Note 442 — LECTURE XXVI, &c. Of Tragedy.

Vossius guards against all the Inconsistence he is here charg'd with, which is no more than this; That it is essential to a Tragedy, form'd κατα την τεχνην, to end unfortunately, but not so to one made ad populum. He borrow'd his Sentiment from Aristotle, De Arte Poetica, εστιν δε ουχ ἁυτη απο τραγωιδιαϛ ἡδονη, αλλα μαλλον τηϛ κωμωιδιαϛ οικεια this is not a Pleasure that arises from Tragedy, but rather of the Nature of Comedy, c. XIV. Ed. Heins. al. XIII.