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EpEleti Enchiridion. 
 
 THE 
 
 M O R A L S 
 
 O F 
 
 EPICTETUS 
 
 Uad^ ENGLISH, 
 
 I N A 
 
 Poetical Paraphrafe. 
 
 B Y 
 
 Ellis Walker, M. A. 
 
 LONDON, 
 
 Printed by W. Bowyer for S. Keble at the 
 Turks Head, and R. Gojltng at the Mitre 
 aHd Crown in Vleetflreet. 1716. 
 
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 To my Honoured Uncle 
 
 Mr. Samuil Walker 
 0/ Y O R K. 
 
 ^^^;Hcn I fled to you for flielter, at 
 the breaking out of the prelent 
 Troubles in Ireland, I took 
 EfiSietus for my Companion ; 
 and found that both I, and my Friend 
 were, welcome. You were then pleas'd 
 to exprels an high efteem for the Author^ 
 as he very well deferves it : you prais'd 
 his Notions as Great, Noble, and Sublime, 
 and much exceeding the pitch of other 
 Thinkers^. You may remember, I then 
 told you, that as they feem'd luch to me, 
 fo I. thought they would very well take 
 a Poetical Drefs : You faid the Attempt 
 was bold, but withal wiih'd it well done. 
 I, hurry'd on with Zeal for an Author be- 
 A 3 lov*d 
 
lov'd by yau, and admired by all , have 
 made. the Eflay a grateful Diver fion tp me, 
 though perhaps I may have pleas'd you 
 better in Admiring the Author, than in 
 Tranflating him. However having at- 
 tempted it, to whom iliould I dedicate my 
 Endeavours but to you, whole Goodnefs 
 gave me fo kind a Reception, whofe Boun- 
 ty relieved me in an undone Condition, 
 and afforded me the Leiliire and Oppor- 
 tunity to fliew my Defire of pleafing you, 
 if iiich a Trifle as this can any way pre- 
 tend to pleafe. Epiftles of this kind are 
 for the moft part Tokens of Gratitude ; 
 I know no one in the World, to whom 
 I am fo much oblig'd as I am to you, and 
 I make it my Requeft, that you will ac- 
 cept of This, as an hearty and thankfiil 
 Acknowledgment, from 
 
 Tour moji obedient humble Servant ^ 
 and affectionate Ne^hew^ 
 
 Ellis Walker. 
 
Inpratfe ^/EPICTETUS. 
 
 I. 
 
 GKeat EpidetuS, far don, if we praife / 
 'Tis not thy CharaHer to raife ; 
 The top of all Fames Pyramid is thine, 
 where in her brighteft Glories thou doft (hine^ 
 Where, though unfought by thee. 
 She gives thee her Eternity, 
 And bears you to the height you fcornd to climb. 
 In fpeaking all that's good of You, fie fiews. 
 That now and then, how to fpeak truth fie knows. 
 
 All admire what's truly good. 
 And that they do fo, all would have it underfiood; 
 There's then a' right, zvhich to our felves we do 
 In Praifing, Reading, and Tranjlating you: 
 
 11. 
 
 Thoufands have been ejleem'dfor havi?zg writ. 
 And in Time's Chronicles do juftly live. 
 With all th' applaufe that Letter d Tame can give. 
 But you with brave difdain 
 T>efp!fe the common road to Tame, 
 That old Jl ale trick, as known an artifice. 
 As Pimping for accoutring Greatnefs is. 
 By a great method of your own, 
 Tou by not writing are more Glorious grown ; 
 
 Tor every word that from you fell. 
 Tour hearers have receiv'd as from an Oracle, 
 And handed down to us ; for fo 'twas fit 
 
 That your immortal Wit, 
 Should ever live, without your feeking it^ 
 
 A 4 III. Non6 
 
in. 
 
 None (as mere Men) hut 'joUy could eveY reach ' j^ 
 The pitch of living up toivhat they teach, 
 ^nd cotild you have receded from 
 Tour nolle Principles refolvd upon, 
 V/hat vaft Preferments might fuch Parts have had?' 
 What offers had not Fortune made ? 
 But blind and fordifh though fie be,, 
 Full well fie knew that floe, 
 with all her outward gifts could nothing add to thee i 
 
 Tou generoufly brave 
 Ennoble the opprobrious name of Slave ; 
 And fi)ew, a Wife-man may be truly great. 
 In each condition, evry fiate. 
 IV. 
 Thine was intrinfick Greatnefs, real Worthy 
 No painted Ixion Cloud, no glittering frothy, 
 Not fuch as doth confift in flore 
 Of Houfes or of Landy 
 The prey, the fport of fire, or of the fironger hand i 
 Nor was it varnifyd oer 
 With richesy which proud Churles enflave. 
 Which Knaves hoard up, for fome more daring Knav.e, 
 Nor fuch, as gVMes in the bended knee 
 Of Sycophant Servility, 
 which, zvhen the humble vjretch his ends doth gain^ 
 
 He jnay grow fazvcy, and detain y 
 No ; 'tivas fubftantial Greatnefs of the Soul, 
 Such as no outivard Power can controul. 
 Such as can nothing fear, can nothing want :. 
 Jhis zve true Greatnefs juftly grant, 
 V. 
 Experience fiezvs, hoiv well you have con fin d 
 All Happinefs, all Greatnefs, to the Mind, 
 
 For 
 
For he^ that fees the Captive led alon^^ 
 Penfive^ am'idft the belUwing- throngs 
 With folded arms, his Grandeur laid afide ; 
 And then another with mean flattery 
 Courting the rafcal Herd, the fenf clefs Mobile ^ 
 Stroaking the Beafl that he intends to ride^ 
 And all to gratifie his boundlefs Pride : 
 Hey who in Hifiory rtins o'er. 
 The Worthies that have li'V'd before. 
 And fees great Dioclefian quit his Sear, . 
 His Princely Palace, for a cool Retreat, 
 And fees the fierce Pellean Youth beftride 
 The conquer'd Globe and weep dijfatis'd ; 
 
 He mufi'vf force confefs. 
 Nothing without can- give true Happinefs ; 
 And all his Hero's of Antiquity 
 SUvCj^^^'^^*^ iw an eminent degree ; 
 And only Epidetus truly Great and Fret, 
 
 As UPON 
 
U P Q N 
 
 EPICTETUS 
 
 His M O R A L S. 
 
 Kind Reader y if thou only art 
 Chriftian in Name, and not in Heart, 
 Or haft an Hope thy f elf f approve 
 Without true Faith, or heavnly Love, 
 View in this Book (and he aftjam'd) 
 An Heathen far for Virtue farnd. 
 
 That Saving Name He never knew^ 
 Whereof We boaft, hut nothing do : 
 Yet if the Knowledge, Chriftians have, 
 Without a zvorking Faith cant fave ; 
 Who knozvsy fince his good Works were Free, 
 And Forc'd his Ignorance, but He, 
 May be accepted, being made 
 A Law t'himfelf, which he obey'd ^ 
 
 In Slavery he was confind ; 
 :But a free Monarch in his Mind ; 
 His Body mairndy his Fortune poor ; 
 But his rich Soul aloft did foar. 
 And nobly left' the drojfy Ground, 
 Andfpurnd the JEarth, to which were bounds 
 Malice, ^w^ Calumny, ,4w^ Pride, 
 Could ne'er in him triumphant ride ; 
 Envy his Bofom ne'er did ftam ; 
 He never fallly fwore for Gain ; 
 Revenge to him was never fiveet. 
 Nor Fraud, which evry where we meety 
 The d^zling Rays efBezntY'sfiame, 
 And Paliion, which the World doth tame^ 
 
 I Idft 
 
I 
 
 ialfe Interefl, AftrseaV IPoe, 
 
 And Vice, which all too much do know^ 
 
 And fond Opinion'^ gaudy Jhew^ 
 
 All thefe he bravely did defpife : 
 
 On Virtue only fix'd his Eyes ; 
 
 And laughed at Fortune'^ giddy Power ; 
 
 Contemn'd her Sweet, nor fQzfd her Sour. 
 
 No Bribes nor Threats could make him ftart ;* 
 
 Nor Lofs nor Pain affiiB his Heart. 
 He [aw the World was mean and low, 
 
 Patrons a Lie, Friendfliip a Shew ; 
 Preferment Trouble, Grandeur vain ; 
 Law a Pretence, a Bubble Pain ; 
 Merit a 'Flafly, a Blaze Efteem ; 
 Pr'omife a Rujh, and Hope a Dream ; 
 Faith a Bifguife, and Truth Deceit ; 
 Wealth but a Trap, and Health a Cheat ; 
 Thefe Dangerous Rocks thi^ Pilot knewy 
 And wifely into Port withdrew. 
 Let all thefe outward things alone. 
 To hold what only was his own. 
 The rightful Empire of the JMind, 
 Whence all our Adls their rife do find ; 
 Whence all our Motions freely flow. 
 Our ]\xdigV[itn\, and our Rt^^on too. 
 Whereon our whole Succefs depends ; 
 The Laft and Greateft of all Ends ! 
 
 This Dodrine, with fuch Wifdom fraught. 
 Great Epictetus Liv'd and Taught ; 
 Chriftian, make hafie and learn his Wit : — - 
 
 I fear , Thou'rt fcarce an Heathen yet. 
 
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 EM^NVEL College 
 
 sc2t^Z^,'2t\69J. Jolhua Barnes. 
 
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 Upop ETICTETVS his Zi^^/^ 5^^/^, 
 t^en out of the Gr^ri^i Epgrnms\ 
 
 ^HE Senfe, which Epi(fletus. ^^/)?? Impart, 
 ConfuJer zvell and treafure in your Heart : 
 That fo your Soul from Earth aloft may rife^.^ 
 Afpiring to her. Native Seat^ the Skies, 
 
 Qn the fame. 
 
 HE, that Great Epidletus /r/^/y knows. 
 Amid Life's Storms ferene and fmiling goes ; 
 Jill Nature's Voyage fimJJj'd, he, at lafi 
 Safe AncbQr„/» the Yoxt of Heavn doth caft. 
 
 Leonidas vc^on EpEietus^ . 
 
 A Slave 1 wasy of Fortune' j favours hare^ .. 
 JWi Body maimdy and yet to Heaven dear^. 
 
 Q N. 
 
O N 
 
 EPICTETUS 
 
 H I S 
 
 ENCHIRIDION, 
 
 Tranjlated mto Englifh Verfe. 
 
 You bold difputing Atheift, come and fee 
 The beauteous Rays of the Dhmhy 
 Shine in a mortal Bread, which Scripture-Light 
 Did not inform, did not direct i'th' Night 
 Of Ignorance, which did becloud the mind 
 O'th' EthmckWorld, that Truth they could not find. 
 Until the Mormng-Star, that brighter Ray 
 Of Heav'nly Glory, form'd the Gofpel-Day. 
 Yet thofe great LelTons, which that ^ Mafter taught. 
 Of Patience, Meeknefs, Love, Revenge unfought. 
 Of Temp'rance, Juftice, and of purer Thought, 
 Of Moderation both in Word and Deed, 
 Of prudent Condud when we drink or feed, 
 Qf curbing Paffions, quenching luftful Fires, 
 AW fublimating earthly bafe Defires ; 
 
 a ^efus Chr'tft, 
 
 Thefe 
 
 ■} 
 
Thefe Leffons Ept6ietus learnt and taught. 
 
 By his Diredion who infpir'd his Thought, 
 
 From whom ^W good and perfe5i Gifts do come, 
 
 Which Mortals have from th' Womb unto die Tomb. 
 
 Behold what Virtues in his Soul combine, 
 
 Whofe radiant Luftre Chnfltans does out (hine, 
 
 Call him no longer Heathen, but Divine, 
 
 His dufky Glimmers in the P/z^^»-Night -^ 
 
 Did only want the Rays of Gofpel-Light C 
 
 To make them (bine as glorious, and as bright 3 
 
 As that b dark Soul, which, when refleded on 
 
 By th' Heav'nly Light, (bone brighter than the Sun. 
 
 Think, think, Atheiflick Man, how this can be 
 Without the Beamings of the Deif^ : . 
 Which darts its glorious Light upon the Soul, 
 Which throughout all her Faculties does rowl. 
 And thou, immoral Chriftian, blufli to fee 
 Such Sparks of Grace, which Strangers are to thee, 
 Blufli to behold Heathens excel in 'Barney ■ 
 Whom thou, poor Man, only exceH'ft in l^lame. 
 The Heathen does in glorious Works out-fliine 
 Thy gracelefs Faith, which is an empfj Vine : '. 
 Go, learn of Epicletus, then of Chrili, 
 Firfl learn to be a Man, and then thou may '11 
 Afcend to Grace, and Glory in the High'ft. 
 Prepare thy Morals, as a Ring of Gold>.- 
 The Gem of Grace,' enfhrined there," to hold. 
 
 } 
 
 Learn, wavering Man, to fufFer and to do 
 What Jefus taught, and hath commanded you 
 From Ep5letus, who will teach you too 
 
 b SanU ^<^« 9- ^* 
 
 Thofe 
 
Thofe Gofpel-LeiTons which we have forgot, 
 
 Which from our Hearts and Lives are far remote : 
 
 The Antients fay, two Words, -B^^r and Forbear, 
 
 Patience and Love, make up the Charader 
 
 Of that Gre4?/, Wifei Uivine Philofopher, 
 
 Whofe richer Treafure being lock'd .up in Greek, 
 
 The Vulgar Reader wou'd-be (till to feek, 
 
 Had not the Learn'd Expounder made it fpcak 
 
 Englifiy -and that in pleafant, noble Verfe, 
 
 Whidi Laurel gives to's Brow, Scutcheons to's Herfe. 
 
 M. Brian- L. L. Di 
 
 Oxonienfis. . 
 
 Another r 
 
Another by the fame Hand. 
 
 TDLefl Eft6letml 
 
 Where's thy Virtue gone ? 
 read of none like thee^ but only One 
 Of all th,e Heathen, and that's the * Perfecl One, 
 Whom Earthy and Heaven, and UdU in vain,, did try 
 To (liake from his renown'd Integrit^j. 
 Elijah to Elijhah left his Ro^e^, 
 Thou had'ft thy Mantle from the Upright ^a^ ;.- 
 Mirrour of Virtue and Jntepvty, 
 Pattern of Patience, and of Confiancy, 
 But fcar'd on Earth, Aftrsia, Job, and r<j/^ 
 Are fled to Heaven, and carry'd your Mantle too : 
 O drop ir down to cover Naked Souls, 
 Call'd Chriflians, but indeed poor vitiom Fools,, 
 Difrob'd of Virtue, Jhivering, cold, and bare. 
 Clad with thofe dirty Rags you fcorn'd to wear, 
 Tho' in a Cottage., coarfe as was your Fare. 
 
 -— If Heathens be fo good, O then let me 
 Not z falfe Chrifiian, but a Heathen he. 
 The Devil dwells in hir?t, but God in thee. 
 
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 * Job, cap. u 
 
 O//. Z.9,. 1 69 1, 
 
 i^/. 5. 
 
 A. Nv 
 
;^jt^ <^*^,<^.7i>-> c<2>>i5>-. «<l>e't«>7 <<i>t»i!>-» ^y^^ 
 
 Acrollick, ou the ingenious Tran- 
 Jlator Mr. E. W. 
 
 E ngland and Athens now are joyn'd in one ; 
 
 L earn'd Epl^etus fings in th' Englijh Tone. 
 
 i ay by his rufty Book of crabbed Greek ; 
 
 / n Englijh Poetry you hear him fpeak. 
 
 S o all the (Jark-tongu'd Oracles of Greece, 
 
 W hen Truth (hot forth full Beams, did hold their 
 
 A 11 you, that would Philofophers appear, (peace. 
 
 L earn Nature's Laws, in charming Numbers here ; 
 
 K eep home, you need no more to Athens run ; 
 
 E 're long, they'll all from thence to England»coipc : 
 
 R ead here and you will find them all out-done. 
 
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 T O 
 
 Mr. Ellis Walker, 
 
 O N H I S 
 
 Paraphraflical Tranflation 
 o F 
 
 EPICTETUS 
 
 Into Emliffj Verfe. 
 
 T/'irtue has fuch a Shape and Mien, 
 ^ They fay, that could (Ke but be feen 
 The guilty World would ceafe t'adore 
 Her Rival Vicey and dote on Her. 
 Her Nat'ral Charms alone are fuch. 
 They ne'er could dote on her too much, 
 Whilft Vice, with all her borrow'd Drefs, 
 Can fcarce conceal her Uglinefs, 
 Although the Crowd, whofe Reafon lies 
 Not in their Judgment, but their Eyes, 
 
 Led 
 
Led by appearances aw.ry, 
 
 Her, as their Sov'raign Power, obey; 
 
 Whilftthe more Wife, confid'rate few,. 
 
 Who judge not til] a fecond view, 
 
 Having unrob'd her, foon perceive 
 
 Her Drefs doth all her Beauty give. 
 
 So have I in a Crovvd furvey'd 
 
 A Beauteous, but an Ill-drefs'd Maid,. 
 
 And an Old Woman Handing by 
 
 With Jewels and Deformity : 
 
 And from the diilance of the place. 
 
 Concluded that the Beauteous Face 
 
 Was there, where the beft Dreffing wa? : 
 
 But foon as e'er I nearer drew, 
 
 I found my Judgment was untrue, 
 
 And curs'd the partial Fates, who gave 
 
 To wither'd Age what Youth fliouldhave. 
 
 For though no Artificial Drefs- 
 
 Charms like its nat'ral Nakednefs, 
 
 Yet fince that Ufe prevails fo far, 
 
 That every one fome Drefs muft wear^ 
 
 The beft doth beft become the Fair-* 
 
 And yet Philofophy, till now, 
 
 In home-fpun Profe. was us'd to go, 
 
 Whilft Phxl/tis, Rnd th^ Nine,. in. State, 
 
 Wid on ill-go vern'dPaflions wait,. 
 
 Till you, more Wife, did kindly teach. 
 
 Apollo, what he ought to preach. 
 
 You from ilxQ/Iio-judy took the Drefs, 
 
 And did it upon Beauty place.. 
 
 True, Epi^etus did difclofe 
 
 Th' Angelick Maid at firft in Profe ;. 
 
 He firft the fair /^^^^ fa w 
 
 By halves,. and but by halves did draw ; 
 
 I 
 
 He 
 
He dug tlie Ore firfl from the Mine, 
 But you refin'd it, made it Coin ; 
 He an unfinifli'd Piclure drew. 
 Which now is made complete by you. 
 
 Bold Man ! Since there was never yet 
 
 One found, who Pencil duril to fet 
 
 T'jippelies' Venus, how durft you 
 
 •-Conckide that Draught which EpicUtus dr^w ? 
 
 A Piclure wliich exceeds as far 
 
 His, as the Sun the meaneft Star, 
 
 For there the Bod^s Beauties (liin'd. 
 
 But here the Beauties of the MinL 
 
 By 
 
By the fame Hand. 
 
 T^Hus the Divine Lucretius heretofore, 
 
 ,»-Great Epicurus' Dodrine did reilore ; 
 He taught the Antient Latins firft to know 
 The caufe of Hail, of Thunder, Ice, and Snow : 
 He fung of Nature's Works ; his daring Mufe 
 Did not her deeped Myfleries refufe, 
 But ventur'd boldly out, and bravely firft 
 At untouched Virgin-ftreams did quench her thirft. 
 He clad Philofoph'y in a taking Drefs, 
 Taught her at once how to inftiud and pleafe : 
 The Work was great, worth that immortal Fame 
 Which does, and ever (hall attend his Name. 
 Him you fucceed in time, though your Defign 
 Is nobler far than his, and more divine : 
 He fang the Knowledge of Corporeal things ; 
 Your Mufe the Soul and her Improvement fmgs. 
 By how much Term than Matter better is. 
 So much "^our Subjed: is more worth than his; 
 Nor is your Author had in lefs efteem 
 Than that great Man fo much admir'd by him. 
 Not that we'd add to EpiUetus' Fame 
 By taking ought from Epicurus' Name, 
 Both juftly Immortality do claim ; 
 
 } 
 
 Both 
 
Both wrote in Greeks both their Tranflators fang 
 Their Authors Meaning in their Native Tongue ; 
 Both rich in Numbers, both divinely fweet, 
 Both fcem to write their own, and not tranflate ; 
 Both feem alike to merit equal Praife, 
 And both alike feem to deferve the Bays : 
 In this alone he is by you out-done, 
 The Prize is greater far for which you run, 
 Yet at the Goal as foon as he you come. 
 
 } 
 
 William Clark 
 
 Of Katherine Hall in Cambridge. 
 
 T O 
 
mmmmmmmmmmmmm 
 
 To the Author on his Toetical Verfion of 
 Epidctus hus Manual. 
 
 "W^Hirft others into Natures Secrets pry, 
 ^^ And as their Miftrefs court Ph'dofophy, 
 Whim there they ranfack thro' the hidden llore. 
 To fearch for Wifdom, as the glittering Ore ; 
 In vain do they the eager Suit renew, 
 Jn vain the treacherous flying Guide purfue. 
 Thro' various and perplexed Mazes led, 
 Ttuth^'^iW in darknefs undifcovered. 
 
 Here difengag'd the Soul is nobly fraught 
 With Maxims, which the Wife and Learn'd have taught. 
 From Fancy and Opinion wholly free, 
 She now regains and keeps her Liberty : 
 Calm and fedate, as freed from Grief or Pain, 
 She flill enjoys a peaceful Halcyon Reign ; 
 Shewing how f^w things Happinefs do make. 
 And what it is Men call fo by miftake. 
 Such were thefe Rules ; but 'tis to Tou we owe. 
 That they in Numbers and in Meafure flow ; 
 So Bards and Druids under awful flrade 
 Of Reverend Aged Oak, of old convey'd 
 Their facred Verfe to the admiring throng, 
 A.nd taught 'em Virtue as they lieard their Song. 
 Thefe were our Native Prophets ; fuch are you^ 
 Prophet, Philofopher and Poet too. 
 
 EmniAnHel College, 
 iSept. 28. i6s>i. 
 
 Will. Peirse. 
 
THE 
 
 LIFE 
 
 O F 
 
 EPICTETUS. 
 
 \\PiEtetus was born about the end 
 of Nero's Empire, at Hlerap- 
 lis, aCity of Thrigia: During 
 the firfl: Years of his Life, he was a 
 Slave to Epaphroditus, a Libertine and 
 Captain of iVi?r(?'s Life-Guard, of whom 
 there is nothing remarkable, but only his 
 being Matter of fo renowned a Slave. 
 How he obtained his Liberty and became 
 a Philofopher of the Stoick Sed, is un^ 
 certain ; only this we find, that he upon 
 
 B the 
 
The Life ^/Epictetus. 
 the EdicS made in the eighth Year of T>o- 
 mitian's Empire, was forced as a Philofo- 
 pher to quit the City of Rome and Italy, 
 and amongft others to retire to Nicopol'ts, 
 a City oi Eprus, called by the Moderns 
 Trevefa. He had far renounced Often- 
 tation and Ambition, then reigning Vices 
 amongft, all the Philofophers ; and tho' 
 he was much efteemed by the Emperor 
 Adrian and his Succefibrs, in whofe 
 Reigns he hved ; yet we have no Grounds 
 to believe, that any of them beftowed 
 upon him fo much, as might fee him a- 
 bove even extreme Poverty. The Rea- 
 fon of this probably was his obftinate 
 Contempt of Riches, which would not 
 fuffer any Favours of that kind to be 
 faften'd upon him. For as Vincentius 
 Oiife^^us witncfCcth, his Houfe at i?^;^^' 
 was without a Door, his Attendance 
 only an old Servant Maid , and all 
 his Houfliold-ftufF, an earthen Lamp ; to 
 the Light of which we owe thofe beauti- 
 ful, thofe divine Thoughts , of which 
 Arrian hath preferved thefe noble Re- 
 mains. 
 
The Life ^/Epictetus. 
 mains. This after his Death vvasfo much va- 
 lued (Lucian reporting it) that it was ibid 
 for three thoufand Drachmas, or Groats : 
 The Purchafer thinking that if by Night 
 he conftantly read thereby, he iliould not 
 only attain his Wifdom, but grow into 
 equal Admiration. Ep6tetus would have 
 all Philofophy to confift m Continence 
 and Patience, for which reafon he had 
 always thofe two words in his Mouth, 
 Bear and Forbear ; Words which in 
 Greek have a peculiar Elegance , there 
 being but the Difference of a fingle Letter 
 between them, and which were general- 
 ly as well pradtis'd as taught by him ; for 
 during the time of his Slavery, his brutal 
 Mailer Etipbroditus would make it his 
 ordinary paftime to w^rench Epi6ietus, 
 his Slave's Leg ; who linilingly and with- 
 out the leaft paflipu told him, that if he 
 continued his Sport, he would break it, 
 which accordingly he did. T)td not I 
 tell you, (then faid he) yott would break 
 my Leg ? How great a piece of Pati- 
 ence was this, Icarce to be parallel'd, 
 B z except 
 
The Life ^Epictetus. 
 except in this other of his own, which 
 was, that when his Iron Lamp he much 
 valu'd, was ftoUen out of his Hut, all he 
 faid, was, I Jhall deceive a Thief to mor- 
 row, for if he come for another, it Jhall 
 be an Earthen one. And he was not on- 
 ly a great Maintainer of this fmgle Vir- 
 tue, Patience ; but like wife aPradifer as 
 well as Maintainer of all the reft in gene- 
 ral : For as there was not any one in his 
 time that did fb many good Actions as 
 he ; lb was there not any that made it {o 
 much his bufmeis to conceal them ; be- 
 ing of Opinion, that a true Philolbphcr 
 ought to do, and not to fpeak. But that 
 which feems to be the peculiar Glory and 
 Commendation of him , is , that of all 
 the antient Philofophers, he feems to 
 have made the neareft Approaches to the 
 true Chriftian Morality. His Dodrines 
 were in truth fb very agreeable to ours, 
 that St. Augufiin, notwithftanding his vi- 
 olent Prejudice againft the Generality of 
 the Heathen Philofophers, thought him- 
 Iclf in Juftice bound to make one Excep- 
 
The Life of Epictetus. 
 tion at leaft, and to Ipeak of this Author 
 with a great deal of Relped ; nay, he 
 proceeds (o far as to honour him with the 
 Charader of a very wife and exceeding 
 good Man. It is but reafonable he lliould 
 be treated in fo different a manner, when 
 W'C refled:, how clearly he was convinced 
 of, and how nobly he argues for the Im- 
 mortality of the Soul ; the Unity and 
 Perfedions of God ; the Wifdom and 
 Goodnefs of Providence ; and which can 
 be faid of none befides, when Humility 
 was fb truly his Charader, that neither 
 his Morals nor his Practice have the leaft 
 Tindure of Vanity. To fum up all, an 
 admirable Modefty, a profound Wildbm^ 
 and above all, an inflexible Integrity 
 were very remarkable in him, and they 
 recommended him not only to the Ad- 
 miration of all in general, but alfb in par- 
 ticular to the Efteem and Friendfliip of 
 the greateft Perfons of his Age, who bore 
 him the greateft Veneration. For what- 
 ever he faid, carried fuch Force, and met 
 with fo general Acceptance and Reiped:, 
 B 3 thai 
 
The Life of EviCTETUS. 
 that no Body could Hand out againfl his 
 Arguments. He died in the 901 Year af- 
 ter the Foundation of Rome, and agree- 
 ing to the Year of our Lord 15'!, in or 
 about the 96 Year of his Age ; fmce which 
 time this following Book of his hath con- 
 tinued in inch Eilimation, as many Learn- 
 ed Hands have been employed in the Ex- 
 planation of it in their own Language, 
 and fbme in the rendring it into others. 
 Of the firft Simpltctus, our Learned Ca- 
 faubon ^ and feveral others, who have 
 writ their Commentaries thereon. Of the 
 laft, Monfieur iJu Vatr, and Monfieur 
 Botleau in French : Mr. T>avys, and 
 Mr. Healey in Englijh ; which now 
 Mr. Walker hath not only again tranfla- 
 cd, but alio exceeding them all, hath ar 
 domed with moft Elegant Verfe. 
 
 EPI^ 
 
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 E P I C T E T I 
 
 ENCHIRIDION 
 
 Made ENGLISH, 
 
 I N A 
 
 Poetical Paraphrase. 
 
 I. 
 
 Efpedling Man, things are divided thus : 
 Some do not, and fome do belong to us. 
 Some within compafs of our Pow'r do fall, 
 And thefe are they, which we our own may- 
 Such an Allegiance all our Deeds declare, (call. 
 Such our Endeavours, Thoughts, Averllons are. 
 Such our Defires ; but Honour, Greatness, Wealth, 
 Our Bodies, Life, and Life's chief comfort, Health, 
 With all things elfe, of ev'ry other kind, 
 (That own not a dependence on the Mind) 
 Which Mortals, with concern, defire or fear, 
 Are fuch as are not in our Pow'r or Sphere. 
 
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 Thofe adions which are purely ours, are free 
 By Nature fuch, as cannot hinder'd be, C 
 
 Above the ftroke of Chance or Delliny. j 
 
 But thofe, o'er which ourPow'r 'docs bear no fway, j 
 Are poor, another's, fervile, and obey \ 
 
 The hind'rance of each rub, that Hops the way. S 
 III. 
 
 If tjien thou (kiuld'fl fuppoft thofe things are free, 
 Whofe Nature is condemn'd to Slavery; 
 Should'ft thou fuppofe, what is not thine, thy own, . 
 'Twill colt thee many a Sigh, and many a Groan; 
 Many a Difappointment wilt thou find. 
 Abortive Hopes, and a diflradled Mind, 
 And oft accufe, nay, curfe, both Gods and Men, 
 And lay thy own rafti foohfli fault on them. 
 But if, what's truly thine, thoii truly know, 
 Not judging that thine own, that is not fo., 
 None fliall compel thee, none an hind'ranc& be, 
 No Sorrow ihalt thdu know, no Enemy; 
 None (hall thy Body hurt, or Name abufe, 
 None (halt thou blame in anger, none accufe, 
 Nor fbalt thou poorly be oblig'd to do, 
 What thy great Soul doth not confent unto. 
 IV. 
 
 If then thou do'ft delire fuch things as thefe. 
 If thou would'ft tread thefe flow'ry ways of Peace, 
 Remember that with Fervency and Care, 
 Not chill'd with cold Indiff' rence, thou prepare. 
 Some things mud be to thy dear felf deny'd 
 For a fhort fpace, fome wholly laid afide. 
 For if at once thou dofl defire to reign, -j 
 
 Be rich, and yet true Happinefs attain ; v 
 
 That is, at once, be very wife and vain ; j 
 
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 By this impartial Chafe, 'tis likely you 
 Both Games may lofe, which you at once purfue; 
 Defiring this, you Wealth and Pow'r may lofe. 
 True Happinefs deftroy purfuing thofe : 
 You by one care the other will defeat. 
 And neither happy be, nor rich, nor great. 
 V. 
 When Tancj then with her black Train appears. 
 Of Difficulties, Dangers, Hardftiips, Fears, 
 With a pale ghaftly Face, whofe awful Frown 
 Frights Sleep away, and hardens Beds of Down, 
 Be ready to fay thus : That which I fee. 
 Is not indeed that zvhich it feems to be. 
 Then ftraight examine it, and try it by 
 Thofe Rules thou haft, but this efpecially. 
 Whether it points at things in us or no ; " 
 
 If not at things which in our pow'r we know, a 
 
 'Tis but a Bug-bear Dream, an empty Show ; ^ 
 
 Of no concern to thee, like Clouds that fly 
 In various forms, and vanidi in the Sky. 
 VL 
 With our Averfions and Defires, doth rife 
 ' A fmiling Twin-born Hope, whofe Flatteries 
 Do equally themfelves to each divide. 
 And with the hke kind Looks footh either fide. 
 This, with a promife of obtaining, fires 
 The eager Mind, and tickles the Defires; 
 This promifeth, that fomething we (liall ftiuil 
 From which we are averfe, from which we run. 
 Now what Misfortunes, Vulture-like, attend 
 The poor defeated Wretch, that fails of s end I 
 And, ah ' what real Grief doth him fupriie, 
 Who fuflfers that, from which with Care he flies ! 
 
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 If then thou only do'ft fuch things decline, '^ 
 
 As are within thy pow*r, by Nature thine, v 
 
 Nothing flrall ever fruftrate thy defign. y 
 
 But if from Sicknefs, Want, or Death, thou fly, 
 In Sorrows thou (halt Hve, in Terrors die.. 
 VIL 
 
 Therefore be fure, that thy Averfions fall 
 Only on things which thou thy own may 'ft call, 
 Bui: for the prefent all Delires fufpend ; 
 For if to things, not in thy pow'r, they tend, 
 Folly and Grief thou It find, but lofe thy End. 
 And as for things, ev'n in thy pow'r, what's fit. 
 It may be well prefum'd, thou know'ft not yet. 
 What's moll to be efteem'd, what moft admir'd. 
 What with moil 'fervency and zeal defir'd. 
 Be wary then, as captious Gen'rals are,. 
 When they for entrance at fome Breach prepare. 
 Where Ambufcade, or burfting Mines they fear.. 
 Do not engage-ib.foon,. till Reafon fcout,, 
 And firft furvey the object: round about ;- 
 Think that dark Snares thick in thy Paths are laid,. 
 Think that- each Step may on fome Danger tread,.. 
 Approach with prudent Leifure, that with eafe 
 You may withdraw your Forces when you pleafe, 
 VIII. 
 
 In things that charm the Soul, which Love incite,, 
 By Nature's Force, Ufe, Profit, or Delight, 
 Beginning from the meaneft things>. that fliare 
 Thy tender thoughts, confider what they are. 
 As thus : Suppofe fome modifh new Device, 
 Of Potter'^ ikill in Earthen Ware thou priz^, 
 Confider 'tis but varnilh'd Clay, that's broke 
 By ev'ry light and accitiental Stroke ; 
 Thus when the pleafing Toy you broken find, 
 The puny Lpfs (hall not difturb your Mind. 
 
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 Thus if a kind foft Wife, or prattling Roy, 
 With Beauty charm, and a Paternal Joy, 
 Confider thefe dear Objeds of thy Love, 
 Which round thy Heart with fo much pleafure move 
 Are but meer mortal Pots of finer Clay, 
 Wrought with more Art, more fubjecl to decay ; 
 Poor, feeble, fickly things, of humane kind. 
 To the long Cares of a (hort Life confin'd, 
 The riotous Sport of Death, whofe Beauties muft 
 Crumble to their firft Principles of DuU. 
 Arm'd with thefe thoughts, thou never flialt bewail 
 .The Lofs of things fo ruinous and frail. 
 IX. 
 In ev'ry thing thou undertak'il, 'tis fit 
 Thou in true Judgment's Scales examine it ; 
 Weigh ev'ry Circumftance, each Confequence, 
 And ufual Accident arifing thence. 
 As thus : Suppofe you for the Bath prepare, 
 Confider the Diforders frequent there. 
 One throwing Water in another's Face, 
 Some railing, others juftled from their places 
 This Bully giving, that receiving, Blow^s,. 
 Some picking Pockets, others ftealing Cloaths. 
 With Safety thus you the wifti'dPort may make^ 
 If thus you preface what you undertake ; ^ 
 I'll in/lantly go wajh, refolvd to do 
 What Nature and m'y Will incline me to. 
 And thus, in all things elfe, prepare thy Mind, 
 And though, perhaps, thoufome Dift'urbance fi'rftj. 
 When thou prepar'ft to wa(b, unibock'd thou'lt fay 
 This Hindrance I expe6led in wy way ; 
 This I confider d, when refolv d to do^ 
 What Nature and my Will inclind me to. 
 
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 ThJs I refolvd on. For we needs mull miTs 
 pur p^rpos'd end, when vex'd at things hke this. 
 X. 
 -Unjuftly Men of Nature's Laws complain. 
 As caufe of all their Mifery and Pain. 
 Nothing in Nature can afifidl them, no; 
 'Tis their Opinion only breeds their Woe' ; 
 If wretched, that alone hath made them fo. 
 They their ovinBridewel in their Brealls do bear, 
 And their own Judge, and Executioner. 
 Not Death it felf (how grim fo e'er it feem,) 
 Is truly terrible, or it had been 
 As dreadful to great Socrates as thee, 
 Ev'n his llrong Soul had fhrunk with Fear, but he 
 Out-ftar'd the Prejudice, and fhew'd t'was mean^ 
 A Notion void of Senfe, a waking Dream, 
 Such as from ill-difgefted Thoughts doth (team ; 
 A Monfter, which thou paint*ft with hollow Eyes, 
 Attended with fad Looks, and mournful Cries; 
 A Scare-crow, which thine own Opinion made. 
 From this thou fly 'ft, of this thou art afFraid. 
 * When then we meet fome Check in fome Defign, 
 When at each little Hindrance we repine. 
 Let's lay the Fault at our own Doors, and blame "v 
 The giddy Whimlies which our Fancies frame, > 
 Thofe ill-fhap'd Centaurs of a cloudy Brain. j 
 
 To blame another for thing's manag'd ill, 
 Things fubjedl to thy Pow'r, and Sov'raign Will, 
 Shews want of Thought, Philofophy, and Skill' 
 To blame thy felf (hews thou haft but begun 
 The glorious Race, nor haft it throughly run ; 
 
 ■* Htre I joyn two Chapters together, bccanfe in fomt Books J find 
 tjif»>fii Md the Senfe refniref it, 
 
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ENCHIRITHO K 
 
 He that blames neither, only wins the Prize, 
 Is juftly crown'd by all, is only wife. 
 XI. 
 Be not tranfported with too great a Senfe 
 Of any outward Objed's Excellence; 
 For ftiould the pamper'd Courfer which you feed. 
 Of fwifteft Heels, and of the nobleft Breed, 
 Through fenfe of Vigour, ftrength of Oats and Hay, 
 From his full Manger turn his Head, and fay. 
 Am I not beautifuly and /leek, and gay ? 
 'Twere to be born in him, the fpeech might fuit 
 The Parts and Education of the Brute : 
 But when with too much pleafure you admire 
 Your Horfe's Worth, and vainly boaft his Sire, 
 And tire us out with endlefs idle prate 
 About his Creft, his Colour, or his Gate ; 
 'Tis plain, you think his Owner fortunate. 
 You're proud he's yours, and vainly claim as due 
 What to the Beaft belongs, and not to you. 
 Too plainly is your felfifh Folly fhewn, 
 Adding your Horfe's Virtues to your own. 
 Well then ; perhaps you'll aik, whafs yours of thefe 
 'Dear outward things, that feem Jo much to pleafe ? 
 Why nothing but the Ufe : if then you chufe 
 What's truly good, what is not fo, refufe : 
 If the well chofen good you rightly ufe, 
 As Nature's Light informs you, then alone 
 You may rejoyce in fomething of your own. 
 XII. 
 As in a Voyage, when you at Anchor ride. 
 You go on Shore freOi Water to provide ; 
 And perhaps gather what you chance to find, 
 Shell-fiih, or Roots of palatable kind ; 
 
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 Yet llill you ought to fix your greatell care 
 Upon your Ship, upon your Bus'nefs there : 
 Still thoughtful, left perhaps the Mafter call ; 
 Which if he do, then you muft part with all 
 Thofe darling Trifles, that retard your hafte, 
 Left, bound like Sheep, you by conftraint are cafl 
 Into the Hold. Thus, in your courfe of Life, 
 Suppofe you a lovely Son, or beauteous Wife, 
 Inftead of thofe Icfs pleaiing Trinkets, find, 
 And blefs your Stars, and think your Fortune kind ; 
 Yet, Hill be ready, if the Mafter call. 
 To cafl thy Burthen down and part with all*: 
 Forfake the beauteous Wife, and lovely Son, 
 Run to thy Ship, without Relu.dtance run,. 
 Nor look behind : But, if grown oldandgray,. 
 Keep always near thy Ship, and never itay 
 To ftoop for worthlefs Lumber on the way. 
 Sliort is the time allow'd to make thy Coaft, 
 Which tnuft not for fuch 'taltlefs Joy be loft. 
 Thy rev'rend play-things will but ill appear; 
 Befides, thou' It find they'll coft thee very dear : 
 'Tis well if Age can its own Weaknefs bear. 
 Unmann'd with Dotage ; when thou'rt call'd upon» 
 How wilt thou drag the tirefome Luggage on ^ 
 With Tears and Sighs much Folly thou'lt betray^. 
 And crawl with Pam undeccntly away. 
 XIIL 
 Wifh not that things, not in your pow'r, may run; 
 As you would have them ; wifh them as they're donei 
 Wiih them juft as they are, juft as you fee ; 
 Thus fhall you never difappointed be. 
 You feem fome (harp Difeafe to undergo, 
 Alas ! 'tis vain to wi(h it were not fo ; 
 
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 Tis but the Body's Pain, a fiirly ill; 
 Which may impede the Body, not the Will : 
 For all the Adlions of th' obfequious Mind 
 Are in thy Pow'r, to thy own Choice confin'J. 
 Thus Strength and Vigour may thy Nerves forfake 
 And Lamenefs from thy Feet all Motion take, 
 But can in thee not the lead Hindrasce make. 
 ^Tis in thy pow*r to refolve nojt to go. 
 Judge if it be an Hindrance or no. 
 Thou on thy Feet may'ft an ei^bargo lajr,. 
 As well as chance or natural decay^ 
 Confider thus, in all things elfe thou'It find- 
 Nothing can hinder, or confine the Mind ; 
 In fpite of ev'ry accident thou'rt free, 
 Thofe hinder fomething elfe, but cannot thee; 
 
 XIV. 
 In ev'ry thing that happens fearch your Mind 
 And try what force, what faculties you find 
 For the encounter of the Objed fit. 
 In the fame moment when you meet with it r 
 As if fome beauteous Female you efpy, 
 Whofe pow'rful Air detains your wond'ring Eye,. 
 Straight ranfacking the Treafures of your Soul, 
 You'll find ftrong Temp'rance will that pow'r controul^ 
 Whofe cool diredions prefently alTvvage 
 The keeneft Fires, the Dog-ftar Beauty's rage. 
 Thefe (if you mean to conquer) foon difarm 
 Each foft'ning Smile, and each obhging Charm, 
 Are any Hardfhips of laborious weight 
 Impos'd ^ by Fortitude they're conquer'd llraight. 
 Nor rowHng Seas, nor an impetuous Wind 
 Can overfet this Ballaft of the Mind ; 
 Secure of Storms you on the Billows ride. 
 And Hem the furious Current of the Tide. 
 
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 Are you abiis'd ? Hath any done you wrong 
 By the bafe Venom of a railing Tongue ? 
 Soft Patience gives an eafie Remedy, 
 Deadens the force of the Artillery; 
 The Poyfon fpreads into the yielding Air, 
 Unhurt you find it pafs, and vanifli there. 
 Id your own Breaft you'll always find fupply 
 Of aid : If you but make this fcrutiny, 
 No entrance of the Foe you need to fear. 
 You'll find th' Avenues guarded ev'ry where. 
 
 XV. 
 
 With men 'tis ufual, when dcpriv'd of ought 
 Which with much Pleafure entertain'd the thought. 
 To fay, that fuch a thing they've loft : In you, 
 Who the great fearch of Wifdom do purfue, 
 To fay, ^ouve loft, is mean ; fay you've reftor'd 
 What bounteous God did for a while afford. 
 Thy only Son, thy deareft Hope is dead ; 
 Why do'ft thou beat thy Breaft, and fhake thy Head ? 
 Why Man ? he's but reftor'd, return'd again, 
 To the kind Owner's Hand from whence he came. 
 Thou'ft loft thy Land by Fraud ? a vain Miftake ! 
 How is that loft that is but given back '^ 
 But he that thus deceived me^ was not he 
 A Villain, and a Knave .? What's that to thee ? 
 What is't to thee ? Is he a Knave or no 
 By whom he takes, who did the Gift beftow } 
 Was't not his own } Thou'lt grant me, I fuppofe. 
 To whom he would, he might of's own difpofe. 
 While he allows, ufe what belongs to him, 
 Not as thy own ; as Travellers their Inn, 
 Who, as at home, are treated while they pay. 
 But claim no Title longer than they ftay. 
 
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 XVI. 
 You would be wife, I'll teach you if you pleafe. 
 Withdraw your Mind from fuch wild thoughts as thefe ; 
 If 1 my wonted Diligence forget^ 
 My gainful Drudgery ; how fioall I eat ? 
 I certainly fhall fiarve fir want of Meat. 
 Jf I indulge, and not chaflife my Boy, 
 My Lenity his Morals may dejiroy ; 
 Hefiill will fleer the Courfe he hath heguny 
 And to the very height of Lewdnefs run. 
 I tell thee, Mortal, that 'tis better far. 
 To dye with Thirft and Hunger, free from Car€, 
 With a ferene and an undaunted Mind, 
 Than live in Wealth, to its dire Cares coniin'd. 
 As for the Boy, 'tis better far that he 
 Beqpme a Proverb for Debauchery; 
 'Tis better he were hang'd *, than thou (hould'fl (hare 
 A moment's Grief by thy reforming Care : 
 But this, is more than difficulty you'll fay, 
 1^00 hard a Rule for Fkfh and Blood iobey : 
 Yet by a former Rule 'tis eafie made ; 
 Begin by fmalleft things, as I have faid ; 
 Suppofe thy Wine be Holi'n, thy Oil be (bed; 
 And thus take comfort : Where s the Lofsy if I 
 At fuch a rate Tranquillity can buy ? 
 If Confiancy at fuch a rate he bought f 
 And there s not any thing that's got for nought, 
 Suppofe you call your Servant, he's at play ; 
 Or when he's prefent, minds not what you fay 
 
 * *T« de fired that the Wife -will not be offended at this Wordy for tf 
 it be no mattery and of no concern, uihether the Boy be lewd or no, it it 
 no mattery and of no concern, whether tht Boy be han£dy for this Uhir 
 "wife, T«y tiK ip' n'uiY, 
 
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 And is the quiet of thy Soul perplex'd 
 At this ? he gets the better if thou'rt vex'd; 
 He grows your Mafter, while he can torment ; 
 Give not fuch pow'r to the vile Negligent. 
 XVII. 
 Would you be wife ? ne'er take it ill you're thought 
 A Fool, becaufe you tamely fet at naught 
 Things not within your pow'r, but pafs 'sm by 
 Without a Wifh, with a regardlefs Eye ; 
 A fenfelefs Stock, becaufe no Lofs or Pain 
 Makes you lament, or childiihly complain. 
 Never pretend to ilcill, nor wifh to feem 
 Deep Learn'd, nor court a popular Efleem : 
 But if, admir'd by men, you pafs for wife. 
 And draw their lift'ning Ears, and following Eyes, 
 Rather millrufc, and doubt your felf from thence. 
 They're oftncr fond of Folly than of Senfe : 
 While they admire, while you their Praifes hear, 
 You're nearer to the Fool than e'er you were ; 
 *T]s very likely fome grofs Vanity, 
 They fancy in themfelves, and love to fee 
 Ripen'd in you to full maturity : 
 As Luft of Glory, or a llrong defire 
 Of Wealth, or Power, or Splendour in Attire. 
 ' Pis altogether vain, to think t'adhere 
 To the firidt principles agreed on here. 
 While yon the courfe quite contrary do fleer. 
 To things not in your pow'r; which if you reach. 
 You needs muft quit the Difcipline we teach. 
 
 XVIII. 
 If thou defir'll thy Children, Friends, or Wife 
 Should never die, but (hare Immortal Life 
 With the bled Gods, 'tis perfedl Lunacy ; 
 Bedlam hath many a wifer man than thee ; 
 
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 A Do(flor and dark Room may do thee good; 
 Take Phyfick, I advife thee, and let Blood. 
 Will nothing but Impoflibles go down ? 
 Thou wifLeil that what's not in thy Pow'r, may own 
 Subjection to thy Will; and would'ft confine 
 What's in another's pow'r to be in thine. 
 Thus if thou widi thy Son may blamelefs be, 
 Though he hath rak'd the fmk of Infamy, 
 *Tis a return of thy Infirmity ; 
 A fpice of Madnefs flill: As well you might 
 Wi(h Vice were Virtue, wifli that black were white 
 Is ivifljtng then dejiy'd ? And tnuft our Mind 
 To the dull prefent only he ccnfind? 
 No, doubtlefs you may wifn ; nor need you fear 
 Defeat, provide you wifli within your Sphere. 
 XIX. 
 Him, and him only, we may juflly call 
 The pow'rful Lord, the Soveraign of all ; 
 W^hofe power is fuch, that, as he lifts, he may 
 Keep what he will, or give, or take away. 
 If then thou would'fl be free, a Monarch flill; 
 Nor wiQi, nor fliun, what's in another's Will. 
 Thus what you would you fhun, or wifli you have; 
 Thus are you free ; if otherwife, a Slave. 
 
 XX. 
 With the fame manners, which, when you're a Guefl: 
 You life at fome rich Neighbour's fumptuous Feafl:, 
 Manage the refl of your affairs of Life 
 W^ith eafie Converfation, void of Strife; 
 Void of rude Noife : As when fome Novelty 
 Is handed round the Table ; if 'tis nigh 
 Stretch forth your Hand, take (hare .with Modefiy 
 If it pafs by, do not detain by force, 
 Nor fnatch at it, 'twill (hew your Breeding coarfe: 
 
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 Is it not near you yet, at didance plac'd, 
 
 Shew not your greedinefs by too much hafte ; 
 
 Nor, like a hungry Waiter ftanding by, 
 
 Devour it at a diftance with your Eye. 
 
 Abftain a w.hile, 'tis but a minute's Faft, 
 
 Take Patience, Man, 'twill furely come at laft. 
 
 Yiovf if the fame Behaviour be your Guide, 
 
 In all the anions of your life befide, 
 
 As in refpea of Children, Wife, Eftate, 
 
 Of being rich, or made a Magiftrate ; 
 
 If raodeflly you take, and thank kind Heav'n 
 
 For any of thefe Bleffings to you giv'n ; 
 
 Or if depriv'd of ought, you ftraight refign 
 
 All to its Will ; nor peeviftily repine : 
 
 Or if, as yet unblefs'd, you meekly wait, 
 
 With humble Patience, the Decrees of Fate; 
 
 Not defperate, nor yet importunate : 
 
 Some time or other, when the Gods think fit, 
 
 Blefs'd with eternal Banquets thou (halt fit 
 
 Among th' immortal Pow'rs, and free from Care, 
 
 Perpetual Joys and Happinefs (halt (hare. 
 
 But if fo great thy Soul, as to abitain, * 
 
 And bravely with a noble Scorn difdain 
 
 Thefe outward proffers, which Mankind do blefs, 
 
 Thou'rt fure a God, thou can'ft not fure be Icfs. 
 
 For what's a God, but a blefs'd Being, freed 
 
 From Cares, that never dies, or Hands in need ? 
 
 Thou (halt not only be the Gueft of Heav'n, 
 
 But with the foremoft rank of Gods be ev'n; 
 
 Equal in Pow'r. By methods fuch as thefe 
 
 Great Heraclhus, great Diegenes, 
 
 And fome, like them, to deathlefs Honours rife 
 
 Who, with th' Immortals, in due Glory fbine; 
 
 Who, as they well deferv'd, were call'd Divine. 
 
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 XXL 
 
 When you fee any one with Tears bemoan 
 * The Lofs of Goods, or Abfence of a Son, 
 Whom he perhaps thinks drown'd at Sea, beware 
 You be not biafs'd here, and fondly (hare 
 His foolifli Weaknefs, and commiferate 
 His ruin'd and deplorable eftate. 
 While vainly he in earneft doth bemoan 
 Things in another's pow'r, not in his ov(^n. 
 T' avoid this Errour therefore keep in mind 
 This reas'ning, 'tis of mighty ufe, you'll find. 
 what hath hefalVn this man doth not molefl 
 His Mindy nor plays the Tyrant in his Breaji ; 
 Be by his own opinion is dijlrefs'd; 
 Tor could the thing it felf affliH him, then 
 *Twould work the fame ejfe^ in other men ; 
 But this zve fee difprovd, ftnce fome men bear 
 The like Difafters, without ft gh or tear,* 
 You may indeed condole as far as Words, 
 This pity mere CiviHty affords ; 
 To tell him he's miftaken will inrage 
 His Grief; to call him Fool will not afTwagc. 
 Befide 'tis Rudenefs, barbarous Cruelty, 
 T' infult even over fancy'd Mifery : 
 Nay, we'll allow that you may figh with him, 
 But then beware, left you perhaps begin 
 To be too fenfibly concern'd within. 
 XXII. 
 While on this bufie Stage, the World, you flay, 
 You're, as it were, the Adlor of a Play ; 
 Of fuch a Part therein, as he thinks fit 
 To whom belongs the pow'r of giving it. 
 Longer, or (horter, is thy Part, as he, 
 The Mailer of the Revels, fhall decree. 
 
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 If he command to ad the Beggar's Part, 
 Do it with all thy Skill, with all thy Art, 
 Though mean the Charader, yet ne'r complain. 
 Perform it well; asjuft Applaufe you'll gain, 
 As he, whofe Princely Grandeur fills the Stage, 
 And flights all near him in Heroick Rage. 
 Say,, thou a Cit or Cripple reprefent. 
 Let each be done with the belt management. 
 *Tis in thy Power to perform with Art, 
 Though not within thy Pow'r to choofe the Part. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 The direful Raven's, or the Night- Owl's voice. 
 Frightens the Neighbourhood with boding Noife ; 
 While each believes the knowing Bird portends 
 Sure Death, or to himfelf, or to his Friends ; 
 Though all that the Nodurnal Prophet knows, 
 Is want of Food, which he by whooting (hews. 
 But fay this Oracle, with Wings and Beak, 
 As certain Truths, as Delphkk Prieftefs, fpeak. 
 And that through prejudice you (hould fuppofe 
 Tins Boder could Futurity difclofe. 
 Yet be not mov'd ; didinguifh thus, Tm frecy 
 ihefe Omens threaten fomething elfe, not me : 
 Some danger to m'^ Body^ Goads ^ or Name, 
 M'j Children, or my Wife, they Tnay proxlalm ', 
 But the fe are hut the Appendixes of me^ 
 To me thefe tokens all aufpic'tous h. 
 Since I from outivard accidents like thefe. 
 May nap much real Profit, if I pleafe, 
 XXIV. 
 
 If you would be invincible, you may ; 
 I'll {hew you a certain and a ready way. 
 You can't be conquer'd, if you never try 
 In any kind to get the Mailery. 
 
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 *Tis not within- your Pow'r to bear away 
 The Prize ; *tis in your Choice not to eiTay. 
 XXV. 
 
 When any man of greater Pow'r you fee 
 Inveflcd with the Robes of Dignity, 
 In Honour's gaudieft, gayeft Livery, 
 Dreaded by all; whofe arbitrary Will, 
 Whofe very Breath, whofe ev'ry Look can kill; 
 Whofe Power, and whofe Wealth know no reftraint, 
 Whofe Greatnefs hardly Flattery can paint : 
 Take care you be not here intangled by 
 The too great Luftre that beguiles your eye ; 
 Beware you do not envy his eilate. 
 Nor think him happier becaufe he's great. 
 For if true Quiet and Tranquillity, 
 Confift in things which in our Pow'r do Mq, 
 What refidence can Emulation find ? 
 Wliat room halh reftlefs Envy in the Mind ? 
 Envy and Happinefs can ne'er refide 
 In the fame place, nor in one Brealt abide ; 
 Nor do you wi(h your felf (if we may guefs 
 Your real thoughts by what you do profefs) 
 To be a Senator or General, 
 But to be free, (that's greater than them all.) 
 This Freedom you would gladly learn, you fay. 
 To which there is but one, one only way ; 
 Which is to fcorn, with brave and decent Pride, 
 All things that in another's Pow'r refide. 
 XXV L 
 
 Not he that beats thee, or with iland'rous Tongue 
 Gives thee ill Language, doth thee any Wrong, 
 Thine own falfe Notions give the injury : 
 Thefc dander, give the affront, and cudgel thee. 
 
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i« E T I CT ET I 
 
 When Words traduce, dr Blows the Limbs torment, 
 Which in thy power it lies not to prevent, 
 This prefently thou term 'ft an Injury, 
 But giv'ft no tolerable reafon why. 
 Thou plead'ft thy Carcafe, and good Name are dear; 
 The Wound goes to thy Soul, that wounds thee there; 
 'Tis falfe, 'tis but a fcratch ; nor can it find 
 An entrance thither, or diflurb thy Mind ; 
 Without thy own confent ; an injury 
 To fomething elfe without, 'tis none to thee. 
 Thus when provok'd, thy own opinion blame, 
 'Tis that provokes, and caufeth all the pain : 
 Wherefore beware, left objeds, fuch as thefe. 
 Gain thy alTent too foon, with too much cafe. 
 Left fancied Harms thy Mind with Grief aff*ed-. 
 Left fancied Blifs (hould gain too much refped. 
 Thus thou'lt get leifure, and a thinking time; 
 Thy Notions with due meafures to confine; 
 To add, to prune, to polifh and refine. 
 XXVIL 
 Let Death, let Banifhment, and ev'ry 111, 
 Which Mortals thoughts with apprehenfion fill. 
 Which moft they dread, and with averfion fly. 
 Be always prefent to thy thoughts and eye ; 
 But chiefly Death : Thus no mean thought (halt find 
 Harbour, or entertainment in thy Mind. 
 Thus no bafe fear fball ever from thee wreft 
 The firm Refolves of thy undaunted Breaft : 
 Not Tyrants frowns, nor tortures (hall enflave 
 Thy fearlefs Soul, but, generoufly brave. 
 Thou all their little Malice may'ft defie; 
 Arm'd only with this thought, Thm once muft die, 
 
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 Noi" can Death truly formidable feem 
 
 To thee, who with it haft faitiiliar been. 
 
 Who ev'ry Day hal? the pale Bugbear feen. 
 
 Yet Death's the worft that thou canft undergo. 
 
 The utmoft hmit, the laft Scene of Woe, 
 
 The greateft fpite thy Enenif can (hew ; 
 
 And yet no more, than what the Gout, or Stone, 
 
 With more maUcious Leifure, might have done. 
 
 Arm'd with the Thoughts of Death, no fondDefire 
 
 Of Wealth, nor the deluding foohfh Fire 
 
 Of Pow'r, (hall lead thee on with hopes to-gain, 
 
 What Death hath fworn thou flialt not long retain, 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 Wifdom, you fay, is what you moft deflre* 
 The only charming Blefling you admire, 
 Therefore be bold, and fit your felf to bear 
 M^ny a Taunt, and patiently to hear 
 Tfie grinning foolifh Rabble laugh aloud 
 At you, the Sport and Paftime of the Crowd, 
 While in like Jears they vent their filthy Spleen : 
 Whence all this Gravity^ this carelefs Alien ? 
 And whence, of late y is this Pretender corner 
 This new Proficient, this Mufi}eroom, 
 This young Philofopher ivith half a Beard? 
 Of him, till noiVy we have no mention heard: 
 Whence all this finpercilious Pride of late i 
 This fiiff Behaviour, this ajfedhd Gate ? 
 This will perhaps be faid, but be not you -. 
 
 Sullen, nor bend a fupercihous Brow, C 
 
 Left thus you prove their vile Reproaches true, ^ 
 Which are but Words of courfe, the Excrement, 
 The ufual Malice which alike they vent 
 Upon the Guilty and the Innocent. " 
 
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 But firmly ffill to what feems bell adhere, 
 As if by Heav'n's Commands you ordered were 
 To keep that Pofl, not to be driv'n from thence 
 By force, much lefs a fcurrilous Offence. 
 Maintain this Maxim, and you foon will grow, 
 The Praife and Wonder of your fcoffing Foe : 
 Forc'd to confefs his Faults, he'll court you more 
 Than- he reproach'd, or laugh'd at you before. 
 But if his Mock'ry makes you tamely yield, 
 And quit yoiir noble Station in the Field, 
 You merit Laughter on a double fcore, 
 Firft for attempting, then for giving o'er. 
 XXIX. 
 If to pleafe others, ftudying to be dear 
 In their kind Thoughts, you move beyond your Sphere 
 And look abroad, Refpe6t and Praife to gain. 
 And the poor outward Trifle call'd a Name ; 
 You lofe the Charader you wifli to bear. 
 You lofe your Station of Philofopher. 
 Let it fuffice that fuch your felf you know. 
 No matter whether other Men think fo : 
 Let it be to your felf, if wife you'd feem ; 
 And 'tis enough, you gain your own Efteem. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 Let not thefe Thoughts torment you ; /, das / 
 Jn low ignoble Poverty Jhall pafs 
 My wretched Days, and unregarded lie 
 Buried alive, in dark Ohfcurity ; 
 No Honour, no Preferment jhall I have, 
 Btit "Scutheonlefs defcend into the Grave. 
 This as a wond'rous Hardftiip you bemoan, 
 A grievous 111, when really 'tis none; 
 The outward Want of Pow'r, Preferment, Place, 
 Is no more Mifery, than 'tis Difgrace : 
 
 And 
 
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 And that 'tis no Difgrace I (Ivall evince ; 
 
 Where's the Difgrace you are not made a Prince ? 
 
 Or that you're not invited to a Feaft ? 
 
 'Tis none, by every Man of Senfe confeft : 
 
 For Where's the Man in's Wits that can expedl 
 
 That things not in your Pow'r you Qiould efFed? 
 
 And why of w^nt of Pow'r fliould you complain ? 
 
 Who can no Place or Honour juftly claim. 
 
 Excepting things in your own Pow'r ; in thefe 
 
 You may be great, and pow'rful as you pleafe. 
 
 But then you plead ; / thus JJjall ufelefs grow 
 
 To thofe 1 love, nor Jhall I Ktndnefs fijew. 
 
 Nor Wealth nor Pow*r on my left Friends heftow^ 
 
 Nor by my Inireft caufe them to becomey 
 
 Tree of each gainful Privilege in Roipe, 
 
 iNor, when I pleafe, an Ojficer create^ 
 
 Nor raife them to be Utenfds of State, 
 
 And whoe'er told you yet, that thefe things lie 
 
 Within your Power or Capacity ? 
 
 Or Where's the Man, that can to others grant 
 
 That Place or Honour he himfelf doth want? 
 
 But they're importunate, alas! and cry, 
 
 Get ity that we your Friends may gain thereby, 
 
 Anfwcr t^em thus, /'// do it if 1 can^ 
 
 So I may keep my felf a modeji Man, 
 
 Juji to my felf, ftill innocent and free^ 
 
 A Man of Honour and Integrity, 
 
 til ufe my befi Endeavours ; // / may 
 
 Gain it on thefe Conditions, fhew the Way ; 
 
 But if you think Vll this true Wealth forgo. 
 
 That you may fomething gain, that is not fo : 
 
 See, how unjufl this Self-partiality f 
 
 And, to be plain, you an no Friends for me^ 
 
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 If yau prefer a bafe penurious End, 
 
 before an honeft and a modeft Friend : 
 
 Siippofe your Choice were fuchy then JJjew me hjOW, 
 
 What you fo earneftly defire to do. 
 
 And keep my Principles of Freedom too ; 
 
 But think not I will part with Happinefs, 
 
 That you fome zvorthlefs Pleafure may poffefs. 
 
 But thus your Countrey nothing by you gains : 
 
 What's this Advantage that your Countrey claims ? 
 
 Is it that Baths you make, with Coft and Charge? 
 
 Or Porches build unimitably large, 
 
 Where late Poftcrity may read your Name, 
 
 Wliich there you confecrate to lafting Fame ? 
 
 Thefe Gifts from you your Countrey can expedl 
 
 No more than Phyiick from an Architect, 
 
 Or that a Shoemaker (hould Armour make, 
 
 Or of your Foot a Smith the Meafure take ; 
 
 For 'tis enough, if each perform ins Trade 
 
 The Work for which he feems by Nature made : 
 
 If each Man mind the way in which he's plac'd. 
 
 The Smith his Anvil, Shoemaker his Laft. 
 
 And thus if you the Height of Wifdom reach. 
 
 And, what fo well you know, as well can teach, 
 
 If by thefe noble Methods you profefs, 
 
 You with another honeft Man can blefs 
 
 The City where you dwell, you give no lefs 
 
 Than he, who on his Countrey doth confer 
 
 Porches, or Baths, or Amphitheatre. 
 
 Well then, tth* City, where I ufeful am, 
 
 What office fh all I have? Such as you can, 
 
 Keeping your Honour, and your Conference frC^, 
 
 With fpotlefs Innocenct and Modefty : 
 
 But if while fondly you defire to pleafe 
 
 Your Fellow-Citizens, you part with thefe, 
 
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 You labour but in fain ; for where's the Ufe 
 Of one grown impudent and fcandalous ? 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 Is any one faluted, or erabrac'd 
 With more Refped: ihan you ? or higher plac'd. 
 At Table ? Is he thought more grave and wife. 
 Of better Parts, and abler to advife ? 
 Grudge not : But, if thefe things be good, rejoyce- 
 They're plac'd fo well, and meet fo good a Choice 
 And if they're bad, why ihould you take Offence, 
 That you in thefe have not the Preference ? 
 But how can you, that neither cringe nor bow. 
 Nor other antick Spaniel-tricks do fliew. 
 Nor flatter, fawn, forfwear, afTent or lie. 
 Nor ufe that fervife knavifli Induftry, 
 By which bafe fupple Slaves their Ends obtain. 
 The fame Refped, or the fame Favour gain? 
 And how fliould you, who fcorn to condefcend. 
 With early Morning Vifits to attend 
 Th' awaking of a rich, proud, pow'rful Friend, 
 Exped to fhare th' Advantages that fall 
 To him that helps to fill his crowded Hall ? 
 Or, like a Centinel, Hill walks before 
 His Patron's Houfe, and almofl courts his Door; 
 Who, after long Attendance, thinks he's blefs'd. 
 As much as Ferjians bowing to the Eafi, 
 When the Sun rifes from his watry Nell ; 
 And fwears the Eaftern God doth not difpenfe 
 A kinder, or a gentler Influence, 
 And that each Look, eacli SmilJPbf his, doth bring- 
 Warmth to the Summer, Beauty to the Spring. 
 Who, when his Lordftiip frowns, admires the Grace 
 And manly Fiercenefs that adorns his Face ; 
 
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 Applauds the Thunder of his well-mouth'd Oaths, 
 
 And then the modilh Fafliion of his Cloaths, 
 
 And vows the Taylor, who the Garments made, 
 
 Happy in making them, though never paid. 
 
 Thefe are the Means by which he Hands pofTefs'd 
 
 Of Favours, by each Fly-l}own Fool carefs'd, 
 
 At ev'ry Feait an acceptable"^ Gueft. 
 
 Thefe if you'd purchafe, and not give the Price, . 
 
 Unjull, unfatiable's your Avarice : 
 
 As for famiHar Inftance, What's the Rate, 
 
 The Gard'ner holds, and fells his Lettuce at ? 
 
 Let us fuppofe a Farthing ; he that buys 
 
 Bears off the Purchafe, but lays down the Price; 
 
 Your Sallad Wants thefe Lettuce, you withold 
 
 The fmall Equivalent for which they're fold; 
 
 Nor is your Cafe a jot the worfe for this. 
 
 For as the Lettuce which he bought are his. 
 
 So yours, who did not buy, the Farthing is. 
 
 Thus if you're not invited out to dine, 
 
 You pay not for his Meat, nor for his Wine; 
 
 For he (be not-dece*iv'd) who entertains, 
 
 Doth it not Gratis^ he too looks for Gains; 
 
 Right bounteous tho' he feems, he fells his Meat, 
 
 And Praife expedls for every Bit you eat. 
 
 Each lufcious Draught, each pleafing DeHcate, 
 
 Is but a fpecious Snare, a tempting Bait; 
 
 You the rich Entertainment dearly buy. 
 
 By mean obfequious fervile Flattery. 
 
 If then thefe things, that muft be purchas'd thus, - 
 
 Seem ufeful to you, and commodious, 
 
 Lay down the Value, do not think to get, 
 
 Unlefs you give the Rate at which they're fet. 
 
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 Thefe if on eafier Terms you would provide. 
 And without paying for them be fupply'd. 
 How can your fooh'di Wifli be fatisfy'd? 
 Well then^ but fiall I nothing have inftead - 
 Of this dear Feafiy that (iill runs in my Head ? 
 Yes, if you're not infatiable, you have 
 Enough in lieu thereof, youVe not a Slave, 
 You have not prais'd him who's below your Hate, 
 You've not admir'd his Dinner, nor his Plate, 
 Nor pad a Complement againft your Will, 
 Nor in low Cringes (hewn your aukward Skill, 
 Nor fed his Dogs, to (hew the vaft Refpedl 
 The Mailer of the Fav'rites may exped; 
 Nor did you admire his fumptuous Furniture, 
 Nor all that civil Infolence endure, 
 With which at meeting he informs you how, 
 When you depart his Prefence, you mud bow; 
 Nor have you born his Arrogance and Pride, 
 While he furveys his Board on ev'ry fide, 
 And fancies that he's bountiful and great, 
 And thinks he makes you happy by his Meat. 
 XXXIL 
 Nature's Defigns, Decrees, and Will we read. 
 In things concerning which vye're all agreed. 
 Which no Difpute, or Controverfie need. 
 As fay, Your Neighbour's Boy hath broke a Glafs, 
 You're apt to cry, Thefe things muft come to pafs. 
 So if your own be broke you ought from thence 
 To learn to bear it with hke Patience, 
 As if 'twere his; thence by degrees afcend: 
 As thus, Suppofe your Neighbour lofe a Friend, 
 Bury his Wife, or Son; I know you'll cry, 
 *Iis not fo Jirange a thing that Mortals dye, 
 
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 But fay the Cafe be yours, the Lofs your ovvjj. 
 Then what a Howhng's there, what pitious Moan, 
 What Tears you fhed ? Ah me ! forlorn ! undons ! 
 ^'2've lofty you cry, I've loft my only Son I 
 The innocent, five£t, beauteous Youth is dead, 
 Hes gone, and all my 'Joys are with him fled : 
 When all this while you fliould remember how 
 Your Neighbour's Cafe, hke yours, affeded you ; 
 Without a Sigh, without a Tear, or Groan, 
 You bore his Lofs, and fo fliould bear your own. 
 XXXIII. 
 As no Man fets up Marks that he may mifs, 
 So no fuch real thing as 111 there is; 
 For (hould we grant that ought in Nature's 111, 
 'Twould argue Cruelty, and want of Skill 
 In the great Artift, who all-wife and kind. 
 Nothing that is not for thy Good delign'd. 
 Nothing to grieve, or to torment thy Mind. 
 This you think wifely anfwer'd, when you fay, 
 Suppofe a Ruffian beat me on the -way. 
 Or force me publickly in open Street y 
 To take a Kick from evry Slave I meety 
 Unjuft the Violence, nor can I bear 
 Such an Affront ; I muft be a7igry here, 
 Evn you'll acknowledge this to be an ill : 
 Thus you remain in your old Error flill. 
 1 thought that we had clear'd that point before. 
 With fuch plain Proof, that it requir'd no more ;. 
 I (liew'd you 'twas no 111, and bid you blame 
 Falfe Notions, the bafe Iffue of your Brain. 
 You're angry at the Man who did expofe 
 Your Body to the Injury of Blows, 
 
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And yet expofe your Mind to Grief and Pain, -y 
 
 As oft as any Railer's pleas'd to ftain, C 
 
 With vile Reproach, the Beauty of your Name, j 
 Judge then your felf, but judge impartially, 
 Who's guilty of the greater Injury, , 
 Since you expofe your Mind, your Body he ? 
 To grieve, be angry, envy or to hate. 
 Are Ills indeed, but fuch as you create : 
 For thefe let not kind Nature be arraign'd. 
 You, only you, are to be juftly blam'd. 
 Wherefore in ev'ry thing you undertake. 
 Let Judgment (it, and juft Enquiry make. 
 Of all Prehminaries leading to 
 The Ac'tion, which you have defign'd to do; 
 Of ev'ry Confequence and Accident, 
 That probably may wait on the Event, 
 Be fure that you can bear it, though it be 
 Reproach, or Blows, or Death, with Bravery; 
 Which if you carelefsly negledl to weigh, ^2?* 
 
 Though brifk and vig'rous, at the firft Eflay, .. ^ 
 You'll meet fome ihameful Hindrance by the way, 
 XXXIV. 
 You fay you'd win the Olive Crown, and luft ' 
 To reap the Harveft of th' Glytnpick Duft; 
 That Hittory may reckon by your Name, . 
 From the great Year when fuch a one o'ercame : . 
 *Tis brave, and by the Gods I wifh the fame,. 
 Btit then confider firft what muft be done, 
 Through what a Courfe of Hardfhips you muft run 
 E'er you proceed, and what may be th' Event, 
 And Confequence of fuch a great Attempt : 
 With a ftricl Courfe of Life you muft begin, 
 Confiald by Methods and (harp Difcipline ; 
 
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 a8 E T I CT ET I 
 
 According to direcH-ion, you muft eat 
 
 Nothing that's boil'd, and fuch a kind of Meat 
 
 As is allowed; then you muft drink no Wine, 
 
 Nor. yet cold Water, and obferve your time 
 
 For Exercife, 'you muft your felf inure. 
 
 The Summers Heat and Winters Cold t'indure. 
 
 Thefe Preparations made, you then muft try, 
 
 If poffible, to gain the Vidory, 
 
 And that not without Labour, Danger, Harm, 
 
 Or lofs of Ribs, perhaps a Leg or Arm ; 
 
 And when whole Pecks of Duft you've fwallow'd^ 
 
 Been lafli'd, and all things requifite have done, (down, > 
 
 *Tis polTible that you may lofe the Crown. J 
 
 Thefe Hazards when you throughly have furvey'd, 
 
 You ftill may venture on ; nor be difmay'd. 
 
 You'll find the Burthen lighter which you've weigh' 
 
 Elfe you'll defift, and jade like wanton Boys, 
 
 Who, tir'd and pleas'd with Novelty of Toys, 
 
 Scarce warm in one, begin another Play, 
 
 And fcorn the tedious Sport of Yefterday : 
 
 Who fometimes Pipers, Wreftlers, reprefent, 
 
 Or with tough Cudgel try their Hardiment; 
 
 Sometimes the Horn, or the flirill Trumpet found. 
 
 Ad Tragedies, and kill without a Wound : 
 
 Thoughtlefs as they, one while your Hand you'll try 
 
 In Wrefthng, Fencing next, then Poetry, 
 
 In Rhet'rick; nay, perhaps Philofophy, 
 
 But fail in each; and all thefe Pains beftow. 
 
 Ridiculous as poffible to grow. 
 
 And make a wond'rous buftle to exprefs 
 
 A rev'rend, and more ferious Childifhnefs, 
 
 Like a grave Ape, whom Nature did create 
 
 A Type of you, who can but imitate ; 
 
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ENCHI RI'DI OK 29 
 
 Who one thing now, another ftraight admire. 
 Who, hurried on with violent defire, 
 Plunge over Head and Ears, before you know 
 How deep the filent fmooth-fac'd Waters flow, . 
 Or weigh the Hardftiips you mull undergo. 
 Thus Ibme, when any much-fam'd Man they fpy 
 Admir'd for Wifdom, and for Modeily, 
 Much liften'd to, and courted ev'ry where. 
 And then, perhaps, fome grave Quotation bear> 
 How true /peaks Socrates 1 nor can it be 
 That any fljould difcourfe as well as he ! 
 Are taken with an Itch of being Wife ; 
 They too, forfooth, muft needs Philofophixe. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 Having confider'd thus what's to be done, 
 The Hazards, Hardfliips, and the Rifque you run, 
 Confidcr with what Strength you are endow'd. 
 What Nature for th' Encounter hath allow'd; 
 As if you affedl th' Olytnpick Exercife, 
 Examine well your Back, your Shoulders, Thighs, 
 What Brawn, what Sinews for the Enterprife. 
 Nor will each fort of Strength fuit each Exploit, . 
 This runs, that leaps, this wreftles, throws the Coit; 
 So if the Combat with your felf you try. 
 And, by ftrid Methods of Philofophy, 
 Your own rebelHous Paffions ftrive to tame. 
 And thus a more illuftrious Conqueft gain, 
 You can't expecfl t'indulge and gratifie 
 Your Genius with accullom'd Luxury. 
 Nay, 'tis a Contradiction, 'tis t'obey 
 Thofe very Lulls you mean to drive away. 
 You (hould confider whether you can bear 
 The want of far-fetch'd Dainties, travd'd Chear ; 
 
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 You (hould confider whether you can dine, 
 
 Without a Catalogue of coftly Wine, 
 
 Whether that S<}*icami(hnefs you can forget 
 
 That jnakes you keep an Almanack for Meat, 
 
 That makes you fweat, and faint, when you behold 
 
 A Novelty that's more than one Day old; 
 
 And to be (hort and ferious, what you think 
 
 Of Roots for Food, and the cold Stream for Drink. 
 
 Philofophy's like fome brave Heroe bred. 
 
 With Labours hardened, and with Hardfliips fed : 
 
 AwakCy (he cries, and let the early S^un 
 
 Xlujh that he fees his Vigilance out-done y 
 
 Arife, fHrfue, pre fs forward, drive away 
 
 With chearful Toil, the tedious ling ring Bay, 
 
 :Buftnefs thy Sporty and Labour he thy Play, 
 
 You (hould confider how you can difpenfe 
 
 With kaving Home to gain Experience; 
 
 How you can part with Friends, and Native Air; 
 
 How the Fatigues of Travel you can bear; 
 
 How in a Thred-bare Garment, old and torn. 
 
 Yon can endure the Slights, and fancy Scorn 
 
 Of Pages, Grooms, who, in proud Liveries- drefs'd^ 
 
 Fancy a- tatter'd Coat a mighty Jelt ; 
 
 How it will reli(h with you to be us'd 
 
 Worfe than the bafeft Slaves, to be refused 
 
 All Honour, Pow'r, and Truft, Preferment, V\'3ftti 
 
 Not to be caird your Worfiiip, ftyl'd your Grace. 
 
 In thefe examine well your felf, and try 
 
 Whether you're willing, at fuch rates, to buy 
 
 Freedom, a quiet Mind, and Conftancy: 
 
 Left, like the Boys I told you of, you prove 
 
 Now a Philofopher, then fall in love . 
 
 With frothy Trafti of Orators, and thence 
 
 Straight a CoUeftor of th'Excifc commence; 
 
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 Then tir'd with this, your fond Delires dilate. 
 And wifh to be a Minifter of State. 
 Thefe are wide Contraries, as oppofite 
 As Virtuis is to Vice, as Black to White. 
 You can but make one lingle Man, and he 
 A wife good Man, or fooliih Knave muft be; . 
 He the full Sway over himfelf muft have. 
 Or be to things, not in his Pow'r, a Slave : 
 Skill' d in thefe inward Arts, or thofe without, ">> 
 Be wife, or herd amongft the common rout; > 
 
 Or a Philofopher, or Idiot. 3i. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 Letyour Refpeds and Services agree. 
 And be proportion'd to the Quality 
 Of him, to whom thefe Services you pay; 
 Is he your Father } Know you muft obey. 
 And cherifti him, confid'rii;g all his Care 
 For you, when weak and helplefs yet you were^ 
 And bear with him in all things, knowing how 
 Nature oblig'd him to be kind to you ; 
 All this to Gratitude it felf is due : 
 He heard your peevifli Brawhng, ftrove f allay 
 Your Childifti Wrath, and wip'd your Tears away; 
 And can't you bear an angry Word, or Blow, 
 From one fo 'indulgent, one that lov'd you fo. 
 Who gave you Being, who may well be faid 
 Twice to fiave given you Life, in that he fed. 
 In that with fo much Tendernefs he bred 
 Your younger Years .> Oh/ lut, perhaps yait'Il fay, ^ 
 He's wicked and fevere, I cant obey, 
 A lame Excufe, let him be what he will, 
 Morofe, or Wicked, he's your Father ftill; 
 Whate'er his Morals are, he may exped 
 From you at leaft a filial Refpedl; 
 
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 You can't believe that Nature's bound to find 
 
 A Parent for you fuited to your mind. 
 
 Well, but you think your Brother injures you; 
 
 You afk me here vvhat Nature bids, you do? 
 
 Nature obligeth you to pafs it by, 
 
 Bids you negled the fancy'd Injury, 
 
 Nor mind what's done by him, but bids you fliew 
 
 The hearty Love you to your Brother owe, 
 
 Which can't be fhevv^n by more commodious Light, 
 
 Than when you oppofe your Goodnefs to his Spight; 
 
 And what long fmce I told you> think on ftill. 
 
 No one can injure you againft your Will; 
 
 The Wrong you lufFer doth from Fancy grow, 
 
 You then are hurt when you imagine io. 
 
 If by this fteady Balance, then you try 
 
 The mutual Duties of Society, 
 
 Which Men to Men, Neigbours to Neighbours owe. 
 
 Which Souldiers to their General (bould (hew, 
 
 Which Citizens (hould pay their Magillrate; 
 
 You'll grant they're to be paid, without Debate, 
 
 Offence, or Envy^ Prejudice, or Hate. 
 
 xxxvir. 
 
 In this the main Point of Religion lies. 
 To have right Notions of the Deities; 
 As that fuch Beings really are, that they 
 Govern the World with juft and prudent Sway, 
 That ch^arfully you are oblig'd t' obey 
 All their Commands, well fatisfy'd to reft 
 On what they do, as order'd for the beft; 
 That whatfoever is by them decreed, 
 From an All-knowing Wifdom doth proceed. 
 Thus their wife Government you'll fear to blame. 
 Or, as negledted> peeviftily complain ; 
 
 But 
 
 ] 
 ] 
 
ENCUIRIDIO N. ^i 
 
 But 'tis not likely you fhould have this Senfe, 
 
 Thefe reverent Notions of their Providence, 
 
 Nor can you without murmuring refent, 
 
 Their partial, and unequal Management, 
 
 If you dillinguiih into Good and 111, 
 
 Things not depending on your Povi^'r and Will. 
 
 Now if thefe Attributes of Bad and Good, 
 
 Of things within your Pow'r, be underftood. 
 
 You lay the Fault at your own Door, and clear 
 
 The Gods of being partial and fevere : 
 
 But if you think that outward things can be 
 
 Some good, fome bad; with this Abfurdity 
 
 You wound the Goodnefs of the Deity; 
 
 Your God a vile malicious Fi^nd you make, 
 
 Cruel, or weakly, given to miftake. 
 
 Whom, when you fooHflily averfe would fly 
 
 Death, or like natural Neceffity, 
 
 Or any thing, which you have widi'd for, mifs. 
 
 You needs muft hate, and fay the Fault is his, 
 
 To whom, though he hath kindly giv n you Will 
 
 To wifli or not to wifli, you impute the 111; 
 
 And, as 'tis nat'ral, with hke Hate refledt 
 
 On him, the cruel Caufe, as on th'Effedl. 
 
 Infedls, and Brutes themfelves, have thus much Senfe, 
 
 AHke t' abhor th' Offender and th' Offence; 
 
 Thus a fierce Cur follows and bites the Stone, 
 
 And then purfues the Man by whom 'twas thrown : 
 
 As on the contrary, they love, they admire, 
 
 What ferves their Wants, and anfwers their Defire, 
 
 And none, fare, but a Mad-man, can rejoyce 
 
 In that which plagues him, ruins, and deflroys. 
 
 Hence 'tis the Father's hated by the Son, 
 
 Hence 'tis the grave old Man grows troublefome; 
 
 The 
 
34 ETICTETT 
 
 The dry Bones keeps him from a large Eftate, 
 To which he fears he fliall fucceed too late : 
 He therefore daily wifhes he were dead, 
 That his kind Heir might flourifh in his ftead. 
 Hence that pernicious fatal War arofe, 
 Which Thebes to Blood and Ruin did expofe, . 
 For proud Eteocles refolv'd to reign. 
 And Polynkes would his Right maintain; 
 For both would rule, and both would be obey'd. 
 Each thought his Brother did his Right invade ; 
 Each thought Dominion was a Sov'raign goQd> 
 Each would aflert his Int'reft with his Blood. 
 Hence 'tis the Plow-man, .when tempeftuous Rain, 
 Or Drouglit, have jrender'd all his Labour vain, 
 Rails on the Gods : Hence 'tis the Sailer raves, 
 When toft with furious Winds, and threat'ning Waves; 
 Hence 'tis the Merchant curfes, if he fail 
 Of a quick Markets or a gainful Sale. 
 ' Hence they, who lofe Children or Wife, complainj - 
 That. they, alas! have facrific'd in vain; 
 What e'er they fufFer, vainly wifli, .or fear. 
 The Gods, for certain, all the Blame muft bear. 
 Nor are they pious longer than they find 
 The Gods are grateful, in remembrance kind: 
 Only devout while Favours they obtain. 
 They make Religion but a kind of Gain. 
 Now he that only wifheth things may be 
 Juft as they are, as the blefs'd Gods Decree, 
 Whofe wife Averfion only doth decline 
 Things he hath Pow'r to (hun, can ne'er repine, , 
 Nor be provok'd to murmur or blafpheme, 
 Nor through falfe Notions lay the Fault on them; . 
 He's the true, pious Man. But here you'll fay, 
 :tf' we may only -wtfi fir what we may 
 
 I JBeJiow 
 
ENCHIRI'DION. 3f 
 
 Btftoiv Upon our felves, pray where' s the need 
 That we raife Temples , or that ViHims bleed? 
 Why fjjould we Prefents on their Altars lay ? 
 And why zvith Incenfe court them evry Day f 
 Where's the Reward for this? What's the Keturn 
 Of all this Smoak, and the Perfumes we burn ? 
 Will you not worftiip them, unlefs you have 
 All that your Luft and Avarice can crave ? 
 Methinks they've given enough, in that you live 
 Under their prudent Care^ who know to give 
 Better than you to allc; who that bellow. 
 Which moft for your Convenience they know. 
 Let's add to this, (if this will not fuffice,) 
 They've made you capable of being wife. 
 Are thefe mean Reafons v/hy you Sacrifice.^ 
 Wherefore your Off' rings and Oblations pay 
 With ufual Rites, after your Countrey's way ; 
 Let them be given, as what you really owe, 
 Without th' Alloy of Vanity or Shew, 
 Not niggardly, nor with too great Expence,^ 
 With all Devotion, Care, and Diligence. 
 XXXVIIL 
 When you confult the Oracle, or thofe 
 Who the deep Secrets of the Gods difclofe. 
 Who fill'd with a Divine, Prophetick Rage, 
 The Will of Heav'n, and its Decrees prefage, 
 'Tis plain, the dark Event you cannot tell, 
 Elfe why do you confult the Oracle ? 
 But if you're a Philofopher, you know 
 Thus much at leaft of it before you go ; 
 That if of things not in our Pow'r, th' Event 
 Mud be infallibly indifferent. 
 Nor good, nor bad ; when therefore you draw nigh 
 The hallow'd Cavern of the Deity, 
 
 The 
 
3.6 ET I CT ET I 
 
 The Will, and the Decrees of Fate t* inquke, 
 Approach without Averfion, or Defire ; 
 Elfe to the facred Vault you'll trembhng come, 
 Like Men who are arraign'd, to hear their Doom: 
 And know, that whatfo'er the Fates ordain, 
 From thence, at leaft, this Benefit you gain, 
 That, rightly ufmg this or that Decree, 
 You make a Virtue of Neceffity; 
 And what this Benefit doth mod inhaunce, 
 'Tis fuch as will admit no hinderance : 
 Therefore with Courage to the Gods repair, 
 To whom you freely may your Doubts declare, 
 As to your Friends in whom you mod confide, 
 Whole Prudence and Integrity you've try'd; 
 And what they bid you do, let it be done 
 •With the moft prudent Care, remembring whom 
 You chofe for Counfellors, whom you negledt 
 If their Advice you flight or difrefpeca:. 
 Nor muft you ev'ry little Doubt propofc 
 To their Divinities, but fuch as thofe. 
 Which, as wafe Socrates was wont to fay, 
 Are very dark, abftrufe, and out o'th'way; 
 Such as are clear'd by their Events alone, 
 Which by no humane Methods can be (hewn. 
 You muft not fuch light Queries here propound. 
 Which every Man of common Senfe may found: 
 As whether Med'cines can reftore the Dead, 
 Or Hellebore can purge a Mad-man's Head ; 
 No Riddles here, in which old Wives delight. 
 With which thofe aged Sphinxes pafs the Night, 
 Nor fuch a Knot as ettfily's unty'd. 
 Nor queftions which by Sieve and Sheers arc. try'd ; 
 But fomeihing difficult, and much involy'd. 
 Fit only by a God to be rcfolv'd. 
 
 There- 
 
ENCHIRIT>IO N. ,37 
 
 Therefore when Reafon fays you're bound t' oppofe. 
 Though hazarding your Life, your Countrey's Foes, 
 And with heroick Danger to defend 
 Him you think worthy to be call'd yourpriend. 
 What need of heav'nly Information here. 
 Of Prophet, Augur, or Aftrologer ? 
 Nothing but Falftiood, or bafe Cowardice, 
 Can make a Scruple of a Cafe like this, 
 Smce Reafon hath determin'd long ago, 
 Whether you ought t'expofe your felf or no. 
 Nay, let's fuppofe that you're refolv'd to try 
 This dubious weighty Point by Augury, ; 
 And that by fome unlucky Omen's mean?. 
 Death, or the Lofs of Limbs, or Bani(l>rnent; • 
 Yet (hould thefe Mifchiefs really cnfu<^. 
 Which by foreboding Signs do threaten you, 
 In fpight of Exile, Wounds, nay Death, you mufl: 
 Be to your Friend and to your Countrey jult; 
 And Reafon ftill commands you to redrefs. 
 The one in Danger, th' other in Diftrefs. 
 Remember how that Mifcreant was us'd. 
 Who this kind Office to his Friend refus'd. 
 By the juft Oracle, who drove away 
 Th* ingrateful Wretch, and thus was heard to fay : 
 Be gone, thou hafe Deferter of th'^ Friend! 
 Thy Pre fence duth our Deity offend. 
 Thou faw'fl the MurdWer give the fatal Wound, 
 Thou faw'ft thy Friend lie weltering on the Ground ; 
 Without Concern thou did'fl behold him bleed. 
 And not relieving, did ft approve the Deed : 
 Depart, for thou, even thou, thy Friend haft fain; 
 Hence, thou abandon d Wretch, thou doft our Shrine pro^ 
 phane. 
 
 XXXIX. Frame 
 
38 E T I CT ET I 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 Frame to your felf fome Forms, fome Rules whereby 
 To guide your Life, on which to keep your Eye, 
 Which whether to your felf you live reclufe. 
 Or which in Converfation you may ufe; 
 For there arc Dangers, which the Wife would fly 
 Both in Retirement and Society. 
 For neither can a Ship with Safety ride 
 Within her Port, if not with Cables ty'd; 
 Nor can (he be fecure, when under Sail, 
 Though in fair Weather with a profp'rous Gale, 
 Unlefs known Rules, by long Experience try'd. 
 Her well-fpread Canvas, and her Rudder guide. 
 Nor only in the Main do Tempefts roar. 
 They ilrike the Flats, and riot on the Shore ; 
 And ikilful Sailors, with juft Reafon doubt 
 Dangers within, as well as thofe without. 
 XL. 
 
 Let modeft Silence be your greatefl Care 
 In humane Converfation, and beware 
 Of being over talkative, and fhun 
 That lewd perpetual Motion of the Tongue^ . 
 That Itch of fpeaking much, and be content 
 ThAt your Difcourfe (though (hort) be pertinent; 
 And when Occafion ferves, then fpeak your Senfc,-, 
 Without an over-weening. Confidence. 
 Nor catch at ev'ry Bait, nor open at 
 The common Opportunities of Chat : 
 As, fuch ^ Fencer play'd his Part with Skill, 
 That, like a Wreftler, breaks v/hat Rib he will : . 
 That fuch a Horfe is of the fleeted kind. 
 And that his Dam engender'd with the Wind : 
 That a full Cry of deep-mouth'd, long ear'd Hounds 
 Is the moft fweet and ravifhing of Sounds : 
 
 That 
 
I 
 
 ENCHIRIDION. 39 
 
 That fuch a Lord with the beft Wines doth treat, 
 Has the belt Cook, is the beft read in Meat : (Crowd, 
 Thefe are the thread-bare Themes that pleafe the 
 The Ignorant, the Thoughtlefs, and the Proud. 
 ^ But chiefly (bun Difcourfe concerning Men, 
 Nor fondly this Man praife, and that comdemn. 
 For all immod'rate, and too lavi(h Praife, 
 Too great an Expedation's apt to raife ; 
 And by reviling others you exprefs 
 Your little Wirdom,but much Bitternefs: 
 Nor with abfurd Comparifons defame 
 One Man, by adding to another's Name: 
 For thus, by way of Foyle, the one's Difgrace 
 Sets off the Charadler you mean to raife; 
 With Hemlock this you crown, and that with Bays 
 
 XLL 
 Among your Friends with whom yoxi may be free 
 If vain, or frivolous their Converfe be, 
 Or feem to favour of Indency, 
 Alter the Subjed; fure you may invent 
 Some profitable, pleafing Argument, 
 Which, like a gentle Tide, with eafie Force, 
 May flop the Current of the firft Difcourfe : 
 But among Strangers learn to hold your Tongue^ 
 Your good Intentions may be conftru'd wrong, 
 You may be term'd impertinent or rude. 
 Wife out of Seafon., and be faid t'intrude. 
 
 XLII. 
 Laughter, if rightly us'd, may be confeft 
 In fome fort to diftinguifh Man from Beaft, 
 While by due Management it is allay'd. 
 While the ftrid Rules of Reafon are obey'd; 
 But (hews if over-loud, or over- long. 
 Your Head but weak, altho* your Lungs be ftrong. 
 
 For 
 
40 ETICTETI 
 
 For ^v'n a Smile, not in its proper Place, 
 Too juft a BlemiQi on your Judgment lays ; 
 But cauflefs Laughter at each Thing you fee. 
 That grinning of the .thoughtlefs Mobile; 
 That fenfelefs gaping Mirth, that is expreft 
 Without the Provocation of a Jefl; 
 That wild convulfive Writhing of the Face, 
 That quite disfigures it from what it was, 
 Doth with Humanity fo little fuit, 
 It makes you but a different fort of Brute. 
 XLIII. 
 Avoid th' Engagement of an Oath, or fwear 
 As feldom as you can, at leaft^forbear 
 To bind your felf to what you cannot do. 
 And only fw^ear to that which lies in you : 
 F'or 'tis a wicked, blafphemous Offence, 
 To call the Gods to each Impertinence ; 
 To make them Knights o'th' Poll, to teftifie 
 That to be Truth, you know to be a Lye. 
 
 XLIV. 
 If with Civility you can, decline 
 All publick Fealis, and learn at Home to dine 
 Withfoher Food, at your own Charge content ; 
 But if oblig'd, in point of Complement, 
 To eat abroad, be it your Care to fhun 
 The vulgar Dregs of Converfation : 
 As common vile Difcourfe, and dirty Jefts, 
 The naufeous Merriment of greafie Fealls : 
 For if your Company be lewd, you may 
 Soon grow as diffolute and lewd as they ; 
 For there's Contagion in each Word they fpeak. 
 Each Simile they make, each Jeft they break; 
 Their very Breath invenoms all the Chear, 
 As if the ii4r/>}fe- Sillers had been there. 
 
 Thus 
 
ENCni RIT>ION. 41 
 
 Thus hurtful Vapours, riling from the Ground, 
 
 Poifon vvhate'er they ineet, leave nothing found. 
 
 Thus a blear'd weeping Eye is apt to make 
 
 Th' infedled Eyes of the Beholders ake. 
 ' Thus Sheep difeas'd, pall'd Wine, corrupted Fruit, 
 
 Jf mixt, the healthful, fprightly, found pollute. 
 XLV. 
 For Meat, Drink, Cloaths, Houfe, Servants, and the 
 reft, 
 
 Which chiefly are the Body's Intereft, 
 
 Take this Prefcription, you may fafely ufe 
 
 Such a Proportion as will moft conduce 
 
 To the internal Welfare of your Mind, 
 
 And that's as much as Nature hath defign'd ; 
 
 Take juft as much of each, as may fuffice 
 
 For Health, and ftrength'ning of your Faculties ; 
 
 What your Neceffities require, but fly 
 
 Whatever tends to Pride, or Luxury. 
 
 The frugal Belly's eafily fupply'd ; 
 
 With wholfome, homely Fare well fatisfy'd ; 
 
 Nor hungry, doth abftain from Meat, becaufe 
 
 Not drefs'd with Art, with fome pecuUar Sauce : 
 
 Nor thirfty, do you ftay for Choice of Wine; 
 
 Nor do rich Delicates your Parts refine : 
 
 Nay, the Mind furfeits as the Body doth. 
 
 Intemperance hath the fame Effect: on both. 
 
 Our Anceftors on Roots and Acorns fed. 
 
 Drank the cool Brook, nor felt an aking Head: 
 
 Without Difeafe, or Pain, they liv'd to fee 
 
 A numerous, and a well-grown Progeny; 
 
 And were, no doubt, as witty and as wife. 
 
 Without the Helps of ftudied Rarities. 
 
 An home-fpun Suit, tho' coarfe, will keep you warm. 
 
 And the keen Winter's Rigour will difarm, 
 
 X Better 
 
4^ ET I CT ET I 
 
 Better than coftly Robes of T'^rian Dye, 
 
 Befet with Pearl, or rich Embroidery. 
 
 Nor need you fiich a llately Houfe, as may 
 
 Afford a different Room for every Day 
 
 Through the whole Year , with a large fpacious Hall, 
 
 Since one fmall Room may ferveinftead of all; 
 
 Since you in one may eat, drink, walk, and fleep. 
 
 And why k> many Servants will you keep ? 
 
 Where's the Neceffity of all this State ? 
 
 Is it below you on your felf to wait? 
 
 Have you not Limbs, and Health, and Strcngtli to do 
 
 Thofe Offices which they perform for you ? 
 
 But you, perhaps, beUeve 'tis hafe, and mean, 
 
 On your own Strength, on your own Legs to lean, 
 
 And vainly think 'tis granted and allow'd. 
 
 That to be generous is to be proud ; 
 
 And therefore when you're pleas'd to take the Air* 
 
 By brawny Slaves you're carried in a Chair ; 
 
 Therefore you hire a Cook to drefs your Meat, 
 
 *Tis much you do not think 'tis mean to eat. 
 
 xLvr. 
 
 Befofe you're married, ftrive to live as free 
 As poffibly you can from Venery; 
 Though 'tis a Lull of a rebellious kind, 
 That owns the leafl Subjedion to the Mind, , 
 Th' Effort of FleOi of Blood, the furious Horfe^ 
 ,That beats againfl the Bit with headflrang Forte: 
 Yet you're oblig'd in Juflice to refrain. 
 And to preferve your Body without Stain : 
 For as you think 'twould Icffen your repute 
 To marry with a common Proftitute, 
 So you're oblig'd to give your felf entire 
 To thechafte Arms of her whom you admire; 
 
 But 
 
ENCHIRI'DIOK 43 
 
 But if you're born fo forcibly away, 
 As not for W^inen and his Rites to flay. 
 Yet llill your Countrey's Laws -claim juft Rcfpefl, 
 Though you the Rules of Chaflity negled. 
 Though ne'er fo rampant, furc you may abftain 
 From what's forbidden, from unlawful GainV 
 As from Adultery ; nor need you wrong 
 Another, though your l.ufts be ae'er fo llrong; 
 Since there are other Liberties allow'd, 
 T'alTwage this fcorching Fever of the Blood. 
 But if you're throughly mortify'd, and find 
 No Inchnaiion left for Womankind, 
 Yet grow not proud upon't, nor thofe accufe, js 
 
 Who court thofe fenfual Pleafures you refufe ; 
 Nor boaft your Virtue fuch, that you defie 
 The weak Attracflions of a pleafing Eye : 
 That you, forfooth, are.-cold a« Scythian Ice, 
 For Boafting is a moft intemp'rate Vice, 
 Not worfc the wanton Sport that you defpife. 
 No, 'tis the Leach' ry of the Mind, for which 
 There's no Excufe of Flefii and Blood, an Itch 
 Of being prais'd, which rather than you'll want, 
 Ev'n you your felf are your own Sycophant. 
 XLVII. 
 When you're inform'd that any one through fpight. 
 Or an ill-natur'd, fcurnlous Delight 
 Of railing, llanders you, or doth accufe 7 1' 
 
 Of doing fomething bafe, or fcandalous, 
 Difquiet not your felf for an Excufe, 
 Nor, bluft'ring, fwear he wrongs you with a Lye, 
 But flight th' Abufe, and make this calm Reply: 
 Alai I hts ignorant / For had he knoivn 
 Ai)f other Faults and Folties, he had fiewn . 
 Thoff tooy nTT had he /poke of this alone* 
 
 D XLVIIL 
 
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4+ £ T I C<r E T I 
 
 XLVIII, 
 There*s no great need that you (liould oft appear 
 At Shews, or help to crowd the Theatre : 
 But if it be expected you fliould be 
 Amongft the, reft, at the Solemnity 
 Of facre(L Sports, w^hcn 'tis required that all 
 Should join to celebrate the Feftival, 
 See with Indifference, and lay afide 
 Partiality, and widi on neither iide^^' 
 And be not more concern'd for what yx)U fee. 
 Than your own Quiet and Tranquillity > -^I'^.-v 
 Be thefe your main Concern, your greatell Care, 
 And widi that things maybe juft as they are, 
 And that the Vidlory may fall to him, 
 Who gains the Day, who doth the Garland win: 
 For while to neither, to your felf your'e kind. 
 Nor can you any Difappointment find. 
 Be not tranfported, do not laugh aloud, 
 Nor roar in Confort with the bellowing Crowd. 
 When the Shew's over, when from thence you come» 
 Difpute not much concerning what was done. 
 As, who's the talleft Fellow of his Hands, 
 Whobeft the Launce, who beft the Sword, commands i 
 Or whether fuch an one w^as fairly flain, 
 This is to ad th'Encounter o'er agaiq. 
 feut fay you out-talk the other, win the Pr iie. 
 Are you a Jot the better, or more wife? 
 You only (hew that you admire the Sport, 
 When there's no tolerable Reafon for't : 
 And why fo great a Wonder is it made, 
 That a Man's quick, or dext'rous at hrs Trade ? 
 That one of greater Strength, or greater Skill, 
 Should get the better ? that a^wordjyillkill? 
 
 XLIX. 
 
XLIX. 
 Avoid, if poilible, th' Impertinence 
 Of thofe who proftitute their Eloquence; 
 Who with a long Harangue, from Deik or Stagey 
 Both the rich Mobile, and poor engage : 
 For w^hat Advantage are you Uke to gain, 
 B7 hearing fome one a whole Hour declaim, 
 While Alexanders Juftice he commends 
 For murd'ring all his belt and truilieft Friends ? 
 How are you better'd by a tun'd Difcourfe 
 Of PhaUriis Bull, or Smo7is Horfe ? 
 Or a Defcription that's defign'd to fliew 
 The various Colours of the heavenly Bov7, 
 In a Difcourfe aim oft as long as it, 
 Which the vile trifling Scriblel- takes for Wit > 
 What Wifdom can you learn from Circes Hogs ? 
 ■From Hecuba turn'd Bitch, or Scyllas Dogs ? 
 ■From weeping Nioh transform'd to Stone, 
 Or bloody Tere^ feeding on his Son ? 
 But if in Manners you're oblig'd t'attend, " 
 Becaufe perhaps the Author is your Friend ; 
 Or if that Tyrant, Cuftom, bring you there, -y^ 
 
 Be grave, but not morofe, nor too fevere, 
 Nor play the Gritick, nor be apt to jeer; 
 Nor by Detraction feek inglorious Praife; - '- 
 Nor feem to weep, when he your Joy woilrf'rflWi 
 Nor grin, nor fwear, when fome fad Paffioh tri^sf- -^ 
 To draw the brinifti Humour from your Eyes, ' ' 
 Nor to the Company Difturbance caufe. 
 By finding Fault, or clamorous Applaufe; 
 Be fober and fedate, nor give Offence, 
 Or to yov»r felf, or to the Audience. 
 
 ^ * L. Whea 
 
 I 
 
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 46 ET I CT ET I 
 
 L. 
 
 When you have ought to do, or are to treat 
 With Perfons whofe Authority is great. 
 Let Socrates and Zeno (hew you how, 
 And what their Prudence would think fit to do, 
 Were they to manage this Affair for you. 
 With what a Temper, how ferene and brave, 
 In fuch a Cafe, would they themfelvcs behave ! 
 For neither would they crouch, nor yield thro' Fear; 
 Nor would they rude or infolent appear ; 
 Nor would they any thing unfeemly fay. 
 Nor yet through Flatt'ry give the Caufe away. 
 By thefe great Patterns ad, you cannot fail ; 
 Wifdom and Courage, joyn'd, mull needs prevail. 
 
 LI. 
 
 Thefe Things before-hand to your felf propofe, 
 When you're about to vilit one of thofe 
 Who are call'd Great ; perhaps he's not within. 
 Or likely he's retir'd, nor to be feen : 
 Perhaps his Porter, fome rough fturdy Boor, 
 Amongft the Beggars thrufts you from^the Door, 
 Or when, at length, you have Admittance got^ 
 Jiis Honour's bulie, -or he minds you not. 
 But if in fpight of each Impediment, 
 In fpight of Slights^ Affronts, you ftill are bent 
 To make this Vifit, know you murt difpenfe 
 With fuch fmall Accidents, n^r take Offence 
 When you're defpis'd, nor with the vulgar cry, 
 *Tis not fo great a matter, what care I ? 
 In whom you through the Vifard may difcern 
 (Howe'er they ftrive to hide it) a Concern, 
 Who, like the Fox in JEfop, feem to fet 
 Thofc Grapes at naught, as four, they cannot get. 
 
 LII. 
 
ENCHIRI'DIQN. 47 
 
 Lir. 
 
 Boaft not in Company of what you've done. 
 What Battels you have fought, what Hazards run. 
 How firft at fuch a Siege of fuch a Town^ 
 You fcal'd the Walls, and won the mural Crown ;: 
 And how your Skill and Condudl gain'd the Day, 
 While Hofts of fiaughter'd Foes about you lay : 
 For while your Adlions you ybur felf relate> 
 You from your real Merits derogate ;^ 
 With your own Breath you blow away yauf-Praife,. 
 And overthrow thofe Trophies you would raife.; 
 You talk away thofe HonourSi you have got,. 
 While forae defpife you, fonie believe you not; 
 Nor is't as pleafant or agreeable 
 To them to hear, as 'tis to you to tell-: 
 What is't to them what Laurels you have gain*d ? 
 What Dangers youVe efcap'd, what Wounds fuftain*d ? 
 Perhaps they fancy all that^you have faid 
 Doth but their Sloth, or Cowardice upbraid; 
 And, vex*d or tir'd, they wifli you al! the fame 
 Dangers, and Wounds, and Hardftups o'er agaiiu 
 
 LIII. 
 Tis but a forry fort of Praife to be 
 A Droll, the Jefter of each Company, 
 A Raifer of loud Laughter, a Buffoon, 
 The Sport, and the Diverfion of the Town. 
 For he that drains to pleafe and humpur all, 
 Lnto the Common-Shore of Talk muft fall. 
 He that would make each merry, muft of force » 
 With cv'ry Folly, temper his Difcourfe ; 
 Sometimes talk downright Bawdry, then defie 
 The Gods, and laugh at dull Morality. 
 From fuch Behaviour, what can you expc(fl 
 But to be laugh'd at, and to lofe Refpcdt ? 
 
 D 3 yoT>> 
 
 k 
 
4^ E T I CT E T 1 
 
 You think you're much admir'd, the' much deceiv'd. 
 
 You're neither lov'd, refpeded, nor believ*d. 
 
 For who would trud, love, honour, or commend 
 
 The Wretch, who for a Jefl betrays his Friend ; 
 
 To whom there's naught fo dear in Heav'n or Earth, 
 
 He wouid not ijiake the Subjed of his Mirth ? 
 
 LIV. 
 
 You make your felf contemptible and mean, 
 
 A Member of the Rabble, if obfcene 
 
 In Converfation ; wherefore when, you find 
 
 Some one to lewd Difcourfe too much inclin'd, 
 
 Lecture him foundly for it, if there be 
 
 A fit convenient Opportunity. 
 
 Tell him he vents much Filth, but little Wit, 
 
 And only gains th'Applaufe of Fools by it. 
 
 Tell him 'tis fuch as fome muft needs refcnt, 
 
 Befides 'tis necdlels and impertinent. 
 
 But if by Wine, or Company engag'd, 
 
 He by your good Advice may be enrag'd, 
 
 B^^ Silence, Frowns, or Blu&es, fliew that you 
 
 That naufeous Converfation difallow. 
 
 LV. 
 
 When fome Idea, that excites Defire, 
 
 Courts you in all its beft and gay Attire, 
 
 As when your Fancy lays you on a Bed 
 
 Of Rofes, and twines Myrtle round your Head, 
 
 Near am'rous Ihady Groves, and purling Springs, 
 
 While hov'ring Cuftds fan you with their Wings, 
 
 While you in the dear Fetters are confin'd. 
 
 Of fome foft Beauty's Arms, that's fair as kind, , 
 
 Take heed left here fo far you do purfue 
 
 That fancy'd Pleafure, as to wilh it true : 
 
 You're juft upon the Precipice's Brink,- 
 
 Paufe then a Uttle, and take time to thmk ; 
 
 Lxamme 
 
E N€- HI Rim ION. 4§ 
 
 Examine well the Objedl, and compare 
 Th' unequal periods, which allotted are 
 To weeping Penitence, and (hort-liv'd Blifs, 
 How long the one, how (hort the other is : 
 Joy in a nimble Moment ends its Race, 
 And rueful, pale Repentance tikes its place j-, 
 And moves with a fad, fullen, heavy Pace, 
 Attended all the way with Groans and Cries> 
 Self-Accufations, Sighs, and watry Eyes. 
 Think then what Joy, and Pleafure you will find; 
 That is, what Peace, and Quiet in your Mind, 
 How you will praife your felf,. and blefs your Gare 
 When you efcape the dang'rous pleaiing Snare. 
 But if you think the Pleafure may content; 
 So fafe, agreeable, convenient,. 
 As that you'll have no reafon to repent; 
 Take heed you be not by its Sweets fubdu'd, 
 Drag'd by its fmiling P'orce to Servitude : 
 And think how much 'tis better to be free, 
 The Conqu'rour of fucH pow'riul Charms to be. 
 And triumph in fo great a Vidfory, 
 LVL. 
 When you refolve to do what's right and fit,> 
 Why fhould you (bun being feen in doing it? 
 Why fhould you fneak, or why avoid the light. 
 Like confcious Bats, that only fly by Night? 
 What though the V:uIgar,/who all Senfe difclaim,> 
 That many-headed Monfcer without Brain, 
 Your Anions through grofs Ignorance condemn? 
 You're likely in the right, when blam'd by them.. 
 But if the Adlion's bad, you ought to (hun 
 Th' attempting, it, for 'tis not to be done. 
 If good ; what Caufe have you to dread or fly 
 Their faife Reproaches, and rude Calumny? 
 
 D 4 LVII 
 
5C ETICTETI 
 
 LVIL 
 As we fpeak Senfe, and ca'nnot but be right, 
 When we affirm 'tis either Day or Night, 
 But rave, and talk rank Nonfenfe, when we fay, 
 At the fame Inftant, 'tis both Night and Day; 
 So 'tis a Contradidion at a Feaft, 
 ^To take the largeft Share, to cut the bed. 
 And be a fair and fociable GuelT:. 
 You may, 'tis true, your Appetite appeafe, 
 But not your Company,, nor Treater pleafe : 
 Wherefore of this Abfurdity beware. 
 And take a modeft, and an .equal Share, 
 Nor think each fav'ry Bit, that's there, your Due, 
 Noriet your Entertainer Bluih for you. 
 You may as welt fay 'tis both Day, and Ni'glit, 
 As ftrive, at once, t' indulge your Appetite, 
 And pleafe the reft> and him that doth invite. 
 
 .Lvni. 
 
 If you ^umt too great a Character, 
 Suck as your feeble Shoulders cannot bear. 
 You mull, at beft, ridiculous appear. 
 Clad in a Lion's Skin, you only bray. 
 The Ears ftick out, and the dull Afs betray. 
 Befides you fooliflily negled the Part, 
 In which ypu might have (hewn much Skill arid Art. 
 LIX. 
 
 As walking you tread warily, for fear 
 You ftrain your Leg, or left fome Nail (hould tear 
 Yowr Feet, let the hke Caution be your Guide, 
 In all the Adlions of your Life helide. 
 Fear to ofF<^nd your Judgment, fear to flight 
 Reafon, th' unbiafs'd Rule of Wrong and Right, 
 Under whofe Condu<?t we more fafely may 
 Follow, where her Difcretion leads the way. 
 
 LX. A5 
 
 } 
 
ENCHIRIDION. fi 
 
 LX, 
 As the Shoef's made to ferve and fit the Foot, 
 As the Leg gives the Meafure to the Boo^ 
 So our Poflellions (hould be meafuf d by 
 The Body's Ufe, and rts Neceffity. 
 If here you flop, content with what you nee4L 
 With what will keep you warm, your Body feed; 
 Within the Bounds of Temperance you live. 
 But if the Reins you to your Wifhes give ; 
 If Nature's Limits you but once tranfgrefs^ 
 You tumble down a headlong, Precipice 
 Into a boundlefs Gulph : This we may fee 
 If we purfue our former Simile : 
 For let's fuppofe your. Shoe made tight and fi^, . 
 Strong, warm, and eafie, as /tis requifite, 
 What more can be defired from a Shoe^ 
 'Tis all that Hide, and Threa<l, and Wax can do. 
 But if you look for more, you're hurry'd on 
 Beyond your Bounds, and then 'tis ten to one. 
 That it mu(t be more modiih, pink'd and wrought^ 
 Then fet with Pearls, from fartheft Indies brcwight,^ 
 Then with Embroidery and Purple flime;^ 
 No matter if 'tis ufelefs, fo 'tis fine. 
 So there's no farther ftay, no farther bound. 
 By thofe who exceed juft Meafures, to be foutwlf 
 LXI. 
 When Women once their deat Fourteen attaia,:^ 
 They firll our Love and Admiration gain ; 
 They Miftrefles are call'd, and now they find. 
 That they for Man's Diverfion are defign'd. 
 To which they're not averfe, perceiving then ^ 
 That their Preferment lies in pleafing Men, ^ 
 In being made Companions of their Beds,^ 
 They lUaigh^ begin tacujl, t* adorn tiKif-Hcadfirv 
 
I 
 
 si E T I C T E T I 
 
 To comb, perfume, and to confult the Glafs, 
 To ftudy what Attire commends a Face, 
 To prav^ife Smiles, and a beguiling Air; 
 Each thinks (he is as happy as (lie's fair, 
 As (lie can pleafe, as (he can conquer Hearts: 
 In the/p,^and thoufand other fuch like Arts, 
 They place their only Hopes, on thefe depend,. 
 And earnellly expecft the wi(h'd-for End. 
 Wherefore 'tis fit that they be taught to know, 
 That thefe Refpedh, and Honours, that we (hew 
 To them, on this account are only due. 
 That as they're fair,, fo they are modeft too; 
 That they are fpotlefs, grave, referv'd, and wife. 
 That thefe ingaging Virtues are the Tyes, 
 That more oblige, than Arts,, or amorous Eyes. 
 
 LXII. 
 In outward Actions,, to fpend too much time,.. 
 Is of Stupidity too fure a Sign, 
 As long to cxercife, and long to eat,. 
 To fpend whole Days, at lead, to cram down Meat,. 
 To try what Drink your Belly will contam. 
 To be difgor^'d, to be pifs'd out again* 
 Then half an Hour, like a dull grinning Fool, 
 To make wry Faces, over a Qofe-ftool ; 
 Or like a bruti(h Swine, in fenfual Strife, 
 To wallow ovit wiick Hours with your dull Wifcf 
 When all this precious Time (l*ould be ailign'd. 
 For brav^e Endeavours to improve your Mind, 
 
 LXIIL 
 
 If any ilrive to inj*«re, or defame 
 Your Honour, filching from you your good Name, 
 Coniider, he beheves tliis Blame your due: 
 That ^e datk only w^at he ought to do# 
 
 ■*» - 
 
 For 
 
ENCHI RI'DI N, S3 
 
 For 'tis a thing impoffible, that he 
 
 Should fo in fentinents with you agree,. 
 
 As not to follow his own bent of Mind 
 
 And that to which his Judgment is inclin'd. 
 
 Now if through Carelefsnefs he judge amifs. 
 
 He fufFers moft, and all the Harm is his. . 
 
 He truly fufFers moH, whofe Reafon s Light 
 
 Is clouded o'er, whom Error doth benight; 
 
 He the Affront to his own Reafon gives^ . 
 
 Who thinks wrong right, who Falllioods Truths be-^- 
 
 lieves. 
 Then why fliould his Miftakes your Soul torment?.' 
 His own Miftakes, are his own Punifhment, , 
 He wrongs his Judgment, not the Truth, or you; . 
 You ilill are guiltlefs," ft ill what's Truth is true. 
 Still 'tis a certain Truth (what e*er he fay) 
 That whenfoe'er the Sun appears, 'tis Day, 
 And thus prepar'd, you patiently may bear 
 His Rudenefs, and unmov'd his Slanders hear^, , 
 And calmly anfwer, that fuch things to him . 
 Fit to be done, fit to be faid, may feem, . 
 
 -'• Lxiy;. 
 
 If you a ftricfl Enquiry make, you'll find 
 That tp each thing, two Handles'are aiTigri'd,'. 
 One not to be endur'ci', that will admit 
 No touch', there's none, alas ! can manage it. . 
 The other tradable, which every Hand . 
 With nxod'rate Skill and Prudence may comm^and.'. 
 If then your BrQthei injures you, through. Pride, , 
 Or Fraud, lay hold upon the fafer fide ; 
 And do not ftraight^ejcamiue his Offence, 
 Touch'd with too deep, and too grievous a Senfe 
 Of the wrong ofFer'd, left you difcompofe 
 you^,f!^,^aa4)yi(Jfb.t5) Injury opppfe^ 
 
ity'd;) 
 
 ^4 ET I CT ET I 
 
 Ldl in a Tempeft you your felf engage, 
 Which only ferves to blow, t'inflame his Rage. 
 But rather think how near you are ally'd. 
 That fucln Offences ought not to divide. 
 And brealc the knot, which Nature's Hand hath 
 Remember all the happy Years you fpent 
 Under oae Roof, and the fame Management ; 
 Remembriflg this, you'll foon forget the 111 
 Your Brptlier did you, he's your Brother ftili. 
 
 LXV. 
 If I (houldboail I wealthier am than you, 
 It follows not that I am better too, 
 If \ fliould fay, I'm the more flor>d Man, 
 It follows not, I therefore better am. 
 It rather follows, lam richer far. 
 Therefore my well-fill'd Bags the better arc,: 
 My Tongue is bettqr hung, my Phrafe more neat,. 
 Therefore my Language is the more xromplete, 
 Your Bags and fluent Speech have fome Pretence 
 To being better, to more Excellence, 
 But you axe neither Wealth, nor Eloquence. 
 
 I^XVI, 
 
 Doth any one bath earlier, than the. time^ 
 That's ufually obferv'd, or drink, much Wine ? 
 Ceafure him not, nor fay 'tis not well done. 
 Say only, he drinks much^ or wafteth foon. 
 For why (houjd you, till you have underftood 
 His Reafons, judge his Adions bad or good .^ 
 Perhaps he wafheth early, with intent 
 Thus to refrefti himfelf with watching fpent-* 
 Whate'er your grave Sobriety may think. 
 In him perhaps 'tis Temperaiice to 4""^- 
 Perhaps his Conftitution may require 
 MQre Wine, his L^mp more Oil to feed its Fire, 
 
 Firft. 
 
E NCHI RIT>ION. ir 
 
 Firft know the Reafons, then you may proceed 
 With Safety to difpraife, or praife the D^td. ; 
 Thus will you never any Adion blame. 
 And then on fecond thought commend the fame, 
 
 LXVII. 
 When you> in cVry place, your felf profeft 
 A deep Philofopher, you but exprefs 
 Much Vanity, much Self-conceit betray^. 
 And fnew you are not truly what you fay,. 
 Amongft rude Ignorants, unthinking Tools> 
 To talk of Precepts, Maxims, aiid of Rules, 
 Is to be laugh'd at, thought a Banterer, 
 For how can they approve beyond their Sphere? 
 Your Knowledge by your way of hving (hew. 
 What is't, alas! to the.m, how much you know ,^ 
 Ad as your Precepts teach, as. at a Feaft 
 Eat as 'tis fit, 'tis vain to teach the reft 
 How they fhould eat, who come but to enjoy 
 The prefent Chear, to fwallow and deftroy , 
 Who come to gormandize, and not to hear- 
 The fobex Precepts of a Le<5lurer. 
 Let Socrates inftrud you.to defpife. 
 The fond Defire of being counted wife. 
 Who, being afk'd by fome, (who had defign^d 
 'T' affront him with. a Jell,) to be fo kind. 
 As to inftmcft them how to find, and where 
 There dwelt fome grave profound Philofopher, 
 Although the impudent Requeft imply'd 
 That he was none, without Concern, of Pride, 
 Or the lead (hew of Anger, led them thencft 
 To thofe who fold Philofophy for Pence, 
 'VSTio publickly poffcfs'd it as a Trade, 
 Ajad a good handfomc Income by. it m^det 
 
 LXViH, 
 
S6 E T J CT ET I 
 
 Lxvm. 
 
 When Man of fliallow Heads themfelves a^vaj^ce 
 Above their ufual Pitch of Ignorance, 
 To talk of Maxims and of Rules; forbear 
 To interpofe your Senfe, or meddle there; 
 Why (liould you laugh at this, or that confute ? 
 For what are you concern'd in the Difpute ? 
 What Reafon, or what Obligation lies . 
 On you, to hinder -them from feeming wife ? 
 Befides to be too much inclin'd to fpeak 
 Shews your Mind's' Gonf^itution to be weak. 
 Your very love of talking doth declare 
 How ill your Principles digefled are. 
 And that you do not pradlife what you know, 
 As vomiting doth a weak Stomach fhew. 
 G,- but perhaps y oil fancy, that they may/^OY 8fi fl 
 Conftrue your ftlence, Ignorance, and fay "' ^' ' 
 That you know nothing ; well, fuppofe they do^ 
 If patiently you bear it, know that you 
 Have the great Work begun, you now begin . 
 To feel your Precepts ftrengthen you within. 
 'Tis your Behaviour that can bed exprefs 
 The well djgefted Maxims you profefs, '• 
 Thus well fed Sheep d6 not caft up their Meat, 
 To fatisfie their Shepherd what they eit, , 
 But what they eat, and inwardly digeft 
 By Fatnefs, Fleece, and Milk they manifeil. 
 
 \ LXIX. -^q^^t ■ : 
 
 If you havejearn'd to live on honi^ly Food, 
 To feed on Roots; and Liipin^s, be not pro^d,. 
 Since ev'ry Beggar may he prais'd for that. 
 He eats as Uttle, is as temperate: 
 So if you drink cold Water, and abftaiji 
 Ptojn. aji fuch Liquors as aiFed the Brain, . 
 
 Why 
 
ENCHIRIT)ION. 57 
 
 Why (liould you feek Gccafions to declare 
 How moderate, how abftemious you are? 
 For what Advantage by it can you gain, 
 If in your fober Cups you flill are vain? 
 Would you inure your felf to undergo 
 The Wrath of Winter, play with FroU and Snow ? 
 Let it not be in pubHck, nor embrace 
 Cold Marble-Statues in the Market-place : 
 But would you to the very height afpire 
 Of bearing much, firft bridle your Defire 
 Of being prais'd ; take Water in your Mouth 
 When your parch'd Vitals almoft crack with Drought, 
 And in the very Pangs of Thirfl reftrain, 
 And without boafling fpit it' out again. 
 LXX. 
 
 The Hopes, and Fears of a Plebeian's Mind,. . 
 To outward Obje(fls only are conlin'd; 
 Riches and Pleafures are his chief Delight, 
 The Prizes which engage his Appetite, 
 Thefe he thinks make him fortunate, if won^ 
 And if he fail, he's ruin'd and undone, 
 Nor has the fordid, thoughtlefs thing, a Se^fe 
 Of a more noble inward Excellence. 
 But the Philofopher's exalted Soul 
 No little outward Trifles can.controul. 
 No promis'd Joy, norFear his mind afFeds, 
 Sis Good and 111 he from himfelf expcdls. 
 Secure within himfelf, he can defpife 
 The Gayeties, that charm the Vulgars Eyes, 
 And Accidents, . which weaker Minds furprizc. 
 LXXI. 
 
 Such, i^od fo differing is the Charader 
 Of the PlebaajQ and Philoibpii^r. 
 
 Novit 
 
 I 
 
j8 E T I C% ET t 
 
 Now the Prolicient, he that labours oji 
 Towards Perfedlion, by thefe Signs is known,. 
 He no Man blames, he no Man <k)th condemn. 
 He praifeth not himfelf, nor other Men, 
 Boafts not the Greatnefs of his Parts, nor (hews 
 On ev.ery light Occafion all he knows ; 
 Or if fome Rub or Hinderance he find 
 In any Enterprize, he had defign'd,. 
 He blames himfelf; if prais'd, he can defpire- 
 The fulfome Dawber, and his Flatteries ; 
 If blam'd, he doth not iludy a Defence, 
 liCft he.be carried on with Vehemence ; 
 As Men, who. have been lately fick, take care - 
 Left they relapfe^ and venture not too far. 
 Till they be perfedlly reftor'd, fo he 
 Declines the making an. Apology, 
 Left he fliould be too eagerly concern'd, 
 Before his Strength of Mind be well confirm*cU-. 
 All his Defires, and his Averfions fall. 
 Only on things, which he his own can call ; 
 Afld as to things in his own Choice and Will . 
 His Appetite he rules with Caution ftill 
 What the World judgeth him,,hc^^value.s not. 
 Whether Philofopher or Idiot ; 
 In ftiort, he o*er himfelf is as a Spie. 
 He o'er his A<Sions keeps a watchful Eye, 
 As he would watch a Knave, or Enemy. 
 LXXII. 
 Doth any Man look big, and boaft tha.t he 
 Doth undcrftand Chryfippus thorowly. 
 That he hath dig'd the Mine, and found the Goldi 
 That he his darkeft Precepts can unfold? 
 Say thus within your felf; Why vjhat Pretend 
 WoM this Mm hjivi to imrit^ i{^the Seff{c^ 
 
 I 
 
ENCHIRIT>ION. 59 
 
 Of Ivhat Chryfippufi writ were pUin f but I 
 lV(?f4ld jiudy Natare, and my Thjiu^ghts apply 
 To follow her ; but who /hall lead me on^ 
 And fliew the way f *Tis time that I zuere gone, 
 Havhig made this Inquiry y when I hear 
 Chryfippus is the b$ft Interpreter ^ 
 J the dark Author ftraightway take in hand. 
 But his hard Writings do not underftand',_ 
 
 1 find him difficulty aljlrufej profound, 
 
 2 fcipc one feek, who his vafi Depth can found}. 
 After much fearch I find hiw, but as yet, 
 
 1 have ac.complifiyd nothing that is great. 
 
 Till I begin tA. pra^iife ivhax I fought,. 
 
 What he explains, what great Chryfippus taught. 
 
 Then, and then only, is the Garland won. 
 
 Tor Practice is the Priz.e, for which we run. 
 
 If Knowledge be the Bound of my Defire, 
 
 Jf learning him be all that I admire. 
 
 If I applaud my felf, bccaufe I can 
 
 Explain Chryfippus, a Grammarian, 
 
 Inftead of a Philofopher, I grow. 
 
 Tor wh^t 1 JJjould have done, I only knozv : 
 
 Here's all the difference between him, and me^ 
 
 Chryfippus 1 expound, and Homer he: 
 
 All. that I have atchievd is to explain y 
 
 What great Chryfippus zvrit, and blufij for Shame. > 
 
 That knowing what he taught, I fiill am vain, J 
 
 LXXIII. 
 To thefe great Rules with Conftancy adhere, 
 With noble Refolutions, pious Fjear, 
 Fear to recede from thefe, as you would dread 
 To tear the facred Garlajid from the Head 
 Of awful 3<7't/f, or wickedly deny 
 To pay your Vows made to the Deity, 
 
 And 
 
^6 E T I er E T I 
 
 And mind not what the thoughtlefs Vulgar fay, 
 Whofe Words the Winds blow with rank Fogs away, 
 Whofe Calumnies you can no more prevent^ 
 Than chain thofe Roarers-of the Element, 
 When with th-eir airy Wings they beat the Plain, 
 And buffet the green- Surges of the Main. 
 LXXIV. 
 Awake, awake, how long will you decline 
 The Happinefs propos'd, and walte your Time? 
 How long, through Sloth, will you perfift to flight,- 
 What Reafon hath informed you to be right ? 
 You have received the Precepts, fuch as may 
 Guide you the fafeft, and the fureft way, 
 To which you ought to have, and have agreed; 
 What other Teacher feem you now to need ? 
 Do you expecfl that fome defcending God 
 Should leave his bleft, and heavenly abode 
 To finifh what your Reafon hath begun, 
 To teach you v^^h-at e'er this you might have done.^ 
 Your giddy Years of frolick Youth are jQed, 
 Manhood *that (hoijld be wife, rei;gns in its flead; 
 Your vigorous Reafon now hath reached its prime, 
 But from its full Meridian mud decline, 
 If hzily you fleeg away your Noon, 
 The Night fleals on you, and finds nothing dotier 
 |f Hiil irrefolute you love delay, 
 And fpend whole Years in fixing oh a Day, 
 And when 'tis come, new Refplutions make. 
 Which your NeglecH" refolves but to.forfake, 
 You ftrive to grow more foolifli than you are, 
 And for gray Dotage by degrees prepare;., 
 A mere Plebeian to the Grave you go, 
 Laden with Age, with FolHes, and with Woe.: 
 
 Where- 
 
E NCHIRI'DIO K 6i 
 
 Wherefcwe begin, let no Delays defer 
 
 The peaceful Life of a Philofopher, 
 
 And let what Reafon tells you to be befl, 
 
 Be as a Law, that may not be tranfgrefs'd. 
 
 Begin to \\\q, let your Behaviour fliew 
 
 What an Advantage 'tis to think and know : 
 
 For this alone, we Life may juftly term. 
 
 To live v^th Eafe of Mind, without Concern. 
 
 An hundred Years in Grief and Anguilh fpent, 
 
 Are not long Life, but a long Punifhment ; (Breath 
 
 For Sighs, Complaints, and Groans , and murm'ring 
 
 Are but the Gafps of a more lingr'ing Death. 
 
 Therefore whene'er you any Objed meet, 
 
 Whofe Force is po'w'rful, and whofe Charms are fweet. 
 
 When you encounter Hardfhips, Danger, PaiB, 
 
 Immortal Ignominy, deathlefs Fame, 
 
 Reme'mber that th' Olym picks now are come, 
 
 That you no longer may the Combat (liun. 
 
 On this one Trial doth your Doom depend, 
 
 You in one Moment fail, or gain your End, 
 
 You either conquer, or are conquer'd foon. 
 
 And lofe, or wear, the Honours of the Crown. 
 
 Thus Socrates advanced his lading Name, 
 Thus he the wond'rous Socrates became. 
 Him nothing but right Reafon e'er could fway, 
 Wliich he behcv'd 'twas glorious to obey; 
 He all Delay, in what feem'd beft, thought bafe. 
 Not only real Lofs, but vile Difgrace. 
 And you (though yet you have not the Succefs 
 To reach the Wifdom of great Socrates) 
 Should drive to live as if you meant to be 
 As wife, as happy, and as great as he. 
 
 LXXV. Phi.- 
 
6t ETICTETI 
 
 LXXV. 
 
 Philofophy's mod u'eful Part is this,. 
 Which fliews us what a wife Man's Duty is». 
 Which teaclieth, what we fliould purfue or fly, 
 Aj for Example, that we (houM not lie. 
 The next is Denionftration, that which (hews. 
 By Argument, which from right Reafon flows ; 
 Why we, who ftudy Nature,, ought to fliun 
 The Bafendfs of a falfe, deceitful Tongue. 
 The third is what conflfftis, gives Force, and Light,. 
 And proves the Demonftratiien to be right. 
 Shews where the Contradiction h"es, inSenfe, 
 What is, what is not, a true Confequence,. 
 Of Truth and Falftiood gives clear Evidence. 
 This lafl is ufeful, for the fecond, that. 
 By Reafon, puts an End to all Debate 
 Touching the firft, but that's the Part that claims 
 (As being the- moft ufeful) the .moft Pains; 
 On which we fafely may rely, and reft 
 Secure of Happinefs, intirely bleft ; 
 But we, O bafe Neglect ! the Means purfue 
 Of doing well, but flill forget to do. 
 We dwell on the Difpute, our Time is fpent 
 Only in framing of the Argument, 
 Hence 'tis we lie, and with much Art and SkilU 
 A(fl what we can deinoniftate to be ill. 
 
 LXXYf. 
 
 In every Adion which you undertake. 
 With grcAt Cleanthes this Petition make. 
 Lead me, O Jon^e ! and thou, O powerful Tate^ 
 hi evry Emerprize, in evfj State, 
 Ai yoH determine, for I mnfl oheiy 
 The wife InjunHions^ which 'jot* on me lay : 
 
 Jpf 
 
 f 
 
ENCHIR1T>I0N. 63 
 
 Tor floould I at ^our dread decrees repine. 
 
 And ftrive your facred Orders to decline^ 
 
 I fiould but labour wickedly in vain, -\ 
 
 And ftruggU with an everlafting Chain, V 
 
 And, after all, be draggd along with Pain, j 
 
 LXXVII. 
 Think on this Saying of Euripides, 
 He, that fubmits to Deftinys Decrees, 
 Is juftly counted wife by Men, and knows 
 The due KefpeSls, whi<h to the Gods he owes. 
 
 LXXVIII. 
 And this, O Socrates, till aged time 
 Shall be no more, till Stars (hall ceafe to fhine, 
 Shall never be forgotten ; for 'tis thine. 
 O Crito, // the Gods decree that I, 
 Tappeafe the Kage of Enemies, mttfl die, 
 .Let it be fo, the falfe Anytus may 
 With falfe Melitus, take my Life away, 
 ^ut cannot hurt me, or my foul difmay. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 I 
 

 A TA B LE of the chief things contained 
 in the Book. 
 
 THings dependent or not dependent on us, Page i 
 Opinion the eaufe of Misfortunes, p. 6, 26, 27, 40 
 Ojlentation foolijh^ p. 13,47, &c. 
 
 Things foon to be parted with, not to he doted on, p. 8 
 Remedies againft all Accidents, p. 8, 9 
 
 Temperance, P- 9> 5^ 
 
 Patience, p. 11 
 
 Confianc^, p. iz 
 
 Our Wifhes are to be rejlrained, p. 8, 9, 12, 19 
 
 True freedom, p. 13 
 
 Life compared to a Banquet, ibid. 
 
 Modefty and Contentment, P* 15 
 
 Man, who cannot chufe his part in this Life, yet may 
 chufe to perform it well, P- I5> i^ 
 
 How to be fecure againfi ill Omens, p. i5 
 
 Jiow to be invincible, p. 16, 17 
 
 Injury, P- I7> 18 . 
 
 The ufefulnefs of frequent thoughts df Death, ' p. 18^"' 
 
 Wifdom laughed at by the- Multitude, P- IP 
 
 Better to be wife, than feem to he fo, p. 20 
 
 Of Power and Preferment, p. 20, 21, 22 
 
 The Preferment and Refpeti of others not to he envied', 
 where of Flattery^ , p. 23,24 
 
 The fame Reflexions we make upon the Accidents that 
 befall our Neighbour^, to be applied- to our [elves in the 
 like cafe, P- 2. 5 
 
 'Tis the part of a wife Man to examine the means of at- 
 taining the end, that he be not foiled in his Enterprise, 
 or. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning 
 thereof, Ecclef c, -]. v. S. p. 27, 28 
 
 A true 
 
A TABLE, m. 
 
 A true Philofopher defcribed, p. Ip, 3^ 
 
 Buty of Children to their Parents, P- 3^ 
 
 Religion confifts in right femiments of God, P« 32.> &0» 
 Our Life to he govern d by certain Kulesy p. 39 
 
 silence, ibid. 
 
 Oaths to he ufed feldom and very cautioujly, p. 40 
 
 Bad Company to he jhund, ibid. 
 
 Superflnhies to be abandon d. Nature being content -with 
 little, p. 41 
 
 Continency, p. 42 
 
 Impertinent Eloquence not zvorth the hearing, p. 45 
 
 The ufefulnefs of zvife Mens Refolutions in difficult mat- 
 ters, p. 46 
 The inconveyiience of being a Buffoon, p. 47 
 Of our Behaviour at a Feajl, p. 48 
 We mufl not affe5i to be more than zuhat ive are, p. 50 
 Life compared to a Walk, ibid. 
 Women affecl vain and empty ways to pleafe Men, p. 5 C 
 Their tme Ornament, P* 5^ 
 The Improvement of the Mind to be preferred to hodily 
 Exercifes and Pleafures, ibid. 
 A Mo five to Patience, p. 53.^ ^ 
 Every thing hath tzvo Handles, ibid,!*^ ■ 
 Goodnefs conftfis neither in being rich nor eloquent ^ p. 54 
 Refervednefs in judging others, ibid. 
 Philofophy jhould appear rather in the Actions than in 
 the Tongue J P- 5S 
 The difference between a Philofopher and another Man „ 
 
 p; 
 
 The character of a true Philofopher, P- 57 
 
 Knoivledge vain without Pratitce, P- 5? 
 
 V.xhortation to live well, p. jp 
 
 The ufefnlnefs of Phdofophy, p. 6^ 
 
 God's Dire^ion to he implored on every ftate, ibid. 
 
 His Will to be fubmitted to, p. 63 
 
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