[ [379] De Art. Poet. 31.

[ [380] 179.

[ [381] Besides, in the ancient Tragedy the Chorus justified Soliloquies, who were supposed to be humane By-standers, where the Scene was laid: Among the Rules given to the Chorus in Horace, one is, that they should keep secret what they heard, Ille tegat commissa, Ar. Poet. 200.

[ [382] Instit. Poet. Lib. II. cap. 5.

[ [383] De Arte Poet. 192.

[ [384] Instit. Poet. Lib. II. c. 5.

[ [385] De Art. Poet. 189.

[ [386] Inst. Poet. L. II. c. 5.

[ [387] Inst. Poet. L. II. p. 24.

[ [388] Nor, with Submission, does Vossius suppose them inconsistent.