P R Æ F A T I O.

you condemn many for the same vice; or one for many:
or you mix them.

The words are sometimes common or sordid, and taken from the butcher’s shop.

The style, even if it is lower or more wanton depending on the subject, is nevertheless thin and humble, taken from the middle; yet it pleases far more if the connections are somewhat softer with Roman purity: which Juvenal has most happily achieved. Persius is somewhat harsh.