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speramus eo rem venturam ut simul
Multa quidem nobis facimus mala saepe poëtae, (Ut vineta egomet caedam mea) cum tibi librum 220 Sollicito damus, aut fesso: cum laedimur, unum Si quis amicorum est ausus reprendere versum: Cum loca jam recitata revolvimus inrevocati: Cum lamentamur non adparere labores Nostros, et tenui deducta poemata filo: 225 318 Cum speramus eo rem venturam, ut, simul atque Carmina rescieris nos fingere, commodus ultro Arcessas, et egere vetes, et scribere cogas.
— from The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 1 (of 8) by Richard Hurd


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