Faylor ABEL ARD May 9 AND 1 1757 HELOISE. To which is prefix'd, A particular Account of their LIVES, Extracted chiefly from Monfieur BAYLE. Tranflated from the French. The SIXTH EDITION, Corrected. To which is added, HELOISE to ABELARD, by Mr. Pope. DUBLIN: Printed by S. POWELL, For JOSEPH LEATHLEY, Bookseller, in PREFACE I Tis very furprizing that the Letters of Abelard and HeToife have not fooner appeared in English, fince it is generally allow'd by all who have feen them in other Languages that they are written with the greatest Paffion of any in this Kind which are extant. And it is certain that the Letters from a Nun to a Cavalier, which have fo long been known and admired among us, are in all Refpects inferior to them, whatever thofe were, thefe are known to be genuine Pieces, cccafioned by an Amour which had very extraordinary Confequences, and made a great Noife at the Time when it happen'd, being between two of the most diftinguifb'd Perfons of that Age. Thefe Letters therefore being truly written by the Perfons themselves, whofe Names they bear, and who were both remarkable for their Genius and Learning as well as by a most extravagant Paffion for each other, are every where full of Sentiments of the Heart, (which A. 2 are |