[ [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.