De mirabilibus pecci being the wonders of the peak in Darby-shire, commonly called the Devil's Arse of Peak : in English and Latine / the Latine written by Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury ; the English by a person of quality. De mirabilibus pecci. English & Latin Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. 1678 Approx. 85 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 47 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2005-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A43981 Wing H2224 ESTC R22330 12300239 ocm 12300239 59148 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A43981) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 59148) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 634:7) De mirabilibus pecci being the wonders of the peak in Darby-shire, commonly called the Devil's Arse of Peak : in English and Latine / the Latine written by Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury ; the English by a person of quality. De mirabilibus pecci. English & Latin Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Person of quality. [2], 85 [i.e 83], [8] p. Printed for William Crook ..., London : 1678. First edition in English. English and Latin on opposite pages. Advertisement: p. [2]-[8] at end. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . lat 2004-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2004-09 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-10 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2004-10 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2005-01 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion DE Mirabilibus Pecci : BEING THE VVONDERS OF THE PEAK IN DARBY-SHIRE , Commonly called The Devil's Arse of Peak . In English and Latine . The Latine Written by Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury . The English by a Person of Quality . London , Printed for William Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar , 1678. LICENSED . Septemb. 3d. 1677. Rog L'estrange . An Advertisement . THis Latine Poem , writ by the famous Mr. Thomas Hobs of Malmsbury , hath got such reputation , that many English Readers had a great desire to be acquainted with it , for whose sakes it is now translated into English , although without the knowledge of Mr. Hobs ; who it is hop'd will not be displeased with this attempt which is left to others Idg●ments , whether done well or ill . Reader farewel , but do not forget to peruse that excellent Translation of Homer by Mr. Hobs. I think the most exact and best Translation that ere I saw . TO THE NOBLE LORD VVILLIAM Earl of Devonshire Concerning the Wonder of the Peak . A POEM . ON th' English Alps , where Darbies Peak doth rise , High up in Hills , that Emulate the Skies , And largely Waters all the Vales below , With Rivers that still plentifully Flow , Doth 1 Chatsworth by swift Derwins Channel stand , Fam'd for it's Pile , and Lord , for both are grand . Slowly the 2 River by its Gates doth pass , Here silent , as in Wonder of the place , But does from Rocky precipices move In rapid streams below it , and above . A losty Mountain guards the house behind , From the assaults of the rough Eastern wind ; Which does from far it 's rugged Cliffs display , And Sleep prolongs , by shutting out the day . Behind , a pleasant Garden does appear ; Where the rich earth , breaths odours every where . Where in the midst of 3 Woods , the fruitful Tree Fears without prune-hook , seeming now as free . Where by the thick leav'd roof the Walls are made Spite of the Sun were all his beams display'd More cool than the fam'd Virgil's Beechen shade . Where Art ( it self dissembling ) rough hewn stone And craggy flints worn out by dropping on Together joyning by the workmans tool ) Makes horrid 5 rocks , and watry caverns cool . The Water that from native Cliffs had source Once free and unconfin'd , throughout it's course , By it's own 5 Country Metal is led on Captive to Rocks of Artificial stone . There buried deep , it's streams it doubly throws Into two circling Channels as it goes , Through thousand cranies , which by art it does . Then girds the Rock with many a hollow 6 vain , Frighting all under with surprising rain . Thence turning it a Marble font does store , Until it 's lofty brims can hold no more . And entring the house , obsequious is To Cook and Butler , in their services . And gushing up within the midst does spout His Crystal waters ev'ry where about , Fit for the hands , from the tall Cisterns out , And though to this but four vents we assign , 7 Calliroe's not so fair that spouts from nine . The river turning off a little space , Part of a garden's seen that fronts the place . Two rowes of Crystal 8 ponds here shine and dance Which trembling wave the Sun beams as they glance , In which vast shoales of fishes wanton float , Not conscious of the prison where they 'r shut . How does it please when as the Nymphs fling in The prey intic'd , to the bright flouds again , T' observe the method that the wantons use , First to inveigle men , and then refuse ! What can more gratefull or Surprising be , Than gardens pend'lous on high mounts to see ? Within the midst of all the waters stand , Caesarian Piles built by a womans hand . Piles fit for Kings to build , and Monarchs rear , In Cavendisian Lordships doe appear ; The petty products of a Female care . But of fam'd Shrewsoury's great Countess this The least of thousand commendations is . To whom vast Structures their foundations own ; Who got great wealth with great and good renown ; Who by her candor made all friends in power , And with her bounty shin'd upon the lower ; Who left an 3 Off-spring numerous and great With which the joyful Nation 's still repleat ; How Sweet it is upon the Sandy shore Of Crystall Pooles , great Nature to explore ! Or to my Lord Small 4 gifts of verse prefer , Wherein those happy fields I may declare Prest by the Muses , which still urgent are . A more commodious soile they never knew , Nor a more friendly Lord had title to . From hence , on rising ground , appears a neat , And fair ascent , up to the Pallace gate . Royall , August , sublime without t is seen ; Large , neat , commodious , splendid , rich within . What thou may'st find in Marble figur'd out Of Poets fables , or old Hero's stout , Dwell not upon 't ; nor cement hard as stone , Nor count the faithful Servants , one by one . But the great Master celebrate my Muse. To whome descended from an antient House , Devon gives princely Titles , Derby 2 Cares : Who in a constant breast , discretion bears . Magnificent , not lavish , still he spends His riches freely , and amongst his Friends ; He of your Quire is the only grace , He for the Muses finds a resting place , And pleasant shades , and gratful leisure gives , And he from them large Eloquence receives With a discerning mind , 'twixt good , and ill . Next view his 3 Consort wistly , view her Still , Descended from the Bruses antient line , Whose Kingly Stock does in her visage shine . Then view their Noble Off-spring ; but above The rest a 2 Nymph , whom Jove himself may love . With two Sweet Youths , who Angells might be said , The common pledges of the Marriage bed . These with their Parents may be wonder'd at ; What else of Miracles thou may'st repeat , Fall short of these , and are not nigh so great . Of the high Peak , are Seven wonders writ . Two Fonts , two Caves , one Pallace , Mount ▪ and Pit. To wit that Stately Pallace we have nam'd But now , is first among the seven fam'd . O' th' rest discoursing , Some who long'd to know The cause of things , to see them joyn to goe ; And I ( 't was worth the while ) amongst them too , 'T was at the time the earth did tribute pay , 3 And the hot Sun the dew had wip'd away From off the stubble , when we first begun Our journy , and to Guide us hired one : Thus we set forwards from the gates , and make Pilsly and Hassop in a rugged track . From thence our horse with weary feet and slow Towards a steep Hill's high top , doe climbing go ; And after many a tug and weary Strain , Halfe breathless , they the Summity do gain , Turning about with wonder we espy The birds now lazily to creep , not fly . And that the Pico of the Mountains brow Had pierc'd the body of the Clouds quite through Derwin appeares but as a crooked line , And Chatsworth as a point it doth entwine . W 'had gone but little further , when we found The Hills soft back , cut deep with many a wound . And did the earth in whitish 1 ranks espie Cast up in heaps , upon the surface lye . T is a high soil ; but cover'd with a crust Of brittle earth , soon crumbling into dust ; Which least by it's own weight it should fall down . Nature hath propt it with a roof of Stone . But the dark Prince of wealth divides throughout , In thousand channels , which himself had cut , In order'd ranks the Stone ; and each so drawn From th' Eastern point , unto the Western one You 'd think they felt not the effects alone Of heat and warmth , but that they view'd the Sun. The griping hand of Dis within these beds Had stor'd of better mettals the crude seeds : To be hereafter to perfection brought By the Sun beams , as they upon them wrought , Till then for to be guarded by the Stone , From all assaults sufficient Garrison . But all in vain , for neither can the Sun With oblique ray , bring to concoction The rougher leaden lump ; nor is the ground Sufficient guardian , for it's treasure found . For man ( wealth's great invader wheresoe're It hidden lies ) with 1 fire and Steel does tear The bowels of the earth ; and rends in twain The Stony cover of the leaden vein . And boldly dares , if poverty compel , To rob th' Exchecquer , of the Prince of Hell. Not alwayes without danger , 2 two were caught As in their Mothers womb they deeply wrought By death ; who suddenly o'rewhelm'd them there , Where they themselves had digg'd a Sepulcher . The * inlets ( which with narrow vents admit But hardly down those who are forc'd to it By want , whose bellies are by hunger fit ) 1 With beams of wood the Natives still distend , And prop their way , as to the veins they bend . A people expert in experienc'd wo , 2 Damn'd to the Mines , for many years ago ; That all may see they fell not unawares , But were long sought for , by infernal snares . Which now the main supporters take away That did the earths weak brittle surface stay , And gather to the neighbouring shades below The souls , prest forth from their crust bodies now . Bodies by bodies in these deeps we sound , Thus arrows lost , are still by arrows found . Before our feet , a Corps digg'd up we see , Which minds us what we are , or ought to be . Much like the body we about us bring . T'other lies buried in the earth , but still Hopes an 1 extraction when 't is Heavens will. Upon the earth that from the mine was thrown , A lazy people drawn from e'ry Town , To see the mournful spectacle came down . Two women weeping in the croud we spi'd ; One for the loss of joyes that she had tri'd , T'other for want of hopes are now denied . Ones flame continual use had near expir'd , T'other with itch of novelty was fir'd . Both mourn , because that both their joyes have lost , But she who last had tasted them , the most . Let them still mourn . We in our way go on , And now four thousand paces we had gone , By our horse feet we count , as oft the Stone In equal space each foot precedeing still In equal space each foot proceeding still Before its fellow , now hath felt their heel . 1 Our shadowes go before , and shortest shew What course the Sun bear's , and what course we go , Many small Villages on either side We leave behind us , as we onward ride , The last is Hope ; the rest I 'le not rehearse , Their names are too too cumbersome for verse . On hollow ground , repleat with mines below , And fill'd with mortals , 2 high aloft we go . The horse with hasty feet beats on the soil , Redoubled eccho's from their hoofs recoil . And in an hours space , or thereabout , To a steep Mountains precipice we 're brought , It was great odds we did not headlong go Into the neighbouring village stood below . But we with winding steps , and wary foot Strive as we may with safety , come unto 't . First we the Sun upon our right hand place , Then turning to the left , with a soft pace We downwards going to our feet confide . Then again mounting on the Hills left side Into the Village we securely ride , Which built on a high Rock commands the sight Of all the Passengers that travel by 't ; Call'd from the Castle near it , Castleton . Not famous for the warlike Deeds there done , Not great , nor built with Art , not ever could Against the Canon-shot it self uphold , Nor yet impregnable to those of old ; But ancient and built up of Stone it bears The injuries of time , and weather dares . Under the Lords , that kept the mines of yore It might of Thieves repulse the sudden power . Behind a ruin'd mountain does appear Swelling into two parts , which turgent are As when we bend our bodies to the ground , The buttocks amply sticking out are found . I' th' midst there is a Cave : and on each hand A lofty Rock does as supporter stand Of a vast weight of earth , which else would fall , So to the midst with safety guards us all , And now we 're come ( I blushing must rehearse ) As most does stile it to the Devils Arse ; Peaks Arse the Natives . A noble Cave between two Rocks appears , Unto the 1 Sun unknown , but to the Stars Fearing to be immerg'd , and both the * Bears Turn'd , it its mouth with horrour does present : Just like a furnace , or as Hell they paint , Swallowing with open Jawes the Damned croud After the sentence is pronounc'd aloud . On horseback we our entrance make , and spy Horses within , and haycocks mounted high . But we with wonder and amaze admire The tall prodigious Rocky 1 Hemisphere , How without prop 't is capable to bear So vast a weight , how it the mountain stayes , And the eternal Geometrician praise , Through the thick Arch , we see the water stain'd To fall in drops , which on the earth retain'd , Even then to their own Country the Sea , Seek out returns with much perplexity ; In little Channels even then they search For fellow streams , to fortifie their march . From whence they teaching , we these notions get , Rivers proceed not from the earth's receipt Of the salt billowes by the sandy shoars , Which still imbibe them at their hollow pores , As if the straitned waters were forc'd up , The Main being taller than the mountain's top ; But by the Suns hot rayes the Sea on high Mounts up in vapours , which do wandring fly Drove by the winds , which cooling still as soon As the heat fails them , or the Sun goes down , In num'rous tears descend unto the earth , From which collected , Rivers have their birth . To view the dark recesses of the Cave We thought it not amiss good lights to have . Dismounting , a she-Native of the place Leads us on forwards , with a gentle pace , Handsome enough , and Girle enough she was ; Who with her steady foot , and accent clear , As guide emboldens us with many a 1 cheer . Making our entrance with a 2 confus'd light , Two Rocks with crooked backs drive from our sigh The beams of day , and bending down below , On all four force us through their Arch to go . Sometimes erect , then grov'ling tow'rds the ground , In figures both of beasts , and men , we 're found . Until at length the slow and humble source Of a dark River crossing , stopt our course . A stream whose Channel ran tili now beneath The earth , here under the low Arch does breath . And winding in its Channel to and fro , Not alwayes does irrevocably go . Sometimes it bosomes you within its bay , Then jetting out , it drives you far away . Thus far we go ; beyond it none can have The least admittance , who e're credit gave To the old Womans Fable of the Father , 1 Who did forsooth well fraught with lights 2 swim over A little ford , but durst not further roame , 1 Lest sunk in night , he ne're should backward come ; But we return , and with wet feet tread o're The Sand again , that we had trod before . The night and shades we now behind us leave , And the blest day-light once again receive . Got out , as is the pole a Mountain tall Lifts up his head , like an old ruin'd Wall Ready made weak by breaches now to fall . T is said eternally the Sand falls down , Without the hills least diminution ; Strange this if true ; and yet the Pyrami'd Of falling sand , still gathering to a head , Gives tacite Items that the Flux begun By some great ruine , and will ever run Until the mountains top and that be one . And though the most call 't Mam Tor , nev'rtheless Maim'd for the cliff I rather should express . Which does in English a torn Rock denote , And the decrepit hill gives favour to 't . Turn'd to the left a thousand pace or so , To the Peak-Forrest without Tree we go , Hem'd in with Stony fence the naked Deer Cold Winter pinches , not a leaf does here To shelter them upon these hills appear . Summers fierce heat does scorch them , not a shade From the Suns ray , to cover them is had . Many the bloody wantonness of man Destroy's with Dog his lov'd companion . Many the changes when the Heavens frown , Some Elden with wide jawes does swallow down . Of the torn earth a dire hiatus 'tis Which should I labour truly to express , The Ancients I to councel call in vain , 1 For no such thing the Poets e're could feign , How e're my Muse , we some essayes must make . And first the figure of its mouth let 's take : Let the apt fimily be but compleat , To small things , so , thou may'st compare what 's great : Tell me , tell 't me alone , tell 't in my ear . Whisper't , that none but thou and I may hear ; She 's dumb , as conscious of the form 1 obscene . Upon the side of a fair hill that 's green , Its rim descending with the mountain's seen . Driving off herds that graze around it far , And sucking with dark lungs the pliant air . While from the edge we prostrate view 't , the sight O' th' vast abyss does each of us afright . With fear and dread the bold spectator spies . No bounds to stop the progress of his ey 's . And though the stony battlements assure . Who 's ' ere leans on them , may have sight secure , Yet still distrust our fearful minds invades , And we retire from the dreadful shades . But through the field we diligently search For stones ; thrown in , long is their silent march , At lenght by stroaks their Journies end they speak , ( If any end , they in their journies make . ) Cast in they sink , and in their sinking knock , After long pauses , on a hidden Rock . Thence tilting , ten times they the stroaks repeat In vain , not center'd on a bottome yet . And now so oft deceiv'd , we strive at length Whole towers to throw in , had we but strength , Whole buildings , roofs and all , vast mountains tall , ( Hid they been there , for 't would have swallow'd all ) But a vast weighty stone , such we could get , We by main strength , force from its Native seat . And rowling it along th'enclining land , Upon the sacred brink , we let it stand . Then this repeat . Thou God to shades below , Praefect in chief of torments , see we go Of our chance certain , and high seats of glee , ( if they say true are rob'd in black like thee ) This torment add unto those many more Thou hast invented , for the damn'd in store . In thy dominions if a soul thou hast Fam'd for rebellion , or for breach of trust , Beneath this Chasme let it streight be put . Say it be Simon ; or Iscariot . Or place the Gyants in a trice you 'l see , Bruis'd they the shadows , of a shade will be . But O ye Soul's who shut up with them sweat Known and belov'd by us , make quick retrat , And slight not our advice . This said the stone We drop , whcih circled in thick mist is thrown Against a Rock , the Cavern groans the while , Loud sighs are vented from the shaken Pile . From Rock to Rock , the sound goes downward still , Less heard by us but the more heard by Hell , The third and fourth percussion's nearer made , With awful sound affright each list'ning shade . In short against Avernus 1 craggy throat At the eleventh stroak , it whispers out Its journey only ; what 't is more you hear After that blow , brought faintly to your ear , Does but the Image of a sound appear . Away the shades , swift as the winds do glide , In vaults of Erebus strive to be hid , In silence the mean while descends the Stone ; Through the infernal Spheres it post doth run And passes them in order one by one . Into the confines of dread Dis it goes And 1 empty seats in Limbo overthrows . From thence by intense 2 flames it moves in hast , And Souls red hot in Heaven to be plac'd ( Purge from their dross as are the Pipes by fire Tobacco er'st had sullied ) and the 3 Sphere Of Infants unregenerate it flyes . ( Unconscious of its fault which tortur'd cryes ) Thence sinking to the utmost Hell it goes And center passes ; where the wise suppose Or Aristotles Sect should top , and so Ascending to the t'other side does go . Now the affrighted Ghosts turn back again Freed from the object which had giv'n them pain . Amongst which number Sysiphus alone Does the approach lament of such a Stone , More busky and more weighty than his own 'T is said great Dudly to this Cave came down In fam'd Eliza's Reigna a Peer well known . He a poor Peasant , for a petty price With Rope around his middle does entice , And pole in hand , like to Sarissa tight , And basket full of 1 Stones down to be let And pendulous to hang i' th' midst o' th' Cave ; Thence casting stones intelligence to have By listning , of the depth of this vast hole . The trembling wretch descending with his pole Puts by the Stones , that else might on him rowl . By their rebounds casts up a space immence , Where every stroak does death to him dispence Fearing the thread on which his life depends Chance might cut off , e're Fate should give commands After a hundred yards he had below I' th' earth been drown'd , far as the Rope would go And long enough hung by 't within the Cave ; To th' Earl ( who now impatient was to have His answer ) He 's drawn up , but whether fear Immoderate distracted him , or 't were From the swift motion as the Rope might wreath , Or Spectrums from his fear , or Hell beneath Frighted the wretch , or the Souls cittadel Were storm'd or taken by some Imp of Hell , For certain 't was he rav'd ; this his wild eyes , His paleness , trembling , all things verifies . Where venting something none could understand , Enthusiastick hints ne're to be scand , He ceasing 1 dies after eight daies were gone . But th' Earl inform'd , 2 how far the Cave went down He trembling from it hasts , not willing now , Nor yet this way , down to the shades to go . From hence within a Vale that hidden lyes ; A thousand paces off , a 1 Fount doth rise . From the low caverns of a grassie hill ; With double mouth it's waters gushing still . Which since th' admir'd flux o' th' greater Sea Doth by report in its small Channel play , We thought it good ( although the Sun made haste And drove his Chariot quick into the West ) To stay a while , and haply so to see When that the wonder of the Flux would be With fame co-witnesses o' th rarity . That which boils up with trembling waters bright O' th' two the bigger , cheifly worth our sight , A font receives not equal unto those Are made by art , but yet by much out goes What Fountain head ; ere from wild chance arose . Thence flowes , unless what doth at bottom keep Two Cubits broad , three long , one Cubit deep . One when no more then 's own it doth contain , But to it by the forreign floud doth gain . A mark is by the swelling waters made , Which gives the stony brink a signal shade . Which by its blackness to have ebb'd of late Discerning it uneasie seem'd to wait So long until the tide again came on . So we our Horse heads turn for to be gone . When we 're call'd back by th' gushing waters noise , And see them plainly on the Stones to rise . Now the full Fountains waters boil apace , As when fierce fires we under Cauldrons place , The water cannot rest that is above , But shuns the mettle , and does volant prove . When near the Font from the aforesaid head A rivulet does suddainly proceed , And pouring from above its streams deep in , Helps the augmenting waters to attain There wonted height , which got , decrease again When streight the rivulet that with such force Powr'd from above it's waters , stops its course . And the dry Earth now thirsty grown for more Drinks off the cups she had disgorg'd before . Part of the Channel now dispers'd doth flow Forth from the well , part under ground doth go . Small thefts of Moss from off the Stones were there , Grass , Chaff , torn bits of paper , and such geer . Or what 't is else its shallow stream can bear , That we fling in , returning it doth come Together with it , to earths hollow womb . And now the humble Fount so low was grown It scarce retain'd the waters were its own . When as the tides return , again they swell , Again to wonted Feavers trembling boil , Increas't by forreign flouds so far to gain Their bounds , and 1 Tropick stations to attain , Lading their shoars still with a fresh supply So far , and then again they falling fly . But the encreasing 2 shades forbid our stay Which monstrous grown Gigantick forms betray . Our journey we hast on , but as we go , We searching strive by ev'ry sign to know From what hid cause , so great a strife should Spring . For neither saltness , nor yet any thing . That 's common to the Water of the Sea Are in this Fountain ever found to be . On the Moons influence it don't depend , Nor does it at set times its flouds extend , ( As does the Sea ) unto these tides there is No Rules from any Ephemerides . What then should be the cause ? in short 't is this . The water which from under ground doth rise And with its forreign stream fills up the Well , Does not come thither brought by 'ts own Cannel , And willingly anothers right invades . But while the footsteps of the floud that leads It followes , seeking through the womb of earth For Fountains , whence its waters may have birth , On subterraneous Caves its flouds do fall , With narrow vent , and entrances but small . Hither as oft as that the waters flow , With swelling tides , and stop the vents below With their swift currents , suddenly the air Shut up within , does for the place prepare Defence against the waters , and deny Their entrance , having no where for to fly . And as there 's nought then air inclos'd more strong , It bears against the watry croud that throng ; Then as thick troops through narrow portal strain . The first stick at the threshold , the remain In a condenced croud before the gates Make a full stand ; part urges on their mates , Part wandring seek out for some other way ; So the excluded waters at their stay Impatient grown , and swelling , go astray ; Then roving , to this Font are slowly brought , Hence 't is with show'rs when the earth is fraught , The fluxes happen ever and anon , As now , three times they rise , three times go down ; With constant droughts but when the earth hath been Bu●nt monthly then the wonder scarce is seen . Now out of sight daies waggoner was gone , And the Antipodes had shun upon . The Sun burnt clouds but glimmer to the sight , When at fam'd Buxton's hot bath we alight . Unto St. Ann the Fountain sacred is : With waters hot and cold its sources rise , And in its Sulphur-veins there 's med'cine lies . This cures the Palsied members of the Old. And cherishes the Nerves grown stiff and cold . Crutches the Lame unto its brink convey , Returning the ungrates fling them away . The Barren hither to be fruitful come , And without help of Spouse , go pregnant home , Into a Cistern square , the water flowes ; And seldome higher than five foot it goes , The prying gazer's view the Walls prevent , To th' R●in the Roof is an impediment . One common Wall with open doors doth joyn . While therefore turfie fewel does prepare Our supper , jointly we resolved are Our wearied limbs in the warm bath to cheer . Soon stripp'd , the clearer waters round us glide , And our naked limbs , with Christal covers hide , Upon our face we swim , then backward try , But fail . 'T is known some others may outvy . After an hours sport i' th' troubled floud , Come out , dry sheets does our wet bodies shroud . Then each again is cloth'd in 's own array , And the spread table speaks our suppers stay , Night the mean time breaks forth from ëry glade And conqu'ress covers all with darksome shade , Till in by Candle-light our meats convey'd . Where a small bowl , but not whole baths of broth At our request is plac'd to be supt off . The Mutton taken from 't apart is laid ; From the same Sheep a smoaking loyn is had Hot drawn from off the Spit , With a young fowl From the demolish'd egg was lately stole . And butter'd Pease by Spoonfuls . But rich Wine In vain we seek ; Ale in black pots that shine , Good nappy Ale we drink . Thus supt , afar We with Tobacco drive off sleep and care . Aurora's Charriot had not driven on And by her march spoke the approaching Sun , By the eclipse of Stars that now were gone , When we arose from sleep , again repair To the warm bath , and amply tinged are Now double dip't in its all healing floud , Then once again , we our wet bodies shroud Now dewy grown within our beds , and so After nine hours sleep arise and go . One thing remain'd , but highly worth our view , Pool's hole , a Care so call'd , and near us too . Pool was a famous thief , and as we 're told Equal to Cacus , and perchance as old . Shrowded within this darksome hid retrieve By spoils of those he robb'd , he us'd to live , And towards his den poor travellers deceive ; But murder he with thefts did introduce Thus they , and thus the Author lay abstruce . This to behold a skilful guide we take , And Captain in our darksome journeys make . To a green hill on foot then bend our way From Buxton near a thousand paces lay , At bottom of the Hill to th' hollow ground Stooping by a small vent a way is found ; More passable the further in you go . At length we all with crablike gesture slow , And light in hand , the passage do get through , And with it gain an upright posture too , A monstrous , horrid , shapeless den appears Where the divided night , gives greater fears . Now on the Court of the great Pool we look Horrid , and rough with Rocks . The Ceiling struck Shines with bright fiery sparks . We further yet With mounted lights go on , and wary feet . Vast , slippery , moist , and Stones to climb full hard Loose , once to fall , now therefore to be fear'd , Mountains and vallyes wild o' th' Stony Cave We pass , with a blind River which each wave With murmures flings , against the Rocks it meets To th' top of a steep Mountain who doth get From the low River rising , may with sweat , And wearied hands , and weari'd feet , mount on ( Bolder by far than we ) the utmost Stone Of this dark Cave ; three stadiums distant from The entrance , by which to it we did come . This Cave by Gorgon with her snaky hair You 'd think was first possest ; so all things there Turn'd into Stone for nothing does appear That is not Rock . What from the ceiling high Like hams of Bacon pendulous you spy , Will scarce yield to the teeth ; stone they are both That is no Lyon mounts his main so rough , And sets as a fierce tenant o' th' dark den , But a meer yellow Stone . That grave old Man That leaning lyes on his hard Rocky bed , Himfelf may truly part of it be said . Those Stars from the clear roof that shine so bright Are nought but Stones which sparkle 'gainst the light . The drop which hangs upon the pointed Stone Is that so to ? it is or will be one . Took up between our fingers it is seen To be nor Stone , nor Water , but between . Of such a substance as a leaven'd Mass. But on the 1 flying water as we gaze , Our lights perswade us now grown tow'rds decay , To haste from the Caves labarinth away . But turning first on the left hand , behold The bed-chamber of Pool the robber bold ; All of plain Stone , ne're water'd with the dew , Furnish'd with bed and chamber-pot we view . And thence returning , to the day get clear . Laborious climbing and of falls the fear , Our wearied joints had now bedew'd with sweat , Our creeping hands with the moist earth were wet . When ready crouds at the Caves mouth attend And waters mixt with flowers re-commend Our hands to wash . Something indeed there is Expected for these their civilties . And justly too , were we wash'd ne're so clean , Something of Dirtiness would still remain , Unless by some rewards ( although not great ) Their courtesies we should remunerate . W 'had seen now all the wonders of the Peak ; To Buxton we return , and dining quick , Our horse are brought ; and we through clouds convey'd By Sheldon , ( whilst two thousand pace are made ) And Ashford , with Shelmarton , petty towns , To Chatsworth fam'd , where the swift Derwin runs . THE END . AD NOBILISSIMUM DOMINUM GULIELMUM Comitem Devoniae , &c. De Mirabilibus * Pecci . CARMEN . ALpibus Angliacis , ubi Pecci nomine , surgit , Darbensis Regio , montes ad sidera tollens , Foecundasque rigans , non uno flumine , valles , Stat 1 Chatsworth praeclara domus , tum mole superba , Tum Domino , Magnis , celerem 2 Deroentis ad undam . Miranti similis portam praeterfluit Amnis , Hic tacitus , saxis , infra supraque , sonorus . At Mons terga domûs rapidis defendit ab Euris , Ostendens longè exertis juga consita saxis , Praesectoqûe die , producens tempora somni . Summovet à tergo rupes gratissimus hortus , Pinguis odoratis ubi tellus floribus halat ; Arbor ubi in mediis 3 silvis sibi libera visa , Dat fructus injussa suos ; ubi frondea tecta Arboreis praebent invito frigorasole 4 Porticibus , potioratuae ( Maro ) tegmine fagi , Ars ubi ( dissimulans artem ) simulavit ( ineptos Consocians ferro lapides guttaque peresos ) In formes 5 scopulos , & frigida fontibus antra . Libera nativis veniens a rupibus unda Accedit positis , 5 patrio captiva met allo , Et tellure latens , duplicem jaculatur in orbem , Jussa , suum laticem per mille foramina caeca , Et scopulum complexa tenacibus undique 6 venis , Jussa fugat misso subeuntes desuper imbre . Hinc avecta creat sublimen marmore fontem , Atque ingressa domum Promos conserva Cocosque Ad juvat ; in mediis surgitque penaltibus , alto In fudens nitidam manibus de marmore lympham , Et quamvis tubulis tantum effluat illa quaternis Non tam 7 Calliroe pulchrè fluit Enneacrune . Reject o paulum suvio , sese ingerit horti Angulus Alterius , tecta alta à fronte videntis . Disposita hic gemino collucent ordine 8 stagna , Immersum tremulis undis quatientia solem , Queis magno numero salit & lascivus inerrat Non intellecto conclusus carcere piscis . Quàm juvat hic , quoties piscatrix candida praedam Abjicet illectam , morem observare puellis Innatum , captare viros , & spernere captos ! Quàm libet in mediis mirari fluctibus , alto Aggere suspensos hortos ! quae Caesare moles Digna Cavendisiâ certè est in gente , pusillum Foemineumque opus . At quota pars ea laudis Elizae Salopicae ? quae multa , & magna palatia struxit ; Magnas divitias ; magnamque bonamque paravit Famam ; quae magnos sibi conciliavit amicos , Ornavitque humiles ; Multam , magnamque reliquit 9 Prolem , qua regio late nunc usque beatur . Quam dulce est , inter , circumque nitentia stagna Insternete vias , aestivâ semper , arena , Discipulum memet naturae tradere rerum ; Aut Domino exiguum meditari carmine 1 Munus , Et multum Musis , describere rura , rogatis . Commodiore loco non usquam habitare , nec usquam Candidiore frui Musae censentur amico . Hinc , ad tecta , solo surgente , ascendiur , Extra , Augusta aspectu , sublimia , Regia ; & intrae Commoda , culta , capacia , splendida , ditia tecta . At tu marmoreis quae sint descripta figuris Ficta Poetarum , priscorum aut fact a virorum , Ne cures , duro nec certans marmore Gypsum . Ingenuos nec tu cupias numerare ministros , Sed Dominum , mea Musa , colas , cui gente vetustâ Orto , dat titulos Devonia , Derbia 2 Curas . Acrem judicio ; constantem pectore ; lautum , Vtentemque opibus , luxu sine , & inter amicos . Ille Chori vestri summum decus ; ille benigna Otia dat Musis ; sed & illi Musa diserto Ore loqui , atque animo secernere turpia honestis , Tum 3 Dominam spectes , alta de gente Brusorum Magnanimo proavos spirantem pectore Reges . Amborumque vide Sobolem , imprimisque 1 Puellam Dignam , qua caleant Superi , binosque 2 Puellos Angelicos , casti communia pignora lecti . Hos tu mireris , sobolemque & utrumque parentem ; Caetera quae referes miracula , sunto minoris . Alti censenter septem miracula Pecci . Aedes , Mons , Barathrum , binus Fons , Antraque bina . Scilicet illae ipsae , quas jam memoravimus , Aedes Ornatae , tot sunt inter miracula , primae , Intra has , ne Reliquis orto sermone quibusdam Est visum , promptis rerum perdiscere causas , Et mihi ( namque operae pretium est ) ea visere mira . Anni tempus erat quo tellus foenora solvit ; Et vitreum sectis absterserat altus aristis Jam Phoebus rorem , cum tecto excedimus , Ipsi , Duxque viae servusque ( sed ille vicarius ) unus . Egressi auferimur portis , petimusque propinquam Pilsley , dein Hassop salebroso tramite . Montem Hinc celsum , acclivemque , gradu lento , & pede lasso Scandit equus , summumque jugum mox calcat anhelus . Conversi miramur aves jam repere segnes , Atque humiles claro transfigi vertice nubes . Chatsworth jam punctum , Deroen jam linea curva est . Vix iter inceptum sequimur , cum levia montis Aspicimus crebro lacerari vulnere terga Lateque egesta 1 liratim , albescere terrâ , Est sublime solum , tenuique friabile gleba , Quod ne quando sua possit subsidere mole , Natura ingenito suffulcit provida saxo . At saxum innumeris divisit in ordine rimis , Ater opum Dominus . Cunct asque it a solis ab ortu , Duxit in occasum , non ut sensisse calentem Lampada Phoebaeam , sed & aspexisse putares . Condidit his sulcis melioris cruda metalli Semina , solari post perficienda calore , Tutanda interera durae munimine rupis Ditis avara manus frustra . Nam nec satis igne Concoquit obliquo Sol Plumbi terrea frusta , Nec custodit humus sibi credita . Viscera terrae ( Certus opum quacunque latent regione repostae , Insidiator ) homo , ferro pervadit & 1 igne , Saxea plumbiferae rescindit tegmina venae Exhauritque audax jam , paupertate jubente , Tartarei praedo fiscum spoliare Tyranni . Haud impune aliquando . 2 Duos telluris in imo Deprensos gremio , Mors occupat , atque profundo Oppressos tegit , ipsi quod fodêre , sepulcro . 3 Spiramenta ( tubis aegrè admittentia 4 iniquis Quos castigato detrudit inedia ventre ) Ligniculis intus 1 vincit , venamque sequutas Materie fossas sustentat , gnara pericli , Atque experta , diu jam gens 2 damnata metallis ; Vt non incautos scires periisse , sed Orco Quaesitos . Terrae hic subducit fulcra caducae , Expressasque animas , vicinis congregat umbris . Corpora corporibus quaerunt . Sic credita saepe est Emissa amissam monstrasse sagitta sagittam , Ante pedes unum terra jacet ecce cadaver Effossum ; nostrique monet meminisse . Cadaver , Marcida , iners , putris , nostrique simillima res est ▪ Alterum adhuc tectum tellure , 1 resurgere corpus Expectat . Sedet egestae super aggere terrae Turba supina , locis spectatum egressa propinquis ; Plorantesque duae mulieres . Altera sueta Gaudia perdiderat ; spem amiserat altera dulcem . Alterius flammam , longus restrinxerat usus ; Alterius , spes effraenisque libido sciendi Foverat ardentem . Plorant utraeque Maritum . Illa quidem luget , luget magis altera sponsum . Deploranto . Viâ qua coeptum est pergimus ire ▪ Jam pede mille quater passus numer amus equino . Et toties socium spatiis pes quilibet aequis Praeteriens , terram alterno percusserat ictu . Anteit umbra pedes , monstratque brevissima , 1 qua sta● Titan parte poli , & quam nos spectamus euntes . Linquimus opidula hinc atque illinc plurima . Quorum Postremum tantum Romane dicere 2 Spes est . Caetera non referam impedientia nomina versum , Per loca transversis longe lateque sodinis Plena , soloque cavo , & pleno mortalibus intus , Ingredimur 3 superi ; medio tonat ungula Campo Festinantis equi ; atque una , aut paulo amplius , hora , Praecipitis ferimur subita ad declivia Montis . Pronum erat hinc vicum subjectum intrare cadendo . Sed nobis ambage viam & cauto pede tritam Ire placet , primumque ad dextras Sole recepto , Et mox conversis laevo descendere eodem , Paulatim , & pedibus nosmet concredere nostris . Conscensis hic rursus equis , sub Monte sinistro , Intramus pagum qui summa in rupe locatum Aspect are jubet , 1 deducto nomine , Castrum . Castrum non aliquo bellorum insigne labore ; Non magnum , non arcis opus spectabile ; nostris Impar tormentis , nec inexpugnabile priscis . Antiquum tamen , & saxo super aedificatum , Sustinet annorum , ventorum incommoda temnit . Forsitan & Dominis sub plumbi-potentibus olim Latronum potuit subitos arcere tumultus . A Castro statim mons scissus , detumet ambas In partes ; velut inclinato Corpore nostro In crura extantes deturgent utraque clunes . In medio sinus est : atque erectissima utrinque Rupes quae ingenti redituram pondere terram Destinet , & tutis succedere ad intima praestat . Jam ventum est ( pudet effari ) 1 Piutonis ad anum , ( Vt vocitant plerique ) loci vocat incola , Peak's ars . Nobile suspensis aperitur rupibus Antrum , 2 Ignoto tibi Phoebe loco , sed segnibus Vrsis Obverso , & reliquis mergi metuentibus astris . In speciemque patet furni , vel qualiter Orci Ora perhorrifico pinguntur hiantia rictu Post Ite auditum , turbam sorbentis abactam . Sublimes intramus equis . Tecta intus , & altos Suspicimus cumulos detonsi maner a prati . Sed 1 coelum attoniti miramur saxeum , ut ingens Sustineat montis nullo fulcimine pondus ; Laudamusque tuas aeterne Geometer artes . Cernimus & denso colatam fornice lympham Guttatim elabi , & solidâ tellure receptam , Aequoream in patriam reditum jam nunc meditari ; Jam nunc exiguis properare canalibus , undas Quaerentem soeias , & fortius ire parantem . Jamque Amnes ipsis videor didicisse magistris , Non fieri , salsum terra potante , liquorem Littora adipsa maris , quasi celsis montibus ipse Celsior Oceanus conclusam expelleret undam ; Sed mare Phoebaeâ tenuatum surgere flammâ In Caelum ; actumque Eoliis err are ministris ; Mox Phoebo fallente algens , totaque recepta Natura , in terras fletu descendere ; & esse Flumina collectas lachrymas . Placet ima cavernae Vmbrosae , illatâ penetralia visere luce . Descensos ab equis , antri virguncula civis Praecedit , formosa satis , nimiumque puella ; Datque animos , gressusque regit jucunda 1 Celeustis . Primumque ingressis 2 confuso lumine sensim Accedunt cantes utrinque diemque recurvis Extinguunt sinubus , Tum demittentia sese Arcto 1 quadrupedes admittunt fornice saxa . Erecto rursum rursum mox corpore prono Pergimus , alterna pecudes hominesque figura . Donec transverso tandem prohibemur ab amne . Amnem quem clausum fert sub tellure canalis Hactenus , hic humili patitur spirare sub arcu ; Exitque inter dum non irrevocabilis unda . Nunc speculatores propius , nunc longius arcens . Huc nobis , ultra nulli licet ire , Nec est fas Credere narranti vetulae de patre , quod olim Lychnorum ingressus librali fasce , fluentum Tunc 2 modicum tranavit , & ulteriora sequutus , Tantum ivit , quantum licuit remeare 1 timenti Incidere in noctem . Remeamus , & altius ante Signatis , uda imprimimus vestigia arenis . Exuimus noctem , diasque recepimus oras Cum emersis , ante ora , poli mons aemulus alti Tollitur , avulso praeceps ceu fragmine murus . Defluere aeternum perhibent a vertice terram , Nec tamen imminui montem . Mirabile dictu . Constaret si certa fides . Sed acutus arena Labente , agnoscens tumulus , tacito indicat auctu , Continuum hunc fluxum primum caepisse ruina Ingenii , aequatoque habiturum culmine finem . Quemque vocant alii correpto nomine Mam-Tor Rectius hunc Clivum videor mihi dicere Maim'd-Tor Quod sonat Angligenis Clivus Mutilatus , & ipse Mons , nomen magnâ Mutilatus parte fatetur . Progredimur , versi ad laevam , duo millia passum Ad septam muris , dict amque , sine arbore , Sylvam , Peccanam , Cervos nudis in montibus urit Acris hyems , nulla tectos à frigore fronde ; Sicca aestas , nulla tectos à solibus umbra . Saeva hominum , canibus sociis , lascivia multos , Multos saeva necat varii inclementia coeli , Et Fovea absorbet non magnam Eldenia partem , Est ea terribilis scissae telluris hiatus , Quem digne ut memorem veterum undique convoco frustra Concilium , nam tale nihil finxere Poetae Tentandum tamen ; & primum quam formam habet oris Musa refer ; formae simili componito . Magno Nam potes exemplo parvis componere magna , Dic tandem ; dic summisso soli mihi , in aurem ▪ Obticet 1 obscoenae sibi conscia virgo figurae . In latere herbosi collis , pascentia circum Distituens armenta solum , rimaque secundo Monte patens , auras atro inbibit ore sequaces . Quod procumbentes oculis de margine pronis Cum inspicimus , vastum inspect antes terret inane , Subjectumque horrens animus videt infinitum . Et quamvis tutos jam securosque tueri Continuo stantes hortentur marmore ripae , Non animis eadem spondentibus , ora Barathro Demimus , & diro regnatis Dite tenebris , At lapides toto sparsos conquirimus agro , Verbere qui tandem per longa silentia missi Quis sit eis doceant ( si quis sit ) finis eundi . Missisubsidunt lapides , feriuntque cadentes Caecam ( sed longo feriunt post tempore ) rupem . Inde docent decies repetitio verbere lapsi . Deceptos decies necquicquam quaerere fundum . Tum vero ardemus , si vis respondeat aequa . Ingerere integras turres , & tect a ( si adessent , Et non angusto tellus nimis ore negaret ) Tota simul , totosque altos ibi perdere montes . Quod licet , immani defixum pondere saxum , Vi multa eruimus , prona & tellure volutum Sistimus ad sacrum limen . Tum talia famur . " Umbrarum praefecte Deus cruciatibus , Ecce , " Securi nostrae sortis , certique supernae " Jampridem sedis ( ni nos tibi concolor author " Fallat ) tormentum jam inventis addimus unum . " Pone sub hac rimâ , tibi siqua sit umbra rebellis , " Insignilve fide violatâ . Subde Simonem , " Aut Judam ( Judam Iscarioten , ) Subde Gigantes . " Contriti fient Umbrarum protinus umbrae . " At vos , O animae , quibus incaluere retentis " Cognita amicorum , dilectaque corpora nobis , " Ferte pedem retro monitae , & non temnite dictâ . Sic fati , lapidem demittimus . Ille per aur as Stagnantes , densa mersus caligine fertur In scopulum . Gemit horrendum percussa Caverna , Collisaeque cient alte suspiria moles . Excussum primo , scopulus mox excipit alter , Audito sonitu nobis minus , at magis Orco , Territat arrectis jam stantes auribus umbras Tertius , atque minis quartus propioribus ictus . Quid moror ? undeno 1 dentatum guttur Averni Verbere dum transit , se & tunc lapis ire susurrat . Post id quicquid iners aer vix auribus adfert , Non sonus est , sed imago soni . Vento ocyus umbrae Diffugiunt , Erebique tegi sub fornice certant . Interea infernas percurrit in ordinae Sphaeras , Descendens tacite saxum . Confinia Ditis Attingit , 1 vacuna evertitq , sedilia Patrum . Inde per intensum festinans labitur 2 ignem , Candentesque animas ( tubulorum more recoctas Fictilium , quos , tramsmissa fuligine , pinguis Infecit Peti fumus ) coeloque locandas . Infantumque 3 semelnatorum pervolat 4 orbem . ( Inscius admissi poena luit 5 inscius , infans . ) Ultima tum subiens , infandaque Tartara , centrum Transit ( at haesurum promiserat 6 Entelechia , Credenda umbra tamen ) fundumque ascendit adimum . Et redeunt trepidi Manes residente favilla ; Quos inter timet , & fertunus Sysiphus aegre Succesisse suo graviori pondere saxum . Fertur ad hoc Antrum venisse Lecestrius heros , Dudleius , notus Comes is regnantis Elizae , Ille inopem quendam parvo ( sic eredimus ) ae●e Conductum & longo succinctum pectora fune , Instructum conto , Pelleam imitante Sarissam , 1 Exploratores cophinoque ferente lapillos Demitti , & media ussit pendere Caverna . Inde jaci lapides , atque auribus aera pronis Captari , inde cavum propius scrutarier altum . Descendens pavide miser , accedentia saxa Nunc removet conto , nunc desiliente lapillo Calculat immensum spatium , numer atque , quot ict us Tot mortes ; & fila timet pendentia vitae , Ne quis lascivus secet , injussuque Sororum . Postquam bis centum sub terram circiter ulnas Mersus substiterat , funemq , tetenderat omnem , Satque diu tenso de fune pependerat , Antro Extrahitur , cupido Heroi responsa daturus . Verum , sive metus mentem expugnaverat ingens ; Sive celer motus torti vertigine funis Immodica , Solio Rationem excusserat alto ; Sive Erebi , sive ipsa sui jam spectra timoris Pallida terruerant ; sive arcem mentis abactae Spiritus inferni possederat improbus Orci ; Haud dubie furit infoelix . Sic lumina torva , Mutatusque color , pallor , tremor , omnia monstrant Ergo ubi non cuiquam intellect a profuderat , & quae Aequabat magnis 1 sententia nulla Prophetis , Conticuit , Manesque dies post octo 2 revisit . At Comes audito quo 3 pertinet usque Caverna , Horruit , & ( non hac , neque nunc subiturus ) abivit . Hinc centum passus decies numer amus , & ecce , In valle occulta , radicibus exilit imis Graminei Collis , gemino 1 Fons ore perennis . Quem quoniam immensi mirandos aequoris aestus Ludere in exigua fama affirmaverat unda , Visum est ( quantumvis Phoebo properante ) morari Paulisper , si forte aquulae miracula detur Aspicere admotis , & famae testibus esse . Quae vitreis ebullit aquis tremula unda , duarum Major , splendidiorque & poscens sola videri , Excipitur pu●eo , structis non aequiparando , Sed qui fortuito quovis ornatior ortu est . Inde soluta fluit , nisi quae fundo retinetur Lata duos cubitos , tres longa , unumque profunda . Vnum dico suo quando contenta liquore Subsidet , at binos quando hospite tollitur undae . Labra reclinatae signabat saxea ripae Linea , quam latices ipsi fecere tumentes , Subnigris saxis modo detumuisse reperti . Ergo cessatos iterum expectare labores Taedet , & improbius visum est . Discedere prorsu● Admotis properamus equis . Jam jamque abeuntes Concussis revocamur aquis . Liquidosque videmus Attolli latices ; sensimque irrepere saxis . Jamque fere pleno saltabat fervida fonte Lympha , velut rabidus cum subditur ignis ahen● , Nescia stare loco , refugit saevum unda metallum ▪ Cum juxta fontem , condicto rivulus ortu Erumpit subito , super infusoque liquore , Praestat aquae solitos auctae contingere fines . Quo perducta iterum decrescit , & illico rivi De super immissirestinguitur impetus , & quae Respuerat repetit sitiens sua pocula Tellus . Distracti laticis pars effluit altera ripis Fontis ; pertuso infertur pars altera fundo . Furtague muscosis erepta levissima saxis , Graminaque & paleam & tenuis praesegmina chart● , Sive aliud quicquam parva superabile lympha Injicimus , rediens infert in viscera terrae , Jamque humili fonti , proprius vix constitit humor , Cum redeunt fluctus ; Iterum ceu febre laborat Vnde tremens ; iterum aestuat ; auctaque lymphis Externis iterum 1 tropicam contingere metam Sufficit , accepto velans sua littora fluctu ; Atque iterum residet , Sed nos vetat 2 umbra morari , Vmbra gigan●eas mentita Colossea formas , Maturamus iter , sed quaerimus inter eundum , Conamurque , omni collato discere signo , Abdita quae tantum concivit causa tumultum . Nam neque Salsedo , neque quid commune marinis , His reperitur aquis ; Phoebes nil imputat astro Fons hic , temporibus nec tollitur ( ut mare ) certis , Aestibus his nullam praefigit Ephemeris horam . Ergo quid in causa est ? Paucis sic accipe . Prodit Quae tellure cavâ , fontique ill abitur unda Advena , non istuc proprio delata canali Pervenit , atque volens alienos occupat ortus , Sed dum ductricis sequitur vestigia lymphae , Longinquosque petit , per terrae viscera , fontes , Intratin angustis subeunda meatibus antra . Huc quoties humor tumefactâ de fluit undâ , Praecipitique aditum comprendit flumine totum , Protinus aura locum conclusatuetur , aquisque Pernegat ingressum , nec habens quo cedere , pugnat , Vtque est deprensa nihil obfirmatius aura , Sustinet urgentes exili corpore lymphas , Tum , conferta velut si portis irruat arctis Turba , haerent , ipso defixi in limine , primi ; Quae sequitur stat pro foribus stipata caterva , Parsque urget socios , alias dilabitur & pars Quaesitura vias : Exclusus defluus humor Intumet , impatiensque morae , expatiatur , & errans Fertur in hunc fontem , lentarum impulsor aquarum . Hinc fit post magnos guttis pluvialibus imbres Transmissis , aestus fieri crebros , & in horas , Fluctum ( ut nunc ) vicibus tolli , & subsidere ternis . Sed post continuis tellurem ardoribus ustam , Vix semel in toto cerni haec miracula mense . Jam nostres fugiens visus , Auriga diei Antipodas tota lustrabat Lampade ; nobis Languida succensae praebebant lumina nubes Et simul ad celebrem tepidis deponimur undis Buxtonam . Divae sacer est fons inclytus Annae : Ambas miscet aquas calidae gelidaeque ministra Tellus ; sulphureisque effundit Pharmac a venis , Haec resoluta senum confirmat membra trementum , Et refovet nervos lotrix haec lympha gelatos . Huc infirma regunt baculis vestigia claudi ; Ingrati referunt baculis vestigia spretis . Huc , Mater fieri cupiens , accedit inanis , Plenaque discedit , puto , nec veniente marito . Excipitur , ferme quadrato fonte , serena Nascens unda & quinque pedes vehit alta natantes . Spectator muris , & tecto excluditur imber . Hospitioque eadem gratissima balnea nostro Conjungit foribus paries communis apertis . Ergo placet , coquitur dum cespite coena cremato , Defessos lymphis refovere tepentitbus artus . Protinus exuti , nitidis illabimur undis , Nudaque perspicuis velamus corpora lymphis . Nunefacie prona namus ; nunc nare supini Tentamus . 1 Bibimus . Nec enim omnia possumus omnes . Postquam vexatis per totam fluctibus horam Lusimus ; egressi siccis lodicibus udi Induimur . Mox quisque suo vestimur amictu , Vestitos stratis expect at coenula mensis . Nox atra interea simul evolat omnibus antris . Et victrix tenebris involverat omnia caecis , Donec succensis infertur coena lucernis . Jam nobis lixae non integra balnea ovillae , Sed modicum juris , 2 consultis ponitur . Ipsa Tum caro 1 conditis thermis educta , seorsim . Atque ovis ejusdem fumans à cuspide 2 lumbus . Et nuper rupto gallinae 3 filus ovo . Pisaque quae nobis converrat cochlear uncta . ditia cùm frustra quaerantur pocula Bacchi , Ollâ subridens bibitur cervisia nigrâ . Coenati peto somnos arcessimus hausto . Postera Phoebaeos ducens Aurora triumphos Nondum vulgares Caelo dimoverat ignes , Cùm somno excusso tepidis immergimur undis Rursus , & infieimur penitus medicante liquore Jam dibaphi ; atq iîerum rorantia corpora lecti● Reddimus , & nonâ de somno surgimus horâ . Vnica restabat , verum dignissima visu , Haud procul hinc Spelunca Poli , sic dicta Caverna . Insignis latro Polus , & , si credere famae Debemus , furipar Caco , & forte coaevus . Hac usus latebra consuevit vivere rapto ; Atque viatores spoliandos ducere in Antrum . Verum & eisolenne fuit conjungere furtis Caedem ; Sic texit scelera authoremque Caverna . Hanc inspecturi penitus , ductore perito Caecarum assumpto ima sub tellure viarum , Eximus , pedites collem petimusque virentem , Distantem nostra vix passus , mille taberna . Ipsas ad montis radices , concava tellus Prostratis aditum pertusa foramine praebet Exiguo , minus at praemissis invia 1 plantis . Omnes cancrino gressu , sumptaque lucerna Quisque sua , tandem transmittimur , erigimurque Antrum , horrendum , informe , ingens aperitur . Et atra Divisa in partes nox dissilit atrior ambas . Asperaque apparei Latronis , & horrida Saxis Regia . Percussum rutilo micat igne lacunar . Progredimur . Pedi busque admoto lumine cautis , Saxa ingentia , roscida , lubrica , & ardua scansu , Libera , corruitura semel , nunc ergo timenda , Saxosaeque feros montes vallesque Cavernae Transimus ; fluviumque suas qui dissipat undas Caecus in object as impingens murmure rupes . Qui scandet rauco surgentem à flumine montem , Ille licet sudetque , pedesque manusque fatiget , Dissita ab introitu stadiis tribus , ultima opaci Pertinget ( multo nobis audacior ) Antri . Speluncam hanc credaes habitatam Gorgone primùm Anguicomâ , & versa in rigidum sic omnia Saxum , Nam lapis est , quodcunque vides . Laquearibus altis Quae sicci tibi terga Suis pendere videntur , Dentibus haüd cedent . Durum sunt utraque saxum . Non est ille Leo , Leo , quamvis erigat hirta Colla jüba , sedeatque Antri ferus incola caeci , Sed fulvus lapis . Ille Senex qui rupibus aspris Innisus recubat cubito , pars rupis & ipse est . Quaeque lacunari scintillam Astra micante , Sunt nitidi illata gemmantes luce lapilli : Guttaque quae saxi mucro nunc pendet acuti , Numquid & illa lapis ? lapis illa vel est , vel erit mox Admoti exceptam digito deprendimus esse Nec lapidem , nec aquam , verum media inter utrumque Natura , qualique tenax humore farina . Detinet intentos dum 1 transfuga lympha , lucernae , Curtae perplexâ suadent exire Cavernâ . Sed prius ad laevam remeantes , undiq , saxo Obductum plano , Furis , nulloque madentem Rore Poli thalamum , lecti , lasanique capacem , Inspicimus . Superis tum demum reddimur oris . Jam tepido fessos sudore rigaverat artus , Scandendique gravis labor , & formido cadendi . Reptantumque manus obleverat humida tellus . Verum ante ora speeus turba officiosa , lavandis Praebebat manibus permistam floribus undam . Scilicet exigitur tacite pro munere nummus . Recte . Namque haerent sordes ut cunque lavemur Ni ( quamquam levibus ) referatur gratia donis . Omnia jam Pecci Miracula vidimus Alti , Buxtonamque iterum perlatis , & cito pransis Adducuntur equi , nos qui inter nubila vectos , Solliciteque decem numerantes millia passûm , Per non insignes Chelmarton , Sheldon , & Ashford , Ad Chatsworth referunt celerem Deroentis ad undam . FINIS . Books Printed for William Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar . 1. GReek Testament , Printed by Jo. Redmayn oct . 2. The compleat Vineyard , or the most excellent way for the planting of Vines , by William Hughes , in oct . 3. Praxis Curiae Admiralitatis Angliae , Authore F. Clerk , oct . 4. A description of Candia in its Ancient and modern estate , with an account of the siege and surrender to the Turks , oct . Price 1s . 5. The deaf and dumb mans discourse , being a discourse of such as are born deaf and dumb , shewing how they express the sentiments of their minds , together with an account of the rationality of Beasts , particularly of the Elephant , oct . Price 1s . 6. Des Cartes the Philosopher's life , oct . Price 1s . 7. Gees , steps to the Temple , Twenty fours . 8. The Christian pattern or imitation of Christ. written by Thomas of Kempis , Twenty fours . 9. An answer to Mr. Furguson's doctrine about Christ's Justification and Sanctification , together with an account of the extent of Christ's death , by J. Knowls , oct . Price 1s . 6d . 10. De Mirabilibus Pecci , Carmen , Autho. Tho. Hobs , quar . 11. Sir Henry Blunt's Voyage into the Levant , Twelves . Price 1s . 12. Compleat measurer , or a new and exact way of Measuration by Tho. Hammond oct . Price 1s . 13. Mr. Hobs. Rosetum Geometricum , quar . Pr 3s . 14. Carpenters Rule made easie by Mr. Darling , twelves . 15. The flower-Garden inlarged , shewing how to order and increase all manner of flowers , whether by layers , slips , off-sets , cuttings , seeds , &c. also how to draw a Horizontal Dyal in a Garden , with a Treatise of all Roots , Plants , Trees , Shrubs , Fruits , Herbs , &c in the Kings plantations , twelves , by William Hughes . 16. The Elegant Poems of Dr. Richard Corbet , Dean of Christ Church in Oxford after Bp. of Norwi●h , twelves . 17. Boccalin's advirtisements from Parnassus , Fol. 18. Ogilby's Virgil , English with Notes and Cuts , oct . 19. Brownlow's reports compleat in 2 parts , quar . 20. The Court of Curiosity , being a very delightful and pleasant fortune-book , an excellent and learned Treatise of Dreams , and an ingenious discourse of Physiognomy : written in French , now Englished the second edition , improved , twelves , Price 2s . 21. Lux mathematica , Author Tho. Hobs. 22. Principia & problemata aliquot Geometrica , ante desparata , &c. Author Tho. Hobs. quar . 23. The American Physitian treating of all the flowers , roots , Plants , and Herbs that grow in his Majesties American plantations by William Hughes , twelves . 24. Lucius Florus translated into English , oct . 25. Caesar's commentaries Englished by Mr. Edmonds with notes , fol. 26. Wingates Clerk's tutor in writing and Arithmetick , oct . 27. The Judges Resolution concerning the several statutes of Bankrupts , oct . 28. Mary Magdalens tears wip'd off . 29. Bishop Sparrow's Rationale on the Common Prayer , twelves . 30. Clarkes Lives of the fathers , School-men , Ancient and Modern Divines , fol. 31 Grotius's Catechism , Greek , Latine and English ▪ with a praxis to the Greek , oct . 32. The great Law of Nature about self-preservation vindicated against the abuses of Mr. Hobs in his Leviathan , twelves . 33. Calliopes Cabbinet opened , wherein all Gentlemen may be informed how to order themselves for all funerals , feasts , and Heroick meetings , to know all degrees of Honour , and how all persons of all degrees are to take place , with a dictionary of all the Terms in Heraldry . 34. A new collection of Songs and Poems , written by several Wits now living , oct . 35. A discourse of the Dukedome of Modena , the Native Country of her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York , quar . 36. Br●vis Demonstratio , proving the truth and excellency of the Christian Religion by Reason , recommended to all Rational men by several Eminent Divines in London . twelves . 37. Walton's Lives , of four Eminent men , oct . 38. Nomenclatura , Greek , Latine , and English oct . 39. The Apopthegmes , or witty sentences of Sir Francis Bacon , Lord Chancellor of England , twelves . 40. Parthenissa , a Romance written by the Earl of Orrorey , fol. 41. Cassandra , a Romance , fol. 42. The Primitive institution , or a seasonable discourse of Catechizing , wherein is shewed the antiquity , benefits and necessity thereof , together with its suitableness to heal the present distempers of the Church by Lancellot Addison ▪ D. D. 43. The present State of the Jewes , wherein is contained an exact account of all their present customes , secular and religious , to which is annexed a discourse of the Misna , Talmud , and Gemara , by Lancellot Addison , D. D. twelves . 44. Homer's works , translated out of Greek into English by Tho. Hobs , twelves . 45. The Golden Rule of Arithmetick made easie oct . 46. A supplement or third Volum of Mr. Hobs his works . quar . 47. Seventy eight Characters , oct . 48. The Grounds of Soveraignty and Greatness , quar . 49. Camera Regis , or a short view of London containing the antiquity , Frame , Walls , River , Bridg Gates , Tower , Cathedral , Officers , Courts , Customes , Franchises , &c. of the said City , oct . 50. A Sermon preached at the Funeral of a man drowned in a pit , oct . 51. Mr. Howel's Visitation sermon , quar . 52. The Historians Guide in two parts , containing the most remarkable passages done in England for seventy six years last past , oct . 53. The circumcision of the Great Turks son , and the Ceremony of the Marriage of his Daughter . 54. Naked truth or the intrigues of amorous Fops , oct . 55. Kitchins Court Leet and Court Baron , shewing the power , nature , practice and jurisdiction of these and other Courts , oct . 56. Scarron's Comical Romance , or a facetious History of a Company of Stage Players , interwoven with divers choice Novels , rare adventrues , and amourous intrigues , written in French by the famous and witty Monsieur Scarron now done into English , by J B. Gent , fol. 57. A Letter about liberty and necessity , written by Tho. Hobs of Malmsbury , with observations upon it , by Dr. Benjamin Laney late Bishop of Ely , twelves . 58. A Modest Plea for the Clergy of the Church of England , wherein is briefly considered the Original antiquity , necessity , together with the occasions they are so slighted and contemned , oct . 59. Astrological Judgement , and practice of physick deduced from the position of the Heavens , at the decumbiture of the sick person , being the thirty years practice of Mr. Richard Saunders , oct . 60. A treatise of Wool and Cattle , shewing how far they raise or abate value of lands in England quar . 61. A discourse whether 〈◊〉 may be lawful to take Use for mony ; written by Sir Robert Filmer , and published by Sir Roger Twisden , twelves , printed this year , 1678. PLAYES . 1. The white Devil or Vittoria Corombona . 2. The old Troop or Monsieur Raggou . 3. Catalines conspiracy . 4. Amorous gallant or Love and fashion . 5. The mock duellist or French Vallet . 6. Wrangling Lovers or the Invisible Mistris . 7. Tom Essence or the Modish Wife , quar . 8. French Conjurer . 9. Wits led by the Nose . 10. The Rival Kings . 11. The constant Nymph or Rambling shepherd . An Advertisement . There is Printing an excellent Peice of Natural Philosophy in English , never before Printed , written by Tho. Hobs of Malmsbury , who is yet living . FINIS . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A43981-e280 1 Chatsworth . Wonder . 1 , 2 Derwin . 3 Groves of plumtrees . 5 Rocks made by art in imitation of the natural . 5 Lead which in that County is digged out of the earth . 6 With leaden pipes . 7 A Fountain sacred amongst the Athenians flowing from nine pipes . 8 Fish Ponds 3 The Earls of Devonshire , New Castle and Kingston , Nephews to the Countess of Shrewsbury . 4 This Poem . 2 The Lieutenantship of the County of Darby 3 Christiana Countess of Devonshire 2 The Lady Ann Cavendish 3 William now Earl of Devonshire with his Brother Charles . 1 They dig th . Mines orderly in a parallel line , they call them the Rakes . 1 For the stone wherein the veins of lead are contain'd is sometimes of that hardness that it cannot be pierced but by fire . 2 It hapned as we past by , that of two that were verwhelmed in the mines one was drawn up , the other searching for . * Alias air-shafis . 1 To keep the fides of the vents from falling in . 2 Whom want hath forced or condemned to undergo that labour . 1 To be found and drawn out , 1 The shadowes at the shortest and cast before us , shew the Sun to be come to the Meridian ( a south Sun ) and that our faces are turn'd towards the north . 2 Over the heads of those that work'd underneath in the Mines . The Devils Arse Mirac . 2. 1 Where the Sun beams never come . * Toward Mrsa Major and Minor Northern constellations . 1 The vast roof . 1 The hem or joynt voice of the Marriners when they encourage one another , or salute a vessel . 2 Compounded of the day-light and candle-light . 1 not being able to stand upright . The ridiculou story of the old woman . 2 He swam over it with the more ease because it was very shallow . 1 He fear'd to meet night in a dark den . Ridiculous . Mam-Tor Mirac . Peak Forrest . Elden hole . 1 Mirac . 4th . 1 The mouth of the hole is of a cunnoid form or like the privities of a woman 1 Rough with sharp and pointed Rocks , 1 For the Limbus patrum has been empty long ago . 2 Purgatory . 3 Limbo . 1 To try by the several stroaks they made in their falling down the depth of the hole . 1 Dyed mad of a Phrensie . 2 To wit to Hell. 1 The ebbing and flowing well , Mirac . 1 The utmost high water point to which when they were come they decreas'd again . 2 The Sun going down . Baxten Well . Mirab. 6. Pool's hole . Mir●● . ● . 1 Hasting from an aqueous substance to a stony one . Notes for div A43981-e8270 * The Peak . 1 Chatsworth . Mirab. 1 , 2 Derwin . 3 Prunetis in ipso horto , sylvas imitantibus . 4 Ambulationibus . 5 Rupes arte compositas . 5 Plumbo quod in ea regione , terra effoditur . 6 Tubulis plumbeis . 7 Fons Athenis sacer , novem effluens fistulis . 8 Piscinae . 9 Comites Devoniae , Novi-castri , Kingstonae , nepotes Comitissae Salopien●●s . 1 Hocipsum . 2 Praefecturam militiae in agro Derbensi , 3 Christianam Comitissam Devoniae . 1 Dominam Annam Cavendish , 2 Gulielmum nunc Comitem Devopiae cum Fatre Carolo. 1 Ordinatim , nam series fodinarum undo hauritur plumbum , parallelae sunt , Anglicè vocantur the Rakes . 1 Nam saxum quo plumbi venae continentur , eâ est aliquando duritie quae non nisi igne vincitur . 2 Contigit pretereuntious nobis , è duobus , qui ruinâ fove● oppressi fuerant , unum extrahi , alterum quaeri . 3 Fovearum spiracula . 4 Actis . 1 Constringit , ut distineantur foveae latera , 2 Quam ad opera damnaverat paupertas . 1 Extrahi , 1 Umbra brevissima , ante pedes projecta , arguit , & solem meridianum , & nos ad Aquilonem conversos . 2 Hope . 3 Supra capita agentium subtus in cuniculis . 1 Castleton . 1 Orci cu'um , Ang. The Divils Arse . Mirab. 2. 2 Q●●nu quam pertingunt radii solates . 1 Lacunar ingens . 1 Vox nautica hortatrix . 2 Misto ex coelesti & lychnea . 1 Nos , penè prostratos . Vetulae ridicula narratio . 2 Faciliùs tranavit quia minime altum , Ridiculum . 1 Noctem timuit in speluncâ tenebrosissimâ , Ridiculum . Mam-Tor . Mirab. 3. Peak Forrest . Elden Hole , Mirab. 4. 1 Est enim Foveaeos , formâ cunnocides . 1 Exertis cautibus asperum . 1 nâm Limbus Patrum jamdudum vacuus . 2 Purgatorium . 3 ●on regeneratorum . 4 Limbum . 5 poenas , non sensit at dam●i , 6 Umbra Aristotelis . 1 quibus decidentibus exploraret foveae altitudinem . 1 quis ea loqui quorum nulla est sententia , commune est vatum , insanientiumque , 2 Mortuus est a Phrenesi . 3 Pertingit , scilicet ad Inferos . 1 Fons aestuans , Mirab. 5. 1 quo provecta solebat decrescere . 2 Solis jam occidentis . Buxton Well . Mirab. 6. 1 Indoctinare , aquam imbibimus . Canal● . 2 Interrogatis , an apponi placeret . Jus. 1 ovilla cl●xa , jusculo e●tracta 2 ovillae assa●ae . 3 pullus . 〈◊〉 hole . Mirab. 7. Pisa 1 pedibus . 1 transfugiens à naturâ aqueâ ad saxeam .