^ K \\\E UNIVERS 1 /^ >^LO$ANCELj> t^- ^> .. r^m fD ^*z ^***^ &> CAHFO^, va J OR TIN's TRACTS. VOL. I. JOANNES MO 1R TAIL IS TRACTS, PHILOLOGICAL, CRITICAL, A >' : MISCELLANEOUS. ter. J O H N J O R r I -V, ZX D. AT. : :-: r i.-. ; : :: Oi i :?:::- 3U3CSTAS IX THE CAST, ASD TICAE. OF KESSIKGTOX. PIECES, ; BEFORE PUBLISHED SEFAEATELT, EJLAI. - TOTHHTORtS OF LEAUED THE AD-THOR'S MAKCSCRIPTS. IN VOL. I. LO x D c r r. Z I XJ AMIY WHITE AX SOX, f I T - i T 1 . M.DCCJtC. PR - TABLE OF CONTENTS. VOL. I. I. Lusus POETICI 3 II. REMARKS ON SPENSER. - -* 54 in. ADDITIONAL NOTES, ANONYMOUS - 286 IV. REMARKS ON MILTON - - 307 V. SERMON, AT THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOP PEA*CE - 347 VI. REMARKS ON ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSOH'S SERMONS - - 366 VH. SCRIPUTRAL ILLUSTRATIONS - 376 VIII. STRICTURES ON THE ARTICLES, SUB- SCRIPTIONS, TESTS, &c. - 417 IX. CURSORY OBSERVATIONS - - 428 X. ANECDOTES - 445 XI. TRANSLATIONS FROM THE Lusus POETICI 460 t^_ . ADVERTISEMENT. 1 O offer an apology for republifhing feveral of the Pieces contained in thefe Volumes is deemed unnecefiary, as they. have long fince become equally fcarce and defirable. The Editor's motives are not lucrative : his principal view being to fulfil the expectation of fome valued friends, who are partial to the memory of his deceafed father ; and alfo of other learned and refpedable men, by whom he has been induced to think they may afford a pleafing gratification. Some few ad- ditions will be found, both in the Remarks upon Spenjar and Milton ; and at the clofe of the L*fus Poftici. The fecond Volume coniifts partly of Ex- tracts from Dr. JOR TIN'S Manufcripts ; partly of a - ether vi ADVERTISEMENT. other Extracts from his Mifcellaneous Obfervatlons ttpon Authors : and by fuch of the Literati as have read thofe Obfervations, the new matter now intro- duced xvill perhaps be confidered as a valuable fupplement. His Remarks on Seneca have already been given in periodical publications, which are now rarely to be met with ; and, together with thofe on Hejlody Homer, Virgil^ Horace, Ovid, and Jofephvs, may furniih no mean affiftance to any future Editor of their refpeclive works. The account of our Author's life, as drawn up by his friend Dr. Heathcote, and prefixed to the late edition of Dr. JORTIN'S Sermons, might well indeed have precluded any other ; and yet, in a publication of this mifcellaneous nature, it is prefumed, that the following particulars may not be found unacceptable, as flanding in connec^ tion with the plan of his ingenious Biographer. '* My father, Rcnatus, fays Dr. Jortin, was born in Brctagne in France, and ftudied at Saumur. I have ADVERTISEMENT. Vil I have his Teiliinonial from that Academy, dated A. 1682. He came over, a young man, to Eng- land, with his father, mother, uncle, two aunts and two afters, at the time when the Proteltants fied from France about A. 1687. He was made one of the gentlemen of the Privy Chamber, ia the third year of King William, A. 1691, by the name of Renatus Jortin. I have his Patent, After this, and before I was born, he took a fancy to change his name into JORDAIN, and to give it an Englilh appearance ; being fond I fuppofe of paffing for an Englifhman, as he fpoke Englifh perfectly, and without any foreign accent. This gave me fome trouble afterwards, when I went into Deacon's orders under Bilhop Kennet, for the regifter of St. Giles in the Fields wrote my name, as it ftood there, Jordain. I gave the bifhop an account how it came to pafs. After my father's death, my mother thought it proper to afluine the name of Jortin ; and me and I always wrote it fo. My father was fecretary to Lord Orford, to Sir George Rook, and to Sir Cloudefly Shovel ; and was call a;vay with the hitsr, October 22, 1707, i aid Viii ADVERTISEMENT. " I did not think there was any perfon left of our name, till lately* I found in a news-paper, that a Merchantman came to one of our Ports, com- manded by a Captain Jortin, from the Weft Indies.'* " I have twice perufed Bacon's ingenious Hiftory of Life and Death. It recommends abund- ance of things to be taken, and a variety of rules to be obferved, with a view to make life healthy and long. But of thefe prefcriptions many are too dear, and almoft all too troublelbme ; and a long life is not tanti* Few perfons could procure all thefe Subjldia ', A Lord Chancellor, or a Lord Bifhop, might ; a poor parfon could not afford a hundredth part of the expenfe. But, for their comfort, I will be bold to tell them, that they may fare as well without his regimea. As to my- felf, I never obferved any of his rules, or any rules * Moft probably in the year 1-70, as the above is the lafl entry found in the Author's Adwfarui, at ADVERTISEMENT. tt : at all, except the general ones of Regularity and Temperance. I never had a ftrong conftkotion ; and ret, thank GOD, 1 hare had no bad ffate of health, and few acute disorders." * " Archbi&op Herring and I xrere of Jefus College in Cambridge: but he left it about the time when I was admitted, and went to another. Afterwards, when he was preacher at Lincoln's Jnn 7 I knew him better, and vificed him. He was at that rime, and long before, very intimate with Mr. Say, his friend and mine, who lived in Ely Houfe ; and Mr. Say, to my knowledge, omitted no opportunity to recommend me to him. When fee was Archbifljop of York, he ezpc&ed that a good living would lapfc into his hands ; and he told Mr. Say that he defigped k for me. He was diiappointed in his expectation : fo was not I; for Dr. TortJaBtrftohas fcrenty-iecaod year ; lad ^r- taiions upon different Subjcfts ; -r * a work, of whofc merit the learped need no information. Ces Differtatipns ont pour auteur un homme, qui fe diftingue egalement par fes connoiflances, t par fes vertus. Litterateur du premier ordre, il n' eftime 1- etude des Mots que ce que'lle vaut, et qu'autant qu'elle conduit a la fcience des Chpfes. Verfe dans la lecture des anciens Auteurs, et dans les recherches de 1* Antiquite, il nc fe fait point une gloire de decrier fon fiecle, et de donner une injufle preference a ceux qui 1* ont precede. Con- facre par etat a T inftrucYion des hommes, il leur prefente une Religion fimple, et deftinee a les rendre cpntens de la Vie, et prepares a la Mort. Plus jalpux de trouver le Vrai, que d' inventer du Neuf, il ne s* attache a aucun fyfteme $ n' affeclc point la fingularite ; promet rarement des demon^ * In gro- printed for \Vhifton and White^ London, 1755. ftrations, ADVERT I SE ME NT. fixations, ct manque plus rarement encore a fes promeffes. Modefte enfin, et modern, il n' attache point la gloire deprimer ceux qui courent la mcme carriere, ou qui penfent differerament de lu'u A ces traits, que mon coeur a traces, que la voix pubiique confirme, et qu'un Prelat uaiTeriellement refpede des gens de lettres et des gens de bien a confacres, il eft peu de ledeurs, du moins dans notre We, qui ne reconnoifient Mr. k Dod:eur JORTIS."* " The Author of theie Differtations is a. maa equally diftinguilhed for Science and Virtue. Oi the highefl dafs in Lkerature, his unftudied regard For words is folely proportioned to their confe- quence, as the} 7 (land in conne&ioa with his fubje<3^ and conduce to the knowledge of things. Perfedlf &miliarized to ancient write: refearches of A raife himfelf on the depreffion of tr .1 which he lives, by giving an undue preference ::, dwfe * See the Jsitrnal Brit. Vol. XVII. Mois de Ko-r *. et dc Dc-. i-;5- Fa S - A 3 iiv- ?dv ADVERTISEMENT,' have gone before him. His facred profefliotl naturally difpofed him to confult the inftruftiori of others ; and to effect this, he prefents to them a religion, fimple in its appearance, and calculated to render them happy in exiftence here, and pre- pared for their great change. ' He is more fol- licitous to inveftigate truth than to fabricate novelty ; and, as being unfliacklcd by any fyftem , he aims not at fingularity; feldom leads you to expeft a demonftration ; and when he does, is fure to fulfil his engagements. In difpofition equally modeft and temperate, he does not make it his boaft to depreciate cither thofe who run with him in the fame courfe, or thofe who think dif- ferently from him. From thefe outlines, dictated by my own heart, confirmed by the public voice, and fanctioned by a prelate of univcrfal efteem amongft men of worth and letters, few readers, in Britain at leaft, can fail to anticipate the name cf DOCTOR Such ADV EKTISSMEKT. XT Such were the feotiments of a learned foreigner ; isd, to ITK^ iiiat tech are the iei^inienis 01 c_: own countrymen, the following extracts are adduced. In the Preface to Dr. Newton's edition of Poems, firft puhlifhed in 1749* we find CxHiDr cx^Twtun ^ i^iw 3.1^1% *Li.ncc "^i-icn r "". " * ~ ~~ ~ z."~*z.~-* \ rr. ~ others, in the oourfe of that elaborate work* " I am obliged too to Mr. JOZTIH for fome rrmark^ which he conveyed to me by the hands of Dr, ; [afterwards RUhop ofRochefter.] They ar^ ci^edy upon Milic-'i IziL:2,i:Dr.s D: -jzz A-cisr.:E ; but every thing that proceeds from him is of value, whether in poetry, cruirifm, or divinity; as ap- pears nocn his Lufus Poetici, his Mifcellaneous Obfervations upon Authors, and his . concerning the troth of the Chxi&aa Religion." In die third Volume, Pre&ce to Regained, &c. He lays, " The notes, as upon the PARADISE LOST, fo likewise upon the A 4 Xvi ADVERTISE ME NT* PARADISE REGAINED and other Poems, lire of various Authors, and of various kinds: buz thefe, excepting onty a few, were never printed before, and have therefore novelty to recommend them ; as well as fome names of the firft rank and greateft eminence in the republic of Letters. The truth of my afetion will be fully juftified, by mentioning only the names f Mr. Warburton and Mr. Jortm ; who, while they are employed in writing the moft learned and elaborate defences of? seligiotiy yet find leifure to cultivate the politer arts ; and to promote and improve, both in them- felves and others, a claffical tafte of the fineft authors. And, whatever may be the fuccefsj I can never repent of having engaged in this under- taking, which hath given me To many convincing proofs of their friendmip and kmdnefs ; and at? the fame time hath Happily conjoined, what per- haps might- never elfe have been joined together, wy (Indies, and my name, with theirs" The editor apprehends he cannot do a more ac- ceptable fervice to the reader, than by fubjoining. Dr, .ADVERTISEMENT. Dr. JOR TIN'S character, as it is admirably drawn in 2 late anonymous publication. " As to Doctor JOETIW, whether I look back to ids verfe, to his profc, to his critical, or to his the- ological works, there are few authors to whom I am fo much indebted for rational entertainment, r for folid ififtrudion. Learned he was, without pedantry: lie was ingenious, without the affectation of fingulartty : he was a lover of truth, without hovering over the gloomy abyfs of fccpticifin; and a friend to free inqrary, wirfwut roving into the dreary and pathlefe wilds of Latudinarianifno* He had a heart, which never difgraced "the pcvers of his underftanding. With a lively imagination, an elegant tafte,- and a judgment moft mafrnyn^r and moft correct, he united theardefi and amiable negligence of a ichooi-boy. :Wir -without ill- nature, and fenfe without eflbrt, he could at TwS featter upon every fobject; and in every bo: Writer prefcnts us with a near and diftter view of the w/ Mrs.- IT/ ADVERTISEMENTS ' Ut omnis Votivapateat tanquam dcfcripta Tabella, Vita fenis. Hor. Sat. I. Lib. iz. v. 32* " His Jlyle, though inartificial^ is fometimes ele- vated : though familiar, it is never mean ; and though employed upon various topics of Theology, Ethicks and Criticifm, it is not arrayed in any de- lulive refemblance, either of folemnity, from fana- tical cant ; of profoundnefs, from fcholaftic jargon; 9f precifion, from the crabbed formalities of cloudy philologifts ; or of refinement, from the technical babble of frivolous connoiffeurs. " At the fhadowy and fleeting reputation which is ibmetimes gained by the petty frolicks of literary vanity, or the mifchievous ftruggles' of controver- al rage, JORTJN never grafped. Tnith, which fome men are ambitious of feizing by furprize, in the trackkfs and dark recefs, he was content to overtake in the broad and beaten path : and in the purfuit of it, if he does not excite our aftonimment by JIDVERT ISEMElttfc, XlX by the rapidity of his ftrides, he at leaft fecurcs our confidence by the finnnds of his ftep. To the examination of pohtiens advanced by other men, be always brought a mind, which neither prepoi- feffion had feduced, nor malevolence polluted. Hs impofed not his own conjectures as infallible and kretiiable truths, nor endeavoured to give an air $f impom : :e$, by dogmatical vehemence. He ccnld fupport bis more feriows opinions with- out the Yeifatility of a fophiit, the fierceaeis of a difputint, or the impertinence of a buffocr. More than this, he could relinquifh or correct them with the calm and fteady dignity of a Writer, uho, while he yielded fomethmg to the arguments of his antagonifis, was confcious of retaining enough to command their reiper. He had too much diicernn: : found difference of opi- aion with malignity or duilnefs ; and too much candour to infult, where he could not perfuade. Though his fenfibflides were neitber coarfe nor fluggifh, he yet was exempt from thofe fickie "hu- mours, thofe rankling jealoiifies, and that refilefs rdnefs, which men of . jfcir A t) V E"R T .1 S M K. t. are too prone to indulge. He carried Witlihirri into every ftation ia which he was placed, and every fubjeft which he explored, a folid greatnefs of foul ; which cduld fpare Jtn inferior,, chough in the offerifive form of an a*dverfary ; and endure art equal, with, or without, the facred name of Frierftk The importance of commendation/ as well ro-hirri ivho beftbwS, as to nini who claims' it, he eflimated not only with ju'ftice, but with delicacy : and there- fore, he neither wantonly lavilhed it, nor withheld It aufterely. But Inve&ive he neither provoked iior feared , and, as to the fcverhies of contempt, he referved them for occafions, where alone they tould be employed with propriety ; and where, by fcimfelf, they were always employed with cffcft ; for the chaftlfement of arrogant dunces, of cenfo- riaus fciolifts, of intolerant bigots in every fe<5!, and unprincipled impolfors in every profeffion !"* Nor have fuch been the Sentiments of thofe only, who fully coincided with our author in matters of fpecuiation, or in points of do&ririe. The late Mr. Archdeacon BLACK BURNE, fo well known * See Ts Acts ; printed for Charles Dill)-, 178?. 3 for lth treted w*h at eqtai de- gree of re^pe& the laonorf of Dr. Jo* TIM. .He f peaks of him is a. wrxerof ttr, (upcriec abilities ; as a worthy preachfr, a great acd good man; ** one, who was completely (juelised to do jti&ce ft> any (hbjecr. be uJK^ftock to hacdic, aad 19 *iafe rcnainc a k^p-'l of veocxatioa is dyc. w f ' One who bad incomparably tie ait to recoai- *3 hundred tiLLngs 10 o'-ir f^r.o~~L5 iiitni-rr., a coojddect pacKioxical advcntuipk would, puke perfe&ly xidiculous." And, after paying a very liberal tribute of acbaowlrdynrnr to him, as a iftan of irtnaff dodom*, modefir, *1 rTi(fctriir< -^ Wodd to Go^, be concludes, - " I i^- the talents to perpetuate the reft of his excellencies to tbe Jateft pofterity ! ^itt hercfls from bis labours, and bcareth moc the voice of the opprefibr, cor of die pembnt fcoraer. His works iil fudentlj fpeaJc fix* him, while there are any remoant^ ci pietr, learning, aad good-fezujb among the. (bns of r,; and will fbilo -^ofe maaubn^ waere neither envy, malevolebce, cor die dogmati- cal arrogance of ignorant (uperdfious crticifoi wilf mm otBis re"sr2 ADVERTISEMENT. Dumjitga montis aper,fluvios dumpifcis amabit, Ditmque thymo pafcentur apes, dum rare cicada, Semper honos, nomenque tuum, laudefque manebunt V To teflimonies like thefe, at once fo very re- fpectable, and fo ably expreffed, even filial piety can hardly fugged an addition. Their veracity has been felt, and will be acknowledged by the beft judges of literary ability. The heart of the grateful Editor is much flattered by them. He ranks jt among his trueft honours to have this farther occafion of announcing them to the judi- cious Reader, as a 1 aft parting tribute to parental worth. And, while fenfible that by the fubfequent iheets, he is merely prefenting a learned trifle, in comparifon of fome former pieces, from the fame hand, and upon fubjecls of higheft fpiritual con- cern ; the encouragement already given forbids him to doubt of a favourable reception, when thus rcfpcftfully offering what many, perhaps, and very juilly, may confider, but as " the gleaning ?rapes> when the vintage is done." LONDON, i 7 9,> <*? Hiflcrical View of the Csntro'verfy concerning an 7/tv.w- d'.atc ?!at(> &c, Second Edition, p. 268, 289, 296. MISCELLANIES. & In the prefent copy, No. XVII. XVIII. XlX. XX. XXI. are introduced, in addition to the former publications of the Lusus POETICI; as being found amongft the author's papers, and deemed not unworthy of a place amidft their predeceflbrs. LUSUS POETIC I*. I. NUPTIJE BACCHI ET ARIADNES. UIVA quae blandas, Erato, querelas, Bellaque, ct furta, ct lacrimas amantum, Et Dionxis agitata qantas Ped:ora curis, Pollicis docti fugiente pulfu Sufcita vocem citharae tacends, Et repercuiHs fociaDda prome Carmina cho. Diva, quando os purpureum refolvis, Concidunt venri, filuere rauci Fluminum lapfus, placidique rident poati. * Printed by Bowyer, 1748. B 2 4 LUSUS POETIC I. Surge, cantemus, Dea. Carmen efto Candidi conjux Ariadna Bacchi, Quseque details radiant Olympo Aftra corona. Cyclades fparfas ubi Naxos inter Surgit JEgxo redimita ponto, Litore errabat Ariadna, fevo Saucia ludu ; Impius quam vir fideique fallax, Proditatn fomno per opaca nodis Fugerat Thefeus, quatiens redudis Marmora tonfis. Malta turn ventis nimium fecundis, Multa labenti lacrimans carinse, Multaque injufto pelago locuta, Fedora planxit : Non caput mitra, aut ftrophio papillas Vinfta luftantes, teretive gemma. Crebra negledlum affiliens amidum Unda rigabat. Ladeo collum cubito reclinis, Humidos dejeda oculos refedit, Ut tener fios prsetereunte languet Preffus aratro : Cum I. U S U S POETIC I. Cuni repots aures trcpidas tumukus Impulit, 1x6. ftreputne plaufus : Saxa, rcfpoodent, reibnalque reddunt Litora Jamque adeft natus Semche Jorifque, v^ vti luus mffi is rpnicmt xsiocfliis Pampinus crines, hedeneque cucmn - - v. : .'. . _ ;. .. ~. ? . Ilium et auriri quadens afelli Terga Silcnus, Satyrique ovantcs, yj icvcs j? Coila queis angoes Tarii perenant Lubrico lapfu, innocuil que lambunt Pedora linguis. Scridiili : rauca horriibno redamant Cornua afleniu, rcboantqoe pulla At Deus cumi invehitur fupinus Aureo. Frenos modcrans Cupido, Perfidom ndens, agit incitatas . berc tigres ; 3 ; 6 LUSUS POETIC It Qu& fimul fenfere datas habenas, Litus ad declive ruunt. Puella Horruit vifis, geltdoque fugit Sanguis ab ore ; Terque conatam relevare membra, Terque delapfam impatiens amator Mulcet accurrcns, tenerifque circum- pleditur ulnis : Quidque, Minoi, heu nimium fidelis Perfido, dixit, quereris marito ? Saxa cur fxvi refonant rectiffum Nomen amantis ? Parce jam dile&a Deo puella Lucidos fletu temerare ocellos. Parce. pr^fentem fugiente muta Conjuge Bacchum, I lie ego proles Semelje Jovifque, Ille ego seterna nitidus juventa Te peto. lu&um reprime, et ferenos Indue vultus. Nee tuo forma nee honore Thefeo Vincimur : quantum mea dextra poflit, Novit et concufla fero Gigantum Phlcgra tumultu : Novit LtfS US POETIC I. ~ Novit et ficco pofitus fub axe, Quern rota Titan propiore torret, Qua ruit feptemgemico fuperbus Flumiae Qanges. Accipe aetetno tibi nexum amorc, Nefcium flecti, ant alia calerc, Qui tuus, gratamque trahecs cateaam Sen let uni ; Cumque jam formam fupercs Dearum, Quod deeft, annos Dea iempiternos Accipe, et nullam metuat fenectam Gratia vukus. Quaeque jam negleda jacet corona, Quse novem diftinc^a nitet lapillis, Sueta candentem redimire froatem Orbe redufto, Mox novum fidus veniet fereno Additum muado decus, aftra puras Cum faces tollent, fugietque prono Phoebus Oljropo. TefHs hsec noftri tibi iancta amoris, H^c et xterao reditura lapfu Xon meos ignes oriens cader Arguet unquam. B 4 Dixit. LUSUS POETIC I. Dixit. at virgo pariter calentes Scntiens flammas, grcmio rubentem Condidit vultum, appofitaque texit Lutnina palla. Turn Deus furfum jaculans coronam Torfit in caslos. fugit ilia dextram, t volans ardet, fubitofque motu Concipit ignes. Indc nodurno reftdcns Olympo Et memor Bacchi et dominae, puellis Profpicit, fidofque juvat benignum Sidus amantes. II. CASSANDRA VATICINIUM* HECTOR cum patriie mocnia linqueret, Non fpectandarn iterum rerpiciens domum, Vates hrec cecinit plena Deo foror, Diffufam quatiens comam : Quo LUSUS POETIC I. Quo me, Phoebe, rapis ? quod video decus ? Unus tot refuges frater agit duces. U.i: flamma rates, purpureum mare Graio languine ringitur. Eheu quarn rapide gaudia tranfeunt ! Jam cedit Priami verla acies retro ; Et tu, me miferam ! tu quoque concidis Crudeli domirus Dea ; Tu Trojs columen, tu decus et dolor. Felix pro patria qui moreris tua. pelix perpetuum cui pariet decus Carmen Mseonii jfenis. Omnes Fata trahunt ferius ocius : Caligo fubit, et trifle filentium ; Sed vates tenebras difcutit invidas, Virtutemque vetat mori. III. QTALIS per nemorum nigra filentia, Vallefque irriguas, et virides domos Serpit fons placidus murmure languido, Secretum peragens iter; 10 LUSUS POETIC U Flexas per patrios circumagens aquas Paulum ludit agros, et fmuat fugam, Donee praecipiti, jam pede defluus Mifcctut gremio maris ; Talis per tacitam devia femitam jStas diffiigiat, non opibus gravis, Non cxperta fori jurgia turbidi, aut Palmse fanguineum decus : Cumque inflant tenebrx et lux brcvis occidit, Et ludo fatura et feffa laboribus 3omni fr^ter iners membra jacentia Componat gelida manu. IV. Vix triflis dubia luce rubet polus : Circum cunfta filent. Solus ego his vagor Jncerto pede filvis, Et mecuni vigiians Amor. Crndelis fugies Julia ? turbido Credes te pelago ? nos fcra dividens Inter fccviet unda, et Venti fpes rapient rneas ? Sic, LV5US FOETICI. II Sic, me fie poteras hidcre cieduhnn ? Sic promifla caduot ? Ipfe tamen time, et Venn fallere norunt, Nee fenrar pelagus fie V. BALAAMI, Qris pulfat hofpes corda fiiroribus Commota moritis ?*aeftuat, zftuat Mortale peftus, irruenus Ferre Dei grave pondus impar, Concufia pronis verticibus mihi J*ifgsea rupes ammit : annuk Sublimis aether, intremuntque Zipporids peritura regna, Apparet ingens turba patentibcs Piffula campis, quoc Boreas agit Hibemus undas, quot ferena; Nodis equos comitantur alba* O quam 12 LUSUS POETIC I. O quam tremendum, gens nimium Deo Pileda, fulges ! fervat adhuc minas Sic frons leonis, qui recumbens Terribili requiefcit ore. Jam fasvit audax colla minacium Calcare regum. jam domita fedet Tellure vidrix. bella ceffant, Et filuit tremefadus Orbis. En caftra longa planitie fita JLetale rident. En fluitantia Vexilla ludunt, et per auras Tela procul metuenda furgunt. Sic qua pererrat fons taciturn nemus, Nutrita quercus flu mine limpido, Regina filvarum, decoros rigitur fpatiofa ramos. Auditis ? ida? vocibus afperis Valles reclamant. Ecce Deus, Deus Ad arma curfantes ad arma Concitat, et geminat furorem. Cerno fed unde haec peclore languido Luclantur, heu ! lufpiria ? quis dolor Mentein ? quid injuflis repente Sic lacrimis maducre vulcus ? O caufa I.USIFS POETIC I. O caufa Indus ! O patria ! O dies, Soprana quac max advenks mihi ! O fat feTerus, parce tandem, Parce, Parens bominum ac Deorcm . Cur omnia in DOS fptcuia dirigas, Qups umbra iacri tola fupercili Tenet? perimus, fnlminanirm Si qoatias inimkus haftam. Quae iaza, qoae me Eujcibus inviis Cdodent caveraae ? quae teget hoc caput Arnica mpes, dam ferocis Tranfierit fiemitus proceilae ? VL EX P Me tuos inter nmneore, Paftor Samme, dignaris, qoibos ipfe Toga r_. -..v. .. 14 LUSUSPOEflCl* Pafcimur campis, ubi lene ridet Florido Natura decora cultu, Fonfque vitales faiiente rivo Snfficit hauflus. Ponarin regno glacialis Urfe, Nubibus trifles humeros amicta Qua filet Nox, pcrpetuiique durant Arva pruinis : Lxtus et fidens, duce te, vagabor. Bruma te donis cumulare difcet Non fuis ; te Nox venerata furvas Contrahet alas. VII. AD TEMPUS, O QJJI feverus fake adamantina Matura fato deftruis, et gravi Frangis ruina qnicquid axe Prietereas^ Deus, incitato, Tu, L V S U S P O E T I C I. If Tu, fede celfus, dum revolubilem Torques laborem, dura Neceflhas Auriga in zeteraos recurfus Flecbit equos volucremque currum : Obfcura casco Secla filentio, Diefque plumis veriicolorihus, Anr.ique, volventefque Menfes Fulmineum comitantur axem : Tecum alta Virtus laurigeram fedet Decora frontem, et filia Veritas, Cui vultus immortale fulgens Purpureo radiatur igni : Injuriofa ne citus orbita Vertas columnam, quam tenuis labor Struxit CamcensB. parce curru, Parce gravi metuende tclo. t tu fuperbo vertice flammeas Surgens in arces, milk fonantibus Accinfta pennis, c: Pone volans rapidos jugaies, Due, Fama, puri per fpatia actheris, Due me infulenti tramite, nobilem Teatare inacceflbs ; Invidix pedibus receiV. .-. > l6 LUSUS POETIC I. Surgo, vetuflis pervia vatibus Calcatur ardens femita, qua LYRA, Audita filvis montibufque, Igne trerait fimulante chordas. Hoc, Diva, noftrum barbiton ocius Sufpende coeio. Luceat omnibus, Sedefque complexum fecundas Emeritis requiefcat aftris. Quid mente vanus concipis zethera ? Quo vota fundis qnidlibet impotcns Sperare? pro fallax voluptas! Heu line Diis animofe vates ! Te furda praeterlabitur orbita. Avertit alas Fama. Supervenit Nox atra caligante vultu, et Nube fedens taciturnus Horror. Sic fiexuofi margine fluminis Cycnus recumbit carmina dividens : Mox Fata, nil mollita cantu,- Ora premunt liquidamque vocem. VIII. LUSU8 POETIC I. 17 VIII. AD VENTOS. ANTE A. D. MDCCXXVII. VAT is Threicii nunc citharam velim, Vocifque illecebras Wanda furentibus Dantis jura procellis, Mulcentis pelagi mmas. Venn tarn rapido turbine conciti. Qua vos cumque vagus dctulerit furor, Clams vela Britannas Tranfite innocui, precor. Ultores fcelerum claffis habet deos, jbem baud timidam pro patria raori. En ut lintea circum Virtus excubias agit. Et nobis faciles parcite, et hoftibus. Concurrant pariter cum ratibus rates : Speaniim artificcm, curaque polita fidriij Eiuk ingratos vultus, atque ore fuperbo Milk &ces vibrat, vario fplecdore corufcans. XV. TERJLA MOVETUR CIRCITM SOLEM- I per aetherias Tellus revolubUis oras, Fixo Sole, mat, nulloque errore pric: Evolvat curies, nocumque recoUigar orbem, Pandere feit animus, cainafque aperire lateates. Lucifero foiitus curru dare jura diei e; 30 LUSUS POETIC IV Infauftis cedens precibus Phaethontis, habenas Tradiderat puero, et fatales frontis honores. Hunc genitor Divorum ignarum artifque viaeque, Errantemque polo, et fpargentem incendia faeva Perculit, iratos jaculatus nubibus ignes. At pater extinctum crudeli funcre natutn Flebat ad Eridani ripas, gemitufque ciebat, Quern circum Deus ipfe loci, centum que Sorores Vana ferunt Nymphs ingentis folatia Indus Optanti anernos leto finire dolores. Odit equos, odit cingentes tcmpora flammas, Officiumque negat mundo, currufque recufat; Multaque conqueftus; non fie tamen, hei mihi ! natc, Occideris. Surges sterna fronde decorus, Unde fibi facri velabunt tempora vates, Nee metues iras inimicaque tela Tonantis r Jamque dies aderit, tibi cum pulcherrima virgo Addet fe fociam, folioque virefcet eodem. Dixerat, et corpus perfufum ne&are crefcit Non pofitura comas, et tuta a fulmine Lauras.. Jupiter, obfcuro quum coelum horrore lateret, Nee quifquam acciperet vacuas rectoris habenas, Ingemuit, nimiofque ignis jam pafla furores Noluit aterna damnari fscula nodle. Ergo globum ingentem fingit, radiifque ferenat, Et circumfufo candentem lumine veftit. Hunc medium juffit fixum immotumque mancrc; Terram autem infolito difcentem currerc motu Solis LUSUS POETIC I. 31 Solis obire vices , et eodera in tramite volvi. Ilia emifla Dei dextra volat sethere vafto, Pulfa, minata fugam ; fed vi majore retenta Imperium agnofcit Solis, trahiturque, trahirqiic. Scilicet has leges et mutua foedera Divum Impofuit genitor. Maneant in fecula longa, Nee peritura mat tellus per inane profundum. Ex illo codi convexa reliqiiit Apollo, j^Etheriafque domos, patrii monumenta doloris. Florentes habitat campos, filvafque, pererrans Pindum et fluminibus facris refonantia Tempe : Qua tremula admoto percurrens pollice fila Temperat, et failit divino carmine curas. Inde pios audit vates, mentemque capacem Addit, & ingenri Mufarum inccndit amore. XVI. AD GEORGIUM u. A. D. MDCCXXVII. PRINCIPIBUS proavis, et fanguine r.obilis alto, Ipfe tuae gentis fummuin decus, indite GEORGI, Aggredere, O magnos, dignum te pondus, honores^ Vota inter, fpes et populorum, et gaiidia fefla. Tc 32 LUSUS POETIC I. Te videt, et procul ire graves jubet Anglia luctusj Te duce, profpeclat vel non ingloria pacis Otia, vel judo quzefitos Marte triumphos. Te' circum adfufaj, Virtutum Candida turba, Coeleftes forma? exfultant. Scat Gloria cuftos Invidiam augufti vultus fplendore repellens. I, dilecle Heros, pulchrifque laboribus infta : Regna vocant, vocat et regnis gravis addita cura ; Magna tamen merces. Tibi prsefcia Mufa futuri Fatorum pandit decreta, urgetque volentem, Grande decus fpondens, et ituriim in fscula nomen. Ilia ctiam viridi fecum tibi Tola Tub antro Serta legens fcdet, et cindturas tempora lauros. ^Etherios fupra tradlus, ubi Candida denfis Sideribus placido Via JLactea lumine ridet, Scat domus alta, ingens, aeternje regia Famx. Semidet Heroes habitant, et nomina facra, Quique olim in ferruni pro libertate ruebant, Splendidaque ob patriam pugnando vulnera pafli, Et mul turn fleti reges, q\ii cequiffimasblandi Jura dedere fuis, quique impia bella moventeis Fregenmt populos, metuendi ultricibus armis. Lux veftit complexa viros, lauroque virenti Atque intertexta velantur. tempora quercu. Fatorum hie caslata manu ilant ordine longo Qvi^e vidit prior aut a?tas vcntura videbit, Qujecunque : p o z T i c ii 53 :nqce oftendunt labentia fsecula terns, Digna Dese tefflplo, et laudes habitura pcrer.r.:-?, GEORGITS has fedes mortal ia fceptra relinquens Afcendit, Divofque petit, gratifSmus hofpes* I, fequere, et lege, Mafa, tui vedigia regis, Qua lux fignat iter, qua femita clara refulget, Flammarumqiie vides longos albefcere tradus. ;: Heroes, quos Anglica terra triumphis Nota tuKt, Gallo refperS fangulne lauros EDWARDI, belloque et pace illuftris ELIZA, Cuique dedit meritum fervata Britannia fceptrum, Occurrunt venienti, et facra in fede reponunt. Circum fculpta videt laudum monumenta fuarum ; Cacfareamque aciem, et primis fe cernit in armis Fulgentem, et refugo pallentes agmine Turcas : Turn Britonum domito labentes aequore clafles, Quaque ruens pontus Calpzam verberat oram, Quaque fub imperio gelidae jacet horridus Urfae. :rna lucenti furgeas adamaate columna Nad fada refert, doctoque indfa labore Eventus magnos geric, et felicia regna. Hue avidus mentemque pater et lumina vertit. Aflertum pelagi imperium, clarofque triumphos, Argumentum ingens, luflrat, Tarnefiflque fuperbum Gratantem reduces blando cum murmure clafles. videt ut leges idem jufliffimus auctor Condis et obfervas : blandum Pax aurea vultum D Erigit, 34 LUSUS POETIC Erigit, adfurgunt Artes, dominamque falutant. Audax interea pelagoque adfueta juventus Extra foils iter pofitas adit hofpita gentes, Et mutat merces, et mutua fcedera jungit. Ipfe minas ponit, placidufque arridet alumnls Oceanus pater, et dextra propellit euntes. Hasc videt, et fruitur venture lastus honore, Explerique nequit Pater, atque ingentia nati Confert a<5ta fuis ; confert, cedenfque fuperbh, Te minor, et grato gaudet certamine vinci. XVIL B.EVERENDISSIMO AMICO THOM/E HAYTERO, EPISCOPO NORVICENSI. COLL is O Heliconii Cukor, qui facili manu Pulfas, fed nimis infrequens, Lyra fila loquacia, Nunc Prseful, mihi plurimls Retro L u s u s POETIC r. 35 Retro cognitc folibus, Blande et comiter accipe Munus, exiguum licet, Quod profert fubitus calor. Qualis, et nive deflua Audus, et pluvio Jos*e, Amnis agmine concito Ripae volvitur immemor j Qualis aerios fecans Tractus, antevolat Notos Sagitta; arcus adhuc tremit, Hasc dudum tetigit fcopura ; Tails me rapit impetus Audax, impatiens moras. At vos, Mercurialium Cuftodes hominum Deii Et vos, dulcia Numina, QUSE juvat cithane fonus, Vultus, omine cum bono, Hue advertite candidos. Kon te Mufa procax rogat Ut foil fibi fervias ; Quicquid et Pietas jubet, Et fandi Omcii labor, Et dulcis PatrizE falus, Lubenter tibi ceflerit ; f pfam fed patere interim Horis te vacuis frui. D2 LtiSUS POETIC Mufa nos fuper sethera Quadrigis volitantibus Laetos transferee ad locos, Et vireta recondita Effulgent ubi nobilis Scriptorum veterum chorus, Queis Judaea fuperbiit Dileftis penitus Deo ; Et quos Graecia, fertilis Mater artium et in gen i ; Et quos Roma potens tulit, Quum Parcae aurea Yaecula Nerent, Czefare fub bono ; Et quos magnanimus Leo Fovit, Italia decus ; Et quos noftra Britannia, Romse et Helladis a^mula, Et quos Gallia nutriit, Cultis Gallia moribus ; Et, quos dicere li velim Dicentem fugiet dies. Hos inter, flrepitu procul, Vana fpe procul, et metu, Curas fallere fi datur, Nil ultra cupio, aut peto : Nam magni Patris hadtenus Nunquam claufa benignitas Fmgi quod fads eft viro, Et, LUSUS POETIC i. 37 Et, fervo quod inutili Ultra quam fatis eft, dedit. SufHcit mihi, fi modo Me pulcrarum amor artium, Et, quamquam tennis, labor Secernent nebulonibus, Detraftoribus, invidis, Quos obfcura filemia Nod:e, fie meritos, prement. Ergo abfint querimoniae : Dum ftulti querimur, dies Protrudit fubiens diem, et Vita przecipitans volat. Et meus Genius mihi Nuper ad caput adftitit ; Nee te, inquit, fenium gravat, Nee dum triftis hyems adefl, Etfi ver breve fervidis Olim praeteriit rods ; Sed, mortalibus haud licet Luci fidere craftinae ; Quare, farcinulas, age, Collige, ut levis exeas, Quum fignum dederit PATER. D 3 XVHI. tUSUS POETIC I. XVIII. REMARK AT THE END OF THE FIRST BOOK OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. " The Bifhop of Bangor [ Dr. Z. Pearce ], and Mr. " Warburton, have been willing to appear as my 41 friends and my coadjutors in this work." * IBIT ethoc noftri per fascula foedus amoris, Dodlorumque inter nomina nomen ero : Forfan et extiruftum non fpernet Patria dulcis, Forfitan et dicet, " Tu quoque nofter eras." Talibus inferiis placabilis umbra quiefcet ; Lcnibunt Manes talia dona meos. Interea labor ipfe levat faftidia vitje : jEterno redtum Tub duce pergat iter ! Scriptores fandii, ialvete, et cana Vetuftas ; Salve, Mufa, nimis bland a tenaxque comes : Tu puero teneris penitus dilcdla fub annis ; Tune etiam emerito cura fiitura viro ? Ne tamen sternum, mcefta atque irata, recede, Sed raro, fed vix fsepe rogata, veni. HJEC, Fortuna, tuis non funt obnoxia regnis, Livorin hsec potent juris habere nihil. * See the fecond edition of Remarks on Ecclefiailical Hiftory, publiflied 1767. Vol.1, page 249. XIX. I. U S U S POETIC I. 39 XIX. PITAPHIUM FELIS-* - A annis, morboqae grari, miriffima Fclis, Infernos tandem cpgpr adire lacus : Et mihi fubridcns Proferpina dixit, * Habeto " Elyfios foles, Elyfiumque nemos." Sed > bene fi cnemi. far^H* Reffina Silentfim, Da mihi (akem uni node icdiie domum; Nocteredire doraum,dominoq; haec dicere inaurem, Te tua fida. etiam trans Styga Felis amat." pecdBt Fdis Anno u DCC LVI. Vok aimos xiv. mcnfcs n. ifiesir. XX. M STEPHA LZS::. CANDIDA fimplicicas, generofi pedoris index, . Et bene moratus reliigioais amor ; Ingenium follers, cui pubkca commoda cune ; Anxilhim miferis ferre parata man us; HSB tibi erant dotes : teftes, Plcbs, Aula, (enatus, EC quae vox populi, vox fuh ipfa Dei. See. D 4 XXI, 40 LUSUS POETIC I. XXI. INSCRIPTION FOR TH1 FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW BUILDIKG AT CAMBRIDGE ; Prawn up (but not prefented) by a perfon who had a member of that univerfity. OBSCURITATI et utilitati facrum, Quadrature, hlc faxum conditur, Fundamentum ilabile ac fidele ^Edificii, utinam! fempiterni. Difcant hinc, probi et eruditi, Quamvis inter infimos latitantes, Sort,e fua contend vivere, Deoque ac Pat r is? conftanter infervirc;-. Et malic PRODESSE QJT.AM CONSPICI. Anno falutis, cc. Aufpiciis, &c. &c. XXII. AN HYMN TO H A R M O N'Y, IN THE MANNER OF SPENSER. QUEEN of f \veet numbers and refiftlefs found, Which can the foul with pleating force enthrall, And hold the thoughts in deep attention bound 3 And bid th* obedient paffions rife and fall ; All-pow'rfql HARMON Y ! on thee I call : From dark oblivion I thy deeds would raife; O tune my lyre, and help my feeble lays ! 3 EUSUS POETIC:. 41 As yet this world no being- place had found; Wild chaos ruTd, and fable-retted night, WhiUl jarring atoms, through the vaft profound Br chance and difcord led to doubtful fight, Strove with tumultuous rage and refllefs might ; Till Harmony and Love compos 'd the ay, i chas'd the {hades of ancient night away. i^ove, whofe approach the darknefs dares not bide, Shot from his (lorry eyes ten thoufaad rays : She to the chords her fofteft touch apply'd, Then louder 'gan the fwelling notes to raife, And fung fair Peace, and beauteous Order's praife. Her voice fweet founded thro* the boundlefs deep, .d all was calm, and all did filence keep. The lifr/ning atoms ftraight forgot then* hate, And pleas'd, yet wond'ring at their change, they ftood; Strange force of founds, fuch fury to abate ! Then each with fond embrace the other woo'd, each eternal peace and union vow'd. Love bound them, nothing loath, ia lalting chains, And o'er them all, his willing fubjeds, reigns. Then 42 LUSUS POETIC I, Then yon bright orb began to roll afkance, His courfe effaying through th' ecliptic way ; And wand'ring ftars to move in myftic dance, And fkies their azure volumes to difplay : Then 'gan the earth to fmile in fair array, And new-born man, with wonder and delight, Gaz'd all around him on the beauteous fight. This work performed, the goddefs took her flight, Winging the wide-expanded fields of air, To her own native place, the realms of light, Where dwell the gods, devoid of grief and care. Around her golden throne they all repair ; Enwrapp'd in filent tranfport, while me fings Sweet lays, refponfive to the trembling firings. Yet thence, though rarely, the celeflial gueft Deigns to defcend, unfeen of mortal eyn, And gently glides into the poet's bread : She comes ; and lo ! he feels the pow'r divine ; New images begin to rife and mine, Keeping due meafure, moving hand in hand, And fober judgment leads the fprightly band. Such LUSUS POETIC I. 43 Such was Calliope's unhappy (on, Whofe tuneful harp could foothe the favage kind, And bid defccnding ftreams forget to run. Poor youth ! no charms in mufic could he find, His bride twice loii, to cafe his love-lick mind, When hid beneath the hoary cliffs he lay On Strymon's banks, and moum'd his life away. Such was the ey clefs Greek, great (acred name! Who fhatcb'd the fon of Thetis from the grave ; And hung his arms high in the houfe of fame, Victorious ftifl, Time's envious pow'r to brave, While funs arile and feek the weftem wave. Such he, who in Sicilians flow'ry plains Tun'd to the oaten reed his doric (bains. And he, who rung the frantic rule of chance, Leaving no room for wiklom and for choice, And buik the world with atoms drove aiancc, Theme ah* unworthy of a fkilful voice : And Mantua's (wan, whofe dearer notes rejoice Th* enraviuYd ear ; fb graceful he relates Flocks, fields, and fwains, and fierce contend- i.-g A-:.:, 44 LUSUS POETIC i. And, like the Greek in fate and in renown, Britannia's poet, born in latter days, Whofe brow new wreaths and flow'rs celeftial crown ; Who fung man's haplefs fall, and angels* frays ; And, bold to venture through untrodden ways, Explor'd the fecrets of the frowning night, And foar'd above the ftars with daring flight. Nor fhall my partial fong leave Thee unfaid, Worthy to mix with this harmonious band, Thee, gentle Spenfer, whom the mufes led Through fancy's painted realms and fairy land. Where vice and virtue all embody'd ftand, Where ufeful truths in fair difguife appear, And more is underftood than meets the ear. * Come, condefcending goddefs, and impart A mild afliftance to an aking breaft : Exert the force of thy propitious art; If thou be prefent, who can be diftreft ? Pain feems to fmile, and forrow is at reft ; The thoughts in mad diforder ceafe to roll, And flill ferenity o'erfpreads the foul. * See our Author's Remarks on Spenfer > inferted in this colleftion. By L U S U S POBTICI. 4 By thee die youth encourag'd nooght to fear, *Sddgnuig ignoble cafe and mean repofe, Meets the fwift fury of the threat'ciag (pear, And follows glory thnrogh an hoft of foes. Nor canft thou not the din of arms compofs : Thoa niikTi the God of war forfake the fidcf* And drop his lance, and lay afide his fixield. Thou kaow ? &, in pieafing, how to wound the ~ - : . Surpris'd, unguarded, and to love betray'd : Alas! why art thou to that irape fo kind* That powerful impe, in heaven and earth obey'd ? His ihafb finke deep, and want no other aid: Deep firikc his ihafb, unerring in their aim, And his torch burns with uocxtinguiuYd flame* Thefe are thy triumphs, goddefs, this thy migbt, Faintly defcrib'd in far unequal lays. Me, all unmeet, fond hopes did full incite, Ambitious by thy name my verfe to raile, And find thy favour, whu*ft I fung thy praiie. O fmile on theie endeavours, hea*nly maid ! Sweet is the toil, if with thy (mile repaid. 46 Lt/sus pbETicf. XXIII. TH' ambitious mufc with early-daring flight Spurn 'd the dull neft, and ventur'd into light ; Yet even then, not fondly indifcreet, She burnt a volume where me fpar'd a meet ; Dwelt with the authors of the golden age, And ftole fome beauties from the clafTic page ; In modern verfe would willingly have fllOne, And read POPE'S poems, and deftroy'd her owri; Suffered no peevifh lines to fee the day ; (Spleen oft cdmpos'd what candour threw away ;) Nor wrong'd herfelf, nor wrong'd another's name, Too proud to fawn, too honeft to defame; Remote, and melter'd, in the paths me chofe, From foolifli friends and formidable foes, XXIV. us POETIC i. 47 XXIV. INSCRIPTION- is FRAG:: D. M. TE. SVB. TENERA. UVFVLAVMT. PAETA. IVYEXTA, O. VTDiAM. ME. CRY DELIA. FATA. Voemtt Aft imter ctrb cem& prdfita*s. At cmtrm, hoc igmcm Frwrir, mfjercns ipp, Hzc de face a ferro ante Amatoretn prxiata funt J*tdligwi: Pacri nooen eft Ptiltnt. E 2 52 LUSUS POETIC I. fcripfit, fed, magna ex parte, in vita Mi- nerva, Mufifque iratis fcripfit, Petrus Burmannus Secundiis 1773. Qui, me judice, Jortinianae In~ fcriptionis venuftatem neque atringere, neque guftare videtur. Audoris nomen illi efie ignotum mirari fatis nequeo. A Patruo enim, Petro Bur- manno, et J. P. Dorvillio, Amftelsedami Latine editse fuerunt JORTINI hfifccllaKete Obfervationes, in quibus primum " Erudhorum examini propa- " fita" hzec Infcriptio, qiue poftea inter Luftts Poe- ticos fgepius fuit vulgata.-^Andiendus autem de hoc Epigrammate vir elegantiflimi fane ingenir, Thomas Burgefs, cujus verba, ex libro Anglice fcripto, ledtori confideranda lubenter adponam. - . *' Among the few inflances^ In which the Antient Infcription has been happily imitated, may be mentioned an infcription written by Dr. JORTIN, which was publimed in his Mifiellaaeous Obferva- tions, Vol. I. and afterwards in his Lufus Poetid. The idea of the four laft lines- feems to have been borrowed from an epigram in the Greek anthology : T1o a/per am ubi fepofuit baftarum cufpidem, dektlat cor tno cantu. FAIRY CL^EEN, BOOK I. CANTO I. 6. thus as they paft, The day with clouds was fudden overcaft^ And angry Jove an hideous ftorm of rain Did pour into his leman's lap To fad, That every wight to fhroud it did conftrain, Lucretius, I. 251. pereunt i /fibres , ubi eos pater JEtker In gremlum matrix Terra? pracipitavit. Virgil. Georg. II. 325. fum pater omnipotent fecundis imbribus Ccnjugis in gremium latue defcendit Herodotus REMARKS ON SPEN'SER. 57 Herodotus IV. 59. Speaking of the Scythians : , x bosjblos placant, Vejtam ante omnts; deinde Jovcm ac Tetiurem ; extftimantes felkcrem Jovis conjugcm e/Je. A X Z. VIII, Much can they praife the trees foftreight and high, The failing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elme, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, fole king of forrefts all, The afpine good for ftaves, the cyprefs funeral, The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets (age, the firr that ^sreepeth ftill, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The ewe obedient to the benders will, The birch for lhafcs, the fallow for the mill, The mirrhe, fweet bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech, the a(li for nothing ill, The fruitful olive, and the platane round, The carver holme, the maple feldom inward found t Ovid. Met. X. 90. N0n Cbaoms dhfuit arias, KOH nemus HeliaJum, nan frontibus ejculus altis, Non tilt* moUes, nfcfagus, ct tnnuba Ian Et coryti fragile* 3 ct fraxtnus utilis baft is ; Enodifque obits, curvataque gfondibus ilex, Et 58 REMARKS ON SPENSER. Et platanus genialis, acerque colonbus impar^ Amnieolteqnejimulfalices, et aquatica lotos, Perpetuoque virens buxvs, tenitefque myriccf, Et bicokr myrtus, et baccis c kves ; Et Papkia myrtus ; et per immenfuni mare Motura remos alms ; et Ph 5?iycrr. 6$ Gorgon : the lame, I foppofe, who is called Ds- rr.ir-3-gr- rv c:ber o-em writers, szi by 5-- : -r -, B, L Canto V. 22. Which was begot in DaEmogorgoo's hafl. IT. . 47 . Where Pacoaogorgon In full darkle:"; Far frcni die view of g The hideous Chaos keeps. They give die name of DBemogorgon to that ter- rible namelcfs deity, of wbor i^d Starius fpcak, when they introduce magicians threatning the infernal gods. Scathn, Theb. IV. 514. Samts tarn &yiuyaln 9 at/of* timetis, E tuncn HtctttMy MM tt 9 jUoyjunx^ \ttrcrtr y t trtpuOS WMNmt fUUUUB G3K9 JGTf MTffjpUB* Locan. VI. 744. Pontis? *msOe -.:. ; : -:: :.-*_-: :i--J '.:.-. trout i f Gorguaa tcrmt operta^ tfu Jfefacrii S&ga $n fgcr* miss. To die (ameDeitj he feems to aUode, VL 497. 66 REMARKS ON SPENSER. Demogorgon is a name which perhaps was un- known in the rime of Lucan and Statius. However it is to be found in Lactantius. The Scholiaft of Statius, on Theb. IV. 5 1 6. Didt deum Demogorgona fummum. It is alfo to be found in Hyginus, page 1 1 . Ex Demogorgone et 'Terra) Python, draco divinus ; if the place be not corrupted. See Munker. I find in Nataiis Comes V. 6. thefe words : Pro- iiapis poet a in fuo Protocofmo natum fuijje Pana cum friffus fororibus Parch e Demogorgone fcribit. The fubject here treated of reminds me of a paflage in Lucan, which feems to me not rightly underflood, and which I mail endeavour to ex- plain. Lucan 's Witch, Erichtho, begins her invo- cation thus. VI. 695. Edit. Oudendorpii. Eumenides, Stygiumque nefas, pcenv, quia et recidant omnia in terras, (t oriantur e terris. Here you fee why Pluto is called by Lucan Reftor terra. See Davies on that place of Cicero* In Claudian, Lachefis fays to Pluto, R. Prof, 1- 57- quifinem cuxRis et femina probes, Nffcendique vices alterna nwrte rependis .' Qui vitam letumqtte regis^ (nam quicquid ubiqttc Gignit matcries, hoc te donante creatur, Debeturque tibi \) In Statins, Theb. VIII. 91. Amphiaraus fays to him : O cunBis fliiitor maxime rerum ; At mill, qui quondam cauffas ehmentaque nor am ^ Et fator. Where fee Barthius. Ovid. Met. X. 17. O po/iti fub terra numina mundi, In quern recidimus quicquid mortale creamur. Claudian, Rapt. Prof. I. opibus quorum donatur avaris Qnicquid in orbe -peril. This god therefore is here reprefented by Lucan as uneafy at the long life of the gods, the poet iuppofing that the gods fhould at laft perifh, ac- cording REMARKS ON SPENSER. 69 cording to the Stoical dodrine, which held them all mortal, except Jupiter, the fupreme God. Lucan then makes his witch talk Stoically here ; and fo he does before, 7615. At firmd a prima defccit&t origine mttndi Cateffitrum f tries * atque cmxiafata labor ant, Si QHidquam imttare vf/is, mcqui fub i8u Stat gtnus bvmanum - y tune, Tbe/ala turba fatemvr, Fortuna poteft. Where by Fcrtuna he means Nature, Stoical : I 9fif . I find that Mr. Rov.-e has miiunderflood the lines I am examining, tranflating them thus : And thou, fole arbiter of all below, Pluto, whom ruthiefs fates a god ordain, And doom to immortality of pain. S T A K Z. XXXIX. He making fpeedy way through fperfed air, And through the world of waters wide and deep, To Morpheus' houfe doth haflily repair. Amid the bowels of the earth full fteep, And low, where dawning day doth never peep, dwelling is ; there Thetis his wet bed DC ^(h, and Cynthia ftill doth fteep In JO REMARKS ON SPENSER. In filver dew his ever-drooping head, Whiles fad night over him her mantle black dotji fpread. And more to lull him in his (lumber foft, A trickling ftream from high rock tumbling down, And ever-drizling rain upon the loft, Mixt with a murmuring wind, much like the found Of fwarming bees, did caft him in a fwoon : No other noife, nor peoples troublous cries, As ftill are wont t' annoy the walled town Might there be heard : but carelefs Quiet lies, Wrapt in eternal filence, far from enemies. This defcription is very elegant, as Mr. Hughes has obferved. We may compare it with Ovid, Met. XI. 592. and Statins, Theb. X. 84. Ovid, whom Spenfer imitates : Eft -preps Cimmerios Icngo fpetunca receffu, Mons cavils, ignavi domus et penetralia Scmni : Quo numquam radiis criens, mediitfoe, cadenfue Pbxbus adire poteft. Nebula taligine mixt re sruAai ptvwuv MW cvtiguv ' A fji.iv y enim port s&Jssu r. Ctrie bic manens una mecum bane domum cuftc.. lamortatjfque ejfes, quantunfuis cupidusjis videndi Titan* uxcrem, cujus ufaue dffider'io teneris dies oianesi. But, he thank'd her, and defir'd leave to go home. S T A N Z. 78 REMARKS ON SPENSER. S T A N Z. XXXI. And fcorch ing flames of fierce Orion's hound. Sirius: Homer. II. X. 29. Ov rf xuv' liuv> *7nxX] after Jhlf ting ground^ and traverjing to and fro. V. xi. 50. Ay me ! that ever guile in women was invented ! invented, found, from invenio, &c. &c. Spenfer abounds with fuch Latinifms, which makes me think that in II. ix. 48. (where he fays of Neftor, Nor that fage Pylian fire, which did furvive Three ages fuch as mortal men contrive, ) contrive may be from ccnterere : conterere uUra t et atntmfartgnii Idem. 35. ' :,' O G 3 86 REMARKS ON SPENSER. Tbeftyli, canes nobis per urbem latrant* Dea adeft in triviis. Apollonius III. Concerning Hecate's dogs, fee Virgil, Mn. VI. 257. Tibullus I. ii. 52. Horace Serm. I. vni. Seneca Oedip. 569. Med. 840. Thyeft. 675. Statius Theb. IV. 428. Lucan VI. 733. Tzetzes, on Lycophron, verfe 77. fpeaking of Rhea and Hecate, fays that they facrificed dogs to them; for the barking of a dog makes fpeclres difappear, as does alfo the found of brafs. u'l(r* Sw^pwy iv Mfytttt' o yotf KVUV y, fays, H' 'Exa1j laupoj, xuwu, S T A N Z. XXXI. Speaking of Avernus : By that fame hole, an entrance, dark and bafe, With fmoke and fulphur hiding all the place, Defcends to hell. Virgil. jEn. VI. 237. Spelunca aha //"/, vaftoque inmanis hiatu, Scrupea, tuta lacu nigro nemorumque tenebris j Quam fuper baud ull &c. *' IBID REMARKS OK SPENSER. 87 IBID. There creature never paft, That back returned without heavenly grace. Virgil, ^n. VI. 128. Sfd revocare gradum, fuptrafque evader e ad auras, Hoc opus, bic labor (ft. Pond aaos equus amavit Jupiter, out ardent eue&t ad *tbera virtus, Dis gfiiti potuere. STANZ. xxriv. Before the threfeold, dreadful Cerberus His three deformed heads did lay along, Curled with thoufand adders venemous. And lilled forth his bloody flaming tongue: At them he 'gan to rear his bri fries ftrong, And felly gnarre, until Day's enemy Did him appeafe ; then down his taile he hoag, And fuffer'd them to paflen quietly: For (he in hell and heaven had power equally. TI Virgil, JEn.VI. 4 i7. Cerberus b*c iugau Tatratu rt%na trifaud Pfrfiuat adverjb recubans itmnit nr axtro. Cxi votes, borrere vidfusjam coOa cobtbris, MtUe faporatOM et medicatis frugibus off am Ofyu-ii. HU fame rabida trla gtttura paadns G 4 Comfit 88 JREMARKS ON SPENSER, Corripit objeftam, atque iiimama terga refolvit Fufus humi, totoque ingeus extenditur antro. The laft line is alfo taken from Virgil, JLn. VI, 247. Hecaten cceloqu? ereboque potentem. According to Hefiod, Cerberus was very civil to all who came in, but would not let them go out again. Sio'y. 770. s T A N z. xxxvu. Hippolytus a jolly huntfman was, That wont in chariot chace the foaming boar. They did not ufe to go a hunting in chariots. s T A N z. xxxviii. Speaking of the death of Hippolytus : From furging gulf two monfters flreight were brought, With dread whereof his chafing deeds aghaft Both chariot fwift and huntfman overcaft, &c. The ancient authors who relate this ftory, fay tha it was one monfler, not tico, that Neptune feni againft Hippolytus. So fay Euripides, Ovid, Seneca Trag. Hyginus, Servius, Plutarch De Fortuna Rom. pag. 314. and others. It is noi unlikely that our Poet had Virgil in view #n. VII. 780. Juvenen KEMARXS OX SPENSER, 89 If Spenfer took bis two morifters from this paflage, he had not diffident authority for it. Mntftr* in Virgil may mean, firft, a noife like thunder, and then a very high lea, which landed a monder; all which mcmftra frightened the horfes of Hippolytus. Or Virgil might ufe mox/his for nsoffjrro, as he has elfewhere. Natalis Comes, and Lloyd in bis Dictionary, fay, that the horfes of Hippolytus were frightened, not by mt monfter, but by die Pboc*. They produce no authorities for k; and I fufped that they had none to produce. S T A N Z. XXXIX. Spenfer goes on: His cruel ftep-dame feeing what was done, Her wicked days with wretched knife did end ; In death avowing th* innocence of her (on. Which hearing, his rafh fire began to rend His hair, and hafty tongue that did offend : Who gathering up die reficks of his (mart By Dian's means, who was Hippolyt*s friend, Them brought to ./Efculape, that by his art Did heal them aH again, and joyned every part. Such wondrous fcience in man's wit to reign When Jove aviz'd, that could the dead revive, And Fates expired could renew again ; Of endleU life he might him not deprive, B-: 90 REMARKS ON SPENSER. But unto hell did thruft him down alive, With flafhing thunderbold y wounded fore : Where long remaining, he did always ftrive Himfelf with falves to health for to reftore, And flake the heavenly fire, that raged evermore. From Virgil, JEn. VII. 765. Namq; ferunt fama Hippolytum, pqftquam arte novere