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 THE TABLE 
 
 Of the EngUJh Votms. 
 
 ON the Morning of Chrijis Nativity. Pag. I 
 The Hymn. 2 
 
 A Paraphrafe on Vfalm 1 14* 15 
 
 on vfalm 156. 14 
 
 On the Death of a fair Infant dying of a, 
 Cough. 1 7 
 
 The Pajjion. 2j 
 
 On Time. 24 
 
 Z?/^^;/ the Circumcifion, 25 
 
 w^t ^ Solemn Mu^icl^. 26 
 
 An Epitaph on the Marchionefs of Winche- 
 fter. 27 
 
 Song on May morning. 31 
 
 On Shakefpear. 51 
 
 On the Univerfity Carrier^ who ficJ^rid in the, 
 time of his Vacancy^ hcing forbid to go to Lon- 
 don, by reafon of the Plague. 32 
 ^ ^^nother on the fame. 33 
 
 A 3 L'AUe^ 
 
THE TABLE- 
 
 L'AlIcgfo. 35 
 
 II Penfcrofb. 41 
 
 Sonnets. 49 
 
 T^o Mr. Henry Lawcs, on his Aires. 57 
 
 On the late Majfzcre in Piemont. . 58 
 
 The fifth ode ^/Horace, Lib. i. Engliji)d. 62 
 
 At a Vacation Exercife in the Colledge. 64 
 On the new forcers of Confcience under the Long 
 
 Varliament. 6^ 
 Arcades. Part of an Entertainment prefented 
 
 to the Countefs Dowager of Darby. ' 70 
 
 1. Song. 70 
 
 2. Song. 74 
 3- Song, 74 
 
 L Y C r D A S. In this Monody the 
 
 Author bexpaiks a Learned Friend^ unfortunately 
 drown d in his pajfage from Chefter^ on the 
 
 In^Seas^ 1^37- 75 
 
 A MAS K. 84 
 
 Song. 94 
 
 Song. 122 
 
 Song. 176 
 
 Song, 12 J 
 
 rfalm i.doneintoVerfe^l6$^o 130 
 
 Ffalm 2. 131 
 
 Tfalm 3\ 132 
 
 rfalm 4. 133 
 
 Pfal.6. 
 
THE 
 
 Tfalm 6. 
 Pfalm 7. 
 Pfalm 8. 
 pfalm 80. 
 pfalm 81. 
 Pfalm 82. 
 pfalm 83. 
 pfalm 84. 
 P/d//» 85- 
 P/St/z» 86.. 
 r/^/«# 87- 
 P/4/«? 88. 
 
 TABLE. 
 
 
 
 «a; 
 
 
 138 
 
 
 141 
 
 
 '45 
 
 ^ 
 
 146 
 
 A- 
 
 149 
 
 ^ f'-t 
 
 151 
 
 
 154 
 
 : 5f 
 
 156 
 
 ikV^ 
 
 158 
 
 
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 J^2 
 
 THE 
 
THE TABLE- 
 
 Of the Latine Poemsi 
 
 ELegia prima ad Carolum Diodatiun, 
 Page II 
 
 Ekgia fecunda in Obitunt Tr^conis Academici 
 Cantabigienfis. 15 
 
 Elegta. tertia in Qhitnm Fr^fnlis Wintonien- 
 fis* 16 
 
 Elegia quart a^ ad Thomam ^ninm^ &c. 19 
 
 Elegia quint a^ in adventum veris. 25 
 
 Elegia ftxta^ ad Carolum Diodatum^ ruri Com-- 
 morantem. 3^ 
 
 Ekgia feptima 3 5 
 
 In proditionem Bombardicam. 40^ 41 
 
 In Invent or em Bombards. 42 
 
 jid Leonoram Rom£ Camntem. 4^5 43 
 
 jtpologus de Rujiico d^ Hero. 44 
 
 Sy [varum Liber. 45 
 
 In ^uintum Novembris. 47, 
 
 In obitum Fr£fulis\V'mtonki)ris^ 57 
 
 Naturam non pati fe?mm. ' 60 
 
 De 
 
THE TABLE. 
 
 2)e idea Platmka , c^emadmodnm Arijioteks 
 
 intellexit, 5^ 
 
 Ad Vatrem. 64 
 
 Tfalnt C XIK 7q 
 
 Thilofophns ad Kegem quendam qui mm igvotvm 
 
 ^ infontet» inter reos forte capttra infcius 
 
 damnaverat , -ji)» ^' aww-r» OTf»5<4©' hac Juhita 
 
 wijit. 71 
 
 In EffigteiEjm Sculptonm, ibid. 
 
 An Satfllum F get am Romamm agrot anient, iK 
 
 Manfus, 74 
 
 Epitafhinm Damonis, 80 
 
 Ad Joannem Roufium Oxonimfis Academic 
 
 Bibliothecarium, 90 
 
 Of ndncatiantoMr,^2m^d'ii2XXY\h. 94 
 
 ERRATA, 
 
e R R A T A, 
 
 PAge 21» at the end of the Elegie fhould havecoiriii 
 ia the Verfes at a Vacation Exerciji , which follow 
 afterwards, from pag.54. to p. ^8, p.5(5. line 8. after i/ n 
 £r, ib« L p. for C(?/iJS;Ja r. Colkftto^ p. 5P. 1. 4* for/i r. fiwj 
 p. ^p. 1. 17. for ^^«j^ r. ^J»/;^, p. po. 1. p. for Heccai r. 
 H^cai^ p. p 1. 1, ip. leave out the Comma after May^ and 
 for i[rere r. hear-^ p. 128. 1. 3. leave out that. In the ie- 
 cond part p. 43. 1. 1 . for Canentam r. Canentem^ ibid. L4, 
 for deppuiyjet r* defipmjfet^ p. 49. 1. 2. for Adamantius r; 
 Adamantinus ^ ibid. 1. p. for Ni?^^^ r. N^t^f , p* 52. 1. 2. 
 for KeViquas r. Relliquias ^ p. 53. 1. 17, 18. a Comma 
 after Manes , none after ExHlnUt- Some other Errors 
 and mifpointings the Readers judgement may corre<f^» 
 
ON THE 
 
 MORNING 
 
 OF 
 
 Clinfts Nativity. 
 
 t 
 
 THis is tfie Months and this the happy morn 
 Wherein the Son of Heav'ns eternal King, 
 Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born. 
 Our great RedenGiption from above did bring > 
 For fo the holy Sages once did fing, 
 
 That he our deadly forfeit (hould releafe. 
 And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. 
 
 II. 
 That glorious Form, that Light unfufFerable, 
 And that far-beaming blaze of Majefty, 
 Wherewith he wont at Heav'ns high Counccl-Table^ 
 To fit the mtdift of Trinal Unity, 
 He laid afide 9 and here with us to be, 
 Forfook the Courts of everlafling Day, 
 
 And chofe with us a darkfom Houfc of mottii Clay. 
 
 A III. Say 
 
III. 
 
 Say Heav'nly Mufe, (liall not thy facred vein 
 
 Afford a Prefent to the Infant God ? 
 
 Haft thou no verfe, no hymn, or folennn ftrein, 
 
 To welcome him to this his new abode, 
 
 Now while the Heav'n by the Suns team untrod, 
 
 .Hath took no print of the approaching light. 
 
 And and all the fpangled hoft keep watch in fquadrons , 
 
 IV. (bright? 
 
 See how from far upon the Eaftern rode 
 
 The Star-led Wifards hafte with odours fweet , 
 
 Orun, prevent them with thy humble ode> 
 
 And lay it lowly at his bleffed feet j 
 
 Have thou the honour firft, thy Lord to greet. 
 
 And joyn thy voice unto the Angel Quirej 
 
 From out hisfecret Altar toucht with hallow'd fire. 
 
 I. 
 
 V T was the Winter wilde, 
 
 * While the Heav'n-born-childe, 
 
 All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ? 
 
 Nature in awe to him 
 
 Had doif't her gawdy trim, ' "' 
 
 With her great Maftcr fo to fympathize : "^-' ^ " 
 
ay 
 
 it was no feafon then for her 
 
 To wanton with the Sun her lufty Paramour* 
 
 IL 
 Only wiih fpeeches fair 
 She woo's the gentle Air 
 
 To hide her guilty front with innocent Snow, 
 And on her naked (hame. 
 Pollute with finfull blame, 
 
 The Saintly Veil of Maiden white to throw, 
 Confounded, that her Makers eyes 
 Should look fo near upon her foul deformities. 
 
 III. 
 But he her fears to ceafe, 
 Sent down the meek-ey'd Peace, 
 
 She crownM with Olive green, came foftly Aiding 
 Down through the turning fphear 
 His ready Harbinger, 
 
 With Turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing, 
 And vaving wide her mirtle wand, 
 She ftrikes a univerfal Peace through Sea and Landa 
 
 IV. 
 No War, or Battels found 
 Was heard the World around i 
 
 A 4 The 
 
(4) 
 
 The idle Spear and Shield were high up hung. 
 The hooked Chariot flood 
 Unftain d with hoftilc blood. 
 
 The Trumpet fpake not to the armed throng. 
 And Kings fate flill with awfull eye, 
 As if they fufely knew tliclr fovran Lord was by» 
 
 V. 
 But peaceful! was the night 
 Wherein theFrince of light 
 
 His raign of peace upon the earth began : 
 The Winds with wonder whift. 
 Smoothly the waters kift, 
 
 Whifpering new joyes to the mildc Oceans 
 Who now hath quite forgot to rave, 
 While Birds of Calm lit brooding on the charmed wave^ 
 
 Vf. 
 The Stars with deep amaze 
 Stand ftxt in ftedfaft gaze, 
 
 Bending one way their preiious inftuencc. 
 And will not take thek flight. 
 For all the morning light. 
 
 Or Lucifer that ofcen warn^ them thence ; 
 But in their glimmering Orbs did glow, 
 tSitill their Lord feimfclf befpake, and bid them go. 
 
 vn. 
 
(5) 
 
 VIL ' 
 
 And though the fliady gloom 
 
 Had given day her room, 
 
 The Sun himfelf with- held his wonted fpeed, 
 And hid his head for (hame, 
 As his infcriour flame, 
 
 The new enlightn'd world no more (hould need h 
 He faw a greater Sun appear 
 Then his^brightThrone^or burning Axletree could bear* 
 
 VIIL 
 
 The Shepherds on the Lawn, 
 
 Or ere the point of dawn, 
 
 Sate (imply chatting in a ruftick row > 
 Full little thought they than. 
 That the mighty Pan -^ 
 
 Was kindly come to live wittf them below i 
 Perhaps their loves, or elfe their (ffeejii 
 Was all that did their filly thoughts fo bulxc keep. 
 
 When fuch mufick fweet 
 
 Their hearts and ears did greet. 
 
 As never was by mortal finger ftrook, 
 
 Divinely-warbrd voice. ' i 
 
 Anfwering the ftringed noife. 
 
 As 'all their fouls in blifsfull rapture took : 
 
 A i The 
 
The Air fuch pleafure loth to lofe. 
 
 With thoufand echo's ftill prolongs each heav'nly clofe» 
 
 X. 
 Nature that heard fuch found 
 Beneath the hollow round 
 
 Of Cynthia s feat, the Airy region thrilling, 
 Now was almoft won 
 To think her part was done, 
 
 And that her reign had here its laft fulfilling h 
 She knew fuch harmony alone 
 Could hold all Heav'n and Earth in happier union, 
 
 XL 
 At Uft furrounds their fight 
 A Globe of circular light, 
 
 That with, long h^^njf the (hame.-fac*t night arrayd, 
 Theheln:iedCheri^uint . 
 And fworded Seraphhn, 
 
 Are feen in glittering ranks with wings difplaid, 
 Harping in loud and folennn quire, 
 With unexpreflive notes to Heav'ns newborn Heir. 
 
 XIL 
 Such Mufick ( as 'tis faid ) . 
 Before was never naade, 
 
 But 
 
K7J 
 
 But when of old the fons of morning fung, 
 
 While the Creator great 
 
 His Conftellations fef. 
 
 And the well-ballanc't world on hinges hung. 
 
 And caft the dark foundations deep, 
 
 And bid the weltring waves their oozy channel keep* ^ 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Ring out ye Cryfiall fphears, 
 
 Once bicfs our humane ears, 
 
 ( If ye have power to touch our fenfcs fo ) 
 
 And let your filver chime 
 
 Move in melodious time •, 
 
 And let the Bafe of Heavens deep Organ blow, 
 
 And with your ninefold harmony 
 
 Make up full confort to th'Angelike fynf>phony^ 
 
 XIV 
 
 For if fuch holy Song 
 
 Enwrap our fancy long. 
 
 Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold, 
 
 And fpeckl'd vanity 
 
 Will ficken foon and die. 
 
 And leprous fin will melt from earthly mould, 
 
 And Hell it felf will pafs away. 
 
 And leave her dolorous manfions to the peering day. 
 
 A 4. XV. 
 
(a) 
 
 XV. • ^ 
 
 Yea Truth, and Juftice then 
 
 Will down return to men, 
 
 Orb'd in a Rain>bo w ; and like glories wearing 
 Mercy will fit between, 
 Thron'dinCcreftialftiecn, 
 
 With radiant feet the tiffued clouds down ftearing, 
 And Heav'n as at fome Feftivall, 
 Will open wide the Gates of hethigh Palace Hall. 
 
 ButwifeftFatefayesno, 
 This rouft not yet be fo. 
 
 The Babe lies yet in froiling Infancy, 
 That on the bitter crofs 
 Muft redeem our lolsi 
 
 So both himfclf and us to glorifie : 
 
 Yet firft to thofc ychain'd in fleep, (^c*P» 
 
 The wakeful trump of doom muft thnodct (lirough the 
 
 X<II.' ' 
 With fuch a horrid clang 
 
 As on mount Sittai rang 
 
 While the red fire, and fmouldring clouds out brake : 
 
 The aged Earth agaft 
 
 With terrpur of that blaft. 
 
 Shall from the fur face to the center Hiake > 
 
 ■. ..... When 
 
when at the worlds laft feffion, 
 
 The dreadful Judge in middle Air (hall (pccad his throne* 
 
 xviir. 
 
 And then at laft our blifs 
 Full and perfet is, 
 
 But now begins i for from this happy j 
 Th*old Dragon under ground 
 In flraiter limits bound, 
 
 Not half fo far cafts his ufurped fway, 
 And wroth to fee his Kingdom fail, 
 Swindges the fcaly Horrour of his foulded tail. 
 
 XIX- 
 The Oracles arc dum^ 
 No voic« or hideous humm 
 
 Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. 
 jlpoUo from his (hrine 
 Can no more divine. 
 
 With hollow flireik the fieep oi^Vel^hos leaving» 
 
 No nightly trance, or breathed fpell, 
 
 Infpires the pale- ey'd Prieft from the prophetic cell; 
 
 XX. 
 
 The lonely mountains 6^ 
 
 And the refounding (hore, 
 ■ f Avoic? 
 
(10) 
 
 A voice of weeping heard» and loud lanaent v 
 from haunted (pring) and dale 
 EdgM with poplar pale, 
 
 The parting Genius is with fighing fent, 
 With flowre-inwov*n trefles torn 
 The Nimphs in twilight (hade of tangled thickets naournt 
 
 XXL 
 In confecrated Earthy 
 And on the holy Hearth, 
 
 The LarSy and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. 
 In Urns, and Altars round, 
 A drear and dying found 
 
 Affrights the Flamins at their fer vice q[«aint \ 
 And the chill Marble feems to fweat, ' 
 While each peculiar power forgoes hi& wonted fea t^ 
 
 XXI L J}^: 
 
 Vm^ and Baalim^ 
 
 For fake their Temples dim, 
 
 With that twice batter'd god of Pakjimf 
 And mooned AJhtaroth^ 
 Heav'ns Queen and Mother both, 
 
 Now fits not girt with Tapers holy (hine. 
 
 The Libyc Hammon (brinks his horn. 
 
 In vain the 7ynm Maids their wounded thmz mourn. 
 
 ^ XXIII. 
 
XXIIL 
 
 And fallen Moloch fled, 
 
 Hath left in (hadows dred. 
 
 His burning Idol all of blackcft hue y 
 In vain with Cymbals ring, 
 They call the grifly King, 
 
 In difmal dance about the furnace blue h 
 The brutifh gods of Nile as faft, 
 Jfjs and Srus^ and, the Dog AhuHs haft. 
 
 xxiy. 
 
 Nor is Ofiris feen 
 
 In Memphian Grove, or Gtcm; • 
 
 Trampling the unfliowi*d Grafs with lowings loud 
 Nor can he be at reft 
 Within his facred cheft. 
 
 Naught but profbnndeft Heli can be his (hroud. 
 In vain with Timbrel'd Anthems dark / '( '^' 
 The fable- ftoled Sorcerers bear his worfhipt Aiko 
 
 XXV. 
 
 He feels from Judas Land 
 
 The dredded Infants hand. 
 
 The TzycsofBetblebem blind his dusky eyn y 
 Nor all the Gods befide, 
 Longer dare abide, 
 
 Not T'yphon huge ending in fnaky twine : 
 
 Our 
 
V*2; 
 
 Our Babe t^ (hew kis Godhead true. 
 
 Can in his fwadling bands controul the damned crew* 
 
 XXVI. 
 $0 when the Sun in bed, 
 CurtainM with cloudy red, 
 ^ Pillows his chin upon an Orient wave, 
 The flocking fhadows pale, 
 Troop to th'infernal Jail, 
 
 Each fetter'd Ghoft flips to his feveral grave, 
 And the yellow-skirted fayes^ 
 Fly after the Night-ftccds,leaving their Mopn-loy'd maie* 
 ;xxyn. 
 
 But fee the virgin bled, 
 Hath laid her Babe to reft. 
 
 Time is pur tedious Song (hould here have ending i 
 Heavens youngeft teemed Star, 
 Hath fixt her poliflit Car, 
 
 r Her flecping Lord with Handmaid Lamp attending : 
 And all about the Courtly Stable, 
 Bright- harncft Angels fit in order fcrviceable* 
 
 A Para* 
 
 ^^i^KiPt 
 
C'3) 
 A Paraphrafc on Pfalm 1 14; 
 
 This and the following ffalm were done by 
 the Author at fifteen years old, 
 
 WHen the bleft feed of TtTah's faithful Son, 
 After long toil their liberty had won, 
 And pjft from Pharian Fields to Canaan Land^ 
 Led by the ftrength of the Almighties hand> 
 JihovaVs wonders were in Ifrael (hown, 
 His praife and glory was in Jfrael known. 
 Thatfaw the troubled Sea, and (hivering fled, 
 And fought to hide his froth. becurled head 
 Low in the earth, J or dans clear ft reams recoil. 
 As a faint Hoft that hath received the foil. 
 The high, huge-bellied Mountains skip like Rams 
 Amongft their Ews, the little Hills like Lambs. 
 Why fled the Ocean ? And why skipt the Mountains ? 
 Why turned Jordan toward hisChryftal Fountains? 
 Shake earth, and at the prefence be agaft 
 Of him that ever was, and ay (halllaft. 
 That glaffy flouds from rugged rocks can crufh, 
 And make foft rills from fiery flint- ftones gu(h. 
 
 Ff4m 
 
(14) 
 
 LEt us with a gkdfom mind " 
 Praifc the Lord^ for he is kind 
 For his mercies ay endure. 
 Ever faithfully ever fure. 
 Let us blaze his Name abroad^ 
 For of gods he is the God v 
 For hiSj &ۥ 
 
 O let us his praifes tell, 
 Who doth the wrathful! tyrants queli 
 For his, &C4 
 
 Who with his miracles doth make 
 Amazed Heav'n and Earth to Ibake. 
 For his, &c» 
 
 Who by his wifdom did create 
 The painted Heav'ns fo full of ftate# 
 For his, &c» 
 
 Who did the folid Earth ordain 
 To rife above the watry plain» 
 For his, &c» 
 
 Who by his all-commanding might, 
 Did fill the new-m.ade world wUh lights 
 F or hiSj &c* 
 
U5; 
 
 And caused the Golden-treffed Sun, 
 All the day long his courfe to run. 
 For his, &c* 
 
 The horned Moon to (hine by night, 
 Amongft her fpangled fiflers bright. 
 For his, &c. 
 
 He with his thunder- clafping hand. 
 Smote the firft-born of Egy^t Land, 
 For his, &C0 
 
 And in defpight of Tharao fell, 
 He brought from thence \\\sI^rMU 
 
 For, &c. 
 
 The ruddy waves he cleft in twain. 
 Of the Erytbr£an main. 
 For, &c» 
 
 The flouds ftood ftill like Walls of Glafj, 
 While the Hebrew Bands did pafs. 
 For, &c. 
 
 But full foon they did devout 
 
 The Tawny King with all his power/ 
 
 His 
 
His chofcn people he did blefi 
 In the waftfuU Wildernefs. 
 For, &c. 
 
 In bloudy battel he brought down* 
 Kings of prowefs and renown» 
 For, &c. 
 
 He foild bold Seon and bis hoftJ 
 . That rul'd the Amorrean coaftj 
 For, &c. 
 
 And large- limbM Og he did fubduc. 
 With all his over- hardy crew» 
 
 For^c^c* 
 
 And to his Servant IfraeU 
 He gave their Land therein to dwelL 
 For) &ۥ 
 
 He hath with a piteous eye 
 Beheld us in in our mifery. 
 For, &c. 
 
 And freed us from the flavery 
 Of the invading enemy. 
 For, &c^ 
 
 All 
 
All living creatures he doth feed, 
 And with full haodfupplies their need.^ 
 
 For, &e. 
 Let us therefore warble foxth 
 His mighty Majefty and wortbi 
 
 For,e^r. 
 That his manfion hath on high 
 Above the reach of mortal eye. 
 
 For his mercies ay endure, 
 
 Ever faithful!, ever furc^ 
 
 Anno atatis tj* 
 On the Death of a fair Infant dying pfa Cough ^ 
 
 I. 
 
 OFaireft flower no fooncr blown but blafted, 
 Soft fiiken Primrofe fading timelefslie. 
 Summers chiq( honour if thou hadft out-lafted, 
 Bleak winter5 force that made thy bloifome drie i 
 For he being amorous on that lovely die 
 
 That did thy cheek envermeil, thought to kifs 
 But kiird adas, and then bewayPd his fatal blifs^ 
 
 U. 
 For finde grim Aqailo his charioter '•'■ 
 
 By bovftfous rape th* Athenian damfel got. 
 
 He thought it toucht his Peitie full neer^ 
 
 B If 
 
If like wife he fome fair one wedded not, '''^ 
 
 Thereby to wipe away th^iirfamous blot; 
 
 Of long-uncoupled bed, and childlefs eld, 
 Which'nnongft the wanton gods a foul-reproaflhuwasJieWJ 
 
 ill. ' vf).(ily!v:5h?rnpiH 
 So nnounting up in ycie-pearled carr, . ' 
 
 Through middle empire of jlie freezing aire 
 He wanderd long, till thee hefpy'd from fet r*, : 
 There ended was his queft, thcife ceaft his care* 
 Down he defcended from his Snow-€bft diaire;, 
 
 Buf-rikinw^res wkh4^i5€old-kind^mbra€C- - 
 UnhousM thy Virgiil,SouJifif(i)fti her fair biding place* 
 
 Yet art thou not inglorious iik thy fate v 
 
 For fo j4pdUo^\ynh un weet mg hand I 
 
 Whilome did' flay his d^rly-loved mate 
 
 Young Hyicm/&" born on E^Vi/j^ftrand " ' ' _ 
 
 Young Hyactnw the ptide ot Spatian land i . , 
 
 ^ 'I' -■"■■'» ^ i'-i ♦''■ ' '■ '''< ■'ij-^. *ini^''' 
 
 Bat then tranVfbrrn'd'nini to a purple flower 
 
 Alack tnatio tp a;ang^ xnee winter, had 'no PQ,\Y,^r., ^ 
 
 Ytt can I not perfwad^s rt^e WioU art'de^^i^a^^'H -ol 
 
 Or that thy coaife corrupts ih'ciirths dark^voml^^j 
 
 Or that thy beauties Ik in wotraie bc^ 
 
 ^ Hid 
 
0^1 
 
 Hid from the w^ifld iaa loiiy ^dvcd tgmht i 
 Could Heav'n for p^ftie thee fq (Iridly doom ? 
 Oh no ? for fometbing m thy face did (hine 
 ^J^vc mor^alitiethatiheiv'd, tl;>p|i waft divine* 
 
 VI, 
 Refolve me then ob Soul moft far el y bleft 
 ( If fo it be that thou ihefe plaints dojft hear ) 
 Tell me bright Spiifjt where e'r£thoij hovereft . 
 Whether above that high firft-moying Spheai^e:. n^ r^, / 
 Or in the Elifian fi^^ld^ ( if fuch there ,v^ere..) 
 Oh fay me ttpe if ;^c^ wert mortal wight 
 /And vyhy ftofln us fo quickly thou didft take thy flight» 
 
 vil. ' ■ 
 
 Wert thou foaaeStatr which fromthe ruin'd roof^j 
 
 Of fliak*t Olyi^apus by mifchanee. didft fall. 
 
 Which carefull Jsve in natures true behoofc 
 
 Took upj and ii; fit place did reinftall ?• 
 
 Or did of late earths So^yes befiege the wall 
 
 Of (heenie Heav'n^and thou fome goddefs fled 
 
 Amongft us here below tQ hide thy nedar'd.head. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Or wert thou that juft Maid who once before 
 
 Forfook the hatedearth, O tell me footh 
 
 And cam'ft again to vifit us once morti ? 
 
 B 2. Of 
 
Or vvcrl thou that fwcet fmiling Youth! 
 Orthat cowhM Matron fagc white-robed truth ? 
 
 Or any other of that hcav'nly brood 
 Let down in clowdie throne to do the world fomc goode 
 
 IX. 
 Or wert thou of the golden- winged hoaft, 
 Who having chd thy felf in humane weed. 
 To earth from thy prasfixed feat didfl poaft, 
 And after (hort abode flic back with fpeed. 
 As if to fliew what creatures Heav'n doth breed. 
 
 Thereby to (ct the hearts of men on fire 
 To fcorn the fordid world, and unto Heav'n af{Mre* 
 
 X, 
 But oh why didft thou not flay here below 
 To blefs us with thy hcav'n-lov'd innocence. 
 To flake his wrath whom fin hath made our foe 
 To turn Swifc-rufhing black perdition hence, 
 Or drive away (he flaughtering peftilencc. 
 
 To ftand 'twixt us and our deferved fmart 
 But thou canft beft perform that office where thou ait. 
 
 X L 
 
 Then thou the mother q(fo fweet a child 
 
 Her falfe imagined lofs ceafe to lament, 
 
 And wifely learrv to curb tby for rows wild i 
 
 Think 
 
 
Think what a prefent thou to God had fcnt, 
 And render him with patience what he lent 9 
 This if thou do he will ^n off-fpring give , 
 That till the worlds laft-end (hall o^ake thy name to live» 
 
 The ?ajf$on. 
 
 \. 
 
 ERe-whileof Mufick, and Ethereal mirth. 
 Wherewith the ftage of Ayr and Earth did ring, 
 And joyous news of heavenly Infants birth. 
 My mufe with Angels did divide to fing \ 
 But headlong joy is ever on the wing, 
 
 In Wintry folftice like the (hortn'd light 
 Soon fwallow'd up in dark and long out- living night* 
 
 ir. 
 
 For now to forrow muft I tune my fong, 
 And fet my Harp to notes of faddeft wo, 
 Which on our deareftLord did feafe er*e long. 
 Dangers, and fnares, and wrongs, and worfe then (b. 
 Which he for us did freely undergo. 
 
 Moft perfcdJ: H^roe^ try*d in heavieft plight 
 Of labours huge and hard, too hard for human wight* 
 
 B 3 III. He 
 
in. 
 
 He fcv'ran Prieft ftooping his reg^l head 
 
 That dropt with odorous oil down His Fair eyes. 
 
 Poor flefhly Tabernacle entered, 
 
 His ftarry front low-rooft beneath the skies •, 
 
 O what a mask was there, what a difguife ! 
 
 Yet more-, the ftroii:c dfjdekth hie muft abide, 
 
 Then lies him meekly down faft by hisBrethrens fide. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Thefe latefl fcenes confine my roving vers, 
 
 To this Hori^dn is my Phd^hus bound, 
 
 His Godlike ads ^ and his temptations fierce, 
 
 And former fufFeiings other where are found i 
 
 Loud o're the reft Cremona s Trump doth found i 
 
 Me {bfter airs befit, and fofter firings 
 
 Of LufCj or Viol ftill more apt for mournful thing?, 
 
 V. 
 
 Befriend me night beft Patroncfs of grief, ] 
 
 Over the Pole thy thickeft mantle throw, 
 
 And work my flatter'd fancy to belief, 
 
 That Heav'n and Earth arc cplour'd with my wo i 
 
 My forrows are too dark for day to know : 
 
 The leaves fliould all be black wheroni write. 
 
 And letters where niy tears have wafht a wanni(h white. 
 
 VIL See 
 
VI. 
 
 See fee the Chariot, andthofe rufhing wheel?. 
 
 That whirrd the Prophet up at Chebar flood, 
 
 MyfpiritfomtranfportingCj&er^ifeelSj 1 
 
 To bear me where the Towers of Salem (lood^ 
 
 Once glorious Towers, now funk in guiUlefs blood ? 
 
 There doth «[ly foul in holy vifion fit 
 
 In penfive trance, and anguilh, and ecftatick fir, 
 
 VII. 
 Mine eye hath found that fad Sepulchral rock 
 
 That was the Casket of Heav'ns richeft ftorc. 
 
 And here though grief my feeble hands up lock, 
 
 Yet on the foftned Qi^arry would I fcore 
 
 My plaining vers as lively as before j 
 
 For fure fo well inftru(Sed are my tears, 
 
 That they would fitly fall in ordcrM Characters. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Or (hould I thence hurried on viewles wing. 
 
 Take up a weeping on the Mountains wilde, 
 
 The gentle neighbourhood of grove and fpring 
 
 Would foon unbofomall their Echoes milde. 
 
 And I ( for grief is eafily bcguild ) 
 
 Might think th' infcdion of my forrows loud, 
 
 Had got a race of mourners on fom pregnant cloud. 
 
 This SubjCil the Author findini ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ y^^^^ ^^ kad^Tvhcn he 
 rf^mteit^ and'noPhAng fathfrd mth "wphat rpds begun^ left it m- 
 
(H) 
 Oh time, 
 
 FLy envious 7»me, fill thou run out thy race^ 
 Call on the lazy kadcn- ftepping hours, 
 Whofe fpeed is but the heavy Plummets pace > 
 And glut thy felf with what thy womb devours, 
 Which is no more then what is falfe and vain, 
 And meeriy mortal drofs > ' 
 
 So little is our lofs, 
 Solittfeis thy gain. 
 
 For when as each thing bad thou haft cntomb'd, 
 And laft of all thy greedy felf confiim'd^ 
 Then long Eternity (hall greet our blifs r.;. 
 
 With an iadividual ki(s \ - jtXT^ 
 
 And ]oy (hall overtake us as a flood, 
 When every tiling that is fincerely good 
 And peifedly divine^ 
 
 With Truth, and Peace, and Love (hall ever (hifle 
 About the fupreme Throne .l^jS 
 
 Of him, tVhofe happy-making fight alone, 
 When once our heav'nly-guided foul (hall clime. 
 Then all this Eartfiy grofnefs quit, 
 Attir'd with Stars, we (hall for ever fit, 
 Triumphing over Dcath,and Chance,and thee O Time. 
 
Y 
 
 Vpon the Circumcifton. - 
 E flaming Powers, and winged Warriours bright. 
 
 That crft with Mufick, and ti iumphant fong 
 Firft heard by happy watchful Shepherds car. 
 So fweetly fung your Joy the Clouds along 
 Through the foft filence of the liftVing night » 
 Now mourn) and if fad (hare with us to bear 
 Your fiery cfTence can diftill no tear» 
 Bum in your (Ighs, and borrow 
 Seas wept from our deep forrQw, 
 He who with all Heav'n$ heraldry whilear 
 Entered the world, now bleeds to give us cafe 5 
 Alas, how foon our Ho 
 Sore doth begin 
 
 His Infancy to^&afe ! 
 more exceeding love or law more juft ? 
 Juft law indeed, but more exceeding love ! 
 For we by rightful doom remedxles 
 Were loft in death, till he that dwelt above 
 High thron'd in fecret blifs, for us frail dufi 
 Emptied his glory, ev*n to nakedness 
 And that great Covenant which we ftill tranfgrefs 
 Intirely fatisfi'^d. 
 
 
 And 
 
(26) 
 
 And the full wrath befide 
 
 Of vengeful Juflice bore for our excefc. 
 
 And feats obedience fitft v^ith wounding frti4rt y 
 
 This day, but O eire long 
 
 Huge pangs and ftrong 
 
 Will pierce more near his heafrt. 
 
 ]i yiCi ;•. 
 
 At a folenffi JHnftck. 
 
 BLeft pair of Sinns^ pledges of Heav^tis joy, 
 Sphear-born harnaonious Sifters, Voice^ and Vef«, 
 Wed your divine founds, and mixt power emplqy 
 Dead things with inbreath'd fenfe able to pierce^ 
 And to our high-rais'd phantaGe^tefenf^ 
 That undLfturbed Song of pure concent. 
 Ay fung before the (aphire-colour*d throne 
 To hinrt that fits thereon 
 With Saintly (hour, and folemn Jubily, 
 Where the bright Seraphim in burning row 
 Their loud up-lifted Angel trumpets blow, 
 And the Cherubick hoft in thoufand quires , 
 Touch their immortal Harps of golden wires. 
 With thofe juft Spirits that wear vidorious Palm^, 
 
 Hymns devout and holy Pfalms 
 
 Singing 
 
(2>) 
 
 Singing everlaftingly i 
 
 That we on Earth with uhdilcotdihg vbifee 
 
 May rightly anfwer that melodious Woifc •, - --^ • = 
 
 Asoncewedid^tilldifprGpoctfon'd'fin '^ > ^' ' -'^ 
 
 Jarr'd againft natures chinfit, aiid with harfh did 
 
 Broke the fair n[)ufick that all creatutes made 
 
 To their great Lord, wh'ofe love their tnot ion fvvay^d 
 
 In perfet Diapafon^ whiltt they flood ^O 
 
 In firft obedience, and their flate of gobd. 
 
 O may we foon again renew that Song^ 
 
 And keep in time with Heav'^n, till God ere long • 
 
 To his celeftial confort us unite, 
 
 To live with him, and fing in endles morn oF light. 
 
 — : ■• U,— — - — — - 
 
 An Epitaph on the Marchionefs of Winchefier. 
 
 THis rich MarMe doth ehttrr 
 The honour'd Wife of Wimhcftcr^ 
 A Vicounts daughter/an'Ealrsheir, 
 Befides what her vertues fair 
 Added to her noble birth. 
 VIofe then (he could own from Earth, 
 5ummersthre€ times eight fave one 
 5he had lobV al^fs too foon. 
 
 After 
 
(28) 
 
 After fo (hort time of breath. 
 
 To houfe with darkne(s,and with death» 
 
 Yet had the number of her days 
 
 Bin as complcat as washer [^raife. 
 
 Nature and fate had had no firife 
 
 In giving limit to her life. 
 
 Her high birth, and her graces fweet» 
 
 Quickly found a lover meet 9 
 
 The Virgin quire for her requeft 
 
 The God that (its at marriage fcaft » 
 
 He at their invoking came 
 
 But with a fcarcc-weMightcd flame \ 
 
 And in his Garland as he fiood^ 
 
 Ye might di(cern a Cyprefs bud. 
 
 Once kad the early Matrons run 
 
 To greet her of a lovely fon. 
 
 And now with fccond hope (he goes. 
 
 And calk Lnctna to her throws > 
 
 But whether by mifchance or blame 
 
 Atropos for Lucina came > 
 
 And with remorfles cruelty, 
 
 SpoilM at once both fruit and tree : 
 
 The haples Babe before his birth 
 
 Had burial, yet not laid in casth> 
 
(39) 
 
 And the languilht Mothers Womb 
 
 Was not long a living Tomb* 
 
 So have I feen fome tender flip o ;i / 
 
 Sav'd with care from Winters nip, 
 
 The pride of her carnation train, 
 
 PIuck*t up by Ibm unheedy fwain. 
 
 Who oncly thought to crop the flowr 
 
 New fhot up from vernal (howr y 
 
 But the fair bloiTom hangs the head 
 
 Side- ways as on a dying bed, 
 
 And thofe Pearls of dew (he wears. 
 
 Prove to be prefaging tears 
 
 Which the (ad morn had let fell 
 
 On her haft'ning funcralL • ,:u. 
 
 Gentle Lady may thy grave 
 
 Peace and quiet ever have > 
 
 After this thy travel (ore -: < 
 
 Sweet reft feafe thee evermore, ^'j 
 
 That to give the world encreaCr, 
 
 Shortned haft thy own lives leafe i 
 
 Here,be(ides theforrowing 
 
 That thy noble Houfe doth brings 
 
 Here be tears of perfect moan 
 
 Weept for thee in thUcon, 
 
 .i LV.iX 
 
 And 
 
And fom Flowers, and feme Bays, ? 
 
 For thy Hears to ftrcw the ways. 
 
 Sent thee fronn the banks qf C^mw, ' 
 
 Devoted to thy vertuQttsoiame i // ry^^ft 
 
 Whilft thou bright Saintfa^h fil'ft ifl gloiy* 
 
 Next her much like to^heein ftory, ; : n 
 
 That fair Syrian Shepherdefs, ; // 
 
 Who after yeers of barrenntfe, /! 
 
 'Ilie highly favourM j%^;?i-iax? ' ^ - 3 
 
 To him that ferv'd for her l?i&foir?v-i - ^ • ' -j^^^ 
 
 And at her next birttemuch fifce tfceej ^-Ix;:) i 
 
 Through pangs fled to felicity->r ' ji c *^^-'^^' " 
 
 Far within the boofona bright '. hid r; i&m L .: / 
 
 Of blazing Majefl:y and Light, Vjjrjj/i ga?n'fl. O 
 
 There with thee, new welcomSjdntilt (im \b::J t»hn:>0 
 
 Like fortunes may her foul acqusnoty . / . uiup bn$ ^:>$iH 
 
 With ihec there clad in radiant ftLecti^v/.^i v;b ::!; ;ji\ ' 
 
 No Marchionefs, but nowaCJSJPCiai ? .?is:>l ii/i v:)j//S 
 
 >- M r i , i i. >i yrlf firi-j i ii imt ' iOf; J 
 
 I] .Icior^^^^i^^ 
 
!lil )i.i. 
 
 SONG. 
 
 NOw the bright' morning Star, ly^^ 
 Comes dancing from the Eaff^ and leads with hek 
 The Flowry May^ who froni her g,reeh lap throws 
 The yellow Cowflip, and the pale Primrbfe. 
 Hail bounteous May that doft inrpirc 
 Mirth and youth and warm defire, 
 Woods and Groves are of thy dreffing^ 
 
 Thu^H<§ff^lnt^ ihee wUh QUI early Spng> 
 And welcom thee, and wi(h thee long.- 
 
 Qn^shakejpear. 1630. 
 
 W Hat needs my Shakefpear for his hon 
 The labour of an age in plkd Stones, 
 Or that bis hallow'd reliques (hould be hid * 
 
 Under a Star-y pointing Fyramid ? 
 Dear fon of memory, great heir of Fame, 
 What iieed'ft thou fuch weak witncfs of thy name ? ^ 
 Thou in our wonder and aftonilhment 
 
 Haft built thy fclf aiivc-Icng Monument, 
 
 For 
 
Fof whilft to th' (hame of flow*encleavouring ai t. 
 Thy eafie numbers flow, and that each heart 
 Hath from the leaves of thy unvaluM Book) 
 Thofe Delphick lines with deep impreflion took, 
 Then thou our fancy of it felf bereaving, 
 Doft make us Marble with too much conceaving t 
 And fo Sepuleher'd in fuch pomp doft lie. 
 That Kings for fuch a Temb would wi(h to die. 
 
 On the Vniverftty Carrief^ whofickjtdin the time 
 of his vacancy^ being forbid to go to London, 
 
 by reafon of the Plague^ 
 
 HEre lies old Hobfon^ Death hath broke his girt. 
 And here alas, hath laid him in the dirt. 
 Or clfe tjp ways being foul, twenty to one, 
 He's hefe^ftuck in a flough, and overthrown. 
 'Twas fuch a ftiifter, that if truth were known, 
 Death was half glad when he had got him down v 
 For he had any time this ten yeers full, 
 0odg'd with him, betwixt C^wWdjje and the BulK 
 ft^nd furely, Death could never have prevaiPd, 
 
 UA not his weekly couifc of aarriage failM i 
 
 i(ut 
 
But lately finding him fo long at hotne. 
 
 And thinking now his journeys end was come. 
 
 And that he had tane up his lateft Inne, 
 
 In the kind office of a Channberlin 
 
 Shew'd him his room where he muft lodge that night, 
 
 Puird ofFhis Boots, and took away the light : 
 
 If any ask for him, it (hall be fed, 
 
 Hobfon has fupt^and's newly gon to bed. 
 
 Another on the fame. 
 
 HEre lieth one who did moft truly prove. 
 That he could never die while he could move. 
 So hung his deftiny never to rot 
 While he might ftill jogg on and keep his trot. 
 Made of fphear- metal, never to decay 
 Untill his revolution was at ftay. 
 Time numbers motion, yet (without a crime 
 'Gainft old truth) motion numbered out his time : 
 And like an Engin movM with wheel and waightj, 
 His principles being ceaft, he ended firait. 
 Reft that gives all men life, gave him his death, 
 And too much breathing put him out of breath ? 
 
 Nor 
 
. (34) 
 
 Nor were it con tradition to affirm 
 
 Too long vacation haftned on his (erm. 
 
 Meerly to drive the lime away he fickn^d, 
 
 Fainted, and diedj nor would with Ale be quicknM, 
 
 Nay J quoth he, on his fwooning bed out-ftretch'd, 
 
 If I may not carry, fure Tie ne're be fetch'd. 
 
 But vow though the crofs Dodlors all flood hearerSj 
 
 For one Carrier put down to make fix bearers* 
 
 Eafe was his chief difeafe, and to judge right. 
 
 He di'd for heavinefs that his Cart went light, 
 
 His leafure told him that his time was com, 
 
 And lack of load, made his life burdenfom, 
 
 That even to his laft breath (ther be that fay't) 
 
 As he were preft to death, he cry'd more waight y 
 
 But had his doings lafted as they were, 
 
 He had been an immortal Carrier. 
 
 Obedient to the Moon he fpent his date 
 
 In cours reciprocal, and had his fate 
 
 Linkt to the mutual flowing of the Seas, 
 
 Yet (ftrange to think) his wain was his increafe : 
 
 His Letters are delivered all and gon. 
 
 Only remains this fuperfcription. 
 
 V Allegro» 
 
(35) 
 
 l! AllegrQo 
 
 HEnCe loathed Melancholy 
 Of Cerherufy and blacked midnight born, 
 In Stygian Czvc (otloxn. 
 
 'Mongft horrid (hapes^and (hreiks, and fights unholy, 
 Find out feme uncouth cell, 
 
 Where brooding darknefs fpreads his jealous wings, 
 And the night- Raven fings i 
 
 There under Ebon (hades^ and low-brow'd Rocks, 
 As ragged as thy Locks^ 
 
 In dark Cimmerian defert ever dwell. 
 But com thou Goddefs fair and free, 
 In Heav'n ycleap'd Euphrofym, 
 And by men, heart- eafing Mirth^ 
 Whom lovely Fenur at a birth 
 Wich two fitter Graces more 
 To Ivy- crowned Bacchus bore v 
 Or whether ( as fom Sager fing ) 
 The frolick Wind that breathes the Spring, 
 Zefhir with Anrora playing, 
 As he met her once a Maying, 
 There on Beds of Violets blew. 
 And frcQi-blown Rofes waiht in dew, 
 
 c 7^ rm 
 
(36) 
 
 Fiird her with thee a daughter fair, 
 So buckfom, With, and debonair. 
 Hafte thee nymph, and bring with thee 
 Jeft and youthful Jollity, 
 Qi^ips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, 
 Nods, and Becks, and Wreathed Smiles, 
 Such as hang on Hebe^s cheek. 
 And love to live in dimple fleek^ 
 Sport that wrincled Care derides, 
 And Laughter holding both his fides^ 
 Com, and trip it as you go 
 On the light fantaftick toe, 
 And in thy right hand lead with thee. 
 The Mountain Nymph, fweet Liberty v 
 And if I give thee honour due, 
 Mirth, admit me of thy crue 
 To live with her, and live with thee. 
 In unreproved pltafures free 9 
 To hear the Lark begin his flight. 
 And finging ftartle the dull night, 
 From his watch- towre in the skies, 
 Till the dappled dawn doth rife i 
 Then to com in fpight of forrow. 
 And at my window bid good morrow, 
 
 Though 
 
(37) 
 
 Through the Sweet-Briar, or the Vine^ 
 
 Or the tvrifted Eglantine. 
 
 While the Cock with lively din, 
 
 Scatters the rear of darknes thin. 
 
 And to the ftack, or the Barn dore, 
 
 Stoutly ftruts his Dannes befcwre, 
 
 Oft lift'ning how the Hounds and Horn 
 
 Chearly roufe the flumbring morn, 
 
 From the fide of fom Hoar Hill, 
 
 Through the high wood echoing (hrill. 
 
 Som time walking not unfeen 
 
 By Hedge- row Elms, on Hillocks green, 
 
 Right againft the Eaftern gate. 
 
 Where the great Sun begins his ftate, 
 
 Roab*d in flames, and Amber light. 
 
 The clouds in thoufand Liveries dight. 
 
 While the Plowman neer at hand, 
 
 Whittles ore the Furrow'd Land, 
 
 And the Milkmaid fingeth blithe, 
 
 And the Mower whets his fithe, 
 
 And every Shepherd tells his tale 
 
 Under the Hawthorn in the dale. 
 
 Streit mine eye hath caught ne w ple afures 
 
 Whilft the Lantskip round it meafures, 
 
 C ^ RuflTct 
 
(38) 
 
 Ruffet LawnSj and rFallows Gray, 
 Where the nibling flocks do ftray. 
 Mountains on whofe barren breft 
 The labouring clouds do often reft : 
 Meadows trim with DaiGes pide. 
 Shallow Brooks, and Rivers wide. 
 Towers, and Battlements it fees 
 Boofom'd high in tufted Trees, 
 Wher perhaps fom beauty lies. 
 The Cynofure of neighbouring eyes. 
 Hard by, a Cottage chimney fnioke^. 
 From betwixt two aged Okes, 
 "Where Corydon and ^hyr^u met. 
 Are at their favory dinner kt 
 Of Hearbs, and other Country Meffes, 
 Which the neat-handed Willis dreffes i 
 And then in hafte her Bowre (he leaves^ 
 With Tbejlylis to bind the Sheaves*, 
 Or if the earlier feafon lead 
 To the tann'd Haycock in the Mead^ 
 Some times with fecure delight 
 The up-Iand Hamlets will invite, 
 When the merry Bells ring round.^ 
 And the jocond rebecks found 
 
 To 
 
Q39; 
 To many a youth, and many a maid, 
 
 Dancing in the Chequer'd (hade i 
 
 And young and old com forth to play 
 
 On a Sunlhine Holyday, 
 
 Till the live-long day-light fail, 
 
 Then to the Spicy Nut-brown Ale, 
 
 With ftories told of many a feat. 
 
 How Faery Mab the junkets eat, 
 
 She was pincht, and puU'd (he (ed. 
 
 And by the Friars Lanthorn led 
 
 Tells how the drudging Goblin fwef. 
 
 To ern his Cream-bowle duly kt^ 
 
 When in one night, ere glimps of morn, 
 
 His (hadowy Flale hath threfliM the Corn, 
 
 That ten day-labourers could not end, 
 
 Then lies him down the Lubbar Fend. 
 
 And firetch'd out all the Chimney's length-^ 
 
 Basks at the fire his hairy ftrength i 
 
 And Grop-full out of dores he flings 
 
 Ere the firft Cock his Mattin rings. 
 
 Thus done the Talcs, to bed they creep, 
 
 By whifpering Winds foon lull'd aileep* 
 
 Towred Cities pleafe us then, » 
 
 And the bufiehumm of men, 
 
 C 4 Where 
 
(40) 
 
 Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, 
 
 In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold. 
 
 With fiore of Ladies, whofe bright eies 
 
 Rain influence, and judge the prife, 
 
 Of Wif^ or Arms, while both contend 
 
 To win her Grace, whom all commend. 
 
 There let Hymen oft appear 
 
 In Saffron robe, with Taper clear. 
 
 And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, 
 
 With mask, and antique Pageantry, 
 
 Such fights as youthful Poets dream 
 
 On Summer eeres by haunted ftream» 
 
 Then to the well-trod ftage anon, 
 
 U Jo'rifoHS learned Sock be on, 
 
 Or fweeteft Sbak^fpar fancies childe, 
 
 Warble his native Wood-notes wilde, 
 
 And ever againft eating Cares, 
 
 Lap me in foft Lydian Aires, 
 
 Married to immortal verfe 
 
 Such as the meeting foul may pierce 
 
 In notes, with many a winding bout 
 
 Of lincked fweetnefs long drawn out. 
 
 With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, 
 
 The melting voice through mazes running » 
 
 , Untwifting 
 
Untwifting all the chains that tf 
 The hidden foul of harmony. 
 That Orpheus felf may heave his head 
 From golden (lumber on a bed 
 Of heapt Elyfian flowres, and hear 
 Such ftreins as would have won the ear 
 Of Plnfo^ to have quite fet free 
 His half regain'd Earydice. 
 Thefe delights, if thou canft give, 
 Mirth with thee, I mean to live. 
 
 // Tenferofo. 
 
 PTEnce vain deluding joyes, 
 *• ■*' The brood of folly without father bred. 
 How little you befted, 
 
 Or fill the fixed mind with all your toyes ; 
 Dwell in fome idle brain, 
 
 And fancies fond with gaudy fliapes pofTefs, 
 ! As thick and numberlefs 
 
 As the gay motes that people the Sun Beams, 
 Or likeft hovering dreams 
 The fickle Pcnfioners o^Mofphm train • 
 
 But 
 
(45) 
 
 But hail thou Goddefs, fage and holy. 
 
 Hail divined Melancholy, 
 
 Whofe Saintly vifagc is too bright 
 
 To hit the Senfe of human fight , 
 
 And therefore to our weaker view. 
 
 Ore laid with black ftaid Wifdoms hue. 
 
 Black, but fuch as in efteem, 
 
 Prince MemnonsCiRct might befeem, 
 
 Or that ftarr'd Ethiope Queen that ftrove 
 
 To fct her beauties praife above 
 
 The Sea Nymphs, and their powers offended. 
 
 Yet thou art higher far defcended. 
 
 Thee bright-hair'd Vejia long of yore,' 
 
 To folitary Saium bore y 
 
 His daughter fhe ( in S alums raign. 
 
 Such mixture was not held a fiain) 
 
 Oft in glimmering Bowres, and glades 
 
 He met her, and in fecret (hades 
 
 Of woody Ida\ inmoft grove. 
 
 While yet there was so fear of Jove^ 
 
 Com penfive Nun, devout and pure, 
 
 Sober, ftedfaft, aod demure. 
 
 All in a robe of darkeft grain^ 
 
 Flowing with majeftick train^ 
 
 And 
 
(43) 
 
 And fable ftole ofCifres Lawn, 
 
 Over thy decent (boulders drawn* 
 
 Com, but keep thy wonted ftate. 
 
 With eev*n ftep, and mufing gate. 
 
 And looks conimercing with the skies 
 
 Thy rapt foul fitting in thine eyes : 
 
 There held in holy pafiion ftill. 
 
 Forget thy felf to Marble , till 
 
 With a fad Leaden downward caft, 
 
 Thou fix them on the earth as faft. 
 
 And joyn with thee calm Peace, and Quicf^ 
 
 Spare Faft, that oft with gods doth diet, 
 
 And hears the Mufes in a ring, 
 
 Ay round about Jovei Altar fing* 
 
 And adde to thefe retired leafurei 
 
 That in trim Gardens takes his pleafure> 
 
 But firft, and chiefeft, with thee bring, 
 
 Him that yon foars on golden wing, 
 
 Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, 
 
 The Cherub Contemplation, 
 
 And the mute Silence hift along, 
 
 'Lefs PhUoml will deign a Song, 
 
 In her fwecteft, faddeft plight, 
 
 Smoothing the rugged brow of night. 
 
 While 
 
VJhikCyrtthia checks her Dragon yoke, 
 
 Gently o*re th'accuftom'd Oke h 
 
 Sweet Bird that ftiunn'ft the noife of folly, 
 
 Mod mufical, moft Melancholy ! 
 
 Thee Chauntrefs oft the Woods amopg, 
 
 I woo to hear thy Even- Song h 
 
 And miffing thee, I walk unfeen 
 
 On the dry fmooth- (haven Green, 
 
 To behold the wandring Moon, 
 
 Riding neer her higheft noon^ 
 
 Like one that had bin led aftray 
 
 Through the Heav'ns wide pathles way ", 
 
 And oft^ as if her head fhe bowM, 
 
 Stooping through a fleecy cloud. 
 
 Oft on a Plat of rifing ground, 
 
 I hear the far-off C«r/e« found, 
 
 Over (bme wide-water'd (hoar. 
 
 Swinging flow withfullen roar > 
 
 Or if the Ayr will not permit, 
 
 Som ftill removed place will fit. 
 
 Where glowing Embers through the room 
 
 Teach light to counterfeit a gloom. 
 
 Far from all refort of mirth. 
 
 Save the Cricket on the hearth. 
 
 Or 
 
C45) 
 
 Or the Belmans drowfie charm. 
 To blefs the dores from nightly harm : 
 Or let my Lamp at midnight hour. 
 Be fecn in fome high lonely Towr, 
 Where I may oft out-watch the Bear^ 
 With thrice great Hermes^ or ur/phear. 
 The fpirit of ?hto to unfold . 
 What Worlds, or what vaft Regions hold 
 The immortal mind that hath forfook 
 Her manfion in this fleflily nook : 
 And of thofe V^mons that are found 
 In fire, air, flood, or under ground, 
 Whofe power hath a trueconfent 
 With Planet, or with Elecient. 
 Som time let Gorgeous Tragedy 
 In Sceptei'd Pall com fweeping by, 
 Prefenting 7hchs, or Pelops line, 
 Or the tale oitroy divine. 
 Or what r though rare) of l^ter age, 
 Ennobled hath the Buskind ftage. 
 But,0 fad Virgin, that thy power 
 Might raife Mnfens from his bower, 
 Or bid the foul of Orpheus fing 
 Such notes as warbled to the firing, 
 
 Drew 
 
(46) 
 
 Drew Iron tears down Plmo^s cheek, 
 And made Hell grant what Love did feekJ 
 Or call up him that left half told 
 The ftory oiCamhufcan bold, 
 Of Camha% and of Algarjife^ 
 And who had Canace to wife, 
 That ownM the vertuous Ring and Glafs^ 
 And of the wondrous Hors of Brafs, 
 On which the Tartar King did ride i 
 And if ought els, great Bards befide, 
 In fage and folemn tunes have fung, 
 Of Turneys and of Trophies hung > 
 Of Forefts, and inchantments drear. 
 Where more is meant then meets the ear. 
 Thus night oft fee me in thy pale career. 
 Till civil-fuited Morn appeer, 
 Not frickt and frounc't as (he was wont^ 
 With the Attick Boy to hunt, 
 But Cherchef't in a comely Cloud, 
 While rocking Winds are Piping loud, 
 Or ufher'd with a (hower ftill, 
 When the guft hath blown his fill, 
 Ending on the rufsling Leaves, 
 VViih minute drops from off the Eaves* 
 
 And 
 
(47) 
 
 And when the Sun begins to fling 
 
 His flaring beams, me Goddefs bring 
 
 To arched walks of twihght groves, 
 
 And fliadows brown that Sylvan loves 
 
 Of Pine, or monumental Oake, 
 
 Where the rude Ax with heaved firoke, 
 
 Wa:s never heard the Nymphs to daunr. 
 
 Or fright them from their hallowM haunt. 
 
 There in clofe covert by fome Brook, 
 
 Where no prophaner eye may look, 
 
 Hide me from Day's garifh eie. 
 
 While the Bee with Honied thie. 
 
 That at her flowry work doth fing. 
 
 And the Waters murmuring 
 
 With fuch confort as they keep, 
 
 Entice the dewy-feather 'd Sleep , 
 
 And let fom firange myfterious dream, 
 
 Wave at his Wings in Airy flrcam, 
 
 Of lively portrature difplay'd. 
 
 Softly on my eye- lids laid. 
 
 And as I wake, fweet mufick breath 
 
 Above, about, or underneath, 
 
 Sent by fom fpirit to mortals good. 
 
 Of th'unfeen Genius of the Wood, 
 
 But 
 
(4») 
 But let my due feet never fail, 
 To walk the ftudious Cloyfters pale* 
 And love the high embowed Roof, 
 With antick Pillars maffy proof, 
 And fior ied W indo ws richly dight, 'f 
 Cafting a diram religious light. 
 There let the pealing Organ blow, 
 To the full voiced Quire below. 
 In Service high, and Anthems cleer. 
 As may with fweetnefs, through mine car, 
 Diflblve me intoextafies. 
 And bring all Heav'n before mine eyes. 
 And may at laft my weary age 
 Find out the peacefull hermitage, 
 The Hairy Gown and MoffyCell, 
 Where I may lit and rightly fpell 
 Of every Star that Heav'n doth (hew, 
 And every Herb that lips the dew i 
 Till old experience do attain 
 To fometliiDg like Prophetic ftrain. 
 Thefe pleafures Melancholy give. 
 And I with thee will choofe to livi. 
 
 SONNETS. 
 
a?) 
 
 SONNETS. ] 
 
 O Nightingale, that oti yon bloomy Spray 
 Warbrft at cevc, when all the Woods arc ftill^ 
 Thou with frefti hope the Lovers heart doft fill, 
 While the jolly hours lead on propitious Mcty^ 
 
 Thy liquid notes that clofe the eye of Day, 
 Firff heard before the (hallow Cuccoo'S bill 
 Portend fuccefs in love i O iijovis will 
 Have linkt that anwrous power to thy foft lay^ 
 
 Now timely fing, ere the rude Bird of Hate 
 
 Foretell my hopelcs doom in fom Grove ny : 
 
 As thou from year to year haft fung tod late 
 
 For my reliefs yet hadft noreafon why. 
 Whether the Mufe, or Love call thee his mate. 
 
 Both them I ferve, and of their train am I* 
 
 Vonns leggiadra il cut bel notnt honora 
 
 Vberbofa val di Rhcnoy i H nobilvarco^ 
 I Bene e colui d'ogni valort fcarcQ 
 Qud $Ho ffirto gentil non innamors^ 
 
 Cbi dolcttmmt mofirafi difnora 
 t>i fni mi fifavi g^mai ftfrcQ^ 
 
 I 
 
^5o; 
 
 £ i don\ cheJoH d^amor fdette id arco* 
 La onde V aha Ut^yh^HsS^i^dt^^ <^\ ^ 
 
 Quando tu vaga^arli-^ o Ikta canii 
 Che mover pojfa dmo alpeftrt Ugnoj 
 Cuardi cigfcun a gli bcchi^id a gli orecchi 
 
 L'entratay chi di ie ft trmva^ indegno \ 
 
 Gratia fd^di fn gltva^ia^inanti^^^^ '**'*'" 
 
 CheH diftoi^Qrofo al cHotJ-mvecchi*-'' v'^ < 
 
 / „:.i : . -411. - ^ "■^-'■^^ 
 
 ^al in coVela^rd^ alimhrunirdi J era 
 Vavezza giovinetta pdfiordla 
 Va bagnando, rherbettaftrana ebella 
 Che malfifpande a difitfata /per a 
 
 Fuor di fua natia alma primavcra^ 
 Cofi amor meco infu la lingua fnella 
 VefiailfiormvodijiramM^fdveUa^ 
 Mentreie dite^ vezzofamente altera'^ 
 
 Canto^ dal mio 'buon popol non imefo 
 E^l be I 'tamigi caytgio col hel Arm* 
 Amor lo volfe^ ed i» a Valtruipefo 
 
 Seppi ch* Amor cofa mai volfe indarno. 
 Veh! fofi'il mio cuor lentbY^duro fern 
 A chipiantadal cielfi huorifemm. 
 
 Canzone. 
 
 ■p^ 
 
(5») 
 
 Canzone. * ^ 
 
 Rldonfi dome e giovdni afnorofi '^ 
 
 M* accojlandofi attornoj eptrche jhrivi^ 
 Perche tn fcrivi in lingH^ igfiota t flraMt\ v: *> ..';'./. \. 
 Verfegglando d^Atn^^ jtamit t^vfi.hw^ :hv.\ 
 'Dinne^ fe la tna Jpemcfta mat vana^ 
 E depcnfieri lo miglior t' arrivi \ 
 Cofi mi van hurl ando^ dim rivi 
 Altri lidi t^afpettan'i & alirc ondi \< y-- 
 Nelle cui verdi fpaiidt^ ' '^ * * '^ - 
 
 Spftntati ad hor^ ad hot i laiua chhma^^ --> - '^^ 
 
 V immortal guiderdon d'etcrnt ffefidi^' ' '^^' ' ^ * '^*^"^^A 
 Ferche alle fpalle tue foverchia foma ? 
 
 Canzon dirotti, e ttt per me rifpondi 
 Vice mis Vonna, el fno'dir^ eil mio cnore 
 ^efta e lingua di cui ft vanta Amore. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Diddati^ete^ldire conmaravigliay ■ --^ 
 
 ^el ritrofo to ch*amor fpreggiar folta -. ^ K 
 
 E defuoi lacci fpejfo mi ride a 
 
 Giacaddi^ ovhuom dabben talhor s'impiglis^ 
 
 Ne treccie d*oro^ m guancia vermiglia * 
 
 M* ahhaglian /J, ma fotto nova idea 
 
 Tellegrina bellezza cbel cuor heay 
 
 Portainemi alii homjii; e nelle ciglia 
 
 D a ^a 
 
Quel fereno fulgor d* amahilnero^ 
 Parole adorne di lingua piu d'uHat 
 E'l cantar che di mezzo Vbemtffeto 
 
 Ttraviar benpno lafaticofa Luna; ; 
 E degli occhi fuoi auvemafigranfuoe» 
 Cbe rinctrar gli oreccbi mifia foco^ 
 V. 
 
 Ver cifto i bci vqftr'occbi^ Vonna mia 
 Effer mn puo cbe non fian lo mio fuh 
 Si mi fercHOtoH forte ^ cdme ei fuole 
 Per farene di Libia cbt iitwia^ 
 
 Memre hh caldo vapor (nefemi pria) 
 Va quel latoftfpinge ove mi duole^ 
 Cheforfe amanti mile lor parole 
 Chiaman fojpir y io nonfo chefi fia : 
 
 Parte rincbiufa^ e turbidafi cela 
 
 Scojfo mi ilpctto^ epoi nufcendopoco 
 §luivi £attorno o s'agghiaccia^ o s^ingitla \ 
 
 Ma qnanto a gli occhi giunge e trovar Iqcq 
 'Jttitte le Hdtti a me fuol far piovofe 
 Fincbe mia Alba rivien colma di rofe* 
 VI. 
 
 Giovane piano ^ejcmplicetto amante 
 Pii cheftiggir me fl^Jfo induhbio fono^ 
 
 Madonna 
 
(53) 
 
 Madonna a vol del mio euor Vbumil dona ] 
 
 Faro divoto i to certo a prove tame 
 Vhebbifedekj intrepido^ cojlante, 
 
 Ve penfierileggiadroy accorto^ e buono > 
 
 ^ando THgge ilgran mondo-y efcocca il iu§noy 
 
 S^arma dife^ £ intero diamante-^ 
 7anto del forfe^ e £ invidia ficnroj 
 
 J)i timori^ t fferanzt alp3pol ufe 
 
 ^anto d'ingegnoy t £ alto valor vagOj ' " ' ^ ' 
 
 E di cetra fonora , e delle mnfe : 
 
 Sol troverete in tal parte men duro 
 
 Ove amor mife Vinfanabtl ago. 
 VI I. 
 How foon hath time the futtle theef of youth, 
 
 Soln on his wing my three and twentieth yeer ! 
 
 My hafting dayes file on with full career, 
 
 Bat my late fpring no bud or bloffom (hew'th* 
 Perhaps my femblance might deceive the truth, 
 
 That I to manhood am arrivM fo near. 
 
 And inward ripenes doth much kfs appear, 
 
 That fom more timely-happy fpirits indu'th* 
 Yet be it lefs or more, or foon or flow, 
 
 It (hall be ftill in Oridtft meafure eev'n, 
 
 To that fara; lot, however mean or high^ 
 
 D 3 Toward 
 
C5>) 
 
 Toward which Time leads me, atid the wiU of EJfay'n » 
 All is, if I have grace,tp ufe it (9, 
 As ever in my great task Matters eye^^ .iHVj-\wi:f; 1 
 
 vui. 
 
 Captain or Cplopd,or Knight laAjms, 
 
 Whofe chance on thcfe defencelefs dores^j^f^af^i 
 If deed of honour did thee ever plcafe, :vv3 Ss^ ^^^ V 
 Guard them, and him within proteft frona h4?ftis. 
 
 He can requite thee, for he knows the charms 
 That call Fame on fuch gentle ads as thefe. 
 And he can fpred thy Nime o're Lands and S^^as, 
 What ever clime the Suns bright circle, v^^arnjs.. , ' 
 
 Lift not thy fpear againft the Mufes Bowre, 
 
 The great Emathian Conqueror bid fpare 
 
 Thethoufe of Pindaruj^ when Temple and Towre 
 
 Went to the ground : And the repeated air -ifA, 
 Of hd EieSira's Poet had the ppwer -^l ym iuS 
 To fave th' Athenian Walls frpra ruine bare. 
 
 IX. -r. luriT 
 
 Lady that in the primeof earlieft youthj. b^twnt h^u'^. 
 
 Wifely haft (hun'd'the broad way and thegreirt,"-'^^ 
 
 And with thofc few art eminently feen, . .. - : 
 
 That labour up. the Hill of heavenly Trutlf,d Ih-^^ )^ 
 
 The better pytjwU]^ Mjrj and v;itb K^ • 
 
 Yy^^j "' Chofcn 
 
C55) 
 Chofcn thou haft, and they thae overwcen, 
 And at thy growing vcrtues fret their fpleen, 
 No anger find in thee, but pity and ruth. 
 
 Thy care is fixt and lealoufly attends 
 
 To fill thy odorous Lamp with deeds of Hgfrt^ 
 And Hope that reaps not (hame. Therefore be fure 
 
 Thou, when the Bridegroom with his feaftfufl friends 
 PafTcs to blifs at the mid hour of night,* ' ' ^ 
 Haft gain'd thy entrance, Virgin wife and pure. 
 X. 
 
 Daughter to that ggod Earl, once Prefident 
 Of Englands Counfcl, and her Treafury, 
 Who liv'd in both, unftain'd with gold or fee. 
 And left them both, more in himfelf consent, 
 
 Till the fad breaking of that Parlament 
 Broke him, as that difhoneft vitSory 
 At Cb£roneay fatal to liberty 
 Kill'd with report that Old man eloquent, 
 
 Though later born, then to have known the dayes 
 Wherin your Father flourifht) yet by you, 
 Madam, me thinks I fee him living yet \ 
 
 So well your words his noble vermes pi^aife, 
 
 That all both judge you to relate them true, 
 
 And to poffefs them^HonourM Margaret*^ 
 
 D 4 XI. A 
 
C$6; 
 
 XL 
 
 A Book was was writ of late called teiracbwdon i 
 And wov*n dofe, both matter, form and fiile ^ 
 The Subjed new : it walk'd the Town a while, 
 Numbring good intelle As 9 now feldom por*d on» 
 
 Cries the ftall-reader, blefs qs! what a word on 
 A title page is this f and fome in file 
 Stand fpelling fals, while one might walk to Mile- 
 End Green» Why is harder Sirs then Gordon^ 
 
 Coliktto, or Macdonnel^orGalafp > 
 Thofe rugged names to our like mouths grow flcefc 
 That would have niade ^jinntilian ftare and gafp. 
 
 Thy age, like ours, O Soul of Sir ^obn GieeJS^, 
 Hated not Learning wors then Toad or Afp h f Greek; 
 When thou taught'ft Cambridge^ and King EdtPard 
 XI L Oh tbe fame. 
 
 I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs 
 By the known rules of antient libcrtie, 
 When ftrait a barbarous noife environs me 
 Of Owlesand Cuckoes, Affes, ApesandDoggs. 
 
 As when thofe Hinds that were transform^ toFroggs 
 
 Raild sit Latonai twin-born progenie 
 
 Which after held the Sun and Moon in fee. 
 
 But this is got ^y cafting Pearl to Hoggs \ 
 
 That 
 
(57) 
 
 That bawle for freedom in their fencclefs mood, 
 And ftill revolt when truth would fer them free* 
 Licence they mean when they ciy libertic v 
 
 For who loves that, muft firft be wife and good i 
 Put from that mark how far they roave we ict 
 For all this waft of wtalth^and iofs of blood. 
 
 7*0 Mr. U. LawcSj on his Aires , 
 
 XI If. 
 
 Hatty whofc tuneful and well meafurM Song 
 Firft taught our Englift» Mufick how to fpan 
 Words with juft note and accent, not to fcan 
 With Midas Ears, committing (hort and long -, 
 
 Thy worth and skill exempts thee from the throng. 
 With praife enough for Envy to look wan i 
 To after age thou (halt be writ the man , 
 That with fmooth aire couldft humor beft our tongi .• 
 
 Thou honour*ft Verfe, and Verfe muft fend her wing 
 To honour thee, the Pricft of Photbus Qmtt 
 That tun'ft their happieft lines in Hymn, or Story* 
 
 Vanti ftiall give Fame leave to fet thee higher 
 T^hen his Cafella^ whom he woo'd to fing 
 Met in the milder (hades of Purgatory. 
 
 X IV. When 
 
(58) 
 
 XIV. 
 
 when Faith and Love which parted from thee never. 
 Had ripen'd thy jnft foul to dwell with God, 
 Meekly thou didft refign this earthy load 
 Of Death, call'd Life s which us from Life doth fever. 
 
 Thy Works and Alms and all thy good Endeavour 
 Staid not behind, nor in the grave were trod > 
 But as Faith pointed with her golden rod, 
 Foll#w'd thee up to joy and blifs for ever. 
 
 Love led them on, and Faith wl^ knew them bcft 
 Thy hand-maids, clad them o're with purple beams 
 And azure wings, that up they flew fo dreft, 
 
 And fpeak the truth of thee on glorious Theams 
 Before the Judge, who thenceforth bid thee reft 
 And drink thy fill of pure immortal ftreams. 
 
 On the late Majfacher in Piemont. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Avenge O Lord thy flaughter'd Saints, whofe bones 
 Lie fcatterM on the Alpine mountains cold, 
 Ev'n them who kept thy truth fopure of old 
 When all our Fathers wor(hip*t Stocks and Stones, 
 
 Forget not : in thy book record their groanes 
 
 Who were thy Sheep and in their antient Fold 
 
 Slain 
 
(59) 
 
 Slayn by the bloody T^iemomefe that roird 
 Mother with Infant down the Rockf, Their moans 
 The Vales redoubl'd to the Hills, and they 
 To Heav'n. Their martyr'd blood and afties fo 
 O're all th* Italian fields where ftill doth fway 
 The triple Tyrant : ih^t. from thefe may grow 
 A hunder'd-foldj who having^leirnt thy way 
 Early may fly ihcBabylonhn wo. 
 ... XVI. 
 
 When I corvfider how my light is fpent, 
 E're half my days, in this dark world and wide. 
 And that one Talent which is death to hide., 
 Lodg'd with me ufelefs^ though my Soul more bent 
 To ferve therewith my Maker, and prefent 
 My true account, lead he returning chide. 
 Doth God exa6t day- labour, light deny 'd, 
 I fondlyj ask v But patience to prevent 
 That murmur, foon replies, God doth not need 
 Either man's work or his own gifts, who beft 
 Bear his nailde yoak, they ferve him beft, his Scate 
 Is Kingly.- Thoufandsat his bidding fpeed 
 And poll: ©'re Land and Ocean without reft : 
 They alfo ferve who only'lhnd and waite. 
 
 XVII. 
 
C6o) 
 
 XVIL 
 
 X^iWYKeeof vertuous Father vertuousSon, 
 
 Now that the Fields are dank, and ways are mirCj 
 Where (hall wc fometimes meet^ and by the fire 
 Help waft a fallen day ^ what may be won 
 
 From the hard Scafon gaining : time will run 
 On finoother, till fsvomm re-infpirc 
 The frozen earth j and cloth in fre(h attire 
 The Lillie and Rofe,that neither fow'd nor fpun. 
 
 What neat repaft (hall fcaft us, light and choice. 
 Of Attick taft, with Wine, whence we may rife 
 To hear the Lute well toucht, or artfull voice 
 
 Warble immojftal Notes and tnikgn Ayre ? 
 
 He who of thole delights can judge. And fparc | 
 To interpofe them oft, is not unwife. 
 XVIII. 
 
 Cyriaekj, whofc Grandiire on the Royal Bench 
 OfBrittifhTi&emix, with with no mean applaufe 
 Pronounc't and in his volunaes taught our Lawes, 
 Which others at their Barr fo often wrench v 
 
 To day deep thoughts refolve with me to drench 
 In mirth, that after no repenting drawes v 
 Let EptclidrcBi and Archimedes paufe. 
 And what the Smde intend, and what the French. 
 
To meafure life^karn thou betimes, and know 
 
 I Toward folid good what leads the nearcft way i 
 For other things mHd Heav'n a time ordains^ 
 
 And diCapproves that care, though wife in (how> 
 That with fuperfluous burden loads the day. 
 And when God fends a cheerful hour, refrains. 
 XIX. 
 
 Mcthought I faw my late efpoufed Saint 
 Brought to me like Alcejlis from the grave. 
 Whom Joves great Son to her glad Husband gave, 
 Refcu'd from death by force though pale and faint. 
 
 Mine as whom walhtfrom fpot of child-bed taint, 
 Purification in the old Law did fave, 
 And fuch,as yet once more I truft to have 
 Full fight of her in Heaven without reftraint, 
 
 Came vefted all in white, pure as her mind ; 
 Her face was vaird,yet to my fancied fight. 
 Love, fweetnefs, goodnefs, in her perfon (hin*d 
 
 So clear, as in no face with more delight. 
 But O as to embrace me (he endin'd 
 I wak*d,(he fled, and day brought back my night. 
 
 the 
 
the fifth ode of Horace. Lib^ |. ^ » 
 
 Qyis multa gtaaiis te 'irti^Ha Kd^i'^^eAd 
 almoB ward for tPord vfiithoHt Rhj/mo Accord' 
 ing to the Latin Mcafur^\, as near af the tjkn- 
 gnage will J>ermit,\ nariwfanA 
 
 WHatflendcr Youth BecTew'dwith liquid odours 
 Courts thee on Rofes in (bme pkafant yave^ . 
 
 Pyrrha for whom binxlit ithou ' ' ^ - 
 
 ' In wreafhs thy golden Hair, , . , 
 
 Plaitiln thy nektfiefs v O how oft fhallTie^^^^ 
 On Faith and changed Gods ramplain : and Seas * 
 
 Rough with black winds and ftorms' 
 
 lln wohted (halV admire : 
 who now enjoyes thee credulous, allGold,'^ *^ 
 Who alwayes vacant afwayesarhiabTe 
 
 Hopes thee i of flattermg gales 
 
 UnmiridfuU.^ Haplefs they 
 To whom thou untryM feem'ft fair. Me in my vow*d 
 Picflure the ficred wall declares t**have hung 
 
 My dank and dropping weeds 
 
 To the ftern God of Sea* 
 
 4^ 
 
\P6) 
 
 AD PTRRHAM. Ode K 
 
 Moratius ex Pyrirha» illeCebris tanquam e nau- 
 fragio enataverat, cujus amore irretitoj , nf- 
 firmat efle miferos.. 
 
 QVis mult a gracilis te fner in rofa 
 Ferfitfus liquidis urget edgribus, 
 
 Graio^ Pynha, fuh antro ? 
 
 Chi flavam religoi comam 
 Simplex munditic ? heu quoties fidem 
 Mntatofque deos flebit ^ &afpera 
 
 Nigris £qmra ventis 
 
 EmirabitHT infoteHSj 
 Qui nunc te fruitur credulm aurea : 
 S^i femper vacuam , Jemper amabilem 
 
 Speraty nefcius auT£\ 
 
 Fallacif. miferi quibus 
 Tnttntata nita. me tabula facet 
 Vetiva paries indicat uvida 
 
 Sujpendijfe petemi 
 
 Vcfiimema maris Vto. 
 
 Anno 
 
(^^) 
 
 1 
 
 lAnno -^tatis 19* At a Vacation Exercije in the 
 Colledge^ part Larin, part Englilh. The LatUi 
 Jpcecbes onded^ the EnglVhthusbegan. 
 
 TTAtl native Language^ that by (incws weak 
 
 ^ •*'Didft move my firft endeavouring tongue to fpeak. 
 
 And mad^ft icnperfc6l: v<rords with childifli tripp s. 
 
 Half unpronounc't, Aide through my in&nt-lipp^, 
 
 priving dum filence from the portal dore, 
 
 Where he had mutely fate two years before : 
 
 Here I falute thee and thy pardon ask, 
 
 That now I ufe thee in my latter task : 
 
 Small lofs ic is that thence can come unto thee, 
 
 I know my tongue but little Grace can do thee : 
 
 Thou needft not be ambitious to be firft, 
 
 Believe me I have thither packt the worflE^ 
 
 And, if it happen as I did forecaft, 
 
 The dainteft di(hes {hall be fervM up laft. 
 
 I pray thee then deny me not thy aide 
 
 For this fame fnaall negled: that I have made: 
 
 But hafte thee ft rait to do me once a Pleafure, 
 
 And from thy wardfrope bring thy chiefeft treafurc $ ' 
 
 Not thofe new fangkd toys, and triming flight 
 
 Which takes our late fantafticks with delight^ 
 
 But 
 
But cull thofe richeft Robes, and gay'ft attire 
 
 Which deepcft Spirits, and choiccft Wits dcfire : 
 
 I have fome naked thoughts that rove about 
 
 And loudly knock to have their paffigc out > 
 
 And wearie of their place do only (lay 
 
 Till thou halt deck'c them in thy beft aray > 
 
 That fo they may without fufped or fears 
 
 Fly fwifily to this fair AflTembly's carsi 
 
 Yet I had rather ^ if I were tochufe, 
 
 Thy fervice in fome graver fubjccS ufe. 
 
 Such as may make thee fearch thy coffers round, 
 
 Before thou cloath my fancy in fit found : 
 
 Such where the deep tranfported mind may foare 
 
 Above the wheeling poles, and at Heav*ns dore 
 
 Look in, and fee each blifsful Deitie 
 
 How he before the thunderous throne doth lie, 
 
 Liftening to what unlhorn Apollo fings 
 
 To th* touch of golden wires, while Hche brings 
 
 Immortal Nc(3:ar to her Kingly Sire : 
 
 Then paffing through the Spherse of watchful fire. 
 
 And miftie Regions of wide air next under. 
 
 And hills of Snow and lofts of plied Thunder, 
 
 May ttll at length how green-ey'd Neptune raves, 
 
 In Hcav'ns defiance mulkring all his waves f» 
 
 E Thea 
 
(66} 
 
 Then fingof fecret things that came to pak 
 When Beldanri Nature in her cradle was i 
 And laft of Kings and Qije^ns and Hero's old, 
 Such as the wife Vemodocus once told 
 In folemn Songs at King Alcimus feaft, 
 While fad Vliffes foul and all the reft 
 Are held with his nnelodious harmonic 
 In willing chains and fweet captivitie. 
 But fie my wandring Mufe how thou doft ftray ! 
 Expectance calls thee now another way. 
 Thou know'st it muft be novy thy only bent 
 To keep in compafs of thy Predicament : 
 Then quick about thy purposM bufinefscome, 
 That to the next I may refign my Roome, 
 
 ihen Ens is reprefented as Father of the Vra^ 
 dicaments his ten Sms , whereof the EldeU\ 
 flood for Subftanee voith his Canons ^ which 
 Ens thus fpeakjng^ explains. 
 
 GOod luck befriend thee Son *, fox at thy binh 
 The Faiery Ladies daunc't upon the hear fh j 
 Thy drowfie Nurfe hath fworn (he did them Cpie 
 Come tripping to the Room where thou didft lie i 
 
 And 
 
\^7J 
 And fweetly finging round about thy £ed . . '.irn 21 t^Y 
 Strew all their bleflingson thy flccping Head*: dti *! o'i 
 She heard them give thee this, that xhotttihpuW'A^ HiWii 
 From eyes of mortals walk.intifihlq, 'awu h.isiz'-A vvfl 
 Yet there is fonrjething that doth force my fear, 
 toidhcc it was my dlftpal hab't^Kfeiif^^^^y ^^^^ '^^ 
 A Sybil oldj bow-bent with crookeci age. 
 That far events fuH; wifely could ptpfage, ^ 
 
 And in times Ip^ig and dark; Profpe<^ve Glaj&^o^ Jt 
 Fore- faiv wbaj::fotur.eday^s (hpuld Wflg tQipjsiftj^rT lO 
 Your Son, faid flit; (nor can* yd^'itpfreyeotX 'i'i^u^ -iM 
 Shall fubjedbctb.many an Accident;:!: J M a^Uu) lO 
 O're all his Brethxeb he (hall Reign as Kitig^l \.n3^^:?. X) 
 Yet every one (hall mahe.hii^Q'UilldcrKllg^^ \.k si^bo^ lO 
 And thofe that cjaiinot live frrimihimaiundeiY vlxroD lO 
 Ungratefully Thallflrive to hecp him under,' t^w^v^H i*"> 
 In worth and etxaellence&e (hall out-go thdtn^^xiViM lO 
 Yet being above th^em^he (haUJbe belojy them 9 
 From others he (hall ftand in need of nothing. 
 Yet on his Brothers (hail depend for Cloathing. 
 TTo find a FoeltTljalT notVe hrsFap, "~ '"^"'^ 
 And peace (hall lull him in her flowry lap i 
 ^Yj^t (hall he live in ftrife, and at his dore 
 Devouring war ihall never ccafe to roare : 
 
 K a Tc* 
 
Yea it (hall be his natural property 
 
 To harbour thofe that are at enmity» 
 
 What power^ what force, what mighty fpcll^if not 
 
 Your learned hands, can loofe this Gordian knot ? 
 
 'the next Quantity and Quality ^ ffake in Profe^ 
 then Relation vixis cdld by his Name^ 
 
 Rivers arife i whether thou be the Son, 
 OfutmoilTmed, or Oofe, or gulphie Vun^ 
 Or Trc«#5 who like fome earth-born Giant fpreads 
 His thirty Armes along the indented Meads, 
 Or fallen Mole that runneth underneath, 
 Of S'cz^cr^fwiftj'guilty of Maidens death. 
 Or Rockie AwHy oi of Sedgie Lee, 
 Or Coaly 7%ney0t antient hollotved Dee, 
 Or Humher loud that keeps the Scythians Name, 
 Or Medway fmooth^orRoyal TowreSd T'fe^me. 
 
 "^t reft was frofe. 
 
 
 
 :aijairi:: q^ 
 
On the ner^ forcers of Confcienee under the 
 Long P ARLIAMETStr. 
 
 BEcaufs you have thrown of your Prelate Lord, 
 And with ftiffVowesrenounc'dhisLiturgie 
 To feife the widdow'd whore Pluralitic 
 From them whofe Gn ye cnvrd,not abhor'd, 
 Dare ye for this adjure the Civill Sword 
 
 To force our Confcienccs that Chrift fet free, * 
 
 And ride us with a claflic Hierarchy 
 Taught ye by mcer A. S. and KotherfoYd ? 
 Men whofe Life, Learning, Faith and pure intent 
 Would have been held in high efteem with Vaul 
 Muft now be nam*d and printed Hercticks 
 By (hallow Edppards and Scotch what d' ye call : 
 But we do hope to find out all your tricks. 
 Your plots and packing wors then thofe ol 'trertt^ 
 
 That fo the Parliament 
 May with their wholfom and preventive Shears 
 Clip your Phyladleries, though bank your Ears, 
 
 And fuccour our juft Fears 
 When they (hall read this clearly in your charge 
 NcTV Presbyter is but Old Priejl writ Large. 
 
 E 3 ARCADES. 
 
(7oy 
 
 ^R 9 A D E S. 
 
 Partofm Entertainment prefented to the Countefs 
 Dowager <?/"Darby at Harefield, by fomcNSie 
 terfons of her Family^ who appear on the S^ene 
 in Pajioral Habit j moving toward the fiat of 
 State^mththtsSoHg* > { ■< ^-"i^Hv - ' : a- . 
 
 I. SONG. 
 
 LOok Nymphs, and Shepherds look, 
 What fudden blaze of Ma jefty 
 Is that which we from hence defcry 
 Too divine to be miftook : 
 
 This this is (he 
 To whonj our vows and wiflics bend, : 
 
 Heer our (olemn fearch hath end* 
 
 fame that her high worth to rai(e, 
 Seem'd erft fo lavifli and profufe, 
 We may juftly now accufe 
 Of detra6tion from her praife, 
 
 Lefs then half we find expreft, 
 
 "Envy bid conceal the reft. 
 
 Mark what radiant flate (he fpreds. 
 
 In circle round her (hining throne, 
 
 Shooting 
 
C7I) 
 
 Shooting het beams like filver ihreds,^ 
 This this is flie alone, 
 
 Sitting like a Goddes bright, 
 
 In the center of her light. 
 
 Might (lie the wife Latonab^j, 
 Or the towred Cybele-y 
 Mother of a hundred gods ; 
 Jhho dare's not give her odds y 
 
 Who had thought this clime had held 
 
 A deity fo unparalel'd ? 
 
 Js they com forward^ the Genius of the IVood ap- 
 pears^ and turning toward them^fpeakj. 
 
 /"^En* Stay gentle Swains, for though in this difguife, 
 
 ^^ I (ee bright honour fparkle through your eyes. 
 
 Of famous Arcady ye are, and fprung 
 
 Of that renowned flood, fo often fung, 
 
 Divine AlpheM^ who by iQcrct llufe, 
 
 Stole under Seas to meet his Anthiije\ 
 
 And ye the breathing Rofes of the Wood, 
 
 Fair filver- buskin d Nymphs as great and good, 
 
 I know this queft of yours, and free intent 
 
 Was all in honour and devotion ment 
 
 E 4 To 
 
C72) 
 
 To the great Miftres of yon princely (hrine. 
 Whom with low reverence I adore as mine^ 
 And with aU helpful (ervice will comply 
 To further this nights glad folemnity *, 
 And lead ye where ye may more near behold 
 What (hallowfearching Fame hath left untold j 
 Which I full oft amidft thefe (hades alone 
 Have fate to wonder at, and gaze upon : 
 For know by lot from Jove I am the powt 
 Of this fiir Wood, and live in Oak'n bowr. 
 To nurfe the Saplings tall, and curl the grove. 
 With Ringlets quaint 5 and wanton windings wove. 
 And all my Plants I fave from nightly ill, 
 Of noifom winds, and blafting vapours chill. 
 And from the Boughs bru(h off the evil dew. 
 And heal the harms of thwarting thunder blew. 
 Or what the crofs dire looking Planet fmites. 
 Or hurtful! Worm with canker'd venom bites. 
 When Evening gray doth life, I fetch my round 
 Over the mount, and all thishallow'd groun'd, 
 And early ere the odorous breath of morn 
 Awakes the flumbring leaves, or tafleld horn 
 Shakes the high thicket, hafte I all about, 
 Niimbcr my ranks, and vifit every fprout 
 
 j With 
 
With puillant words, and murmurs made to blefs, 
 
 But e!s in deep of night when drowfines 
 
 Hath lock't up mortal fenfe, then liften I 
 
 To the celeftial Sireftj harmony, 
 
 That fit upon the nine enfolded Sphears, 
 
 And fing tq thofe that hold the viral (hears. 
 
 And turn the Adamantine fpindk round, 
 
 Oa which the fate of gods and men is wound* 
 
 Such fweet compulfion doth in mufick ly, 
 
 To lull the daughters o^Neceffity, 
 
 And keep unfteddy Nature to her law, 
 
 And the low world in meafur'd motion draw 
 
 After the heavenly tunCa which none can hear 
 
 Of human mould with grofsunpurged tar ^ 
 
 And yet fuch mufick worthieft were to blaze 
 
 The pcerles height of her immortal praife, 
 
 Whofe luftre leads us, and for her moft fit, 
 
 If my inferior hand or voice could hit .' 
 
 Inimitable founds, yet as we go, 
 
 What ere the skill of leffer gods can (how, 
 
 I will afTiy, her worth to celebrate. 
 
 And fo attend ye toward her glittering (^ate \ 
 
 .Where ye may all that are of noble ftemm 
 
 Approach, and kifs her f^crcd veftureshemm. 
 
2. SONG, 
 
 O'Re the'ftnooth enamerd green 
 Where no print of ftep hath been, 
 
 Follow me as I fing. 
 
 And touch the warbled firing* 
 Under the (liady roof 
 Of branching Elm- Star-proof. 
 
 Follow roc, 
 I will bring you where (he fits 
 Clad in fplendor as befits 
 
 Her deity. 
 Such a rural Queen 
 All Arcadia hath not feenj 
 
 S. SO NG. 
 
 NYmphs and Shepherds dance no more 
 By fandy Ladons Lillied banks, ' 
 On old Lyc£HS or CyUene hoar, 
 
 Trip no more in twilight ranks. 
 Though Erymamh your lofs deplore, 
 
 A better foyl (hall give ye thanks; 
 From the ftony M^nalur^ 
 Bring your Flocks, and live with us, 
 
 Here 
 
Here ye (hall have geater grace, 
 
 To ferve the Lady of this place. 
 
 Though Syrinx your Pans Miftrefs were^ 
 Yet Syrmx well might wait on her. 
 
 Such a rural Queen 
 All Arcadis hath not fee^n 
 
 L Y C I D A S. 
 
 In this Monody the Author bewails ci Ufirntd 
 Friend ^ unfortunately drown d in his p^Jftgt 
 from Chefter on the Irifti Seas^ 1637. And by 
 cccafton foretells the mine of our corrupted 
 Clergie then in their height. 
 
 YEt once more^ O ye Laurels, and once naore 
 Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never fear, 
 I com to pluck your Berries har(h and crude. 
 And with forced fingers rude, 
 Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 
 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, 
 Compells me to difturb your feafon due : 
 For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, 
 Young Lycidasy and hath not left his peer: 
 Who would not fing for Lycidas ? he knew 
 
 Himfelf 
 
Himfelfto fing^ and build the lofty rhyme* 
 
 He muft not flote upon his watry bear 
 
 Unwept, arid welter to the parching wind. 
 
 Without the meed of (bm melodious tear. 
 Begin then^ Sifters of the fagred well, 
 
 That from beneath threat ofjove doth fpring. 
 
 Begin, and fomewhat loudly fweep the ftringi 
 
 Hence with denial vain, and coy excufe, 
 
 So may fome gentle Muie 
 
 With lucky words favour my deftin*d Urn, 
 
 And as he paffes turn, 
 
 And bid fair peace be to my (able (hrowd. 
 
 For we were nurft upon the felf-fame hill. 
 
 Fed the fame flock i by fountain, (hade, and rill. 
 
 Together b6th, ere the high Lawns appear'd 
 
 Under the opening eye- lids of the morn. 
 
 We drove a field, and both together heard 
 
 What time the Gray- fly winds her fultry horn, 
 
 Battening our flocks with the freflb dews of night. 
 
 Oft till the Star that rofe, at Ev'ning, bright. 
 
 Toward Heav'ns defcent had flop'd his weftcring wheel, 
 
 Mean while the Rural ditties were not mute, 
 
 Temper'd to th' Oaten Flu te, 
 
 Pvough Saryri danc'd, and FaMS with clov'n heel, 
 
 From 
 
From the glad lound would not be abknt long^ 
 And old Damxtas lov'd to hear our fong. 
 
 But O the heavy change, now thou art gon, 
 Now thou art gon, and never muft return ! 
 Thee Shepherd, thee the Woods, and defert Caves, 
 With wilde Thyme and the gadding Vine o'rcgrcwo. 
 And all their echoes mourn. 
 The Willows, and the Hazle Copfes gre^n, 
 Shall now no more be fcen. 
 Fanning their joyous Leaves to thy foft laycs^ 
 As killing as the Canker to the Rofe, 
 Or Taint- worm to the weanling Herds that grazc^ 
 Or Froft to Flowers, that their gay wardrop wear, 
 When firft the White Thorn blows > 
 Such, Lycidas, thy lofs to Shepherds ear. 
 
 Where were ye Nymphs when the remorfelelsdccp 
 Clos'd o*re the head of your lov'd Lycidas? 
 For neither were ye playing on the fteep^ 
 Where your old Bards^ the famous Vtuids^ ly, 
 Nor on the (haggy top of Mona high, 
 Nor yet where Dfz/j fpreads her wifard Aream : 
 Ay me, I fondly dream! 
 
 Had ye bin there— for what could that have don ? 
 What could the Mufe her felf that Orfhenf bore. 
 
 The 
 
The Mule her felf for her mchantmg ion 
 Whom Univerfal nature did lament, 
 When by the rout that made the hideous roar^ 
 His goary vifage down the ftreatn was feht, 
 Dowh the fwift Hchrus to the L^shian (hore. 
 Alafs! What boots it with uncelfatlt care 
 To end the homely flighted Shepherds trade. 
 And ftridtly meditate the thanklefs Mufe, 
 Were it not better don as others ufe, 
 To fport v/hhAmaryilis in' the (hade, 
 Or with the tangles bf I^e^rashM>' 
 Fame is the fpur that the clear fpirit doth raifc 
 ( That laft infirmity of Noble ntiincl ) ' ' ' 
 To fcorn delights^ arid live laborious da^es^ » 
 But the fair Guerdon wheii we hope to find, 
 And think to burft'out into fuddcn fcla2e, 
 Comes the blind fmy with th'abhBriftd^thesrri?, 
 And flits the thfnfpun life. But not'the.plfaife/ 
 Vhosbns replied, and toucp d my titmbifng ears \ 
 fame is no plant th^rgrows oh mc^faifofl, 
 Nor in the glifteiing foil " ' ' i- •-- • 
 Set oifto^h'world, nor in broad rumour lies, 
 But lives and fpreds aloft by thbfe pure eyes, 
 ,Apcl perfet w ithesoF all- judging ■J^oz^ci 
 
 As 
 
* Ashe pronounces laftly on each deed, 
 Of fo much fame in Heav'n expe(^ thy meed* 
 
 J O Fountain Anthufey and thou honoured floud, 
 
 '^ Smooth- Aiding Mincm^ crowned with vocal reeds, 
 That firain I heard was of a higher mood : 
 But now my Oat proceeds, 
 And liftens to tht Herald of the Sea 
 That came in Neptune's plea, 
 He ask'd the Waves, and ask'd theFellon Winds^ 
 
 ^ What hard mifliap hath doom*d this gentle fwain ? 
 And queftion'd every guft of rugged wings 
 
 / That blows from off each beaked PronK)ntory> 
 They knew not of his ftory. 
 And fage Hippjtades thdt anfwer brings^ 
 That not a blaft was from his dungeon ftray'd, 
 
 J The Air was calm, and on the ieyel brine, 
 
 '^ Sleek Panope with all her fifters play'<3. 
 It was that fatal and perfidious Bark 
 Built in th*eclipfe^ and riggM with curfes dark. 
 That funk fo low that facrcd head of thine. 
 
 I Next Camusy reverend Sire, went footing flow. 
 His Mantle hairy, and his Bonnet fedge. 
 Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge 
 Like to that fanguine flower infcrib'd with woe. 
 
 Ah! 
 
Ahv vvhohath rett (quoth he j my dearett pledge ? 
 
 Lafi came, and laft did go. 
 
 The Pilot of the Galilean lake, 
 
 Twomaffy Kcyesheboire of metals twain^ 
 
 (The Golden opes, the Iron (huts amain) 
 
 He (hook his Miter'd locks, and ftetn befpakc, 
 
 How well could I have fpar'd for thee, young fwain, 
 
 Anow of fuch as for their bellies fake, 
 
 Creep and intrude, and climb into the fold > 
 
 Of other care they little reck'ning make, 
 
 Then how to fcramble at the (hearers feaft, 
 
 And (hove away the worthy bidden gaefi v 
 
 Blind mouthes ! that fcarce themfelves know how to hold 
 
 A Sheep- hook, or have learn'd ought els the leaft 
 
 That to the faithfull Herdmans art belongs ! 
 
 What recks it them ? What need they ? They arc fped i 
 
 And when they lilt, their lean and fla(hy fongs 
 
 Grate on their fcrannel Pipes of wretched ftraw, 
 
 The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, 
 
 But fwoln with wind, and the rank mift they draw, 
 
 Rot inwardly, and foul contagion fpread : 
 
 Befides what the grim Woolf wich privy paw 
 
 Daily devours apacCj and nothing fed,. 
 
 Bat 
 
(8.) 
 
 Bat that two-handed engine at the door, 
 
 Stands ready to fmite once, and finite no more» 
 
 Return Alpheus^ the dread voice is paft, 
 
 That (hrunk thy ftreams *, Return Sicilian Mufe, 
 
 And call the Vales, and bid them hither caft 
 
 Their Bells, and Flourets of a thoufoid hues* 
 
 Ye valleys low where the mildc whifpcrs ufe, 
 
 Of (hades and wanton winds, and guQiing brooks, 
 
 On whofe frefh lap the fwart Star fparely looks. 
 
 Throw hither all your quaint enameld eyes, 
 
 That on the gVeeh terf fuck the honied fliowres. 
 
 And purple all the ground with vernal flowres. 
 
 Bring the rathe Primrofe that forfaken dies. 
 
 The tufted Crow- toe, and pale Geflamine, 
 
 The white Pink, and the Panfie freakt with jeat. 
 
 The glowing Violet. 
 
 The Musk-rofe^and the well attir'd Woodbine, 
 
 With Cowflips wan that hang the penfive head, 
 
 And every 'flower that fad embroidery wears : 
 
 Bid AmarantHS all his beauty (hed, 
 
 And Daftadillies fill their cups with tears. 
 
 To ftrew the Laureat Herfe where Lycid lies. 
 
 For fo to interpofe a little eafe, 
 
 Let our frail thoughts dally with falfe furroife* 
 
 F Ay 
 
Ay rTic! Whilft tbec the fhorcs, andfonnditig Seas 
 
 Wafli far away, where ere thy bones are hurlM, 
 
 Whether beyond the ftormy Hebrides 
 
 Where thou perhaps under the whelnrving tide 
 
 Vifit'ft the bottom of themonftrous world j 
 
 Or whether thou to our moift vows deny'd, 
 
 Skep'tt by the fible of Bellems old, 
 
 Where the great vilion of the guarded Mount 
 
 Looks toward Namancos and Bayonas hold > 
 
 Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth. 
 
 And, O ye Dolphins y waft (he haples youth» 
 
 Weep no more, woful Shepherds weep noniore. 
 
 For Lycidas your forrow is not dead» 
 
 Sunk though he be beneath the watry floar, 
 
 So finks the day-ftar in the Ocean bed, 
 
 And yet anon repairs his drooping head, 
 
 And tricks his beams, and with new fpangled Ore, 
 
 Flames in the forehead of the morning sky ; 
 
 So Lycidas funk low, but mounted high, 
 
 Through the dear might of him that walk'd the waves 
 
 Where other groves, and other ftreams along. 
 
 With Ne^ar pure his ooiy Lock's he la\cs, 
 
 And hears the unexpreffive nuptial Song, 
 
 In the bleft Kingdoms meek cf joy and love^ 
 
 There 
 
There entertain him all the Saints abovc^ 
 In fclemn troops, and fvveet Societies 
 That fing, and Hngiag in their glory mo¥e. 
 And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. 
 Now Lycidas the Shepherds weep no more \ 
 Henceforth thou art the Genius of the (hore, 
 In thy large recompenfe, and (halt be good 
 To all that wander in that perilous flood. « ' i 
 
 Thus fang the uncouth Swain to th' Okes and rills. 
 While theftill morn went out with Sandals gray^ 
 He touched the tender flops of various Quills, 
 With eager thought warbling his VorichJ^^^ : 
 And now the Sun had ftretch'd out all the hill5, 
 And now was dropt into the Weftern Bay > 
 At lafl he rofe, and twitchM his Mantle blew : 
 To|morrow to frelh Woods, and Paftures newt 
 
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 P R E .S i; 1sl T E D 
 
 At LUD LO W-€ASTLE^ 1^34.^^ 
 
 The firft Scene difcovers a wildc Wood. 
 The attendant Spirit defcends or enters* 
 
 ^ Efore the ftairy threfliold of Jflz/^x Court 
 
 My manfion is^ where thofe immortal (hapf 
 
 Of bright acresil Spirits live infphcar*d 
 
 In Regions ti^ilde of cahn s^nd ferene Air» 
 
 Above the fmoak and ftirr of this dim fpot, 
 
 Which men call Earthy and with low-thoughted care 
 
 Confin'd, and pefter'd in this pin-fold here^ 
 
 Strive to keep up a frail, and Feaveri(h being 
 
 UnmindfuU of the crown that Vertue gives 
 
 After this mortal change, to her true Servants 
 
 Amongft the enthroned gods on Sainted feats. 
 
 Yet fom there be that by due fteps afpire 
 
 To 
 
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 To lay their juft hands on that Golden Key 
 Tha< ope's the Palace of Eternity : '^ 
 
 To fuch my errand is^ and but for fuch, 
 I would not foil thefe pure Ambrofial weeds. 
 With the rank vapours of this Sin-worn mouid. 
 
 But to my task. Nefmne befides the fway 
 Of every fait Flood, and each ebbing ftream, 
 Toqic in by lot 'twixt high, and neather Jove^ 
 Imperial rule of all the Sea-girt Iks 
 That like to rich, and various gemms inlay 
 The unadorned boofom of the Deep, 
 Which he to grace his tributary gods 
 By courfe commits to feveral government, 
 And gives them leave to wear their Saphire crowns. 
 And weild their little tridents^ but this He 
 The greateft, and the befl of all the main 
 He quarters to his b!u-hair'd deities, 
 And all this trad that fronts the falling Sun 
 A noble Peer of mickle truft, and power 
 Has in his charge, with tempei'd awe to guide 
 An old, and haughty Nation proud in Arms : 
 Where his fair off-fpring nurs't in Princely lci^, 
 Are coming to attend their Fathers ftate, 
 
 And new-entrufted Scepter/but their way 
 
 F 3 Lies 
 
08«) 
 
 Lies through the pcrplcx^t paths of this drear Wood, 
 The nodding horror of whofc (hady brovrs 
 Threats the forlorn and wandring Paflingcr. 
 And here their tender age might fuffer peril. 
 But that by quick conf>mand from Soveran Jove 
 I was difpatcht for their defence^ and guard » 
 And liften why, for I will tell you now 
 What never yet was heard in Talc or Song ^ 
 
 From old, or modern Bard in Hall, or Bo^vr. 
 
 Bacchus that firft from out the purple Grape, 
 Crufh't the fweet poyfon of mifufed Wine 
 After the Xufcan Mariners transform'd 
 Coafting the Tyrrhene fhsre, as the winds lifted. 
 On CirceJ Hand fell (who knows not Circe 
 The daughter of the Sun ? Whofe charmed Cup 
 Whoever tafied, loft his upright (hape. 
 And downward fell into a grbveling Swine) 
 This Nymph that gaz'd upon his cluftring locks, 
 With Ivy berries wreath'd, and his blithe youth. 
 Had by him, ere he parted thence, a Son 
 Much like his Father, but his Mother more, 
 Whom therefore (he brought up and Comusmm'dy 
 Who ripe, and frolick of his full grown age, 
 Koaving (he Celtic}^, and Iberian fields, 
 
 At 
 
(87) 
 
 At laft betakes him to this ominous Wood, 
 
 And in thick (helter of black (hades imbowr'd, 
 
 Excdls his Mother at her mighty Art, 
 
 OfFiing to every weary Traveller, 
 
 His orient Liquor in a Oyftal Glafs, 
 
 To quench the dr9uth of Thxhus^ which as they taftc 
 
 (For moit do tafle through fond intemperate thirft) 
 
 Soon as the Potion works, their human countenance, 
 
 Th*expre(s rcfemblance of the gods, is chang'd 
 
 Into fom brutifli form of Woolf^, or Bear, 
 
 Or Ounce, or Tiger, I^og, or bearded Go^t, 
 
 All other parts rcmaining^s they werCi 
 
 And they, fo perfect is their mifery. 
 
 Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, 
 
 But boaft themfelvcs more comely then before 
 
 And all their friends, and native home forget 
 
 To roule with pleafure in a fcnfual Oie. 
 
 Therefore when any favoured of high Jovie^ 
 
 Chances to pafs through this adventrous glade, 
 
 Swift as the Sparkle of a glancing 5tar, 
 
 I'ftioot' from Heaven to give him fafe convoy. 
 
 As now I do : But firft I muft put off 
 
 Thefe my skie robes fpun out of Iri/ Wooif, 
 
 And take the Weeds and likcncs of a Swain^ 
 
 F 4 Thit 
 
(88) • 
 
 That to the Cctvict of this houfe bclongsj 
 Who with hisfoft Pipe, and fmooth dittied Song. 
 Well knows to ftill the wilde winds when they roar, 
 And hufli the waving Woods, nor of Icfs faith. 
 And in this office of his Mountain watch, 
 Likclicfto and ncareft to the prefent ayd 
 Of this occafion. But I hear the tread 
 Of hateful! ftcps, I muft be vicwles now* 
 
 Comus enters with a Charming Rdd in one hand^ 
 his Glafs in the other ^ with him a rout of Mon- 
 fi^rs^ headed like Jundry forts of wilde Beajis^ 
 but otherwife like Men and Women , their Jp^ 
 parel glijiering^ they come in making a riotous 
 and unruly noife^ with Torches in their hands. 
 
 Comus, The Star that bids the Shepherd fold. 
 
 Now the top of Heav'n doth hold, 
 
 And the gilded Car of Day, 
 
 His glowing Axle doth allay 
 
 In the fteep Atlantic}^ ftream, 
 
 And ihe flope Sun his upward beam 
 
 Shoots againft the dusky Pole, 
 
 Pacing toward the other gole 
 
 Of his Channber in the Eaft. 
 
 Mean while welcom ]oy, and Feaft, 
 
 Midnight 
 
Midnight (houf, and reveliy, 
 
 Tipfie dance^ and Jollity. 
 
 Braid your Locks with rofie Twine 
 
 Dropping odours, dropping Wine, 
 
 Rigor now is gon to bed, 
 
 And Advice with (crapulous head, 
 
 Stri6l Age, and (bwre Severity, 
 
 With their grave Saws in flunnber lie. 
 
 We that are of purer fire 
 
 Imitate the Starry Quire, 
 
 Who in their nightly watchfull Sphear^^ 
 
 Lead in fwift round the Months and Years. 
 
 The Sounds, and Seas with all their finny drove 
 
 Now to the Moon in wavering Morrice move^ 
 
 And on the Tawny Sands and Shelves, 
 
 Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves y 
 
 By dimpled Brook^ and Fountain brim. 
 
 The Wood- Nymphs deckt with Daifies trim, 
 
 Their merry wakes and paftimes keep : 
 
 What hath night to do w^ich fleep? 
 
 Night hath better fweefs to prove, 
 
 y^enus now wakes, and wak'ns Love. 
 
 Com let U5 our rights begin, 
 
 *Tis onely day-li^ht that makes Siti 
 
 Which 
 
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 Which thcfc dun (hades will nc'rc report, 
 Hail Godders of Noftumal fport 
 Dark vail'd Cotyito^ t'whom the fccret flame 
 Of mid-night Torches burns •, myfterious Dame 
 That ne're art caird, but when the Dragon woom 
 Of Stygian darknefslpets her thickeft gloom. 
 And makes one blot of all the air^ 
 Stay thy cloudy Ebon chair, 
 Wherin thou rid'ft with Heceat^^ and befriend 
 Us thy vow'd Priefts, till utmoft end 
 Of all thy dues be done, and none left out, 
 Ere the blabbing Eaftern fcout. 
 The nice Morn on tV Indian fieep 
 From her cabin'd loop-hole peep. 
 And to the tell-tale Sun difcry 
 Our concealed Solemnity. 
 Com, knit hands, and beat the ground^ 
 In a light fantaflick round. 
 
 The Meajnre. 
 
 Break off, break off, I feel the different pace. 
 Of fom chart footing near about this ground. 
 Run to your flirouds, within thefe Brakes and Trees» 
 Oar number may affright : Some Virgin fure 
 
 (For 
 
C90 
 
 (tot fo I can diAioguifh by mine Aft) 
 
 Benighted inthefe Woods. Now to my charn^. 
 
 And to my wily trains, I (hall c're long 
 
 £c well fiock*t with as fair a herd as giaz'd 
 
 About my Mother Circe. Thus I hurl 
 
 My dazling Spells into the fpungy ayr, 
 
 Of power CO cheat the eye with blear illufion. 
 
 And give it falfe prefentmcnts, left the place 
 
 And my quaint habits breed aftonifhraent. 
 
 And put the Damfel to fufpicious flight» 
 
 Which muft not be^, for that's againfi my couife i 
 
 I under fair pretence of friendly ends. 
 
 And well plac*t words of glozing courteGc 
 
 Baited withreafons not unplaufible 
 
 Wind me into the eafie-heartcd man^ 
 
 And hug him into fnares. When once her eye 
 
 Hath met the vertue of this Magick duft. 
 
 I (hall appear fome harmles Villager 
 
 And hearken, if I may, her bufineshere. 
 
 But here (he comes, I fairly ftcp afide 
 
 The Lady enters. 
 Thrs way the noife was, if mine ear be true. 
 My beft guide now, me thought it was the found 
 Of Riot, and ill raanag'd Mcrrinlenc, 
 
 Such 
 
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 Such as the jocond Flute, or gamefom Pipe 
 Stirs up among thcloofc unletter'd Hinds, 
 When for their teeming Flocks, and granges full 
 In wanton dance they praife the bounteous f^^f. 
 And thank the gods amifs. I (hould be loath 
 To meet the rudenefs, and fwill'd infolencc 
 Of fuch late Waflailers-, yet O where els 
 Shall I inform my unacquainted feet 
 In the blind mazes of this tangVd Wood ? 
 My Brothers when they faw me wearied out 
 With this long way, refolving here to lodge 
 Under the fpreading favour of thefe Pines, 
 Stept as they fe'd to the next Thicket fide 
 To bring me Berries, or fuch cooling fruit 
 As the kind hofpi table Woods provide* 
 They left me then, when the gray-hooded Eev n 
 Like a fad Votarift in Palmers weed 
 Ro(e from the hindmoft wheels oiThxbns wain. 
 But where they are, and why they came not back, 
 Is now the labour of my thoughts, 'tis likelieft 
 They had ingag'd their wandring fteps too far, 
 And envious darknes, e're they could return, 
 Had ftole them from me, els O theevifli Night 
 Why (houldft thou, bat for fom fellonious end. 
 
 In 
 
In thy dark Lantern thusclofe up the Stars, 
 That nature hung in Heav n^and fiU'd their Lamps 
 With everlafting oil, to give due light 
 To the nfiifled and lonely Traveller ? 
 This is the place, as well as I may gueft. 
 Whence eev'n now the tumult of loud Mirth 
 Was rife, and perfct in my lift ning ear. 
 Yet nought but fingledarknes do I find. 
 What might this be ? A thoufand fantafies 
 Begin to throng into my memory. 
 Of calling (hapes, and beckning (hadows dire. 
 And airy tongues, that fyllable mens names 
 On Sands, and Shoars, and defeit Wildernefles. -^ 
 Thefe thoughts may ftartle wel), but not aftound 
 The vertuous mind, that ever walks attended 
 By a firong fiding champion Confciencc. - 
 
 welcorapure-ey'd Faith, white-handed Hope, 
 Thou hovering Angel girt with golden wings. 
 And thou unblemifli't form of Chaftity, 
 
 1 fee ye vifibly, and now believe 
 
 That he, the Supreme good, t'whom all things ill 
 
 Are but as flavifli officers of vengeance, 
 
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 Would fend a gliftring Guardian if need were 
 
 To keep my life and honour unaffaii'd. 
 
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 Was I dcccivM, or did a fable cloud 
 
 Turn forth her filver lining on the night ? 
 I did not err, there does a fable cloud 
 Turn forth her filver lining on the night, 
 Andcaftsa gleam over this tufted Grove. 
 I cannot hallow to my Brothers, but 
 Such noife as I can make to be heard fartheft 
 lie venter, for my new enliv'nd fpirlts 
 Prompt me > and they perhaps are not far off. 
 SONG. 
 Sma Ecbo^fmeteji Nymph that Hvfi unfan 
 Within thy airyjhtll 
 By flow Meander'/ mjrge^i^jjreetfj 
 Afd in the violet imbroiderd vaU 
 
 Where the love- lorn Nightingale 
 Nightly to thee her fad Song monrmth welt. 
 Canft thou not tell me of a gentle Pair 
 That liJ^fi thy Narciffus are ? 
 
 if thou have 
 Hid them infomflowry Cave^ 
 Tell me but where 
 Sweet ^em of Farly, Daughter of the Sphear^ 
 So maiji thou be tranflated to the skjefy 
 And give refcunding grace to all Heavens Harmonies* 
 
 Com* 
 
Com. Can any mortal mixture of Earths mould 
 
 Breath fuch Divine inchanting ravifhment i 
 
 &ure fomthing holy lodges in that breft. 
 
 And with thefc raptures moves the vocal air 
 
 To teftifie his hidd n rcfidence i 
 
 How fweetly did they float upon the wings 
 
 Of filence, through the empty-vaulted night 
 
 At every fall fmoothing the Raven dounc 
 
 Of darknes till itfmilM : I haveofc heard 
 
 My Mother Circe with the Sirens three, 
 
 Amid'ft the flowry-kirtrdN^wie/ 
 
 Culh'ng their potent hearbs,and balefull drugs, 
 
 Who as they fung, would take the prifonM foul. 
 
 And lap it in Elyftum^ Scylla wept, 
 
 And chid her barking waves into attention. 
 
 And fell Cbarybdis murmur'd foft applaufc; 
 
 Yet they in pleafing flumber lull'd the fen(e, 
 
 And in fweet madnes rob'd it of it (elf, 
 
 But fuch a facred, and home- felt delight, 
 
 Suchibber certainty of waking blifs 
 
 I never heard till now. lie fpeak to her 
 
 And (he (hall be my Qaeen. Hail forren wonder 
 
 Whom certain thefe rough (hades did never breed 
 
 UnkG the Goddcs that in rural fhrine 
 
 Dwell'(t 
 
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 DwcII'/l here with Pan^ or Sihan, by bicft Song 
 
 Forbidding every bleak unkindly Fog 
 
 To touch the profperous growth of this tall Wood. 
 
 La. Nay gentle Shepherd ill is loft that praife 
 That is addreft to unattending Ears, 
 Not any boaft of skill, but extreme (hift 
 How to regain my fever'd company 
 Compeird me to awake the courteous Echo 
 To give me anlwer from her moflie Couch. 
 
 Co. What chance good Lady hath bereft you thus ? 
 
 La. Di m darknes, and this leavie Labyrinth. 
 
 Ce* Could that divide you from neer-uiheting guides? 
 
 La. They left me weary on a graiEe terf. 
 
 Co. By falftiood^or difcourtefie, or why? 
 
 La. To feek i'th vally fom cool friendly Spring. 
 
 Co. And left your fair fide all unguarded Lady ? 
 
 La. They v^ere but twaiifj and purposM quick return. 
 
 Co* Perhaps fore-ftalling night prevented them. 
 
 La, How eafie my misfortune is to hit ! 
 
 Co. Imports their lofs, befide the prefent need? 
 
 La. No le(s then if I fliould my brotheis loofe. 
 
 Co. Were they of manly prime, or youthful bloom ? 
 
 La. As fmooth as Hebe*s their unrazorM lips. 
 
 Co. Two fuch I faw^ what time the labourM Oxe 
 
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 fn his loofe traces from the furrow came. 
 
 And the fwink't hedger at his Supper fate j I- 
 
 I faw them under a green mantling vine 
 
 That crawls along the fide of yon fmall hill, " 
 
 Plucking ripe clufters from the tender {hoots> 
 
 Their port was more then human, as they ftood » 
 
 I took it for a faery vifion 
 
 Of (bm gay creatures of the element 
 
 That in the colours of the Rainbow live 
 
 And play i"th plighted clouds. I was aw-ftrook. 
 
 And as I paft, I worfliipt > if thofe you fcek 
 
 It were a journey like the path to Heav'n, 
 
 To help you find them. La. Gentle villager 
 
 What readieft way would bring me to that place? 
 
 Co. Due weft it rifes from this (hrubby point. 
 
 La. To find oijt that, good Shepherd, I fuppofc, 
 In fuch a fcant allowance of Star-light, 
 Would overtask the beft Land- Pilots arr^ ^ 3^ 
 
 Without the fure guefs of well-pradizM feef* 
 
 Cd^ I know each lane, and every alley green 
 Dingle, or bufhy dell of this wilde Wood, 
 And every bosky bourn from fide to fide 
 My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood, 
 And if your ftray attendance be yet lodged, 
 
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 Or fliroud within thefe limits, I fiiall knovi^ : ; 
 
 Ere morrow wake, or the low rootted lark 
 
 From her thatch't pallat rowfe, if other wife 
 
 I can condudl you Lady to a low 
 
 But loyal cottage, where you may be fafe 
 
 Till further queft'. La. Shepherd I take thy word^ 
 
 And truft thy honeft offered courtefie. 
 
 Which oft is fooner found in lowly (heds 
 
 With fmoaky rafters, .then in tapftry Halls 
 
 And Courts of Princes, where it firft was nam'd^ 
 
 And yet is moft pretended : In a place 
 
 Lefs warranted then this, or lefs fecure 
 
 I cannot be, that I (hould fear to change it, 
 
 Eie me Weft Providence, and fquare.my triall , y, 
 
 To my proportionM ftrength. Shepherd lead on.-^— 
 
 The two Brothersh 
 
 Eld. Bro. UnmufHe ye faint Stars, and thou fair Moon . 
 
 That wontii to love the travellerS;bcnizon, 
 
 Stoop thy pale vifage through an amber cloud, 
 
 And difinhcrit Chaos^ that raigns here 
 
 In double night of darknefs, and of (hades i 
 
 Or if your influence be quite damm'd up 
 
 With black ufurping mifts, fom gentle taper 
 
 Though 
 
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 Though a rufh Candle from the wicker hole 
 
 Of fom clay habitation- vifit us 
 
 With thy long levell'd rule of ftreaming hght, 
 
 And thou (halt be our ftar of Arcady, 
 
 Or 7yrUn Cynofure. 2. Bro. Or i£ our eyes 
 
 Be barr'd that happines, might we biit hear 
 
 The folded flocks pen'd in their watled cotes. 
 
 Or found of paftoral reed with oaten flops. 
 
 Or whiftle from the Lodge^or Village Cock 
 
 Count the night watches to his feathtry Dames, 
 
 *Twould be fom* folace yet fom little ehearing 
 
 In this clofe dungeon of innumerous bowes. 
 
 But O that haples virgin our loft lifter 
 
 Where may (he wander now, whether betake her 
 
 From the chill dew, amongft rude burrs and thiftles ? 
 
 Perhaps fom cold bank is her boulftei now 
 
 Or 'gairift the rugged bark of fom broad Elm 
 
 Leans her unpillowM head fraught with fad fears> 
 
 What if in wild amazement, and affright, 
 
 Or while we fpeak within the direful grafp 
 
 Of Savage hunger, or of Savage heat ? 
 
 Eld. Bro. Peace Brother, be not over-exquifite 
 
 To caft the faftiion of uncertain evils *, 
 
 For grant they be fo, while they reft unknown, 
 
 G a What 
 
what need a than foreftall his date ofgrief^ 
 
 And run to nmect what he would mod avoid } 
 
 Or if they be but falfe alarms of Fear, 
 
 How bitter is fuch felf-delufion ? 
 
 I do not think my fitter fo to feck, 
 
 Or fo unprincipled in vertues book, 
 
 And the fweet peace that goodnes boofoms ever. 
 
 As that the fingle want of light and noife 
 
 ( Not being in danger, as I truft (he is not ) 
 
 Could ftir the conftant mood of her calm thoughts. 
 
 And put them into mif becoming plight. 
 
 Vcrtue could fee to do what vertue would 
 
 By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon 
 
 Were in the flat Sea funL And Wifdoms (elf 
 
 Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude, 
 
 Where with her beft nurfe Contemplation 
 
 She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings 
 
 That in the various busfle of refort 
 
 Were all to rufB'd, and fomtimes impaired* 
 
 He that has light within his own deer breft 
 
 May fit i'th center, and enjoy bright day, 
 
 But he that hides a dark foul, and foul thoughts 
 
 Benighted walks under the mid- day Sun > 
 
 Himfelf is his own dungeon* 
 
 2. Bro^ 
 
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 2. Bro. Tismofi true 
 
 That mufing meditation moft affeds 
 
 The penlive fecrecy of defert cell, 
 
 Far from the cheer full haunt of men, and hctdSi 
 
 And fits as fafe as in a Senat houfe, 
 
 For who would rob a Hermit of his Weeds, 
 
 His few Books, or his Beads, or Maple Difli, 
 
 Or do his gray hairs any violence ? 
 
 But beauty like the fair Hefperian Tree 
 
 Laden with blooming gold, had need the guard 
 
 Of dragon watch with uninchantcd eye, 
 
 To fave her bloflToms, and defend her fruit - ' 
 
 From the ra(h hand of bold Incontinence. 
 
 You may as well fpred out the unfun'd heaps 
 
 Of Mifers treafure by an out-laws den. 
 
 And tell me it is fafe, as bid me hope - >- : 
 
 Danger will wink on Opportunity, - ^ 
 
 And let a fingle helplefs maiden pafs 
 
 Uninjured in this wildc furrounding waft. 
 
 Of night, or lonelinefs it recks me not, 
 
 I fear the dred events that dog them both, 
 
 Left fom ill greeting touch attempt the perfon 
 
 Of our unowned fifter. 
 
 Eld. Bro. I do not, Brother, 
 
 G 3 Inferr, 
 
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 Inferr^as if I thought my fifters ftate 
 Secure without all doubt, or controverfie : 
 Yet where an equal poife of hope and k%t 
 Does arbitrate th^event, my nature is 
 That I encline to hope^ rather then fear, 
 And gladly banifh fquint fufpicion. 
 My fifter is not fo defencelefs left 
 As you imagine, fhe has a hidden ftrength 
 Which you remember not. 
 
 2. Bro. What hidden ftrength, 
 Unlefs the ftrength of Heav'n, if you tpean that ? 
 
 Eld. Bro. I mean that too, but yet a hidden ftrength 
 Which if Heav'n gave it, may be termed her own : 
 'Tis chaftity, my brother, chaftity : 
 She that has that, is clad in compleat fteel. 
 And like a quiver'd Nymph with Arrows keen 
 May trace huge Forrefts, and unharbour'd Heaths, 
 Infamous Hills, and fandy perilous wildes. 
 Where through the facred rayes of Chaftity, 
 No fav3ge fierce, Bandite^or Mountaneer 
 Will dare f o fnyl her Virgin purity, 
 Yea there, where ver/defohtion dwels 
 By grots, and caverns (hag'd with horrid {hades. 
 She may pafs on with unblench't majeliy, 
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 Be it not don in pride, or in prefumption. 
 
 Som fay no evil thing that walks by night 
 
 In fog, or fire, by lake, or nnoorifl-i fen. 
 
 Blew meager Hag, or ftubborn unlaid ghoft, 
 
 That breaks his magick chains at curfcu time, 
 
 No Goblin, orfwart Faery of the mine, 
 
 Hath hortfull power o're true Virginity. 
 
 Do ye believe me yet, or (hall I call 
 
 Antiquity from the old Schools of Greece 
 
 To teftifie the arms of Chaftity > 
 
 Hence had the huntrefs Vian her dred bow 
 
 Fair filver-fhafted Queen for ever chafte. 
 
 Wherewith (he tamM the brinded lionefs 
 
 And fpotted mountain pard, but fet at nought 
 
 The frivolous bolt of Cufid, gods and men 
 
 Fear'd her ftern frown, and (he was queen cth'Woods. 
 
 What was that fnaky-headcd Gorgon fheild 
 
 That wife Mfwert^^ wore, unconquer'd Virgin, 
 
 Wherwith (he freez'd her foes to congeal'd (tone? 
 
 But rigid looks of Chart aufterity, 
 
 And noble grace that da(h*t brute violence 
 
 With fudden adoration, and blank aw. 
 
 So dear to Heav'n is Saintly chafllty, 
 
 That when a foul is found (infcerely fo, ^ 
 
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 A thoufand livetied Angels lacky her^ 
 Driving far ofFeach thing of fin and guilt. 
 And in cleer dreanri) and foknnn vifion 
 Tell her of things that no grofs ear can hear. 
 Till oft convers with heav'nly habitants 
 Begin to caft a beam on th'outward (hape. 
 The unpolluted temple of the mind, 
 And turns it by degrees to the fouls efferfce. 
 Till all be made immortal ; but when luft 
 By unchafie looks, Joofe gefturcs, and foul talk. 
 But moft by Icud and lavifh ad of fin. 
 Lets in defilement to the inward parts, 
 The foul grows clotted by contagion, 
 Imbodies, and imbrutes, till (he quite loofe 
 The divine property of her firft being. 
 Such are thofe thick and gloomy (hadows damp 
 Oft fecn in Charnel vaults, and Sepulchers 
 Lingering^and fitting by a new made grave. 
 As loath to leave the Body that it lov'd. 
 And link't it felf by carnal fenfuality 
 To a degenerate and degraded ftate. 
 
 2. Bro. How charming is divine Philofophy ! 
 Not haifh, and crabbed as dull fools fuppofe, 
 But mufical as is Jpojlo's lute, 
 
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 And a perpetual fcaft of necftar'd fwects, 
 
 Where no crude furfet raigns. Eld. Brc. Lift, lift, I hear 
 
 Som far of hallow break the filent Air. 
 
 2. Bro. Me thought fo too 9 what ftiould it be ? 
 
 Kid. Bro. For certain 
 Either fom one like us night-founder'd herc^ 
 Or els fom neighbour Wood-nnan, or at worft, 
 Sonri roaving Robber calling to his fellows. 
 
 2. Bro. Heav'n keep my fifter, agen, agen, and neer> 
 Beft draw, and ftand upon our guard* 
 
 Eld. Bro. He hallow, 
 If he be friendly he comes well, if not, 
 Defence is a good caufe, and Heav'n be for us. 
 
 The attendant Sprit habited like a shepherd* 
 
 That hallow I (hould know, what are you ? fpcak » 
 Com not too neer, you fall on iron flakes elfe. 
 
 Sfir. What voice is that,my young Lord? fpeak agen. 
 
 2. Bro. O brother, *tis my father Shepherd furc. 
 
 Eld. Bro. Jhyrfis ? Whofe artful ftrains have oft delaid 
 
 The hudling brook to hear his madrigal. 
 
 And fweetn'd every muskrofe of the dale. 
 
 How cam'ft thou here good Swain ? hath any Ram 
 
 flipt from the fold, or young Kid loft his dam. 
 
 Or 
 
Or ftraggling Weather the pen'r flock forrook ? 
 How couldft thou find this dark fequefter'd nook ? 
 
 Spir. O my lov'd Matters heir, and his next joy, 
 I came not here on fuch a tiivial toy 
 As a ftray'd Ewe, or to purfue the ftealth 
 Of pilfering Woolf, not all the fleecy wealth 
 That doth enrich thefe Downs, is worth a thought 
 To this my errand, and the care it brought. 
 But O my Virgin Lady, where is ftie ? 
 How chance flie is not in your company ? 
 
 Eld. Bro. To tell thee fadly Shepherd, without blame, 
 Or our negleft, we lofi: her as we came* 
 
 Spir. Ay me unhappy then my fears are true. 
 
 EUBro. What fears good Thyrfu ? Prethec briefly (hew. 
 
 Spir^ Ik tell ye, 'tis not vain or fabulous, 
 (Though fo efl:eem'd by fliallow ignorance) 
 What the fage Poets taught by th'heav'nly Mufe, 
 Storied of old in high immortal vers 
 Of dire Chimeras and inchanted lies. 
 And rifted Rocks whofe entrance leads to Hell> 
 For fuch there be, but unbelief is blind* 
 
 Within the navilof this hideous Wood, 
 
 Immur'd in cyprefs fhades a Sorcerer dwels 
 
 Oi^ Bacchus^^nd of Circe born, great Camus ^ 
 
 Deep 
 
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 Deep skill'd in all his mothers, witcheries. 
 
 And here to every thirfty wanderer^ 
 
 By fly enticement gives his baneful cup. 
 
 With many murmurs mixt, whofe pleaGng poifbn 
 
 The vifage quite transforms of him that drinks^ 
 
 And the inglorious likenes of a beaft 
 
 Fixes inftead^ unmoulding reafons mintage 
 
 Charader'd in the face V this have I learn'C 
 
 Tending my flocks hard by i'th hilly crofts. 
 
 That brow this bottom glade, whence night by night 
 
 He and his monftrous rout are heard to howl 
 
 Like ftabl'd wolves, or tigers at their prey, 
 
 Doing abhorred rites to Hecate 
 
 In their obfcured haunts of inmoft bowres. 
 
 Yet have they many baits, and guileful fpells 
 
 To inveigle and invite th' unwary fenfe 
 
 Of them that pafs unweeting by the way. 
 
 This evening late by then the chewing flocks 
 
 Had ta'n their fupper on the favoury Herb 
 
 Of Knot-grafs dew-befprent, and were in fold, 
 
 I fate me down to watch upon a bank 
 
 With Ivy canopied, and interwove 
 
 With flaunting Hony-fuckle, and began 
 
 Wrapt in a pleafmg fit of melancholy 
 
 To 
 
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 To meditate upon my rural minftrelfic. 
 
 Till fancy had her fill, but ere a clofe 
 
 The wonted roar was up amidft the Woods, 
 
 And filPd the Air with barbarous diffonance 
 
 At which I ceas't, and liften'd them a while. 
 
 Till an unufual flop of fuddcn filence 
 
 Gave refpit to the drowfie frighted fteeds 
 
 That draw the litter of clofe curtained fleep t 
 
 At laft a foft and folemn breathing found 
 
 Rofe like a ftream of rich diftillM perfumes. 
 
 And ftole upon the Air, that even Silence 
 
 Was took e're (he was ware, and wi(ht (he might 
 
 Deny her nature, and be never more 
 
 Still to be fo difplacV. I was all ear, 
 
 And took in drains that might create a foul 
 
 Under the ribs of Death, but O ere long 
 
 Too well I did perceive it was the voice 
 
 Of my mod honoured Lady, your dear fitter, 
 
 AmazM I flood, harrowM with grief and fear. 
 
 And O poor haplefs Nightingale thought I, 
 
 How fwect thou fing'ft, how near the deadly fnare ! 
 
 Then down the Lawns I ran with headlong haft 
 
 Through paths, and turnings oft'n trod by day, 
 
 Till guided by mine car I found the place 
 
 Where 
 
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 Where that damnM wifard hid in fly difguifc 
 
 (For fo by certain fignes I knew) had met 
 
 Already, ere my beft fpced could prevent. 
 
 The aidlcts innocent Lady his wifli't prey. 
 
 Who gently ask't if he had feen fuch two, 
 
 Suppofinghim fom neighbour villager j 
 
 Longer I durft not (lay, but foon I guefe't 
 
 Ye were the two (he mean*t^ with that I fprung 
 
 Into fwift flight, till I had found you here, 
 
 But further know I not. 2. Bro. O night and fhadcs. 
 
 How are ye joyn'd with Hell in tripple knot 
 
 Againft th'unarmed weaknefs of one Virgin 
 
 Alone, and helplefs ! is this the confidence 
 
 You gave me Brother ? Eld. Bro. Yes, and keep it ftilU 
 
 Lean on it fafely, not a period 
 
 Shall be unfiid for me : againft the threats 
 
 Of malice or of forcery^ or that power 
 
 Which erring men call Chance, this I hold firm^ 
 
 Vertue may be affaird, but never hurt, 
 
 Surpriz'd by unjuft force, but not en^^rall'dj 
 
 Yea even that which mifchief meant moft harm, 
 
 Shall in the happy trial prove moft glory* 
 
 But evil on it felf (hall back recoyl, 
 
 And mix no more with goodnefs, when at laft 
 
 Gather'4 
 
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 Gathet'd like fcuiri, and fecFd to it felf 
 
 It (hall be in eternal reftleft chainge 
 
 Self-fed, and felf confuni'dvif ihisfail. 
 
 The pillar'd firmament is rott'nnefs. 
 
 And earths bafe built on ftubbfe. But com let's on* 
 
 Againft th'oppofing wilt and ^m of HeaV*n 
 
 May never this juftfvverd be lifted up, 
 
 But for that damn'd MagicTari^let him be girt 
 
 With all the grcifly legions that troop 
 
 Under thefbbty flag of'Ach&ok^ ' 
 
 Harpyes and Hydra% oi' afl4hemonftrous forms ' 
 
 'Twixt Africa'^^ri'd J>;i3f^^11e find him out. 
 
 And force him to reftore hi^purchafe backj 
 
 Or draghirti by the cnrlSj'toi fbul deaths 
 
 Curs'd as his life. , ■.u^i z . . : . - 
 
 Spir. Alas good ventrou's' youth, 
 1 love thy courage yet, and bold Emprife, 
 But here thy fword can do thee little ftead, 
 Far other arms^ and other weapons muft 
 Be thofe that quellnhe might of hellifh charms. 
 He with his bare wand can unthred thy joyiits, 
 And crumble all thy finews. 
 
 Eld. Bro. Why prethee Shepherd 
 How durft thou then thy felf approach fo neer 
 
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As to mzkc this Relation ? " 
 
 Spif* Care and utmoft (hifts 
 How to fecure the Lady from furprifal, 
 Brought to my mind a certain Shepherd Lad 
 Of fmall regard to fee to, yet well skill'd 
 In every vertuous plant and healing herb 
 That fpreds her verdant le^f to th'morning ray, 
 He lov'd me wellj ^d oft would beg me ftng. 
 Which when I did, he on the tender grafe 
 Would fitj and hearken even to extafie. 
 And in requital ope his leathern fcrip, 
 And fhew me limples of a thoufand names ^ ; 
 Telling their ftrange and vigorous faculties j ^ 
 Amongft the reft a fmall unfightly root. 
 But of divine efFed, he cull'd me out > 
 The leaf was darkilb, and had prickles on if, 
 But in another Countrey, as he faid, 
 Bore a bright golden flQwrCj but not in this fpyl : 
 Unknown, and like efteemM, and the dull fwain 
 Treads on it daily with his clouted (hoon, 
 And yet more med'cinal is it then that Moly 
 That Hermes once to wife VlyjTcs gave > 
 He caird it Hdsmony^ and gave it me. 
 And bad me keep it as of fov'ran uf« 
 
 'Gainft 
 
•Gainft all Inchantmcnts^ mildew blaft, or darhp 
 
 Or gaftly furies apparition > 
 
 I purs't it up, but little reckoning macte^ 
 
 Till now that this extremity compeU'd, 
 
 But now I find it true > for by this means 
 
 1 knew the foul inchanter though difguis'd, 
 
 Enter*d the very lime-twigs of his fpclls, 
 
 And yet came off: if you have this about you 
 
 (As I will give you when we go) you may 
 
 Boldly affault the necromancers hall h 
 
 Where if he be, with dauntlefs hardihood. 
 
 And brandi(h*t blade ruQi on him, break his glafs, 
 
 And (hed the lufliious liquor on the ground, 
 
 But feafe his wand, though he and his curft crew 
 
 Fierce figne of bat tail make, and menace high, 
 
 Or like the Sons o£ Vulcan vomit fmoak, 
 
 Yet will they foon retire, if he but (brink. 
 
 Eldo Bro. Thyrpr lead on apace, He follow thee. 
 And fom good angcl bear a (hield before us* 
 
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 The Seem changes to ajiatetj PaUce ^ fet out with 
 all manner of delicionfnefs :foft Mufick.y tables 
 fpred mth all dainties. Comu$ appears mth 
 his rabble , and the Lady fet in an inchanted 
 chair , to whom he ojfers his Glafs ^ which Jhe 
 puts by^ and goes about to rifd 
 
 Comus. Nay Lady fit •, if I but wave this wand, 
 Your nerves are all chain'd up in Alablader, 
 And you a ftatue 9 or zsVaphnc was 
 Root- bound, that fled Apollo^ 
 
 La* Fool do not boaft, 
 Thou canft not touch the freedom of my minde 
 With all thy charms, although this corporal rinde 
 Thouhafte immarracrd, while Heaven fees g^ood. 
 
 Co. Why are you vext Lady ? why do you frown ? 
 
 Here dwell no frowns, nor anger, from theft gates 
 
 Sorrow flies far : See hereby all the pleafures 
 
 That fancy can beget on youthful! thoughts. 
 
 When the frefh blood grows lively, and returns 
 
 Brisk as the April buds in Primrofe-fcafon* 
 
 And fir ft behold this cordial Julep here 
 
 That flames, and dances in hiscryftal bounds 
 
 With fpirits of balm, and fragrant Syrops mixt^ 
 
 Not that NfPrmW which the wife oitbofuf^ 
 
 H \n 
 
Is bffuch' power to^ftir up joy '^ tbis/ ^^ ^^^'^ ^ -^ ^^' 
 ^Yhy ftpald you be ia cruel to yQur feUi , ,\4v\v/t t'\cV • 
 
 For gentle uftge, and iof^ dtftcacy ?'^-^^^- -'^^ ^n\x\s\^^ 
 
 But you ipy,ert the,CQ^*nams> of her ^uuft,_ ^ 
 
 And harfhly deal lifcc -m ill borrower^ r;^ ^- / 
 
 With that which you receivM on oth^r terms^ 
 
 Scorning the uncxempt conditioiji, L-;: . '-^ 
 
 By which all mortal frailty rcuft fubilft, . \ 
 
 RtfrefliiTient after toil, eafe after pain,;^^ ^..^ jmui uoHT 
 
 That have been tir'd all day without repaft; ' :fc j^jiv/ 
 
 And timely rqft have wapted, biitf^ijr Virgin 
 
 Thi^ will jeftpr^.ftlLfeon^ : -^ ■ v.:;7 .jo, . . .... vlj 
 
 L^. ^TwiU nq^ fa](^ti[^Upr, v.t .p.^wc^ on ILwb :)i:>H 
 
 'Twill not reOore the tri|th and honc^f ; , > .^^ift woiio2 
 
 That thou haft banifli^Jj frpm thy tor^gue with ligs^.^-j 3^HT 
 
 Was this the cottage^ and the fafe. ab|pd,e 
 
 • Thou told'ft mq of > What grim afp^d|s>yathef^^g ^eha 
 
 Thefe oughIy-head(:d Monfters .? M^^r.cy guard ipe f\ I ^a 
 
 Hence wifhthy brcw'dinchantments, foul decciv^i^ j^, i 
 
 Haft thou betrai'd my. credulous innocenqc .. c . ^lii-i// 
 
 With vifoiU fdUhood^and bafe forg^ryb^ci;.. c :a i^»ii k/<^ 
 
 And 
 
(U5) 
 
 And would'ft thou feck again to trap me here 
 
 With lickeriQi baits fit to enfnare a brute? 
 
 Were it a draft for Juno when (he banquets, 
 
 I would not tafte thy treafonous offer i none 
 
 But fuch as are good men can give good things, 
 
 And that which is not good, is not delicious 
 
 To a wcll-govem'd and wife appetite. 
 
 Co, O foolifhnes of men ! that lend their cars 
 
 To thofe budge Dodtors of the StoichJyjixXy 
 
 And fetch their precepts from the Cynich^ Tub, 
 
 Praifing the lean and fallow Abftinence. 
 
 Wherefore did Nature powre her bounties forth, 
 
 With fuch a full and unwithdrawing band, 
 
 Covering the earth with odours, fruits, and flocks. 
 
 Thronging the Seas with fpawn innumerable, 
 
 But all to pleafe, and fate the curious tafte ? 
 
 And fet to work millions of fpinning Worms, 
 
 That in their green (hops w^eavethe fmooth-hair*d filk 
 
 To deck her Sons, and that no corner might 
 
 Be vacant of her plenty, in her own loyhs 
 
 She hutch't th'all- wor(hipt ore, and precious genas 
 
 To ftore her children with *, if all the world 
 
 Should in a pet of temperance feed on Pulfe, 
 
 Drink the clear ftrearajand nothing wear but Freize, 
 
 H 2 Th'all- 
 
Th'all-giver would be unthank't, would bcunprais'd. 
 
 Not half his riches known, and yet defpis'd, 
 
 And we (hould ktvt him as a grudging matter. 
 
 As a penurious niggard of his wealth, 
 
 And live like Natures baftards, not her fons, 
 
 Who would be quite furchargM with her own weight. 
 
 And ftrangrd with her wafte fertility i (plumes, 
 
 Th'earth cumbered , and the wing'd air dark't with 
 
 The herds would over-multitude their Lords, 
 
 TheSeao'rcfraught would fwel,& th'unfought diamonds 
 
 Would fo emblaze the forhead of the Deep, 
 
 And fo beftudd with Stars, that they below 
 
 Would grow inured to light, and com at laft 
 
 To gzlt upon the Sun with fhamdes brows, 
 
 Lili Lady be not coy, and be not cofen*d 
 
 With that fame vaunted name Virginity, 
 
 Beauty is natures coyn, muft not be hoorded. 
 
 But muft be currant, and the good thereof 
 
 Confiftsin mutual and p^Crtak^'n blifs, 
 
 Unfavoury in th^njoynaent of it felf 
 
 If you Tet flip time, like a neglcded rofc 
 
 Ic withers on the ftalk with languilh't head. 
 
 Beauty is natures brag, and muft be ftiown 
 
 In court*?, at f^iOf and hipJUfokmnitics 
 
 Where 
 
C"7) 
 where moft may wonder at the workm.. ^ 
 It is for homely features to keep home. 
 They had their name thence i courfc complexions 
 And cheeks of forry grain will fcrvc to ply 
 The fampler, and to teize the hufwifes wooll. 
 What need a vermeil-tindar'd lip for that 
 Love- darting eyes, or trefles like the the Morn ? 
 There was another meaning inthcfe gifts. 
 Think what, and be adviz'd, you are but young yet. 
 La. I had not thought to have unlockt my lips 
 In this unhallow'd air, but that this Jugler 
 Would think to charm my judgement, as mine eyes 
 Obtruding falfe rules pranckt in rcafons garb. 
 I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, 
 And vertue has no tongue to check her pride : 
 Impoftor do not charge moft innocent nature. 
 As if (he would her children (hould be riotous 
 With hej: abundance (he good cate^es 
 Means her provifion only to the good 
 That live according to her fober laws, 
 And holy did^ate of (pare Temperance : 
 If every juft man that now pines with vvani 
 Had but a moderate and befeeming fliarc 
 Of that which lewdly-pamper'd Luxury 
 
 H J Now 
 
(ii8) 
 
 Now heaps upon fom few with vaft cxcefs. 
 
 Natures full blcffings would be well difpenc't 
 
 In unfupcrfluous eeven proportion. 
 
 And (he no whit encomber'd with her ftore, 
 
 And then the giver would be better thank't^ 
 
 His praife due paid, for fwinifti gluttony 
 
 Ne're looks to Heav'n amidft his gorgeous fcaft, 
 
 But with befotted bafe ingratitude 
 
 Cramms, and blafphemes his feeder. Shall I go on ? 
 
 Or have I faid anow ? To him that dares 
 
 Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words 
 
 Againft the Sun-clad power of Chaftity; 
 
 Fain would I fomthing fay, yet to what end ? 
 
 Thou haft nor Ear, nor Soul to apprehend 
 
 The fublime notion, and high myftery 
 
 That muft be utterM to unfold the fage 
 
 And ferious doftrine of Virginity, 
 
 And thou art worthy that thou fljouldft not know 
 
 More happinefs then this thy prefent lot. 
 
 Enjoy your dear Wit, and gay Rhetorick 
 
 That hath fo well been taught her dazlingfen^^ 
 
 Thou art not fit to hear thy felf convinc't h 
 
 Yet fliould I try, the unconCrouled worth 
 
 Of this purccaufe would kindle my rap't fpirits 
 
 To 
 
C"9) 
 
 To (iich a flame of faired vehf racnce^ 
 Yhatduaib things would be mov'dtQ fympathize,, ^ 
 And thq brute Earth would lend her nerves, andih?ke, 
 Till all thy cn^gick fliPUiaures r^^ar'd fo high, -^ 
 
 Were (hatter'd into heaps o're thy falfe head. *^ * 
 
 Co. She fables nor, I feel that I do fear -^^, 
 
 Her words kt off by fom fuperior power", O 
 
 And though not mortal, yet a cold (huddring dew 
 Dips me all o're, as when the wrath of Jove 
 Speaks thunder, and the chains of Erebus 
 To fom ofSaiurns crew. I muft diflemble, 
 And try her yet more ftrongly. Com, no more. 
 This is meer moral babble» and direct: 
 Againft the canon laws, of our fqundation ; 
 I rauft not fuffer this, yet 'tis but the lees , . i 
 
 Andfetlingsof a melancholy bloody 'r 
 
 But this will cure all flreight, one fip of this 
 Will bathe the drooping fpirits in delight 
 Beyond the blifs of dreams. Bevvifc, and tafle»— 
 
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Cl20> 
 
 T'he Brothers rufh in with Sivords drAxpn^ wrefi hk 
 Glafs out of his hand^ and breaks it againji the 
 ground 5 hif rout make fign of rejfftance ^ but 
 are all driven in 3 The attendant Sprit comes 
 in. 
 
 Spit. What, have you Jet the falfc Enchanter fcapc i 
 O yc miftook, ye (hould have fnatcht his wand 
 And bound him faft y without his rod revcrs't, 
 And backward abutters of diffevering power, 
 We cannot free the Lady that fits here 
 In ffony fetters fixt, and motionlefs ^ 
 Yet flay, be not difturb'd, now I bethink mc, 
 Som other means I have which may be us'd. 
 Which once of Mdihdns old I Jearnt 
 The footheft Shepherd that ere pip't on plains. 
 
 There is a gentle Nymph not far from hence, 
 That with mbift curb fways the fmooth Severn ftrcam, 
 Sahrhia is her name, a Virgin pure. 
 Whilom fhe was the daughter of Loerittey 
 That had the Scepter from his Father Brute* 
 The guiltkfs damfel flying the mad purfuit 
 Of her enraged ftepdam fnenJokHy 
 Commended her fair innocence to the flood 
 
 That ftay'd her flight with his crofe- flowing courfe, 
 
 i . ' The 
 
The water Nymphs that in the bottom plaid, 
 Held up their pearled wrifis and took her in, 
 Bearing her ftraight to aged Nereui Hall, 
 Who piteous of her woes, rear'd her lank head, 
 And gave her to his daughters to imbathe 
 In nedar'd layers ftrcw'd with Afphodil, 
 And through the porch and inlet of each fenfc 
 Dropt in Ambrofial Oils till (he revived. 
 And underwent a quick immortal change 
 Made Goddefs of the River i ftill (he retains 
 Her maid'n gentlenes, and oft at Eeve 
 Vifits the herds along the twilight meadows. 
 Helping all urchin blafts, and ill luck ligpes 
 That the ftirewd medling Elfe delights to make, 
 Which (he with prctious viold liquors heals. 
 For which the Shepherds at their feftiyals 
 Carrol her goodnes lowd In ruftick layes, 
 And throw fweet garland wreaths into her ftreani 
 Ofpancies, pinks, and gaudy Daffadils^ 
 And, as the old Swain ffiid, (lie can unlock 
 ^e clafping charm, and thaw the numming fpell, 
 II (he be right invok'tin warbled Song, 
 For maid' nhood (he loves, and will befwift 
 To aid a Virgin fuch as was her felf 
 
In hard befetting need, this will I try 
 And adde the power of fom adjuring verfc . 
 
 S O' N G. 
 
 Sabrina fair 
 
 Lifien where thou an Jitting 
 Vnderthegla^e^cool^ tranflucentwave^ 
 
 In tmjied braids of Lillies klfitting 
 1th t loofe train efthy amber-drofping bair^ 
 
 Lijien for dear boHours fak^-, 
 
 Goddefs of the ftlver lake-, 
 
 Lifien andfave. 
 
 ]Liften and appear to us 
 In name of great Oceanns^ 
 By the earth-lhaking Neptune's nnace, 
 And 7'ethys grave majcftick pace, 
 By hoary Nereus wrincled look. 
 And the Carpathian wifards hook, 
 By fcaly Tritons winding (hell. 
 And old footh-faying Glaucus fpell. 
 By Leucothea^s lovely hands, 
 And her fon that rules the ftrands, 
 By thetis tinfel-flipper'd feet, 
 And the Songs of Sirens fweet, 
 
 By 
 
By dead Parthenofe^s dear tomb, , rbbfcoO 
 
 And fair Ligeas golden comb^ V 
 
 Wherewith (he fits on diamond rocks 
 
 Sleeking her foft alluring locks, 
 
 By all the Nymphs that nightly dance 
 
 Upon thy ftreams with wily glance, 
 
 Rife^ rife^and heave thy rofie he^d 
 
 From thy coral-pav'n bed, 
 
 And bridle in thy headlong wave, 
 
 Till thou our fummons anfwerd have» 
 
 Liften and fave. 
 
 Sabrina rijes^ attended by vpater-Nympks^ O'Jings^ 
 
 By the rujhy-f ringed bank^^ 
 
 Where grovps the WiUovp and the Ojier dankji 
 
 My Jliding Chariot ft ay etl 
 
 1^hic}J}t rcith Agat-^ and the azumjheen 
 
 OfturkiS bleufj andEmranld green 
 
 'that in the channel flr aye f^ 
 
 Whilft from off the n^at en fleet 
 
 Ihus Ifet my printlefs feet 
 
 OWe the ConJIipi Velvet head^ 
 
 That bends not as I tread^ 
 
 Gentle fi^ain at thy requeft 
 
 I am here* 
 
 Spir» 
 
("4) 
 
 Spif. Goddefidcar 
 Wc implore thy powerful hand 
 To undo the charnned band 
 Of true Virgin here diftreft» 
 Through the force, and through the wile 
 Of unbleft inchanter vile^ 
 
 Sab. Shepherd 'tis my office beft 
 To help infnared chaftity j 
 Brighteft Lady look on me. 
 Thus I fprinkle on thy breft 
 Drops that firom my fountain pure^ 
 I have kept of pretious cure^ 
 Thrice upon thy fingers tip, 
 Thrice upon thy rubied lip. 
 Next this marble vcnom*d feat 
 Smeared with gumms of glutenous heat 
 I touch with chade palms moift and cold, 
 Now the fpell hath loft his hold > 
 And I muft haftc ere morning hour 
 To wait in Ampbitrift^s bowr. 
 
 Sabrina defcends^andth^ Lady rifes out of her fiat. 
 
 Sfif. Virgin, daughter of L(vri«e 
 
 Sprung of old Anchifts line f i 
 
 May 
 
0^5) 
 
 May thy brimmed waves for this ^ 
 
 Their full tribute never mifs 
 From a thoufand petty rills. 
 That tumbled down the fnowy hills: 
 Summer drouth, or linged air 
 Never fcorch thy treffes fair, 
 Nor wet Otlohtrs torrent flood 
 Thy molten cryftal fill with mudd, 
 May thy billows rowl aftioar 
 The beryl, and the golden ore, 
 May thy lofty head be aown'd 
 With many a tower and terras rounds 
 And here and there thy banks upon 
 With Groves of myrrhc, and cinnamon. 
 Com Lady while Heaven lends us grace, 
 Let us fly this curfed plice. 
 Left the Sorceier us entice 
 With fom other new device. 
 Not a wafte, or needlefs found 
 Till we com to holier ground, 
 I (hall be your faithful! guide 
 Through this gloomy covert wide, 
 And not many furlongs thence 
 Is ycN^r Fathers refidencc, 
 ^ Wher. 
 
where this night are met in ftate 
 
 Many a friend to gratulate 
 
 His wifli't prefence, and befide 
 
 All the Swains that there abide, 
 
 With ]iggs, and rural dance tcfort, 
 
 We (hall catch them at their fporty 
 
 And our fudden coming there ^^ 
 
 Will double all their mirth lipd chere i ; 
 
 Com let us hafte, the Stars grow high, ' | 
 
 But night fits monarch yet in the mid sky. 
 
 Ithe Scene changes ^preJentingLndlow Town and 
 
 the Prefidents Cajile^ then com in Conntrey- 
 
 Dancers^ after them the attendant Sfirit^ with 
 
 the tvpo Brothers andthe L^pm^o -j. j au/j 
 
 n yy -n^i '^vJti tjiliriv/ ^ij; J nrio3 
 
 Spir. Backus hepherdsy bacj^y anoHgb your play^ 
 
 Till next Sun-fhinc holiday^ 
 
 Here be mthout duch^ or nod 
 
 Other trippings to be trod, ■ 
 
 Of lighter toes ^ andjuch Cmriguife, J] [ 
 
 As Mercury did firfi dtvife 
 
 With the mincing Dry adcs 
 
 Onthc Latins ' and on the Leas» 
 
 This 
 
This fecond Song prcfents them to their ^"^ 
 Father and Mother. ^ 
 
 Noble Lord, and Lady bright^ 
 I have brought ye nen> delight^ 
 Here behold fo goodly grovpn iro 
 
 'three fair branches of your dwty j^ 11 
 
 Heav'n hath timely trtd their ywtb^n^^^ rl^i 
 Their faith^ their patience^ and their truth. 
 Andfent them here through hard affays 
 With a crorpn of deathlefiFrdiJe^ 
 To triwnfh in vilJorieus dance 
 O^efenfual Folly ^ and Intemperance* 
 
 Theddfices ended ^ the Spirit EpilogHi%es. 7^ 
 
 Spir. To the Ocean now I fly^ 
 And thofe happy clinDes that ly 
 Where day never (huts his eye, 
 Up in the broad fields of the sky ; 
 There I fuck the liquid air 
 All amidft the Gardens fair 
 OiHefperus-y and his daughters three 
 That fing about the golden tree ; 
 Along the crifped (hades and bowres 
 Revels the fprucc and jocond Spring, 
 
(n8) 
 
 The Graces, and the rofic-bopfomM Howres^ 
 
 Thither all their bounties bring; ^ ^ 
 
 That there eternal Slimmer d^els. 
 
 And Weft winds, with musky wing 
 
 About the ccdar'n alleys fling 
 
 Nard, and Cajjias balmy fmels. 
 
 Iris there with humid bow^ 
 
 Waters the odorous banks that blow ^ ^ 
 
 Flowers of more mifiglcd hew 
 
 Then her purfl'd fcarf can Ihew, 
 
 And drenches with Elyfian dew 
 
 ( Lift mortals if your ears be true) 
 
 Beds of Hyacinthy and Rofes 
 
 Where young Adorns oft repofes. 
 
 Waxing well of his deep wound 
 
 In flumber foft, and on the ground 
 
 Sadly fits tliAJfyrian Queen \ 
 
 But far above in fpangled fheen 
 
 Cclcftial Cupldhtx fam'd Son advanc't. 
 
 Holds his dear Fyfcht fweet intranc't 
 
 After her wandring labours fong, 
 
 Till free confcnt the gods among 
 
 Make her his eternal Bride, 
 
 And fiom her fair unfpotted fide 
 
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 Two blifsful twins are to be born, 
 Youth and Joy i fo Jove hath fworn. 
 
 But now my task is fmoothly don^ 
 Icanfly, or I can run 
 Quickly to the green earths end, 
 Where the bow'd welkin flow doth bend. 
 And from thence can foar as foon 
 To the corners of the Moon. 
 
 Mortals that would follow me, 
 Love vcrtue, (he alone is free. 
 She can teach ye how to clime 
 Higher then the Spheary chime > 
 Or if Vertue feeble were^ 
 Heav'n it felf would ftoop to her. 
 
 F/4/. 
 
V S AL. I. Done intoVerfe^ *^$3» 
 
 BLefs'd is the man who hath not walk'd aftray 
 In counfel of the wicked> and ith' way 
 Of finners hath not flood, and in the feat 
 Of fcorners hath not fate. Bat in the great 
 y^&(?z/^&j Law is ever his delight. 
 And in his Law he ftudies day and night» 
 He (hall be as a tree which planted grows 
 By watry ftreams, and in his feafon knows 
 To yield his fruit, and his leaf (hall not fall. 
 And what he takes in hand (hall profper all. 
 Not fo the wicked, but as chaff which fanned 
 The wind drives, fo the wicked (hall not ftan<J 
 In jugdment, or abide their tryal then, 
 Nor (inners in th'aflembly of juft men. 
 For the Lord knows th' upright way of the juft. 
 And the way of tad men to ruine mu(t. 
 
 rSAL. 
 
030 
 VSAL. It D(?/^eAug. 8. 1653. T'ersse»/* 
 
 WHy do the Gentiles tumult, and the Nations 
 mufea vain thing, the Kings of th' earth up- 
 With power,and Pf inces in their Congregations (ftand 
 
 Lay deep their plots together through each Land, 
 Againft the Lord and his Meffiah dear 
 Let us break off, fay they,by fttcngth of hand 
 
 Their bonds^ and caft fronfi us, no more to wear. 
 Their twifted cords : he who in Heaven doth dwell 
 Shall laugh, the Lord (hall feoff them, then fevere • 
 
 Speak to them in his wrath, and in his fell 
 And fierce ire trouble them i but I faith hee 
 anointed have my King (though ye rebell) - 
 
 ©n Sion my holi* hilU A fif m decree 
 I will declare *, the Lord to me hath fay'd 
 Thou art my Son I have begotten thee 
 
 This day ^ ask of me, and the grant is made i 
 As thy poffeffion I on thee beftow 
 Th* Heathen, and as thy conqueft to be fway'd 
 
 Earths utmoft bounds : them (halt thou bring fall low 
 
 With Iron Scepter bruis'd, and them difperfe 
 
 Like to a potters vefTd (hiver'd fo, 
 
 I 2 And 
 
032) 
 
 And now be wife at length ye Kings averfc 
 Be taught ye Judges of the earth i wkhfear 
 Jehovah fetve, and let your joy converfe 
 
 With trembling v kifs the Son lead he appear 
 In anger and ye perifli in the way 
 If once his wrath take fire like fuel (ere. 
 
 Happy all thofe who have in him their flay. 
 
 PSAL. 5. Aug. 9. 1^53. 
 IVhen he fled from Abfalom. 
 
 LOrd how many are my foes 
 How many thofe ' t 
 
 That in arms againft me rife 
 Many are they 
 That of my life diftruftfully thus (ay, 
 No help for him in God there lies. 
 But thou Lord art my fliield my glory^ 
 Thee through my ftory 
 Th' cxalter of my head I count 
 Aloudlcry'd W 
 
 Unto Jehovah, he full foon reply 'd ^ 
 
 And heard me from his holy mount. - ^ 
 
 ^ I lay 
 
655) 
 I lay and flept, I wak'd again, 1 
 
 Formyfuftain : 
 
 Was the Lord. Of many oiillions 
 
 The populous rout 
 
 I fear not though incaroping round a(bout 
 
 They pitch againft me their Pavillions» 
 
 Rife Lord, fave me my God for thou J^ 
 
 Haft fmote ere now 
 
 On the cheek-bone all my foes, 
 
 Ofmenabhor'd 
 
 Hafl broke the teeth. This help was from the Lord 
 
 Thy bleffing on thy people flows. 
 
 FS AL. IV. Aug. 10. 1653 
 
 ^ A Nfwer me when I call 
 
 ^/\^God of my righteoufiiefs ^jJr, f v/ vBt: 
 
 In ftraights andih diflrefs 
 
 Thou didft me difinthrall 
 
 And fet at large i now fpare, \\ a» i j 
 
 Now pity me. and hear my earned prai'f . 
 
 Great ones how long will ye 
 
 My glory have in fcorn 
 
 How long be thus forborn 
 
 I 5 ; StiU 
 
(*34) 
 
 Still to love vanity, 
 
 To love , to feek , to prae 
 
 Things falfe and vain and nothing elfe but lies > 
 Yet know the Lord hath chofe 
 Chofe to himfelf a part 
 The good and meek of heart 
 ( For whom to chufe he knows ) 
 Jehovah from on high 
 
 Will hear my voyce what time to him I criet 
 Be aw'd^ and do not fin, 
 Speak to your hearts alone. 
 Upon your bedS) each one, 
 And be at peace within. 
 Offer the offerings juft 
 
 Of righteoufnefs and in Jehovah tf uft» 
 Many there be that fay 
 Who yet will fhew us good ? 
 Talking like this worlds brood i 
 But Lord, thus let me pray, 
 On us lift up the light 
 
 Lift up the favour of thy countenance brighf. 
 Into my heart more joy 
 And gladnefs thou haft put 
 Then when a year of glut 
 
 Their 
 
(135; 
 
 Their ftores doth over-cloy 
 And from their plenteous grounds 
 
 With vaft increafe their corn and wine abounds 
 In peace at once will I 
 Both lay me down and fleep 
 
 For thou alone doft keep ^ > 
 
 Me fafe where ere I lie 
 As in a rocky Cell 
 
 Thou Lord alone infafety mak'ft me dwelL 
 
 TSAL. V. Aug. 12. i653. 
 
 JEhovah to my words give ear 
 My meditation waigh 
 The voyce of my complaining hear 
 My King and God for unto thee I pray. 
 Jehovah thou my early voyce 
 
 Shalt in the morning hear 
 Ith* morning I to thee with choyce 
 Will rank my Prayers, and watch till thou appear. 
 For thou art not a God that takes 
 
 In wickednefs delight 
 Evil with thee no biding makes 
 
 Fools or mad men ftand not within thy fight. 
 
 I 4 M 
 
All workers of iniquity 
 
 Thou hat'ft > and them unbleft 
 Thou wilt dcftroy that fpeak a ly 
 The bloodi' and guileful man God doth deteft. 
 But I will in thy mercies dear 
 
 Thy numerous mercies fp 
 Into thy houfe ^ I in thy fear 
 Will towards thy holy temple worfhip low i 
 
 Lord lead me in thy righteoufiiefs 
 Lead me becaufe of thofe 
 • Thatdoobfervelf ftranfgrefs 
 Set thy wayes right before, where my ftep goes. 
 For in his faltring mouth unftable 
 No word is fircn or footh 
 Their infide, troubles miferable h 
 4in open grave their throat, their tongue they fmo 
 God, find them guilty, let them fall 
 
 By their own counfels quelPd » 
 Pufh them in their rebellions all 
 Still on h for againft thee they have rebcll'd y 
 Then all who truft in thee (hall bring 
 
 Their joy, while thou from blame 
 Defend'ft them, they (hall ever fing 
 And fliall triumph i» thee, who love thy name. 
 
 ! 
 
 For 
 
('37) 
 
 For thou Jehovah wilt be found 
 
 Toblefs the juftmanftill, 
 As with a (hield thou wilt furround 
 Him with thy lading favour and good wil ^ 
 
 VSAL. VI. Aug/l^. 1553. 
 
 LOrd in thine anger do not reprehend me 
 Nor in thy hot difpleafure me correct i 
 Pity me Lord for I am much dejeft 
 
 Am very weak and faint \ heal and amend roe. 
 For all my bones, that even with anguifh ake^ 
 
 Are troubled, yea my (bul is troubled fore 
 And thou O Lord how long? turn Lord^ reftorc 
 
 My foul, O fave mefor thy goodnefs fake 
 For in death no remembrance is of thee h 
 
 Who in the grave can celebrate thy praife ? 
 Wearied I am with fighing out my dayes, 
 
 Nightly my Couch 1 make a kind of Sea *, 
 My Bed I water with my tears 5 mine Eie 
 
 Through grief confumef, is waxen old and dark 
 
 Ith' mid'ftofall mine enemies that mark. 
 
 Depart all ye that work iniquicK. 
 
 Depart 
 
(•38) 
 
 Depart from me, for the voice of my weeping 
 
 The Lord hath heard, the Lord hath heard my prai*c 
 My fupplication with acceptance fair 
 
 The Lord will own, a nd have mc in his keeping* 
 Mine enemies (hall all be blank and da(h*t 
 
 With much confufion > then gro%7 red with (hame, 
 They fhall return in haft the way they came 
 
 And in a moment (hall be quite abafh't. 
 
 . . 1 
 
 PSAL. VII. Aug. 14- 1653. 
 
 1>pon the words ^/Ghuflj th Benjamite agmn^ 
 him. 
 
 LOrd my God to thee I flie 
 Save me and fecure nne under 
 Thy protection while I crie, 
 Leaft as a Lion (and no wonder) 
 He haft to tear my Soul afunder 
 Tearing and no refcue nigh. 
 
 Lord my God if I have thought 
 Or done this, if wickednefs 
 Be in my hands, if I have wrought' 
 I!I to him that meant me peace, 
 
 Of 
 
(^39) 
 
 Or to liim have rendered lefs, 
 And not fre'd my foe for naught i 
 
 Let th* enemy purfue my foul 
 And overtake it, let him tread 
 My life down to the earth and roul 
 In theduft my glory dead^ 
 In the duft and there out fpread 
 Lodge it with difhonour fouL 
 
 Rife Jehovah in thine ire 
 Rouze thy felf amidft the rage 
 Of my foes that urge like fire ; 
 And wake for me, their furi* affwage \ 
 Judgment here thou didft ingage 
 And command which I defire» 
 
 So th' affemblies of each Nation 
 Will furround thee, feeking right. 
 Thence to thy glorious habitation 
 Return on high and in their lighf. 
 Jehovah |udgeth moft upright 
 All people from the worlds foundation. 
 
 Judge me Lord, be judge in this 
 According to my righteoufnefs 
 And the innocence which is 
 
 Upon 
 
(i4o) 
 Upon me : caufe at length to ceafe 
 Of evil men the wickednefs 
 And their power that do ami& 
 
 But the juft eftablifh faft, 
 
 Since thou art the juft God that tries 
 
 Hearts and reins. On God is caft 
 
 My defence, and in him lies 
 
 In him who both juft and wife 
 
 Saves th' upright of Heart atlaft. 
 
 God is a juft Judge and feverc> 
 
 And God is every day offended i 
 
 If th' un juft will not forbear, 
 
 His Sword he whets, his Bow hath bended 
 
 Already, and for him intended 
 
 The tools of death, that waits him near. 
 
 ( His arrows purpofely made he 
 For them that per fecute.) Behold 
 He travels big with vanitie, 
 Trouble he hath conceav'd of old 
 As in a womb, and fyom that mould 
 Hath at length brought forth a Lie* 
 
 He dig'd a pit, and delv'd it deep, 
 And fell into the pit he made. 
 
 His 
 
(140 
 
 His mifchief that due courfe doth keep. 
 Turns on his head, and his ill trade 
 Of violence will undclay'd 
 Fall on his crown with ruine fteep. 
 
 Then will I Jehovah's praife 
 According to his juflice raife 
 And fing the Name and Deitie 
 Of Jehovah the moft high. 
 
 VSAL. V III. Aug. 14. 16$^. 
 
 O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great 
 And glorious is thy name through all the earth ? 
 So as above the Heavens thy praife to fet 
 Out of the tender mouths of lateft hearth, 
 
 Out of the mouths of babes and fucklings thou 
 Haft founded ftrength becaufe of all thy foes 
 
 To flint th' enemy, and flack th^avcngers brow 
 That bends his rage thy providence tooppofe 
 
 When I behold thy Heavens, thy Fingers art, 
 
 The Moon and Starrs which thou fo bright haft fee, 
 
 In the pure firmament, then faith my heart, 
 
 O what is man that thou remembreft yet^ 
 
 And 
 
Aid think*ft upon him i or of man begot 
 That him thou vilit'fl and of him art found » 
 
 Scarce to be lefs then Gods, thou mad'ft his lot. 
 With honour and with date thou haft him crown'd^ 
 
 O're the works of thy hand thou mad'ft him Lord> 
 Thou haft put all under his lordly iect^ 
 
 All Flocks, and Herds, by thy commanding word, 
 All beafts that in the field or forreft meet. 
 
 Fowl of the Heavens, and Fi(h that through the wet 
 Sea-paths in flioals do Aide* And know no dearth* 
 
 O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great 
 And glorious is thy name through all the earth* 
 
 April 
 
April. 1648. J.M. 
 
 Uine ef thr Tjdms done into Metre , rpherein all 
 but vpiat iS in a aifercnt CharaBer ^ are the 
 very wjrds of the Text , tranjlated from the 
 Criminal. 
 
 PSAL. LXXX- 
 
 1 ^T^Hou Shepherd that doftlfraeli^^fp 
 
 ^ Give ear in time of need, 
 Who leaded like a flock of (hccp 
 
 7hy loved Jofephs feed, 
 That (ict'ft between the Cherubs bright 
 
 Between their mngs ont-fpread 
 Shine forth-, and from thy cloud give lighty 
 
 And on our foes thy dread 
 
 2 In Ephraims view and Benjamins, 
 
 And in Manaffe's fight 
 Awake ^ thy ftrength, come, and befeen ^ Gnorera* 
 lo fave us by thy might. 
 
 3 Turn us again, thy grace divine 
 
 To WJ O God voHchfafe > 
 
 Caufe thou thy face on us to (hine 
 
 And then we (hall be fafe. - 
 
 4 Lord 
 
(^44) 
 
 4 Loird God of Hofts, hovy long wilt thou, 
 
 How long wilt thou declare" 
 Thy -^ fnioaking wrath, i^nd angry btovp ^ fhajhanta. 
 Againft thy peoples praife. 
 
 5 Thou feed'ft them with the bread of tears, 
 
 Their bread with tears they eat, 
 And mak*ft them ^ largely driijk the feats ^ Shalijh* 
 Whermth their cheeks are vpeu 
 
 6 Aftrifethoumak'ftus^Wii^^rey 
 
 To every neighbour foe, 
 Among themfelvcs they -^ laugh, they ^ play. 
 
 And ^ flouts at us they throw ^ Ji^g^^^g^* 
 
 7 Return us, and thy grace divine-, 
 
 O God of Hofts voHchfafe 
 
 Caufe thou thy face on us to (hine. 
 
 And then we (hall be fafe. 
 
 S A Vine from iEgy pt thou haft brought 
 
 'thy free love made it thincy 
 
 And drov'ft out Nations proud and hant 
 
 To plant this lovely Vine. 
 
 f Thou did*ft prepare for it a place 
 
 And root it deep and faft 
 
 That it began to grorv apaccy 
 
 And fiird the land at lajh 
 
 ioWith 
 
(•45) 
 
 10 With her green (hade that covered aJt^ 
 The Hills were over-fpread 
 
 Her Bows as high as Cedars tall 
 Advanced their lofty head* 
 
 1 1 Her branches on the rpejlern fide ^ ' ^ 
 Down to the Sea (he fent, 
 
 And Hfxvard to that river vpide 
 Her other branches vpenu 
 
 12 Why haft thou laid her Hedges low 
 And brok*n down her Fence, 
 
 That all may pluck her, as they go, 
 With rudeji violence ? 
 
 1 3 The tusked Boar out of the wood 
 Up turns it by the roots. 
 
 Wild Beafts there brouze^and make their food 
 Her Grapes and tender Shoots. 
 
 14 Return now, God of Hofts, look down 
 From Heav'n, thy Seat divine. 
 
 Behold «/, hut mthottt a frovpKy 
 And vifit this thy Vine. 
 
 15 Vifft this Vine, which thy right han4 
 Hath fet, and planted long^ 
 
 And the young branch, that for thy felf 
 
 Thou haft imde firm and ftrong* 
 
 K i^ But 
 
(H6y 
 
 16 But now It IS conrum'd with firCj 
 And cut vpith Axes down, 
 
 They perifh at thy dreadful! ire. 
 At thy rebuke and frown. 
 
 17 Upon the man of thy right hand 
 Let thy^W hand be laid^ 
 
 Upon the Son of Man^ whom thou 
 Strong for thy felf haft made. 
 
 18 So fhall we not go back from the^ 
 'Xo wayes of fin and Jhame^ 
 
 Quick'n us thou, then gladly wee 
 
 Shall call upon thy Name. 
 
 Return us, and thy grace divine 
 
 Lord God of Hofts voutfafe, 
 
 Caufe thou thy face on us to (hine,, 
 
 And then we fhall be fi^fe. 
 
 PSAL. LXXXL 
 
 I 'Tp^O God our ftrength fihg loud, and clear 
 
 M Sing loud to Goiour King-^ 
 
 To Jacobs God) that all may hear 
 
 Loud acclamations ringt 
 
 2 Prepare! 
 
« Prepare a Hymrj, prepare a Song 
 The Timbrel hither bring 
 The chnrfiiU Pfaltry bring along 
 And Harp tfith pleafant )frz//^, 
 
 3 Blow^as is tpont^ in the new Moon 
 
 With Trumpets lofty fmnd^, 
 Th* appointed time, the day wheron 
 Our folemn Feaft cemcs round. 
 
 4 This was a Statute gzz;'« of old 
 
 For Ifrael to obferve 
 A Law of Jacobs God, to hold 
 
 From n>hence they might mtftverve* 
 
 5 This he a Teftimony ordainM 
 
 In Jofeph, not to change-, 
 When as he pafs'd through /Egypt land 5 
 The Tongue I heard, was firange* 
 
 6 From burden, and from flavifh toyle 
 
 I fet his fiioulder free > 
 His hands from pots^audmiriefoyle 
 Delivered were by me. 
 
 7 When trouble did thee foreaffaile, 
 
 On me then didft thou call, 
 
 And I to free thee did notfaile^ 
 
 And led thee out of thrail. 
 
 K 2 
 
I anfwerM thee in "^ thunder deep ^ Be Scther ragnam^ 
 With clouds encompafsM round > 
 
 I tri'd thee at the v/dLtttficep 
 
 Of Meriba renown d. 
 8 Hear O my people^ hear}(n vpcIU 
 , I teftifie to thee 
 
 'thoHantientfiocliofKtzc}^ 
 If thou wilt lift to mee, 
 p Through out the land of thy abode 
 No alien God (hall be 
 Nor (halt thou to a forein God 
 
 In honour bend thy knee* 
 10 I am the Lord thy God which brought ? . 
 
 Thee out of ^gypt land 
 Ask large enough, and I, hefoughty 
 Will grant thy full demand. 
 
 I I And yet my people would not bear^ 
 Nor hearken to my voice > 
 
 And Ifrael whom I lovd fo dear \ 1 
 
 Miflik'd me for his choice* 
 12 Then did I leave them to their will 
 And to their wandring mind s 
 Their own conceits they followed ftill 
 Their own devifes blind. 
 
J 049) 
 
 jj O that ttiy people would ht mfe 
 
 To ferve me all their daies^ 
 And O that Ifrael would advifc 
 
 To walk my righteous waies. 
 
 14 Then would I foon bring down their foes 
 That norffo proudly rife^ 
 
 And turn my hand againft all thof& 
 That are their enemies, 
 
 1 5 Who hate the Lord fl:ould then be fain 
 To bow to him and bend, 
 
 But theyy bis People^ Jhould remain^ 
 Their time (hould have no end. 
 
 16 And we would feed them from thejhock^ 
 With flowr of fined wheat. 
 
 And fatisfie them from the rock 
 With Honey for their Meat. 
 
 PSAL, LXXXII. 
 
 [ X^^ Od in the ^ great -^ affembly ftands 
 
 X^ T Of Kings and lordly States ^ ^ Bagnadathel. 
 
 t Among the gods f on both his hands t Bcl^rcv. 
 
 He judges and debates. 
 
 K 3 2 How 
 
(ISO) 
 
 ^ How long will ye ^ pervert the right ^ lHjhphcitfi 
 
 With ^ judgment falfe and wrong gnaveU 
 
 Favouring the wicked by your might» 
 Who thence grovp bold andflrong 
 
 3 ^ Regard rhe ^ weafe and fatherlefs ^ ShiphtwdaU 
 
 ^ Difpateh the ^ poor mans caufe, 
 And f raife the man in deep diftrefs 
 
 By f jail and equal Lawes. t Hatzdihji* 
 
 4 Defend the poor arid defolate. 
 
 And refcue from the hands 
 
 Of wicked men the low eftate 
 
 Of him that help demands* 
 
 5 They know not nor will underftand, 
 
 In darknefs they walk on 
 The Earths foundations all are ^ movM 
 
 And ^ out of order gon. ^ JimmotH* 
 
 6 I faid that ye were Gods, yea all 
 
 The Sons of God moft high 
 
 7 But ye (hall die like men, and fall 
 
 As other Princes die* 
 
 8 Rife God, ^ judge thou the earth i« mighty 
 
 This mckedcdixth ^ redrefs, ^ Shiphta* 
 
 for thou art he who (halt by right 
 
 The Nations all poflTefs. 
 
 ^ PSAL, 
 
(151) 
 PSAL. LXXXIIL 
 
 1 X^ E not thou filent non? at length 
 ^%7 O God hold not thy peace> 
 
 Sit not thou ftill O God oi jirengtb 
 We cry and do not ceafe» 
 
 2 For lo thy furioHS foes mvp ^ fwell 
 
 And ^ ftorm outragcoully, ^ Jehemajm* 
 
 And they that hate thee pond and fell 
 
 Exalt their heads full hie. 
 5 Againft thy people they f contrive ^ Jagnarimtt 
 
 f Their Plots and Counfels deep, f Sod. - 
 ^ Them to enfnare they chiefly ftrivc ^Jithjagnatsugnal. 
 
 ^ Whom thou dofl hide and keep. . ^ Tfephmeca. 
 
 4 Gome let us cut them off fay theyj 
 
 Till they no Nation be 
 That Ifraels name for ever may 
 Be lott in memory. 
 
 5 For they confult f with all their might, f Levjachdan. 
 
 And all as one in mind 
 Themfelves againft thee they unite 
 And in firm union bind. 
 
 6 The tents of Edom, and the brood 
 
 Of fcotnful Ilhmael, 
 
 K 4 Moab, 
 
052J ■'■ 
 
 Moab, with them of Hagais blood 
 T^hat in th Vefart dmll^ 
 
 7 Gebal and Ammon there conffire^ 
 
 And hateful Amalec, 
 The Philiftijcns, and they of Tyre 
 Whofe bounds the Sea doth checJ^ 
 
 8 With them great Afshur alfo bands 
 
 ^nd doth confirm the h^oty 
 All thefe have lent their armed hands 
 To aid the Sons of Lot. 
 
 9 Do to them as to Midian ia/4 ? 
 
 'that n>afted all the Coajl 
 To Sifera, and as is told 
 J'houdidji to Jabins hoajiy 
 When at the brook of Kifhon old 
 They tpzre repulfl andjlain^ 
 
 10 At Endor quite cutoff, and rowl'd . -, T 
 As dung upon the plain. 
 
 11 As Zeb and Oreb evil fped : 
 So let their Princes fpeed 
 
 As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled f 
 
 So let their Princes bleed. \ 
 
 12 for they amidji their pride have faid 
 '^By right now fl^all we feize 
 
053) 
 
 Gods houfes, and mil mtp invade 
 
 t Their ftately Palaces. f Keoth Elohlm 
 
 13 My God, oh make them as a wheel hars both. 
 No quiet let themfindy 
 
 Giddy and rejilefs let them reel 
 Like flubblc from the wind. 
 
 14 As when an ^^e^ wood takes fire 
 IVhich on a fudden fitaies^ 
 
 The greedy flame runs hier and hier 
 Till all the mountains blaze, 
 
 15 Sawith thy whirlwind them purfue, 
 And with thy tempeft chafe h 
 
 16 ^ And till they ^' yield thee honour due*, ^ 'theyfce}^ 
 Lord fill with (hame their face. thy Name^llch. 
 
 17 Afliam'd and troubled let them be, 
 Troubl'd and (ham'd for ever, 
 
 Ever confounded, and fo die 
 With (hame, and [cape it never. 
 
 18 Then ihall they know that thou whofe name 
 ]ehova is alone, 
 
 Art the moft high, and thou the fame 
 O're all the earth ^r/ owe. ^ 
 
 PSAL. 
 
PSAL. LXXXIV. 
 
 1 How lovely are thy dwellings fair ! 
 
 O Lord of Hoafts, how dear 
 The pleafant Tabernacles are ! 
 tFkre thou daft dvpcll fo mat* 
 
 2 My Soul doth long and alraoft die 
 
 Thy Courts O Lord toTee, 
 My heart and flcfh aloud do crie^ 
 O living God, for thee* 
 
 3 There ev'n the Spzxtow freed from throng 
 
 Hath found a houfe of re/f, 
 The Swallow there, to lay her young 
 
 Hath built her brooding neft, 
 Ev'n by thy Altars Lord of Hoafts 
 
 Ihey find their fafe abode, 
 'And home they fly from round the Coafts 
 
 l!oward thee-) My King, my God. 
 
 4 Happy, who in thy houfe refide 
 
 Where thee they ever praife, 
 
 5 Happy, whofe ftrength in thee doth bide, 
 
 And in their hearts thy waics. 
 
 6 They pafs through Baca's thitftie Vale, 
 
 T^hat dry and barren ground 
 
(155) * 
 
 As through a fru'ufull watry Dale 
 Where Springs and Showrs abound. 
 
 7 They journey on from ftrength to ftrength 
 
 With joy and glad font cheer 
 'till all before our, God at length 
 In Sion do appear. 
 
 8 Lord God of Hoafts hear nerv my praier 
 
 O Jacobs God give ear, 
 p Thou God our (hield look on the face 
 Of thy anointed dear. 
 
 10 For one day in thy Courts to he 
 Is better, and more bleji 
 
 Then in thejsyes of Vanity ^ 
 
 A thoufand daies at hefl* 
 I in the temple of my God 
 
 Had rather keep a dore. 
 Then dwell in Tents, and rich abode 
 
 With S\n for evermore* 
 
 1 1 For God the Lord both Sun and Shield 
 Gives grace and glory bright^ 
 
 No good from them (hall be with-held 
 Whofe waies are juft and rights 
 
 1 2 Lord God of Hoafts that raign*{l on high^ 
 That man is truly blefl. 
 
 Who 
 
Who cmly on thee doth reUe, 
 
 And in thee only reft. 
 
 1 
 
 PSAL. LXXXV. 
 
 1 'TT^Hy Land to favour gracioufly 
 1 Thou haft not Lord been flack. 
 Thou haft from hard Captivity 
 Returned Jacob back* 
 ti Th* iniquity thou didft forgive 
 7'bat wrought thy people woe. 
 And all their Sin^ that did thee grieve 
 Hatt hid where none (hall hjtorp. 
 
 3 Thine anger all thou hadft removed, 
 
 And calmly didft return 
 From thy f fierce wrath which we had prov'd f Heb. 
 Far worfc then fire to burn. 'ihe hurniag heat 
 
 4 God of our faving health and peace, of thy wrath. 
 
 Turn us, and us reftore, 
 Thine indignation caufe to ceafe 
 Toward us, and chide no more* 
 
 5 Wilt thou be angry without end, 
 
 For ever angry thus 
 
 Wilt thou thy frowning ire extend 
 
 From age to age on us ? 
 
 6 Wilt 
 
f Wilt thou not ^ (urn, and hear our voice ^ Heb. TwrH 
 And us again ^ revive, to quicken ur. 
 
 That fo thy people oiay rejoyce 
 By thee preferv'd alive. 
 
 7 Caufe us to fee thy goodnefs Lord, 
 
 To us thy mercy fhew 
 Thy faving health to us afford 
 And life in us nntpp» 
 
 8 And nerp what God the Lord will fpeak 
 
 I will gofirait and hear, 
 For to his people he fpeaks peace 
 
 And to his Saints/»// dear^ 
 To his dear Saints he will fpeak peace, 
 
 But let them never more 
 Return to folly, hutfurceafe 
 
 To trejpafs as before. 
 
 9 Surely to fuch as do him fear 
 
 Salvation is at hand 
 
 And glory (hall ere long appear 
 
 To dwell within our Land. 
 
 TO Mercy and Truth that long rvtrc mifs'd 
 
 Now joyfully are met 
 
 Stpeet Peace and Righteoufnefs have kifs'i 
 
 And hand in hand are fit* 
 
 Truth 
 
1 1 Truth from the earth U^e to aflom 
 
 Shall bud and bloffom theH^ ^ 
 
 And Juftice fronn her heavenly bowr 
 look down on mortal men^ 
 
 12 The Lord will alfo then beftow 
 Whatever thing is good 
 
 Our Land (hall forth in plenty throw 
 Her fruits to he our food. 
 
 13 Before him Righteoufnefs (hall go 
 His Koyal Harbinger y 
 
 Then ^ will h;: come, and not be flow 
 His footfteps cannot err. 
 
 ^ Heb. He mllfet his fteps to the rpay^ 
 
 \' 
 
 PSAL. LXXXVL 
 
 1 " I ^Hy gracious ear, O Lord, encline^ 
 
 y O hear nne I thcc pray^ 
 For I am poor, and almoii pine 
 with need, and fad decay. 
 
 2 Prefervemy foul, for f I havettod . f Heb. I am good. 
 
 Thy waies, and love the ju(i, loving , a doer of 
 
 Save thou thy fervant O my God goud and holy 
 
 Who J?i// in thee doth trull;. things. 
 
 3 Pitt 
 
3 Pitty me Lord for daily thee 
 I call h 4. O make rejoyce 
 Thy Servants Soul , for Lord to thee 
 I lift my foul and voiccy 
 
 5 For thou art good, thou Lord art prone 
 
 To pardon, thou to all 
 Art full of mercy, thou alone 
 To them that on thee calf. 
 
 6 Unto my fupplication Lord 
 
 give ear, andtothecrie 
 
 Of my incejjant praiers afford 
 
 Thy hearing gracioufly» 
 
 7 I in the day of my diftrefs 
 
 Will call on thee for aidy 
 For thou Wilt grant me free accefs 
 And anfwerj what I fray d. 
 S Like thee among the gods is none 
 O Lord, nor any works 
 Of all that other _ gods have done 
 Like to thy glorious works. 
 9 The Nations all wham thou baft made 
 Shall come, and all Jhall frame 
 To bow them low before thee Lord> 
 And glorifie thy name. 
 
 10 For 
 
(1^5) 
 
 10 For great thou ar^, and wonders great 
 
 By thy ftrong hand are done. 
 Thou in thy everlafliffg Seat 
 Remaineft God alone, 
 
 1 1 Teach me O Lord thy way moji rights e 
 I in thy truth will bide, 
 
 To fear thy name my heart unite 
 So Jhall it never flide 
 
 12 Thee will I praife O Lord my God 
 
 'thee honour i and adore 
 Witlr my whole heart, and blaze abroad ' 
 
 Thy name for ever more. ' -^^ 
 
 13 For great thy mercy is toward me, • ' 
 And thou haft free'd my Soul ' - ' 
 
 Eev'n from the loweft Hell fet free < '^ 
 
 From deepefi darkjtefs fouL 
 
 14 O God the proud againft me rife 
 And violent men are met 
 
 To feek my life, and in their eyes 
 No fear of thee have fet. 
 
 1 5 But thou Lord art the God moft mild 
 Readieft thy grace to fiiew. 
 
 Slow to be angry, and art jiiVi 
 
 Moft mcrcifuU, moft true. 
 
 \6 O 
 
16 O turn to mc thy face at Itngtb^ 
 And me have n^rcy on. 
 
 Unto thy fcrvant give thy ftrcngth, 
 Andfave thy hand-maidiSon. 
 
 17 Some fign ef good to roc afford. 
 And let my foes then fee 
 
 And be afham'd, becaufe thou Lord 
 Do'ft help and comfort me. 
 
 PSAL. LXXXVIL 
 
 1 A Mong the holy Moixtttiimi^igb 
 j[\^ Is his foundarion faft, 
 
 There Seated in his Sdn^mryi 
 His temple there is plad^t. 
 
 2 Sions fair Gates the Lord loves more 
 
 Then all the dwellings fdlre 
 Of Jacobs Vakii ^ougb'tlf^re'hejiotet 
 Aniallvpithin his care. 
 
 3 City of God, rtioft glorioAs things 
 
 Of thee abroad are fpokd i ' 
 ^ I mention Egypt, n'&f^e/r^Jiftf^jRfl/^i 
 Did our forefathers yohSy ' 
 
 A\\^^i>^l ■ ' I 
 
 ho 
 
 L 1 iti«n- 
 
12^ 
 
 I mention Babel to nay itUods^ 
 
 Vhrnhfulloffcorn, 
 And Tyre withEthiops utmofiendfy 
 
 Lo this man there was born : 
 
 5 But tmfe thatpraifeJhaU in our ear 
 
 Be faid of Sion lafi 
 , This and this man was born in her. 
 High God (hall fix h^ffaft. 
 
 6 The Lord (hall write it in a Scrowie 
 
 That ne're (hall be out- worn 
 
 Wherf he the Nations dgthenrowle 
 
 That this man there was born* 
 
 7 Both they who fing, and they who dance 
 
 Withfacred Songs are there, 
 In thee fr^ brooks^ and foftftreams glance 
 AndzW my fountains clears' 
 
 PSAL. ^LXXXVIIL 
 
 i TT Ord God that da(lflie/ave and keepj 
 1 J All day to thee I cry > ; 
 And all night long^ bcfqri? Xh^QWC^f 
 Before thee frojirape lie. 
 
 V 
 
2 Into thy prefencc let my prakr 
 
 JVitb fighs devout afcend 
 And to my cries, that ceafdejs are, 
 Thine ear with favour bend. 
 
 3 For cloy'd with woes and trouble ftorc 
 
 Surcharg'd my Soul doth lie. 
 My life at dedtbsuHcherful dorc 
 Unto the grave draws nigh. 
 
 4 Reck'n'd I am with them that pafs 
 
 Down to the difmal pit 
 I am a * man, but weak alas ^ Heb. A man mtboui 
 And for that name unfit. manly jirmgib^ 
 
 5 From life difcharg'd and parted quite 
 
 Among the dead tojieepy 
 And like the (lain in bloody fight 
 
 That in the grave lie deep* 
 Whom thou remembereft no more, 
 
 Doft never more regard, 
 Them from thy hand delivered o're 
 
 Deaths hideous houfe hath band. 
 $ Thou in the loweft pit pofound 
 
 Haft fet mc all forlorn , 
 
 "Where thickelt darkncfs hovers ronnd. 
 
 In horrid deeps to mourn. 
 
 La : 7 Thy 
 
7 Thy v;xzth from vohich nojhelurfaves 
 
 Full fore doth pre(s on me > 
 ^ Thou break'ft upon me all thy waves, "^ 7he Hebr. 
 ^ And all thy waves break me. hears botbi 
 
 8 Thou doft my friends from me eftrange, 
 
 And mak'ft me odious. 
 Me to them odious5/^r they changCy 
 And I here pent up thus. , 
 5 Through forroW:> and afflidion great 
 Mine eye grows dim and dead. 
 Lord all the day I thee entreat, 
 My hands to thee I fpread. 
 20 Wilt thou do wonders on the dead, 
 Shall the deceased arife 
 And praife tht^from their loathfombed 
 With -^ ah and hollorp eyes ? 
 
 1 1 Shall they thy loving kindnefs tell 
 On whom the grave hath hold, 
 
 Or they who in perdition dvpell 
 Thy faithfulnefs unfold} 
 
 12 In darknefs can thy mighty hand 
 Or wondrous zCts be known, 
 
 - Thy juftice in the gloomy land 
 
 Of dark oblivion ? 
 
 n But 
 
Ci6s) 
 
 13 But I to thee O Lord do cry 
 E'reyet my life beffmt^ 
 
 And uf to thee my praier doth hie 
 Each mprn, and thee prevent. 
 
 14 Why wilt thou Lord my foul forfake. 
 And hide thy face from me, 
 
 15 That am already bruis'd, and f fluke \Hch. Pr^ 
 With terror fent from thee h ConcuJJione. 
 
 Bruz'd, and afflic3:ed and fo low 
 
 As ready to expire, 
 While I thy terrors undergo 
 
 AflonifliM with thine ire. 
 id Thy fierce wrath over me doth flow 
 
 Thy threatnings cut me through. 
 
 17 All day they round about me go, 
 
 Like waves they me perfue. 
 
 18 Lover and friend thou haft removM 
 And fever'd from me far. 
 
 They/Zji me fiorv whom I have lov'd, 
 And as in darknefs are. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
Joannis Milconi 
 P O E M A T A. 
 
 Quorum pleraque intra Annum 
 aetacis Vigefimum Confcripfic, 
 
 3^nc primum Edita. 
 
 LO ND INI, 
 
 Excudebat K R. Anno 1675. 
 
(3) 
 
 JEc quae lequuntur de Authore 
 teftimonia , tametfi ipfe intelli- 
 gebat non tam de le quam fupra 
 (e efle difta , eo quod pr^claro 
 ingenio viri ^ nec non amici ita 
 fere fblent laudare , ut 6mnia fuis potius vir- 
 tutibus 5 quam veritati congruentia nimis 
 cupide affingant , noluit tamcn horum egre- 
 giam in fe voluntatem'non eflenotam^ Cura 
 alii prgefertim ut id faceret magnopere fiiade- 
 rent. Dum enim nimi^ laudis invidiam totis 
 ab fe viribus amolitur ^ fibique quod plu!5 
 ^quo eft non attributum efle mavnlt , judi- 
 cium interim hominum cordatorum atque il- 
 luftrium quin iiimmo fibi honori ducat, negarc 
 non poteft. 
 
 Jca^wes 
 
(4) 
 
 foannes Bapti/la Manful, Marcbio 
 
 Villenfis Neapolitanus aj Joannem 
 
 Miltonium Anglum. 
 
 VT mens, forma, decor, fades, mos, fi pictas fie, 
 Non Anglus, verum herele Angelas ipfe fores. 
 
 Ad Joannem Miltonem Anglum triplici 
 
 poejeos laurea coronandum Gr£ca nimirumy 
 
 Latina ^ atquc Hetrufca ^ Epigramma. 
 
 Jo amis SalfflH Romania 
 
 GEde Meles, cedat deprefla Mincius urna > 
 Sebetus Taffum definat ufque loqui i 
 At Thamefis vidtor cundlis ferat altior undas, 
 Nam per te^Milco, par tribus unus erit. 
 
 Adjoanmm Miltonum% 
 
 /^^Ra^cla Mseonidem, jadet fibi Roma Maronem, 
 ^*-* Anglia MiUonam jadat utrique parem. 
 
 SelvaggJ. 
 
C5j 
 
 AlSignor Oio. Miltoni Nobih Ingkfe. 
 ODE. 
 
 EKgimi all' Etra o Clio 
 Perche dijlelle intreccicro corona 
 Non fiH id Biondo Dig '■ '<^ "•• ^ 
 
 La Fronde eterna in ?indo^ e in Elicona^ 
 Dtenfi a merto maggior^ maggiori i frcgiy 
 A^celejle virtucekfiipregi. 
 
 NonpHo del tempo edace 
 
 Kimaner preday etcrHQ alto valor e "^ . ^ "; \ 
 
 NonpHoV$bliorapaQe .... 
 
 Furar dalle memorie e:ctlfo onorcy 
 
 Su farco di mia cetra un dardo forte 
 
 Virtu rnaddatti^ eferiro la mortc> 
 
 Del Ocean pr of ondo i 
 
 Cinta dagli ampi gorghi Anglia rifudc 
 
 Separata dal mondo^ 
 
 Fero che il fm valor Vumano eccede : 
 
 ^uefia feeonda fa produrrc Eroiy 
 
 Cfe' hanno a ragion del fovrnman tr.t mi* 
 
 AlU 
 
CO 
 
 Alia vlriH sbandita 
 
 Vanno ne i petti lorfido ricetto, 
 
 Quella gli e fol graditaj^ 
 
 Ferche in leifantrovargiiiay i dilitfo ; 
 
 Ridillo tu^ Giovanni^ e mojira in unto 
 
 Con tua vera virtUy vera it tnio Canto* 
 
 Lungi dal Patrio lido 
 
 Spinfe Zeufi Findujire ardente hrama > 
 
 Ch* udto d^ Helena il grido 
 
 Con aurea tromba rimhomhar lafama, 
 
 Eperpoterla effigiare alparo 
 
 Dalle pin belle Idee trajfe ilpriu raro. 
 
 Cofi VApe Ingegnofa 
 
 TiTae con induftria il fuo liquor pregiato 
 
 JDalgiglio e dalla rofa, 
 E quami vagbifiori or nam ilprato ^ 
 Formano un dolcefuon diverfe Chorde^ 
 Fan varie voci melodia concorde* 
 
 Di bella gloria amante 
 
 Milton dal Ciel natioper varie parti 
 
(7) 
 
 lie peregrine pijHte 
 
 V Volgefli a ricercarjcUnze^ ed arti > 
 Del Gallo tegnator vedejii i Regniy ^ 
 E deli" Italia ancorgf Eroipin degni* 
 
 Tahre quafi divino 
 
 Sol virtu rintracciando it tuopenficro 
 
 Vide in ogni anfino 
 
 Chi di nobil valor calca U fmtiero > 
 
 V ottimo dal miglior dopo fcegliea] 
 Perfabbricar d^ogni virtu V Idea, 
 
 ^luanti nacquero in flora 
 
 O in lei delparlar Tofco apprefer t arte^ 
 
 La cui memoria onora 
 
 II mondofatta eterita indottecarte^ 
 
 Volefii ricercar per tuo teforo^ 
 
 Eparlajii con lor mW opre loro» 
 
 NeW altera Babelle 
 
 Fer te il farlar confufe Giove in vano^ 
 
 Che per varie favclle 
 
 I>ife ^ejfa trofeo cadde fulpiano : 
 
 a/ 
 
Cb^ Ode cltT* all Anglia il fm pin degm Idioms 
 S^agftay Francia:, T^ofcana^ eGreeia e Rom:x» 
 
 1 pin prof ondi arcani 
 
 Clf occulta la natura e in cielo e in terra ^ 
 
 Cfe' a I^gegni fovrumani 
 
 TLroppo avara tal* hor glichiude^ eferra^ 
 
 Chiaramente conofci^ egiungi alfine 
 
 Delia moral virtude al gran confine* i^ r - 
 
 Non hatta il Tempo faky 
 
 Termifi immoto, e in un ferminft gV anni, 
 
 Che di virtu immortale 
 
 Scorron di xroppo ingimiofi a i danni ; 
 
 Che s'opre degne di Poema efloria 
 
 furongij^y Vhaiprefenti alia memma. 
 
 'Bammi tua dolce Cetra 
 
 Se VHci diio dica del iuo dolce cant^:, 
 
 Cy inalzandoti all* Etra 
 
 J)i farti huomo ceUfie otticne il vantOy 
 
 II Tiamigi il dira chc gV e concejfo 
 
 Per iefuo cigno pareggiar Permejfc. 
 
\9J 
 
 JocheinrivddelArHo 
 
 T'ento fpiegar tno merto ahoy eprecUro 
 So che fatico indarney 
 E ad ammirar^ non a lodarle impars > 
 Frem dunque la lingua^ e ajhglto il eon 
 Che tifftndt a lodar con lojinpore. 
 
 Del (ig. Antonio Francini g^ntilhuomo 
 
 Fiorentino. 
 
 fOANNi 
 
<^<y) 
 
 ■ «»» nm tim ew» «^ ■'^ «®E <^ 
 
 76> ANN! MLTO at 
 
 L ON DIN EN S I. " 
 
 Juvenl Patria, virtutibus exlmio^ 
 
 ^lYo qui mult a pregrinatione , fludio cunclai orbis terrarum 
 loca pcrfpexit , Ht novus Ul)ffes omnia, ubique ab omnibus 
 fipprehendem. 
 
 FotyglottOyin cu]us ore linguae jam deperdita fie revi* 
 vifcunt^ utidiomata omnu ftnt in ejus Uudibus i'^acunda.i 
 Kr pre ea fercdlet ut admirations & plaufus populori^M ab propria, 
 fapientia excitatos^ intdligat. 
 
 Illiy cuJHS animi dotes corporifquc , fenfus ad admiratidnefn com- 
 movent J & per ipf^m motim cm que auftruntj cujas opera ad plaufus 
 hortantur, fed venuftate vocm laudatorihus adimunt. 
 
 Cut in. Mmoria totus Orbis : In IntelkclH Sapientia : In voiun-^ 
 tate ardor gloria I In on Eloquentia : Harmonicos cc^lefHum Spha- 
 farum fonitus Ap'onomia Duce audienti h CharaCieres mirabilium 
 nature per quos Vci magnitudo dejcribitur magiftra Vbilofophia /e- 
 f^entt'^ Antiquhatum latebras^ vstuliatis excidia ^ eruditienis am^* 
 bages comits ajjidua autorum LeClione. 
 
 Exqidrenti^ rejiauranti^ percurrenti* 
 At Qur nit or in ardimm? 
 Illi in cuJHS virtutibus evulgandis or a Fama non fufficiant > nec 
 hmfmm. fypor in. laudandis fatis eft. Keverenti£ & amoris ergo 
 hoki'ijiif-mmtTs^Mitumadmirationis tributum offert Carolus DatkS 
 fatricins Vlorentima. 
 
 Tanto homini fervus^ tantis virtutis amator* 
 
 ElegJarufii 
 
eL EGIARUM 
 
 Liber Primus. 
 
 Eicgia prima ad Carotum Disdafum. 
 
 TAndem, chare, tus? mihi pervcncre (ab'ellae, 
 Pertulit & voces nuncia charta tuas, 
 Pertulit occidua Devac Ceftrenfis ab ora 
 
 Vergivium prono qu5 petit amne falum# 
 Multum crede juvat terras aluifle remotas 
 
 Pedus amans noftri, tamque fidefe caput, 
 Quodque mihi lepidum tellus longlnqua fodaleth 
 
 Debet, at unde brevi reddere juffa velit. 
 Me tenet urbs reflua quam Thamcfis a^luit unda, 
 
 Meque nee invitum patria dulcis habet. 
 Jamncc arundiferummlhicurarevifere Camum, 
 
 Nee dudum vetiti vk laris angit annor, 
 Nuda nee arva placent^umbrafquc negantia molks, 
 
 Qijam male Phoebicolis convenit ille locus ! 
 
 Ncc duri libet ufque roinas perferre magiftri 
 
 C^tcraqiic ingcnio non iubeuiada meo- 
 
 U Si 
 
Si fit hoc exilium patrios adiiffe penates^ 
 
 Ec vacuum cutis otia grata feqiii, 
 Non ego vel profugi nomerij fortemve recufo, 
 
 Lsetus & c^iiii tcndjftlpneifruiiiri * • 
 O utinam vates nunquam gravior^tuliffet 
 
 Ille tomitanp ftcbifiPkiA a^t^V' "^ 
 Non tunc Tonio quicquam cciBfet HometQ 
 
 Neve foret vido hiii tibi prima Marrf. 
 Tcmpora nam licet h|c pl^cidis dare libera MilfeTi 
 
 Ef totum rapiunt «ye «Bea vita libri. v 
 Excipit^hinc feffum finjiofi pprapa tht^atfi, ^ 
 
 Et vocat ad plaufus g^^rrul^ fcepa fuos. . 
 Seu catus auditor fenior, feu prodigus haeies, 
 
 Seu procus, aut pofita <■ aifide miles adctt:> . 
 Sive decennali foecundus lite patroniis ;; 
 
 Dctonat inculto.barjbara verba foroi < ^ i. 
 Sa^pe vafergnatofuccurrufei:v«sarr»«2*»yiix>.jJ 
 
 Et nafum rigidi fallit ubique Patris i . 
 Saepe noyos iHic virgomirata calorgfc «rr. ^a;,u . 
 Qjiid fie amor nerdt, dum quoque nefciti amat. 
 Sive crucDtacitm furiofaTragoedia fceptirum 
 Q^^afTat, & effufis crinibus ora rotai-y * ' 
 Eedolcr, & fpedo, juvat S^^dtaffedokniio, 
 Intrcdum &laqryaiis duicis am«ror ineft : 
 
 
Seu pucr infelix indelibata reliquit 
 
 Gaudia, & abrupto flendus amore cadit, 
 Seu ferus e tenebris iterat Styga criminis ultor 
 
 Con(cia funereo pe<Sora torre movens^ 
 Seu maeret Pelopeia domus^feu nobilis I!i, 
 
 Aut luit inceftos aula Creoncis avos. 
 Sed neque fub tedo femper nee in urbe latemus, 
 
 Irrita nee nobis tempora veris eunt. 
 Nos quoque lucus habet vicina confitus ulmo , . 
 
 Atque fuburbani nobilis umbra loci. 
 Saepius hie blandas fpirantia fydera flammas 
 
 Virgineos videas pr^teriifle chores. 
 Ahquoties dignas ftupui miracura formar 
 
 Quse poflic fenium vel reparare Jojjis ; 
 Ah quocies vidi fuperantia lumirra gemmas, 
 
 Atqif^ faces quotquot voivit uterque polus*, 
 CoUaque bis vivi Pelopis quae brachia vincant, 
 
 Qus^que fluit puro nec^are tindta via, 
 Et decus exin:iiun[i frontis, tremulofque capillos, 
 
 Aurea quae feUax retia tendit Amor. 
 Pellacefque genas^ ad quas hyacinthina fordet 
 
 Purpura, & ipfe (ui floris, Adoni, rubor. 
 Cedite laudatas'toties Heroides olim, 
 
 Et quaecunque vagum cepir arnica Jovenic 
 
 M 2 Cedite 
 
(14; 
 
 Ccditc Achaemeniae tufrtita frontc pudl^c, 
 
 Et quot Sufa coJunr, Mcmnortiamquc NinoiTt 
 Vos etiam Dana* (afces fubmittitc Nymphse, 
 
 Et vos Iliac», Romulesequc nurus. 
 Nee Pompeianas Tarpeia Mufa columnas 
 
 Ja^etj & Aafoniis plena theatr'a ftolis* . 
 Gloria Virginibus debetur prima Britannia, 
 
 Extera fat tibi fit fcennina poffc fequi. 
 Tuque urbs^Dardaniis Londinum ftru(!^a colonis 
 
 Turrigerum laie confpicienda caput, 
 Tu nimium felix intra tua nioenia claudi^ 
 
 Quicquid fortnofi pendulus orbis habeto 
 Non tibi tot cdo fcintrllant ^Rt^ fereno 
 
 EndymionesB tyrba miniftra dea?, 
 Qjot tibi confpicuae formaque auroquc puell» 
 
 Per medias radiant turba videnda vias, • 
 Creditur hue geminis vcniffe invedajcolunabis 
 
 Alma pharetrigero milite cincfta Venu5, 
 HuicCnidon, & riguas Siraoentis flumine valles, 
 
 Huic Paphon^ 8c rofcam pofthabituraCyprono 
 Aft ego, dam pucri finit indulgentia caeci, 
 
 Moenia quam fubit6 linquere faufta paro v 
 Et vitare procul malcfida* infamia Circesr 
 
 Atria, divini Molyos ufus ope* 
 
(t5) 
 
 Stat quoqac juncofas Cami remcarc paludcs, 
 
 Atque iterum rauoe muimur adire Scholx. 
 Interea fidi parvum cape munus amici, 
 { Paucaque in alternos verba coada modos. 
 
 Elegia fccunda. Anno aetatis 17. 
 
 Inohitum Pr^econis Academici 
 Cantahrigienfis. 
 
 TE, qui confpicuus baculo fulgcntc fokbas 
 Palladium toties ore ciere gregera, 
 Ultima prarconum prseconem te quoque fasva 
 
 Mors rapit, officio ncc favet ipfa fuo» 
 Candidiora licet fuerint tibi tempora plumis 
 
 Sub quibus accipimus dclituifle Jovem, 
 O dignus tamen Haemonio juvenefcerc fucco, 
 
 Dignus in iEfonios vivere poffe dies^ 
 Dignus quern Stygiis medicare vocaret ab undis 
 
 Arte Coronidcs, fa?pe rogarite dea, 
 Tu fi juflus eras acies accirc togatas, 
 
 Et celcr a Phocbo nuntius ire tuo, 
 
 Talis in Iliaca ftabat Cyllenius aula 
 
 Alipcs, «therca miiTus ^b arce Patri?« 
 
 M 5 Talis 
 
Talis & Eurybatfes ante ora furcntis AchiHci 
 
 Ret tulit Atridas juffa fevera ducis. 
 Magna fepulchrorurti regina^ (atelles Averni 
 
 Saeva nimisMufis, Palladi faeva nimis, 
 Qjjn illos rapias qui pondus inutile tcrrae, 
 
 Turbaguidjerp^ t^]j^^^ peteadajtuis. 
 Veftibus hunc igitut pullis Academia luge^ 
 
 Et madeanC lachrj tnis;nigra feretra, tui5;\ ■ ,^ J . 
 Fundat & ipfa modp^(j^qr?I?Mn,da Ele^ia triftes, 
 
 Perfonet & lotis nasnia nioefta fcholis» 
 
 Elegia tertia, Anno ^tatis 17. ^ 
 
 Ifz 9hHum Vrsjnlis Wintonienjis. 
 
 MOeftus eramj & tacitus nullo conmitante fedcbaniv 
 Haerebantque animo triftia plura nneo', 
 Protinus en fubiit funeftas cladis Imago 
 
 Fecit in Angliaco quam Libitina folo i [ 
 
 Dum procerum ingre(fa eft fplendentes marmore turi'cs t, 
 
 Dira fepulchrali mors rattuenda face , 
 Pulfavitque auro gravidos & jafpide nnuros. 
 
 Nee metuit fatrapum fternere falce greges# 
 Tunc memini clarique ducis, fratriique verendi 
 Intempefti vis ofTa cremata rogis, 
 
 Et 
 
(17) 
 Etmemini Heroum quosvidi^ adserfiera raptos, 
 
 Flevit & amiflfosBeJgia^pta duces. 
 At te praecipue luxi digniliiiiie pr^iul, 
 
 Wintonia^quc olim gloifia ma^a tuas > 
 Delicui fleCu, & trifti fie ore.querebar. 
 
 Mors fera Tartareo divafecunda Jovi, 
 Nonne fatis quod fylva (uas perfentiatira?, 
 
 Et quod in herbofos jus tibi detur agros, 
 Quodque afflata tuo marcefcant lilia tabo, 
 
 Et crocus, & pulchras Cypridi facra rofa^ 
 Nee finis ut Temper fluvio contermina quercus 
 
 Miretur lapfus praetereu.ntis aqus ? 
 Et tibi fiiccumbit liquido quae plurima coelo 
 
 Evebitur pennis quannlibet augur avis, 
 Et qux nnille nigris errant animalia fylvij, 
 
 Et quod alunt mutum Proteos antra pecus. 
 Invida, tanta tibi cum fit concelTa poteftas > 
 
 Qjjd juvat humana tingere casde manus ? 
 Nobileque in pedus certas acuifle fagittas, 
 
 Semideamque animam fcde fugaffe fua? 
 Talia dum^acrymans alto fub pe(3:ore voIvo, 
 
 Rofcidus occiduis Hefperus exit aquis, 
 
 Et Tarteffiaco fubmerferat a^quore currum 
 
 Phoebus, ab eoo lit tore menfus iter. 
 
 M 4 Ncc 
 
(i8) 
 
 Ncc mora, membra cavo pofoi refovenda cubili, 
 
 Condiderant oculos noxque foporque meo5. 
 Cum mihi vifus cram lato (piatiarier agro, 
 
 Heu nequit ingenium vifa rcfcrre meum. 
 Illic punicca radiabant omnia luce, * 
 
 Hi matutino cum juga fole rubenfo 
 Ac vcluti cum pandit bpcs Thaumantia proles, 
 
 Veftitu nituit multicolore folunri. . 
 Non dca tarn variis ornavit floribus hortos 
 
 Alcinoij Zephyro Chloris araata levi# 
 Flulnina vernantcs lambunt argcmca campos, 
 
 Ditior Hcfperio flavet arena Tago. 
 Scrpit odoriferas per epes Icvis aura Favoni, 
 
 Aura fub inilutaeris humida nata rofis» 
 Talis in extremis terrse Gahgctidis oris 
 
 Luciferi regis fingitur cffe domus. 
 Ipfe racemiferisdum denfas vitibus umbras 
 
 Et pelluccntes miror ubi que locos, 
 Ecce mihi fubito Praful Wintonius aftat, 
 ' Sydereum nitidofulfit in ore jubar> 
 Veftis ad auratos defluxit Candida talos^ ^ 
 
 Infula divinum cinxerat alba caputs' 
 Pumque fcnex tali incedit^venerandus amicflu, 
 
 Inficmuit I^eto florea terra fono. 
 
 Agmina 
 
Agmina gemmatis plauddnt cseleftia pennij, 
 
 Pura tiiumphali pcrfonat a?thra tuba. 
 Quifquc novum ampiexu comitem cantuque falufaf, 
 
 Hofqtie aliquis placido mifit ab ore fonos j 
 Nate veni, & patrii felix cape gaudia regni, 
 
 Semper ab hinc duro, nate, labore vaca. 
 Dixit, & aligersE tetigeriint nablia turmar, 
 
 At roihi cum tenebris aurea pulfa quies., 
 Flcbam turbatos Cephaleia pellice fomnos; 
 
 Taliacontingant fomnia fepe mihi. 
 
 Elcgia quarta. Annoastatis i8. 
 
 Ad Thomam Junium praceptorem fuum^ 
 apud mercatores Anglicos Hamburgdd 
 
 agentts^ Pajioris mnmre fungcntem. 
 
 GUrre per immenfum fubito mea littera pontum, 
 I, pete Teutonicos Iseve per a^quor agios, 
 Segncs rumpe moras, & nil, precor, obftet eunti-, 
 
 Et feftinantis nil remoretur iter. 
 Ipfc ego Sicanio fraenantem carcere ventos 
 
 £olonj & virides follicitabo Dcosi 
 Oeruleamque fuis comiratam Dorida Nyrophis, 
 
 Ut tibi dent placidxm per fua rcgna viam. 
 
 ' > At 
 
Q2o; 
 
 A( tu, fi poteris, celeres tibi fume jugales, 
 
 Veda quibus Colchis fugit ab ore viri. 
 Aut quels Triptolemus Scy thicas dcvenic lepras 
 
 Grams Eleufina tniffus ab wbe puer. 
 Atque ubi Germanas fla vere videbis arenas 
 
 Dicis ad Hamburga? moenia flecSte gradum, 
 Dicitur occifo qua? ducere nom€:n ab Hama, 
 
 Cimbrica quera fertur clava dediffe neci# 
 Vint ibi antiqua? clarus pietatishonore 
 
 Prasful Chrifticolas pafcere dodus oves r>, o- c;! « . 
 Ille quideixi eft animae plufquam pars altera noftrs, 
 
 Dimidio yitas yjyoeicpgor €^hUJ D i: ! ^ ^ iH 
 Hei mihi quot pelagi, quot montes interjedli 
 :*> Me faeiunt alia parte tar^^^^^^^ iW^AS^odT 'i^K 
 Chaiior ilk mihi quami^ tu db<3:iffimd Glriium ^/i^/i r> 
 
 Cliniadi, pronepos qui Telamonis erat. 
 Qaamque Stagirites generofb magnus alumno, 
 
 Qoem peperit Libyco Chaonis alma Jovi. 
 Quails AmyntorideSj qualis Philyreius Heros 
 
 Myrraidontim regi, talis & ille mihi. 
 Primus ego Aonios illo praeeunte rece/Tus 
 
 Lufirabam, & bifidi facta vireta jugi, 
 
 Pieriofque haufi latices, Clioque favente, 
 
 Caftalio fparfi laeta ter ora mero» 
 
 Flammeus 
 
f lammcus at fignum ter viderat arietis iEthon, 
 
 Induxitque auro lanca (erga novQ, 
 Bifque novo t^txm\ fpar filii Chlorr fcnilcm 
 
 Granaine, bifque tuasahftulit Aufter opes ;; 
 Necdum ejus licuit; nrihi lamina palcere vultu, 
 
 Aut linguae dulces aure t)ibi(Ije fonos. 
 Vade igitur, curfuqueEurum pra:v:erte fonorum^ 
 
 Qoam fit opus monitis res dpcct, ipfa vides. 
 Invenies dulci cum conjuge forte fedcntem,; 
 
 Mulcentem gremio pignora chara fuo, 
 Forfitan aut veterum praelarga volumina patrum 
 
 Verfantem, aut veri biblia facra Dei. 
 Ca^leftive ani mas faturan tern rore tenellas, 
 
 Grande falutiferas religtonis opus. 
 Utque (blet, mulfam, fit di^ ere cura falutem, 
 
 Dicere quam decuit, fi modo adeffet , herum. 
 Hxc quoque paulum oculos in humumdefixa modeftos, 
 
 Verba verecundo fis memor pre Icqui : 
 Uxc tibi, fi tcneris vacat inter prselia Mufis 
 
 Mittit ab Angliaco littore fida manus. 
 Accipe finceram, quarovis fit fera, falutem 
 
 Fiat 5: hoc ipfo gratior ilia tibi» 
 Sera quidem, fed vera fuif, quam<:afta recepu 
 
 Icaris a lento Peijelopeia viro» 
 
 Ad 
 
Aft ego quid volui manifcftutn tollcre crimen, 
 
 Ipfe quod ex omni parte levarc nequit. 
 Arguitur tardus mcritp,noxamque fetceur, 
 
 Et pudet officium dcferuiflc fuum. 
 Tu modo da veniam faffo, vcniamquc roganti, 
 
 Crimina diminui^qu» patuere, folent, 
 Non ferus in pavidos ridus diducit biantes, 
 
 Vulnifico pronos nee rapit ungue leo. 
 Sappc farifliferi audelia pedora Thracis 
 
 Supplicis ad naoeftas delicuere preces* 
 Extenfa^que manus avertunt fulminis idus, 
 
 Placat & iratos hoftia parva Dcos, 
 Jamquc diu fcripfiffc tibi fuit impetus illi, 
 
 Neve moras ultra ducere paffus Amor. 
 Nam vaga Fama refert, heu nuntia vera malorum j 
 
 In tibi finitimis belk tumere locis, 
 Teque tuamque urbem truculcnto milite cingi, 
 
 Et jam Saxonicos arma paraffe duces. 
 Te circum hth campos popnlatur Enyo, 
 
 Et fata came virum jam cruor arva rigat 
 Germanifque fuum conceffit Thracia Martcm, 
 
 Illuc Odryfios Mars pater egit equos, 
 
 Ferpetuoque comans jam deflorefcit oliva, 
 
 Fugit 5C aerifonam Diva pcrofa tubam, 
 
 * Fugit 
 
(»3) 
 
 Fugit 10 tertis, & jam non ultima virga 
 
 Credicur ad fuperas jufta voIafTe domos. 
 Tc tamcn interea belli circumfonat horror, 
 
 Vivis & ignoto folus in6pfqu« folo i 
 Et, tibi quam patrii non exhibuere penatcs 
 
 Scdc peregiina quaris egenus opem. 
 Fatria dura parens, & faxis fxvior albis 
 
 Spumea qus pulfat littoris unda tui, 
 Siccine te decet innocuos cxponere factus f 
 
 Siccine in externam ferrea cogis humum, 
 Ec Cms ut terris qusranc alimenta remotis 
 
 Quos tibi profpiciens miferat ipfcDeuj, 
 Et qui larta ferunt de caelo nuncia, quique 
 
 Quae via poft cineres ducat ad aftra, decent ? 
 Digna quidem Stygiis qua? vivas claiJfa tenebris, 
 
 jEternaque animas digna perire fame ! 
 Haud alitcr vatesterraeTIvsbitidisolim 
 
 Preffit inalTiaeto devia tefqua pede, 
 Defertafque Arabumfalebras, dum regis Achabi 
 
 EfFugit atquc tuas, Sidoni dira, manus. 
 Talis & horrifono laceratus membra flagetlo, 
 ^ Paulas ab ^mathia pellitur urbe Gilix. 
 Pifcofeque ipfum GergeiTa? civis Jefum 
 
 Finibus ingratu? juffiubirefuis. 
 
 At 
 
At tu fume animoS;, nee fpcs cadat anxia curb 
 
 Nee tua concutiat decolor oflTa metus. 
 Sis etenim quamvh fulgentibus obficus armis. 
 
 IntentenCque tibimilliatela neceirsy ' 
 At nullisvel inerme latus violabitur armis, 
 
 Deque tuo cufpis nplla cruore bibet^ 
 Namque eris,ipfe Dei radiante fub segrde tutu?^ 
 
 Ille tibi cuftos, & pugil ille tibi > 
 lUe Sionsese qui tot fub moenibus arcis 
 
 Aflyrios fudit nodte filente viros ^ 
 Inque fugam verti^quos in Samaritidas oras 
 
 Mifit ab antiqais prifca Da^afcus agris, 
 Terruit & denfaspavido cum regecohorte^, 
 
 Aere dum vacuo buccina clara foriafy i ^' 
 
 Cornea pill vereum dum verberat ungula campuni-5 
 
 Currus arenofatri dum qiiatit a^«$ humum, 
 Auditurque hinnitus equorum ad bella ruentutti^ '' ' 
 
 Et ftrepitus ferri, murmuraque alta virutn. 
 Et tu (quod fuperett miferi) fperslre memento, 
 
 Et tua magnariimo pecSh)re vinCe mala* 
 
 Nee dubitds quandoque friVi meKoribus annis, 
 
 Atque iterutti patrios p'oflfe videre Urc^ 
 
 Elegia 
 
Elegia quinta , Aitno getatis 20. 
 In adwnttim veris. 
 
 IN fe per pet uo Tcmpus revolubile gyra 
 Jam revocat Zephyros vere tepente novos, 
 Induiturque brcvem Tellusreparataf juventam/S^ ?^^*^ 
 
 Jamque folutaf gelu duke virefcit humus. 
 Fallot? an & nobis redeunt in earmina vires, 
 
 Ingeniumque mihi munere vetis adeft ? 
 Munere verisadeft^ iferum'que vigefcit ab iUo ^ - ^ . 
 
 (Quisputet) atque aliquod janrHibi pofcit opus/ ' 
 Caftalis ante ocdlos; bifidumque caciimcn dberraf , ^ -^ 
 
 Et mihi Pyrenen fomnia node femnf. * " - »^ i"^-^' • 
 Concitaque arcane fervent mihi pei^oramotu; 
 
 Et furor, & fonitus me facer inttis agit. 
 Dclius ipfe venit» video Peneide lauro ^? •:)n[^Ki 
 
 Implicitos crines^'Delius ipfe venif* 
 Jam mihi mens liqUidi raptatur in aidua cceli, 
 
 Pcrque vagas nubes corpore liber eo^ • ^- - - 
 Perque umbras, perque antra fercr penetralia vatamV 
 
 Et mihi fana patent interiora Deum. 
 Intuiturque animus toto quid agatur OlympO;, 
 
 Nee fugiunt ocylo^ Tartara caeca meos. 
 
(26) 
 
 Quid tarn grande fonat diftento fpiritus ore ? 
 
 Qbid parit hscc rabies, quid facfir iftc furor > 
 Ver rTiihi, quod dedit ingenium, cantabitur illo > 
 
 Profuerint iftc rcddita dona modo. 
 Jam Philomela tuos foliis adoperta novdlis 
 
 Inftituis modulos, dum filet omne nemus^ 
 Urbe ego^ tu fylva fimul incipiamus utriqw, 
 
 Et fimul adventum veris uterque canat. 
 Veris io rediere vices^ celebremus honojpes 
 
 Veris, & hoc fubeat Muft-pe^fennis opus; 
 Jam fol iEthiopas fiigiens Tithoniaqae arva, 
 
 Fledit ad Ardoas aurea lora plagas. 
 Efl breve nodis iter, brevis eft mora nod^is opacaj 
 
 Horrida curti tenebris exulat illaTuis. 
 Jamque Lycaonius plauftnimcajlefie Bootes 
 
 Non longa fequitut feffus at ante via. 
 Nunc etiamfolitas circum Jovis atria toto 
 
 Excubias agitant fydera rara polo. 
 Nam dolus, & caedcs, & vis cum node recefllt. 
 
 Neve Giganteum Dii timuere fceluJ. 
 Forte aliquis^fcopuli recubans in vertice paftor, 
 
 Rofcida cum primo fok rubefcit humus, 
 Hac^ ait, hac certe caruifti nodte puella 
 
 Phoebe tuaj ecleres qu« rctincrct cquos. 
 
(27) 
 Lxtz fuas rcpetit fylvas,phareCramque refumic 
 
 Cynthia, Lucifera^J w videt alfa rotas, 
 Et tcnues ponens radios ^^ .idere videtur 
 
 Officiuin fieri tam breve fratrl: ope. 
 Defere^Phocbusaif, thalamos Aurora feniks^ 
 
 Qyid juvat etfocfo procubuiflfc toio? 
 Te manet iEolides viridi venator in h^rba. 
 
 Surge, tuos ignes altus Hymcttus habct^ 
 Flava verecundo dea crimen in ore fatetur^ 
 
 Et matutinos ocyus urget equos» 
 Exuit invifam Tellus rediviva T ne<aam, 
 
 Et cupit amplexus Phcebe (ubire tucs \ 
 Et cupit, &: digna eft, quid cnim fornnofius ilia, 
 
 Pandit ut omniferos luxuriofa finus, 
 Atque Arabum fpirat nfiefleSj Sc ab ore venufto 
 
 Mitia cum Paphiis fundit amoniarofis* 
 Ecce coronatur facro frons ardua luco, 
 
 Cingit ut Idaeam pinea turris Opiaa » 
 Et vario madidos intexit flore capillos, 
 
 Floribus & vifa eft poffe placere fuis. 
 Floribus cfFufos ut erat redimita capillos 
 
 Tenario placuit diva Sicana Deo. 
 
 Afpice Phcebe tibi faciles hortantur sHiores, 
 
 Mellitafqae movent flamina vcrna precef, 
 
 N Cinnamd 
 
Cmnamea Zephyrus leve plaudit odorifer ala, 
 
 Elanditiafque tibi ferre videntur aves. 
 Nee fine dote tuos temeraria quaerit amores 
 
 Terra, nee optatos pofeit egena toros. 
 Alma faluciferum medicos tibi gramen in ufus 
 
 Prapbet, & hinc ticulos ad juvat ipfa tuos* 
 Quod fi te prctium, fi te fulgentia tangunt 
 
 Munera^ (muneribus fsepe coemptus Amor) 
 Ilia tibi oftentat quafcunque fub aequore vafto, 
 
 Et fuperin Jedis montibus abdit opes. 
 Ah quoties cum tu clivofo fefllis Olympo 
 
 In vefpertinas praecipitaris aquas. 
 Cur te^ inquit, curfu languentem Phoebe diurno 
 
 Hefperiis recipit Ca&rula mater aquis ? 
 Qoid tibi cum Tethy > Q^id cum Tarteffidc lympha, 
 
 Dia quid immundo perluis ora falo ? 
 Frigora Phoebe mea melius captabis in umbra^ 
 
 Hue ades, aidentes imbue rore comas. 
 Mollior egelida veniet tibi fomnus in herba, 
 
 Hue ades, & gremio lumina pone meo. 
 Quaque jaces circum mulcebit lene fufurrans 
 
 Aura per humentes corpora fufa rofas. 
 Ncc me (crede mihi J terrent Semfeleia fata, 
 Nee Phaetonteo fumidus axis equo > 
 
 Cum ^ 
 
(29) 
 
 Cum tu Phoebe tuo fapicntius uteris ignl, : -J^ 
 
 Hue ades & grcmio lumina pone mco. 
 
 Sic Tellus lafciva fuos fufpirat amores > 
 
 Matris in cxemplum caetera turba ruunt» 
 
 Nunc ctenim toto currit vagus orbeCupido, 
 
 Languentefque fovet folis ab igne faces. 
 
 Infonuere novis lethalia cornua nervis, 
 
 Trifle micant ferro tela corufca novo. 
 
 Jannque vel invidam tentat fuperafle Dianam, 
 
 Qjaeque fedet facro Vefta pudica foco. 
 
 Ipfa fenefcentem reparat Venus annua formam, 
 
 Atque iterum tepido crcditur orta mari. 
 
 Marmoreas juvenes clamant Hymenaee per urbes, 
 
 Litusio Hymen, & cava faxa fonant. 
 
 Cultior ilk venit tunicaque decentior apt^, 
 
 Puniceum redolet veftis odora crocum. 
 
 Egrediturquc frcquens ad araccni gaudia veris 
 
 Virgineos auro cin(3:a puella finus. 
 
 Votum eftcuique fuum, votum eft tamcn omnibus unum, 
 
 Ut fibi quern cupiat, det Cytherea virum. 
 
 Nuncquoque feptena modulatur arundine paflor^ 
 
 Et fua quae jungat carmina Phyllis habet* 
 
 Nalvia nocSurno placat fua fydera cantu, 
 
 Delphinafque leves ad vada fumma. vocata 
 
 N 2 Jupiter 
 
Jupiter ipfe alf o cum conjuge ludit Olytnpo, 
 
 Convocat & famulos adfu^ fefta Deos. 
 Nunc etiam Satyri cum fera crepufcula furgunf,^ 
 
 Pervolitant cclcii florea rura chorO) 
 Sylvanufque fu2 Cyparifli frondc revinftus, 
 
 Semicaperque Deus, femideufque caper. 
 Quaeque fub arboribus Dryades latuere vctuftis 
 
 Per juga, per folos expatiantur agros. 
 Per fata luxuriat fruticetaque Maenalius Pan^ 
 
 Vix Cybele mater, vix fibi tuta Ceres, 
 Atque aliquam cupidus prsedatur Oreada Faunus, 
 
 Coniulit in frepidos dum fibi Nympha pedes, 
 Jamque latet, latitanfque cupit male tedta videri, 
 
 Et fugit, & fugiens pervelit ipft capi. 
 Dii quoque non dubitanc cx\o prseponere fylvas, 
 
 Et iua quifque fibi numina lucus habet. 
 Et fua quifque diu fibi numina lucus habeto,, 
 
 Ncc vos arborea dii precor ite domo» 
 Te reierant miferis te Jupiter aurca terris 
 
 Saeda, quid ad nimbos afpera tela redis > 
 Tu laltem lenterapidos age Phoebe jugales 
 
 Qua pores, & ft^nfim tempora veris eant^ 
 
 Biumaque produdas tarde ferat hifpida no^i^s, 
 
 Ingruat & noftro ferior umbra polo, 
 
 Elegia 
 
C30 
 Elegia fcxta. 
 
 Ad Carolum Diodatum run com^ 
 morantem. 
 
 ^i cum idibus Decern L fcripfijfet ^ O- ^->^ 
 car mind excnfari pojlulajfet ft folito ratmis 
 ejfent bona , quod inter Uutitias quibus crat 
 ab amifs exceptus y haud fatis felicem ope^ 
 ram Muffs dare fe pojfc a^rmahat ^ hunc 
 babuit refponfum. 
 
 MItto tibi fanatn non pleno ventre falutein, 
 Q;;a cu diftento forte carere potes. 
 At tua quid noftram prolecftat Mufa camcenara. 
 
 Nee finit optatas pofle fcqui tenebras > 
 Carminefcire velis quam te redamemquecolamquc, 
 
 Crede mihi vix hoc carmine fcire quea^. 
 Nam ncquenofter amor modulis includitur ardi^. 
 
 Nee venit ad claudos integer ipfe pedes. 
 Qoam bene folenncs epulas, hilaremque Decembrim 
 
 Feftaque coelifugam quae coluere Deum, 
 Deliciafque refers, hybcrni gaudia ruris, 
 
 Hauftaque per lepidos Gallica mufta focos. 
 
 Quid queretis refugam vino dapibufque poefin ? 
 
 Carmen amat Bacchum, Carmina Bacchus amat, 
 
 N 5 Ncc 
 
C32; 
 
 Nee puduit Phoebtim virides gefta^c corymbos, 
 
 Atquc hederam lauro prsepofuilTe fuse. 
 Sa^pius Aoniis damavit collibus Euoe 
 
 Mifta Thyoneo tarba novena choro. 
 Nafo CoraII«is mala carmina mifit ab agris: 
 
 Non illic epuias non fata vitis crat. 
 Qaid nifi vina, rofafque racemiftrunnque Lyaeum 
 
 Cantavit brcvibus Teia Mufa modi$, 
 Pindaricofque inflat numeros Teumefius Evan, 
 
 Ec redoLt furaptura pagina quaeque merum» 
 Dura gravis everfo currus crepat axe fupinus.» 
 
 Et voiac Eleo pulvere fufcus cques. 
 Qudrimoque madens Lyricen Romanus laccho 
 
 Dulce canit Glyceran, flavicomamque Chlocn* 
 Jam quoque lauta tibi generofo menfa paratu, 
 
 Mentis alif yiresj ingeniumque fovet. 
 Maffica foecundam defpumant pocula venam, 
 
 Fundis & ex ipfo condita metra cado. 
 Addimus hisartes, fufumque per intima Phabum 
 
 Corda, fivent lani Bacchus, Apollo, Ceres. 
 Scilicet haud mirum tam dulcia carmina per te 
 
 Namine compofito trcs peperiffe Deos. 
 
 Niinc quogue Thrcfla tibi caelato barbitos auro 
 
 Infunat arguta mollicer ida manu 9 
 
 Auditufquc 
 
C35) 
 Auditurque chelys fufpenfa tapetia circum, 
 
 Virgineos tremula quae regat arte pedes. 
 Ilia tuas faltem teneant fpedacula Mufas., ' 
 
 Et revocent, quantum crapula pellit iners. 
 Crede mihi dum pfallit ebur^ comitataque plc<3:rum 
 
 Implet odoratos fefta chorea tholos, 
 Percipies taciturn per peftora ferpere Fhoebum, 
 
 Quale repentinus permeat offa calor, 
 Perque puellares oculos digitumque fonantem 
 
 Irruet in totos lapfa Thalia finus. 
 Nanaque Elcgia levis multorum cura deorum eft, 
 
 Et vocat ad numeros qucmlibet ilia fuos > 
 Liber adeft elegis, Eratoque, Cerefque, Venufquc, 
 
 Et cum purpurea matre tenellus Amor. 
 Talibus inde licent convivia larga poetiJ, 
 
 Saepius & veteri commaduilTe mero. 
 At qui bella refert, & adulto fub Jovecoelum, 
 
 Heroafque pios^ femideofque duces, 
 Et nunc fandla canit fuperum confulta deorum^ 
 
 Nunc latrata fero regna profunda cane, 
 Ille quidem parce Samii pro more magiftri 
 
 Vivat, &: innocuos prsebeat hcrba cibos » 
 
 Stet prope fagineo pdlucida lympha catillo, 
 
 Sobriaque e puro pocula fonte bibat. 
 
 N 4 Additur 
 
(34) 
 
 Additur huic feelcrifque vacans, SC cafia juventus, 
 
 Et rigid! mores, & fine labe manus« 
 Qualis vefienitens facra, & luftralibus undis 
 
 Surgis ad infenfos augur iture Decs. 
 Hoc ritu vixiiTe ferunt poft rapta fagacem 
 
 Lutnina Tirefian^ Ogygiumque Linon, 
 Ec lare devote profugum Calchanta, fenemquc 
 
 Orpheon edomitis fola per antra feris > 
 Sic dapis exiguus, fie rivi potor Homerus ] 
 
 Dulichiura vexit per frcta longa viruro, 
 Et per Monftrificam Perfeise Phoebados aulam, 
 
 Et vada fcetnineis infi Jiofa fonis, 
 Perque tuas rex ime domos^ubi fanguine nigro 
 
 Dicitur utnbrarum detinuiffe greges* 
 Diis etenim facer eft vates, divumque facerdos, 
 
 Spirat & occultum peAus, & ora Joveiii. 
 At tu fi quid agam, fcitabcre ( fi modo faltena 
 
 EflTe putas tanti nofcere fiquid agam) 
 Paciferum canimus csetcPi (emine regtm, 
 
 Fauftaque facratis fascula padia libiis, 
 Vagitumque Dci^ & ftabulanrem paupere tcdo 
 
 Qmi fuprcma fuo cum pane icgna colit. 
 Scelliparumque polam, modulantefqueaetherctarmas^ 
 
 Et fubito elifos ad fua (ana Dcos» 
 
 Dona 
 
(35) 
 
 Dona quidcm dcdimus Chrifti natalibus ilia 
 
 Ilia fub auroram lux mihi prima tulit. 
 Te quoque prcffa manent patiiis meditata cicutis^ 
 
 Tu mihi, cui rccitem, judicis inflar cris. 
 
 Elcgia fcptima, Anno aetatis 
 undevigeiimo. 
 
 NOndum blanda tuas leges Amathufia noram, 
 Et Paphio vacuum pedus ab igne fuit. 
 Sxpe cupidineas, pueriliatela, fagittas, 
 
 Atque tuum fprevi maxime, numen, Amor* 
 Tu puer imbelles dixi fransiige columbas^ 
 
 CoDveniunt tenero moUia bella duci. 
 Aut de paffcribus tumidos age, parve, triumphosi 
 
 Hsec funt militix digna trophsa tu£ : 
 In genus humanum quid inania diiigis armt ? 
 
 Non valet in fortes ifta pharetra viros. 
 Non tulit hoc Cyprius, (neque enim Deus ullus ad ira§ 
 
 Promptior) & duplici jam fcrus igne calet. 
 Ver erat, & fumma? radians per culmina villac 
 
 Attulerat primam lux tibi Maic diem : 
 At mihi adhuc refugam quaerebant lumina nbdem 
 
 Nee matutinum Tuftinuere jubar. 
 
 Afiat 
 
Aftat Amor Icdo, pidis Amor impiger alis, 
 
 Prodiditaftantem mota pharctra Deum : 
 Pfodidit & fades, & dulce minantis ocelli, 
 
 Et quicquid puero, dignum & Atnore fuit. 
 Talis in aeterno juvenis Sigeius Olympo 
 
 Mifcct amatori pocula plena Jovi y 
 Aut qui formo&s pellexit ad ofcula nymphas 
 
 Thiodamantaeus Naiade raptus Hylas 5 
 Addideratque iras, fed & has decuiffe putarcs, 
 
 Addideratque truces, ncc fine felle nninas* 
 Et mifer exemplo fapuiffes tutius, inquif. 
 
 Nunc nnea quid poifit dextera tefiis eris. 
 Inter & expejrtos vires numerabere noftras, 
 
 Et faciafn vero per tua dannna fidem. 
 Ipfe ego fi nefcis ftrato Pythone fuperbum 
 
 Edonmui Phoebum, ceffit & ille mihi j 
 Et quoties meminit Peneidos, ipfe fatetur 
 
 Certius & gravius tela nocere mea. 
 Me nequit adduc^um curvare peritius arcum, 
 
 Qui poft terga folet vincere Parthus eques, 
 Cydonlufque naihi cedit venator, & ille 
 
 Infcius uxori qui necis author erat. 
 Eft eti^am nobis ingens quoque vic3:us Orion, 
 
 Herculejeque manus^ Herculeufque comes* 
 
07) 
 
 Jupiter ipfc licet fua fulmina torqueat in me, ' 1 
 
 Hswcbunt latcri fpicula noftra Jovis. 
 Cxtcra quae dubitas melius mea tela docebunt, 1 
 
 £t tua non leviter corda petenda mihi. 
 Nee te ftulte tuae poterunt defendere Mufa?, 1 
 
 Nee tibi Phoebaeus porriget anguis opem. 
 Dixit, & aurato quaiiens mucrone fagittam, -] 
 
 Evolat in tepidos Cypridos ille finus. 
 At mihi rifiiro tonuit fetus ore minaci, 
 
 Et mihi de puero non mctus ullus eirat, 
 Et modo qua noftri fpatiantur in urbe Quirites 
 
 3 
 
 Et modo villarunf) proxiraa rura placent. 
 Turba frequens, faci^que fimillima turba dearum 
 
 Splendida per medias iXque reditque vias. 
 Au(Saqueluce dies gemino fulgore corufcat, 
 
 Fallor ? an & radios hinc quoque Phoebus habet. 
 Hare ego non fugi fpcdacula grata feverus, 
 
 Impetus & quo me fert juvenilis, agor. 
 Lumina luminibus male providus obvia mill 
 
 Neve oculos potui continuiiTe meos. 
 Unam forte aliis fupereminuiffe notabam, 
 
 Principium noliri lux crat ilia mali. 
 Sic Venus opraret naortalibus ipfa videri. 
 
 Sic regina Deunp confpicienda fuit. 
 
 Hinc 
 
(38) 
 
 Hanc tn^moif objecit nobis malus llle Cupido, 
 
 Solus & hos nobis tcxuit ante dolos. 
 Nee procul ipfe vafer htuiu multa?que fagitta?, 
 
 Et facis a tergo grande pependit onus. 
 Nee mora, nunc dliis harfit, nunc virginis ori, 
 
 Infilit hinc labiiSi infidet inde genis: 
 Et quafcunque agilis partes jaculator obarat, 
 
 Hei mihi, mille locis pedus inerme fttit. 
 Prctinus infoliti fubierunt corda furores, 
 
 Uror amans intus, flammaque totus eram. 
 Interea mifero qua^ jam mihi Tola placebat, 
 
 Ablata eft oculis nonreditura meis. 
 Aft ego progredior tacite qucrebundus, & excors, 
 
 Et dubius volui fepe referre pedem* 
 Findor, & hxc remanet, fequitur pars altera votum, 
 
 Raptaque tarn fubito gaudia flere juvat. 
 Sic dolet amifTum proles Junonia caelum, 
 
 Inter Lemniacos pratcipitata focos» 
 Talis & abreptum folem refpexit, ad Orcum 
 
 Vc(9:us ab attonitis Amphiaraus cquis. 
 Qaid faciam infeiix, & luc^u vi&uSy amores 
 
 Nee licet inceptos ponere, neve (equi. 
 O utinam fpeftare femel mihi detur amatos 
 
 Vultus, & coram triftia verba loqui ! 
 
 Forfitan 
 
Forfitan & duro non eft adamante crcara^ 
 
 Forte nee ad noftras furdeat ilia preccs. 
 Crede mihi nullus fie infcliciter arfit, 
 
 Ponar in cxemplo primus &: unus ego. 
 Farce precor tencri cum fisDeus ales amoris^ 
 
 Pugnent officio nee tua fadta tuo. 
 Jam tuas O cert^eft mihi formidabilis arcus, 
 
 Nate dea, jaculis ncc minus igne potens : 
 Et tua fumabunt nofiris alcaria donis. 
 
 Solus & in fuperis tu mihi fummus eiis, 
 Deme meos tandem, verum nee deme furores, 
 
 Nefcio cur, mlfer eft fuaviter omnis amans : 
 Tu modo da facilis, pofthaec itiea fi'^a futura ^tt^ 
 
 Cufpis amacuros figat ut una duos. 
 
 HiEc ego mente olim lajva, ftudioqtie fupino 
 Nequitiae pofui vana trophsea mea?. 
 Scilicet abreptum fie me malus impulit error, 
 
 Indocilifque aetas prava magift/a fuic. 
 Donee Socraticos umbrofa Academia livos 
 
 Praebuit,admiffum dedocuitque jugiim. 
 Proiinus extindtis ex illo tempore fiammis, 
 
 Cinda rigcnt multo pcdlora noftra gelu, 
 Unde fuis frigus metuit puer ipfe Sagittis, 
 
 Et Diomedeam vim ti»et ipfe Venus. Jri 
 
In Froditionem Bomhardicam. 
 
 CUm fimul in regcm nuper fatrapafquc Britannos 
 Aufus es infandutn perfide Fauxe nefas, 
 Fallor ? an & mitis voluifti ex parte videri, 
 
 Et penfare mala cum pietate fcelus > 
 Scilicet hos alti miflTurus ad atria cdi, 
 
 Sulphurco curru dammivolifque rotis. 
 Qoalicer ille feris caput inviolabile Parcis 
 Liquit Jordanios turbine raptus agros* 
 
 In eandem% 
 
 Slccine tentafti c«lo donaffe Jacobum 
 Quas feptemgemino Belua raonte lates ? ^ 
 Ni meliora tuum poterit dare munera numeni 
 
 Parce precor donis infidiofa tuis«r 
 Ille quidem fine te confortia ferus adivit 
 
 Aftra, nec inferni pulveris ufus ope. 
 Sic potius foedos in caelum pelle cucullos, 
 
 Et quot habet brutos Roma profana Deos, 
 Nimquehac aut alia nifi quemque adjuveris arte, 
 
 Crede mihi cseli vix bene fcandet iten 
 
In eaniem. 
 
 PUrgatorem anitnae derifit lacobus igncm, 
 Et fine quo fuperum non adeunda domus. 
 Frenduit hoc trina monftrutn Latiale corona 
 
 Movit & horiificum corona dena minax. 
 Et nee inultus ait temnes mea facra Britanne, 
 
 Supplicium (preta relligionc dabis. 
 Et fi fielligcras unquam penetraveris arces, 
 
 Non nifi per flammas trifte patebit iter. 
 O quam funefto cecinifli proxima vero, 
 
 Verbaque ponderibus vix caritura fuis ! 
 Nam prope Tartareo fublimc rotatus ab igni 
 Ibat ad sthereas umbra perufta plagas. 
 
 In eandem. 
 
 QUem modo Roma fuis devoverat impia diris, 
 Et Styge damnarat Tasnarioque finu, 
 Hunc vice mutata jam tollere gcftit ad aftra, 
 Et cupit ad fuperos evchere ufque Deo^^ 
 
 In 
 
 Eiiii^^ 
 
C4V 
 In inventoremBomhdrdd. 
 
 IApetionidem laudavitcseca vetuftas, 
 Qkj ialit xtheream folisab axe faceth i 
 At miiii major ;:rit, qui lurida creditur arma, 
 Et trifidum fulmcn futapuifle Jovi. 
 
 Ad Leonoram Rom<z canententi 
 
 f A Ngdus unicuique fuus (fie creditc gentes) 
 jfj^ Obtigit a^thercis ales ab ordinibus* 
 Quid mirum ? Leonora tibi fi gloria major. 
 
 Nam tua prsfetltem vox (bnat ipfa Deum^ 
 Aat Deus, aut vacui certe mens tertia cceli 
 
 Per tua fecreto guttura ferpit agens > 
 Serpit agens, facilifque docet mortalia corda 
 
 Senfim immortali aiTuefcere poflfc fono. 
 Quod fi cunda quidem Deus eft, per cundtaque fufus. 
 
 In tc una loquitur, caetera mutus habet. 
 
 Ad eatidem. 
 
 ALtera Tbrquatura cepit Leonora Poetanij 
 Cujus ab infano cellit amore furens* 
 Ah mifer ille tuo quanto feficiiis aevo 
 Perditias^ &: propter te Leonora foret ? 
 
as) 
 
 Et te Pieria fenfiffet voce canentam 
 
 Aurea materna? fila moverc lyrse, 
 Quamvis Dixcxo torfiflet lumina Pentheo 
 
 Ssevior, aut totus defipulifTct iners, 
 Tu taraen etrantes cseca vertigine fenfus 
 
 Voce cadem poteras compofuiffe tua > 
 Et poteras ^egro fpirans fub corde quietem 
 
 Flexanimo cantu reflituiffe fibi, 
 
 Aci tandem. 
 
 CRedula quid liquidam Sirena Neapoli jadas, 
 Claraque Parthenopes fana Acheloiados, 
 Littoreamque tua defundlam Naiada ripa 
 Corpora Chalcidico facra dediiTe rogo ? 
 Ilia quidem vivitque, & amoenaTibridisunda 
 
 Mutavit rauci murmura Paufilipi. 
 Illic Romulidum ftudiis ornata fccundis, 
 Atque homines cantu detinet atque Deos, 
 
 O Aplogu% 
 
V4V 
 
 Apologus de Ruftico is^ Hero. 
 
 RUfticus ex Malo fapidi flima poma quotannis ' 
 Legit, & urbano led'a dedk Domino ; 
 Hie iocredibili frudus dulcedine Captus 
 
 Malum ipfam in proprias tranftulit areolas. * 
 
 Hadlenu s ilia ferax, fed longo debilis se vo^ I 
 
 Mota folo aflueto, protinus aret iners. 
 Quod tandem ut patuit Domino, fpe lufus inani^ 
 
 Damnavit celeres in fua damna manus* 
 Atque ait, Heu quanto fatius fuit ilia Coloni 
 
 (Par va licet) grato dona tuliffe animo ! 
 PolTem Ego avaritiam frcenare, gulamqive voracem > 
 
 Nunc periere mihi Sc foetus & ipfa parens^ 
 
 Elegiamm Finis. 
 
(45; 
 
 ^!^ t^ <af9 c^ t^ ^o^ ^^ ^iir; tic^ ^o^ ^KV9 <Mr» 
 
 Syl 
 
 Lib 
 
 varum Lioer. 
 
 Anno aetatis i6. In obitum 
 
 Procancellarii medici. 
 
 PArere fati difcite legibus, 
 Manufque Parca? jam date fupplices, 
 Qoi pendulum telluris orbem 
 lapeti colitis nepotes. 
 Vos fi relidto mors vaga Tsenaro 
 Semel vocarit flebilis, heu morse 
 Tentantur incaffum dolique > 
 Per tenebras Scygis ire certum eft^ 
 Si deftinatam pellere dextera 
 Mortem valeret^ non ferus Hercules 
 Neffi venenatus cruore 
 iEmathia jacuifTet Octa. 
 Nee fraude turpi Palladis invidx 
 VidifTct occifum Ilion Hedora, aut 
 Qoem larva Pelidis peremit 
 
 £nfe Locro, Jove hcrymante. 
 
 O 2 si 
 
(40 / 
 
 Si trifte fatum verba Hecateia , . , 
 
 FugarepoflintjTdegoni parens 
 
 VixilTet infamiSj potentique 
 
 iEgiali for or u& virga, 
 
 Numenque trinum fallere fi queant 
 
 Artes medentum, ignotaque gramina, 
 
 Non gharus herbarum Machaon 
 
 Egrypylicecidiffct hafia, 
 
 LaefilTet & nee te Philyreie 
 
 Sagitta echidnas perlita fanguine. "^/ 
 
 Nee tela te fulmenque avitum ^^ -^"^ ^ 
 
 Cxk puer genitricis alvo. 
 
 Tuque O alumno major Agolline. 
 
 Gentis togatse cui regimen datum, 
 
 Frondofa quem'nunc Cirrhalugetj 
 
 Et mediis HeKcon in iindis, 
 
 Jam prasfuilTes Palladio gregi 
 
 La^Cus, fuperftes, nee Gne gloria. 
 
 Nee puppe luftraffes Charontis 
 
 Horribiks barathri reccfllvs. 
 
 At fila rupit Perfephone tua 
 
 Irata^ cum te vidcrit artibus 
 
 Succoquepollenti tot atris 
 
 F^ufibus eripuifle mortis. 
 
 Colenda 
 
. (47^ 
 Colende prsefcs, membra precor tua ' •* ' • 
 
 Molli quiefcant cefpite, Sc ex tuo 
 Crefcant rofa?, calthseque bufto, • ^' " ' J^} 
 
 PurpuKoque hyacinthus ore.. 
 Sit mite de te Judicium iEaci, 
 Subrideatque iEtnsea Proferpina, . *» 
 
 Interquefelices perennis 
 Elyfio fpatiere cainpo. 
 
 In quintumNovembris, Anno 
 aetatis I/. 
 
 T Am pius extrema veniens lacobus ab vlQio 
 
 Teucrigenas populos, lateque patentia regna 
 
 Albionum tenutc, jamque inviolabile foedus 
 
 Sceptra Caledoniis conjunx^rat Anglica Scotis : 
 
 Pacificufque novo fclix divefque fedebat 
 
 In folio, occultique doli fecurus & hoftis : 
 
 Cum ferus ignifluo regnans Acheronte tyrannus, . 
 
 Eumenidum pater, asthereo vagus exul Olympo, 
 
 Forte per immenfum (errarum erraverat orbem, 
 
 Dinumerans fccleris focios, vernafque fideles., 
 
 Participes regni port funera moefta futuros j 
 
 Hie tcmpeftates medio ciet aere diras, 
 
 O 3 Illic 
 
Illic unamiines odium ftruit inter amicos, 
 Armat & invidlas in mutua vifccra gentes ^ . 
 Regnaque olivifera vertit florentia pace, 
 Et quofcunque videt purse virtutls aniantes^ 
 Hos cupit adjicere imperio, fraudumque magiftef 
 Tentat inacceffum fceleri corrumpere pectus, 
 Infidiafque beat tacitas, cafTefque latentes 
 Tendit, ut incautos rapiat, feu Cafpia Tigris 
 Infequitur trepidam deferta per avia prsedam 
 Node fub illuni, & fo«ino nidantibus aftris. 
 Talibus infeftat populos Sumrftanus & urbes 
 Cindus caeruleos funnanti turbine flamma?. 
 Jamque fluentifonis albcntia rupibus arva 
 Apparent, & terra Deo dileda ma^rino^ 
 Cui nomen dederat quondam Neptunia proles 
 Amphitryoniaden qui non dubitavit atrocem 
 lEquore tranato furiali pofcere bello. 
 Ante expugnatas crudelia fsecula Trorae. 
 
 At fimul hanc opibufque & fefta pace beatam 
 Afpicit, & pingues donis Cerealibus agros, 
 Qipdque magis doluif, venerantem numina veri 
 SandaDei populum, tandem fufpiria rupit 
 Tartareos ignes & luridumolentiafulphur. 
 Qjalia Trinacria trux ab Jove claufus in iEtna 
 
 EfBaC 
 
(49) 
 
 EfBat tabifico monflrofus ab ore Tiphoeus.^ 
 
 Ignefcunt oculi, ftridetque adamantius ordo 
 
 Dentis, ut armorum fragor, idlaque cufpide cufpis. 
 
 Atqw pererrato (blum hoc lacrymabik mundo 
 
 Invenij dixit^ gens hsec mihi fcla rebellis, 
 
 Contemtrixque jugi, noftraque potentior arte* 
 
 Ilia tamenj mea fi quicquam (antamina poffunt; 
 
 Non feret hoc impune diu^ non ibit inulta, ' ] 
 
 Ha(3:enus *, & piceis liquido notat acre pennis i 
 
 Qua volat, adverfi pr^curfant agmine venti, ^ 
 
 Denlantur nubes, & crebra tonitrua fulgent.' 
 
 Jamque pruinofas velox fuperaverat alpes, 
 
 Et tenet Aufonias fines, a parte (iniftra 
 
 Nitnbifer Appenninuwrat, prifcique Sabinj, 
 
 Dextra veneficiis infamis Hetruria, nee non 
 
 Te furtiva Tibris Thetidi videt ofcula dantenfi i 
 
 Hinc Mavortigenae confiftit in arce Quirini* 
 
 Reddiderant dubiann jam fera.crepufcula lucem. 
 
 Cum circumgreditur totam Tricoronifer urbenn^ 
 
 Panificofque Deos portat, fcapulifque virorum 
 
 Evehitur, pra^eunt fubmiflb poplite reges, 
 
 Et mendicantum feries longiffima fratrum h 
 
 Cereaque in nnanibus geftant funalia ca^ci, 
 
 Cimmeriis nati in tenebriSj vitamque trahentes. 
 
 O 4 Templa 
 
(50) 
 
 Tcmpla dein multis fubeunt lucentia tsedis . 
 
 ( Vefper erat facer ifle Petro) firemitufque canentum 
 
 , Sxpc tholos implet vacuos, & inane locorum. 
 
 Qoaliter exululat Bromius, Bromiique caterva, 
 
 Orgia cantantes in Echionio Aracyntho, 
 
 Dum tremit attonitus vitreis Afopus in undis, 
 
 Et procul ipfe cava refponfat rupc Cithaeron» 
 
 ^ His igitur tandem folenni more pera(5tis, 
 
 Nox fenis amplexus Erebi tacit urna reliquit^ 
 
 Pra^cipitefque impellit equos ftimulante flagello^ 
 
 Captum oculis Typhlonta, Melanchaetemque ferocem, 
 
 Atque Acherontaeo prognata^pi patre Siopen 
 
 Torpidam, & hirfutis horrentem Phrica capillis. 
 
 Interea regum domitor, Phlegetontlus haeres 
 
 Ingreditur thalamos (neque enim fecretus adulter 
 
 Producit fteriles moUi fine pellice noiftes) 
 
 At vix compoCtos fomtius daudebat ocelloS;^ 
 
 Cum niger umbrarum dominus,red:orque filentum, 
 
 Prsedatorque hominum falsa fub imagine tedus 
 
 Aflitit, affumptis micuerunt tempora canis, 
 
 Barba finus promifla tegit, cineracea longo 
 
 Syrmatje verrit humura veftis, pendetque cucullus 
 
 Vertice de rafo, & ne quicquam defitad artes, 
 
 Cannabeo lumbos co^ftrinxi^.fune falaces. 
 
 Tarda 
 
Tarda feneftratis figens vefiigia calceiSf 
 Talis uti fama eft, vafla Francifcus eremo 
 Tetra vagabatur folus per luflra ferarum, 
 Sylveftrique tulit genti pia verba falutis 
 Impius, atque lupos domuit, Lybico(que leones» 
 
 Subdolus at tali Serpens velatus amiifla 
 Solvit in has fallax era execrantia voces ^ 
 Dormis nate ? Etiamne (uos fopor opprimit artus ? 
 Immemor O fidel, pecorumque oblite tuorum ! 
 Dum cathedram venerande tuaiiij diademaque triplex 
 Ridet Hyperboreo gensbarbara nata fub axe, 
 Dumque pharetrati fpcrnunt tua jura Britanni ; 
 Surge, age, furge piger, Latius quem C^far adorat, 
 Cui referata patet convex! jani^a caeli, 
 Turgentes animos^ & faftus frange procaces^ 
 Sacrilegique fciant, tua quid makdidto poilif, • 
 Et quid Apoftolrca? poffit cudodia clavis '•> 
 Et memor Hefperia: disjedam ulcifcere claflTcnn, 
 Merfaque Iberorum lato ve^lla profi||do, 
 SancSorumque cruci tot corpora fixa probrofce, 
 Thermodoontca nuper regnante puella. 
 At tu fi tenero mavis torpefcere lefto 
 Crefcentefque negas hofti contundere vires, 
 Tyrrhenum impkbit numerofo xnifite pontum, 
 
 Signaque 
 
00 
 
 Signaque Aventino ponct fulgentia colic : 
 Relliquas veterum franget, flatnmifque cremabif, 
 Sacraque calcabit pedibus tua colla profadis^ 
 Cujus gaudebant foleis dare bafia reges. 
 Nee tamen hunc bellis & aperto Mart e laccflTcs, 
 Irritus ille labor, tu callidus utere fraude, 
 Qoxlibet haereticis difponere retia fas eft h 
 Jamque ad confilium extremis rex magnus ab oris 
 Patricios vocaf, & procerum de ftirpe creatos, 
 GrandaevoGjuc patres trabea, canifque Verendos» 
 Hos tu membratim poteris confpergere in auras, 
 Atque dare in cineres, nitrati pulveris igne 
 JEdibus injc<3:o-> qua convenere^ fub imis. 
 Protinus ipfe igitur quofcunque habet Anglia fidos 
 Propofiti, fadiique mone, quifquamne tuorum 
 Audebit funnmi non juffa faceffere Papse. 
 ' Perculfofque metu fubito, cafumquc ftupentes 
 Invadat vel Gallus atrox, vel fevus Iberus. 
 Sa^cula fie illic t«Klem Mariana redibunt, , 
 Tuque in belligeros iterum donninaberis Anglos, 
 Et nequid timeas, divos divafijue fecundas 
 Accipe, quotque tuis celebrantur numina faftis» 
 Dixit & adfcitos ponens malefidus amicus 
 Fugit ad infandann, regnum illaetabile^ Lethen. 
 
 Jam 
 
K53J 
 
 Jam rofea Eoas pandens Tithonia portas 
 Veftit inauratas redeunti lumine terras ^ 
 Mflcftaque adhuc nigri deplorans funera nati 
 Irrigat ambrofiis montana cacumina guttis» 
 Cum fomnos pepulit ftellatas janitor aulae • 
 
 No(3:urnos vifus, & fomnia grata revolvens» 
 
 Eft locus seterna feptus caligine nodis 
 Vafta ruinofi quondam fundamina tedi, 
 Nunc torvi fpelunca Phoni, Prodotseque bilinguis 
 Effera quos uno peperic Difccrdia partu. 
 Hie inter caementa jacent praeruptaque faxa^ * 
 OlTainhumata virum, & trajcdacadaveraferro^ 
 Hic Dolus intortis femper fedet ater ocellis^ 
 Jurgiaque, & ftimulis armata Calumnia fauces. 
 Et Furor, atque vias moriendi mille videntar 
 Et timor, exanguifque locum circumvolat Horror, 
 Perpetuoque leves per muta filenfia Manes 
 Exululat^ tellus & fanguine confcia ftagnafo 
 Ipfi etiam pavidi latitant penetralibus antri 
 Et Phonos, & Prodotes, nullcquefequente per antrum 
 Antrum horrens^ fcopulofum, atram feralibus umbris 
 Diffugiuntfontes, & retro lumina vortunt, 
 Ho5 pugiles Roma? per fecula longa fideles 
 Evocat antiftcsBab^^lonius, atque itafatur» 
 
 Finibus 
 
(54) 
 
 Finibus occiduis circumfufum incolif iquor 
 Gens exofa raihi, prudens nafura negavit 
 Indignam penitus noftro conjungere mundo : 
 IlluCjfic jubeo, celeri contendi-te greffu, 
 Tartareaque leves difflentur pulvere in auras 
 Et rex &c pat iter fatrapse, fcelerata propago 
 Et quotquot fidei caluere cupidine verae 
 Confilii focios adhibeCe, operifque nniniftros. 
 Finierat, rigidi cupide paruere gemelli. 
 
 Interea longo fle^ens curvamine co&los 
 Dcfpicit aetherea dominus qui fulgurac arce, 
 Vanaqueperverfe ridet conamina turba?, 
 Atque fui caufam populi volet iple tueri. 
 
 EfTe ferunt fpatium, qua diftat ab Afide t^ra 
 Fertilis Europe, & fpe(3:at>Iareotidas unda5> 
 Hie (urris pofitaeft Titanidos ardua Famsc 
 ffirea, lata, fonans, rutilis vicinior aftris 
 Quam fuperimpofitum vel Atlios vel Pelion OiTa? 
 Mille fores aditufque patent, totidemque feneftra?, 
 Amplaque per tenues tranflucent atria muros y ^ 
 Excitat hie varios pl«bs agglomerata fufurros 9 
 Qaaliter iiaftrcpltant circum muldiralia bombis 
 AgiDina mufcarum, aut textoper ovilia junco, 
 D'jm Canisaeftivum coeli petit ardua culmen 
 
(55) 
 
 Ipfa quidcm fuoiona fedet ultrix matris in arce, 
 
 Auribus innumeris cindum caput eminet oUi, 
 
 Qjcis Tonitum exiguum trahit, atque kviffima captat 
 
 Murraura, ab extremis patuli confinibus orbis. 
 
 Nee tot Ariftoride fervator inique juvencae 
 
 Ifidos, immiti volvebas lumina vuku, 
 
 Lumina non unquam tacito nutantia lonvio, 
 
 Lumina fubjedas late fpedaniia terras. 
 
 Iftis ilia folet loca luce carentia fepe 
 
 Perluitrare, etiam radianti imperria foli. 
 
 Millenifque loquax auditaque vifaque linguis 
 
 Cuilibet effundit temeraria, veraque mendax 
 
 Nunc minuit^ modo conficftis fermonibus auget. 
 
 Sed tamen a noftro meruifti carmine laudes 
 
 Fama, bonum quo non aliud veracius ullum, 
 
 Nobis digna cani, nee te memoraffe pigebit 
 
 Carmine tarn longo, fervati tcilicet Angli 
 
 Officiis vaga diva tuiSjtibi reddinaius aequa» 
 
 Te Deus aeternos motu qui temperat ignes, 
 
 Fulmine praenaiflb alloquitur, terraque tremenfe ; 
 
 Fama files? an te latet impia Papiftarum 
 
 Conjurata cohorsjn meque meolque Britannos^ 
 
 Et nova fceptrigero eaedes meditata lacobo : 
 
 Ncc plura^ iUa ftatim feniit mandata Tenant is, 
 
 Et 
 
(50 
 
 Et (atis ante fugax ftridentes4nduit alas, 
 
 Induic & variis exilia corpora plumis j 
 Dextra Cubam geftat Temefsso ex sere (bnorarna 
 Nee mora jam pennis cedentes rcmigat auras, 
 Atque parum eft curfu ccleres praevertcre nubes. 
 Jam ventos, jam folis equos poft terga reliquit : 
 Et primo Angliacas folito de more per urbes 
 Ambiguas voces, incertaque murmura fpargit, 
 Mox arguta dolos, & deteftabile vuJgat 
 Proditionii opus, nee non facSta horrida di(3:u, 
 Authorefque addit fceleris, ncc garrula caecis 
 Infidiis loca ftrucfta filet i ftupuere relaiis, 
 Et pariter juvenes, pariter tremuere puella?, 
 Effastique Tenes pariter, tantaeque ruina^ 
 Senfus ad aetatem fubitb penetraverat omnem 
 Attamen interea populi miferefcit ab alto 
 JEthereus pater, & crudelibus obftitit aufis 
 Papicolum *, capti poenas raptantur ad acres > 
 At pia thura Deo, 8c grati folvuntur honores y 
 Compita la?ta focis genialibus omnia fumant > 
 Turba chores juvenilis ag^t : QujntoqueNovembris 
 Nulla Dies toto occurrit celebratior anno# 
 
Anno «tatis 17. In obiCimit 
 Praefulis Elicnfis. 
 
 ADhuc madentes rore fqualcbant gense*, 
 Et ficca nondum lumina > 
 Adhuc liquentis imbre turgebant fali^. 
 
 Quern nuper effudi plus, 
 Dum masfta charo jufta perfolvi rogo 
 
 Wintonienfis praefulis. 
 Cum centilinguis Fama (prohfeniper roaK 
 
 Cladifque vera nuntia) 
 Spargit per urbes divitis Britanniaej 
 
 Populofque Neptuno fatos, 
 Ceffiffe mo^ti, & ferreis fororibus 
 
 Te generis humani decus, 
 Qui rex facrorum ilia fuifti in infuli 
 
 Qoas nomen Anguillas tenet. 
 Tuncinquktumpedtus iia protinus 
 
 EbuUicbat fcrvida^ 
 Tumulis potentenn faspe Aevovens deam ; 
 
 Nsc vota Nafo in Ibida 
 
 Concepit alto diriora pedore^ 
 
 Graiufque vates parcius 
 
 Turpem 
 
(58) 
 
 Twrpem Lycambis execratus eft dolum, 
 
 Sponiamque Neobolen fuatn. 
 At ecce diras ipfe dum fundo graves, 
 
 Etimptecor neci neccm, 
 Audifle tales videor attonitu^ fono^ ' ' / /^ 
 
 Leni, fub auia, flamine t 
 Ce^cos furores pone, pone vitream 
 
 Bilemque & irritas minas^ ' -' 
 
 Qojd tennere violas non nocenda numinaT,' 
 
 Subitoque ad iras pcrcita. 
 Non eft, ut arbitraris elufus nnifer. 
 
 Mors atraNocftis filia, 
 Erebove patre cretajfive Erinnye, ' ; - 
 
 Vaflove nata fub Chao : 
 Aft ilia cselo miffa ftellato, Dei * : .: ^ 
 
 Meffes ubique colligit y ' ''^ \^' /.*. 
 
 Animafque mole carnea reconditas 
 
 In lucem & auras evocat : ' L -^;^ 
 
 lit cum fugaces excitant Horse diem ,...,. 
 
 Themidos Jovifque filia? ; * .'.[.'" . ' 
 
 Et fempiterni ducit ad vultus patris v 
 
 At juftaraptat impios ^ j 
 
 Sub regna turvi ludluofa Tartari, 
 
 Scdefque fubterraneas 
 
 f3an^ 
 
(59) 
 
 Hanc ut vocantem tetus audivi, cito 
 
 Foedum reliqui carccrero, 
 Volatilefque fauftus inter milites 
 
 Ad aftra fublimis feror : 
 Vates ut olim raptus ad coelum feneji 
 
 Auriga currus ignei, 
 Non me Bootis terruere lucidi 
 
 Sarraca tarda frigore> aut 
 Formidolofi Scorpionis brachia, 
 
 Non enfis Orion tuus, 
 Prsetcrvolavi fulgidi folis globum, 
 
 Longequefub pedibus deam 
 Vidi triformenr), dum coercebat (uos 
 
 Frsenfs draconcs aurcis. 
 Erraticorum fyderuiti per ordines. 
 
 Per ladteas vehor plagas, 
 Vdocitatem fa^pe oiiratus novait}, 
 
 Donee nitentes ad fores 
 Vcntum eft Olynnpi, & regiarfi Chryftallinann, & 
 
 Stratuna fmaragdis Atrium. 
 Sed hie tacebo, nam quis effaii queat 
 
 Oriundus humano patre 
 Amoenitates illius locij mihi 
 
 Sit eft in ^t^rnum ftuv, 
 
 I* Naturam 
 
(6o) 
 
 Naturam non pati femurn, 
 
 HEu quam perpetuis erroribus a<^a fatifcit 
 Avhmenshominum^ tenebrifq; immerfa profun- 
 Oedipodioniam volvic fub pediore notfiem ! ( dis 
 
 Quse vefana fuis metiri fafta deorum 
 Audet, &: incifas leges adamante perenni 
 Affimilare fuis, nuHoque folubile fseclo 
 Confilium fati pcrituris alligat horis. 
 
 Ergone marcefcet fulcantibus obfita rugis 
 Naturae fades, s^ rerum publica mater 
 Omniparum contrajfta uterum fterikfcet ab aevo f* 
 Et fefafTa fenem male certis paffibus ibit 
 Sidereum trcmebunda caput ? nam tetra vetufias 
 Annorumque aeterna fames, fqualcrque (itufque 
 Sidera vexabunt ? an & infatiabile Tempus 
 Efuritf Caelum, rapietque in vifcera pattern ? 
 Hcu, potuirne fuas imprudens Jupicex arces 
 Hoc contra muniiTe nefas, & temporis ifto 
 ExemifTe malo, gyrofque dediflfe perennes ? 
 Ergo erit ut quandoqueTonodilapfa (xemendo 
 Gonvexi tabulata ruant, atque obvius id:a 
 Sttidat uterque polus, fuperaque ut Olympius aula 
 
 Decidatj horribilifqu^ rctcda Gorgone Pallaf^. 
 
 Qoalis 
 
(6i) 
 
 Qualis in iEgasam proles Junonia Lemnon 
 
 Deturbata facro cecidit de limine c^eli. 
 
 Tu quoque Phoebe tui cafus imitabere nati 
 
 Prarcipiti curru, fubitaquc fe«ere ruina 
 
 Pronus, & exinda fumabit lampade Nereu^, 
 
 Et dabit attonito feralia fibila ponto. 
 
 TuncetiamaereidivulfisfedibusHaemi . 
 
 DifTuItabit apex,imoque allifa barathro 
 
 Terrebunt Stygium dejecta Ceraunia Ditem 
 
 In fuperos quibus ufus erat-> fratetnaque bella. 
 
 At pater omnipotens fundatis fortius afiris 
 
 Confuluit rerUHD fumma?, certoque peregit 
 
 Pondere fatorunm lances^ atque ordinc funnmo 
 
 Singula perpe(uunfi juilit fervare tenorem, 
 
 Volvitur hinc lapfu naundi rota piima diurno > 
 
 Raptat & ambit os focia vertigine cables. 
 
 Tardier haud folito Saturnus, SC acer ut olim 
 
 Fulmineum rutilat criftata caflide Mavors. 
 
 Floridus acternum Phoebus juvenile corufcat» 
 
 Nee fovet effcetasloca per declivia terras 
 
 Devexo temone Deus % fed femper arnica 
 
 Luce potenseadem currit per figna rotarum, 
 
 Surgit odoratis pariter formofus ab Indi* 
 
 JEthereum pecus albenti qui cogit OTympo 
 
 P a Mans 
 
 o 
 
(62) 
 Mane vocans, & ferus agens in pafcua coeli, 
 Temporis & gemino difpertit regna colore. 
 Fulget, obitque vices alterno Delia cornu, 
 Ca^ruleumque igncm paribus compleditur ulnis. 
 Nee variant dennenta fidem, folitoque fragore 
 Lurida perculfas jaculantur fulmina rupes* 
 Nee per inane furit leviori murmure Corus, 
 Stringit & armiferos j^quali horrore Gelonos 
 Trux Aquilo, fpiratque hyenjem^ nimbofque volutat* 
 Utque folet, Siculi diverberat ima Pelori 
 Rex maris, & rauca circumftrepit «quof a concha 
 Oceani Tubicen, nee vafia mole minoren[i. 
 ^gaeona fcrunt dorfo Balearica cetCo. 
 Sed neque Terra tibi faecli vigor ille vetufti 
 Prifcus abeftj fervatque fuum NarcilTus odorem, 
 Et puer ille fuam tenet & puer ille decorem 
 Phoebe tuufqiie & Cypri tuus, nee ditior olim 
 Terra datum fceleri celavit montibus aurum 
 Confcia, vel fub aquis gemmas. Sic denique in xvum 
 Ibit cundrarum feries juftiffima rerum, 
 Donee flammaorbem populabitur ultima, late 
 Qrcumplexa polos, 8c vafti culmiaa c«li i 
 Ingcntique rogo flag«abit machina mundi*. 
 
 t)i 
 
Be Idea Platonica quemadmodum 
 Ariftoteles intellexit. 
 
 DIcite facrorum pvxfides nemorum deaf^, 
 Tuque O noveni perbcata numinis 
 Memoria mater, quseque in iminenfo procul 
 Antro recumbis otiofa iEternitas, 
 Monumcnta fervans, & ratas leges Jovis, 
 Caelique faftos atqueephemeridas Dcum, r 
 Quis ille primus cujus ex imagine 
 Natura folers finxit humanum genus, 
 iKternus, incorrup(us, a?qu(£vus polo, 
 Unufque & univerfus, exemplax Dei ? 
 Haud ille Palladis gemellus innubae 
 Interna proles infidet menti Jovis > 
 Sed quamlibct natura fie communior, 
 Tamen feorsus extat ad morem unius, 
 Etj mira, certo (tringitur fpatio loci » 
 Seu fempiternus ille fydcrum comes 
 CxVi pererrat ordines decemplici^, 
 Citimiimve terris incolit Luna? globum : 
 Sive inter animas corpus adituras fedens 
 
 Obliviofas torpet ad Leches aquas : 
 
 P 3 Sive 
 
(^4) 
 
 Sivc in remofa forte terrarum plaga 
 Inceclit ihgens hortiinis arcihctypus gigas/ 
 Ec lis tremendus^rigrt celfum caput 
 Aclante major porfitore fyderum. 
 Non cui profundum csecitas lumen dedit 
 Dircseus augur vidit hunc alto finu 5 
 Non hunc filenti node Pleiones nepos 
 Vatum fagaci pracpes oftendit choro-, 
 Non hunc facerdos novit Affyrius, licet 
 Longos vetufti commemoret atavos Nini, 
 Prifcumque Belon, inclytumcjue Gtkidem. 
 Non ille trino gloriofus nomine 
 Tcr magnus Hermes (ut fit arcani fciens) 
 Talem reliquit Ifidis cultoribus. 
 At tu perenne ruris Academi decus 
 (Hxc monftra fi tu primus induxit fcholis) 
 Jam jam poetas urbis exules tuae 
 Rcvocabis, ipfe Tabulator maximus, 
 Aut infiitutor ipfe migrabis foras. 
 
 N 
 
 Ad Patrem% 
 
 Unc mea Pierios cupiam per pecSora fontes 
 Irriguas torquere vias^ totumque per ora 
 
 Volvere 
 
Volvere laxatum gcminode vertice rivum \ 
 
 lit tenues oblita fonos audacibus alls 
 
 Surgat in ofjicium venerandi Mufa parentis. 
 
 Hoc utcunque tibi gratun:i pater optin^ie carn?.ca 
 
 Exiguum meditatur opus, nee novimus ipfi 
 
 Aprius a nobis quae poffunt munera donis 
 
 Refpondere tuis, quanr^vis nee maxima poflinC 
 
 Refpondere tuis, nedum ut par gratii donis 
 
 Eflc quear, vaeuis qua^ redditur arida verbis. 
 
 Sed tamen hxc noftros ofiendit pagina cenfus, 
 
 Et quod habemus opum charta numeravimus ilU, 
 
 Quae mihi funt nulla?, nill quas dedit aureji Clio 
 
 Quas mihi feraoto fomni peperere fub antro, 
 
 Et nemoris laureta facri P^rnalFides umbra?. 
 
 Nee tu vatis opus divinum defpiee carmen, 
 
 Qio nihil asthereosortus, & fcminacaeli, 
 
 Nil magis humanam commendat origine mentem, 
 
 SandlaPromethca? reiinens veftigia flamma?. 
 
 Carmen amant fuperi^ tremebundaque Tartara carmen 
 
 Ima ciere valet, divofque ligare profundos, 
 
 Et triplici duros Manes adamante coerccr. 
 
 Carmine fepofiti retegunt arcana futuri 
 
 Phoebades, & tremula? pallantes ora Sibyllap ^ 
 
 Carmina facrificus follennes pangit ad aras 
 
 P /| Aure^ 
 
Aurca feu ftcrnit motantem cornua taururai» 
 Seu cum fata fagax fumantibus abdita fibris 
 Confulit, & tepidis Parcam fcrutatur in exiis. 
 Nos etiam patrium tunc cum repetemus Olympum, 
 lEternaeque morse ftabunt immobilis aevi, 
 Ibinaus auratis per casli tcmpla coronis, 
 Dulcia fuaviloquo fociantes carmina ple6tro, 
 Aftra quibuSg geminique poll convexa fonabunt. 
 Spiritus & rapidos qui circinat igneus orbe?, 
 Nunc quoque fydereis intcrcinit ipfc choreis 
 Immortale melos, & inenarrabile carmen » 
 Torrida dum rutilus compefcit fibila Terpens, 
 Demiflbque fcfox gladio rpanfuefcit Orion v 
 Stellarum nee fentlt onus Maurufius Atlas, 
 Carmina regales epulas ornare folebanf. 
 Cum nondum luxu?, vaftxque immenfa vorago 
 Nota gixlXy & modico fpumabat cocna Lyaeo. 
 Turn de more fedens fefta ad convivia vates 
 iEfcuka intonfos redimitus ab arbore ciines, 
 Heroumque adus, imitandaque geflacanebat, 
 Et chaos^ & pofiti late fundamina mundi, 
 Rcptanttfque Deo^ &: alentes numina glandes, 
 Et nondum Miato quaeficum fulmen ab antro. 
 pcnique quid-vpcis modulamen inane juvabif. 
 
 Verborum 
 
Verborum fenfufque vacans, numeriqueloquacis? 
 Silveftres decet ifte chores, non Orphf a cantus, 
 Qaj tenuit fluvios & quercubus addidit aures 
 Carmine, non cithara, fimulachraque funfta canendo 
 CoTnpulit in lacrymas \ habct has a carmine laudes. 
 
 Nee tu perge precor facras contemnere Mufas^ 
 Nec vanas inopefque puta, quarum ipfe peritus 
 Muncre, mille fonos numeros componis ad aptos, 
 Millibus & vocem modulis variare canoram 
 DocSus, Arionii merito fis nominis ha^res. 
 Nunc tibi quid mirum, fi me genuiffe poetam 
 Contigerit, charo fitampropefanguine jundi 
 Cognatas artes, ftudiumque affine fcquamur ; 
 Jpfe volens Phoebus fe difpertire duobus, 
 Altera dona mihi, dedit altera dona parenti, 
 Dividuumque Dcum genitorque puerque tenemus. 
 
 Tu tamcn ut fimules teneras odilTe camoenas, 
 Non odifTe reor, neque enim, pater^» ire jubebas 
 Q^a via lata patet, qua pronior area lucri^ 
 Certaque condendi fulget fpes aurea nummi : * 
 Nec rapis ad lege?^ male cuftoditaque gentis 
 JurajDec infuKis damnas clamoribus aures. 
 Sed magis excultam cupiens dicefcere mcntem, 
 Me procul urbano firepitUj feccffibus altis 
 
 Ab- 
 
(68; 
 
 Abdu(9:um Aoniae jucunda per otia ripa 
 
 Phcxhxo lateti comitem finis ire beatunj* ' ' 
 
 Ofiicium chari taceo commune parentis, 
 
 Me pofcunt majora^ tuo pater optime fumptu 
 
 Cum mihi Romulcx patuit facundia lingua?, 
 
 Et Latii veneres, & quae Jovis ora decebant 
 
 Grandia magniloquiselata vocabula Graiis, 
 
 Addere fuafifti quos jacftat Gallia flores, 
 
 Et quam degeneri novus Italus ore loquelam 
 
 Fundit, Barbaricos teftatus voce tumuUu^, 
 
 Qua?que Palasftinus loquitur myftefia vates. 
 
 Denique quicquid habet coelum, fubjedaque coclo 
 
 Terra parens, terrseque & coelo interfluus aer, 
 
 Quicquid & undategif^pontiqueagitabllemarmor. 
 
 Per te nofle licet, per te, fi noffe libebit» 
 
 Dimotaque venit fpedlanda fcientia cube, 
 
 Nudaque confpicuos inclinat ad ofcula vultus, 
 
 Ni fagifle velim, ni fit libaffe moleftum. 
 
 ^ I nunc, confer opes quifquis malefanus avitas 
 
 Auftriaci gazas, Pcruanaque regna pracoptas» 
 
 Q^x potuit majora pater tribuifle, vel ipfe 
 
 Jupiter, excepto, donaffet ut omnia, coelo ? 
 
 Non potiora dedit, quamvis & tuta fuiflent, 
 
 Publica qui juveni commifit lumina nato 
 
 Atque 
 
Atquc Hypcrionioscurrus5& frarna dief, 
 Et circum undantem radiata luce tiaram. 
 Ergo ego jam doStx pars quamlibet ima catervK? 
 Vi<^ices hederas inter^ laurofque fedebo, 
 Jamque ncc obfcurus populo mifcebor inerti, 
 Vitabuntque oculos veftigia noftra profanos. 
 E(\e procul vigiles curs, procul efte querela, 
 Invidiajque acies tranfverfo tortilis hirquo, 
 Sasva ncc anguiferos extendc Calumnia ridlus 3 
 In me trifte nihil fsediffima turba poteftis. 
 Nee veftri fum juris ego , fecuraque tutus 
 Pe(9:ora5 vipereo gradiar fublimis ab i&u. 
 
 At tibi, chare pater, poftquarA non acqua mercnti 
 PolTe referre datur, nee dona rependere fadtis, 
 Sit memoraffe fatis, repetitaque munera grato 
 Percenfere animo, fidaeque reponere menti. 
 
 Et voSy O noftri, juvenilia carmina, lufus. 
 Si modo perpetuos (perare audcbitis annos, 
 Et domini fupereffe rogo, lucemque tueri, 
 NecfpifTo rapient oblivia nigra fub Oreo, 
 Forfitan has laudes, decantatumque parentis 
 Nomen^ ad exemplum. fero fcrvabitis apvo. 
 
 PSALM- 
 
C7o; 
 
 PSALM Cxiv. 
 
 A» 7DT» ^tBVOV fcW eSTOV >tv©^ ^8? IkcA*. 
 
 %.vfj(Sf.nri HkvfjSjiJA g^-Sta)? t/ cT' ap egt^efX'Xv*'^ 
 TiT^ ops* (Tyji^juoKnv etTretpi^net uXov«<9% 
 BittOTE^i Ti r^' fifp vjufjuc ctVACHdfn-iintr \^7ryti*i 
 
 r^tiat !^or Tp«aT' uTTttT^v (r?/2ct^ 'InTrtWcAto 
 
 Thilofofhus 
 
(71) 
 
 Pbilqfophuf ad regem quenJam qui eHtnignotum &i^ 
 tern inter reos forte capum infcius damnav^rai 
 
 ^f 'd^ d-amTu '7w$ivtijuv@^ h^cfuhito tnifit, 
 
 Mafvl^c/lfa; cT' c</) iTrn-rtt, rth for^i ^fjjav oJlftif 
 
 I^ ^ffigei Ejus ScnlptorcM 
 
 ^ains TUX «v> '^eps «<r®- etUTDjU/k J^ib^^v 
 
 r«Xa7I ^<a;X« (fbCTfJUILMlursf. {«^gjt^K/' 
 
 ^(^ SalfUlum poefam Romanum £gvotantem. 
 
 SCAZONTES. 
 
 OMulai greffum quse volens trahis claudum, 
 Vulcanioque tarda gaudes inceflu, 
 Nee fcntjs illud in loco minus gratum^ 
 Quam cunQ dcccntes flava Deiope furas 
 Altcrnat aurcum ante Junonis lc(3:umo 
 
 Adefdunn & haec s'is verba pauca SalfiHo 
 
 Refer, 
 
Refer, camoena noftra cui tantum eft coxdi, 
 Quamque ille magnis praeiulit immet ito divis. 
 Haec ergo alumnus ille Londini Milto, 
 Diebus hifcc quifuum linquens nidum 
 Polique tradum, (peffiraus ubi ventorum, 
 Infaniencis impotenfque pulmonis 
 Pernix anhela fub Jove exeycet flabra) 
 Vcnit feraces Itali foli ad glebas, 
 Vifum fuperba cognitas urbes fama 
 Virofquc dodseque indolem juvenfutis, 
 Tibi optat idem hie faufta multa Salfiile, 
 Habitumque feflb cof pofi penittis fanum » 
 Cui nunc profunda bilis infeftat rene?^ 
 Prsecordiifque fixa damnofum fpirat. 
 Nee id pepercit impia quod tu Romano 
 Tara cultus ore Lesbium condis melos. 
 O duke divum munus, Ofalus Hebes 
 Germana! Tuque Phoebe morborum terroi^ 
 Py thone caefo, five tu magis Vx^n 
 Libenter audis^hic tuus facerdos e(L 
 Querceta Fauni, vofque rore vinofo 
 CoIIes benigni, mitis Evandri fedcs, 
 Siquid falubre vallibus frondet veftf is^ 
 Levamen a?gro ferte certatim vati* 
 
C73^ 
 SiciJIc charis lecJ/Jptus rurfum Mufis 
 Viclnaduki prata mulccbittantiie 
 Ipfe inter atros emiffabituc lucos 
 Numa, ubi beatucn dcgit otiuna «ternuTb, 
 Suam rcclivis femper iEgeriam fpe<^ans. 
 Tumidufque & ipfe Tibris hinc delinitus 
 Spei favebit annuse colonoium : 
 Nee in fepulchris ibit obfcflum reges 
 Nimium finiftro laxus irruens lore : 
 Sed frsena melius temperabit undarum^ 
 Adufquecurvi falfa regnaPortumni^ 
 
 Manfus. 
 
(74; 
 
 Manfus. 
 
 Joannes Baptifla Manfus Matchio Villenfts vir ingenii 
 laude^ mm liter arum fiudio y nee non & bellica 
 virtute apud Italos darns in primis eft. Ad quern 
 T'orqudti T'affi dialogus extat de Amkitia fcrtptus % 
 trat enim Tajji amicijjimus y ab quo etiam inter Cam- 
 panUprincipes celebratur , in iUopoemafe cui titulm 
 Gerutakmme conquiftata, lib. 20. 
 
 Fra cavalier magnanimi, e cortefi 
 Rifplende il Manfb— - 
 
 Is author em Neapoli commorantem fumma benevolemia 
 profecutus eji , multaque ei detulit humanitatis offi^ 
 cia. Ad hunc itaque hofpes tile antequam ab ea urbe 
 difcedcreti ut ne tngratumfe oftenderet^ hoc carmen 
 mifn. 
 
 H^cquoque Manfe tuse meditantur carmina laudi' 
 Pierides^ tibi Manfe choro notiffime Phoebi, 
 Qaandoquidem ille alium baud a^quo eft dignatus ho- 
 Poft galli cineres, & Mecsenatis Hetrufci. (nore,- 
 
 Tu quoque fi noftrae tantum valet aura Camoena?, 
 Vidrices hederas inter, laurofque fcdebis. 
 Te pridem nnagno felix concordia Tallb 
 junxit, & a^ternis infcripfit nonnina chartis* 
 Mox tibi dulcHcquum non infcia Mufa Marinunfl 
 
 Tradiditj ile tuuha did fe gaudct a'umnum, 
 
 DusH 
 
. (75) 
 Dutn canit Aflyrios divum prolixus amores \ 
 Mollis & Aufonias ftupefecic carmine nymphas* 
 Ille itidem moriens tibi foli dcbita vates 
 Ofla tibi foli, fupremaque vota reliquit, 
 Ncc manes pietas tua chara fefellit amici. 
 Vidimus arridentem operofo ex aere poetan). 
 Ncc fatis hoc vifum eft in utf umque, & nee pia ccffant 
 OfEcia in tumulo, cupis integros rape re Oreo, 
 Qua potes, atque avidas Parcarum eludere leges : 
 Amborum genus, & varia fub forte pcradtam 
 Defcribis vitam, morefque, & dona Minervac > 
 iEmulus illius Mycaleh qui natus ad altam 
 Rettulit fiolii vitam facundus Homeii. 
 Ergo ego te Clius & magni nomine Phoebi 
 Manfe pater, jubeo longum falvere per sevum 
 Miffus Hyperborco juvenis peregrinusab axe. 
 Nee tu longinguam bonus afpernabere raufam, 
 Qiiae nuper gelida vix enutrita fub Ardo 
 Imprudens Italas aufa eft volitare per urbes. 
 Nos etiam in noftro modulantes flumine cygnos 
 Credimus obfcuras nodlis fenfiffe per umbras^ 
 Qua Thamcfis late puris argenteus urnis 
 Oceani glaucos perfundit gurgite crines. 
 Qu}n & in has quoftd^m per Vcnit Tityrus ou% 
 
(76) 
 
 Scd neque nos genus incuUum, nee inutile Phgebo, 
 
 Qua plaga fepteno mundi fulcata Txione 
 
 Brumalem patitur loyiga Tub nodte Booten. 
 
 Nos ctiam colimus Phcebum, nos raunera Phoebo 
 
 Flaventes (picas, & lutea mala caniftris, 
 
 Halantemque crocum (perhibet nifi vana vetufias) 
 
 Mifimus, & ledas Druidum de gente choreas. 
 
 ( Gens Druides antiqua facris operata deorum 
 
 Heroum laudes imitandaque gefta cancbant ) 
 
 Hinc quoties fefto cingunt alcaria cantu 
 
 Delo in herbosa Graiae de more puellae 
 
 Carminibus lastis memorant Corineida Loxo, 
 
 Fatidicamque Upin, cum ilavicoma Hecaergc 
 
 Nuda Caledonio variatas pec^ora fuco. 
 
 Fortunate fenex, ergo quacunque per orbem 
 
 Torquati decus, & nomen celebrabitur ingens^ 
 
 Claraque perpttui fuccrefcet fama Marini, 
 
 Tu quoque in ora frequens venies plaufumque virorumi^ 
 
 Et parili carpes iter inunortale volatu. 
 
 Dicetur turn fponte tuos habitaffc penates 
 
 Cynthius, & famulas veniffe ad limina Mufas : 
 
 At non fponte domum tamen idem, 5^ regis adivit 
 
 Rura Pheretiada? coelo fugitivus Apollo » 
 
 Ille licet magnum Alciden lufceperat hofpes h 
 
 TantJim 
 
(J1) 
 
 Tantiim ubi clamofos placuit vicare bubulcos, 
 
 Nobile manfueti ceflit Chironis in antrum, 
 
 Irriguos inter faltus froadofaque tc(3:a 
 
 Peneium propc rivum : ibi fepe fab ilice nigra 
 
 Ad citharse ftrepitunfi blanda prec: villus amid 
 
 Exilii duros lenibat voq^ laborer. 
 
 Turn ncque ripa fuo, barathro nee fixa fub imo, 
 
 Saxa fletere loco, nutat Trachinia rupes, 
 
 Nee fentit folitas, immania pondera, filvas, 
 
 Emota^que fuis properant dc collibus orni, 
 
 Mulcenturque novo maculofi carmine lynces. 
 
 Diis diledte fenex, te Jupiter aequus oportet 
 
 Nafcentem, & miti luftrarit lumine Phoebus, 
 
 Atlantifquc nepos» neqae enim nifi charus ab ortu 
 
 Diis fuperis poterit magno faviffe poeta^. 
 
 Hinc longasva tibi lento fub flore fenedlus 
 
 Vernatj & ffifonios lucratur vivida fufos, 
 
 Nondufn deciduos fervans tibi frontis honores, 
 
 Ingeniumque vigens, & adultum mentis acumen, 
 
 O mihi fi mea fors talem concedat amicum 
 
 Phoebseos decoraffe viros qui tarn bene norit, 
 
 Si quando indigcnas revocabo in carmina reges, 
 
 Arturumque etiam Tub terris bella movcntem > 
 
 Ant dicam invifta? fodali foedere menfae, 
 
 Magnanimos 
 
 s 
 
Magnaniinos Heroas, &. ( O modo fpirirus ad fit) 
 
 Frangam Saxonicas Britonum fub Marte phalanges. 
 
 Tandem ubi non tacitcc permenfus tempora vitse, 
 
 Annoruraque falur cineri fua jura relinquam^ 
 
 Ille mihi ledo madidis aftaret ocellis, 
 
 Aftanti fat erit fi dicam fim tibi curae V 
 
 Ille meosartusliventi morte folutos 
 
 Curaret paiva componi molliter urna. 
 
 Forfitan & noftr'os ducat de n^armore vultus, 
 
 Nedens aut Paphia myrti aut Parnaffide lauri 
 
 Fronde comas, at ego fecui a pace quiefcam. 
 
 Turn quoque, fi qua fides, fi praemia certa bonorunij 
 
 Ipfe ego cselicolum femotus insetheradivuti?, 
 
 Quo labor & mens pura vehunt, atque rgnea virtus 
 
 Secret! hxc aliqua mundide parte videbo 
 
 ( Quantum fata finunt ) & tota mente ferenum 
 
 Ridens purpureo fuffundarlumine vultus 
 
 Et fimul aethereo plaudam mihi laetus Olympo. 
 
 EPITAPHIUM 
 
V9) 
 
 tC^ tfOT fH^ tffir» ^^J^ 'i^ ^i^ ^^ ^^ ^-*^ «^JIP (i^»:? 
 
 EPITAPHIUM 
 
 DAMON I S. 
 
 A R G 11 M E N T U M. 
 
 THyrfis5c Damon ejufdem viciniae 
 Paftores , eadem ftudia fequuti 
 a puericia aniici eranc , uc qui 
 plurimum. Thyrfis animi caufa pro- 
 thStus peregre de obitu Damonis nuncium 
 accepit. Domum poftea reverfus, & rem 
 ica efle comperco, (e, fuamque iblicudi- 
 nem hoc carmine deplqrat. Damonis au- 
 tem fub perfona liic intelligitur Carolus 
 Deodatus ex urbe Hetrurise Luca Paterno 
 genere oriundus, caetera Anglus ; ingenio, 
 dodrina, clariffimifque ca:ceris viitudbus, 
 diim viveret, juvenis egregius. 
 
 Q_3 Epicaphium 
 
EPITAPHIUM 
 
 D A M O N 1 S. 
 
 HImerides nymphse ( nam vos ic Dlphnin & tJy- 
 Et plorata din meminiftis fata Bioni's) (lan> 
 Dicite Sicelicum Thamefina per oppida carmen: 
 Qoas mifer effudit voces, quae murmura Thyrfis, 
 Et quibus affiduis exercuit antra querelis, 
 Fluminaque^fontefque vagos, nemorumque recelTus, 
 Dum fibi prsereptLim queritur Damona^ neque altam 
 Ludtibus exemit nodtcm loca foh perrerans. 
 Et jam bis viridi furgebat culmus arifta, 
 Et totickm flavas numerabant horrea mefles, 
 E>f quo (umma dies tulerat Damona fub umbras, 
 Nee dum aderat Thyrlis i paftorem fcilicet ilium 
 Dulcis amor Mufe Thufca retinebat in urbe. 
 Aft ubi mens expleta domum, pecorifque relidi 
 Cura vocat, fimul aflueta feditque fub ulmo. 
 
 Turn vero amilTum turn deniquc fcatit amicum, 
 
 Coepit 
 
(80 
 
 Coepit & immenfum ficexoneraredolorem. 
 
 Ite domum impalli, domino jam non vacat, agni. . . 
 
 Hei mihi ! qua: tcrris, quae dicam numina coelo, 
 
 Poftquam tc immiti rapuerunt funere Dampn i 
 
 Slccine nos linquls, tua fic fine nomine virtus 
 
 Ibit, & obfcuris numero fociabrtur umbris ? or^ 
 
 Ac non ille, anim*virga quidividit aurea, 
 
 Ifta velit, dignumque tuite ducat in agmen, 
 
 Ignavumque procul pecus arceat omne filentura. 
 
 Itc domum impafii, domino jam non vacat, agni# 
 
 Quicquid erit, certe nil! me lupus ante videbit, 
 
 Indeplorato non coraminuere fepulchro, 
 
 Conftabitque tuus tibi hones, longumque vigcbit 
 
 nter paftores : Illi tibi vota fecundo 
 
 Solvere poft Diphnin, poft Daphnin dicerelaudcs 
 
 Gaudebunt, dum rura Pales, dumFaunus amabit: 
 
 Si quid id eft, prifcamque fidem coIuilTe, piumque, 
 
 Palladiafque artes, fociiimque habuifTe canorum. 
 
 Ife domum irapafli, domino jam non vacat, agni. 
 
 Hxc tibi certa manenr, tibi erunt ha?c prscmia Damon, 
 
 At mihi quid tandem fietmodo? quis mihi fiJus 
 
 Hasrebit lateri comes^ ut tu fsepe folebas 
 
 Frigoribu3 duris, 8^ per loca foeta pruinis, 
 
 Aut rapido fub fole^ fiti morientibus herbis ? 
 
 CL4 Sm 
 
rs2) 
 
 Sive opus in magnos fuit eminus ire leones 
 Aut avidos terrere lapos praefepibus altisi 
 Quis fando fopire diem, catituqiae folebit ? 
 
 Ite domumimpafti, domino jam non vacat, agni. 
 Pedtora cui credam } quis me Icnirc docebit 
 Mordaces curas, quis Icfngam fallere hodiem 
 Dulcibus alloquiis, grato cum fibilat ijpfii 
 Molle pyrum, & nucibus ftrepitat focus, at malusaufter 
 Mifcet cund-a foris, & defuper intonat ulmo. 
 
 Ite domum impafti, domino jam non vacate agni. 
 Aut ^ftate, dies medio dum vertitur axe. 
 Cum Pan acfculea fomnum capit abditus umbta, 
 Et repetunt fub aquis fibi nota fedilia nymphae. 
 Pafiorefque latent, ftertit fub fepe colonus, 
 Qjjs mihi bhnditiafque tuas, quis tummihi rifus^ 
 Cecropiofque fales referet, cuUofque lepores ? 
 
 Ite domum impaftij domino jam non vacat agn*!. 
 At jam folus agros, jam pafcua folus oberro, 
 Sicubi ramofae denfantur vallibus umbr«, 
 Hie ferum expedo, fupra caput imber & Eurus 
 Trifte fonant, frada^que agitata crepufcula filv^. 
 
 Ice domura impalii , domino jam non vacat, agni. 
 
 Hcu qu^m cuUa mihi prius arva procacibus herbis 
 
 Involvuntur, & ipfa fitu feges alta (atifcit ! 
 
 Jnnuba 
 
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 Innuba negledo marcefcit & uva racemo. 
 Nee myrteta juvant i ovium quoque taedet, at illse 
 Moerent, inquefuum convertunt ora magiftrutn. 
 
 Ite domum impafti, domino jam non vacate agni. 
 Tityrus ad eorylos vocat, Alphefiboeus ad ornos, 
 Ad faliccs Aegon, ad flumina pulcher Amyntas, 
 Hie gelidi fontes, hie illita gramina mufco, 
 Hie Zephiri, hie placidas interftrepit arbutus undas s 
 Ifta canunt furdo^ frutices ego nadtus abibam. 
 
 Ite domam impaftj, domino jam non vacat, agni, 
 Mopfus ad hsec, nam me redeuntem forte notarat 
 ( Et callebat avium linguas. & fydera Mopfus ) 
 Thyrfi quid hoc ? dixit, quss te coquit improba bilis ? 
 Aut te perdit amor, aut re malefafeinat aftrura, 
 Safurni grave fsepe fuit paftoribus aftrum, 
 Intimaque obliquo figit prseeordia plumbo. 
 
 Ite doranm impafti, domino jam non vacat, agni. 
 Mirantur nyraphas, & quid te Thyrfi faturum eft ? 
 Quid tibi vis ? aiunt, non hsee folet cfTe juventse 
 Nubila frons, oeulique truess, vultufque fcveri, • 
 
 Illachoros. lufufque leves, & fcmpcr amorem 
 Jure petit, bis il!e mifcr qui fetus amavit. 
 
 Ite domum impafti, domino jam non vacat, agnu 
 Venit Hyas, Dryopeqqf , & filia Baucidis Aegis 
 
 Do^i 
 
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 Dofta modos^ ckharacque fciens, fed perdita faftu, 
 Venit Idumanii Chloris vicina fluenti y 
 Nil me blanditiap^nil me folantia verba, 
 Nil me, fi quid adeft, movet, aut fpes ulla fufuri. 
 
 Ite domum impaftij domino jam non vacat, agni* 
 Hei mihi quam fimiles ludunt per prata juvenci, 
 Omnes unanimi fecum fibi lege fodales, 
 Nee magis hunc alio quifquam fecernit amicum 
 De gtege, fie denfi veniant ad pabula thoes, 
 Inque vicem hirfuti paribus jungbntur onagri i 
 Lex eadem pelagi, deferto in littore Proteus 
 Agmina Phocarum numerat, vilifque volucrum 
 Paffer habet Temper quicum fit, & omnia circum 
 Farra libens volitet, fero fiia tedla revifens, 
 Qoem fi fors letho objecit, feu milvus adunco 
 Fata tulit roftro, feu ftravit arundine foflfor, 
 Protinus ille alium focio petit inde volatu. 
 Nos durum genus, & diris exercita fatis 
 Gens homines aiiena animis, & pedore difcors, 
 Vix fibi quifque parem de millibus invenit unum, 
 Aut fi fors dederit tandem non afpera votis. 
 Ilium inopina dies qua non fperaveris hora 
 Surripit, aeternum linquens in fascula damnum. 
 Ite domum impafti, domino j:y;n non vacat, agni* 
 
 Hei 
 
Heu quis mc ignotas trwit vagus erroi in oras 
 
 Ire per aereas rapes, Alpemque nivofam ! 
 
 Ecquid ^rat tanti Romam vidiffe fepultam > 
 
 Quamvis ilia foret, qualem dum vifcret olira, 
 
 Tityrus ipfe fuas & oves Sc rura reliquit j 
 
 Ut te tarn dulci pofTem caruiiTc fodale, 
 
 Poflem tot maria alta, tot interponere montes. 
 
 Tot fylvas, tot faxatibi, fluviofque fonantes. 
 
 Ah certe extremum licuilTet tangcre dextram, 
 
 Et bene compofitos placide morientis ocellos, 
 
 Et dixilTe vak^ nofiri niemor ibis ad aftra. 
 
 Ite doraum impafti, domino jam non vacat, agnJ. 
 
 Quamquann etiam veftti nunquam meminifTe pigebit 
 
 Paftores Thufci^ Mufis operata juventus. 
 
 Hie Charis, atque Lepos i & Thufcus tu quoque Damon* 
 
 Antiqua genus unde pctis Lucumonis ab urbe. 
 
 O ego quantus eram, gelidi cum ftratus ad Ami 
 
 Murmura, populeumque nemus, qua mollior herba^ 
 
 Carpere nunc violas^nunc (ummas carpere myrto$, 
 
 Et potui Lycida? certantem audire Menakam. 
 
 Ipfe etiam tentare aulas fum, nee puto multum 
 
 Difplicu'bnam funt & apud me munera veftra 
 
 Fifccllsei calathique & cerea vincla cicutap, 
 
 Qyin & noftra (uas docuerunt nomina fagos 
 
 ' Et 
 
Et Datis, & Francinus, erant & vocibus ambo ' 
 
 Et ftudiis noti, Lydorum fanguinis ambo. 
 
 Ite domum impafti» domino jam non vacat, agni. 
 Hasc mihi turn laeto dicStabat rofcida luna, 
 Dum folus teneros claudebam cratibus hoedos. 
 Ah quoties dixi, chm te cinis ater habebat. 
 Nunc canit, aut lepori nunc tendit retia Damon, 
 Vimina nunc texit, varies fibi quod fit in ufus ', 
 Et quae turn facili fperabam mente fu(ura 
 Arripui yoto levis, & prsefentia finxi, 
 Heus bone numquid agis ? nifi tc quid forte rctardat, 
 Imus ? & arguta paulum recubamus in umbra^ 
 Aut ad aquas Golni, aut ubi jugera Caffibelauni ? 
 Tu mihi percurres medicos, tua gramina, fuccos, 
 Helleborumqueyhumilefque crocos, folidmque hyacinth; 
 Qjafque habet ifta palus herbas, artefque medentum, 
 Ah pereant herbae, pereant artefque medentum 
 Gramina, poftquam ipG nil profecere magiftro. 
 Ipfe etiam, nam nefcio quid mihi grande fonabat 
 Fiflula, ab undccima jam lux eft altera nocfte, 
 Et turn forte novis admoram labra cicu- is, 
 DiiTiluere tamen rupta compage, nee ultra 
 Ferre graves potuere fonos, dubito quoque ne (im 
 Turgidulus, tam:n & referam, voscedite filvae» 
 
 l! 
 
Ire domum impafti, domino jam non vacat, agni. 
 Ipfe ego Dardanias Rutupina per a^quora puppes 
 Dicam, & Pandrafidos regnum vetus Inogeniar, 
 Brennumque Arviragiimque duces, prifcumque Bclinu , 
 Et tandem Armoricos Britonum fub lege colonos i 
 Turn gravidam Arturo fatali fraudc Jogernen 
 Mendaces vultus, affumptaque Gorlois arma, 
 Merlini dolus. O mihi turn fi vita fuperfit, 
 Tu procul annofa pendcbis fiftula pinu 
 Mnltum oblita mihi, aut patriis mutata camoenis 
 Brittonicum ftrides, quid enim ? omnia non licet uni 
 Non fperaffe uni licet omnia, mi fatis ampla 
 Merces, & mihigrandedecus({imignotus inaevura 
 Tum licet, externo penitiifque inglorius orbi) 
 Si me flava comas L^^at Ufa, & potor Ahuni, 
 Vorticibufque frequcns Abra, & ntmus omne Trcanta:, 
 Et Thamefis raeus ante omnes, & fufca metallis 
 Tamara, & extremis me difcant Orcades and is, 
 
 Ite domum impafli, domino jam non vacat, agni. 
 
 Hsec tibi fervabam lenta Tub cortice lauri, 
 
 Hdcc, & plura fimul, tum quae mihi pocula Manfu?, 
 
 Manfus Chalcidicae non ultima gloria ripse 
 
 Bina dedit^mirum artis opus, mirandus & ipfe, 
 
 Et circtim gemino caclavcrat argumcnto ; 
 
 In 
 
In medio rwbri maris unda, & odoriferum ver 
 Littora longa Arabum, & fudantcs balfama filva^. 
 Has inter Phoenix divina avis, unica terris 
 Caeruleum fulgens diverficoloribus alis 
 Auroram vitreis furgentem refpicit undis. 
 Parte alia polus omnipatens, & magnus Olympus^ 
 Quis putet? hie quoq > Amor, pida^q, in nube pharetrae^ 
 Arma corufca faces, & fpicula tincfta pyropo y 
 Nee tenues animas, pediiifque ignobile vulgi 
 Hinc ferif, at circum flammantia lumina torquens^ 
 Semper in ere(2um fpargit fua tela per orbes 
 Impiger, & pronos nunquam coUimat ad iftus, 
 Hinc mentes ardere facra?, forma^que deorum. ' 
 
 Tu quoque in his, nee me fallit fpes lubrica Damdnv 
 Tu quoque in his eerte es, nam quo tua dulcis abiret 
 Sandlaque fimplicitas, nam quo tua Candida virtus ? 
 Nee te Lethseo fas qusefivifle fob orco, 
 Nee tibi conveniunt lacry mae, nee flebimus ultra. 
 Ice procul lacrymae, purum colit aethera Damon, 
 ffithera purus babet, pluvium pede reppulit arcum y 
 Heroumque animas inter, divofque perennes, 
 lEthereos haurit latices & gaudia potat 
 Ore Sacro. Q^in tu cceli poft jura rccepta 
 Dexter ades, placidufque fave quicunque vocaris, 
 
 aeJ 
 
Seu tu nofter eris Damon, five «quior audis 
 Diodotus, quo te divino nomine cundli 
 Coelicolae norintj fylvifque voci^bere Damon. 
 Qu6d tibi ptirpureus' pudot, & fine latb^juventiis 
 Grata fuit, quo J nulla tori libata volupf as; 
 En etiam tibi virginei fervantur honores > 
 Ipfe caput nitidum cin<^us rutilante corona, 
 Letaque frondentis gefians umbracula palmar 
 iEternum perages immortales hymenaeos > 
 Cantus ubijchoreifque furit lyra Dpifia beatis, 
 FeftaSionseobacchantur Sc Orgia Thyrfo. 
 
 3^an. 23. 
 
Q9^) 
 
 I 
 
 Jan. 23. 1645. 
 
 Ad Joannem Roufium Oxonienlis Acade-" 
 miae Bibliothecarium* 
 
 De libra Toematum amijfo^ quern ithftbi denuo 
 mitti pofiulabat , ut cum aliis najiris in 
 Bibliotheca publica reponerety Ode. 
 
 Strophe !• 
 
 GEmelle cuUu fimplici gaudens liber, 
 Fronde licet gemina, 
 Munditieque niiens non operofa, 
 Quam manus attulit 
 Juvenilis olim, 
 
 Sedula tamen haud nimii Poetse ; 
 Dum vagus Aufonias nunc per unibras 
 Nunc Britanniea per vireta lufit 
 Infons populi, barbitoque devius 
 Indulfit pafrio, nnox itidenrr pe6tine Daunio 
 Longinquum intonuit melos 
 Vicinis, Si humum vix tetijgtt pede v 
 
 Aniijiropy^ 
 
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 Antiftrophe. 
 
 Qlus te. parvc liber, quis te fratribus 
 Subduxit reliquis dolo ? 
 Cism tu milTusab urbe, 
 Do(3:o jugiter obfecrame amico, 
 Illuftrc tendebasiter 
 Tharntfis ad incunabula 
 Ca^rulci patris, 
 Fontes ubi limpidi 
 Aonidum, thyafufque facer 
 Orbi notus per imrxicnfos 
 Temporunfilapfas redeunte coelo, 
 Ccleberque ftiturus in sevunn^ 
 
 Strophe 2. 
 
 Modb quis deus, aut editus deo 
 Priflinamgentis miferacus indofcm 
 ( Si facis noxas luimus priores 
 Mollique luxu degener otiura ) 
 Tollat nefandos civiumtumuUus, 
 Alniaque revocet ftudia fand:us 
 Et relegatas fine fede Mufas 
 Jam pcn% totis finibus Angligenurn > 
 
 R loimun- 
 
ImiEundafque volucres 
 
 Uaguibus imminentes 
 
 F-gst Apollineapharetii, 
 
 FhineaiEcuc abigat peliern procul amr.e Pegafeo# 
 
 Antifiropbe. 
 
 Quin tu, llb.ilej nunrii lice: ma'a 
 
 Fide, velcfcirantia 
 
 Semcl err2vcr:5 agriiine fratruin, 
 
 Seu quis te teocat fpecus, 
 
 Scu quate latebra, forfan unde vi!i 
 
 Olio tereris inftitoris infulfi, 
 
 Lztire fcliX; en itexiim tibi 
 
 Spes nova fulgtt poJTe profunddm 
 
 Fugere Lefhen. vchiqne Saperam 
 
 Id Jovis aulam reHiige peoiia i 
 
 Strofbe 3# 
 
 Nan-i tc RcuHusfai 
 Optatp:Cjii, nuraeioqac j^jHo 
 Sibi pollicuum qucritur abcfTf, 
 Pvogatque verJis ille cjjus indyra 
 Sjhc dita viruoTi rr.cr.umenta crs ; 
 Teque ad) lis eusn: ficris 
 
 Voluit 
 
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 Voluit rcponi quibus &: ipfc praf fidet 
 iEternorum op<^um cuflos fidcli?, 
 Quaeltorque gazae nobiliori.% 
 Qjam cui pra^tuic loa 
 Claras Erechtheidcs 
 Opulenta dei per tcmpla parentis 
 Fulvofquc tripoda?, donaque Delphica 
 lonAda^a geniras Creufa, 
 
 Antijiro^ke. 
 
 Ergo tu vifwre luces 
 
 Mafarum ibis arcoenos 
 
 Diamque Phoebi rurfus ibis in dc mara 
 
 Oxonia quam vallecolit 
 
 D.Io poflhabira. 
 
 Biridoque Parnalli jugo : 
 
 Ibis honeftus, 
 
 Pofiquam egrcgiam tu quoque fortem 
 
 Nacftus ablf^dcxtri precefoliicitatus arTiici. 
 
 miclegeris inter alra nomina 
 
 AuthorunrijGraiarfimul & Latins 
 
 Antiqjagcntisluroina, 2c veruna dccus. 
 
 R 3 Ufodos^ 
 
in) 
 
 Efodos. 
 
 Vos tandem haud vacui naei labores, .cv' :--^ 
 
 Qmcquidjhoc fterilc fudit ingeniunnj 
 
 Jam fero placidam (perare jubeo 
 
 Perfundiain invidia rcquictn, fedefque beatas 
 
 Quas bonus Hermes 
 
 Et tuteladabit folers Roiifi, 
 
 Quo neque liagua procax vulgi penetrabit^ atque longc 
 
 Turba legentum prava facelTet» 
 
 At ultimi nepotes, 
 
 Et cordatior a^tas 
 
 }udicia rebus a^quiora forfitan 
 
 Adhibcbit integro finu:. 
 
 Turn livore fepulto. 
 
 Si quid mcremur fana pofteritas fcfel 
 
 Roufio favente. 
 
 Ode tribus confiat Strophis, totidcmque Antiftropbis 
 lina dcmum epodo cUufi5,quas,ramei fi omnes nee ver fuum 
 numero , nee certis ubique colis exadte refpondcant , ita 
 tamen fecuimus, conr.mode legendi potius, quam adan- 
 tiquos concineFidi modos rationera fpc(3:antcs. Alioquia 
 hoc genus redlius fortafTe dici monoflrophicum debue- 
 rat. Mctra partim funt y^^^iw parirm v^XfXt^Ja. Pha* 
 kucia quap funt, fpondseum tertio loco bis admittunt, 
 ^od idem in fccundo loco Catullus ad libitum fecir. 
 
 OF 
 
O F 
 
 EDUCATION- 
 
 To Mafter Samuel Hartlib. 
 
 Written above twenty Years fince. 
 
 Mr. HartUb, 
 
 [Am long fince perfwaded , that to 
 fay, or do ought worth memory 
 and imitation , no purpofe or re- 
 rpeft fhould (boner move us, then 
 fimply the love of God , and of 
 mankind. Neverthelefs to write now the re- 
 forming of Education , though it be one of the 
 great eft and nobleft defigns that can be thought 
 on , and for the want whereof this Nation 
 perifhes, I had not yet at this time been in- 
 duc't J but by your earneft entreaties , and 
 lerious conjuremcnts ^ as having my mind for 
 the prefent half diverted in the purfuance of 
 fome otheraffertions 5 the knowledge and the 
 ufe of which ^ cannot but be a great furthe- 
 rance both to the enlargement of truth, and 
 
 R 3 honeft 
 
honeit livings with much more peace. Nor 
 fhould the laws of any private friend (hip have 
 prevailed with me to divide thus , or tran(po(e 
 my former thoughts , but that I fee thofe aims^ 
 thole anions which have v/on you with me the 
 efteem of a perfbn fent hither by feme good 
 providence from a far country to be the occa- 
 fion and the incitement of great good to this 
 Ifland. And^ as I hear , you have obtained the 
 fame repute with men of molt approved wif^ 
 dom 5 and fbme of higheft authority among us. 
 Not to mention the learned correlpondence 
 which you hold in forreign parts , and the ex- 
 traordinary pains and diligence which you 
 have us'd in this matter both here, and beyond 
 the Seas 3 either by the definite will of God fo 
 ruling, or the peculiar fway of nature, which 
 al(b is Gods working. Neither can I think that 
 fo reputed, and fb valu d as you are, you would 
 to the forfeit of your own diicerning abihty, 
 impofe upon me an unfit and over-ponderous 
 argument ^ but that the fatisfaftion which you 
 pvOicfs to have received from thofe incidental 
 Di(cour(es which we have wander'd into, hath 
 preft and almoft conftrain'd you into a per- 
 Iwafion , that what you require from me in this 
 point, I neither ought ^ nor can in confcience 
 dcfcrre beyond this time both of fb much need 
 
 at 
 
at once , and (b much opportunity to try what 
 God hath dctermin'd. I will not refift there- 
 fore, whatever it is either of divine , or hu- 
 mane obligement that you lay upon me^ but 
 will forthwith fet down in writing, as you 
 requeftme, that voluntary Ii:^t\^ , v/hich hath 
 long in filence prefented it felf to me , of a bet- 
 ter Educatiou , in extent and comprehenfioa 
 far more large , and yet of time far (liorter, 
 and of attainment fir more certain^ then hath 
 been yet in prafticc. Brief I (hall endeavour 
 to be 5 for that which I have to fiy , alTuredly 
 this Nation hath extream need fhould be done 
 fbonerthen fpoken- To tell you therefore 
 w^hat I have benefited herein among old re* 
 nowned Authors , I (hall fparc 5 and to (earch 
 what many modern J.vjuas and Didavfics more 
 then ever I (liall read, have projefted , my in- 
 clination leads me nor. But if you can accept 
 of thefe few obfervations which have flowf d 
 off, and are, as it were, the burniQiing of maany 
 ftudious and contemplative years ako^'r^per 
 (pent in the fearch of religious and civ 
 ledge, and fuch as pleas'd you fo well xli l^iC 
 relating, I here give you them to difpole of. 
 
 The end then of Learning is ro repair the 
 ruincs of our firfc Parents by regaining to knov/ 
 God aright, and out of ■ hat knowledge to love 
 
 R 4 liim^ 
 
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 him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may 
 the neereft by pofleffing' our fouls of true ver- 
 tue, which being united to the heavenly grace 
 of faith makes up the higheft perfection. But 
 becaufe ourunderftanding cannot in this body 
 found it felf but on {enfible things , nor arrive 
 fb clearly to the knowledge of God and things 
 invifible, as by orderly conning over th6 vi- 
 fible and inferior creature, the fame method 
 is neceffarily to be followed in all difcreet 
 teaching. And feeing every Nation affords 
 not experience and tradition enough for all 
 kind of Learning, therefore we are chiefly 
 taught the Languages of thofe people who 
 have at any tiir.e been mofl induflrious aftet 
 Wifdom 3 fb that Language is but the Inflru- 
 ment conveying to us things ufefuU to be 
 known. And though a Linguifl fhould pride 
 himfelf to have ail the Tongues that Babel cleft 
 the world into , yet, if behave notftudied the 
 fblid things in them as well as the Words & Le- 
 xicons, he were nothing fb much to be efteem'd 
 a learned man, as any Yeoman or Tradefrnan 
 competently wife in his Mother Dialect only. 
 Hence appear the many miftakcs which have 
 innde Learning generally fo unpleafing and 
 fb unfuccefsftil :> firft we do arnlfs to fpend feven 
 or eight years mecrly in fcraping together fo 
 
 much 
 
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 much miferable Latine and Greek , as might be 
 learnt otherwiic cafily and dchghtfully in one 
 year. And that which cafls our proficiency 
 therein fb much behind, is our time loft partly in 
 too oft idle vacancies given botli to Schools and 
 Univerfities , partly in a prepofterous exaftion^ 
 forcing the empty wits of Children to compofe 
 Theams, Verfes and Orations, which are the 
 afts of ripeft judgment and the final work of a 
 head fill d by long reading and obferving, 
 with elegant maxims , and copious invention. 
 Thefe are not matters to be wrung from poor 
 ftriplings, like blood out of theNofe, or the 
 plucking of untimely fruit : befides the ill habit 
 which they get of wretched barbarizing againft 
 the Latin and Greek idivm , with their untu- 
 tored Avgliciffns^ odious to be read, yet not to 
 be avoided without a well continued and judi- 
 cious converfing among pure Authors digcfted, 
 which they fcarce tafte , whereas, if after fbme 
 preparatory grounds of fpeech by their certain 
 forms got into memory, they were led to the 
 jpraxis thereof in fome chofen (liort book lef- 
 fbn*d throughly to them, they might then forth- 
 with proceed to learn the fubftance of good 
 things, and Arts in due order , which w\ould 
 bring the whole language quickly into their 
 jpowen This I take to be the moft rational 
 
 and 
 
Cioo) 
 
 and moft profitable way of learning Languages^ 
 and whereby we may beft hope to give account 
 to God of our youth fpent herein : And for the 
 ufual method of teaching Arts , I deem it to be 
 an old errour of Univerfities not yet well re- 
 covered from the Scholaftick grolsnefs of bar- 
 barous ages, that in ftead of beginning with 
 Arts moft eafic , and thofe be fuch as are moft 
 obvious to the fence, they pre(ent their young 
 unmatriculated Novices at firft comming with 
 the moft intelleftive abftraclions of Logick and 
 Metapyficks ; So that they having but newly 
 left thole Grammatick flats and ftiallows where 
 they ftuck unrealbnablyto learn a few words 
 with lamentable conftruftion , and now on the 
 fudden tranfported under another climate to 
 be toft and turmoil'd with their unballafted 
 wits in fadomlefs and unquiet deeps of contro- 
 verfie , do for the moft part grow into hatred 
 and contempt of Learning , mockt and delu- 
 ded all this while with ragged Notions and 
 Babblements , while they expefted worthy 
 and delightful knowledge 5 till poverty or 
 youthful years call them importunately their 
 fcveral wayes , and haften them with the fway 
 of friends either to an ambitious and merce- 
 nary , or ignorantly zealous Divinity 3 Some 
 allurd to the trade o^ Law, grounding their 
 
 purpofcs 
 
purpoles not on the prudent and heavenly con- 
 templation of juftice and equity which was 
 never taught them , but on the promifing and 
 pleafing thoughts of litigious terms, fat con- 
 tentions, and flowing fees 5 others betake thera 
 to State affairs , with fouls (b unprincipled in 
 vertue , and true generous breeding , that 
 flattery, and Court fliifts and tyrannous Apho- 
 rifeis appear to them the higheft points of 
 wifdom; inftilling their barren hearts with a 
 conlcientious flavery , if> as I rather think , it 
 be not fain'd. Others laftly of a more deli- 
 cious and airie fpirit , retire themfelves know- 
 ing no better, to the enjoyments ofeafe and 
 luxury, living out their daics in feaft and 
 jollity 5 which indeed is the wiicfl: and the 
 (afeft courfe of all thefe , unlefs they were with 
 more integrity undertaken. And thefe are the 
 fruits of mifpending our prime youth at the 
 Schools and Univerfitics as we do , either in 
 learning mcer words or (iich things chiefly , a^ 
 were better unlearnt. . 
 
 I fhall detain you no longer in the demon- 
 ftration of what we fhould not do, butftrait 
 conduct yc to a hill fide , where I will point ye 
 out the right path of a vertuous and noble 
 Education 5 laborious indeed at the firft afcent, 
 but q\Cc fb ihiooth , fo grccn^ (b full of goodly 
 
 \ profped, 
 
prolpeft, and melodious founds on every fide, 
 that the Harp of Orpheus was not more charm- 
 ing. I doubt not but ye (liall have more adoe 
 to drive our dulleft and lazieft youth ^ our 
 ftocks and ftubbs from the infinite defire of 
 fiich a happy nurture , then we have now to 
 hale and drag our choifeft and hopefulleft Wits 
 to that afinine feaft of (bwthiftles and brambles 
 which is commonly ftt before them , as all the 
 food and entertainment of their tendcreft and 
 raoft docible age. I call therefore a compleat 
 and generous Education that which fits a man 
 to perform juftly, skilfully and magnanimoufly 
 all the offices both private and publick of Peace 
 and War. And how all this may be done be- 
 tween twelve 5 and one and twenty , lefs time 
 then is now beftow'd in pure trifling at Gram- 
 mar and Sophi^ry^ is to be thus ordered. 
 
 Firft to find out a (patious hou(e and ground 
 about it fit for an Aademy , and big enough 
 to lodge a hundred and fifty perfbns , whereof 
 twenty or thereabout may be attendants , all 
 tinder the government of one, who fhall be 
 thought of defert fufficient, and ability either 
 to do all , or wifely to dired , and overfee it 
 done. This place fhould be at once both 
 School and Univerfity , not needing a remove 
 to any other houfe ef Schollerfnip ^ except it 
 
 be 
 
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 be (bme peculiar CoUedge of Law^ or Phyfick, 
 where they mean to be praftitioners 3 but as 
 for tho(e general ftudies which take up all our 
 time from Lilly to the commencing ^ as they 
 term it^ Mafterof Art , it (hould be abfolute. 
 After this pattern , as many Edifices may be 
 converted to this u(e , as (hall be needful in 
 every City throughout this Land, which would 
 tend much to the encreafe of Learning and 
 Civility every where. This number, le(s or 
 more thus collefted , to the convenience of a 
 foot Company, or interchangeably two Troops 
 of Cavalry , fhould divide their daies work 
 into three parts, as it lies orderly. Their Stu- 
 dies, their Exerciie-^ and their Diet. 
 
 For their Studies , Firft they fhould begin 
 with the chief and neceflary rules of (bme 
 good Grammar , either that now us'd , or any- 
 better : and while this is doing , their (peech 
 is to be fafhion'd to a diftinft and clear pro- 
 nuntiation , as near as may be to the Italian^ 
 e(pecially in the Vowels. For we E^igli^^mcn 
 being far Northerly , do not open our 
 mouths in the cold air, wide enough to grace a 
 Southern Tongue 3 but are ob(erv'd by all 
 other Nations to (peak exceeding clofe and 
 inward : So that to fmatter Latine with an 
 Engli(h mouthy is as ill a hearing as Law- 
 French. 
 
(164) 
 
 French. Next to make them expert in the 
 ulefuUeft points of Grammar^ and withall to 
 leafon them , and win them early to the love 
 of vertue and true labour , ere any flatter- 
 ing feducement ^ or vain principle feife them 
 wandering , (bme eafie and delightful Book of 
 Education would be read to them 5 whereof 
 the Greeks have ftore^ as Ccbes^ Plutarch^ and 
 other Socratic difcourfes. But in Latin we have 
 none of clallic authority extant, exceptthetwo 
 or three firft Books of Q^iintilian ^ and (bme 
 feled pieces elfewhere. But here the main 
 skill and groundwork will be, to temper them 
 luch Leftures and Explanations upon every 
 opportunity , as may lead and draw them in 
 \villing obedience , cnflam'd with the ftudy of 
 Learning , and the admiration of Vertue ^ 
 ftirr'd up with high hopes of living to be brave 
 men, and worthy Patriots, dear to God , and 
 famous to all ages. That they may defpife and 
 Icorn all their childiQi, and ill-taught qualities, 
 to delight iri manly , and liberal Exercifes : 
 which he who hath the Art , and proper Elo- 
 quence to catch them with, w^hat with mild 
 and efFeftual perfwafions , and what with the 
 intimation of fome fear, if need be, but diiefly 
 by his ow^n example , might in a fhort (pace 
 gain them to an incredible diligence and cou- 
 rages 
 
Ci05) 
 
 fage : infufing into their young brefts fuch aa 
 ingenuous and noble ardor , as would not fail 
 to make many of them renowned and match- 
 leis men. At the fame time , fome other hour 
 of the day, might be taught them the rules of 
 Arithmetick , and foon after the Elements of 
 Geometry even playing, as the old manner 
 was. After evening repaft, till bed -time their 
 thoughts will be beft taken up in the eafie 
 grounds of Religion , and the ftory of Scrip- 
 ture. The next ftep would be to the Authors 
 Agrictiltnre , Cato^ Vurro , and Columella ^ for 
 the matter is moll: eafie , and if the language 
 be difficult , fo much the better , it is not a 
 difficulty above their years. And here will be 
 an occafion of inciting and inabling them here- 
 after to improve the tillage of their Country, 
 to recover the bad Soil , and to remedy the 
 wafte that is made of good : for this was one of 
 Hercules praifes. Ere half thefe Authors be 
 read ( which will ibon be with plying hard, 
 and daily ) they cannot chufe but be mafters of 
 any ordinary profe. So that it will be then 
 feafonable for them to learn in any modern 
 Author , the ufe of the Globes , and all the 
 Maps 5 firft with the old names, and then with 
 the new : or they might be then capable to 
 read any compendious method of natural Phi- 
 
 lolophy. 
 
lofbphy- And at the lame time might bq en- 
 tring into the Greek tongue , after the fame 
 manner as was before prefcrib'd in the Latin 5 
 whereby the difficulties of Grammar being 
 fbon overcome , all the Hiftorical Phyfiology 
 of Arijiotle and Theophrajius are open before 
 them ^ and as I may fay ^ under contribution. 
 The like accefi will be to VHrwvjus , to Senecxs 
 natural queftions^ to A^ela^ Celfus ^ Tliny^ av 
 Solinus. And having thus paft the principles 
 o? Arithmctick^^ Geometry^ Ajironomy ^ and 
 Geography with a general compaft of Phyiicks, 
 they may defcend in Mathcmaticks to the in- 
 flrumental fcience of "trigonometry •, and from 
 thence to Fortification^ Architei^ture, Enginry^ 
 or Navigation. And in natural Philofophy 
 they may proceed leiiurely from the Hiftory of 
 Meteors, Minerals, plants and living Creatures 
 as far as Anatomy. Then al(b in courfe might 
 be read to them out of (bme not tedious Writer 
 tbelnfritutionof Phyfick 5 that they may knov/ 
 the temperSjthe humours, the leafons, and how 
 to manage a crudity : which he who can wilely 
 and timely do, is not only a great Phyfitian to 
 himfelf , and to his friends , but alio may at 
 fbme time or other, fave an Army by this fru- 
 gal and expenfeleis means only; and not let 
 the healthy and ftout bodies of young men rot 
 
 away 
 
away under him for want of this clifcipline^ 
 which is a great pity , and no le(s a (liame to 
 the Commander. To fet forward all thefe 
 proceedings in Nature and Mathematicks, what 
 hinders^but ^at they may procure, as oft as (hal 
 be needful, the helpful experiences of Hunters», 
 Fowlers^Fifhermen^Shephefds^Gardeners, Apo- 
 thecaries 5 and in the other fciences, Architefts^ 
 Engineers, Mariners, Anatomifts^ who doubt- 
 lels would be ready fome for reward , and 
 (bme to favour (uch a hopeful Seminary. And 
 this will give them fuch a real tindture of na- 
 tural knowledge, as they (lall never forget, 
 but daily augment with delight. Then al(b 
 thofe Poets which are now counted moft hard, 
 will be both facil and pleafant, Orpheus^ He(iod^ 
 Theocritus^ Aratus^ ]^7cande)\ Oppian^ Dionyfins^ 
 and in Latin Lticretms^ Manilms , and the rural 
 part of ViYgiU 
 
 By this time , years and good general pre- 
 cepts will have furnifht them more diftinftly 
 with that aft of reafon which in Ethics is call'd 
 Troairefts : that they may with fome judgement 
 contemplate upon moral good and evil. Then 
 will be required a fpecial reinforcement of 
 conftant and (bund eridoftrinating to iet them 
 right and firm, inftrufting them more amply 
 inthf knowledge of Vertue and the hatred of 
 
 S , Vice t 
 
Vice : while their young and pliant a£Fedi- 
 ons are led through all the moral works of 
 TUto^ Xcno^hon^ Cicero^ Plutarch^ Laertiuf ^ and 
 thofe Locrian remnants 5 but ftill to be reduc't 
 in their nightward ftudies whocfewith they 
 clofe the dayes v/ork^ under the determinate 
 lentence of David or Salomon ^ or the Evanges 
 and Apoftolic Scriptures. Being perfed in the 
 knowledge of perfonal duty ^ they may then 
 begin the ftudy of Economics. And either 
 now, or before this, they may haveeafily learnt 
 at any odd hour the Italian Tongue^ And 
 fbon after , but with warinefs and good anti- 
 dote , it would be wholfome enough to let 
 them tafte (bme choice Comedies, Greek, Latin, 
 or Italian : Thofe Tragedies alfb that treat of 
 Houfliold matters , as Trachini£ , Alcefiis^ and 
 the like. The next remove muft be to the 
 ftudy of rolitickj':) to know the beginning, 
 end , and reafbns of Political Societies 3 that 
 they may not in a dangerous fit of the Com- 
 mon-wealth be fuch poor, fhaken, uncertain 
 Reeds, of fuch a tottering Confcience, as many 
 of our great GounfeUers have lately fhewn 
 themfelves , but ftedfafl pillars of the State, 
 After this they are to dive into the grounds of 
 Law, and legal Juftice^ delivered firft, and 
 with beft warrant by Mojis 5 and as far as hu- 
 mane 
 
mane prudence can be trufted , in thofe ex- 
 tolled remains of Grecian Law-givers, Limrgm^ 
 Solon ^ZdcucHs^ Charondas^and thence to all the 
 Roman Edi^ and Tables with their Jujiinia/i^ 
 and fo down to the Saxon and common Laws 
 of England^ and the Statutes. Sundayes alio and 
 every evening may be now underftandingly 
 fpent in the higheft matters of Theology , and 
 Church Hiftory ancient and modern : and ere 
 this time the Hebrew Tongue at a let hour 
 might have been gain d , that the Scriptures 
 may be now read in their own orginal ; where- 
 to it would be no impoffibility to add the 
 Chddey ^ and the Syrian Dialed. When all 
 thefe employments are well conquered, then 
 will the choife Hiftories , Heroic Foems^ and 
 Attic Tragedies of ftatelieft and moft regal ar- 
 gument , with all the famous Political Ora- 
 tions offer themfelves5 which if they were not 
 only read 3 but fome of them got by memory^ 
 and fblemnly pronounc't with right accent^ 
 and grace ^ as might be taught , would endue 
 them even with the (pirit and vigor of De- 
 mojihenes or Cicero , Euripides , or Sophocles. 
 And now laftly will be the time to read with 
 them thofe organic arts which inable men to 
 difcourfe and v/rite perfpicuoufly ^ elegantly^ 
 aqd according to the fitted ftileof lofty^ mean, 
 
 S 7 or 
 
Clio) 
 
 or lowly. Logic therefore fb much as is ufe- 
 ful , is to be referred to this due place withall 
 her well coucht Heads and Topics ^ untill it be 
 time to open her contraded palminto a grace- 
 full and ornate Rhetorick taught out of the rule 
 of Vlato^ Arijiotle^ rhalereus^ Cicero^ Hermogenes^ 
 Longimis. To which Poetry would be made 
 fubfequent, or indeed rather precedent, as 
 being lefs iiittle and fine, but more fimple , (en- 
 fuous and paffionate. I mean not here the 
 profbdy of a verfe , which they could not but 
 have hit on before among the rudim.ents of 
 Grammar 5 but that fublime Art which in 
 Arijiotles Poetics^ in Horace^ and the Italiatt 
 Commentaries of Ca(iehetro^ '^^Jjo '^ Ma%%oni^ 
 and others , teaches what the laws are of a true 
 Epc Poem, what of a Dramatic^ what of a 
 Lyric , what Decorum is , which is the grand 
 mafter-piece to obferve* This would make 
 them ibon perceive what defpicable creatures 
 our comm Rimers and Play-writers be , and 
 (liewthem, what religious, what glorious and j 
 magnificent ufe might be made of Poetry both " 
 in divine and humane things. From hence 
 and not till now will be the right lealbn of 
 forming them to be able Writers and Compo 
 fers in every excellent matter , when they (hal 
 be thus fraught with an univerfal infight int 
 
 things, 
 
(II.) 
 
 things. Or whether they be to (peak in Par- 
 liament or Counfel , honour and attention 
 would be waiting on their lips. There would 
 then alfb appear in Pulpits other Vifages^ other 
 geftures^andftufFotherwife wrougl^t then what 
 we now fit under , oft times to as great a trial 
 of our patience as any other that they preach 
 to us. Thefe are the Studies wherein our 
 noble and our gentle Youth ought to beftow 
 their time in a difciplinary way from twelve to 
 one and twenty ^ unlefs they rely more upon 
 their anceftors dead , then upon themfelves 
 Jiving. In which methodical courfe it is Co 
 fiippos'd they muft proceed by the fteddy 
 pace of learning onward , as at convenient 
 times for memories (ake to retire back into the 
 middle ward, and (bmetimcs into the rear of 
 what they have been taught , untill they have 
 confirm'd , and folidly united the whole body 
 of their perfeted knowledge , like the laft em- 
 battelling of a Roman Legion. Nov\^ will be 
 worth the feeing what Exercifes and Recreati- 
 ons may beft agree, and become thefe Studies. 
 
 Their Exercife^ 
 
 The courfe of Study hitherto briefly de- 
 fcrib'd, is, v/hat I can guefs by reading , liktfl 
 
 S 3 to 
 
(iiO 
 
 to thofe ancient and famous Schools of rpha" 
 goras^ vLito^ ifocratcs^ Arijlotle and fach others, 
 out of which were bred up (uch a number of 
 renowned Philofophers , Orators, Hiftorians, 
 Poets and Princes all over Greece\ Italy ^ and 
 Afm^ befides the flourifhing Studies of Cyrene 
 and Jlexandr/a. But herein it fhall exceed 
 them, and (upply a defeft as great as that which 
 Tlato noted in the Common- wealth of Sparta 5 
 whereas that City trained up their Youth moft 
 for War, and thefe in their Academies and 
 Lyc£um , all for the Gown , this inftitution of 
 breeding which I here delineate, fhall be equal- 
 ly good both for Peace and War. Therefore 
 about an hour and a half ere they eat at Noon 
 Ihould be allowed them for exercife and due 
 reft afterwards : But the time for this may be 
 enlarged atpleaiure, according as their rifing 
 in the morning fhall be early- The Exercife 
 which I commend firft, is the exaft u(e of their 
 Weapon , to guard and to ftrikc fafely with i 
 edge , or point 5 this will keep them healthy, " 
 nimble, ftrong , and well in breath , isalfothe 
 likelicft means to make them grow large and 
 tall, and to inipire them with a gallant and 
 fearlefs courage , which being tempered with 
 feafbnable Leftures and Precepts to them of 
 true Fortitude and Patience , will turn into a 
 
 native 
 
native and heroick valour ^ and make them 
 hate the cowardife of doing wrong. They 
 muft be alfb praftiz'd in all the Locks and 
 Gripes of VVraftling , wherein Englilh men 
 were wont to exxell^ as need may often be in 
 fight to tugg or grapple , and to dole. And 
 this perhaps will be enough , wherein to prove 
 and heat their fingle ftrength. The interim of 
 unfvveating themlclves regularly, and conve- 
 venient reft before meat may both with profit 
 and delight be taken up in recreating and com- 
 pofing their travaiFd fpirits with the folemn 
 and divine harmonies of Mufick heard or 
 learnt^ either while the skilful Organiji plies 
 his grave and fancied defcant , in lofty fugues^ 
 or the whole Symphony with artful and un- 
 imaginable touches adorn and grace the well 
 ftudied chords of fome choice Compofer^ fome^- 
 times the Lute , or fofr Organ ftop waiting on 
 elegant Voices either to ReUgious , martial, 
 or civil Ditties; which if wi(e men and Pro- 
 phets be not extrcamly out , have a great 
 power over difpofitions and manners , to 
 fmooth and make them gentle from ruftick 
 harOinefs and diftemper'd paffions. The like 
 al(b would not be unexpedient after Meat to 
 affift and cherilli Nature in her firft concoftion, 
 and fend their minds back to ftudy in good 
 
 S 4 tune 
 
C'H) 
 tune and fatisfadion. Where having foHow'd 
 it clofe under vigilant eyes till about two hours 
 before fupper , they are by a fudden alarum 
 or watch word , to be call'd out to their mili- 
 tary motions , under skie or covert, according 
 to the feafbn , as was the Roman wont ; firft 
 on foot , then as their age permits , on Horle- 
 back 5 to all the Art of Cavalry 5 That having 
 in fport , but with much exadnefs , and daily 
 mufter , ferv'd out the rudiments of their Soul- 
 dierfhip in all the skill of Embattelling, March- 
 ing, Encamping, Fortifying, Befiegingand Bat- 
 tering , with all the helps of ancient and mo- 
 dern ftratagems , T^adfickj and warlike maxims, , 
 they may as it were out of a long War come 
 forth renowned and perfeft Commanders in 
 the fervice of their Country. They would j 
 not then, if they were trufted with fair and = 
 hopeful armies, fuffer them for want of juft and 
 wife difcipline to (bed away from about them 
 like fick feathers , though they be never fo oft 
 fuppli'd : they would not fuffer their empty 
 VLTid. unrecrutible Colonels of twenty men in a 
 Company to quaff out, or convey into fecret 
 hoards, the wngcs of a delufive lift, and a 
 miferable remnant: yet in the mean while to 
 be over-mafter'd with a (core or two of drun- 
 kards^ the only fbuldery left about them, or j 
 
 elfe ' 
 
elfe to comply with all rapines and violences. 
 No certainly, if they knew ought of that know-r 
 ledge that belongs to good men or good Go- 
 vernours , they would not fiifFer thele things. 
 But to return to our own inftitute, befides thefe 
 conftant exercifes at home, there is another 
 opportunity of gaining experience to be won 
 from pleadire it ielf abroad 5 In thole vernal 
 feafbns of the year, when the air is calm and 
 plea(ant,it were an injury and fullenne(s againfl: 
 nature not to go out , and fee her riches , and 
 partake in her rejoycing with Heaven and 
 Earth. I fhould not therefore be a perfwader 
 to them of ftudying much then , after two or 
 three year that they have well laid their 
 grounds, but to ride out in Companies with 
 prudent and (laid Guides , to all the quar- 
 ters of the Land : learning and obferving 
 all places of ftrength , all commodities of 
 building and of foil , for Towns and Tillage^ 
 Harbours and Ports for Trade. Sometimes 
 taking Sea as far as to our Navy , to learn 
 there alfb what they can in the practical know- 
 ledge of iaiJing and of Sea-fight. Thefe ways 
 would try all their peculiar gifts of Nature,, 
 and if there were any lecret excellence among 
 them, would fetch it out, and give it fair op- 
 portunities tQ advance it felf by ^ which could 
 
 not 
 
(116) 
 
 not but mightily redound to the good of this 
 Nation , and bring into faftiion again thofe 
 old admired Vertucs and Excellencies , with 
 far more advantage now in this purity of Ghri- 
 ftian knowledge. Nor (hall we then need 
 the Monfieurs of Tarts to take our hopefull 
 Youth into their flight and prodigal cuftodies 
 and fend them over back again transformed 
 into MimickSj Apes and Ricfhoes. But if 
 they defire to fee other Countries at three or 
 four and twenty years of age , not to leafn 
 Principles but to enlarge Experience, and 
 make wife obfervation , they will by that time 
 be (uch as (hall deferve the regard and honour 
 of all men where they pafi , and the Ibciety 
 and friendfhip of thofe in all places who are 
 beft and moft eminent. And perhaps then 
 other Nations will be glad to vifit us for their 
 Breedings or eJfe to imitate us in their own 
 Country. 
 
 Now laftly for their Diet there cannot be 
 much to fay ^ fave only that it would be beft 
 in the fame Houfe 5 for much time elfe would 
 be loft abroad^ and many ill habits got 5 and 
 that it fhould be plain , healthful ^ and mode- 
 rate I fiippofe is out of controverfie. Thus 
 Mr. Hartlih^ you have a general view in wri- 
 ting 3 as your defire was ^ of that which at fe- 
 
 veral 
 
Q"7j 
 veral times I haddifcourft with you concern- 
 ing the beft and Nobleft way of Education 5 
 not beginning as (bme have done from the 
 Cradle , which yet might be worth many con* 
 fiderations, if brevity had not beenmyfcope^ 
 many other circumftances al(b I could have 
 mention d , but this to (uch as have the worth 
 in them to make trial ^ for light and direftion 
 may be enough. Only I believe that this is 
 not a Bow for every man to (hoot in that 
 counts himfelf a Teacher 5 but will require 
 linews almoft equal to thofe which Homer gave 
 Vlyjfes ^ yet I am withall perlwaded that it may 
 prove much more eafie in the aflay , then it 
 now feems at diftance , and much more illu- 
 ftrious : howbeit not more difficult then I 
 imagine^ and that imagination prefents me with 
 nothing but very happy and very poffible ac- 
 cording to beft wifhes 5 if God have (b de- 
 creed , and this age have ipirit and capacity 
 enough to apprehend. 
 
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 grand Officers to whofe Cuftody thefe Seals ar^ 
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 3P Toung Clerks Companion , or a Manual for 
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 moft abfolute modern prefidcnts , fitted for all 
 occafions of prefent ufe, in a more accurate and 
 facile Method then ever yet was publilhed^j 
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