sfer into his New History; but the rest of your Character which I,
or any other Writer, may value our selves by drawing: And the Particular
Account of the +great+ Things, done under your Ministry, for which you
are already so Celebrated in +most+ Parts of +Europe+, will probably be
dropt._ So far that Author: But I cannot help differing with him in one
Particular: For I am firmly of Opinion, that altho our Language should
happen not to be _improved_ or _ascertain'd_, yet the _great Things_
done by that _very Wise and Excellent Man_, will not so easily be
forgotten; nor the _rest_ of his Character be _dropt_, for which he is
already _so celebrated in most Parts of +Europe+_.

Besides, as there seems to be an Exact Agreement between the intended
Protector of this Society, and that of the _French_ Academy in its
Infancy, there can be no Doubt but the great Work will be carried on
after much the same Manner, and under the same Statutes and Regulations.
And it appears in Monsieur _Pelisson_'s History of the _French_ Academy,
That every Member of it, both Present and Future, Friend or Foe, was
oblig'd in Gratitude to their Protector, to _revere his Virtue and his
Memory_. The _British_ Academicians being therefore under the same
Obligation, how is it possible that their _Protector_'s _Vertue_ or
_Memory_ should ever be forgotten?

And there is one considerable Advantage, which our New Academy will have
above the _French_. For it appears by the History just mention'd, that
after the _French_ King had given his Consent, that his dear Cousin
should be Chief of the Academy, the Parliament could not for a long
while be brought to confirm the Patent. And Monsieur _Pelisson_ gives
the Reasons of it. _Cardinal +Richlieu+_, says he, _having carried the
+Royal Authority+ a great deal higher than any one had done before him;
tho belov'd by some, was envy'd by others, hated and detested by many,
fear'd and dreaded by all. His Creatures_, continues he, _talk'd of this
Design with excessive Encomiums. Never_, said they, _were the past Ages
possest of so much Eloquence as ours is like to be. We shall out-do all
that went before us, and all that shall come after. And the greatest
Share of the Glory will redound to the Academy and the Cardinal. Others,
on the contrary, treated this Design as ridiculous. They accused the
Academy as aiming to give Laws to Things not susceptible of them, and
were perpetually falling upon them with Jests and Saty