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MATHIAS CASIMIRE
SARBIEWSKI

The Odes of Casimire, Translated by G. Hils

(1646)

With an Introduction by
Maren-Sofie Roestvig

Publication Number 44

Los Angeles
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
University of California
1953

GENERAL EDITORS

Richard C. Boys, University of Michigan

Ralph Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles

Vinton A. Dearing, University of California, Los Angeles

Lawrence Clark Powell, Clark Memorial Library

ASSISTANT EDITOR

W. Earl Britton, University of Michigan

ADVISORY EDITORS

Emmett L. Avery, State College of Washington

Benjamin Boyce, Duke University

Louis Bredvold, University of Michigan

John Butt, Kingâ—s College, University of Durham

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James L. Clifford, Columbia University

Arthur Friedman, University of Chicago

Edward Niles Hooker, University of California, Los Angeles

Louis A. Landa, Princeton University

Samuel H. Monk, University of Minnesota

Ernest C. Mossner, University of Texas

James Sutherland, University College, London

H. T. Swedenberg, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Edna C. Davis, Clark Memorial Library

INTRODUCTION

Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski (1595-1640) vas a Polish Jesuit whose

neo-Latin Horatian odes and Biblical paraphrases gained immediate
European acclaim upon their first publication in 1625 and 1628.1 The fine
lyric quality of Sarbiewskiâ—s poetry, and the fact that he often fused
classical and Christian motifs, made a critic like Hugo Grotius actually
prefer the â—divine Casimireâ— to Horace himself, and his popularity among
the English poets is evidenced by an impressive number of translations.

G. Hilsâ—s Odes of Casimire (1646), here reproduced by permission from the

copy in the Henry E. Huntington Library, is the earliest English
collection of translations from the verse of the Polish Horace. It is
also the most important. Acknowledged translations of individual poems
appeared in Henry Vaughanâ—s Olor Iscanus (1651), Sir Edward Sherburneâ—s
Poems and Translations (1651), the Miscellany Poems and Translations by
Oxford Hands (1685), Isaac Wattsâ—s Horae Lyricae (1706), Thomas Brownâ—s
Works (1707-8), and John Hughesâ—s The Ecstasy. An Ode (1720).
Unacknowledged paraphrases from Casimire include Abraham Cowleyâ—s â—The
Extasie,â—2 John Norrisâ—s â—The Elevation,â—3 and a number of Isaac Wattsâ—s
pious and moral odes.4 Latin editions of Casimireâ—s odes appeared in
London in 1684, and in Cambridge in 1684 and 1689.

Another striking example of the direct influence of Casimire upon English

poetry is presented by Edward Benlowesâ—s Theophila (1652). This
long-winded epic of the soul exhibits not only a general indebtedness in
imagery and ideas, but also direct borrowings of whole lines from Hilsâ—s
Odes of Casimire. One example will have to suffice:

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Casimire, Ode IV, 44 Theophila, XIII, 68

Let thâ— Goth his strongest chaines Then let fierce Goths their
prepare, strongest chains prepare;
The Scythians hence mee captive Grim Scythians me their slave
teare, declare;
My mind being free with you, Iâ—le My soul being free, those tyrants in
stare the face Iâ—ll stare.

The Tyrants in the face....

Casimireâ—s greatest achievement was in the field of the philosophic
lyric, and in a number of cases he anticipated poetic techniques and
motifs which later grew popular also with the English poets. Thus, long
before Denham and Marvell, he practised the technique of investing the
scenes of nature with a moral or spiritual significance. A comparison of
Casimireâ—s loco-descriptive first epode on the estate of the Duke of
Bracciano with Denhamâ—s Cooperâ—s Hill (1642) reveals that the Polish poet
was the first to mix description with moral reflection, and to choose the
gentle hills, the calmly flowing river, and a retired country life as
symbols of the Horatian golden mean.

Some of Casimireâ—s richest imagery is found in his paraphrases of

Canticles, and particularly in Ode IV, 21. Parts of this ode provide a
striking parallel to the famous fifth stanza of Marvellâ—s â—The Garden.â—
In it Horace and Virgil meet with Solomon, the hortus conclusus of the
Hebrew poet merging with the landscape of retirement as we find it in
Virgilâ—s eclogues or in Horaceâ—s second and sixteenth epodes. Much of
Casimireâ—s poetry, is indeed best understood as a conscious effort to
apply the allegorical technique of Canticles to the classical beatus
ille-themes,5 just as his thought presents an interesting combination of
Stoic and Platonic ideas.

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The Polish poet, who was a university professor and a doctor of theology,
may easily have learned from the Hermetic writers how to combine these
great classical traditions. There is direct proof of Casimireâ—s
familiarity with the Hermetic tradition in his Ode II, 5 (â—E Rebus
Humanis Excessusâ—), which is a paraphrase of Libellus I, sections 25 and
26.6 Since Henry Vaughan was familiar with Casimireâ—s poetry, it is
reasonable to suspect that Vaughanâ—s own treatment of Hermetic motifs
owed much to this influence. If one compares Vaughanâ—s religious nature
lyrics and Casimireâ—s odes, a number of common poetical motifs are easily
found, and so we are here again faced with the fact that themes which
became popular in England in the mid-seventeenth century were anticipated
in the Latin odes of Casimire.7

Hermetic ideas are also encountered in Casimireâ—s third epode, which

combines a Horatian Stoicism with a neo-Platonlc or Hermetic

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interpretation of the classical landscape of retirement. An avowed reply
to Horaceâ—s second epode, it expands the Horatian philosophy through the
addition of three new themes: the theme of solitude, the theme of the
Earthly Paradise, and the theme of Nature as a divine hieroglyph. Its
presentation of the garden ecstasy of the retired beatus vir thus strikes
the same note to which we know from Mildmay Faneâ—s â—To Retirednessâ— and
Andrew Marvellâ—s â—The Garden.â— In slightly adapted form, these themes
were to flourish in the poetry of the Countess of Winchilsea, Isaac
Watts, John Hughes, and a number of early eighteenth-century nature
poets.

In the Romantic period Casimireâ—s fame was again revived. While still a
young man, Coleridge planned a complete translation of Casimireâ—s iv
odes, but never finished more than the ode â—Ad Lyram.â— It was also
Coleridge who said that with the exception of Lucretius and Statius he
knev no Latin poet, ancient or modern, who could be said to equal
Casimire in boldness of conception, opulence of fancy, or beauty of
versification.8 A knowledge of the themes and techniques of this Latin
poet should therefore be of interest to all students of English poetry.

Maren-Sofie Roestvig
University of Oslo

NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION

1. For a complete bibliography, see Carlos Sommervogel, Bibliothèque de

la Compagnie de Jésus (Bruxelles et Paris, 1896), VII, 627-646.

2. In the preface to The Ecstasy. An Ode (1720), John Hughes comments on

Cowleyâ—s indebtedness, in â—The Extasie,â— to Casimire.

3. Norrisâ—s indebtedness has been pointed out by Hoxie N. Fairchild,

Religious Trends in English Poetry (New York, 1939- ), I, 110, n. 21.

4. Compare Wattsâ—s â—False Greatness,â— â—â—Tis Dangerous to Follow the

Multitude,â— and â—The Kingdom of the Wise Manâ— to Casimireâ—s Ode IV, 34;
IV, 10; and IV, 3.

5. By this term is understood the themes presented in Horaceâ—s second

epode on the happy country life.

6. Hermes Trismegistus, Hermetica, ed. Walter Scott (Oxford, 1924-36), I,

129.

7. No study has as yet been made of Casimireâ—s influence upon English

literature, but I hope shortly to publish the results of my own
investigation of this problem.

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8. Coleridge prefaced his translation of the ode â—Ad Lyramâ— with this
remark. See also Biographia Literaria, ed. John Shawcross (Oxford, 1907),
II, 209. For further critical estimates, see Sir John Bowring, trans.,
Specimens of the Polish Poets (London, 1827), and Caecilius Metellus,
pseud., â—On the Life and Writings of Casimir,â— The Classical Journal, XXV
(1822), 103-110.

THE

THE 5
ODES

OF

CASIMIRE

Tranſlated by

G. H.

LONDON,

Printed by T. W. for Humphrey Moſeley, at the

Å¿igne of the Princes Armes in Pauls
Church-yard, 1646.

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In the original text, the Latin was printed on left-hand (even-numbered) pages, with English on facing pages.
Not all translations are line for line. Note that poem numbering is consistently inverted: â—Ode 25, Lib. 2â—
means Book 2, Ode 25. â—Epi.â— stands for both â—Epodeâ— and â—Epigramâ—.

Contents

(list added by transcriber)

Liber 1: Ode 1 Liber 4: Ode 3 Epode 1

Ode 2 Ode 10 2
Ode 13 Ode 11 3
Liber 2: Ode 2 Ode 12 Epigram 4
Ode 5 Ode 13 37
Ode 7 Ode 44 40
Ode 8 Ode 15 48
Ode 19 Ode 19 51
Ode 24 Ode 21 110
Ode 25 Ode 30
Ode 32
Liber 3: Ode 4
Ode 34
Ode 6
Ode 35
Ode 12
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Od. 1. Lib. 1. Od. 1. Lib. 1.

Cum infeſtæ Thracum Copiæ Pannoniâ When the hatefull forces of the Thracians departed
exceſſiſſent. out of Pannonia.

Am minæ sævi cecidere belli: he threats of cruell Warre now cease:,

Jam profanatis malè pulsa terris In stead of them safety and peace,

Et salus, & pax niveis revisit Banishâ—d thâ—unhallowed earth, doe please

Oppida bigis: â—Returne in their white Waine;

Iam fides, & fas, & amæna præter Faith joynâ—d with Truth, and Plenty too

Faustitas, læto volat arva curru: Oâ—re pleasant fields doe nimbly goe;

Iam fluunt passim pretiosa largis The precious Ages past, doe flow

Sæcula rivis. With liberall streames againe.

Candidi soles veterisque venæ Cleare dayes, such yeares as were of old

Fontibus nati revocantur Anni: Recalled are, oâ—thâ— ancient mold,

Grandinat Gemmis, riguoque CÅ—lum The Heavens hayle Pearles, and molten Gold

Depluit Auro. Doth raine down-right in showres;

Meque veraci cecinisse plectro Whilst I with my Prophetique string

Inter Octobreis, tua festa, pompas, Thy Winter feastivalls doe sing,

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Prisca Saturni rediisse sæcla, The whole world doth with Ecchoes ring

Approbat Orbis. Old Saturnâ—s age is ours.

Aurei patrum niveique mores, Our Fathers pure and golden rule

Exul & serâ procul usque Thule, Exilâ—d as farre as farthest Thule,

Candor, & pulchro remeare virtus Justice from bright Olympus schoole

Audet Olympo. Comes boldly back againe.

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Lactis, & fusi per aprica mellis The streams which Milk and Honey yeild,

Garruli Campos secuêre rivi: Their passage cut through open field,

Et superfuso tumuêre plenæ And the full banks with Nectar swellâ—d

Nectare ripæ. Doe drowne the flowrie plaine.

Lætior vulgò seges inquietis The glad Corne in the restles stalke

Fluctuat culmis, titubantque frugum Waves, and the fields as wee doe walke,

Uberes Campi, nec avara sulcis So fruitfull reele, to any balke

Invidet æstas. The Heat no spight doth owe.

Pastor Erranteis comitatus HÅ—dos The Herdsmans Pipe toâ—s wandring Goats,

Provocat raucas calamo cicadas: Provokes the Grashoppers hoarse notes;

Mugiunt Colles, & anhela fessis The tyred Herd with strayned throats,

Silva Iuvencis. Makes Hills and Woods to low.

Pace subsultant juga, pace rident The Mountaines leape, and rough Rocks smile

Tetrica rupes: leve separatos For gentle Peace rejoyceth still

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Otium colleis amat, & sequestri Such solitary roomes to fill

Gaudia pagi. Hills set apart, â—lone Townes.

Te Ceres flavis redimita culmis, Ceres with yellow Chaplet, and

Magne pacati moderator orbis, The Summer rich with eares doth stand,

Te suis ×stas opulenta Circum- Great Prince of our appeased Land,

fundit aristis. Thee to encompasse round.

Supplici Myrtus tibi servit umbrâ, The Myrtle begs with humble shade

Serviunt Lauri: tibi celsa longè To serve thee and the Laurelâ—s glade;

Quercus assurgit, tremuloque pinus The lofty Oake doth rise; Its head

Vertice nutat. The trembling Pine doth bow;

Siderum præses, dominusque terræ, Hee that oâ—re Starrs and earth hath powre,

Lucidâ Romam speculatus aree, Beholding us, from his bright Towre,

Regna tranquillet, Cupidoque patrem Calms all, and sets thee father oâ—re

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Te velit orbi. The covetous world below.
Laurus annosum tibi signet ævum: The Laurell signe long life to thee,

Fata te norint, properentque parcæ Let Fates and destinies agree

Nescium carpi tibi destinatos To twine thy thred, which cannot bee

Stamen in annos. Cut â—till thâ— appointed time.

Quæque formosos sedet inter igneis, May shee amidst those glorious fires,

Sedulam pro te miserata Romam For thy sake, pittying our desires,

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Virgo, quam circum glomerantur albis â—Bout whom the beauteous starrs inquires,

Astra choreis. And flowing measures swim;

Curet effusas Latii querelas, May shee, I say, our Countryâ—s griefe

Virginum castas juvenumque voces Cure, and the chast complaints releive

Curet, & votis procerum reclinem Of all our youth, and willing eares

accommodet aurem. Apply to thâ— praiers of all our Peeres.

Ad Aurelium Lycum. To Aurelius Lycas.

Ode 2. Lib. 1. Ode 2. Li. 1.

Nè plus æquo de adverſâ fortunâ queratur. That hee would not complaine too much of adverſe
fortune.
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ndignas, Lyce, nænias, nmanly howlings, Lycuas, leave,

Et mæstum gemitu pectus, & hispidis Thy sad breast doe not vex, nor grieve;

Frontem nubibus expedi, Thy rugged brow from cloudes set free,

Cum Sol non solito lumine riserit, Although with usuall beames â—on thee

Et fortuna volubilis The Sun not shines; or fortune late

Fati difficilem jecerit aleam. Hath throwne the hardest chance of Fate.

Quod vexant hodié Noti, With th◠waves, that South windes tosse to day,

Cras lambent hilares æquor ×tesiæ. The cheerfull Easterne gales will play;

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Mŗstum solA hodiè caput, The Sun that now hangs downe his head,

Cras lætum roseo promet ab æquore. With joy from blushing Thetis bed

Alterno redeunt choro Iâ—thâ— morne will rise. Laughter and woe

Risus & gemitus, & madidis propè Keepe time, and in their courses goe.

Sicci cum Lacrymis joci. Cleare merriment succeeds wet eyes,

Nascuntur mediis gaudia luctibus, And joyes in midâ—st of sorrows rise.

Sic fatis placitum. suis Thus pleaseth it the Fates, that flow

Tempestiva fluunt fata periculis. With various hazards here below.

Fessos duxit heri boves, Hee who his Oxen tyrâ—d, did drive,

Dat magnis hodiè jura Quiritibus: Doth lawes to day, to th◠City give:

Et quæ bobus ademerat, And the same yokes he tooke from those,

Imponit Gabiis, & Curibus juga. Upon the Citizens impose.

Idem Phosphorus aspicit The day-starre great, that man doth see,

Magnum quem tenuem viderat Hesperus. Whom thâ— Evening saw in low degree.

Quod si seria ludicris But if the things that serious are

Fortuna placeat texere; Rusticus With Fortunes pastimes to compare

Hesternam repetet casam, Doth please you; See, this Country-man

Ridentis populi non humilis jocus: Betakes himselfe toâ—s farme againe,

Et queis rexerat omnia, Ofâ—s jeering neighbours thâ—only sport,

Findet laurigeris ligna securibus. And with those Axes which iâ—thâ— Court

12 Hee ruled all with, Cleaves his wood,

Quod si defuerit salix Whose Helves are made of Laurell good.

Fasces pauperibus subjiciet focis. 13

And if a want of wood there growes,

The Fasces on the fire he throwes.

Ad Tarquinium Lavinum. To Tarquinius Lavinus.

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on siA Sol semel occidit, s if the Sun that once doth set,

Non rubris iterum surget ad Indiis; From thâ— blushing East a new birth doth not get

Nec si quos celeris rotæ As if that those whom Fortunes frowne

Sors non exiguo proruit impetu, By the swift violence of her wheele, throwes down,

Non lapsos iterum levet, Shee would not raise again with ease,

Arguto docilis ludere cum joco. So active in such nimble sports as these.
Ne spem projice, Tarquini: Despaire not (Sir) whose footsteps now

Cujus pænè retro lambere pulverem Thouâ—rt said to kisse, and lick the dust ofâ—s shooe,

Et vestigia diceris, Let Fortune her light wheele but turne,

Cum fortuna levem verterit orbitam, And then Tarquinius, thou shalt soon discerne

Effusam super & luto From his proud height, him downward thrust,

Fumantem poteris cernere purpuram. His trampled robes smoking in mire and dust.
Tunc & risibus abstine, Thy jeeres and laughter then forbeare,

Neu turpi domino Lumina paveris: His all-bespattred lookes thou shalt not feare,

Neu calces nimium, memor Nor trample on, remembring how

Fortunæ geminam sæpe jaci pilam. Fortune a double ball doth often throw.
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Ad Publium Memmium. To Publius Memmius.

Ode 2. Lib. 2. Ode 2. Lib. 2.

Vitæ humanæ brevitatem benefactis extendendam That the ſhortneſſe of mans life is to bee
eſſe. lengthened by good deeds.
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ua tegit Canas modò bruma valleis, he Valleys, now, all clad in gray

Sole vicinos jaculante monteis By Winter, when Sol darts his ray

Deteget rursum. Tibi cum nivosa On neighbouring hills, heeâ—l naked lay,

Bruma senecta As heretofore.

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In caput seris cecidit pruinis, But when the winter of thy yeares

Decidet nunquam. Cita fugit ×stas, With snow, within thy locks appeares,

Fugit Autumnus, fugient propinqui When hoary frost shall dye thine haires,

Tempora veris: It parts no more.

At tibi frigus, capitique cani Summer, and Autumnâ—s quickly gone,

Semper hærebunt, neque multa Nardus Thâ—approaching Spring will passe as soon:

Nec parum gratum repetita dement Gray hayres, and chilling cold alone

Serta colorem. With thee will stay.

To thy ill colour, Nard distillâ—d,

Nor the renewâ—d perfumes oâ—thâ— field

Of flowres, can any vertue yeild,

Or takâ—t away.
Una quem nobis dederat juventus: Thee, whom thy youth hath givâ—n tó day.

Una te nobis rapiet senectus: At night old age will take away.

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Sed potes, Publi, geminare magnâ Thy time to double, is, to lay

Sæcula famâ, A fame most bright.

Quem sui raptum gemuêre cives. Whom snachâ—d by death, his friends bemone,

Hic diu vixit. Sibi quisque famam He hath livâ—d long. Let every one

Scribat Hæredem: rapiunt avaræ Write Fames sole heire: thatâ—s free alone,

Cetera Lunæ. From th◠rape of night.

E Rebus Humanis Exceſſus. A Departure from things humane.

Ode 5. Lib. 2. Ode 5. Lib. 2.

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umana linquo: tollite præpetem ift me up quickly on your wings,

Nubesque ventique. Ut mihi devii Ye Clouds, and Winds; I leave all earthly things;

Montes resedere, & volanti How Devious Hills give way to mee!

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Regna procul, populosque vastos And the vast ayre brings under, as I fly,

Subegit aer! jam radiantia Kingdomes and populous states! see how

Delubra Divum, jam mihi regiæ The Glystâ—ring Temples of the Gods doe bow;

Turres recessere, & relicta in The glorious Towâ—rs of Princes, and

Exiguum tenuantur urbes; Forsaken townes, shrunke into nothing, stand:

Totasque qua se cunque ferunt vaga And as I downward looke, I spy

Despecto Gentes. O lacrymabilis Whole Nations every where all scattred lye.

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Jncerta fortuna! ô fluentûm Oh the sad change that Fortune brings!

Principia, interitúsque rerum! The rise and fall of transitory things!

Hîc ducta primis oppida mÅ—nibus Here walled townes that threatned Heavâ—n,

Minantur in CÅ—lum: hîc veteres ruunt Now old and ruinâ—d, with the earth lye even:

MurÃ−que turresque: hîc supinas Here stately Pallaces, that thrust

Pæné cinis sepelivit arces. Their heads iâ—thâ—ayre, lye buried all in dust.

Hîc mite CÅ—lum, sed rapidæ ruunt Here the Ayre Tempâ—rate is and mild,

In Bella Gentes: hîc placida sedent But the fierce people rush to warres, most wild:

In pace, sed latè quietos Here in a joyfull peace they rest,

Dira lues populatur agros. But Direfull Murraines their quiet fields lay wast.
Hîc pænè tellus tota micantibus Here the whole Land doth scorching lye

Ardet sub armis: stant acies adhuc Under the glittering Armes oâ— thâ— Enemy:

Pendente fatorum sub ictu, Under the hovering stroke oâ— thâ— Fates

Et dubio furor hæsitavit The Armies yet both stand; and fury waites

In bella passu: parte aliâ recens With doubfull steps, upon the warre;

Jam mista Mavors agmina mutuam Fresh courage here, the mingled troopes prepare.

Collisit in mortem, & Cadentûm Each against other fiercely run,

Cæde virûm, CumulÃ−sque latos And mutually they worke destruction:

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Insternit agros: hîc Mareotica
Secura merces æquora navigant,
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Portusque certatim frequentes
Centum operis populisque fervent.
Nec una Marti causa, nec unius
Sunt Arma moris. Bellat Adultera
Ridentis è vultu voluptas,
Inque Helena procus ardet orbis.
Hic verba bellis vindicat: hic canis,
Heu vile furtum! Se mala comparant;
Rarum sub exemplo superbit,
Nec sceleris scelus instar omne est.
Eous illinc belligerâ latet
Sub Classe pontus: Jam Thetis æneá
Mugire flammarum procellâ, &
Attonitæ trepidare cautes,
Et ipsa circum littora percuti
Majore fluctu. Sistite barbari,
Ferroque neu simplex, & igni &
Naufragio geminate fatum.
Parumnè Tellus in miseras patet
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The slaughtered heapes in reeking gore
With bloudy covering spread the fields all oâ—re:
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Here on safe Seas, as joyfull prize
Is stripâ—d away th◠×gyptian Merchandize,
Whilst the full Havens thick beset,
Doe furiously with fierce contention fret.
Mars hath his divers Causes, and
His severall fashionâ—d weapons to command.
From the Adultresse smiling lookes
Pleasure doth fight, and unto Warre provokes,
The doting world with Helen burnes.
This sordid man, oh base advantage! turnes
Revenge of vvords to blowes;
Mischiefe begets it selfe, from mischiefe growes.
Small sins by example higher dare,
Nor doth all sin, alvvaies like sin appeare.
There thâ—Easterne Sea lyes coverd oâ—re
With vvarlike Fleets: Thetis begins to rore
With stormes of flaming Brasse, and here
Thâ— astonishâ—d Rocks all trembling stand with
feare.
The troubled Sea vvith vvinds beset
With stronger vvaves â—gainst the full shore doth
beat.
Forbeare, cruell men to multiply
With fire, Sword-vvrack your single destiny.
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Immensa mortes? hinc miserabili Is the large Earth too narrovv grovvne,

22 Such slaughters, such dire tragedies to ovvne?

Quassata terrarum tumultu Large Kingdomes there, brought under thrall

Stare pavent titubantque regna, With Tumult, stagger, and for feare doe fall;

Unâque tandem funditus obruunt Where in one Ruine wee may see

Cives ruinâ. Stat tacitus cinis, The dying people all oâ—rewhelmed lye.

Cui serus inscribat viator: The silent dust remaines, to let

Cum populo jacet hic & ipso The weary Pilgrim this Inscription set

Cum Rege Regnũ. Quid memorem super- (In after times, at hee goes by)

Infusa totis æquora portubus King, Kingdome, People here entombed lye.

Urbes inundare, & repenti What should I name the raging Seas,

Tecta Deúm sonuisse fluctu. Whole Havens over-flowing, and with these

Iâ—thâ— sudden floud whole Cities drownâ—d

The shaken Temples of the Gods that found?

Regumque Turres, & pelago Casas Kings Pallaces what should I name

Jamjam latentes? jam video procul Now sunke iâ—thâ— deepe, small Cottages iâ—thâ— same

Merceisque differri, & natantem Vast wealth I see swept downe with thâ— tyde

Oceano fluitare gazam. Rich treasure in the Ocean floting glyde.

Alterna rerum militat efficax The active world tâ—each others harmes

In damna mundus. Cladibus instruit Doth daily fight, and the pale Goddesse armes

Bellisque rixisque & ruinis The bloudy scene with slaughters, warrs,

Sanguineam libitina scenam, With utter ruins, and with deadly jarrs;

Suprema doxec stelligerum dies Thus thereâ—s no Exit of our woes,

Claudat Theatrum. Quid morer hactenus Till the last day the Theater shall close,

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Viator aurarum & serenas Why stay I then, when goe I may—

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Sole domos aditurus usque
Humana mirer? tollite præpetem
Festina vatem, tollite nubila
Qua solis & Lunæ Labores
Cæruleo vehit æthra Campo.
Ludor? sequaces aut subeunt latus
Ferunt; venti? Jamque iterum mihi
Et regna decrevere, & immensæ
Ante oculos periêre gentes;
Suóque semper terra minor Globo
Jam jamque cerni difficilis, suum
Vanescit in punctum? ô refusum
Numinis Oceanum! ô carentem
Mortalitatis portubus insulam!
O clausa nullis marginibus freta!
Haurite anhelantem, & perenni
Sarbivium glomerate fluctu.
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Ad Publium Memmium.
Od. 7. Lib. 2.
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sset humanis aliquod levamen
Cladibus, si res caderent eâdem
Quâ morâ surgunt; sed humant repentes
Alta ruinæ.
Nil diu felix stetit; inquieta
Urbium currunt hominumque Fata:
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Toâ—a house enlightned by the Suns bright ray?
Shall I still dote on things humane?
Lift up your longing Priest, yee Clouds, oh deigne
Lift mâ—up where thâ—aire a splendour yeilds
Lights the sunâ—s chariot through the azure fields.
Am I deceived? or doe I see
The following winds on their wings mounting me,
And now againe Great kingdomes lye
Whole Nations perishing before mine eye?
The earth which alwayes lesse hath beene
Thenâ—s Globe, and now, just now can scarce be
seene,
Into itâ—s point doth vanish, see!
Oh the brimâ—d Ocean of the Deitie!
Oh Glorious Island richly free
From the cold Harbours of mortality!
Yee boundlesse Seas, with endlesse flouds of rest
Girt round Sarbinius your panting Priest.
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To Publius Memmius.
Ode 7. Lib. 2.
midst our losse it were some ease,
If things did fall, with the same stay, and leisure
They rise; but sudden ruines seize
On our most lofty things, and richest treasure.
Nothing long time hath happy been.
The restlesse Fates of peopled-Cities, passe:
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Totque vix horis jacuêre, surgunt
Regna quot annis.
Casibus longum dedit ille tempus,
Qui diem regnis satis eruendis
Dixit: elato populos habent mo-
menta sub ictu.
Parce crudeles, moriture Publi,
Impio divos onerare questu,
Densa vicinis nimiùm vagari
Funera tectis.
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Quæ tibi primùm dedit hora nasci,
Hæc mori primùm dedit. Ille longùm
Vixit, æternum sibi qui merendo
Vindicat ævum.
Ad AÅ¿terium.
Ode 8. lib 2.
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t nos inani pascit imagine
Fortuna rerum. Ludimur Asteri,
Umbris amicorum; & doloso
Verba simul placuêre fuco,
Res esse stulti credimus. at simul
Sors infidelem corripuit rotam,
Gaudent recedenti Sodales
Non eadem dare verba Divæ.
Plerumque falsis nominibus placent
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In a few hourâ—s destroyâ—d wâ—have seen,
In many yeares what never raised was.
He gave to Chance long time, that said
One dayâ—s enough, whole Kingdomes
tâ—overthrow:
Each moment holds a people swayd
Under a fatall and exalted blow.
Being neere thy death, then, Publius, spare
To load the Gods, with thy blasphemous plaints;
That Funeralls so frequent are,
Or death so much thy neighbours house haunts.
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The houre, that first to thee gave life,
That thou shouldâ—st likewise dye, gave first to
thee.
He hath livâ—d long, who well doth strive
Sure alwaies of eternall life to bee.
To AÅ¿terius.
Ode 8. l. 2
Are mockâ—d with â—baytes that fortune flings
And fed with thâ—empty husks of things:
Shadowes, not friends we entertaine;
Wâ—are pleasâ—d with the deceitfull traine
Of words, and thinke them deeds. But when
Thâ—unconstant wheele shall turne agen
To thâ— parting Goddesse, wee shall see
Those friends the selfe-same words deny.
Things Humane under false names please.
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Humana. Rari pollicitis data
Aequamus: & minor loquaci
Relligio solet esse voto.
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Ex Å¿acro Salomonis Epithal.
Ode 19. l. 2.
Similis est dilectus meus capreæ, hinnuloque
cervorum.
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itas sollicitæ me similis capræ,
Quam vel nimbisoni sibilus Africi,
Vel motum subitis murmur Etesiis
Vano corripit impetu.
Nam seu prima metum bruma trementibus
Incussit foliis, sive Diespiter
Elisit resonis tela Cerauniis,
Incertâ trepidat fugâ.
At qui non ego te quærere desinam,
Clamatura retrò, Christe, Revertere: &
Rursus, cùm rapido fugeris impetu,
Clamatura, Revertere.
O seu te Libani terga virentia,
Seu formosa rubræ culta Bethuliæ,
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Seu pinguis Solymæ, sive procul cavæ
Cingunt rura Capharniæ;
Tandem sollicitæ pone modum fugæ.
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Our gifts match not our promises;
Religion, lesse to be doth use,
Then the large language of our vowes.
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Out of Solomonâ—s Å¿acred Mariage Song.
Ode 19. Lib. 2.
hou shunnest me, like to a fearfull Roe,
Which, as the stormy North-winds blow,
Or the rough noise oâ— thâ— suddaine Easterne
blast,
Is snatchâ—d away with forcelesse hast.
For thâ—early frost the trembling leaves doth
fright,
Or else the Father of the light
Hath hewne from thâ—ecchoing rocks his
thundring darts,
Hee hastens with such doubtfull starts.
But till I find thee, Iâ—le not cease, nor rest,
But cry aloud, Returne, ô Christ:
And when with swifter speed thou flyâ—st away,
Returne againe, ô Christ, Iâ—le say.
The tops of Lebanus, so green and gay,
The faire tilths of Bethulia,
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Encompasse thee, old Salemâ—s fruitfull Land,
Or else Capharnia low doth stand.
At length give oâ—re thy sad and carefull flight:
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Nam non effugies, Te mihi sedulis Thou shalt not scape me, thâ—evening bright

Aether excubiis prodet, & aureis With its so watchfull Centry, theeâ—l betray,

Prodet Cynthia cornibus. And thâ—Moone with golden hornes doth stray.
Te neglecta gemunt littora, te procul By thâ—grones of the neglected shores Iâ—le find

Suspirat tacitis aura Pavoniis, Thee; and by thâ—sighs oâ—thâ— Westerne

wind;
Te noctis vigiles, te mihi vividis
Thee the nightâ—s watch, the starrs that walke
Signant sidera nutibus. about

With lively signes will point thee out.

Diræ in Herodem. Diræ in Herodem.

Ode 24. l. 2. Ode 24. Lib. 2.

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evota sacræ progenies domus! hou Cursed off-spring of that sacred place!

Fatale monstrum! prodigialium Thou fatall monster of prodigious race!

Monstrum parentum! seu Libyssa A Libyan Lyonesse in some Affrick den

Marmaricis leæ pavit antris, Gave nourishment to thee, thou shame of men.
Seu te maligno sidere degener Or mungrill Libard with a shee-Tiger, hurlâ—d

Pardus maritâ tigride prodidit, Thee, with a mischiefe, into thâ—hatefull world,

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Furoris hæredem paterni; Heyre to the fury of thy Syre, and damm;

Sive gregis populator Afri Or some wild Wolfe left thee a naked shame:
Nudum sub alto destituit jugo; Under a huge hard rock: some angry storme,

Seu belluosis fluctibus exspuit From waves, with things so full of divers forme,

Irata tempestas nocentem For birds and beasts, spewâ—d thâ—up a banefull
prey;
Alitibusque ferisque prædam;
Tuo severas pectore marmora The Marble quarry, â—midâ—st the raging Sea,

Duxêre venas, marmora rupibus Itâ—s rigid veynes, from thy rough bosome drew;

Decisa, quas Gætula cælebs Marble, from those rocks hewne, Deucalion threw

Deucalio super arva iecit: Over Gætulian fields: Megara first

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Te sede primum livida regiâ Fixâ—d thâ—in thy regall seat, on thee accurst

Megæra fixit: Tisiphone dedit Then Tisiphon the Scepter did bestow,

Sceptrum cruentandum feraque And set the Diadem on thy savage brow:

Imposuit Diadema fronti; &

Regale nuper cum premeres ebur And as thy princely Ivory, of late

Adsedit altis fulta curulibus, Thou proudly leanâ—dst upon, close by thee sate

Et per Palæstinos Tyrannis With stately columnes propâ—d, fell tyrannie,

Explicuit sua signa campos. Her Ensignes, who through Palestine let fly:
Tremensque & atrum sanguine â manu And her black sword with bloudy trembling hand

Telum coruscans secum Odia, & Minas, Did brandish round, when straight at her command

36 Hatreds, and strifes appearâ—d, murder and rage

Cædemque & insanos tumultus, The horrid ruine of the new-borne age,

Funeraque & populorum iniquas

Strages, & indignum excidium retrò 37

Lactantis ævi traxit, & inclyta Shee drew along; Tumultuous madness, all

Regnorum, inexhaustasque longis The slaughterâ—d peoples unjust funerall:

Cladibus evacuavit urbies. Each famous kingdome, inexhausted towne

In a large streame of bloud by her, oâ—re-throwne.

Illam & parentum dira gementium Next followed Her, the plaints, and direfull grones

Lamenta, Questusque, & Gemitus retrò, Of sighing parents, robâ—d of their little ones,

Luctusque vicatim secuti, & Whole tydes of teares, sobs, and lamentings great

Irriguis Lacrymæ catervis. And mourning in each corner of the street.

Quòd si caducis decidit amnibus But if this showâ—r, from this sad cause begun,

Præsagus imber, quid pluvias sequi In too too narrow rivulets doth run;

Cunctantur ultrices procellæ, Why doe revenging stormes so much delay

Et volucrum strepitu quadrigarum To back the rayne? what doth their fury stay?

Why doth the shaken sky with rustling noise

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Incussus æther pigra tonitrua &
Immugientûm fulmina nubium
Compescit, indulgentque metæ
Aëriis vaga tela pennis?
At nil trisulcis Acroceraunia
Dejecta flammis, nil Rhodopes jugum,
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Quassæve peccavêre Cautes
Aemathiæ, risi forté dirum
Inominatis marmora partubus
Fudêre monstrum: rumpite, rumpite
Monteisque, facundasque Regum
Fulmina præcipitate rupeis.
Exspiret auras; occidat, occidat
Funestus, execrabilis, efferus
Sector; crematuramque taxum
Ipse super cumulumque regni
Summum cadaver fumet, & aëra
Cælumque diro liberet halitu
Fatale monstrum, dissidentûm
Ludibrium Furiarum, & Orci.
Perrumpe tractus impenetrabileis
Ignava tellus, desuper arduâ
Volvente saxorum ruinâ:
Quam pelagus super, & refusis
Bis terque Nereus Syrtibus insonet.
Audimur. Ingens sidera verberat,
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Of the slow thunder? why the lightning stop
From breaking through the clouds with hideous
clap?
Those ayrie featherâ—d arrowes in the darke
That stray, why do they spare their cursed marke?
Acroceraunia with his three-forkâ—d flame.
And that huge Hill the Thracian Queen gave name,
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×mathiaâ—s craggy trembling rocks may passe
Guiltlesse; they have not sinâ—d at all, alasse!
Unlesse their Marble, with a prodigious birth,
This direfull Monster teemâ—d, tâ—infest the
earth:
Breake then the mountaines, break yee lightnings,
Throw headlong downe ye fruitfull rocks of Kings.
May hee exspire! oh may the murthâ—rer fall!
Most execrable, cruell, tragicall!
Upon his kingdomâ—s pile, and flaming yew
Let his high carkasse blaze; the ayre anew
May thâ— monster purge from his infectious
breath,
The mocke of wrangling furyes, and of death.
Oh breake your entrayles, sluggish earth, and
downe
Let the high ruins of the rocks be throwne;
â—Gainst which the waves oâ—thâ—raging Sea
may rore
And Nereus with his Quicksands Boyling oâ—re:
Weeâ—re heard. The climbing surges strike the
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Spumamque, limumque, & rapaceis stars

Oceanus glomeravit undas: And the big Ocean all her strength prepares;

Her foame, and slimy mud shâ—hath heapâ—d

together

Devouring waves tossâ—d with the worst of

weather:
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Vastisque campi dissidiis hiant: The firmament doth shake, & Hell so neere

Jam fractus illabetur orbis Through the earths large chinks, which gapeth doth
appear:
Sacrilego capiti. i, profunda
The shattâ—red world now falls onâ—s impious
head,
40 Goe, Tyrant with thy death unpardoned,

Inexpiato pollue Tartara Even Hell it selfe pollute, possesse, alone,

Tyranni leto: solus & igneum Cocytus, and sulphureous Acheron.

Insume Cocytum, & frementem

Sulphureis Acheronta ripis.

Ex Å¿acro Salomonis Epithalamio. Out of Solomons Å¿acred Marriage Song,
Cant. 2.
Fulcite me floribus, &c. Stay me with flagons, &c.
Adiuro vos, filiæ Jeruſalem, ne ſuſcitetis, &c. I charge O yee daughters of Jeruſalem, that yee
Å¿tirre not up, nor wake, &c.
Ecce iſte venit, ſaliens in montibus, tranſiliens
colles, &c. Behold hee commeth leaping upon the Mountaines
&c.
Ode 25. Lib. 2. Ode 25. Lib. 2.
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e stipate rosariis, tay mee with saffron, underneath me set

Me fulcite crocis, me violariis, Full banks of Roses, beds of violet;

Me vallate Cydoniis, Refresh mee with the choicest fruit, and spread

Me canis, sociæ, spargite liliis: The whitest Lillies round about my head:

Nam visi mora Numinis For the delay of the seene-powâ—re divine

Mî sacris animam torret in ignibus. In sacred flames, consumes this breast of mine.

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Vos ô, vos ego filiæ Yee Daughters of that holy Citie, yee!

Cælestis Solymæ; vos Galaditides, Yee Sisters! I, â—tis I, that humbly pray!

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Vos ô per capreas ego O, I, intreat you, by each Hind, and Roe,

Errantesque jugis hinnuleos precor, That straying oâ—re the tops of Hills doe goe,

Antiqui genus Isaci, Yee stock of ancient Isaac, yee that move

Quæ saltus Libani, quæ viridem vago With nimble foot through Lebanus sweet grove,

Carmelum pede visitis, Oâ—re Carmels fragrant top! yee Nymphs so faire

Nymphæ nobilium gloria montium: The glory of the noble Hills that are,
Ne vexate tenacibus Molest not my beloved with your cryes,

Acclinem violis: neu strepitu pedum, Amongst the twining Violets that lyes:

Neu plausæ sonitu manus Doe not with claps of hands, or noise of feet,

Pacem solliciti rumpite somnii: Awake her, from her carefull slumbers yet:

Donec sponsa suo leves Untill my Spouse, of her owne selfe, shall rise

Somnos ex oculis pollice terserit: And wipe away the soft sleep, from her eyes;

Donec Lucicer aureus Untill the golden day-starre shall release

Rerum paciferum ruperit otium. All things from silent rest, and gentle peace.
Summis ecce venit jugis Behold from tops of yonder hills doth come

Formosæ soboles matris, & unica The blessed off-spring ofâ—s faire mothers womb,

Formosi soboles patris: The only issue ofâ—s bright father too,

Silvarumque super colla comantium, On the thick tops oâ—thâ— groves doth leaping
goe,
Et intonsum Libani caput,
The unshorne head of Lebanus so hye
Magnorumque salit terga cacuminum, ac
Hee leaps, and the great backs of Mountaines by,
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Proceras nemorum domos
The stately dwellings of the woods hee skips,
Prono transiliens præterit impetu:
And down again with nimble foot hee trips:

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Veloci similis capræ Like to a frighted, and swift running Roe.

Qua visis humili in valle leonibus, Beholding Lions in a vale below,

Per prærupta, per ardua With an amazed haste, and deep fetchâ—d breath

Sublimi volucris fertur anhelitu. Through uncouth places runs tâ—escape his death.
Ad Egnatium Nollium. To Egnatius Nollius.

ue animo, adverſus fortunæ That we ought to be of an even and upright mind,

×quo ſemper rectoq
inconſtantiam ſtandum eſſe. againſt the inconſtancy of fortune.

Ode 4. Lib. 3. Ode 4. Lib. 3.

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ive te molli vehet aura vento, rt thou blowâ—n on, with gentle gale,

Sive non planis agitabit undis, Or in rough waters forcâ—d to sayle?

Vince Fortunam, dubiasque Nolli, Still conquer Fortune, make but sports

Lude per artes. Of her, and her uncertain Arts.

Riserit? vultum generosus aufer. Laughs shee? turne bravely away thy face.

Fleverit? dulci refer ora risu: Weeps shee? bringâ—t back, with smiling grace:

Solus, & semper tum esse quovis When sheeâ—s most busie, be thou than

Disce tumultu. Retyrâ—d, and alwayes thine own man.

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Ipse te clausus modereris urbem Thus close shut up, thine owne free state

Consul aut Cæsar; quoties minantûm Thou best mayst rule, chiefe Magistrate;

Turba fatorum quatient serenam When the fierce Fates shall most molest,

Pectoris arcem. The serene palace of thy brest.

Cum leves visent tua tecta casus, When light mischance, thy fort, or thee

Lætus occurres: præeunte luctu Shall visit; meet it merrily:

Faustitas & pax subeunt eosdem Good luck, and peace, in that house stay

Sæpe Penates. Where mourning, first, hath led the way.

Dextra sors omnis gerit hoc sinistrum, In dextâ—rous chance, this hurt we see,

Quòd facit molleis: habet hoc sinistra It makes us soft: Extremity—

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Prosperum, quem nunc ferit, imminenteis
Durat in ictus.
Ille qui longus fuit, esse magnus
Desinit mÅ—ror, facilem ferendo
Finge Fortunam; levis esse longo
Discit ab usu.
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Ad Marcum Silicernium.
Veras eſſe divitias, quæ à bonis animi
petuntur.
Ode 6. Lib. 3.
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unquam præcipiti credulus aleæ
Cum Fatis avidas composui manus,
Ut mecum taciti fŗdere prælii
Aequâ pace quiescerent.
Quid Fortuna ferat crastina, nesciam,
Hæres ipse neci. Quas dedit, auferet,
Non avellet opes, quæ procul extime
Semotæ spatio jacent.
Quæ possunt adimi, non mea credidi;
Nunquam pauperior, si mens integer.
Regnum, Marce, mei si benè de meis
Vectigalia censibus—
Intra me numerem. Pars animi latet
Ingens, divitibus lætior Indiis,
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This, prosperous hath, wheresoeâ—re it hits,
It hardens, and for danger fits.
The griefe that hath been of such length,
Doth â—bate its violence and strength.
By bearing much, make fortune frees
Shee learnes, by custome, light to be.
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To Marcus Silicernius.
That thoſe are the true riches which are
fetchâ—d from the goods of the mind.
Ode 6. lib. 3.
rash believer of their ticklish play,
With Fates, I neâ—re joynâ—d greedy hands in hast.
From the strict course of private jarres, that they
With mee, in such an equall peace should rest.
I know not what to morrowâ—s fortune brings
Heire to my selfe alone. The wealth she gave
Lyes in my outmost roomes, â—mongst worst of
things;
Which, without force, she may for taking have.
Things can be taâ—ne away, I neâ—re thought mine;
Not poorer I, if mine owne selfe compleat.
I kingdome, Marcus, of my selfe I find
If the great custome of mine owne estate—
Within me I could in just numbers cast.
A great part of my mind lyes close, more wide
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Itur navibus, aut equis.
Sed mens assiduum visitur in diem
Hospes sæpe sui; non ebur, aut novas
Mercatura dapes, ipsa sui satis
Dives, si sibi cernitur.
Ad Aurelium Fuſcum.
Omnia humana Caduca, incertaque eſſe.
Ode 12. Lib. 3.
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i primum vacuis demere corticem
Rebus. Fusce, velis, cetera diffluunt
Vernæ more nivis, quæ modò nubium
Leni tabuit halitu.
Formosis reseces fortia; displicent.
Externis trahimur; si malè Dardanis
Respondens Helenæ pectus amoribus
Famosus videat Paris;
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Nusquam per medii prælia Nerei
Ventorumque minas splendida deferat
Graii furta thori sed benè mutuo
Rerum consuluit jugo
Naturæ Dominus, quòd niveis nigra,
Lætis occuluit tristia. Qui bona
Rerum de vario deliget agmine,
Consulto sapiet Deo.
Ad Cæſarem Pauſilipium.
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But thrice a yeare, we can but sayle or ride.
But my rich mind, oft to it selfe a guest,
By its owne selfe is daily visited;
Not â—bout to buy Toyes for a roome, or feast,
If of its selfe itâ—s seen, itâ—s richly fed.
To Aurelius Fuſcus.
That all humane things are fraile and uncertaine.
Ode 12. Lib. 3.
f the first barke, Fuscus, thou wouldâ—st but pare
From empty things, the rest will flow,
And vanish quite like vernal snow;
Which melts away, with the mild breath oâ—thâ—
ayre.
Valour from beauty severâ—d, slowly moves.
Meere outsides please: had Paris seene
Faire Helens heart, how foule â—t had beene,
How ill requiting to the Trojan Loves,
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Neâ—re, through the midst of Nereus broyles, had
hee
Or the winds anger, borne away
Oâ—thâ— Grecian bed that beauteous prey.
But Natureâ—s Lord, the mutuall yoke, we see,
Of things hath ordâ—red well, that black with white,
Sad things with joyfull covâ—red lye.
And from this various mixture, hee
The best would choose, from Heavâ—n must learne
the right.
To Cæſar Pauſilipius.
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Regnum ſapientis. The kingdome of a wiſe man.

Ode 3. Lib. 4. Ode 3. Lib. 4.

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atè minaces horruimus Lethi he large-commanding Thracians wee

Regnare Thracas. Latius imperat, Have fearâ—d. More large command hath hee,

Qui solus, exemptusque vulgo Who all alone himselfe retyres,

Certa sui tenet arma voti. And keepes sure guard oâ—re his desires.
Imbelle pectus parce fidelibus Thy unwarlike breast, with shield of proofe

Munire parmis; neu latus aspero Forbeare to fortifie; throw off

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Lorica cinctu, neu decorum From thy unpracticâ—d sides the shirt

Arcus amet pharetraque collum. Of Mayle, so hard about thee girt.

Let not the Quiver and the bow

Such homage to thy soft neck doe.

An Cimber, an te lectus ab ultimis Whetherâ—t bee Dane, or Pict, taâ—ne out

Pictus Britannis ambiat, an Geta, From farthest Brittaine, hems thâ—about

Nil allabores; ipse miles, Or Goth, neâ—re labour much to know

Ipse tibi pugil, ipse Ductor. Thine owne Commander, Champion too.
Exile regnum, Pausilipi, sumus: Wee are—â—tis true a kingdome small;

Sed se obsequentem qui sibi subdidit, But, Pausilipius, hee that shall

Hic grande fecit, si suasmet His flattâ—ring selfe, tâ— himselfe subdue,

Ipse roget peragatque leges. A businesse great doth undergoe;

If his owne lawes hee can perswade,

And doth performe them being made,

Armata Regem non faciet cohors, An host, makes no Kings title good,

Non tincta vulgi purpura sanguine, Nor Robes deepe dyâ—d in peoples blood.

Aut nobili stellatus auro A high brow set with starrs of gold,

Frontis apex, teretique gemmâ. Or Jems more glorious to behold.

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Rex est, profanos qui domuit metus: Hee who hath tamâ—d all coward feares,

Qui cùm stat unus, castra sibi facit; And his owne Guard himselfe prepares,

Casumque fortunamque pulchro Who practicâ—d, in faire combate, first

Provocat assiduus duello. Dares Chance and Fortune do their worst;

Non ille vultum fingit ad improbi That manâ—s a King. Hee doth not faine

Decreta vulgi, non popularia His lookes to thâ— votes oâ—thâ— vulgar
straine,
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Theatra, non illum trophæa,
The popular stage, and publike showes
Non volucri movet aura plausu.
Neâ—re moves him, nor the ayre that blowes
Beatus, Ã quo non humilem gravis
With swift applause; Heeâ—s blest whose sprite,
Fortuna vocem, non tumidam levis
Fall Fortune sad, or fall she light,
Expressit umquam curiosis
Hath neâ—re exprest, to thâ—standers by,
Dum tacitus premit ora fatis.
A low complaint, or haughty cry;

But, lest the curious Fates displease—

Hee should, holds modestly his peace.

Ad prima si quis vulnera non gemit, Atâ—s first wounds, who nor grones, nor quakes,

Solo peregit bella silentio: A Conquest with his silence makes:

Celare qui novit sinistros, Hee that mischance knowes how to hide,

Ille potest benè ferre casus. The worst of ills, can best abide.
Ille, & caducis se licet undique Hee, though the Sea should every where

Suspendat auris pontus, & in caput Hang up its waves iâ—thâ— flitting ayre;

Unius & flammas, & undam, & And the rough winds on him, should presse

Vertat agens maria omnia Auster, Flames mixâ—d with billowes, nay whole Seas,
Rerum ruinas, mentis ab arduà From the high Court ofâ—s lofty mind

Sublimis aulà , non sine gaudio Iâ—thâ— midst oâ—thâ— ruine, sport can find;

Spectabit, & latè ruenti Sets to his neck to th◠falling skye,

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Subjiciens sua collo cælo
Mundum decoro vulnere fulciet;
Interque cæli fragmina, lugubre
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Telluris insistet sepulchrum, ac
Incolumis morientis ævi
Heres, ab alto prospiciet, magis
Hæc magnæ quam sint quæ pedibus premit,
Quà m quæ relinquet; jam tum Olympi
Non dubius moriturus hospes.
Quò cùm volentem fata reduxerint,
Nil interest, an morbus, an hosticus
Impellat ensis, quò supremum
Urget itur. Semel advehemur
Quam navigamus semper in insulam
Seu lata magnis stravimus æquora
Regis carinis; seu Quirites,
Exiguâ vehimur phaselo.
Illo beatum margine me meus
Exponat asser. Cur ego sistere
Aeterno reformidens quietus
Littore, si peritura linquam?
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And props the world most valiantly:
To the now gasping Age safe heyre,
Leans on the Earthâ—s sad sepulchre,
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Whence, â—midst the fragments of the skye,
Hee sees most clearly from on hye,
How much more great those things appeare,
Hee treads on, then indeed they are,
Being then preparâ—d, and ready drest
To dye Olympus certaine guest.
Where, when by thâ— Fates heeâ—s gladly
brought,
Whether disease, it matterâ—s not,
Or enemies sword, doth thrust him on,
When his last journey he must run.
To thâ— Port wee are but once brought in
To which wâ—have alwayes sayling bin:
Whether, as mighty Princes, wee
In gallant ships have spread the Sea;
Or, as the common sort of men,
In smaller Barks, have carryed been.
May my poore bottome to that brinke
Mee happy bring; why should I shrinke—
Safe on thâ—Aeternall shore to stand,
If with such trash I can shake hand?
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Non tam populari exemplo, quâm potius rationis That our life ought not to bee inſtituted ſo
ductu vitam eſſe inſtituendam. much by popular example, as by the guiding of
reaſon.
Ode 10. Lib. 4. Ode 10. Lib. 4.
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elli, si populo duce ee erre (my Dellius) if wee take

Vita degenerem carpimus orbitam, That baser path of life, the people make;

Erramus, procul arduis In highest and remotest Hills

Virtus se nimium seposuit jugis. Vertue sequesters up her selfe, and dwells.

Illuc quò via tritior, There where the way more beaten lyes,

Hoc est certa minùs. Longus inutili
Error nectitur ordine:
Et mores populum, non ratio trahit.
Casu vivitur, & viam
Lesse certaine, and more slippâ—ry alwayes
â—tis.
From fruitlesse order, errours grow;
Custome, not reason, drawes the people now.
Men live by Chance, our time we spend

Non metam premimus, quà præeuntium Iâ—thâ— way, like Truants, and forget the end,

Per vestigia civium Where â—midâ—st the throng of passers by,

Insanæ strepitus plebis, & improbæ The noyse of the mad rout, the hatefull cry

Voces invidiæ vocant. Of envy, calls, weeâ—re drawne amaine

Exemplis trahimur & trahimus retrò, Bâ—example; others wee draw back againe;

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Soli nemo sibi est malus, No man is ill to himselfe alone,

Nulli vita sua est: dum vaga postero Nor no mans life is onely callâ—d his owne.

Tubam turba premit gradu, Whilâ—st that the rambling rout treads oâ—re

Sunt primi exitio sæpè sequentibus. With after steps, the heeles of them before,

They that goe formost are designâ—d

A mischiefe oft to those that come behind.

Me Parnassus & integer Pernassus, and chaste Helicon

Plebeiis Helicon cætibus eripit Sublimes and takes mee from the vulgar throng:

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Sublimem; undè vagantium From whence, the false mistakes I view

Errores animorum, & malè desidis And wandring mindes of the too slothfull crew;

Vulgi damna patent. juvat And from on hye I fearelesse see,

Ex alto intrepidum colle jacentià With sport, the dangers that below me lye;

Despectare pericula, & Thus warily with joy I live,

Cantum non propriis vivere casibus. And by, other mens mischances I can thrive.
Ad Sigiſmundum Lætum. To Sigiſmundus Lætus.

Gloriæ inanis deſpicientiam & ſilentium Hee Commends the deſpiſing of vaine-glory,
commendat. and Å¿ilence.

Ode 11. l. 4. Od. 11. Lib. 4.

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æte, quid cassis sequimur fugacem hy fleeting glory follow wee,

Gloriam telis? fugit illa Mauri Lætus, with weapons all in vaine?

More, vel Parthi, regeritque ab ipso When like a Moore, or Parthian, shee

Vulnera tergo. Flyes at her backe with wounded Trayne.

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Hospes unius negat esse tecti The Talking-peoples love, denyes

Garrulus vulgi favor: hîc inani Under one roofe a guest to fix:

Aure rumores legit, inde veris Withâ—s empty care, one takes up lyes,

Falsa remiscet. And them with truths, doth subtâ—ly mix,

Hîc velut nidum positurus hæsit, Another sticks, and thinkes to build

Mox ubi vano vacuum tumultu His nest: but when he plainly sees

Pectus illusit, tacitis in altum His empty breast with noise beguild,

Subsilit alis, Aloft with silent wings, hee flees.

Vera laus sciri fugit. ipse pulcher True praise would not be knowne; the Sun

Se suâ Titan prohibet videri Forbids from being seen below

Luce: qui totus potuit latere, By his own light: and hee that can

Major habetur. Ecclipse himselfe, doth brighter show.

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Qui premit sacram taciturnitate Hee that in silence, of his mind

Pectoris gazam; benè non silenti The sacred Treasury containes;

Tutus in vulgo benè suspicaci Safety iâ—thâ— vulgar noyse doth find:

Regnat in aulâ. Inâ—s doubtfull Court, and wisely raignes.

Præterit mutas benè cymba ripas; Still banks thy Pinnace well may passe.

Quæ simul raucis strepuêre saxis, But when with hoarse rocks they do roare,

In latus cautam sapiens memento Remember wisely to forecast

Avertere proram. And turnâ—t aside with wary Oare.

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Ad Ianum Libinium. To Ianus Libinius.

Solitudinem ſuam excuſat. Hee excuſes his retyredneſſe.

Ode 12. Lib 4. Ode 12. Lib. 4.

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uid me latentem sub tenui lare hat â—tis detaines me here, and why—

Dudum moretur, cùm mihi civium I hide my selfe from every eye.

Amica certatim patescant How in so poore a house I spend

Atria, sæpe rogas Libini. My houres, yâ—have often askâ—d me, friend;

When the free Courts of free-borne men,

Fall out, which first shall let me in.

Me plenus, extra quid cupiam? meo I enjoy my selfe, what need I more?

In memet ipsum clausus ab ostio, Of every sense I lock the dore;

In se recedentis reviso And close shut up, a taske I find

Scenam animi vacuumque relustro In the retyring house oâ—thâ— mind:

Vitæ theatrum, sollicitus mei The Theatre of my life I view

Spectator, an quæ fabula prodii My owne spectator and iudge too—

Matura procedam, & supremo Whether the tale I first begun

Numinis excipienda plausu. In well digested Acts Iâ—ue spun;

In every scene, if every clause

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Goes neatly off, with heavâ—ns applause:
Omnes recenset numen, & approbat Each Action scanâ—d, is there set free

Vel culpat actus: quo mea judice Or sentencâ—d by authoritie—

Si scena non levè peracta est, 69

Sim populo sine teste felix. If there, with well Done I escape,

Iâ—me blest without the peoples clap.

68 I hate the common road of praise,

Odi loquacis compita gloriæ Or what the gaping vulgar raise,

Plebeia: quam cùm fama faventibus Which with a pleasant gale a while

Evexit auris, sæpe misso Fame hurries, but doth soone beguile:

Invidiæ stimulata telo, Now Envieâ—s sting it feeles, ere long

Aut invidentûm territa vocibus, Thâ—Artillery of some spightfull tongue:

Parùm obstinatis & malè fortibus Thus chacâ—d, with weakâ—ned wings it dyes;

Dimittit alis. Illa nudam Or torne, on the bare ground it lyes.

Plangit humum, lacerosque saxis A private fame, a meane house, where

Affligit artus. Me meliùs tegat I live concealâ—d from popular ayre,

Privata virtus, & popularia Best fits my mind, and shelters me:

Numquam volaturum per ora

Celet iners sine laude tectum.

Semota laudem si meruit, vetat Vertue tâ—her owne praise deafe should be.

Audire virtus. tutiùs invidi Our emulation, things a farre off command,

Longinqua miramur: propinquis But Envy haunts things that are neere at hand.

Lævus amat comes ire Livor.

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Ad Cæſarem Pauſilippium. To Cæſar Pauſilippius.

Adverſa conſtanti animo ferenda eſſe. That adverſity is to bee endured with a
conſtant mind.
Ode 13. Lib. 4.
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i quæ flent mala lugubres f mournfull eyes could but prevent

Auferrent oculi, Sidoniisego The evils they so much lament

Mercarer benè lacrymas Sidonian Pearles, or Gems more rare,

Gemmis, aut teretum merce monilium, Would be too cheap for evâ—ry teare.

At ceu rore seges viret, But moystâ—ned woes grow fresh, and new,

Sic crescunt riguis tristia fletibus. As Come besprinkled with the dew.

Urget lacryma lacrymam; Teare followes teare, and fruitfull griefe

Fecundusque sui se numerat Dolor. Hath from it selfe, its owne reliefe.

Quem fortuna semel virum The man whom Fortune doth espy

Udo degenerem lumine viderit, With drooping spirit, and moystâ—ned eye,

Illum sæpè ferit; mala Shee, often strikes; ill Fate, amaine

Terrentur tacito fatæ silentio. Runs Scarrâ—d no notice being taâ—ne.

Ne te, ne tua fleveris Bewayle not then thy selfe, deare friend,

Quæ tu, care, vocas, Pausilipi, mala, Or evills that on thee attend;

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Quam pellunt lacrymæ, fovent What they expell, teares cherish oft;

Sortem: dura negant cedere mollibus. Hard things deny to yeild to soft.

Siccas si videat genas, Mischance is conquered, when she spies

Duræ cedet hebes sors patientiæ. A valiant patience with dry eyes.
Ad Criſpum Lævinium. To Criſpus Lævinius.

Rogatus cur ſæpè per viam caneret, reſpondet. Being aſked why hee ſung ſo often as hee
travailed, hee anſwers.
Ode 44.B Lib 4.
Ode 44.B Lib. 4.
C A

um meam nullis humeros onustus s cheerefully I walke with thee,

Sarcinis tecum patriam reviso My shoulders from all burdens free.

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Lætus, & parvo mihi cumque dives Our native soyle again to see

Canto viator. Rich to my selfe I sing,

Tu siles mÅ—stùm: tibi cura Musas Whilâ—st care strikes thee, and thy Muse dumb,

Demit, & multi grave pondus auri. The heavy weight of thy vast summe,

Quæque te quondam male fida rerum Or what estate in time to come

Turba relinquet. The faithlesse rout may bring.

Dives est qui nil habet; illa tantùm Heeâ—s rich that nothing hath; Hee that

Quæ potest certâ retinere dextrâ, Inâ—s certaine hand holds his estate,

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Seque fert secum vaga quò, migrare That makes himselfe his constant mate

Jussit egestas. Where need commands him go;

Quid mihi, qui nil cupiam, deesse What can I want, that nought desire?

Possit? umbro si placet una Pindi Then Pindus vale, I reach no higher:

Vallis: ô sacrum nemus, ô jocosa O sacred Grove! O pleasant quire

Rura CamÅ—na! In those coole shades below!

Quæ meos poscet via cunque gressus, What paths soeâ—re my steps invite

Delphici mecum, mea regna, colles Ye Delphian hills, my sole delight

Itis, & fessum comitante circum- Doe goe with mee; in weary plight,

Sistitis umbrâ. And veyle me with good grace.

Me Gothus sævis religet catenis, Let thâ—Goth his strongest chaines prepare,

Me Scythes captum rapiat; solutâ The Scythian hence mee captive teare,

Mente, vobiscum potero tremendos My mind being free with you, Iâ—le stare

Visere Reges. The Tyrants in the face.

Ad Munatium. To Munatius.

Nihil in rebus humanis non tædio plenum eſſe. That nothing in humane affaires is not full of
tediouſneſſe.
Ode 15. Lib. 4.
Ode 15. l. 4.
N N

il est, Munati, nil, iterùm canam, othing Munatius, nothing I singâ—t againe,

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Mortale, nil est, immedicabilis
Immune tædî. Clarus olim
Sol proavis atavisque nobis,
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Parùm salubris, nec maculâ reus
Damnatur unâ; quicquid in arduo
Immortale mortales Olympo
Vidimus, invidiæ caducâ
Fuscamus umbrâ. non placet incolis
Qui Sol avitis exoritur jugis;
Aut prisca quæ dudum paternam
Luna ferit radiis fenestram.
Cælo quotannis, & patriis leves
Migramus arvis; hunc tepidæ vocant
Brumæ Batavorum, huic aprici
Ausoniæ placuêre soles.
Frustrà ; fideles si dominum retrò
Morbi sequuntur, nec tacitus Dolor
Absistit, aut Veiente curru,
Aut Venetâ comes ire cymbâ.
Tandemque nobis exulibus placent
Relicta; certam cui posuit domum
Virtus, huic nunquam paternæ
Fumus erit lacrymosus aulæ.
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Sese ipsa claudit finibus in suis
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Thatâ—s mortall, nothing from thâ— uncured
paine
Of tediousnesse is free. The Sun
Which bright to our forefathers shone
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To us, but little healthfull, doth appeare,
And though not guilty of one spott, not cleare:
Whatsoeâ—re immortall thing we see
In high Olympus, silly wee
Doe over-cast with Envyâ—s shade; here one
From his owne native Hills the rising Sun.
Disclaimes; or thâ—ancient Moone, that strikes
Her beames throughâ—s fathers glasse, dislikes.
Each yeare we change our ayre, and soyle, so
light;
Him, Hollands warmer Climate doth invite:
Another differs, and doth cry
Ausoniaâ—s clearer Suns please mee.
In vaine all this, if faithfull sicknesses
Wait close behind; if secret griefes neâ—re cease,
Allâ—s one, whether in Chariot
Thou goest, or in Venetian boat.
Poore exiles! then, things left doe please us most,
Who a sure building can from vertue boast,
To him the smoke ofâ—s fatherâ—s Hall
Doth never hurt his eyes at all.
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Confines her selfe to her owne private blisse;
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Plerumque, & insonti quietum And in the guiltlesse straw, her throne

In paleâ solium reclinat. With great delight can leane upon.

Ad IeÅ¿um Opt. Max. Out of Solomonâ—s Å¿acred Marriage Song.

Ex Å¿acro Salomonis Epithalamio. Chap. 1. 7.

Indica mihi quem diligit anima mea, ubi paſcas, ubi Tell mee (ô thou whom my ſoule loveth) where
cubes in meridie. thou feedeſt, where thou makeſt thy flocks to
reſt at noone, &c.

ϗαϗαϗϗαϗϗικῶϗ.
Ode 19. Lib. 4. Od. 19. Lib. 4.
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icebas abiens: Sponsa vale; simul
Vicisti liquidis nubila passibus.
Longam ducis, Jesu,
In desideriis moram.
Ardet iam medio summa dies polo,
Jam parcit segeti messor, & algidas
Pastor cum grege valleis,
hou saidâ—st, farewell my Spouse, & wentâ—st
away
More fleet then Clouds with liquid paces stray:
Oh what a longing, Jesu thus
With thy delay thou makâ—st in us?
â—Tis now high noone, the scorching Sun doth
burne
Iâ—thâ— midâ—st oâ—thâ— pole, the mower
spares the corne,

Et picta volucres petunt. The Shepheard, with his flocks, is glad—

And painted birds, to seeke coole shade.

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At te quæ tacitis destinet otiis But Jesu! where art thou? what regionâ—s blest

O Jesu regio? quis mihi te locus By holding thee so long in silent rest?

Cæcis invidet umbris, What darksome shade denyes my love?

Aut spissâ nemorum coma? Or with thick boughs what shady Grove?
Scirem quo jaceas cespite languidus, Knew I on what green Turfe thou dost repose

Quis ventus gracili præflet anhelitu,
Quis rivus tibi grato
Somnum prætereat sono;
Ah! nè te nimio murmure suscitent
Thy fainting limbs; what wind with soft breath
blowesâ—
What streame, with bubling, passing by
Disturbs thy sleep, or wakens thee;
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Nostræ diluerent flumina lacrymæ, Would let fall streams of teares should qualifie;

Et suspiria crudis My warmer sighes thou mixâ—d shouldâ—st

find
Miscerentur Etesiis.
With the cold blasts oâ—thâ— Easterne wind.
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Ex Å¿acro Salomonis Epithalamio. Out of Salomonâ—s Å¿acred marriage Å¿ong.

En dilectus meus loquitur mihi: Surge, propera amica mea, My beloved ſpake and ſaid unto mee, riſe
columba mea, formoſa mea, & veni. Iam enim hiems up my love, my Dove, my faire one, and come
tranſiit, imber abiit & receſſit. &c. away; for loe the winter is paſt, the raine is
over and gone: the flowers appeare on the earth,
the time of Å¿inging of birds is come, and the
voice of the Turtle is heard in our Land. The fig
tree putteth forth, &c.
Ode 21. Lib. 4. Ode 21. Lib. 4.
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allor? an Elysii lævâ de parte Sereni o I mistake? or from Elyzium cleare

Me mea vita vocat! My lifeâ—s call doe I heare?

Surge soror, pulchris innectito lora columbis; Sister arise, and harnesse thy sweet paire

Pulchrior ipsa super Of Doves, thy selfe more faire;

Scande rotas, Libanique levem de vertice currum, Mount and drive hither, here let thy Chariot stop,

Has, age flecte domos. From Libanus hye top;

Ad tua decidu fugiunt vestigia nimbi, At thy approach the falling showres doe fly,

Turbidus imber abiît: Tempestuous stormes passe by,

Ipsa sub innocuis mitescunt fulmina plantis, The lightningâ—s quenchâ—d under thy
harmlesse feet,
Ipsa virescit hiems.
Winter turnes Spring to seeâ—t.
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Interea sacris aperit se scena viretis While in the sacred Green, a bowâ—re we see

Sub pedibusque tibi Doth spread it selfe for thee.

Altera floret humus, alterque vagantia lætus The Earth new Turffâ—s it selfe for thee to tread,

Sidera pascit ager. The straying starrs fresh fields make glad.

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Præcipitesque capræ; Here with their dams, of Kids thâ—amazed
flocks
Hinnuleique suis, passim dum flumina tranant,
Hang on steep sides of Rocks;
Luxuriantur aquis.
Here as they swim, the wanton Hinds do play

In the coole streames all day.

It Leo cum Pardo viridis de colle Saniri The Lion with the Libard downe is lâ—ed

Mitis uterque regi, Tame and well governed;

Cumque suo passim ludunt in montibus agno Each with his Lamb about the Mountaines skip,

Exsuperantque juga. Oâ—re Hills they lightly trip.

Plurimus hos circum tacito pede labitur amnis, By these a spacious brooke doth slowly glide,

Pumicibusque cavis Which with a spreading tyde

Per violas lapsæ per declives hyacinthos, Through bending Lilyes, banks of Violets

Exspatiantur aquæ. From thâ—hollow Pumice sweats.

Lenè fluunt rivi, muscosis lenè susurrus The rivers gently flow, and a still sound

Murmurat è scopulis. From mossie Rocks doth bound.

In vitrio pisces saliunt hilares crystallo, The sporting fish dance in the christall Mayne,

Dulcè queruntur aves. The Birds sweetly complaine,

Nec verò, si mŗsta placent saletia cælo The ayre, if dolefull comforts please, doth ring

Flebile murmur abest: With mournfull murmuring.

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Nam sibi dum vestro regemunt ex orbe palumbes, For when the Doves eccho each others cry

Huc sonus ille venit. That sound doth hither fly.

Sic dum se viduo solatur Carmine turtur,
Gaudia nostra placent.
Cetera non desunt, pronis vindemia pendet
As they with widowed notes themselves do
please,
Just so, our joyes increase.
No want appeares; thâ—officious Vine doth stand

Officiosa botris, With bending clusters to our hand.

Hîc etiam vulgò violas, albentia vulgó Here, thou shalt pick sweet Violets, and there

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Ungue ligustra leges: Fresh Lillyes all the yeare:

Ipsa tibi, leti succos oblita priores, The Apple ripe drops from its stalke to thee,

Mitia poma cadent: From tast of death made free.

Ipsæ maturâ labentur ab arbore ficus, The luscious fruit from the full Figtree shall

Percutientque sinum. Into thy bosome fall.

Intereà falcem vindemia nescit, aratrum Meane while, the Vine no pruning knife doth
know,
Saucia nescit humus.
The wounded earth no plow.
Ipsæ sponte virent segetes, innoxius ipse
The Corne growes green alone, and thâ—unhurt
Messibus albet ager. land

Præbent Hospitium platani: præbet formosos Doth white with harvest stand.

Graminis herba toros. The grasse affords a stately bed, the Plane

Cædua Pãchæos sudant opobalsama nimbos; Spreads thee to entertaine.

Et genialis odor Arabian mists sweat from the gummy tree

88 Of Balme, and all for thee;

Aspirat quoties, nutantibus hinc atque illinc 89

Ingruit aura comit. Which through the ayre, a rich perfume doe
throw,

Fannâ—d with each neighbâ—ring bough.

Surge; quid indignos ducis per tædia soles? Arise my Sister deare, why dost thou stay,

Surge, age, cara soror. And spend thâ—unwilling day?

Ecce tuis ipsæ iam circum fræna columbæ Behold thy harnessâ—d Doves, at thy delay

Ingemuêre moris. Doe sigh, come, drive away.

Huc age, formosas formosior ipsa columbas Put on, and hither drive thy beauteous paire

Hospita flecte furor. Of Doves, thy selfe more faire.

Ad Ianuſsium Skuminum. To Ianuſius Skuminus.

Cùm conjugi chariſſimæ juſta perſolveret. When hee performed the Funerall obſequies
of his moſt deare Wife.
ϗαϗαϗϗαϗϗικῶϗ.
ϗαϗαϗϗαϗϗικῶϗ.

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i tibi pollicitum numen, si fata fuissent hat though the Gods have promisâ—d she shall
bee
×ternos fere conjugis annos;
Enfranchisâ—d to Eternity?
Jure per assiduos (procerum fortissime) fletus
Yet (valiant Sir) so great a losse still cryes
Ereptam quererêre, Janussi.
For a just tribute from your eyes;
Quem Pietas quem non moveat non tristibus unquam
View but her pious mind, that towâ—re of state
Arx animi concussa procellis
Not shaken by sad stownes of Fate,
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Et pudor, & proni niveo de pectore sensus,
Her humble innocent soule, her guiltlesse feare,
Et Regina modestia morum,
Her modesty chiefe Regent there;
Aut bona sedulitas, aut non incauta futuri
The prudent thrift of her presaging mind
Præsagæ solertia montis?
Her constant zeale, pure and refinâ—d;

And who can then forbeare tâ—embalme her

Hearse

With the daily precious dew of teares?

Provida sed longam magnis virtutibus ævum Tis not in Fate to promise length of dayes,

Non audent promittere fata: To things of such esteeme and praise;

Nec possunt, si quæ maturavére, profanis Nor can the starrs suffer so ripe a birth

Astra diu committere terris. To be long sullied with dull earth.

Nunc adeò parces longis onerare querelis
Depositum repetentia magnum,
Ingentes animi gazas, & robur, & aureo
Incoctum benè pectus honesto.
Load not the Heavens then with unjust
complaints,
For taking back one of their Saints.
The courage of her richly tempâ—red breast
Made her for them a fitter guest:

Such jewells of her mind sparkle about her

The starres themselves canâ—t shine without her.

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Sic Tanaquil, sic quæ cunctantem Claudia rexit Thus Tanaquil; thus Claudiaâ—s virgin band

Virgineâ cervice Cybellen, Steerâ—d the unwilling Barke to land.

Quæque maritali successit Thessala fato, Thus shee, that durst her Husbands fate abide,

Et Latiis vaga ClÅ—lia ripis; And Cloelia over Tiberâ—s tyde;

Ante diem raptæ vivunt post funera, vatum Too early cropâ—d, survive in Poesie,

Perpetuos in carmine fastos. And keepe perpetuall jubilie.

Illa quidẽ non, si surdos ad carmina Manes 93

Orpheâ testudine vincam, â—Tis not in Art to fetch her back againe,

92 Or charme the spirits with Orpheus straine,

Eductas adamante fores, & ahenea rumpat To breake the bars of Adamant or scale

Elysiii pomÅ—ria muri, The Rampiers of thâ— Elysian wall,

Reddaturque tibi. Stat nulli janua voto, No Orisons prevaile, sent from the breast

Nullis exorata Poëtis. Of great Apolloâ—s choisest Priest.

Sunt tamen exiles insigni in limine rimæ Yet in the arched entrance chinks there bee,

Quà possint arcana videri, Which may befriend the covetous eye;

Hæc ego si nullos fallunt insomnia maneis, Through these to thâ—hidden mysteries I peep,

Aut vidi, aut vidisse putavi And (if the spirits nor dream, nor sleep)

Errantem campo in magno, quem gemmea circum I saw, or else me thoughts, I there had seene

Perspicuis stant mÅ—nia portis: Her, wandring oâ—re a Spacious Greene,

With walls of Diamond, gates of purest glasse,

No Chrystall more transparent was:

Each blade of grasse was gold, each tree was

there,

A golden Periwig did weare.

Auro prata virent; arbor crinitur in aurum; The swelling banks of Violets did curle

Crispantur violaria gemmis, Themselves with Gems, and Orient Pearle;

Quæ nec Apellæus liquor, nec pulchra trigoni The glorious nothing, of the Trigon glasse—

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Assimulent mendacia vitri. And all Apelles Art, which passe.
Centum ibi formosis in vallibus Heroïnæ Through the sweet vales a Quire of Damsels sing

Aeternum Pæana frequentant. Eternall Pæans to their King.

Stant virides campo stellæ, madidisque corusca The stars with sparkling light stand round I see,

Connivent sibi sidera flammis. Twinkling to their shrill melodie.

Illa inter medias parvo comitata nepote 95

Et roseo vivacior ore, Her and her tender darling, then I spy,

94 Iâ—thâ— midâ—st of that blest company;

Ibat ovans, grandemque sibi, grandemque nepoti With looks more fresh and sweet, then are the
Roses
Nectebat de flore coronam.
Of which her Garlands shee composes—

Two flowry Chaplets, which with Gems set round

Her owne and Nephewâ—s temples crownâ—d.

Cetera me vetuit magni caligo sereni But here a veyle was drawne, I must not prie

Mortali percurrere visu. Nor search too farre with mortall eye,

Nectu plura velis; satis est, cui fata dederunt Nor would you more. It may suffice that shee

Aeternis mutasse caduca. Hath changâ—d fraile flesh for blest Eternitie.
Ad Albertum Turſcium. To Albertus Turſcius.

De Å¿uis Å¿omniis & lyricis. Of his Dreames, and Lyricks.

Ode 32. Lib. 4. Ode 32. Lib. 4.

T VV

ursci, seu brevior mihi hether a shorter sleep, or whether

Seu pernox oculos composuit sopor, A long one (Turscius) joyns mine eyes together

Pennas Somnia lævibus In my soft dreames, me thinks, I see

Affigunt humeris; jamque virentia To my light shoulders wings set on, and I

Latus prata superuolo, With joy transported, upward soare,

Quà se cumque novum mollè tumentibus The flowry Meddowes, and the pastures oâ—re;

Campis explicuit nemus, Where the greene Grove its coole shade yeilds

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Herbosæque patet scena superbiæ:
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Mox & nubibus altior,
Mistus flumineis ales oloribus;
Vivos despicio lacus,
Et dulci volucrem carmine mentior.
Jam tunc nubila, jam mihi
Blandis dissiliunt fulmina cantibus;
Et quæ plurima circuit
Collum, puniceâ vincior Iride.
Idem jam vigil, & meus,
Non ingrata simul somnia dispuli,
Cùm ter mobilibus lyram
Percussi digitis, immemor & ducis
Nil sectator Horatii,
Sublimis liquidum nitor in aëra;
Et nunc littera, nunc vagas
Siccis trajiciens passibus insulas,
Nil mortale mei gero, &
Jam nil sollicito debeo ponderi.
Tursci, sæpè tamen mones
Olim ne veteri clarior Icaro
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Veris fabula casibus
Mutem Parrhasii nomina Balthiri.
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To thâ—stately grasse plotts, and ripe swelling
fields:
95 F
Straight, â—midâ—st the river Swans, up hyer
A winged fowle above the cloudes Iâ—aspire;
The lively Lakes below, I sleight,
And with sweet straines a bird I counterfeit.
See, now me thinkes, the cloudes in throngs
The lightning leaps too, at my ravishing songs;
Iris about my neck hangs round,
And with her divers colourâ—d bow, Iâ—me
bound.
Being now my selfe, and newly wakâ—d,
My not unwelcome dreames, just now off
shakâ—d;
Thrice oâ—re my Lute, I scarce had run
With nible finger neat division;
Remembring Horace, Thee, my guide,
When my high Genius through thâ—ayre doth
ride;
Now oâ—re the scattâ—red Islands, then
Oâ—re Seas, with dry feet passing back again;
Nothing thatâ—s mortall of mee, now
I beare, and nought to my dull bulke I owe.
Yet Turscius thou hast often told,
And warnâ—d mee, lest then Icarus of old
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Frustra; nam memor Icari, A lowder tale, and change the name
oâ—thâ—Lake.
Addo stultitiæ consilium brevi:
In vaine: Remembring Him, I had
Nam, seu dormio, me torus;
A care, and counsell, to my folly, add:
Seu scribo, stabili sella tenet situ.
For when I sleep, in bed I lye,

And if I write, my secure chaire holds mee.

Ad Quintum Tiberinum. To Quintus Tiberinus.

Ode 34. Lib. 4. Ode 34. Lib. 4.

D T

ivitem numquam, Tiberine, dices, hou shalt not Tiberinus, call

Cuius Eois potiora glebis Him rich, whose every Acre shall

Rura, fortunæ sine fæce pulcher Outvie the Easterne glebe, whose field

Rivus inaurat; Faire Fortuneâ—s clearest streame doth gild.

Quem per insigneis geniale ceras Nor him, whose birth, and pedigree

Stemma claravit; vaga quem per urbes Is famâ—d abroad byâ—s Heraldrie;

Quem per & gentes radiante vexit Hee who by fleeting gloryâ—s hurld

Gloria curru. In his rich Chariot through the world:

Pauper est, qui se caret; & superbè Heâ—s poore that wants himselfe, yet weighs

Ipse se librans, sua rura latam Proudly himselfe; in this scale layes

98 99 F3

Addit in lancem, socioque fallens His lands, in thâ—other broad one, by,

Pondus in auro, The false weight of his gold doth lye,

Ceteris parvus, sibi magnus uni, Great to himselfe, to others small,

Ipse se nescit, pretioque falsa That never knowes himselfe at all,

Plebis attollit, propriaque se mi- As the false people raise him higher,

ratur in umbrâ. Himselfe inâ—s shadow heeâ—l admire.

Splendidam verâ sine luce gazam, The fairest Gemme without true light,

Turgidum plenâ sine laude nomen Without true praise great titles, flight:

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Mitte; te solo, Tiberine, disces Blest Tiberinus, and most free

Esse beatus. In thy selfe alone thoulâ—t learne to bee.

Ad Paulum Coſlovium. To Paulus Coſlovius.

Ode 35. Lib. 4. Ode 35. Lib. 4.

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am pridem tepido veris anhelitu he Westerne winds, with the warm breath
oâ—thâ—Spring,
Afflarunt reduces arva Favonii;
Returne, and oâ—re our fields their soft gales
Jam se florida vernis fling;

Pingunt prata coloribus: The flowry-garnishâ—d Meadowes by,

With freshest colours painted lye.

Stratus frugiferis ViliaC puppibus The River, which the gainfull ships so throng,

Grato præter abit rura silentio, With welcome silence gently glides along,

Quamvis proximus omni Although the neighbouring Hill doth ring

Collis personet alite; With the shrill notes of birds that sing;
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Quamvis & viridi pastor ab aggere Although the Swaine, on the green bank that sits

Dicat gramineâ carmina fistulâ. Old Sonnets with his Oaten Pipe repeats,

Et qui navita debet Although the Seaman doth not faile

Plenis otia carbasis. At length to strike his full blowne sayle.

×quat Palladiis, Paulle, laboribus To thy Palladian labours interpose

Interpone vices. Cras simul aureo Such changes Paullus; when the Sun forth
showes
Sol arriserit ore
And with his golden presence smiles
Summorum juga montium,
On the hye tops of highest Hills,
Scandemus viridis terga Luciscii, Weeâ—l mount the back of green Luciscus,
where
Quà celsâ tegitur plurimus ilice,
Heeâ—s thickest set with tallest Okes, and heare
Et se prætereuntûm
The bubbling noise of streames that flow
Audit murmura fontium.
From Fountaines that close by him goe.

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Illinc è medio tota videbitur Thence from the midst oâ—thâ—hill all VilnaC
shall
Nobis VilnaC jugo; tota videbitur
Our prospect be; our eye shall lower fall—
Quæ Vilnam sinuosis
On Viliaâ—s cooler streames, that wind,
Ambit Vilia flexibus.
And with embraces Vilna bind.
Illinc picta procul quæ radiantibus From thence, farre off, the Temples weeâ—l
behold,
Fulgent fana tholis, & geminam super
And radiant Scutcheons all adornâ—d with gold;
Despectabimus arcem,
Then weeâ—l looke oâ—re that double towre,
Magni regna Palæmonis.
Thâ—extent of great Palæmonâ—s powâ—re.
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Ut longo faciles Pacis in otio How in a settled peace, and kingdomes rest

Se tollunt populi! nam tria tertio The easie people raise themselves, so blest!

Surrexêre sub anno Three Temples in three yeares wâ—have seen

Priscis templa Quiritibus; To thâ—Citizens have reared been;

Et quà conspicuis se Gediminia Where Gediminian Rocks themselves extoll

Jactant saxa jugis, & Capitolium, With their plaine tops, and then the Capitol,

Et quæ tecta superbis Those buildings, whose proud turrets stretch

Intrant nubila turribus. Themselves to thâ—Cloudes, and stars doe reach:

Auget magna, Quies: exiguus labor Great things to greater growth doe thus increase,

In majus modico provenit otio.
Hinc & terga virentûm
Latè prospice collium.
Quæ nunc mobilibus nutat Etesiis,
Segni cana stetit sub nive populus:
Qui nunc defluit, altÃ
And with least paines, improve themselves by
peace.
Here, tops of Hills, themselves behold,
In all their flowry pride unfold.
The Poplar now that shakes, when thâ—East
winds blow
Stood clothâ—d in gray, under the lingâ—ring
snow:

Hæsit sub glacie latex: The Springs that now so nimbly rise,

Were all of late lockâ—d up, in Ice:

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Qui nunc purpureis floret ager rosis, The fields that now with blushing Roses spread,

Immoto sterilis delituit gelu: Lay barren, and in hardest frost all hid:

Verno quæ strepit ales, The birds which chirping sit iâ—thâ—Spring;

Hiberno tacuit die. When Winter comes, forget to sing.

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Ergò rumpe moras, & solidum gravî Breake off delayes then, and from grievous care

Curæ deme diem, quem tibi candidus A constant day, set by; which thâ—evâ—ning
faire
Spondet vesper, & albis
Doth promise, and the next dayes Sun
Cras Horæ revehent equis.
With his white Steeds will freely run.

Ad Paulum Iordanum Vrſinum Bracciani Ducem. To Paulus Iordanus Vrſinus, Duke of

Bracciano.
Bracciani agri amÅ—nitatem commendat, ad quam per
ferias Septembres ſeceſſerat Româ. Hee commends the pleaſantneſſe of the
Countrey, where in the feaſts of September,
he retyred from Rome.
Ode 1. Lib. Epod. Ode 1. Lib. Epod.
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uc ô quietis apta Musis otia, ppeare ye spritefull Quire with choicest sports,

Levesque Ludorum chori; All pastime fit for PhÅ—bus Courts;

Huc feriantûm Phŗbe Musarum pater, And Thou great Master of the Revels, joyne

Huc hospitales Gratiæ; The Graces, to thy Daughters nine;

Huc delicatis ite permisti Jocis Witt pure and quaint, with rich conceits and
free
Non inverecundi Sales:
From all obscæne scurrilitie:
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107
Hîc otiosi mite Bracciani solum
Here free from care, nimbly letâ—s dance a
Vago coronemus pede. round

Upon Braccianoâ—s softer ground.

Clemens supino clivus assurgit jugo, A gentle Cliffe from a steep Hill doth rise

Cælumque paulatim subit, That even to Heaven, mounts by degrees,

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Et solida subter terga scopulorum arduo And safe, with uncouth passage, leanes upon

Securus insessu premit: The solid backs, of Rocks and stone:

Arcisque jactat inter alta turrium
Insigne propugnacula,
Timenda quondam Cæsarum turmis ducum,
Timenda magno Borgiæ,
Cùm per minantûm militum aratos globos
Metuenda jaceret fulmima,
Whence â—midâ—st the Bulwarkâ—d Forts,
we may descry
A displayd Banner from on hye,
Which to thâ— Imperiall force a terrour was,
A terrour to great Borgias,
When through the brasen troops ofâ—s
threatning foes,

Ageretque profugum Cæsarem, & quassum metu; His fearfull thunder-bolts he throwes,

Adusque promissum Nihil. Pursuing routed Cæsar, whom he brought

To that he promisâ—d him, to nought.

Hîc ille magnus frænat Etruscas opes Great Ursin here puts reynes tothâ—Tuscan
powâ—re
Ursinus Heroum decus,
The grace of Heroes and the flowâ—re;
Hæres avitæ laudis, & princeps caput
Heire to his fatherâ—s worth, chiefe guide and
Magnæque laus Oenotriæ. stay

Circùm coruscis scena quercetis viret, And praise of great Oenotria.

Cælumque verrit frondibus, A Bowâ—re growes green, set round with

trembling Okes
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Which fanns the Heavens with gentle strokes.
Suoque colles vestit, & patentibus
109
Sese theatris explicat.
It clothes the Hills, and spreads it selfe all over

To thâ—open Theaters a cover.

Admota muris ponè Nympharum domus
Aprica præbet littora:
Ripamque Baccho jungit, & vallum propè.
Lentis flagellat fluctibus.
Close joynâ—d to thâ—walls, the Nymphs
coole Arbour stands,
Which to the Sunny shore commands;
By these a banke of Vines, which
thâ—neighbour Trench

Majore nusquam stagna Neptuno sonant, With milder waves doth daily drench.

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Aut æstuantis Larii, Nowhere the Lakes with fuller Sea doth roare,

Aut qui severo tangit Albanus lacu Either of Larius that boyles oâ—re,

Inenatabilem Styga: Or rough Albanus whose troubled waves doe

mix
Aut quæ procellis gaudet, & magno fremit
With the unnavigable Styx:
Superba ponto Julia:
Not stormy Julia, when her swelling pride
Nec major usquam spumat, & rupes truci
Most rageth in her highest tyde:
Benacus assultat salo.
Benacus doth not raise more froth, when he

Assaults the rocks with fiercest Sea.

Intonsa curvo monte circumstant juga, With rugged tops the bending mountaines
round
Mitesque despectant aquas.
Upon the slow calme streames looke downe.
Nivosus illinc terga Romanus movet,
Romanus here his snowy back up-reares.
Cæloque diducit minas:
And drawes downe envy from the starres:
Illinc caducis ilicem quassat comis
The lofty head of Cyminus here shakes
Sublime Cymini caput:
The Oke with trembling leaves which quakes,
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Crudumque Boream frangit impotentibus
And holds off Boreas, when his rawer blasts
Depræliaturum Notis,
â—Gainst the weake Southerne winds he casts,
Terrisque latè regnat, & cæli minis
Commands the Country farre, and out he sets
Opponit hibernum latus.
His Winter sides against Heavens threats.
Amica sternit interim lacum quies, Meane while a pleasant calme doth smooth the
Lake,
Fluctusque fluctu nititur,
The waves â—gainst one another breake,
Et ipsa secum pigra luctatur Thetis,
Mild Thetis selfe, with her own selfe finds
Aquæque colludunt aquis: sport,

Quas vel carinâ, vel citata turgido And waters doe the waters court:

Findit phaselus linteo: Through which a ship doth cut, with pleasant
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Pinnâque latè vitreum cogens pecus Or nimble Barke with swelling sayles:

Velente lino truditur, The large-finâ—d Chrystall cattell as they goe

Setâque piscem ducit, & raris procul Are forced whether they will or no

Lacum coronat retibus. With ready dragnet; then with lines of haire

They round the Lake, or Nets more rare.

Hinc alta lucet divitis Pollæ domus, Rich Pollaâ—s stately house there shines, and
here
Hinc pinguis Anguilaria:
Full stored Fish-ponds doe appeare:
Trebonianas hinc amica vineas
The friendly Foords which toward the Sea doe
Vadosa plangunt æquora: lye

Hinc delicati fundus Aurelî nitet, Water Trebonian Vineyards by;

Lymphæ salutarîs pater: Here neat Aurelius farme looks gay, chiefe
Lord
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And Master of that healthfull Foord,
Undà que morbos arcet, & vivacibus
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Lucem fluentis eluit.
Whose water cures diseases, whose quick
springs

Doe purge out all infectious things.

At quà superbum fontibus nomen dedit
Suumque Flora marginem,
Vivis perennes decidunt saxis aquæ,
Camposque decursu lavant,
Patremque longè Tybrin, & regem sonant,
Romæque servitum fluunt.
Sincera circùm regna naturæ nitent;
Where Flora makes the banks, and gives the
name
To Fountaines, proud of so much fame;
From lively stones perpetuall waters flow,
And wash the fields wheresoeâ—re they goe,
Their father Tyber, and their King they found
And flow to Rome, with homage bound.
Nature doth purely there advance each part,

Et artis immunes loci: Not any place is helpâ—d by Art:

Adhucque virgo sulcus, & montes adhuc As yet the virgin furrow, thâ—Hills yet stand

Molleis inexperti manus, Untouchâ—d, by any tender hand.

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Meramque Bacchus Tethyn, & Bacchum Thetis, Chast Tethys, Bacchus courts, Thetis doth woo

Et pinguis invitat Ceres. Bacchus againe, and Ceres too.

Hinc ille lætus surgit, & tenacibus Hence Evius cheerfull rises, and doth twine

Inserpit ulmis Evius, With thâ—Elme, that closely clings tothâ—

Vine,
Udoque cornu turget, & fluentibus
Withâ—s plenteous horne he swells, his locks
Crinem racemis impedit. hang by—

Non Lesbos illi, non odorati magis With flowing Clusters tangled lye.

Vineta rident Massici, Not Lesbos him, nor the sweet smelling grace,

114 Of rich Campaniaâ—s fruitfull race

Aut quæ Falernis educata solibus 115

Sublucet uvæ purpura. Delights; the purple Grape not so faire showes,

In the Falernian sun that growes.

Sed nec Falisci glaream malit soli, Heeâ—l not preferre Faliscus sandy ground,

Nec pinguis uber Rhætiæ; Nor Rhætia, that doth so abound;

Nec flava tantùm culta felicis Cypri, The yellow Tilths of happy Cyprus, hee

Graiámve dilexit Rhodon: Neâ—re lovâ—d so much, nor Rhodos by:

Quantùm suis superbit, & sese suis As in his owne — in his owne channells hee

Miratur in canalibus. Hugging himselfe, doth proudly lye.

Circùm beatis imperat campis Ceres. Sole Empresse Ceres of the fertile lands

Lateque rura possidet: Whose large possessions shee commands:

Et arva flavo messium fluctu tument,
Motuque culmorum natant.
Innube rarus inquinat cælum vapor,
Aut tensa nimbis vellera:
Aut è Boreis bella ventorum plagis,
Raucusque silvarum fragor
The fields with yellow waves doe ebbe and
flow,
The ripe eares swim, when winds doe blow.
No vapour, here, Heavens cleared face doth
staine,
No clowdy fleece stretchâ—d out with raine:
The Northerne blasts are still, and all at peace,

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Auditur usquam: non protervis insonant And the hoarse noise oâ—thâ— woods doth
cease:
Exercitati Syrtibus,
The stubborne Africke winds that use to stray
Euris & Austris contumaces Africi,
About thâ—unruly sandy Sea,
Et perduellibus Notis.
Are all hushâ—d up, and no Alarum sound

To thâ— other winds, entrenched round;

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Tantùm serenus Vesper, & tenerrima Onely the Evening faire, a gentle gale

Etesiarum flamina. Of winds that each year never faile:

Albique soles, & serena lucidis The bright Sun darting through thâ—enlightned
Ayre
Aspirat aura montibus:
His beames, doth guild the Moutaines cleare,
Puramque cælo provehunt Horæ facem,
The houres drive on heavâ—ns torch, that shine
Et PhÅ—bus Horarum pater so bright,

Peculiari luce colles irrigat, And PhÅ—bus father of the light—

Pronáque perfundit die. With a peculiar influence bedewes

The Hills all oâ—re, when night ensues.

Ramis tepentes ingruunt Favonii The warme Favonian winds with whistling gale

Jocantis auræ sibilo, Doe merrily the boughs assaile,

Et temperatis provocant suspiriis,
Lenique somnum murmure.
At non loquaces interim nidi tacent,
Matresque nidorum vagæ.
And with their temperate breath, and gentle
noise,
Sweet pleasing slumbers softly raise.
The prateling Nests meane while no silence
keep,

Sed aut maritis turtur in ramis gemit, Their wandring guests neâ—re sleep.

Et saxa rumpit questibus, Toâ—s mate, the Turtle â—mongâ—st the

branches grones,
Aut læta latè cantibus mulcet loca
And with complaints breakes hardest stones,
Famosa pellex Thraciæ.
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Refresheth, with her warbling note,
Silvisque coram plorat, & crudelibus Bewayles her losse to thâ—woods, iâ—thâ—
cruell fields
Accusat agris Terea:
â—Gainst Tereus her cryes shee yeilds:
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Quæcumque mŗsta vocibus dicunt aves,
And what the mournfull birds doe so
Respondet argutum nemus, complaine,

Affatur alnum quercus, ornum populus, The shrill woods answer back againe.

Affatur ilex ilicem, The Oke, the Alder tells; the Poplar tree

Et se vicissim collocuta redditis The Ash; and that, the Elme stands by.

Arbusta solantur sonis. The Groves rejoyce with thâ—Eccho they

afford

And tell them backe—evâ—n word for word.

Huc ô Quiritûm ductor, huc Oenotriæ Jordanus here, hither thy selfe command,

O magne regnator plagæ Great Ruler of thâ—Oenotrian land.

Jordane, tandem plenus urbis & fori, Withdraw thy selfe from cares, from all resort

Rerumque magnarum satur, So cloyâ—d withâ— Citie, and with Court,

Sepone curis temet, & domesticis So full of great affaires, at length thy breast

Furare pectus otiis. Convey to thy domestick rest.

Hic vel tuarum lene tranabis vadum Here thou mayâ—st passe thy Foord, in gloomy
shade,
Opacus umbris arborum,
On each side, by thine owne trees made,
Tuosque colleis inter, & tuas procul
And here between thy Mounts, with tall Okes
Perambulabis ilices: set,

Vel cum Decembri campus, & prima nive A large walke thou shalt get:

Vicina canescent juga; Or in December, when the fields looke white,

And thâ—Hills, with the earlyest snow doth

light;
Nunc impeditas mollibus plagis feras, Sometime thâ—entangled game, with twining
nett
Silvamque præcinges metu:
Iâ—thâ— wood, with feare thou shalt besett:

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Nunc incitato capream rumpes equo, Sometimes with courser fleet, pursue full sore,

Teloque deprendes aprum; The Buck thou mayst, sometimes the Bore;

Jactoque cervos collocabis spiculo,
Furesque terrebis lupos.
Quid si Latinæ laus Alexander plagæ,
With thy thrown dart the red Deer thou shalt
stick.
And thâ—frighted ravenous Wolves shalt
strick,
And if that Starre oâ—thâ— sacred dignity

Sacræque sidus purpuræ, The glory of all Italy,

Tecum paterno feriabitur solo, Will also from his cares, himselfe make free,

Seseque curis eximet; And keepe his Festivals with thee;

Tuique cives, hospitesque civium Each Citizen of thine, and every guest

Toto fruemur gaudio. With the compleatest joy is blest.

Ad fontem Sonam. To the Fountaine Sona,

In patrio fundo, dum Româ rediiſſet. When hee returned.

Ode 2. Lib. Epod. Ode 2. Lib. Epod.

F O

ons innocenti lucidus magis vitro Fount more cleare then spotlesse glasse,

Purâque purior nive, More pure, then purest snow eâ—re was,

Pagi voluptas, una Nympharum sitis, The Nymphs desire, and Countries grace,

Ocelle natalis soli. Thou joy of this my Native place.

Longis viarum languidus laboribus Tyrâ—d with a tedious journey, I,

Et mole curarum gravis And pressâ—d with cares that grievous lye,

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Thuscis ab usque gentibus redux, tibi From the farre Tuscan Land made free

Accline prosterno latus: Thus low I bow my selfe to thee:

Permitte siccus, quà potes, premi; cavâ Oh, if thou canst, vouchsafe to bee

Permitte libari manu. Pressâ—d, and with hollow palme drawne dry.

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Sic te quietum nulla perturbet pecus, So let thy peace no wandring beast

Ramusvè lapsus arbore: Disturb, no broken bough, thy rest:

Sic dum loquaci prata garritu secas, So when thou cuttâ—st with prattling noise

Et lætus audiri salis; The Meads, and leapâ—st, men heare thy voice;

Assibilantes populetorum comæ May thâ—whistling leaves of Poplar trees

Ingrata ponant murmura With their unwelcome murmurs cease—

Tibi, lyræque Vatis: haud frustrà sacer To thee, and thy Priests Lute: if nought

Nam si quid Urbanus probat, Urban approves, in vaine is thought

Olim fluenti leuè Blandusiæ nihil Tâ—Blandusia thou canst nothing owe;

Aut Sirmioni debeas. Nor to milde flowing Sirmio.

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Palinodia A Palinode

Ad Å¿ecundam libri Epodon Odam Q. Horatii Flacci. To the Å¿econd Ode of the booke of Epodes of
Q. H. Flaccus.
Laus otii Religioſi.
The praiſe of a Religious Recreation.
Ode 3. Lib. Epod. Ode 3. Lib. Epod.
A B

t ille, Flacce, nunc erit beatior ut, Flaccus, now more happy he appeares,

Qui mole curarum procul Who, with the burthen of his cares,

Paterna liquit rura, litigantium
Solutus omni jurgio;
Nec solis æstum frugibus timet suis,
Nec sidus hiberni Jovis,
Rixasque vitat, & scelesta curiæ
Rapacioris limina.
Ergo aut profanis hactenus negotiis
Farre off hath left his fatherâ—s ground, set
free
From the fierce wrangling Lawyerâ—s fee;
No scorching heat, nor blasts of Winter Jove,
Doth hurt his fruit, or him can move:
Hee shuns all strifes, and never doth resort
The sinfull gates oâ—thâ— greedy Court.
But either doth bewayle those dayes and nights,

Amissa plorat sidera; Lost by him in prophane delights;

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Aut in reductâ sede dispersum gregem Or else retyrâ—d, strives to collect and find

Errantis animi colligit, The dispersâ—d flock ofâ—s wandring mind;

Postquam beatæ lucra conscientiæ Having first fairly poisâ—d the recompence

Quadrante libravit suo. And gaines of a good conscience.

126 127 G5

Idem, propinquâ nocte, stellatas vigil At evening, when the harbinger of night

Cùm vesper accendit faces, The torches of the sky doth light,

Ut gaudet immortale mirari jubar, How he admires thâ—immortall rayes breake

forth,
Terrâque majores globos,
And their bright Orbes, more large then earth;
Et per cadenteis intueri lacrymas
How through his trickling teares, he heips his
Rimosa lucis atria, fight,

Quæ Christe tecum, virgo quæ tecum colat Unto the open Courts of light,

Perennis hæres sæculi! Which with thy selfe, ô Christ, thy selfe in
prayâ—r

Heâ— Adores, tâ—Eternall life an heire!

Volvuntur aureis interim stellaæ rotis, The Starres with golden wheeles, are
hurried by,
Pigrumque linquunt exulem,
And let their prostrate exile lye,
Per ora cujus uberes eunt aquæ,
Over whose face, the plenteous teares doe stray,
Somnos quod avertat graveis.
Which chase all drowsie sleepe away;
At quando lotum Gangis aut Indi fretis
Assoone as PhÅ—bus head begins tâ—appeare,
Jam PhÅ—bus attollit caput,
Lately in Indus streames made cleare,
Mentis profundus, & sui totus minor
From depth of soule, lesse then himselfe he lies,
Irata flectit numina:
And bends the angry powâ—rs with cryes:
Vel cum sereno fulserit dies Jove, Or when the Sun shines cleare, the aire serene,

Aprilibusque feriis, And Aprill Festivals begin,

Assueta cælo lumina, in terras vocat His eyes, so usâ—d to Heaven, he downe doth
throw,
Lateque prospectum jacit,

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128 On a large prospect here below:

Camposque lustrat, & relucentem suâ 129

Miratur in scenâ Deum. He viewes the fields, and wondring stands to

see

Inâ—s shade the shining Deitie.

En omnis inquit, herba non morantibus See how (saies he) each herb with restlesse
leaves
In astra luctatur comis:
To thâ— starres doth strive and upward heaves:
Semota cælo lacrymantur, & piis
Removâ—d from heaven they weep, the field
Liquuntur arva fletibus; appeares

Ligustra canis, & rosæ rubentibus All oâ—re dissolvâ—d in pious teares:

Repunt in auras brachiis; The white-flowrâ—d Woodbine, and the

blushing Rose
Astrisque panda nescio quid pallido
Branch into thâ—aire with twining boughs;
Loquuntur ore lilia,
The pale-facâ—d Lilly on the bending stalke,
Et serò blandis ingemunt suspiriis,
To thâ—starres I know not what doth talke;
Et manè rorant lacrymis.
At night with fawning sighes theyâ—expresse
their fears

And in the morning drop downe teares.

Egóne solus, solus in terris piger Am I alone, wretch that I am, fast bound

Tenace figor pondere? And held with heavy weight, to thâ—ground?

Sic & propinquas allocutus arbores, Thus spake he to the neighbouring trees, thus he

Et multa coram fontibus To thâ—Fountaines talkâ—d, and streames

Rivisque fatus, quærit Auctorem Deum
Formosa per vestigia.
Quod si levandas mentis in curas vigil
ran by,
And after, seekes the great Creator out
By these faire traces of his foot.
But if a lightsome Country house thatâ—s free

Ruris suburbani domus, From care, such as Luciscuâ—s bee,

130 131

Quales Lucisci, vel Nemecini Lares, Or Nemiciniâ—s, if Besdanâ—s fruitfull field

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Udumvè Besdani nemus Can Grace to his rude table yeild,

Rudeis adornet rusticâ mensas dape To his plaine board with country dainties set,

Siccos sub Augusti dies; In Augustâ—s dry and parching heat;

Jam tunc sub ipsum limen, aut domesticâ Even at his dore, under a private shade

Lenis sub umbrâ populi, By a thick pleasant Poplar made,

Expectat omnis hospitem suum penses, Provision of all sorts, expect their guest,

Et concha sinceri salis, A shell with salt, pure and the best,

Pressique meta lactis, & purus calix, New bread, for which, â—midst the thin bryars,
the Mayd
Et hospitalis amphora,
Picks Strawberries, andâ—s gladly payd.
Et fraga, raris verna quæ dumis legit,
Cheese newly pressâ—d, close by, the friendly
Jucunda panis præmia. Cann

With Cup cleane washâ—d, doth ready stanâ—.

Non me scari tunc, non Lucrinorum gravis With me the Lucrine dainties will not downe,

Sagina mulorum juvet: The Scare, nor Mullet thatâ—s well growne;

Sed cereus palumbus, aut turtur niger;
Aut anser amnis accola,
Et eruditam quæ fugit gulam faba,
Lætumque nec simplex olus,
But the Ring-dove plump, the Turtle dun doth
looke,
Or Swan, the sojourner oâ—thâ— brooke,
A messe of Beanes which shuns the curious
pallet,

Et quæ suprema colligitur, ac gravi The cheerfull and not simple sallet;

Patella nil debet foro. Clusters of grapes last gathered, that misse

And nothing owe to thâ—weighty presse.

132 133

Post hæc vel inter læta quercetis juga, Then after noone he takes a kind of pride

Vel inter amneis juverit To thâ—Hills to walke, or River side,

Vitare tristeis post meridiem Notos
Sub æsculo vel ilice;
Nigrumvè littus, aut opaca lubricis
And â—midst the pleasant Okes, a shade doth
find,
Tâ—avoyd the blasts oâ—thâ— Southern wind;

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Tranare stagna lintribus, To thâ—darksome shore, by the deep poole he

goes,
Jactâque fruge ludibundum ducere
And through, with nimble Boat he rowes;
Tremente piscem lineâ.
Sometimes the sporting fish, his baite
thrown in,

Hee plucks up with his trembling line.

Remugit ingens interim tauris nemus,
Umbrosa balant flumina;
Et aut in antris garriunt acanthides,
Aut in rubis luscinia.
Hinc per rubeta pastor errantes capras
Vocante cogit fistulâ:
Meane while thâ— spacious woods with
ecchoing note
Doe answer to the Bulls wide throat,
The shady rivers bleat; the Nightingale
Iâ—thâ— bushes chirps her dolefull tale.
Withâ—s hastning pipe the sheapheard drives
away

Illinc herili messor è campo redux His flocke, which through the thickets stray:

Alterna plaudit carmina; To which as from the field they passe along,

Et pressa sectos plaustra per sulcos gemunnt Each mower sings by course, his song;

Ruptura ruris horrea. Oâ—re yeilding furrowes, carts full pressâ—d

with corne

Groane, and are like to breake the barne.

At nec tacemus ponè considentium Our worke once done, we doe not silent sit,

Dulcis manus sodalium; When knots of our good fellowes meet;

134 135

Nec infacetâ sermo differtur morâ, Nor is our talke prolongâ—d with rude delay;

Sed innocentibus jocis, In harmlesse jests we spend the day;

Multoque tinctus, sed verecundo sale, Jests dipâ—d in so much salt, which rubbing
shall
Innoxium trahit dîem.
Onely make fresh our cheeks, not gall.
Hæc si videret fænerator Alphius,
If that rich churle, this had but seen, when hee
Olim futurus rusticus,
A Country man began to be,
Quam collocarat Idibus pecuniam,

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Nollet Kalendis ponere. The money which iâ—thâ— Ides hee scraped in

Next month heeâ—d not put out agen.

Epig. 4. Ex Lib. Ep. Epig. 4.

Veniat delectus meus in hortum Å¿uum. Cant. 5. Let my beloved come into his Garden. Cant. 5.
P L

ulcher Amor sumpsit rudis instrumenta coloni, ove takes the tooles of a rude Country clowne,

Et sua deposuit tela suasque faces: His owne Artillâ—ry, and his torch layes down;

Et manibus stivam rapuit; castique laboris With staffe inâ—s hand, Oxen to thâ—Plow he set

Ad sua ruricolas junxit aratra boves. For tillage, and such honest labour fit;

Ilicet, ut facili subvertit vomere corda, Straight, as he turnâ—d up hearts with easie share,

Castaque virginibus Gratia crevit agris; And grace iâ—thâ— virgin-furrowes did appeare,

Flos, ait, unus abest: sunt cetera millia florum; â—Mongst thousand others, one flower, quoth he, is
mist:
Ut nullus possit, Christe, deesse, Veni.
That none may wanting be, come thou, O Christ.
136 137

Qualis eſt Dilectus tuus? ex Cant. 5. Who is thy Beloved? Out of Cant. 5.

Ex Lib. Epig. 37. Lib. Epig. 37.

Q W

ualis erat, tuus ille? tuus pulcherrimus ille? hat is that Spouse of thine? that fairest Hee?

Dicebat nuper barbara turba mihi. The barbâ—rous people said, of late, to mee.

Arripio dextrâ pennam, lævaque tabellam, A Pen I tooke, and in a Tablet drew

Et noto, Christe, tuo quicquid in orbe noto. Whatsoeâ—re, O Christ, in thy blest orbe I view.

Pingo rosas, aurum, gemmas, viridaria, silvas, Roses, and Gold I paint, Gems, Groves, Corne-land,

Arva, lacus, celeri sidera pingo manu; Green Gardens, Lakes, and Stars with nimble hand;

Et tabulam monstrans, Noster pulcherrimus, inquam, Would you needs learne, what might my fairest bee?

Qualis erat, vultis discere? talis erat. Looke oâ—re this tablet, pray, O such was Hee.
Epig. 40. Lib. Ep. Epig. 40.

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Veni de Libano ſponſa.
E T

t fugis, & fugiens clamas, quid sponsa moraris? hou runâ—st, & running cryâ—st, why dost thou stay

Non fugis, ut fugias: ut capiare, fugis, My Spouse? thou wouldâ—st be taâ—ne, not get away.
138 139

Ex lib. Epi. 48. Ep. 48.

—— Lilia manu præferenti. To —— bearing Lillyes in her hand.

H T

æc, quæ virgineis nituntur lilia culmis, hese Lillyes which on virgin stalks doe bend,

Undè verecundas explicuêre comas? From whence do they their chaster leaves extend?

Non generant similes Pæstana rosaria flores, The Pæstan beds such flowres did neâ—re bring forth,

Nec simili Pharius messe superbit ager: Nor Pharian fields eâ—re gloried in such worth:

Non hæc purpureis mater Corcyra viretis, Alcinous purple banks, neâ—re teemâ—d with these,

Nec parit æquoreis pulsa Carystos aquis. Nor rich Carystos watred by the Seas.

Cùm nullas habeant natales lilia terras, Since then these flowâ—res no native place do know,

Qui neget è castâ lilia nata manu? Who can deny from her chast hand they grow.
Ex Lib. Ep. 51. Ex. Lib. Ep. 51.

Iohanni de Lugo, dum poſt morbum ad To Iohan de Lugo, when after a long ſickneſſe,
intermiſſam de Pŗenitentiâ doctrinam he returned to his intermitted Lecture of Repentance.
rediret.
F W

ertur inornatis nuper MetanÅ—a capillis ith hairs unkembâ—d Repentance late did mourn,

Flesse, repentinâ cùm raperêre febri: When with so feirce a Feaver thou wert torne:

Fertur & indomito frænos laxasse dolori, Sheeâ—s said, to let loose raynes tâ—untamed griefe,

Et lacrymis madidos exhibuisse sinus: Toâ—affoord her moystâ—ned bosome, no reliefe,

140 141

Cùm rursus domito repetis tua pulpita morbo, But when thâ—desks agen, thy sicknesse tamâ—d,

Fertur inornatas disposuisse comas: Thou mountdâ—st, sheâ—s said her careless haire
tâ—have kembâ—d
Et domitos hilari risu frænasse dolores,

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Et lacrymis vacuos explicuisse sinus. Tâ—have bridled in her conquerâ—d griefe, and smile,

Quis, Pater, incolumi de te non gaudeat, ipsæ Of teares, her openâ—d bosome to beguile.

Si gaudent Lacrymæ, ridet & ipse Dolor? Who cannot then be glad, thou being safe?

When teares rejoyce, and griefe it selfe doth laugh.

Christi in Cruce vox. Ep. 110. The voyce of Chriſt upon the Croſſe.

Sitio. I Thirſt.
A A

h sitio, clamas, Princeps pulcherrime rerum: las I thirst, great King, thou loude dost grone,

Non habeo pro te dulcia vina, siti. I have no pleasant Wine for Thee, thirst on.

Tu tamen, ah sitio, clamas: dabo pocula, Sponse: Yet oh I thirst, thou cryâ—st: a Cup to thee

Heu mihi! sed misto pocula felle dabo. Woes mee! Iâ—le give: but mixâ—d with gallâ—t
must be.
Hæc mi Sponse, bibe: quæris cui fortè propines?
Drink this, my Spouse: perhaps thouâ—lt ask to
Ad me pro mundi, Christe, salute bibe. whom?

To me, O Christ, to thâ—health oâ—thâ—world

letâ—t come.
FINIS.

Imprimatur, Na. Brent.

Feb. 10. 1645.

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1. Richard Blackmoreâ—s Essay upon Wit (1716), and Addisonâ—s Freeholder No. 45 (1716).

2. Anon., Essay on Wit (1748), together with Characters by Flecknoe, and Joseph Wartonâ—s Adventurer
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3. Anon., Letter to A. H. Esq.; concerning the Stage (1698), and Richard Willisâ— Occasional Paper No. IX
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7. John Gayâ—s The Present State of Wit (1711); and a section on Wit from The English Theophrastus
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8. Rapinâ—s De Carmine Pastorali, translated by Creech (1684).

9. T. Hanmerâ—s (?) Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet (1736).

10. Corbyn Morrisâ— Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, etc. (1744).

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21. Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754).

22. Samuel Johnsonâ—s The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750).

23. John Drydenâ—s His Majesties Declaration Defended (1681).

24. Pierre Nicoleâ—s An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which from Settled Principles is Rendered
the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams, translated by J. V. Cunningham.

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25. Thomas Bakerâ—s The Fine Ladyâ—s Airs (1709).

26. Charles Macklinâ—s The Man of the World (1792).

27. Frances Reynoldsâ— An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of Our Ideas of
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(1661).

29. Daniel Defoeâ—s A Vindication of the Press (1718).

30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooperâ—s Letters Concerning Taste, 3rd edition (1757), & John
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31. Thomas Grayâ—s An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751); and The Eton College Manuscript.

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33. Henry Gallyâ—s A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings (1725).

34. Thomas Tyersâ— A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1785).

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37. Thomas Morrisonâ—s A Pindarick Ode on Painting (1767).

38. John Phillipsâ— A Satyr Against Hypocrites (1655).

39. Thomas Wartonâ—s A History of English Poetry.

40. Edward Byssheâ—s The Art of English Poetry (1708).

41. Bernard Mandevilleâ—s â—A Letter to Dionâ— (1732).

42. Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances.

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Variant Spellings

Introduction: The editorâ—s name, printed â—Roestvigâ—, is more correctly Røstvig.

Latin: The use of Å— and æ in words such as â—mÅ—stusâ— is in the original. Accents are variously
acute ´, grave ` or circumflex ^, with no apparent difference in meaning. Some do not even mark long
syllables.

English: Variation between -w- and -vv- is in the original.

Typography: In both languages, poem titles were randomly Italic or Roman. Italicization (or de-italicization)
of â—s in possessives is also random.

Long s (Å¿)

At the beginning of p. 10 there appears to have been an accident with the Italic type trays. Almost all long
sâ—s (Å¿) on p. 10 (signature 5v), and many on p. 12 (signature 6v), are misprinted as f, except in the -st- and
-ss- ligatures. Misprints are shown in red, correct forms in blue; the page thumbnails are linked to larger
views. Note the one Å¿-for-f error on page 12.

â—Ode 44, Lib. 4.â—

The printed number is retained, though it is almost certainly an error for â—14â— (between 13 and 15). The
error may have been carried over from the source text.

Vilna : Vilia

In Ode 35 of Lib. 4, â—Vilnaâ— is the city (modern Vilnius, Wilna in Polish), â—Viliaâ— the river (modern
Vilnia).

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numbers (in duodecimo, or sets of 24 pages) remain correct.

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