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 PREFACE. 
 
 As Archaeological fcience mod certainly excells Chinefe 
 gardening, and as a Preiident of the Society of Anti- 
 quaries takes precedence (at lead on Englifli ground) of a 
 Knight of the Polar ftar, I flatter myfelf, that in point of fub- 
 jedt, and choice of the perfonage to whom I addrefs myfelf, 
 I may vie with tlie inimitable author of the celebrated Heroic 
 Epijlle. I fliall, however, forbear to enter the lifts with him 
 as a poet, or march in the rear of his numerous hoft of imi- 
 tators : my modefty prevents the one, and my vanity the 
 other. Inftead therefore of writing heroically, I fhall write 
 Archasologically ; or, to fpeak more properly, Heroico-Ar- 
 chDCologically, employing a ftyle and manner, of which there 
 is at prefent only one exemplar in the known world, and of 
 which, I truft, the following epillle will be found an abfo- 
 Ivitcfac/imUe. And I am the rather inclined to do this, be- 
 caufe I am credibly informed, that many formidable critics 
 are ftill attempting to difprove the authenticity of my origi- 
 nal. Now, fliould they fuccced in this attempt, the reader 
 eafdy perceives, that I may claim a kind of fee-JImple right 
 to this ftyle by way of direct inheritance : for, fliould all the 
 old chcfts in all the pariih churches of the kingdom, after a 
 
 B pregn:;ncy 
 
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 4 PREFACE. 
 
 pregnancy of four centuries, clioofe to bring forth a tuneful 
 progeny of paftorals, tragedies, epic poems, and what not, it 
 cannot be imagined, that the faid chefts will ever pretend, 
 that they were impregnated in the fame wonderful manner, 
 and by the fame occult perfonage, with that of St. Mary Red- 
 clift. I muft, therefore, if her pretty bantlings be proved 
 fuppolitious, or illegitimate, necefTarily rife up the firfl: Ar- 
 chaeological Poet in Great Britain. 
 
 In this eventful moment, therefore, of literary fufpence, 
 let not any ralh reader prefume to fay, that I imitate Rowley; 
 for then another v/ill as peremptorily anfwer, that I imitate 
 Chatterton. And if, on the contrary, he afferts that I emu- 
 late Chatterton, the learned perfonage, whom I addrefs, will 
 be in gratitude bound to prove, that I emulate Rowley ; 
 which I own, indeed, I lliould like befV, becaufe then I fhould 
 run a fair chance of excelling Homer, Theocritus, and the 
 beft poets of antiquity. But, be this as it may, I only fay 
 of myfelf limply and modeiUy, that I write Archseological- 
 ly; and, as a moil: profound •■•■ etymologift has lately proved 
 that a writer muft know his own meaning (a comfortable truth 
 to know, in an age, in which fo many authors write without 
 any meaning) refting on his great authority, and taking for 
 granted that I do know my own meaning, I profefs only to 
 write in common plain Englifh firft, and afterwards to un.- 
 fpell it, and unanglicize it, by means of that elaborate glof- 
 fary, which Dr. Milles has fabricated for the ufe of the read- 
 
 * See Pryant's ObfeiTaticns, p. 29. 
 
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 P R E F A C E. 5 
 
 ers of my original. Pity ! great pity, indeed, it is, that while 
 he was doing this, he did not alfo fabricate another for his 
 imitators. Had he done this, and placed the modern words 
 before the Archxological ones, it is certain the greateft part 
 of my labour had been favcd. 
 
 To fupply this great defidcratum, it is my intention (after 
 my own fame is by my prefent producflion fully eftablifhed) 
 to write a complete Art of Archaeological poetry in the man- 
 ner of Mr. Bysflie ; and not only this, but to add to it a com- 
 plete Anglo-Gothico-Saxonico-Chattertonic dictionary for the 
 ufe of tiros. For this latter work I lliall, however, order my 
 bookfeller to article with Dr. Johnfon, or any other writer in 
 the trade (the Dodor, having been a ditflionary- maker, might 
 perhaps be the fitteft) who, for a fpecified fum, or Iheet by 
 llieet, as they fliall agree, may tranfpofe Dr. Milles's gloffary 
 in the way above-mentioned, fo that for any given Englifli 
 word the Gothico-Saxonico-Ghattertonic, or any thing but 
 Englifli fynonyme, may be immediately found. When this 
 di(5lionary is duly formed, I will be bold to fay, that this mode 
 of writing will be found fo eafy, that every mifs and matter 
 in the kingdom will be enabled to puzzle not only our old 
 Society of Antiquaries here in England, but alfo that new 
 Scotch one, which cither is, or is about to be founded under 
 the aufpices of the Earl of Buchan. 
 
 On hinting this fcheme to one of my friends, he told me 
 it was not likely that Dr. Johnfon would undertake the talk, 
 becaufe were this Ityle to become the fafhion, it would eclipfc 
 his own. The objetftion feemcd plaulible at liril:, but, on re- 
 
 B 2 flection,
 
 6 PREFACE. 
 
 fletflion, I can fee little weight in it. The merit of the Doc- 
 tor's ftyle is known to confift in his long words, hard words, 
 and ftifHy-conftruded fentences. Now the ftyle which I 
 iiave the honour to recommend, although there are a few 
 long words in it, fuch as amenufed^ cherifaunied^ 8cc. &c. yet 
 they are not nearly fo long, or fo numerous, as thofe of the 
 Doctor's own coinage. Hard words too, I own, are to be 
 found in it ; but thefe only becaufe they are obfolete, and 
 not like his, brought in through affe6tation, but from fheer 
 neceffity. Then, as to the conftrudlion of whole fentences, 
 nothing in the world is fo totally diffimilar, as the Lexipha- 
 nic and Archaeologic manner : the one x^fujotie^ mole^ and/^- 
 tive ; the other rugofe^ cacophonous.^ and dentifrangent. 
 
 Another reafon, which my friend gave, why the Dodor 
 would probably not undertake this employment, was, that he 
 entertained heterodox notions concerning my Archetype, the 
 immortal Rowley *. But what then ? Did not the Dodlor 
 once entertain heterodox notions concerning the right of the 
 Hanover fucceffion ? And if a peniion from the Treafury 
 could cure him of the latter, why may not a penfion from 
 ray bookfeller cure him of the former? My money is as good 
 as a Prime Minifter's, and as Caccording to the old proverb) 
 money makes the mare to go, fo will it make his fpavined 
 pen flounder over any ground, dirty or clean, provided only 
 that it be excufed from taking that road, which leads to the 
 real iiitcrefts of his Sovereign, or the conftitutional liberty of 
 
 * His rer.lbn for tliis heterodoxy is probably this, that Rowley having never had any life 
 at all, there was no probability that any bookfeller would ever pay him for becoming his 
 biographer. 
 
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 PREFACE. 7 
 
 his fellow-fubjcdts. Taking it, therefore, for granted that, if 
 we come up to his price (which, I trult, the falc of the prc- 
 fent work will enable me to do) the Dodlor will engage in the 
 tafk, I fiiall point out, with, much brevity, a few of the 
 many advantages that will accrue to the rifing generation of 
 poets, if, quitting a mode of veriifying already grown thread- 
 bai'C, they would adopt this, which both by example and ex- 
 hortation I here recommend to them. In the firft place let 
 me afliu-e them, that they will hereby find rimes as plenty 
 as blackberries : for as Archaeology introduces a whole regi- 
 ment of new-old words, and gives one leave either to ufe 
 them or not, juft as we pleafe, it is plain that now it will be 
 full as cafy to write in rime as in blank verlc, or even in 
 plain profe. And, to fhew that I do not make a falfe afTer- 
 tion, 1 will produce one inftance out of a thoufand from my 
 original, and that from the famous So7iga to ALlla, The poet 
 had in one line written : 
 
 *' Beefprengedd all the 7nees \\'ytlie gore."' 
 In a fubfequent ftanza he writes : 
 
 " Orr feeft the hatchedd flede 
 " Ypraunceyng o'er the mead^'^ 
 Now mees being the Archieological word, and tnead the mo- 
 dern Englifli one, it is plain he thought himfclf at libertv to 
 write modern Englifli, whenever rime required him to do. 
 fo. Another benefit is, that the poet will be almolt entirely- 
 emancipated from the vile fliackles of grammar ; a point fo 
 clear, that the reader has only to caft his eye on any page in 
 my Exemplar, to find Prifdan's head broken by the poet,,, 
 
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 8 PREFACE; 
 
 and healed by his commentator with equal facility. As to or- 
 thography, there is only one rule, and that the moft fimple 
 that can be imagined (which, however, it is not neceffary 
 conil:antly to regard) and this is, to put as many letters as you 
 can poffibly croud into a word, and then reft aflured, that 
 that word will look truly Archaeological, 
 
 But the laft and beft thing I fhall mention is that great 
 and unfpeakable emolument, which the Anglo-Saxon prefix 
 y brings to a neceflitated verfifier : T^syprauncing for pro u?iC' 
 ing, yfnengmg for menging^ Sec. Sec. By having this always 
 at his beck, that poet, who cannot write a fmooth line in any 
 given number of fyllables, deferves, in my opinion, never 
 to write a line at all. For this dear little _>' comes and goes 
 juft as one pleafes, and may truly be called the Archaeological 
 Poet's Toad-Eater. In lliort, with a little variation, we may 
 apply that eulogy to it, which Dryden has given to St. Caeci- 
 lia's mufic : it hath 
 
 Enlarg'd the former narrow bounds, 
 And added length to afjy founds. 
 Such, with a great many more, are the advantages, that at- 
 tend this ftyle of poetry. It is not, therefore, I think, great- 
 ly to be wondered at, that either a prieft of the fifteenth 
 centurv, or that a boy at fifteen years of age (take which 
 you pleafe) fhould write with greater facility at leaft, if not 
 greater fpirit, than thofe miferable vernacular poets, who are 
 fo poor, comparatively, in point of rime, that they have 
 not one to throw at a dog ; who are tied fo tight to the whip- 
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 PREFACE. 9 
 
 ping-poft of grammar, and fixed lb fall: in the ftocks of or- 
 thography, that they have hardly an idea at Uberty ; ar.d, 
 which is worfb of all, cannot eke out a hairing line by any 
 other method, than a totally different expreffion. Oh ! if 
 you reflect coolly on thefe things, my dear brethren of the 
 quill, I am fully perfuaded that all of you, like me, will 
 turn Archoeologifts. 
 
 Having thus curforily fliewn what great benefits this flyle 
 confers upon writers, I might now proceed to prove what fu- 
 perior deledtation it affords to readers. But here I am fore- 
 ftalled by the learned Dean, who, in his preliminary and 
 all his other mafterly diffcrtations on the works of my prede- 
 ceffor, has irrefragably proved the point. Indeed, as prefi- 
 dent of the Society of Antiquaries, and editor of their va- 
 luable Archaeologia^ he has, I think, an abfolute prefcriptive 
 right to differt on this fubjedl. I am not therefore without 
 my hopes, that he will one day comment on the following 
 epiftle, which, if it want any thing, I am bold to fay, wants 
 only the illuilrative notes of fo fagacious an editor. 
 
 P. S. I have lately conceived that, as Dryden, Pope, Sec, 
 employed their great talents in tranflating Virgil, Homer, Sec. 
 that it would be a very commendable employment for the 
 poets of the prefent age to treat fome of the better fort of 
 their predeceffors, fuch as Shakfpeare and Milton, in a flmi- 
 iar manner, by putting them into Archaeological language. 
 This, however, I would not call tranjlation^ but tranfmuta- 
 tlon^ for a very obvious rcafon. It is, I believe, a fettled 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 point among the critics, nilh Dr. Johnfon at their head, that 
 the greatelt fault of Milton (exclulive of his political tenets) 
 is, that he writ in blank verfe. See then and admire how 
 eafily this might be remedied. 
 
 Paradise Lost, Book I. 
 OflFe mannes fyrfte bykroiis volunde wolle I finge, 
 
 And offe the fruiifle ofFe yatte caltyfnyd tre 
 Whofe lethal tafte into thys worlde dydde brynge 
 Bothe morthe and tene to all pofteritie. 
 How very near alfo (in point of dramatic excellence) would 
 Shakfpeare come to the author of Mlla, 4f fome of his beft 
 pieces were thus tranfmuted ! As for inftance the foliloquy 
 of Hamlet, " 'to be,, or not to be^ 
 
 To blynne or not to blynne the denwere is ; 
 Gif it be bette wythin the fpryte to beare 
 The bawfyn floes and tackels of dyftreffe 
 And by forloynyng amenufe them clere. 
 But I throw thefe trifles out, only to whet the appetite of 
 the reader, for what he is to feaft on in the fubfequent 
 pages. 
 
 Mile-End, Vale ^ fruere. 
 
 March 15th, 1782.
 
 EPISTELLE 
 
 T O 
 
 DOCTOURE MYLLES. 
 
 I. 
 
 As whanne a groafer » with ardurous '' glowc, 
 Han * from the mees ^ llche "= fweltrie ^ fun arift S 
 The lordynge '^ toade awhaped ' creepethe flowe, 
 
 To hike ^ his groted ' weani " in mokie " kiftc " ; 
 Owlettes yblente p alyche dooe fllzze "^ awaie. 
 In ivye-wympled ■■ fhade to glomb ' in dope difmaie. 
 
 EXPLANATION. 
 
 Stanza I. • A meteor. » Burning. ' Hath. '' Meadows. * Like. ' Sultry. 
 8 Arofc. •" Standing on his hind legs, rather heavy, fluggini. ' Auoninicd, 
 
 or terrified. "Hide. 'Swelled. n, Womb, or body. "Black. 
 
 » Coffin. f Blinded, or dazzled. •> Fly away. ' Ivymantlcd. • Fro^n. 
 
 C II.
 
 12 EPISTELLE TO 
 
 II. 
 
 So dygne « Deane My lies, whanne as thie wyttc'' fo rare 
 
 Han Rowley's amenufed ' fame chevyfed '', 
 His foemenne' alle forlette ^ theyre groffifh gare «, 
 
 Whyche in theyre houton fprytes ^ theie han devyfed, 
 Whanne thee theie ken ' wythe poyntel ^ in thie honde, 
 Enroned ' lyche anlace " fell, or lyche a burly-broude". 
 
 III. 
 
 Thomas of Oxenford, vvhofe teeming brayne 
 
 Three bawfin * relies of olde rhyms hiftorie 
 Ymaken hanne wythe mickle tene *" and payne, 
 
 Nete kennethe " he of Archaeologie, 
 Whoe pyghtes hys knowlachynge ^ to preve echeone « 
 Of Rowley's fetive ^ lynes were pennde hie Chattertone. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Hie thee, poore Tliomas, hie thee to thie celle, 
 
 Ne mo wythe auntyante vearle aflounde » thy wytte ; 
 
 Of feemlikeenly '' rhym thou nete male fpelle, 
 
 For herehaughtree ^, or profe thou botte arte fytte : 
 
 Vearfe for thie rede ** is too grete myfterie ; 
 
 Ne e'er fhalle' Loverde * North * a Canynge proove to thee. 
 
 Stas-zaII. 'Worthy, or glorious, i" Wifdom, knowledge. "^ Diminiflied, leflened, 
 
 or, metaphorically here, injured. •^ Reftored, or redeemed. ' Enemies. 
 
 ' Give up, or relinquifh. s Rude, or uncivil caule. ^ Haughty fouls. 
 
 ' See. " Pen. • ' Brandiflied. ■" Svvord. " Furious falchion. 
 
 Stanza III. 'Big, or bulky. ''Labour, or forrow. ' Nothing knoweth he. ^ Tor- 
 tures his learning. •Everyone, 'Elegant. 
 
 Stanza IV. '' Confound, or aflonifh. '' Beautiful, or delicate. ■ ' Heraldrj'. 
 
 , '' Knowledge, or wifdom. ' Lord. 
 * As this great Minifter, either through neceffity or choice, is apt tomakeufe of a bad 
 
 reafon, inftead of a good, here is one ready made to his handi for not doing what would 
 
 have done him honour. 
 
 V.
 
 DOCTOURE MILLES. 
 
 V. 
 
 Deane Percy, albeytte thou bee a Deane, 
 
 O whatte arte thou whanne pheered* with dygne Deane My lie ? 
 Nete botte a grofFyle ^ Acolythe ' I weene ; 
 
 Inne auutyante bargaaette ^ lyes alle th'ie flcylle. 
 Deane Percy, Sabahis ' will hanne thy foughle, 
 GifF mo thou doeft amate ^ grete Rowley's yellowe rollc. 
 
 VI, 
 
 Tyrwhytte, thoughe clergyonned in Geottroie's learc ', 
 Yette fcalle yat leare ftonde thee in drybblet ftedde ^ 
 
 GeofFroie wythe Rowley how maiefl thoue comphere " ? 
 Rowley hanae mottes ""j yat ae manne ever redde, 
 
 Ne couthe bewryeane ^ inne anie fyngle tyme, 
 
 Yet reynneythe ^ echeone mole ^, in newe and fwotie ryme •>. 
 
 VU. 
 
 Andyerfore, faitour % in aflirewed "^ houre 
 
 From Rowley's poyntel thou the lode " dydft take. 
 Botte lo ! our Deane Icalle wythe forweltryjigc ^ fhuir' 
 
 Thy wytte as pynant "^ as thie bowke ' ymakc ; 
 And plonce « thee inne Archaeologic mudde, 
 As thou ydreinted ^ were in Severne's mokie ' fludde. 
 
 Stanza V. 'Matched, or compared. ''Grovelling, or mcati. "^ Cjndidate for 
 
 Deacon's Orders. '' Ballads. ' The Devil, ' Derogate from, or leflcn. 
 
 Stanza VI. • Well-inftrutled in Chaucer's language. •> Little ftead. 'Compare. 
 
 3 Words. ' Exprefs, or fpeak in any fingle sera of our language. ' Run- 
 eth, or flov.eth. k Soft. • * In modern and f^-eet verfification. 
 
 Stanza VII. " Vagabond. '' Accurfed, or unfortunate. « Praife, or honour. 
 
 " Blading, or burning fury. ' Pining, meagre. ' Body. ? Plunge. 
 
 * J)rcnchcd. ' Black, or muddj". 
 
 c 2 viir. 
 
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 14 EPISTELLE TO 
 
 VIII. 
 
 So have I feen, In Edinborrowe-towne, 
 
 A ladle falre in wympled paramente * 
 Abbrodden goe ^ whanne on her powrethe downe 
 
 A mollock hepe ', from opper oryal '^ fente ; 
 Who, whanne fhee lookethe on her unfwote geare % 
 Han liefer ^ ben befliet s thanne in thilke '' {leyn£t ' aumere ''. 
 
 IX. 
 
 *' Spryte of mie Graie," the mlnftrelle ' Maifonne cries, 
 
 " Some cherifaunle ^ 'tys to mie fadde harte 
 " That thou, whofe fetive "^ poefie I pryze, 
 
 " Wythe Pyndarre kynge of mynftrells lethlen"* arte. 
 " Elfe nowe thie wyttc to dernle roin ' han come, 
 •' For havynge protoflene grete Rowley's hie renome '. 
 
 X. 
 
 " Yette, giff" thou fojourned in this earthly vale, 
 " Johnfon atte thee had broched ^ no neder ' ftynge ; 
 
 " Hee, cravenf", the yftorven * dothe aflayle, 
 
 " Butte atte the quyck ^ ne dares hys venome flynge. 
 
 *' Q^yck or yflorven, giff 1 kenne aryghte, 
 
 *' Ne Johnfon, ne Deane Mylle, fcalle e'er agrofe ^ thie fpryte." 
 
 Stanza VJU.. =■ Dreft in a princely robe. * Go abroad in the ftreet. ' A moift, or 
 
 wet heap, or load. ^ Upper chamber-vvindon'. * Unf.veet, or ftinking ap- 
 parel. ' Had rather. s Been fliut up, or confined flill at home. For this 
 •ujord, fee Kerfey. * Such. ' Stained. " Robe, or mantle. 
 
 StakzaIX. » Poet. •'Comfort. "^Elegant. '' Dead. « Sad ruin. 'Been 
 the f.rft to kill or deftroy the high fame of Rowley. 
 
 Stanza X. "If. *• Pointed. 'Adder. ^Coward, ! The dead^ 'The 
 
 living. t Grieve, or trouble. 
 
 XI.
 
 DOCTOURE MILLES. 15 
 
 XI. 
 
 Butte, minftrelle Maifonne, blyn * thie chyrckeynge clynne *" ; 
 
 On thee fcalle be bewrecked " grete Rowley's wronge ; 
 Thou wythe thic compheere '' Graie dydde furft begyiine 
 
 To fpeke inne deignous denwere ' offe hys fongc. 
 And, wythe enftioted ^ Wnrpool *, deemed hys laies 
 Freihe as newe rhyms ydropte iiine ladie Myller's vafe. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Oh Warpool, ne dydde thatte borne ' vafe contcyne 
 
 Thilke fwotle ^ excremente of poete's leare ' ; 
 Encaled ■' was thie hearte as carnes ' ybene, 
 
 Soe to afterte '' hys fweft^kerved fcryvennere b. 
 Thy fynne doe Loverde ^ Advocate's furpaife, 
 Starvation bee thou nempte ', thou broder ^ of Dundafll-. 
 
 XIII. 
 Enough of thilke adrames % and ftralns like thefe, 
 
 Speckled wythe uncouth words like leopard's Ikin ; 
 Yet bright as Avon gliding o'er her mees, 
 
 And foft as ermnie robe that wraps a king ; 
 Here, furfte of wifeggers ^, I quit thy glofs. 
 Nor more with Gothic terms my modern lays embofs. 
 
 Stanza XI. =■ Ceafe. *> Dilagreeable noife, or prate. 'Revenged. < Aflociufc, 
 
 or compaiiion. ' Difdainful, .or contemptuous doubt. ' Defcrving of pu- 
 
 nifhrnent. 
 Stanza XII. ' Burnlflied, orpoliHicd. ^ Such Aveet, or delicate. 'Learning. 
 
 ""Cold, or frozen. ' Stones, or recks. '^ Kegieift. ^ thort-livcd 
 
 tranlcriber. '' Lord, ' Called. " Brother. 
 
 Stanza XIII. ' Such churls, or rather dreamers. *" Philofopher, but here put for n pcHln 
 
 Ikilled in antient learning, /«»/<• c/Ifl/}gg^ers being fynonymous to Fre/Jmt ef :ht 
 
 Antiquarian Society. They arc not to be regarded, who derive the contemptuous 
 
 term WiJ'eacre from this radix. 
 * So Mrs. Newton, Chatterton's fiftcr, fpells Mr. WalpoWs cair.c ; I therefore have 
 sd-ipted her mode of orthography, as more Aichaeologica!, 
 
 A aI \ •
 
 i6 E P I S T E L L E TO 
 
 XIV. 
 
 For vearfe lyche thyffe been as a puddynge fayre. 
 
 At Hocktyde * feafte by gouler ^ cooke befprente 
 Wythe fcanty plumbes, yat fliemmer' heere and there, 
 
 Like eftells ^ m the eve-merk ' fermaaieiite. 
 So that a fchoolboie male with plaie, not palne, 
 Pycke echeone ^ plumbe awaie, and leave the puddynge playne. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Yet flill each line fliall flow as fweet and clear, , 
 
 As Rowley's felf had writ them in his roll ; 
 So they, perchance, may footh thy laplent ear, 
 
 If aught but obfolete can touch thy foul. 
 Polilh'd fo pure by my poetic hand, 
 That kings themfelves may read, and courtiers underfland. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 O mighty Milles, who o'er the realms of fenfe 
 
 Haft fpread that murky antiquarian cloud, 
 Which blots out truth, eclipfes evidence, > 
 
 And taftc and judgement veils in fable fliroud ; 
 Which makes a beardlefs boy a monkilh prieft. 
 Makes Homer firing his lyre, and Milton ape his jell * ; 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Stanza XIV. ' Shrovetide, or any tide Mr. Bryant pleafes, wlio has written moft copi- 
 pnfly on the term, and almoft fettled its precife meaning. '' Sting}-, or co- 
 vetous. ' Glimmer. * Stars, from the French. "^ Dulky. ' Evpry. 
 
 * The reverend Editor proves., in his manner, that nnmberlefs paffages, in the Battle of 
 Ilaftings, are not only borrowed from the original Greek of Homer, but alfo greatly im- 
 proved. In the fame way he has, with peculiar fagacity, found out, " that the grave 
 .Milton, in his Penseroso, amn/id h\mk\t by rcflc^ing on the hvjkmd tale of Chaucer in 
 thcfe lines : 
 
 Or
 
 DOCTOURE MILLES. 17 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Expand that cloud ftiil broader, woiid'rous Dean !. 
 
 In pity to thy poor Britannia's fate ; 
 Spread it her pafl and prelent flate between, 
 
 Hide from her memory that (lie e'er was great. 
 That e'er her trident aw'd the fubjeft fea. 
 Or e'er bid Gallia bow the proud reluctant knee, 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Tell her, for thovi haft more than MuJgrave's wit. 
 
 That France has long her naval ftrength furpnft. 
 That Sandwich and Germaine alone arc fit 
 
 To fhield her from the defolating blaft ; 
 And prove the fad, as Rowley's being, clear, 
 That loans on loans and loans her empty purfe will bear. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Bid all her lords, obfequious to command, 
 
 As lords that beft befit a land like this. 
 Take valiant Vifcount Sackville by the hand. 
 
 Bid Bifhops greet him with a holy kifs, 
 For forming plans to quell the rebel-tribe, 
 Whole execution foil'd all bravery, and all bribe. 
 
 Or ca!! up him that left half-told 
 
 The ftoiy of Cambufcan bold. 
 Juft as Rowley had reficAed ou him before for not finiHung his (lories. See note on the 
 Epirtle to Mallre Canyngc, p. 167. O ye venerable Society of Antiijuarians, whatever 
 ye in your wifdom fliall think fit to do with the relief your Prclidcnt's notes, infcribc this^ 
 1 bcfeechyou, in letters of gold over your new chimney-piece at Somerfet Hoiife. 
 
 XX.
 
 i8 E P I S T E L L E, &c, 
 
 XX. 
 
 Teach her, two Biitlfh armies both fubdued, 
 
 That ftill the free American will yield ; 
 Like Macbeth's Witch, bid her " Spill much more blood," 
 
 And flain with brethren's gore the flooded field ; 
 Nor fheath the fword, till o'er one little ifle 
 
 In fnug domeftic pomp her king (hall reign and fmile, 
 
 XXI. 
 
 So from a Dean'ry " rifing in thy trade,** 
 
 AndpufTd with lawn by Byflioppe-millanere », 
 Ev'n glommed '' York, of thy amede ' afraid, 
 
 At Lollard's Tower '' with fpyryng « eye (hall peer, 
 Where thou, like JElWs fpryte, (halt glare on high. 
 The triple crown to feize, if old Cornwallis die. 
 
 Stanza XXI. » Byflioppe-millanere — the word is formed from horfe-millanere, and meani 
 the robe-maker, or femftrefs, of the lords fpiritual. '' Sullen, cloudy, or de- 
 joded. ' Reward, or preferment. * The higheft tower in the palace of 
 
 Lambeth, ' Afpiring, or ambitious. 
 
 AH readers of true claffical tafle will, I truft, applaud this concluding ftanza, which re- 
 turns to the ftyle in which the epiflle began, in judicious fubfeniency to the rule of 
 Horace : 
 
 » . Servetur ad imum 
 
 ijualis ab incepto proceflerit, & fibi conftet. 
 
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