Imprimatur, 'J^ger USjlrange, Sfptemh, lo. i^^5. Tranflated into Englifh hy feveral Perfons. ' THE POEMS O F HORACE, Confifting of Odes^Satyres^ andSpijlles^ Rendrcd in ENGLISH VERSE BT S everal P ersons. H o R. S A T. Lib. I. ne tuherihus fropriis offend^t amicum Pofitilat ; ignofcat verrucas illius — He that defires his Wens fliould not ofFend His Friend, miift wink at th' pimples of his Friend. L O N D O Printed bv E. C. for fV. Lte, G. Bedell^ H. Herlngmany and H. Brome , M. DC. LXVI. To his honored Friend and Tatron Sir William BackhouCe baronet. ' S i r, tieriS prefeHt^ of fMher paj 5 ^hat I haye often promiJedjoU^ and lyhat yoH haye a ri^ht to ; T he pD^ms of H o R A c E in the Englifli tongue: To the TraftfldtwH 5,^,^0 A3 fPhereof The Epiftle whereof nty pleafant retiremen and conveniencies at yonf 'de Ughtfome\A2bitmQn^ha\)e libe rally contribnted. And now according to the Cu Jlome of my Predeceffors, hayik fpoyled fome paper with Writ in a Bad Book, 1 am to wafte mon in a worje Preface, leaf Ifuj ^ fer under the imputation of h ing a heretick in TBookfWriting b However^ I will be fo kindt yoH and my felf^ as to [pare j nwch time and paper as migh be employed in celebrating you Qreatnefi^ Virtues^ and generou inclinations towards me^ bein Themes for a higher Ten than ^ Dedicatory. len dare pretend to^ anddn^ teUjoii PI q how you came to he difturbed [be with theje undertakings, 'T*Vpiu not hecaufe I under ^ Cu J^and this Author better thari others do ^ nor because I thought I did, ''But the Jdme tQmptati-- on which induced our (^rdn- f^j dame Eve /o eat fruit ^prevail d with me to read Horace^ rneer^ ly hecaufe forbidden. But the frequent Quotati- on of him by aU forts of inge- ilious men J and the Hault^gouft m the wit and truth of his exceilent jayings gdye, made 5/^ me languifh t/7/ i had broken through dll the difficulties Which hi A4 The Epiftie ^ ioibecUlity contended pith^ (\nd tk^^o'tPn my [elf on this aq- an dacious ad'venture, ho the profecutm T^hereof I H never blufti'd to asl^ the advice lii or take the afTiftance cf any per- dc fon Tvhom I thou^t able to con- or tribute either. And among the voi veji 5 of that indefatigable and by eminently learned perfon Vpith 23 Tphom^ by your indulgence and ar his oVon condifcenfion / had the of honour and happinefs to groTV to acquainted ^ fathom I found fo no skilM in all the difficulties of re^ this Poet, that he TVas to me more ou then all Voluminous Com- as mentators, Sir, Dedicatory. ^ 5 Sir^ For my fpeedier difpatch 0- and your advantage, I made bold to tdk^ in all fuch farts of I Horace, bavebeen Eng- ce lifhed by the Lord Embaffa- r- dour Fanftvaw; andf^hat T\>ere n- omitted by hm^ I fupplyed 'npith fuch as have been aone id by Sir Thomas Hawkins, or ■h i)r. Holiday, or both^ for they id are both the fame; and whether '?e of the two is the Author, remains W to me undifcovered: If''hat were - ^0 not touched by thefe^ 1 gat he- of red out of jSdr, Ci>wleys and 'e other Printed Soofs; and fuch 1- as Were not T ranflated by others^ my felf and feveral friends of r mine The Epiftle mine at my reqnejl haye at- tempted: De Arte Poetica in^ long fince EngliOiecI by that great Mafter thereof Q,]ohnhn^ I have boYYoyped to crown the rejl. So that you "Will ^aply finde^ that as this Book^conpjls of feve- ral mens endeavors^ fo thofe fe- veral men Went feveral wayett, but all ftudied to fhun a nice Pedantical T ranilation, Which Horace could not abide, By reading all which you are cer- tain of two Bleafures , Liberty of cenfuring^ and variety of matter. Jnd I haye this felicity, that if IDedicatory. if anj difike IPhat is done, it Tpill not bejafefor them tra- duce it publicly ^ leaf they fhonld reproach jome of the Un- deitakers to their faces; for we are conjiderahle for number and quality ^ con fifing of many per- Ions; and thofe either Right' Honourable, Right Worflup-' full. Reverend, or ( which is as good) Well-beloved; and if I for my part home herein played the Fool, yerygoodCom- pany. Such as it is 1 expofe it to publkk^ perufal, With this be- coming Confidence, that the excellence, of the Author will make The Epiftle make amends for the tmper- fe&ions of the T ranflatx)rs; and having this in mj profpeEl^ that H orace maj chance to find as good fortme as his dear friend V irgil had^ l^ho being plundered of all his Or- naments by the old TraJJa- tours ^ TPas refiored to othen 'ppith double luflre by thofe Standard-bearers of IVit and fudgment^ Devhmiand Wal- ler. To T^hich end I humbl"^ commend this rude Effay, to thofe ^erfons whofe Learning, Wit, and Leifure fhall ena- ble to do him fuch right as h0 . And for a prejident, / defire feryes Dedicatory. defire them to compare theje lines o/Phaer, tni had Priams defl 'miett aUthU chance him Fortune fenty « - fVheu he tie fire in Troy had feen^ his fFalls and C^lts renty Xhap foputiiues eveF-feefUsfroud^ and Lands had raigtld with fame Of Afia Empercur greatf mrr jhart on jhore hclies with Jhamoy Jiif head hefdes his fjoulikrs laidhis carps m men of name. this done Sir John Den- ham. Thus fell the King who yet. furvivd [the Statef ffith fuch a fignal and ptcHliar fate , Jinderfo vafi a ruiney net * grave. Nor in fuch fiamos a funeral fire to hsM.: He The EpMe ^;i'! iii'li He whom fuck Titles fstelledjfuchpower made proudy To whom the Scepters of all Afia ho^'d ; : _ , / " On the cold earth lies this neglected Kingy A headlefs Carcafs, and a uamelefs thitfg. fBy IPhich they may percehe fo hott> highly TratijJatiom may he ac improved. And if any Qentle- men ^^oill be fo indufirious and kind^as to amende or but to find out the faults in this Effay (yphich may eafily be done') or furnifh the Statitmer "With any better dgdinp t) the next Imprefiion^ they Doill be - Q fo far from dif ihliging me^ that I invite them to it^ conceiving it a work by tvhich they may gratifie and oblige Pofterity: Andfhould rejoyce to fee thefe rude and im^ 13edicatory. imperfeB draughts^ U\e the A- thenian (hip Jo often and through- Ij amended^ that there jhall not an oldplankjemain therein-Xhat fo thefe Poems Tphich^fperefa acceptable to Auguftus their nathe drefs, might be fopohjh d in our language, that they may be lookdon by a more indulgent and greater Prince than he TPas, Perhaps it may be expe&ed that I fhould haye embellifhed (as they call it) this Jddrefs 't^ith Witty Paflages, and^h^ori- cal flowers; but indeed Sir ^ they are groypn quite out of faftiion, and I am heartily glad that there- by I am freed from a tas^lPhich j PMfo mfitfor. And The Epiftle Dedicatory, Andn(f^ Sir^ having tired you with this fat Narrative, to M make you amends^ 1 Will make no fS Addrefs to the Gentle Reader; tmly I declare to him and all the Jf^orld^ that I profef r my felf^ and cm what your ^oodnejs has made me^ Honored Mecaenas, of 'd ro to r> 5 THE 'e LIFE OF HORACE. Uiintm Hofdtm VUccm |was born at Vermjium^ot- ^merly one of the beft Ci- ties in \tdly^ now called Venofo; of mean Parentage; his Father ( a ) was The Life 0/ Horace. j was one whom the Romans q called 'Ltbeninm^ viz. the Son ]\ of a Slaye Tpho had been made ir free ; and by ProfelTion he was a a ^Y(isco 5 or a CoaBor , whofe h Imployment was to gather in V Debts for Ufurers. Of his g( Mother we find no mention; ni onely 'tis agreed by all the ^Htch Commentators ^ that h^ ye had one. He was born twoftt years before Catdines Coufpi-H rac% the T)ecember; Cotta and T orquatrnfiYi being Confuls. His EducatioiRe was at where his tatheith^ finding him very pregnant ^^6 kept him at Schoole undethe Orbilm The Life (j/ Horace. Orbilm a ^whipping Schook-^ ALaJler; his Father alfo, be- ing a very prudent man, had as a fevere andwatdhful eye over him, and inftrufted him in in Virtue. Having attained to a lis good meafure of ^rammer lear- a; ning at ^me^ he was fent to ae (then the w^^ famous Uni- tie yerjip in the World) and there voftuaied Thilofophj; in which, if he adhaered to any Sedf, it olwas to the Spicm^ans, At f^firft he was no great Zealot in orReligion, but rather jeared leithan adored any of the Hea- It then of which never- iethelefshe afterwards repented (a 2) and The Life 0/Horace. and made an Ode profeffedly to teftifie his "Incantation, In the Cdvil VV arr betwixt Ju- and 'Brutmand Cafsim^ he being the familiar Friend of Brutus^ took his part in the battle at Bhilippi; in which he. was a Tnbune^ which is equi- vaient to a Colonel here: but whether he fought or riot^does not appear; onely by his be- ing fo great a Cmmander and ib in^enms a perfon, 'tis proba- ble that the Mules might in- fpire him with enough to keep himfelf out.of danger: Some have traduced him for rmning dWay^ which if true, is ey:cH- fhe 'Life of Horace, excujabk'^ for Valour md Wit " are two fpirits which poflefs onely [ome men, and that but at fome times: So that the fame , Commanders who have proved hp , ioTPards in a juft and honoura- . blel^^ar. have afterwards in a 1« J Tayern dared to challenge fuch as call d them fo;and by the laiy a Souldier is no more bound to fight when he is out of his " humor^ then an Orator to fpeak ^ when he i s out of his 'tPits: Nor is it prudent for a man of Wit and Learning to have his brains ^ * beaten out by one that has 'or A • none, Jugufius having won the Battle, it appeared that Horace (a 3) had T'he Life of Horace. had taken the wrong fide, for o which his great friend Mec£- p a very rich noble man of and in great efteem with tl jiugtiflus, obtained a pardon: tl And Augufim ^ like a good- h mtmed Vrmce^ not only par- n doned^ but reDparded him for fi being againft him, and (it n it had then bin in fafhion v there) would have Knighted h him. Now being become a r Courtier^ and not old or bold e enough to begg'^ and AugHjlus^ c fo newly after a Warr, not F rich enough to ghe ; he (like b others of his Order) wanted b Money , and that put him up- t on i TheLifeofHomzQ. )r on making Verfes^ which he ?- performed to admiration , and was the firft that introduced h the Lyric^ Poetry among i: the ^mans: By which, and 1- his great ingenuity and fweet- r~ nefs of Conyerfation^ he grew )r fo much in favour with A4eca- if w, that he by his good will, m would never have him out of d his Company; and to encou- a rage him in his Studies, and d enable him to live without cares, beftowed on him a com- )t petent Eftate among the Sa- e bines ^ where he had a d houfe , to which he often re- I- tired , from the noife and n (a 4) bufUe The Life (f Horace. buftle of ^tne ^to wite and eorf- in. template^ and in which he took :asl great delight and recreatioa it By (S\Lecc^nas he was pre- hh ferrd to a familiar acquaintance yit with who offer d to dr make hini his Secretary of hi State: But Horace (^likeother ry great Wits) hated bufmefs. in Jugufus alfo confidering what fo immortality Toets conferr on h( princes and other great men, ar wrote a Letter himfelF, invi- w ting him to come and live with p( him as his companion. And ha- h ving read fome of the Satyres^ Cj and found not himfelf concern rr or his name "mentioned there- ci in. J'he Life 0/Horace. w- ;in 5 he complaihd of it, and ok tasked him, Whether he thou^t )n. it 'Would be a difpara^ement to •e- him to have it recorded to pope- (ce .rityj that Horace a famiIL to ar friend to Auguftus ? As to of his StatureJ[itwas fhort and ve- ler ry fat, blear-ey d, gray-headed fs. in his youth, and bald in the lat forehead, hnd for his morals^ on he was a very good man, pious n, and grateful to his Father, r'l- whom being grown old and th poor, he releived and kept at a- his C>ountry houfe: much a Cfentleman in his nature and de- meanour; very merry and /^- e- cetms'm company, foon angry n, and. The Ufe of Horace. and as foon pleafed: As to hiin Diet, he was that which w(not by a grand miftake call an SpiwQ cure^ for he loved and underly ftood how to eat and drinte'/ well; and though he was ver^his temperate and frugal generalf^; ly, yet at a Treaty if he lik dvat his Company, he would giveall nature a loofe^ and come uptc?^^ Ohe! He had that good natuch red Vice (if it be one) whichwl conftantly adheres to greatou ^itSy and is much indulged byno high imagination'^ an inclina-bk tion to Toomen^ which he is thefo iefs to be condemned for, be-thi caufe he was a Tachelour^ andap in T he Life of Horace, hidn his time and Comtry it was wmt efteemed a crime. He was ?/?/well acquainted with, and high- - ler ly yalued by, all the eminent inl3^/Vj, and perfons of quality in eryhis time. By frequent Lom- ^Apany-kgeping^ and ftrid: obfer-- k dvation, he informed himfelf of iveall the wes and humours ot which he reproved and m-chafifed in a way of raillery, ichwhereby men were jeard eatout of their ill manners and bynot offended; So confidera- na-ble was he for his parts^ and hefo eminent for his Writings ^ )e-that he defervedly won the ndapplaufes of divers ofth« grea- in teft The Life 0/ Horace. teft SchoUars in their times, "Y z%TibuUHs^ Virgtf O'vid^T^e)^ tronm, Verpm , Qmntilidn^' Alex, Se'\>erm ^ St, Au^upine. Scaltger^ and ^ifhop fe 'Wel,^^^^ who have all written in his?^' Commendation , and are known to be neither Vooh nor Tlatte rw. How long helivedjis not agreed on fome fay foms 5^5 fome others 70 years; but when he finiQfd his fecond ^ ' Book of Lpipies he was 44^ years old. And he dyed foon ^ after Mecanas , namely ( as the beft Authors report) «; j ^/. Decemb, Cenjorinus a id (fal his being Confuls ^ which was five T'he Life 0/Horace. years before the birth of Q^ ChriJl^ having made Jugujlm his heir^ to whom he left his Library ^which was a good one; and a years pravifan^ which he^ l^jjalwayes defigned to keep be- wr ; and being a great contemner of Wealthy and a ^^^derider of covetous men, he never aim'd at more. &ing dead he was buried next to Mecdinas himfelf, in the Lf- ^/7/W; an honour which good ^oets deferve, and which great 'Princes have in all times taken '^j care to conferr upon them. ai s/as ive ODES. BOOK I. O D E I. By Sir R. Fanfharv. To MECOENASi That[evsralMen ajf.El feveral Things i Thai himfelf « delighted with the Sttidy of Lyrick Terfes. Me c 0 E N A s> Thstfcaii Kings defeentj My Bulwark and fweec Ornament. There are chat loye their Gharers fpoak With rais'd Olympkk^ dull fhould fmoak i Arid with hot Wheels the Goale clofe fiiavehjf And noble Palm, lifts Men to Heaven. One, if the fickle' Peoples blall Rrdonbled Honours on him caft s Another that delights to tdare With Plough the Fields his Fathers were s If in his private Barns Hd Bore . Whatever fruitful Africk^ bord 5, fhe wealth of Crtefits cannot gain With trembling KeCld tO plough the Main. B Frighted O 32 s. Frighted with rough Icman Sea?, The Merchant praifes Home and £afe : But Hisbniis'd Veffel repairs ftraight. Impatient of a mean Eftate. There is that neither fcorns to tafte Old Majfiquey nor half-days to wafte Under a ihady Poplar fpread, Or at a Bubling Eountains Head. Some Drums and Trumpets love, and War; Which Mothers do as much abhorr. The Huntfman in the cold doth rome, Forgetting his poor Wife at home. Whether his Hounds a Stagg have rowz'd. Or Marfian Boar his Nets have towz'd, Mee Ivy ( Meed of learned Heads) S( PJac Whi Woi And To The No T Cov Thii As t Hef But Abo Ranks with the gods: Mee chill Groves, Treads Of Satyrs with loofe Nymphs^ have fhow d A way out of the common Road; Whileft kind Euterpe wets my Flute, Whilelt Polyhymnie ftrings my Lute; Then write Mee in the Zj>rir^Role, My lofty Head fhall knock the Pole. T Lacl By I To ) SI And ■The A ^araphrafe upon the fir^ Ode hy S. W. Efq- To MECOE NAS. MECOEN A Sjfprung from Royal blood. My greatell Patron-, juft and and good ! There are, who in th' Olympick^Gsimai Raife the light dull, but more their names: When the Fleet Race, and noble prize, E're death, the filipr Deifies. St B The Giv< For Wh( The Her Ano Book I. odes; I > Some in afpUufe-, that empty aire, Place both their honour, and their care> While others with a different liiinde Would choofe more folid wealth to finde, And rich in what the Earth dos yield. To the whole Sea preferrs one field; The Sea'l not tempt them, or its rtore. No not the Pforld, to leave the fhoare. The Merchant when he fees the Skyes Cover'd with ftorms, and Tentpefis rife, ; Thinks none fo happy live or well. As thofe that on the Main-land dwell j Heprayfes what he flights at home: But when from a bad Fuyage come. Above the Earth he loves the Mainy And longs to be at Sea again. The Enddlecapy whofe God's the Fyne^ Lacks not the-Sm if he have Wine ; By th* Sun he only finds a way To fome cool Springy to fpend the day. Shrill Flutes and Trumpets Souldiers love^ And [fcorn thofe fears that Women move. The Hmtfmany in the open Plains _ Regardlefs of the Air remains ; ' A Dear makes him forget his Wife, And a fierce Boar defpife his life.- But me the learned Lawrel give, ■The Gods themfelves by Eoets live. Give me a Grove) whofe gloomy lhade For Nymphs and frisking Pawns was made, Where from the Vw'gar hid, I'le be. The Mafes waiting all on me; Here one my Harp and Lute fhall ffring. Another there fhail ftand and fing. B z This 4 ODES, BtjokljBoy This one thing great Meccemu doe. Our Inroll me in the Lyhkk^ Count, jjial A Z/jr;Vi^ Poet, and I'l mount , Oiir Above the skies, almoll as high as you. Whi The Ode ir. BySiri^. F. Shal Fo A U G U s T U S C ,£ s A R. To ' of J That all the Gods are angry with the Romans/o;- t\. lulling e/Julius Cxfar : That the only hope of ti Empire is placed in Augullus. ENough of Hail and cruel Snow Hatli Jove now fhowr'd on us below j Enough with Thundring Steeples down Frighted the Town. Frighted the World, left Pyrrha's Raign Which ofnewmonfters did complain. Should come again, when Protect Flocks Did climbe the Rocks; And Fifti in tops of Elm -Trees hung. Where Birds once built their Nells, and fung. And the all-covering Sea did bear The trembling Dear. We, Yellow Tyher did behold Back from the Tyrrhene Ocean rowl'd, Againft the Fane of T'ejla power. And Tower ; Whileft the Uxorious River fwears He'l be reveng'd for Ilia's Tears; And over both his Banks doth rove Unhid of fove, 0; Ori You Or. Ala To Anc Or Wh ■ Wii Ret Am No Lo\ Loi No jBookL ODES, ^5 i I Our Children through our faults but few> Shall hear that we their Fathers Hew Our Countrynaen; Who might as well The Perjians quell. What God Hull we invoke to Itay The falling Empire.? with what Lay Shall holy Nuns tire Vefla's Pray'r- Refilling Ear.? To whom will Jove the charge commend Of Purging us ? at length defcend Prophetick PhaehUst whofe white Neck A Cloud doth deck. Or yentis in whofe fmiling Rayes Youth with a thoufand Cftpids playes: Or Mars, if thou at length canft pity Thy long plagu a City. Alas, we long have (ported thee, To whom 'tis fport bright Casks to fee. And grim Afpefts of Moorifh Foot With Blood and Soot; Or winged Hermes, if 'tis you Whom in form we view. With this revenging th'other Flood Oi Julius Blood j Return to Heaven late we pray, And long with us the Romans : Nor let difdain of that Offence Snatch thee from hence. Love here Viftorious Triumphs rather;- Love here the Name of Prince and Father: Nor let the Medes unpunilht ride. Thou being our Guide. B 3 $ ODES. BookljJoo A Paraphrafe on the Second Ode hp S. W. To AUGUSTUS. STorms long enough at length have blown I Jove hay], fire, has darted down, Has his own Temples overthrown, And threatned all the Town. • Threatned the fPorldy which now did fear Another Deluge to be near ; When Proteus all his herds did drive Upon the hills to live. When higheft trees with Fi(h were fill'dj Thofetrfet where birds were wont to build j And fiaggs that could the wind out fly Mull take the Sea, or dye. We Tiber faw, when feas withftood His ftreams, and checkr with Seas his flood, More heady, and unruly grown, Not wa/hi but bear all down j And fwellingat his ///'<« wrong No more his banks did glide along, But chpfe new channels and a Sea-, To be revengM would be. How our own fwords thofe wounds did make Which might have made the Perjian quake, Thefe Civil Warrs, next age Iball tell. And fear what us befell. When th' Empire thus begins to fall, Qn what God fliall poor Romans call ? Jn vain we hope our god will hear Wiien Tefia flops her ear. To >KlrBooicl, OVMS. i To whom will Jm Commilfion give To purge us, or our Plagues reprieve ? Defcend Apollo cloth'd with light, Thy beams muftmake us bright. Or elfe thou faireft Quem of Love, More needed here then thou'art above. About whofe neck the Graces fly. And languifh in thine eye. Or Marsy if he hath any pity For his defpis'd and ruin'd City • Though Mars has been fo long at Ror»e We need not wifh he'd come. Or you bright Hermes., proud to be AHguflus, more than Mercury, Since in that lhape you choofe to breath. And expiate Cafars death. Let it be long ere you return To heav'n, in love your Romans burn For their old crimes, defire your flay. Never to goe away. Do you their Lives and Warrs command, The Rrince and Father of your Land, Nor let our Enemies'ore us ride, While Cafar is our Guide. ODfi odes: O de III. By Sir R. F. frayes a profferous Voyage to Virgil, Emlar^m for Athens: and. takes ocfafion from thence to invei^ againfi the Eoldnefs of Man. SHip, that to us fweet Vkgil ow'll (With thee intrulled ) fafe Convey him to the Attick Goaft; And fave my better half: SoHelenes Brothers ( Stellifi'd} And Ventts guide thy Sails: And the Wind's Father, having tie'4 All up, but Vernal Gales. Of Oak a Bofomhad that man, And trebble-lheath'd with Brafs, Who firft the horrid Ocean With brittle Bark did pafs; Nor fear'd the hollow Scorms, that rore j The Hyades., that weep ; Nor the South-wind, which Lords it ore The AdriatickJDiCQ^. What face of Death could him difmay, That faw theMonflers fell; And wracking Roclcs, and fwelling Sea, With Eyes chat did not fwel! ? In vain, the Providence of God The Earth and Sea did parr. If yet the warry Pathes are trod By a forbidden Art. But Men ( that will hav^e all, or none ) Still things forbid defire ; Japetus bold Son ftole down The Eleipental Fire : Book I. 0 D M S, 9 Whence Leannefs over-fpread the World, And Feavers ( a nevv Race ) Which creeping Death on Mortals hurl'd j And bad him mend his pace. D£dale the empty Air did cut With wings not giv'n to men j And Hercules the Gates unlhut Of Pluto's difmal Den. Nothing is hard to finful Man : At Heav'n it felf we fly ; Nor faifer Jove ( do what he can J To lay his Thunder by. Ode IV. By Sir P. F, TbL. SEXTIUS a Confular Man. Propofeth the arrival of the Spring; and the common condition of Death y as Inducements to Pieafures. SHarp winter's thaw'd with fpring & wellern gales," And Ships drawn up the Engine hales: The Clown the Fire,the Beafts their Stalls forgo : The Fields have caft their Coats of Snow. Fair Venus now by Moon-fltine leads a Dance, The Graces after cqmely prance. With them the Nymphs the Earth alternate beat, Whileil Vulcan at his Forge doth fweat. Nowfliould webe with Jafting Myrtle Crown'd, Or Flowers late Prifners in the Ground. Now fliould we facrifice a Lambkins Rk)od To Faunus in a facred Wood. Death knocks as boldly at the Rich mans dorc • As at the Cottage of the Poore, ;ence Rich lO 0 n B S. Book I, Boo Rich Sextitts : and the fhortnefs of our days Fits not with long and rugged ways. Swift night will intercept thee, and the Sprights, They chat fo of in Winter Nights^ And Pinto % haunted Inn. Thou canll not there Call for the Mufick and good Cheer : Nor in foft Chloris gaze away thy fight, Her Sexes Envy, Our delight. Doll T A All I Ode V. By Sir re P Y R R H A. Ah I C Ant That thofe Men are miferaUe who. are iatangled in her' ^ Love ; That he is efcaped out ef it as from Shifwrack^ hy Swmming. WHat Stripling now thee difcompofes. In Woodbine Rooms, on Beds of Rofes, For whom thy Auburn hair Is fpread, unpainted fair ? How will he one day curfe thy Oaths, And Heav'n that witnefs'd your Betroaths I How will the poor Cuckold, That deems thee perfeft Gold, Bearing no ftamp but his, be raaz 'd To fee a fuddainTempeftrais'd ! He dreams not of the Windes, And thinksall Gold thatlhiries. For me my VotiveTable Ihowes That I have hung up my wet Clothes Upon the Temple Wall Of Seas great AdnairalL Hov 1 Tre / I Wh He< I Int I V Am Unl k I, Book I. ODES. A 'Parafhrafe on the fifth Odey hy Dr. C. i; To whom now Tyrrha art thou kind ? To what Heart-ravifht Lover Doft thou thy golden locks unbind. Thy hidden fweets difcover, And with large bounty open fet —, All the bright ffores of thy rich Cabinet? 2. Ah fimple youth, how oft will he Of thy chang'd faith complain? And his own fortunes find to be So airy and fovain, Of foCamelion-likeanhew, That ftill their colour changes with it too, ?• How oft alas, will he admire Theblacknefsof the skies? Trembling to hear the winds found higher^ And fee the billows rife. Poor unexperienc'd he, Who ne're before alas had been at Sea! 4- Heenjoyesthy calmy Sun-ihine now. And no treathftirring hears • In the clear heaven of thy brow. No fmallell cloud appears ; He fees thee gentle, fair,and gay. And trulls tlie faitlilefs April of thy May. 5 • Hnliappy ! thrice unhapry he, T' whom thou untried doft fliine, A A- Bu( It 0 D E S. Bock L But there's no Hanger now for me, Since or'e Lorettoes fhrine, In witnefs of the fhipwrack paft, My confecrated veflel hangs at la(t. O de V I. By C. C . ETq; To AGRIPPA. Argument. Though Varius in Heroick^fiile Agrippa'j Jl^artial ABs compile * Tet Horace his low-pitched Mufe More humhie SuhjeUs hefi purfues, VArius in living Annals may To the admiring Univerfe Voice out in high Maonian Verfe Thy courage and thy conquefts won, And what thy Troops by Land and Sea, fdave through thy noble conduft done. Our Mufe' Agrippa that does fly An humbler pitch, attempts not thefe, T'exprefs Pelides rage ; nor fly Ulyjfes tedious Voyages: Nor dips her Plume in rhofe red Tydes Flow from the bloody Parricides Of Pelops cruel Family ; We nothing to fuch heights pretend. Since Modefty, And our weak Mufe, who does afpire No further than the jolly Lyrtj Forbids that we Should in our vain attempts offend And Book I, ODES, n And darken with our humble Layes Thine, and great Cifars God-like praife. Who to his worth can A^ars difplay When clad in Arms, whofe dreadfull ray, Plus out the day ? Or brave Meriones fet forth, , When foyi'd in Trojan dull, or raife Fit Trophies to Tjdides worth Who to th 'iiTimortai gods wa? made A rival by Minerva?, aid ?' We ling of Feafting, and Delights, Stout drinking, and the harmlefs • Of hot young Men, and blulliing fliaids. Who when the Foe invades Make a faint Piovv To guard what they'r content Ihould goe. Thefe are the fubjecls'of our Song In nights thacelfe would feem too long. Did we not wifely prove The fweets of Jollity, and Love. Ode V11. By Sir T. H. To MUNATIUS PLANCUS. Some fraife one City,feme another,hut Horace freferreth Tibur before all, where Plancus was horn, whom he exhorteth to wajh Care away with Wine, SOme Rhodes, fome Myt'lene, Efhefia doth pleafe. Or walls of Corinth, with its two-fold Seas : Some Thebes, fome Delian Delphos worth defend, Other Thejfalian Tempe's air commend. There *4 ODES, Book i There are, who make their fole, and fix'd defign, To mention Pall*s City in each line. And rather ftrive her Olive branch to grace. Than any pull'd off from another place : Yeafome to honour loud proclaim Horfe-racing Argas-, and Mycenas fame. Me, not the patient Sparta's pompous fights, Nor fat Larijfa field fo much delights. As do Albmea's Eccho-giving Groves> AtiAAniens headlong ftreamthat by it roves} Or than TibHrntts woods, and Orchard-grounds, Moylhied with gliding brook which it arrounds. As the South wind, the Heav'ns from dark Clouds And doth not generate perpetual Ihowers; (fcowrs, So f PUnctu) with good Wine, be it thy ftrife, To wafli down fadnefs, and the toy Is of life: Whether thou to thy glittering Tents art ty'd, Or doll in Tihurs fihady Bowers abide. When Teuctr fled, Father, and Salamncy Efe, (itisfaid) hisTemples dew'dwich wine. And browes encircled with a Poplar wreath. Did 'mongft his penlive friends thefe accents breath: What way Fortune(more kind than Syres) lhal fhow, We, Friends, and dear Companions, will go, Teucer^ your Guide, Teuccr Encourager, Defpair not any thing, admit no fear: For we lhall raife a lecond Salamiwy ( Sayes wife Apeblo J in another Clime t Brave Spirits,who'with me have fulfer'd forrow, Drink cares away; wee'l fee up fails to morrow. ODE Book 1. ODES, O de VIII. By Sir R< F, To LYDIA. He notes obfcurely a certain Temg Man , vhom he calls Sybaris, as undone with Love^ and melted with Pleafures. LIdia-, in Heavens Name Why meits young Syhark in thy Flame? Why doth he bed-rid lie That can indure th' intemperate Skie ? Why rides he not and twits TheFrwAgreat Horfe with wringled bits? Why Ihuns he Tylur's Flood, • And wraftlers Oyl like Vipers Blood ? Nor hath his Flelh made foft With bruifing Arms; having fo ofc Been prais'd for {Looting farre And clean delivered of the Barre ? For fliame, why lies he hid As at Troy s (lege Achilles did. For fear left Mans Array Should him to Manly Deeds betray ? i6 odes: Booki O d e IX. By Sir R. F. To THALI ARCHUS. That heing tFinier-, it is time for Men to give them feivesto Pleafiire. THou feeft the Hills candied with Snow Which groaning Woods fcarce undergOj And a rtiff Ice thofe Veins Congeals which Branch the Plains. Diflblve the Froft with Logs pil'd up To th' Mantle-Tree; let the great Cup Out of a larger Sluice Pour the reviving Juice^ Truft Jove with other things; when he The fighting Winds takes up at Sea, Nor fpeared Cyprefs fhakes, Nor aged Elrii-Tree quakes. Upon to Morrow reckon nor, . , Then if it comes 'tis clearly got t Nor being young defpife Or Dancings, or Loves Joyes. Tilltefty Age gray Hairs fhail fnow Upon thy Head, lofe Mask, nor Show; Softwhifpers now delight At a fet hour by Night; "And Maids that gigle to difcovef Where they are hidden to a Lover j And Bracelets or fome toy Snatcht from the willing Coy« ODES, Ode X. To MERCURY. hem- Argument. The CharaBer of Mercury, His Elotjuenccy and Progeny : aind Various ether Ornaments^ Our Poet in this Ode frefdntt. Mercuri facunde. SWeet-tongu'd CyBeniusj fon of Mayy Who man's firft rudenefs didft allay With Eloquence, and graceful parts Of wraftling Arts; I'le fing of thee, Heav'ns Meflenger By whom crookt Lyres invented were ? Crafty to hide what ere's bereft By Iportfome theft. While thee ( O youth) his threats affray. Except thou his ftoll'n Beefs repay : With no ftaft-bearing Qiiiver fraught, Apollo laught. Rich Priam too deferting Troy, Th* proud Atreids fcap'd with thy Convoy, Thejfaliait watches, and each tent . 'Gainft Trojans bent. Thou in blefs'd Manlions Ghofts imbowers, And thy Caducean Rod 'ore-powers rh'exilerTribe; whomQods above. And lower love. »0E C 9DI ODES. iook O D E X r. By Sir T. H, To L E U C )0 N O E. jfTe exhorteth Leuconoe, that care emitted,fetk^u fleafe her felf, talking argument frem the pertnefs tl life, and fpeed of death. STrlvc not (Leuconoe) to knc^w what end The Gods above to thee or rcje will fend t Nor with Aftrologers cpafult at all. That thou may'lt better know what can befall. Whether, thou liv'll more winfers, or thy Jail Be this, which Tyrrhen waves jjainll rocks do call; fee wife', drink free, and in fo fliort a fpace. Do not protraflcd hopes of life ernbrace. Whilell we are talking, envious Time doth Aide s This day's thine own, the next niay be deny'd. ft// Parafhrafe on the fame Ode, hy S.W. 71; LEUCONOE. N Ere ftrive Leuconoe, ne're llrive to know WhatfWtfr decreed'for thee and mee, norg( q £ To an Afirologtr ; 'tis half the cure^ When 111, to-think it will not long endure ; Whether Jew wijl another Winter give. Or whether 'tis your laft that now you live; Be rvife, and lince you have not long to ilay. Fool not with tedipus hopes your life away. Time, while we fpeak on't flyes; now banifli forroi Live well today, and never trull to mrroW' ■ ■ CD kl.\ 3ook L ODES, 19 Odb XII. BySirr.fi; ek, ti fs (f ft; To AUGUSTUS. The Gods,Demy-Codj, and fame mrtby mm hoHtttrtiy hi defcerdeth into the divine fraifes of Auguftus. WHatman,or Hero (Clio) wilt thou praife With fhrilleft Pipe, or Lyra^s fofter layes ? What God ? whofe name in fportive ftrain, Eccho will chaunt thee back again ? ^Either in ftiady Heliconian Bowers, High Pindm, or cold craggy Hemus Towers, Whence leavy Groves by heaps confus'd, To wait OH tuneful Orpheus us'd ; Orpheus waUskWd from mothers artful Jay, Swift rivers glide, and fpeedy winds to ftay. And with his harps melodious fong Attentive Okes to draw along. w What fhall I fing before the conftant praife 8' Of Father Jovcy who Gods, and Mortals fwayes ? Yea, Land, Sea, World extended wide With various feafons doth divide From whom there nothing fprings,greater than he; Tike nothing lives, nor can a fecond be : Yet fhall next honours Pallas grace, Though feated in a lower place. CD C s iO 0 p B S, Bdo2£ !. Nor will I, warlike Bacchuiy let thee gee, Nor Diawy fav?ge beafts e.ternal foe : Phosbns likewife have a parr, Dreadful with nnavoided dar;. With HerepfUs I Led4% fons muft name, liorfe-fervice this, Fgot-fight gives th'other Fame : Whofe brighter llarre, when firft in skie, The wakemi Say lor doth defer ie, Down from the rocks impetuous waters flow; The winds furceafe, the clouds difpelled goe: And threatniDg waves ( fo the Twins will) Upon the Oceans brow are llill. Thefe mention'd firft, fliall Romulus obtain The next record, or 'iiumu's peaceful raign ? Shall I the power of Tartjuins ftate. Or Cato's manly death relate ? Stout Rtgulusy the Ssauriy Paulusy free of his great foul in Canna'% vicfory ; Orlhall my grateful tongue rehearfc Fabrieiusy in refplendent verfc ? Who with the valiant Curius, rough in guife And hair uncomb'd, did with Camillus rife To high advancement, homely bred In their poor Grand-Sires lands, and Shed. MarceUus Fame is like a fpreading Tree, Which groweth llill, although infenlibly : Each eye the Juliun Starre admires, As CwthiA 'aiQiigft the le|r« fires. : " " Greai • Book. I. Oi> B S i Great Father, and Proteftor of Man-kmd From Saturn fprung, to thee the Fates alfign'd The care of mighty Cafar ; Reign, And Cafar fecond place obtain. ide whether itt Fall triumph lead along The vanquifli'd Parthians, who neer Lat'mm throrig, Or Serei^ and fwart Indians tame. That Eaft-vvard tremble at his name : He lefs, but Juft, the fpacions world ihall guide j Heav'n-fhaking, thou in thund'ring Chariot ride. And thy offended lightning caft On Grove?, which harbour the unclialfe. Od 5 XIII. By Sir if. F. To LYDIA. He coTffplains that Xelephus is preferr 4 before him, V *"1^He Arm? that Wax-like bend, X And every henge when you commend, On which the Head doth turn Of Telephusy ahj how I burn I Madnefs my mind doth rap, My Colour goes; and the wafm fap Wheefing through either Eye, Showes with what lingring Flames I frie. I frie; when thy white hue Is in a Tavern brawl dy'd blew, Or when the fliarp-fet Youth Thy melting Kifj grinds with his Tooth, C 3 Beleieve'f, 0T> E S4 Book L Believe'Cjhis love's not found That can fuch healing kiffes wound ; Kifles which P^enus hath Made fupple inaNeftarbath. O their felicitie Whom a firm cord of love doth tie, Unbrolte with wicked Itrife, And twilled with their threds of Life! Oe D XIV. BySirr-H. T'et^e ^ommonrveahh preparing afrejh far Civil-year, O Ship,what do'll ? frefii ilorms again Will drive thee back into the Main ; Bravely recover Port,and fliore. See'll not th'art deilitute of Oar ? Swift South-well windes invade thy mail. Thy fail-yard cracks with every blall ? And cables fcarce thy keel affure, Thofe furly billows to endure ? Thy fails are torn,and thou a thrall. No. gods halle to invoke at all. Though Pontique Pine ( woods noble race ) Thou boall thy barren name and place; The fearful Sailer f dangers tride ^ Doth not to painted Ihips confide : Take heed unlefs thou hall a minde To be a fport unto the winde. ( Oh my defireand greatell care, Earll horrour to ray heart) Beware, And Hie in time thofe Ihelfie Seas, Which run betwixt bright Cycla^s, Ode IS ^ok i. ODES. Or>EXV. ByShT.B. T'ht Prophecy of Ncreiis canter mug the defrhBion of Troy. WHen inthe tfetlierousTWainj With Helkn his Greek, miiirefs crOit the maiiig Mrfaif, that ill events he might prefage, Becalm'd with lazy rell; the fwifc windes rage» Thou her tak'il: home with thee in an ill bower. Whom Greece fliall fetch again with armed powers Confpiring todiflblve thy married ftatej And Prium's antient Kingdothe ruinate. Alas! what toil for horfe, for men what pain. What direful funerals*of Trojans flain. See,/'Rom mount Lyms^to fweet Lucretile, Swift-footed Pan is flitting ev'ry while. And is ftill my Goats defence From ftorms,and Sols hot influence. Dams from theix noifom leaders ft'-ay'd away, e. O'reall the woods fecurely forrage may. Seeking Thyme and VVildings there; Nor do the Kids infolded fear Green-fpeekled-fnakes, nor wolfs to Mars aflign'd .• VVheree'r vales (Tyndaris) and the fteepinclia'd Aaigt' Mount F a 5 ODES, Bookfook Mountfleek Rocks bound, Again the Pipes harmonious found.' Me, Gods proteft, and in my pietie, And Lyr !c -Mufe,they much delighted be: Rural weakh here plenty grows. And with a bounteous horn o'r-flows. Here in Mitmirun-Vii\t may'ft thou decline The T>og filers heat; and chaunt in Tejan line P/wf/opCjand Cirbe clear,' Who both for one man anxious were. Here may'ft thou prortratein a fhadie bowery Bolls of unnaufeous LerW/jn-ww devour: Nor fliall Baichus juice excite Thee to outragious brawls and fight. Nor fhalt thou *f jealous fearful ftandy Left he o'r-lay thee with lafcivious hand. Rending chapletsfrom thy crown, And undeferv'dly tear thy gowr< O de XVIII. By Siri?. K 7-fl OjllNTlLiUS VARUS. That with moderate drinking of wine^ the minde is esthilt^ rated: with immoderatt^.q»arrelshegotteH„' And E: OF all the trees,plant me the facred Vine In mellow fields,and let it climbe Tl (^athyllas walls : for Jove doth cares propound "Cr Tofober heads,wliich in full cups are drbwn'd. _ Is Of want,or war, who cries out after wine ? Thee father Baeehus. thee fair Bridnci P' m lok ^ok lo ODES. 17 Who doth not fing ? but through intemp'rate ufe, Leaft * Liber's gifts you turn into abufe. Think of the Centmres braul, fought in their Cans, With Lapithes ; and to Sithonians * Other Heavy Evousy when their heated blood names of Makes little difference betwixt what's good, Sacehns. And what is not. No, gentle Bafareuy I will not force thee; nor betray to view Thy vine-clad parts: fupprefs thy Thraeian hollow. And difmal dynn: which blind felf-love doth follow. And Glory-puffing heads with empty worth. And aGlafs-bofomc pouring fecrets forth. o D1. xrx. 0/GLYCERA. 'Argument. Hoif leaHteoHs Glycera infires Ha heart with amorous dejires. tJlLater fetVA. TYrannic chargeth me, And Bacchus th' heir of Thehan Semeky And wanton leifure bids me too, Extinguilht flames of Cupid, to renew. Fair Glycera inflames me fore. Than any Parian Marble glitt'ring more t Her plealing coynefs, and her face Is over-ruinating for a gaze. The C^een of love her Ifle forfook, Falling fore on me,nor will Sothim brooki Wlf . '" Nor ■ 2% OPES. Booi Nor flout back-darting Partkiafis For my Pens thearn,nor unconcernirig drains. Here (fervants) green turf-altars rear. Vervains,and facred Frankincenfe place here. A Boll of two-years wine,to thefe A viftime flain, fhe will her ire appeafe. Ode XX. To MAECENAS. Argument. IfeprAys Matcenas/ar oguefi Unto a plain ani homely feafl. Vile potalis. THou'fl bouze cheap Salinf'm fmall cup, Which inCjrff^Buttmy felfdaub'^d up; When Theaters with Ovations high Rang in the skie. Thy fames (thou of Equeftrian rank Macenas) that thy Tilers bank. And the cccho tofs'd thy praife again "Prom th' Tatkanes €acttUan^znA Calenian wines, Shall be thy drink. No Falern vines. Nor Grapes which crown the Formian knolls. Flow in my bolls. O ds 3 ookl, ODBS, 3f . ^ O de XXI. BySiVr./f. ins. f^i I^Ou tender virgins,found D/W/name, X (Boyes) be your fong youthful Apollo's fame, 1 Latona lik,ewife touch. By Jove affeflted much. 'Maids) mention her,who loved rivers fo, Ind woods which on cold Algidns do grow. On Erymant are fpreadj Or Cragus verdant head. ''Boyes) with your notes delightful Tempt grace, ,. knd Beks chiinrit^Af olio's native place j His lhouIders,quiver-dight, .. And harp of heavenly might, de, with our prayers mov'd, fhall banift far, iharp hunger,pellilence, and direful war From Prince and people, to Ferjtan, and Britijk foe, Is. Ode 22. ipi y Ode XXII. By Sir r .H". ro ARISTIUS. Integrity of life is eWry where fafe, which hepravttlif his own example. WHo lives uprighrj,andpureof heart ( O FufcHs) neither needs the dart. Nor bow,nor quiver,fraught with ftore Of /hafts envenom'd by the Moor : Whether o*re Libya's parched fands. Or CaucafHs that houlelefs Hands, " He takes his journey ; or thofe places Through which the fam'd Hydafpes traces, For ('carelefs) through the Sahin grove, Whileft chaunting Ldagefl rove. Not well obferving limits due, A wolf ( from me unarmed ) flew; A monfter fuch as all exceeds, ^ Which in huge words fierce Damia feeds: ^ pr thofe that Jttba's kingdome hath, j. The Dcfart-nurfe of lions wrath. Place me in coldell Champanies,where 3^ No SuKsmer-v/irmth the trees do cheer; TetmeinthatdullClimatereft, Which clouds ^nd fullea infeft ? ^ ;kl. ODES] fea place me underneath the Carre too near Pheebui : feated farre ^roradwellings: Ldage He Jove, A^hofe fmiles, whofe words fo fweetly move. J AParafhrafeonthefame Ode, By S. W. To Fuse US ARISTIUS. THe juft man needs nor Sword nor Bow, Thofe armes hisfear^ not fafety fliow, W^ho better has for his defence Strong guards of innocence. For if along rough fhoars he coaft, Temfefts and Seoi on him are loR, Or if he Cawapts pafs by, Tygers their rage deny. \ wolf that croft me in my grove, As I walkt muling on my love Beyond tny bounds, and no armes had. Was of ray love afraid. Away he fled, though Baaim yields ^0 greater monfter in her fields: riiough tApica which Lions breeds. None half fo cruel feeds. 'lit me where never Summer breeze Kill the dull earth, or lifelefs trees. In that skirt of the world, where fhow'rs Do number out the hours. 32 ODE S. Book I Or place me in the Torrid Zone, Where never houfe or roan was knowOj If there tny Lalrge but fmiie _ And fing, He love the while. O de XXIII. To CHLOE. AVgumenti Chloe adftJt: no canfe mw why She (hould from mens emhracements ft)' Titos hinntthe. 1v CHhe, thou Ihunn'll me like a wanton Fawfi Of titn'rous Dam forfook in pathlefs lawn j Dreading with minde agaft Ev'ry bulh, and every blaft. For as when Ztfhyrsu trembling leaves doth jfhake, Or green-fpeckt Newts make bramble bulhes quake So tremulous is Ihe, Dith'ring both in heart and knee; But I not to devour thee now purfue. As Lions, and wild TygersdO. , O leave thy Mother pray, i_j Now grown ripe for Tirna play. Tell iDfl Shal Ase And Not pfri But The Qui You Vet, Toil God HatI 'Tisl t'W Ode XXIV. i DokI| ODBSl Ode XXIV. By^irf.H. to virgiL r f H'ho immiderately hwaikd the c/Qgintilius; \ "k KElfonienS') whotii Jove bur Father daignes rj_Vl Snrilvbiteapply'dtb harps raelodibusllrain^^ Tell in fad notes how far the bounds extend love,and fliame unto fo dear a friend j Shall then in endlefs fleep Q»intilm lie ? ' As equal unto whom, pure Modefty, 'jj ^nd Jurtice' filler. Faith fincere and plains Nor naked Verity fhall ever gain? , Of many worthy men bemoan'd he fell, h\xt {Virgil) no mans griefcanthine excell; Thou (loving J doll (alas) the in vairl Quintiliust not fo lent thee,ask again, t^atifmore fweer,than Thraciari OrfheHsmxs^ e, Vou trees perfwade to hearken to your lyre ? Jake, Vet can you not,return oflife command Toihadow vain,which once with dreadful wsirid^ God MercurjiyUdwilUng Fate t' unlock. Hath forc'd to dwell among the Stygian flock; ., . 'Tis hard, I grant; " But patience makes that lighfji " Which tOcOrrefti Or change,exceeds Our riiight. av 0 fhe 0 DM $, Book I. Bo The fame by Sir R. F. To VIRGIL. who lamented imfttoderately the death 0/ Qj^intllian. WHat fhame,or ftint in mourning ore So dear a Head ? Weep not but rore Melpomene^ to whom thy Sire Gave a fhrill voice, and twanging lyre. But does Quintilian fleep bis laft? Whofe Fellow,Modefty,and faft Faith,withher Sifter Jufticejoyn'd And naked truth,when will they find Bewail'd by all good men,he's gone: But. then Thee Firg/7,more by none. Thoubegft back ^ah ! piousi^vain) Thee,not fo Ient,^/«/t/w«. If fweeter then the Thracian Bard, Thou could'ftftrike tunes by dull Trees heard,. The blood would never more be made To flow into the empty Ihade, Which Hermes with his horrid wand (Inflexible to countermand ' Th' unevitable doom of Death) Once drove te the black Flock beneath, ' 'Tis hard : But Patience makes that lefs, Cau Which all the World cannot redrefs. Thar And jr Ode' N To! Whi Tho Ho J Tho Thy Innt Whe Such Book I. odes: O di! xxv, To LrDJA, Argument. He Lydia fcojfs for Aged look^ i And cattfe her Stiitcrs her forf lok^ Parcitts NOw froward youths rap not fo fore At thy fliut cafements as before, To break thy fleep; thy gates love much Their threlholds toughj Which wont fo ^ft on glib hinges run: Thou'rt lefs and lefs now call'd upon^ Ho Lydia 1 fleep'ft all night while I Thy lover die ? Thou,anag'd Quean,again fhaltmoan Thy fcornful Paramours,all alone, In narrow lanes; while North-wiiids range 'Bout Phceh's change 3 When fragrant love,and luftful flames, Such as infuriates Horfes dams, Thy ulcer'd breaft with rage impaled, ^ Not without wails? Caufe youth likes verdant Ivy more. Than Myrtle almoft fabled o'f ? And gives to Tieber's Wintry tide Boughs wicher-^dry^d, odes: O de XXVI. BySirT.i/. To his Mufe concerning t/£liits Lamia. Jt is mt fit for the lovers of the Muf rs to he f 'ihieci to can and fadnefs. The Poet commendeth hisLamhtotl Pimpltan Mufe. I, Who the Mufes love,fadnefs,and fear Will co rough winds conimir,that they may bear Them to the Cretiqne fea, careicfs, who fwayes, And whom the far-North dweller laoft obeys: Or what doth great Tirridates affright. OmyPimpIean Mufe C my hearts delight; ) O thou who near pure Fountains jitteft down. Wreath o'droiis flowers for Lamia.,wrsath a crown, Little without thee worketh my applaufc: *Tis now become thine,and thy Siller's ca ife Him,with unufed drains to celebrate, And with thy Leshian lyrc to confecfate. AC Thej Y( A Wot Falei O Nol Fenu Vi St Cora It is, A B( Wha Can . Sc F j O de XXVII. By Sir^.f. To his Companions. To his Companions feafiing together^ that they fhenU$\/ ' *- 'f'-t— C/rU*. ■t-Uo' T' t^uarrel in their drink^t G' fetvesy after the manner of the Barbarians. 'pjj, With Goblets made for Mirth, to hgbt, 'Tis barbarous: leave that rite, y Nor mix the balhful blufhing God Of Wine,with quarrels and with blood. A c4 ^^0(41. ODES; 37 i A Cand-ftick, and Quart-por, how far, They differ from the Cymitar ? Your wicked noife Companions ceafe, And on your Elbows lean in peace, g Would you have tne to Ihare th' aullere (j Falernian liquor : Let tne hear MegelUs brother, by what eyes, Of what bleft wound and fhaft he dies. No 1 then will I not drink: whatever •ear ^'''*'ft''me$thee,flietoaftsthy Liver . With fires thou haft no caufe to cover, O * Still finning an ingenuous lover. Come, thou may'ft lay itwhatfoere It isjfecurely in my Ear, Ah wretch I in what a Whirl-pool tane > Boy worthy of a better flame, ' What Witch with htrTheffaliMKoA Can loofe thee from thofe charmes? What God ? . Scarce Pf^-j/k/himfelf can thee From this three-fliap'd Chimr/iit^i, A Tarafhraft on the fame Ode, hy Dr. P.' 7\ 7Hat? Quarrel in your drink, my friends ? V ye'abult u Glaflcs,and Wine,tnade for a better ufe. 'lis a Dutch trick j Fie, let your brawling ceafe. And from your Wine and Olives learn both mirth' and peace. ' Your [words drawn in a T^'j/.Tflgwhileft the hand That holds them Ihakes, and he that fights cann'c D 5 Shtath i ^ odes: Sheath 'nm for fliame, embrace, kifs,fo away, ^ Not Sit down, and ply the bufinefs of the day. ? But rie not drink, unlefs T, S. declares The Who is his ^ij^rf/f,andwhofe wounds he wears, Whence comes the glance, from what fweet-killing,' The £ye. Anc That finks his Hope folow, and mounts his Mufe ft An< Wilt thou not tell? Drawer, what's to pay? ■ If you're refert'd Tie neither drink nor Hay ; Tm Or let me go,or out w'ft j flie mull be ^ Worth naihing, fure; whofeF.«tif it was to conquei {, thee: Spea|c foftly, She! forbid it Heaven above ( But Th< Uhhapfty youth ! unhappy in thy love ; T1 * Oh how I pity thy Eternal pain { , Thou never can'ft get loofe, thou never canft ob' ' tetstalkno more of love, my friends, letsdrinki gain. ^ Bm Jul W1 Obe XXVIII. BySirr./T. Wl To Atchitas,^? PhilofopherfaiidGeemetricianflsprefented,a An fmring to a certain Mariner-, that all vpen mtifi die,a In intreatinghintythat he would not fuffer hisbedyto liei An the fhoremburkd. Bu ' (V THe poor gift of a little dull, confines, And neer unto the Matine fhore enlhrines now (Architas) who could'llmeafure well The Sea,the Earth, and Sands,which none can tell. ODE S,^ y| Nor could it any h^Ip,or profit be, I Death being ready ftill to feizs on thee j ::, |Thofe airy manfions to have fought from hence, g And oft furvey'd the Heavens circumference, jjjja.'Thefireof /"e/o/ir,who with did.feafi. And aged 7j^A9»,flirunk"at Deaths arreft: yfg fj And Joves counfels call'djwas flain, And Panihis^^iAe., fent down to Hell again; Though by t^ IhieW pull'd down, he proving well That his Firft-birth in Trojane ages fell, Affirmed,that Death nought kill'd,but nerves & skin: tique Natures power was better feen:) ^ But we into one felf-fame night do fall, And muft the paths of Death tread once for all, , - The Furies fome to games of ^ply. The greedy failer drench'd in fails doth lie. In death both young and old, by heaps do joyn j Norany head efcapes fad inka South-wind,crookedOm>a's Mate O're-whelmed in lUyrian waves of late: But ( gentle Friend ) be pleas'd now I am dead, —■ In loofefands to interreray bones,and head. Which done (fo thou be fafe ) may th' Eaftern-wind, Which Hits JJefperian billows, be alfign'd To blufter lowctiy in ^woods : And may on ev'ry fide,thy traffiqu'd goods In plenty flow to thee from Joves\\xik hand, 0 lie I And Neptune, who Tarentum doth command : ' But if this fault of thine Ihallfeem but flight, (Which may upon thy harmlefs iffue light) y I wifli due punilhment and proud negleft. May on thy funeral Obfequies refleft : gjj Nor Ihall my prayers be poured forth in vain. Nor vows have flrength to fet thee free again. D 4 Yet 4© O 2> B Si ^ookl Yet if thou hafte, no longer ftay I crave. But thrice to throw the duft upon my Grave. G de XXIX. by Sir r. if. To ICCIUS. /# is A firange thing, that Iccius the Philofopher intermii- ting his Studies, jhould become a man at Armes, out tj the le of money, ICcm, thou now the envy Their g olden treafure,and to warrs doll hie, ?Gairift the Sahetm Kings unvanquilhed, And nets prepar'll to fnare the horrid Meie, What Captive Damfel her beloved flain Shall ferve thee now ? What youth of noble ftrain Shall now annointed,on thy Cup attend, Prompt,from his fathers Bow fwift-lhafts to fend ? Who can deny but falling Rivers may Run up fteep hills,and Tjher backward llray: When thou *J>anetms books on all fides fpught, And houfeof ^otr^itojWhere ar ts were taught, Do'll into Steely Spanif) armes tranflate. With promife to thy felfof better Hate. pde jc, ^kl Book X. 0 D M S, Ode XXX. Tf VENUS. Argument. He implores Vetilis to, refrdiit Her Cyprus, and, her pre fence daign ^ GlyctSi^confecratei Fane, O Venus regtna. OVtnusy Cntie'i and Paphos Queen^ At Cyprushc lefs gracious feen: To beauteous Temple go. Where odours flow. Take with thee Cupid, ungirt graces, , , The agile Nymphs with their fwift paces, ttain j^yintas fullen without thee, , ^ And Mereurie. O de XXXI. By Sir To APOtLO. He sukes not riches, of ApoIlo, lut that be may have 4 found mind in a found body. Hat doe?the Poet Phoebus pray. In his new Fane? what does he fay, Pouring fweet liquor frotn the cup? Not give me fat Sardinian crop. Not 0 J> M S, Booki; Not hot CaUWtas goodly Kye: Not Gold,and Indian Ivory; Not Fields which quiet Llris laves. And eats into with lilent waves. Proyne,They that have them, Maflick Vines: In Golden Goblets carowfe Wines, The wealthy Merchant,which he bought With Merchandife from .Sjriig brought. The Minion of the Gods : as he That in one year the Altantick^ Sea Three or four times,unpunilh'd paft. Mine OlivesjEndivemy Repaft, And Mallows light. Latona'% Son^ In Alindeand Bodies health my ostn T' enjoy ; old Age from dotage free ^ And [olac d with the Lute,give me. The fame hy Sir T. H. Tl^Hat doth thy Poet ask ( Phoebus divine j ) ■ ^ What craves he, when he pours the bowles of Not the rich corn of. fat ( wine? Nor fruitful Flocks of burnt Calabria^ Nor gold, nor Indian ivouQ ; nor the grounds. Which filent with foft llream arrounds. Let thofe whom Fortune fo much ftore alfigns. Prune with Calenian hook their fertile vines : Let the rich Merchant to the Gods fo dear, ( For fo I term him right, who every year. Three,or four rimes, vifits the Atlantiejue feas From fhipwrack free: ) Let him his palate pleafe ; And in guilt bowls drink wines of highcft price. Bought with the falc of 5jrw»Merchandicc. Loofe Booki: o s. 45 Loofe Mallows, Succorie,and Olivte-planc Serve me for food. O Apollo) grant To me in health,and free from life's annoy. Things native, and foon gotten to enjoy; And with a mind compos'd old Age attain, Notlo.athfome,nor depriv'd of Lyrkk. ftrain. O de XXXII. To his Lyre, Argument. • He hUs his Lyre fiill ready le To chear him up mth Melody, Pofcimus Jt quid. beg, if wefupinelylane, In fhrouds with thee play'd ere a ftrain Worth Fame's Record, 6 Lyre difplay In Latine Lay: On which firft refqunded. Who (though with Mars fierce broyls furrounded. Or that his fhstter'd fail he ty'd Toth'Ocean fide.) Of Li^fr, Mufesy Vmm fung. And th' youth that a! wayes to her clung. And Lycm for black eyes and hair. Of prefencerare.- O Lyre, 44 0 D E S, Book L OLyre, ^c/Zo't ornamenr, Yielding Jives banquets bleft content. My toil$ fweetfolace^ hail while I Unto thee cry. On E XXXIII. to ALBIUS TIBULLUS. Argument. He Albius wUls not lay't ta hearty Though undefervedly on his Curfi Glycera refftEleth mart Hit Rivals and Competites^, i Albiy nedoleas, ALliusy not too excellively condole Har/h Glycera s unkindnefs: neither howl Out mournful Elegies, though thy junior be Perfidioufly preferr'd to thee. Lycorisy fam'dfornarrowfore-head,burns For Cyrus love ; and Cy^usy loe he turns Unto coy Pboloe ; But e'r Pholoe erre With that all-bafe Adulterer, Goats with Apulian wolfs lhall copulate : So f '.nusy and dire Cupid pleafe, who mate Unequal forms,and diff'rent mindes together Vyithin a 3rafen yoke and Tether. ( . BookX. ODE s: 45 i But when a fairer Miltrcfs courted tne, Myrtle me held in fweet captivity, • A Libertine,more fierce than Adrian Seas, Which crooktly 'bout Calabria preaze. O de XXXIV. By Sir To himfelf. Repenting that having followed the Epicureans ^ hthai been little fiudioHs in worjhipping the Gods* I, That have feldome worfliipt Heaven, As to a mad Seft too much' };tv*n. My former wayes am foiiced to balk, And after the old light to walk. ForCioud-dividing, lightning-Zoft, Through a clear Firmament late drove His thrundring Horfes,and fwift wheels: With which fupporting AtlastQsls: With which Earth,Seas, the Stygian Lake, And Hell,with all her Furies quake. It fhopk me too. God pulls the Proud From his high Seat,and from their Cloud Drav/s the obfcure: Levels the hills, Aud with their Earth the vallies fills: 'Tis all hedoes, he does it all; Yet this,blind Mortals. Fortune call. Ode 35. 46 O 3 M Si Bodkl Ode XXXV. BySirr.f/", Bool To Fortune. If to Shur Prefi I Boui He hefeecheth her^that(he mttld freferve Csefar »»• to Britany. I And OGoddefs,which beloved AntiarH fwayesj Still ready with thy powerful Arm to rai^ Men,from the low degree of wretched thrals» Or turn proud Triumphs into Funerals; The poor and ruftick Clown with humble plea Solicites thee: The Lady of the Sea He loudly invocates, who ere doth fweep In Afian veflel the Carpathian Deep. The Davian rough,the viinAting'Stythiany Kingdomes and Cities; the fierce Latian : ^ Thee Mothers of Barbarian Kings do fear. And Tyrants,which bright Purple garments wear. Let not a {landing Pillar be ©'rethrown By thy offended foot; Nor be it known. That troops of Warlike people now at refl; Take Arraes again, and Empire's peace infefl. Still, fharp Necellitie before thee goes, Holdenin Brazen hand, (aspledge of woes^ Tormenting beams, and wracks: and more to daunt. Sharp hooks,and molten lead do never want. Thee, Hope,and fimple Faith in white attire,^ Much honour,and thy company defire j How e're thou do'ft another habit take. And made a Foe to Great Men,them forfake. But the falfe Multitude,and perjur'd Whore Retireth back: yea friends,when veffel's llore 'The Fie Bad Wh Or Ah Agt flfe l,^BookI. 0 I>E Sli ^7 Jif to the dregs drunk up, away do flie, I Shunning the yoke of mutual povertie ; ^ ipreferve thou Cafar fafe,we thee implore, «: Bound to the worlds remotcft 5r/W(?» fliore, ? And thofe new T roops of youth,whofe dreadful fighcj The Ball and ruddie Ocean doth affright. ' Fie on our broyles,viIe Affsjand Brothers fall. Bad Age! what mifchiefdo we Ihunatall? what youth,his hand for fear of Gods contains ? : Or who from facred Altar's fpoil refrains ? Ah ! rather let's dull fwords new forge,and whet Againilth'itfr/riwoand the Majfaget. O de XXXV-I. To POMPONIUS NUMIDA. Argument. Onr Lyrick^joydy exultr amdn For Numida '/rf#«y» front Spain. Et thuroy & ' Ith Frankincenfe and Lyric Lay, junt, „ And bullocks juftly flaughter'd, let 's allay Great tutelary . Who fafe arriV'd from Spains remot'ff aboder, Gave's dear friends many a-kifs-falute, But to fweet Lamia moil did diftribute .* Remembring how both ferved all I Their youthful day es under one General, 1$ And 4* 0 D E Be And both their gowns together quit. This beauteous day iignwith a Chalky friiit t let Vail Wine-rundlets freely fpout, And Salian like inceflfant skip aboutj J^or more let foaking Dam'lis bouze. Than Bajftti in a Thracim carrOuze. Let Rofes,Parfley ever green, And fading Lillies much at fealls be feeni All lhall their eyes with Lull infelled On Dam lis call,nor Dam'lis be wrelled From her new Paramour, who combine Clofer than any amorous Ivies twinci O de XXXVn. BySirTiH. He Th As Puj Wl Di. f Of wi Sui Du Ha, An Ma She Inl To To his Companions. IVhom he exherteth to li merry fipori the Newes of tk[ A£liaque victory. NOw let us drink, now dance (Compaaions) now, Let's Salian banquets to the Gods allow; It might before this time be thought a (in, ' . To broach old Cacuhe wines, ivhilll the niad Qfjeert ^ Prepar"d the ruine,and difailtotis fkll, Both of the Empire and the Capitoli, With her fcabb'd Troop of men effeminate, Proud with vaft hopes,&;/r«;!i^with profp'rousftates,^! But the fcarce fafety of one Blip from fire i O Lefs'ned her fury,whilft great Cafars ire feCe; To real fears enforc'd her to religrt | Her minde enrag'd with Mareetiqtte wine, I Heft Book i. O D £S, He prefled with fwift veflels to enchain This mbnfter,flying Italy amam : As Hawk the fearful Dove,or Hunter fwift Purfues the Hare th'row i^mon's fnowiedrift t I Whilft flie,thatihe might die the nobler way, ^ Did neither as a woman fear the ray Of brandifli'd fword, nor laboured to flie, With fpeedy flight infecree nooks to lie : But with an eye ferene,and courage bold, Durft her dejected Palaces behold, Handle the hiffiug Adder and the Snake, And in her body their black poyfon take ; Made the more fierce by death determined, - She: (Noble Spirit) fcorned to be led In hortile veflels, as a private thrall, To fill proud triumphs with her wretched fall. A9 now, ;eni O de XXXVIII. To his Servant. ■I - Argument. He mils his Servant,rooms he drefl fyith Myrtle onely at his Feafi, Perfcos tdi. bte! QErvant, all Pcrfian pomp difdain, 1 O FromTcyl-rinde pleated Crowns refrain ; I'Ceafefufcherfcrutmy where grows I • The tsirdv Rofe He For 50 ODES, Book i| For nothing but plain Myrtles care. They molb befeeming Servants are : | And for my felf too, tiplinglaid In Vine-tree fhads, T'he end of the Firjl ODE tie Sh( Th Fu Tr 51 O D E BOOK II. O i) E I. By Sir R. K r# C ASINIUS POL Lid, tie (xhorts hiM io intermit a while his writing, "/Tra- gedies, until he have finifht his Bifiorj of the Civil fVar e/Rome ; Then extells that Work. TH E Civil War from the firft feeds,' The Caufes ofir,Vices, Tides Of various Chance, and our prime LordE Fatal Alliance,and the Swords Sheath'd,burnotyet hung up,and oyi'd, The Quarrels fully re^onciTd; Thou writ'ft a work of hazard great, . And walk'ft on Embers indeceic- Full Aflies.rak't. Letrhyfevere Tragical Mufe a'while fo! bear E thi 52 ODES, Book 1||, The Stage * This pubJickTask then done, Thy Buskins high again put.on, Afflifted Clients grand fupport And light to theconfulting Court: Whom thy Dalmatick^ triumph crown'd With deathlefs Hayes. Hark howthefound Of thy brac'd Drums, awakes old fears, Thy Trumpets tingle in our ears: How clattering armes make the Horfe fi^og, And from the Horfe-man's face the blood. Now, now amidft the Common Heard Seethe great Generals fight, befraear'd With glorious duft; and quel'd the whole World, but unconquer'd C.«to's Soul! J«»9,and whatfoever Gods, To ^ffrick^ Friends,yiclded to th* odds Of Reme ; the Vigors Grandfons made A Sacrifice to Jugurth's lhade. What Field,manur'd with Daunian blood Shews not in Graves,our impious Feud, And the loud crack of LatiumshW', Heard to the Babylonian wall ? What lake, what river's ignorant Of the fad war ? what Sea with paint of Latino (laughter, is not red ? What land's not peopled with our dead ? But wanton Mufe, leall leaving Toyes, Thou Ihould'il turn Odes to Elegies, Let us in Dionoian Cell Seek matter for a lighter Quill. OiC f Book II. Q J> ES, 53 O oe II . By Sir Ta C. SALUSTIUS CRISPUS. Firfit he fraifes P. for his liberality to his brothers: Then (hews, that he who can reprefs his appetite, and defpife money,is onely a King, onely happy. thou enemy of gold, Mettles, which th' earth hath hoar Jed, Mould, Until with moderate exercife Their colour rife. No Age the name of Pontitts fmothers. For being a Father to his Brothers .• Surviving Fame on towring wings His bounty fings. He that reftrains his covetous foul. Rules more,then if he fhouid controul Both Land and Sea; and addea Indies 10 th'£^y?. The cruel Dropfie grows,felf-nurft. The thirft not queBcht,till the caufe firft Be purg'd the veins, and the faint humour Which made the tumour. V'ertue,that reves what Fortune gave. Calls crown'd Phraates his Wealth's flave. And to the Common People teaches More proper fpeeches. E 3 Giving 54 on ESI Book 111 Giving a Jceprer, and fure Throne, And unfliar'd Palmes to him alone, That f unconcerned) could behold Mountains of Gold. O D E 111. By Sir R. F. To DELLIUS. That the minde jhonld not he cafl down with adverjlty, m fuft Hp withprefpority : Bnt that we (honld live mt rilyy Jinct the eonditien of dyin^ is equal to all. KEep ftill an equal minde,not funk With ftormes of adverfe chance, not drunk With fweet Profperitie, O Dellius that muft die. Whether diou live ftill melancholy, Orftrietcht in a retired valley ; Make all thy howers merry With bowls of choiceft Sherrie. Where the white Poplar and tall Pine, Their hofpitable lhadow joyn, And a foft purling brook, Withwrigling ftream doth crook ; Bid hithjsr Wines anAOynttnents bring. And the too fliort fweets of the Spring, Whilft wealth and youth combine, And the Fates give thee Line. Book II. O D I si 55 Thou muft forgoc thy purchas'd feats, Ev'n that which golden Tykr wets, Thou tnuft} and a glad Heir Shall revel with thy care. If thou be rich,born of the Race of antientor bafe Lieft in the ftreet; all's one, Impartial death fparcsnone. All go one way ; Ihak'd is the pot. And firft or lall comes forth thy jot. The Pafs, by which thou'rt fent T' Efernal banilhtpent. , m mv O J) E IV. By Sir R. F. To XANTHIA PHOCEUS. Tha Rented not he afhamed of heing in love with n Str-i viag-maid: for that the fmeh^hefdnmAnyaCreat Man. •' TO love a Serving-Maid's no ihpme j The white Brifeis did enflame Her Lord Aehillesyand yet none Was prouder known. j Stout Telamonian Ajax prov'd His Captives Slave; Atrides lov'd Inmidft of all his Viftories, A Girl his prixe: £ WheSi 5^ ODES, Bookll,. When the BarhrUn fide went down. And JFffSeJw death rendred the Town Of Troj,more eafie to be carried By wearied^ Know'ft thou from whom fair PMlUs fprings ? Thoumay'ft befon in law to Kings; She mourns,as one depos'd by Fate From regafftate. Believe't flie was not poorly born: ThoceuSf fuch Faith, fo brave a fcorn Of tempting riches,could not come From a bafe womb. Her face,round armes,and every lim I praife unfmit. Sufpeft not him, On whofe loves wild-fire Age doth throw Its cooling Snow. . Argument. Since leAHteoHS Lalage'r unfit For Hymens ntw,or Venusjft ; He mil with Continency s-reign^ All wild Concupifence rejlrain. Nondum fuhaEla. S yet with neckfubdu'd Ihe cannot 'bide The yoke,nor anfwer th' office of a bride; Nor iullain the eagerful, Fierce rullies of a poudrous bulb ODE V. Upon Thy Book n. ODES, 57 Thy heifer 'bout the Verdant nuedows roves; Sometimes in brooks t' allay her thirft {he loves j And fometimes Ihe's much rejoycM To fport with Calves'mongft Sallows moyft. Reftrain all longing for Grapes iinmature : Straight gaudiey^«^«»» decktin Purple pure Will to thee ripe clufters fend. Straight Ihe thy foot-fteps will attend. For fleet-heel'd Time with rapid motion flows, And years fubtrafted from thy date bellows On her. Straight with brazen brow Will a husband wope. More lov'd than Chrkf or nice Pkoke : Her candid Ihoulders glittering,like the Sea In the night with Moon-lhine dy'd ■, Or Cy^wfprung from th' Ifle of Cnide: Whom if thou rank-ll among the Virgin Fyle, His fcarce-fpy'd difference eas'ly might beguile Quick-ey'd llrangers,for his Grace Of fhev'led hair,and dubious face. OoE VI. BySirr./f. T» SEPTIMIUS. He vnifketh Tybur and Tarentum may It the feat of hu old agCywhofe fweetnefs he praifeth, SEptimiusy ready bent, with me Kade Cantabers, or CWe/to fee, And thofe inhofpitable Quick-fands,where The Moorijh feas high billows rear. TybHfy 58 ODE S, Bookil, Tyf>ury which th' Argi'v^s built (O may) That be the place ot my laft day : May it my limit be, of eafe From journeys,warfare,and rough feas* But if the Sifter-Fates deny, I'le to rich fleec'd GaUftts hie. And thence down to 7ftray, Earft fubjeft to Phalantusiviiy. Thattraftof land beftpleafeth me, Where not Hymettias full fraught Bee Yields better honey,and where grow Olives,that equal yfnafro; Where the middle air yields gentle froft. And a long Spring-tide warms the coaft. And Afilon fertile in rich vines, Envieth not FaUrmM wines, Tliat place,with all thofe fruitful hills, Me with defire of thee fulfils: Tliere let thy due-paid tears defcend Ore the warm aflies of thy friend. Ode 7. Book II. 6 D MS, 5? Ode VII. Tq pompeius varus . Argument. .HegratfiUtes that Pompey V comt Infafety to his T^tive home. O fape mecum. O, Thou reduc'c oft to extremeft thrall With me,when was our General; Who to Littmms hberty, And Rural Lars reftored thee Pompey my chiefll affociate ? with whom I Oft many long-day drunk Wine copioulty, My bright hair with unguents fill'd. From rich MalohathrHm diftill'd. I with thee bare th' brunt of Philips Field^ And flying bafely flung away my Ihield, When fhofe foii'd fouldiers fwell'd With boaiisjto blppd-drencht earth werefcll'd; Pay Jow then thy vow'd Janckets,apd repofe Thy limbs out-tir'd with warfare's tedious woes Under njy Bay-lhr6iid,nor fpare What hogiheads for thee deftin'd are, Letpoliflit Goblets freely flow about. With mem'ry-thralling Majfic^ wines: leeni out Sweet Oyles from capacious cup: Who ftrives to pleat a chaplct up Of Mirtle,or mpift Parfley ? Who's the guefli Kenus- throw figns C ontroller of the feaft ? I'Je play Thracian : pleas'd amain To rant,my friend recurn'd again. Ode 8, 6o ODE S. Book II; Obe VIII . BySiri?. F . | ► Te BARINE. •I'haithereis noreafon why he Jhoitld believe her when frvears: for the Gods revenge not the perjuHes of haw fome women, IF any punifhment did follow Thy perjurie : if but a hollow Tooth, or a fpeckled nail, thy vow Should pafs. But thou. When thou haft bound thy head with flight Untwifting oaths,are fairer by't: And like a Comet fpread'ft thy rayes. The publick gaze. It boots thee to deceive the Ghoft Of thy dead Mother, and ftill boaft: Of Heav'n with their etern aboads, And deathlefs^od/. FfM«^ but laughs at what is done, Her eafie nymphs, and cruel fon. On bloodie whetftone grinding ever His burning quiver. Newfuitors daily are inrol'd. New fervants come,nor do the old Forfake their impious Miftrefs dore> Which they forfwore. Thee Mothers for their Fillies dread, Thee gripple Sires,and Wives new wed, Leall thy bewitching breath ftiould fray Their Lords away. Ode 9' Book II. ODES, it O de IX. By Sir T. H. To VALGIUS. That nm at length he mnUdeJifi to deplore hisdeceafed Mylle. I <^116 fwelling Cloud, not alwayespowres e- J. On rugged Fields, impetuous fhowres: I Nor Cafpian Sea {Vnlgitts belov'd) [ With boyftrous ftormes, is ever raov'd : [ Nor on Armenia's bordring Ihore, 1 Dull IJkles Hand alwayes hore: [ Or garden-groves with North-windes riv'd, I Orare Alh-trees of leaves depriv'd. j You ftill in mournful fort complain, I That death hath your dear Myfte flain; / Your love fets not,if T?fper rife, : Nor when from Phoshnsy Hefper flies: ' But thrice-ag'd Nefior did not ftill, f Tears,for Antilochus diftill: Nor Parents,nor fad Sifters,ever To wail young Troilus perfever. Ceafe then at length thy foft complant, And in our fongs,now let us paint Great Trophies, and command. And how conjoyn'd to conquer land. The Median Itream, and Njphate ftrong, In leffer channels run along. And Gelons to lefs limits tide. In far more ftraightned Fields rfo ride. Odexo. outs: O D i X. By Sir A. F. | ro iiciNius. That Mediocrity.,and EqHality of the Mind., in Idth For- 'V tunes, are to-he retained. THe fafeft way of life,is neither To tempt the Deeps, nor whileft foul weathef You fearfully avoid, too near. The fhore to fleer. He that affefts the Golden Mean, Will neither want a houfe that's clean. Nor fwell unto the place of Ihowres Hisenvy'dTowres Thetempell doth more oftenfhake Hir^ePines: andloftieTurrets take The greatdl falls: and Thunder lops The mountain tops; A mind which true proportion bears, In adverfe hopes, in profperous fears The other lot. Winters brings,' And Jdves give Springs. It may be well, if now'tis ill: Sometimes ^dpollo with his Quill, Wakes his dull Harp, and doth not ever Make ufe of's Quiver, In boyflrous Fortune ply thy Oar, And tug it iloutly to thefhore j Ci ontraft in too aufpicious Gales Thy fwelHng fails. /i Par a- Book 11. 0 T>B S. A Paraphrafe OH the fameOic-) lyS.W. Would you a conftant Fortune keep Litinim ? Trult not the falfe Deep; And chough black llormes begin to roar. As little truft chei^ore'.- The man who loves th^ golden mea^i Has his Herth near, and houfe fwept cleain: Below't, he envies not the Court, Above't,he cares notfor'r. Winds oft'neft rear the lofty Pm^ While its low growth defends the Vine; Huge Piles in greatell mines fail. And Thunder levels all. A gallant Irefi hope'well at worft, A change will comejthoogh'tbe long firft; And when'tis come,he fears the belt,- And dare not think of reft. This Heav'n will teach us every year, ffinter has Snmrner in the rear •, And when xhtEhhe doth run moft low, The Tide ere long will flow. Though 'cis bad now, 'twill foon be fpenc, Apollo's Bow *s not alwayes bent. But fometimes he'l the Mafe bid ling, And touch a better firing. When ^4 d 2) £ 5. ^kll; When Fates are crofs, then courage fhow. Be wife when^<«/« more profperous blow ; Strike failj and put nbt too far out, ^ The Wind may turnabout, f Ods XI. BySirr. H. To QJLIINTUS HIRPINUS. Caref laid djide^ let ui live merrily. WHat the Cantalrian ftoiit, or Scythian think,^ Divided from us by rough Adria's brink, ( QnintHs Hihpintts) do not thou enquire, Nor for life's ufe, which little doth defire. Be too folicitous. Sleek youth, apace Haft's hence away,and with tt beauties grace, I>ry-aged hoarinefs which furrows deep Difpelling amorous fires,and gentle fleep. The Summer V\ov!tv% keep not their Native grace. Nor fiiines the bright Moon, with a conftant tace. Why doft thou vex thy iriinde, fubordinate Unto the counfels of f ternal Fate ? Why under this high Piaih,or Pine-trees fhade Indifcompofed manner,carelefs laid Anoint not we,and then to drink prepare ? Free Bacchus diffipates confuming care. But (oh) what Boy Falernian wine's hot rage, • . Will foon for me,with Fountain ftreams aflwage.^ Or,who will Lyde wilh from dole retire Hither to come.^ Boy, with her Ivory lire BookH. ODES, Bid her make halie,and like Laeonian maids Tie her neglefted hair in carelefs braids. Ode XII. re MiECENAS. Argument. Dirt wars, and Tragtck^fuhjeSs, thiy IncongruoHs are for Lyric lay, Lycim: h's fplendottr Horaccjlngs, And fftch li^ amatorious things. i JVolis longa. NO tedious Wars on fierce J^Hniantia'i plaiOj Nor hardy l4annihal,xiot Scicilim main, .Purpled with Cdrthaginian blood,defirc I Be warbled on foft Lyric wire: f Nor barbarous Lapiths,x\or liquor-fwell'd ;Hyleus,T)Or whom Alcides prpwefs quell'd, That brood of earth,whofe difmal terrour made Ag'd glorious houfc afraid. But thou {Macenas) in the lobfer ftile Of an Hiftorian, better canft compile i Great Crfpr/afts,and threatfnl Princes fhown I Chain'd by the necks along theTown. I ^My Aifafe would treat of thofe melodious Of thy dear Ladies,fweei Lycimnias: And of her clear refulgent eyes, andbreaft With Flames of faithful love poffeft: Whom neither dancing poftures inif-becsme, jNor jeftful skirmifli,Bbr in fportivegame F Fair 6$ ODES. Book Miinr Rii' ■ ' .'T V. ■; 1-K 'nJir'. •'■'i' i'! il.i I-;, lit I ' 'ii? M, Fair virgins with incircling armes t inthraf, On famous DUm fellival. Woulcl'li: for the wealth rich ty4ckamenes ows, Or all the riches fertile Thrygia fliows, Or th' Arabs houfes which well furniflit are, Exchange thy dear Lycimnia's hair ? While Ihe for kifles wreaths her neck awry. Or doth with^gentle cruelty deny What, then her love,flie rather covets t'ane: Straight fhe'lai t cipate again. O de XIII . By Sir ^. F . ToaTrtiy bywhofe fallinhisSAh\nQY'i\\3y he ysms to have been flain. That m mm can faffidently unlerflani -what tf void : From theme he Jlides into the fraifes Sappho and Alcarus. A Planter with a ( ) was he That with unhallowed hand fet thee, A trap for the fucceeding race. And ignominy of the place. He Hvighf as well havehang'd his Sire, Or pradtis'd all thePoyfons dire Medea temper*d, or have flied His Gueils blood fleeping in bis bed: Or if a worfe crime may be found. As to place thee upon my ground, Unlucky wood j thee, llagg'ring trunk. To brain thy Mafier when ih'arc drunks por 'i/\not Tl: The. 1 But J Atlu ' H( And And I . And Cc >And( Inful ;; Ratli Be The I (Burn (Thel W With The] Nor Tl And I Orion Andi ok Jooi 11. ODE Si No man knows truly what to fliun; rheSea-man fears to run in feme Sheif,hut doth not dread jAnother FrfWover his head : The SouIdierjShaftSjand Farthian fight ? The Parthian chains and Roman mighr. ' But D^ath had ftill,and ftil'I will have, ; h tlioufand back-wayes to the grave. How near was I Hells Jaundied Qt^ieen^ And Minos on Kh& Bench t' have feen, ,, And the defcrib'd fliades ? And Sa^fboyoi her Countrey-maids Complaining on ^yEolian wire ? And the wkhgold lyre Infullernotesthundnng a Fighr, was Ratling a llorm, fl-uttr ing a flight ? , Both ( worthy of aflacredfawje) The pious Ghorts hear with applaufe i ' J i Bnrmoft the Fights,and Tyrants fears, aifls I The fhouldring throng drink with their edrh' What wonder,when ciT infernal With three heads,liffens to that found.; The Furies fna^s their curies unknit, Nor finde revenge fo fwcet as it. 'Tis Play-day too,with,P^/eph fire. And him that ftole from heaven the fire/ Omwev'n his hunting leaves. And greater pleafure thenpe receives# F i (S 0 D £ Bookll Ode XIV. By Sir R.F. To POSTHUMUS. That Death cannot he avoided. Ah PofihuKtHs ? the years of man Slide on with winged pacCj nor can Vcrtue reprieve her friend From wrinkles, age, and end. Nor,though thou bribe with daily blood Stern X)//,who with the Stygian Flood DothGfTO» furround. And T'/t/wi Acres bound. Sad Flood,which we m\iA ferry all That feed upon this earthly ball, From the King to the poor Beggar that howls at door. In vain avoid we Mars\ fury, And breaking waves that kill and bury ; ^ ' In vain the fickly falls. Fruitful of funerals. Vifit we muft the footie Ihore Of duUCccytusj th'empry ftore Of Damn! wicked ftock. And Sijyghsrdilefs rock. Thou murt forgoe thy lands and goods. And pleafing wife t Nor of thy woods Shall any follow thee. But the fad Cyprefs-tree. Thy worthy heir ihall then carowfe' Tby hoarded wines,and wafh the houfe l with better Sack,then that Which makes the Abbots fat. A Paraphrafe onthefntmi Ode, lyS.'W. I. Time C Pofthnrntts) goes with full fall, Nor can thy honeft heatt avail Afurrow'd brow,old age at hand. Or DeatA uncenijiHer\dto withlland : One long night/ Shall hide this light From all our fight. And equal De/it& Shall few dayes hence, Hop every breath,' i. Though thou whole Heratemh's IhouId'H bring In honour of th' Infernal K.ing^ Who Geryou and Tydo bold. In chaines of Stygian waves doth hold i He'l not prize. But more delpife Thyfacrince ; Thou Death mull feel, 'Tisfodecre'd by the Fatal Wheel. - 3; The numerous Off-fpring of the Earth, I That feed on her who gave them birth j Each birth m'.i!l !;a\ie its faneral, f The Womlraad Urns alike to all: F 3 Kings OD E S. Book] Kings mull die, AndaslUlllie, As thou or I; And though they have Atchievmints here, there's none in th' Grave. 4" |n vain we bloody hattUs flie, Or feat' to fail when wines are high 5 •The PUgue or aninfedlious breath. When every, hQiir,brings a new Death, Time viWl movit Whate'rewefovyi . Both weal and woe r., . Shall have an end, , ' ' " And this th' unwilling ihiirt fend. 5- CocytHf lake thou mull waft o're, Tiiy tpttefd hodihiW touch that fliore j Thou Sifyfhns ere long mult know. And into new acquaintance grovy : Shalt with life. Leave houfe and wife, / Thy loves and ftrife, " - ' And have no tree,, ^ut the fad Cjfrefsio\\ovi\ixE XVII. by Sir R. F. T9 M aecenas m- That he will net live sfttr him, WHy deft thou talk of dying fo ? Neither the Gods, nor I'm contenf, Micenas^ that thou firft ihouldft go, My Pillar and great Ornament. If thee,the one half of my foul, A riper fate fnatch hence : alas! Whatfliould I ftay for, neither whole, And but the dregs of what I was ? (.Pat 74 ODES. Book II, That day fiiall end us both: Come, come, I've fworn't; and will not break it neither ; March when thou wilt to thy long home, That journey we will make together. Chimtra^ flames, nor ( were he rife Again) Briaretts hundred hands, Should keep me back. 'Tis juftice, this; And in the Book of fate it Hands. Were I or under Lihra born. Or Scorpio my afcendantbe With grim afpe Th'indiffrent earth an equal friend* As willingly opens her womb. For Beggars grave,as Princes tomb. Gold could of Charon not obtain* To bear Promethens back again. Proud and all his Itock, Death, with the bands of ftte doth lock: And caird,or not calf d ready ilands. To free the poor from painful band s. Book II. ODES, 77 Ode XIX, BACCHUS. Argument. He fill'd rvith Bscchaspmer^ajfajes T'ebuccimte his fame and fraife. Bacchum in remotis. ON Rocks remotel^^rcAax chancM t'efpf. Teach verfe (6 truft i)neye pofterity) Liftning Nymphs,and Satyrs there With Goat-feet, and erefted ear. My heart appall'd with fiidden horror,!^ Of Bacchus fulljfliout Evohe on high ; Forbear Liber-, 6forbcar» So dreadful for thy horrid fpear. I may have ftubborn Thynds for my theam, A fount of Wine,and rivers running Cream, Cbaunt again how honey drils. And from the hollow llem diftils. I thy bleft conforts glorious conftellation, I Tentheus Palace brought to defolation, I may fing the difmalfate Of ThracUtt Lycurgm ftate. Thou turn'ft Rivers,and the indianMim, Thou (foak'd with wine) on diftant mountains la'ne, Do'ft Thrm womenstrefles plait In Viper-wreaths without deceit; Thou,when thofe impious Gyants climb'd on high. To Jevts Court Royal through the boundlefs sky, FIungTt 7S ODE Si BookIL FJung ^ft dOwn RhdtcUsvtith thecla\vs Of Leoy and his horrid jaws : Although more prone to dances, fportsy and playe's Thou werteIleem'd,nor fit for Martial frayes: Yet did either war or peace Indifferently thy_g-e«w pleafe. At thee gold-'horn'd,Fiend Cerifma did look With harmlefs eye,and fawningfy he fbook: His tailjand with triple-head Thy feet toucht,when thou didft recede. bi )E XX. BySirr./f. HORACE turnei into a Srvany will fly all iv:r thi: world , whence he fremifeth the immortality of his Poepe, At wo-fold Poet,through the liquid skie',' I with a ftrong unufual wipg will flie; No longer fhall I of the Earth partake. But out of Envies reach the World forfake.- I am notiffued of ignoble ftfairi,- Nor whom pleafeth to refaiii' Under the title of ieWd fhall die. Or in the Stygian lake forgotten lie., Now, now, upon my legs a rugged skin Is over-fpread,and I a Swan am fecn Upward rransform'd; a light and downie pluriie/ My fingers,and wing'd fhoulder/ now affmue. And now a Ihrill-tnne Bird become, He foar And much more fwift then Icarusy explore Book II. ODES. 79 The Lyhian Syrtcs, and the murmuring fand Of JJo/pAor llraighrs, and Hjperhor'em land. Me,Colchos,And tiie Dacim,who doth faign Fear of the Marfan s armes lhall entertain, Gelons remote,and they who on the brink Of Iher dwelljor Rhodanns do drink. Baniih from my thin Hearcc your fun'ral mones. Your ill bemoaning tears, complaint?, and groans : Clamour forbear,or fondly to confer The needlefs honour of a Sepulcher. The end of the f %ond ^ool^ T" ODES. So O D E S. BOOK III. O D E I. By Sir R. F. , Jq So That a happy man is not made hy Riches of Honourlut^) tranquillity of the minde. t); IHate lay-Vulgar ; make no noife, ' Room for a Prieft of Helicon : I fing to noble Girls and Boyes Such verjes as were never known. i Ini Fear'd Kings command on their own Grdund j ) Be The King commanding Kings is Jove; a Whofe Arme the Giants did confound^ Whofe aweful brow doth all things move. . N( One man may be a greater Lord of land then other : this may fhow 1^, A nobler Pedegree .• a third In parts and fame may both out-go i A foiirtli Book III; O D B Si A fourth in Clients out-vie ail. Necelfity inavaftPot Slniffling the names of great and fmallsi Draws every one's impartial Jot. Over whofe head hangs a drawn fword^ Him cannot pleafe a Royal fe'aft: Nor melody of Iftte or bird, Giveco his eyes their wonted reft. Sleepjgentle fleep,fcorns not the poor Abiding of the Plough-man : loves By fides of Rivers ftiades obfcure t. And rockt with Weft-windes,7>«!pi? Groves.* That man to whom enough's enough, Nor raging feas trouble his head, Nor fell ArUwus fetting rough, Nor fury of the riling Kid i Not hail-fm:t Vines and years of Dearth; Sometimes the too much wet in faultj Sometimes the (tars thit broil the earth. Sometimes the Winter that was noughts The Fifh fear ftifling in the Tea, Damm'd up. The Maiter-buiJder and H s men,the Land-fiek Lord too,he Throws rubbift in with his own handi ' But fear and dangers haunt the Lord . Into all places.- and black Care Behind him rides i or,if on board A ftiip,^cis his companion therei if Marble keep not Leavers our,; Nor purple rayment help the blind^ Nor Pcrjlan Oynjments cure Nor A<(af/ick, Wines a troubled mind ? o Witii r 8a ODES, Book III, With envied pofls in fafhion ftrange Why fhould I raife a ftately pile ? My S^hine vale why fhould I change For wealth accompani'd with toy] ? O de II. By Sir T. H. To his Friends. Boyes are to he entirei from their tender age^ tt rearfarej and painful life^ LEt th'able youth,hiinfeIf enure By fharp wars taught,want to endute: And mounted on his horfe,with fpear. Confront bold ParthianSyitCQ from fear: Let him expos'd to open air. Live,and attempt the hard'ft affair: Whom when fome warlike Queen,* Or Virgin-marriageripe hath fcen. Afar from hoftile walls, may cry With fighs,which from fad paflion flie ; O,that my Royal Lord, untrain'd In Martial feats,would be reftrain'd. Not by fierce Combats fatal ftroke. That wrathful Lion to provoke. Whom bloody Anger's direful rage. In thickell flaughters doth engage. It is a fweet,and noble gain, ** In Councreys qnarrel to be flain. pmrtj, Deil Book nr.' CUES, Death the fwift flying man pnrfues With ready fteps i Nor doth he ufe To fparefrom unavoided wrack, Youths fupple hams,or fearful back,' ■yertuCjthatne're repulfe admits, in taintlefs honours,glorious fits, Nor takes,or leaveth Dignities, Rais'd with the noife of vulgar cries,' ^ Yertue Cto worth Heav'n opening wide} Dauntlefs^breaks through wayes deny'd," , And taught) the Rabble to defpife, Forfaking eartA to heaven flies. Yea trufty filenee is not barr'd. From having a deferv'd reward. He,who to blab the holy Rites ' Of fecrec Ceres phane delights, Under the fame roof ihall not be,' Nor in frail Veffel fail with me. " Oft Jew neglefled makes the juR " To fmart with thofe are fcain'd with lufr s "SeldomeRevenge,though{lowof pace> " Leaves ill fore-going men to trace. — —_ Obi hi. By S ir A!. F. A Speech of Jnno at the Counetl of the Godsy cencef" 1 nw£ the ending of the war of Troy, aud the begin''^ mg which the Roman Empire fhoM from the Trojans'. hooeftand refolved man,' Neither a peoples tumults qan^ hy. % JfJeithef ODE S. Book II Neither a Tyrants indignation, Un-center from his faft foundation; Nor ftorms that from the bottome move The Adrian ka., nor thundring Jew : If the crackt Orbes would fplit and fall, Crufli him they would,but not appall. Peliux,anA wandring Hercules, Gain'd Heaven by fuch wayes as thefe: 'Mongft whom Augufius, leaning, lips Immortal Neclar with red lips. This way deferving Bacchus clomb The high Olympus, with his own Tam'd '73'^frj,which AmlroJiaieeA, And Romulus on Mars his ftced: Pleas'd Juno rpeaking a good word On his behalf, at Council-board. Troy,Troy, {through mine, und grudge) A fatal and adultrous Judge, And farraign woman overthrewy With its falfe King and damned CteWy Becaufe Laomedon/or/co^ The Geds,and Irake the Oath he toek^ The Spartan Strumpets famousguejl Is now no more Jewell'd and drefj : Ho more doth Priams perjur'd houfe Refifl bold Greeks by Heftors ^rowf/ : And wars,which I inflamd,are done j My wrath then,and the Trojan IJun 's Abhcrr'd Ojf- fpring, here I give To his father Mars that he Jhould live In howresof light,fuck^Neiiar-howlsy And be tranfcrib'd into the rolls Ofcjuiet Gods, I will abide. S» long as fpacious feas divide ook III. ODES, 85 Ilium and Rome ; fo long Oi heafis 0»PriamusW Paris \Infnlt, and (mdtfinrb'd) the wild fVltelp in their tomhes ; let the exil'd Reign great in any other land : The C apitol refn 'gent fland; - And awful Rome with fevep frond heads Give Laws to the triumphed Mecies; Rouung her felf, let her extend Her dreadful name to the worlds end ; where mid-landfeaspart Africks fojl from Europe,fo the floods of Nyle j ALore valiant to defpife hid gold, (which wifely l^ture did with-hold ) ^ Then force it to mans ufe^ by flacky Of TempleSjOr by Natures wrack. whatever corner would impeach Her frogrefsy that, let her Sword reach: fifit the fiores offnew and hail. And where exce ffive heats prevail. Tet warlike Romans defiinyy On this condition J decreet That they (too pious, and grown high^ Shall not re-build their Af other Troy. HFith T roy ! Tr oy V fate flail be revivd, And all her ominous birds retriv'd, . VFhen fecond wars our felf will move. The Sifter and the Vfife of Jove. If Phoebus harp a Erafen waU Should thrice erefl, thrice it flouldfall fRaz'd by my Greeks) the wife,in chain. Thrice mourn her fons and husband flain. But whether faucy Mufe ? Thele things Agree not with the Lutes fofe firings. G 3 The t6 QT>M S . The words of gids ceakto repeaf. And with teall voice matters fo great. Ode IV. By Sir R, F. The Poet faith, That he hath heen delivered from ' dangers by the help of the Mufes ; jind that it gone ill with all who httve attempted any thing the Gods, DEfcend Thalia with a fong From Heaven-; my Qaeen,I'de have it long To the fliril pipe or to the flute. The viol or Apollo's lute. Do'ft hear ? or do I (Weetly rave ? I liear in yonder trees, which wave. Thy ruflling robe, and in that Ipring The tuning of thy filver ftrmg. Me,am'rous turtles (Poets theam) As by my native AsfUs ftream, A child oppreftwith fleep and play. Under a Mountain fide I lay, Fearlefs ( for what hath he to fear. Who from his bfrth was Heavcnsxare?) With facred Bayes and Mirtle boughs, On which no Beaft cfid ever browfe. Covered,leafl: Snake or ugly Bear, Should do me hurt as I ilept there; Which fet the neighb'ring Fields at gsze. As wondring what Ihould be the caufe. BookllL O BBS, Whether I mount the Saline hill. Or with cold fprings Frenefte chill. Or me the healing Bath allures; ■ Where ere I am: Mnfes, I'me yours. Friend to your fprings,with your fongs rapt. At loft Philippi Field I fcap't j The fall of my own curfed Tree, And fhipwrack in Sicilian Sea. Go you with me. Tie (dreadlefs) try The Bofphorus that threats the skie. And (travelling) defie the thir- Sty Sjrianfunds to do their worft. Vifit the Brittainsy fierce to ftrangers, The horfe-fed ThracianshlooAy mangers, The ScythianSyVihom no Sun doth warm, And none of them ftall do me harm. Great Cafary you with Martial toil Tir'dour,and glad to breath a while In Winter quarters with his men, Refrclh in the Pierian Den. ^ You give him mild advice; And well t From you he takes it. We can tell. The Giants felves for all their troop Of monftrousBuIkeSjWere Thunder-ftrook By him that towns,and dreary gholls> Immortal Gods,and mortal hoafts, The ftupid Earth,and reftlefsMain, Doth govern with one equal raign. The horrid band and brotherhood, Who(whilll upon their terms they ftood) Pelkn to heap on Ofa Itrove, Gave not a little caretojet/r. But what could Mimatyini the ftrong TyphxnsyWhSil Porphyrien long, O 4 |8 0 DIE. s: Book III, What EhacffSy and \vith hurled trunk (Torn up by thToots) the fury-drunk EnceladfiJyVufhing againll Jkfinervas ringing fhield advanc't ? Here the devouring F"*kan flood. There Matron Jmoy and thtgod That never layes his Q^iiv'er by, Bathes in pure dews of Caflaly His dangling locks,haunts Z)r//4» woods, PatroSyinA Rhodesy and Xmlhus^ooAs. Uncounlird force with hisown weight Is crufht ; a force that's temperate Heaven it felf helps: and hates no lefs Strength that provokes to wickednefs, This truth Orion ir^Ierflands, And Gy£es with the htindred bands i He, purpofing chafl Z)w»/Rape, Could not her Virgin-arrows fcape. The Earth on her own Monllers thrown, ( Thundred to endlefs night) doth grone Over her fons: doth rore, Burning,and not confum'd. No more Can Tytin's heart in Vulrers claw, Or wafl itfelf,or fill her Mawe. Offended Proftrpine reftrains Perithoas in three hundred chains, Odej. Book 111. ODES, O D E V. By Sir R. F. Thefraifesof Augullus, the difhonoHr e/" Craffiis, the confiar.cy of Regulus, md his return to the Cartha-r ginians. JOve governs Heaven with his nod ? Aftgujlus is the eartiilie God ; Bold Brittains to the Empire bow'd, And PerfianSymth. late trophies proud. Could Crajfus fouldier lead his life Yoakt bafely with a barbarous wife ? And with Fqe Father-in-law grow gray In Armes,under a Medians I (O fathers! and degenerate lhame!) His blood forgotten and his name. Eternal and the(?<)»'«, !''* Wliileft there was yet a 7fw,and Rome I This fear'd wife Regttlm his mind,. And fo the bafe Accord declin'd, Weighing the confequence,unlefs The Captive Youth dy'd pitilefs. I faw ( ijuoth he ) our Enfigns llucfc In Tmie^ fanes,without a ftroke Souldiers difarm'd,Citizens Their free hands bound behind with chaines* And the Ports open,and thatheld Which Romans had incampt on, till'd. All this Ifaw. Redeem'd with gold They'l grow, belike, in fight more bold. Buy not iniquity. Asftain White wooll 'twill never white again: So, fio ODES, Book HI. Sojif true Vertue fall, delpair To flop her till the loweft Hair. A Hind put oftheTramels free, And make her fight, thenfo will he That rcndred to a faithlefs foe. And Carthaginians overthrow In fecond War; That tamely took The lalh, and (Death but named) Ihook. Why thefe (forgetting whence they came } Confounded war with peace, O fliame 1 Great Carthage 1 thou haft overcome The vertue (more then troops) of Rome. His chaft wife's kifs, and his fmall fry Of Babes,he's faid to have put by, (As being a flave) and not t'have took From Earth his ftcrn and manly look: Till heth' unwilling Senate brought To vote the thing that he had fought; Then through his weeping friends he went Into a glorious banilhment. Though well he knew what torments were Ready prepared for him there By Barbrous men. Yet brake through all His Kindred, and the crouded Hall To beg of him he would not go. No otherwife then he would do From Clyents fwarms,attertheend Of a long Term, going to fpcnd In fweet Campania the Vacation, And give his mind fome Relaxation. Oded. Book III. 0 D M S. $l O de VI. By Sir r. If. To the Romans. Of ths corrupt manners of that j4^e. R0w^w,fhortly to return On wings of Vernal air, , Rich in SicilimWar ? More rich in faith. He by a blaft After long ftorraes, on call His Widow'c! nights, Itceps there In many a watchful tear. Yet Ch/oe's fubtil meflfenger. Shewing what fighs it pulls from her, Whilell in thy Flame £he fries, A thoufand wayes him tries. She tells how thefalfe Woman wrought On credulous Pretusy till Ihe brought A cruel death upon Too chafte Belkrophon. Of Peleas near his fatal hour, Whilell he Ihuns love, that's arm'd with power: And (cunning) rakes from dull All precedents for lull. In vain : For deaf as Rocks to prayer. He's yet unmov'd. Bur take thou care Enipens at next door Do not thy love procure. Though none with better skill be feen To wcild a Horfe in Mars his green; Nor 9A OBESl Norwich thereaftivelimbs In Tylttrs Channel fwims. Shut CO thy gate before it darken^ Nor to his t^hining Mufick hearken; And chough he llii! complain Thou'ct hard,Hill hard remain. OBE VMI. r» M^CENAS. Argument. No reafoit that Maecenas Jhoftld If for an admiration hold. He fhould Mars Calends celeiratCf Although he live in fingle fiats. Alartiis ccelebs.' HOw I a Batch'Iour fpend my hours On Mars his Calends,what mean flowe^Ss' And Inccnfe-bolIs,and coals on green Turf-altars feen," Th'admir'ft, O thou profoundly skiircf In either tongue. I almoft kill'd With failing tree,fweet Gates devote, And white He-goar»' !^e Bcok ill. 6 D M S, He yearly on this very day Will fling the Rofin'd Can away. To foak Wine,old as Tullns date Of confulate. M*ctniu bouze the hundreth Cup To thy friehds health: Night-lamps fet up' Upon fair day; from hence retire All noife and Let pafsall civil cares for Remtf For Pacian Cottifon's o'rcome: Now Scjtht with Bow unbended yield, And quit the Field,' Heed not though Vulgars toil fuftain; ^ Though private, publick care refrain. And uling what time prefent brings. Shun ferious things.' O D B IX. BySiri!.r. A Dialogue of Love Jealoufie, hetwlxt Horace and Lydia. Hor. \X7"Hilft I pofleft thy love,free from alarms, VV Nor any Youth more acceptable arms About thy Alablafter neck did fling, I iiv'd more happy then the Perfim King. Lyd. Whilft thou ador'ft not more another face. Nor unto Qhke Lydia gave place; ILy- 96 ODES. Book III, I Lydia^ foarino on the wings of Fame> Eclipft the Reman Ilia with my name. Her, MtyThracian Chleenow^ rules abfolute, Skill'd irtfweet Laycs,and peeriefs at hertute': For whom to die I would not be afraid, If Fates would fpare me thefurviving Maid. Lyd, Me, Calys, rich Ornithe's heir, doth fcoreh With a reciprocal and equal torch s For whom I would endure to die twice ovef, If Fates would fpare me my furviving Lover. Her. What if old ^';nHs Ihould her Doves revoke^ And curb us (llubborn) to her Brazen yoke: If bright-trelf Met I would henceforth hate^ And to excluded Lydia ope the Gate ? Lyd. Though he be fairer then the Morning-rtar; Thou,Iighter then a Cork, and madder far Then the vext Ocean,when it threats the Skie^ With thee Tde gladly live, I'de willing diCf A Paraphrap en the fame Odtj ly J. W. Efq. Her. TTTHilefl: 1 atone was dear to thee, VV And onely chief in thy embrace, No Terfian King liv'd life to me. Or half fo blell or happy was. Lyd. Till thy love roul o,and did prefer (fhloes new face, 'fore Lydiay In fame, I (far furpalfing herd ^ Was greater^han Romes Ilia, Her. Chlees the Saint I pray to now. Sweetly fliermgs,and playeso'th'Lute, For whom,would Deltiny allow. My life fhould be a fubffitute. Book IIt< ^ i) £ Si hyd. The fame's youhgC^/^t^' (Orthniui lieir^ " To rne,for whom I ihould be gjad „ „ hgof lV if I might die, though twice it were, mo' Would the fame Fates but fpare the Lad<■ ■' ffor. But fay 1 if as before I burn ? >! i '• f- Say I once more put on my chain? ' yJ Chloe lhak'd off, and I return oA Tomy firlfLji/wagain.? - ■ ' • O ly. Though he's more gloriousthcn a Sfar>Ti< u . 1 Thou then a Cork more fickle be» . . ^ to-i i •I-'? Or pettifli then theSea,! fweaf- o.I f v M yda':/I' Once more to^live and die with thee*' ' u--;"! U ■■ , A, — : : " yih jA Odb X* Agmnfi L Y'C E. Argument. Lyee aivertifci here She maid hard-heartednefs forUar r And feme commiferAtion grmt To hif»i her hamhk fapfUcAnh • Txtremam Tmnim. L?1?ehadft drunk of remote tide/ ^ / t Or to fome Barbarous ScjthU^ been a bfide' Vet, me proftrate before thy doors,thou fltouid Bewail t'expofe to Northern cold,' ■! V I> M 5. Book III HeUr'ft how th^ Gates crack? how the woods refounJ 'Mongft beauteous ftrjiftures placed all around ? And how the air cohglaciates thefnow, When all the Heavens fercnely fliow ? All pride ingrateful unto Lovers £hun: Leaft Fortunes wheel Ihould retrogradely run. No Tyrrhene father hath begotten thee Oil hard-to-wo Penelope, Although with thee nor Gifts, nor prayers avail, Nor Lovers violet tintjfures mixt with pale, Nor thy Mate Love-liruck with Pierian whore; O fpare thy luppliants I implore: Thou more relentlefs than a rigid tree. And (Saurian Serpents riot fo cruel be, * Wy tender fides not alwa.y es can fuftain At thy hard doors down-fy ling rain. Ode By Sir J. To MERCURY; That he wsftld iiUate to him a f mgywherewUh to bend If de. The Fable of Danaus Daaghttrs. Merenry ( for taught by you Deaf ftones by th'ears Amphion drew ) And -SW/jwhofe hollow Belly rings With feven firings, Onci Book nr. ODES. ifoutiJ One) Once mute and gracelefs> now the tongue Of Feafts and Temples •• lend me a fong To thrid the maze of Lyde's prayer Refilling ear. Who like a three years Colt doth fetch A hundred rings, and's hard to catch J Free from a husband,and not fit For backing yetJ Thou tnak'll llilFe Forrefts march, retreat Prone rivers : Ctrhems the great Porter of Hell to thee gave way, Stroak'd with a Lay. Though with a hundred Snakes he cur! His head,and from his noftrils hurl A filthy llream,which all bedrops His triple chops. dxmtoo with a forc'c fraile Did grin. The tubs flood dry a while, Whileft with thy Mufick thou didft pleafe The Belidies. tell Lyde that; that Virgiti-flaughter, And famous torment,the vain water Coozning their llrnes through thoufand drains,* And Pofthume pains. For cruel Maids laid up in ftore, Cruel. For what could they do more,' that could with unrelenting fteel _ , Their Lovers kill? , H' 2 One 100 op E S, Book iii One onely worthy Hymens flame, And worthy of immortal Fame, Her perjur'd father ( pious child ) Bravely beguii'd: Who faid to her young Husband • Wake, Leaft an Eternal fleep thou take. Whenceleall thoo loo^: deceive my Sire, And Sillers dire: Who like fo many Tygers tear ( Alas! ) the prey : I (tenderer) Will neither flay, nor keep thee thus I'th Slaughter-houfe. Me let my Savage fathef chain, Becaufemy Husband is unflain. Or into fartheft Africa Ship me away. By Land or Sea thm thy flightj Cover'd with wings of Love and Night .• Go, go, and write when thou art fafe My Epitaph. Ode I Book III. OHES. lOI Ode XII. ^ To NEOBULE. Argument. They live in miferahle thrall ■ whom no refrejhmints chear at all: Stoat Heber womds with amorous dart His Sweet-heart NeobuIeV heart. Miferaramefi* THey'r wretched, who in love ne're recreate, Nor with fweet Wines their maladies abate. With fear of Uncles fharp reproof difmay'd. Thy basket, 7<(eobale, Capid takes. And Liparean Hehrtts lultre makes Thee/eavethy web,,and painful Pallas trade. He that! Bellephron can better ride At hand-fights,foot-courfellill viftorious try'd. When his oyl'd limbs are bath'd in Tyhers flood: He cunning is to chafe a roaming Hart, O'r Champains, and transfix him with his dart, And furprize Bores skult in the bulhy wood. Ode 13. '%o% 0 p E S, Book III, O de XIII. To the Fountain of Blandufia. Argument. He to BlandaCn's chryfial Spring A Kid for Sacrifice will hring : And doth the fweet delights recount^ Of that refriegerating fount. P fons Blandufia. BLnndnfian Spring,trafucenter than glafs. Worthy wine-offerings,deck'd with flowry grafs, rie flay iQ thee to morn A Kid crown'd with youthful horn, Choofing his mate,and confli(fls,an in vain; For a lafcivious Off-fpring lhall dillain. And file thy frigid flood With mixture of Purple blood. Thou'rtfreefrOm Dog-ftars fervent influence Thou do'ft thy fweet refrefhing ftreams difpence To Bullocks tired out. And Heards roving all about. Ev'n thou Ihalt be a far-renowned Spring, "^hilell I of Rocks crown'd with the Ilex fing; Whence the Ipud waters rufli Down head-Jong with vi'Ient guJh. Ode 14 nil Bookin. 0 27 S Si Ode XIV. BySirr. - - ! 5- t To the Roman people. - ■ This Ode eentaineth tkefraifts of Auguftus returning out of Spain , after his Conquejd over the Cama- brians. GReat Cafar who is faid to go, ^ Like Hercules againft his roe, * TopurchafeBayes by death, again Yiftorious is returned from Sfain, The Wife that's with one husband pleas'd. Let her come forth, the Gods appeas'd. OSlaviafCafars Sifter, hafte. And mothers with your daughters chafte. Attir'd in modeft veil appear, I And fons returned fafe draw neer : You Boyes,and you now married train Of wives from evil words abftain. From me this new made Holy-day Black fullen cares lhall take away! Nor fear I in great Cafars reign By force or tumult to be flain. fBoy) crowns, and unguents ndw prepare* And veffel keptjfince Marfan war, Ifany fuchconceal'd hath been vimAnngSfortaeus notfeen. H 4 ^ S 5; . Booklll Jlet hither fhrill Nura, hie,' And hair perfum'd, in treffes tii^: But if the Porter make delay With churlilh ^nf^fei:, hafte away,. White hpary hairs t;emper the mind, To bfaWIs,and quarrels earft inclin'd : This in youths heat I could not brook. When PUncm charge of Conful took. O » e XV. AgAinfi C H L O RI Sr Argument. * That^\\\of h ( now well flept in Age ) ShoM Lh ^ and Pfantonnefs ajfwage. Uxor pauperis. T length,poor/fe»'s wife, Aflix a period to thy vicious life, And unto thy reproachful trade. And now that Death fo near approach hath made, hVfongft Maids leave playing,nor enfhroud Thofe fulgent ftars with thy obfcuring cloud, N ot Chloris thinks that feemeth tliee. Which gracefully becomes thy Pholoe, Th/ daughter ope young mens doors Better, like Thyas ragd when Timlrel rores: Renew That ail things fly of en to Gold: Tet HORACE « contented mth his oven coxdition > in vshich he lives hafpy, D Anae in Brazes Tower immur'd, From niglu-adulcerers,doors barr'd, And of fierce dogs a conftant ivar4 Would have fufficiently fecur'd. If ^ove and jnas had nor fool'd, The Goaler of the cloytter'd Maid, (Though of his own lhadoiV afraid ) Turning his Godlhip into Gold. Gold loves to break through armed Guards, And Caftlesthat are Thunder-propf, TheGrecian Augnr's facred roof Was undermined by rewards. 1 Gifts were the Macedons Pecar, With which he blew up City-gates, Subverted Rival Kings and States, And laid aboard their Men of War, With 0 D M S, £ooklll, With growing riches cares augment, And thirft of greater. I did well To fhrink ray head into my fliell, Kfiight-hoods ornament. The more a man t' himfelf denies. The more indulgent Heaven beftowes. let them that will fide with the I's: I'me with the Party of the No's. A greater Lord of a fmall ftore, Then if the frnitful Crops of all jlffulia I mine own did call: In midftof fomuch plenty poor. My little wood,and my pure ftream, And corn that never fails; makes me A man tnoretruly bleft,then he That wears rich Af ricks Diadem. Though neither Croffick^ Bees produce Honey to me,nor cloathing fine Segmjian flocks: nor Majfick. wine Mellow in barrels for my ufe: Yet pinching poverty ^ away. Nor,wilIit I more, would ft thoudeny't. Who,with contracted appetite May eafier my tribute pay. Then if deputed Egypts King, Large iflues follow large fupplies. Hcjto whom Heaven nothing denies. Owes an account of every thing. O/e 17. '7- Book 111. O I> B S. O de xvii. n tElius lamia. Argument. He La-nia'sre£al Jtemdifplayef Forth in Fncomiaftic Layts : fVills him his Genius to chear^ AgAtnfi the prefagd fiorm appear, t/EHi vetnfto. Ot/£lmy fprung from Lamns antient name, From whofe ftem all precedent Lamias came. And thy family and tribe, Which noting Regifters defcribe: Thou from his loyns draw'ft thine original, Who reigned firft within the Formlan wall. And whofe amply fpread command Raught Lirisy laving Maries llrand. AnEaftern tempeft fliall with furious roar, Fling leaves in woods,and leaves upon the Ihore: If the aged Cow decry A true prefaging augury. Lay,while thou canlf,dry faggots on the fire: , With lulhious Wine to morrow feed defire, A Pig fat,and tender flay. And let thy Hindes keep Holy-day. Ode 18. Book III. Q D MS, OSE XVIII. By Sirr.^. To FAUNUS. W^ho hing an infernal feflileni VVwi-gU, he frayeth I that pajfing thororv his Fieldsy he mM be favour aUe h him and his. FAmuSf^ho after Nytnph® doft range* Through my precinas,ancl fruitful Graunge Fafs gentlyjand propitious be To flocks* and me. A tender Kid the year fliall end. Full Cups of Liquor {Venus friend ) We'l pay ; Fames fliall on Altars flie In odours high. Beafts,when Decembers Nones appear In grazy grounds make fportive chear: The jocund Clown in Meads dothfeaft j The Oxe doth reft; The Wolf 'mongft frearlefs Lambs doth ftray*! Woods ftrew thee leafs upon this day; The Ditcher joyes with meafur'd mirth To tread the Farth, Ode 19. 0 p E I. Book lll. Odb XIX. T» TELEPHUS. Argument. t/fi^Telephuj Ar feoffs, mho whiles Hetiiflories ohfolete compiles. Of things mhich chiefly confiitHte An happy life is wholly mute. Quantum difiat. THe fpace 'twixt fnachus his reign, And Codrus bravely for his Country flain, And his Kin, and fights Fought under Sacred Ilium thou writes: But of a Choan hoglheads price. And who with fire cold water qualifies, In whofe houfe,and what hour t' allay Pelignian cold, thou not one word doft fay. Boy, quick bring Cups for Cj»tAt<4*s rife, And for Mid-night, bring Augurs Cup likewife,' and carrouze off Wine, No lefs then three hcalths,and no more then nine. A Poet, who th* unequal Tribe Of Mufes loves,let him nine Jugs imbibe. The Graces with nak'd Sillers joyn'd. Let them,for fear of brawlings,be confin'd, And drink three Cups off,and no more; Ojhow I love to frolick it,and roar! Why 1X« 0 S B Si BooJcin. w r'^'i'' • '1" ♦ ;v, !■ '' ■( why founds not ftill the Phry£ian 'Flm6 ? Why Pipes^and Harps permitted to be mute ? I parfimonious hands defpife. Strew Rofes, and let Our wild frantick noife Arrive to envy'd Lje^xs ears, And neighbour Maid unfit for Lyct/s years. Mature-grown Chide courts thee now, Tel'phtt; grac'd with rank locks of comely fhew> And bright as radiant I, I wafting ardour for tny Glyc'raes fry. Ode XX. To PYRRHUS. Argument. floTV dangeropts a thing 'tmuld prove T*ahftraSl Nearchusfremhis leve, S1) ? 1 ,rill ir' It li JVun vides e^mnto, PTrrhus^Ltom dang'rous 'tis,confefs. To rake Whelps from a Lionefs: Straight thou fcarr'd Raviftier wilt run, . When battel's done. Whenlhe through crouds Of youthful men Shall to Nearchus turn again. Great queftion 'tis who bears away The greater preyl . ''i! f Book HI. © JD B S, III As thou prepar'ft thy fpeedy piles, She whets her dreadful Tusks the wh iles: He(th' Umpire) trampled down, they fay. The Viftors Bay; And wafted his fweet IhiVeled hair With gentle blafts: like Nireas fair* Or Ganymede fnatcht up from fount- full/d^j's Mount. Ode XXI. To his Vf^ine-vejfel, Argument. tie ffeaks t'his Rmdlet to ejfnfe^ For CorvineVy ^f, dhoke Ma(Iick/»^«: Thence takes octajion to define ' The praif ss and effeSh of yF'ine. O nata mecum. Rind vefleljcoataneous with my date, Compos'd when Manlius bare the confulate, IVhether thou invite ro weep, Or jeft, or brawl> or love,or fleep, Whate'r mark thy choice Mafskk, liquors hide, Well-worthy broaching on fome facred Tide: Now Cervinm thee injoyns. Come down,and tap thy mellow Wines. He 0 D B S, Bookiil He,though well ftudied in Socratic books, Contemns thee not with four and rigid looks • And grave Cato as is fam'd. Was oft with Bacchm gift inflam'd. Thou fometimes fett'll upon a gentle rack Severe wits; Thou the tvifer pates canll make With thy mirth creating juyce. Even all their fecrets thoughts effufe. Thou doft the Forelorn with hope fortifie, AnA mak'ft the poor man lift his horns on high^ Who drunk,nor the Scepters fears Of Kings incens'd, nor Souldiersfpears. For Bacehusy(f^emf if in merry cue) And graces loth to break the focial Crew, And lamps lighted,fhalt thou run. Till Stars decline the orient Sun. ODS XXll Upon DJANzA'i Argument. Hi "DianA's offices relates. To whom his Pine he dedicatese Monlium cftjios* OTrippIe Queen of Woods and Hills, Who freert parturient wombs from ills At three Orizonsy and doft ever Them fafe deli^drl Accept Book HI. i) D E S, Accept the Pine that fhrouds my Farm, Which yearly He imbrew with warm Bores bloOd, that facrificed ftrike With ttisks oblique. Ode XX hi . By Sir T . Ta PHIDILE. The Gods are to he honoured with f tire hands^ and thetefii^ mny of awell fpent age. IF Rural Phidile, at the Moons arife, To Heaven thou lift thy hands in humble wife : If thou with Sacrifice thy Lars wilt pleafe, or with new fruit and greedie fwine appeafe. Thy fertile Vineyard fliall not fuffer blall From pell'ient South, nor parching dew be call Upon thy Corn, nor ihall thy ohildren dear) Feel fickly Fits in Auturan of the year. Itisthelongvow'd viftime, which is fed 'Mongll Holmes,and Okes on fnowie A'gids head. Or which in fat Albaniantpi^mts grew, That lhall the Priefts fharp axe with blood inabrew* To thee,who petty Gods dofi magnifie, WithMirtle branch,and fprigofRofemary, It nothing appertains their feafts to keep j With frequent flaiighters of the fatteft fheep. Ifthy hatid,free from ilbthe Airar touch. Thou /bait th' offended Gods apoeafe as much' With gift of fparkling Sah,ard pious meal, As iftliou vows with eoltly viftimcsfeal. i Ode 24, 114 OD £ Ode XXIV. by SirR.F. Book IIJ. He inveighs againfl covetous men^ veho continually jojt houfes to houfes, building in the very Sea it felf: wha in the mean time no buildings can free them from the ni- cefsity of dying. faith the Scythians are haffj^ who draw their houfes in waggons , and tiS the ^elds ii common^ Afore over, denies that corrupt ion of mm- nerSj and licenfe of finning to be amongfi the fey whichii amongft the F omans. But for the rooting out of thtjt evils y together with the depraved defire of increafini 7-iches y ^firmsy there is need of a more rigid Ufa pline. T Hough richer then unpoll'd iffrahian wealth,and Indian Gold, Thou with thy works fhould'lt drain The Tyrrhene and whole Pontick^ Main j Thou could'lt nor,when Death layes On thee his Adamantine mace. Thy minde fromterrour free, Nor body from mortality. Wifer the Scythimsy Whofe houfes run on wheels like Waines-;' And frozen Gftw,whofe Field Unbounded doth free Ceres yield: Nor is't the cuftome there, To fow a land above a year; And when that Crop is born. The reft relieve it each by turn. There women mingle not. For Son-in-Law's apoyfon'd pot; Nc; Book iir. on E's} Nor govern : On their Dow'r PrefutT)in^,6r adultrers povv'r; T'heir Dow'r's to be well bred • hnAChaJlity., flying the Bed Of others,their own trufl Perfwacling,and the price of Laft; Oh ! he that vvo'ild affwaga Oar blooii*fhed and iriteftinerage,' If he would written have His Cmntries Father on his grave ; let him not fear t'oppofe Unbridled heence tothetiofe: So fhaU he gain great praife In after times; lince (wo the dayes i) tVe envy living worth, But mifs it when 'tis laid in earth. For what do our laws fland, If punifhment weed not t!ie land ? What ferves vain preachina for. Which cannot cure our lives ? if nor Thofe lands which flames imbrace ; Nor where the neighb'ring Shuts up the Ports with cold, And fnows fait nail'd to the free holdy The Mariner repell? If crafty Merchants learn to quell The horridfl: Seas ? the fear Of that crime Want making them'beafi, Anddoall things,and balk Severer vertues narrow walk. Would hfeaven we'd carry all Oar wealth into the Capitoll F Or in the next Sea duck Olir jewels-and pernicious mnck,' I r Fewel ODES. Book in. Fewel ot all ttiat's noughr! ir wf repent as we ought, Str;k."- at the root of ills; Antl mould ive our too pliant wills To rougher arts: thechilde Of noble linage cannot wield A bounding horle of war, Nay fears to hunt, more skill'd by far To Ifride off the Greeks bowl. Or the forbidden Dice to trowl, The whileft his perjur'd Father Deceives his partners truft, togather For one that hath no wit. So ill got wealth grows fad, and yet Something dill fhort doth come. To make it up an even fiim. Ode XXV. BACCHUS. Argument. The L)ric of God Bacchus craves-, T' indnSl him to his Bomrs-,and Caves, f^hercwith his infinence refleat. He may AugHfius fraife repeat' Quo me Bacche. TTTHere dragg'd me {Bacchus) with thy power Repleat, to what Grove,or obfcure Bower Am I hal'djwithtransform'd mind 1 111 what Reclufes is my Mufeconfin'd, Whils Book III, 0 D E S, Wliile Cafars endlefs honour I Advance to heaven, and rank with Jove on high :. - I'le finga glorious,and new verfe, Sueh as no man did ere beforerehcrfe. Jail fo layes in a Mufe Awak'd on lofty Mouhtains, where he views v Cold Hehersi\team.,^nd faowy Thrace, And Rhodope where barbarous people trace. 0 how do I a wandrer love, T' axlmire the crags and foJitary. groves J _ , , King of Flood-nymp[is,and Bacchde SyViho Can with your handstallAfh-trees overthrow : No petty Theam in hrtmbie phraw, ■■ No mortal fubjeft fliall my Mufe deblaze. S;?rf/i«<,fweet danger !t.is to chafe (grace. A God, whofe crelt greehVine^branch Crownets — 1 . — rrAn-V , Oa£ XXVI. . ^ To V:ENU^ ■ ! ' Argument. ^ The Poet nOTif rvellfirHckiinyeM'Si)e& . HisLyre^ and amoreiCsT^jeamsferlearsi ^ndprayes the Cyprhn Queento dart One iove-/haf( at prosed Chloes heartf fixt pmllis. ILately with young virgins did comply, = = And was m Cupids camp renovVned htgli ? Now mv Engin5(wars at end,) AndLute j'le on this wall fufpend^ I I Eor- Il8 ODES. E©okin, gQ( Bord'ring on Sea-born F''.nnses left hand Here,here lej: my eni ightning T apour ftand. With ray leavers and my bow, That bprr'd^iip door- can open throw. Thon who do'd o'r blell Cjpms Ifle prefide, And Jl^epiphisv/hers no Thracian fntJW can bide^ O Qneen, with far fetched ilroke On,CO haughty cHofr ire revoke. Ode XXVII. By Sir R. F. ■' To Galatea £>ing to Sea. He deters her principd'ly hy the example of Europa. LEt ill prefages guide the TIJ, A fcreecliing Owl, orfroma Iiill A She-wolf mad upon the Flocks, Or pregnant Fox.' And a Snake flhaff-like fbot athwart Their horles way to make thena torr. Their journey Hop. What place is here ■ For provident fear | Before the tempeft boading foul, Defcend into the ftanding Pool, My prayer Eiall fijom the OnVsf deer • The Kings Fifhec. Be Book III. ODES. Be bleft,whereever thou wouldljbe, And GaUtea think of me; No ominous Pyc thy fteps revoakes. No Raven croaks. Yet pale Orion fad defcends; I know too well what it portends, When black I fee the Adriatic^ Or white the Japick. Let our foes wives,and all they love Therifing Kids blind anger prove. And the vext Ocean when it roars, Lafhing the Ihores. Enropa fo, trufting her foft Side to the ticing Ball,£hriekt oft, The Rocks and Monllers to behold. Though fhe was boid^. She that late pickt fweet flowers in Medes, And wove meet Garlands for Nymphs heads, In a clear night could nothing fpy But Sea and Sky. In populous Crete arriv'd foon after, OSire (quoth fhe) left by thy Daughter And duty in my feeble breft By love oppreft. Whence,whether rapt ? One death's too fmall Toexpiate a Virgins fall. Pol (awake) true crimes lament. Or (innocent J J ^ Doth J20 Q D B Si E,00k 111. Doth fomefalfe Dream put me in pain? Was't better through the horrid Main T0 rove far off; or with my Father Frefh Flowers to gather! Had I that naughty BuH how here. How with my nails I could him tear, And break the horns about that pate So lov'd of late! Shamelefs I left my Sires aboads: Shamelefs I pawfe on death; ye Gods, ( If any hear ) fhow me the wsy Where Lions rtray. Ere my fair skin grow tand and loofe, And of the tender f^ey the juice Run out I whilft I am plump I woii'd Be Tigers food. Die bafc Eurcpa ( whifpers rne My S re) behold yon beckning tree ! The Zone from thy challe wafre unknir To thy neck fir. Or if lharp Rocks delight for fpeed, This hanging cliff will do the deed : Unlefs ffaemgcorae of Roy al kin) Th'adft rather fpin, And be a barbrous Miflrefs thrall. Her husbands trull. heard all, And (tifui falfely laughing now ' ' '■ Wi't tnnbentbow ; At Book III. 0 D :e s . iti At length fhe faid. This rage forbear; That naughty Bull thou fhalt have here; Prepare thy felf 'gainft he returns Jm is thy Bull. Thefe Fountains dry ♦ Learn to ufe greatnefs moderately : Thy Thirds oth' World Thall called be Ode XXVIII. BySltT.H, To LYDE. He perjvfadeth Lyde to ffeni the Hay dedicated to Nep- tune, pleafantly. tunes feafts what elfe do we ? acraighrf Lydc) broach,and bring to tne Cecuhian Wines laid up in ftore. And let ftrong wifdome fway no more. Thou feeft 'tis Mid-time of the day. And yet,as if fwift hours did ftay, A But thou fparTl,wasCeIlar -lkird> When Bihulus was Gonful call'd. With mutual fongs weeT Neptune pleafe. And the green-hair'd Nereides. On crooked Lyre fing thou with art, Latona^^nA fwift Cynthia's dart .• Wiiikllour laif ilrain her praife unfolds. Who C>!idos,rru{ htlghtCyclads holds : Amd Paphos with payr'd Wans doth view j The nightihnll hkevyife have his due. To break his horns, Europe from thee. At Ode 2^ lit 0 D B Book III, O de XXIX. By Sir ^.F. 4 ro MAECENAS. H q invites him to a merry Supper ^ laying ajide pnbliclj^ Cdires* OFf-fpiingof Tyrrhene Kings I have, Waiting thy leifure in my Cave, Of mellow Wine an unbroitcht But, WithSpicknard and Rofe buds,to put Upon thy hair. Break off delay ; DonotmoiftTj^'wr ftill flirvay. And »W;V)^playes For his return,and Holy-dayes For our prayers heardjand wrangling pleas Bound to the peace. Then I (if I may then be heard) Happy in my reftored Lori^ Will joyn ith' clofe, and 6! ( He fay) O Sun-fhine day !• And (thou proceeding) we*i all fmg, ^0 Triumph I And agin Jo Triumph ! At each turning Incenfe burning, A Hecatomb's requir'd of thee. And weaned Calf excufes me. In high grafs fat and frisking now, To pay my vow. Refembled in whole fhininghorns» The increafing Moon his brow adorns j Save a wluce feather in his head All forrel red. A BctoklV, ODES, A Parafhrafe on the fame Odoy hy A. C, I. Pindar is imitable by none • _ The Phcenix, Pindar, is a vaft fpecies alone ; Who er'e but Dedalus with Waxen wings could flie^ And neither too Iow,nor foartoo high ? What could he who follow'd claim, But ofvairi boidnefs the unhappy fame,- And hy his fall a Sea to name ? Vindars unnavigable fong, Oongs Like a fmln Flood from fome fteep mountains pours 3-» The Ocean meets with fuch a voice From his enlarg'd mouth,as drowns the Oceans noife^ 2. %Tindar does new words and figures rOul Down his impetuous Dithyramhieyue tide, Which in no Channel daignst'abide. Which neither hanhes nor dikes controul. Whither tlT inamortal Gods he fings In a no lefs imtnortal (Frain, Or the great afts of God-defcended Kings^ VVlipin his numbers if ill furviveand raign. Each rich Embroidred line, % his Sacred hand is bound • Which their triumphant brows around, Does all their Starrie-Diaderas ou£-mine<< ittier a t Pif/s race he pleafe To e'iirve in PoliflJ verf-, the Conquerors IrSiies •: % vViiirr.t igo O J> E S. Book IV Whither the fwiJc,the skilful, or theftrong, Be crown'd in his nimble artful vig'rous fong, Whither feme brave young mans untimely Fate, In words worth dying for , he celebrate Such mournful, and fuch plealing words,. As joy to his Mothers,and his Mirtrefs grief affords, He bids him live, and grow in fame. Among the Stars he flicks his name j The Grave can but the drofs of him devour, SofmalIisDeaths,fogreat the Poets power. 4* Toe, how the Obfequious wind and fwelling air, TheTheban Swan does upwards bear Intothewelksof Clouds; where he does play. And with extended wings opens his liquid way: Whilll, alas, my timerous Mufe, Unambitious tMfts purfues, Does with weas unballafl wings. About the mafhe brooks and fprings, «About the trees new bloffom'd heads, About the Gardens painted beds. About the Fields and flowry Meads, And all inferiour beauteous things, Like the laborious Bee, For little drops of honey flee; And there with humble fweets, content/ her in Jullrj Book IV. ODES, ISX Ode III. BySiri?.F. To MELPOMENE. he is lorn to Poetry^ and hy the benefit thereofy hab$ obtained immortality and gloryx WHomthoM Alelpomene Hall fmird on in his infancie, Him neither Ifihmian game Shall ever for a wrelller fame; Nor llout Olympicl'^ Heeds Viftorious draw; nor Martial deeds Shew to the Capitoll A Lawrel-crowned General For taming Kings : biit floods ^ Which wafh rich and green woodd Their bulhy locks grown long, Make big with an t/£olia» fong. Queen Rome hath noted me Of her own facred Quire to be. Where fweet^tongu'd Poets ling; And now. I fear not envies fling. 0 Mafe ! whofe fugard words , Are married to the golden Chords e Who,if thou touch their tongues, Giv'fl to mute Fiflies Swan-like fohgs s 'Tis ( all ) thy Boon, that I Am pointed at as I pafs by Romes Lyric; thine it is, 1 live,and pleafe,if I do this," ODES. Book IV, O D E IV. By Sir R. F. He celebrates the 0/Dnifus Nero {rvhoms W AugurtusCsfar.) over the Rhxtiars and Vindelicians; A.'fo commemorates certain vali- ant deeds of CJandins Nero. S th' Armour-bearer of great Jove /' Made King of all that foars above, For Healing him from Troy The * yellow-trelfed Boy ) '^Janjmel Youth whilom and his Native courage Drew from his neft ere he could forage : And now foft Winds, being fair, Teach him to form ith' air Unwonted Heps: Anon more bold With hoHile force aflaults a fold; Refilling Snakes anon For fight and prey fets on: Or fuch as kids a Lion view From tawny mother weaned new. Ready in paHures fweet T 0 hanfel his firil teeth: Such Rhatiaus did behold and flie ■.} Drufus beneath the Alpts^ who why They carry at their backs An Amazjonian Ax, I liil not to determine here; Perhaps nor can. But this is clear Their long Viclorious bands Subdu'd by a Boy's hands. Felt what a mind right got,and true- Bred under lucky roofs could do, Wliat BooklV. ODBSl 133 Wiiat Cafars fatherly Care of the Clmdii. A valiant man gets men of fpirit; Ev'n beafts their fathers mindes inherit j Nor doth the bird of Jove Get ad egenerous Dove. But learning inward ftrength thrufts forth, And Princely breeding confirms worth : Still where good precepts want, Good Plants turn recreant. What unto Nero's-, Rome thou ow'ft. Speak y^/jtif/,and Afdruhal's red Ghoft, And that bright day to thee The black Clouds made to flee: The firft,(ince the dire African Through the ItalianCkies ran Like fire through Tiny woods. Or ftorms on Tufcan Floods. Thenceforth thy youth with profperous pains Still grew; and thy religious fanes, Sackt by the Pmiclf fword, Had their chac'd Gods reftor'd ; And perjur'd Hannibal'gaa fay At length; Porr flieepf of wolves the prey) We worry,whom to flie Were a great viftory. The Nation that through flames of Troy, And Tyrrhene billows did convoy Thefr Gods,and Babes, and hoar Sires,to th* Anfonian Ihore, Like a dark Oak on the rich top Of A'gidum,which Hatchets lop. Grows by it lofs, and takes Strength from the very axe. t £ 5 ~ Not odes: EpokW, Bool Not mangled Hjdra more increaft Alcides,nor that beaft J<«yfl»,or hefubdu'd Or Thehes,moYelives renew'd. Plunge them ith' fea; they fwimfrefli out: F©yl them,with double force they'l rout ThcConc^ueror: and fight As in a Mirtrefs fight. Now lhall I fend no more proud Ports To joyful Carthage. Lbrt, 01 lort's Now cyifdruhal is flain, The glory of our name. ' What is't but Neras can effeirt ? Whom Heavens with profperous ftars prote The fecond will prolong our dayes. As a fond mother for her fon, Whom, having over feas been gone Above a year,the envious wind Keeps back from her embraces kind ; And now Ihe eyes the Vane, and prayes. And from the crooked fliore doth gaze : So,with a loyal pafTion ftrook, The People for their C^f (^d upon the ground. That thou muft die,theje-?r and howers fay Which draw the winged day. Firft Spring, then Summer, that away doth chafe, And mull it felf give place To Apple-hearing Antumn, and thatpafl, Dull Winter comes at laft. But the decays of time,77iwff doth repair: When we once plunged are Where good c/£«(r4j, with rich wades, A/hes we arc,and fliades. Who knows if fove unto thy life's pall fcore Will adde one morning more ? When thou art dead,and RhadamanthHs\.\'k Sentence hath fpoke thee dull. Thy BopklV. p D B S, 139 Thy blood,nor eloquence can ranfome thee. No nor thy piety. For c'laft Hippelytm in Stygian night Diana cannot light: ^otThefeus break with all his vertuous pains. His dear PerithoHs chains. A Paraphrafe en the fame Ode. THe fnow is gone,the grafs returns To Fields, the Perucks to the trees. Earth playes with her varieties. Each River iuConfumption mourns, And humbly glides beneath her bourns, Contain'd within her banksdegrees. The naked Graces lead the dance. With whom the Nymphs in meafures move. The Aiding years our hopes reprove ; Which to Eternity advance. And the fwift howers their fpeed inhance. The day by fnatchesto remove. Soft Wellern gales allay the cold. On the Springs heels the Snmrner treads, It felf then to dellrudlion leads. Where Autumn does her fruits unfold. Straight comes x\\tWmter ftiflfe and cold. And life with lazie hnmour deads. Yet Moons may wane,and foon increafe; But when once wethither go. Where wealthy men and worthy too, Mull all lay down their heads at lad. When their needlefs toy Is are pafl, 140 0 B E SI BooklV Toduftandghoftwevanifhall j Wfio knows that thofe great powers on high , The prefent fum of thefc oar daycs, Which by to morrows reckoning raife ? Our heirs as well as we muft die, And from our clutcht hands all will flie, Which our kind will to them conveys. That once among the dead thou be, And the juft Judge do fentence give, In glorious ftate on all that live : Thee no extraftion thence Aall free. No eloquence, no piety. Thy life recover,or reprieve. No Father can,though much he mourn. From the dark vale of fhade beneath, Reftore his guiltlefs Babe to breath ; Nor friend can make his friend return. When once iraprifon'd in his Urn, From cold forgetfulnefs and death. 0»E VIII. By Sir To Martius Cenforinus, That there is nothing which can make fien more immw- taly then the verfes of Poets, My friends, I wftuld accommodate With gohktSyGrecian tripods, Plate Of Corinth^Brafs: and, CenforinOy Theworft of thefelhould not be thine ,* That is to fay,if I were rich In thofe fame antique pieces,which ^ Parrhs- Book IV. ODES, 141 ^mhafius and Scofas fame ,• He skill'd to paint, in (lone to frame This,now a God, a Mortal now. But I have not the means; nor thou Amind,or purfe,tliac wants fuch knacks. Verfe thou doll love. Thou Hiak not lack For Verfe. And hear me what 'tis worth. Not infcrib'd Marbles planted forth Topubiick view,which give new breath To great and good men after death ; Not the fwift flight of Hannibal, And his threats turn'd to his own wall: Not perjur'd Carthage wrapt in flame, By which young A'ci/jiu brought a name From conquer'd fpeaks his praife So loud as the Pierian Layes. Nar,were Books f:Ienc'd,could'ftthougain The Guerdon of thy vertuous pain ? What had become of Ilia's child She bare to Mars,bad darknefs veiTd The merits of our Romulm ? From Stygian waters t/Eacus, Vertne and fav'ring verfe aflbils. And confecrates to the bleft Ifles; A man that hath deferv'd t' have praife, TheMafe embalms; She keeps Heavens Keys. Thus Hercptles (his labours paft) . With Jupiter takes wilht repalt: The fons of Leda ftars are made, And give the finking Sea-man aid; Good Bacchffs,ctowncd with Vine-leaves, His drooping Votaries relieves. OJep- X4i o H B s, BookU' Ode IX. BySir ^.F. To L O L LI O. That his rpritin^s[hail never perifh : Tertfie withoHtth help of Terfes is luried in oblivion. That hevii fing LollioV praifeSi r^hofe vertUe he note al[o «• lebrates. LE^ft thoii Ihould'ft think the words which I (By founding Aufid bofn)compile To marry with the Lute b'a skill Never beforereveardjfliall die : Though Homer lead the Van, the Miife Of Pindar^nor gleans heights, Grave SteJich(ire.^not Caati fighs. Are filenc'tjor worn out of ufe. Nor what of old Anacreon phid, Hath time defac't: Love lights his fire. And with his Quiver wears the Lyre Of the yet frefh tAEolianMaid. Helen was not the onely fhe A curled gallant did inflame. The fplendour of his Royal train. And Gold and Pearls embroyderie. Nor Teucer firft that drew a ftrong Cydonian'&ov!. had fought Before: nor that age onely wrought Deeds worthy of the Mufes fong. Nor valiant and the brave were the onely men _ . • Receiv'd deep wounds upoa them then/ ^ 5ook IV • ODES. 143 Their children and chafte wives to fave. Men flaflic ere Diomed was made: Bat all are in oblivion drown'd, And put unmourn'd into the ground) For lack of Sacred Poets aid. Vertue that's buried,and dead Sloth, Differnot much, Un-underftood Thou fhalt not die ; nor fo much go»d As thou haft a£led feed the Moth. Lollio thou art a man haft skill To fathome things: that being tride In either Fortune, couid'ft abide In both up-right, and Lollio ftill. Of covetous fraud a fcourge fevere: On whom the all-attrafting Gold Could with its Tenters ne'r take hold : Nor Conful of one year. When ere Avsrtuous Magiftrate-^md true. Shall call good, gain, bid Bribes avaunt j Upon Oppofers bellies plant His conqu'ring Flags; Lollio^ that's yoiu He is not happy that hath much:. But who fo can his minddifpofe To ufe aright what Heaven beftows) He juftly is accounted fueh: If he know how hard want to bear : And fear a crime,more then his end j If for his Country,or his Friend To ftake his life he doth not fear. iipii '1:15 piiS •I'l t Is: Ode 10. 144 odes ; Book IV, Ode X. To Ligurinus, aleatttceus Tonthi Argument. Theugh now fair Ligurinus vamt Of beautyy and he arrogant Unto his lovers : he'I repent^ ivhen his pure Rofy-hsw is [pent. O crudelis adhuc. O Youth, yet cruel, gracM with Beauties crownj When thyy7e;/^chin's o'rfpread with hairy downj aind locks are fhed,now in diflievell'd wife. And huefadesjwhich the Purple Rofe out-vies; When thou'rt ail horrid grown, alafs! thou'it fay f When as thy mirrour doth that change difplay ) Why thought I not of this,while earft a Boy ? Or why doth hair my once-fmooth cheeky annoy ? Ode XI. ro PHILLIS. Argument. fie Phillis company invites, Unto f inn junkytting delights On AprilsidQ%, what day his fwcil Mxccnas firJi the world did greets Bfi mihi novum. I Phillis have a Butt in ftore Of AlbaneyTixTiQ years old,and more | Ani Book IV. ODE Si 145 And parfley in ray, Garden grows, To crown thy brows i I've Ivie ftore to deck^ thy heaid, A rich hOiife,and an Altar fpread With Vervain, coveting a Ihin From Lamlkin fiaioo All fierfons hafteii: here, and there. Youths,Maids,run bulling everywhere. And tremulous flames the chimneys choak With rolling fmoak; To know yet to what.feafti call Thee: celebrate as feftivat Thofe Ides which (Sea-born Ferns tide J April divide: Deferv'dly folemniz'd by me,' Yea'tore my own Nativity ; 'Caufe my from this'San His years begun. A wealthy wanton Maid refpefted , Young Telephus,whom thou afFedted, Though not thy match,and hint retains In grateful chains," . Scorch'd Phaeton greedy hopes efchews; Wing'd Pegafus dire example £hOws> Who fcorn'd by bafe Bellerophon To be rode on. Alwayes befeeming- afts purfue,' And thiue unequal ftill efchew,' . fVith lawlefs hopes. 7fe«,onvvhomlafi: My love I cafl, for none henceforth my heartflrall heatj learn Dities which thoir may'll repeat ?'iifh lovely vol ce, For Verfes may Sad Cares allay. i m f f." 14^ ODES, Book IV Obe XII. BySirr .F. 79 VIRGIL. Ht deferiheth the approach of the Sprmg ^ md invititi Virgil te a Banquet under condition. SOuth windsjthe Spring attending ftill, Now feas becalin,and fails do fill j Now Frofts make not the Meadows hoar, Nor Winter fnowjfwoln rivers rore. The lucklefs bird her neft doth frame, Bewailing Itity and the fliame Of Cecrops houfe,and that fo ill. On Kings rude luft,ffie wrought her will. The Shepherds of rich Flocks reherfe. And to their Pipes chaunt rural verfe : Seeking his God-head to appeafe. Whom Flocks and hills aircadian pleafe. Thefe times do thirfty feafons fend. But if thou (J^irgil Cafars friend ;) Calenian Wines defir'it to try. To me with fragrant unguents hie, And purchafe with a little Box, Wine,which Sulpitious fafely locks. New hopes moll pow'rful to create. And bitter cares to diflipate: To which content if thou agree. Stay Kot,but quickly come to me : 1 'le not (free coll) my cups carrouze. As rich men in a plenteous houfe. Book IV. ODES. 147 Then leave delayes, and gain's dellre. And mindful of black Funeral fire^ " Short folly mix with Counfels belfj " 'Tis fweetjfometime to be in jeft. H'ho being oldy is become a fcorn to young men% He Gods have heard my vow, My vow is heard. Th'artold,yet thou^ Fain woiildft (forfooth) be cou) ted fair, And q iafFe,and wanton with the air : And (drunk) with trembling voice invite Slow (^upidywho takes more delight, On Chia s rolie cheeks to ftay, Youthful,and skili'd in Mulicks lay. He reftlefs with fwifc motion flies From withered 0;(fr,ancl from thee hies, Whom rotten teeth,and wrinkled face, And head of fnowiehair difgrace. Nor can bright Coan Purples ufe,. Or brighteft gems the time reduce, Which once fwift winged age hath clos'd, In publick Calenders difpos'd. Where is thy beauty fled ! Ay use 1 Thy colour frelh,and motion free? What haft thou left of that, entire, Whicli earft enkindled am'rous fire ? Ode XIII. By Sir r .i/. Againfi L Y C E. L 4 148 ODES, Book IV. And me did frdm my felf divert; Next CynaraSf thou happy WCrt, Forpleafingbeautie and fwect gvace^ Difcover'd in a lovely face. But Fates to Cynaras did ow ■Short life,and like the Crow, They here furviving longer holdj That youth inflamed may behold. Not without laughtcr,and much fcorn, A burning Torch to a/hes worn. A Taraphrafe en the fame Ode, By W. C. My prayers arc heard, O Lyce^ now; They're heard : Years write thee ag'd,yet thou •Youthful,and green in will, Putt'il in for handfome ftill • And fhamelefsdoftintrude among Thefeafts and fportings of the young. There fham'd with wine rhy ragg'd throat To Cupid fliakes fome feeble note. To move unwilling fires. And crofs our long'd delires, When he ftill awakes in chias face, Chia that's frelh and lings with grace: For he (choice God) doth in his flight! Skip faplefs 0<^j',and will not light Upon thy cheeks or brow, Becaufe deep wrinkles now. Gray hairs,and teeth decay'd,and worn, Prefent thee foul,and lit for fcorn. Whither Book IV. ODES. i4p Whither is now that foftnefs flown ? Whither that blufli,that motion gon? Ajas! what now in thee Is left of all that flje ? ^ That fliethat loves did breath and deal. That Horace from himfclf did Ileal. Thou wertawhile the cried-up face Of takuig arts and catching grace, My being dead; But ray fair Cynara'% thread Fates broke, intending thine to draw. Till thou confefs with th' aged Daw, Thatthofe young Lovers, once thy prey. Thy zealous eager Servants may Make Mfetheir common fport, And to thy honfe refort, To fee a Torch that proudly burn'd. Now into colder a/hes turn'd. Ode XIV. BySirr .H. To AUGUSTUS. Honours cannot he given to Auguftus the Senate and^ Peofla of Bome, which may be equavalent to his ver- tues, y^Hat care of Senators,or Roman ftate May with full Honours meed perpetuate Thee (Cafar) grav'd on Statutes,or comprize Thy vertues in Romcs annual memories ? L 3 ^ (Othou 150 ODES, EooklV, Boc (O thou of Princes mightieft) where his tayes, The Sun o're habitable Climes difplayes j Who f^andahi ignorant of Latian rites, Haft (lately) taught thy worth in Martial fights; For Drufus with thy fopldiers hath fubdu'd Swift-footed BrennUns^ and Genamians rude: Yea Forts on Alpine mountains dreadful grown, Hath more than o/ice (viftorious) overthrown, Thea did the elder battel wage. And with fuccefs repel the rage. Admir'd in fight by all, what flaughters he Ma*de,where they vow'd to die for liberty. As when South-winds on furly billows ride, Whileftfhowry Pleiades the clouds divide. He breaking Hoftile fqiiadrons,with full fpeed Rulh'd through the thiekpfl Troops with fiery ftecd: Or as by-forked Anfii(n,zmaln Runs bellowing forth along th' ApuHan-phln, When he with rage,and fwelling Floods abounds, Threatning a Deluge to the tilled grounds ; On, Clattdiuswkh vaft force impetuous goes. Beating down armed rankj of barb'rous foes; And with them all cut off,the Earth he ftrews. Yet (Viftor) his whole Hoaft in fafety views; Thou force fupplying,Counfels to diredV, And the Gods made propitious, to proteft. For on the day when tyilexandrias Port To thee did fuppliant yield,with th' empty Court, Fortune,that day,rhreeluftres fully fpenr, Gave to thy crowned battels good event, Aquir'd theepraife,and wifhed honour won, Thofe Martial feats of Warfare being done. CantahrimSyVihich beforeyfl;(e never kneivy The IndianyMedcyind wandring Scythian crew. With BooklV. OX^ES, With admiration ftruck do gaze on thee, (The prefent weal of Rome and Italy:) £aptian NllftSy taught his fouree to hide, lfier,3nd Tygris llreams that fwiftly glide. The Monfter-breeding Ocean,who doth rore, To the far diftant hank^s o'th' Brittijh ihore. The (?(«»/j,who fear not death; yea barren land Of ftout Iberian clime,ferve thy Command : Skmhriansfjovi'd inflaughterto delight. Lay weapons down, adore, and will not fight. Ode XV. By Sir T. H. The praifes of AUGUSTUS. My Mufe by PhoebHs was rebuk'd of late For finging Wara, and vanquilh'd cities fates: Likethofewhoin th^Tyrrhene Oceans rage, Do little fails advance. {Cafar) thy age Affordeth plenteous fruits unto the fields, And to Joves Capitol our Enfignes yields From Parthian Pillars fnatch'd,and after jars Hath clofed Janus Teraple,free from wars; Confufion hath with order reftifi'd. And wandring liberty,with fetters ty'd: Hath antient Arts recalTd ; by which 'tis known Hefperiaes ftrength,and Latins name hath grown; Imperial pomp hathfpread, and glory won, Srretch'd from the riling to the fetting Sun . L 4 Whye %%% ODE S. Book IV. while C4tfar is our Guardian, civil war, Nor violence, our peaceful reft lhallmarre; Not anger,which fwords Avarp'neth,and confounds Cities,unhappy made with mutual wounds j Nor they,for thirrt,that drink in Ifier deep, Shall once refufe the Julian laws to keep: Not.Vt'rMjfaithlefs Perfiansy nor the Getety Nor thofe,who neer to Tamis have their feats. And we on Holy eves,and Holy day es, Amongft free Gups,to merry Bacchus ; With wife and children ftanding in our fight, ( Firft Codes invoking with religious rite) Will gladly,as our Grandfires did,rehearfe, (And tuning LydianP'i^^to various vcrfe) Heroick C^tT^mn^yTroyyAnchifes gon^. And brave «AEneasy Cjthtraas ion. "phe end of the Odes. • Epodes. pMk I *55 E p Q o E I. By Sir R. F. n MvECEN^S. He ifers himfelf to ac-comfany Maecenas going to the mr of Aftium, not for any help he can bring him by his pre fence y Int hecanfe being prefent he fhall have lefs ap- prehenfons for him. THou go'll now our Fleets General, Our Fleer, the Empires wall: To take thy Sov'raigns clanger,preft Upon thy willing breft. I,to whom life in thine is fweet> But bitter without it. Shall I (though bid) rnineeafe purfuc (No eafe if wanting youJI S- 154 EPODS. Book!, Orelfewich courage naafculine Make one in the defign ? I will: and thee ore Alpes I'le follow. Through lands unfeen b' Jpol/o; And to the fartheft Weftern part, With an undaunted heart. Thou't ask,what ferves my going for, Weak,and unapt for War ? I fliall fear lefs, if I be there; Abfence augmenteth fear. So Birds, divorc'd from their raw young, Fear more the Snakes forkt tongue .• Whereas Calas) if they had ftaid. They could have lent no aid. This and all warfares I'de embrace, Onely to gain thy grace : Not that my galling ploughs may vex A hundred Oxens necks; Nor that my flocks when the Dog raigns. For hills may change the plains: Nor that my In-land Seat may reach To the far-diftant Beach. Thy bounty hath oreflow'd my meafurej I would not mafs up Treafure To bury with the Mifers care. Or fquander like his heir. Epode 2. L EPODS, *55 E p o D E 11. By Sir F. fJe comprehends in this Ode divers prnifesof a Comtrey life : Commending it chiefly from the tramymllity and frHgeslity thereof, HAppy is he, that free from mental toil. Like the old Mortals,ploughs his Native foil With his own Oxen ; out of debt: Nor leads A fouldiers life,ftill in alarms; nor dreads Th* enraged fea: and flies at any rate From Law-fuits, and the proud porch of the Great. What does he then ? He,lofty poplars joyns Unto adult and marriageable Vines; And the wild branches with his Sickle lopt. Doth better children in their rooms adopt; Or in a hollow valley,from above, Beholds his lowing herds fecurely rove ; Or,his bell Honey, which he means to keep. Puts in clean pots: or fliears his tender fheep. Or when plump Autumn fliews his bending head With mellow Apples beautifully red. With what a gufl: his grafted Pears he pulls; And Grapes,the poor mans purple 1 whence he culls The faireft, for thee Prkp ; and for thee Sylvanus, Guardian of his husbandry. Under an aged Oak he loves to pafs the heates; or lolling on the matted grafs. Between deep bankes a rcver rowls the while; The birds they prattle to the trees that fmile; A purling 156 EPOJJS. BooU, A pnrling brook runs chiding all the way. Which gentle numbers to his eyescpiwey. But when rough fVinter thiindring'comesjlto throw Thetreafiires open of the rain and Ihow; Either with dogs,behind him and before He drives into his toils the tusked Boar; Or fpreads his thinner Nets befide fome bufh, An amhafcade for the greedie Thrufli, . And (dear delights) inveigles in his fnare ThcTraViikr-fToad cocksy and theCoward-Z/rftf, Who at thefe fports, evades not all thofc darts, With which loofe love aflaultsour vacant hearts. But if a vertuous Wife, that bears fycet fruit Yearly to one,and guides the houfe to boot: (Such as the SahinCyOt the Sun-burnt froe Of him,that waschofe Conful from the plough) Build of old /ogs,'gainft her gqpd man comes home Weary,a fire as high as half the room; And fhutting in knit hurdles the glad beafts, With hei own hand unlade their fwagging breails, And drawing this years Wine from the fweet Butt, Dainties unbought upon the Table put; Your l^Hcrine Oyfters cannptpleafememore. Nor a frefh Sturgion frighted to cur fhore, Nor any rarer fifh. No Pheafant Hen, Or Quayl,go down my throat more favoury; then An Olive,gather'd from the fatteft bough ; Cool £ndive,wholfome Mallows; or allow A Lamb upon fome mighty Feftival j Or Kid from the Wolfs jaws; that^s viorth thsm all. Amidft thefe feafts, how fweet 'tis to behold The well-fedIheeprunwadling to their fold? To fee the weaned Oxe come tray ling back Th' inverted Plough upon his drooping neck ; And Bo(3kI. MPODS. And the Plough-boyes (the fwarmthac makes us thrive) Sitroiind thefliining Hearchicontentaud blith! All this the Us'reryi//)Aew having fed, ^ Refolv'd {what elfe >J a Country life to lead; At calls all his Moneys in, But at Our Lady puts them out agin. A Paraphrafe on the famL THat man is bleft,who void of care, (AsOneethe Primitive Mortals were) With's Oxen ploughs his Fathers land, Freed from the Ufurers griping hand : He's neither mov'd at Trumpas call, Nor dreads the threatning Waves at all; He Ihui s the place where Lawyers prate. And comes not at the Great mans gate. Then either he together twines The lofty Poplars and the Vines, And lopping off the ufeJefs wood, Makes up the breach with branches good. Or in fomc twilling vale his eyen Do view the wandring herds of Kine; Or pots his Honey,llrain*d to keep. Or (hears the wool of's tender Iheep ; Or when Auturrfnus from the ground Has heav'd his head with Apples crown'd i How crops he pairs, and Grapes that vie With Purple't felf for noble Die : Whic'i EFODS. BcxSk! Which fhould be thine and Thine Guardian of his land. The rooted grafs now bears each limb, Then th'antient Ilex covers him, Mean while the falling waters ring. And birds unto that Mulick ling; The Springs fiich pleafant murmurs keep, As feem t* invjte to gentle fleep; But when Joves Winter Quarter brings Deep fnows and Ihowers, thefe cruel things j He either drives thefwift-foot Bores With Dogs to th'nets deceitful doors. Or with his fork fpreads a flight Gin To trap the warbling Thruflies in. Or llrives for the delicious prey Of Hares or Cranes,or fuch as they. None of thefe cares can here be found, With which our City lives abound ; But if my chafle Wife joyntly do Her part for th' houfe,and children too. Such as Sdhinay or fuch as Sun-burnt Confortwas, With old Logs if flie raifeon high A fire againft her husbands nigh. And hurdling up the Ewes inPenne, Empty their well-fill'd dugs again: If fhe provide with this years wine, And horae-fpun-fare wherewith to dine. For Lucrine Shell-fifli I don't care, Nor prize the Rhombus or the Scare; If any fuch a ftorm our friend, Thundring upon the Seas,does fend, A Turky-cock won't down with me, Nor can the Jovian Moorhens be Book I. E PODS, Moretoothfomc then the Olive-tree; Nor more doespJeafe my honeft palat Then Mallows,or green Sorrel-fallar; Or Lamb that's flain at Terw/w's fealL, Or Kid fnatcht from a rav'nous beaft* Amidft this food, 'tis great delight To fee th'full fheep pad home at night, To fee the bellowing Oxen bring, Thelevell'd Plough e'ne lar^uifliing : Laftly, the men, that fwarming quire, Plac'd round about the Ihming tire. When Alpheus thus hisfpeecli had done. Vowing to turn a Countrey-raan, That Charter took his Money in, Next (wifely) put it out agen. E p o D E III. To M^CENAS. Argument. He rails'gainfl Gar licks flagrant: heaty ffhkh he did mth Mxcenas eat, WHat impious man to villany devote, ' AlTaults his aged Fathers throat, Let poy fon'us Garlick be h rs conftanr chear; 0 what ftrong ftomacks Reapers bear f Why raves this Toxie fo within my G .;t ? Hath Vipers boyled gore been put, And 1^0 EtODS, Bookl And ftrain'd 'mongft herbs my palate to delude ? Or feme damn'd dofe Canidia brew'd ? When Jafans love Medea's heart had caught j He chief,and faireft Ai^gonatit; Who bulls combined never yoak'd before, With Garlick fhe befmear'd him ore. With this that harlot G/awa Ihe befpred, And oh the wings of Dragons fled. An influence fo rageful never rent Apulia's droughty continent, Nor gore-fteept garment ere niore fervent ffi'd On powerful Hercules his fide. But if thou 'gain provide me fuch a difli, M&cenas merry friend, I wilh' Thy fweet-heart nicely may thy kiflfes flie, And onthe utmoit Bed-flock lie. Ep CD E IV. By SirT.//. To VolceiusMena, Vompey'sfreed-man', THat difaccord between us two I find, Which Matures law huhlamhs and isolveidiC- joyn'd. ( O thou,whofe fides with Spani/h whips are torn, And galled legs with flubbbrn fetters worn.) Though, proud of wealth, thoU walk with pompous pace, Tcrtaw correifleth not ignoble race. Seefl not when to the Capitol through the Town,' Thou ftalk'fl along clad in'thy SIx.ell Gown?' • , ■ ' HoW Bciokl. BTODS, Howlimitlefs,and free Of paflers to and fro reflefts on thee ? He>who was earrt with 7>i«/wz//>/ffhart blows, Lafli'd till the loathing Beadle weary grows; A tlioufand plough'd Faltrnian Akers brags, And treads the Appian way with well pac'd-nags. And on chief Benches fittech (in defpight Of Otho's law Js moll accompliflf d Knight! What needs great C<^4r,then to go about So many goodly Ihips to furnifh out 'Gainft wretched Pirates, and the flavifiiband, ' Ws^this ma» digm£fdwkh prime command.' E p o D E V. By SirT.Af. (/iaohle youth, tvlnm Cafiid'ia , md other Witches htii floln, and fet in the earth up to the chin, parpofing to famifh him, that they might hy Art Magich^ make a Love-drink, of his Ltvcr and Marrow, ^ God, who e're in Heaven doll guide The earth,and men which here abide, lhat means this noife,and why on me, 'oyou all look forufully ? li/or thy childrens fake forbear, stfuch Births Lucinawere. this vain Purple robe,I pray, ' Ji5W,who will not like your way, 'ly frown you on me, Step-dame like, bealljwhom eager Hunters llrike.? M While 1^2 £POI>S, look! While here the trembling Lad dochftay, Male to difpoilfrom rich array H s tender b©dy (which might force ^ The cruel Thracian to reraorfe :) C^»/Ww,whofe Link embed head Was with fliort Vipers filleted. Commands from Graves wild Fig-tree torn: And Cjprefsj which doth Beeres adorn: Eggs Iteept in Blood of Toads,to bring, VVith feathers from the Scritch-Owles wing; Hearbsof Js/ro's baneful field, And poyhnsyTheffaly doth yield ; Bones fnatch'd from jaws of hungry Bitch, To burn with flames of Colchique witch. Quick Sagan-,\si{\o doth waters fling, Eecch'd from Averms loathCom Spring, Briftles her hair,as moody Bore, Or the Sea-urchin near the fliore. WhileEfi^jfreefrom all remorfe Of horrid deeds,theground'gan force With flubborn fpade ; and hard fhe fwet That in it,the whelm'c! ftripling fet. Might twice ortiiriceaday be ply'd With view of viands, till he dy'd : In which,up to the chin he flood. As they who wade within the flood. That iiis drain'd Marrow,Liver dry, Eler with a Love-drink might fupply ; When'oncehis faintingeyes werefpy'd To link at fight of food tieny'd. Nay eafefu] Naples did believe. And the near Towns for receive That Folia of ^riminum Euflful {man-like) did thither Come: Wliok Book L .2 POD S. Whofe fpelJs liave power from Orbes of lighr, The charmed Moon,and Stars to fright. Canidia here for fpleen prepar'd, With black teeth gnawing nails unpar'd. What mutter'd/he? whatnot? Oye Yon confcious Arbiters with m&, Night,and Diana Qneen of Reft, Now we perform our dark beheft Be prefent here: your anger throw. And powerful God-head on my foe. While fearful beafts clofe covert keep, Charm'd with the eafe of gentle fleep. Let the Salurran dogs report, That all may jeer it,the refort Of the old wanton,fie'ek with Nard; Better ray hands have n'ereprepar'ft. How,how 1 whydoy?'/i?i/<«^'scharmes And deadly drugs caufe greater harmes', Wherewith /he took revenge at full '' On Creew/ daughter, that proud Tritl, When a Gown dipt in, poyfon'us Bane, '' Turned the guift and Bride to flame? But plant nor root in craggs conceal'd Kelts from my notice,unreveal'd : Yet ram/,not with love in ure, In beds perfumed,fleeps fecure: Bur, ah, he walkes,freed by the fpells Of rome,whofe knowledge more excells. 0 rirus, by ftrange drugs, to me ( Damn'd to induremuch mifery ) Thou/halt return ; nor thy (ick mind From Marftan charmes /hall comfort find. A ilronger Cup I will devife FilTd for thee,who doft me defpife. M 2 He«ven 1^4 EPODS, Bopk I, Heaven fhall be!ow the Sea defcend. And oVe the Sea the Earth diftend; If thou like pitch in dusky fire Confutnell not with my defire. The Boy fought tliem to footh no more With gentle words,as heretofore. But doubtful what he firft Ihould fpeak, Thus direfully dothfilence break; Let charmes and /pels do what they can, They cannot change the Fate of man. I'le haunt youftill; For fetledhate No facrifice doth expiate. When forc'd by you my foul is fled, I'le come a Fury to your bed. And a fad Ghoft your faces tear ( Such power on earth have Spirits here:) And as the Night-mare,on your cheft, I'le vex,and fcare you from your reft. The thronging people in theftreet, Bafe Hags,fhall ftone you,when yee meet: Your limbs untomb'd the Wolves flialltear, And V ulters to'Efquilu bear: Nor (ah) my parents after me Shall fail this fpeftacle to fee. Epo& Book!. M?0D5] E P O B E VI. Agdinfi Cafflus Severus , a revileful and wanXm Poet. Argument. The farly and crahh'd equalities Of Poet C^llius, he defcries. WHy CcurriihDog) doft harmlefsgueftsaflai/. But not 'gainft Wolves dar'll wag thy tail ? ^ Why, if thou dar'ft,with menaces fo vain Affault'ft not rae,who'l turn again ? For like Colojftem mafty, or red-neft Laconian dogs,which herds proteft. Through profoundfnowes with flat-cowch'd ear Tie chace Whatever obvious game I face. When the woods eccho with thy difmal cries. Thou fnook'fl: at morfels 'fore thine eyes. Beware,beware: for I'le fliarp horns prepare. To pulh thofe that revileful are ; Lite him whomcurft Lyamhe flighted fo, OrBupalus his tart-mouth'd foe. What? if calumniated once,Ihould I Put't up and childe-like pule and cry ? ^id immmntes. M 3 EpoJe 7 166 EPODS. Eookl, % E p o B E VII. By Sir R.F. To the People of Rome. 'An Execration of the feconi Civil Warre waged afur the death of Julius, by Brutus and Cadius ontk one fide- on the other by 0£tavius, M.Anthonj, and Lepidus. "^^^Hyjwhy your Iheatli'd fwords drawn again ? Whether rulli ye,impious brood ? Have not the earth yet and the main-, Drunk enough of Z-dfiw blood? Not that proud Carthage burnt might be. Rival of the Roman State: Nor the chart Milbefs of the Sea Britain-, on our Triumphs wait j But that the thing the Parthians crave,. Rcme,maY make her felf away. Lions and Wolves this temp'rance have. On their Kind they will not prey. Is't a blind rage,or force more llrong, Or Crime drives you ? Spea^ They look As pale as Death,and hold their tongue. As their Souls were Pianet-rtrook. 'ris fio: dire Fates the Romans haunt, And a Fratricidal guilt: Since blood of innocent. On the curfed ground was fpilt. Epode 8' Bookl. E P 0 D S, 167 E P O D E viir. To a Lttfifnl old Womani Argument. Thefulfome lhape,md vitious Hfet Of a lafcivms aged wife. Rogare Longo. THou to demand of rot-confumed date, Whatfliould my ftrengtli emafculate? When all thj^ teeth black-furr'd with Canker fliow. And Old-age wrinckle plows thy brow, And filthy affe 'cwixt buttocks wither-dry'd, Like feme raw-bon'd Cows gapes fo wide. Biitthy down-fwaggingbreafts extub'rant teats. Like Mares dugs kindle Cupids heats: Thy down-foft bellie,and thy fpindle thighs, Suftain'd on legs,which pregnant rife. Live happily : let Statutes triumphal Adorn thy pompous funeral: Nor may more precious chains of pearl inveft 'Era any marri'd womans breft. How is't that Stoic Treatifes are by, And 'mongli thy filken pillows lie? AreruftickLoons letspollent,at the fports? Or doth their courage lefs retort! jc H enor Whofe that thou may'll urge to fpend,s fit an- Thou muft with -contend. i ribus. M 4 ' EpoJe?. 1 ^8 EPODS. Book I B Epode IX. BySirT'. jH'. To MiEGENAS." He beforehand feels the conteatment he (hall take fm Augullus his victory a£ainfi M. Anthony, arid Cleo- patra. ■ "^"^Hen fhall I wines, that flored lie For banquets, glad at Cafars viftory (So Jow will have it J in thy ftarely houfe. With thee, my dear Macenas, freecarrouze ? RefoundingnoresthatmingleFlutes with Lyre; j Ti6/.f,Dorique,fpeals: Book!. A new flame of fome Virgin it mufl: be, Or youth plump-rounti, With long hair backward wound. epobe xir. Againfi a lihUinoHs »ld fVeman. Argument. JJe fcolds a whoref who did him court To fate her Ltifi with Venus fport. Qmd tibi vis. TT^Hat mean'ft thou Woman for black El'phants fit? Why fcnd'll me tokens, why are letters writ T® me nor vig'rous, nor obtufe of nofe ? For I quick-fented can asfoon difclofe A Polype,or an arm-pitsrammiflifcent. As well nos'd hounds explore where lows are penf, What ftench,what fweat her wizned limbs hath drench'd, When (Natures kneener ardours in me quench'd ) She hafles to fatisfie her unbridled lull: Nor bides her ail fweat-fleeped cheeks ceruft. Or dawb'd with Crocodiles ordure: with mad reaks. She now both Bed-ftock, and the Matt'refs breaks; Thus jears my Languors with reviieful flout; Thou with Inachia couid'il hold longer our, Yea.thricea night; with me at once thou 'ft tir'd. A Pox take LesbiayV/ho when I enquir'd For Book I. E PODS. 17% For tufF-back'd Afters,fhew'd me thee fa dull: Chom Amyntas giving me my full, VViiofe unfoyi'd ra<»e ftifF erefted Then ere a fapling in the loftie wood: For whom were garments (which twice tinfted fliow In TyrUn purple) made ? for thee I trow. Lead 'mongd his equals ere a guell fhould be Whom his dear fweet-heart better Jov'd than thee. Oh wretch am I whom thou efchews as much^ As Lambes fierce Wolves, or Goats the Lions clutch. E pode XIII. By Sir T*. AT. Tohisf/terry FriendSf that they fhaM fafs the P^l^inter pleafaritly. Rough tempefts have the brow of heaven bent. And £howers,and fnows caufe thickned airs de- fcent: Now North windes, Seas and woods affray ; Friends,let us take occafion from the day; While ftrength is frelh,and us it well becomes. Let's old age banilh,which the brow benumns. Boy,fee you broach thofe elder Wines were preft. When Torquat firfl the Gonfiilfh.ip poflefl s Speak not of other things. God will, perchancC) Them to thdr Seat, with happy change advance. Let us in Perfim unguents now delight j And with Cylenim harp put cares to flight: As 174 £PODS, Book I, As noble Chiron to Achilles Caag', Mortal-, that from Thetis fprang, Troy thee expeSls; which Simois rouling Tide-i Andfmall Scamanders ro/e XV. To his Sweet-heart Neara. Argument. Oar Lyric dolefully defcryes Fdthlefs ^txratsferjuries. Nox erat. Was nighf,and Cynthia lighted allthe skie 'Mongft Stars of lefs fulgency, When thou, profaning Gods of power immenfe, T* aft my will didft oaths difpence; Not lofty Ivies th' Ilex clofer grafpr, Than thy limber armes me clafpt: While Lambs fled Wolves,and vehileXHrkiu orh Sailours bane,fhould feas dilturb. While unlhorn Sol his hairy beams fliould darr. Thou would'fl mutual love impart. Naera 1 how my vertue thou^it bewail! For lefs Flaccus fpirit fail, For cliftier rivals he'l not brook one night. And vfext feek thofe that will requite, Nor once offended will heconilancreft. If certain grief pierce his breaft. But thou who now in favour happy reigns. Proudly vaunt'ft at ray difdains. Though rich in ftock,and grounds,and to thy hands FaMe roll his Golden lands • Though truly wrote oft-liv'd Pythagoras^ Aad fair Nerem thou furpafs; EtOBS, Book I. Yet flie'l her love to others ('lafsj tranflate, But then I'le deride thy Fate. £pode XVI, BySir£. F. To the People of Rome, Commiferatingthe Common-mdth., in refpeVtof theCi- vil FFars. NOvv Civil Wars a fecond age confunie, u4nd Romts own Sword deftroyes poor Rome. Whom neither neighbouring Marftans could devour, Nor feared Porfenas Tttfcan power ; ■^or Capua's rival valour, mutinies Of Bond-flaves,Treacherie of Allies; "Jor (jermany (blue-ey'd Bellona s nwxk) Nor Hannibal (the Mothers curfe) Ve (a blood-thirrtie age) our felves deface, And Wolves fhall re-poflefs this place. The barbarous foe will tranapleonour dead, The fteel-lhod horfe our courts will tread j \nd Romttlus dull (clos'd in religious Urn From Sun and. temped) proudly fpurn. V!l,or the founder part,perchance would know, How to avoid this coming blow, fwere bed I think, like to the Phoceansy . - Who left their execrated lands, ' ' id houfes,and the houfes of their Gods, To Wolves and Bears for their aboads j T'a- EPODS^ 177 T'abandon all, and go where ere our feet Bear U9 by land,by fea our Fleec» Can any man better advice afford ? If not,in name of Heaven aboard 1 But you mull fwear firil to return again, Whcnloofned Rocks float on the Main, Ani he content to fee your Mother-town, When Beth walhes the Alfes crown ; Or Jppennine into the Ocean flies, Or new lull weds Antipathies, Making the Hind Hoop to the Tygers lovey The ravenous Kite cuckold the Dove ; And credulous Heards,t°affeft the Lions fide, And Goats the fait Sea to abide. This,and what elfe may Hop our wilh'd return When all, or ti e good part have fworn, (breaff Fly hence 1 Let him whofe fmooth and unfledg'd Mifgives him,keep the rifled neaft. You that are men,unmanly grief give oTe And fail along theTufcm fhore, To the wide Ocean. Let us feek thofe Ifles Which fwim in plenty,the bleft foyles .• Where the Earths Firgin-womh unplough'd is fruitful. And theunproyned Vine ffill youthful: The Olive Tree makes no abortion there. And Figs hang dangling in the air; Honey diilils from Oaks, and water hops With creeking feet from Mountain tops. Tbegeneron/Gonts without the MHkz 'faids caUj, Of their full bags are prodigal; No evening wolf with hoarfe alarums wakes The F/ec^f, nor breeds the up-land Shakes, N An4 17$ EPODS. Bookli And farther to invite us,the plump Gram, Is neither drunk with too much rain. Nor yet for want of tnod'rate watring drie; Such the bleft temper of the skie. Never did Jafon to thofe Iflands guide HisPirat-fhip,and whorilh Bride. Sydonian Cadmus never toucht thefe fhores, Nor falfe Ulyjfes weary Oars. No murrain rots the l]ieep,nor ftar doth fcorch The Cattel with his burning torch. When Jove withbrafs the Golden age infefted, Thefe Ifles he for the pure extrafted. Now Iron raigns, I like a Statue Hand, T0 point good men to a good land. iPODE XVli. To CAX^IDIJ. Argument. Canidia the Sorcerefs He doth his over-match cenfefs I f Andfupplicateshertenveo're Her [pelIsland torture him no more* J amy jameffcaci. INw fulmit unto thy powerful skill. And beg by Prof rpines imperial will. And by Dianaesileddy fixt decree, by thy Charm-hooksviidch effedlual be, To fummon ftars down from the and th' Midwife rinfeth clear Red rugs dillained with thy fluent blood, When thou from Child-bed skip'flvtrith livelihood CA2iJI>tA'S Anfwer. Argument. 7'he Jnchantrefs will net le wen 'Te hear his ffipflication: > Cassfe he had tailed Hp and dow)ty ILr Sorceries all ore the Town. .Quid clferatis. WHy vainly pray '11 thou to my lock'd -upeatii As well the Rock the n.ake-ftript Sailor hesi When roaring Neptnnevixdx his billows beats. Shalt thou (Scot-free) fcolF our feats, Divide licentious ( Sacrifice An Arch-prieft-like o'th' 'Efquile Sorceries j Revengelefs blafon our reproachful fames .> Totruck with old Telignian haggard dames, Or mix difpatching Pills, to what end isYi can'fl not refeind thy deftin'd twill ? Book I. EPODS'. iSr The Fates (poor wretch) prolong thy irkfotne date, Thatftill frefli torments may thy carcafe bait. his tell-tale Sire for reft out cries, Wanting ftill what abounds before his eyes: For Reft i'n?ws^/>«'»rVultur-chain'd makes moan. And Sifyphns his ftiil down-tumbling fione Would roul aloft,but Jove gain-faies. And now Thou wouldft thy felf precipitately throw From down fteep clifts ; Now Noric fword diftain Id thine own Guts, and (loathing life) in vain Striv'ft with a Halter to conclude thy pain. Then on thy hateful fhoulders will I ride. And make the earth ftoop to my haughty pride. I,who Wax Statues can infpire with motion, (tion As thou (too curious ) know'ft, and whole dark no- Can hale the Moon down by my abrtrufe Spells^ And raife the dead up from their filent Cells, And fervent Philters mix : Should I bewail. My Magic Aft 'gainft thee cannot prevail ? r"?rfes Jung in the Secnlar games every ^entury ef years f pronounced for the fafety of the Roman Empire, PHcelus and Dian, Grovie CJiieen, Heavens ornaments; as you have been. Still be you honour'd,ever bieil: Grant what we askon holy Feaft. Inwhich Sjblda's verfes teach, Cbalte maids;cind ycuths not ftaiu'J withbi'sach, N 3 UiH© xti EPO DS, Book I Unro thofe Gods fongs to recite, Who on the feaven-fold hills delight. (Fair Sol J who in thy chariot bright, Doll call forth Day, and fhutt'fl up Night; And other,and the fame doll come, Nought greater maift thou fee than Po^e. Jlythia, open wombes we crave For ripened Births,and Mothers fave; Whether we thee Lucina call. Or which produceth all. Goddefs,bring Children forth, and bleft Senates decrees,give good fuccefs Ifo nuptial ]aws,tbat thofe who wed, May have a fruitful Marriage-bed. That ten-times-ten full Orbes mature. May us to fongs and fports enure: ■ Thrice in the fplendour of day light, And thrice in fhades of welcome night. , And you truth-telling Fates,to pall Joyn futurefortun€s,that may lall: That liable limits may enclofe, What once to Mortals you propole. That Cattel raay,and Corn abound. Wherewith fair Ceres fliall be crown'd: And wholefome llreams,wifh air as pure May nutriments to plants affure. All BFODS: 1 Ah Fhcehtis mild, withdraw thy dart, To fuppliant youths thy grace impart; And ^leen of Srars, who do'ft appear By-forked (Lma) Virgins hear. If Rome a work be of your ftore. And Trojan troops held Tybers Ihore: Apart injoyn'd their feat to change. And with fuccefs from home to range: For whom fecure,th'row TVoy on fire vSneas chafte in fafe retire, Freepaffage open'd,and gave more To them,then they poffeit before. 0 Gods to youth grant matters fage, Gods give repofe to quiet age; And unto Romulus his blood. Wealth,ifl"ue,honour, all that's good. Let Venus,and Anchifes ftrain. Who give ye Oxen free from ftain. In Wars atchievements bear the prize, And courteous be to enemies. The Median now by Sea'and Land, Fears Roman power,and conquering hand: The Scythians now oar friendfhip crave. And haughty Indians truce would have. Now Faith,Peace,Honour,modeH: look And VertLie fcorned,which forfook Onr C ty,dares return again. And bleffed Plenty freely raigr, N 4 EFOD S. look I, Thoehus^vikh radiant Bow,Divine, Gracious among thenine; Who doth with Heaven-infpir'd art, To crazie bodies health impart: If he Mount Palatine do grace. The weal of Roi^e^indi Latian Kd,Ct^ To farther times and better end, May he thefe Centuries extend. And Bian who holds AvenfinCy And Algidffs, may flie incline To prayers of fifteen men, and hear Our childrens vows with friendly ear. Then I,and all wellskill'd in Layes, Phmhus and Dians name to praife. Go home,with certain hopes,that Jmcy And all the Gods thefwhecher I'de have thee, A Mifer or a Prodigal to be ? SATXRES. Satyr 3. Thou Hill art in extreams; T would not have TheQcovetous ,noT a vain fquandring/Cw^w. 'Twixt rough F'ifellm and fmooth Tamis The Eunuch^^ vail difference there is. There is mean in things^and certain lines fTithin which virtue fiill it felf confines. But Tie return from whence I came ; are none But^wdjc Slaves delighted with their own Conditions? Do all praifeeach others lor, And pine to fee their Neighbours Goat has got A Dug more full of Milk then theirs ? and ne're Themfelves with the poorer fort of men compare: ( Though that's the greater number) but afpire Still to ore-top this man arid that,whofe higher! " It curbs the Spirit of that perfon which (rich. " Tugs to grow great, when he meets one more So when the from the Barriers are Let loofe to run a Race, the Charioter Minds Hill thofehorfes which out-llript hisowne, Slighting thofe which by t'other are out gone. And hence it comes, we feldomefind a man That fay es He has liv'd hapfily^ and can Like a well-feafled-guefi depart at laft Contented with that part of's life that pall. Now 'tis enough; leall you fhould think that mine 'S like Crifipitts Volumns,! will not add a line. S A T Y R 11. "BY A. B. That while fooUjh men fkun one VieCf they rm int» another, Tl:\tPlayerSyEmpricks,BeggarsiOinA the noife Of FidlerSyiU the roaring Damn -me boyes, And all that fort of do appear Extreamly/W,and much concern d to hear Their friend TigillHs is deceas'd; For he Did treat them with great liberality. While the clofe «»iyir,leaft hefhould be thought A]>redigal; oth'contrary, gives nought To his dear friend (though ne're fo much he need ) To cloath his body,or his belly feed. ^ Ifone fhould ask the Trodigaliwhy he By an ungrateful fottilh That brave efiate bequeatti'd him by his friends And Ancefiors^io prodigally fpends; And at great interefi take up money too, Meerly in needlefs litxtiry to beftow: His anfwer is,Becaufe he fcorns to be Efteem'd a fordid fellow,or that he Has but a narrow foul: So up he's cri'ct By fome,while others him as much deride. Fufdim the Ufurer fears to have The Reputation of m mthrift Knave, Rich both in moneys out at »/?,and lands. But when he lends, he ftill detains in's hands Five times the intereft from the principal; AndVherehe finds his Pehtors prodigal, Thofc S ATrRBS: Booki; Thofe he gripes moft feverely ,• He inquires For wealthy heirs new come of age,whofe Sires Had been clofe-fifted to them and fevere. Cfifld God ! what perfons who ihall come to hear Such horrid actions,won't exclaim ? But oh ! (You'l fay) he does't for his livelihood. Oh no! Tou carst believe hove much this love of Pelf., Makes this vile Slave an enemy to himfelf 0\AMene(iemHs,vih.om.thtCemedy Brings weeping in,and living wretchedly For his loft fon, could not himfelf torment More then this fordid, Beaft. To what intent Allthis is faidjif you defire to know. It onely tends to this defign,to ftiow *' That fools, when they attempt one Vice to (Im, Into the contrary do madly rm. . (^wcar, This man his garment down to th' ground does And that fo fhort his privities appear. Perfura'd i?»yj//«jwearsagaiidie coat, Corgonins ftinks as naftie as & Goat. Men do ohferve no means, but this Hlans flames Mull be allay'd onely with Roman Dames. Another does a common Quean admire, That proftitutes her felf to all for hire. A man of note came from the publick Jlews, And,to applaud hisaftion,hedidufe Catols Divine old Sentence, " Bravely done, Goon,and profper in what th'haft begun: For when the rage of Lull inflames your bloody 'Tis lawful to come hither, but not go od Another NuptialMto violate. While Cupiennius cries out, I hate To be applauded for this nicety. Give me anothers wife, Ihe'sfafe and free. Tit Book I. SATTRES^ " 'Tis worth the olferveition nf ailthofe " That would not hiive mcleannefs profperomi fee how they are Plagtid on every handy '' How often they fall into dangery and How fmtillyand feldome too, they pkaftiresgain^ A/id th ife corrupted with much griHand pain. This leaps from tu'topo'cli'riOuTSjancI rhinks toflie', Bat breaks his and that's till he diej This as lie flies, 'moii^ thieves and robbers falls^ And that with*s/>«r/e redeems his Genitals. Tliis is by Foot-men buggardy Snd (brnetimes Tiioferw."/wifr; which commit thefe fhameful crimesj Do loofe they Heads,and jiillly too ; all fay. None but that rutting Galha dares fay, nay. But'tis more fafe to venture your eifate In ShipSythax are but of the fecond rate; Daughters of Captiz/es that have beenmade free, IttSalufi plaid the fool as much as he That does cotnniit adultery ; For he had kgenerous Soul,and would be very glad Or any good occaftonythat he Might but exprefs his liberditicy (In modert manner though ) he would difpence His money to all freely, yet from thence No damage came to him, no d ifrepute, But ftill he lov'd a gentle profiitute. This was that darling Vice he lov'd toth'Jife, But llill he cri'd,/'/f meddle with no mans wife, Jul} fo Marcaus did, who heretofore Onely admir'd an honourable whorey And his Paternal Fortune fool'd away On a fhe-thingythatonth^ Stage Aid play^ Yet ftill he faid, Ithankjny fiars, that I With wives of other men did never lk> O Su4 .jp4 S ATT RES. ®ookI.|Bool But if with reheres and mimicks he'd to do, more fuffer'd,then his wealth came to. " What fatisfaction can it to us bring, "To fliunone perfon,and not ev'ry thing " That every way does hurt us ? To delTroy Our: repHtation, and to/es/away " Til' Eltate our parents left us, certainly . " Is a great vice,which way fo e're it be. So t^iUiiu^wXxo had a mind to be The Son in Law of Sylla,how was he Severely puniih'd ? Maul'd with Fifts,nay more, Srabb'd with Steeletto's,then kickt out of door.(fti]e.') ( Poor wretch ! how was he chou'sd vyith name and But J^ongarenm lay with her the while. Now if that Natural of his Should fay to him,when he had feen all this, Sir,what d'you mean? Do I require,when e're I am inrag'djthe Daughter of a Peer Or any marr 'tA woman ? what could he Then anfwer to't ? that meat for me, Wiiois defcended of amble i\em. But Natpire teaches better things then them, And quite too ; Great A?iit»?-e,which In her own help is plentifully rich, Ifwe would rightly life them, and deferj What wefhouldc^w/f, from what we ought to flj. Does it no difference appear to thee By lufi to pcriiflijor necejfity ? (tempt) Then that thou may'il not that vain work at- Of which thou furely wilt too late repent^ Purfuenot Matrons ; ^or the coll and pain Will far furraonnt ih^pleafure thou canilgain. Nor Book T. SjiTXRBS. 19$ Nor is their Fi'efh more teiii'er, nor are they Moe c'ean-limb'dtVjhote attire is rich and gay. And do with jemds deck their necks and ears, (Such as th* effeminate Cerinthus wears;) Nay oftentimes that Lafs,who's plain and free. Wears better Limbs then your gres^lFadams be. She does her mercenary Flefh expof^p Undeckt by art,and openly ihe fhows i The^-rrcfhe means to utter, nor will fhe. If any part about her hanfome be, proudly fhow that alonejoor if rive to hide Tliofe parts,which Nature has not beautify'd. So Princes, when they Horfes go to buy, Imothecover d parts moll flriftly pry. Lead the fame Horfe,that's lovely to behold With a finall head,and a crejl high and bold, And a round huttock^, the eager Buyer cheat, Becaufe he's kme,or foundred in his feet. This they do well in ; for we lliould not pry On their perfedlipns with a Lynxes Eye, And be as blind asHyffea was,when we Their greater iiKperfeiiions ought to fee. Oh comely legs and armes! (fay es one) and yet %.thpH -htittoch^d ,and has long-ffUy Feet, Short-wafted,buta»o/f of fuch a fize. That all the Members ffiortnefs it (npplies. Thou canftno part of a grave Matron fee, Except her/,j ; and her feet are neat. Does any man deilreto haveacAf^?; Impos'd upon him ? and be made pay down The frke ere the ci/mmodity be flioivn ? But thou art like the Hnnts-maniVilxo does go After the Hare np to the knees in Snow, Wh ch being caiight,makcshimachearful Feaft, Yet hee'l not touch a Hare brought ready drert.(jo; Thoafcornhb that Lafs thou may'll with eafec And court ti.ofe that are difficult and coy. Burdoeft thou think xhypajfionsio appeafe With fuch vain and impert'nent flames as thefe? Has not wife Nature bounded thy delire ? Does it not more avail thee to enquire. What flie cann'c be without,and what ilie may, And pare what ere's fuperfluous away ? When thou anthirfiy., mull thou onely drink Out of a Golden ordoellthink All meat is Ioathfome,w.hen thoa'rt ^mgry grown, But Turlet,or the Pheafant poult alone ? So when thy amorous flames grow llrong and hig- Wilt thou not take the next thou canft come by ? Be't KitchinvitnchyOt Sculliort boy ; or elfe, Wouldit have that burll,which fo extreamly fwellf I'm of another humour, for to me Thatx'W IS bell,that's eafiell; and Ihe Boolcl. SATrRES. That I can fooneft come at •, and when I Ask iier the Quellion, fayes Tes by and by.. As foon's my Servant is gon forth, or fayes She'l gratifie me, if the ^rlce I raife. Thofe that are hard,and tetiious to be won, Are for the feeble Emucis taiic aloTlp: Give me a Lady,that ne're llarids Confid'ring long,nor great rewards demands; But wheal call her quickly comes to me. Let her not ttglyyViO'C yet crocked be. But of good colour,md clean-limb'd withal, of a good rize,not by Chifeens made tali ; Nor let her by her painting make more fair • Uirface and ai^'»,tlien the; by Nature are. Wiien fuch a Creature in mine x\rmes does lie, Slie is my Low,my Queen^cay Deitie ; I call her by all names, nor do I doubt When we our Deeds of Pleafure are about. The barking Dogs,the breaking ope of doors. And all the Houfe dillurb'd with great uproars. Her jealous husband will return to fee. How he is cuckolded by her and me; ' While the poor woman ftarts from off her Bed, Pale and affrighted, 'caufe difcovered. And being confcious cries,OA I'm undone ! Ilhall be fetter'd,and my Portion's gone. And I without my Breeches then mutl pack, Bsre-foet and coat-lefs,aU to favemy bac^ From the dire Lafli,or to preferve my Purfe, Orelfemy R:putation,which is worfe. " For to be taken is a Crime, 'tis true, " And 'tis a pitiful misfortune too ; 1 dare be jndg'd by Fabius, who does know AH this is true, for hehasbeenferve.! fo» O 5 Satyr}. 1^8 SAtTRES, Book S A T Y R E III. By A. B. That men are tjuicks/>ghted to pry into other mem inji mities, and connive at their own. yk L! Songflers have this humour, that among Their friends they can't abide to ling a Song If they're intreated; but rhey'l ne'regive ore If not defired. This was heretofore Tigeiifts vice; Cafur who could command, If by the friendfhip of his Father, and His owfi>he did intreat but for one Ay re, ThisSongfier would not fing; yet ifhe were Once in the humour, all tiie Supper long He would to Bacchus ling,Song after Song ; His voice to th'highelf treble rais'd,and then Defcehding down to th' lowell baft again. A moi\ unjleady fellow, fometiraes he Would run,as if purfu'd by's enemy ; Sometimes hte'lAJlowly walk, as if he were The Sacred hofi about the Ilreet to bear. Sometimes attended with two hundred men Heel'd walk,at other times withonely ten. Now Kings ^nA Princes,mA all great things be The fuhjtUsoi his talk : Anon (fayes hej Give me a three-leg'd bcard,a{hft\\to hold A little fait,and to keep off the cold' A^o»«,tl!ougii ne'refo courfe j if you prefent Tins poor ablfemious perfon, who's content Now with fo /it{/r,with a thoufand pound. In five dayes there will not a (jreat be^found Ill's pocket: He the day in Jletp doth pafs. And lits rp :!! night long; there never was Bookl. S ATT RES. 199 A thing fo much unlike so him as he Was to himfelF ; But feme may fay to me, pray what are you ? Have you no crime at all ? Yes,Other vices,not perhaps fo fmall. WhcnA'fenm abkm^Novius did upbraid. You Sir,d'you hearPD'you know your felfp (one faid) Or do you think to cheat us, as if we Did not know what you are ? A/e»/«r,faid he. Could wink at,and forget his own faultsj this Is both a vile and filly love, and 'tis Fit tobe taken notice of, when with blear eyes We over-look our own infirmities. Why Ihould we into our Friends errors pry As narrowly as with an Ejtgles eye. Or piercing look ? 'twill come about. As we do theirs,they'1 find our Vices out. An angry man is no way fit to bear The jeers,which from the Wis he's forc'd to hear: They'ljeer him if ill fhav'd, or if his Gown In a negleded pofture hangeth down : Or if his Shooes are not well ty'd,though he May be as honeft as their WitjJ:ips be. Though he's a PwW,though a great ^it does lie Within that Body, drelf fo clowrtifhly. Examine well thy felf, fee if there be The feeds of any Vices fowu in thee; By Nature orill cuflomewedifcern, " NegleBei Fields flill over grown with Fearn. Lee's raife our felves up to this frame of ra nd. To be c' our Friends infirmities as blind As Lovers to their Miftrefjes can be. Who either doa'c '"heir imperfeSlions fee, Orif they do,they're plealingto them, ih.;s Balhinus lik'd even Jgnas F o I joks. 04 I 200 SJTrRES. Bookl. I wifii weall woiiid ei re mfriendjhip fo, And vertue on thsttrror would beltow A glorims name: for as the Father mild. If ne efpies a frailtiein his child. He does not fcornpior loath it,nor fliould we The errors of our friends, if any be. If a Son fijimntinggngffle-ejes fliould have, H s Farlier calls lum, Pre.tty mnking Knave i And he whofe Child in ftat-ire s no more Then Syjtphns th'Abortives heretofore. Calls him his ; ifhebendat knee, He calls him Varus ; if he hurl-foot be. His Father lifping calls him Sc.mrm j Thus When a Friend lives fometh'mo penurious. Let's call't «ood Husbandry, and when we find One that to jeer OTvdpour is inclin'd. Imagine his delign is but to be Very facetious \n company : If he berough-hew*d,and will talk and rant. Count him a down-right man and valiant. And when we meet with anv perfon that Is hot and furly,call him padionate. This thing joyms friends t6gethcr,and whenjoyndf ■" It f illprefcrves them in a friendly mind. Bur we theverv vertue? of a Friend Do into A' ices bafely wreft, and bend O'lr inmd tiiofe veffels to polliire,wh;ch are Clear of themfelves ; if any perfon dare L'Ve vertuouny among us ; hafe and love We count him thenjand if a man be flow Of apprehen:ion, we are apt to call Him dull and t'lck^skurd fe!!ovv;he that all cheats., wifely fcapes, whofe Bofome does not lie ^txpos'a to any kitu!,of injury, . Though Book I. S ATT RES, aoi Though he lives ina treacherous Age,wherein Malice and Slander,!ittd all kind of lin Do grow and flourifh,ought of right to be Erteem'd a prudent: wary man,but we Call him a fetbtle Jugler : if we fpy Ai open-hearted perfon (fuch as I Oft Ihew'd my felf to you Maecenas) which W t 'lhis perpetual and impertinent Speech Dilturbs men far more ferious,when they Do e-ther read or ftudy hard,we fay This/f//ow has not common fence, Alasl " How inconjiderately do we pafs " Laws on our felvej, uneejuai and fevere-, Since no man withoui Hicesev.rwere, " Or born,or bred, and that man is the hefiy ''''pyho^s troubled with the fewefi and the leafi. "Areal Friend willwith my faults compare '' My vertues; and if all my venues are '"''More then my Hices,he that loves me would ^Hnc'ine toth'mofl,as'tis fit hefhould: " So if to be belov'd he has a mind, " He may by this means the fame meafure ^nd : " He that defres his Wenns fkould not offend " His friend,mufl winkjtt the Pimples of his friend, " He that would have his faults forgiven mufl ^''Give pardon,jfAi? take itftisbut jujl- Now lince tl'eviceof angeryZnA the reft W'lich doourfoolifti-A/ierwrfthus infeft, Cannot be throughly rooted our,why may Not equal judgement and right reafon fway? A id wliv ftioiild not all pundbments be fitted P' O'wtmnahly to the Crimes committed ? Wiien a man bids his Servant lift a Difh 0,1" from the Table,znA he eat the Fifh That's 102 SATTRBS. Book I, That's left,or lickthtfuace up, :f char he Should (iiffer death, ftiould rot his Mailer be Efteetn'd more mad therrfrantick Laheo By all tfaofe men, who are themlel ves not fo ? How would the Mailers crime the mans cranfcend In greatnefs, nay in madnefs ? If a Friend Commit a faiilt,at which thou ought'll towink, Orelfeall men will thee ill-natur'd think. If thou fhould'fl fcorn and hate him for't, and flmn H.'scompany,as the poor Debtors run From that damn'd Ufurer Drftfo, who when ere The doleful Day of Payment does appear To his poor Debtors,if they do not pay Both principal and inter efi, how they Come by't he cares not,he conde nns them then Tolland with naked throats,like Captive men. Not to be kill'djbut (what's far worfe then it) To hear thofe wretched Tiayes wh ch he had writ. Suppofe my fudled Friend when he did fup, Bepill the room or break my Millrefscup; Or if he being hungry rook away That Chicken jvhich I'tif Difli before me lay, Mull I fall out with him ? What then if he Should commit theft ? Or break his trull with me ? Or fliould deny his promife ? thofe by whom All fins are equal held,when once they come T' inquire 'nto the truth they're at a Hand j For commonr.''4/()«,general cMfiome,inA Profit it felf,which is the Mother now .Of what is right and /«/?,a!l difallow This fond ofimon : VVlien in former time Af.in-kind, whichof all creatures is the prime. Crept out of's Mother Earth-, they were a kind pf dumb and nally (fattle,'^i\\d\ incli.i'd I Booki. SAtrRBS. 10 J To brawl for J/<«y?,and Dens to lodge in to, With nails and fifts,and next with clubs, and fo In length of time,they fought with fpears and fwords. Which need had taught them how to make, till words And names by them invented werC) whereby They did their fence and voices fignifie Unto each other, then they did begin To build them Forts to live with fafety iu. Then they enafted Z/«3Jw,that nonernight dare Play either RoLhcr or Adnlterer .• " For before Helens dayes women have been " Thecaufe of cruel wars. When men rufli'd in On any women which they next came to. At the firil fight,as wild Beajfs ufe to do; Til Hike a Bull o'th* herd,a ilronger come. Kill the firft Occupant., and takes his room: But unremembred di'd thofe namelefs men, Wanting th* Hifiorians and Poets Pen. We if we do confider former times, Muftgra It that Laws were made for fear of crimet As Nc ture can't difcern; what's ^^A^,what*s wrong., Nor fcparate good from ill, nor from among Thofe things we ought to fhun,plck out what we Ought to dejtre,nor can't by reafon be Made out,that he who on the Hearbs within His Neighbours Garden treads, do's as much fin As he that robs a Church, and lleals away What to the Gods there confecrated lay. Let's have a Rule,by which our pains may be Proportion'd to our crimes, and not that he Who lias deferv'd a little Rod alone. Should with a horrid whip be lafht toth'Bone. That thou'It with ferule ilrike Tie nc'r fuppofe. Him that deferves to fuffer greater blows j While SATrRES, Book I. While thou hold'ft thefts and robberies to be Ojfences ont\y of the like decree, And threatned ifthou reign once to chaftife Oar petty faults and foul enormities With equal punifhtnents: if it be fo. That he who is a wife man's wealthy toof A good Alechanich^skilVd in every thing. The onely gallant,and indeed a King. What need'llthou wiih to be a King, fincethou Art fo already ? Thou wilt ask me now If I don't know what old Chryfipus faid, Though a wife man perhaps lias never made His Shooes and Boots,yet Hill a wife man is A Shoo-maker; to what end is all this ? Juit fo Hermogenes,thou^lK he's dumb,can Sing well,and is a good Mufitian. And in this fenfe, Alfenns wlien he threw Away his^oo/t,and fliutuplhop, and grew A cunning Lawyer,wbo had been before A Cohler,vjas Hill Cohler, and no more : So the wife man's alone in every thing, TheskilfuU'd Artif,and fo he's a King. The Roguing Boyes (thou talk'll fo like a Sot) Will pull thee by thy Beard,if thoudo'll not That Scepter in thy hand thy cuilgel fway. And in Majeftick-wife drive them away. The cheated crowd that Hand about thee,all Prepare to kick thee,thou maift bark and brawl Till thou haft burft thy Royal feft^ Adafi high And mighty Kingfm brief thou Royally G v'lta whole farihing,{ot thy Bath at once, And haft no guard to attend thee but t >stt dunce Chrifpinu! • But my pleafant fr ends, if T, Turough folly fhould cranfgrefs, will pafs it by Book I. SATTRBS, 205 And when they dobewray their frail ties,then T in requital pardon them agen; And thus I live,though but a private man. More happy then thy fained Kinglhip can. S A T Y R E IV- By A. B. A Difcotirfe coneerning 'P O E TRT. THe old Gree^VoetSjArifiophaneSf CratinHifEfipoIufnch as thefe Who did wtizQ'Comedi/'s, where'rethey had One fit to be defcrib'd,as very bad, Such as a Thief,or an Adulterer, Or Murtherer, or fuch like men which were Notorious in their lives, thefe all lliould be With a brave heldnefs, and great liberty, Expreft to th'life, and wiiatfoever is Writ by Lticillius does proceed from this, Thofe he did imitate,their feet And numbers onely he did change,and yec His wit was excellent,his judgement clear, Onely the Tirfes which came from him,were Harlh and mpoiifht ; for this was his crime. Two hundred VerfesinoneAs»r/time Heordinafily poured out with eafe, As if: he did fuch weighty bufinelfes ; Yet though his Verfes like a Deluge flow'd, Tlfhad fomething rtill above the common road.; 20(5 SATYRES. Book I. He lov'd to fcrible, but could not endure The pains of writing Verfes good and pure; Ine'reregard how much an Anthor writes., " 'Tis not the f■)lumn, but the fence delights. I'Je tell you ; Once Criffinus challeng'd me, Pointing with's Finger at me. Come (fay es he) Take Paper,Pen,and Ink,fix place,and time. Let's both be watchr,try which can fwiftell rhime; I thank my Scars,Tfat^ire did mccompofe So bafhful,and fo pulillanimous, That I fpeak /Me, and but feldome too, But his laborious lungs do alwayes go Like a Smiths BelIows,puffIng breath fo faff, That he his Iron audiehts tires at lail. What luck that ScriblingRhimer Fannlus met ? That our grave Senate undelir'd have fee His filly Book and ugly fiatue too In Ceefars Library ? Whilell I that do Both blulh and tremble when I e'er appear Jnpuhlick^, no rehearfing wit does care To read my Lines to th' undifcern.'ng crue; But here's the reafon for'r,there are but few That love a Sntyr well; moft are afraid Their Crimes may be like others,open laid. Pick any perfon out of all Mankind, He is to pride or eiVmrice inclin'd ; This with the luft for's Neighbours wife runs thadj That's for th'unnatural ufeof fome fair Ladt This lovesto gaze on's money ftill, and that Is raviflit with the fplendour of his PUtei This to getMalthhy merehmdiz.ing goes. Where the Sun feis,trom the place where it rofe. Runs through all dangers head-long, and is toft frcilt place to place as Whirlmnds blow the duft. Book I. SATTRES, 207 Fearing lead he fhould loofc his dock, or not Increafe that vad Efiate which he had got. All tliefe hare Verfes, and Verfe-makers Thar Bead the Poet comes 'mare-hornf they cry: To make the People laugh, thefe Fellows ufe Not to regard what friends they do ab .fe. And whatfoe're they write they forthwith to 11 e Politicians of die Conduit fliew, Or at the Bake-houfe, that Old Women and The Rouging Boyes their jeds may underdand. Much good may 't do them,I on t'other fide With the name ^oefwo'nt bedignifi'd Out of their iiumber ,whGm the world does own For Poets., I'm exxluded, being none : For to compofe a Verfe^or write as we Do naturally fpeak's not Poetry. That noble Title 'Poet thofe doth fit^ Who have good Stile,high Fancy,and quick wit j And therefore fome have askt whither, what I Have written be Poem or Comedy^ Bscaufe no fait,no flame,nor fprit he. Or in the words or fence which comes from mej Which would be very Profe, but oncly I My words to feet and numbers ufe to tie : But in a Comedy the Poet brings A Father raging in 'caufe his Son clings T' a common proditute,and does refufe That wealthy match which theoldmandidchulc. And being drunks walks in the open day With a Torch flaming in a fcandalous way. Pomponius Father,if alive,would thus Rebuke his Son for being leacherous; 'Tis not enough to make Verfe fmoothly run With fine words,but if they are undone, And 2o8 S ATTRES, Bookl Bcio' And made plain Profe,would as unpleafane be As the fowre Father in the Comedy. If from the Verfes which I ule to make, And thofe which once L hc UI hs writ,you take' The feet and iTieafure,and do difcompofe The order of tliofe words,and make them Profe' 5 Placing thofe words before which iland behind. And fo invert their order,you will find The (Quarters of a Poet Ifill appear In every/f»te»rf,rcatter*d every where, Not like this Vet fe; when as the crsseljars Of wars had broke our iron pofis and bars. So much for that ,• VVe'l take a time to know. Whither this Poetry be right or no: Now I would onely ask whither to thee A Satyr can jullly otfenfwe be. The bawling Lawyers and the formal Judgey When they in Gowns and with their Law-tools trudge) Make MabefaSlors tremble, while that he That's innocent contemns their Pageantry. Though thou 'rt a malefaBoryyer lince I Am no Informery why clo'ltfrom me fly } NoBooksof minedoprollituted lie On publick Stalls to tempt th' enquiring Eye Of Paflengers, foyl'd by the greafieThumbs Of every prying nafly Clown that comes. I feldome do rehearfe,and when I do, 'Tis to my Friends,^nd with relmoiance too : Not before every Gne,nor every where; We have too many that RehearfersdiXty In publick BathsyZntli open Markets too. In thcSeild chambersywhatt their fw'w do Double by repercnj/ionyihty rehearfe In lipid notions tortur'd into Verfe. This 3ookh S ATT RES, This pleafes empty Pt*/,who never mind TruCB'/f and fenfe,fo rhime And feetthty find. Thou fayell I love to jeer and lludy it, To gratifie my own ill-mMrd wU; Where didll thou pick up this Report? or whd Of my acquaintance e're reputes mc fo ? That per/on who hack^hites his ahfent frknd^ " Or when another does,will not defend " His reputation ; he that aims to hi "Thejejlerin allfoolifscompany, " Am'itious of the Title of a Wit, " Ahlah of ' s tongtie,who what e re you commit ^'■Unto his truf, difcovtrs and hetrayes, " And impudently lies in what he fayes; . "■This is a dirty fellow, fuch a one ' " Every true Roman is concern d (efhum. I'vefeen a dozen men together feaiT, And one has rudely jefer'd at all the red. Except his which entertain'd them all j Eiit being.drunk at lad on him did fall, When wine (Truths Mother) had unloekt his Bread Reveal'd thofe thoughts that there did fmother'd red ! Thou who abhorr'ft bafe Fellows,wilt fuppofe This heaflfree, civil, and ingenious. Whilelt if" I do difcover and deride Some powdred Coxcombs vanity and pride j I Orelfe fome nalty Sloven,thou doft fall On me, as envious or Satyricai. |Ifin thy prefence any peiTon does iReport?eri//;«SacriIigious,^ .... Thou ( as thy cuftomc is) wilt him defend, ' And fay Petitm was thy antient Friend i From Children you were eonvei 'fant,and he With Kindneffes was ftill ohlieging, thee? P Th- aio SAtTRES, Book!, The thought of him does much thy Spirit chear, That he is well, and thou enjoy'll him here : But yet thou canftnot but admire how he Himfelf could from that fudgement fo well free. Such Friends are like the ScHttle-fijlfVjhok skin Is white withour,but all black juice witliin; This is thsrufiof Friendlhip, and this vice ( If any promife in my power lies ) I freely promife thou fhalt never find In all my writings,no nor in my mind. " If I fpeak what hjocnlar and free, " Youby theLawareboiindtopardonme. Myhonour'd f.a'f^fr,nowdeceas'd,did life Into my mind thefe Precepts to infufe; Obferve ( quoth he ) their end who vice purfue. And thou by that all Vices wilt efchew : When he did prefsme to good Husbandrie, And thrifty frugal courfes,and to be Content with that Fllate which he had got. And did intend to leave me ; doll thou not (Said he ) obferve the wealthy AllinsSon Into what want he is by wildnefsrun ? See what a fhdLji Fellow's Barrm grown, Bamij the Ranting'!!: Gallantof the Town; A good inftruRion for young Heirs,that they Should not their Patrimony fool away ! And wlieiifrom love of FFhores he would deter me, He to S- [ianpu fad Fate would refer me, That after marri'd Wives I fhould not firay, But life my PJeafures in a Lawful way. ( Quoth he ) upon thy name *twil be a Brand If like Trehonm thou fhould'fi: be trappand, rliilofvphy wi 11 with much reafon fhew (fue What t liou fliould'fi fhuHjand what thou IhouId'A put; Bookli S ATf&£Si SIS If thoK eanll well obferve thofe prddent wayesj In which our Fathers walkt in former day es^ And keep thy life and reputation free From vice or fcandal whileft thou'rt under I'm pleas'd : But when thy mind and body too) By age to full maturity fbdll grow^ Tie turn thee loofe into the World. Thus he Did in my Nonage wifely nurture me : When he propos'd a duty to be done, He'Jd fay,Thou haft a fair exampleFSon J For doing thisjthou haft before thine eyes Thofe which to honour and great pomr did rife. And if he'id have me any vice to flie, (Sayes he) A man rhay fee with half an eye This aft which now thou art about to do higiinl\ homfiji and profit too. ^ Since this mans name, and that's who did this things With genera! fcandal thrOugh the Nation ring. And as one Gluttons death doth much affright Another jand fufpCnds his appetite For fear of death,fo others infamy Makes tender Spirits front thofe vices fly- Thus Iliv'd Linconcern'd in all thofe Crimes Which ruineyoung-men in thefe impious times,' Though I perhaps do'nt unpolluted liVe, But have fmall faults,which men may wfoll forgive^ And which my fecond thoughts and a trus Friend^ And mfer age may teach me to amend ; For I'm not wanting to my felf when I Do W^alonejor in my Bed do lie. Then I think with my fclfjthis way is belt And if I foliow'tjl am truly bisft. And to my Friends am grateful; but perfo'n 'doing foolfA !y when p Sh J 3 2ia S ATT RES, Book gooi Should I be fuch an Afs to make the fame III courfe my pattern,which has been his lhame ? Thcfeare my private thoughts, and when I light Onafpare minute I doVerfes write, And this is one of thofe fmall fins which I Am guilty of,which if thou lliould'lf deny To pardon, all of my Praternitie Would come to help me; for we Toets be A mighty mmher^mA as once the Jews, 'J Romans to their Religion did feduce, ^ So we'l dub thee a Brother of thtMtife, 3 S A T Y R fi V. By A. B. A Journey from Rome t^Brandufium. FRom fpatious Rome to Aris once went I, With Heliodorus in my company, The bell for Rhetorick^ that the Grecians had ; Our Inn was fmall,our entertainment bad. From whence to Af ii forum we did ride. Where Sailors and lewdVitluallers vao^ refide. We made it two day es work,which might be done By thofe that had a mind in lefs then one. The Apfian Road we did not tedious think, Wetravcird flowly, and did often drink : Here, 'caufe the water was unwholfome, I Refus'd to eat a Supper, but fate by While my Friends did ; I long'd to be in Bed, For night m th' earthy her fahle wngs had fpread, Ar Book I. SjrrRMS, 213 Jnd flHckjhe Heaven with fiars.^ but fuch a noife Rofe from the Sailors railing at their Boyes, And their Boyes back again at them ! So ho I The Eoiftjthe Boat! Plague onyou^where d'you go ? ( Sayes on^)you Roguoyyou over-load the Boaty Tm lye (fayes t'other with an open throat} ; Holdfhold, now 'tis enough : And thus while they Harneft their MuIcS) and quarrel for their Pay, ' _ , They fpent a whole houers time; the ftinging flews And croaking Frogs deni'd me fleep and eafe. And now the Sailor being got quite drunk. With nallie Wine begins to ling of's Punck. The Mule-man does the like of his : both try Which fhould roar loudeft for the FiElory ; At length the Mule-man being weary grown. Falls fall afleep; while te a neighbouring flene The laz.ie Mariner did tie the Barge With the Mules traces which was gon at large To graze; and likewife falls afleep till day. Then we pcrceiv'd the Barge"was at a flay, There being no Mule to draw her; thereupon Oat leaps a furly Fellow, and layeson The Mule-man and the Sailer head and fide With a tough which was well appli'd • Then in four hours we afliore were fet. We walht our hands and faces,znd did eat: ^ Then after Dinner three full miles walkt we, Andcameto Anxur, where the houfes be Cover'd with Polifht Stone, my honour'd Friend Macenas and Cecceius did intend To take this Maritine (fity in the road, Ijoth being fent Ambajfadors abroad 'Bout State Affairs,and ulingto compofe All differences whic|i 'twixt Friends arofe. P 3 Here 414 SATT^ES, Book! Here I anoinicd thefe fore Eyes of mine With the rhoil true Coi^n»/wex'Ient Wine, Then ftr3ightA/'(!fi'e'»<«j and threeniorel fee, Ingenious perfons all, and forthwith we With fcorn pafs by that petty Village,where That Scrivener Lufcus proudly rul'd as Mayor. With Mace and C'A.?i»,and Fur and Purple gown, Strutting and domineering o're the Town, And came to FormU foundly tir'd at laft, Where our Friends gave good lodging and repaft: The next day was a bleffed day,for we Came to a Town where wine was good and free : There Virgil^F «r /«i ,and Plgtinm mer, Men of fuch Souls the World pan't equal yet, Norarethereany in the World to me So much obliging as thofe perfons be. But oh ! what love, and what embracing'twas ? And whatrejoycing did between us pafs ? " No man in's Wits can any thing commend " Before a real and ingenuous Friend. Next to a fmall Maritine village,near Cctfifmia% Bridge we came,the Townjmen there With Wood and Salt Alacenas did prefent As fees,'caufe in an Emh^jfy he went. From thence to betimes we cams, Virgil and l did Utt'^^Macenas game ; That tojlfome play at Ball no way complies With Virgils ftomack, nor with my blear eyes. Hence we came to (^occeius houfe,which is Seated beyond the Cla/sdian Hofteries, A rtarely houf yvliere plentie did abound, And there we fplendid entertainment found. And nowf my Mufe) aliill me while I tell That memorable fqunble which^efel BoGkl. S Air RES, 215 SarmentHs tliat BiifFoon,and one MeJJiiis,-w \\Q >^z Face with vparts was over-grown; And from what Noble antient Familie Thefe Combatants deriv'd their pedigree; The Ofian Nation unto jyieffius gave His being, but Sarmentus was a Slave of this condition &nd original. Thefe two Tongue-combatants began their braiK; Tho/t Horfe-facd Rasknl (fayes Sarmentns firft } At which we fell a langhingy like to burlf. tMeJfius replies, tVeUbe it fo; what then ? (And Ox-like toft his head at him agen.) Oh ? (fayes Sarmentus) what a dangerous Cow, Had not thy horns been i^uite faw'd ojf^ wert thoUy who art fo curfi without them ? thy old facey ( hfpoftble ) is uglier then it was, Since thy great wen on one fidcy now we find Cut outyit leaves an ugly brand behind. That botchy face of thine looks as if thou Hadfi aCavnpatnan Clap uf on thee now. Thus he afaus'd CMeJfius facZyand bid Him come and dance as Polyphemus did. No viz^ardyHoryet buskins needfi thou weary Thy face and limbs can't feem worfe then they are. retorts as much •, Thou Dogy (fayeshe^ Whenwillthy Jlavefipend} for though thou be TS(on> made a Scribe, thy Mrs. right thereby Is not extinguijht; tell me,Sirrahywhy Didji thou fo often run away from her } Is not a pound of bread fufficient fare For fuch a fiarvelingfiave as thou to eat ? And with fuch paftims we got down our meat. At our officious Holt Roafting lean Birds,was like himfelf to roaft. P 4 The The pile of fre fell dowrijand fcatter'd flame Frotr l-ntocherocfoftheold Kitchin cavae,' Foun The hungry Guefts,and Servants worfe then thofe, Foun Being afraid their [upper they fliould lofe, Batv Began tofcrambhy and did more confpire To fnatch the vi When BrntHs govern'd wealthy Afia; To ch' Hall they come contending eagerly. Both matcht as equally as Fencers be; They made an exc'lent Scane : Firft in the Court The Perftan pleads his caufe,and made good fportj Our General Brntus to the skies he rais'd. And his vidlorions Army highly prais'd; Call'dhim the Snnoi ^Aftay and all HhCaptains he propitious Stars did call, Except that Buffoon /0«g'(fayes he) who's far More mifchievous t'you all, than the Deg-fiar Is to the Husband-man ; thusonheran, And by his railing, bore that baffled matj Quite down before him ; like a Wimevfloody Which drives down every thing that e're wichllood " hsrapldmotion, and by violence Roots up the trees,and fo the Axe prefents. Thus when two Warrurs engage in fight. And both of equal courage, skil, andmighfj Honour's their aim,both fcorn to yield or run. The more their valour, the more mifchhfs done. So 224 S ATYRESt Book! Boo So valiant//fSor when he did engage 'Gainft llouty^c^i//w,fuch a deadly rage Did animate them both,that nothing could Satiate their ftiry but each others blood. And death of one, meeriy 'caufe both were flout,; CcnijMerotdie both couId5bl]tne're^i^'^ oHt. But when two Cowards quarrel,or if one That couragt has,contends with one of none ,• ( As Diomedes once with Glauceus did) The Cowardyields Or runs for'f,and inflead Of blows,gives bribes,and prefents to his Foe^ Onely to fave his lifej and let him go. King rallies up his thoughts, and then retorts Inveftives falfe, and many of all forts; Juft like a furlie Carmauywhok rude tongue Out-rails all PaffengersjkV right or wrong; Hehadnot witto jeer, but rudely hauls. And the fmart Perjian Rogue and Cuckold calls. The angry Perfian being fomuch flung By the reproaches of the Italians tougue, Cries out, Oh Brpttus I by the Gods I pray, Thou whofe profeffion's to take Kings away, Murther thisone King for me,thou'it gain more By this,then all the Kings th'hafl kill'd before. S A T y R E VIII. By A. B. A Difcovery of JPitchcraft. OF an old Fig-tree once the trmk^ was I, And as a ufelefs piece of wood laid by, Till an ingenuous Carpenter who found Me ly ing fo negle^led on the ground, Took Book I. S^TTRESi, Took me in hanH to form tne with hisheU But whether he Jfhoiild make of me a ftoo/j OtiPriappiSy wasathing-thatcid Longtime perplex this politick mrk^mms bead | Till after long deliberation, 'he For weighty reafons made a (j»d of me; Hence does my Deity proceed, and I Here Hand the thieves and birds to terrifie; Tlie thieves I fright away with my right handjj And nay longpole which does erefted Hand ; My Crown of Reeds does drive the birds away^ That they dare not in our new Gardens prey. The ground where I now ftand wds heretofore Acommon Burying-pUce for all the poor^ Whofe carcafes in mean fmall graves were laid^ And this the publick Septtlcher was made For t\i meanefi fort of people,thofe men which Were muchthe poorer *caufe they had been richi The bodies of fuch fpendnhrifts here werecaftji hifeol'd their means away,and lack'd at laft. i A thoufand foot in lengthy three hundred wide^ Which from the red a Land-mark did divide, Whofe plain inftription did defcribe to theHeirsy Which ground was Sacred,& which gf ohnd was theTrsi Now men f th' healthy Church-yard live, and where Dead bodies flunk,the living take frefli a'f^ And on that green hill now we walk, which ©nee' Was all deform'd and cover'd ore with bones. But yet the thieves and birds which hither comef^ And haunt this p!ace,are not fo troublefcrhe Tome,asthofe who charntesand psyfonsafcy With which they do poor Mortal minds abufcj licfe I can neither hinder nor deftroyi ht in the /t!e»t nights, by Moon^fhine they (I Ua SATTKES. Booklgoo Into thefe Gardens fteal, and pick up there Dead hunnane bom and hearbs that poyfonous are^ Here that old Hag CanidU 1 fpi'd In a black garment clofe 'about her ti'd. Bare-footfte walkt,her locks diflievell'd were, And that ffitch-major Sagma with her : Howling like Wolves,ot pale and ugly hew, They both appear'd moft ghalHy to my view. With their long nails to fcratch the earth they went. And with their teeth a Lamb in funder rent, WhoCe blood they pour'd into their new dig'd pit, And conjur'd up th' infernal Fiends with it. Such Spirits as could anf ifer to what ere They did demand ; two Images there were Brought by thefe Hags,hy which they did their knd One made of wo/jthe other made of wax: The Woollen was the greater,that it might Thelittle Waxen Image curb and fright. This Wax Effigies ftood cringing by. As finking under its fervility. One Hecate invo kes ; Tifyphone Is charmed by t'other: Serpents one might fee. And the infernal Dogs run out and in. The balbful Moon for fear fhe fhould have been A witnefsto thek jnglings hid her face, And made our Sepulchers her lurking place. If I liet'youinany thing I've faid. May the crowes with their dmg pollute my Itead ! Of to Hide Ofai Then be! [ a tan [And Ofhc jfror As th [Away Out Old And Her With Brok And 0' May all the regnesand whores, and thieves in town, Call their bale Excrements upon my crown. Wh What need I all thofe tricks to mention, which U. lAsk Were done hy Saganathat damn'd old Witch? And by what Artifice the Ghoits and fhe DifcoHrs'd together with variety [j ® Bookt SATTRES. iif Oftonesjnow f]irilI,now flatjand how they did Hide under ground by ftealth the hairy head of an old wolf, with teeth of fpecHed fnntke^ Then with the Waxen image they did tnake The fire to blaze: But that I might not be A tame fpeRater of thk foolery, ' And thofe impofiures unreveng'd behold^ Ofboth thofe Hags fo ugly and fo old ; ') ]frotnmy As thundring as a bladder when 'tis broke 3 Away run both the witchei into towny Out dropt Canidias fet of teeth,and down Old Sagana her fnahes and poyfons threw^ And all her conjuring tools, off likewife threw Her Perlmgy 'twould make one break his hearf iWith laugtitefjto obferve how one found fart Broke from a God, two Witches frights away. And made them run from one more weak then they^' S atyre IX. A defcription of an impertinent prating. RooU QF late along the fireets I rnufing walkt, And to my felf fome learned vehimfie^ talkt. When loe a wandring Trifler to me ca ne, Whom fcarce I knew, fave onely by his natfie j And with faitiiliar freedom took my hand, Asking me,Hon> I did ? At your command (faid I) God keepjou Sir. He following ftillj Q f turn'd abour^and ffopt to know his wilB Q^a, Tfhat ? 2lS SATTRES, Booli l^yhAt ? den tyoH kjew merman ? (faid he ) / toe A V^irlmfo am as well as yeu. The mare 1 honouryops,Sir^ (I repli'd) And ftill all wayes to fliake him ofFI tri'd j In thoufand differentpoftures I did gO) Sometimes I walkt apace., and fomecimes Jlow j Sometimes I whifper d in my Feot-boys ear. And all the while did fweat all oVe for fear. Oh happy he I (to mutter I began J fyho hugs himfeIf at an impertinent man! Oh happy I who as well himfelf can feail On the mod foolijh talker as the befl 1 In the mean time his tongue did gallop on. Letting no ftreer, nor lign, nor houfe alone : At lafl, perceiving I did nothing mind, fHe faid) you'd fainhe rid of me,Ifind ; Tut you,nor I have now not much to do. Tie therefore wait upon you where you go : TThere lies your way ? O Lord,pray Sir do not Tour feif for metofo much trouble put; Aiy journey lies almofi as fars the Lower, To vijit one you never faw before. That's nothing fr,I'm perfclly at kifure. And a long wal^ with you I count a.pleafure : With that I fhriiuk my flioulders, hung my ears, As a dull Afsthat too great lading bears. Then he begins : If once you knew me fr, Tou'ld fcarce to me would any wit prefer, fi^ho is there that can better vrrf ;s write ? Or wh 0 wi. hgreater fwiftnefs can indite ? ffho of your friends can more gent ely dance ? Or who can better teach the mode of France ? Jfyou but hear me frng,youwill confefs, t'd Hermogenes. el the fa Booli look I. SATTRES: 22 p Here it was time to interpofe : H^ve you Slmothtr Sky nor other kindred^ who [fnywant your company this frefent hoar? Im ; pale Death did them longjince devour. rlie happier they ; Nay then, in faith,go on. Kill me out right, my friend, fince th'hafi begun i U) lafi hour s come, and now I plainly fee Thou wert intended by that Prqphecie Whieh my N urfe fpake,when I an Infant was, lief ping my feet and fmiling in my face. She faid ; This Bey no poifon,nor no fieel, PIopain of Coughyor Spleen,er Gout,(hall feel. But by fome fatal tongue jhall be dejlroy'd. Talkers let him, when come to age, avoid. Over againft Quild-hall at length we came. He pelting me,I miferabiy lame. fodsfol 'Us weUremembred, hold, I pray, 1 have a Caufe here to be tri'd to day j Good Sir come with me in,I'le firaight dijpatch. Inhaft, like dying men, this bough I catcht, /o troth Sir I have no great skill i'th Law, My nod will kpep no Judge or Jury in awe, i'le fiftly wallf before, and if you make J Good fpted, you tpuichdy me may overtaky. Here he perplext rtood Hill, and fcratcht his head, khat? jhalll lefe fo dear a friend ? (he faid} Or by my abfence I oofe my Caufe? Nay Sir, I pray regard your bu/tnefs, do not fiir. Let my Caufe fink^ (or fwim ) Pie leave it here, So I my pelf to fueh a friend endear. So on he leads, and I found 'twas in vain Tofpoil my teeth by champing of the chain ; i -Srraight he refumes his firft Difcourfe ; And how ? with my Lord Jlandsyour condition now ? Q.i Aly S4Tr^ES, BooHooV Afy Lord's a prudent men., and private lives. Never himfelfto much acqnaintance gives ; Ton I raife a mighty Fortune under him. But yet me thinks it would great wifdom feem. If you would, take fi,me courfe thofe to prefer Ahcut him, who might fill pojfefs his ear T1 your advantage, and if I wi re one, Tou might he fure govern him alone, Tou'r quite mifaken Sir, we live not fo Asycu fuppofe,nor yet as others do; NofmalL Intrignes that family does Ireed, No plots,nor -little jealeufes does feed.: None there does look^ with envious eyes upon Anothirs good, Lut Uves it as.hy own ; Strange and unufuf this which you relate. But foit is, the more Tmpaffionate To make one of your number. That you may Without difpute, if you I hut try the way ; A man fo qualified as you appe.ar,. , Cant he deny'd adruljfion any where. W( ll,to my f df I will not wanting le. Tie watch his hottrsihis fery.mts I will fee ; /willfalute his Chariot in the. fireet. Tie Iring him home as often as we meet: J^'eXcurturs ftrivefor inter eft in vain, Zdnlefs hy long oh fervance it we gain. While he did thus run on,who fhould we meet But my friend C pafTlng crofs the ftreet, C— ftraight found what kind of man he was, Nor to fee through h'm,needed he his Glafs: So when the ufual cemplements were pa'f, I trod on's Toes,and foftly him imbrac'r; I winkr, and fhrug'd, and many fignes I gsve. Which fjlently did his adiftance crave Bookl. SATTRES. aji Jut my mnterciful maliciousfrieiid, leem'd not to underltand what I intend, Enjoy'd my mifery,and fmil'dtofee What fmall thin Plots I made to be fet free. Dear friend ! d'you remember who lail nighc Did us t© dine with him to day invite ? I well rember it, but yet in troth I have no mind to go,for I am loth To break a failing day,as we lhall there. That's nought I have a difpenfation here. I've none (fayes he) I'm going another way, rie keep my confcience, and the Church obey. Thisfaid my witty Friendwith cruel ipighr. Leaves me even when the Butchers going to fmite. Under what curfed Planet was I born ? By my companion to be left forlorn / Condemn'd to fufFerthis inceifant breath. And by perpetual chattringtAlk'd to death. I But now at lail by great good hap there was A Bailiff" feas'd on him as he did pafs; 0 have I caughr youSir,you muft with me. Pray Sir, will you againil him witnefs be ? (Along they go,I for revenge too joyn'd. But in the/As//we fo great tumult find. Such heaps of women follow'd us,and Boyes., That I with eafe efcapt amidil the noife. Sure great was my diilrefs, when even a throng Of /-(iBp-rrx was relief againil his tongue. Q_4 Satyr I o. s ArrRE Si Book ll Boo! S A T y R E X. By A. B. ^nether Difcourfe of PQ £TRT. ISaid indeed the YttkLucilius writ Were rough, 'tis true ; and who's fo void of witJ Though ne're fo much his Patxon or his Friendy That him againft thhcenfure can defend ? But iT\ that very ifage I faid withal. That with great Wit he does the City maul. And did commend him for it much. But yet Though I allow him that,I don't admit JLucilimvczs fo thorough-pac'd a fFit, As to be good at ev' ry thing, for fo That fool Lahrifis Dogrel Rhi/n^s might go For exc'ient Poemsy'^nd be much admir'd. Though-c be a vertue,and to be delir'd To make an Andionoe lai.gh well, yet there be More things requir'd to make a Po;t; he Muft be caucifcy his F'rfi muft fmootlily flow, And not be clogg'd with needlefs words that grow A burden to the ReaderyVlho is tir'd With reading that which he at firft de/l>Y.- Sometimes 'tis good to ufe a dileful llram. But moft of ail the Irisl^ and aiery vain Now play the Rftetorician, and theii To the Poetical raptures fly again. Sometimes write nke a Gentlemany whofe part Isto write eafily without much arty A merry ftile does better hit <3reat matters,then a down-right railing Wit 5 The Book I. SATyRES, 23J The antieiit ComickVotts on this ground Are mitablf,afid to be tenown'd, B it thofe our ipruccGallants about the Tmrty (Becaiife they underiland them not) cry down, To I'lngwhat CmlvHs and CattfUusvinu Istli' heighth of all theirand their He that, favthey, in's Verfescan Mix ends of GreiJ^, that that's the onely man, loxizgtdBlock:heads\ whofodoatupon That Dunce,Poet Pythaleoriy And think that Pie-bald way in which he went To be both difficult and excellent. But oh 1 an elegant difcourfe (you'lfay^ Made up of Greeks and Latine words looks gay; 'Tis jult like chian Wine when mixt among The Wine that to Ealemum does belong. When thou wouldeft Verfes make, imagine thou Wert for thy life to plead thy own caufe now. As did that criminal Petillus once, Would'lt thou thy Native language quite renounce. While the Kings Council in tlieir Mother tongue Tug for thy Condemnation, right or wrong ? To nterlace thy Ipeeeh, would'ft thou incline Wabforein words,and \[kc tbt Canufincy Speak a compounded Gihrijh ? But when I (Who am an In-land Poet went to try To makeCwi^Verfes,after mid-nighr,when Thofe things are real which are dreamt by men, Romulus rtraight appear'd to me, and told me. All men would for as great a mad-man hold me, If I attempt t'encreafe chat tedious itore Of theGrfe/^Poets,too too large before, As if I Ihould foals toTtferv-cafile fend; This to my Gracian verling put an end s While a34 SAtTRFS. Bookl Jioc while ftvellin« Alpin with his thundring Pen, Murders poor iiaughter'd J4i?«»»o«o're again, And by Iwbarh^.rotis Poetry deliroyes Thofe things and perfons which he goes toprAfe. I fport my felf with writing,Lines, which ne're Are fpoken in Apollo's Temple, where That pedant T ExceedingBut as for thee > Demetriusy thee that be -S But Fidling Roguesygo fret your felves and pine 'Mongft your She-fchollars at thefe lines of mine j Sirrah,make all the hade you can,aud look That all iVe f^id be added to my Book, The end of the Firfi Book^of Satyrs. 4 S A T y It E s. 237 SATYRES: BOOK 11. S A T Y R E^ L By Sir R. F. He dilates Hpn the advice given him hy Trebatius to write the aBions of Augiiftus, rather then Satyrs {as things that are dangeroHs to meddle with) and fhews why he cannot obey him. Sonne think I am too fharpa Satyriilj And that I ftretch my work beyond the lift. Orhersjwhat ere I write is neelefs fay, And that like mine a thoiifand Lines a day May be fpun. What won Id'ft thou advile me now (Trehatms) in this cafe ? Sit fiill. As how ? Not 9S9 SAtrRES, Book II, Bool Not to write Verfe at all, doft thou aver As thy Senfe ? I doe. Let me never ftir, ■ If 'twere net better. Bi^t I cannot fleep. For that, fwim Tyher (nointed) thrice: or fteep Thy brains atnight in Wine. Ifthou mull needs Write,dare to write unconquer'd Ctsfars deeds, Great Rewards following. Fathcr,that being it I'de fain be at, nay will exceeds my wit. Not every Pen can paint in horrid Field (kill'd, Thick Grovei; of Pikes, Spears broke in French-men And a hurt PaHhian dropping from his Horfe. His julrice though thou mafft, and hisraindesforce i As wife Lftcilifis thofe of Scipioy Tie not be wantingto my felt, if fo Occafion ferve. The paflfage muft be clear "When Horace words pierce Cafars krioiis ear: Whom,fl:roaking,if we think t' approach:'warc heels! Is not that better then in Verfe that reels> To jeer this Gull,that Prodigal, when each (reach) Man thinks he's meant (tho quite from thy thoughts And hates thee for't ? what fliould I do ? being hot Jth' head,and feeing doublathrough the Pot, JlFilonmirisksi C And double Bigs were on the Table laid ; Then after Dinner 'twas our recreation Topafs the Grace-cup round on Reputation. A health to Ceres that our Corn might grow. And fmooth'd with mne the wrinckles of our brow. Let Fortune rage, and raife commotions new, Can fhe make me live meaner (Boyes) or you For Nature nere appointed him or me. Or any elfe, proprietors to be Of our own landS) though now the time is his To turn me out, yet his unthriftinefs Or ignorance of tricks in law, or elfe Who e're furvivts him, him at laft expeils. This Farm which now by Umhrertas name is known Was mine, but none can fay, it is his own; "'Tisthihe,and mine,and his, live bravely then, " And in all troubles quit your' felves like men. R 4 Sat. 5. 44§ S AtYRES] Book II S a t y r e 111, l&'j A, B. Yhat every man is in fontsthing or other mai, DAMASIPPUS and HORACE, Dam. THou vvj -k 'ft'fo feldome,that there does appear, Scarce a new Poem from thee twice a year, j But vainly fpend'ft thy time in looking o're Thofe things which thou haft written heretofore : I'qi vext at thee, that thou do'ft thus refign Thy felf up to the fway of fleep and wine ,* The Mtifes negligently laid alide. And we of what we fo defire deni'd. Hor. What would yon have me do ? Dam. Here thou haft been Retir'd ever fince C'hrifimas did begin. Now thou'rtat leifure,let's have fomethiug from thi] That mav appeafe our /o«^/«g-,and become thee: Comfy flrikeapmany oneVerfe. Hor. No,'twill not do. ( Dam. Thou blam'ft thy harmlefspw;, nay the wm Endures thy caufelds rage for native guilt, 'Caufe 'twas in fpight of Gods or Mafes bnilt. Thou did'ft pretend,that if thou oncecould'ftbe Our of this Down from noife and hufinefs free, • And tofome little Country retire, In a mean Cow^s'^:'by a little fire, How many admirable lines Ihould we, As the effefts of thy retirement fee? Elfe Bool Elfet Thy GH.e If th That P.nU Tho Tho Elfe Got I The Tha Car J To Bui To In. W) Wi Ac Book II.' SATrRES. %4t9 Elfe to what end did'ft thou incitmler thus Xhyfelf v/ith Efipolis, Archilocus, (Jienanier^ Plato., and fuch Books as thofe, If thou'lt not write at all ? do'il thou fuppofe That by declining thou fhaltbe PnteBed from the jaws of Calumny ? Thou wilt be laught at for an Afs; come, loath Thofe lewd inchantmcnts of that Syren lloath; Elfe all that honour which about thee fliin'd. Got by thy exc'lent parts muft be refign'd. Hot. 'Pox on your too true council. Now (I pray) The Gods to fend a man to Ihave away That formal of thine; but prithee how Cam'll thou me and my humour thus to know ? Dam. Since my Efiates confum'd I go no more To the as I did heretofore. But having now no bufinefs of my own, To other men I am a Broker grown; In former time, I gave my mind to know Whether a ftatue were well made or no; What was well carv d or painted,and what ill. And how to fell or buy them I had skill. If a rare piElure any where I found, I would not care to give a thoufand pound, gardens and ftately hmfes I could buy And fell to great advantage, fo that I Wiien I was feen through the City ride. Here comes the Purchafer, the people cri'd. Hot. I know it,and I can't but wonder how Thou com'il thus cur'd of that difiemper now. (true. Dam. iTe tell you what feems ftrange, and yet 'tis My old difeafe was driv'n out by my new, As in fonneW/fj-there is wont to be The Head-ache cured by a Plurife, Or 253 SAtTRFS, Book II, Or one that has a Lethargy endur'd Gtovisfrantick^y and beats him by udiom he's cur'd. Hor. Be thou as/r^»f/V/^asthoii wilt, foas Thou wilt not ferve me as the DoBor was. ( mad, Dam.QooA friend,don'c cheat thy fclf,ev'n thou art And all the world are very near as bad. If what Stertimus the Stoick^ faith 'Mong prudent men, does merit any Faith, That grave Philofopher at firft taught me Thefe admirable precepts,and 'twas he My Spirits in my great afflibiion chear'd, And will'd me wear this ThilofophkkhttttA; And from Fabritius Bridge return agen With fpirit undiflnrb'd and calme,for when All my Eftate was gon, I thither went My Cap pluckt o're my eyes,with an intent To drofi>nmy felf,l fortunately fpi'd That learned Handing by my fide. What do'll thou mean f qd. he^young manPtake heed That thou do not an unbecoming deed, Thou'rt driven to this by fljami that 's very bad, Fearing 'mong mad men to be counted mad: Confider firft what madnefs is,and then If it be in thee, and in no other men. Go bravely hang or drown thy felf for me, I'ienever fpeak a word to hinder thee. He who to vitioHs folly is inciin'd, A nd is by ignorance of truth Jed blind. Is by the Stoick^ counted out of's wits, This definition all degrees befits: Ail perfonsjoay great Princes, everyone Jt comprehends.) but the wife man alone ; Nay give me leave,and I'le demonflratehovi He who calls thee fool's its miicb fool as thou. Like Like Trav'ters pafling through a Wood,when they Range up and down tnifling their ready way. This to the right,lhat to the left hand llrayes. One error fools them both,though feveral wayes. And tho thou thinkTl thou'rt mad, y et even he y. Is not a jot lefs mad that laughs at thee, \ Both to tool-coats have like propriety. 5 There is one fort of fools that Hart and quake At the Chymaras which their fancies make. Cries out rocks,fire, and vsater him detain. When he is onely walking on the flain : Another which is full as mad as he. Though in hh humor he goes contrary. Runs through all fire and nater ventures life, Though Father,Mother,Brother,Sifter,Wife, Or (which is more) his Mrs. fhould Hand by. And warn him of the danger he is nigh. Crying aloud. Take heed i he'ld care no more Then Fufim the A ftor heretofore When he the part of Hecuba did play, And fhould prefent her fleeping, down he lay Drunk and afleep ; Catien the Player who The part of Polidore did alfo do, Though he cn d,M9ther 'tis I call you, wake, A thoufand Catieni could not make Herftir; I think that all the Vulgar be In feveral humours as ftark madi'i he. To buy old Statues you fjppofe I'm mad. But was not he that trufied me as bad ? Hor. May'ft thou now borrow money of me,and ne're Pay mea/ Or if by poifsn thou deftroy thy Mother, Meerly t'obtain her jointure, how canft thou Beperfeft in thy underfianding now ? This is not done at Argos, where fuch things Are done,and licenc'd by inhumme Kings; Nor as Orefles once his Mother flew, Which by her crimes flie had provok'd him to. Do'll thou fuppofe the frenz^ie of his brain Seiz'd not till after he'd his Mother (lain? Or was he notour of his wits before Hebath'd his Jvord inhermaternal Befides fince that he was accounted mad. He did no aft reprove able and bad ; He ne're attempted Pilades to kill. Nor yet EleUra ; onely he faid ill To both,and curll them both,calling her fPitc'h^ And rail'd at him with all bad Language, which From his enraged heart and tongue could flow, Uttring what gau! and choiler ftir'd him to. Opimiusythat Mifer, was as mad. For he did need that money which he had Laid up in /err,and us'd to drink the bafe Vejentan Wine onfolemn Holy day esy Incourfe Campaniaa Barthen pots,and on Week^dajes drunk wine whofe tafle and fpirit's gon. This fellow fell into a Lethargic^ And his rejoicing Heir ran prefentlyj And 35<5 S ATT RES, Booklll And ranfackt all Impocketsior his Keys. An honell nimbleJDcSiJr this Difeafe " Ciir'd in this manner ; firll he gives command Into his room to bring a Tahky and Upon itliis «»£i«e7 out to pour, And bring in divers men to tell it o're, Sorais'd him prefently out of And gave him this wholefome advice with it; If thou keep not thy wealth thy f ?if, thine Heirs ill greedily feiz,e on't, as if 'twere theirs. What,while famaiive? ((ayes he ) yes ( fayes The DcBor) therefore have a care alwaycsy That thou may fl live,make that thy hufmefstoo. What (fayes theMifer)would you have me do ? Youi veins (the Ddftor fayes) will fail,you'i die Unlefs with meat and cordials you fupply Your fainting; Nay, there's no delay. Come, take Cor dial. Sir, what miift I pay For't ? (quoth Opimim ) O (the Dodor cries) This Phylick'sof a very little price. How much is tliat (Opimius fayes) Four pence (TheDodor faid.) A/as what diiference (Sayes this daran'd Mifer) is't whether I die Of this difeafe,or by their theivery ? Hor. Who then are in their fenfes ? Dam. Thofethatbe Not fools. Hor. But what do you fuppofe is he That' 's covetous ? D am. A fool and mad man too. Ilor. Mult he be jtife that covets not ? Dam. No, no, Hor. Why (prkhes Stoick.) Dam. I will cell thee why 5 Suppofe 'Ookll, BcoJt II. S A TICR E Si Suppofe a Patient in his fick bed lie ; riiis man has not the Plague ("the Doftor cries.) [shewell therefore? may he fafely rife? [^0 (fayes the Doftor) for the man may be hfflifted with foine other malady. This man perhaps is not a perjurd Knave, Nor yet a fordid avaritivas Slave, Thank hisgood Stars for that; yet if he b^ OVe imfadentyOt elfe amHtiotts ,he Is mad and mull pack to Antycera^ 5 For what's the odds, whether you throw away : All your eflate into the Sea., or not Dare to make ufe of that which you have got ? Ofidiusa wealthy perfon, who ; Had good old Rents,and at Canujtum two Very good Farmes, which he 'twixt both his Sons Ac's death divided (as the llory runs ) Calling them to his Bed, he told them thus; ) Since I've obferv'd thee (my Tiherim) Tello're'thy Nats^mA in fome private.place To hide thy Play-games mt\\& c&rQiulhct, Whilethou (my Aulas) carelefly would'il play With thine, and loife them, or give them away § I am afraid left «?8^flrould poffefs The minds of both,chough in a different drefs, And make one turn a Prodigal, and t'other Be fowtw,contrary to his Brother j And therefore he did beg of Heaven, that One Son might ne're diminijh his Eftate, Nor t'other his increajeyhm be content With that which he had thought fafficientj And Nature had confin'd them to; and lealt 'The itch of glory fhould their mindes infeft^ pofe $ trid. 15^ SATTR ES, Bookl He by an oath injoin'd them, that if e're Either of them were Alderman or Mayor ^ He fhould b* uncapable to make a W/?, But live like one run mad-fit out-lam d rtill. Thou mad man! wiltthoii fpend what e're thou hai IngiftsAnd prefents-, onely that thou mailt Walk on th' Exchange in ftate ? or elfe mailt be Set up in Brafs to keep thy memory ? When thy HereditaryXWr t'halt fold, And fpent thy Fathers Silver and his Gold : Mult you forfooth have fuch applaufes made As great Agrippa-,Cafars Kinfraan had ? Or lhall the Coward Fox, though crafty,dare With the magnanimous Lio» to compare? A Countrey fellow that by chance did meet With Agamemnon,ask'd him in the Itreet, VJhy {Agamemnon) why didft thou forbid That Ajax body ihould be buried ? 1 am aKing ((aid Agamemnon.) Nay Then (quoth the Clown) I have no more to fay. But my commands werejufi, (the King replies) And if to any they feem otherwife, Tie givehim free leave to difcourfe the things. The Countrey Clown repli'd, Greatefijf Kings, Heaven grant you may triumphant bring away Tour conquering Navy from the conquer d Troy, Propofe the Q2?ltion (cries the King)and I Will give an aniwerto't: Speak. PraySir,why (Reply'd theC!own)fhould that Heroick wight Ajax, who was fo eminent for might. And had fo oft preferv'd the Grecians,mt Second to any but Achilles, rot Above ground uninterr'd, that Priam may. And all his baffled Trojans laugh, and fay »okl Book II. SATjRBS, a 5^ He bv whofe hand fo many Trojans were Deny'd their Graves>now viznxsi Sefnlcher # Ajax (fayes Agamfnmnj being liiad. Did kill a hundred fheep,and faid he had Kili'd that renowned man and That I dinAMenalam fell by s hand. But when at Attlis you did bafely flay Your beauteous Daughter,and on th' Altar lay Her body like a Calf for Sacrifice, Vile man ffaid thePlebean) were you wife ? Why not? Agamemnon, j Quoth the C/wWj Pray what has Ajax in his madnefs done ? He with his Sword killM Cattle,but his hand From murthering's wife and children ttill abftain'd |) True,he curs'd you and Menalam too ; But to his friend Ul)Jfes he did do No wrong : Nor yet to Tettcer (fayes the King) That I my Navy frons the Shore might bring, The Gois with blood I wifely pacifi'd. Mad King/'twas your own (the Clown reply'd.). Yes (quoth the King) with my own bloocl,'tis true,' In which I did no of madnefs fliew' " Whofalfethings(fayes the Clowri)with true^ &ba(^ " With good,together huddles,is ftark madi And whether it be out of folly done. Or rage,and madnefs,ltill the thing is one: Ajax in killing harmlefs flieep was mad. And you in afting your great crime as bad; Killing your guiltlefs Daughter to appeafe, Thofe vain imaginary Deities; Upon deliberation too; is your heart well And pure,when as it did with palfion fwell ? if any in a Coach about fhould bear A fine Lamh.finigarments for't prepare S 5 A? i6o S ATT RES, Book II, As for a Lady,furniih it with mtney And Servants, call it hisdear-, dnck^^ and honey^ Provide a Husband for't; the Magiftrate Mull feize upon this Lnnaticks Ellste, And then the Gmriian^kip of him commit To the next Kin of his who has more wit. But what if one his Daughter facrifice Inftead of a mute Lamb, is that man wife ? No man will fay't; and therefore wherefoe're Is vitions folly, madnefs too is there; And he's a mad- man who is given to vice, That fool whom brittle Honour does intice, Is fo tranfported with the various found OfDrwwy and Trumpets, that his Brains turn round. Now as to luxury-, reafon doth fhew, That foolifh are mad men too: There's 'Homentanus,vi\\o as foon as e're He had receiv'd a thoufand pounds, which were Left him by's Father, he proclaimed ilraight The Fowler and tlie Fijherman Ihou 1 d wait Upon his Worfhip,and all Tradefmen come And bring their wares next morn to him at home ! Bauds, Pimps, Bufeons, and all that impious crue Of {herkmgTradefmen,which young Sepuires undo. What followed then? They inftantly appear With their Commodities from far and near. The Baud being at Rhctorick^ the bell, Makes a fet Speech at th'iailaRce of the reft ; May t pleafe your fVor[kip, l^cpXQth flte) what foe'rt I or my Brethren have at home,or here. Is at your fervice,fend for't when you pleafe. Now mark the filly anfwer which to thefe Thkyoungker gives; Poor Huntfman thou dofigo In heavy Boots, and watch all night in th' Snow, BookJI. S J TYRES. And for my Supper bring fi a Bore to me: thou Fijkermm in the tempefiuoas Sea Tel(fi me a Di[h of exc'lent Fijhywhile I Glutted with wealth and Jloth fupinely Iky Unworthy fuch a Fortune to pojfefs ; Tour merits mujl make my great fortune lefs; Tou Huntf many there's a hundred pounds for you ; Here Fijhermanytaktyou a hundred too; Pimpy for thy Wives fakpytake a triple fumy For if I fend at mid-night jhe will come. t/£fop the Players Son, that Prodigal In his luxurious prank,out-ranted all; He pluck'd a Pearl out of his Doxies ear. Which when he had diffolv'd in vinegary He quaffs it at a draught, as who fhould fay, (Damn me) I drinks a thoufand pounds a day. Had he bin madder if he'd thrown away That Pearl into the Bog-houfe or the Sea ? Thofe Sons of Arriusy who were arrant Twins In luxuryy toyesy lovey and fuch vain fins; No food upon thofe GallantsT&h\Q% came, But Nightingals which could fing tVulfingham. How fiialJ I rank them, 'mong the wife,or no ? Mull they to th' SenatCyOt to Bedlam go ? If one who wears aheard fhould make Dirt pies. Or pleafe himfelf with Chariots drav/n v/ith Aficcy Or ridea Hobby-horfey or at Pujh-pin play, Who would not fwear his wits were fled away ? If Reafon does convince us that to fall In Love,is the moft childijh thing of all; And there's no difference it thou play'lt with #, And fuch vain toyes ( as when a child thou wert) And now thou'rt grown a man thou do'il adorty And whine and vex for foiue fair crafty Whore, S 3 Pray> SATTRES, Book II. Bool Pray, tell me,can you do like 'Tfokmon ? Who being drunk, run with a Garland on Into the School of grsvQXemcratesy With Rihonsy Cujhionsyllandkercheifs ; all thefe He privately took off and threw away When he heard what that temperate man did fay; And grew a grave man from a Coek^hraind fool, Sb that he did fucceed him in that School. If you fliould offer to a fropptfh Boy 'An Apple,he'ld refufe't; and if you fay. Take it (my pretty Child) he will deny; But if you do not give it him, he'l cry. A puling Lover's fuch another Afs, Who being Ihut out by his cunning Lafs, Hankers about the door : What Ihgll I do, (Thinks he) fhall I return to her,or no ? And though he uninvited would have gon. Yet when by her he is but call'd upon ; Shdlllgo now(fayes he) or rather find Someway to eafe the troubles of my mind ? Shut out! and llraight calfd in and Ihall I go ? If Ihe Ihould beg her heart out,rid fay, No; Parmeno was much wifer,though a Slave, Jldnjier (fayes he) thofe thingf v^hich neither have Reafon nor meafure,are notfit to be Dealt with by Rule and rationality. J h that Vi in toy call'd love^ thefe mifchiep arty Wary Peacoy ill-groundedpeacoy andgroundlejswar, If any man fhould firive to fix and fiay Thofe things rehich by their JVature mJl may; This reay and that by every wind are hlowny And on blind Fortunes waves tofl up and downy He does as illy and is as rauch a fooly As if he would he mad by art and rule. When Bookll. SJTTRES. When thou do'ft laugh becaufe a ks^nel hits Thy Chambers roof, art thou in thv right wits? And when thon do'ft thy Miftrefs entertain With Childrens prattle which cannot fpeak plain, How canll tlrou poflibly,be thought morewife Then little Children are, which make Dirt pies ? Now to all Lovers follies add the guilt Of all the blood which has by them been fpilt, Both of themfelves and others, with a Sword Let their devouring foolifli Fire be ftirr'd. Was it not (loutly done of Marias} who Firft his own Miftrefs, then his own felf flew: Was he notfrantick^} or wilt thou acquit Him of that crime,of beingout of's wit, But of great mckrdnefs wilt him accufe, To give nick-names to things as people ufe ? There was an old man in the morn would go Falling about the llreets, with hands walht too; And to the Gods he'ld vehemently pray. That he might ne're by Death bet'aneway, 'Tis a [mallthing teyoH, ye Gods (quoth he) To give to one man Immortality. If any Mafter were about to fell Such men for Slaves, and Ihould the Bayer tell That they were perfons perfedl and compleat, Uniefs h' except their mindsf he is a Cheat. This fort of people does Chry/tppas place Among the fools innumerable race. A faperftitioas Mother, whofe young Son Sick of a^artan lay,as he had done, Five moneths at leaii,to [apiter did pray ; "Ok Jove-f who pains do'ft fend and take away, "If this poor Child of mine may be (quoth Ihe) " O.ice from this fhivering Qaartanl^gae free, S 4 "On 3^4 S ATTRES, Book 11, ♦' On the next day thon do'ft a fall coaimand, I'th* morn in Tyber he fhall naked ftaiid. Now when the Dofl:or,or good Juck(that's more) Did to his former health this Bey reftore. His doacing Mother,by her Zed beguil'd, into the River put her Feav'rifh Child ; Whofe coldnefs did the Feaver bring again. So flie her Son, which flie would fave,hath flain: But how came fhe fo much out of her Wits ? Her. Perhaps fhe's troubled with Religious Fits. Dam, that 8tb. vvife man, told me This as a friend,that I might armed be, When any man hereafter call'd me maiy 1 in revenge might fay,j&(r is as bad • And teach him to look back,that he might find That unknown part oth' Lag which hangs behind. Hot. After thofe lofles which thou didft fuftain, May-ft thou fell every thing forfo much gain; But prithee tell me, Stokk^y to what kind Of madnefs do'ft thou think I am inclin'd, ('For there are feveral forts) but I fuppofe. That I am free from every one of thofe. Dam. When up and down the Itreers Agave bore fier poor Childs Head which fhe cur off before. Did fhe conceive that fhe was mad, (think you.-*) Hot. Well, /'m afool ,i rnult confefs,'tis true ; Nay,l'm mad too; but (prithee J let me know What kind of madnefs Pm addifted to. "Dam. I'letell thee; Firft,thou haft a building brain Next,though thou Vt but an Urchin, thou would'ft fain Appear a proppcrVeUow : Thou laugh'llat That little Fencer T«rffl's ftruttinggate When he's in Armes, with what a Spirit he goes, And art not thou as much ridkulous ? : ^ Do') Bookll. SATrRES, Do'ft thou conceive 'tis fit for thee to do What e're Af^cenas power promps him to ? Wilt thou who art fo much below Iiim,dare With (adi an eminent perfon to compare ? A carelefsC^j//by chance did tread upon Aneftof youns^ Frogs,when thefl/^/ wasgon j One that efcap'd did to his Dam declare. That by a huge great heafi hte ymng ones were All trod upon andkill'd. Howbigwaehe? W m he as big {u I am now ? {quoth flie:) Then fweird her felf. Bigger by half (replid Frog jmior.) What thus much (cri'd The Beldame Frogjand Hill Ihe did fwell pn. Until atlart, Oh^ Mother ! (fayes the Son) Forbear your fwelling., for you cannot be {Though you jhouU burfi your felf) as big as he e This Pifture very mufh refemblesyou. Add Poetry to all thy madnefs now. Which mixt with other Prices is the fame. As if thou Ihould'll pour Oyl into the flame t Yet if a Poet had been ever known To be a fober fellow,thoa art one; Tie not fpeak of thy horrid cholericknefs Hor. Hold (prithee A'ro/VO Tjam. Not oithy drefs That's fo phantajlical,and fo above thy Purfe and Quality ; nor of thy love T'a thoufand wenches and a thoufand boyes. • Hor, Good follow thine own tOyCS, ■ And now forfhame my peccadilloes fparey Which no proportion with thy yices bear, Satyre 4. SATTRSS, Bookll, look S A T Y R E IV. By T. F, Efq; A Character of a Belly-god. CATIUS and HORACE. Hor. WHence Brother Catias, andrvhither honndfofafi) Car. Oh^ Sir.,yoa mnji excufe me-J'm in hafit, J dine mth my Lord Mayor* and cant allow Time for our eating Directory nowy Though I mull needs confefs I think my Rules Would prove Pythagoras and Plato fools. Hor. Grave Siry Imufi acknowledge 'tis a crime To interrupt at fuch a nick^ of time; Tet flay a little Sir, it is no fln\ You're to fay Qrace e're Dinner can login ; Since you at food fuch VhtuoHo arey Some Precepts to an hungry Poet fpare. Cat. I grant you Sir,next pleafure ta'ne in eating Is that (as we do call it) of repeating i I ftill have Kitchin-Syflems in my mind, And from my Stomach'5 fumes a hrain well lin'd. Hor. whence y pray Siry learnt you thefe ingenious arti, From one at homCy or hir'd from foreign parts? Cat. No names Sir,(I befecch you)that'5 foul play. We ne're name AuthorsyOntly what they fay. (fhioi?, I. "For Aj'^rchufe long, the round are out of fa- " Unfavory and diftaftcful to the Nation, " E're fince the brooding Rump they're addle too, "In the long Egg lies Cock^a-doodle-do. 2. "Chufe look II. SATTRES, 2. " Clwfe Colworts planted on a foil that's dry, Even they'reworfeforth'wetting (verily !) If Friend from far Ihall come to vifK,then «Say thou would'll treat the wight with Mortal "Don't thou forthwith pluck off the cackling head, <' And impale Corps on Spit as foon as dead; " For fo ihe will be tough beyond all meafure, " And Friend lhall make a trouble of a pleafure; " Steep'c in good mm let her her life furrender, « Othen Ihe'l eat moll admirably tender. 4. Mufhromes that grow inMedows are the bell, " F'rought I know there ispoyfon in the reft. 5. "He that would many happy Summers fee, "Let him eat Mulberries frelh off the Tree, " Gather'd before the Sun's too high, for thefe 'iShall hurt his Stomach lefs then Chejhire Cheefe. 6. " Aufidius (had you done fo't had undoneye) "Sweetned his Mornings-draughts of .^(^c/^with Aowfjr, "But he did ill to empty veins'togive "CorrociingPot/ow for a Lenitive. 7. "If any man to do thee inveigle in, "Firft whet thy whifile wxrhiorat gooA Metheglin. 8. "If thou art io»«d,and in continual doubt "Thou llialt get no more in tillfome get out, "The Mufcle or the Cockle will unlock "Thy hoii[o%trunck; and give a vent to mck_', "Some fay that forrel fteept in will do, "But to be fure put in fome Akees to. 9. " All Shel-fi(h(w\r.h the growing Moon increafe) " Are ever when ftie fills her Orh the beft; "But for brave Oj/m, Sir, exceeding rare, " The/ are not to be met with every where; "Your Wall-fleet Oyfier no man will prefer "Before the juicy Grafs-green Colchejier; " Banger- f6% S A tXR E S, BookD, Book Hungerford Cravo^jh match me if you can, *' There's no fuch Crawlers in the Ocean. 10. •'Next for your Suppers, youf it may be jthinli "There goes no more to't,but jult eat and drinkji " But let me tell you Sir,and tell you plain, " To drefs 'um well requires a mttn of Brain; " His fallat muft be quicksand fmart,and Itrong ** For Sauce,a very Critickjn the tongue. 11." He that pais dear for jF«]??,riay though the beft, ** May pleafe his Fijhmonger more then his Gitefi, If he be ignorant what Sauce is proper. There's Machiavel in th' menage of a Supper. 12." For Smnes-fiefh, give me that of the wild kn, Purfu'd and hunted all the Forreft o're, He tathe liberal O^e ne're quits his love, " And when he finds no Acerns,grunts at Jove; " The Hamjhire Hog with Peafe and Whey that'sfed "Sti'd up,is neither good alive nor dead. I?. "The tendrelsof the fliMeare Sallads good, " If when they are in feafon underilood. 14. " If Servant to thy Board a bring, " Be wife,and in the firrt place carve a wing. 15." WhenFifli and Fowl areright,and atjuft age, A feeders curiofity to alTwage, " If any ask. Who found the Myllery ? " Let him enquire no farther,! am he. 16. " Some fanfie Bread out of the Oven hot. Variety's the Glnttons happieft lot, 17. " It'snotenough the wine you have be pure, " But of your oyl as well you ought be fure. 18. " If any fault be in thy generous winey Set it abroad all niglit,and 'twill refine, *' But never llrein't,nor let it pafs through//««?», I^ine will be worfe for that as well as Wo nen. 19. "Tk Book II. SATTRES 3 dp ip. "The that of Ma/a^aand Sherry <'VVith damn'd ingredients patches u^Cmary^ Segregative th.xng'i^i as Pigeons'Egg^ "Straight purifies, and takes away the dregs. ( eafe. 20." An o're charg'd rtomachroafted ShrimpviiA " The cure by Lettice is worfe then the difeafe. 21. " To quicken appetite it will behove ye "To feed couragioufly on good Anchovie. 22. " fVeftfhdia Uamm-fiXid the Bolognia fawfage j "For fecond or third coiirfe will clear a palfage, "But Z-et/tVf after meals! Fieon't! the Glutton "Had better feed upon Ram-alley-Mutton:'^' (tagej 2^." 'Twere worth ones while in Palace or in Cot- "Right wel 1 to know the fundry forts of potage; "There is your French Potage, Nativity Brocu, "Yet that of Fetter-lane exceeds them both; "About a limb of adeparted7«;> "There may you fee the green t-ferbs boiling up, '^kndfat abundance o're the furnace ^oat, "Refembling ffhaie-oyl in a Greenland Boat. 24. " "The Kentifh Pippin's bell, I dare be bold, " That ever Blew-cap Ccfiardmonger fold. ay. " of Grapes^l like the Raifms of the Sun; " I was the firft immortal Glory won, "By mincing T'ickle-Herringtwkh thefe Raifons "And Apples: 'Twas I fet the World a gazing, " When once they talfed of this Hoghan Filh, "Pepper and Salt Enamelling the Difli. (ter, 2(5. "'Tisill to purchafe great Fifhv/ith great mat- " And then to ferve it up in fcanty Platter 5 " Nor is it lefs unfecmly fdme believe, " From Boy with greafie Fill Drinkj.0 receive; " But the Cup foul within is enough to make "A f^ueamife cnatms puke,and turnup fiemach. 27. " Then 37® SATIRES, Book II 27."Thcn Brooms and NtspkiarjUnd the FUnder tyle, " Thefe mull be had too,or the Feaft you fpoil, " Things littlethought on,and not very dear, '*• And yet how much they coll one in a year ! 28." Would'll thou rahAlMafiir with hands fable, ** Or tpread a Diaper cloth on dirty Tahle ? ** Afor^ cefiimore wcrfhif : Come, be Al-a-mode^ " Embelifh Treaty as thou woulci'ft do an Odey . Hor. O learnedy Sir, how greedily I hear This elegantDiitrihi of good cheer ! JVorv by all that'sgood,by ali.pxovmtyoH love, By fliurdy Chine of and mighty Jove, I do conjure thygV2Lvity,let me fee The man that made thee this di fcovery ; For he that fees th' OriginalV more happy Than him that draws by an ill-favour d Copy j O bring me to the man I fo admire ! TheVhnt from whence brake forth thefe fparkj of fire, what fatisfablion would the V ifion bring ? Jf fweet the fiream,mHch f veeter is the fpring. . S A T Y R E V. By A. B- ' A way to grow Rich. ULYSSES and TIRESI A S. Ul. '■T^O all that thou hall told me heretofore, X Prithee, Tirefas, add this one thing more; By what defigns and means may I now be As wealthy as I have been formerly ? Wli; Book II. SATrRES* why do'lt thoii laugh ? Tir. Is't not enough, that thou (Thou crafty Fellow^ art reftored now . lolthacay and do'rt thy Got/; behold i Which thy frogenitors ador'd of old ? Uh Oh,tUou Profit 1 do but fee How naked I'm retutn'd,howbeggerIy, . (As thou fore-told'lU my Clofets rified all. And that Efiate which I my own could call. Is all confiiiu'd by thole Gallants that lay Co-irting my Wife,while I have been away 5 " An heneji man and of a Nohte houfe^ ^Afpoor,is no more valned then a Losefe. Tir. Well then, lincej&oforr^ affrights thee fp. In brief i'le tell thee how thou rich fhalt grow i If any Friend fend thee a brace of FhefantSy Or any other rarities for j»ro/o»r;, To thy next wealthy Neighbour,if he's oId» Send them away,yo they're not givenyhut fold: And if thy Garden or thy Field bring forth Melonsyor any other Fruits of worth, Send to fome wealthy man a talle e're thou Do'll any ofit to thy Lar allow ; For in this age. our mnch^admiring. Elves " Adore rich men more then the Gods themf dues. Though perjur'd Rogues,ignobly born and bred, Murther'd their Brothers,and their Country fled. Yet wait upon them when they do command, And let them alwayes have th^upper-hand. tlL What? Shall Igivethe wall to fuch a bafe Inferiour Rafcal as old Damon was ? At Trtry I ever fcorn'd it,there did I Contend with Great ones. Tir. Thou'ltaBeggar die. • Uh This a7» S Art RES. Bookll. ^ok ^/.This heart wil ftoutly bear fuch things as thefe, I have endur'd far greater iA my dayes t But prithee, learned Doftor^ tell me how 1 may get heaps of Gold and Silver now^ Tir. I've told thee,and I'le tell it thee again. Thou art a /e//o)v of a fubtle Brain ; Enquire what old Rich men are like to die, Obferve their hnmoursykQ^^^ them company. Ply them with Prefents llill,that thou maiil be Nam'din their wills an heir, or legatee ; ' "" And if perhaps one or two fuhtU men Nible the bait, and ilraight whip oSf agen, And fcape thy hook, and thou art cheated fo^ Do not defpair, nor vet thy forgo. Next, if there be a Law- fuit great or fmall, That fide that's, >-ich,and has no childe at all Befor,though mretaind, and let thy Tongue Beat down his Adverfary,right or wrong; Be the mm ne'rt f i honefl, md the [nit Never fijufl^or ef Jo good repute, J f he has children, or a tVife that niay Produce him Children, throw his Caufe away. But fay to thy rich childlefs Client; Sir^ May'tpleafe your worfhip, or your honour ! ( for " Titles of Honours, and fuch terms as thefe, Do Mortals tender Ears moil; ilrangely pleafe.) 'Tu not your money, but your virtues have Made me your Friend, ferv ant,nay your jlave; J know the Riddles of the Law,and can Menage jowr Suits; and Tie give any man Leave to plucky out mine Eyes, if ever he Can cl eat or fool you, leave your Caufe to me j Tie take fuch care that you fhan't loofe a Groat, Nos )etke I aught at; hid him take tio thought, ta Book II. S ATT RES, home to's Country honfe^ani the Eis mind and body both repofe and eh re ':er : Orelfetio rhou thy felfturn Advocate, And for thy Client atver ceafe to prate : Endure the fcorching heat,the piercing cold. And then fhou flicltthe^g'.j^wj; Clown behold Jogging with's Elbow thofe that next him Hand, leok^ (fayes he) how he endures it, and Hm eagerly he pleads there for his friends, Siire he has all the Law at s Fingers ends : The Fifh wiJI come in flioies then to be caught. And thou may'll fill thy Net at every draught. Or if a rich man have an onely Son iiesdangeroufly fick and drawing on, Itn'tioooffckus toth'old man,leaft he Tliypurpoie through thy diligence fliould fee, Butgently fcreve thy felfinro him,and Get thy felf writ down, Heir at fecond hand. That if to's Child any difajlercomt. Thou next in order may'(t fupply hisroom j 'Tisten to one but this defgn will take, And fo his great Eilate thine own rhou'lt make." Iforedelire thee to periifehis^///, Seem todeny'r, thrull it away,but hill Soasto^/Q% conceiv d before ; 'Tis well, I'm thankeful, and no more I wifla* But onely that they jfliould continue this. If by no wretched gain I ever yet Made my felf guilty,xhax. I might htgreat j If SAfTRns: Book II. If by no vitieus courfe, or f^Hmdring way, I ihall my life to poverty betray j Iflfendup to Heaven no prayer like " O that kind Heaven maid give me to pojfefs That narrore fpot of ground whiph nere me lies^ *' And o're my Garden rvalkf too high doth rife! *' Oh,thatfome luckie hit of Fortune mu d Bring to my hands fuch unexpefted goody As once fhe did to a hir'd Plough-man,who " ffhile he with ufual hopes the Field did plough, *' He found of hidden treafure fo great fiore, *' He bought the Field wherein he toil'd before. No, if my tnind be e^ual in defires, And to no more then what I have afpire?, Then lee juft Heaven keep my Eftate from harm, Keep my Z«?«/^jfafe,that they may keep me warm; Let me enjoy what's needful, and what's fit. Have all things fat about me but my wit I Mtiy the Gods be propitious ftill to me. And be my guardians as they ufe to be. And now in this fo clofeand filent life. Stole from the arts of Court and Cities firife, Whatfhould I write but Humerous Satyreshere} Satyres the Woods inhabitants ahvayes were. Here no amhitmssRa^^tmes heat my head. Here no infcBion through the air is fpread ; Here I inmidll of tempefism fecure, Nor fear the fall of Chimneys evexy hour ; Here all the ftormy windes that chance to rife, Onely bring founder fleeps unto my eyes: Or if fometiine's their fury they do fpend On fome tall Oak, and it afiinder rend. Their very-^j^/yh/j/t'/'/ufeful here, and by Their rage my wood-mans labour they fupply. Beokn. SAfiRES: But hold, while I my felf thus flatter here, Reck'ning before each pleafure of the year, I had forgot that I fnhpen/d was, And up to London fuddenly mufl: pafs; Away I mull,and ride through thick und thin\ There to ar ive before the Term begin; To Horfe I mufl: what ever wind doth blow, Whether the dayes do long or fhorter grow; For all myyet away I mull; Thither I come,and through the croud I thruft: Methinks the fireum I do already feel; As I pafs through, fometimes I kick ones heel, Sometimes anochers Comes I tread upon, While they do curfe and cry, whither d'you run ? what ails you> whyfofafi} do not you fee That we hy tbefe before us hindred he ? To my Macenas Houfe I ftill prefs through," Remembring to what company there I go. That, that indeed is fweet to me; for Aere Is pleafant company and healthy air To me,who from the Sea-coals and the noife Efcap'd,a while a mouthful there injoyesj But when I tired and puffing thither come, A hundred flrangers bufinefs do hum About ray ears,a hundred trifles fall Upon my head, back, fhoulders, covering all. Of my whole life the greatell part I've fpent, Not with my felf or to my own contentf But in that pomp,which I of all things hate, Th'acquaintance o?chief Miniflers of StatCy Though all th' employment I had with them was Ondy to help foreie idle hours to pafs : Sir,my Lordfuch a one defres that you Would he 'at Wellminfter at two: 184 satyr ms: Booklf, There dU Merchant) i?/>,/or^o« iwjnirey Yotir aid in fomeriehprojeStn depre : J pray Sir get his (jraces handtethisy He hnores wo, and it reafenable is. And if I fay I'le do my belt in if, Oh Sir(fayeshe) if you but think it fit To fpeak a word,th'cre«# I need not fear. And then fome Bribe they whifper in my ear j All's but for them to exercife their /ride. And all that wait for hafinefs to deride. While we within in private Ihutthe while. With fuch vain tattle do the time beguile: fi^hat is the clocks f 'tis very eold to dayy How doyoH like thefe Verfesy or that Play ? Such were the grave affairs of Statcythat we Tranfalled in our envy'd fecrejie ; Yet by this means, 'twas nois'd about the Town That I a mighty favorite was grown: D'ye hear the news} (fayes oue) our friend did ridc Laft night with my Lord Chancellor fide by fide; He is a riling man, and happy me, I him to day at leaft two hours did fee In private with his Highnefsyand hhGrace Gave him a Friendly fmile as he did pafs. When once the World hath taken this report. Then all the Afomfetsrs brisk about the Cottrty Where e're I meet them kindly me falute, Y^are well met Sir, pa know without difpute How matters goe ; (fay they ) for now you are ^y4ccjwainted with all States-men fecrets here. And how ? and how ? and when d'ye expoB the Fleet ? fp'hsn will the Kingfet forth the Queen to meet ? I know not. Come your fuch another mm I Lec ail the Gods tlieir judgements on me rain, Book II. S ATT RES 285 Ifl know any thing. Andiivkat d'ye hear, when did, the Portuguez refgn Tangier ? h all in Ireland quiet fiill or no ? when will my Lord Lieutenant thithergoe} which way are things accommodated thercy For the old Irifli, or the Pur chafer ? Still I perfift that I do nothing knovf. At my referv'dnefs they much wonder ihew 5 That I'm a clofe and trufty man they fwear. Fit to be made a Privy-counfellor, Thus I my timeto luch vain fopperies give, And onely in my willies truly live; " Oh, when jhall I the Country fee againy " fPhen in a medewy or a fkady plainy " Shall Pence more fecurely read and fleepy '" And HO account of the dayes motion l^ep ? " Put hy a pleafant thoughtful idlenels " Of humane life make the long journey lefs ; " Oh Beans and Bacon ! O delicious meat! " Such as the frfl and innocent men did eat " Of fruitSyfor which Pythagoras was wifcy " ffhen he all ether dainties did defpife ; " Oh nights and fuppers fit for Gods to eaty " For even the Gods have fometimcs lov'd retreat. There o're ray merry Servants I am King, Yet fear no Poifon in what e're they bring. There free from all the gentle rudenefsyvshich The Laws of Drinking in the City teach, One takes a Brimmer up,another cries. Moldy holdy pray not too much,thatwillfufiice» All drink what e*re they pleafe,and none by Health Need put this ^lafs by, or efcape that health. There no difcourfc of other men comes in. Nor who this Racoy who did that Cock^match win, SATTRESl Boolclli Not who commands tht fajhionoi theTown,, Who the beft A^isr hyLacyfir Mohume ? We talk of things that nearer us concern. Arid which 'tis more materid to learn. What kind of life a prudent man Ihould chufe. Or to be richyOr to be virtuous; What into ftrongeft ^rkndJhipmQn doth bind, Trofit and interefiy or the Goods oth' mind: What of true hafpimfs the nature is, What are its mealures,properties,degrees. C— the while (for he too did the fame) Forfook the mrld with me,and thither came C— Itill mingles things that are more gay, Kough Oilordswkh old Stories doth allay .• Yet not that all our talk Ihould Jferies be. But onely when they genuine come and free: Then if fome new arriv'd half-witted Giieft, (Half witted fure lie needs muft be at beft,) Admires the City and the glories there. How fplendidly thefe Lords or thofc appear, Againft him which fuch railery he difpiites. And with a Moafes Argument confutes. JBy Mr. A, Cowley.i At the large Foot of a fair hollow tree, Clofe by plow'd grounds,feated commodioujly His antient and hereditary houfe. There dwelt a good fuhfiantial Country Moufc, Frugal and grave,and careful of the main, Yet one who nobly once did entertain ACi Bookll. SArrRMS, Qty Moufe,welI coated, fleek, and gay, AMoufe of high degree,who loft his way Wantonly walking forth to take the air. And arriv de^rly^zhA helightedthere For a dayes hdgin^ithe good hearty Hsji The antient plenty of his Hall to boaft. Did all the ftores produce that might excufe. With various tafte theCowrtifr/ appetite, Ch'Uches and leanr, feaf )«,and oats and mheaty And a large Chefnsitythe delicious meat Which Jove himfelf were he aMoufewouId eat; And for a hmt-gutfi there was mixt withthefe The Jword of Bacon and ther£j<«{ of cheefcy The precious relicks which at Harveft he Had gather'd from the Reapers luxury; Freely (faid he) fall on, and do not ipare, " The hoHntcofts Gods mil for to morrow care. I And thus at eafe on Beds of firaw they lay And to their Genius facrific'd the day .• Yet the tiice Guefts mind (Though breeding made him civil feem and kind) Defpis'd this Comlrey Fcaft,and ftill his thought Upon the cakes and pics of London wrought. Your hotinfji and civility (faid he) Which I'mfurpris'd in thefe rude parts to fee, Shews that the Gods have given you a mind Too noble for the fare which here you find; Whyfiioulda Soul fo virtuous and fo great, Loofe it felf thus in an obfcure retreat ? Let Savage Beafts lodge in aCountrey Den, You lliould fee Towns^anA manners and know men, And tafte the generons luxury of the Court, Where all the Mice of qualitiq refort, Where aSS S ATX RES, Book II. lool' Where thoufand beaiireous (hees about you move. And by high fare are pliant made to hve. " We all ere long mufi render up our Ireabh^ ATa Cewe or Hole can Jhelter us from Death ; " Since life is fo uncertain and fo Jhortt *• Let's fpend it all in feafling and in fport. Come (worthy Sir^ come with me and partake All the great things that Mortals happy make. Alas^vfhat vertue has f■*ffcient armes T" oppofe bright Honour and foft plea fares charms ? *' what wifdome can their Magick force repel ? It draws this Reverend Hermit from his Cell. It was the time when witty Poets tell, That Phxbus into Tethys bofume felf She blufh't at firjl-,and then put out her lights And drew the modejl Curtains of the night. Plainly the truth to tell,the Sun v/as fet. And to the town the wearied travelers To a Lords houfe,as Lordly as can be. Made for the ufeof pride AnA luxury. They come; the gentile at the door Stopr,and will hardly enter in before. But this,Sir,you command,and being fo,' I'm fworn t' obedience-oind fo in they go Behind a Hanging in afpacious room, The richefl work of Mortelacfs noble Loom. They wait a while their wearied Limbs to reft, Till filence fliould invite them to their feafi, Ahont the hour that Cyntliia'j' fiher light Hadloucht the pale mcridies of night. At lart the various Supper being done. It hapned that the company vjSiS gone Into a room remote,Servants and all, To pleafe their noble fancies with a Ball,- Oiir lookIL S ATTRBS, aSp Our Hufl leacis forth his ftrangerywA does fifld All fitted to the bounties of his mind; Still on the J half fili*d Di £!ies flood, And Utith delicious hits the flow'r vvasftrew'd» The courteous Moufe prefents him with the beftj And both with htvarieties are blcft ; peafant every whtfre does rangej And thanks the Gods for his lives happy change j Loe in tlie midll of a well fraighted Pye They borh at lall glutted and wanton lie: li'kn(fee the fad reverfe of profperoUs fatey) And what fircefiormes on mortal glories waity With hideous noife down the rude Servants comej Six Dogs before run barking into th* room, The wretched Gluttons with wild affrighr, And hate their/«/«c/} which retards thck fUghti Our trembling Peafant wilhes now in vain, Ihxrccks and mountains cover'd him again : Oh, how the change of his poor life hectirfl^ This of all lives (faid he) is fure the worfl. Give me again ye Gods my Cave and Wood, W.th peace let tares and acorns be my iood 1 SAtVRE VII. A. B. HORACE and DAVRS. Ihe mifcries of a Dohauched life. fyou, and i mind I havedShn'^,' i To fpeak a word t 'you, but being bus voiir 'am afraid.----^'* II ify. 1 ^0 S ATT RMS. Book 11, Hor. Who art thou, Davm ? Dav. Yes, DavMjVibo ilwayes to his Patron is A Slave fo loving and fo true,that he Defervcsat length that you Ihould make him free. Hor. Go on,and ufe Decembers freedom now, (Becaufeoar AncejforJ did that allow.} Speak what thou hail a mind. Dav. —— Molt men delight In Vice continualIy,and with ail their might Purfue their lewd defignes: Many there be Float up and down with much inconjiancie. Now they will lead a virtuous life,but then They quickly tumble intoweagen. How fickle Prifcw is! fometimes he'l be With ne'rea Ring en's hand, fometimes with three; And every hour he'l vainly change his (7ow«; Sometimes he'l lodge i'th nobleil houfe in Town, Straight in the meanelt Cottage he will lie. And thence come forth looking fo naltily. Now heat Athens^aAlt% hard,but ftraight Away he comes to Rome to fornicate. So various iiihislife,asif he'd been Born in ail ihapes Verimum e're was in. That Garaefter yjlanerm,whtn the Hadrac.k'(J andllirunk upallhisjointsthroughout, A Fellow by the day hehir'd and fed To take the Dice, sad throw them in his Read. " Horo much more conRant men in Vicesbcy " So much the eafer is their mifery; " 'Tis letter far to keep an d pace., *'^Then fometimes fack^and fometimes firetch the Trect Hor, Yet all this while thou tell'R not to whateiiil (Thou fleering Knave) thefe fullen words do tend. Bc^k II. SATTJRSS. Dav. They're meant of you.—- Hor. Whyfo ( yon Rogue}} , ' t)av. —— You praife Mens fate and waves who liv'd in former dayes^ And yet if any God move you to ufe The like your felf, you pbrtinately refufe. Either becaufe you don't conceive what you Your felf affirin thereof is right and true j Or elfe the truth you faintly do deftend< ,; And are not fuch a man as you pretend; And when you ftick fo fallj yoii do defirei Invain to pluck your feet out of the itu'rci The Country you adrhTC when you are at Romij But when into tht {ofintry you are come, A City life you above all things prize, And Rime you vainly do extol! to th'skieJ .i When you are not invited forth to Tip, Your own fafe Diet you do fo cry up, Pretending if you e're §0 forth,'tis ilill Topleafe your Friend, butfore againft your will f And you're fd pie is'd, and count your felf fo blelfj When you are not invited out to feaft. But iiMacenoi fend for yOu to come, How all the houfe rings with your noife at home ! ^hetynot the Barber comeyet ?—-Jack.' — mho s there ? Here are thefe Roguesy my Servants ? does none bear-^ And then away y-ou poftt' your Patrons fealty . Where that Parafite, arid the feli Which feed upon him,curfe and raily and fpeafc Safe words of you,- when they away iHuft fneakr One fi confefs;) did tell me to my face^ ® I'ou did your pleafure in your Beily place j •^nd cali'd you fmeA -feafly feeble, flsiggardyfoty What they coirlc? think, as Gluttonyini Tofs-pots Us Now' . 1 . 'I .kli 99% SATYMES, Book 'i, 5ck If Now fince you are as bad as I can be, Nay perWaps worfe, why Uiould you rail at me. As if you're better ? when you but difguife With vertuous names the foulnefs of your vice. When you were with anothers wife in bed. And fimply by his Slave difcovered, Trapand and apprehended,were not you A verier/«o/ then I ? Nay,never go To fright me with your furiy countenance; Bridle your paflion, don't your ^advance. While I impartially declare tint you That which Cri/pMus Slave reveal'd tome. You're for a married woman, while your poor Slave DavHs is content with a poor Which of our crimes are greater, yours or m'ne? When heat of blood does me to th" ftelh incline, I rake a common »r«c-A,with whom I do Such things as humane Nature promps me to; And having done,I prefently depart. My » icek how to lin,aBd^crb^lJagu'd anew. Oh! you tjiat make your felf fooft a Slave, What bruit Btafis are fo mad, that when they have Made their efcape by breaking off the chain. Will to thefnares expofe thcmfelves again ? You fay,you are no Adulterery nor I h7heify becaiife I warily pafsby Tourbut were the punilhment away, Ton to Adultery, I to Theft Ihould iiray. Are you my Mafler^ and fo much a SUve^ Totliofeill powers which Dominioahave O're men and things > and have fo often bin Freed from your flavery,yet again get in ? Adde this thing to the reft,which feems to me Argument of great validitie, f he tliat does a SUve ferveand obey, s a Slaves near (as you Scholars fay) Or but his Feliow-flave, pray tell me then Vhat muft I be to you ? for even when U 3 You S ATrRMS, Bookli, You rule o're me you are a wretched Slavf^ To other powers,and no true motion have, But are like wooden Puppets raov'd about. Not by your Nerves within,but Wires without, Hor. who then is free} Dav. " He that is mfe^ mi can " Governhimfelf^ thatithat's the true Free-man; whom prifons, want, nay Death, carftterrife, " Whoejteells hisvainiefires^anivaliantly " Contemns the froth of pepitlar applat/fe, j4/td fquares his anions aU hy virtues laws: " iVo outward thing can alter him at all, " And Fortune'/ hafied if on him (he fall. Can you pick a difcrpdon outof this. Which may exprefsyour felf?Your high Aliflrtfi Demands a hundred pound a time of you. And if not given her, ponts and looks askew, And in a pet Ihe thrufts you out of door. Flings water on you to affront you more Then in another mood Ihe calls you back; And are you free ? Come,come,withdraw your neck Out of this fliameful Yoke,and lay I'm free, Which you in this condition n're can be j For you've a Mafter rigid and fevere. Does o're your mind and body domineer ; And though you're tir'd,and able fcarce to ftir, He cruelly rides on with fwitch and fpur. Pray Sir, when you fo many hours lie lazing. On fomerare peice of Painting vainly gazing, Wherefore are you more innocent then I, When on a Battle I do cail mine eye, With Char-coal or Red-oker rudely done. And fee the Fencers nimbly ftrike and Ihun Baokll. S ATT RES, t0S Each others blows,in various poftures,fo As if the Fight were real, not a Show : Jmult be cail'd aloyteringRogue, but you Inantient Painting for aCritickgo. If I purfue a hot weil-fented Cake, lam call'd Rafcal j but when you do make Your fumptuous Banquets with alMuxury, You muft a noble perfon counted be: Pray wherefore fhould my petty luxurie Be far more prejudicial to me, Then yours that's greater is to you ? if I Indulge my Belly, I'mlafli'd prefently: And are not you punilh'd as much as that, Who on your Belly fpend your whole Ellate ? hafis to perpetual Feafltrs odious arcy And Drmkprds feet refttfe their paunch to hear. If a poor Boy fell his ftoln Comb to buy A bunch of Grapes, we blame him prefently ; And yet that Bellic-flave goes blamelefs> that To gratifie his paunch fells hisEftate. Befides all this, you are not the fame man For two hours fpace together, neither can You tell which way to pafs your time away Asyououghtjwhenyou have a leifure day. But Vagrant-like you from your felfdoflie. Sometimes with wine or fleep you vainly try To eafe your mind, but wherefoe're you go Your guilty Confcience dogs and pricks you too. Hor. Where's e're a ftone /— Dav. — At whom Sir would you throw, If you could finde a llone 1 Hor. 'S death ! where's my Bow ? D av . Alas ! mv Mafter's grown ftark raging mud. Or e!fe makes V'.rfeSypehich is full as had ! U 4 tp6 SATTRESl Bobkll. Ucr. Get hence,or to mv Farm elfe, where I have Sent eight already. Tie fend thee the nineth Slave. S A T Y R E VIII. By J. W. Efqj A defcriptien of an unhanfome Treat, HORACE and FUNDANUS. Hor. T T On* li^dye mealthy Nafideriis/feople now flac^t on our Bench vot'fi not Thou The fame with us ? abhorr'fi net what we hate ? Ajfeffft not what we love > My anfwer's, That The die Fox once to the lick Lion made •• The foot-fieps that way ally make me afraidy And from thy Den that I perceive no treads. The Teopky 'Tis a Beallwitli many heads. yyhatyor whom ihovXA I folJow ? fome by-places; Some for rich Widows trade with Beadsand Glafles, And feed old men with Gihs,like Fifh with bread. That they on them may afterwards be fed. Many ^row fat withUfury. But well, Let fev'ral men have fev'ral minds. Now tell, How Jong will any in the fame mind ftay ? Baia ? The World hath not a fweeter Bay, The Rich man crieswhen rtreight the Sea and Lake The joy of their arriving Lord partake. Who, if an ominous Hare (forfooth) come thawrt Tomorrow; Smiths unto the Th ' E Cart The Iron werk^ Has he,atliome a wife ? No life (he fay es) Hke to the fingle life. If not, Noneblefi (hefwears) but married men. What knot can hold this, changing Prormr ? Then, Thepoorman (laugh) alters hiseating room, H's Barber,Bed,and Bath: and lick of Rome As much as rich men tJiat keep Barks, to float Upon the water,goesand hires a Boar. If thou meet one,by anil! Barber nochr. Thou laugh'fi : If one in Scarlet breeciies bocht With VtiZiiythou Uu^h'fi. But what if my mind fight With it felf ? A>f/(,cnat which it fightedyflight That which it fought e all Rules of LTe confound ? Turn like theTide,build,raze, change f/^uare toround? Thou 304 BP ISTLES. Bock Thou think'ft me mad in fafhiorij and Uugh'Ji net. Nor that I need to have a Doftor got, And to be plac't in Bedlam by the Mayre t Though th'rt my Patron,and confum'd with cai'e At the lealt fingers aking of thy friend That honours thee,and doth on thee depend. In futn, amfe man s onely lefs then Jove, Richifree^fnir^nohle ; lafi a King-, ahove^ The common rate of Kings : Bnt chiefly fomiy That is to fay, llnlefs his fpleen abound. EpisTtE 11. BySir^. F. To LOL LIO. He fayes Homer in his Poems teaches fstller ani letter Tshat is honefiy then feme Pliilofophers 5 bringing ar- guments to prove the fame. That in the Iliad., what are the incentives of war to foolijh Kings and Nations is de - fcriledi and in the Odyjfec, Ulyfles example, what isertiie and wifdvme can do, is flown. Then exhorts to the fludy of wifdome,as that which will heal the difeafeS of the mind, which he reckjns tip. Bset teaches withal, that men mnjl from their tender age accujicme them- felVes to ftich like precepts, WHil'll thou (Great Lcllio). in Rome do*il pleadj 1,in Pranefic, have all H omer read t V/ho,what's our^oifl,what ; whatlrave,wlmbafe. Fuller then Crantor,and ChryflppnSy fayes. Why Bjoki. EPISTLES. 305 Why Ithink thus (unlefs thou'rt bufie) hear. The Lines,thac tell how (jree^and Troj^nswete Involv'fi in a long War for Paris love, Rafli Kings and Nations foolifhiy reprove. Menors coiwlel was^to fend the Caufe of the War back. Paris fayes, No • ff'hat L.ws imf el Kings to be fafe? Nest OR, topeece Thetiifference,nins,betwixt the King of Greece And Tethy's fen: One boy ling with Love's flame. With anger AcrA. The Princes,TAcj 'retoo blame. And the poor People fmart for't. Mifchief, Strife, Fraud,rage,and lull in 7o»»,and Leaguer rife. Again what wr/w and what reifdome can, He fliews us in th' example of the * Man 'eu'yfes. Of [thaca : who (Troy in afhes laid) The Towns and Manners prudently furvay'd Of many Lands; and through the Ocean vaft, Returning home with his Companions, part Many lharp Brunts, not to be funk with ftormes Of ad ver fe C hance. Thou know'll the Sirens charms. And Cirre'sCups: which had he greedily And fondly tafled with his Fellows,he Had ferv'd a Whorifli Dame, and liv'd a Dog Oa hisonvornit,or rairc-wallowing Hog. The Suitors of Penelope were meet Puppets, made onely to devour good Cheer : Raskals,who minded nothing but their skin. And,that perfnm'd and fleek,to fleep therein Till it was Noon : then thoughtit brave, to wake With the fame Lutes with which they reft did take, )o Thieves fit up all night to kill and fteal. And cannot we rife to intend our Weal ? iutif in health thouwile not ftir about, iereafrer thou fhalt run (thoogh with the Gout) X To EPISTLES, Booki, To a Phyfitian; and unlcfs thou knock For Candle,and a Book, with the firft Cock : Unlefs to ftudie5,and to honert things Thou bend thy mind; with Love's or Envy's ftings Thou'it lie awake tormented. If a Fly Get in thy Eye, 'tispuld o\xt infiantly: But if thy Mindes Ey'shurt, day after day That Cftre's deferr'd. Set forth, thou'rt half thy way. Dare to be wife : Begin, He that to rule And fquare his life,prolongs,is like the Fool Who ibid to have the River firft pafs by. Which rowles and rowles to all Eternity. Money is fought,and a rich wife for brood. And a fharpCulter tames the favage Wood. Let him that has enough, defire no more. Not Houfeand Land, nor Gold and Silver Oare, The Body's ficknefs,or the Mind's difpel. To rellilh wealth,the palat muft be well. Who fears, or covets .• Houfe to him and Ground, Are Piftures to blind men, Incentives bound About a gouty Limb, Mufick t'an ear Dam'd up with filth. A veflel not fincere Sowres whatfoe're you put into'c. Abftain From pleafures:PIeafure hurts,that's boughtwith pain The Cov'tousalwayes want: your pray'rs defign To fome fixt mark. The envious man doth pine Tofeeanotherfat; Envy'saRack; Worfe,no i'/ci/ww Tyrant ere did make. Who cannot temper wrath, will wi£h undone VVhatjin his hafte,he may have done to one. To whom he (polfibly) would be raoft kind. Anger a fhort madnefs: Rule thy raind : Wiiich reigns, if it obeys not: fetter it With chainesjcellrsia it with an Iron bir< TI« Book I, IS. PJSTLES, The Qijiry mouldsthe Horfes frWer mouth T'his Riders will. The Beagle from his Toath Is train'd up to the woods,being taught to ball ( A ffhelp) at the Bucks heads nail'd in the Hall. Now Boy,in t he white paper of thy breaft Write Vertue : Now ilick precepts from the bell. A pot,well feafon'd, holds the Primitive tafte Along time after. If thou make no hafte. Or fpur to over-run me, I am One For none will llay, and will contend with none. The fame hy Dr. W. WHile you at Rome (nay honour'd LolUus plead, I Homer Prmefie once more read. Apinae ne're fo well,nor Lumhard taught So fully yet,what's fair, erjit, or naught. My reafon's this (if y'have no bufie hours) The rtory that relates Paris amours, And Greece fpent with the tedious Trojan Leager, Shews us how filly Princes are, how eager The giddy Rout. That Ihould be mov'd which feems The caufe o'ch' war, Antenor wifely deems. But Parts to enjoy hisftoln delight. Thinks fcorn to yield. Tjefior to fet things right 'Tvvixt Agamemnon and Achilles flrives •, While Loise the One,and both drives. " The Officers are mad, and Rill the fmart "Lights on the Commons ; Rill they have the art, X 2 What 3oS EPJS7LES. Book! What with their mnHnesi their plots, their fin,. To loofe as much without, as thofe within. But then, what vertue and good condu5i can Perform you'i fee; ZJlyjfes is the man: Troy wifely gain'd, he many Cities next Views and their various Lmes., is oft perplext In hazards,ftormes himfelf and his he faves. Not to be drown'd in Fortunes rougheft waves. Thejirfwjcharmesyou know,and Circe's bowl Which had he quaft with's Drunken-train, his foul H'had loft, a bruitiftx fervant to the whorsy A Shag-tail Cur h'had been,or miry Bore. We are that rout, methinks, thofe Idle Knaves Made to be cramm'd,^e»f/o/?f's lewd Iravesy Rifing at Noon to wa£h,and powder hair. And then with noife of Fidlers lull our care. Will you not wake ? Fc//««/areonely ftirring For mifchief j for your fafcty you're dtmuring. You'l eafier now, then with a Dropfie run, Call for a Beok^ and Light before the Sun. Your early thoughts in Vertue unemploy'd. Will be with Love or fretting Envy cloy'd. You'l move an Eye-foar ftreight; and is it fence, To let the Mind be cur'd a Twelvt-moneth hence Begin : 'tis half the work: alTume the power To live: expeft not for a fairer hower. f So ftayes the Clown till th' hafty Brook, be dri'd, But th* everlafting ftreams ftill ftill do glide.] We gripe for ftill,marry for Goods, f Such Wtves are fruitful) grub and fill our woods. Who hath enough, why fhould he willi for more i Did ever goodly featyOt Farmes, or Store, Thefickly Landlord ofhis Quartan eafe, " Oi Book!. EH ST lbs: iop Orof his cares ? the Omer muft have health. Who reaps a fatisfadlion from his wealth. The carking Heart's not eas'd by bags or land, (No more then B/e^sred-eye by TUians handt Or Gof/t by fMs, or the Ear in pains With Rhftmeyby Ferabofco'smeltingilreins;) But what it hoJdSjlike mully Bottle fpoils. " Pleaftires ill bargains are^ if bought with toilSf " Be fires eare endlefsy till yon fix the endt Envy cortfurns for fatnefs of a friend j ^Envy the worft of Plagues^ the Tyrants fieoftrgey Anger let loofe^th' unwary mind doth urge " To abluate revengeful thoughts^ in hafioy " which afterward in cold blood you I difiajle. " Anger's a (horter phrenfie, Pajfion reigns "j// 't he n't enfiav'dy but curb it in with chains. The tnanag'd Colt is by the Horfetnan taught T'obferve the Riders check: the JPhelp is brought (Since firft he trail'd the Buc^s^n in the Hall) To hunt abroad the Stag unto his fall. Now (hopeful Boycounfels that wholefome are Take early next thy heart; the feafon'd Jar VVill hold his fcent: now run,rie but give aim. Tie neither flop the/jr/yr,nor help the lame. p 0: X 3 V-.. Epiftij. IIO EPISTLES, Book I. E pistie III. To JULIUS FLORUS. Aiviee to follow his Studies. IN what part of the would CUudius fights now, (My Julitu FlorusJ I defire to know: Claudius our great zAugufius Son in Law, Whether to Thracehis Army's march'd away. Or whether Icy Heher them detain, If on the they ftill remain; Or fruitful Afian hills and plains,or what The learned troop of Drujius will be at. Thefe things I mind too, and what eminent Willto fferity dare to tranfmic Thofe mighty things,which done by C'^far are. How wifely he makes peace, how fioutly war: ' What ex'lent/)/f«'f will learned nfw write, The Roman zAvairmon and delight; He that fo bravely dares transfer the flame Unto us Romans, which from Pindar came, ■ Thatfcornsto dahhle in the vulgar And into the Ocean a brave Voyage makes: How does he do ? what does he fay of me ? By his propitious Mufes aid will he Tranflate the Verfes writ with Thehan fire. And tune them fmoothly to the Roman Lyre. Or with a tragick^ luskin does he rage. And with high rtately language fill the Stage. And (prithee) how does Celfus deal by me ? That moft incorrgible Plagiarkf VVliO kl. Bookl. £ PIS TIES. 3" VVho has been warn'd fo oft,and muft be more> To fearch for wit and fence from his own ftore; And leave off plferring out of Books that be By others writ, and plac'd i'th* Library. " Leafi aU the plmder'd BirdsJhonld flocks together^ " Andfromhisgaudyhack^flnckjach his feather j " t/ind he of his fioln colours like the Cheughy Stand flripyUnd make all SpeSlators laugh. But what art thou about ? with what rare ftuff Does thy Mufe load her thighs ? th'haft wit enough, And that well pollijhtynot abfurdly rough. If thou wilt Orator or Lawyer be, Or falft upon delightfome Poetryy Thy wit away the Laurel juftly bears ; ^^Butifthoucanfijhaksofthofe feeds of caresy " where e're Coeleftial wifdonte draws thou It gocy " This work^y this ftudy,great and mean men too " Should fet upony if we defign to he Dear to our felvesy and to Pofierity. I prithee fend me word, whether or no Thou do'ft fuch kindnefs to Munatius fliew, As betwixt Friends and Brothers ought to b e; Or is your breach fince you did difagree So ill pacht up, that it will never clofe. But every foot to it's old rancour grows; Yet whether height of bkodyor want of wity Inflam'd your untam'd fpirits, 'tis not fit, Ihatyonr fraternal knot ftould be unti'd, In what part of the world fo e're you 'bide j I've a fat Heifer,v/hich I'le gladly burn In facrifice lot youv defir'd return. Epill.4, 3 » a E t tSTL ES, Bookl. Book E pistle IV. Bye/i J. To T I BULL US. That he fhoftld live comfortahly, and without Caref, TEII me Tibftllftsythou that d^'ft fo far Indulge fuch trifles as my S)ttyres are, What fhall I tell my friends that thoudoft do Now in that Conntrey thon'rt retir'd into ? Writing whol^Folums: or haft thou thy mind Wholly to th' healthy mods and walks confin'd ? Coftjiderin? onely to enjoy and doe Things which become a wife and good man too. ThouartHothick-skuirdWc«-i^-^e-«d; for wife H?av'n To thee an underftanding Soul has giv'n. And with a fair Revenue does thee blefs. Which thou know'ft how ^enjoy aiV/e\l'spofefs. O ffhat could a Nurfe for her deer Ghild befeech, " A^ore then right underftanding., and plain fpeech ? To live belov'd in honour and in health., " To eat wholefome Diet, and to want no wealth ? *' H'hen thcurt toft up and down 'twixt hope and care^ Enflamd with anger and jhrunh, up with fear; *^Als foon as fuch a day is overpaft, C omfort thy felf, that that's to be the la ft: ft^hen an hour comes that brings thee joy and bliff., O If unexpcBed, Oh ! how grateful is ! And whenthcu'rt minded to laugh heartily At a right Hog of Epicurus Sty Come fee me, thoiilhalt find me plump sn6h\r, J.ofthis Corps of min^jfake fpecial care. Epift,5' ScokL EFIStLBS. 315 Epistee V. BySirfi. F. To TORQJIATUS. Be invites Torquatus to (upper, rvhich he fayes will he * frugal one. Exhorts him ( bidding farewel to Cares^ and the dejire of Riches) to give himfelf to Mirth ^ and (feeming a little light-headed with the joy of Augu- ftus his hirtb-day ) lafhes out into the praifes of drink;: ing. Names three things whereof he is fludiousin his entertainment^and thefirfi ofthefe^ Cleanlinefs> IF thou (a Gueft J on a Joyii'd-ftool canft fup. And ina ftnall Mefs all the breath fup up : I fliall at home expeft thee by Sua-fet. Wine thou fhalt drink of middle age, and wet Minturna's growth hard by. If thou haft ought That better is, command it to be brought. And treat thy Hoft. Already the Logs burn, _ And the fcowr'd Pans £hine,on thy fcore. Adjourn Light hopes>and riches ftrife,and Mofto's Caufe To morrow j C^s ar's births-day gives a Pawfe To toil,and leave to fleep. Without offence We may fpin out with chatting Eloquence The Summer night. What do I care for wealth, Unlefsto ufe ? *Tis a mad kind of ftealth. For one to rob hirnfelf,t*enrich his Heir. Tie quafte,and fprinkle Rofes,and not care Though I'm thought wild for this. The rare effefts Of Wine ! Love, hid in Blullies,it deteds: Hopes it enfures; it makes the Coward fight: Learned the Ignorant: the fad heart light. Whom JI4 EPISTLES, Booki; Whom have not flowing Cups eloquent made ? Whofe debts(though nere fo great)have they not paid? I am the Mm: and my charge I will make it, (Willing,and not unfit to undertake it) jTo have the Forms clean rubb'd: the Napkins fuch As may not curl our Nofes up to touch: That in the Platters thou mailt fee thy face: ' That no falfe brother carry from the place Ought that is fpoke: thatallof aSuitbe, Septimim} BrntHs} Sure Cards, thefe. Let's fee; Then (if not taken up with better chear, Or by his Girl) SabmusflniU be here. Each Gueft may bring his fliadow. But the fwcat Will be offenfive, if too clofc we fer. Thy number,write: and (all things laid afide) Thy Clients bobb'd,out at the back door glide. Epistle VI. By A. B. To NUMJC JU S. t Not to tronhle himfelf with worldly matters. NUmicius, to admire nothing at ail, Which in this world to Mortals may befal. Is o«f,if not theo«e.^ thing, which can Make and continue thee a hajopy man.. ^philofophy renders fome men fo bold. They're not affrightedv/htn they do behold The Sm and Stars fo varioujly appear. In all the difennt feafons oi the year ; Or Book I. JSPISTIES: 515 Or in unufual mtions^ why (hould'ft thou Be more trmfported with the things below ? Why fliould'it thou mind the tre^ms of the earth, Thofe^«w; to which gives birth ? Or Silver^ and ))rftw«xjfVaf/}With which Both Indies do the reft o'th' world enrich ? ?leafttn or Homnr^ o-r thok^ifts which COme From the felf-ended Citizens of Romej With what a mind and loek, Ihould thefe things be Poflefs'd, or but refilled on by thee ? He that the contrary to this does feoTf His pajjions like th' Admirers paftions are. A mind difturb'd,which way foe're it come, On one fide and the other is trmilefome; And fudden apprehenfion of all things, To thofe that fear or love much terror brings. What is it ro the purpofe,whether we Dejlre and fear^and fad or joyful be ? Who when a thing befals him,bad or good. If more, or other, then he thought it wou'd, Do'ft prefently look blank upon't, and grow Aftonift'd both in mind and body too. The mfeman is an Afs^ ths jnfi grows Unjuftjifthey would be too virtmns. Go now,and gaze upon thy ma^fie^/ as he is Be thy cxampky when thou fliould'll be his > *' what ere is hidden time wilt bring to lights *' And that will vanijhy which now fhines f) bright. " Nay thowywho en th' Exchange and at the Hall *' Art fo well knowny and hononr'd too by ally ** FerfakingaU thefe thingsymnfi ge at lafi where our Fore-fathers aroywhofe dayes arepafi. If thou do'ft any £harp difeafe indure, life all thy Wits to get aprefent cure. Wilt thou live well ? who would not ? Virtue is The onely way to gain true happinefs. And therefore all thy Vanities thrown by. To it couragioujly thyVind apply. *• Make that thy hsjinefsy and do not fuppofe That to talk tuuch is to he virtuous. That werds together put will vertue prove. As TW« together put will make a Grove. But if wealth be thy aim,purfue thy Trade, Take heed no other Merchant do invade Thofe Ports thou traffick'll to,and take from thee Thy bujtnejfes which now (ogainful be. Heap up a theufand talents,then one more, Add a third thoufand,and then make'urn four. This mighty Monarch Money to us fends. Fair Wives, great Portions, Reputation,Friends, *' This makes us Noble, though our Birth be bafe, • And gives our perf ms comelinefs and grace; That man who has his pockets lind with (^hink., "All men ingenious and handfume think. The Cappadocian King, though he had ftore Of SlavesyWas in's Exchequer very poor : But be net thou like chat unhappy King, T' ahoundia one, md not ineviry thin^. Lucuh Book I. EPISTLES. 317 IttcMllm was defir'd (the ftory fayes) To lend a hundred Cloaks for feme new Playes. Where Ihould I have fo many Cloaks (faid he) But yet rie look,and what I have fend t 'ye. A little after this he fends them word. That he ycoo Garments could afford. Which in his houfe lay by unknown to him, And that they might have part or all of them. That houfe is much unfurnifh'd where there are Not many things fuperfluous,and to fpare. Goods which the Omer knows not of, but may Be unconcern'd when they are floln away. IF (as tJM'mnermus faid) nothing can be Dclightfome without love and jollity: Then livein love and jollitie ; farewel: If thou of any better Rules can'll tell Thenthefe,irapart them candidlie; If nor,I pray, make ufe of thefe with me. The fame hy J, W. Efq-, IF then,malth onely makes, and keeps man bleft. Make that thy firil of wer^,and leave it laft; If publick Honour ; buy fome progging Siave, May point thee who goes by,what»kl. EPISTLES. 321 Try me, if I can ch'eerfuBy refigne. All thofe rich things your bonnty has made mine. Twai not ill faid by young TeUmackkif Son of Ulyjfes, who did anfwer thus To profering to bellow A horfe upon him, Sir^ Jde notknow vhat to do with your Horfe; for Ithaca h m ill ft ace to keep a Horfe in j Hey kiGrafs are very fcarce there., and there's no Kleins 'or (fhampaigne for Horfe to gallop through: therefore pray keep your Prefents, for they It litter by half for you, than th' are for me. Mean things become mean men. I now do not Admire Romes (lately Palaces a jot, htc[\iittTyburdLnATarentUmht "y aimctoliitein for my privacle. Philippm, a great Lawyer, when he came From pleading home at nighr,grownoId and lame, Complain'd much, that the Court too didant was From the Carina's that's his dwelling place. The (lory fay cs, that he by chance efpy'd One trim'd, that did i'th' Barbers fhop abide. Faring hisnaiies with's Penknife ; calls to's boy (A Lad that was ingenious to obey And high a breed, d Rather, great Atreus Son, thy gifts retain. And let thent, where they better fuit, remain. A little does a Ikeleman content. Give me no Palace, but a Tenement; A Cottage at Tarentum will fulfice, And Romecom^u'd with Tybur I'll defpife. Philip the famous Oratour, one day; As from the Barrhe came, and thought the way To him grown old, and wearied with the throng. Thence to his Chaffsber,nt'rt feem'd half fo long. Seeing i'ch'fliade, clofe by A Barbers door. One newly trim'd, that with light knife rah 'ore Tacli fing'e nail, and pair'd it with fuch grace As if he itudied to out trim his face ; " Gt Book I. EPISTLES. 327 " Go (faid he to his boy) incjuire his Name-t " what Fatheriwhofe Retainer^ whence he came ? " He's caU'dVuktius Mena (fayes the boy) " A Cryer-, that does little wealth enjoy^ " But a good Name^ {that to th' whole fVorld is known;) " who femetimes hstlinefs has^ and fometimes none, ''Jufi enossghfor alivelyhoodfwhichyet • " He does as freely fpend (he fayes) as get. '' Of mean accfHaintance., but a hossfe of's own^ "And when he's either tir'd, or work^ejuitedone^ '' Can to a flay or wrefiling wager go ; " All this I from himfelf delire to know, "(Replies the Sage) bid him to fupper come "This night, whilR I before walk foftly home. " How now I Ant fleafeyost Sir he'd fcarce believe " I came from yopSf andwondringdid receive "The Invitation. Wbatelfe? And by me " Returns his thankl- Deny'd then mnll I be I " I think.fo-, and he you does fcorn, or fear y " Or elfe invited thus, wouldf^arceforbear, Philip next morning, as to Court he went. Menus Good morrow did with his prevent. And greeting gave the day, and eafe from cares. As to the People he expos'd his Wares. Vultei'us to exciife himfelf began. His pedl.ng trade, and mercenary Chaitsy That his commands he had not fought at home, Nor was fo happy as to fee him come ; " All this Til pardon (faid the Counfellcr) "■ But on condition you no more defer " T ur coming to moy whom 1 now invite " The fecomi timey to Cup with me this night. '' Tou (hall command me, (Mena faid ) ; Let three " (Philip return'd) thelatefiminutebei Y4 «ri// j28 epistles: Book I, Boo Till then your hufinefs mind — But Supper$ come; Where when they'd freely talkr, my (jnejl goes home. Yet like a that nibles at the part So long, that by the gills he's caught at laft 5 By often vijits he becomes more bold. Turns and unbid a room does hold At every Fealt; By Philip is defir'd, To go where i'th' Tncatim he retir'd : And out they ride. tJM.enii commends the air, And fields, with fruits all gay and fair. Which Philip hears and ftniles; but mirth and eafe, What may himfelf, or new retainer pleafe. Being his care, he gives him fifty pounds, And lends him fifty more to biiy fuch grounds; Which done (for I'll makeall the.haftel can) My City Cryer, is turn'd Country-man: Prunes his! grown Tines, can ftoutly hold the Plough, Clime a tall Elm, and trim its higheft bough; Diesat his labour, and with care grows old. And equals nothing to fat land, but CFo/d, But when hrs Goats by Thieves, Sheep fell by th* rot. The field his hopes and charges anfwer'd not. His C4tr/f dy'd,hisPwat plow wasflain, Himfelf no longer able to reftrain. At midnight up he gets, and in a rage Rode poll to Philips houfe, his furtheft ftage ; Whom as the Lawyer faw all rough with hair. And never fhav'd fince they together were; *' Tftlteiue, faid he, you too thoughtful loef, " ^s if more care than what is fit, you took^ " Undone good Patrm, faid he, I'me undone, *' And by the name of Wretch mttfi hence he known. *' By your f If therefore, and the G odjyou adore, " Teur own good G enius, J your help implore, ''That Bookl. MPISTLES. ; " hut this once y oh d eafe me of my pah, " Aid turn me to my former life again. He whofe part flatethe prefent does exceU, Let hitn take quickly up if he'd do well. Return in time; For reafon this requires That a mans own foot meafure his defires. Epistle VIII. EyA.B. To CELSUS. That preferment Jhonldnet tranfporthimi GO when I bid thee Mufe,and wifli my friend CelfHs,vi\\o now on Claudius does attend h.% Secretary atiA companion too • Much health bid him,Live merrily,and do JUshuJinefs prHdently,and if he doubt What kind of bufinefs I am now about; Tell him I promife ex'lent things, but I At prefent live not well,nor pleafantly. Not 'caufe fhe Hail-ftorm broke our Fines,tior yet Becaufe our Olhes by th' immoderate heat Are (hrivel'd up, nor caufe my Flocks that lie In Fields remote are fick, but becaufe I Am in mind more then in body; for I can't endure to hear what men fay, nor To learn a Phyfcal receipt that may My great diflemper cure or but allay. My learn'd and true Phyfitian me offends. And I do peevifhly rail at my friends, Becaufe they offer to deliver me Out of my much bemtcb\ngLethargie-, , " Thofe things which hurt me mofl I mofi pwfue, " And what is good for me Ifiill efchew. a At 33® EPISTLES, Book I, Joo! *' At Rome / Tyber love-, and when I'm come *' To Tyberj / am mad to be at Rome. After all this ask how he does,and know How he proceeds,and how all matters goe. Ask him how he does Claudms pleafe, and how He and the Regiment do (^(Mon now : Ifhe fayes, Well; tell him, I'm glad to hear That happy News; then whifpcr in hisear Thistruth; Inthisfromoti»n,Cc\^\X'3, we *' jfs thou demean fi thy f ?//, wiUvalue thee. Epistle IX. ByA.B. To CLAUDIUS NERO. On behalf of a Friend. GReat Sir, Seftimius underftands how vaft That Princely love is which on me you call. And by entreaties hath prevaii'd with me. That I fhould^<«yf him and prefent him t'ye As a man worthy every where to be Rcceiv'd into youtbreafi and Family. lyho oneiy worthy men and things elebly He thinks I'm honour'd with that great refpeft To be your hofome friendfxG knows my power Better then I my felfttor till this hour I never tri'd it on you,and i us'd What argumcnt-t I could to be excus'd : But fearing leaft I might too far difown Tnofe Princely favours you on me have thrown, And fo be thought (nch a di/fembling Elf, Tut's onely beneficial to my fclf There- Book I. £ F isr LE S, 331 Therefore that! may not be thought to be In^rateftil {that's the worfi ef infamy ) iVe put on fttlHrb-browsyind if you can Once pardon a necejfiated man, Who waves his madefy to ferve his friend. Accept this perfon which I recommend Into your HoullioId,and take this from me, A ftouter, better man you ne're did fee. ere' Epistlb X. BySirif .E. , To FUSCUS ARISTIUS. He praifes to Fufcus Arillius { a lover of the City ) the Comtrejlifey mth which himfelf was delightedf andre-^ counts the feveral Commodities thereof, ffithai deters him from ambition, which accompanies the City life, not that of the Comtrey. TO the Tfljra/Lover, health I wiili. That love the Comtrey: diffring much in this. In all elfe twins. Both like,diflike,what either t A pair of old Doves bred of Eggs together. Thou keep'll the Nell: I love to flie abroad. To haunt fweet Brooks,the moflie Grott,and Wood. - What won Id'll thou have? I live and reign,when I Have fhun'd thofc things praifeil to the sky. And like a Comfit-makers Prentice fled, Cloi'd with PrefrvesyZm better pleas'd with bread. If one would live with all cotiveniency's. And firfl: in building the foundation is. Where doth frank Nature thruftoutlhch a bread As in the Countrey, with all good things blell ? Whert 33» BTlSTLES, Book I, Bool where is it that the Winter's warmer ? where To cool the Dog-ftars byte, is fre/her air, And theherce Lyon's rage, when all his heat Th'exalted Sun pours in, to make it great ? Where does lefs envious care our fleeps difpell ? Do FlooresofJ?ue Z » Me 34® SPJSTLES, BookL Me when I thrive, none envy's there my gains. My Neighbours joy with me when I take pains; The City fare with Servants you do long To eat, and crowd your felf into the throng. The futtJe /laze that wait's, and's cali'd all hours, Envy's thy ufeGfCage, and eat up Of that more then three Rav nous Bears would fup. When pincht with want hee'ld fay each Glstltons Gut Was to be fear'd; But when hee'd got a glut Of better fare, and allconfum'd, hee'ld fay No wonder if Eflates are fpent this way. For there's no pleafurc underneath the Sua Like Feafiingt and a Belly like a Tun. So I in want commend the thrifty Fare, And eat fuch Viiluals as the courfeft are. Z 3 But 344 Bppkli But when I light on better food, I then Say thofe are thofe iht happy men That live in plenty where they can beuold HoufesandTori^/^^ pufchas'd with their Gold, Epistle XVI. % To QJUINTIUS.: .fyfPefinpiieti a^a Good)ils^H, whether I ■,7 ASk.meno mc Can in my pai^, grow rich by, Husbandry, Bytheretayi bfA 'ppJeSvOyhor W.in (?:i . T Viewbutthe^fl«/e/ofwhat I calJ mine. : 1 .1 An intire Mountain, feyer'd by a low ^ ^ , , / Vale, yet it isnot.ajtbgiether fo ,, *I Obfcure, btitthhtAeMprningSun^ippkson, :. TheEv^ningaii'sTr, efche wiJI begon. You can't but praife th'e Climate \ ,Come what t^iptigii My Qnickfetsarenot JS/^ci^£rrj', OE 5/05, ,, ' 'i The-K"fm/does as wellj, if 1 can pl^afe. And fat nay ftock vyitli Jdcprwj, take.mine eafe Under a jfhady Oalc, you muft confefs To arentum is a Wildernefs. Water'd befides with fuch a Springy it may Adopt a River, Helrm it fclf, nay Thrace cannot equal it, approv'd for all , Head maladies: 'tis a Purge natural. In AntHmn 'tis this fweet retirement pleafes, This keeps me proof (believ't) againft Difeafes. Rome iay^y yes boalls, you only happy arc: All is not true men fay; Indeed I fear They BoQkl. EPIStL^: 343 They know more than your feif does: He that woo'd Be fo, muft be not only wife, but good. If at your-Dinaer yoii fhould have a fit of a chill tAgfts fhake you, would you fit {Becaufe your fay you look weil) and eat Until you can no longer hold yoiir meat ? He it (t Tmdefi Fool thatmn't difclofi ^ ^ ' He has a before it reach h^Ni-fe. If one fhould tell you of a ^ Youlately had on Land, others by Sea, j. Buzzing into your ears,that it is known To Jovcy you fouglu ^flwwfalety, not you own: You know this is the great Due. If when they call you f^irtmji^do - r. You make anfwer to the name, or can You fay I am that Learned Gentleman ? I do believe there's hardly one ^f ys c But may be foraetimes ftil'd ingenmrn ; Yet he that faid fo, can you know imfay To 3/cm»iallthaterehefaidto day: As abrib'd fajlicemulk if Cafar pleafe, Give up his Patent, take his ' if the Unconftant Crowd fliall fay. Let go> Youare*ntthemenweprais*d^.Ifmijftbefo. r What if I'mefolloy/'d, with a Hnsysfidcr-h ■ \ Stop T'fe/', he has committed . Or if my Fiom Neighbours, fliould prefent Me, a Loofe Liver or Incontinent. Nay what if at Seifioiis I am try'd " . ByaNice iota^arricide ; If I am fure, and know my Confcience clear. Shall ItfienBlufh, orelfelookPaleforfear? FaJfe Honour pleafes, but falfe Infamy Affrights: Whom ? Xhote that love to hear a t-y- Z 4 Iwof ' 344 "^PJSTL ES. Book!, 1 wonder who 'tis you call Good; Your fine And learned Barrifier that can untwine Statutes^ Quote Reports, Books of Entries, pare The Law, and fplit out juftice to a hair ; He that can knowingly give Evidence, And fcnooth both Parties to a Reference ! Yet there is fcarce one Houfe in the whole Town, But whifpers this mari Knave, for all his Gown. If my man tell me thus ; Sir, I ne're lay pne night from home, or wtong'd you : muft I fay Be gon ? rie never trouble thee 5 If he Sayes he never committed Fehnk .■ Mufl I not profecute, but fay, Be free, 'Tispity thou Ihould'll e're be hang'd by me ? I am a Godly, Pious, Sober man: Yes,yes; Butdovou think Sal/eliwcan Believe all this? The ffolf the trap efchewes, The Hawk^ and Jfrfeflythefufpeited nooze. Geod Men wiU hate ell fVichednefs, heekufe They V'.rtue love more than they fear the Law^. You if you think yb'u can cheat hand-fomly. All's one,whether Clergy or Layety, Although it is a fmall lofs,ifyou nimne But pne Bean from a Quarter, 'tis a linne. He's only counted honcilnow adayes That the whole Parifli looks upon, he prayes And cryes Amen fo loud at Church, although Sometimes it you hearken clofe, he s as low Whifpering ; fweet Devil give me leave. To chest Devosttly, but let none perceive. Give me a Cloak for all my Knavery ; What's this man more than a Servant? or why P' vee call a M.ifer, Freeman ? I have feen A Boy make both ftoop for a Groat of Tin. He BP 75 TLB^, 345 He that flill covetSy fears: I don't fee VVhat ground you have to fay this man is free, H'asfledilis Colours, forfook the Field, which Flyes to turmoil in buis'nelsand be rich. If you can fell your Prisoner,never kill, Butlethim ferveyou ; let the Hardy till The Earth, turn Say lor, weather c out at Sea, Import Bisket ; 'twill help the Gramrk. He that is truly wife will dare thus to A Judge ; Come Sir, let's hear the worft you'll do ! Why rie feize upon your Goods, take away Your Mony,Plate, nay all you're Worth : You may : You lhall be kept cloie Pris'ner : No, I'le have Death bay le me, I can never be a Slave: That touches him, ('twould any man) Do, Dy F irft. Death is the lafi Scene of Afiferj. B pistle VXII. By R. JV. To SCJEVA. The vfoy to get Great (JWens Favour. SCava, though thou art wife enough to tell How to make ufe of thy Super'ours well; Yet learn of thy unskilful Friend ; and though He that is blind may undertake tofhew The way ; yet mark,perhaps I ;nay make known Something thou wilt defire to'raake thine own. If thou wilt hugg thy with welcome Eafcy' If Sleep till next days Sun arife doth pleafe. If thou'rt dillurb'd with th'/7»rrj, and theNoife Of CartSy and Coaches, and of Dam-me-Boyesy I prethee MPISTLES, 1 prethee to thy Cenntry-hmfe repair; Tor n.ot Rich men only happy are; JVor lives he ill, that lives :^; Yet poorer art, then he that gives to thee. All forts of life did-.;d''i/^'/'/"''^ blefs, Aiming great things, yet content with lefs; But to thee aenejwhofe only Robes and Fence Were nought but Rags and helplefs Patience. iM^b&coHrfeo^ "Liit, (oTraverfiee Can any man become,'tis ftrangetome. Though Arifiippus ne'redefire to be Array'd in Robes of/'«rp/e made, yet he CcRild wear them; yea he could in comely fort InChaths, or good, or bad himfelf deport. ■ ■ To X>M!B30kI. EPJlStL^K 347 r ...J loihttA Scarlet Cloak did more abhorr* And rather fly it theti a Snakty or Curr» Give him his Cloaths,elfe he with roW will dye, . And thine, then let the Fool his Fortune trie. » T'atchieve great things, and Comj/aery looks like Jowf, Itfhewsare< 'Tis no difgrace for Sul;je5ls to compljA With gen'rous Kii^gs: all have not weaittrlaid by. Fear of Succefs makes Comrdt,, be it fo; But he's the Man, that thorough flitch doth go) • He is the Man, or none. One rears tb iask A Princes favour, 'tis too great a.ta^k . ; . For his too narrow Soul. Another He Bcgsboldly,and obtains. IfVertuebe ' Still Vertue, doubt-not, but tha^gian is wnfe Who asks fo,that he gains both Praife and Prisjc. Poor men, if mpdefl, will with fomeobtain. While others fawcily Ihal! ask in vain ; Here's then the diff'rence,whether yOftr favours be Humbly receiv'd, or fnatcht immbdeftlie. Thefumof allweaim.atthenherfee.nds, ? Be meek and modeft with thy Pic'/fer Friends. I have a Sifter wants a Portion, and ' A Mother poor, a FarmF\t% on njy, hand That can't maintamme; He that thus doth lay, Doth in effeft beg yi/wr .• Another may -' 'i Cant out his aloud, and keep a ftir " ' ' And cry. Give me one piece of Bread good Sir :■ ■ I A whilft feeding, if he woald not Garr, - V Would have lefs trouhle and mors Meat by farr. -T One that is expert in the High-rvay Strains, That of the bitter cold, and ftorms complains. That cries his Pocket's pickt, and his fmall ftore Of Mony ftoln, Jftggles but like a fVhoret ,vi 34« SPISTLES, Book I, Who weeps for her loft ChainfOt cries ah me ! My Garter s ravifh'd from beneath my knee: Such common Cheats as thefe take all belief From real Lofes^^ and from rea I Grif/. He that is once thus chous'd, will fure beware Of helping fuch as faigned are. And though a Canting Cripplebtgs with tears To be helpt up, and by OJires fwears, And fayes, I'm lame, I do not mock, and then Cries out} O helpy help me hard hearted men / The Neighbours ray 1 at him,and cry hegen^ Get help (you Rafcal) where you are not known. E pistie XVIII. By^. b. To LOLLIUS. Hew to he a good Companion. My blunt friend LoUiuty if I know thee right, Thou doll abhor to play the Parafitey Where thou profefleft friend/hip ; for fo farr Differsa/r/fW from a h^^eJlaterery As a grave ^Matron from a Strumpet, who Differ in mindy in look, andgefiure too. But there's another vice as great as this. That is arough-hew'd clovinifh furlinefsy When men unmannerly, unpleafanr,rude, Themfelves on others faucily obtrude; And indifcreetly hlurt out words which be Unfit, and calVt Tirtue and Liberty. " V^ertue's the mean hetwiset two Prices, and *' From Fices is fencd in on, every hand. Some look I. EPISTLES. 349- Some being ohfetjmous mott then does befir, |eer fuch as ac the low'r end of ch'Table fit} 5ut when a great man nods., will tremble, and iVhat e're he fays repeat at fecond hand ; ,\sa poor School-boy fays his Leifon o're, iVhich his harlh Mafltr diftated before. as the MimickJEccho's back what e're /erfes or words by th' AElor's fpoken were. Oxhers diffute for trifles without end, Asdfor Straw-matters tooth and nail contend, They'll rather lofe their lhare in Heav'n then they IVon't be behev'd in what^e're they fay j Or not fpeak freely what comes in their brain, ^nd that as impudently to maintain. Sut what's the Queftion makes all this ado ? Which was the better Fencer of the two, Ujlir or Docilis ; whether Appium., litNumicus lead to Brundufum • Who's out of his Eftate hy gaming run. Who by expenfive fVenching is undone. And what fantafiick^ Fool goes at a rate. Inhabit far above his mean eftate. Onwhomth'infatiatc appetite of Gold And Silver has got a perpetual hold; Or eife of fome v«in-gloricu« fellow, which Makes it hisbu'finefs to be 'counted rich. The wealthy Patron, who is ten times more Skill'd in all Vices then he can that's poore. Hates fuch concerning talk, and does abhor it. And either hates the Blalh, or checks him for if. Like a good Mother to her Daughters, he Delires that meaner men fliould wifer be Then he himfelf is, and mortvirtuous too, And tells you things that are perhaps too true, Strive 3(5^^ M F I S T J. E S, Book I, feikl Strive not with me {fays he)rve an Efiatej And that in me milftilly tolerate; ^ You're a mean Feliowj and your rauft be Cut as your Cloth is: Don't compare with me. Eutrafelus to whom he did intend A mifchiefjhe would coftly habit fend. That fo tranfperted with that goodly hew, He might take up ftrange hopes and counfels new^ Sleep all the day, mind nothing but bis Whore, Run into debt, and grow at laft fo poor. He muft turn Fenc&y. and for bread fell's blood, Gr drive Pacli;^Florfeshr il^tlyhood. Other mens fecrets never care to know; But if a friend, into thy bofom throw A fecret, and defire thee to conceal it, Do not,though nere fo drnnkp^ mad,reveal it. Thy own peculiar Studies .le're commend, Nor what thy friend does fancy reprehend; End to hunt thy PaironrvamAe^ be. Don't thou lie purling with thy Poetry. 'Twixt Zethus arid Zmphion, both twins,hence There did arife a peevijh difference} Zethus, a Country Gentleman, inclin'd To Hownds and Hauki J Zmphion, gave his mind Wholly to's//i?rji», but laid it quite afide Until his brothers heat was pacifi'd. " In fmad things 'tis good prudence to rejigne " Thy mill to his mhofepom'r is more then thines And when he brings into the Champain ground His hunting properties. Horns, Horfes, Hound, Lay by th' uxfociable Mufes then As recreations for old laz.y men. Go hunt with him, then fup and take thy fhare Of what your fpor ts produc'd, be't Bore, or Hare: Among MtlSTlMS: 351 mong the 'tis a Recreation, Vhich is much us'd and in great Reputation. Itfides 'twill make thee healthy, and livelong, ifpecially lince thou art found and ftrong, b keep in with the JDoggSy and with the SorCf ly thy own ftrength to graple and o're pow'r; lefides 'tis known that there's not any man or feats of ^rm like thee, or dares, or can. ^hen thou didll/i?«ce or wrefile, oh! how loud Jang thy AffUnfes from th' admiring Crmd, I iVhen but a boy the Sou'Jiers duty thou !nthe Cantalrian battle didll pafs through, liider that (jeneral-, whofe conquering Sword The Parthims hath to Italy relior'd ; Ind in their Temples hath fet up again rhofe Enfignes which had been from Crajfus tanc. Do not withdraw thy felf without a jult Etcufe, Hor lye ftill that thy par ts may ruft. Although in all thy aftions thou tak'll care They fhould be done exMljs by the fquare; Sometimes i'th' Country, thou defccndft to toys, a Sea-fight with the little boys: Two formal Navies thon doft then And armed Boys in both of them dolt Ship ; On one fide for Mark^Anthony, thy Brother Was t/idmiral ; for Cafar thou on t'other. Your Fathers little Lake was made by thee For this great Fight the Adnatkk^ Sea, Where you the Allim battle acted o're. And ne're gave off till one was Cencpmrour. And if thy wealthy Patron does once finde Thee love thofe things to which he gives hisminde. Tickled with that he will extol to rh'skies This very Play, and think thy folly wife, I would 354 EPISTLES, Book I, |ooJ( I would advife thee further more (if thou Didft Hand in need of an advlfer now.) ffhen thou defi talk, of any man., take cate ** Of ivhom, to whom, and what thy fpeeches are„ ** Shm him that is inquifitive, for he " }f^ill be as guilty ofGarrulitie, And his ftitgafing ears itch to reveal *' fVhat e're his friend intrufis him to conceaU *' And 'tis impojjible e're to recall ** One fyllable which we have once lei fait. And if thy Patron has a minde to coy With a fair Lady, or a pretty Boy, To his great Houfe you murt fuch reverence beaV, As not to fall in love with either there: Leaft he that keeps them Ihould prove fo unkinde As to deny, and thou dilhirb thy minde; Or (which is worll) fhould grant thee thy requeff, And thou popt off with thefe,content mull relL " At firfi fght ne're commend a man, leafi thou Hereafter blufh for him thou praifejl now j For we arefoon deceiv'dj and to a Friend We oft unworthy men and things coiflmend} And therefore if one, whom thou didfl fuppofej Was a good perfon, Ihould prove vitieus. And thou be fo deceiv'd praife him lio more, Say thou'rt miftaken, and fo give him o're. But if a friend that to thee's throughly knowrt Beiiind his back's traducd by any one. Stick to him bravely; fr our names depend *' In alfence on the courage of a friend; Ne're let him carelefly endure a wrong From any Cojwrd/y reproachful tongue. For is't not plain, that who malicioujlie *' Back^bites thy friend, will do the fame by thee t " ifhen fc)0k r. ePistles, " when thy next neighbours houfe is nil on fire, ''■^Tisthy concern to suake his flames expire; For fire will gather firength if le't aloney " And with thy neighbours houfe burn down thine owne: By unex|)erienc'd men 'tis thought to be, To wait on (freat men great felicitie j But fuch as know what 'tis, care not to come Among Great men, but count them troublefome. For thy part now into the World th' arc got, Make it thy bufinefs to go on, and not Permit thyto fail back again, What e're contrary fVinds difturb the Main^ " tyAmerry man abhors a man thaFs fkdy " And fad men hate all merry men as bad. f" " A dull man hates an aFtive many and fo " A fprightly perf m fcerns a man that's flow. ■;' The/W/i»^ fellows, who pall midnight drink. Hate fuch^s from their profer'd glaffes fhrink i Tliough thofe that dorefufe them truly fwear fine vapours in the night pernicious are. Look cheerfully in company ; ^ he That's fhamefact 's generally th.i[%ht to be A fellow of mean birth and fpirit, and all Thofe that fit filentmen do dogged.cdill. But above all converfe with wife men Hill, And read good Booksi and learn from thofe the skill How thou maylleaiily pafs through this T And not be vex'd and up and down be hssrld Byandelire, vain fear. Or hopes of things that of fmall moment are^ Conlider whether Fertue be prodhc'd ^ learningy or by nature be infus'd • fhat lejfens cares ; what makes a man to be A friend t' himfelf; whence pure ti-'anquillitie A a Proceecfs, 354 MF isr LMS, Book!, Proceeds, from Honour, or beloved wealth, Or from a Life led (as it were) by Health. When I do to my Farm retreat, By thofe cool ftreams which me refrelh in heat, What doft thou think I think upon ? or what Beleiv'ft thou, ifl could, I would beat ? I only pray that fraall Efiatcy which I Now have, may tarry with me till I die. And thofe few days which I have yet to live, (If Heav'n to me any more days will give) I may enjoy my felf • of Books have ftore, and- Have neceffaries for a year before-hand ; That I may never float 'twixt Hope and Doubt, What an uncertain Hour may bring about. But 'tis enough to fray thofe heav'nly Pomrs " who give and take at Will what we call Ours, If I but live, and have my Pockets lin'd. Let me alone to get a quiet Mind. Epist;^ XIX. By/^. J?. To lii^CdENAS. A Difeourfe of Poetry. LEarned Mecanasy if you'll credit give Toold Cratinitsy not a Verfe can live. Nor long be pleafant to us, which is writ By fuch as from meer veater fuck their wit. Since Lihr has been pleas'd to rank all fuch As have of Rapture & tranfcendetit touch, 'MongFawns &ndSatyrsy thedeIightfomeiV/»? Did almoft every roprning fmell of wine. Book I. EP ISTLES, 35S And 1/owerj praidng Wine, made think The good old Man did much delight in drink. Hence Father Ennim would not write a Line, Till he had firft got a good iofe of Wine. The Politicks and great Affairs at^^rr We leave to thofe that grave and foher are, But we'll withhold from fueh fome fouls as theifSi The high Prerogative of writing .• Asfoon as thiswaspublickly declar'd, All Poets up the brimful Goblet rear'd ; And for the Laurel all night long they drunk, And the next day of Wine aJl Pof/r flank. But was this Poetry ? Shall every one That with a//ir/jlook, and fhabbed (jown Walks without flioos and ftockins through the Toww, As reprefenting learned Cato, ftraight His virtues and good manners imitate ? When Hyarhita aim'd to gain the glory Qir&vtTimagenes for Oratory-, Striving to fpeak with Eloquence and Wit, He ftrain'd his Voyce, fo that his' ungs were fplir. A pattern does delude a man "'Only purfud in that which is amifs- Should I by chance look pale; Poets would fall To drinking Cummin -feeds to look fo all. Oh fervile herd of Imitators., who Make me both angry with, and laupji at you. And thebafe Drudgery which you're forc'd to do / Twas I firft fee my daring foot, where none Had ever trod a ftep, but I alone. " Cfho on's own natural fancy does rely, " Leads as a Captain dees his Company. 'Twas I that firil the Romans did infpire With skill to write lamhicks for theiiTyre. A a 2 The 35^ EPISTLES, Book I The nttmhrs and the fpirit I purfu'd Of old Archilcchm-, but I efchew'd His railing matter and inveBive way, Which made poor old Lycamhe to dellroy His daughter and himfelf; yet I hope you Think not the Lamd is to me lefs due, Becaufe I have been fearful to invert The very mode of V?rfes^ and the Art. TheMafc*line5on t change ? Or which are fortunes power ahove ? Thus from a profperous State and plenty fprings Variety that gives all Guft to things. At 'twas heretofore a credit, and A Mode in ones Office or Shop to ftand Waiting for Cuftomersand Clients, all The morning, to let out money, to call On young men to be thrifty, and to hear Old mens advice, thus went about the year: Eut now the worlds chang'd, one humor runs Through ev'ry vein; the Lawyers write Lamprons, Merchants Bttrlefyae, the only Trade's for Bayes, Your Gowty Statefman too vent'rous at Playes: Ev'n I that have renownc'd all Poetrie, Sick of the felf-farae Itch of writing lie. For before day, when one can't fee to fcrawf, E>o I fcarce waked for Pen and Paper call. " He that was ne're at Sea, wifely refufes To fail a Ship • He lihewife that ne're ttfes TopraEiifePhydcV, dares not to difpenfe Strong Purges, nor what ftupifies the Senfe. Smiths do make Locks, and only Taylors clothes; But they write Verfe, that never could write Profe. Now lets confider, What good this humor works j Why firft of all, no covetous Canker lurks Within a nought can his foul intrude, But how to fancy finely, and t' allude: When Book II. epistles; when goods are lofi^ when fervants run away, when tax is pay'd, whet) floods the banks deftroy. He cares n'c, plots no trick to his friend Or to devoure hkfVard ; for to what end Should men dofo,who can eat Bread and Cheefe, Wear footed Stockings, and be warm in freoM ? Toets in Peace confitferable are, Though they are ufelefs in the times of warre. Now if you'll grant that fmall things may improve Greateft affairs, we rauft our Poets love. For firft they teach our children how to fpealc Plain and diftin^F, from telling lyes 'em break, Chide 'em for calling Names., Curfing,and Gathes; Make them fay Prayers, and keep clean their Clothes. Poets write Story, and by example teach, They comforts to the lick and needy preach. When Boys and Girls inProceffion ling Anthems and Hymns., that God would blefs the King, Send Rain, or Harveft-weather, fave the fruit. Stop Plagues, and grant 'em any other fuit> I'll not the that makes thofe heavenly charms. And does more by 'era, then by Martial Arms ? Old Husbandmen and Worthies, fuch as could Be happy with a little, heretofore would (After their Corn was houfed,or Sheep were fliorn. With Wife and Barns, and others who had born Part in thofe labors) make an Holy-day, Kill a fat Pig, eat Cream, drink Wine and Play, Give Sacrifice, and iing to th° heavenly Powers What Poets compos'd at their infpir'd Howers. Fefcennine freedom by this means did grow, Sach wliofe each dflkhflomt courfe flouts did t'.iro.v ; This freedom for a while pall well enough, Until at length it grew To tart and rough. 3^6 MF 1ST LES, Book 11. So dirty and down-right, notfparingany, Though ne're fo worthy men : At length when many Had been abus'd, the few that had fcap'd free Took care thenceforward, that no more llioiild bee Making a psenal by which good men Grewfafe from th'poyfon of Satyrkk^m. Thus were reduc'd for fear of drubbing When no Scf.l> was, quite to refrain from rubbing. Greece being taken by the Romans^ took Its Conquerors •, from thence came Art and Book Into mit Italy., thenceforth the Rhymes That were in afe in the Saturnine Times, Were ohfilete ; and as we grew more rich In Things and Thoughts, fo was improv'd our Speech. 'Twas a great while before our minds we bent To read Authors, and learn what they meant j Till being in Peace, then when the P^^wic/^Warr Was well compofed, the Romans waded farr In Soph'cles, Thefpis, and eyTfchilus too. Trying what they could itiTranJlatingdo. They did fuccced ; their fmart and lofty Wit Thelragkk^ vein with grace enough did hit. Com'dy tbey thought (becaufe its fubjeft was Trivial and mean) was eafie; But alas! They did not dream how little pardon's giv'n To the poor ^omick_: How hard was Plauttu driv'^n) The am'rous Young mans humor to make good, And his CurmudginV&thfcs underftood : And paint the plotting Pimp ? Porfennas Pen Defcrib'd with pains the flatt'ring Trencher-men. How flightly arc perform'd fome other jiarts By thofe that nothing elfe lay to their hearts. But to get Mony ? Let their Box to th' brim Be fili'd, they care not, if th' Play link or fwim. Him Book II, EPISTLMS: Him that Vain-glory ilirs to write a Play, How doth SpeHaters negligence diftnay, As when they gaze and gape, and give no heed ? But then. What joy does good attention breed ? •' So flight and fmall a matter ejneUs or raifes " LMinds that too much ajfeU the peoples praifes. Adieu all writing Playes, iffo be that I pine when hifs d^ or when I'm humm'd grow fat. Bold and found Poets fometimes are caft down, Ev'n when the fcoundrel Rabble o( the Town, Sailers And Butchers being quickly full ' And glutted with ftrong Senfe, call for the Bull • I Or (in the middle of an tht Bears Or Fencers fet together by the Ears: Though when the better fort, and men of skill Grow weary too, the Play 'tis like was ill. ' When men have fate a good while at the Play^ j And in difgufi fhall flock apace away, I Then is brought forth a pinnion'd King^ and flvown 1 Wagons of captive Dames, Corinth otQihtov/n I InPaftboard models: would fneere ' At fuch poor tricksy if heagain were here; i He'd laugh to fee a fpotted Dromedaryy Spe£lators eyes off from the Play to carry J , In marking them he would more pleafure find, i So pleaflng 'cis t'obferve the peoples mind. Moreover he confidering whaca din Noife and confufion all the Stage is in , Might think the flighted Poet did rehearfe , Unto deaf Jfes his elab'rate Verfe, ■ For when the A6lors firft appear well clad IriPerpanSilky the People all like mad I Hum and clap bands, not for their ex'leit faying. But for their Clothes and Purple gay arraying. ' ' Now 3^8 EPISTLMS; Book 11. Bciok Now left you think, that I difparage what I cannot underlland, or rellifhnot; I grant, that fucli a Poet may climbe a Steeple j Up by a fmall llack rope, who can the people Anger,appeafe, make laugh,or weep,or fear j Whisk 'em to Athens, or Thebes, or keep 'em here ; Who by meer Words, can thus command mens fancyj Is Mafter in Poetick Necromancy. Such men encourage, and withal thofe who Can the fame thing without Brammaticks do; For thefe you muft provide, if you delire To blow ftrong flames out ofPee^c/^fire ; Or if you'id fliarpen fVit, and make collcdlion Of pieces neereft to divine perfeftion. We Poets wrong our felves,(and I offend As oft as others) when we Books commend Into your hands,when you perhaps are tired, Or in the Bogs of fome difafter mired. Then, when we vex that any though our friend. Should but one Verfe ev'n gently reprehend; Or when we reading our own Verfe, repeat As Cud to be rechew'd what's tafikfs meats When full of our own fenfe, we do complain That no man throughly weighs our skill and pains j And when we think, that you Great Sir as foon As e're we write, are bound togivea Boon, That you fliould bid us write the Second Part, And fay Reward fhall equal our Defart • How e're 'tis good to know,with whom to truft Great deeds, and who can fave'm frc rothe dult*' Choeri'ltis fo well did Alexander plesift With Verfes not quite v/orth fo many Peafe, As that the fort'nare Bard, Medals and Coins Of precious Gold got for his Leaden lines. S jme I. Eciokll. EFISTLES, gtfp me Some Poets foul more with their dirty Pen, Tlien can be clean d again by better Men. bat Prodigal Prince who bought thbfe firftple Rhimfis At fuch a rate, was wife at other timesj orbidding all but great zyifelles hand odraw his t*i(Slure; Nay he did cothtnand hat none fliould mold the figure of his face kept Lyfippe, who did it with grace, lad this vain Prince no more s'lcili in difcerning be hands of Artifts^ Uienthe men of Learning, One miglit have call'd him Thickcskply and have fivorn, 'hat in (ovat foggy air he had been born, ut you are not aibus'd in any fort ly th' Gifts and ChinraUer and fair Report ieftow'd on Virgil and on Varitu^thtn Vhom are not better, either wits or Men, The fhapes of famous men are not fo clear ngraven Brafs, as do their minds appear n well-pen'd Words: for my part I had chole lather then broken Rhiniies,refembling Profe) b write hereick^ Verfe, and thofe on you, bat all the world mightyontatchkvements knoW; would defcribe the Caflles you have won, nd winding Rivers tlwt below "em run. would thofe Kingdoms reprefenr, he peace which you have fore'd where e"re you iveut: hen Janiu Temple I'de expofe to view, nd Rome by th' Parthi'atis fear''d,whilll rul'd by you; ut Sitflom Verfe c^not your Highnefs grace, therefore t* attempt it I have not the face, w me to be pragmatic4 might prove 'our trouble, not my duty and my love s efides, if I felt ftort to do your right, y faults wou^d be rcmcmbred out of fpight ^ B b Fof 37® MPISTLES, Book II. For Readers fo malicious now are growne, What's bad they'll con, what's good they Jet alone. I hatefuch kindnefsas offends, and his That draws my Pifture uglier then it is. Though gayly drefl:, I value not a rufli Thegawdy praifes that muil make me bluUi, And dread to have my Name bedawb'd on Paper Fit but to light Tobacco-pipes and Tapers; Or elfe to wrap up wares of little price In (Shandlers Shops,at belt but Plums and Spice. Epistle ult. By J. D. To JULIUS FLORUS. Another JDifcottrfe of Poetry. BRave ATfro's Favourite, Myjalm (I anfwer your complaining letter thus) Suppofe one had to fell, and you would buy A Boy at Tibur born, or Gdii, The owner plainly tellsyou ; Sir you fte. He's fmooth, and fair, ofperfeU Symmetric In all his parts; and ivithoHt more difcourfi, Cjive me bat fo much money, he is yours. This I dare vouch, he's apt, and quic\to fpk The fntalleft motions of your hand, or eye. He hath a little ^reekj, and being young May yet improve, he's pretty good at fong .• " But earneft praifing Merchants oft declare Their crsft, more then goodnefs of their Wm- I have no need to fed, my fioclfs hut fmall^ Tet what fmad fiock^ I have, my own I call. ^llBcokll. EPlStLES, 371 rie tell you therefore isllthe vporji Iknow^ which I believe, none of the trade would do. The truth is , once he flay d the idle Boy, And fearing to he beaten ran away ; Now Take,or Leave ; May henot fafely now ReceiVe his mone\\ havinj^ cold you lo ? Why fhould you fue, or call him cheat, when as He told you, whacan Idle Rogue it was ? Yec fo you deal in eluding me; you know, I told you likewife e're you went, how flow lam in writing Letters, that asfoon You might almoii: make any Cripple run ; But yetyouftill complain ot me, and chide Becaufe I do not write ; Nay, and befide You fay I promis'd ycrfes ; But for that. Pray hear a (lory that I fball relate; One of LucuHus fouldiers went abroad lo forage, and dearly having earn'd his load, In very pleafant manner, down he lies. And y»ow ail night; But e're he thought to rife, All his Provartt was gone ; With that as Keen As a fhe fPoolf, he fails to Rave, and Grin, Mad with himfelf, no lefs then with bis foes. And Carelefs which lliould die for'r,out he goes Gna/hing his teeth, and whofoe're he met. He lookc as fierce, as though he would him eat. In this higli Rage, he itorm'd a Fort himfelf That was well fortifiM, and (lor'd with wealth, And laid about him with fuch force, they fay. As made the Guards give place, and run away; For which exploit his very name was fear'd. And Thoufands given him as a jufl Reward. Soon after this, the Praters mind being bent To rake a certain Cajlle, ilraight he fent B b 2 To 372 MFlSriES, Book IL To this great farftoiis Snuldiet, and began 1'exhort him by tlie name o'rgallant many Us'd all the ArgumentSy apt to excite With Words, enough to make a Coward fight. The Clown wifer then fo, cries 5 Pray Sir hold. Such worh, becomes foot fellows y I have Gold. (Now to apply this) I at Rome was Bred, And for fome tinSe the Poets there I Read j At Athens next, where I learnt to defcry The Truth from falfhood by Phihfofhy; But the unhappy times hinder'd my Ray In that fweet place, and hurry'd me away From Books to Arms, and then I was ingag'd I'th' which Brutus with Augufias wag'd. Bute're long Brutus being overcome, I narrowly fcap'c from Pbiliffi home, Stript, and as poor as pofiible, and then Having noway to live, but by my Peuy Straight I betook my felf to verffe, Inftrufted by Ingenious Puvertie. But now grown palt all needs (to pore on fad Dull Poetryy would not men think me mad ? ) I'm of the Souldkrs mind. Tie fleep and feed. Why fliould I not ? let them tal(e fains that need. I find I'm growing oldy and every year Steals fomeivhat nom me; Penusy Mirth, and Chear, Begin to lofe their Cufl ; My JVits tkcline, And my Poetickyoln grows dry with time. What e're I have been, I am fcarfe the fame, And will you have me dance now lam lame ? But if I did my faculty retain. All would not like it; you the /.yric/^ftrain Do bell affedl: a fecond he commends Hopping IcimUcksy and a third contends Bookll. EPISTLES. 373 That nothing's good h\xtV![\Mi Satyrical i And how is't poilible to pleafe you all ? Jufl: fo, as though I fhould three friends invite, And each one of a different appetite; Siry ShaU I help you here ? No; I'm for this. J And, tfhat thin^ou ? I'm for the other difli. Are yoH foto? No Siry I thankjoUy I Like thefirfl hefi ; So 'tis in Poetry. Befides ail this,I wonder, you can guefs Amidft the labours and difturbances OFclils bafe buCieToivnylfhouId hnvereil I To write a word. One comes and makes requeft, ' I would be fnrety for him ; After this - I'm calTd to hear the Poets Exercife ; ■j I've friends to vifft too; ond^in the ^irine, Tli^ other (a fair dilhnce') in tbe Aventine. But yet you'Jl fay, the ftreets are fine, and ftlll. And one may walk, and think ofwhat he will. (Oh mighty quiet, fit for th' ears of Kings! r j Thefe Carts and Coaches are fuch Jilent things. J ' Here one comes with his Mules, all in a fweat, j Who us'd to bring home Carriages with meat j There creaks an Engine, which the Builder ufes ! To wind up77«2^ertothetopsofhoufes. I Here goes a Fmeral, and there a Dray I Standing athwart the ilreet blocks up their way.' I Now a mad Dog d ireftly at me make?; I Anon, I meet a Som out of a Jakes, (And muft give her the wall) midll all thisd/w, sji 1 Is'c not a fweet place to makeE'erfes in ? " Poets true Bacchus 7 rile, like hint rejoyce " Tofieep in jhades, farrfrom the (fities noife. And would you have me do, as thev have done, Although I live in thislewd ballinn Towne ? B b 3 'lis 374 EPISTLES. Book II. Bool 'Tis no rare thing to fee fcnie that have fpent Seven years at in their rtudies pent, Reading their eyes almoftout; who yet after Return dumbobjefts of the peoples Unghtcr^ (And neither fay nor write} here I am toft. And in a fiorm of trouble well nigh loft: How can I grant, or you of me delire, To fing fweet Lyrickjto the joyful Lyre ? At Rom two Brothers were; this ftudied Law^ That was a Rhetor ; both fo given to claw Each other, that their whole difcourfewas liet In prarfe ef one &norhe.x% f^sculties j Tliat call'd this Cjracchm.^ He him LMmius^ Do not we-Port/play the fool juft thus? I merry Lyricks write, Another he Being more grave, delights in Elegie: Yet both, as though undoubtedly infpir'd With all the JVine, expeft to be admir'd. Do but obferve, with what a ftately^>-«Te Weftalk, and look round the reciting place. But what great matter bring we, that fliould raife Our ExpeBations to be crown'd with Bayes ? Ti^ie Samnites us, and we the Sawnitetwad, And yet we made the yield at laft. O rare ! now he protefts I fhall no more Be Horace., but Alaem ; I adore Him as (Palllmachm, but that's too little, Then he's MimnermHs, or fome greater title. Thefe wafpijh Poets thus I'm faign to pleafe. When I write, that I may gain their Suffrages. But rie heplagud no more He neither write Henceforth my felf, nor hear when they recite. H?rfes indeed if bad, there's nothing worfe, Nor more ridiculous^ yet fome fools of courfe 'vS Love Book II EPISTLES, 575 love to be fcriUing, and themfelves extoIJ, For that at which all others laugh and drolJ. He that would have his Poems take, mull fit Judge of his own language, as well as wit, Like a grave Cenfor ; words or no weight nor (hew He degrade, though they are loth togoe. And plead frefcription. To recruit his ftore With choice and good, eld words he nauft reftore, ^ Though th'ave lain long rejefted and defpis'd. And take in new, whatufe hathnaturaliz'd. And as a River that runs clear and ftrong. The foil inricheth, as it glides along : ' So mull his language be; it mull not want > But neither mult k be luxuriant. With fmoother phrafe he polilhe's what's rough. And throws out all the flat injtpid fluff. And as a skilful A5ior, he mult flrive, To imitate each Humor to the life. For my part, I had rather far be thought A trifling Poetafler, if that oaght I dopleafe's my felf, be't nc're fo vain, I Than to write well, and to endure the pain 1 Of being vext with Cenfures. There was one j At Argos, who did ufe to fit alone I I'th' TAf-strf, fancying himfelf to be Prefent at fome ingenious Tragedie: Hearkned and humm'd, till he thought all was ended, Thenclapt,and cxy'd,'lis never to he mended : 'Bate only this, in other matters He Was as difcreet as any one could be; He was a right good Heighhour; none more free To treat his Friends with all civilitie : Good to his Family j if he came nigh A Rock^OT Z«?4f>would heed how he pafl by: B b 4 Coul 37^ EPISTLES. Bookll. Could notbecharg'd with ^ny defperate folly, The worll was,he \»as highly Melancholy j For this a Infty dofe of Hellebore Hetook, which did himto himfelfreftore | But being cur'd, he cry'd, and faid, Alas >' Such an mhappy Remedy ne re woe; Tor now by this unfortunate OccafioUy Tve lojl the pleafure of Imagination. 'Tis time I ftould grow wife, and le^e fuch (oy^s As Songs and T'erfes, proper fports for Boyes. Not weighing words, nor meas'ring out of founds, Butfcanning life, and tracing Virtues bounds. Now thus rie fpentj my Thoughts; If you or I Had fuch a thirfi^ that we were alwayes dry. How much foe're we drink, we fhould be fure To tell theof*r, and ask the cure. N ow you are rich, yet covet ft ill to gaiq More wealth, Is not this cafe the very fame? 1 f one fhould fay, fuch Herls, or fjch a Courfe, Will cure your wound,if ftill your wound grewworfe, Would you notceafeto follow his Advice ? So you have heard, that he rauft needs be wife To whom the Gods give Riches, yet you find The Goods of Fortune have not chang'd your mind. And will you ftill believe it, fince you know. By fid experience, that it is not fo? If to be Rich, could make one wife indeed. And you were fure by that means to be freed From hurtful Paftions; then I would allow, That none fhould be mere Covetous than you ; but fince it can no fuch efe£l produce. Let thatfuffice thatferves for prefent ufe. 1 f what I have, though fmali,be mine, (as 'tis) And what one ufe's^ in fome fort is his: (As Book II. £ Fist LBS. in (As the Civili ns teach)then Qrltu field. And whatfoever fruit the fame doth yield, is mine ; nay and his fervmts too, and all He hath, may truly me their Mafter call. I give a little zwosfjf, and receive Grapes, Poultry, Wine,and what I pleafe to have. The difference is, I with a fmall expence Buy what he purchas'd with vail Sums long fince. The Vurchafer of aU thofe fields that lie About Aricia., and old Vtit, Hath not a Sallet of his own introth. Nor one fmall flick to warm his flale-kept broth, But whatis bought; only he calls it His As far as lies within fuch Boundaries. Fond man how canfi thou call that fubflance thine which Varies like thy (hadow ? One hour s time. One flitting hour, alters the property, And either death, fale,force or flattery CMakes it another mans. For Heirs come on As fajl as waves, one e're the other's gone. \ And fince 'cisfo, to what intent fhould I Great Farms or Manners llrive to multiply ? Or make new purchafes ? when as, Alas! Death and the Grave mow down all flefh like Grafs; Sparing nor high, nor low, nor young, nor old. Untouch't with Pity, uncerrupt with Gold. And while we live, we may live, if we pleafe, Happy and well, without fuch things as thefe. Gems, Ivory, Marble, Piilures, Plate, rareCuts, Garments like thofe in which the Sophy druts. Ail that make bodies gay,or houfes brave, Some have them not, others don't care to have. So of two Brothers, one delights to play And drink.-, the other from the break of day Ti 378 BP 1ST LBS. Book II. Till it be dark niglit, fpends himfelfwith toyl. Beating and burning riiehard barren foyi. The only Reafon that they differ thus, Proceedeth from a different Gen'm; Which is as 'twere a little Deitie, Prefcribing how to live, and when to die. Tofome«»/«ci^>, to fome FortHnMey So conftituting good or evil F^te. For my part, I'm refolv'd that little jreaUh • I have, to ufe, and not to/^ari/e my fe 1 f. I will be moderate, yet I'le not forbear Expence, left I fhould grieve my greedy Heiry Or make my Executor chink much, to fee My Inventory fpent in Legacies There is difcretion to be us'd, for he Is juftly taxt with Prodigalities That vainly waftes his Fortune ; and no lefs Is he to beaccus'd of Greedinefs, Who fpares his Purfiy more than his Reputation,\ And will not fpend upon ajufi occafion. Buthe that hath and thinks itfo, Toils not for more, nor pines to fee that go j Thatfometimesmakes afefiivai, and fpares A day for mirth to loofe the bonds of cares; That doth no wrong, and is difcreetly free, Jhat man's indu'd with Liberalitie. Blefs me from Poverty and Sordidnefs ! And then be my enjoyments more or lefs, i'mftill the fame : To me it matters nor, Whether I'm carried in a bigger Boat, Or in a lefs ; The middle flate's the befi. And mine is fuch, I neither am opprelt With fiorms, not Rzt at all withc^/»jj"; my Sailes Are fill'd with equal and Indifferent Gales; For Book II. EP isriEs. 379 For health,wit,vertne,honour,wealth, I'm plac't Short of tht foremoft', but before the lafi. Yet though a man be freed from Avarice^ That's not enough, if any other Be fuffer'd to bear fway. What ? art thoufrec From pride, and empty PofHUritie ? Art free from raging anger, and the fear Of cruel death, that dreadful tjhiejfenger ? Canft laugh at faperJUtiottsfond conceits Of Sprights, Dreams, Omens, all chofe vulgar ? Art thankful for thy age that's paft and gone, And being older. Art thou better growtf ? For as it cannot mitigate ones pain, To draw one whilft twenty more remain: " To hate one Vice is nothing, vshilfl the mini " Indulges Vices of another kind, " Until thoH canft thy life exabily frame " To Virtue's pattern, don't tifurp the name. But having play'd, and eat, and drunk thy fliare. Get home,left taking more than thou canft beare, Th' art mock't, and bob'd,and juftled for thy folly, \ By th' Lads whofe priviledg is to be jolly. HORACE 380 HORACE, His A R T of POETRY. By B. J. IF to a WQmans head a Painter would Set a Horfe-neck, and divers feathers fold On every limbe, ta'en from a fevera I creature, Prefenting upwards, a fair female feature, Which in forae fwarthy fifli uncomely ends: Admitted to the fight, although his friends, Could you contain your laughter? Credit me. This piece, my Tifo'sy and that book agree, Whofe fhapes, like iick-mens dreams,are fain'd fo vain, As neither head, nor foot, one form retain. But equal pow er, to Painter, and to Poet, Ofdaring all, hath ftiil been given; we know it: And both do crave, and giveagain, this leave. Yet, not as therefore wild, and tame fiiould cleave Together: notthat welhould Serpents fee W th Doves; or Lambes, withTygre? coupled be. 'U Horace, the Art of Poetry. 381 In grave beginnings, and great things profeft, Ye have oft-times, that may o're-Ihine the reft, A Scarlet-peice or two, ftitch'd in: when or Diana's Grove, or Altar, with thebor- DringCircles of fwift waters that intwine The pleafant grounds, or when the River Rhiney Or Rainbow is defcrib'd. But here was now No place for thefe. And, Painter, hap'Jy,thou Know'rtonly well topaint aCyprefstree. What's this, if he whofemoney hireth thee To paint him, hath by fwimming hopelefs fcap'cf. The whole fleet wreck'd ? A great jarre to be lhap'd. Was meant at firft ; why forcing ftill about Thy labouring wheele, comes fcarce a Pitcher out ? In fliort; I bid,Let what thou work'ft upon. Be fimply quite throughout, and wholly one. Moft Writers,noble Sire, and either Sonne, Are, with the likenefs of the truth, undone. My felf for fliortnefs labour j and I grow Obfcure. This ftriving to run fmoothand flow, Hath neither foul,nor linews. Loftie he Prof effing greatnefs, fwells: That low by lee 1'Creeps on the ground; toofafe,too afraid offtorm. This feeking, in a various kind, to form One thing, prodigioufly, paints in the woods A Dolphin, and a Boar amid the floods. |So,lhunningfauIts, to greater fault doth lead, When in a wrong, and artlefs way we tread. The worft of Statuaries here about Th' t/£milian School, in brafs can falhion out The nails, and every curled hair difclofe; But in the main work baplefs: flnce he knows Not to deflgn the whole. Should I afpire To form a work, I would ho more defire 38» Horace, «f the Art of Podrj, To be that Smith ; then live,mark'd one of thofe, With fair black eyes,and hair, and a wry nofc. Take, therefore, you that write, llill, matter fit Unto your ftrengtli, and Jong examine if. Upon your Shoulders. Prove what they will bear. And what they will nor. Him whofe choice doth rear His matter to his power, in all he inakes. Nor language, nor deer order ere forfakes. The vertue of which order, and true grace. Or I am much deceiv'd, lhall be to place Invention. Now, to fpeak; and then differ Much,that mought now be fpoke: omitted here Till fitter feafon. Now, to likeofthis; Lay that afide, the Eftck.s office is. In ufing alfo of new words, to be Right fpare, and wary : then thou fpeak'fl to me Moft worthy praife, when words that common grew, Are,by thy cunning placing, made meer new. Yet, if by chance, in utt'ring things abflrufe, Thou need new terms; thou maift, without excufe, Fain words, unheard of to the well-trufs'd race Of the Cethegi ; And all men will grace, And give, being taken modeflly, this leave, And thofe thy new,ar>d late-coyn'd words receive, So they fall gently from the Grecian fpring, And come not too much wrefled.What's that thing, A Reman to will allow. Or PlantnsjUnd in P^irgil difavow, Or iritts ? why am I now envi'd fb. If I can give fome fmall increafe? When, Ice, Cato's and Ennms tongues have lent much worth, And wealth unto our language; and brought forth New names of thirds. It hath been ever free, And ever will, to utter terras that bee Statnp'd Horace J of the Art of Poetry, 385 Statnp'd to the time. As woods whofe change appears Still in their leaves, throughout the Aiding years. The firft-born dying; fo the aged ftate of words decay, and phrafesborn but late Like tender buds flioot up, and frefhly grow. Our felves, and all that's ours, to death we ©we: Whether the Sea receiv'd into thefhore, That from the North, the Navy fafe doth ftore, A Kingly work ; or that long barren fen Once rowable, but now doth nourilh men' In neighbour-towns, and feels the weighty plough 5 Or the wild river, who hath changed now His courfe fo hurtful both to grain, and feeds. Being taught a better way. All mortml deeds I ShaUperijh: fo far off it is, the ftate, I Or grace of fpeech, Ihould hope a lafting date. I Much phrafe that now is dead, fliall be reviv'd ; And much fhall dye, that now is nobly liv'd. If Cuftom pleafe ; at whofe difpofingwill The power, and ru^e of fpeaking refteth ftill. The gefts of Kings,great Captains, and fad Warres^ What number beft can fit, Homer declares, i In Verfe unequal match'd, firft fowre Laments, , After mens Wifhes, crown'd in their events j Were alfo clos'd; But, who the man Ihould be, That firft fent forth the dapper Elegie, 1 All the Grammarians ftrive; and yet inCourt I Before the Judge, it hangs, and waits report. Unto the Lyrick Strings, the Mufe gave grace To chant the Gods, and all their God-like racej The conqu'ring Champion, the prime Horfe in courfe Frelh Lovers bufinefsjand the Wines free fource. Th* lambick arm'd Archilochns to rave. This foot the focks took up, and buskins grave, 3^4 Horace, of the Art of fottrf. As fit t'exchangedifcourfe ; a Verfe to win On popular noife with, and do bulinefs in. The Comick matter will not be exprefl: In tragick Verfe; no lefs Thyefies feail Ablwrs low numbers, and the private ftrain Fit for the fqck : Each fubjeft fhould retain The place allotted it, with decent thewes. j If now the turns, the cblours, and right hues g Of Poems here defcrib'd, I can, nor nfe, Nor know t' obferve : why (i' the Mufes name) Am I call'd Poet ? wherefore with wrong fhame, Pcrverfly modeil, had I rather owe To ignorance ftill, then either learn, or knows. Yet, fometime, doth the Comedie excite "J Her voyce, and angry Chremes chafes out-right ( With fwelling throat: and of the tragick wight Complains in humble phrafe. Both Telephus^ And Pekusy if they feek to heart-ftrike us That are Speftators, with their mifery. When they are poor,and banifti'd, muft throw by Their bombard-phrafe, and foot-and-half-foot words s *Tis not enough, th' elaborate Mufe affords Her Poem's beauty, but a fweet delight To work the hearers mind, ftill, to their plight. Mens faces, ftill, with fuch as laugh, are prone To laughter; fo they grieve with thofe that mone. If thou would'ft have roe weep,be thou firlt drown'd Thy felf in tears, then me thy lofs will wound, PelettSy or Tekfhas. If you fpeak vile And ill-penn'd things, I £hall,or Heep, or fmile. Sad language fits fad looks; ftuff'd menacing!, The angry brow; the fportive, wanton things; And the fevere, fpeeeh ever ferious. For Nature, firft within doth falhion us To Horace, «fthe Art ef Poetry. To every flare of fortune; fhe helps on, Or urgeth us to anger ; and anon With weighty forrow hurls us all along^ And tortures us; and, after by the tongue Her truch-man, fhe reports the minds each thrOm If now the phrafc of him that fpeaks, lhall flow In found, quite from his fortune; both the rout. And Roman Gentry, jeering, will laugh out. It nauch will differ, if a God fpeafci than, Oizn Herof, If a ripe old man. Or feme hot youth, yet in his flourifliing courfe; Wherefome great Lady,or her diligent Nourfe j A ventring Merchant, or the Farmer free lOffomefmall thankful land ; whether he bee Of Colchis born ; or in Ajfyriahted ; Or, with the milk of Thebtt 5 or Argns, fed^ Or follow fame, thou that doft write, or fain Things in themfclves agreeing. If again Honomr'd Achilles chance by thee be feiz'd. Keep him ftill aftive,angry,un-apppeas'd, Sharp,and contemning laws, at him Ihould aifflj Be nought fo 'bovefaim but hisfword let claim. Medea make brave with impetuous fcorn j Ino bewail'd; Ixion falfe, forfworn $ Poor lo wandring, wild Orefies mad. If fomething flrange, that never yet was had Unto the Scency thou bring'fl, and dar'ft create Kmeernew perfon; Look he keep his flate Unto the laft, as when he flrfl went forth, kill to belike himfelf, and hold his worth. *Tis hard, to fpeak things common, properly j Ind thoumaifl better bring a Of Woww, forth in ails, then of thy oWHf firfl publiihiog things unfpoken, and unknown. Co 3$^ Horace, tf the Jvt ofFoetrf, Yet common matter thou thine own mailt make; If thou be vile, broad-troden ring forfake. For, being a Poet, thou maift feign, create. Not care, as thou wouldft faithfully tranflate. To render word for word : nor with thy fl ghc Of imitation, leap into a ftreight. From whence thy Modelly,or Poems law Forbids thee forth again tiiy foot to draw. Nor lo begin, as did that C rcler late, I fing a noble Warre, and Priam'i Fate. What doth this Piomifer fuch gaping worth Afford ? The Mountains.travaird,andbrotight forth A fcoriied Moufe! O, bow much better this, Who nought affay s unapt ly, or am fs ? SpeAl(^eo mcy Mufe, the runn-t who after Troy WM faclft., Sato many TovmSf an4 mfrt%an the Art pfPoetrjl i Like men ftreet-born, and nefir the Hall, reherfe Their youthtui tricks in over wanton verfe; Or crack out bawdy fpeeches, and unclean. Ti;e Gentry, Men of Birth, and Mean Will take offence at this: Nor, though it ftrike H m that buyschiches bianch'r, or chance to like The nut crakers throughout, will they therefore . Receive, or give it an applauie, the more. To thefe fucceeded the old Comoedy, And not without much praife; till liberty Fell into fault fo far, as now they faw Her licence fit to be rellrain'd by law: Which law receiv'd, the Chorus held his peace, His power of fouly hurting made to ceafe. , Two relVs, a fhort and long, th' ; A foot, whofefwif tnefs gave the Verfe the name Of Trimeter^ when yet .t was (ix-pac'd. But meer lamhicks all, from firll to laft. Nor is't long lince, they did With patience take Into their birth-righr, and for fitnefs fake, Thefteady Spondees; fo themfelves do bear More flow, and come more weighty to the ear: Provided, ne're to yield, in any cafe Of fellowifhp, the fourth, or fecond place. This foot yet, in the famous Trimeters Of and Ehnius^ rare appears: So rare, as with fome tax it doth engage Thofe heavy Vdrfe^ fent fo to the Stage, Of too much haile, and negligence in part, Or a worfe Crime, the ignorance of art. But every Judge hath not the faculty To note in Poems, breach of harmony; And there is given too, unworthy leave T0 Romm Poets. Shall I therefore weave C c 4 My jj>» Horace, »f the Art of foetrj. My Verfe at random, arid licentioufly > Or rather, thinking all my faults may fpy, Grow a fafe Writer, and be wary-driven Within the hope of having all forgiven. *Tis clear, this way 1 have got off from blame, B'Jr,in conclufion, merited no fame. Take you jiheCrffi^examples, for your light. In hand, and turn them over .day, and night. Our Anceftors did Plautus numbers praife, And jefts; and both to admiration raife Too patiently, that I not fondly fay ; If either you, or I, know the right way To part fcurriiity from wif i or can A lawful Verfe, by th' ear,or finger fcan. Our Poets too, left nought unproved here j Nor did they merit the lels Crown to weare. In daring to forfakc the Grccwtrafts, And celebrating our own hprne-born faOs; Whether the guarded Tragedy they wrought. Or 'c were the gowned Cor»oedy they taught. Nor had our more glorious bill In vertue, and renown of arms, then ip Her language, if the Stay, and Care t' have mended, Had not our every Poet like oBtnded. Bur you, Fsmpi/itft off-fpring, fpare you not 1"o taxe that Verfe, wbiph many a day, and blot Havener kept in , and (left perfeftion fail) N ot ten r mes oVe, correfted to the nail. Becaufe D^mecrittti believes a wit Happier then wretched art, and dorhi by it, Exclude all Ibber Poets, frpm their Ihare lu Fir Hem ; a great fort will not pare The r nails, nor /h .ve their beards, but to by-paths Ketire chemfelvcs,ayoid tbepublijie baths j Horace, tf the Art tf Peetry, 19% For foj they ihall not onJy gain the worth. But fame of Poets, they think, if they come forth. And from the Barber Licintu conceal Their heads, which three Antityras cannot beah OI left-witted, that purge every fpring For choler! If I did not, who could bring Out better Poems ? But I cannot buy My title, at the rate; I *ad rather, I, v Be like a Whet-ftone, that an edge can put On fteel, though *t felf be dull, and cannot cut. I writing nought ray felf, will teach them yet Their Charge,and Office,whcnce their wealth to fet. What nourifteth, what formed, what begot The Poet, what becometh, and what not: Whether truth may, and whether error bring. The very root of writing well, and fpring Is to be wife; thy matter nrft to know; , _; - Which the ^ofr With honour make the far-known Author live. There are yet faults, which we wPuId well forgive") For, neither doth the String yet yield that found The hand, and mind would, but it will refound Oft-times a Sharp, when we require a Flat: Nor alwaves doth the loofed Bow,hit chat Which it doth threaten. Therefore,where I fee Much in the Poem Ihine, I will not bee Offended 196 Hortce, efthe Art cfFdetrj, Offended with few fpotf, which negligence Hath flied; or humane frailry not kept thence. How then ? Why, as a Scrivener, if 1/ offend Still in the fame, and warned, will not mend, Deferves no pardon ; or who'd play, and ling. Is laugh'd at, that ftill jarreth on one llring: So he that flaggeth much, becomes to me A ^atriltu, in whom if I but fee 'Twice,or thrice good, I wonder: but am more Angry. Sometimes, I bear good Homer fnore. But, I confefs, that, in a long work, fleep May, with fome right, upon an Author creep. As Painting, fo is Poelie. Some mans hand Will take you more, the neerer that you ftand j As fome the farther off; This loves the dark; This, fearing not the fubtleft Judges mark. Will in the Tight be view'd : This once,the fight Doth pleafe; this, ten times over, will delight. You Sir, the elder brother, though you are Informed rightly by your Father* care. And, of your felftoo,underftand; yet mind This faying: W fome things there is affign'd A mean,and tokration, which does well: There may a Lawyer be, may not evcell; Or Pleader at the Bar, that may come Aort Of eloquent (JHefaBa's power in Court, Or knows not what Attlns cat). Yet, there's a value given to this man. But neither. Men, nor Gods, nor Pillars meant, Poets fhould ever be indifferent. As jarring Mulique doth, at jolly feafts. Or thick grofs O ntment, bur offend the Guefts t As Poppy, and SarJane Honey ; 'caufe without Thgfe^the fret meat might have been well djrawn out i So, Horace, eftht Art fifFottrj* 397 So, any Pumt fancied, or forth-brought To bettering of the mind of mani in ought, IfneVe fo Jittk it depart the firft, I And highed, iinketh to the lowed, and word. , He, that not knows the games, nor how to ufe His arms in Mars his field, he doth refufe j Or, who's unskilful at the Coit, or Ball, Or trundling Wheel, he can lit ftiil, from all; Led the throng'd heaps diould on a laughter take: Yet who's mod ignorant, dares Verfes make. Why not ? I'm gentle, and free-born, do hare Vice, and, am known to have a Knights edate. Thou, fuch thy judgement is, thy knowledge too» Wiit nothingagaind nature fpeak,or do: , But, if hereafter thou lhalt write, not fear I To fend it to be judg'd by Metuu ear. And, to your Fathers, and to mine; though't be Nine years kept in, your papers by, yo'are free To changie, and mend, what you not forth do fet. !TheWrit,oncc our, never re turned yet. 'Tis now inquir'd, which makes the nobler Verfe, j Nature, or Art. My Judgement will not pierce i Into the Profits, what a mecr rude brain I Can; or all toi I, without a wealthy vein: So doth theoLne,iheothershelprequire, And friendly fhonld unto one end confpire. He, that's ambitious in the race to couch The wiihed goal, both did, and fudered much While he was young; he fweat, and freez'd again: And both from Wine, and Women did abdain. Who, fince, to ling the Pjthum rites is heard, Did learn them fird, and once a Mader fcar'd. Bur, now, it is enough to fay; I make An admirable Verfe. The great Scurf take Hin 3^^ lloratt,»fthe Aricfhiirj, Him at tlie Jart; I fcorn to come behind, Or, of the things, that ne're came in my mind To lay, I'm ignorant. Juft as a Crier That to the fale of Wares cails every Biiyer j So doth the Poet, who is rich in land. Or great in money's out at ufe, command His flatterers to their gain. But fay, he cSri Make a great Supper ; or for fomc poor marf W, J1 be a furety; or can help him out Oianemanglingfuit; and bring't about: I wonder how this happy man fliould know, Whetiier his foothing friend fpeak trutli, or no. But you, my Pifo, carefully beware, (Whether yo' are given to, or giver are) You do not bring, to judge your Vcrfes, one. With joy of what is-given him, over-gone : For hee'il cry,Geodylmve.,hetter.,excrllent! Look pale, diim a fliowre (was never meant) Out at Ins friendly eyes, leap, bedt the groun'. Asthofethat hir'd to weep at Funerals, fwotin, Cry, and do more then the true Mourners: fo The Scoffer, the true Praifer doth out-go. Rich men are faid with many cups to ply, And rack,with Wine,the man whom they would try,' If of their friendfliip he be worthy, or no : VVhen you write Verfcs, with your judge do fo: ' Lookthroughhim, andbefure, you take not mocks For praifes, wtiere tlie mind conceals a fox. If to QuintHius, you recited ought: He'd fay, Mend this, good friend,and this;'Tisnaught. If you denyed, you had no better ftrain. And twice, or thrice had-'ffayd it, ftill in vain ; He'd bid, blot all: and to theanvile britig Thofe iil-torn'd Verfes, to new haratnering. Then; k Horace, of the Art cf Pcttrf, Then: r your fault you rather had defend Then change: Noword,or work, more would he fpcnd In vain, nut yoiiy and yours, you Ihould love rtill Alone, w tiiouta rival, by his will. A wife, and boneit man will cry out fhame On artlefs Verfe; the hard ones he will blame; Blorout the carelefs, with his turned pen; Cut off fuperfluous ornaments; and when They *i e (lark,bid clear this; all that's doubtful wrote Reprove; and, what is to be changed, note: Become an And, not fay. Why ftiould I grieve my friend, this trifling way ? Thefe trifles into ferious ratfchiefs lead The man once mock'd, and fuffer'd wrong to tread. Wife, fober folk, a frantick Post feare. And fliun to touch hina, as a nun that were Infe6Ied with the leproiie, or had The yellow Jaundies, or were furioui mad According to the Moon. Bur,then the boyes They vex, and follow him with Ihoats, and noife) The while he belcheth lofty Verfes out, And ftalketh, like a Fowler,round about, Bufietocatcha Black-bird; if he fall Into a pit, or hole; although he calf, And cry aloud, Help gentle Country-men, There's none will take the care, to help him then; For, it one Ihould, and with %r(^pe, make hafte To let it down, who knows, if he did call Himfelf there purpofelv,or no; and would Not thence befav'(l,aithough indeed he could? Tie tell you bur the death, and the difeafe OfSieUian Poet Empsdeelet; He, while he labour'd to be thought a God 'Immortal, took a melancholique odd ; Conceipf, " f 4«o Horace,»/ tbe Art of rtctry. Conteipt,and into burning leap'c. Let Poets periflij chat will not be kept. Pie chat preferves l man, againfl his will) Doth the lame thing with him, that would him kill. Nor did he do this once; for if you can Recal him yet, he'ld be ho more a man: Or love of this fo famous death lay by. His caufe of making Verfes none knows why ; Whether he pifs'd upon his Fathers grave; Or the lad thunder-llroken thing he have Dehled, touch'd; but certain he was mad. And, as a Bear ; if he tbe llren^th but had To force the grates, that hold him in, would fright All; So this grievous Writer puts to flight Learn'd and unlearn'd; holding, whom once he takes; And, there an end of him, reciting makes: Not letting going his hold, where be draws food, trill be dropolF, a Horle-lecch,full of blood. finis: