nocturna quidem carpentes pensa puellae._
Again,
"_Hoc metuens; molemque & montes insuper altos._
Again,
"_Stat sonipes, ac frena ferox spumantia mandit._
Again,
"_Vitavisse vices Danaum._
3. Of the _a.s.sonantia Syllabarum_ or _Rhyme_, there are in _Virgil_ the several following Sorts.
1. _The plain direct Rhyme_, which is of two Kinds, _Single_ or _Double_.
2. _The intermediate_ or _casual plain Rhyme_.
3. _The scanning conclusive Rhyme_. So called, because it would hardly be perceived by the Generality of Readers, unless they first scann"d the Verse; but when they have done that in three or four Lines, the Ear will afterwards make the necessary Distinction without any farther trouble.
I will explain and give Examples of all these several sorts of _Rhyme_ in their Order.
1. To treat of the plain _Single_ direct _Rhyme_. The following Verses are Examples of this sort of Rhyme: But to make them more like our own, I will divide the Verse into two Parts.
"_Poculaque inventis Acheloia miscuit uvis._
"_Totaque Thuriferis Panchaia pinguis arenis._
"_Et premere, & laxas Sciret dare, jussus habenas._
"_Atque rotis summas Levibus pellabitur undas._
"_O nimium coelo Et pelago confise sereno._
Many more of these Lines might be produced, but these are sufficient.
Of the plain direct _Double_ Rhyme (which is the Sort of Rhyme the _Spectator_ speaks of No. 60, and which the Monks were in Love with) the following are Instances.
"_Hic labor extremus, lon_garum _haec meta vi_arum.
Again,
"_I nunc & verbis Virtutem illude superbis._
Again,
"_Cornua veletarum Obvertimus Antennarum._