POETARUM ROMANORUM:

OR, THE

Moft Beautiful and Inftructive

PASSAGES

OF THE

ROMAN POETS.

BEING A

COLLECTION,

(Disposed under proper HEADS,)

Of fuch DESCRIPTIONS, ALLUSIONS,

COMPARISONS, CHARACTERS, and
SENTIMENTS, as may beft ferve to fhew the RE-
LIGION, LEARNING, POLITICKS, ARTS,
CUSTOMS, OPINIONS, MANNERS, and
CIRCUMSTANCES of the ANTIENTS.

WITH

TRANSLATIONS of the fame in
ENGLISH VERSE.

By Mr. HENRY BAK E R.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed for D. MIDWINTER, A. BETTESWORTH and C. HITCH,
J. and J. PEMBERTON, R. WARE, C. RIVINGTON, F. CLAY,
J. BATLEY and J. Woon, A. WARD, J. and P. KNAPTON,
T. LONGMAN, and R. HETT. MDCCXXXVII.

TO THE

Right Honourable

THOMAS

Earl of HADINTON.

My LORD,

T

HE Work I have now the Honour to present your Lordfhip, will, I hope, be of Service to you in the Progrefs of your Studies, and prove an agreeable Relaxation from the more laborious and less entertaining Parts of Learning, while at the fame Time it fupplies the Mind with Stores of useful Knowledge.

The Romans excelled all Mankind in po lite Literature no less than they did in A 2 Arms,