to be regretted. From a few paſſages that have been preſerved, it is very probable he entered more largely into an examination of the compoſition of monarchical republics than any other ancient writer. He was ſo far from apprehending "diſputes" from a variety of orders, that he affirms it to be the firmeſt bond of juſtice, and the ſtrongeſt anchor of ſafety to the community. As the treble, the tenor, and the baſs exiſt in nature, they will be heard in the concert; if they are arranged by Handel, in a ſkilful compoſition, they produce rapture the moſt exquiſite that harmony can excite; but if they are confuſed together without order, they will
"Rend with tremendous ſound your ears aſunder."
"Ut in fidibus ac tibiis, atque cantu ipſo, a vocibus concentus eſt quidam tenendus ex diſtinctis ſonis, quern immutatum ac diſcrepantem aures eruditæ ferre non poſſunt; iſque concentus, ex diſſimillimarum vocum moderatione, concors tamen efficitur et congruens: ſic ex ſummis et infimis et mediis interjectis ordinibus, ut ſonis, moderata ratione, civitas conſſenſu diſſimillimorum concinit; et quæ harmonia a muſicis dicitur in cantu, ea eſt in civitate concordia, arctiſſimum atque optimum omni in republica vinculum incolumitatis; quæ ſine juſtitia nullo pacto eſſe po-
