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Boock  T.     of  the  Troubles  ^/Davld     1 5 

Then  knocking  with  his  angry  hands  his  breafl. 
Earth  with  his  feet ,  He  crys,  Oh  'tis  confcft  j 
r  have  been  a  piom  fid  a  IVewan-King  ^ 
WrongM  by  a  Seer  a  Boy,  e'^ery  thing. 
Eight  hundred  years  of  Death  is  not  (6  deep. 
So  unconcern'd  3S  my  Lethargic]^  fleep. 
My  Pditienee  C\*cn  a  Sacrile.'ige  becomes, 
Difturbs  the  Deaii,  and  open  their  facrcd  Tomhs, 
Ah  Benjamin ^kmi  Father',  who  forme 
This  curled  World  cndur'tt  again  to  fee  ! 
All  thou  had  iaid,^rp.Tt  'vtjion^  is  fo  true. 
That  all  which  th on  command'ft,  and  more  Til 

do  : 
Kill  him?  yes  mighty  Ghofl  the  wretch  fhall  dy. 
Though  every  Star  in  Hcav'en  f  hould  it  deny  5 
Nor  tr.ockth'afiliultofourjuft  wrath  again; 
Had  he  ten  times  his  fam'd  few  thonjandilain. 
Should  that  bold  popular  WWw«w,  whofedefigfi 
Is  to  revenge  his  own  dijgrace  by  Mine^ 
Should  my  ingrateful  Son  oppofeth'intent, 
Should  rvwnto'wn  heart  grow  fcrup'ulous  and 

relent, 
Curfe  me  jufl  Heayen  {  by  which  this  truth  I 

fwear) 
If  I  that  Seey,  my  Son^  or  Self  do  fpare. 
No  gentle  Ghofi ^rewrn  to  thy  ftiU  home  ; 
^Thither  this  day  mine,  and  thy  Foe  fhall  corrie.  , 
Ifthatcurftobjeftlongervex  my  Hght, 
It  muft  have  learnt  to 'appear  as  Thou  to  night. 

Whi'ft  thus  his  -vvrath  with  threats  the  T^- 

rant  fed. 

The  threatned^'fla/^ flept  fear  Icfs  on  his  bed; 
Sleep  on,  reft  quiet  as  they  Cor)fcience  take, 
4,  For  though  Thou  fleep'ft  thy  felf,ihy  GoXs  awakc. 
Above  the  fubtle  foldings  of  tlie  Sky, 
Above  the  well-fet  Orhs(ok  fi^nnony^ 
Above  ihofe  petty  La-fiips  that  g»iild  the  Night  5 
There  is  a  place  o'reflown  vfiSi  hallowed  Li^ht^ 

O  i  Where 


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14    Davide'is,  A  Sacred  Poew,  Book] 

where  Heaytnj  as  if  it  lefc  it  felf  behind, 
It  ftretchc  out  far,  nor  its  own  hounds  can  find  : 
Jicrc peaceful  flames  fwell  up  the  facred  place* 
■2-  Nor  can  the  glory  contain  it  felf  in.th'cndlefs 
fpace. 
For  there  no  twilight  of  the  Suns  dull  ray, 
Gliminers  upon  the  pure  and  native  day. 
No  pale  fac'd  Moon  docs  in  floln  beams  appear. 
Or  with  dim  Taper  fcatters  darknefs  there. 
On  no  fmooth  Sphear  the  reftief   Seaiorjs  (W^Qy 
No  circling  Motion  6.oi\^  fwifr  Tz>w<?  divide  3 
Nothing  is  there  Tc^come,  and  nothing  Paji, 
16  But  an  Eternal  Now  docs  always  laft.. 

There  fits'th'  Almigthy,Fir(l  of  all,  and  En(t\ 
Whom  nothing  but  Himjeffcan  comprehend. 
Who  with  his  Word  commanded  ^il  to  Be, 
And  Jll obey'd him, ffT  that  W^rd  w.is  I-Je, 
Only  he  fpockCjand  every  thing  that  Is 
3From  out  the  womb  o(ftrt/n/e  Nothing  ris. 
Oh  who  (tall  tell,  who  f  hall  describe  thy 

throne. 
Thou  great  Three  One'> 

There'Thou  thy  felf  do'ft  in  full  prefenrc  fhow 
,  Not  abfent  from  thefe  meaner  //  orlds  below ; 
No,  if  thou  wert,  the  Elements  League  would 

ceafe, 
And  all  thy  Creatures  break  thy  Natures  peace 
The  Sun  would  flop  his  courfe,  or  gallop  back 
The  Stars  drop  out,  the  Foles  themfelves  woul 

crack ; 
JSarths  ftrong  foundations  would  be  torn  in 

twain. 
And  his  vaft  work  all  ravel  out  again 
To  its  firft  Nothing  5  For  his  fptrit  contains 
jr^The  wel  knit  Mafs,  from  him  eachCreature  ga 
Being  and  Motion,  which  he  ftill  beftows  j 
Froui  him  rh"*  effeil  of  our  wea'k  j4^ion  flows. 
2£  Round  him  vaft  Jrwie  of  fwifc  Angels  iiind. 

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Book  I.      of  the  Troubles  (?/'DavId     i  5 

\Vh  ch  feeen  triumphant  Generals  comnianJ, 
Tlv-7  fign  loud  ancchemsofhis  endlcfspraife. 
And  with  fixt  eye^  drink  in  immortal  rayes. 
'^  Ofthefehe  call'd  out  one  ;  allHeav'endid  fhake, 
And  filcncc  k?pt  whdft  its  Creator  (pake. 

Are  we  forgotten  then  fo  foon  >    can  He 
Look  on  his  Crovjn^  and  not  remember  Alff 
Thatoave  it  f  can  he  think  we  did  not  hear 
{  Fond  Man  !  )  his  threats  ?  and  have  we  made 

the  Ear 
To  he  accounted  dexf?  No,  Sauly  we  heard  ; 
And  it  will  coil  thee  dear;  the  ills  thou'ft  fear'd, 
Praftis'd,  or  thought  on,  VW  all  double  fend  ; 
Haveti;?  not  fpoke  it,  anddiresM.iw  contend  ! 
AKis,  poor  duft!   didil  thou  but  know  the  day 
♦.     When  thou  muft  lie  in  blood  at  Gilboci\ 

Thou,  and  thy  Sons  thou  wouldft  not  threaten 

ftill, 
Thy  trembling  TQ.n^ue  would  ftop  againft  thy 

will. 
Then  fhall  thine  He-^d  fixt  in  curfl  Xcmp^ei  be,^ 
And  all  theiry^(7/,y/^  Goijffhall  laugh  at  Thee. 
That  hand  which  now  on  D^t'xids  Life  would 

prey. 
Sh -ill  then  mm  juf},  and  its  own  Maftsr  flay  ^ 
He  whom  thou  hat'^ejly  on  thy  hy^d  Throne  fhall 

fit. 
And  expiate  the  difgrace  thou  do'  ft  to  it. 
Had  then  i  tell  D;il''i/ what  his /Crr?^^  has  fworn, 
Tfil  him  whofe  blood  muil  paint  this  rifing 

Morn. 
Yet  bid  him  go  fccu  rely  when  he  fends ; 
20  'Tis  S.tul  that  is  his  foe^  and  lue  his  Friends, 
The  Man  who  has  iiis  God  no  aid  can  lack. 
And  iL-e  who  bid  him  G(7,  w)U  bring  him  back. 

Hefpokc  ;  liiQHea-xens  feem^'d  decently  to 

bow, 

With  all  their  bright /»A^^;/4;7rji  and  now 

O  s  The 


1^     D^YidciS)  A  facred  poem    Boo 

The  jocond  Spbares  began  again  to  play. 
Again  each  Jpirn  (ung  B alleluia. 
Only  that  ^w^-^fAvas  ft  rait  gon  ;  Ev'en  fo 
(  But  not  fo  fvvift)  the  mornin^f  Glories  flow 
At  once  from  the  btighr/^775and  ftrlke  the 

ground  3 
So  vN-inged  Lightning  the  fofc  air  does  wound. 
Slow  TiweridmireSjand  knows  not  what  to 
^  The  Motion,  having  no  JccoHnt  iojn^  aU. 

So  flew  this  ^f'geL,  till  to  J)ayids  bed 
He  came  and  thos  his  facred  Mefiage  faid, 
3 1  Awake,  young  ^im,  hear  what  thy  Kin^ 

has  fworn ; 
He  fwore  thy  blood  f  hould  paint  this  rifing 

Morn. 
Yet  to  him  go  fecurcly  when  he  fends ; 
Tis  Si»«/that  is  your  foe,  and  God  your  Triena 
The  Man  who  has  his  Gorf,no  aid  can  lack  j 
And  he  who  bids  thee  Go,  will  bring  thee  bad* 
Up  leapt  Ji-j^?,^^^- and  did  round  hiiii  flat 
But  could  fee  nought  was  left  but  air, 
W'hilft  tliis  great  Fijion  labours  in  his  thought 
Loythefhort  Prophefie  't^iFea  is  brought. 
In  treacherous  haft  he's  fent  for  to  ihe  King, 
J  ^''"''    And  with  him  bid  hischarmfiil  Lyre  to  bring 
J^^,^°^  The  King,  they  fay,  lies  raging  in  a  Fit, 

Which  does  no  cure  but  (acred  tunes  admit  5 
5  2.   Andtrue  it  was,  foft  muficl^  did  appeafe 
1  sa^r,.  Th^obfcure  fantaft ick  rage  oiSciuh  difeafe. 
16.  25.  Tcrime3ohA4/<p(forr*^<?^*,ornone  can 

.  33  tell 

The  myftick  pow'ersthat  in  bleft  Numbers 

dwell, 
Thou  their  great  N^ure  know'ft  j  nor  is  it  fit 
This  nobleft  Gem  of  thine  own  Croivn  t'  omit ; 
Tell  me  from  whence  thefe  heav*nly  charms  a' 
Teach  the  dull  world  i  admire  what  they  defp 
As  firft  a  various  unform'd  Hint  we  find 

H 


Book  I.     of  the  Troubles  of T>zm\^.     17 

Rife  in  fomc  god- like  P<?^M  fertile  M/»/j'j 
Till  all  chc  parts  nnd  words  their  places  take, 
And  wich  jull  matches  i'erfeznd  tfitt^il^m:ikc^ 

^A   Such  \v3s  GoJs  Pcem^  this  iVorlls  new  Ejf^i-J  j 
So  wild  and  rude  in  its  firil  draught  it  lay  •, 
Xh'iingovern'd  parts  no  Corre/pm'^ence  ]inc\\f 
A  n  p.rtlcfs  iv^tr  from  thwarting  Mjticns  3,rc\v  ; 
Till  they  to  Ntwtherand  fixt  Rules  were  brought 

^      By  the  eternal  Minds  Potti^ne  Tbo--t<(^bt» 

^^    JV^ter  aiid  Air  \\z  for  the  Tenor  chofe, 

Earth  made  the  Baft,  the  Trebln  Vlame  orofe. 

3<J  To  ch'Aclive  M<?5«  a  quick  bri-sk  ftore  he  gave, 
To  Siturns paring  a  touch  more  (oft  and  grave. 
The  motions  Sty  ait ,  and  B^ound,  and  Szu'/ti  and 

And  J/j-i/r/,  and  i^<?wf,\vere  mixt  nnd  woven  (b; 
Did  in  fj.  h  artful  ft^utts  fr-ooihly  fjj! , 
As  ^1:3 Je  tliis  decent  mcadjr'd  £>.ir^f  of  AH, 
And  tliis  i^MuJicI^ ;  Jb.vwi'/that  charm  our  cars, 
Arc-but  on.c  Dnffing  that  vkhf-jtnce  wears. 
Though  no  man  hc-ar't^  though  no  man  icrchcrfc 
Yet  will  there  Hill  b:;  Mu/tcl^ia  my  Verfe. 
In  this  e,r(at  WorU  To  much  of  ic  we  fee  j 

'  '    Th  ,*  i.  jytr,  Man  J  is  all  oVe  fj^rff-  onie. 
Sto:  ehoij^  cf  rdl  Fiop»rti9ni  !  /?/?^/f  d-'f/re ! 
V/h.ch  firil  Geii  B  eathd'xd tunefully infpire ! 
Froai  h'.-nce  bleft  Muficl^^  heav'cnly  charms  ari(c, 
Yxo\^^fy  <npiitliy  which  Them  and  M^n  allies. 
Thus  they  oar Jouis^  thus  they  our  Boiiisw'xny 
N ot  by  th  Hr  f  era,  but  Prtrjfj  that's  within. 

3  8   T  hus  the  ilrange  f  «re  on  ©ur  fpilt  Blood  apply'd^ 
Sy-'^'pithj  to  thcdiilant  Wound  doQS  gaid. 

3p  1  hus  when  to  Bretbrenjinngsare  fee  alike. 
To  m'jve  them  /'0^/>,  but  one  of  thcin  we  JfriK^e. 
Thus  D  t-y.-'/x  7.>r^  did  S.tuli  wild  rage  controul. 

40   And  tun'd  the  harf h  difcorders  of  hiS Soul. 

O  4,  V^'hen 


18     D^Yideis,  J fkcred Poem   I.  Book. 

4*        When //r4f<'/ was  from  bondage  led, 
Ffa/m.  Lec{  by  th'  Mmighiyi  hand 

^^^'  From  out  a  forreign  land. 

The  great  i'f.ibebeldi  and  fled. 
As  men  purfu'd,  when  that  fear  pafl  they  find. 
Step  on  feme  higher  ground  to  look  behind. 
So  whiift  through  wondrous  ways 

The  facred  Jrmj  went. 
The  fVayes  afar  flood  up  to  gase, 
And  their  own  Kock^s  did  reprefenr. 
Solid  as  ffatersavQ  above  the  fifmamem. 

Old  yordavs  sv5t€rs  to  thck fprirtg 
Startback  with  fudden  j^/^j&t, 
lhe/7'r/;7(ramaz'd  atfii'ht. 

Asks  what  Neius  from  Sea  tlicy  bring. 
The  ?v.for<w<»i;?i  f  hook ;  and  to  the  Mountains 

fide, 
The  littfe  Ui^s  leapt  round  themfelves  to  hide  | 
As  young  affrighted  Lambs 
^Vhen  tfiey  ought  dtendful  fpVa 
lluntrembhngto;theirhelplcfs  bants ',/ 
The  mighty  Sea  and  River  by, 
Were  glad  for  their  excufe  to  fee  the  Hills  to  fly. 

What  aiPd  the  mighty  fea  to  flee  ? 
Or  why  did  yordani  tyde 
Back  to  his  Fountain  glide? 
yordamTyde.,\\h2ii?iAtA.  Ihee? 
Wy  leapt  the  Hills  f  why  did  the  Mountains 

fhake  ? 
What  ail'd  them  their  flxt  Natures  to  forfake  5 
rly  where  thou  wilt ,  O  Sea ! 
And  ^  or  dans  Current  cea(c  ; 
Fvoihj   Jordan  thtve  is  no  need  of  thee, 

6.  Fo r  at  Gods  word,  when  e're  he  pleafe, 

j^'um.zQ   ji^g  2l5.->^^  fhall  weep  new  PVaters  forth  inftead 

^'^  ofthef?... 

Thtss 


Book  I.     oftheTroubUi  ofDdMid      19 

Thus  fung  the  £;reac  Mufician  to  his  Lyre ; 
AiKi  SauL  bUck  rage  grew  foitly  to  retiie 
But  Envys  ferpent  llill  with  him  rcmainM, 
And  the  xs\(QCb'irmers  healtfui  voiccdifdainM.' 
Th' unthankful  iCinj^  cur'd  truly  of  his  fit. 
Seems  t«  lie  drovvn'd  and  buryed  Ihll  in  it. 
From  his  pnll  madncTs  draws  this  wicked  u(e. 
To  fin  difguis'djand  murder  with  exsufe  : 
For  whilit  the  fearlefs  youth  his  cure  purfueSj 
And  the  foft  Mtdtcme  with  kind  art  renews  , 
The  barb'^irous  Patient  calls  at  him  his  fpear, 
(  The  ufual  jcvpter  that  rough  hand  did  bear  ) 
Calts  it  with  violent  flrength,  but  into  th'roome 
An  ^rm  more  ftrong  and  fare  than  his  \vas 

come ; 
An  Jn^^el  whofe  unfeen  and  eafie  might 
Put  by  the  zueaprjiand  mi/led  it  rij^ht. 
How  vain  Mans  pow'er  is !  unlefs  God  com- 
mand, 
The  zue.ipon  difobeys  his  Maffers  hand  ! 
Happy  was  now  the  error  of  the  blow ; 
^t  Gilboa  it  will  noc  ferve  him  (o. 
Gne  would  have  thought,  Jnttt/fudden  rage  t'ha*- 

vefeen, 
He  had  himfelf  by  Daytd  wounded  beeir. 
He  fcorn'd  to  leave  what  he  did  ill  begin, 
And  thought  his  Honor  now  engaged  wh''  Sjn^ 
A  bloody  Tro'^p  of  his  own  Guards  he:  fends 
(Sh^ei  to  his  IV:S,  and  hiidy  call'ed  his  Friends^ 
To  mend  his  error  by  a  Hirer  blow, 
So  ia^/ordain'edibucG^,'/  ordain'ed  noefo 
Home  flies  the  Princti  and  to  his  tremblii)^  I'Viff 
Relates  the  new-pait  hazard  of  his  hfe^ 
"Which  fhe  with  decent  pa ffwn  hears  him  tell; 
For  not  her  own  far  £yes{hc  lov'ed  fo^vell.- 
■.-,  Uponcheir  Pi?/ Jcf  top  beneath  a  row 

Of  I.fw^rjrf^fi>wh:chtheredid  proudly  grow^- 
Arid-N^'ith  blight  itorssof  qoldcn  fruit  cepay. 

6.  5..         ■      ■  jh^- 


to    DskVidclsyJfacredPom  I.  Book. 

The  Li^/^^  they  drank  from  the  Suns  neighboring 

ray, 
(  A  fmall,  but  artful  faraiife^  they  walk'd  ; 
And  hand  in  hand  fad  gentle  things  they  talk'd. 
Here  Uichol  firft  an  arnted  Troop  efpies 
(  So  faithful  and  fo  quick  are  h-ving  Eyes  ) 
Which  marchtj  and  often  gliftet'd  through  a 

wood,  1 

That  on  right  hand  of  her  fair  Palace  ftood  j  ' 

She  fawthern^  andcry'doutj  They're  come  'cO 

^^'  *' '  My  deareft  Lord-,  Sauh  fpear  purfues  thee  ftill. 
Behold  his  wicked  e«arij  i  Hade  quickly,  fly, 
for  heavens  lake  hafte  j  lAy  dear  Lord,  do  noc 

dy. 
Ah  cruel  F/f^kr^whofe  ill- natur'ed  rage 
Neither  thy^  fFortb)  nor  Marriage  can  aCTwagc  I     - 
Will  he  part  thofc  he  join'd  (o  late  before  ? 
.  W^ere  the  two-hundred  f  oref  kins  worth  no 

'/7;  more? 

'       He  fhall  not  part  US;  (Then  fhe  wept  bet  ween  > 
At  yonder  Window  thou  may  il  fcape  unfeen 5 
This  hand  fhall  let  thee  down  j  flay  not,  but 

haft  5  \ 

^Tis  no:  my  Vfe  to  fend  thee  hence  fo  faft. 

Beft  of  all  women,  he  replies and  this. 

Scarce  fpoke,  fhe  flops  his  anfvver  with  a  Kifsj 
Throw  not  away  (iaid  fhe)  thy  precious  breathy 
Thou  ftay'ft  too  long  \y M\imihz  re ach  oUeath, 
Timely  he'obeys  her  wife  advice,  and  ftreit 
To  injull  force  fhe  oppofesjuit  deceit. 
She  meets  the  Murd'erers  wich  a  -vertuoips  Lyy     : 
*  ^^'^'   And  good  diffenibling  Tears ;  May  he  not  dy 
?5,2.   In  qmetthen  :  (faid  fhe)  will  they  not  give         ; 
jgs-'  4.   y  bar  freedom  who  fo  fear  lell  he  I  houj.d  Li-^  % 
Even  fate  does  with  your  cruelty  confpire. 
And  fpares  your ^«ii',  yet  does  what  you  defire. 
Mull  he  not  hy^  ?  ^or  ^hac  ye  need  not /»  i 


Book  I.     of  the  Troubles  ofO  avid      2 1 

My  nujrh-wrong'J  Hwbund  fpsechlefs  lies 

within, 
And  his  too  little  left  of  vital  brcnth 
To  know  his  Murdeiers^  or  to  feci  his  Death* 
One  hour  will  doyour  work  — — 
Here  her  wcll-govern'dTears  dropt  down  apaccj" 
Beit'ity  and  Scmw  mingled  in  or  e  face 
Has  fuch  refiftlcfs  chara^-s  that  they  believe. 
And  an  unwilling  aptn.fi  find  to  prteye 
At  what  they  cawe  for ;  A  pale  Statues  head 
In  linnen  wrapt  appcar'd  on  Da'vids  bed  ; 
Two  lervants  mournful  ftand  and  (ilcnt  by. 
And  onthetablemed'cinalrehques  ly  ; 
In  the  cloofe  room  a  well-  plac'ed  Tapers  lightj 
Adds  a  becoming  horror  to  the  light. 
And  for  th'  Imprejfion  G^iprepar*ed  their  Sence  ; 
They  Hiw,  believM  all  this,  and  parted  thence. 
How  vain  sttempts  Sauls  unbleft  anger  tryes, 
hy  his  own  hands  deceiv'd,  and  fervants  Eyes  I 

It  cannot  be  (  fsid  he)  no,  can  it^  fhall 
Our  great  r^«  thottfmd  Slayer  idly  fall  ? 
The  (illy  rout  thinks  God^xoiQCts  him  ftill ; 
But  God,  alas,  guards  not  the  bad  from  iU* 
Oh  may  he  guard  him  !  may  his  members  be' 
In  as  full  firength,  and  well-  fet  harmonic 
As  the  fref  h  body  of  the  firft  made  Man 
E're  Sin,  or  Sins  juft  meed,  Vifeafehcgan. 
He  wil  1  be  elfe  too  fnnd  for  ou r  vaft  Hate ; 
And  we  mu]x (bare  in  our  revenge  wkhf.zte} 
No;  letushavchim  Vl'hole-^  weelfe  mr-vfecm- 
To'have  fnatchc  away  but  Tome  few  days  from 

him, 

Andf«r  that  Thread w\{K\i  would  have^/rfjpnn 


two  , 


AVill  our  great  anger  learn  too  ftoop  fbloNY?- 
I  know  it  cannor,  will  nor  ^  him  we  p>ize 
Of  our  juft  wrath  the  folcmn  Sacrifice, 
4^  Xharmalt  not  LUmifht  be ;  let  him  remain  • 

^  ^'  Secure 


22    "Davidelsy  AJacred  Poem     BookL 

Secure,  ^ndgroiv  up  to  our  (IroH^e  again, 

Twill  be  fome  pleafure  then  to  take  his  breath,  * 

When  he  f  hall  ftrive,  and  zurefile  with  his  death^ 

Go,  let  him  live  _  And  yet '  f  hall  1  then 

ftay 
So  long  ?  good  and  great  adions  hate  delay. 
Some  foolif  h  piety  perhaps,  or  He 
That  has  been  ft  ill  mine  honors  Enemies 
Samuel  may  change  or  crbfs  my  juft  intent. 
And  I  this  formal  Pity  foon  repent 
Befides  Fate  «iyes  him  me,  and  whifpers  this. 
That  he  can  fly  no  more,  if  we  fhould  mrfs  3 
Mifs?  can  we  mifs  again  ;  gobrmghim  ftrair. 
Though  gafping  out  his  Soul ,  jf  the  wif  ht  date 

J  Sam.   Of  his  accurfed  l.febeaimoft  paft, 

'^*  '^*  Some  ^<7)''twlllbeto/^e  him  breath  his  laft. 
The  Troop  return''4,  of  cheir/^or/  Virtue^ 

afham'ed,  (blam'ed 

Sauls  conruj^e  prais'd,  and  their  own  weakncfs 
But  when  the  piomfraudih^y  underftood. 
Scarce  the  refpeft  due  to  S.iul$  facred  blood, 
Duetothcfacred^frtttf>inicre/gn'ed, 
From  Mz£-i6/?/j  murder  their  wild  rage  reftrain'ed. 
She'ailcag'ed  the  holieft  chains  that  bind  a  lutfe^ 

-iSam.    DiityzniLsve-y  The  alleag'ed  chat  her  Own 

*y-'7.  Life, 

Had  /  he  rcfus'ed  that  f^fety  to  her  Lord, 
Would  have  incurr'd  juft  danger  from  his  fword. 
Now  was  y^^.j/f  wrathfull  grown  ;  he  takes  no 

reft, 
A  v!t>lcni:  Flams  rolls  in  his 'troubled  bueft. 
And  in  fierce  Uotbtjinj^Jrom  his  Bje  do'.s break; 
Not  his  o\Yny^yowfj,and  beft  friends  dare 

fpeak, 
Or  look  on  him  ;  but  rrnte  and  tren^bling  all, 
Fear  where  this  CiowiwW]  burft,  and  Thunier  falL 
Sa  when  iht pride  3Lni\  ttrrouv  of  the  Wcaiy 
A  1^977  pricke  with  rage  and  want  of  food, 

EfpicB. 


Book  I.     oft  he  Troubles  ofD2ivid,     ij 

Efpies  out  from  afar  fomc  well-fed  beaft. 
And  biuftlcs  up  preparing  for  his  ftall  5 
If  that  by  Iwifcnefs  fcapc  his  gaping  jaws  ; 
His  bloody  eyes  he  hu  lis  round,  his  fharp  paws 
Tear  up  the  ground  j  then  runs  he  wild  about, 
Lafhing  his  aiigry  tail,  and  roaruig  out- 
Jieajls  creep  into  their  dens,  and  tremble  there ; 
trees,  though  no  'VJind  is  ftirring,  f  hake  with 

feare ; 
•  stm    Silence  jnd  horror  fill  the  place  around. 
'9«  '9.   Eich'.  it  fclf  dares  fcarce  repeat  the  found. 

45    MidltalargetVWihat  joyns  hiv  Ktimahs  Town 
(The  neighbourhood  huKar»as  chief  renown) 
47    A  CoHegs  Ihnds,  where  at  great  Prophets  feet 
The  Prophets  Sons  with  filent  dili'gence  meet, 
By  Samuel  built,  and  mod'erately  cndow'cd. 
Yet  more  to'his  lib'ral  Tongue  than  Hounds  they 

ow^ed. 
There  himfelf //«//;^Jf ,  and  his  bleft  voice  to  hear 
Teachers  themfelves  lay  proud  beneath  him  there. 
The  Honfewas  a  large  Seju/ire^  but  plain  and  low  j. 
Wife  Natures  ufe  /Irt  ftrove  not  to  outgo. 
An  inward  Square  by  well- rang'd  Trees  was 

made  J 
And  midlt  the  friendly  cover  of  their  f  hade, 
A  pure,  well,  tailed,  wholfome  Fmntatn  rofc  5 
Which  no  vain  coft  o( Marble  did  eiiclofe  ; 

Kor  thought  carv'd//?-ip(?j  did  the  forc'ed  waters 

pafs. 
Shapes  ^iz'm^  on  themfeIvesirh'A^«/./^/^/f. 
Q   Yetthechafteftreamthat'mongloofe  peeblesfelV 

48  For  Cleanness,  Thir/i,  Religion  ferv'd  as  well' 

49  The  Schnllars,  VoB.gr s  and  Coreipanions  here, 
Lodg'ed  all  apart  in  neatfmall  chambers  were: 
We!l-furn'fht  Chambers,  for  in  each  there  iloo J^. 

fo    A  nari-G  w  Conch,  Table  and  Chair  of  wood, 
hioiQ  j5  bu:  clog  where  t^fe  does  bound  deiiaht ; 

O  7  '^  AnH 


t* 


24     T>^y'idcis ,  A  Sacred  Poem  Book!. 

And  thofe  are  rich  whofe  Wealth's  proportion'ed 

right 
To  their  Ltfes  Form  j  moregoods  would  but 

becom 
A  Bntden tothGm i and contra.(k  their r^ow. 
A  fecond  Court  more  facred  ftood  behind, 
Builtfairer,  and  to  nobler  ufe  defign'd  ; 
The  HaB  2Lnd  Schools  one  fide  of  it  polTeft ; 
The  Library  and  Spiagogue  the  reft. 
Tables  of  plain- cat  Firreadorn'edthe  Hall  j 
51    And  with  beafts  skins  the  beds  were  cov'red  all, 
^i  The  reverend  Dot7,9r5  take  their  feats  on  high. 
Th'  ElcEl  Compantons  in  their  bofoms  ly. 
The  SchoUurs  far  below  upon  the  ground. 
On  fre(  h-lhew'd  ruf hes  place  themfelves 

around. 
With  more  refpe£t:  the  nv'tfe  and  ancient  lay  j 
But  eat  not  choicer  Htrhs  or  Bread  than  thev. 
Nor  purer  PP'aters  drank,  their  conftant  fealt  5 
But  by  great  days,  and  Sacrifice  encreaft. 
The  Schooh  built  round  andliigher,  at  the  end 
With  their  fair  circle  did  this  fide  extend  5 
To  which  their  Sjnagogue  on  th'other  fide. 
And  to  the  Hall  theit  Library  replide. 
The  midft  tow'ard  their  G^ir^^;?^  openlay. 
To  'admit  the  jays  oi Spring  and  early  day* 
Vi\\'  Library  a  few  choice  authors  ftood  , 
Yet  'twas  well  ftor'ed,  for  that  fmail  ftore  was 

goody 
Writings  Mans  Spir^itttaiPhyJicJ^  was  not  then 
2tf(lf,  as  now,  grown  a  Difeaje  of  Men. 
Learning  {young  Virgin  )  but  few  Suitors  knew  | 
The  common  Proflitute  f  he  lately  grew. 
And  with  hzr  fpuriom  broodXoTids  now  the  Prefs  5 
■  ^^bcrious  effetls  of  Idlenefs  I 
Here  ail  the  various  forms  one  might  behold 
How  Letters  fav'ed  theflifclves  froaa  Peath  of 


Book  I.     of  the  Troubles  c/David.     2  5 

^^   Somepainfully  engrav'cd  in  thin  \vtou^\\t  plates, 
SoineciK  in  "jjoo^U  Tome  lighclicr  trac'cd  on/IateSi 
54   Some drAwnonhiv Pal^n iectvesy  with  fhort 

live'dtoylv. 
Had  not  ih'^^'w  fnerjd  the  Celir  lent  his  Oyl. 
5f   Some  wrought  in  Sill^s^  fonc  writ  in  tender  harl^ti 

Some  the  ChivpS'tile  in  waxen  Tihles  marks  j 

f  6    Some  >n  beaOs  sl^i-Sy  and  fome  in  Bibles  rend  ; 

Both  new  rude  arts,  wjth  age  and  growth  did 

need. 
The  Schools  were  painted  well  with  ufefull  skill  j 
Siars,  Maps,  and  Stones  the  learn'd  wall  did  fill. 
Wife  wholcfome  Proyerhs  mixt  around  the 
roome, 
j-7   Some  writ,  and  in  Egyptian  Figures  fome. 
Here  all  the  noblcift  tvits  of  men  infpir'ed, 
From  earths  flight  joys,  and  worthlefs  toils 

retir'ed, 
Whom  SamuelsTavne  and  Bounty  thither  lead, 
^   Each  day  by  turns  their  folid  know  ledg^  read. 
^     The  courfeandpouerofJVrfrJ  great  Nathan 
thought, 
And  home  to  man  thofediftjtnt  PfonJers  brought^ 
How  toward  both  PcUs  the  Suns  fixt  journey 

bends. 
And  how  the  rear  his  crooked  wa^  attends. 
By  whatjuft  ftepsthe  ivandring  Lti;fjts  advance^. 
And  what  eternal  mealurfs  guid  their  dance. 
Himfelfa  Prophet  j  but  his  Lectures  f  hew'ed 
How  litile  of  that  ^rt  to  them  he  ow'ed. 
^i.;/6^/th'inferior  worlds  fanraftick  face. 
Though  all  the  turns  of  Matters  Maze  did  tnccy 
Great  Natures  well-fct  Clocl^  in  pieces  took  ; 
On  all  the  Springs  and  fmalkft  IVheels  did  look; 
Of  Li/eand  Motion  \  and  wich  equal  arc    . 
Made  up  again  the  Whole  of  ev'ry  Part. 
The  Prophet  Gad  in  letrmd  Dtift  deCignes 
Tli'immortal  folid  rules  oiU^-d'cdLm&s. 

Of 


i6    Davideis,  A  Sacred  Poem  Book!, 

Of  Numbers  too  th'  unnutnhfed  wealth  he 

fhowes, 
And  with  them  far  their  endkfs  jsurney  goes. 
59    Numbers  which  ftill  encreafe  moie  high  and  wide 
From  0;2^,  the  rtf(?t  of  their  turn*d  Pyramtde. 
OfMen^ar^d^A^es  paft  Seratah  read  ; 
£w^«/"'m</inlonghv''d  hifitry  the  Dead. 
Show'd  the  fhfp falls,  and  flow  ajcent  ofStates^ ; 
What  IV/fdom  and  what  foSies  make  their  fates, 
5<?m«e/htiHfelfdid  G^i^rich  Lawdilpliyj 
Taught  douting  men  with  yud^mem  to  obay. 
And  of  this  ravifht  Soul  with  fudden  flight 
Soar'd  2ibovt  prefem  Times,  anxi  humane  flght. 
Thefe  Arts  but  syeXcom^  fir  angers  might  appear^ 
Mu/jij^and  Verfe  ream'di5r;;and  he  dap  herej 
Scarce  the  bleit  Heay\tn  that  rings  with  AngeU 

voyce, 
Poes  with  more  conftant  Harmsny re'pyce. 
The  (acred  Mn/'e  does  here  each  breft  infpire ; 
Hemarii  ^nd  fweet-  mouth'd  ^jafh  rule  theit 

Quire : 
Boih  charming  PofW,  and  all  ftrains  theyplaidj 
By  artful  Breath,  or  nimble  Fingers  made. 
The  Synagogue  was  dred  with  care  and  cnft, 
(The  onely  place  where  that  they'  efteem'd  not 

hji) 
^Q  The  glittering  roof  with  gold  did  daze  the  views  > 
The  fldesrcfrefh'c  with  filks  oijacred  blew. 
Here  thrice  each  day  they  read  their  perfect  Law^^. 
Thrice  pray'ers  trom  willing  Hf«Tf*<»  a  blefling 

draw  J 
Thrice  in  glad  H^imns  fwell'd  with  the  Great  Qney 

praife, 
**     The  plyant  Voice  on  her  fea'en  fleps  they  raife^ 
•Whilfl:  all  th'  enltvened Inflruments  around 
To  the  juft  feet  with  various  concord  found  j 
&ich  things  were  Uufc$  thcn^eonteKin'd  low 

earthy, 


Book  T.     of  the  Troubles  of  David     27 

Decently  proud.^  and  mind' ul  of  their  birth. 
Twas  GoJ  himfeU  that  heietun'd  every Toungj 
And  grcaretully  of  hi:u  alone  they  fung. 
They  fung  ho\vG^^//'6'(^«oftf  the  worlds  vaft 

ball; 
From  Nothing)  and  fiom  ?/*  'where  callM  forth 

Mo  K  at  fire  yet  or  />Azfe  foi  'c  to  poflefs,  ^ 

But  an  unbottomY'd  Gulfoi  Er/tptmefs. 
Fu!J  o£  niwfelj,  th'  Alniigtbj  f:it,  his  own 
<J3    P.i/jaj3nd  Without  Jo//^«/^^^i/<>'7'- 

Buc  h2  was  GooJ?7eJ's  wf-ole  and  all  things  will'd  5 

AVhich  ere  they  'were,h\'>  --^hve  ivord  fulHW'd  i 

And  their  altonif  ht  hend;  o'ch*  fudden  reai 'ed  5 

Anunfhap'ed  kind  oiSomethiny^  fii  ft  appcar'ed^ 

ConfcflTingirsnew  Biing^znd  undreft 

As  if  It  ftcpt  in  haft  before  the  reft, 

Yec  buried  iri  this  Ai infrjdarkfome  womb, 

Lay  the  rich  SeetL  of  ev'ery  thing  to  com. 

Fro;i-s  hence  the  chearfui  Bhrne  leapt  up  fo  high  5 

Clofe  a:  its  heels  the  nimble  ^/V  did  flyj 

Dull  Earth  with  his  own  weight  did  downwards 

pierce 
To  the  fixe  Mt-z^e/of  the  Univerfe, 
And  w.is  quite  loft  in  i^'a/*ri:  till  God  (aid 
To  the  proud  Sea,  I  brink  in  your  ins'olenthead. 
Sec  how  the  gaping  £arth  has  made  you  place  , 
That  durft  not  murmure,  but  fhrunkin  apace. 
Since  when  h>5  bounds  are  (etjr.t  which  in  vain 
He  foams,  and  rages,  and  turns  back  a?ain. 
With  richer  ftuffne  bad  /^^.i Ve7?i  fabrick  fhine. 
And  from  him  a  quick  fpring  of  Lij^ht  df^ine 
Swell'd  up  the  iK/7jfcom  whence  his  che'iifhing 

flame 
Fills  the  whole  world,  like  Him  from  whom  it 

came. 
He  fmocth'd  the  rough-caft  Uoom  imperfed 

naold, 

An^ 


1 

2?     DsiYideisy  A /acred  Poem  I.  Book.  ! 

And  comb'ed  her  beamy  locks  with  facred  gold  j   ! 
Be  thou  (  faid  he  )  Qneen  of  the  mournful  night  j    ; 
And  as  he  fpoke,  f  he'arofe  clad  o're  in  Lij^ht, 
With  thoufand j2ari  attending  on  her  train  ; 
With  her  they  rife,  with  her  they  fet  again. 
Then  //et-ii  pee p"'ed  forth,  new  Treej  admiring 

ftood. 
And  fmeUing  Ph'^'*ers  painted  the  infant  wood. 
Then  flocks  oiBirdi  through  the  glad  ayr  did 

flee. 
Joyful,  and  fake  before  Meins  Luxurie, 
Teaching  their  Miji^er  in  their  untaught  lays : 
Nay  the  mute  Fijh  witnefs  no  Icfs  his  praife. 
JFor  thofc  he  made,  and  cloath'd  with  filver 

fcales ; 
l^rom  Minoes  to  thofe  hviTig  l/I-inds,  WhnUs. 
£eafls  too  where  his  command  :  what  could  he 

more? 
Yes,  Matj  he  could,  the  bond  of  all  before ; 
I;:.  hi.:iT  lie  ^11  tilings  \vith  firange  order  hiuiM  5^ 
In  him,  thzt  full  Jhi'^.gmim  of  the  IVorld. 

This, and  much  more  oiGodi  great  works 
they  told  ; 
His  mercies  i^nA  Come  jf4Jgtnents  too  of  old  ; 
How  when  all  earth  was  de.-  ply  ftain'd  in  (in ; 
With  an  iTipetuous  noyfe  the  waves  came  rufhing 

in.    - 

Where  birds  e're  while  dwellr,  and  fecurely  fungi:, 
There  Fifh  (  an  unknown  N£t)Qnz  mgled  hung.    ; 
The  face  o^Jbipvjr^tcl^t  Nature  naked  t,5y  \ 
The  Sun  peepM  forth, and  beheld  nought  but  Sicty^ 
This  me  1  forgot,  and  burnt  \u  lu{t  again  j 
TjH  f  how'ers,  ftrange  as  their  Sin,of/.^f7  rain, 
Andrcaldingbrimftomejdropton  Soioms  head  j 
^Uve  they  felt  thofe  Fiames  they  fry  in  De^xd. 
No  better  end  rafh  PhAvachi  pride  befe). 
W  hen  Sfiind  and  ^^V^  wag'ed  war  for  Jfrael 
In  his  gilt  chariots  zmiiZ  dfifOes  fat. 

And. 


Book  I.     oftheTroublesofD:i\\di,'     29 

And  grew  with  corps  of  wretched  Frinccsht, 
The  w\ivcs  and  rocks  hnlf  eaten  bodies  (lain  j 
Nor  was  it  Hnce,  c;ilPd  the  Ked-fe4  in  vain. 
Much  too  they  told  of  hithful  Ahramt  fame, 
^     To  whole  blcll  palHige  they  owe  ftill  their 

Name : 
OHiofii  much  and  the  great  (t^A  o^Nun ; 
What  wonders  they  perform'dj  what  lands  they 

won. 
How  many  Kin(^s  they  flew  or  Captiye  broughtj 
They  held  the  Sivords^  but  Go^and  angels 
fought. 

Thusgain'd  they  the  wife  fpending  of  their 

days  J 
And  their  whole  Lift  was  their  de^r  Maimers 

praife. 
No  minutes  refl:,  no  fwifteft  thought  they  fold 
To  thjithcloved  Pia^tut o( Mankjndi Gold* 
Gel  I  for  which  all  mankind  with  greater  pains 

Labour  towards  ^e^',  thenthofe  who  dig  its 

veins. 
Their  we/thh  was  the  Contempt  of  it  j  which  more 
They  valu'd  then  rich  fools  the  f  hining  Ore 
T^ht  SiiiJ^worms^tQUous  death  they  fcorn'd  to 

wear, 
And  tyndn  Dy  appeirM  but  fordid  there. 
Honor  which  Hnce  the  price  of  i'j«/j  became, 
Secm'd  to  thefe  Qreat  enes  a  low  idle  N^imt. 
Infttadof /5oti;;7jhard  beds  they  chofe  to  have. 
Such  as  might  bid  them  not  forset  their  Graya* 
Their  ^o^rr/difpeoplcd  no  full  'Element, 
Free  Natures  bounty  thriftily  they  fpent 
And  fpar'cd  the  Stocl^  j  nor  could  their  bodies 

fay 
We  owe  this  Crudenefs  t'  Exec's  yefterday. 
Thus  Souls  live  cleanly ,  and  no  foiling  fear, 
But  entertain  their  welcome  M^ll^er  there. 
The  Senfes  perform  nimbly  wliat  they're  bid, 

And 


30    T>2iwidds,  Ajacred  Poem    I.  Book. 

And  bonefiiy,  nor  arc  by  Keafon  chid. 
And  when  the  down  ofyZei^^  does  foftly  fall, 
€^  Their  .Or?^..)j  are  heavenly  then,  andmyftical 
With  hafty  wings  Ttmeprefem  they  outfly, 
And  tread  the  doubtful  Mj?:^  of  D^j??>7j. 
There  w.lk  and  fport  among  the jears  to  come ; 
And  with  qmek  Eye  pierce  ev'ery  Caufes  womb. 
Thus  thefe  Sainti  enjoy'd  their  Little  ^U-, 
Free  from  the  fpightof  much-mi/I.*J(^en  S^aul^ 
For  if  mans  Life  we  injud  ballancc  weigh, 
David  deferv'd  his  Eny>y  lefs  than  They. 
Of  this  retreat  the  hunted  i*ifince  makes  choice. 
Adds  to  their  Qutr  his  nobler  Lyre  and  fsue. 
But  long  unknown  even  here  he  could  not  lye  j 
So  bright  his  Luftre^  fo  quick  Envies  Eye  I 

lo'Jo  Th'ofFcnd  Troop,  whom  he  e fc a p'ed  before^ 
Purfue  him  here,  and  fear  miftakes  no  more} 
Belov'cd  revenge  fref  h  rage  to  them  affords ; 
Some  part  of  him  ^Wpromife^O  their  S-^ords, 
They  came,  but  a  new  fpjrit  their  hearts 
podeft, 
Scattering  a  facred  calm  through  every  breft  : 
The  furrows  oftheir  brow,  fo  rough  ere  while,' 
Sink  down  into  the  dimples  of  a  Smiie. 
Their  cooler  veins  fwell  with  a  peaceful  ride, 
And  the  ch:ifl:e  ftreams  with  even  current  glide. 
A  fudden  day  breaks  gently  through  their  eyes. 
And  Mornir,Q'hlu(hes  m  their  cheeks  arile. 
The  thoughts  of  war,  of  blood,  and  murchcr 

ceare ; 
In  peacefu  I  tunes  tliey  adore  the  God  of  Pea:e. 

li.tj.zi  i^ew  MelTcnoers  twice  more  the  Tyr-^nt  fent, 

And  Wi'.s  twice  more  mockc  with  the  fame  event. 
Hisheighined  rage  no  longer  brooks  delay  5 

iKv.il  It  fends  him  there  himfelf;  but  on  the  way 
His  FooHfh  Jn^er  a  wife  fury  grew, 
And  B'cjf/ngs  from  his  mouth  unbidlen  flew. 
His  Kingly  robes  he  laid  at  Naioih  down, 

Began 


Book  I.     of  the  Troubles  of  D^wid      31 

Began  to  «w^.-r//«//:/ and  ytorn  his*  Ct^ivnj 

Employ'd  his  mounting  thoughcb  on  nobler 
things  i 

And  felt  more  foUd  joyi  than  Empire  brings. 

Embrac'ed  his  wondring  Son.  and  on  his  head 

The  halm  of  all  paft  ii'ounh  ,  kind  Tears  he  fhed. 
h'um.ii  5q  cov'etous  h'alam  with  a  fond  intent 

OiCurfing  the  btejl  Seed,  to  Moab  went. 

But  as  he  went  h\sfatitltongne  to  Icll  , 
ih.v.iZ    His^y}  nughz  him  to  fl.'C'ik,  God  to  /peai^'wel!. 

^^^  How  comely  are  thy  Tents^  Oh  7/^^^/ » 

i4-  S-     (  ^^"^  ^^  began  )  vvat  conqucfts  they  forctel ! 

Lefs  fair  are  Orchtrds  in  their  autumn  prjde, 

Adorn'd  with  Trees  on  fome  fair  Rtversi\dQ. 

Lefs  fair  .ire  Valley  a  their  green  mantles  fpre.^d  ! 

Or  Mcuntiifis  with  call  Cedars  on  their  head  ! 

'/"was  G(5'?  hinifelf  (thy  God  who  aiuft  not  fear  ?  ) 

Broughr  thi'c  from  Bondii^e  to  be  Uajler  here. 

Slat'gther  I  hal!  wear  out  !:here  ;  new  Weapons  getj  . 

And  De.ith  in  triumph  on  thy  darts  fhail  fie. 

When  Jiidat-:^  L\on  (tarts  up  to  his  prey,' 

Tne  Bcaji-  f  h  11  hang  their  e:.rs,  and  creep  away. 

"When  he  lies  down,  the  PVoods  f  hall  filence 
keep, 

And  dreadful  T>^ .,'7- j tremble  at  his  fleep. 

T'^Y  CurjerSi  Jacob.,  fhall  twice  cuyfeiioC\ 

And  he  fhall  blels  himjelf  that  bleiTes  Thee, 


i^OXES 


5^ 


NOTES 

UPON  THE 

FIRST    BOOK. 

He  ciiftom  of  beginning  all  Poems,  with  a. 
Propojit  on  ofthe  whole  work,  and  an  In- 
vGcation  offomeGod  for  his  affiftance  to 
go  through  with  itj  is  fo  folemnly  and  reli- 
gioufly  obferved  by  all  the  ancient  Poets^  that  though 

1  could  have  found  out  a  better  way,  I  f  hould  not  ( I 
think  )  have  ventured  upon  it.  But  there  can  be,  I  be- 
lieve, none  better  ;  and  that  part,  ofthe  ln'^ocotion,'\£ 
it  h^czmQ^i  Heathen  is  no  lefs  Nece^ary  for  a  Chrifiian 
Feet.  A  '^fSfe  Fririciptum  Mufa  ;  and  it  follows  then 
very  naturally,  Jo'^U  omnia  plena.  The  whole  work 
rnay  reatonably  hope  to  be  filled  with  a  Divine  Spirit^ 
vhen  it  begins  with  a  Prayey  to  be  Co.  I  he  Grecians 
buil:  this  Portal  with  lefs  ftate,  and  made  but  one  part 
of  thele  Tvjo  ;  in  which,  and  almofl  all  things  elfe,  I 
pre':er  the  judgment  ofthe  Latins ;  though  generally 
they  abufed  the  Prayer,  by  converting  it  trom  the  Dei- 
<>Stotheworft  of  Mffn,their  Primes:  zs  Lucan  ad- 
dreffesit  w''Nero,  and  Stadm  to  Domitian ;  both  imi- 
tating therein  (  but  not  equalling  )  Tire*/?  ^^'l^o  inhis 
GeorgicJ^s  ci.ufes  ^ugnflm  for  the  Ohjtd:oih\s  Invoca- 
tiortj  a  Goi  little  fuper^or  to  the  other  two. 

2  I  call  it  Judah'Si  rather  than  Jfrael^s  Scepter^though 
in  the  notion  of  diftinft  Kingdoms,  jfraelwasvcxy 
much  the  greater  )  Firi^bccaufe  Da'vid  himfelf  was 
of  that  Tribe.     Secondly ,  becaufe  he  was  6rft  made 
King  o(  Jtidahy  and  this  Poem  was  dcfigned  no  far- 

-  therihan  to  bring  him  to  his  Inauguration  it  Hehren. 
Thirdly^  becaufe  the  Monarchy  oijudah  lafted  lon- 
ger 


Notes  upon  the  fir Ji  Book.  3  5 

^er,  not  only  in  his  R.ice,biit  out-laftedall  chefevc- 
ral  Rnces  of  rhe  Kings^of  ifrael.  And  laftly,nnd 
rhicflvibccaafeour  Saviour  defccnded  from  h'm  in 
:h  It  Tr/Af ,  which  makes  infinitely  more  confiderable 
than  all  the  reft.  * 

I  hope  this  kind  of  boaft  (which  I  have  been  taught 
by  alinoft  all  the  old  Pnets  )  will  not  fciem  immodelt  ; 
for  though  fome  in  other  Languages  have  attempted 
rhe  writting  a  Di-vine  Poe^ti  ;  yet  none,  that  I  s-now 
Df,  has  in  Enghf  h  :  So  VirgUiays  in  the  5.  of  his  Geor- 

Sed  me  Parn iij]}  ^eferta per  ar.iua  dulcis 

Kaptat  amor)  ju-vat  irejuaif^  qua  nulla  priortim 

Cajlaleam  tno.^i  diyettitur  orbtta  cllvo. 

Bccanfe  none  in  Latin  had  written  of  that  Subje£i:.  So 

Hoya:e\ 

Libera,  per  yi.zcut4m pofui  vefiigia  pri?iceps  3 
Non  alicna  meoprejjipedi.        ■  • 

Andbeforethem  both  Lucretiu^^ 


^ 


"Ytit  Fieridum  peragro  loca^  nudim  ante 
Trit.tJofOyjw^/at  mteuros  ai^eederefomes 
^tq'y  haunre  _ 

And  fo  Nsmefi.xn/ij, 

—  Ducttq; per  ayia^  qua  fo'a  nttnq'iam 

Tris.i  rot  if         

rhouEih  there  he  does  wrong  to  Gratiot,  who  treated 
of  the  fame  Argument  before  hitn.  And  fo  0/>;?/iT,-7, 
l.Ven. 

y.y  own  a;lu!ion  here  is  to  the  pallage  of  the  ifrae^itei 
Through  the  W'/Wf?77f/r,  in  which  they  were  guid'^d  by 
lPilIar(yi  Flame.  ^      ' 

Though  there  have  been  three  Temphi  at  yertifa- 
>W7,  the  firft  built bvyo(W<»n,  the fecond  by  Zotoha- 
^cl,  and  the  third  by  Herod{  for  it  appears  by  Jofephm 
:hat  Heroi  pluckt  down  the  old  Temple,  and  built  a 
icwoncjyctlnjcntion  only  the  firft  and  lail,  which 

"were 


54  Notesuponthe  fir [i  Book. 

were  very  much  fuperiour  to  that  of  Zorohahelmn 
ches  and  magnificence,  though  that  was  forty  (i 
years  a  building,  Nvhereas  Hergds  was  but  eight,  an 
Solomons  feven,  of  all  three  the  laft  was  the  moft  na 
tely;  and  m that,  and  not  Ziro'buhels  Temple,  was  ful 
filled  the  Prophefic  of  Ha^ai,  that  the  glory  of  the  lal 
Houfe  f  hould  be  greater  than  thf  firlt. 
c     To  be  made  an  ^/Jp^.iil''  for  the  converfion  of  Poetr 
to  Cbriftiam:y,  JS  S  Paul  was  for  the  converfion  of  th 
CemileS',  which  was  done  not  only  by  the  ff'ordfS 
C/;j7/^  was  the  EtcrnaUror/i  of  his  Far  hen  but  by  i 
becoiiiing  a  Particular  iVofi  or Cj// to  hmv    zhis  mo 
re  fully  explained  in  the  Latin.  Tranflat^on. 
6     It  was  the  fame  C3(e  with  Hemdes  5  and  therefor 
1  am  not  afraid  to  apply  to  his  fubieft  that  which  Sine 
ca  mskQs'Jum  fpeak  of  hi  n  in  Hercttl.  Fur, 

Sup. rat,^  cyefcit  tnalps, 

Jraif,  noflrkfrmter^tn  hude^ fuOi 

Mea  vertet  o*duijdum  mtni^fava  imperff. 

Patre77Jprobayi-yglorta feci  locum. 

And  a  little  after. 

hiinorq;  labor  efl  Hercultjujya  exeqt4i, 

Oudnitn  h.jtibere 
,     In  thepubhque  Gatne<  of  Greece,  Palm  was  mad 
the  fion  and  reward  of  .';7?or^becaure  it  is  the  rmtur 
ofth  "f  Tm'to  refift,  overcome  and  thrive  the  bettt 

for  all  prefilires, 

Palwaq'^nohilU 

r.rnrtAmdomhos  evehit  ad  Veos.  Hor.<3d.  . . 
From  whence  P./m^istakenfreqaently  by  the  Poet: 
and  0-^.r/too,  for  the  V.%fy  it  felf.  And  the  Gree 
Gr^..n.ar.ms  fay,th.K  h.«v  ^■■<;> overcome  )  ,s  der 
ved  from  the  fame  fenfe,  ^e^  ^  P>J  «^-«'"  ^  "^'^ '' 

t'^sL  is  properly  fpoken  of  the  Sea  and  ^-^^^  < 
Ki-^ers^  and  the  f^e  difference  ^^  bef.vcen  L/m 
zn^Kipa-,  but  yet  Lum  is  frequently  taken  amon 


lliei 
w; 


w 
k. 
Hr 

foo 

'lin 

i 


Notes  upon  the  firjl  Booh.  ^^ 

the  bcft  L.ttin  Authors  for  Rip  a,  as  I  do  hcvc  Shore  ioc 
Bancl^'y  Vi*gil. 

Ltttora  qua  duUes  atiras  diffttnditi^agris^ 
Speakini»of  Mir.eiti^. 

)  That  the*  Matter  of  winds  in  an  ExhaUtion  arifin^ 
out  of  the  concavities  of  the  earth,  is  the  opinion  of 
^nfiotUi  and  aln>o{}  all  Philofophers  fince  him,  except 
fome  few  who  follow  Hippocrates  his  dodrine,  ^vho 
defined  the  wind  to  be  j4/r  in  Motion,  or  flux.  In 
thofe  concavities,  when  the  Exhalations  {\yhich  Sene^ 
ca  calls  Subterranean  Clouds^  overcharge  the  place, 
the  moift  ones  turnintowater,  and  the  dry  ones  into 
f Finds 'i  and  thcfe  are  the  fecret  Treafnries ,  out  of 
%vhich  God  is  in  the  Scripture  (aid  tckbring  them.  This 
was  alfo  meant  by  the  PoefiS,  who  feigned  that  they 
^Yere  Kept  by  jEoIh^,  imprifoncd  in  deep  caves, 

■  Hie  vafio  Rex  JEoIm^  antra 
Litdantts  ycntos  temptjlatefq-^  fonoroi 
Imperio  premitt  ac  'Hindis  &  career efranat. 

Upon  which  methinks,  Seneca  is  too  critical,  when  he 

fays,  Non  tnteSextf,  nee  id  quod  clattfum  eft ,  ejje  adhiic 

ventum,  nee  id  q-tqd  vtntm  eji^pojje  claudi ;  nam  quod 

in  claujo  eft,  quiefcit,  (5*  aeriijiatio  eji,  omnii  infugJl         >       if 

Y/^/^  f^.- For  though  it  get  not  yet  out,  it  is  wind  as  S 

Toon  as  it  ftirs  within,  and  attempts  to  do  fo.     How-  jj 

srer  my  Epithete  o^'unflstcht  tempejls  might  pa($  with  !| 

him  ;  for  as  foon  as  the  laings  are  grown,  it  either  flies 

away,  or  in  cafe  of  extream  redftence  (  ifitbcvery 

ftrong  )cauresan  Earthqtial^e.     yn-vena)  Sat.  5.  ex- 

prcfles  very  well  theiVtt//^Tt./W,inoneofthefe  dens. 

■  Bumfecontinet  Anfter, 
Dnnifedet,  ^ficcat  tnadidas  in  carcerepennas. 

To  give  a  probable  reafon  of  the  perpetual  fupply  of 
waters  to  Fount amsund  Rivers,  it  is  neceflary  to  efla- 
3lifhan^/'7/>ordecp  gulph  of  waters,  into  \\hich 
iheSea  difchargesitfelfjas  Rivers  do  into  the  Sea  jail 
which  maintain  a  perpetual  C/ra</<»f/c;;  of  water,  like 
that  of  Blood  inmansbody  :  For  to  refer  the  orisinal 

i?  ^   of 


11  I 


5<5  Notes  upon  the  fir fl  Book. 

of  all  VoumMfis  to  condenfationjand  afterwards  diffb- 
lution  of  v.>pors  under  the  earth,  is  oneofthernoft 
unphilofophical  opinions  in  all  Jriflotle.     And  this 
Uyh  of  waters  is  very  agreeable  to  the  Scriptures, 
rJcob  blelTes  yojeph  with  the  bleffing  of  the  Heavens 
above  ,  and  with  the  Bleffings  of  the  Deep  beneath : 
that  is,  with  the  dew  and  rain  of  Heaven,  and  with  the 
Fountains  and  Rivers  that  arife  from  the  Deep ;  and 
Bfd^as  conformably  to  this>  asks,  What  habitations  a- 
re  in  the  heart  of  the  Sea,  and  what  veins  in  the  rooc 
ohhc^byp^  So  at  the  end  of  the  Deluge  .MofeslaySy 
that  God  ftopt  the  windows  of  Heaven,  and  the  foun- 
tains of  the  ^kyfs.  t:     T  r.« 
^nd  indiflmb'dby  Moons  in  filence  fleep.    For  I  lup- 
rofe  theUoonw  be.  the  principal,  if  not  folecauleot 
the  Ebbinja  and  Floiving  of  the  Sea,  but  to  have  no  et- 
fed  upon  the  waters  that  are  beneath  the  Sea  ir  lelt. 
1 1     This  muft  be  taken  in  a  Poetical  fenfe  ;  for  eUe, 
making  HeU  to  be  in  the  Center  of  the  earth,it  is  tar 
from  infinitely  laree,or  deep  5  yet,  on  my  confciencej 
%vhere  e're  it  be,  it  is  not  fo  llrait,as  that  Croivdtng  and 
Tveatin^  Ihould  be  one  of  the  rorments  of  it,  as  is 
pleafan?ly  f:ncied  by  Bellnrmtn.  LeJJ'U^  m  his  Book  i« 
Uonb.Divtni^'.^s  if  he  had  been  there  to jHr-y^eytt, 

Kther  a,uvon  (  and  out  of  the  Jpo^a^ypfej^llo^vs  Pluo 
a  little  more  elbow-room,  and  extends  '^.jo  '  600  f..r- 
lonos,  that  is  200  Italian  miles,     nrgtt  ^as  gooda 
rTvfne  for  this  matter  ns  either  of  them )  fay  s  it  is  twi- 
ce a  deep  asthediftance  betwixt  Heaven  and  Earth : 
%p.tet  m  praceps  t^ntum  tenduq,  fub  umiras 
Quantum  ad  athereum  ccsU^peflu^  Oip^m^m. 
Hc/?<?^  is  more  moderate,  ,,,,    -      / 

Statms  puts  it  very  low,  but  is  nor  lo  punctual  in  the 
d  ft 're  He  finds  out  an  ^..7beneath  the  vulgar  one, 
IndefieUta  vnet  r'obls  qm  Tartar  a,  quorum      ■ 
Vos  epfuperi  •—  ^^^^^^^ 


Notes  upon  the  fir Ji:  Book.  57 

Which  fiire  /Efchyln^  meant  too  by  what  he  calls  Teip- 
•m^oi  v£g9-ey  ui^a  the  Scripture  terms  ic  Utter  d^rl^nefs, 
^K'jToi  iicon^o/^  Si.  Zo(pov  a-Kora^. 

I  Tiierc arc iwo opinions concerning5'<«OT«^/f  anoin- 
ting orD.T-YiY  one  (which  \syo(e^hm''s  )  that  he  did 
it  privately,  and  that  it  was  kept  as  a  fecret  from  Da- 
'^ids  father  and  Brethren  ^  the  other,  that  it  was  done 
before  them,  which  T  rather  follow  ;  and  therefore  we 
ufe  the  word  Bolily:  nay  I  believe,  thit  moil  of  the 
peopleiandJfon<Tf/;a^,  and  yizr/hirfelf knew  it,  for 
fo  It  fecnis  by  Stub  great  jealoufie  of  his  being  appoin- 
ted to  fucceed  him  ;  and  yon.tthan  ^vows  his  know- 
ledge oi  it  to  D^i-vii  himfelf ;  and  therefore  makes  a 
Co-tenant  with  him,  that  he  fhould  life  his  family 
kindly  whenhecametobe /iiTr;?^.  Anointing  did  pro- 
perly belong  to  the  7«ii«^«r/ifio;j  ofHighPriefts  5  and 
wasapplyed  to  Kings  (and  likewifeeven  to  Propbets) 
as  they  were  a  kind  of  extraordinary  High  Priejh,  and 
did  often  excrcife  the  duties  of  their  Fun£lion ,  w  hich 
makes  me  believe  that  i^iw/  was  fo  feverely  reproved 
and  punifhed  j  not  fo  much  for  offering  Sacrifice  (  as 
anufurp-itionof  the  Pnf/?j  Office  }  as  for  his  infideli- 
ty in  not  {laying  longer  for  Samuel,  as  he  was  appoin- 
ted by  Samuel ;  that  is  by  God  himfelf.  But  there  is 
a  Tradition  out  of  the  Rabbins,  that  the  mannerof 
anointing  Prielis  and  fCings  was  different  •,  as,  that  the 
Oy!  \\3S  poiwcd  in  2  Crof!,(decf:ffatitn,\\ke  the  figure 
of  Tand  X  )  upon  the  Priejls  heads,  and  Round  in  fa- 
fhion  of  a  Crown  upon  their  Kings  \  which  I  follow 
here,  becaufe  it  founds  more  poetical ly^^T/^^yoy^j/^ropi 
round  hi->  enlarged  head  .  not  that  1  have  any  f^iith  in  the 
authority  of  thofe  Ji;tthoYS. 

5  The  Prophe/ie  of  J^di:<7^at  his  death  concerning  all 
his  Sons,  Gew  49.  v.  10.  The  Scepter  fhall  not  de- 
part from  'Jfidaby  nor  the  La-st>giyer  from  between 
his  feet,  till  Shilo  come,  andtohim  fhall  belong  the 
aflenibling  of  Nations.  All  Interpreten  agree,  that 
by  Shilo  is  meant  the  MeJfiM  5  but  almoft  all  tranflate 


3?  Notes  upon  thefirft  Booh 

is  differently.     The  Septuaoim  y  donee  'veniant,  m 
^KH(!^ttoouvSi  ^f^^  repo/ita  funt   ei.        TerttdPun  y 
and  romeothei  Fathers,  Domcveniatcui  repo/itum  eft* 
The  vulgar  Edition  ^  Qui  mittendm  e(l  ;    fome  of  the 
'Kohblcs.  filit0  eJH'S  i  others   Filim  niuUerii -,  others, 
^ex  UtJfiM  \  others  Sojpuatorg  or  Tranqiiillator ;  ours 
and  the  FrenchTranflation  retain  the  word  5/?//o,which 
1  choofe  to  follow. 
'i  J.    Though  none  of  the  En^lifi  Vceis,  nor  indeed  of  the 
ancient  Latin,  haveimitadcd  Vtr<Til,  in  leaving  fome- 
times  half-verfes  (  where  thefenfe  feems  toinvite^a 
man  to  that  liberty  )  yet  his  authority  alone  is  lufti- 
cient,  efpecially  in  a  thing  that  looks  fo  naturally  and 
gracefully  ;  and  I  am  far  from  their  opinion ,  who 
think  that  Virgtl  himfelf  intended  to  have  filled  up 
thofe  hrokzuy  Himifliques :  There  are  feme  places  in 
him,  which  I  dare  almoft  fsvear  have  been  made  up 
fmce  his  death  by  the  putid   officioufnefs  of  fomc 
Crammitrians  -y  as  that  oiDido, 
^  iiffriamur  inulta  f 


til!; 

? 
IK 

tftl' 

k 


Sedmoriamuryait. 


Here  1  am  confident  Virgil  broke  off-,  and  indeed 
%vhac  could.be  more  proper  for  the  palTion  f  he  was 
then  in,  then  to  concude  abruptly  with  that  refolution 
nothing  could  there  be  wc)l  added  •,  but  if  there  were 
a  necclTity  of  it,  yet  that  which  follows,  is  of  all  things 
that  could  have  been  thought  on,  the  moft  improper 

and  the  moft  falfe, 

SiCi  ficjuvat  ireful  umbrM  ; 
Which  is  contrary  tohetlcnfcj  for  to  have  dyed  re- 
venged, would  have  been. 

Sic  y  Jic  juvat  ireftib  umhrai. 
Shall  we  dye  (  fjys  fhc  )  itnreyenged>  That's  all  that 
can  make  death  unpleafant  to  us:  but  however  it  is 
necefiary  to  dye.  I  remem.ber  ,  when  I  made  once 
this  exception  to  a  friend  of  mine,  he  could  not  tell 
how  to  anfwer  it,  but  by  correfting  the  Print,  and  puc- 
tin<^  a  note  oi Ir.tmcgation  after  the  firft  Sic, 

°  Sic 


Notes  upon  the  fir  ft  Bool  I  3  9 

Sic"^  Jtc  jurat  tre  fuh  umbrds: 
Which  docs  indeed  a  little  merfd  the  fenfe  ;  but  then 
the cxprcfl'ion  (to  make  an  imeiro-iationo^  J'/calone) 
is  lame, and  noclikc  the  Latin  oiVirail^  or  of  that  a- 
ge;  But  of  this  enough.  Though  the  Ancients  did 
not  (  as  I  faid ;  imitate  T/rg?/ in  the  ufe  of  thefc  broken 
verfes  ;  yet  that  they  approved  ,  appears  by  Oyid, 
who  (  as  Seneca  reports  in  the  i6  Comroy.rfit)  upon 
ihefe  two  verfes  of  VarrOy 

Defierant  latrare  canes  urhefq'^fileh^nty 
Omnia  noclk  erantp'aciJa  compo^a  quiete. 
Said  they  would  have  been  much  better,  if  the  lattct 
part  ofthcfecondverfe  had  been  left  out  5  and  that  ic 
had  ended,  ^' 

Omnia  noRls  erant 

Which  it  is  pity  that  0 Tz/ifaw not  in  fome  of  his  own 
yerfes,  as  moft  remarkabjy  in  that. 

Omnia  potens  er  ant  y  deer  ant  quofjittorapontff. 
All  things  was  Sei,  nor  had  the  Sea  a  Shore. 
V^here  he  might  have  ended  excellently  with 

Omnia  pcnttfs  crat 

^ut  the  addition  is  fupcrfluous,  even  to  ridiculoufnefs. 
15*     An  ^pofioperfis,  like  Firxils 

Qfios  ezo---Se,l  motos praf^at  componorefluilui. 
This  would  ill  befit  the  mouth  of  any  thing  but  a  fury, 
but  it  were  improper  for  a  Di?:*;/ to  make  a  whole 
fpecch  without  fome  lies  in  if,  fuch  are  thofe  precedent 
exaltations  of  the  D«7'i// power ,  which  are  molt  of 
them  falfe  ,  but  not  All ,  for  that  were  too  much  even 
for  a  FnTj\  nt^r  are  her  boafts  more  falfe,  than  her 
threarningsvain,  where  fhe  fays  afterwards,  ^Tantt 
thy  God  hi >yjfelf~- yez  Seneca  wQnrwrcs  to  make  a  man  fay 
as  much  in  Her.  Fnr- 

^tnpIeBere  arai,  vuUffS  eripiet  Deta 
T»  rnihi 
16     Cain  was  the  firfl:  and  greateft  example  o^  Envy  In 
this  worlds  wh.)  flew  his  i?r(?r/;fr, bccaufe  bis  Sacrifice 
was  more  acceptable  to  God  than  his  own  j  at  which 

P  3  the 


40  Notes  upon  the firfi  Bcok, 

the  Scripture  f^ys,  He  lUiUJorelj  angted  ,  a'idms  couvte- 
nance  cu(i  down.  It  is  hard  to  gutfs  what  it  \vi|  in  Cains 
Sacrifice  that  difpleafcd  God  j  the  Septungmt  mnke  it  to 
be  a  cic  fcrl  In  the  Qualtty  ,  or  nu.intny  of  the  ojferin^  , 

If  thou  halt  offered  fight,  t)uc  liot  nghtiy  divided,  halt 
thou  not  finned  "'■  but  this  Tranfiation,  neither  the  Vul- 
gar Edition  ,  nor  ours  ,  nor  ahnoft  any  follows.  We 
niuft  therefore  be  content  to  -be  igporant  of  the  caufe, 
fmce  It  huh  pleafed  God  not  to  declare  it;  neither  is 
itd^.clartd  in  what  manner  he  flew  his  Brother :  And 
therefore  1  had  the  Liberty  to  chufe  that  which  I 
thought  moft  probable ;  which  is ,  that  he  knockt  him 
on  the  head  with  fome  great  ftor.e ,  which  was  one  of 
the  fir  ft  ordinary  and  moft  natural  weapons  of  Anger. 
That  this  flone  was  big  enough  to  be  the  Monument  or 
Tomhflome  of  ^hel,  is  not  fo  HyperboUcal,  as  N\haC 
Vir^ilfays  in  the  Time  kmd  of  T«rm<4, 
,  SaxttiK  circuwipicit  ingens, 

Saxy.m  antiquum  ingensj  can>po  qui  forte  jacebat 
Limes  agro  pojitt^,  litem  ut  dijcerntret  iS  agrPf} 
Vix  tOndltcii  bi4  fix ceryicefuhirem , 
Qualia  nunc  hominum  producit  corpora  teOm  , 
llle  manu  raptum  tiepida  torquebat  tn  hoflem ; 
\Vhich  he  takes  from  Homer  ,  but  addes  to  the  Hyper-^ 
bole, 

Oioivi/y  ^^orvi  itffiv,  o  h  [Mv  \i oiTruy^i  J  «i(^.  Ihii. 
"   Ovidisno  kls  Doid  ,  M-itatno,ph.  iz. 

Codtce  qut  miJJ'o  qttem  vix  juga  bina  moy event 
Jun^it,  Phckleniden  djurnmo  -^erticefregit, 
17  Though  the  lews  ufed  to  bury  ,  and  not  to  Burn  the 
Dead ,  yet  it  is  very  probable  that  fume  Nations ,  even 
fo  anciently,  pradtifed  Burnin:;  of  them,  and  that  is 
enough  to  make  it  allowable  for  the  fmy  here  to  allu- 
de tothatcuftom  :  which  if  we  believe  Statins  ,  was 
received  even  among  the  Gr^f /;»/); before  ihzTheban 

SeUebub, 


Notei  upon  the  fir  ft  Book,  41 

18  Belxfi^nth.  Tlut  one  evil  Spirtt  prcfiJcd  over  the 
(Khc*',  w.is  n(K  only  the  received  opinion  of  the  An- 
cients ,  both  fe-vi  and  Ge^'tiles ;  but  appears  out  of  the 
Scriptures n,  where  heiscnlled  ,  Ptifjce  ofthii  iio:liy 
John  II.  5  i .  Pnne  of  this  age  ,  i  Corintli.  2.  6.  Prin^ 
ceofthe  Pomer  of  the  J.ir^  fephcf.  2.  l.  Prince  of  IV- 
«;;/j,  "^-iart.  \  i.  14.  by  the  exprelsnanie  ofSik^hnh' 
w'nicli  is  the  seafon  why  I  nfe  it  here  Porphyiic)  fiys  his 
name  is  fer  >V:i  ,  Mji/Ttjtt  i"7»»  « en*  aiy  a^}^»  0  "Zu^^yng 
J  T<:TCfJv  ivLtooArv  «  Tg,-:-<tigv,>(^  xywv  >  rax  £^»  0  cv  tt*? 
Tg/tjj fi'i;!i«o<?}  vjzc  71,  7*]  J  «e^  TTorf^flj  oa^i^n^v.  Accor- 
dini;  t(^  vvhuh  ytifitti  calls  him  Tnpiicvs  murdi  fum~ 
mun  ^  but  names  hi  >■>  not:  for  he  addes  ^  Qftemfcii* 
rjef.tjiuw  e(i.  This  is  the  Spirit  to  \vhom  the  two  Vcr- 
fes ,  cited  by  the  faire  Po-phyry  .iJclrers  rherrfelvcs, 

O  thou  i/;jV/r  that  hnlt  tlic  coiim'and  ai  'guilty  fonts  j 
beneath  the  vaults  of  the  Air ,  and  above  rhofe  of  rhe 
Earth  ;  which  I  Ihould  rather  read  ,  yJ^Tiviav  Tvin  i^^i ; 
And  beneath  the  Vaults  of  the  Earth  too. 

Now  for  the  name  o^  Beltebubj  it  fignifies  the  Lord 
oi  flies  \  which  Come  think  to  be  a  name  oijcom  given 
by  the  lews  to  t'Ms^reac  iwp/f^r,  of  the  i>T/<?^/,  whom 
they  called  '^hXt^.'^y.v  ,  id  efl ,  Aix  ^^uov ,  becaufc 
the  Sacrifices  to  his  Temple  were  infeitcd  w"h  trulti- 
tudes  of  Flies  ^  which  by  a  peculiar  priviledge,  not- 
w'ithftanding  the  daily  great  number  of  Sacrifices ,  ne- 
ver came  (for  fuchis  tlie  Tradition)  \ntothcT,-7}tpleat 
lertifihtfi.  But  others  believe  it  was  no  mock-nam.c  , 
but  a  Surname  of  Baal,  as  he  was  worlhipt  at  Ei^ron , 
eitherfrom  bringing  or  driving  away/wiirwu  of /^//ej, 
with  which  the  Eaftern  Coumryswere  often  mole- 
ilcd  ;  and  their  reafon  is,  becaufe  Jhatiah  in  the  time 
of  his  ficknefs  (when  it  is  likely  he  would  not  rail)/ 
with  the  God  firom  whom  he  hoped  for  reliefj  fends 
to  him  under  the  name  of  i/^/^e^;;^. 

E  4*  That 


4^  Notei  upon  the  fir Ji  Book. 

Jp    That  even  infenfible  things  are  afFc(Se(I  with  hor- 

rour  at  the  prefence  ofVeyUi ,  is  a  frequent  exigacra- 

tion  of  ftories  of  that  kind  ;  and  could  not  well  be 

omitted  at  the  appearance  o^  F^oetical  Spirit's, 

Tartaream  intendit  vocem ,  ^uaprotinui  omne 

Comremuit  nemu^;  C  fylya  imonuere  profundaj 

^udiit  iff  Triyi£  UngeUcmy  (Stc.  --  Virg.  iEneid.  7* 

And  Seneca  nearer  to  my  purpofe  mThyeflts :  Sen  fit  in^ 

troitu^  txos  D»mu6  ,  (S>  -nefundo  tota  contatlu  horruit 

Jum  tuum  mcejla  peiftn  Terra  j^ra^antur ,  Cnnis  ut 
fontes  liquor  Imrcrjm  aBui  linqunt,  ut  regio  -^fJteent^^c. 
w^nd  after ,  Imo  muxit  efuniojoiKm  ,  Tsnat  Jiesferinus 
ac  totis  domuiut  frndiii  teUis  creptdt ,  ^  fnoti  Lares 
yerteie vfiltum.   When  St^tius  makes  the  Ghoft  of 
Zaius  to  com?  to  £fm/*5  to  entourage  him  to  the  war 
%vich  his  Brother  ,  I  cannot  underftand  why  he  makes 
him  affume  thefhape  o(Tire/iai ,  Longavi  vatis  opacos 
Induitur  "vultuSy  vocemq-y  ^  yellerffy  fince  at  Ins  going 
away  he  discovers  him  to  be  Laita , 
— -^-^RamoSyacv^Hera  fionti 
Diripuit  cQnftJfus  avum 
Neither  do  I  more  approve  in  this  point  of  Vt'rgils 
method,  rvhointhe  7  y£nf;W,  brings  Aledoio  turnut 
at  firft  in  the  f  hapc  of  a  Priefhjs, 

Fit  Calybe  'J^unonis  anus  j  .  , 
But  at  her  leaving  of  him,  makes  her  take  upon  her, 
her  own  figure  of  a  far;  ,  andfofpeaktohim;  which 
mi^ht  hav'e  been  done,  mcthinks,as  wcllatfirftjor 
indeed  bcttcrnotdoncatall;  forno  perfon  isfo  im- 
proper to  pcrfwadc  man  to  any  undertaking,  as  the 
pi?z/;7  without  a  difguife;  which  is  the  reafon  why  I 
make  him  here  both,  come  in, and  20  out  too  in  the  li- 
kencfs  ol  Benjamen,  who  as  thefirll  and  chief  of  J/sw/i 
Progenitors,  might  the  moft  probably  feem  concer'nd 
for  his  welfare,  and  the  cafilieft  be  beheved  and 
obeyed. 
10  I  tancy  here  that  the  (liftue  of  Senjamtn  Itood  in 
manner  of  a  ColeJJ'usos^i  Sduls  Gate:,  for  which  per- 
haps 


Notes  upon  the  fir jl  Book .  41 

haps  I  f  hall  hare  fome  Criticl^s  fall  fevcrcly  upon  mc; 
it  being  the  common  opinion,  that  the  ufe  of  all  Jia- 
tuesj  nay,  even  pi(ft:ures,  or  other  rcprefentations  of 
things  to  the  fight,  tvas  forbidden  the  J^iivs.    I  know 
very  well ,  that  in  lattcr^ages,  when  they  were  moft 
rigid  in  obfcrving  of  the  I^rr^rof  the  Law {vih\c\i 
they  began  to  be  about  the  time  when  they  fhouli 
have  left  it )  even  the  o-v;/  ufe  oi images  was  not  al- 
lowed, as  now  among  the  Uahumetans.     But  I  belie- 
ve that  at  firft  it  was  oiherwife  ;  And  firft>  the  words 
of  the  D(caltgueioxh\A  the  making  of  imtf^/j,  not  ab- 
fblutely  ,  but  with  relation  tx)  the  end  oi bowing  down^ 
§r  ivorfhipping  them ;  and  if  the  Commandment  had 
implyed  more,  it  would  bindusfi&rr/?//»nJas wcllas 
thcjeiuf,  for  it  is  a  Moral  tnt.  Secondly,  \vc  havefe- 
reral  examples  in  the  5i^/tf,  which  fhew  that  ftatttes 
were  in  ufe  among  the  Hebrews,  nay,  appointed  by 
God  to  be  fo,  as  thofe  of  the  Cheruhins^^nd  divers  other 
figures,  for  the  ornament  of  the  Tabernacle  znd  Tern-* 
pie-,  as  that  likewise  of  the  Brazen  Serpent,  and  the 
Lyons  \\\>on Salomons  Throne^  and  ihcjiatue  of  Da^tdy 
placed  by  Michot  in  his  Bed,  to  deceive  the  Souldicrj 
who  came  to  murder  him;  of  which  more  particula- 
ry  hereafter.    Vafjues  fays,  that  fuch  Im  iges  only  \yc- 
re  unlawful ,  as  were  EreBa  aut  conflituta  mtdo  ae-- 
(ommodatoadfrationi,  made,  ere£ted,  or  conftitutcd 
inaW^iwn^rproper  for  ^d»ration;  which  Mvdits  ac' 
itmmodatus  adtrationts,  he  defines  to  be,  when  the  i- 
mage  is  made  orercdied  Petfe,  for  its  own  fakcjand  not 
as  an  Jppendixor  addition  for  the  ornament  of  fome 
other  thing  j  as  for  example ,  Statues  are  idsj:,  when 
Temples  are  made  for  them  \  v^hen  they  are  only  made- 
for  Temples,  they  are  but  Ci'^il  Ornaments. 

C-1     £mh^inted  Vertues.     That  is ,  whofe   operation  is- 
ftopt,  as  it  were,  by  fome  Enchantment.     Likeihac- 
Tajcinaiion  called  by  the  french,Nouement  d*  ej'futllet- 
*f,which  hinders  the  natural  faculry  of  Generation, 

a^     %o  Homer,         'Axn^^i?^>^'i'^"-A/C<**"'^ 

And  Vir^f     0  vere  Fbrjgict  \  m^i-^Tiim  Vhryge^ 


q.4.  Notes  upon  the  fir jl  Booh 

12     Thenumber  of  yearsfrom  Benjamin  to  Sauls  reign; 
'    not  exaaly  :  but  this  is  the  next  whole  number trnd 
Poetry  will  not  admit  of  broken  oms  :    and  indeed  , 
though  it  were  in  profe,  in  Co  paflionate  a  fpeech  ic 
werenotnaturaltobepunftual. 
'j4     In  this,  and  feme  like  places,  1  would  not  have  the 
Reader  judge  ofmy  opinion  by  what  llay^no  more 
than  before  in  divirsexpreffions  about  Hell,  the  De- 
vil,  and  Enyy.     It  is  enough  chat  the  Doanne  of  the 
Orbs,  and  the  UhJicI^  made  by  their  motion  had  b>jen 
received  very  anciencly,  and  probably  canie  from  the 
Maflern  parts ;  for  I'yiha  or  as  [  who  firft  brought  this 
into  Greece)  learnt  there  moft  of  his  ehitcfophy      And 
to  fpeak according  to  common  op-nion,  though  it  be 
falfe,  is  fo  farr  from  beaig  a  fault  in  Poetry,  that  it  is 
the  cuftom  even  of  the  Scripture  to  do  fo  •,  and  that  not 
only  in  the  Poetical  pieces  of  it  j  as  where  it  attribu- 
tes the  members  and  pctjfions  of  mankind  to  De-^oth,  An- 
gels and  Goi  himfelf -,  where  it  calls  the  i'w/jand  Moon 
thetwo  Grent  Lights  ,  whereas  the  latter  is  in  truth 
one  of  the  fmallelh  but  is  fpoken  of,  as  it  Jeems  not  as 
it  //,  and  m  too  many  other  places  to  be  collected  he- 
re.    Seneca  upon  Vtr^ilsVex^Q, 

Tarda  -vemiferf^faduranepotihtti  umhram, 
Says  in  his  85.  H/'//?/^,  That  the  Tree  will  eafily  grow 
up  tooive  ( hade  to  the  Flamer:  but  that  Vtrgil  did 
not  look  upon,  what  might  be  fpoken  mod  Truly,  but 
\yh2tmo{[ gracefudy;  anda^med  moxt  ^i  Deltghmg 
hisK.^^^erJ,thanat/M?m.3in?  HiPibandmen  :  Infini- 
te are -h'' examples  ofthis  kind  among  the  Pom  5  one 
there  is,  thu  all  h  ive  fro  i>  their  Majier  Homer  i  'tis  in 
the  defcriprion  o^^Tempefl  (a  common  place  that  they 
all  amb'tiooHy  labour  in  )  where  they  make  all  the 
four  windsblow  at  once,  to  be  fure  to  have  enough  to 
iwelluptheir  Verfe, 

U^a  Eurttl^l  Notufqi  ruunt,  crtherq-,  procem 

jfricm And  5  lattM, 

Ou^Hter  kincQelilii  Bore^^bmc  nubifer  Burm. 

'^  And 


Notes  upon  the  fir  (I  Book.  45* 

Andfo  allelic  rclt.  Otchisk'nd  I  take  thofc  Vcr- 
fes  to  be  oi St.itim  to  S'eep  in  his  Hf:h  Sjl-^a^  which  are 
much  commanded  J  even  by  Sditiger  himfilf, 

\inet  amne  pecHi^yo'mreff.fe-aqtte, 

Etjimnl.tnifejfvs  cw^ita  ctctiwiri't (omnos. 
Hither  to  there  is  no  fcruple;  ^or  he  fays  only,  Ti5« 
buivma  Mountains  feetn  to  nod.     He  addes, 

Nee  truibui  fluyit^  idem  fonm^occtdtt  horror 
yEi/uons  (5*  term  mari-Ti  incliyraia  qniefum  ; 

which  is  falfe,but  fo  well  faid^that  it  were  ill  chan- 
ged tor  the  T^^ith. 

I  am  (ony  that  it  is  neccHTary  to  admonifh  the  moft 
p.irt  y^iKe^tder 5 ^ihiiZ  it  is  not  by  negli'^enceihd.tih'v:.  vcr- 
fe  is  lb  loofe,  long,  and  as  it  were,  Vafl  j  it  is  to  paint 
inthc  niniber  thenatureofthething  which  it  defcri- 
bes,  which  I  would  have  obferved  in  divers  others 
places  of  this  PtffWjthat  elfe  willpafs  for  very  carelefs 
verfes :  as  before,  >^.'i/<?'V^»'-r«wf  the  mi<^hh''ring  fidds 
'djith  -viohnt  coit'fe.  In  the  fccond  Book,  Doiun  a  pre- 
cipice  deep  ,  do'vn  he  caft ,  them  all  --and.  And  fell  a 
down  hiijhoulders  'ujith  lofe  care.  In  the  5.  Br^^fs  vjos 
his  Helmut ,  ht4  Boo^s  Brdjs ,  and  ore  Im  breaft  a  thicJ^ 
Hate  offlrong  Brafs  he  -^ore.  In  the  4.  L'il^e  fame  fair 
Pine  ore-loo i^i^jg  ail  th'ignobler  H'W^,  and,  Some  from 
the  Koc^s  cajl  thenfehes  down  headlong;  and  many 
more:  but  it  is  enough  to  inibnceina  few.  The 
thing  is,  that  the  difpofition  of  words  and  nunbers 
fhould  be  fuch,  asthit  out  ofihe  order  and  found  of 
them,  the  things  themfelves  may  be  reprefented.  Th  is 
the  Greei^s  were  not  fo  accurate  as  to  bind  themfelves 
tO;  neither  have  our  Englifb  Poets  obferved  it,  for 
ought  I  can  find .  The  Latins  (  qui  mufcu  iclunt  fe-vs' 
riores  )  fometimes  did  it,  and  their  Prir.ce^Vjrg.l^^X- 
ways.  In  whom  the  examples  areiDnumerabie,and 
taken  notice  of  by  all  judicious  n-.en>  fo  that  it  is  fuper- 
fluous  to  collevft  them. 
9.6  Eternity  \^  defined  by  Boet.  Lib.  ^.  de  Confo^n,  In^ 
terminabilii  vita  totafimid  CS*  perfeilap'offejfio.    T 1  e 

P  6  whole 


4.^  Notes  upon  the  fir  ft  Book. 

whole  and  pcrfed  pofTeflTion,  ever  all  at  once ,  of  1 
Being  without  beg  nning  or  ending.  Which  Definition 
is  followed  by  Tho.  /Iqatn.  and  all  the  Schoolmen  j  who 
therefore  call  Eternity  Kuncjlans ,  a  (landing  No^b  ,  to 
tliftinguilh  it  f'-om  that  Now ,  which  is  a  difference  of 
timi  5  and  is  alwayes  in  Flttxu. 

iy  Seneca^  meihinks;  inhis  f8.£/?(^.  exp redes  this  mo- 
re divinely  than  any  of  the  Divines :  Manent  tmm  cun^ 
d,a  J  ntn  quia  aternafunt ,  J«d  quia  defenduntur  curZ^ 
rtyentis ,  ImtnertaUa  tuttre  non  tgent ,  bctc  conferyat 
jiftifeXjfraji;ilttatem  materia  yifua^incens.  And  the 
Schoolmen  all  agree  (except,  I  think,  Durandui)  that  an 
immediate  concourfe  of  God  is  required  as  well  now 
for  the  Confers atto?j ,  as  at  firft  it  was  necefTary  for  the 
Creation  of  the  world,  and  that  the  nature  of  things  i$ 
not  left  to  it  felf  to  produce  any  aftion,  without  a  con- 
current aft  of  God;  which  when  he  was  plea  fed  ,  to- 
omit,  or  fufpend ,  the  fire  could  not  burn  the  three 
young  men  in  the  red-hot  Furn;!ce. 

*8  The  Book  o(Tobiad  fpcaks  of  Seven  Angels  fupcrior 
to  all  the  red  j  and  this  has  been  conlbntly  believed 
according  to  the  Letter ,  by  the  ancient  leivf  and  Chri- 
fltans.  Clem.  Jkxand.  Stromat.  6.  eV^tsV  rlw ^i- 
^S'r,'  ^uvot^ii  \x'*^^^  Trpivrv^vifi;  «>/gA»«-  The  Seyen 
that  have  the  greateft  power,  the  Firfiborn  Jngelsg 
Toht  II.  If.  l^mRaphgeli  one  of theilfvewi^'/y^^- 
^c//,  which  prefei  tthe  Prayer  of  the  Saints,  and  which 
go  in  and  out  before  the  g'ory  of  the  Holyonej  and 
this  DanielxxxxfftxY  well  be  thought  to  mean,  \vhen 
lie  fays ,  f  >&;?/?.  lo.  15.  LoUkhadoneof  the  chief  Prin- 
ces came  to  hel^  me.  Thitfome  Anoeli  were  under  the 
command  of  others  ,  may  be  collefted  out  of  Zachar, 
a.  3.  where  one  y^>i^el  commands  another;  Rt^n,  fpea^ 
to  this  young  maniac,  and  out  of  Ret;,  ii.  ?•  where 
Michaehnd  his  /#«<ff/j,foiip,ht  iTJth  the  Dragon  and  his 
Jngels.  The  number  of  juft/^vcn  fuprcam  Angels f 
Groiius  conceived  to  be  drawn  from  ihcjeyen  cbtsf 
"irinces  oitheS^rJian  ^m^ire  ^  but  Ji  doubt  whether 


Notes  upon  the  fir  ft  Book.  4  7 

the ftyfn  there  were  fo  ancient  as  tlmTriiiiion.  Thrcd 
names  of  chele  fevcn  the  Script  re  affords,M/fW/,G«- 
hrlelySc  iLaphae'',bat  for  tlic  other  (o\ir.,Oriphiely  Z.icha- 
rieUSnnaei,  «c  Jnael,\ti  riic  Aurhours  of  them  .infwer, 
as  likewKcfor  their  prefiding  over  x\\ii  Seven  Vlanets, 

The  Verfes  attributed  to  Orpheus  have  an  cxpreflion 
yery  like  this  of  the  ^/jjff/^. 

"A}{iMh  otT.  ^ip^YiXi  Kt^oroii  Mi^TTzcy^  TtAeiTzxf* 
So  Gil- r/e/ IS  called /'<i(^c  i.  «>».  o  TrtcftrKKcoiov  uttiov^ 
^S-  He  that  flanas  before  the faceot  0'j:i.  And  D  ,niel 
hadhisvifion  interpreted  by  one,  TtTnnirai»oh\\Q 

fianiers  before  God. 
ap     The  ?oets  are  fo  civil  to  Jupiter  y  as  to  fay  nalcfs 
when  he  either  Spof^e,  or  fo  n  uch  as  NoUtd.  Horn. 

Mi^^y iMXi^i^  dXvpi>7rov- 

Virgil,   ^nnu.t,  c^  totu>n  nutu  tremejecit  0']impum<y 
Stat       ?laciiio  quatiens  tamert  omnia  vtiltu. 

30  Vrienh  in  the  plural,  and  an  intimation  of  the  Tr/wit^, 
for  which  caufe  he  ufes  fomerimes  /^K^jand  fomccime* 
I,  and  Me. 

31  I  do  not  like  ^(?w?r/ repeating  oflong  MelTages  juft 
in  the  fame  words  :  but  here  I  thought  itnecefTary,  the 
MeiTagc  coming  from  Go/,from  whofe  words  nocrea- 
ture  ought  to  vary,  and  being  delivered  by  an  ^n^el^ 
who  was  capable  of  doing  it  pun£tually.  To  have  ma- 
de him  fay  a  long,  eloquent,  or  figurative  fpeech  ,  like 
that  before  of  Envy  to  Saul ,  would  have  pleafed  per- 
haps fome  Readers  ,  but  would  havc  been  a  crime 
againft  ro'TriiTrvHthit  is,  Decency. 

42  That  Timothem  by  M«/c-^cnflamcd  and  appeafed 
jitexanc^er  to  what  degrees  he  pleafed,  that  a  Mufician 
in  Defifnarl^  by  the  fame  art  enraged  King  Ericiui^ 
even  to  the  ftriking  of  all  his  friends  about  him  ^thaj 
VythitgorM  taught  by  the  fame  means  a  woman  to  flop 
the  fury  of  a  young  man ,  who  came  to  fet  her  Houfe 

'  on  fire;  that  his  Scholar  £wIj5mW/m  hindred  another 
froin  m»rdering  hij  father ,  when  the  Sword  was 

2  I  dra%yn 


48         Notes  Upon  the  fir  ft  Book, 

drawn    fur    thac    purpofe;  that   the    fiercenefs    of 
^chiUes\\\%  nature  was  allayed  by  playing  on  the  Harp 
(.for  which  caufe  Homer  gives  him  nothing  ci'C  out  of 
the  Spoils  oi  t'etion ,^\\.  Darnon  by  it  reduced  wild 
and  drunken  Youchs :  and  ^fclepiades,  even  fedicious 
multitudes  to  Temper  and  Reafon  j  that  the  Corybantes 
and  effeminate  ?x\t[\so'tCybel€,  couldbeaniaiaced  by 
it  to  cut  their  own  flJh  (wuh  many  more  exairples 
of  the  like  kind;  is  well  known  to  all  nunconverfant 
among  Authors.     Neither  is  it  fo  wonderful,  til  it 
.  fudden  pafTions  fhould   be  railed   or  luppreft   (for 
which  canfe  Pindar  fays  to  his  Harp^  Th  ci4^fxei^ 
m.v  Ki^viov  rUnvdi,  Thou  quenched  the  r'gir.g  Loun- 
der.)  iiut  th.u  It  fhould  cure  fettled  Dileafes  in  the 
Body,  welhouldhaidly  believe,  ifwehd  not  both- 
Humane  and  Divine  Teiiimonyfor  it.  Plin.  lih.  28. 
cap.  !.   Dixit  Homerti^proflu-^iuynfan^umis'^ulmYato 
feniine  Ulyjjem  tnhtbwffe  carmine,  rhecphr^tflm  ifchtu^  , 
dicos  Janari  i  Cato  prodida  luxatts  membrus  carmen, 
aJixi'tari.M.ir,Vairo  Podagns\  Where  Carmen  is  to 
be  underftood  a?  joyned  with  mufical  notes.    For  the 
cure  of  ihe  Senutc{,  T^eophrafifpi  commends  the  Phty. 
gi.tn  Uufick^  upon  the  Pipe,  and  A.  Gell.  forgiving  ea(e 
to  it  5  Vt  wemoria  proditum  e^,  as  it  is  (fays  he)  repor- 
ted.    yfpoHon.  in  his  Book  de  Ai/Vw  fpeaks  thus    It  is 
worthy  admiration ,  that  which  Theophnijiwi  writes  in 
his  Treatife  of  Emhtifiafm  ,  that  Mufuk  cures  many 
pafTions  and  difeafes ,  both  of  the  Mind  and  Body  , 

iJW  3  t'mXr.-^iUi).  And  the  fame  author  witneilcs ,  thac 
many  in  his  time ,  efpecially  the  rhcbam  ufed  the  Ptpa  \ 
for  the  cure  of  feveral  ficknefTes,  which  Galen  c^Ws  j 
»«^t;A«v  §■  '7^V»,  SMperloco  afe^o  ttbia,  canere;  or,  Loca 
dolemia  dec^ntare.  So  Zenocratesis  faid  to  have  cured 
Mad  men,  Periander  and  ^rion  divers  other  Maladies. 
But  if  it  were  not  for  this  example  of  David  ,  wc 
fhould  hardly  be  convinced  of  this  ^hyjick,,  unielsjt 


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Notes  upon  thefirfi  Book.  49 

be  in  the  particular  cure  of  the  T.nanujtn,  the  CTperi- 
mcnts  of  which  .ire  too  notorious  to  be  denycd  or  elu- 
ded ,  and  afford  a  probable  argument  that  other  Di- 
fcafes  might  naturally  be  expelled  C.>  too ,  but  that  we 
have  either  loft,  or  not  found  out  yet  the  Art.   For  the 
explication  ofthereafo'i  of  the(e cures ,  the  Magicians 
f[y  10  :hcir  Col' odea;  the  Plitont^ues  ,  to  thetr  ^-;>w/» 
Mitnfiithe  Ktblfiisio  tables  and  Prodigi  .'snot  worth 
therepeati;ig.    B  tpitili  I  orta  in  his  Niii'(ral  Miigtc^y 
"  feefi^s  to  attribute  it  to  theM^jf/  al  Po-  e*  of  the  infiru- 
tnent,  rachcr  than  of  the  Mufi'  1^ ;  for  he  fays,  that  Mud- 
neji  l  to  be  cured  by  the  harmony  of  a  t'^pe  made  of 
f/e.^V^otejbecaufethe  /«/\eofthat  Plant  is  held  good 
for  that  purpofej  and  the  Sctatfqae  by  a  Uufkal  7/?/frtt- 
ment  m.\diQ  oi Popl  ir ,  becaufeoi  the  virtueof  the  0>/ 
of  that  Tree  to  mitigate  thofe  kind  of  pains.  Butthefe, 
and  many  Sympatbetical  t'i.\>tuvi\tiMS  are  fo  falfe  ,  thac 
I  wonderatthcineglilence  or  iixpudence  of  the  Kela- 
tors.  Ptcu6  M>rani.  fays,  That  Mujtc j^movcs  the  Spirits 
to  aft  upon  the  Soul ,  as  Medicines  do  to  operate  upon 
the  lio  y,  and  that  it  cures  the  hody  by  the  Sffuh  ?.s  Phy* 
yZf^does  the  Soul  by  tlie  BoJy.   I  conceive  the  true  na- 
tural reafon  to  be  ,  thac  in  the  fame  manner  as  Mufical 
founds  move  the  outw.ird  airjfo  that  does  the  Inzvardy 
and  thac  the  Spirits, znd  they  the  Htimours  (which  are 
the  (QMo(Difeafei)  by  Ccndenfatton,  RitrefaB:lon,  l^iffi" 
pation-j  or  Expuljion  oil'apoiArs ,  and  by  Vertue  of  that 
Sympathy  oiS^roportiony  which  I  exprefs  afterwards  in 
Verfe.  For  the  producing  of  the  effeft:  defired,  Athan' 
X/rt'/^'^r/fjrequires  four  conditions?  i.W»jirw«3)'  i.Num* 
her  3.  Proportion,  and  iF^tr^iC'tf/wand  parthetical-'^Wi' 
joyned  with  the  Harmony  (which  (by  the  way)  were 
fully  and  diftinftly  underftood  in  the  Mf<y;c^of  the 
jimients.)  AnA  A..  An  adopting  ofallthef.' to  the  Con- 
ftitution,  Dirpo(ition,and  Inclinations  of  the  Patient, 
Of  which,  and  all  things  on  this  fubjecl,  he  is  well 
worth  the  diligent  reading ,  Liber  de  arte  nuign^  Can'> 
JoTJt^  Dijfoni. 

ScaUitr 


50  Notes  upon  the  fir  (I  Book. 

53      Scaliger  in  his  Hypercrit.  blames  CLtudian  for  his  CX- 
curfion  concerning  the  burning  of /E^^<>  J  and  foren- 
<^uiring  the  caufe  of  it  in  his  own  perfon      If  he  had 
brought  in  ,  fays  he,  any  other  perfon  making  theiela- 
tion,  I  f  hould  endure  it.    I  think  he  is  too  Hypercritical 
upon  fo  fhort  a  oigtejffwn-^  however,  I  chufe  here  upon 
this  new  occadon  ,  by  the  by  to  make  a  new  fhort  In- 
'vocation  of  the  VIw/e,and  that  which  folio  ws,  ^  i^r/?  <»' 
'variom  unform^ed^\s  to  be  underftood  as  from  the  per- 
fon of  the  Mufe'lror  this  fecond  In'^o  ation  upon  a  par- 
ticular matter,!  have  the  authority  of  Homer  and  I  iygtl\ 
which  neverthelefs  I  f  hould  have  omitted ,  had  thedi- 
greflion  been  upon:inv  fubjefl  bur  \4i4f:cl^,  Horn.  11.  t^ 
"EtTTriTt  vyy  (xoi  Mita-cof  '0Xvy<^7n»c  ^m^kT  ipc^fftf^ 

And  Virgtl  twice  in  the  fame  Book.  {JEn.  7) 
Nunc  age  qui  Reges,  Erato  ,% 

T«  yatem  tu  Diya  money  ^t. 
And  a  little  after, 

Pandite  nunc  Heliana  Ve/ty  contufq'^  ciete     .  1  m- 
£tmemini(lii  enim  Diva,  ^  memorarepoteftis^ 
Ad  nos  "vix  tenuis  fama  perlabitur  aura. 
34     I  have  feen  an  excellent  faying  of  S.  jluguflines  ,  cW 
tt6  to  this  purpofe ,   Ordinem  facuhrnm  tanqusm  pul- 
eherrimumCarmenexquibuJdam  quafi  amhithetis  ho^ 
TJefia'vit  Dem  -"  Jicut  contraria  contrariis  oppofitafer- 
monis  pulchritudinem  rtddunt,  it  a  quadam  non  yerho- 
rum  fed  rerttm  eloquentikcontrariornm  oppo/itifine  facu' 
lipulchrifudo  componitur.  And  the  Scripture  witnefles,^ 
that  the  World  was  made  in  Number ,  Weight ,  and 
745/s/«rej\vhich  are  all  qualities  of  a  good  Poffw.  This 
order  and  proportion  of  things  is  the  true  Uujic^  of  the  ■ 
world^and  not  that  which  PytbagorM,PlatOiTftliy,Ma- 
trdb  i^nd  many  of  the  Ftif^frj  imagined  ,  to  arife  audi- 
bly from  the  circumvolution  of  the  Heayen^.  This  is 
their  muftcal  and  loud  voice,  of  which  David  fpeaks  9 

P/;  i^,The  Htayens  dttlarethe  gUrj  of  the  Lord > 

Tben 


Notes  upon  the  fir  ft  Book.  f  i 

There  is  no  Speech  nor  Lan^unge  ivhtre  their  yoice  is  not 
beard.  Their  found  is  j^one  out  through  all  the  Earthj  and 

their  words  to  the  end  of  the  world Or  as  our  Tran- 

flation  nearer  the  Hebre-^  (they  fay)  renders  it ,  Their 
Zine  is  gone  out  J  Line  J ,  'rel  amujfts  eorum:  To  f  hew 

the  exadncfs  of  their  proportion. 
35"     Even  this  diltiniflion  of  founds  in  the  art  oFMufick, 

'  is  thought  by  fome  to  have  been  invented  from  the 
confideration  of  elementary  qualities :  In  imitation  of 
\yK\ch,Orphefii  is  faid  to  have  formed  I  Harp  with  four 
ftrings,and  Cct  them  to  different  Tunes :  The  firil  to 
Hypate ,  to  anfwer  to  the  Fire.  The  fecond  to  Parhy^ 
pa!e,  for  the  trater.  The  third  to  Paranetej  for  the  -^/r. 
And  the  fourth  to  Nere,  for  the  Earth. 

3  6  Becaufe  the  Moon  is  but  28.  days ,  and  Saturn  above 
2.9  years  in  finif  hing  his  courfe. 

1 7  There  is  fo  much  to  be  faid  of  this  fubje£t ,  that  the 
bsft  w'ay  is  to  fay  nothing  of  it.  See  at  hxgc  fCircherfU 
in  his  10.  Book  de  jirte  Confeni  (5*  Dijfoni, 

38  The  Weapon-Sahe. 

39  5rhecommon  Experiment  of^wp/i/^^  in  two  U;?/- 
Jons  i  which  is  mod  eafily  perceived  by  laying  a  ftraw 

upon  one  of  the  firings ,  which  will  prefcntly  move 
upon  touching  the  other. 

40  Here  may  lecm  to  want  connexion  between  this 
verfe  and  the  Pfalm.  It  is  an  Ellapfis,  or  leavirhg  fome- 
thingto  beunder/lood  by  the  Ke<idtr\to  Wit^That  Da- 
v'ldfung  to  bis  H^tp ,  before  Saul,  tht  erfuing  PJalm.  Of 
this  Idnd  is  that  in  f^ifgtl, 

'Jungimiki  bofpitit  dextraSy  ^  teBa  fubimm. 

Ten.pU  Deifaxo  "yenera'ar  flruBa  yet  uflo. 

Dapropriam  Thymbrat  domum,  ^c. 

Where  is  underftood  Etyenerans  dixi  y  or  fome  fuch 
words,whichmethinks,  are  more  gracefully  omitted, 
tha  they  could  have  bee  fiipplyed  by  any  care  Though 
Scaliger  be  of  another  mind  in  the  4.  Book  cf  Poepe  , 
where  he  fays  ,  that  there  are  fome  places  in  Vir^ 
gil ,  T>'here  the  kvik  is  difconcinued  &  interrupted 

by 


5  A  Notes  upon  the  fir fi  Book . 

by  the  le.iving  outof  forne  verfes,  thronoh  the  over- 
much fevericy  of  his  judgmenc(  morofiffmio  juMcio  ). 
with  nn  intent  of  putting  j'n  better  in  their  place  ;  and  ' 
hemllmcesin  thelc,vvhercf>r  my  part  !  ihould  be 
forry  that  r/rje-,/himfeif  had  filled  up  the  ^np.  The  like 
Meifjfis  is  in  his  5  Book,  upon  the  death  oiPaiinmm 

Multa Siemens cafuq,  animum percuj/i*i  amki  \ 

O  nimium  ccelo  ^  pdago  ccnfje  (ertno,  •     ! 

NU'^m  in  i^nota  Piilenurej.Hebii  arena,  l 

And  fuch  is  that  in  Statin/Sj  i  theb.  \ 

"- 'NttuTrhoniaVir'Jo 

Conjilio  iki^nat^i  '^irum State  gente  {uperbi 

Oeneos,  aijenies  cut  diidum  -sincere  Thebai 

^nnui^rim-'—.  ~ 
And  why  do  I  inftancc  in  thefejfince  the  examples' 
are  (o  frequent  in  all  Poets  ? 

For  this  hberty  of  infcrting  znOile  into  an  Heroic!^ 
Toem,  I  have  no  authority  or  example  5  and  therefo- 
re hke  m:nwho  venture  upon  a  new  coaft^  I  mulhun" 
the  hazard  of  ic  We  muft  fometimes  be  bold  to  in« 
novate, 

Nee  minimum  mtruere  deem  vefligia  Gracct 

jitiji  deferere'—'Yiov, 
Pfal.  58. 5",  they  areliJ^e  the  dtaf  Wilder,  thatjloppetb 
her  ear,  which  will  not  bg.trj^cn  to  the  yoice  oft  he  Char- 
mer, charm  he  never  fowijely.  So  Jerem.  8.  17.  Behold' 
1  iviOfeni  Serpents,  Coc^iatrices  among  ycu,  which  wilt] 
not  he  charmed  :  Serpentes  Repilos  qutbiii  non  eft  Incan- 
tatio:  which  Texts  are  ill  produced  by  the;MtT^;f^-w^«- 
gers  for  a  proofofthe  power  of  C/;^rwJ  :  Forthefifft 
is  plainly  againft  them  ,  Jidder\>Q\v\o  there  taken  for 
Serpent  in  general, not  for  one  Species  of  5erpems,\Kh\ch. 
alone  had  a  quality  of  refifting  insant anions :  and  the 
other  is  no  more  than  if  the  Prophet  f  hould  have  faid. 
Though  you  pradife  Magici^  Jrts,  like  other  Nations ; 
and  think  like  them, that  youcanc^^yw  the  very  Ser^ 
pints,  yet  you  fhallfind  with  all  your  M^^/t^>no  re- 
medy againU  thole  which  1  f  hall  fend  among  youjfor 

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Notes  upon  the  fir  ft  Book.  5  5 

nothing  in  all  ihe\vholehuinanc,ordi:\bolica]  Illufian 
of  A/.i^/f^  was  fo  much  boaftcd  off  as  che  power  of  . 
Spells  upon  Serpents  ,  tht7  being  the  creatures  nioit 
antipatheth\il :ind  terrible  to  humane  nature. 

fngHMinpratts  carn>in:lo  rumpitur  anguU.    Virg. 

Vipereas  rumpo  yerbii  <S  cJr  mine  fauces.    Ovid. 

Jnq  prumofo  coluber  Jisicnditur  aryo. 

Viper ei  coeunt  idrupto  .orpore  no'lif 

humanoq;  cadit  Serpens  affiaia  yeneno.  Lucan. 
f3  Nothing  is  more  notorious  (for  it  was  accc  unted 
one  of  the  vjonders  of  the  ;;"6r/J)thanthe  x>i;t(^  or  Tizt- 
^liiT^  xgg^fcVj  rendred  by  the  La:ines,  hortiM  pen' 
JilU  xc  Bahyion  which  was  planted  on  the  top  ofpro- 
digioHS  buildings,  made  for  that  purpofe, fifty  Cubits 
high,fourrquarc,&  each  fide  containing  four  Acres  of 
ground.  !c  was  planted  with  all  foits  of  Trees,  even 
the  greaceft  ,  and  adorned  with  many  Banquetting- 
Houfes.  TheparticuUr  dtkription  feein  D/>)rt'<7r.  Si~ 
cul.  I,  1 1,  and  out  of  him  in  Qu.  Curt.  I.  f.  U  was  builr, 
they  fav,  by  a  Syri^m  Kin^  (to  wit,  Na^'tu/jff  Unofor/ot 
fo  ]ofephm  I.  10.  and  Stiidts  cxprefly  (l.y  )  in  favour  of 
zPerfian  Wife,  of  his  who  as  Q.  Cmt  fpe^ks,  Difiderio 
tJetnoruwJylyarum/],tn  campeflribm  (otU  yirum  com^ 
ptiltt  va'-ura  ifentum  atr.CBnittte  btijth  npern  itnit'trt. 
And  D  C/;r /o/?<7/«e  mentionjanorherof  rhe  like  kind 
at  Sufa^'v^  his  Srtfior>  of  Riches  ^  Ov^  u  y,vovTo  Trzin  XV" 

TrxpxaetTO'  oiKcoo^yjo-uri  ,  og  yj,  us  (^x^y  uijiu)^'^  UTTUi 
1  hele  were  miracles  of  iheirkmil  3  but  chc  uicotOai- 
dens  made  upon  the  top  of  Palaces,  was  very  frequenc 
among  the  ancients,  Seneca,  Ir  »^.  ^li  3.  Thyefi. 
NuDa  culminehmtnsh  Irnpojita  nmutjyNa.     Sen. 
Epill.  ■22 
l7on  yiyum  contra  natur am  qui  pomaua  inf'immis 
turrib»^ferunt\  quorutufilvain  teciis  domoruni  ac  ft- 
fttgits  nut  art,  inde  ortis  radtcthtn^qjts  iniprohe  cacumi- 
naegiljent.   Plin.  Inti^a  ohm  KomajiCituUbant lilyx\ 

Which 


54  ^otes  upon  theflrft  Book, 

which  luxury,  as  all  others,  came  out  o^Afm  \nto  Epi- 
tope ;  and  that  it  was  in  familiar  ufe  among  the  He- 
brews, even  in  Dciy>uU  time  ,  feveral  Texts  of  Scipture 
make  me  conjecture,  rSam.  tG.^^.   They  fpreai  for 
jfbfalom  a  Ttnt  upon  the  Top  oft  be  Houfe  ,  and  ^hfahm 
•went  into  his  Fathers  Concubines  in  the  fight  ofaU  ifrael, 
xSam.  II.  2.   jindit  came  to  pap  in  ai  e-vening  ,  that 
I^'T-vid  arofe  from  of  his  bed  t  and  walked  upon  the  roof' 
vftJn  Kings  houfe}  and  from  the  roof  he  jaw  a  woman^ 
ivafhin'^her felf.  And  i  Sam.  ^  25-.  Samuel  commun»ii 
"Mith  Sanl  upon  the  top  of  the  Houfe.     And  again , 
ysrfe  i6. 
44     \  S(im.ig.\i.  ^nd  Micholtoo^an  image  ^  and  put  ii 
in  the  bed  y  and  put  a  pillow  of  goats  hairfor  hii  Bolflert 
and  coyteyed  it  with  a  chath.  An  Image,  the  Hebrew  ij 
Theraphimy  a  word  much  difputed  of,  and  hardly  evei 
u fed  in  a  good  (enfe  but  here.  The  Images  that  Racket 
ftole  from  La^.7w,are  fo  callediwhich  there  the  Septua- 
£int  tranflate  by  "£<5^A)Aoy,'n  other  places  by  0£j2j4<?'«ri 
or  0e^(p<v,  (ometimes  by  yAt;5r1#y>  here  by  xjyo7a<p<»; 
the  moit  improperly  of  ail,  Herfe ,  or  the  reprefenta- 
tions  of  theD^rfi,  laid  upon  Herfes.  The  Latin  uCt 
Simulachrumi  or  Stat/ta  i  and  jiqutla  ^  [^e^^aifxetitf 
The  fancy  of  Jojephu^  is  extraordinarily  B^ibhinical, 
He  fiys ,  that  M/c/.o/put  between  thecloathes  the  Li- 
ver of  a  She- Goat ,  newly  cut  out,  andfhewed  th< 
palpitation  of  it  under  the  coverlet  to  theSouldier; 
faying  that  it  was  Dayid,  and  that  he  had  not  flcpt  al 
night :  How  come  fuch  men  as  he  to  have  fuch  ode 
dreams  f  Hibera  upon  Hofea  fays  thus  ,  What  Statui 
was  it  that  flie  placed  in  the  bed  ?  Ccrtamly  no  Idol : 
for  thofe  were  not  to  be  found  in  the  houfe  o^Dayid 
norany^y?r<?rjffw;Vrt//w*?ff,  made  for  the  reception  o 
celeftical  influences  ,  which  R.  Abraham  believes 
for  thofe  were  not  allow-able  among  the  Jews;  bu 
fhe  made  fome  figure  like  a  man ,  out  of  fevera 
cloaths ,  which  fhe  (tuft  with  other  things ,  hke  Sc^ir 
iffms  or  thofe  figures  prefented  to  wild  Bulls  in  th( 
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l^^tes  upon  the  fir  ft  Book,  5  5 

Theaters,  or  thofe  that  are  placed  upon  great  n  ens 
Herfei.  And  flie  put  the  skin  of  a  f  he- Goat  about  his 
head  ,  to  rcprefent  his  red  hair  ,  which  lall  is  noil 
rid'.  culou«,  and  all  before  only  in-ptobablc:  For  vhac 
time  hid  f  he  to  make  up  fuch  a  Puppet  ?  I  do  therefore 
beheve  ,  th.t  fhe  had  a  ftatue  ot  Davidin  ihe  houfe, 
and  laid  that  in  the  bed,  pretending  that  he  was  fpecch- 
le(s  ,  and  even  this  deceit  lam  forced  to  help  ,  with 
all  the  circumftances  1  could  imagine,  efpecially  with 
that  moft  material  one ,  ^ndjor  th'^imprelJion  GodprC' 
p.i.edtbtirjenfe.  And  now  concerning  the  Ct-xul  uje  of 
Images  among  the  lews  ,  I  have  declared  my  opinion 
bcfore,\\hich  whether  it  be  true  or  no^fs  not  of  impor- 
tance in  Poeny  ,  as  long  as  it  hath  any  appearance  of 
probability. 

5  It  was  a  neceiiary  condition  required  in  all  Sacrifi- 
ces,thattheyfhould  be  without  Blemifh.  See  Leyit.  i. 
and  this  was  obferved  too  among  the  Heathen. 
5  Rama  ,  or  Rawatha,  and  Naioth^  were  not  feveral 
Towns,  but  Naioth  was  a  place  in,  or  clofe  by  Rama  , 
where  there  were  wont  to  be  folemn  Religious  mee- 
tings, -^driiotn 

7  The  Defcriptionof  the  Prophets  Collcdge  at  Naioth  , 
looks  at  firfi  fight,  as  if  I  had  taken  the  pattern  of  it 
from  ours  at  the  Univerfities  j  but  the  truth  is,  our  {as 
many  ottherC/;)7,?/rf;3Cufloms)  were  formed  after  the 
example  of  the  jTc-o/j,  They  were  not  properly  called 
Prophets,  or  foretellers  of  future  things  ,  but  Reli- 
gious pcrfons  ,  who  fcparated  ihcmfelves  froni  the 
bufinefs  of  the  world  ,  to  employ  their  time  in  the 
contemplation  and  praife  of  God  j  their  manner  of 
praifinghim  was  by  finging  of  Hymns,  and  playing 
upon  Mufical  Inftruments  ;  for  which  caufe  i  Sam.  lo. 
S-  ihey  carrycd  with  them  a  Pfaltery,  Tabret,  f'/^f ,and 
Harp  ;  Thefe  it  is  probable  were  inilituted  by  Sa^ 
fttt^tt^  for  the  \(j,  and  ic.  they  faw  the  company 
of  Piophets  prophefying  (  that  is  ,  fiw  them  to- 
gether in  Vmne  it7yice  )  and  Samuel  ftanding  , 

as 


( 

So, 


^6  Notes  upon  the  fir fl  Book^ 

as  appointed  over  them,  Stantemfupereos  ^  which  the 
Chaldee  inrcrprers  Sravtem  docenteiyi  eos \  Preaching^ 
totl.em.  Thcfe^are  the  ^v{\  Kelijieoui  Order sht2Lx6}.\] 
of?  in  Antiquity,  for  whom  D^fvid  afrerwardscompa^ 
fed  Pjalms,  They  are  called  hy  the  cbMee  Scnhes,  be- 
caufe  t  ey  laboured  n  reading,  writing,  learning  andj 
teaching  the  Scriptures;  andthey  are  called  Fiin  PrO" 
fherarum,  as  2  King.  1.3.  The  Sons  of tha  Pro/'^f  ^ 
that  Were  at  Bethel-,  and  "v.  f.  thei(?n5of  the  Prophets 
that  were  at  Jericho  :  out  of  which  may  be  collefted,^ 
th^MCoUedgfs  of  them  were  founded  infeveral  Towns.. 
1  hey  are  thus  named  '  Sonso{t\\z  Prophets)  either  be- 
cauf^  they  were  thaught  by  Samuel,^  Eiioiy  tlijha,ox 
fomeof  the  great  and  properly  called  Prophets,  or  in 
the  fenfe thattheG>Yf ^i  itxvc\? hyjitiam  'iptlpm ttm^xh 
The  Sons  oUhe  Phy^nans ;  and  the  Hcb  eujs  Men, 
the  Son  of  Men  ;  but  I  rather  believ^e  the  former,  and, 
that  none  but  the  young  Scholars  or  Students  ard 
meant  by  this  appellation.  To  this  alludes  S.  Matth. 
11.  19.  IViJdotn  is  jujhfed  of  her  Children.  And  the 
Maflers  were  cilled  Fathers  y  as  Lltfha  to  Eltjih,  z 
King.  2.  12.  Mj  Father^my  Fathevyi^c. 

48  For  the  feveral  Sprinklings  and  Purifications  by  \va-  I 
ter,  commanded  in  the  Law  of  Uofes,  and  fo  often  | 
mentioned  in  the  Books  oi  Exod-  Leyit.  Numb,  and 
Deutero.  thc'omiflaon  of  which  ,  in  fome  cafes  wa« 
punifhed  with  no  lefs  then  death,  £xo//.  50  20. 

49  I  have  learned  much  of  my  Ma'lers,  or  RahhieSf 
more  of  my  Cot?  panions,  moft  of  my  SchoL*rs^  was  the 
fpeech  of  an  ancient  i?.«/>^/,from  whence  we  may  col- 
led this  diflinflion,  g^ Scholar Sy  Comp anions i^nd  Kab' 
hies,  or  DoBors.  The  chief  Dotlors  fate  in  the  Synago- 
j^f/^5,  or  Jc/-?tf/5,  in  high  chairs  (perhaps  like  Pulpits) 
the  C  omp  an  i  on  i  upon  Benches  below  them,  and  the 
J\/^«/ii{"j  on  the  ground  at  the  feet  of  their  Te^rc^frx, 
from  whence  S.  P^ul  is  faidtobe  brought  up  at  the 
feet  oCOama'iel)  and  Mary  fate  at  Jtft^  his  feet ,  and 
heard  his  word,  Lu^  10.  39.     After  the  Scholars  had 

made 


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th, 
1111, 


Notes  upon  thefirjl  Book.  57 

mni^e  good  progrcTs  in  Icnrn'iig,  they  were  Flcfled 
and  m.idc,  by  impoficioii  of  hnndf-,  Companims  to  the 
K^'hb  es^  hke  our  fefloivs  of  Co//e  ^es  to  the  MafierSy 
which  m.ikcs  nic  cdl  tliem  Th'  E/cd  Conipayiions. 

The  furniture  of  the  Prff/p/je/ £////;«»'s  ch:inibcr,  t 
Kirr^s,^.  lO. 

It  w.s  the  ancient  cnllom  to  cover  thcScat<;and 
Tiible  Be  Is  with  bea/?s  skii.S:  So  Etinutm  places  Vtyf- 
^esO^^iS    1.1. 

'E'iiQ/i<rvi  y  Im  ^s'^ftot  iov^w^if  ci,y^(^  itip<i  . 

ColicLtiuiij  pet  i-ti. .  in  y)i'iojit  (ii  i^mr^  ca^/ia. 
So  Bninier  JEneai.^  8  /Eneii. 

Fraapuuwq.tOYo  ^  villoJipeUe  Leanis 

^Ciipit  JEnea  >« 

Ovid.      Qtapi;i'er,tt  pel^ts  a  fdere  ({t7/e^  erat. 

There  is  a  great  difputc  among  the  Learned,  con- 
cerning the  rntiquity  of  this  cuftom  of  Lyinj^  dmDn 
atnieat  \^r\^  noil  of  x\\Q  Critiques  areag.iinff  me, who 
rr?ke  it  here  fo  ancient.  Th  ir  the  Kojnans  at  firll:  u- 
fed  hittr^n  at  t.ible,  is  affirmed  by  Pliriy  \  that  the  Gra- 
cnin/did  fotoo,  app^arsby  ^fAf'74'?v^,l.  7  c.  15.  That 
in  our  Saviours  time  (  long  before  which  the  Rottuws 
ard  Gto'c:  ^ns  liad  ch\yoi:dJirt:m into  lyiTi'r  :  the  J^ews 
|Iay  dcnvn  i«  plain  from  the  feveral  words  uf  d  i'-- rhe 
New  Tefl  mcnt  npon  this  occafion  ,  a*  etye^TsiTrTeiP , 

\4i)0iKX%Jri,c'^iSLiith.  26,  fo  ^7"^"  I'' l-i'dcolcanon    fe^ 

Uu^  c.jo    ,  johan.    1  2.  zv  th:it  is,  lay  rexrtohimat 

the  Fcail ;  and  aKuding  to  th'.s  cultorn,  Chriji  is  Cud  to 

Jbeint!ie/'^/J?mofhis  far/;?r,  a^d  the  Saints  in  the  bo~ 

jrfl'>i  oi  ^btahnn.     Son  ethink  the  'Je-^s  took  this  fa- 

Ifhionfrom  the  Romans  after  .hcv  were  fubdued  by 

^th^■^n,  hue  that  is  a  miftakc  ;  for  the  .Ro"/^'?;  rather 

took  it  from  the  Eaflern  people :  even  in  :he  Frnphets 

jtimcwe  have teilimonycf  this cuftom,  fc-t^^.  2341. 

Vrbon  fareji  upon  u  ftately  hcl,  and  a  tabfeprep,rK  db?fo- 

|re/>,  Amos.  i.  8.  Th^y  Uy  th^mfehe^  upon  cloath.:  \aiii 

Y  pledge  by  eycrj  Altar  ^  that  is,  they  uftd  gam*  erts 

laiO. 


3  8  Notes  upon  the  fir  ft  Book. 

laid  to  plcdgeinftead  of  if^^s,  when  ac  the  Altars  thej 
cat  things  facrificed  to  idols.     What  was  the  fafhioi 
in  Stf «;«?// time,  is  not  certain  j  it  is  probable  cnougl 
for  my  turn,  that  Diftuhation  was  then  in  pradice 
and  long  before  ^  for  the  plucking  off  their  fhoe 
when  they  went  to  T«^/?/ccm.s  to  imply  it,  that  beini 
done  to  preferve  the  if^^i  clean.     And  why  had  thi 
'Jews  a  ftrick  particular  command  to  kave  their  fhoe 
on  their  feet  at  thceatmg  of  the  ^aJJ'o'ver^  but  becaufj 
they  were  wont  to  have  their  f  hoes  offat  other  meals 
5-3     There  '\%  no  matter  capable  of  receiving  the  marcks 
of  Letters^  that  hai  h  n  ot  been  made  u  fc  of  by  the  An- 
cients for  that  purpofe.  The  fiveHeTai^les  of  thcittf- 
man  LazbS  wereingraven  in  Brafs ;  fo  was  the  Leagu< 
made  with  the  Latmes,  Li-v.  Dec. J.  Lib.  i.  and  r^/«. 
amonghtheCVffawj  was  feigned  tobea  Man  madeo 
£ra/s  by  Vulcan  (  of  whom  they  reported  miny  ridi- 
culous ftories  )  becaufc  he  carried  about  in  that  Coun- 
try the  Laws  graven  in  brafs,  and  put  them  fevcrely  ii 
execution.     Pag-fan.  in  EasGtic.  makes  mention  of  thi 
whole  Book  o{ Heflods  ^fyor  j^  ifji,t^cit  written  inLcad 
which  kind  of  plates  3tt#/o^   in /V^rc/W*  calis  Chartan 
flumbeamy  Leaden  paper.  Thefafhion  was  in  ufe  be* 
forejff^i  time;  forhefay?,  ]ob  19.  13.  14.  ohtha^ 
thj  ivoras  "duregra'^en  ivith  an  Iron  pen  and  Lead  in  th 
Kocl^for  eyer.  Koc)^,  that  is,  the  Leaden  platss  fhouU 
be  placed  up©n  Kocl^s  or  PiUars.  They  likewife  an 
cientlyengiavcd  the  very  pillars  themfelvesj  astho- 
fe  two  famous  ones  of  Enoch,  ©ne  of  which  was  ex 
tanteven  ib  ]efephu6  his  days.  And  Umblicm  avows 
that  he  took  the  principles  of  his  my ftical  Fhylofoph' 
from  the  Pillars  of  Mtrcurie.  Plin.  I.  7,  5-6.  reports 
that  the  SabyU/nians  and  Jffyrians  write  their  Laws  ii 
Ce[lii  lateribtkij  that  is.  Ptliarsoi  Bric{,    M^/«hisi] 
Stone.  Horace, 

Noninctfa  notis  marmora  puhlicif. 
But  of  this  kind  of  writing,!  was  not  to  make  mentio; 
ill  d^pny^tc  Library,    T  hey  ufed  alfo  of  old  Platts  0 

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Notes  upon  the  fir fl  Booh  5-9 

Leaves  of  ivory ;  from  whence  they  were  termed  i/- 
iri  Eliph.wtiniinot  as  fome  conceive,from  their  i/jn</?. 

Mart. 

Nigra  tihi  niyeum  litter  a  fingat  ehtir. 
As  for  i^'cfli  and  Slates ,  we  may  eafily  believe ,  tliac 
they  and  all  other  capable  materials  were  writtea 
upon.  Of  thin  fhavings  of  wood  the  Longobards  ac 
their  firlt  coming  into  ItAly  ,  made  Leaves  to  write 
on :  fome  of  which  Famirelim  had  fecn  and  read  in  his 
time. 

|.  SeeP//n  /.  I?.  IT,  From  whence  irWfrj  are  cal- 
led Phoentcean ,  not  from  the  Coumrj  ^h^ix.  from  <poin%> 
:iPalm  tree.  '^wtGuiUnddePapyro  thinks  that  PbcB'^ 
nicea\n Pliny  is  not  the  fame  with  (()cin%,  and  has 
along  difcourfe  to  prove  that  Palm  Leaves  were 
not  in  ufe  for  writing ,  and  that  we  fhould  read 
MaNarum  infliead  o(  Palmarum,  which  is  abold 
corredion  upon  very  flight  grounds.  It  is  true,  they 
-did  anciently  write  too  upon  Mallows ,  as  appears  by 
Ijidor.  and  the  Epigram  oiCinna  cited  by  him  : 

hac  tibi  ^rateps  multum  inyigilata  lucernii 
Carmina  quels  ignesnovimui  atbereoSf 

Layps  in  ariiulo  Ualva  defcrtpta  libel! 9 
Pru/iac  ayeximunera  na'vicula. 
But  this  was  a  rarity '^  for  Mallows  are  too  fofttobe 
proper  for  that  ufe.   At  Athens  the  names  of  thofe  who 
were  expelled  the  Senate  3  were  written  in  Cowe  kind 
of  Le^f ,    from   whence  this   fcntence  was  callad 
'Ex(pv»vo^6p»]<nj,  asthe  names  oFthofe  banilhtby  the 
people  were  in  Shells  ,  but  at  Syracufe  ,  it  was  in  Oli-^e 
Lea-ves  ,  and  called  Ui^XtT^o)  ^  ^  ■m-mh^iMien. 
And  in  this  manner  wrote  VirgiU  Sibylla, 
fol  is  tamum  ne  caymtna  mandet. 

P//>j/  telUfics  that  the  Books  ofNuma  continued  Co 
long  a  time  under  ground  unperifhed  ,  by  having  been 
nibbed  over  wiih  the  Oyl  o(  Cedar ,  Horace,  de  Ar  Pbo, 

SperaniM  carmina fingi 

FoJJeltnenda  CedrO}  ant  Uyifery^nda  Ctt^reJJh} 

Q  Ovid. 


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^  Notes  upon  the  fir  [I  Book, 

Ovid.  ^  :^/^c  Cf -/rff  charta  netetttr ;  and, 

— Cedro  di^na  locutU6 ; 

Who  fpeaks  things  worthy  to  be  prefervei  always  by 

CeiarOyl',  which  was  likcwifeufed  in  the  Elbalming 

of  dead  Bod/es. 

5* I"    Oi Linen  Booths  r,/'v>  makes  often  mention  :  They 

were  called  Libri  Lintei ,  and  were  Publique  Records , 

by  others  termed  too  Lintia  Mappa  ^  and  Ctrbafinafjr 

yolumina ySiW^en  Volurr>ns,  Claud,  de  B.  Gft,  1 1 

-■         Qjiid  carmina  pofcat  I  sc 

Fatidico  cuftos  Romant  carbafm  avi.  I  ir. 

And  iym.  l.^.  Epift.  Monitm  Cumanoi  Imtea  textofump'  m  I 

ferum.  And  Piiny  faySjthe  Parthians  u(cd  to  have  Let-  |  h 

ter5  woven  in  their  cloaths. 

Jf     Tender  Bar^s.  The  thin  kind  of  fkin  between  the 

outward  Bark  and  the  body  of  the  Tree  The  paper  u'ed 

to  this  day  in  china  and  fome  part  ot  the  Indies  ,  ff  ems 

to  be  made  of  the  fame  kind  of  itufF.     The  nan  e  of 

Ltber.a.  Book,  corres  froin  hence. 

Some  the  f harp  fiyk,  (!ic.  Thefe  waxen  Table-books 
were  very  ancient ,  though  I  am  not  fore  there  were 
any  of  them  in  the  Library  at  l^aioth.  llittd.  6.  Pratta 
fenc  a  Letter  in  fuch  Tablebooks  by  BeUeropbov.  The 
Style  or  Pen  with  which  they  wrote ,  was  at  firil  made 
of  Iron ,  but  afterwards  that  was  forbod  at  Rome ,  and  h 
they  ufedy?);/fi-  of  Bone  ;  it  was  mnde  ( hnrp  at  one  end  % 
to  cut  the  Letters,and  flat  at  the  other  to  deface  them;  j, 
from  whence  flylum  'intern.  tt 

j5  Piiny  fays ,  thst  Paper  C  fo  called  from  the  Name  of  .  i 
the  Reed  of  which  it  was  made)  orC/;.7r^«  (  termed  (b  fj 
of  a  Town  ofth.it  name  in  the  Marfhes  oi  B<yypt  )  was  j, 
not  found  out  till  after  the  building  of  Alexandria;  and  |iJ 
Parchment,  not  till  £wm5«c5  his  time  >  from  whofe  \, 
V.oya\Ckyo^Per(ramu6  it  was  denominated  Per^ci"  ^ 
mena.  In  bith  which  he  is  deceived  ;  far  Herod,  in  j 
Te-^pf  fays ,  that  the  J^^iani  itilt  call  Paper- f^^rts,  be-  p 
caufe  formerly  when  they  wanted  Pnpcr  ,  they  were  „ 
forced  to  make  ufe  of  s^ms ,  inltead  of  it.  See  MeLh,     ^ 

Gut' 


Notes  upon  ihefirft  Booh.         6i 

Guihnlde  P.l^  upon  this  argument.  AndtheD/^- 
tbtrao(t\\Q  Grecians  were  nothing  elfe  but  the  Ikins 
of  beafts ,  that  wherein  Juptter  is  feigned  to  keep  his 
Memorials  of  all  things  was  made  of  the  I  he-Goat 
that  gave  him  milk.  And  many  arc  of  opinion  ,  that 
the  famous  f^olrien-  Fleece  was  nothing  but  a  Book  writ- 
ten ina  Sb^ep-Sk^in.  Dwd  SkuI.I.  z.  affirms  that  the 
rnfi^r,  ,Knnals  were  written  in  thehke  Books  j  and 
many  more  Authorities  ,  if  needful ,  might  be  produ- 
ced: however,  1  call  P.xnbment  and  the  Paper  of  E^ypt 
new  Arts  here  :  becaufc  they  were  later  than  the  other. 
Hieroglyphuk^.  Theuleof  which  it  is  very  likely 
the  Jf-j/had  from  Egjft  where  they  had  lived  fo 
long,  Lucan.l.  3. 

Nondutn  funiine/is  Itemphiscontexere  BibloS, 
Ntyerat.  &Jaxts  tmtum  '>oolMCrtfq\feraq\ 
Scuiptaq-ffervahdnt  mapcu^  antmaha  lingudf, 
I     J^.if^a"  and  G<»i  were  famous   Prophets  in  D.tvidt 
time  5  and  therefore  it  is  probable  they  might  have  li- 
ved with  Samuel  \n  his  CoUe.ige^  for  their  particular 
TrofeJlorihipu  the  <  ne  of  Sftrononj ,  the  other  of  Mrt- 
theniAticks^  that  isa  voluntary  gift  ofmineto  them  < 
and  I  fuppofe  the  places  were  very  lawfully  at  my  dif- 
pofing.    Serai:*  was  afterwards  Scrtbe  or  Secretary  to 
DaW, called  1  KtrlgsJ^^.  Sifha^Siud  1  Chron.    8.  i(J. 
Shaufha.  Mahoi the  Reader  of  Natural  Pbihfofby  ,  is 
n-scntioned  ,      Ktnas  4.  ^  i.  Heman  2tnd  A/^p^  are  of- 
ten fpoken  of  in  the  Scripture,  I  KingSA-.  iChron.  i^» 
17, 19.  and  16.  5  .and  57.4I1  4^-  ''»nd  25. 
9     A  Pjr amide  is  a  figure  broad  beneath  ,  and  fmallec 
and  1  harper  by  degrees  upward  ,  till  it  end  in  a  point, 
like  our  Spire  Stecpcls.  It  is  fo  called  fron.  n^g  ,   ftre  , 
becaufe  flame  afcends  in  that  Figure.  Numbtr  is  here 
called  a  Turned  Vyramide  ,  becaufe  the  bottom  of  it  is 
the  point  Oie  (which  is  the  beginning  of  Number  ,  noc 
properly  Number^  as  a  Point  \sofMa^nitf4ue)  (rom 
whence  it  goes  up  ftiU  larger  ,  juil  contrary  to  the  na- 
ture of?yramidical  Afcenfien, 

€0  Sif* 


"iz  Notes  upon  the  fir  ft  Book. 

Co  Sjicredhlevj.  Becaufe  of  the  ufe  of  it  in  the  Curtains 
of  the  Tabernacle  ytht  Curtain  for  the  Door,  the  Vaity 
die  Priefis  Epho^  ,  Breafi- Plate  ,  and  briefly  all  facred 
Ornaments.  The  reafon  ot  chufing  Slew ,  1  fuppole 
to  have  been  in  the  Tabernacle  was  an  Enblem  ,  Num-  m^ 
bers  15-.  58.  The  Jews  are  cotnmanded  to  make  that  | 
lace  or  ribband  of  Blew  y  werewith  their  fringes  are 
bound  to  their  cloaths ;  and  they  have  now  left  off  the 
very  wearing  of  Fringes  ;  becaufe  ,  they  fay,  the  art  is 
iofl  of  dying  that  kind  oi  Bleiv,  which  was  the  perfect- 
ci\  sky-colour.  Coeruleu^  is  derived  by  fome  ,  Quafi 
.ccchktti. 

61     Virg.l.C.yEn, 

Obloquitur  nufnerU  feptem  d'tfcrimia  yocum. 
From  which  PanciroUu^  conjectures  that ,  as  we  have 
now  fix  notes  in  Uufick, »  Vt,  Ke.  Mi.  Fa.  So.  La.  (in- 
vented by  a  MonJ^  from  the  Hymn  to  S.  ychn ,  begin- 
ning every  line  with  thofe  fyllables)  fo  the  ancients 
ha.dfeyen',  according  to  which  J p&//o  too  inilirured 
theLyrewith  fevenflrings,&P;?7ir/!r calls  it  i^TrlciTVTniy, 
his  Interpreter,  tTrlMfA^irov ,  the  Jtgjyes  forbad  under 
a  penalty,theufe  of  more  firings. 

pi  Pcrphjrim  affirmed,  as  he  is  cited  by  Eufbitti y 
2,  Prapar.  Eyang.  that  the  Egyptians  fthat  is,  the  Tlw 
hcim  in  Bgjpt)  beUeved  butowf  G<7//,  whom  they  called 
Ky«<p  .whom  Plutarch alCo  names  dt  Is^o/yr.^Sint'm 
ho  1.  17.  CnuphU)  and  that  the  image  o fthat  God  was 
made  with  an  Egg  coming  our  of  his  nrrouth  ,  to  fhew 
that  he  'Spo^eout  tbeivorliy  that  is,  made  it  with  his 
ivord--^  for  an  £e^  with  the  Egyptians  \\?i$  ihefyn^bol 
of  the  zuorld.  Soo  was  it  too  in  the  myftical  Ceremo- 
nies o^Ba<chmi  infliturcd  by  Orpheu6,  as  P/«r.  Syrpof, 
/.  1 1.  Q,tiajl.  3.  and  Macrcb.  1.  7.  c.  16.  whence  Froclm 
fayJ  upon  Tir.iauiy  T«  d^fp^^i"  6'^''  j^  "t*  ^  Uxdrmi^  Ov* 
to  be  the  fame  things.  Vtj^.  de  Id'd. 

(Jj      Theephil.  adverf,  1. 1 .  Gent,  ©so?  ^  X'^i^'^ '  ^-^^  ^^' 
Tti^fi  TVTF^  T  6^<^y>  God  is  in  no  place,  but  is  the  PUce 

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Notes  upon  the  firjl  Boohl  ^3 

of  all  things-,  and  ?kih  ,  AoTvq  txurzS  'ro7r(^ ;  i^uvrts 
iot/Ts  T?i/i^t:?.  Which  is  the  fame  with  the  ex preffion 

here. 
■4     Gen.  14.  13.  yind  there  came  one  that /sad  efi- aped  ^ 
and  told  Jbr am  the  Hehreiv,  (^c.  which  Text  hath  rai- 
kd  a  great  controverfic  among  the  Learned ,  about 
the  diriv  uion  of  the  name  of  the  Hebrews :  The  gene- 
ral opinion  received  of  old  was, that  it  came  from  Ehor; 
which  is  not  improbable,  and  defended  by  many  lear- 
ned men  ,  particularly  of  late  by  Rivet  upon  Gen.  i  i. 
The  other ,  which  is  more  followed  by  the  late  Criti- 
ques, as  ^rpenniin ,  Grotim  ,  and  our  SeUen ,  is,  that 
the  name  came  from  j4brabams^^'^:^gQ  over  Euphra- 
tes into  Canaan  (as  the  name  of  WeUh  is  faid  to  fignifie 
no  more  thiwjtrangeri  ^  which  they  were  called  by 
the  people  amongft  whom  they  came ,  and  ever  af- 
ter retained  it)  which  opinion  is  chiefly  grounded 
upon  the  Scptuagint  Tranfl-ation  in  this  Text,  who 
render  v/^r«r,j  the  Hebrew,  r^Trs^r^iPaJJ'enieri  and 

jffuila,niy^i7t}* 

f  For  even  chefe  S'onsofthc  Prophets  that  wTre  Stu- 
dents in  Colledges  did  fometimes  likcwife  foretel  fu- 
ture thingSjas  to  Blijba  thetaking  up  oi EtijahjiKing, 
».3,&c. 


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THE 

CONTENTS 


Tffe  frienJJhap  betwixt  Jonathan  and  Davi(J;  anrl  nf 
that  occa/ion  a  degrejjion  concerning  thenaturetafhoy 
JL  dijconrfe  betiveen  Jonathan  and  David  ,  upn  ivhi 
the  latter  abfents  b  itn f elf  from  Court,  and  the  former  gi 
tbithtr,  to  inform  hmjetfofn^uh  rejoluijgn.  The  Feaji 
t/;*  New- moon  ,  the  wanner  ef  the  Celebration  of  it ;  a\ 
therein  a  Digrejfion  of  the  Hj[iory  o/Abraham.  Sauls  Spet 
upon  Davids  abjencefrom  the  Feafl ,  and  hvs  anger  mgati 
Jonathan.   Davids  rejoiution  to  fly  aw ay^  he  parts  njui  \ 
Jonathan ,  and  falls  a  fleep  under  a  Tree.   A  Defer  iptton  j 
rhanfie;  an  Angel  maies  up  a  Vifion  in  Davids  head-,  1 1 
Vifion  itfelf,  whtcb  is ,  A  Prophefie  of  a/I  thefucceffion  1 
bis  Kace  till  Chrifts  time  ,  ivith  their  nioji  remarkable  at 
ens.     At  his  awaiting ,  Gabriel  affumes  an  humane  J  ha}  , 
and  eorypnns  ta  him  the  truth  of  hii  V ifion.  j 


D^yidei 


;ook  II.  <^5 

D  A  V  I  D  E  I  S- 

The  fecond  Book, 

BUc  now  the  early  Ijirds  began  to  call 
The  morning  fonh  i  up  rofe  the  Sun  and 
Satil ; 
Both ,  as  men  thought ,  rofe  frefh  from 
fwcetrcpofe ; 
But  both,  a!  js,  from  reftlefs  labours  rofe. 
For  in  Sauls  breaft,  £;;-v;5the  toilfome  Sin^ 
Had  all  that  night  aiflive  and  tyrannous  bin , 
She'expellM  all  forms  o^Kintimfilertue^Gran^ 
Of  the  pad  day  no  footftep  left  or  trace , 
Of  the  paft  day  no  footftep  left  or  trace. 
The  ne^v-blo^vn  fparks  of  his  old  rage  appear. 
Nor  could  his  Love  dwell  longer  with  h'lsfear. 
So  near  a  llorm  wife  Dayid  would  not  ftay  ^ 
Nor  truft  the  glittering  ofafiithlefs  Day. 
He  fa  w  the  Sun  call  in  his  beams  apace  , 
And  angry  Clouds  march  up  imo  their  place. 
The  5V.»  it  felf  f  nooths  his  rough  brovva  v,hile , 
flattering  the  greedy  Merchctnt  wich  a  fmile ; 
But  hcjSvholefliip-wracktBarqoc  itdrank  before. 
Sees  the  deceit,  and  knows  it  would  have  niore. 
Such  is  the  i'f:i,and  fuch  was  Sa,id. 
But  Jtnathan  his  Son,  and  Only  Good, 
Was  gentle  as  fair  7'or./«7iiufeful  flood. 
\V  hofe  innocent  ft  ream  zs  it  in  filence  goes. 
J   Frcfh  Honours 3  2ind  a  fudden  fpringbeOows 
On  both  his  banks  to  every  flower  and  tree  ; 
The  manner  Hc^  lies  hid,  th'ej^^tf?  we  fee. 
But  more  than  all,  more  than  /y/rw/I?//hclov'ed 
The  n^a  whofe  worth  his  Batfms  Hatred  moVcd. 
For  w  Uen  the  noWicyouth  at  Daihtnm  ftood 
Adorn'd  with/^i/r^/jand  painted  gay  with  Bhod^ 


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! 

^6  DiiWidciSfi^/hcred Poem.  Eookll.j 

I  Sary      'Jonathan  pierc'ed  him  through  with  greedy  Eye 
18, 1.*     And  undcrftood  iho.  future  Motjeflie 

Then  deftin'ed  in  the  glories  of  his  look  5    ^ 
He  faw ,  and  Itrait  was  with  amazement  ftrook> 
To  fee  the  ftrcngth,  the  fearnrc,  and  the  grace 
Of  his  young  hmbs ;  he  Hnv  his  comely  face         I 
"Where  Love  and  Rcv'erence  fo  well  mingled 

were ; 
And  Hecti,  already  crown*ei  with  ^ohkn  haire- 
He  fi  w  what  Mtldne(Jhis  bold  .<jp'rr/t  did  tame  , 
Gentler  thin  t/V.^f,  yet  powerful  as  a  flame. 
He  fiw  his  Va'our  by  their  Safety  prov'ed , 
He  faw  all  this,  and  as  he  faw,  he  Lov'^ed. 

What  art  thou ,  Lo^e^  thou  great  myfterious 

thing  ? 
Fro  what  hid  flock  docs  thy  ftrage  Nature  fpring? 
Tis  thou  that  mov'eftihe  'w/or/i  through  every 

part 
And  holdft  the  vaft  frame  clofcthat  nothing  ftart 
From  the  due  Plact  and  Office  firR  ordain'd. 
\^y  Thee  were  all  things  Made,  and  CLVQfu/liiin^d, 
Som.ctimes  wee  fee  the  fully ;  and  can  fay 
From  hence  thou  took'eftihyR//e,  andwent'ft 

that  way ; 
Put  ofrner  the  fhort  beams  o^Keafons  Eye , 
See  onely,  Thei-e  thou  art-,  not  HoiVy  nor  f4^by. 
How  is  the  I«<ifl'/?(j»f ,  Natures  fu btle  pride , 
By  the  rude  Iron  woo*d>  and  made  a  Bride  ? 
How  was  the  fVeapunzLfounded}  what  hid  Flame 
The  ftrong  and  conquering  ^^etal  overcame  ? 
Love  (this  Worlds  ^r<ji:*)exalts  his  2Sf^ jf «r^/ flate; 
He  feels  thee5l,o'Y^,and  feels  no  more  his  Weight. 
Ye  learned  Heads,  whom  Isy garUrtds  grace  , 
Why  does  that  twining  plant  the  0«^  embrace ; 
The  at  ;^  for  court  f  hip  molt  of  all  unfits 
And  rough  as  are  the  Winds  that  fight  with  it  ? 
How  does  the  abfent  Pole  the  Needle  move  ? 
Kow  does  his  Cold  and  Ice  beget  hot  Loye  f 

Which  , 


FookIL   offheTroubleso/Dcivid.    6f 

Which  arc  the  iVinpoi Li irhfneP to  zCccnd  ? 
Or  why  does  Weight  to  th'Ctvj^r*  downwards 

bend  ? 
Thus  Creatures  void  o^Life  obey  thy  La\vs> 
And  fcldom  n'e,  t/jeyncvev  know  the  Caufe. 
In  thy  large  ihtc ,  Ltfe  gives  the  next  degree , 

6  Where i«^7)/e  ,  ;xnd  Good  Jpparentphcesihcc , 
But  thy  chief  P^Ajc*  is  Mans  Neurt  alone  , 
Here  are  thy  Tr;MW/>/;5,and  full  glories  fhown, 

'   Handfome  De/irei,  and  Ktft  about  thee  flee  9 
Union.,  Inkarence^  Zealand  Exta/ie. 
Thouland  with  Joys  clufter  around  thine  head, 
O're  which  a  gall-lefsDot/*  her  wings  does  fprcad,,- 
A  gentle  Lamb^  purer  and  whiter  farre 
Than  Confciences  of  thine  own  Martyrs  are, 
Lies  at  thy  feet ;  a;:d  thy  right  hand  docs  holi 
The  myftick  Sctfterofa-Crofso^Gold. 
Thus  do'eil:  thou  rit(likeMen  e're  fin  had  fram'ed- 
A  guilty  bluih)  Nal^edj  but  not  AfhiXni'ed. 
What  caufe  then  did  the  fab'ulous  Ancients  find^ 
When  firft  their  fuperftition  made  the  blind} 
*r  was  They^  alas,  'c  was  They  who  could  not  fee  5 
\^^hen  they  mirtook  that  Mcnfter^  LuB ,  for  Thee^^, 
Thou  art  a  bright,  but  not  confuming  flame  5 
Such  in  th'amazcd  Bufh  to  Uofes  came  5 
When  that  fecure  its  new-crown'd  head  did  rear. 
And  chid  the  trembling  Branches  necdlefs  fear. 
Thy  Darts  of  healthful  Gold^znd  down  wards  fall- 
Soft  as  the  Feathers  thattheyVc  flercht  withaL 
Suchj  and  no  other,  were  thofe  fecrct  Darts , 
Which  fwectly  toucht  this  nobleft  pair  ofHearJSa  • 
Still  to  one  end  they  both  fo  jurtly  drew  , 
As  courteous  Do-v^i  together  jokM  woultfdo» 
Ko  weight  of  iyirr^ did  on  one  fide  prevailed 
Two  Tivins  lefs  even  lie  in  Natures  S'cale.- 
They  mingled  fates,  and  both  in  each  did  fhare  3 
They  both  were  Servant s^^they  bothPrws«s  were. 
Jf  at)/ Joy  to  one  of  them  was  fcnt  3 


68      'Da.widQiSy  J  Sacred  Poem. 

It  was  moft  his,  to  whom  it  leaft  was  meant » 
And  forcuneSj  malice  betwixt  both  was  croft  , 
,  For  ftriking  one ,  it  wounded  th'other  moft. 
Never  did  Marriage  fuch  true  Union  find. 
Or  mens  defires  with  fo  glad  violence  bind  ? 
For  there  is  ftill  f^me  tinflure  left  o^Sin^ 
AndftilltheifAfwill  needs  be  ftealing  in. 
Thofe  joys  are  full  of  drols,  and  thicKcr  farre  > 
Thefe,  without  matter,  clear  and  liquid  are. 
Such  /acred  Lo-xe  does  heaven  bright  Spirits  filj 
Where  Love  is  but  to  Under ftandSind  WiU^ 
With  fwift  and  unfeen  Motions  ;  fuch  as  We 
Some  what  exprefs  inheightned  Charitie. 
Oye  hlefi  one !  whofe  Loveon earth  became 
So  pure  that  ftil  in  Hea'^'^en  't  is  but  the  fame  ! 
There  now  ye  fit ,  and  Cvirh  mixt  fouls  embrace^ 
Gazing  upon  great  Lo'^es  myfterious  Face, 
And  pity  this  bafe   world  where    Frimdjhip'l 

made 
A  hait  for  fin,  or  elfe  at  beft  a  Trade. 
Ah  wondrous  Prince  1  who  a  true  Friend  could'fl 

be, 
When  a  Crown  Flatter''ed^8c  Saul threatnedThec] 
Who  held'fthim  dear,whofeyif<irJihy  birth  did 

crofs ! 
And  bought'ft  him  nobly  at  a  Kin^sdoms  lof[ 
Jfra*eh  bright  Scepter  far  lefs  glory  brings ; 
There  have  been  fewer  Friends  on  earth  than 

Kings. 
To  this  ftrage  pitch  their  high  affeftions  flewj 
Till  Natures  felf  fcarce  look'd  on  them  as  Two, 
Hither  flics  Dayid  for  advice  and  ayde, 
As  (wift  as  Love  and  Danger  could  perfwadei 
As  fafe  in  J^^^^J^'iwJtruft  his  thoughts  remain 
As  when  himfelf  but  dreams  theoio're  again. 
My  deareft  Lor^>fare\vel  (faid  he  f  farewel; 
Hc'aven  bl efs  the  Kin^',rv^y  no  misfortune  tell 
Th'injullicc  of  his  lute,  when  I  am  dcad^ 

They're 


Book  II.   oftheTrouhfesofD^kvi^.    69 

1  hey're  coming  novT,pcrhaps-,  my  guilclefs  head 
Fee  in  your  fight,  perhaps,  muft  bleeding  ly , 
y\nii  (carcc  your  own  ftand  fafe  for  being  nigh. 
1  hink  me  not  fcar'ed  with  De^th ,  howere't  ap- 
pear, 
I  know  thou  can'fl  notthink  (o  :  t'js  a  fear 
From  which  thy  l.ove  y  and  Dammm  fpeaks  mg 

freej 
rhave  met  him  face  to  face,  and  ne're  could  fc« 
One  terrour  in  his  looks  to  make  mefy 
\V  hen  Vertue  bids  mQJUnd;  but  1  would  dy 
So  as  becomes  my  hife  \  (o  as  may  prove 
Jrtft/f  Af«j/;V#,and  atleaft  excufeyourLow. 
He  ftopt ,  and  fpoke  fome  paflion  with  hi> 
eyes. 
Excellent  Friend  (the  gallant  Trince  replyes) 
Thou  haft  fo  prou'd'thy  Virtues,  that  they're 

known 
To  all  good  men,  more  then  to  eacK  his  own* 
M'  ho  lives  in  ifrael-i  that  can  doubtful  be 
Of  thy  great  actions  ?  for  he  lives  by  Thee, 
Such  is  thy  Valour •i^^v\|^  thy  vaft/MCf-/5, 
That  all  things  but  thy  Loy</7arele(s. 
And  fhould  my  Father  at  thy  ruine  aim, 
Twould  wound  as  much  his  Safety  as  his  Famf, 
t  Urn.   fj-piij^ij  them  not  coming  then  to  flay  thee  here^- 
***  ^*     But  doubt  mifhaps,  as  little  as  you  feare. 
lor  by  thy  loving  God  who  e're  dcfigri 
Againft  thy  Life  mu  ft  (hike  at  it  through  Mine, 
But  I  my  royal  Father  muft  acquit 
From  fuch  bafe  guilt,  or  the  low  thought  of  it. 
Th'.nk  on  his  fofcnefs  when  from  death  he  freed: 
The  faithlefs  Kin^^  of  \fnalecl^s  cur Ccd  feed  j 
Gan  heto'a  Fnend^t^i* i  Son  fo  bloudy  grow. 
He  whoev'n  fin'd  but  now  to  fparc  a  Foe^ 
Admit  he  could;  but  with  what  ftrcngrh  or  ar£ 
Could  he  fo  long  clofc,  and  feal  up  his  heart  t 
Such  counfcls-jcalous  of  themfelves  become, 


yo  DawideiSyA  Sacred  Poem.  Book  II. 

And  dare  not  fix  without  confent  of  fome. 
lew  men  Co  boldly  ill,  great  fins  to  do , 
X  $am      "^''^  licens'cd  and  approv'ed  by  others  too, 
20,  z!     No  more  (believe 'tj  could  he  hide  this  trommCp 
Then  /,  had  he  difcover'd  it,  from  Thee. 

Here  they  embraces  join,  and  almoft  tears  ; 
Till  gentle  Dayidzhus  new  provM  his  fears. 
The  praife  you  pleas'd  (great  Prtnce)  on  me  to 

ipend 
Was  all  out-  fpoken  when  you  ftil'd  me  friend. 
That  name  alone  does  dang'crous  glories  bring. 
And  gives  excufe  to  tlT'^n-v;  of  a  fCin^. 
"What  did  his  Spear  ,  force,  and  dark  plots  impart 
But  fo'pe  etetnal  rancour  in  his  heart  ? 
Still  does  he  glance  the.fortune  of  that  day 
When  drown'd  in  his  own  blood  Gcluth  lay , 
And  covered  hi  If  the  plain  ;  flill  hears  the  found 
How  that  vaft  Monfter  fell  5  and  ftrook  the 

ground  : 
The  Trance,  and,  Davi.i  his  ten  thou fani flew  , 
Still  wound  his  fickly  foul,  and  ftill  are  new. 
Great  a£ls  f'ambitious  Princes  Treafons  grow. 
So  much  they  hate  that  Safety  which  they  ovj  , 
Tyrants  dread  all  whom  they  raifc  high  in  place  f 
From  the  Good,  danger  j  from  the  Bad,  dif^race. 
They  doubt  the  Lords,  miflruft  the  Peoples  hate^     iv. 
Till  Bhad  become  a  Principle  o{ State. 
Secured  nor  by  the»r  Guards,  nor  by  their  Ri^^ht , 
But  Oi'.l  they  Bearev'cn  more  then  they  Jfri^hfJ 
Pardon  me,'  Sir,  your  Father's  rough  and  ftcrn: 
His  fVill  too  (trong  to  bend,  coo  proud  to  learn. 
Remember,  Sir,  the  Honey's  deadly  fiing ; 
Think  on  chat  favagejuftice  of  the  Kinv. 
When  the  fame  day  that  fasv  you  do  before 
Things   above  Man,  fhould  fee  you  Man  no 


I  Si 


*T  is  true  th^lccurfcd  Av^^g  mov'cd  his  truth  , 
He  pitied  his  tall  Limbs  and  comely  youth 

07  Had 


Book  II.  ofthe  Troubles  of  DoiVidi,     ji 

Haii  fccn,  alas  the  proof  of  heav'ens  fierce  hate  , 
And  fcar'd  no  mifchief  from  his  powerlefs  fate. 
Remember  how  th'o'd  Seer  came  raging  down  3 
And  taught  h'm  boldly  to  fufpefl  his  Crown. 
Since  then  hiv  pride  quakes  ^iiW  ^Imi^hties  rod. 
Nor  dares  he  love  the  man  bclov'ed  by  God. 
Hence  his  deep  rage  and  trembling  fnt^fprings^ 
Nothing  fo  wild  as  Jc'tloufit:  of  Kings. 
Whom  ihould  he  counfel  afk,  with  whom  ad- 

vifej 
Who  Ke,ijon  and  Gods  counfel  docs  defpife , 
Whofe  head  ftrong  will  no  Law  or  Confcience 

daunt, 
Bares  he  not  fin ,  do'you  think  ,  without  your 

grant? 
Yes ,  if  the  truth  of  owr  fixt  love  he  knew , 
He  w  Hild  not  doubt,  believe'tjto  kill  ev'enj<9« 

The  Prince  is  mov'cd,&ttraighr  prepares  to  find 
The  deep  refolves  of  his  griev'd  Fathers  mind. 
The  danger  now  appears,  L^t^e  can  (boon  fliow'tj 
And  force  his  Stubborn  piety  to  know't 
They'agrec  that  Dayid  (hould  conccalM  abide  , 
Till  his  great  friend  had  the  Courts  temper  try'edj 
Till  he  had  i'/xw/j  mod  fecretpurpofc found  , 
And  fearchtthe  depth  and. rancour  of  his  wound. 
'T  was  the  years  feventh  born  Mooni  thefo- 
♦;  lemn  Fe^ih 

That  with  moft  noi(e  its  facred  mirth  expreft. 
From  op'cning  Morn  till  night  fliuts  in  the  day  , 
On  Trumpets  zndjhriB  Horns  the  Le-vites  play. 
^   Whether  by  this  in  myilick  Type  we  fee 
The  Nezu-years-Dayof^reat  Eiernitie^ 
When  the  chang'd  Moon  Ihall  no  more  changes 

J  ^   And  fcatter'd  Deafhs  by  Trumpets  found  awake, 
.5^,^    Or  that  the  Lazv  be  kept  in  Mem'ory  ftill , 
Gi/en  with  like  noifc  on  Sina*s  fhining  Hill , 
}  I   Or  that  (as  fome  men  teach;  it  did  arifc 

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72   D  avideis,  A  Sacred  Poem.  Book  IF . 

From  faithfull  Arams  righteous  S.icrijicey 
Who  \vhilft  the  K  am  on  ifaac's  fire  did  fry. 
His  Horn  with  joyful  tunes  ftood  founding  by, 
Obfcure  the  Cauje;  but  God  his  will  declat'cdj 
And  all  nice  knowledge  then  with  eafe  is  fpar'cd 
At  the  third  hour  Siulzo  thehallowed  Tent 
Mid  ft  a  large  train  ofPriefts  and  Courtiers  went; 
Thee  facred  //fr</marcht  proud  and  foftly  byj 
Too  fat  and  gay  to  think  their  deaths  fo  nigh. 
^3    Hard  fate  of  Beafts ,  more  innocent  then  IVe  I 
Prey  to  our  Lux'urj^  and  our  Pietie  I 
Whofeguiltlcfs  blood  on  boards  and  Altars  fpilt> 
Serves  both  to  MaJ^e^,  and  ExfiatetQo  our  guilt ! 
Three  bullocks  offree  neck,  two  guilded  Rams, 
'*♦  Two  wcll-wafht  Goats ^  and  fourteen  fpotlcfs 

Lambs , 
With  the  three  vital  fruits.  Wine,  Oyl,  and  Breai^ 
(Small  fees  to  heav'en  of  all  by  which  we're  fedj 
ArcofFerd'd  upj  the  allowed  flames  arife , 
And  faithful  pray'rs  mount  with  them  to  the 

fkies. 
From  thence  the  King  to  th'outmoft  Court  li 
^  brought, 

Where  heav'enly  things  an  mfpit'cd  Prophet 

taught, 
And  from  the  facred  Tent  to'his  Palace  gates, 
Withgladkindihoutsth'Aflcmbly  on  himwai- 

tes; 
The  chearful  //<7rw5beforc  him  loudly  play^ 
And  frefli- ft rewd"' flowers  paint  his  triumphant 

way. 
Thus  in  flow  State  to  th'  Palace  HaDthey  gOj 
Rich  drcft  for  folemn  Luxury  Sind  Show^  ; 

1^  Ten  pieces  of  bright  Tapefi^ry  hung  the  room. 
The  nobleft  work  e're  ftretcht  on  Syrian  loom  $ 
For  wealthy  Adrt'el'm  proud  Sjdon  wrought 
I  San   And  giv'en  to  Saul  when  Sauk  heft  gift  h 
«8.  i^  jTought 


t 


48 


^ .    In  the  next  piece  bJcft  Salems  my  ftick  King 
Does  facred  Prefcnts  to  the  Vidor  bring; 


Book  II.  of  the  Troubles  ofDsLv'id.     75 

Thebright-ey'J  Merah;  for  that  mindful  day. 
Noo'^nament  To  proper  feem'd  asthay. 
f  7        There  all  old  A.brams  ftory  yon  might  fecj 
18    And  ftill  foinc  >rf/>;/e/  bore  him  companie. 
His  painful,  but  well- guided  Travels,  fhow 
The  fate  of  all  his  Sons,  the  Cbuuh  below. 
gQ   Here  be  mteous  Sar<%  to  great  Pharao  came, 
Heblufht  withfudden^tf/^'3^,  f he  withy^aw^j 
Troubled  f he  feemM,  and  lab'oring  in  the  llrife 
Twixt  her  ovrn  Honor ^:ix\<i  her  Husbands  Life, 
Here  on  a  conqu'enng  Hofl  that  carelefs  lay, 
DroNvnM  in  the  )oys  of  their  new  gotten  prey  9 
The  Patriarch  falls  5  well  mingled  might  yoii 

fee 
The  confus'd  marks  of  Death  and  Luxury. 

Like  him  whofe  Type  he  bears ,  his  rights  recei^ 

ves  j 
Stri(f\ly-rcquireshis  Due ,  yet  {ree]y  i^iyet^ 
Ev'en  in  his  port ,  his  habit,  and  his  face  ; 
The  Mild ,  and  Great ,  the  Prieft  and  Prince  had 
place. 

itH.if,   Here  aH  their  ftarryhoft  the  heavens  difplay;  ' 
And ,  Lo ,  an  heay'enly  ^outh  ,  more  fair  then 

they, 
Leads  ^brani  forth  j  points  upwards  j  fuch  faid 
""■'^'  he. 

So  bright  and  numberlcTs  thy  iV#//fhall  be. 
^    Here  he  with  God  a  new  Miame  makes, 

^  And  in  his  flefhtlic  marks  of  W(7wa^f  takes;  ' 

Here  he  the  three  myfterious;>.^r/^^j  feaftsj 
^  Well  gayd  with  joyful  tidings  by  his  Guefis, 
Y"-       Here  for  the  '■jjick.e'ltown  lie  prays,  and  near 
\er.  10    Scarce  did  the  -^icJ^ei  town  through  FUmes  ap- 
r«,i8.  peir. 

h;  ,g,^   And   all  his  Vate  ,   and  all   his  Deehs  were 
\u     *  wrought. 

Since 


I 

74    of  the  Troubles  of  Dsivldj  Book  IT.  I 

Since  he  from  *  Vr  to  *  Epbrons  cave   was 
*c^n,  brought. 

II.  J.I .    But  none  'mongft  all  the  forms  drew  then  their 
*  G*».  eyes- 

o'etzz.    Like  faithful  ^irawj  righteous  Jrtcri^c?. 

2,7   The  (ad  old  man  mounts  flowly  to  the  place, 
*vr.3.      With  A7at«r?y  power  triimphant  in  his  face 
O're  the  Minds  courage ;  for  in  fpight  of  all 
yer.  6.     From  his  fwoln  eyes  refiftlefs  waters  fall. 
. ,;  *^    Tlie  inno'cent  Boy  his  cruel  burthen  bore. 

With  fmiling  looks,  and fometimes  walk'd be- 
fore. 
And  fometimes  turned  to  talk;  above  was  madCr' 
''*'■'  9»     The  Jlltars  fatal  Pile ,  and  oh  it  laid 
*9   The  Hope  oi Mankind ;  patiently  he  lay  9 
And  did  his  "^yre ,  as  he  his  God,  obey. 
y^r,  10,   ji^g  mournful  Syre  lifts  up  ac  laft  the  knife  , 
And  on  one  moments  ftring  depends  his  t^e 
In  whofc  young  loyns  fuch  broodings  -fonder*' 

A  thoufand  Spir'its  peep'd  from  th'afFrighted 

sky. 
Amaz'ed   at  this   firange  Scene ;   and  almofl 

fear'd* 
For  all  thofe  joyful  Propbe/tes  they'd  hea'rd. 
fir,  1 1,  Till  077*  leapt  nimbly  forth  by  Go^j  command 

Like  Lightning  from  a  Cioud ,  and  ftopt  his  hand* 
The  gentle  Spirit  fmil'ed  kindly  as  he  fpoke , 
New  beames  of  joy  through  v^^^r^mi  wondci 
broke. 
y<r,  1 3»  The  Angel  points  to'a  tuft  of  bufhcs  near , 

W  here  an  entangled  Ram  does  half  appear  ,' . 
And  ftruggles  vainly  with  that  fatal  net , 
Which  though  but  fiightly  wrought ,  was  firmlf 

fef. 
For,  10,  anon,  to  this  fad  glory  doom'd  , 
The  ufeful  Beafi  on  Jf^ac's  File  confBm'ed  ; 

whiia 


!• 


31 


30 


Book  11.  of  the  Troubles  of'D:mdi.     jf 

Wh\\\\  on  his  Hsrns  the  ra^'fom'ed  couple  plaid  3 
And  the  ghd  Boy  danc'd  to  the  tunes  he  made. 

Near  this  fJ^il/s  end  a  Shittnn  Tabic  flood  ; 
Yet  well-wrought  plate  Ihove  to  conceal  the 

^vood , 
For  from  the  foot  a  golden  vine  did  fprout  > 
And  caft  his  fruitful  riches  all  about. 
Well  might  that  beauteous  Ore  the  Grapt  ex- 

prcfs , 
Vhich  does  weak  Man  intoxicate  no  lefs. 
Ofthe  fame  wood  the  guildedbeds  were  made  3 
And  on  them  large  embroidered  carpets  laid , 
From  E^^ypt  the  right  (hop  of  foi^jw  brought , 
But  Arts  of  Prifh  all  Nations  foon  are  taught. 
Behold  fev'en  comely  blooming  Fo«r^J  appear," 
•  ,    A  nd  in  their  hands  fev'en  (ilver  ivafhpots  bear , 
CurI'd,  and  gay  clad;the  choiceft  Sons  that  be 
OfG/^w;75race,  and  i'/rtveJ  of  high  degree. 
Seven   beauteous   Maids  marcht  foftly  in  be- 
hind; 
Bright  fcarfs  their  cloathes ,  their  hair  frefli  Gar- 
lands bind, 
And  whilftthe  Pr/'/jref  wafh,  they  on  them  fhed 
J*   Rich    Oyntments  ,  which    their  coftly  odours 
rpread. 
0*re  the  whole  room*,  from  their  Cm^llprrfoni 

free 
With  fuch  glad  hafte  through  the  wide  air  they 
flee. 
, ,   The  King  was  plac'ed  alone,  and  o're  his  head 
«„,     A  well- wrought  Heav*en  of  (ilk  and  gold  was 
if-         fpread. 
Azure  the  ground ,  the  Sun  in  gold  fhone  bright , 
But  pierc'd    the    wandring  Clouds  with  (ilver 

Ifght. 
The  right  hand  bed  the  Kings  three  Sons  did 

grace, 
The  third  was  Ahnersy  Adriels^  Day  ids  place. 

And 


7^    oftheTrouhlesofDavid.  Book  I 

And  twelvelarge  Tables  more  were  filPdbelov 
"With  the  prime  men  SauU  Court  and  Camp  coul 

fhow  5 
The  palace  did  w'whinirth  and  mu/ici^  found  , 
34   And  the  crowrCd  jfohlets  nimbly  mov'ed  arounc 
But  though  bright  joy  in  every  ^neft  did  f  hine  i 
The  plenty,  ftatc,  mufick,  and  fprightful  wine 
Were  loft  on  Safth^  an  angry  care  did  dwell 
Inhis  dark  breft,  and  all  gay  forms  cxpell. 
I  Sam.   Dayids  unufual  abfence  from  the  feaft , 
so.  26.    Xo  his  fick  Spir'it  did  jealous  thoughts  fuggeft. 
*'*         Long  lay  he  ftiil ;  nor  drank,  nor  eat,  nor  (poke 
Andthusatlaft  his  troubled  (ilence  broke. 
Where  can  he  be?  faid  hcj  It  muft  be  fo : 
With  that  he  paus'd  awhile ;  Too  well  we  kno 
His  boundlefs  pride :  he  grieves  and  hates  toft 
The  folemn  triumphs  of  my  Court  and  Me. 
Believe  me,  friends,  and  truft  what  1  can  (how 
From  thoufand  proofs,  th*ambitious  Day  id  no' 
Poes  thofe  vaft  things  in  his  proud  foul  defign 
That  too  rruch  bufinejs  give  for  Mr»  th  Wine, 
He's  kindling  now  perhaps,  rebellious  fire 
Amone  the  Tribes^  and  does  cv'nnow  confpire 
Againft  my  Crozun,  and  all  our  Li-xtSy  whilit  we 
Are  loth  ev'en  to/«^«5,  what  we  might  See. 
ZS    '^y  iht  Great  Name,  WstxuQ. 

W "ith  that  he  ftrook  the  board  ,  and  no  ma 
there 
I  Sam.     B^jt  ygnaibi»n  durft  undertake  to  clear 
2o  28.    ^j^^  blamelefs  trtnce  j  and  fcarce  ten  words  h 
fpoke , 
when  thus  his  fpeech  th'enraged  T>r«nt  broke. 
5^  Difloyal  Wretch  !  thy  gentle  Mothers [hamt 

^•50-     "whofe  cold  pale  Ghofl  ev'en  bluihes  at  th 
rtitme  I 
Who  fears  le(t  her  chaft  bed  (hould  doubted  b( 
And  her  white  fame  ftain'd  by  black  deeds  c 

thee  I 

Can'l 


Book  II.   of  the  Troubles  of DtkviL    77 

Can'ft  thou  be  Mine  ?  a  Crown  fometimes  does 

hire 
Ev'en  Sons  againft  their  Parents  to  confpirc , 
BucneVcdidlioryyec ,  or  fable  tell 
Of  one  fo  wild,  who  meerly  to  Rebel 
Quitted  th'unqueftion'ed  htrthnght  of  a  Throne^ 
And  bo.i^ht his  Fathers ruine  with  his  oivn : 
Thou  nced'ft  not  plead  th'ambitious  joiitbs  dc« 

fence ; 
Thy  crime  clears  his ,  and  makes  that  Innocence^ 
Nor  can  his  foul  I n^r at ittirle  appear  , 
Whilrt  thy  t4nr)aturalxutlt  is  plac'cd  fo  near. 
Is  this  not  noble  Frienljhip  you  pretend  f 
Mine,  thine  own  Foe,  and  thy  worft  En'emisS 

Friend  ? 
If  thy  low  fpirit  can  thy  great  hirthrij^ht  quit  9 
The  thing's  but  juft»  fo  ill  deferv'ei^  thou  it. 
2,  and  thy  Brethren  here  have  no  fuch  mind  ; 
Nor  fuch  prodigious  worth  in  Dayid  find , 
That  we  to  him  Ihould  our  juft  rights  refign  ^ 
Or  think  Gods  cb»ice not  madefo  well  as  Thme* 
Shame o( thy  Houfeznd  Tribe [  htnc^t^tommmt 

Eye, 
To  thy  falfe  Friend,  and  fervile  Uafler  fly  j 
He's  ere  this  time  inarms  expefting  thee  3 
Hafte,  for  thofe  arms  are  rais'ed  to  ruine  Met* 
Thy  fin  that  way  \y\\\nebier  much  appear , 
Then  to  remain  his  Spy  and  ^gent  here. 
When  I  think  this,  Nature  by  thee  forfook  ■ 
Forfakes  me  too.  With  that  his  fpear  he  took 
K/r.33.  -j-Q  ftrikeat  him  ;  the  mirth  and  mufickceafe; 
The  guefts  all  rife  this  fudden  ftorm  t'appeafe  i 
37   The  Prince  his  danger,  and  his  duty  knew  ; 
"*  34«    And  low  he  bow*d,  and  filently  withdrew. 
To  D«t//,iftrairj  who  in  a  foreft  ni^h 
'^^'   Waits  his  advice ,  the  royal  Friend  does  fly. 
The  fole  advice,  now  like  the  danger  clear  , 
Was  in  fome  foreign  land  this  ftorm  t'outwcar. 

All 


yS  jy^iWideis^t^Sacred Poem.  Bookll 

A  U  marks  of  comely  grief  in  both  are  feen ; 
„  „    ,    And  mournful  kind  difcourfcs  paft  between. 

ytr,  J\Z^      —  _       -      .        ^     • 


I 

r 


1. 
a. 

.6. 


Now  generous  tears  their  hafty  tongues  reftrain  ^ 
Now  they  begin,  and  talk  all  o're  again. 
A  reverent  Oath  of  conftant  love  they  take  ,        \^ 
And  Gods    high  name  their   dreaded   ijiwej. 

make  3 
Not  that  at  all   their  faiths  could   doubtfu 

prove ; 
But 't  was  the  tedious  ;t^a/of  endlefs  Love. 
Thus  e*re  they  part,  they  the  fhort  timcbeftov 
In  all  the   pomp    frtendfhip  and   Grhf  couli 

fhow  I 
And  D^-tf/inow  tvjth  doubtful  cares  opprcft, 
Beneath  a  fhadc  borrows  fome  little  reft ; 
"When  by  command  divine  thick  mi(is  ari(e , 
And  ftop  the  Smfe ,  and  clofe  the  conque'rec 

eyes. 
3S  There  is  a  place  which  Mtin  moft  high  dott 

rear , 
Iht fmaU iVoilds  Heciv*n y  where  Rcafon  move! 

the  Sp  hare. 
Here  in  a  robe  which  does  all  colours  fhow , 
(Th'cnvy  of  birds  ,  and  the  clouds  g^wdy  how] 
Pbarife  ,   wild  Dann  ,    with  much  lafcivious 

pride 
By  twin  Camelions  drawn,  does  gaily  ride. 
Her  coach  there  follows,  and  throngs  round 

about 
Of  fhapes  and  airy  Vernii  an  endlefs  rout. 
A  Sea  rowls  on  with  harmlefs  fury  here ; 
Straight 't  is  jLJidd,  and  trees  and  herbs  appearc.    ^ 
Here  in  a  moment  are  vaft  Armies  made , 
And  a  quick  Jcfi^^of  war  and  blood  difplaid 
Here  fparkling  luineSy  and  brighter  Maids  com© 

The  baiijds  hvfenfe  and  lying  baits  of_/7». 

Some 


k 


Book.  II.  ofthe  Troubles  of  Dv/id.     79 

J 9   Some  things  arifc  of  ftrange  and  quarr'elljng 
kind, 
The  forepart  Lyorjy^ind  a  Tn.i/^e  behind  ; 
Here    golden    mountains  fwcll  the    cove'tous 
place , 
^   Avd  CenaturesvidcTkewfeNes  3ip2\nted  race. 
Oi  thefe  flight  wonders  Snture  fees  the  ftorc  ,  • 
And  onely  then  accounts  herrdf  but  poore. 

Hither  an  hngd  comes  in  Da'^ids  trance  j 
And  finds  them  mingled  in  an  antique  dance  5 
Of  all  the  numerous  forms  fit  choice  he  t.^kes. 
And  I* '-yns  then^  wifely,  and  this  Vtfion  makes. 
Firft  Day-idihtrt  appears  in  Kingly  il.ite  , 
Whilft  the  tv  elve  Tribes  his  dread  commands 
".  await ; 

y-    Straight  to  the  wars  with  his  joyn'd  ftrength  he 
goes. 
Settles  new jr i efi ds ,  and  frights  his  ancient  F«j. 
To  Soli  ma,  Cart  a'' an  sold  head,  they  came, 
(Since  high  in  note  ,  then  not  unknown    to 
Fame) 
,„.    The  Blind  and  Lame  th'unboubted   wall  de- 
fend , 
And  no  tt^u?  wounds  or  dangers  apprehend. 
Thebufic  ima^e  ofgreat  J(7.j/'  there 
Difdains  the  mock  ,  and  teaches  them  to  fear. 
He  climbs  the /?/>>' walls,  leaps  racing  down. 
New-minted  Ihapes  of  (laughter  fill  the  town. 
They  curfc  the  guards  their  mirth  and  bravely 

chofe  5 
All  of  them  now  are  flain ,  or  made  like  thofe. 
4-^  Far  through  an  inward  Scene  an  ^rnly  lay  , 
[1!  Which  with  full  banners  a  faia'  Fifh  difplay. 
20,    From  Sidon  plains  to  happy  E^ypts  coaft 
frw.  "^^^y  ^^^"^  ^li  ""'et, a  vaft  and  warlike  Horfl. 
8.  ■  Thither  haflsD/TTz/r/j  to  his  deftin'ed  prey, 
JI^noHf)  and  noble  Psn^n  lead  the  wayj 

The 


?o    of  the  Troubles  of D^vM.  Book  11. 

ver  fi    "^^^  confciols  Trees  fhook  with  a  reverent  fear 
«3',i4.'  Their  unblown  tops  ?  God  walkr  before   him 
I  Lhro.  there.  i 

'^**'*'   Slaughterthc\veariedR//)?r«/f»iborom fills,      ^ 
Dead  corps  /iw^o^<  the  •v*i//\vith  hnhhtUs. 
44   On  rh'other  fide  Jo//7fi^ei  mighty  Kng 
I  *-""      Numberlefs  troops  of  the  bleft  £rti?does  bring: 
iLhro,    Twice arehis  men  cut  off, and chaiiotsta'ne  j 
i8  ^      D^fWflr/cM^  and  rich  ^^<i^  help  in  vain.  ; 

4f   Here  Nitbathaan  troops  m  battel  ftand  , 
4^    With  all  the  lufty  youth  of  J>n«r)  land; 
z'sL^*     Undaunted  3^'''*^  rufhes  on  with  fpced  >  ^ 

10.6.      Gallantly  mounted  on  hj5  fiery  fteedi  4 

jchron.   He  hews  down  all  5  and  dea's  his  deaths  around  j 
^'19.8.  The  Brians  leave,  or  pofiefs  'ead  the  ground. 
*^er.  10.  On  th'other  wing  doei  brave  jlhijhm  ride 
Reeking  in  blood  and  dul^ ;  on  every  fide 
The  perjur'd  fotis  of  y^mmon  quit  che  field , 
Some  bafcly  //f,  and  fome  more  bafely  yield,. 
Through  a  thick  w<^od  the  wretched  lictnun  flieS; 
And  far  more  juftlv  then  fears  Hebrew  Spies.  j 

47    Moifxh,  the!'  bloody  God,  thrufts  out  his  head  ,  ^ 
IS'"".    Grinnmg  through  a  black  cloud;  him  theyMlonj 

;^;-^-  fed 

19. 3.  In  his/eV»  Ch  amber  s^^rtd  he  ft  ill  did  eat 

Ncw-io;ifted  babtSi  his  dear,  delicious  meat. 

yer  If.  A^a  n they' n rife,  moreang'red  than  difmaid; 

*  ^'"'^^'  Et^phrates^  ai  'A  S-^tft  T;^r«  fends  them  aid  : 

*^  is  l^^     inthev  fend  It,  for  again  they're  flan, 

AC  And  ftaft  the  greedy  birds  on  Helay  phm. 

50  Here  R  ablx*  with  proud  towers  affronts  the  f ky 

a  s«m.  And  roun  d  about  great  Joabs  trenches  ly . 

«••  "•  They  force  the  walls,  and  fack  the  helplefstowr 

^ '  On  Vavih  head  fhines  Ammons  maify  Crown. 

'  ^^''"'  M  idft  various  torments  the  curft  race  expires , 

I  Sam,  j)avid  htmfelf  his  fev  ere  wrath  admires. 
1Z.3 «..        j^g^f  ^,r)on  ifra^els  throne  does  bravely  fit 

lo"-"'  A  comely  routh  endow'd  with  wondrous  wit. 


\1\ 


Book  1 1,    of  the  Troubles  c/Dayid.     8 1 

'3    Far  from  the  parched  Line  a  royal  Dame  , 

•'  •   To  hear  his  tongue  and  bouriiilcfs  wifiom  came. 

..*    She  carried  b.ick  in  her  triumphant  vjomb 

:  I    The  glorious  ftock  of  thoufjnd  Kin^s  to  come. 

"*•    Here  brighteft  forms  his  pomp  and  wealth  diP» 

;.  play , 

;     Here  they  a  Temples  vaft  foundations  lay. 
A  mighty  work;  and  with  fit  glories  fill'i. 
For  God  i'inlmbtt ,  and  that  Km^  to  b  ild. 
Some  from  the  quarrries  hew  out  maffy  ftone  , 
Some  draw  it  up  with  cranes  y  fome  breathe  and 

»•  grone 

„^   In  ordero're  thcanvile  5  fome  cut  down 

Tall  Cei.trs,  the  pr'->ud  Monntains  ancient  crown; 

■^    Some  carve  the  Truncks  ,  sand  br sat hirjf  Jhapes 

^'  befiow , 

GiviniTthe  Trees  move  /f/ethen  when  they ^fou;  ; 

•    Bur,  oh  (alas)  what  fudd:'n cloud  is  fpread 
About  thus  glorious  Kmi>sechpfedhe^d  ' 
It  ai!  his  fame  benights,  and  all  h"S  ftore , 
Wrapping  him  round  ,  and  now  he's  ken  no 
more. 
Whe?i    ftraight   his   Son  appears  at   Sichem 

•»•  crown'd. 

With  young  an^  heedlc^>rownc;7 circled  round; 

Unfee-niv  ohjccl: !  bu:  a  falling  ftnte 

Has  aUvavs  its  own  errours  joynM  with  f.ite. 

^    Ten  Tribes  at  unce  forrake  the  Jeffum  throne  , 

'^'    And  bold  ^4doram  ar  his  MclTage  flione  ; 

;;   Ureib-en  of  ifraeli more  he  fain  would 

fay. 


J«/tfc^  co-res  up,  and  under  his  command 
A  d:-:;;idf  I  Arr>;>from  fcorcht  Afm^j  fand 
M  number Ufi  as  th^t  j  all  is  his  prey , 
The  Temples  facrcd  wcalihthey  bear  away ; 

Af/r^f- 


8  2.     Da vldcis,  A  Sacred  Poem. 

JJ  Mrazars  fhields  and  goldcns  lofs  they  take  ; 
12.  To!    Ev'n  Dii-vid  in  his  dream  does  fwcat  and  f  hat 
zchron.    xhus  fails  this  wrethed  Prince  j  his  Leyns  arppe 
iKjlg.'   Of  lefs  iL'etght  now,  then  Solom»ns  Fingers  wei 
ly .  I.  Abijah  next  feeks  ]Jra*el  to  regain , 

i<;iro/,.    ^^j  ^^f  j^  ij^  fg^jj  of  Blood  his  Fathers  flain  j 


An 
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il 


ly .  I.  Abijah  next  leeks  ljra*el  to  regain , 

i<;iro/;.    ^^j  ^^(-j^  ij^  fg^jj  of  Blood  his  i-at^^ri 

*-    *^   N'ere  favv  the  aged  Sun  fo  cruel  fight , 
^ ,  J.     Scarce  fa^v  he  th^t  but  hid  his  bafhful  light. 
g.  Kebats  cur(^  Ton  fled  with  not  half  his  men , 

\f'""'    Where  were  hisGor/jof  O^nand  J?f ?/;f/ then  ? 

Yet  could  not  this  the  fatal  ftrife  decide  ; 

God  punijht  one ,  but  hle^  not  th'other  fide. 
xKmg,         ^1'^^  ^  -^^ ^^^  vertuous  Prince fucceeds ; 

^._  H igh  rais'd  by  fame  for  great  and  Godly  deed 

acArort.  He  cut  the  folemn  groves  where  Idols  flood, 

»4-  I-  Ki\d.Sacrific*«di\\QGodsW\ih\.ht\iO'V)n'UJOod, 

'xchr^n,  K^  vanquifht  thus  the  proud  weak  powers 
I4-3-  hell, 

Before  him  next  their  doating  fervams  fell. 

58  So  huge  an  Wo{ioi  Zerahs  men  he  flew, 

ftCA; Pff.  y^s  made  e v'en  that  krabia  Defet  t  too. 

'*  9-  -y^rj^y  hi>^x'<i  he  rhen  the  perjur'd  Baafha*s  figh 

icA^flf  Or  bought  the  dangerous  aydof  i^r/Ws  migh 

16.  a.*  Conqueji  RtVfQns gift ,  cannot  by  man  be  fol. 

"J^-'  ^  Alas,  what  •^f.i/^we/Ttrufts  he  ?  Uan  and  G«/i. 
jg/g"*        Next  Jofafbat  pofleft  the  royal  ftate  j 

2  /^» '^.  An  happy  Prince^  well  worthy  of  his  fate  j 

V'  *^'  His  oft  Obldtions  on  Gods  Altar  made , 

43**'  With  thoufand  flocks ,  and  thoufand  herds  t 

iChton,  paiJ^ 

2  cVo.  A  fa^7/»?7  TK»i«.ff  1  what  mad  troops  are  thofe, 

17. 1 1*.  Thofe  mighty  Troops  that  dare  to  be  his  foes  ? 

2  chro.  j^g  py,iyi  them  dead:  with  mutual  wounds  th 
"'  '''  fall ; 

1^;^^.  One  fury  brought,  one  fury  flays  them  all. 

Tcj-Io'  Thus  fits  he  ftiU ,  and  fees  himfelf  to  win ; 

1$.  19.  Never  o'recome  but  by's  Friend  Ahabs  fin  5 

Co  On  whofe  difguife  fates  then  did  onely  look ; 


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■5-  And  had  almoft  their  Gods  command  mifiool^, 
s  Him  froai  whofe danger hcav'nfccurciy brings, 
oa| .     AikI  for  his  fake  two  ripely  wicked  K.inj(S. 

l  Their  Armies  languifn,  burnt  with  thirll  at  Seeu , 
24  St^bs  all  their  Coliytean  all  their  Moij/wrf  there, 
'^-  They  fix  their  greedy  eyes  on  thVmpty  f  ky  , 
/i  And  hnC\Q clouds ,  and  (o  become  more  dry, 
1,1  Elifhii  calls  for  waters  from  afarre 
';'  To  come;  £///i&*?calls,andherc  they  are 

10.  In  helmets  they  quaff  round  the  welcome  flood  j|^ 
And  the  decrcafe  repair  with  Uoabs  blood,  j 

6i  ]ehor^%jn  next,  and  Ochoxi'^bihxoi^g 

For  Judiths  Scepter ;  hoth//jor['liy'dtoo  longl 
J  5  A  IVoman  too  from  Murther  Title  claims  ^ 
I  i.  Both  with  her  Sins  and  Stx  the  Cro-^n  fhe  fham;s.' 
'"'*  Proiid  curfed  li  sman !  but  her  fall  at  lall 

To  doubting  men  clears  heav'n  for  what  waspaft. 
JoMit  firft  does  bright  and  glorious  fhow  j 
'j^'  In  li fes  frcfii  morn  his/^twedid early  cr^? lb. 

11.  Fair  was  the  promife  of  his  dawning  ray  , 
But  Prophets  angry  blood  o're  caft  his  day. 

2?'  From  thence  his  clouds  ,  from  thence  his  dorms 

M.      begin, 

'  -^  h  cryes  aloud ,  and  twice  let's  ^ram  in. 

"^  So  ^ma^iah  lives ,  fo  ends  his  raign ; 

'^  Both  by  their  T;  ait^om  iervimsjufrly  /lain. 
rcj^  £Jom  ar  firil  dreads  his  viftorious  hand  , 
^i .  Before  him  thoufand  Captives  rrcmblino  (IjnoV 
Vor.  I^o'^^n  a  prec'ipicc  deep,  down  he  cafts^them  all, 
14/  The  tnmncl^jhapes  in  fevcral  poftures  fall. 
45  But  then  (mad  fool!  }  he  docs  thole  Go^^ndore. 
•14  Which  when  pluckt  down,  had  ivorfiipi  him  b> 

25.  Thus  all  his  life  to  come  is  Icfs  and  fharr.e  ; 

,;^^'  No  help  from  Gt?^;  who  themfclveshelpt  nctj  ca- 

67      All  rliis  Uz'^iahs  (Ircngth  and  wit  repairs, 
(53  Leaving  a  wcll-bniltgrcatnefs  to  his  h'ars. 
Xon.  Till  leprous  fcurffo're  his  whole  boJy  q::[\  , 
X  ,7/"^^^^^^  ^^i"J  2^  ^'^^  ^i'om  Meny  from  E.irth  at  lift.' 
^  ^  As 


84     Dmdclsy  J  Sacred  Poem     Book  1 1  I 

^9  As  vertuous  washisiV;?,  an  happier  far; 
2^.27  UMldin^s  his  Peace,  and  Tro/^^/tfJ gracM  his  War, 
4.         But  ^j;<i?:  heaps  up  (ins>as  if  he  meant 
zKin,    Yo  make  his  worlt  forefathers  innocent,  _  . . 

'  '     He  burns  his  Son  at  Hinon  >  whilfl  around  Jvil' 

2CA.28,  The  roaring  child  drums  and  loud  Trumpets  foun 
iKaG.t,  This  to  xhthoy  2i  bArb^  arotiS  mercy  grew, 
^  '^  ^    And  fnatcht  him  from  all  mif'tries  to  cnfue. 
2  Kin.    Here  ?eca  comes  >  and  hundred  thoufands  fall, 
16.$.     Here  Kex.in  marches  up ,  and  fweeps  up  all  ; 

^  '  Till  like  a  Sea  the  Great  Belochus  Son 
^g^  '    Breaks  upon  both,and  both  does  over-run. 
2  ^.16.  The  laft  of  Adads  ancient  ftock  is  (lain, 
7^       J/r/iV cap:iv*ed ,  and  rich  Damafcustsi'ne. 
p.e^  ,  J  All  this  wild  rage  to  revenge  Jud*as  wrong; 
i7«        But  wo  to  Kingdoms  that  have  Friends  too  llrong 

7^       Thus  Hezechiiib  the  torn  Empire  took, 
%^^o'  ^^^  ^(fi^rs  Kin^  with  his  worfe  Godi  forfook, 
2X1*8.  Who  to  poor  I«^«  worlds  of  Nations  brings; 
2  c/i.29  There  rages  ;  utters  'vain  and  Miphy  things, 
y^^  '  Some  dream  of  triumphs  ,  and  exalted  names, 
z.K.iZ.  Some  of  dear  gold,  and  fome  of  beauteous  dames 
'7-^  ^    Whilft  in  the  midft  of  their  \m2,c  fleepy  hoafiy 
*    '^^  An  ^»^e/fcatters  death  through  all  the  hoaft. 

^  Th'affrighted  Tyrant  back  to  BabelhiQs^ 

-j^  There  meets  an  end  far  worfe  then  that  he  flies. 
i/a.  36.  Here  Hex.eJ(t>ths  life  is  almoft  done  ! 
2'*.i9  So  good  ,  and  yet ,  alas  I  (o  fhort'tis  fpunne.        1 
icAroM.  Th'end  of  the  Une  was  raveli'd  ,  weak  and  old  5 
3^.  »i.  r/we  mud  go  back  5  and  afford  better  hold 
2. /^.  19  Yo  tye  a  new  thread  to'it  j  of^  fifteen  years  ; 
2  ch.  52  'Tis  done  ;  Th*  almighty  pozver  o( prayer  and  tears 
^»-        Backward  the  5«n,  an  unknown  motion,  went; 

7  f  The  i'/dtrj  g.iz'ed  on  and  wondrcd  what  he  meant  :b 


70  Man-.r/fes  next  (  forgetful  man  1  )  begins  j 
2C7K°t  Endav'ed,  and  lold  to  .^f  hm  by  h\s  Cms. 
24.       Tillby  the  rod  of /i/./ne^  »3f^*<?>7  caught, 
E  A.  20.  Home  to  his  God  and  Cawitrff  both  he's  brought. 
3,^;,  -,  Itr.TUi'ht  not  ^/«w7?w,  nor  his  hardnefs  brake; 
2.K.2!.  He's  made  ih*£ Aumpla  he  rtfus'o  to  m^#. 


Book  n.     of  the  TrouUes  o/Davld. 

-'"''      Yet  from  this  root  a  goodly  Cj^J/ifprings; 
•A.33  lofiah  beft  ofMtn  ,  as  \ydUs  KtniS. 

Down  went  thef  «/-v*i  with  all  their  gold  and  colti 
,  \l  The  PrieJlsthi.ntfuly'gt\cwyd,Ojyfts\oi\y 
C'l  Thele  mad  £?7pr»«^  rites  till  now  remain  d ; 
-  4   Fools  1  they  their  worfer  thraldome  ftiU  retain  d  I 
'•'*■"•  In  his  <»^^^  Fnes  Moloch  to  afhes  fell, 
'■  78  And  no  more  fiamei  muft  have  befides  his  HeU, 

79  Like  end  Jjiartes  horned  Image  found, 

80  And  Baahjpiredftone  to  dxxH  was  ground. 
8  J  No  more  were  Mfw  in /fwrt/e  habit  Teen, 

Or  T/}€y  in  Mens  by  the  lewd  Syrian  Queen.  -< 

8»  ^o\ui\(o\Maids3LtBenos  Temple Cit, 

And  with  their  bodies/&aw^  their  marriage  get, 
S5  The  ^rt^/«  D^?o»  neither  nature  favcs. 

Nor  flies  She  back  to  th'  Erythaan  waves. 
.  ^4  The  trnv'eliing  Sun  fees  gladly  from  on  high 
^'"f ;    His  Chariots  burn  ,  and  2^cr^4/quenched  Ijr* 
'  The  Kings  impartial  Anger  lights  on  all, 
85*  From  flyblown  jiccti*ron  to  the  thundring  BaaU 
Here  Dw^ids  joy  unruly  grows  and  bold  i 
Nor  could  i'iff/'j  filken chain  its  violen'cc  hold  j 
Had  not  the  Jnjrel  to  feal  faft  his  eyes 
The  humors  ftirr'd,  and  bad  more  mifls  arife : 
When  ftraight  a  Chariot  hurries fwifc  away. 
And  in  it  hood  lojiah  bleeding  lay. 
One  hand's  held  up ,  one  ftops  the  wound ;  in  vain 
j^.^      They  both  are  us'd  5  alas  5  be*  s  (lain ,  he's /lain, 
^3 . 3  i .       lehoiay  and  lehoi^tm  next  appear ; 
'b.v.iS  Both  urge  that  vengeance  which  before  was  near. 
gg  He  in  Egyptian  fetters  captive  dies, 
g_  Thus  by  more  courteous  anger  murther'd  lies. 
tC*r.    His  Son  and  Brothtr  next  do  bonds  fuflain, 
{6.  I.    l/r^V/i  now  folemn  and  rw/'m/i/C/&/ar/?j. 
f/iia   H^r'cs  the  laft  Scene  of  this  proud  Cities  ftatc  5 
34  *       All  ills  are  met  ty'ed  in  one  i^not  of  Fate. 

88  Their  en  llcfs  flavery  in  this  tryal  lay ; 
tchro.  Great  God  had  hcapt  up  ^ges  in  one  Day  r 
y«r.5(S.  Strong  works  around  the  wall  the  Caldees  buiW, 
SO.    *  The  Town  with  grief  and  dreadful  bus'intfs  fiird. 

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To  their  carv'ed  Godi  the  frantick  women  pray , 
Gods  which  as  near  their  rtnne  were  as  they. 
At  laft  in  rufhes  the  prevaihng  foe , 
Does  all  the  mifchief  of  proud  ^aw^/ff/Zfiiow^ 
The  wondring  babes  from  nu  thers  brealts  are  rent 
And  fufFer  ills  they  neither /f^<??wi  riorttiejwt. 
No  filver  rev'erence  guards  the  ftoop;ng  age » 
Ko  rule  or  method  ties  their  boundlefs  rage 
The  glorious  Temple  f  hines  in  ^un.e  all  o*re  , 
Yet  not  £b  bright  as  in  its  GoUhct'orc. 
Nothing  but  fire  or  flaughter  met  ts  the  eyes. 
Nothing  the  ear  but  groans  and  difnial  ayes. 
The  walls  and  towers  are  leyi'ed  with  the  ground  , 
And  fcarce  ought  now  of  that  vait  Citis'i  found 
But  rhards  and  rubbifh  which  weak  fings  might  kt 
Of  forepart  g'ory ,  and  bid  Tr'S'v'eSeri  weep. 
Thus  d;d  triumphant  Jjjur  homewards  pafs , 
And  thus  hrus^alem  leftj  Jttu/alem  that  vja. 

Thus  Zedschiah  faw  j  and  this  not  all ; 
Before  his  face  his  Frtcnds  and  Chi'dt  en  fall , 
The  fport  of  ins'olent  viclon  ;  this  he  vie  wes  , 
AKingzXid  Father oncQ-,  illfarecculdufe 
His  eyes  no  more  to  do  their  matter  fpighc  j 
All  to  hejeeri  fhe  took ,  and  next  his  Sij^lt. 
Thm  along  death  in  prifon  he  outwears  5 
Bereft  ofgriefs/.?/?/^/.jce  J  ev'enhis  Tears, 

Then  jeconiahs  Ton  did  foremofl  home ; 
And  he  who  brought  the  captiv'ed  nation  home  5 
A  row  of  ^ror/^/f  J  in  long  order  pa(t 
O'rethe  fliortftage^  ofallold  J4'/"^J2ift. 
Fair  angels  pad  by  next  in  Icemly  bards , 
All  gih  J  withgildcd  bafqucts  in  their  hands. 
So.xc  as  they  went  the  blew  eyM  yiolets  (hcM , 
Somcfpotlcfs  Lilies  in  loofc  order  threw. 
Somedid  the  way  \Yith  full- blown ro/^j  fpread  5 
Their  fmcU  divine  and  colour  ftra.^gely  red ; 
Not  fuchns  our  dull  gardens  proudly  wear  , 
Whom  'weathers  tiint ,  and  winds  rude  l^ijps  tear. 
Such,  I  believe,  was  the  nrft  R  ofts  hew , 
\Vhich  fLiCods  word  in  beauteous  £ihn  grew. 

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Book  II.      cfthe  Trouhki  t?/DavId.       87 

Mfiei-n  of  the  f!o-j>ers ,  which  made  that  Orchard g^yi 
The  morning  bhifhts  of  the  Springs  new  Day. 

Wirh  fober  place  nn  heav'enly  Matd  walks  in  , 
Her  looks  all  fair ;  ^ofii^n  o^ Native/in 
1  hroui^h  he*  whole  body  writ  \  lmmfd*eratf  Graci 
Spoke  thing^if.Tr  more  then  humane  in  her  face. 

I         It  cails  a  dusky  gloom  o're  all  the  flow'rs 
9'  And  with  fuU  beams  their  mingled  Lijrht  devours. 
An  ^7;?r/itraight  broke  from  a  Ihining  clowd  , 
And  preft  his  wings,  and  with  muchrevc'rcce  bow'i 
Again  hebow'd,  and  grave  approach  he  made , 
And  thus  his  facred  Menage  fwectly  faid  : 
•'  ^^      Hail,  full  of  Grrtff,  thee  the  whole  world  fliall  call 
Above  all  h!eji ;  thee,  who f halt blefs  them  all. 
Thy  ^tr^in  ivomb  in  wondrous  fort  f  hall  f  hrow  J 
Jf//«  the  God ;  (and  then  again  he  bow'd) 
Conception  the  great  Spirit  fhall  breathe  on  thee  j 
9*  Hail  thou,  who  muft  Gods  IVifey  Gods  Motherhc  ! 
With  that,  his  feeming  form  to  heav'n  he  reai'd  i 
She  low  obeifancc  made ,  and  difappcar'd. 
Lo  a  new  Star  three  eaftcrn  Sages  fee ; 
f«f.2  1  ^pQc  ^^,|^y  fhould  onely  Earth  a  Gainer  be?) 

They  fsw  this  FhofphofS  infant-light,  and  kncvr 
Itbravely  nfher'd  m  a  5«7»  as  New. 
They  halted  all  this  rifing  Sun  t'adore  ; 
93  With  them  rich  myrrhj  and  early  fpices  bore. 
Wife  men  ;  no  fitter  gift  your  zeal  could  bring  j 
You'll  in  a  noifome/r«i/'/e  find  your  Kin^. 
Anon  a  thoufand  Dev'ih  run  roaring  in  ^ 
Some  with  a  dreadfiil  fmile  deform'cdly  grin. 
Some  (lamprheir  cloven  paws,  fome  frown  and  tear 
The  gaping  Snakes  from  their  black- knotted  hair. 
As  if  all  grief,  and  allthe  rage  of  hell 
Were  doubled  now,  or  that  juft  noiu  ihcyfeO, 
But  when  the  dreaded  Af<i;Wthey  entring  faw  > 
All  fled  with  trcnriblingfear  andfilentaw. 
Inhcrchaft  dLxmsiW Eternal InfanlWQS  9 
TW'jilmfghiy  yoyce  ch.ing'd  into  feeble  cryes. 
//?az;';7Contain'd  /Vr^/>75oft,and  will  do  morC) 
Never  did  Ktrgin  commn  tita^^n  before. 

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uingeh  peep  round  to  view  this  myftick  thing  , 
And  Hallelujah  round,  all  Hallelujiib  (ing 

No  longer  could  good  Dayi/l  quiet  bear  , 
The  unwieldy  pleafure  which  ore-  flowed  him  here. 
It  broke  the  fetters ,  and  biirft  ope  his  ey. 
Away  thetim'erous  Forms  together  fly. 
Fixt  with  amaze  he  ftood;3ndrirrie  mufttake. 
To  learn  if  yet  he  were  at  laft  awake. 
Sometimes  he  thinks  that  heav'en  thi<>Viffon  fent , 
And  order'ed  all  the  Pageants  as  they  went. 
Sometimes  ,  that  onely  't«'as  wild  Phancies  play, 
The  loole and  (catter'd  rtliquei -of  the  Day. 
94       When  Gabriel  {no  bleft  Spirit  more  kind  or  fair) 
>J  Bodies  and  cloatheshimfelf  with  thicknedayr. 
All  likeacomely7*«t/??inlifesfrerhbloom ; 
Rare  workmanfhip ,  and  wrought  by  heavenly  loom 
He  took  for  fkin  a  cloud  moft  foft  and  bright, 
That  e*re  the  midday  Sun  pierc'ed  through  with  light 
Upon  his  cheeks  a  lively  blufh  he  fpred  \ 
Wafht  from  the  morning  beauties  deepeft  red. 
An  harmlefs  flaming  Meteor  f  hone  for  haire  > 
And  fell  adown  his  fhoulders  with  loofe  care. 
He  cuts  out  a  filk  MantU  from  the  fkies , 
Where  the  moft  fprightly  azure  pleaf  d  the  eyes  ^ 
This  he  with  ftarry  vapours  fpangles  all , 
Took  in  their  prime  e're  they  grow  ripe  aud/aB. 
Of  a  new  Rainbo-^  e're  kfret  ox  fade , 
The  choiceft  piece  took  out,  a  Scarf  is  made. 
Small  ftreaming  clouds  he  does  for  wings  difplay  , 
Not  Vertuous  Lovers  fighes  more  foft  then  They. 
Thefe  he  gilds  o're  with  the  Suns  richeft  rays. 
Caught  gliding  o're  pure  ftreams  on  which  he  plays. 

Thus  dreft  the  ioyful  Gabriel  pofts  away , 
And  carries  with  him  his  oivr^  glorious  day 
Through  the  thick  woods  ;the  gloomy  fhades  awhile 
Put  on  frefh  looks,  and  wonder  why  they  fmile. 
The  trembling  Serpents  clofe  and  filent  ly  j 
S^  The  birds  obfcene  far  from  his  paflage  fly. 
A  fudden  fpring  waits  on  him  as  he  goes. 
Sudden  as  that  which  by  Creation  rofe* 

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Thus  he  appears  to  Dayid ,  at  fiift  fight 

All  carch-bred  fears  and  forrows  take  their  flight. 

In  rufhcs  joy  divine  ,  and  hope,  and  rcil ; 

A  S.icred  calm  fhines  through  his  peaceful  bred. 

Hail,  A/7W  belov'cd  !  from  higheft  heav'n  (^faid  he) 

M  V  oTghtv  M-tihrXends  thee  6eahh  by  me. 

The  things  ihou  faw'cft  arc  full  o^truth  and  light  ^ 

97  Shap'd  in  rhe,^/<TJ?of  the  divine  Forefi<t^ht. 
Ev'n  now  old  Time  is  harnefling  the  years 
To  go  in  order  thus  j  hence  empty  fears  j 
Thy  Fate's  all  1^^/fe  J  from  thy  bleft  feed  fhall  fpring 
The  promised  Shilo  ,  thegrcat  MyfiicJ^  Kinj^. 
Round  the  whole  earth  His  dreaded  name  fhall  found. 
And  reach  to  Worlds ,  that  muft  not  yet  be/i^ '<»//. 
The  Southern  Clime  him  her  fole  Lord  ihall  Ible, 

9^  Him  all  the  North,  ev'en  Albtons  (luhborn  JJIe, 

99  My  Fe//ozu  i'tr't/^iwr,  credit  what  I  tell. 
I  oo     Straight  into  fhapelefs  air  unfccn  he  fell. 


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OmurSjthztis,  Be/tftties^wK^ch  make  rhinos 
Hor.ourgihy  in  which  fenfe  Virgil oii^n  ufes  the 
word,  and  delights  in  it  : 

Etlatoiociilii  affi^ret  Honores. 
And  in  the  zGeorg.  (ns  m  this  plac«}for 
Leayeu 
Trigidm  {^JllvU  ^quilo  decuff.t  honor  em. 
I     ]ofephm  calls  David  y  UrZs^  (Jofv^?.  The  yello-^  -,  that  is 
ytUoW' haired  Boy  ,  or  rather,  rattth.  Cedrenm  fays,  thas 
Vakntinian  the  Emperor  was  hke  Da^id,  bccaufe  he  had 
beautiful  Eyes  j  a  ruddy  complexion ,  and  red  ,  or  rather 
ysiloiv  hair. 

3     Povjer ,  Lovt ,  and  Wisdom  ,  that  is  ,  the  whole  Tr/- 

w//;'  (The  father ^  Poiver  \  the  Sc?),  Love\  the  Wt;/^  G/^s/? , 

tVijdom)  concurred  in  the  Creation  ofthe  world  ;  And 

it  ij  not  only  preferved  by  thefe  Three ,  the  Vavjer ,  Lo-vey 

tna' JViJds-mo^Gody  but  by  the  emanations  and  beams 

of  them  derived  to  ,  and  impreli  in  the  Creatures. \Jh.\Qh 

could  not  fubfifl  without  Power  to  A^,  Wifdom  to  dirsEl 

thofe  ^clinni  to  £««?;  convenient  for  their  Natures ,  and 

Loyie  or  Concord^  by  which  they  receive  mutual  neceflPary 

afiiftances  and  benefits  from  one  another.  Which  Love 

is  well  termed  by  C/Vere  Cognatio  Natiirailh.Q  Kindredy 

or  Co njang  14 in jty  of  Natnre.     And  to  Lorethe  Creatiort 

ofthe  world ,  was  attributed  eren  by  many  ofthe  ancienc 

Henthens,  the  Vcrfe  of  Orp;&. 

PFiJdom^nd  Lo-ve  were  Parents  ofthe  world :  And  there- 
fore hejiod  m  hii  mad  Qon^iikd  Poem  oi  she  Ge^jeration 

of 


Notts  upon  thefecond  Book.  pr 

ve^  as  the  firll  of  all  the  Gods  , 

Fherecidei  faid  excellently ,  that  Goi  tramfotmtd  himfelf 
Into  Loye,  when  h©  began  to  make  the  world  , 

^  As  Humane  Nature  is  elevated  by  Grace ,  fo  orber  y/- 
pents  are  by  Ltf"«>^  to  Operations  that  are  /?^<>ve  ,  and  feetn 
contrary  to  the\r  Nature  t  a$  the  afcenfion  of  heavy  bo- 
dies, and  the  like,  p 

J  Garlands  of  Hy  NTcre  anciently  the  ornaments  o^ 
Foets ,  and  other  learned  men ,  as  Laurel  of  Ce»j««rW » 
of  Peacemakers,  and  the  like.  Horace. 

Me  do^arumHedtrapramJafrontium 
T>Hs  intfienifuperU  ■      ■  ' 
Me  Ivy  the  reward  of  learned  brows  does  mingle  with 
the  Gods.  Virg. 

""-  ■     Jtque  ham  (ine  tetnpora  citcum 
\nter  vi[lrices  hederam  tibiferpere  laurm. 
And  let  this  humble  ^vy  creep  around  thy  temples  witH 
Triumphant  Laurelhound.  Becaufe  lyy  is  ci\\\:iys^rein, 
and  requires  the  fupport  of  fome  Wronger  Tree ,  as  Lear-> 
ninji  docs  of  Pr/wf^j  and  great  men. 

J  The  Ohje^  of  ihc (enjiti-re  appetite  is  not  that  which  i» 
truly  good  ,  but  that  which  >^/?/?f;?rr  to  be  G(?oi.  There  is 
great  caution  to  be  ufcd  in  Englif  h  in  the  placing  of  Jd' 
jeBiyes  fas  here)  after  their  Suhjiantivef.  I  think  when 
they  conftirutefpecifical  dtjftremes  of  the  Suhjlann-ves^ 
xhty  follow  bell ;  for  then  ihcy  are  to  it  like  Cognennna  y 
ox%urnamtsto  Names ,  and  we  mull  not  fay  ,  the  Great 
Totrtpey ,  or  the  Happy  Syffa ,  but  Pom^y  the  Great ,  and 
i^l  'Sylla  the  Happy  i  foir.etimescven  in  other  cafes  the  fo.'- 
thete  is  put  laft  very  j^racefully  ,  of  which  a  good  ear  mult 
be  the  ludge  for  ought  I  know  without  any  Rule.  I  chufe 
rather  to  fay  Light  Di-vine,  and  Command  Dty ins y  than 
piyifje  Light}  and  l^ivim  Cemmand^ 


oi  Notes  upon  the  fecond Bfiok. 

7  Thefe  are  the  Sjfs^i  of  Lo-^e ,  according  to  Th.  ^quh 
nas  in  Prima  Sec.  Q.uajt.  i8.  the  i,  z,3,and  4.  ^rtic. 
to  whom  I  refer  for  the  proof  and  explanation  of  them  « 
j4mor  eji  affeilm  quo  cum  re  am  at  a  aut  unimur  9  am^er^ 
petuamui  unionem.  Seal.  deSubt. 

B     I  Sam.  J".  And  Dayid  /aid  unto  Jonathm ,  behold  to 
morrow  is  the  nezu-Moon  ,  and  ifhould  not  fail  to  fit  with 
the  King  at  meat ,  bnt  let  fnego,  &c.    Ecce  Calendse  funt 
craftino ,  &  ego  ex  more  federe  foleo  juxta  regem  ad  ve- 
fcendum,  &c.  The  firft  day  of  every  month  was  a  Fefti- 
val  among  the  3^*'^;^  :  for  the  Firfiftuits  of  all  things> 
even  all  diftiniSions  of  Tiwf j  \Vere  Sacred  to  God^  In  is 
they  neither  bought  nor  fold ,  ^mcs  8.  4.    I'^'hen  -^ill  tht 
newUoon  begone.,  that  "tte  mayJeQ  Csrn  ?the  Vulg.  Quan' 
do  tranfibitmenfis  (that  is ,  primw  dies,  or  Feftum  Menfis") 
Iff  -^enundahimm  merces  ?  They  went  to  the  Prophets  to 
hear  the  word  as  upon  Sabbaths ,  z  Kings  4.  2.3 .  Where- 
fore wilt  thou  go  to  him  to  day  ?  //  U  neither  Neiu  moon  nor 
Sabbath  \  which  waslikewifea  Cuflom  ^mor\^  the  Ho- 
mans :  for  the  day  of  the  Calends  the  High  Prtejls  called 
together  the  people  (from  whence  the  name  of  Calends  d 
Calando  Plebem)  10  inftrud  them  in  the  divin  dutys  w  hich 
they  were  to  perform  that  month ,  Uacr.  1.  S.nurn.  And 
Jaftly,  there  were  greater  Sacrifices  on  that,  than  upon 
other  ordinary  days,  N«w.i8.  1 1.  But  of  all  Neivmoons, 
that  ohhcfeyentb  month  was  the  moft  folemn  ,  it  being 
a!fo  the  Feafi  oftrumpsts    h  is  not  evident  that  this  was 
jhc  hfetu-MoonCpokei-ioiin  thisftory  o(  Da-viJ;  but  that 
it  was  fo ,  may  probably  be  conjectured,  in  that  the  Text 
leems  to  imply  a  greater  Solemnity  than  that  of  ordinary 
Calends ,  and  that  the  Feaft  lafted  above  one  day ,  i  Sam^ 
20.  tj.  And  it  came  toj^ffy  that  on  the  morrow  ^  which  was 
ihejesond  day  of  the  month,  Da-xids  place  was  empty.  Now 
the  reafon  ofthis  greater  obferv^ation  of  the  Calends  of 
the  Seyentb  Month  (called  Tifriy  and  anfwering  to  our 
September)  was,  becaufe  according  to  the  CivilComputa* 
tton  (for  the  Jews  had  two  accounts  of  the  beginning  of 
the  year ;  one  Civil ,  the  other  Hdigious ;  this  latter  being 
inftituted  in  memory  of  their  paflage  out  of  Egypt  in  th&i ') 
month  ^bib,  ihac  is;  about  o\i:Marck)  this  was  the  begin- 
ning, 


Notes  upon  the fecond Book.  93 

ningofthcycar;  from  hence  contra£ls ,  and  the  account 
oi Sahhatkal  yean  and  yubtlees  bare  date-  It  is  called  by 
fbme  Sabbathum  Sabbathorum  ,  becaufc  it  is  the  Saibath 
of  Months ',  for  as  the  fevcnth  day ,  and  the  feventh  year , 
fothe  feventh  month  toowasconfecrated  to  God.  Of  this 
Vfuj  Moon  It  is  that  Ddfv/<f  fpeaks  ,  Pfal.  81.3.  Bioixr  the 
Trunipet  in  the  Nezu-Moon  ■,  in  the  t.mt  appointed  on  our 
foletnn  Feaft-day.  In  injij^ni  die  folennttatii  yefira.    And 
'the  Pfalm  is  infcribed  ,  ProTorcularibtui ;  which  concurs 
juft  \vi:h  this  fevcnth  Moon;  which  Philo  in  Decal.  terms, 
T  li^ofxivicM/  ijy  cmfATnyl^)*  vzsrSfTJj^fltfl'if^.   And  S.  j^u^uP<y 
reads,  in  initio  Menfis  Tuba.  See  the  Inltitutionof  this  Fe- 
ftival,  Lfxit  13.  24.  and^wrw^.  29.  i. 
[J     The  Prtefls  were  wonr  to  blow  the  Trurrpets  upon  all 
Fejiiv.ils ,  the  year  of  jubilee  was  proclaimed  by  them 
with  the  found  of  Trumpets  through  the  whole  Land  j 
nay  the  Sabbath  it  felf  was  begun  with  itjas  'Jofephm  tefti- 
fies,  /.  f .  Bel.  ^ud.  c.  9.  But  why  the  Trumpets  were  foun- 
ded more  extraordinarily  on  this  days  is  hard  to  find  out; 
for  which  ic  is  named  Dies  Clangoris.  Some  will  have  ir 
to  be  only  as  a  Solemn  Promulgation  of  the  Newyear  5 
which  opinion  is  likewife  adorned  with  an  allufion  to  the 
beginning  or  as  it  were  (New  years- Day)  of  Eternity  ^ 
which  is  to  be  proclaimed  by  Jngels  in  that  manner  witb 
a  great  found  of  a  Trumpet ,  Matt.  14.  3  i. 
3    This  was  Saint  Ba/ils  opinion ,  but  is  not  much  follow-, 
ed  ,  becaufe  when  fefliyals  are  inftituted  in  memory  of 
any  paftBlefling,  theyufedtobeobfervedonthe  fame 
day  rhat  the  bleffing  was  conferred. 

This  third  is  the  common  opinion  of  the  Jews ;  who 
therefore  call  this  Fcftival  Feftum  Comu  ,  and  fay ,  tha? 
they  founded  only  upon  Rams  Horns :  butthatjmechinksy 
if  this  be  the  true  rcafon  of  it,  is  not  neceHary. 
.     The  Third  hour ;  i.  Nine  a  clok  in  the  morning  :  For  the 
day  began  at  fix  a  dock ,  and  contained  tirelve  Ltttle\  or 
Tour  Gy  eat  Hours,  or  Quarters.  The  firft  Quarter  from  Si:^ 
to  Nine ,  was  called  the  Third  Hour -^  becaule  that  clofed 
up  the  Quarttr, 
I    Gi^y ,  bscaufe  the  Beafts  to  be  Sacrificed ,  ufe  J  to  be 

A  ^  Croiaof. 


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Cro'»»^i  with  Garlands,  and  fomciimes  had  dieir  Horns 
gilt ,  as  I  fay  afterwards, 
14  For  on  the  ordinary  Niw-Moons  there  was  offered  up 
two  3n/Jo^s ,  one  Kam  ,  and  feven  Lambs  ofthefirft 
year  without  fpot ,  Numb.  18.  11.  and  a  Kid  ofthe  GoitSy 
V.  I  f .  and  there  was  added  on  this  N  tw- Mo  on  ^onc  youtig 
Bullock  ,  one  Ram ,  feven  Lambs  of  the  firft  year  wit- 
hout blcmifh  ,  and  one  Kid ,  Numb.  z.9.  which  joined, 
make  up  my  number.  Bullol^s  of  free-neci^^  that  is, 
which  had  never  been  yoked  ,  implyed  in  the  E^ithett 


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Vofm^.  IntiFrit ceryice J^uvtnci. 

15  The  oucmoft  Court  ofthe  Tabernacle. 

1 6  The  cuiliomofhaving  Stories  wrought  in  Hanging^s^ 
Co^^rflns  5  my  even  wearing  Garment?  >  is  made  to  be  vc* 
ry  anc'cnc  by  the  Poets.  Such  is  the  hifto- y  of  Ihcfews  and 
Ariadne  in  the  Coverlit  of  Thesis  Fulvmar  ,  or  Marna^t 
Me  I.  Catuli.  Argonaut. 

ItalihMarfjphficeysllis'^itriatafigtirts 
Tuhcinar  complex  a fuo  ytlabat  ami^u. 

So  Mne^i  in  f.jEn.  gives  a  Coat  to  Cloantbtnin  which  was 

■wrought  the  rape  of  Gjwjm^'/?. 

IntextuJ'jue  ^tterfrondosi  regiu^  Ida. 
And  miny  authorities  of  this  kind  naight  be  alleaged  if  it 
were  neceffiry. 

1 7  r.7«  mt^hrfee.  That  is ,  It  might  beffen  ^  or ,  ^ny  oM 
might Jee.  This  manner  of  fpealiing  ,  which  puts  the  fe- 
condperfon  Indefinitely  J  is  very  frequent  among  the 
poets ;  3S  f/ower, 

Viig.  4.  Mu, 

Migrantef  cernxs : 
Upon  which  IfrMJrt^  Tiys,  Homjhi  figure*  ft:  remtertrm 
peff'>n.«  in  Jscuni^tm  tranfuYcts.  JAugire  yidebif  ^  that  is ^^ 
Vii-Lbitsiut  poterit  yidere  alirjuif.  S08.  ^En. 

Cred  IS  innitre  re-^Hifcti  Cjeladas\  that  is.  Credat  (jui^, 
ji8     G^i is  Giid  to  have  rpoken  with   v^^ra/?).im Nine  times;; 
that  is  5  fo  many  times  Angeh  brought  h'  m  Meila-^es  from. 
God.  An  ^m^elis  calhd  by  Joffpfjii'S  JJ^oa-eiTrDvdti. 
15J    Seme \r,:^Qiiira iQ-ho^hQ DiVsghteroiHaran,  AhitmS' 


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Notes  upon  the  fecond  Book.  9  j" 

Brother ;  others  of  X  her  ah  by  another  Wife  ,  which  mar- 
riages were  then  lawful ,  but  the  Scripture  G*n.  n.  calls 
h^vTerahs  Daughter  in  Law,  not  Daughter  -^  others 
think  fhe  was  only  Jihrams  Kmiwoman  ;  nil  which  the 
Hebrews  called  J/T^ff  J.  'AhK<^i^r>on'Ahx^Y>.  Grfft. 
Beameoti^  were  a  ftrange  Eptthete  for  her  at  the  Age  fhe 
then  had;  which  was  above  threefcore  years ,  but  that 
the  Scripture  calls  her  fo  ,  and  fhe  proved  her  felfto  be 
fo,  by  rtrikingtwo  Kings  in  love,  Pharaoh  and  yibi- 
melech.  It  is  to  believed  that  people  in  thofe  days  bore 
their  age  better  than  now ,  and  her  barrennefs  might  na- 
turally contribute  fomewhat  to  ir  J  but  the  chief  reafon 
I  fuppofctobea  BhjTm^  of  G^i as  particular,  as  that  of 
}\CT child-beiirin^  :ihcr  iht  natural  feafon 

.0  The  Scripture  docs  not  fiy  particularly ,  ihii  ylhr a  19- 
furprifcd  this  Army  in  ,  or  afcer  a  debauch ,  but  it  is  pro- 
bable enough  for  my  turn ,  that  this  was  the  cafe.  Of 
thefe  Confiifcd  mar^J  of  deci'.h  and  luxury  ,  there  is  an 
excellent  defcription  in  the  9.  ^Eneid  ,  where  Nifui  and 
£urialui  fall  upon  the  quarter  of  the  Enemy. 
■  Somnoymogue  fepuliiim. 

Purpuream  "jomit  tilt animam,^ cum f anguine  mifta 
Vina  refert  mcriens,  ^Sfc. 
But  Ihadnoleifureto  expatiate  in  this  place. 

I  r  St.  Hterom  Toys  tins  Sale^n  was  a  Town  near  ScythopoUiy 
called  Salem  even  to  hisTiwe ;  and  that  there  were  then 
remaining  fomerurnesofthe  Palace  of  MrV^//*i?c,  which 
is  not  very  probable.  I  rather  believe  him  to  have  been 
King  oClertifalern  ;  for  being  a  Type  o^Chrifi  ,  that  feat 
wasmofl  proper  for  him,  efpecially  Cince  we  are  fure- 
that  Jo'ftP»/{?w  was  once  named  ^a/^;;;,  Pfil.  \n  Sahm  ii 
kii  Tabernacle  ,  £5*  hii  habitation  in  Sion  !  And  the  ad  Ji- 
tionof  Jfrwcoit ,  was  from  J^i':< ,  the  Jebufites;  that 
is,  ^aiemnfthehbtijitei.  ^hic.  The  (Ituationof  Je^M- 
falem  agrc(  s  very  well  with  this  ftory  For  ^hram  com- 
i/ig  to  Hebron  from  the  parts  about  Daw<?/£-/^  pjfTcs  ve- 
ry near  |fr«/  i/f/»,nay  nearer  than  to  the  other  5*»Vw.  Uiic 
concerning  this  King  oi Salem ,  Mekh.fedec  ,  thedifncul- 
tks  are  lujre  imgorcanc.  Some  make  hi:n  to  be  no  /»«»'?, 


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9  S  Notes  upon  thefecond  Booh 

but  Gffihimfelf,  or  the  W/?//  Ghofl ,  as  the  ancient  Mekhi- 
fe4ecians  Sc  HieracitesiOthersiobe  ChrifthimCt[f,othQts,  (  Tli 
an  An^el^  as  Or/^e«  ;  others  to  be  >y^w  the  fon  oi  Nonb', 
which  is  little  more  probable  than  the  former  extravagant 
fancies.  That  which  is  moft  reafonable ,  and  moft  recei- 
ved too,  is,  that  he  was  a  King  of  a  little  Territory  among 
the  Canaanites ,  and  a  Pricfl  for  the  true  GoJy  wich  makes 
him  fo  remarkable  among  thofe  Idolatrous  Nations;  for 
which  caufe  he  is  termed ,  u}tyixXo'yi)'](^t  becaufe  he  was 
not  of  any  of  the  Genealogies  of  the  Scripture  j  and  there- 
fore the  better  typified  or  represented C;{>ri/?,  as  being  both 
a  King  and  a  Ptitfi ,  without  being  of  the  Tribe  oi'Levi : 
But  this  and  the  other  controverfies  about  him,  are  too 
copious  to  be  handled  in  a  Comment  of  this  Nature. 
It     Ver.  «8.   j4nd  'Melchifedec  King  of  Salem  brought  forth 
breads  ivine ,  ^^c^  The  Romanifts  maintain ,  that  this 
was  only  a  Type  of  the  Euchuriji  ,  as  TAilcbife^iec  h'm\(e\£ 
was  o(chi(i ;  others  that  it  was  only  a  Prefent  for  the  re- 
lief of  Abrams  men    Why  may  we  not  fay  that  it  was 
both  ?  and  that  before  the  men  were  refref  ht  by  bread 
and  wine,  there  was  an  offering  or  prelibationofthemto 
God^  by  the  Priefl  of  the  moft  High  God ,  as  he  is  denomi- 
nated ?  for  even  this  oblation  of  bread  and  wine  (ufed  al-  Ij^^ 
fo  among  the  Hebrews)'n  C2i\\c^  '^mXy  Lew.  i.  and  Phi-  I 
io  fays  ofA/^/f^i?/^(!^^cuponthisoccafion5  tTnnicix'i^t,     I  ' 
therefore  name  them  Sacred  Prefent s.  Like  him  wboje  Ty*  |  ►, 
pe  he  beam  thsLt  is,  Cbrifi.  And  the  D«ei  he  received  were 
Tenths  ,  whether  of  all  Jhrams  fubftance  >  or  of  the  pre* 
fern  spoils  {hx^cS^hx  ]  is  a  great  contr  over  fie. 
33     Gen.  15-.  5.  and  Gen.  12.  17.  Ivjtll  rtiultiplythyfeei 
as  thefiars  of  the  heayen ,  ^  06  the f and  upon  the  fea  fhcre. 
An  ordinary  Proverb,  in  aii  !angu3ges,for  great  numbers. 
Catull.  Aiitquf^ifidera  mttltacutntacftnox :  andinano- 
ther  place  h*^  joyns  thefand  of  the  fea  too  as  this  Text 
'     does,  ll/epuiveris  ErjtbratSiderunjq;  rnicantiumjub.'lu' 
sat  nurnerum.  It  does  no  hurt ,  I  think ,  to  add  Bright  as- 
well  as  N amber le(^zo  the  fimilitude. 
24    Gen.ij,  ItiscailedaC(?Yf77<i;3r;andcircumcifionmay 
well  be  termed  a  Marl^  of  Homage  ,  becaufe  it  was  a  re- 
nouiicingof  the  fief  h|  and  peculiar  d®dicatioaof^^»'^'» 


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and   his   feed  to   the    fervice   of  the   true    God. 

The  received  opinion  is,  that /':y'>  of  thcfepcrfons  \yt' 
te^lnxels,  andthcT/^/W,  cWhimfclf;  for  after  the  ra;o 
Angels  were  gone  towar  Js  ibr/ow  ,  it  is  faid  ,  Gen.  i^.iz. 
But  yAbr.ibani  ftood  yet  before  the  Lord,  So  Sulptt.  Sever, 
Vomivm  qui  cumdttohm  AnfreUs  ad  euw^enerat.  Lyra 
undToftatu^  report ,  that  the  jews  have  a  Tradition  ,  that 
thefe  Three  were  Mich.iet,  Gabriel,  and  Raphael.  The  firft 
of  which  reprefented  God,znd  remained  with  jbrahamy 
thefecond  deltroyed  i'^^i'^w ,  and  the  third  brought  i« 
out  of  it.  It  was  a  very  ancient  opinion  that  thcfc  were  the 
Three  per  fans  of  the  Trinity  ;  from  whence  arofe  that  no- 
torious (hying ,  Tres  yid-.t  ^  unum  adora-^it.  This  appea- 
ring of  G<?*/i  inrhe  m^nntv  oi  Jlr angers  to  punifhand  re- 
ward men  as  a  common  tradition  too  among  the  Heath- 
ens, Hom^  ^'yJT- 

'nu*rvlct  TtXl^iiTtg  ivnT^a^uji  TnXHet^ 

The  Gods  ir.clie  habits  of  Grangers  went  about  to  feveral 
Towns  tobe  eye- witncires  of  the  jufticeandinjuft'ceof 
men.  So  Homer  makes  the  Gods  to  go  once  a  year  ta 
feaft. 

With  theunhl  tuneable  Ethiopians  And  we  find  thefe  perC- 
grinations  frequent  in  the  Uetamorphofis  , 

■ SitrHmo  del*bor  Olympo 

Et  Dew  human^lujlrofub  imat^ine  terras,  i  .Metam. 
;  T^rom  Ur ,  the  pl.'ce  of  his  Birth  to  Ephrons  Caye ,  the 
place  of  his  Buri.il.  UroftheChaUees,  Gen.  11.31.  Some 
of  the  Jews  take  Ur  here  for  Fire ,  and  tell  a  ridiculous 
fable ,  that  Abraham  and  H.iran  his  brother  were  caft  by 
the  Chaldeans  into  a  burning  furnace  for  oppofing  their 
Idolatry  ,  m  which  Haran  was  confumcd  ,  but  Jibraham 
was  prefervcd.  Jofephm  and  Enfebiu^ ,  lib.  9.  Prapari 
Muanf.  fay  C7r  was  the  name  of  a  City  ,  which  yojephtPi 
call  yjii  .  and  Pttn.  /.  ^.c.  14.  nvakes  mention  of  Ur^y 
a  place  Uf<^  quern  fertile  Eupbratts.  It  was  perhaps  deno- 
ininatcd  from  the  worfhip  of  fire  in  that  Country.  The 

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if  Mounts.  For  the  place  was  the  Hill  Moriah  ,  which  thel  at 
Vulvar  tranflites  Mo  mem  Viftow.  A  quila  r  ;)^t'>j?  xxrx'»u  (oi 
^x  «?  J  which  I  conceive  to  be  ,  nor  as  fome  render  it ,  In 
terrain  lmi(iam  ,  but  (err am  apparentem,  the  place  which 
appears  a  great  way  off,  as  being  a  Mountair.  Synimachm\  U 
for  the  fame  reafon  ha^  (^TAeir.ot^t  which  is  the  fame  with 
the  Latine  Viffonis  j  and  the  Sepcuag.  call  it  t^-^J/iAjjy ,  the 
High  Couvtry  ; others  interpret  it ,  T&f  Country  off^Forfhipj 
by  Jntidpatton.  And  it  was  not  perhaps  without  relation 
to  this  Sacrifice  of  Ahrahyims ,  that  this  was  chofen af- 
terwards to  be  the  feat  zf  Solomons  Temple. 

i8  The  Boy  Our  EnglifhTranflation,  Lad,  which  is  not 
a  word  for  verfe,  the  Latin  Puer,Boy.  ^hen  E-yja  is  cited 
to  niakc  him  at  that  time  but  ten  or  twelve  years  old.  But 
that  is  an  age  unfit  for  the  carrying  of  iiich  a  Burden  as  ha 
does  here.  X/T^t  for  that  reafon  conceives  that  he  was. 
about  i6yearsofage,J<7/f/?^«5  2 f.  Others  3  3.becaufea8 
that  age  our  Satiour  (whofe  Typ^t  was)  was  facrificed. 
Some  of  the  lenns  36.  none  of  which  are  contrary  to  th« 
Hebrew  ufe  of  the  word  Boy,  for  foallyonng  rncn  are 
termed <i Hi  Ber.jamin,  Gen.  4?-  S.  and  Jo/epb,  jojhuaitind 
David  when  he  fought  with  Goliah.  The  P  aimer  scorn- 
monly  make  him  very  young ,  and  my  defcription  agrees 
moft  with  that  ©pinion,  for  it  is  mote  poetical  and  paihc- 
tical  than  the  others. 

29    Bccaufethc  Coymanf  and  Pr<7»wi/f/ were  made  in  I- 
/t/jf  ,Gen.  i7-»'- ^^^- iJ- »7j'8- 

20     The  ancients  (both  Hebrews  and  other  Nations'nevcr 
omitted  the  -^iilhing  at  leaft  of  their  hands  and  feet  befor©: 
they  fat  or  lay  down  to  Table.  ]udg.  19.  zi.  jtis  faid  of 
the  Lfy/^e  and  his  Concubine  5  Theywajhtthtirfeet  and 
dideat  anddrinl^.  So  y^tr^^^wj  fays  to  the  three  >^;7^e//. 
Gen.  18.  4.  Letalttls  ivateryl  pray  you  hefetcht,ana  ivnj^ 
yourfee'yand  refi  jourfeNes  under  the  Tree,and  I  ivill fetch 
a  morfel  ofBreckdy  i^(.  So  like  wife  Ufephs  Steward  trexiti 
his  Maftcrs  brethren.   So  Dayid  to  friah  ,  z  Sam.  11.8. 
Co  down  to  thy  bwfe.andwafh  thy  feet ,  ^c.  and  there/hi' 
hwed  him  tnefs  of  meat  from  the  K.tng.  It  is  in  vain  to  adde 
more  authorities  of  a  thing  fo  notorious  And  this  cuftotry  1  ^ 
^4*;h«iYWy  nscclT^ry^lor  ihsii  Ugs  andI%-&;  being; 
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Dare ,  they  could  not  but  contract  much  dirt ,  and  were 
(  of  which  thiscuftomis  feme  argument)  to  lie  down 
upon  Beds ^  which  without  wafhing  they  wouli  have 
rpoiled.  Homer  makes  the  fViyes  and  Daughters  even  of 
Princes  to  w^'h  the  fret  of  their  guefts, 

— .  ^fx^^^  5  '^^'^  '^  ^  Athen  L.  i .  c.  8. 
For  this  (  fays  he  )  was  the  ancient  cuftom  ;  and  (q  the 
daughters  o( Cocaine  wafht  Mi>-iOs  at  his  arrival  in  S'lcilte. 
But  the  m«re  ordinary  ,  was  to  have  young  and  beautiful 
(crvants  for  this  and  the  like  rr.inifterieS.  I'efidesthis;  it 
was  accounted  ncceflary  to  have  ivtifhpti  ftanding  byac 
thel^xtr/Z^fcads,  to  purifie  hemfelvcs ,  iftheyfhould 
happen  to  touch  any  thing  unclean.  And  for  thefe  rwfons 
fix  ff.xtnpcts  flood  ready  at  the  wedding  feaft  o^Cana  in 
Galilee. 

t  Ecclef.  2.  S.Jgue  meri'/tn^ersj  and tuoynen-Jingers^tbe 
delijhts  of  the  fans  of  men ,  otvo^vit?  k^  om^ia^.  He  and  Ihc 
fervarttsto  fill  wine,fays  the  beptuagint:  Though  LknoAV 
the  Vulgar ,  and  our  Englifh  Edition tranflatc  it  otherwi- 
fe ;  both  differcmly  :  And  it  ii  incredible ,  howcurious 
the  ancients  wqre  in  the  choice  of  Serrams  to  wait  at  Ta» 
h\e.  Mart. 

Stam^ueriy  Dttnings  qmsprecerefft  meos. 
After  w.xfhing  they  always  anointed  themfelves  with 
precious  oyl.  Sohidith,  lo' i.  So  Naomi  to  Rut  B  ^iVafh 
thy  felf  therefcre  y  and  anoint  thy  felf.  So  D^iW  after  the 
death  of  his  child,  Kofe  up  and  wafht ,  and  anointed  him* 
^elf,  ^c.So  Horn.  Od.  6.  o^Nauficaa  and  her  maids. 

But  this  too  ij  as  notorious  as  the  other  fafhion  of  waf^ 
>  ng.  Sm^iU  Prifons.  Boxes  of  Oyncments,  fuch  as  the  wo- 
nan  poured  upon  the  head  of  our  Sa-v/owr,  Mat.  i6.  7. 
'cX»l3ti^^c>  f^v^it ,  that  is,  as  we  fay  ,  an  {ncJ^horn ,  though 
:  be  not  made  of  Horn  ,  but  any  other  matter  ;  for  tliif 

vas  not  of  .^/rf(^«y?fr,S.  M»ir<:  affirming  that  it  was  ^f<7>^<r;>. 
lorace , 

Nardiparvm  Onyx. 

Claudian.  Gemmatis  alii  per  totuin  balfamtnt^um. 

Bffudgrtca.lit.         .  . 

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1  oo  Notes  upon  thefecond  Book, 

33  The  Koman  cuftom  was  ,  to  h^^itthret  Beds  to  eac!] 
Table  (from  whence  the  word  Triclinium)  and  three  per- 
fons  to  each  bed  (^though  fometimcs  they  exceeded  ir 
both  5 )  and  it  is  likely  they  took  this  from  the  jijiatitjite. 
as  well  asthevery  falhionof<i//ftt^/>;tfw,  forconvenientlj 
there  could  be  no  mo-e.  To  SauI  for  Hate  I  gave  a  whole 
Bed-^  and  the  other  two,  to  his  own  Sons,  yonathan^lfhui 
and  Melchiftiiiy  i  Sam.  14.49.  to  ^bner\\\s  Coiln  German 
and  Captain  of  his  Hofts  ,  and  to  his  two  Sons  in  Law 
Adriel  and  Da-xid.  Neither  does  it  convince  me ,  that  Ly 
ing  down  was  not  in  ufe  ,  becaufe  it  is  faid  here ,  i  Sam 
20.  25.  ^ndSsLa\fate  upon  his  feat  oi  at  other  times ;  eTftBc 
upon  a  feat  by  the  wall :  becaufe  the  words  oi  Seffton2inM\^ 
^ccubation  are  often  confounded ,  both  being  in  prafti 
ce  at  feveral  times,  and  in  feveral  Nations. 

34  At  the  feafts  of  the  ancients,  not  only  the  rooms  wet 
ftrewed  with  flowers^  but  the  Guefts  and  the  fVaiterSy  an 
the  very  drinking  Bowls  were  crowned  with  them.  Virg. 

Crateras  magnosftatuunt  C?  "V/wa  coronant  j  and 
Turn  Pater  Anchifes  magnum  crater  a  cor  on  a 
Induity  impleyit^  mere, 
Which  cannot  be  interpreted  as  fome  do  Htmurt, 

Which  they  fay  are  laid  to  be  Crowned,  when  they  are  f 
led  fo  full ,  that  the  liquor  Handing  higher  then  the  brin 
of  the  Bowl ,  look,  like  a  Crown  upon  it ,  Jthen  I.  i.c,\ 
But  why  may  we  notconftrue  Homer,  They  Crownii 
x^H^iTTvloiio ,  Bowis  ofdrin^  ,  as  well  as  They  Crown 
Howli  with  drinl^f 

5  f    The  name  of  God  ,  the  Tetragrammaton  ,  that  was  n  JfAai 
to  be  pronounced.  ||lifi 

3^     !  Sam.  20.  30.  Thou  Son  of  the  per^erfe  rebellious  'a 
man,^c.  TheVulg.    Filimuliert^yirumultrorapient 
that  is  as  much  as  to  ky^Thou  Son  of  a  Whore,  Upon  whi 
place  Grotius.  Sons  ufe  to  be  like  their  Parents ,  and  th 
refore  S^ul  who  would  not  accufe  himfelf ,  cafts  the  faii 
of  his  ftubbornnefs  and  ill  nature  upon  his  Mother 
which  I  cannot  abide  to  be  of  his  opinion  j  the  words  ;l 
fo  ungracious  from  the  mouth  of  a  Prtnce:  I  rather  th| 
that  they  import  this ,  thou  who  art  fo  ftubborn  and  iji, 

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natural ,  that  thou  mayeft  ftem  to  be  not  my  Ton  of  a 
whoreor  rebellious  woman;  and  that  which  follows  in 
the  fame  verfe  confirms  this  to  me.  Thou  hafi  chofen  th» 
Son  of](JJ't  to  thine  own  confujion  anito  the  confufion  of  thy 
Mo-hfrs  nacl^cdnefi;  that  is,  to  her  fhame,  who  will  be 
thought  to  have  had  thee  of  fome  other  man,&noc  o^me, 
7  I  Sam,  20.  114.  ^nd  Jonathan  ^k?/"-?  from  the  Table  tn 
jiirce  an^er  ^  In  ira  furoris.  Buthis  paflion  (it  fecms)did 
not  overcome  his  duty  or  difcretion  jfor  hearofe  without 
laying  any  thmg. 

I  omit  here  JPt^nij^Ait^j  fhooting  arrows ,  and  fending 
his  Page  for  them  ,  from  the  3  5  to  the  40  verfe  5  ^y  Hq^ 
ratv his  rule, 

— —  £f  qum 
Vifperes  traBata  nitefcerepoffe ,  relinquM. 
And  what  art  or  induftry  could  make  that  ftory/I^/wf^be- 
fides  it  was  a  fubtlety  that  I  cannot  comprehend  3  for 
fince  he  went  to  Davidy  and  talked  to  him  himfelf ,  what 
needed  all  that  politique  trouble  of  the  fhooting  ? 
:    The  Head ,  which  is  the  feat  of  Fanfie. 
'    Thefe  are  called  by  the  Schoolmen,  Entia  Kationis ,  but 
are  rather  Entia  Imaginationis  y  or  Phantajiique  Crttt' 
tnres. 

Inter fe  quorum  difcordia  membra  yidemui,  Lucr.  L.  j*. 
And  afterwards , 

Prima  Leo,  poflrem  «  Draco,  media  ipfa  Cbimara  , 
hichisout/ftfWff , 

"When  the  Count  I  ey  people  m  T/!;e//«/>  faw  men  firft 
hat  came  onhorfeback,  and  drove  aw.^y  their  Cattel  , 
Jiey  i  magined  the //or/e  and  W^n  to  be  all  one,  andcal- 
edthcm  Ctntaures  from  driving  away  of  Oxen-,  accor- 
ding to  which  fancy ,  they  are  truly  faid  to  ride  upon 
:hemfelves. 

Unlefsthou  takeaway  the  Lame  and  the  Blind  ,  thou 
halt  not  come  in  hither ,  thinking  Drft-t/iV/ cannot  come 
n  hither,  zSam.f  6.  There  are  fome  other  interprcta- 
ions  of  the  place ,  thin  that  which  I  here  give  j  as  that 
he  Idoh  of  the  lebujites  were  meant  by  the  Lame  and  the 
^Itnd,  But  this  carries  no  probability.  Thinking  Da-^id 

cannot 


102,  Notes  Upon  the  feconci Book,  I 

cannot  come  hither ;  is  a  plain  proof  thit  they  did  i?ir 
fcorn  of  D^  W,  and  confidence  of  extraordinary  ftrength 
of  the  place;  ^vhich  TS'ithowtqueftion'was  verygreat  ,0! 
elfe  it  could  not  have  held  out  fo  many  hundred  year; 
flncetheenrrarrce  ofthe  ifraelites  into  the  land,  in  th< 
very  mid  ft  of  them. 
41     Fijh  ,  Dagon  the  Deity  moft  worfhiptby  the  Phiii- 

ftimf. 
41     The  Englifh  fays  Mulherry  trees-,  the  Latine,  Fear  trees 
the  fafeft  is  to  leave  ir  inrJefinite.  The  found  of  a  going  ii 
the  Tops  of  the  Mulberry  trees  ,  v.  24.  Some  interpret 
The  noife  of  ihe  dropping  of  the  dew  like  Tears  fromthf 
Trees.  From  ^Yhence  the  G ree^  §"  Khow6^ai(^. 
4<f     Hadci.i-Efar  ,  King  of  Zobab  ,  which  is  called  b ;j  r, 
S^ofephui  Sophem,   apart  o^  Calojyria ,  confining  upoi    '^ 
the     Half  Tribe  oi  Man  ijjei.     This  Kingdom  is  firi 
mentioned  J   1  Sam,  14.  47.     at  what  time  (  it  feems 
it  was  under  feveral  Prmces ,  and  againft  the  Kings  e 
Zoha. 
4.S     ^(Udyfzs  at  that  time  King  o^Damafcm ,  accordin 
to  yofefhu^,  and  the  family  of  the  ^<i<?<^J  reigned  the; 
long  after  in  great  luftrc. 
45     The  Children  of  ^/«m(j;;.  ^ 

47  Moloch  is  called  peculiarly  the  God  of  the  4mmomt«s 
•  ICin^.  I  I.  f.  &  J."  F  on  fee  a  tzkes  ittohc  Priapw  ;  coh 
foundigit  with  Belphegor  of  the  MoabitSj^rim  M$mant 
will  have  it  to  be  Mercury^  deriving  it  from  Ualach^  Ntn 
cim.  Others  more  probably ,  Saturn,  becjiufe  the  iil< 
Worfhip  and  hke  Sacrifices  were  ufed  to  him.  MacrQi 
I.  Saturn.  Curt.  Lib.  4.  Diodor.  Lib.  ao,  &c.  I  rather  be 
lievethe  Sun  was  worfhipped  under  that  name  by  tl 
j4mmomtes ,  as  the  King  ofHtaycn  ;  for  the  word  figni 
fies  Kiti^ ;  and  it  is  the  fame  Deity  with  Ba.il ,  or  BeU 
the  ^JJyrians  and  Sidonians  ,  fignifying  Lord,  Son- 
think  that  children  were  not  burnt  or  lacrificcd  to  him 
hmon\yconfecrated2Ln^  initiated  by  pafTmg  between  tw 
fires  ;  which  perhaps  might  be  a  cuftom  too.  But  it  is  ev  ' 
dent  by  feveral  places  of  Scripture  ,that  this  was  iiot  al 
And  the  Je'ujs  fay  ,  ihoitpajfmg  through  the  fire ,  is  bui 
Phrafe  for  Murnif^f.     He  h^dfeyen  Ciappels  fromtl 

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Notes  upon  the  fuond  Book .  105 

iMimhtt  o(  the  Planets  ,  of  which  the  Sun  is  King  ,  for 
which  region  the  Perfiam  WV^wn^cm^idQ  fe-ven  Gates  to 
hidi.  ^n  the  firll  Ch.ippel  w.is  offered  to  him  a  Ca*^."  of  fine 
flower  ,  in  the  fccond  a  Tarile ,  in  the  ihiid  a  i'hecp,  (he 
four:h  a  Katn,  the  fifth  an  Heifer,  the  fixth  an  Ox,  dnd  the 
fcvcnth  a  M.m  ,  or  C/jild ,  comnionly  a  young  child.  The . 
Iwja^e  was  of  ^».i/},  of  >\onilerfu!  grcatnefs  >  svith  his 
Jiand  Ipread  ,  and  let  on  fire  within  ,  perhaps  to  reprefenc 
the  heat  of  the  Sun,  andnjtas  fome  think,  to  burn  the 
Children  in  his  Arms. .  He  had  hkevvife  the  face  ofa  Bui- 
lec^i  in  which  figure  too  O/^rw  among  the  Egyptians  re- 
prefentcd  the  Sun  ,  and  Mithra  among  the  Perjians* 
Stac.         Indignatzfeqtii  torquentemcornua 

But  though  they  intended  the  worfhip  of  the  Sun ,  under 
this  name  of  Mo!o.h  ,  it  was  indeed  the  Devil  that  they 
worfhipped  ;  wh:ch  makes  me  fay ,  Grinning  thiough  a 
bhicl^  C'.Qi'dy  ^c. 

S^ifiT\grii.  Curt.  L.  4-  No  River  in  the  Eaf}  runs  fo 
violently  asT^ij^'r^itjfi'oni  which  (wiffneG  it  takes tiienamej 
for  Tj^'irn  in  the  Pe-flan  Lvigw^ge  fii^nifics  an  Jrrcvj. 

Helam, or  CheUw  ,  whic'"!  Ptolamy  calls  ^Limai/jA  ,  a 
flan  near  the  Foords  o^  Bc^hrate*. 

1  he  vtctropo'is  of  AniViom,  fince  Phtla-ldpli.r, 

And  he-took  thcit  Kings  Cro'vn  from  oif  his  head  ( the 
weigKcv.hcieofw-saXaici.totGold,  w'ich  the  precious 
ftoncs)  and  it  was  fet  on  Davids  head ,2  S^m.  >  i.  3  o.  and 
|thei'.ke,  \Chyo.70.  2  tolit  duidcm-.t  r^^qli  eotum  d?  ca^ 
|??.v  fj.Hs,^Se.  I'.ut  the  Seventy  h.r.  e  ,  xo^o.n^i  -nv  ^ipxvtv 
JMaA^o^  ^  BX{nX}(^  uvlZj  "^  77J;  xi(pe6Al',^  uvl'ii ,  a'c.  He 
ovk  cue  Crciin  ot  Moh  ijom  their  Kinj  from  olt  his  head, 
lihat  i.Sj  The  crown  upon  the  head  of  their  idol  MoloLhy 
br  Me.chc}}} ;  which  makes  f-mecftlie  Greek  Fathers  fay 
I  hat  Melcboms  I}H:ige  had  a  brighr  precious  ftone  in  form 
pfthe  ^o^nin/iiar  ,  oiaced  onthetonnfliK  fr>rf.Jioi(|^  | 


pf  the  v/oj  ningiiar  ,  placed  on  the  top  of  his  forchsa< 
|Mther  follow  the  Englifn  TranQjtion 

)ti  e '.vould  have  iWo/^pTitohp.vc  begun  his reion  at  f/^- 
yca-sold,which  is  very  ureafon.ible.Sir  IV.Kuughlrfy 


Soil  e 

yen 

;jr»cthiiiks,coi.vinccs:ha:  it  was  in  the  19.  year  of  his  age- 
fit 


104  ^^^^^  ^fon  the  fecond  Book. 

at  which  time  it  might  truly  be  faid  by  Da-vid  to  ?0hmort\ 
Thou  art  a  T»ife  man  3  and  by  Solomon  to  God  ^  1  am  hut 
young  child. 

5-3     I  am  not  ignorant  that  I  go  contrary  to  moft  learn 
men  in  this  point,  who  make  Sahay  of  which  fhe\Y? 
Qjueeny  a  part  oi  Arabia  Falix, 

V  irg.  Solii  eft  thurea  vir^a  Sa  baif. 

And  Frankincenfe  was  one  of  her  prefents  to  Solomo, 
Pfalm  7 1.  The  Kin^s  of  Arabia  and  Saba.  The  City  whe 
ihe  lived  th^    O^y  was  called  liarab ;  by  Strabo,  Mariab 
and  her ,  feme  name ,  Nicanna  5  othersj  Maj^eda  ;  the  - 
rabtans  Bu'l^U.     This  confifts  well  enough  with  her  tit 
of  thefi«*?»  of  Ethiopia  ;  for  there  were  two  Ethiopia' 
the  one  in  ^'Jia^  the  other  in  Afrti\,  Neverthelefe,  i  mj 
ke  her  here  (lueen  of  this  latter  Ethiopia  for  two  reafon 
firft  becaufe  f  he  is  called  in  the  hlevj  Ttftament  Queen 
the  South ,  which  feems  to  me  to  be  too  great  a  Title  f 
the  Queen  of  a  fmall  Territory  in  j4rabia  ,  lying  full  Ea 
and  but  a  little  SotAthivard  of  ludaa\  and  therefore  t 
Wtfemen  that  came  to  worfhip  Chrul  from  thofe  part 
are  termed  Eafterny  and  not  Sot<ihern  Sages.     Secondl 
all  the  Hiftories  of  the  Jbyjfines  09  J/rican  Ethiopia 
affirm,  that  fhe  was  fiwee??  of  their  Country,  and  den 
the  Race  of  their  Kings  from  ^^er  and  Solomon ,  which  i 
ordinary  names  of  them  feem  to  confirm  ,  and  the  cuftc 
of  Circumcifion  ufedeven  to  this  day,  though  they 
Chrtftians.  In  fine,  what  ever  the  truth  be  ,  this  opini 
makes  a  betrer  found  in  Poetry. 

|'4  Ihis  £^'>'^7/;a«  Kings  name  is  very  varioufly  writt 
Shijhacthe  Englifh  ,  Sefac  Latine,  Sufa\im  Septuagi: 
Sufac  lojephu^y  Sufefin  Cedremt^,  alfo  Safuges^  Sofonchts^. 
fachii^  and  by  Bujebiui  Smendef ,  lofephtt^t  /.  8.  pre 
that  Herodot.  falfely  afcribes  theaflsof  this  iiw/aicto  . 
fopris  y  and  particularly  his  fetting  up  of  pillars  in  P<; 
fitne  y  with  the  figures  of  womens  privy  parts  gra\ 
upon  them  ,  to  reproach  the  efFeminatenefs  of  thofe  ^  im 
tions.  The  Scripture  fays ,  his  Army  was  without  nu 
ber;  compofed  of  Lubimsyi.  Lybiansy  the  Countreys  w 
oi  Egypt.  Su]^{yms  ,  from  Succoth  Tents,  Lat.  Troglodita 
people  bordering  upon  thcRedfeayhy  othexSyArAbesBg' 


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Notes  upon  thefecond  Book .  105 

/V,  or  Jchthycpha^i;  &  Ethioptans.Cttfita,  Jofeph.  which  is 
nore  probable, then  to  make  them,  as  fome  do ,  the  peo- 
•le  of  AribnVtferta  and  Petraa.  From  this  time  the 
•.gyptti%ns  claimed  the  Soveraignty  of  Ludaay  x  Chron. 

1.8. 
^tiadefar ,  i  Chron.  i  i .  7.  I  mention  rather  the  gol- 
en  fhields  taken  by  Davids  than  thole  made  by  Solomon  , 
ecaufe  D  fxii  mi^ht  be  more  concerned  in  them. 

Theltory  of  this  great  battel  between  ^ktjah  ^ind  J^- 
oho/tm  IS  one  of  ihe  Itrangt  ft  and  hum:inely  moi)  h.nd  to 
eheve  ,  .^Imolt  m  the  \vh(»!e  Old  Teftamcnt ,  thit  out 
fa  Kingdom  ,  not  half  fobig  as  £n;//rt«^-  five  hundred 
loufand  chofen  and  valiant  rr^en  fhouMbeflain  inone 
actcl ;  and  of  this  nor  fomuch  as  any  notice  taken  in 
'bi/^tbs  or  Jtrobrrims  lives  in  the  firfl  of  Hif^^s.  h  idds 
luch  CO  ihc  vvonder,  that  is  defeat  I  hould  draw  no  other 
):i!cauence  after  ic  but  /ih.j.ibs  recovery  f>f  two  or  three 
owns  ;  no  more  than  all  the  n-ighty  troubles  and  chan- 
ts in  ifrtel,  that  hapncd  afterwards  in  ^^/a's  time,  who 
idbcildes ,  the  advantage  of  being  a  virtuous  &  vicVo- 
ous  Frince.   Sir  W  Kaujfhley  makes  a  good  dirconrfeto 
ove  the  reafon  of  this  to  have  b^en  ,  bccaufe  the  fiiccen. 
•ys  oiS'Aomon  iliil  kept  up  ch  it  fcventy  and  arhitrarinefs 
•'  Government ,   which  firll  caufed  the  reparation  ,  buc 
at  ?.ll  th-'  is.tri?i  of  ifrzel  allowed  thoie  liberties  to  the 
:ople,  upon  the  fcore  of  which  leroboam  pofleft  him- 
Ifof  the  Crown;  v.hich  the  people  chofe  rather  to  en- 
y,  choLiph  with  great  w.^rs  and  diflurbances,  than  to 
turn  to  the  quiet  which  they  enjoyed  with  fervitude  un- 
\r  Solomon.  There  may  be  fomething  of  this  perhaps  in 
e  cale  •,  but  even  though  this  be  true  ,  it  is  fo  {trance 
at  the  Kir.^s  of  Ittdah  f hould  never  (among  fo  many 
tolianges)  finda  partyin  i/nie/ tocall  themin  n^ain  ,  thit 
pie  muft  fly  to  the  abfolute  determination  o(Geds  \\,\\ 


r  a  caufe  of  it ,  who  being  offended  with  thefi'"sof 
Ifl'th  5  made  both  his  inftruments  of  vengcmceagainft 

ic  another,  and  gave  victories  and  other  advantages 
p^]ud.ihi  not  for  bleflingsto  that,  but  for  Curfesand 

ourges  CO  Ijratl.  Godpur,ijht  one ,  bm  b'.gsl  not  theothtr 


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f7     ThisSuperftitionofconfecrating  Gro-ve^to/^W;  grevj 
fo  frequent,that  there  was  fcarfe  any  fair  green  Tree  iha  i: 
was  not  dedicated  to  fome  Idol,  ii 

— —  Lucrfque  yetufid  Ik 

Keligione  truces  ^  robot  a  Numinis  inflar.  ij 

The  word  it  felf  Lucm  is  conceived  by  fome  to  come ., 
Lucendojrom  theconftantl.%/;/  of  Sacrifices  burnt  therl 
to  the  Gods,  or  rather  perhaps  from  T^perscontinuall 
ly  burning  there  in  honour  of  them.  At  laft  the  very  Tred 
grew  to  be  the  Idols :  J 

■  Quercm ,  oracuU prima.  Ovid. "  -|l 

The  I  DruiJa  had  their  name  from '  wordiipping  a 
Oak  ;  and  among  the  Ce!ta  an  Oak  was  the   Imj 
ge  of  yt4piter  ,  the    Holm  Tree  had  no  lefs  bono 
with  the  i^^/r«r/^?7J.  Tacitus  fays  the  ancient  G^rw^ii 
called  Trees  by  the  names  of  the  Gods ^  2  Kings  2?.< 
'^ojiah  is  fjid  to  bring  out  the  Groves  from  the  houfc  < 
the  Lord  ;  where  iticrems.the  l.lcls  themfelves  are  ca 
led  Gjoves  *  either  having  gotten  that  name  from  {}ai 
ding  commonly  in  Groyns  ,  or  perhaps  becaufc  the 
TV'ere  the  figures  of  Trees  adored  by  them  :   or  of 
dols  with  Trees  reprelenrcd  too  about  them  ;  as  M 
19.  24.     the   filver  firrilitudts   of  Diami's  Temph 
made  by    Den.ttrim  ,    are  termed   Temples  oj  Dian 

y8  The  number  of  the  Armies  is  here  likewifc  moreth; 
wonuctful ,  j4jas  confifting  of  five  hundred  and  eigh 
thourand  ,  and  Z.rahs  of  ren  hundred  thoufand  menjca 
led  Ethiopians^  Ctifia :  Now  though  I  took  the  Cujhes 
Sttf^cs  Ariry  to  be  the  Etkifpt.insy  oi  Jfncl^^  for  it  is  ve 
likely  hemightbringupihol'eas  well  ^sLybianSiWXoV 
icflir.ey  yet  ins  improbable  that  Zerah  fhould  m-arch  wi 
fuch  an  Arwy  through  all  Egjpf  yOuz  of  ihr<t  Ethiopia.h^^^^ 
CiicSyGerar  and  the  Cities  thereabout  are  fpoiledby  ^jm^i^ 
as  belonging  to  Zera^  but  that  is  in  Jrahia  Petraciy\yh.\  L.^  \ 
1  Rjppole  tolie  his  Kingdom ,  though  perhaps  with  oil  ^ 
Countrys  thereaboutsrand  with  the  help  of  his  neighbcL 
Princes  :  for  oihcrwifc  it  is  hard  to  believe,  thaclL,,^^ 
Army  could  be  fo  great.  It  is  clear  that  the  Jrahianswim^]^^^ 
called  Ethiopians  a's  wcU  as  the  JbjJJineSi  both  derccLj^. 


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Notei  upon  the  fecond Booh  1 07 

Hcloftfomanyof  hisSubjefts  o( Mabia  Pttraa ,  as 
light  make  that  like  Jratia  Dfftrta. 

It  is  ftrange ,  that  after  his  being  able  to  bring  fuch  an 
.rmy  into  the  field  ,  after  his  great  fticcefs  againil  Ziraby 
nd  his  Fathers  but  a  little  before  againftjftfrt^o^w,  he 
hould  be  fo  larmed  with  the  War  of  Baafha(^  murthe- 
:r ,  and  an  unfetled  U  furper  -,  for  \>'hich  caufe  I  call  hitn 
*erjured  ''•  as  to  give  his  own  and  the  Temples  Treafures 
Drtheafllrtance  of  Benhadad:  But  it  was  not  fo  much 
lUt  of  fear  oi^Baafha  alone  ,  as  of  Benhidid  too  at  the 
line  time  ,  who  would  have  joined  with  Baafba  ,  if 
e  had  not  been  brought  off  to  |oin  with  ^Ja.  The  Fa- 
lily  of  the  Jdads  then  reigned  in  Damafcu6  ,  were 
rown  mighty  Princes  ,  and  fo  continued  long  after, 
ut  the  Afliftance  was  very  dangerousjfor  the  Syrians  ha- 
ing  by  this  occafion  found  the  weaknefs  of  both  King-^ 
oms  ,  o^lf'^aelznd  ludaa ,  and  enriched  themfelvesat 
ncc  upon  both ,  never  ceafed  afterwards  to  moleft  and 
^taquethem. 

The  ¥a'es ;  that  is  ,  according  to  the  Chriflian  Poetical 
lanner  of  fpeaking  ,  thc^ngels ,  tho  whom  the  Govern- 
tent  of  this  u'tfrW  is  committed.  The  meaning  is,  that  ha- 
ing  a  command  to  kill  the  King^  and  feeing  lehofaphat  in 
kingly  Robes ,  and  looking  only  upon  the  outward  diC- 
ui(e  of^hub  (  withoutftayingtoconfider  whotheper- 
jn  was  y  they  had  like  to  have  caufed  the  King  oiludaB 
Dbe  flain  inftead  of  the  Ktngoi  Jfratl.  He  had  like  to 
ave  dyed  as  Virgil  fays,  ^lieno  vulnere. 

Seir^  A  little  countrey  lying  between  £^omand  Moahi  ' 

}thoram  is  faid  to  have  reigned  eight  years  in  ]erufa'^ 
>m,  2  Kings  8.  I  7.  2  Chron.  ii.  zo.  but  it  is  apparent  by 
aoft  evident  collection  out  of  the  Text ,  that  either  feven 
•fihofe eight  years  (as  fome  will  have  it)  oratlcaft  four, 
re  to  be  reckoned  in  the  life  of  his  Father  Jehofaphat, 
Vhich  makes  me  wonder  at  Sulpit,  Seyerw  his  miitake, 
yho  fays  ,  ]oram  filtm  rtgnum  tenuit  (  Jofapbat  re^e 
efun^o  )  annos  dnode-vtginti  :  Reigned  eighteen  years. 
I'ini.rather  think  itfhould  be  annos  df40ty  and  that  deviginfi 
iidls  crept  in  fince.  Qcbofia  or  AhaTJa  reigned  fcarce  one 
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61  ^thalia, by  (omGGothalia.  Her  murder  of  all  that  ili"f'^ 
mained  { as  The  thought  )  of  the  Family  of  D.ifv/W,  mafc^l'' 
her  only  pretence  to  the  Government  ,  which  was  thP'*'' 
Vacua  PfiJJeJfio  ,  Sindhdon^cd  to  the  ft fi  Fcjfe/fbr.  S 
had  been  in  effed  in  pofleflion  of  italltherimeof  1^ 
Husband  lehoram  ,  and  Son  Ochofia ,  'ETTiri^n  y,rih 

Jofeph.  And  after  thefe  \4urdcrs  here  was  a  double  UJ$\ 
f^tionof  Athaliah  ,  firft  as  ihe  was  not  of  the  Houfe 
Da'>Qid.KTid  fecondly,as  fhe  was  a  Woman.Vox  the  Croi 
oiDjividdxd  not. as  thtPrtneh  fay,Fall  tothQDi(iaff,T(H 
her  en  quenoiiille ,  Vtut.  17.15".  Yet  fhe  reigned  pcaceat 
almott  feven  years;  which  was  very  much  to  be  wondr-  . 
at,  not  only  in  regard  of  her  murders  5  ufurpation,  iIy 
ranny  and  Idolatry  at  home ,  but  becaufe  lehu  then  Ki  IFi 
of  Ifratl  ,  was  a  fworn  enemy  of  the  Houfe  of  ^/j/tf*" 
and  had  vowed  to  root  it  all  out,  which likewife  If 
cffeifledjexcept  mthe  pcrfon  of  this  wicked  woman,\v 
BC^  erthelcfs  penf hed  at  laft  as  fhe  dcferved ,  yl(jol  vit 
Veu.n. 
#4  1  Kings  mentions  but  one  Invafion  of  Hataels  Ki 
oi  /irittn  or  Syria  y  which  was  compounded  by  J^omi 
a  great  fum  of  money.  The  2.  of  Chronicles  mention 
likewife  but  one,  which  ended  mthe  lofsof  a  battel 
^oas  ,  and'thefiaughrerofmoftofthe  Princes  of /»<//; 
Some  think  that  both  thofe  places  fign^fiebutone  wa 
and  that  the  compofition  followed  the  vidory.  Tl 
they  were  feveral  Invafions  appears  to  me  more  r rot 
ble,  and  that  mentioned  in  the  Chronicles  to  be  the  fc 
mer  of  the  two  ,  though  it  be  generally  otherw 
thought;  for  it  is  n>ore  likely ,  that  J^OdrilhcuId  bed 
ven  to  accept  of  that  coftiy  and  fhameful  compofitio 
afterthe!ofsofabatt£l,andofihcgreateftpartrfhisN 
bility  ,  againft  a  fmall  number,  than  before  he  had  e\ 
tryed  his  fortune  in  the  field  againft  the  Aratnites.  Ni 
ther  is  kfo  probable  that  the  Syrians  having  made  t\ 
agreement  for  a  vaft  treafure ,  fhould  again  break  ; 
and  invade  them  with  a  fmall  company  ,  as  that  ha 
ing  at  firft  with  a  party  only  defeated  the  Jude, 
Army  3  they  fhould  afterwards  enter  with  greater  Fore 


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'JtJprofccuterheViOory,  and  thercwirh  force  them  to 
''^jiJicceptof  fohaid  and  dishoriourablecondicions.  But  it 
'"lijnav  bcobjecled  ,  that  insfaid  ,  x  Chron.  24.25.  When 
'kl«t*>(  ihcSyriitm  )  dtptrtedf  rmhim  (  for  they  left  him 
Kofln  great  die  fes  "l'  hfoivn  fer  ^unts  ionfptrtd  ai^atpjl  him  ^ 
jiMmiPe'w  b!m\2i%  if  th<s  followed  immed  ately  after  the  bat- 
tel. But  he  char  obferves  the  manner  of  writing  u(cd  in 
3leulhelC/;7^jand  ChonicUs,  and  ird^  ed  all  other  Hillo- 
wlicalp^rrsofthe  Scr.p'we^  fhal)  find  the  rel  tion  very 
J  CrJin  perfect  and  co^fufed  (  efpecally  incircumftancesof 
\§mTitne)  reciting  of  en  the  latter  things  firft,  by  j4ntich 
*ation      So  that   When  they  departed  ,  C^      n)ay  rcla* 


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\mM^  ^^^  ^o  ^^'*  defeat  which  in  the  Text  it  immediate- 
ly folloA'S  ,  but  to  the  other  compofition  afterwards; 
vhich  may  be  here  omitted  ,  bccaufethat  feccndin- 
afion  was  but  a  confequence ;  andalmoft  Continua/f 
wifle  of  the   former  :  In   which  refpcft  one   Relarion 
JiJ    ^  Chronicles)  mentioning  the  firft  part,  which  was 
i^jhe  battel  only  ;  and  the  other  (  i  Kings  )thcrecond, 
^'hich  was  the  fending  in  of  new  Forces ,  and  the  condi'* 
ions  of  agreement  both  have  fulfilled  the  duty  of  £pito-o 
vies. 

That  is,  In  the  fame  manner  as  his  Father  loasr,  both 
)eing  virtuous  and  happy  at  firft,  wicked  and  unfortu, 
late  at  ;he  laft  5  w'th  the  fame  refemblance  in  their  dc* 
:eat5  ,  the  one  by  the  Syrians  ,  the  other  by  the  IfraeUm 
fef  •;  and  111  the  confcquences  of  them  ,  which  were  the 
oCs  of  all  their  treafurcs ,  and  thofe  of  the  Temple ,  a 
dif  honourable  peace  j  and  their  murders ,  by  their  own 
ervants. 

This  punifhment ,  I  fuppofe ,  was  infii(fled  on  them  a 
?iebels  5  not  as  enemies. 

Uzziah ,  fo  he  is  called  in  ourTranflation  oftheCi^r*- 
»Mc/e/,theSeptuagint'0^/«6^»and  fo7o/f/>A/<^^butin  Iximrf 
he  is  named  ^zarioi,  which  was  the  Ht^h  Prtefts  name  in 
his  time. 

M firft  from  men  ,  i  Chron.  2^.  zi.  Dwe/t  in  a  houfe 

apart  y  heinsr  a   Leper.     So  likewifc    2.  Kin^s  i_f.  j-, 

according  to  the  Law  concerning  I^'^frj  ,  Leyit.  15.^^. 

from  earth  at  ia/i  :   for  ]oje}hm  reports  ,  that  the 

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1 1  o  Notes  upon  the  fecond  Book, 

grief  C.1U fed  his  dearh;^i§oyfli>  ^V  w*"  ^'^7^^  «l«  '^  t^Ai 
\^utIw  ^^6/y  B<0V"  £ar«7Wi^  Avx*j{  >^  c^Jv^jtiti^  uynjut  0 

69  Jtf/f^^/0  gives  J<7/^«;?  an  high  Elogy.    fhat  he  vvantp) 
no  kind  of  vertue,  but  was  rehgious  towards  God,  jutt 
men  ,  and  Wife  in  Government. 

70  To  the  Idol  Melach.o^yihich  before.  When  they  bur 
the  Child  in  Sacrifice  ,  it  was  the  cuftom  to  malc< 
great  noife  with  Drums ,  Trumpets  ,  Cymbals  ,  ai 
other  Inftruments  ,  to  the  end  that  his  cryts  might  n 
be  heard.  BinnoTiy  a  valley  full  of  Trees  clofe  by  jh 
rufalem  ,  where  Neloch  was  worfhipped  in  this  etpi 
crable  manner  ,  called  Gebinnon  ,  from  whence  dB^" 
\Yord<jf/;^»;7^  comes  for  Htlh^xz  was  called  hkewifero;?! 
Some  think  (asTheodor.  Sa.ia.^c.  )  thu  ^chaz,  on 
made  his  Son  pafs  between  two  fires  for  a  Lujiran 
and  Confecration  of  him  to  Moloch  ,  becaufe  it 
faid  ,  1  Kings  \6.  2.  He  made  his  Son  to  pafs  throuf 
the  fire.  But  tChon.  18.  3.  Explains  it.  He  burnt  his  Chi 
dreninthefire.  And  jofepbm  3  hJ^Xois 'i^ov  oXoy.ecc/Ta] 

71  Ttglat-piUefer,  ox  Tight  phul  afar.  TheSonofP^w 
called  by  Anmu^fhuli'.ehchm^  by  others  B?.(7/z/<f,  I 
Viodor  i  Belefes  3  the  Afiociate of ^r^^^r^i  indeftroyn 
Sardanapaltt6y  and  the  Jjjyrtdn  Empire.  After  whici 
the  Government  of  habylon  and  Jjjyria  was  left  to  hi 
by  ^rbaceSy  which  he  loon  turned  into  an  abfolute  Sov 
raignty ,  and  made  other  great  additions  to  it  by  coi 
queft, 

72  For  after  the  fpoil  of  J'>'»'M  and  Ifrael,  which  he  d 
flroyed  upon  Jchas  quarrel ,  he  poiTcft  himfelf  alio  o! 
great  partof  |«^<««3  which  hecameto  fuccour,  bo 
away  the  chief  riches  of  the  Countrey  5  and  made  ^ch 
his  Tributary  and  fervant. 

7  3  The  Rabbies  ,  and  out  of  them  ^bulerj/is  and  Cajeu 
faythe^w^^/ofGod  dellroyed  them  by j^re  fromHeavc 
]cfepbi^i  (ays  by  a  Fe^ikmey  ><oi^iK'i)  yoVa. 

74  He  was  (lain  in  the  Temple  of  Ntfrotb  ,  Septuagint 
Ki(r£^,]c>fepbu^jTavxcJ A^'TxyiXip^ivMyhy  histwoeldt 
Sons  Adi-amelec  and  S^r aj.tr  jfome  fay,  becaufe  in  hisdi 
ftrefs  ac  Fihfium  ( of  which  fee  Uettdot,)  he  had  boun 

hiir 


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Notes  upon  the  JecondBooK  lit 

limfelf  by  vow  to  facrifice  them  to  his  Gods.  Other 
nore  probably,  bccaufe  he  had  rfecfarcd  ^i^iYhaidom 
heir  younger  brother  by  another  Mother ,  his  Succejp)n 
Hetod^  reports  that  this  Sennachenbs  Statue  was  in  Tem* 
>Ie  of  Vulcan  in  E^ypt ,  with  th'S  Infcription  , 

Let  him  who  looks  upon  lue  learn  to  fear  God. 

It  is  not  plain  by  the  Scri^  ture  that  the  Sun  went  back- 
kVard  ,  but  that  the  Jhadgw  only ,  upon  that  particular 
Dtaly  which  Vatablui ,  Uant^mwi ,  and  divers  others  be-- 
fieve.  HcAvever  this  opinion  hath  the  authority  of  all  the 
Greei^  and  Latin  Fathers. 

Forgetful  Man  ,  which  is  the  fignification  of  his  name.' 

The  Egyptians  \Kox(\\\\ipcd.Two CaHes ^  JpU  and  Une^ 
"VPS ,  the  one  dcdiCv-^ted  to  the  Sun  ,  and  the  other  to  the 
Maon-y  or  rather  the  ore  being -and  Iclol  or  Symbolo(  the 
Sun  i  and  the  other  of  the  Moon ,  that  is  in  their  Sacred 
Language 3  o( O/trii  and  Ijis.  Fiom  the  Egiptians  the 
Jfraelites  took  this  Idolatry  ,  but  applying  to  it  the  name 
of  the  True  Go  i,  whomthey  thought  fit  to  worf  hip  un- 
der the  fame  figure ;  as  they  had  feen  Ojiri^  worf  hipped 
in  Egypt.  Such  was  ^rons  Calf^  or  Oxe ,  and  Jeroboams 
fwoCaNes  ereded  in  Danand  Bethel  (which  Religion 
he  learnt  at  the  tirreof  his  banifhment  in  Egypt)  which 
I  do  not  believe  to  have  been  rvs'O  different  idols ,  in 
miitation  oi^pU  and  Mne-ois ,  but  that  both  were  made 
to  reprefent  the  fimef  r/ieG<?</,  which  he  thought  might 
as  well  be  adored  under  that  Figure ,  as  the  Ojyrpi  was, 
or  Sun  of  the  Ey^yptiiins. 

Oi0f)rpi ,  fee  before  the  Note  upon  the  Oie  called  j 
The  Plagues  oj  Egypt,  ib. 

I  See  Note  47.  where  I  fay  that  his  Image  \y is  of  Bra]s\ 
how  then  could  it  fall  to  ^fhes  in  his  own  Fires}  thac 
n  ,  it  was  fird  melted  ,  and  then  beaten  to  dufl ,  as  the 
graven  Imogeof  the  Groyes  which  Manaf^is  let  up ,  and 
which  J  flji.  I  h  burnt,  asthenftampt  to  powder;  which 
ftampmg  syasnot  neceiTary  if  ithadbeen  of  wood,  foK 
then  It  would  have  burnt  to  afhes.  2,  King.  13.  6. 
}  The  Sydontans  had  two  Principal  Idols,  Baal  and  Aflar^ 
tty  or  Ajht^roth,  i.  The  Sun  and  the  Moon  j  which  ^(iurti 

Sl  I  is. 


II 2  Notes  upon  theficond  Booh 

is  perhaps  the  4  'BtckXy  n- enr'onec?  often  in  the  Septnagin 
Hob.  I.  5-  V3ve>  T^  B«c«?k  rj  A«^<eA^.  They  facrifice^ 
She  Baa!  the  Coilk  both  tht^'  jun  and  Moon  were  repref^r 
ted  anc ieot'y  under  that  Ftffur^,  Luc.  de  De^  Syr.  A^wfrt 
^'  iya  hxiM  e%XYivxitcii{/'fiivttf3her  Image  was  the  Siaiue  < 
zt^Voman,  hav  ing  on  her  head  the  head  of  a  Bull, 


t/rt 


I 


of 

h 


Syderum  Rej^i»a  bicornis.  Hor. 

f  O  Herodian  teftifiesjthat  Melw%abilu6  (that  is,  the  Bat^H 
the  Tyrians)  was  worfhipped  in  a  (?ff<ir  J/(?;7< ,  round i 
bottom,and  ending  in  a  fpirej  to  fignifie  the  nature  of  f i 
re.ln  the  h'ke  FigureT«f />«4  reports  rhat  VenwPa^hia  wa 
worfhipped,  that  is,  I  fuppofe  ,  the  Moon ^  jiftan 
(for the  Cyprian  fuperftition  is  likely  to  have  com 
from  the  Tyrians  )  the  Wife  of  Banl.  1  find  alfi 
Lapis  to  have  been  a  firnamc  of  Ju^ittr  j  Jupttt  La 

8 1  Deo,  Syfia ,  which  is  thought  to  be  Venm  Ur.mia  ,  tba 
is, the  v/tftfw,  f»f;7facrificedtoherinthehahitoftfow*ai  * 
and  ^hev  in  that  of  men  ;  because  the  Moon  waSt  fteemei  I  H 
Mfi'ftvo^XtStboth  maleund  female,  M^crob.  Satur.  3.  8|  ^ 
fro.n  whence  it  was  called  Luftus  a^  well  as  Luna ,  am 
F<p?;«4  too,  Deus  Venui ,  Jul.  Firm,  fays  of  the  Pricrts,rir#. 
lem  fexum  ornatu  miliebri  de iecorant 3  which  is  the  occa- 
(ion  of  the  Law,  Dcut.  mf. 

Si  t  Kings  17.30.  ^»<i the  men  ofBmhyhn  wade  Swco'l 
Benoth  ;  that  is  ,  built  a  Temple  or  TIcibernade  (for  Snccoti 
is  a  tabernieh)  to  Benoth,  or  Bfwox,  or  Htwwj  for  J«/W.  has 
B7v(^  ,  •yo/it^  5^Sff ,  (i. )  Mtf/zf «» 5  the  Babylonian  Vempi ,  Oi 
whofe  worfhip  Heredot.  L.  1 .  reports,That  Pir^/wj crow- 
ned with  Garlands  fate  in  order  in  her  Temple ,  Separated 
from  one  another  by  little  cords ,  and  never  ftirrcd  from 
thence  till  fome  ft  ranger  came  in,and  giving  them  a  piece 
of  money  took  thern  out  to  lie  with  them  3  and  till  then 
they  could  not  be  married. 

83  Some  make  Dsgon  to  be  the  fame  wkh  Jufiter  Ara* 
triuSi  X^tJv,  deriving  it  from  D<j|f  on  3  Com-,  but  this  is 
generally  exploded,  and  as  generally  believed  ,  that  it 
comes  from  Pa^^  a  Ftfb ;  and  was  an  Idcl ,  the  upper  pare 

Man^ 


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If 


i  Notes  upon  thefecond  Booh  1 1 3 

"Man ,  and  the  lower  fifh.  Defi^et  in  Pifcem  mtdier former 
frnfifet  ne.  1  make  it  rather  Fent'iJe  than  Male  ,  becaufe  I 
^^J  take  it  to  be  the  Syrian  Ater^atii  (^^dder  dagan  the  migh- 
ty F if h)  2nd  L)erceto,who(Q  Image  was  fuch,and  her  Tem- 
ple at  Ajlaltn,  which  is  the  place  where  Vaprt  was  wor- 
fhipped.  D'oirr.  f^ys  of  the  Image,  L.  3.  vp  ^  (rst^uTcc-i 
«;^«  yvvXKog  ,T0  j  u?i^Q  tu^K  Ttui  Ip^Jv^.      Anti  Ltician  , 

>>3j1«vg7Wf.  There  is  an  ancient  fable  ,  that  oiav^Kii  a 
Creaiui  e  /i^//-  M/»"  and  H/»y"-  Fijh ,  arofe  out  of  the  Red- 
Sia  ,  and  came  to  Babylon^  and  there  tsught  men  feveral 
Arts  ,and  then  returned  again  to  the  Sea.  ^psUodor.  re- 
ports ,  that  four  fuch  0  tnnes  in  feveral  ages  had  arofe  out 
oii\\Q  Ked  fea  ,  and  that  the  name  of  one  was  u^ksh. 
From  whence  our  learned  SelJen  fetches  D4i^o»jwhom  fee 
at  large  upon  this  matter.  DeD.  Syrit  Syntu^.  c,  i.  3. 
\  2  Kings  z  5 .  11.  chariots  and  Horfes  were  dedicated  to 
the  Sun  ,  in  regard  of  rhe  fwiftnefs  of  his  motion.  See 
2.n.  /.8.  deCyro.  1  i/A>«c/3<»f.  PauCan.  in  Lacon.  Heliodir. 
JE,th^  1.0,  Jujlin.  1.  Hn^a.  i.  Tiizy  \^ttt  Living  ivbili 
Hcrfes  to  rcprcfent  the  Light.  Ntrg/il,  i  Kings  17.30. 
And  the  menofCuth  made  Nergal,  which  fignifies  f/r^j 
to  Wit ,  the  fucred  Fife  that  was  kept  always  burn  ng  i» 
honour  of  the  Sun ,  as  that  of  Vefta  among  the  Romans. 
1  he  ancient  Perfians  worf  hipt  it ,  and  had  no  other  Idol 
of  thf;  Sun.  From  ihence  the  Cuthites  brought  it ,  when 
ihcy  were  removed  into  Samarta  ,  who  came  from  the 
bordjrsofC«f/;/«  ,  a  River  in  Ffr/r<».  ifr/jio  fays  of  the 
Pet/Uns,  ^»  TTfuTu  T6rnt/eiev;i;o'Twj»'.vhich  was  the  rea- 
fonthey  aDi.uncd  incdMiTi^/j^  ot  dead  bodies,  asapro« 
phanation  of  their  Deity. 

S  Belt^tbtib.  The  God  of  Ekron  or  ^ccaron.  The 
God  of  Flies.  Sec  the  Note  on  the  eighth  Stan  2.1  oftheOt/e 
called  5  The  Plaguei  of  Egypt ,  and  Note  1 8.  upon  the  firft 
Book. 

ThtinJring  Baal  The  Jupiter  and  Stmo^  the  Sidonians, 
andothcr  neighbouring  Countrys.  See  the  Note  4 f  L  f,». 

•6     Neither  the  book  of  Kmgs  nor  Chronicles  makt' par- 
ticular mention  oi  ihc Jlatigbter  oUehotaJ(im  by  the  ^j^- 

S^  4t  rians^ 


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114         Notes  upon  thefecond  Book,  I  g 

ricini.  Nay  the  fecond  o^Chron.  i6.  6.  feems  at  firft  fightl  t«f 
to  imply  the  contrary.  Againfthimcame  up  Nehttch^d'Aiiii 
ueziir-.^nd  bound  him  in  Fetters  to  carry  him  to  Babylon,!  T''"' 
That  is,  he  firft  bound  him  with  an  intent  to  carry  him  | 
awaycipti  cSurafrercaufidhimtobenjinrherejtoful-BisaJ: 
ft\  the  Prophefies  o^leremtah,]tt.  ^6  30  and  Infephm  (aySB  fe)< 
cxprefly^,  th.it  Nebuchadrte'ji^ir  commanded  hmi  to  bel^ioi 
flair),  and  his  body  to  be  cafts  over  the  walls.  D    ' 

87  ]ehoi(ichm ,  the  Son  of  Jehoiai^tni ,  a  C/jild  ,  and  whoB  t, 
was  taken  away  capt^eafrer  three  months  and  ten  days  , 
2edechi(i  being  fet  up  in  his  place  ,  the  younger  brothec 
of  lehoiM  and  lehoiai^im  ;  The  fourth  Kin^  of  the  jews  \^\ 
fuccefTively ,  that  was  made  a  ^mdflct  ve.  Ifraels  noiv  /b  J 
Itmn  and  imperial  Chain:  for  it  was  the  cuftom  cf  the 
great  Eaitern  Monarchs,  as  afterwards  of  the  Romans 
too ,  Vt  huberem  injirumtntafervitutii  CS*  re^es.  Tacit. 

88  For  chough  they  were  reftorcd  again  to  their  Country, 
yet  they  never  recovered  their  ancient  Liberty  ,  but 
continued  under  the  yoke  of  the  Perjians,  Macedonians  , 
and  Romans  till  their  final  deftruftioru 

p8  In  this  manner  Otdipm  fpeaks ,  after  he  had  put  out  his 
own  eyes.    In  Ti6^^. 

Quid  hie  tnanes  meos  detineo  ? 
"Why  do  Lkeep  my  Gbojl  aUve  here  fo  long  ?  And  to  ^th^ 
tigone , 

Tunm  extendi:  fneunti 

Longajqr,  "xivi  ducps  exequ'tM  patriSm 
AndOed.Acl.  ^ 

Mors  eli^atur  Unga,  quaratur  "Via 
QudnecfepHltis  mijlw  GT  vi^ius  tamen 
Exemptui  errem.  *—  Senica  the  i^hilifoph. 

(But  as  a  Poet ,  not  a  PhihCopher)  calls  Banijhmem  it  (elf 
(the  leaft  oiZedechia*s  afflidlion)  a  Veath^  nay  a  B»ri«/j 
Parce  reli^atis,  hoc  eft,  jam  parcefepultiu 
Viyorum  cimrijit  tua  terra  Le"vis. 
But  SentcarhsVathtr  in  the  ig.Controverf.  has  raifcd  ao 
objeftion againft the  next verre,B?r^j^o/fr/>A  ^<^-  ^^' 
^;>«(fayshe}fpokeamofl:fairefenfe5  into  which  manv 


Notes  upon  the  fecond  Bool.         1 15 

fall.  She  VJOf  the  more  to  be  lamented ,  becaujefhe  could  not 
iveep  herself.  And  again.  So  much  cauje  and  no  more  powd- 
er to  laeep.     ^j;/ (fays he)  blind p<ople could  not -^eep. 
_  Truly,  Philofophically  Ipeaking ,  The  moyftiire  that 
j'i'J  falls  through  thepkceofthe  Eyes  ,  if  provoked  by  grief, 
is  as  much  weeping ,  as  if  the  Eyes  were  there ,  yet  (fa- 
re) weeping  fecms  to  depend  fo  much  upontheEyes, 
as  to  make  the  exprefTion  Foetteal  true  ,  though  not  I./- 
terady.     And  therefore  the  Tra^adian  was  not  frighted 
wch  his  Criticifm  5  for  Oedip.  fays  in  Theb, 
Cunflafors  mthi  infejia  abfluUt, 
Lacryma ftipereram-i  has  quo^eripui  mihi. 
T  confefs  indeed  in  a  Declamation  1  like  not  thofe  kinds  of 
"^loiveri  fo  well- 

o     I  do  not  mean ,  that  fhe  was  without  Original  Sin ,  as 
her  Roman  Adorers  hold  very  ternerarioufly  ^  but  thar 
neither  Difeafe  nor  Impetfedton ,  which  are  the  efFeds 
andfootfteps .  as ir were,  oiSin 3  were  to  befeenin  her 
body. 
H     Their  mingled  Light',  i.  Their  C5/(?«rj;  which  are  no- 
thing, but  thefeveral  mixtures  of  L/i;>&(  with  Darhnefi 
in  the  fuperficies  of  opacous  bodiejj  as  for  example  > 
YeRoiD  is  the  mixture  of  Li^ht  with  a  \itt\Q  Darhnefi\ 
Green,  with  a  little  more  ',  Red  with  more  yet.  So  thaC 
Colours  are  nothing  but  L/;?/-/ diverfly  refleaed  and  fha- 
dowed.   /'/a/t? calls  them,  (?>Ao^  r  o-upiuTm  txu^m  ^. 
{ijfcTzty.     Ttames,  that  is,  L/^^/continL.aliy  flow  n«  from 
Bod-es    and  Ptnl.ir  oV  6.  elegantly  attributes  ?o  Flo- 
wers ,rUp7n>^(py'^i^j<ix']<'y<e^.  Purple  Beams, 
p*     Gods  h  .yr.    J  hough  the  word  feem  bold ,  I  know  no- 
hurt  m  thefigu'e.  And  Spottfe  is  not  an  Heroica^ujord 
The  church  is  called  c/;r//^  Spoufe ,  becaufe  whilftiti's 
Idilitant,  It  is  only  ay  it  were  Contra^ed,  not  Married. 
tJI  It  becomes  Triumphant ,  but  here  is  not  the  fame  rea- 
lon. 

53      Early,].  Eafiern  Spires.rroxn  Arabia  which  is  Eaflr-iari ' 
o(Jude4.  Therefore rhe^crrrure  fays  ,  thar  thef-  Ara^ 
^,an  ^y1'e  -^en  came  >!-k  hxloXm.   We  have  C^Qn  his  Star. 
WTp  imxliXri-   Virg. 

^cep  iona  t  proi  ejfit  Cajark  aflrnm, 

^5)  Atici; 


to 
im 


'H 


11^         Note$  upon  thefecond  Book. 

And  the  Prefents  which  thefe  wife  men  brought ,  fhew 
that  they  came  from  Arabia, 
P4  Gahriel ;  che  name  fignifies  ,  The  Power  of  God.  I  have 
feen  in  fome  Migical  Books ,  where  they  give  barbarous 
names  to  the  Guarrltisn  AnieU  of  great  perfons ,  as  that  of 
Mathattrori  to  the  Jngel  of  Mo/es  f  that  they  aflign  one 
Ceryiel  to  D*vidy\ndth\s  Gts^'neltoyofphy  fofua^nd 
Vaniel.Qixt  '■  rather  ufe  this  than  that  Di'alo  tc^tl  Name  (for 
ou^ht  1  know  of  an  ^nyl^  which  the  Scr'pture  makes  no 
mention  of.  trpecially  becaufc  ^<jir«/ is  employed  parti- 
cularly in  things  that  belong  in  the  manifcftation  okhrifl 
as  to  the  Prophet  D  imd  ,  to  Zach^ria,  and  to  Mary  The 
R^hhfes2icco\mtMich.ielihe  'lintftcr  of  Gois  Juftice,  and 
Gabriel  of  his  Mercies ,  and  they  call  the  former  Fin ,  and 
the  latter  ^r,«fr. 
p^  T/jo.  jiquiriM ,  upon  the  fecord  of  the  Senten.  Diftin£i, 
9.  ^rt.  1.  It  is  neceffary  that  the  Air  fhould  be  tbicH^/tedy 
till  it  come  near  to  the  propriety  of  earth;  that  is,  to  be 
capable  of  figurancn^vfhich  cannot  be  but  in  folid  body, 
Sec.  And  ih]S  way  of  Spirits  appeariog  in  bodies  of  con- 
denied  air  (  for  want  of  a  better  way  ,  they  taking  it  for 
granted  that  they  do  frequently  appear  )  is  approved  off 
by  all  the  Sckoo'mtn ,  and  the  Irjqui/itors  about  Witches. 
But  they  are  beholding  for  this  Invention  to  the  ancient 
J*oets.   Virg- 

Tum  D,  a  nuh  caya  tenuemjine  "^irihfn  umhranty 

Infaciem  JEn.  C5'f. 
Which  is  the  reafon  (perhaps")  that  JpoUo ,  as  the  drawe^ 
up,  and  belt  ArrificerofJ^pe.^r/,  is  employed  to  make 
thePhantL:f:.n  ')f  /Ene<*s.  f.  Iliad. 

" Avleif  J^et^oiXav  txvI  k^yj^o  7>|^ 'Ayn^tn 

'AvrcIr'Aviix  ixtAfv  >^  nv^^iji  iviov, 
^6     Ohi-ene  was  a  word  n:  uiean^ong  the  huguresit  fignify- 
in;;rhac  which  portented  ill -fortune.   And  it  is  molt  frc- 
quciitly  applyedto  Birds  of  ill  Omen.  Virg.  3.  -fin. 
Sive  Dray  ceujint  Dira'y  tbfcanaq;  yalncres, 

iEn.  1 1. ' Nee  me  terrete  tnnentem 

O'jfcitna  toliures,  » 

Ovid O  j  atn^f  quo  prohibetiUtr  a'vesl 

And  Seryiw  interprecs  Virj^iis  Qbfcammfumsm  y  to  fee  3 


I^otes  upon  ihefecond  Book.         'i  \  7 

T^e  hunger  that  drives  men  to  Ohjcene ,  thai  is ,  unclean 
or  fhamcful  thing,  or  becaufe  it  was  foretold  by  an  Ob- 
f eerie  3  i.  t4nlticl^ie  Bird. 

.7  It  is  rightly  termed  a  Gla^ or  Mirror ,  for  God  forefces 
all  things  by  looking  only  on  himfelf ,  in  whom  all  things 
always  are. 

18  ^lifion  isrheanciehft  namcofthis  iflandy  yetlthink 
not  fo  ancient  as  Da-^ids  time-  But  we  muft  content  our 
felves  with  the  beft  we  have.  It  is  found  in  Arifi.  de  Uun* 
doy\T\  Plin.  ?t§lew..  ar,d  Str*lo  3  by  which  appearsthe  va- 
nity of  thofc  who  derive  it  from  a  Latin  word ,  A^  hlbis 
Ktifibm. 

9  So  the  Angel  to  i.3f<?/&;>  Revel.  19.  10  ancli2.  9.call{J 
himfelf ,  His  felloiv  fer'^ant. 

00     Virg.     .^—^  Cum  cii  cumfufa  rtpente 

Scinditfe  nubes  ^  in  aera  puvgat  aptrtum'y  and  agaifij 

Tent*esfu?it  cetn  Fumm  in  auras. 
Horn.  Sx<?  uiAov  A  >^  hfifet  Et/Ikt*' 


S  4  THE 


iig  Bootm. 

^&  ^&  Cv  C&  %9  %^  ^^  ^9  ^&  %^  ^9  ^9  ^&  w^  ^^  ^9  ^^  ^^  vP  ^v  ^»  ^9  ^^ 

THE 

CONTENTS. 


DAvids  flight  to  Nob  ,  and  entertainment  there  By  th 
High  Prieft  yfrom  thence  to  Gath  /«  difguife  ,  lyWe 
he  ii  difcoyered  and  brought  to^  Aeh  s  ;  He  counterfeits  him'^ 
filfMad,  andefcapesto  Adulbm,  Jifhort  enumeration 
ef  the  forces  which  come  thither  to  him .  A  deftrtption  of  the 
^Kingdom  of  Moab,  "Whether  Da.\'id  fl:es-,  Hi4  entertainment 
at  Moabs  Court  y  a  Digrejfion  of  the  Hiitory  of  Lot ,  Father 
of  the  Moabites  >  reprefented  in  Pidure.  Melchors  Song  at 
the  Feaji ;  Moab  defres  Joab  to  relate  the  fhry  of  Davids 
TVhich  he  does',  His  Extraclion,kis excellency  in  ?ocCic jand 
the  e^e^s  of  it  in  curing  SauJs  malady.  The  Phiiiftims  Army 
emampedat  Dammin  ,  the  Vef.ription  of  Goliah  and  his 
^rms  J  hi4  Challenge  to  the  Ifraelites  ,  Davids  coming  to  the 
tamp ,  hisfpeech  to  Saul  to  defire  leayt  to  fight  -spith  Goliahj 
feyentl Ipeeches  upon  that  occa/ion  f  the  combat  and  (laugh-' 
terofGohshyivithtbe  defeat  of  the  Phiiiftims  Army.  Sauls 
enyy to Div'id'  The CharaBers of Mtrah  and Michol.  The 
Love  hetween  David  and  Micholii?'*^  Song  ather  windowy 
hif  expedition  againfl  the  Phiiiftims ,  and  the  Dowry  offwo 
hundredforesl^insjor  Michol ,  nutth  whsm  he  ps  married^ 
Thefolemnkiesofthe  V/eddtng  ;  Sauls  relapfe  ,  and  the  cau^ 
fes  o/Davids  flight  into  the  Kingdom  o/Moab.. 


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D  A  V  I  D  E  I  S- 

The  Third  Book. 

AisM  with  the  news  he  from  high  Heav'en  re-  ^^^'"». 

ceives. 
Straight  to  this //r//?ewf  G(7^  ju  ft  thnnks  he  gives. 

To  di-^ine  Nobe  diredsthen  his  flight, 

f  A  Cm^WTa'wn  great  in  fame  by  Ley>y's  right,  v.  4,^,6- 

Is  there  with  fprightly  wines,  and  hallowtd  bread,  ^ai  ' 
(But  what's  to  Hunj^er  halloived  ?  1  largely  fed.         1  a.  4. 

\\  The  ?ood  old  Priejl  welcomes  h^sf^talGaefty 
And  with  long  talk  prolongs  the  hafty  feaft. 

(^  He  lends  him  "V^ifi  GoUahs  S  tcredSwovdy  Ker.f, 

(The  fitteft  Mpjuft  Fortune  could  afford) 
A  Sword  whofe  weight  without  a  blow  might  flay^ 
hh\Qunbltmudx.oc\itHofli^\\2V->  ^ 

A  Sword  Co  great  J  that  it  was  only  fit 
To  take  off  his  great  Head  who  came  with  it. 
Thus  he  arms  DjwA  I  yourownreftore. 
Take  it^faid  he)  and  ulc  it  as  before. 
I  faw  you  then  ,  and'tw3S  the  brave  ft  fight  tsmi 

Thate're  rhefc  Eyes  ow'ed  the  difcov*ermg  light.   »7« 
When  you  ftept  forth ^how  did  the  M&njier  rage, 
In  fcorn  of  your  fofc  looks,  and  tender  age ! 
Some  your  ht^b  Spirit  did  m.id  Prefumptton  call,. 
Some  piti'ed  that  fuch  Youth  Ihould  idly  fall. 
Th'uncircLimcis'ed  imil'cd  grimly  withdifdain^ 
I  knew  the  day  was  yours :  I  faw  it  plain. 
Much  more  the  Reverend  Sire  prepar'cd  to  fay. 
Rapt  with  his  joy  j  ho  .v  the  two  jirmief  lay  j 
Which  way  th'amazed  Foe  did  wildly  flee. 
All  that  his  Hearer  better  knew  than  lie. 
But  Vii-^'ds  haft  denies  all  needlcfs  ftay ; 
ToG^ti^an  Enemies  Land  ,  he  haftes  away.  , 

Not  there  fecure ,  but  were  o-ie  D.m^er's  neary      ^^  ,^ 
The  n}or(ire>note though  -(redter  difippear. 
§0  fromchc  HawJ^^  Birds  to  Mans  fiucour  flee  , 

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320     D^vidciSy  J  Sacred  Poem  Book  III.. 

So  from^r'cd  Shpf  Man  leaps  into  the  Sea. 
There  m  difguife  he  hopes  unknown  t'abide  ! 
Alas !  in  vain  !  what  can  futh  greatnefs  hide  ? 
Stones  of  fmall  worth  may  Ive  unfeen  by  Day^ 
But  Niifht  it  felf  does  the  rich  Gem  betray. 
J  Tatr.ti  firft  fpi'cd  him  ,1  Philifhan  Knight ,  ] 

"Who  erft  from  Davids  wrath  byfhameful  flight    \ 
Had  fav'd  the  fordid  remnant  of  his  age ; 
Hence  the  deep  fore  of  Bn'^y  mixt  with  K  age. 
Straight  with  a  band  of  Souldiers  tall  and  rough,    '  j,, 
Tremhlinff,  for  fcarcehetought  that  band  enoughi^*,  jf. 
OnhimheCftfeswhomtheyandallhadfiear'd,      j  y^, 
Had  the  bold  routh  in  his  ownjhape  appeared.         '  •• 
And  i»ow  this  wifht  for,  but  yet  dreadful  prey 
To  Athvi  Court  they  led  in  haft  away, 
With  all  unmanly  rudencfs  which  does  wait 
Upon  th»  lwmoc?erate  Vulvar s  Joy  and  Hate. 
His  valour  now  and  Strength  muft  ufelefs  ly  ,        -j^, 
And  he  himfelf  muft  arts  unufu'al  try  j  Ijj,, 

Sometimes  he  rends  his  garments;nor  does  fpare      | 
The  goodly  cu  les  of  his  rich  yellow  haire. 
Sometimes  a  violent  laughter  ferv'd  his  face ,  I 

And  fomctimes  ready  tears  dropt  down  apace. 
Sometio  eshe  fixth.s  flaring  eyes  on  ground  , 
And  fometimes  in  wild  mannerhurl  d  themround*. 
More  full  revenge  Philtftt^^m  could  not  wif  li , 

6  But  call 't  the  InjUce  of  thei  r  tvtghty  fifh. 
T^ey  now  in  height  ofanger,  let  him  Ltve-, 

^''^5.        /^n^Freehm  too, t'encreafehis/ri>rw, they  give. 
He  by  ivije  Mrt^w^/^ttecd  does  homeward  flee  , 
llT         A  nd  Ha^e  makes  them  all  that  He  (eem  d  to  be. 

7  Near  to  ^/i^^ii!^'"  in  an  aged  Wood, 
An  hM  pact  carth.part  rockly  ftonc  there  ftood^, 
Hollow  and  vaft  within,which  Kature  wrought 
As  It"  by^her  Scholar  ^rtfhehadbeenr/iw^^t. 
Hither  young  D^^Nvith  his  K^«'/r^^  came,  |. 
5  .r-v.inf ;,and  friends-.m^^y  h.S  fpread  ng  fum^.       |j 
Many  their  wants  or  difcontents  did  call;  |^ 
Great  men  in  war ,  and  almoft  Armte,  all!             M. 

S  Httbe^  caa^^  ^^'^^^  ^^  vaUanUM^  down* 


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|)ok  TIT.     of  the  Troubles  (?/ David,      in 

One  to  \vhom  Dayidi  feU'moft  owe  his  Croivriy 

A  mighty  man,  hadnot  lome  cunning  S.rty 

Amidlt  Co  many  Vtrttits  crowded  in  , 

With  him^^»i^«i/  came  by  whom  there  fell  ii.xi,- 

At  once  three  hand  red  .with  him  ^J^thet: 

^jahei,  fwifcer  thm  the  Northern  luind-^  i  ?*/•. 

Scarce  could  the  nimble  Motions  of  his  Mind  *  *^-^^^ 

Out  go  his  [■t!et,Co  ftrangely  wouldherunne,       j.  ,g/ 

That  T.  meii  /.//^perreiv'ed  not  what  was  done. 

Ofco'r*.  rhe  Lavvns  and  meadows  would  he  pa(s. 

His  weight  uvl^now-i ,  and  harmless  to  the  grafs  j 

Oft  o'rc  the  fand?  ard  hollow  dull  would  trace  > 

Tct  no  one  A:ome  trouble  or  difplace. 

Unhappy  yoHth^whoic  end  f  •  n:  ar  I  (ee !  ^  ^^^ 

There's  nought  bv  thy  ill  Fate  fo  fwrc  as  Viee^        j,  ^j/ 

Hither  lejJiJes  v\rongs  Banniah  drew. 
He ,  who  the  valt  exeeeihrf  Monfier  flew.  '  ^^''• 

TWE^prtun  like  an  H:li  himfelf  did  rear ,  '  '*  ^^* 

Like  foine  tall  rra  •jp'>n  it  fccmM  his  S'^tar. 
But  by  Ben^iah'ft  //fhe  Fell  orethrown ,  ^^^ 

The  Earth,  as  .f  woril  {lrook,did  loudeil  groan. 
Such  was  Benaiah ,  in  a  narrow  pit. 
He  faw  a  Lyon  ,  and  leapt  down  to  it. 
As  casMy  there  the  Key  til  Bexft  he  tore,  ^^^  ^^ 

As  that  It  felf did  Kiis  or  Lambsbc^ore, 
Him  Ira  fo]lovv'ed,ayoung  lovely  boy,  icA/-. 

But  full  of  5/>'/r/t  and  A  mi  was  all  hi;  joy.  n  i8> 

Oft  when  a  child  he  in  hii  dream  would  fight 
With  the  vain  air ,  and  hts  w.ik'ed  M  >ther  fright. 
Oft  would  he  fhootyounp^/r.-lfjand  isihcy  fall. 
Would  1  lughiand  far.fie  them  Phdiftia^s  all. 
And  nowr  at  home  no  longer  would  he  flay, 
Though  yet  the  face  did  fcarcehis  Sex  bee  ay. 
Dados  great  Son  came  n^xt,^vho^e  dreadfal  hand    ,  ^^j^^ 
Snatcht  r/ffne^G/crffi  from  a  conquering  band;     ii,[tz» 
Who  knows  not  Vammitj,  and  that  DaHey  fi-ild. 
Which  did  artran^^eandbloodly //tr  vt"//  yield? 
vlanv  befidesdid  tnis  new  Troop  encreafe  ; 
Addn  whofe  wants  made  him  untie  for  [.face.         ,c^^^ 
iii*/, >Yhufetull quiv'er  did  alwayts  bearc  i  \.  4^« 

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122     Davideis,  A  Sacred  Poem   Book  III- 

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As  many  Death  as  in  it  arrows  were.  | 

Nonefron^.  his  hand  did  vain  or  inn'occnt  flee,       ■  J- 
^^K'e,        Scarce  Lo-^e  or  F^tte  could  aim  fo  well  as  Hee,       ■  >*' 

Many  of  f  W'^a/;  took  wrong'ed  D  *W'/j  fide, 
I  cAro.         And  many  of  old  )^<?i:oAi  youngtft  Trtbe  • 
12.8.  But  his  chief  ftrength  the  G^^/ff  Souldiersare, 

Each/.ve^^  »w^"  sble t'orecomc  a  IV arte ! 
Swift  as  the  Dans  they  fling  trough  yielding  air. 
And  hardly  all  as  the  ftrong  ^«^/they  bare, 
A  Lyons  noble  rage  fits  in  their  face  j 
Terrible  comely  ,  arm'ed  with  dreadful  grace  \ 
i-chro.  Th'undauntedPr/wcejthough  thus  well  guardcc 

12'  8.  here , 

Yet  his  ftoutSouU«r/i  for  his  Parents  fear  ; 
He  feeks  for  them  a  fafe  and  quite  feat , 
Nortruftshit  fortune  with  a  Pledge (o  great. 
So  when  in  hoftile  fire  rich  Afias  pride 
for  ten  years  fiege  had  fully  fatisfi'ed  ,. 
/EneM  ftole  an  aft  of  higher  Fame, 
y-trg,  2.         And  bore  Jnchtjes  through  the  wondring  ftamty 
■^n.  A  nobler  Burden .  and  a  richer  Pref, 

Than  all  the  Gracian  forces  bore  away. 
Go  pious  Pnwc«,  in  peace,  in  triumph  go  J 
Enjoy  the  Corqueft  ol  thine  OY^r^^ro-zi;  j  l[ 

To  havefav'd  thyTroy  would  far  lefs  glorious  be|J| 
By  this  thou  Oyercom'eft  rheir  F/  (^^nV. 

1 1  Moab,  next  JP«^/«fc,  an  old  Kingflom,  lies : 

1 2  7cr^<»«  their  touch,  and  his  CMr/?^^  denies. 

13  They  fee  North-ftars(tom  o'te  Amoreus  greund 

14  Edom  and  P^/r«  their  South  pare  does  bound. 
xc  Eattwards  she  Lands  oiCuj h  and  Ammon  ly, 
^     The  mornings  hapry  beams  they  Rti\  elpy. 

The  region  with  fat  foil  and  plenty's  bleft  , 
A  foil  too  good  to  be  of  ol  d  poflefl: 
i6 By  monftrVms  amtp^'.hut  L<^f j ofF- fpring came . 
And  conquer'ed  both  the  People  2it\d  the  Name, 
mm      17  TilU«*ndrav'e  then,  beyond  Jrnons  fiood, 
34. 2*6.        And  their  fad  Ao«-;5ma'kt  deep  in  then  own  hIo9^ 
jSln  Hesb^'nM>>  triumphant  Court  he  placed, 
fi4ibon  bxM^^  ani^iimrdtogely  grac'ed. 


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A  olot  ious  Town,  and  fiile'd  with  all  delight 
WhchPeacecould  yield,  though  well  prepared 

for  fi^ht.  ^^^^^ 

But  this  proud  C/'f^  and  her  prouder  Lord  24.15. 

Felc  the  keen  rage  of  ^raeU  Si%:red  S  -  ord, 
Whillt  Ai<7<i/>triumpht  in  her  torneftate  , 
To  fee  her  o'^vn  become  her  Conquer*ers  fate. 
Yec  that  fm.ill  remnant  of  Lets  parted  Crown 
Did  nrm*ed  with  Ifraeh  fins  pluck  Ifrael  down.. 
Full  thrice  fix  years  they  felt  fierce  £'^'o,'»  yoke ;      /laig.  ?. 
Till  Bkwis  fword  GoJs  vengeful  Meilage  (poke  j     J4«^  ^^ 
Since  then  their  AL/>fi  in  qii  let  held  their  owne> 
Quiet  the  good  of  a  not  envy'd  Throne. 
And  now  a  wife  old  Prince  the  Scepter  fway'd  , 
Well  by  his  Suhje^s  and  -^imjetf  obeyed. 
Onely  befo'-ehis  Fathers  Gods  he  fell ; 
Poor  wretched  Man ,  almoft  to  good  for  Hsil  \ 
Hither  does  Day  id  his  bleft  Parents  bring. 
With  humble  greatnefs  begs  o^Moabs  King , 
A  fafe  and  fair  abode ,  where  they  mighrlivc.       j/,"^' 
Free  from  thofe  ftorms  with  which  himfelf  muft 

ft  rive. 
The  King  with  chearful  grace  his  fuit  approv'd,. 
By  hate  to  JUw/j  andlovetor/rf«^mov'd. 
Welcome  great  finiiht ,  and  your  fair  Troop{  faid 
he) 

Your  Name  found  iveUetne  long  before  with  me. 

That  to  rich  Ophirs  rifing  Morn  is  knowne ,        '^ 

And  ftretcht  out  far  to  the  burnt  fwarthy  Zone. 

Swift  f-»we,when  herround  journey  fhedoes  make 

Scornes  not  fometimes  Us  in  her  way  to  cake. 

Are  you  the  man,  did  that  huge  Gyam  kill  ? 

Great  BsaloiPbtgor  I  and  how  young  he's  ftill! 

From  R«/^  we  heard  you  came  3  li«^/;  was  born 

here,  /J«.i.4» 

In  Jiidab  fcjournM,  and  (they  fay  matcht  there    ^"-  4. 

To  one  of  B^r^/?m  5  which  1  hope  is  true  ;  '*♦ 

Howe're  your  Virtues  here  entitle  you. 

Thofe  have  the  beft  alliance^Uy^iys  bin  , 

Co  Go4is  as  well  asM«flthe/  make  us  Kin. 

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He  fpoke  ,  and  ftraight  led  in  his  thankfu 
Guefts, 
To'a  ftately  Room  prepar'ed  for  Sho-^s  and  Feafii 
The  Room  with  go\denTap*e(iry ^hi\er*cd  bright 
Ac  once  to  pleafe  and  to  confoimi  the  fight , 

2 ;  Th'excellenc  work  of  8u^>/<7;j?\iw  hands ; 

24  In  midlt  a  Table  of  rich  Iv'ory  ftands, 

By  three  fierce  Tygen ,  and  three  Lyom  born, 
Which  green  ,  SindfearfuPy  the  place  adorn. 
Widely  they  gape^  and  to  the  eye  they  rnare. 
As  if  they  hunger'd  for  the  food  they  bore. 

2^  About  it  Beds  of  Lybian  Citron  flood, 

26  Wichcovermgs  dy'ed  mTyrian  Fifhei  blood. 
They  fay ,  th* Herculean  art  5  bur  mofl  delight 

27  Some  piftures  gave  to  Vnvids  learned  fight. 
ern.xj.       Here  feveral  ways  Lot  and  great  ^-bram  go, 

^»  Their  too  much  wealth ,  vali ,  and  unwind  doe 

gro^v. 
Thus  each  extream  to  equal  danger  tends, 
Plenti  35  well  as  IVarft  can  fl  par  ate  Friends  5 
Here  S^doms  Towers  raife  their  proud  tops  o 

high  J 
The  Towers  as  well  as  Men  outbrave  the  sky. 
By  it  the  waves  of  rev*erend  Jordan  tun. 
Here  green  with  T-eesy  there  gilded  with  the  Sun. 
Hither  Lots  Houshold  comes,  a  numerous  train  3 
**•*•"       And  all  with  various  bufine's  fill  the  pla'n. 

■  Some  drive  the  crowding  fheep  with  rui  al  hookj 
They  lift  up  their  mild  heads,and  bleatin/o(7^5. 
Some  drive  the  Herds  j  here  a   fierce  Bulloc 

fcorns 
Th'appointed  way  ,  and  runs  with  threatnir 

horns; 
In  vain  the  Herdman  calls  him  back  again  j 
The  D<j;^j  fland  ofFafar  ,  and  bark  in  vain. 

Some  lead  the  groaning  waggons  » loaded  high. 

With  fluff,  on  t^p  of  which  the  M^ii^m  ly. 

Upon  tall  Camels  the  fair  Sifters  ride. 

And  Lot  talks  with  them  both  on  either  fide. 

Another  Figure  to  curfl  Sodom  brings 

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3  flam r  proud  Lo rl ,  wirh  hi?  three f-^rvant  K ings:    f ^"'; J* 
They  fack  the  Town,  and  bear  Lot  bound  away  j    i*.i,.io 
Whilft  ina^'itthe  vanquisht  Sera  lay  , 
Bttr/>  /  almoft  alive  for  feir  of  Death. 

?  But  heav'ens  juft  vengeance  fav'ed  as^  yet  his 

breath. 
j4bv.tb$m  purfues ,  and  flays  the  Vigors  Hoaitf      c«.i4. 
Sc.i'-ce  had  their  Con^ueB  leifure  for  a  ^o«^.  '  3* 

Next  this  was  drawn  the  recklefs  Cities  flame,       ^.n.,9. 
)When  a  ftrangc  HeS  pouc'd  down  from  Heaven    ^* 

there  cime. 
Herethetwo  Angels  ^Tom  I<>rj  window  look  ^^^^^ 

With  Imilin^  anoer  ;  the  lewd  wretches,  ftrook 
With  fuddcn  blindnefs,  Teek  in  vain  the  dore , 
Their  £>fj,firft  csureof  £.M/?,firit  Veng'eanct  bore. 
Through  hquidAir,hs.iv'ns  bufieSouldiersfly. 
And  drive  on  Clouds  where  feeds  of  Thunder  ly. 
Here  the  fad  sky  ^loesred  with  difmal  ftrcaks, 
Here  \j>ihtntn7  from  it  with  ( hort  trebling  breaks; 
Here  the  blew  flames  1  f  fc  Idin^  bnmftone  fall. 
Involving  fwifrly  m  one  •■uineall. 
The  fire  of  T^ees  and  Hott{ei  mounts  on  high. 
And  meets  halfway  ntw fires  that fhowre from  sky 
Some  in  their  irms  (natch  their  dear  babes  awayj 
At  once  drop  down  the  B.tthe'^^  arms  ,  and  Tbtj, 
Some  into  waters  leap  wth  kindled  hair, 
And  more  to  vex  thei  r  fate ,  a  e  bi*f  m  e-x^en  there. 
Men  thought  fo  much  a  Flame  by  Art  was  fhown. 
The  P<(2/<r«fclf  would  fall  inafhesdown. 
Afar  old  Lo/to'wird  htrleZo^r  byes, 
And  d^res  not  move  good  a)an)his  weeping  eyes.  ^.^^ 
Behind  his /r;/(?ftoodc^erfixt  alone  }  17 

No  more  a  fTow^i,  noryetquitea  iVowe,  ilf.v.z$ 

Alaftmg  Dfjtr/?  feijsM  on  her  turning  head  ; 
One  cheek  was  tough  and  white ,  the  other  red, 
And  y^t^Cheel^  j  mvain  tofpeak  f  he  (trove j 
Her  lif  s  ,  though  ftone,  a  little  feem'd  to  move. 
One  eye  wasclos'ed,  furpris'ed  by  (udden  night, 
The  other  trembled  ftill  with  parting  light: 
The  wind  admir'ed  which  her  hair  loofel  y  bore, 
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Why  it  grew  ftiff ,  and  now  would  phy  no  more. 
To  heav'en  fhe  lifted  up  her  freezing  hands. 
And  to  his  day  a  Suppliant  PiQar  ftands. 
She  rry'ed  her  heavy  toot  from  ground  to  rear, 
Andrais'dthe  Heel,  biit  her  Toe's  rooted  there  : 
Ah  foolifh  woman  !  who  muft  always  be, 
A  fight  more  (Ir a^>j^e  than  that  fhe  turn'd  to  fee  I 
Whilfl  David^ed  with  thefe  his  curious  eye, 
The  Feaft  is  nowferv'ed  in,  and  down  they  lye. 
Mffak  a  goblet  takes  of  maflTy  goW, 

3  3  Which  Zippor,  and  from  Ztppor  all  of  old 

Qiiafc  to  their  Gods  and  h  tends  j  an  Health  goes 

round 
In  the  brisk  grape  of  ^rnons  richeft  ground. 

34  Whilft  Melchor  to  his  harp  with  wondrous  skill 

31"  (For  fuch  were  Poets  then ,  and  fhouU  be  ftill ) 
His  noble  verfe  through  iV<if«r^jtfecrets  lead  > 
His  noble  verfe  through  the  whole  MaJ^ is  jpread  • 
Ev'ery  where  yfll;  how  Heayens  Gods  Law  appro-  '.0 

vc, 
And  think  it  Kefi  eternally  to  "Mo^e. 
How  the  kind  Snn  ufefully  comes  and  goeJj 
Wants  it  himfelf,  yet  gives  to  Man  repofe. 
How  his  round  yourney  does  for  ever  laft, 

^  And  how  he  baits  at  every  Sea  in  bafte. 

He  Tung  how  E(trth\>\ots  the  M»o»j  gilded  Wane  | 

37  Whilft  foolifh  raenbeat  foundingbrafsin  vain. 
Why  the  Great  fVattrs  her  flight  Horns  obey. 
Her  changing  Horns,  not  conftanter  than  They-y 

58  He  fung  how  grifly  Comets  hang  in  ayr. 

Why  Sword  znd  FLgues  attend  iheir  fatal  hair, 
Gods  Beacons  for  the  world,  drawn  up  fo  far, 
To  publif  h  ills  ,  and  raife  all  earth  to  war. 
3P  Why  Ctmrariesked  Thunder  in  the  cloud. 
What  Motions  vex  it,  till  it  roar  fo  loud. 

40  How  Lambent  Ytres  become  (o  wondrous  tame 
And  bear  Cuchfhimng  Winter  in  their  Ylame. 

41  What  radiant  Pf;?^// draws  the  Wat^y  Bow: 
Wh  it  tyes  up  Hail,  :-^nd pici^s  the  flee^)  Snow. 
What  Falfie  of  the  £/irf^herefhakesfixt  Hilhj 

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iTom  off  her  brows, and  here  whole  Rtvers  fpills* 

Thus  did  this  Htathen  Natures  Secrets  tell, 

And  fometimes  mift  the  Caup^  but  (ought  it  fVell. 

Such  was  the  fa  wee  of  Mj  tl/t  noble  feaft. 
Till  niaht  far  fpent  invires  them  to  their  refl. 
Only  the  good  old  i*nnce  (lays  loak  there. 
And  'I 'uch  he  tells,  and  much  defircs  to  hear. 
He  tells  deeds  antique  ,  and  the  neiv  dcfires; 
Oi  i>Ay>.d  fuuch^and  much  ofi<iM/enquires. 
Mas  »entle  Crtf/^i- (fa  d  he  fi  nee.  iow  you're  in, 
Tht  (torv  of  vour  gallnnc  friend  begin. 
Hi*. birth,  his  ridng  tell, and  various  fate. 
And  how  nc  fle  v  thit  man  of  G-i/i&ofljte, 
Whit  was  he  cali'd  thu  huge  and  monflrous  mj  ? 
W^h  th  It  heftopt.and  /'<»^  thus  began  .• 

H IS  birth,  great  Sir, fo  much  to  mine  is  ty*d,        ichre. 
Th.ir  praife  of  th.ir  might  look  from  me  like  pride.  *•  i^* 
Yet  without  boaft.  his  veir^s  contain  a  flood 
iOfth'old  ln/Uan  Lyons  richeff  blood 
From  ]tiJah  Fhtre^.^  from  him  Efrom  came  G*»»,49, 

Kam^  hfaj  hon^  Salmon ,  Names  (poke  loud  by  F^-  fcA^.z 

me.  Mat,  li 

A  Name  no  left  ought  B<7'i2:  to  appear. 
By  \vho(e  bleft  match  we  come  no  (irungers  here. 
From  him  and  your  fair  Kuth  good  Oi^'f^fprunc, 
FromO^^^  |?j(7^,  \ejje  whom  fames kindeft  tongue. 
Counting  his  birth,  and  high  nobil'ityyihsM 
Not  ieffe  of  Ohe.l^  but  o^ David caWy 
V.xvidhorn  to  him  fev'enth  j  the  fix  births  paft       Jf/'^ 
Brave  Tryals  of  a  work  more  great  at  laft.  i  sm. 

Eiefs  me !  how  fwift  and  growing  was  his  wit  ?        '^' 
The  wings  o^Time  flag'd  diily  after  it. 
Scarce  part  a  C/nld ,  all  wonders  wculd  he  fing 
Of  Natures  Latv,  and  Poiu^er  of  Natures  Kin^, 
His  fheep  would  fcorn  their  food  to  heir  his  lay. 
And  fnvage  Beafis  ftand  by  as  tame  as  they. 
The  fighting  i^Finds  would  ftop  thcre,and  admire; 
Learning  Confent  and  Concord  from  his  Lyre. 
Ki-vers,  whofe  waves  roll'd  down  aloud  before  ; 
Mute.as  thcirF//i',vvould  lillen  to'wardi  ihefhre. 

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f  Sam.  > £. ^2^5  jj^^^  jI^p  j,^g  ^^]^^  ^x^SauiGooi  forfool 

*  *"^*        Gff.Vjjtt/jtheroom  jn'shert  wild  Pajjionstook 

Sotnetii:  es  a Tvr.int-Frenfie  reveird  there , 
^  Sometiniesbl  tck  fadncfs,  and  deep,deep  defpair. 

t  No  help  from  he»^bs  or  learned  drugs  he  finds  t 

s  They  cure  but  fometime  Bo</<>j,ncvcr  Mtnds^ 

\       J^'"^         Uufc^  alone  thofe  ftorms  of  ioul  could  1  ay  j 
'  *^*        Not  more  5'«<*/  them,th-in  Mufick,  they  obey. 

p^vi^jnow  fentfor^and  his  Harp  muft  bringj 
His  Harp  that  Mai^iclehoxQ    nev'cry  ftring. 
When  Sauls  rude  paflions  did  moft  tun^ultkeep 
With  his  foft  notes  they  all  dr.^pt  down  afleep. 
When  his  dull  Spt\ti  laydrown'din  Death  an 

He  W!th  quick  ft  rains  raisM  themtoL/f^  andL/ji, 
Thus  chearM  he  Saul^  thus  did  his  fury  fvvage. 
Till  "iVars  began,  and  times  more  fit  for  rage. 
To  Helah  '.'lain  Phiitfiian  Troops  are  come; 
t  Saw,         And  Wars  loud  noifeftrikes  peaceful  Mi»fick  dul 
«7.  Back  ro  his  rural  Care  young  Da-vid  f^ocs  , 

For  this  rough  work  Saul  his  ftout  brethren  cho(< 
He  knew  not  what  his  hand  in  War  could  do, 
Northought  his  5 ii;5r</ could  cure  mensM.Wwf/it 
Now  Damnsin*s  dcftin'ed  for  this  S  eneo(Bh.dy 
On  two  near  fiiPs  the  two  proud  armies  iioodi 
Between  a  fatal  V'alU  y  ftrttcht  out  wide , 
And  Death  feem'd  ready  now  on  either  fide , 
When  fLo!")  their  Holt  rai!>'d  all  a  j  'yfullfhout, 

•  «-«.   45  And  from  the  roidft  an  huge&monftrousma 
■7*4'  fteotour. 

A  loiid  rhcy  fhouted  at  each  ftep  he  took ; 
Ws  and  the  E.mh  it  felt  beneath  him  /  hoo{, 
V;5ft  as  the  H//?,down  vhich  marcht,he'appear*d 
An^az'  ?d  all  Eyes,  nor  was  their  Army  fear'd 
A  young  tall  P<7«/>e  (though  then  he  hem^d  not  lo 
Did  from  the  Camp  af/r/?  before  him  go  J 
jltfrfihc  d\dy  bur  fcarce  could  follow  ft  rait. 
Sweating  ber.eath  a  i-AiWi  uniulyw-eight, 
'44  On  which  was  wrought  the  Gods^^indGjants  fight. 
Rare  woik!  all  fiUM  with  terreur  and  delt^ht. 

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^^ok  III.     oftheTroubki  o/DavId.     129 

S-Icrc  a  vaft///^,'gainft  thundring^tfa/ wasthrown, 
'  Trees  ad  fif4/?/on't  fell  burnt  \vithLi)^^fm«^down 
n  3iie  flings  a  'Mount.ti^f^  and  its  Kiyer  too 
^'  Torn  up  \vich*t;rhat  ra;/?/ iac  i^  on  h»m  that  threw, 
iornefrom  the  Aiajn  ro  pluck  whole  Iflandi  try^ 
rheiV.i  b  il$  r<  ud  with  flames f hoc  thickfromsky 
'his  he  helifyf^fi,  and  on  hi."«  /"/(^Wi  he  bore, 
^nd  pr  lisM  tbeir  ilrength^but  thought  his  o-^n  was 

more, 
rhe  KiSey  now  this  Monger  feem'd  tofS ; 
^nd  we  mechoughts)/o(7;fr  tip  to'iiim  from  our HiB 
K\\  arm'd  in  Br^f^.  the  nchelt  drcfs  of  ('Fur 
A  difmal  glorious  (ighc)  he  f  hone  afar, 
rhc  Snn  h  mfelf  ttarted  with  fudden  fright. 
To  fee  his  beams  return  fo  difmal  bright.  *  '^^ 

Jra/T was  his  Hairnet ^h'\s  V>oots  br.if;  and  o're 
lis  brealt  a  thick  plate  of  ftrong  hr.if^he  wore, 
■lis  Jj^cir  theTr«/7Ci^  \v;?s  of  a  lorty  Trte, 

VhicHl^Mture^nc^tCoi•i^eu\\/h:psM•^JiChou\dhey 
I  he'hi'gcrron  head  fix  hundred  fhekels  weighed, 
^  ^nd  of'uf'ffi'  bodte.-  hutf.ne  wound  it  made, 
M>le  Deaths  wor/t  command  to  overdo, 
[>ertroyingL/eatonceand  Carcafe  too; 
rhusarm'd  hei^ood;all/^;r(/M/,  and  all^^^;;, 
^nd  round  hiui  flung  a  fcornful  look  away. 
5o  when  a  Scjth^n  Tyger  gazing  round, 
JLn  H .  rd  of  Kine  in  fome  fair  Plain  has  found 
l/>wing  fecure,  he  fwells  with  angry  pride, 
\'  d  calls  forth  all  his  /?o«onev'cry  \^id^. 
Then  (tops,  and  hurls  his  haughty  eyes  at  all, 
In  cho.fe  of  fome  ilrong  neck  on  which  to  fall. 
Umoft  he  fcorns,  fo  w'eak,foc^eap  a  prey, 
^nd  grieves  to  fee  them  treinblinghaft  away. 
Ifemer.of  yttr;/hecries,if  M^n  you  be,  ii.w.g. 

JJnd  fuch  dare  prove  your  felves  to  /arw^  and  Ue , 
Chulc  out  'mungft  all  your  Troops  cheboldeft 
Knight^ 

Torry  his//rf/7^/&and/^r*  with  me  in  fight. 
rhech-mceofWailetustwobearforall,  /*  ^.9, 

And  thev  the Onqu\ror ierye  whefe  Knizht  (hall  '•• 
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At  this  he  paws'd  a  whilej  ft  raight,  I  defic 
Your  God  and  JTou ;  dares  none  come  down  a: 

Go  back  for  fhame,  and  Bj^ypts  flav'ery  bear. 
Or  yield  co«4  ,and  ferve  more  nobly  here. 
Alas  ye*have  no  more  ^'^'onders  ro  be  done; 
Your  Ss^ c*erer  Mefes  now  and  Jofua^s  gon^, 

{j  ■  •         Your  Ma^ici^  Trumpets  then  could  Cities  take. 

And  founds  o^Triumpb  did  your  Battels  make."  ^■ 
Spears  in  your  hands  and  manly  Swords  are  vain 
Get  you  your  i/7e<7j.  and  Conjtiring  Ro<^x  again. 

Jfd.  ic,      1'  ^^^^^  "^  ^'^  fnpf'in  here'^  Oh  that  there  were  ! 

17,      '       In  his  full  ftrength,  and  long  £»'<:^<»«^^<i//''i>.  \ 

This  Svjurd  {ho\\\A  be  m  the  weak  K^tors  fteadi|li 

It  f  hould  not  cut  his //^zr  off,  but  his /:/^<j^.       loc 

Thus  he  blafphemM  aloud;  ih^  rrf/?<"vx  round  lei 

^^latte'ring  his  voice  reiior\h\\Q  dreadful  found.    Vl 

We   turn'd  us  trenbling  at  the  noife  ,  a;  h 

fear'd 
We  had  behind  fome  new  Go/;«^  heard. 
^^         'Twas  Heav'enjHeav'enfureCwhichPa-v/^i  glc 

I7.T1'.  "^cant 

Through  this  whole  ^3)  fuchfacredrerrourl« 
To  all  our  Wo/? ,  for  there  was  5a«/in  place , 

I  Sam.         \J  ho  ne're  faiW  fear  but  in  his  Enemies  face , 

'4.  His  god  like  JVw  there  in  bright  Armour  fhone 

WhofcornM  to  conquer  Jrtniesnot  Jilone, 
fate  her  own  Boo^miftruOed  at  thefight  j 
On  that  fide  fVar ,  an  this  ^Smgle  Fight. 
There  flood  8<?n«?<*/&,and  there  trembled  too> 
He  who  th^Ei^yptianj  proud  GoUah  flew. 
In  his  pale  fnghc  5  rage  through  his  eyes  fhot  fl  ^ 

i^*.ii.  me , 

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Thoufands  befide  flood  mute  and  heartlefs  thei 
Men  valiant  all;  nor  was  I  us'ed  to  Ff^r. 

Thus  forty  days  he  miircht  down^arm'd  1  « 
fight,  , 

Once  every  morn  he  marchti  and  once  at  night. 

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|)klir.     ofthe  Troubles  of  T>2i\\di.      151 

low  rofe  the  Sun,  but  galJopt  down  apace, 

ITkh  more  than  Etentng  l/luffjts  in  his  face. 

i^hen  'Je/Jl;y  to  the  Camp  young  Da-^id  fent ;        ismir 

[is  purpofc  hiv  ,  but  high  was  fates  intent.  12.  cj.c. 

or  when  the  Monfi.rs  pride  he  (luv  and  heard  , 

ound  him  he  look'd  ,  and  wondcr'd  why  they 

fear*d. 
nger  and  brave  difdain  his  heart  pofleft  » 
houghrs  more  than  ttjanly  fwcU'd  his  youthful 

breft. 
uch  the  rewards  propos'd  his  fpiritcnflame,   "    j^^^ 
luls  Daughter  much,  and  much  the  voice  off 4-  17.  if, 

me. 
hefe  to  their  jufl  intentions  ilrongly  move, 
u  chietiy  God ,  and  his  dear  Countrys  Lo-ve, 
efolv'd  for  combat  to  Sauls  Tent  lien's brougth^ 
'here  thus  he  f[)oke ,  as  holdh  as  he  fought  : 
Henceforth  no  more,  great  Pr/»ff ,  your  facred  ^^^«'.3t 

breft 
'ith  that  huge  talking  wretch  ofGath  moleft. 
his  hand  alone  f  hall  end  his  curfed  breath  ; 
■ar  not,  the  wretch  hlafphemts  himfelf  to  death  , 
id  cheated  with  falfe  weight  of  his  own  might » 
IS  challenged  llea^erii  not  C/:,  to  fingle  fight, 
•rbid  it  God  that  where  thy  ri^hi  is  try'd, 
leftrength  of  w^fliould  find  juft  caufe  for  pride  I 
rm  hke  fome  Rocj^ ,  and  vaft  he  feems  to  l\and  , 
It  RocJ^s  we  know  wete  op'ed  at  thy  command,  p^^^ 
lat  Soul  which  now  does  (lich  large  members  17.6. 

fway , 
ough  one  fmaS  wound  \\\\\  creep  in  haft  away, 
id  he  who  now  dares  boldly  Heav'en  defie  , 
)  ev'ery  birdoi  Heav*en  a  prey  fhall  lie. 
r  'tis  not  humane  force  wc  ought  to  fear ; 
d  that,  alas, plant  our  Forefatfyers  here  ? 
vice  fifteen  Kings  did  they  by  that  fubdue  ?  M.  i*. 

'  that  whole  Nations  ofGoltahs  flew  ? 
le  ivon/ier  they  perform'd  may  ft  ill  be  done; 
>fes  and  Jofua  is,  but  God's  not  gone, 
3t  e*have  loft  their  Rod^nd  Trumpets  j  nottheit 
^1       skjU:  T  Pray'rs 


i|£    D&viddis,  A  Sacred  Poem  Book.IlJi 

Pray'rs  aud  Btliefate as  ftrong  Witchcraft  ftili.    ' 
Thefc  are  mtre  tali,  more  Gycints  far  than  He, 
Can  reach  to  h'eav'eni  and  thence  pluck  FiSorie. 
Count  this;  and  then,Sir,  mineth'advantagc  isj 
He*s  ftronger  far  than  2,  my  G^yithan  His. 

Amazement  feiz'donall,  and fhame  to  fee. 
Their  own  fears  fcorn'd  by  one  fo  young  as  He. 

xT^.Tj.       ^^!^y^  Youth  (replies  the  King)  whofedarin 
nwnd 
Ere  come  to  Manhood,  leaves  it  quite  behind} 
Heferve  tfiy  valour  for  more  equal  fightj  . 
And  let  thy  Body  grow  up  to  thy  Spnght. 
Thou''rt  yet  too  tender  for  fo  rude  a  foe,  ^ 

Whofe  touch  would  wound  thee  more  then  hit 

thy  blow. 
Nature  his  Limbs  onely  for  war  made  fit. 
In  thine  as  yet  nought  befide  Loye  f  he'has  writ.. 
With  fome  lefs  Foe  thy  unflcf  ht  valour  try  ^ 
This  Uonfler  can  be  no  firfi  VtCiory, 
The  Lyom  royal  whelp  does  not  at  firft 
For  blood  of  Bafan  Bulls  or  Tjgers  thirft. 
In  timorous  Deer  he  hanlelsbis  young  paws. 
And  leaves  the  rugged  Bear  for  firmer  claws. 
So  vafl  thy  hopes,  Co  unproportionM  bee, 
fortune  would  be  afhamcd  lojecondtbee. 

He  faid,  and  we  all  murmurM  an  afient ; 
[But  nought  moves  VaVid  from  his  high  intent. 
It  brave  to  him,  nnd  om'inous  does  appear  ,     ' 
Tobeoppos'cd  at  firft,and  ionquet  hen'. 
Which  he  refolvesj  Scorn  not  (faid  he)  mir 

I  5d«,  age , 

» 7. 33»       for  ViB^ory  comes  not  like  an  Heritage^ 

\  Atjet-yea  s  3  when  my  Fathers  flock  I  fed, 

A  Be  ay  and  Lyon  by  fierce  hunger  led , 
Broke  from  the  wood ,  and  fnatcht  my  Lami 

away; 
From  their  grim  mot4th  I  forc'ed  the  panting  pre; 
Both  Bear  and  Lyon  ev'en  this  hand  did  kill. 
On  our  gre.Kh  Oyik.  the  Bf/nesandjazus  hang  ftil 

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My  GOii's  the  fame,  which  then  he  \va«,  to  day, 
And  .his  wild  wretch  ahnoll  the  fame  as  T6ey. 
Who  from  fuch  danger  fiv'ed  my  Floci^ ,  will  he 
Of  lfr\iel,  his  oivn  Flocl^  lefs  careful  be  ? 

Be'c  rothcn(  J'.JM/biirfts  forth:>nd  thou  on  high 
Who  oft  m  weakP^fs  do'lt  mo^ifltenght  defcry, 
At  whofe  dread  beck  Co;>7«f/?expe£ling  ftands. 
And  cafts  no  look  dow  on  the  f /^^^r^r J  hands> 
Aflift  what  rhou  infpir'ert;  and  let  all  fee, 
As  Boys  to  GyamSy  Gyams,  are  toT&ee. 

Thus  i  and  with  trembling  hopts  of  ftrange 

fuccefs. 
In  his  own  arms  he  the  bold  youth  docs  drefs.         ^  ^^^ 
On's  head  and  helm  of  well  wrought  brafs  is  pla-  ,7. 54, 

c'cd. 
The  top  with  warlike  ?\ume  fever  ely grafted 
His  brcal^  a  plate  cut  with  rare  Figures  bore, 
A  i'-^'tfr^much  pradis'ed  in  Veaths  art  he  wore. 
Yet  David  n(*QA  (o  long  to  no  defence. 
But  i\\o(clif^ht  Arms  oi Spirit  and  Innocence  , 
No  good  m  fight  of  that  gay  burden  knows. 
But  fears  his  o^-^n  arms  weight  more  than  his  fess^ 
He  loft  hm-felf  in  that  difgtttje  ofzuarrey 
And  guarded  fcems  as  men  by  Pr'tfem  are. 
He  therefore  to  exa't  the  wondrous  fight, 
Prepcirei  now,  and  difarms  himfelf  for  fight. 
'Gainll  Shield,  Helm,  Breaft-plate,  and  inftead  of  i  sam, 

thofe  *7. 40. 

Five  fharp  fmooth  ftones  from  the  next  brook  he 

chofe. 
And  fits  them  to  his  flini^ ;  then  marches  down; 
^or^ivord,  his  Enemies  he  efteem'd  his  Oivn. 
We  all  with  various  paflion  ftrangely  gaz'ed 
Some  fad  ,  fome  f  hamVd ,  fomc  angry  ,  all  a^' 

ma*zed. 

Now  in  the  Valley 'he  (lands  itrough't  youth- 
ful face 
Wrath  checks  the   Beauty  ,  -ind  Chcds  manly 

grace. 
Both  in  his  looks  fo  joyn'd,  that  they  might  move 

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fear  ev'n  in  friends  ,  and  from  an  En'emy  Loye. 
Hot  as  ripe  Novn^  fweec  as  die  bl(wminfr  Dayy 
ikv.4s      LikcJ«/>  furious,  but  more  fair  then  May. 

Th'accarft  Fhilrjlian  Itands  on  th'other  fide  , 
Grumbling  aloud  ,  and  fmiles  'tvv^xc  raee  a 
pride.  ^ 

The  blagues  o^D tt^on  ]  a  ffrooth  Boy,  faid  he, 
.  A  curfed  bear dkp foe  oppoi'd  to  M*  I 
Hell !  with  what  arms  (hence  thou  fond  Cb. 

he^scome! 
Some  Friend  his  Mother  caJl  to  drive  him  honi« 
Kot  goneyet  ?  if  oneminute  more  thou  ft.iy. 
The  birds  of  heav'en  ihall  bear  thee  ^f*?// away., 
Gods  !  a  curft  Boy  I  the  reft  then  murmuring  ot 
He  w*alks,  and  cafts  a  deadly  grin  about. 
David\y\ih  chearful  anger  in  his  Eyes , 
U.v^iS      Advancesboldly  on,and  thus  re  plies. 

Thou  com'eft  ,  vain  Man ,  all  arm'd  into  t 

field , 
And  trutted  thofb  War  toys^  thy  Szi-ord,  and  Shu 
Thy   Prides  my  Sptar  ,     thy    Hlxjphernies    i 

Szuffrd  'y 
My  Sfjieldjxhey  Maimer,  Fooi ;  the  mighty  Lord 
Ofr/;«and  Battels ;  who  hath  fent  forth  me 
Unarra'd  thus,  not  to  Fight f  but  Conquer  thee. 
5*3  In  vain  Ihall  Dagon  thy  f  alfe  Hope  withftand  j 
In  vain  thy  6ther  God,  thine  own  right'hitnd. 
Thy  fall  ro  man  fhall  heavens  itrong  juftice  (he^ 
Wretdi  I 't  is  the  only  G  ^^^f  which  thou  canfi  do 

He  fatd  j  otirHoad  flood  dully  fiient  by  j 
And  durft  nottruft  their  £rff;  againil  the  Eye. 
As   much  their  Champions  threats  to  him  tk 

fear'd. 
As   wlien  the   Mongers  threats  to  them   th 

heard  , 
His  fljmin^   Sword  thcnr/ig'd  Fbiltftian  fh 

ker , 
And  h^il  to'  his  nv'r.e  wjtli  K->«d  Cnrfei  makes. 
Utci'Wsrdihe  Winds  his  ^&rftC>irf^s  blew , 
I  p.v  49  54  And  fatally  rour"^  '^  -  -  e-^-f^  head  they  flew. 


I  Slim. 


ink  III.     oftheTroubki  ^/David.     i  j 5 

or  now  from  P.fvi-is  fling  the  llonc  is  fled  , 
»nd  rtr  kcs  wirh  joyfuU  noife  the  Uonjieri  head, 
t  llro'^k  hiS  forcrhtad  .  and  pierc'cd  deeply  there ; 
ks  fwiftly  as  it  picrc'cd  before  the  Ay  re. 
Down  ,  do.vn  he  falls  ,  and  bites  in  vain  the 

ground ; 
Uov4,  or.im,  Soul,  and  crowd  mingled  through 

the  IVonnH. 
>o  ft  itronp  Oj/',  which  manv  years  had  flood 
With  f:iir  an  flourifhing  boughs,  itfelfa  Wdod^ 
rhough  It  m;ght  long  the  ^xes  violence  hear ,. 
\viA  pby'd  \Vith  n'inds  \sh\ch  other  trees  did 

tear; 
f  ct  by  xhcThundevs  ftroke  from  th'root  is  rent; 
\o  fjrc  ihc  blows  that  from  high  heav'en  are  fenr. 
^Vhr:tt  )ngueinjoy  and  wonder  can  exprcfs, 
Vl'h  ch  did  that  moment  our  whole  Hofl  pcfTefs  ? 
Iheirjocond  I  houtsth'air  likcxittorm  did  tear , 
rh'amaz^d  Clouds  fled  fwifc  away  with  F«rtr< 
BtJt  far  more  fwift  th'*accurs'd  Pbilijlians  fly  >  \ ^'^'^^ 

Arid  their  ill  tate  to  perfed ,  bafety  dye. 
With    thoufand   corps  the    ways  around    jre 

itrown , 
Till  thry,  by  the  days  flight  fecure  their  own. 
Now  through  ilieCan-.p  founds  nought  bat  r>^- 

•viis  name  J 
All  joys  of  fe^'eml  flamp  ind  colours  can:e 
Fron-.  fcvcrnl  pafilons ;  fome  his  Valour  prnife , 
So.Vse  his  free  Speech  ,  fome  the  fair  pop'ular 

raycs 
Of  Youth  ,  and  Bcnnty  ,  and  his  tnoJeJlG'tife  j 
Gifts  that  mov'd  all ,  but  charm'ed  the  female 

Eyes. 
So't  rwonder,  fomcthey  thought  t'would  be  fa 

fwear ; 
And  (omefiw^n^f-'j  flying  through  the  air. 
1  he  bafcit  fpiVits  call:  brack  a  crooked  glance  ,  sati-i 

On  this  great  act,  and  fain  would  give't  to  Chance.  iS.  6. 
Women  our  Hoft  wiih  Son<^!  ;xr\d  Dames  meet ,      ^  •  *•  ° 
With  much  joy  S.itsfjDa'ridwhh  more  they  greet. 

X  3,  Hen- 


J! 
I 

L 
C 


1^6    Davideis,  A  Sacred  Poem    Book  11 

Hence  the  Kings  politique  rage  and  envy  flows. 
Which  firil  he  hides,  and  feekshis  hfe  f*expofe 
Togen^rom  dangen  th<it  his  hate  might  clear,    , 
And  Fate  or  Chance  the  blame,  nay  Da-^id  bear. 
So  vain  are  mans  dcfi^ns  !  for  Fate  and  chance 

2  5^m.         And  Earthy  and  /JeaVe?i  confpired  to  his  ad  vanc( 
«,»6^         .Jiis  Beauty,  Youth,  Courage  and  Wondrou 

Wit , 
In  all  Mankind  but  ^auldid  Lovebegit. 
Not  Sauls  own  houfe ,  not  his  own  neareft  blocwil  i 
The  noble  caufes (acred  force  vs'ich Hood.  I 

You'have  met  no  doubt ,  and  kindly  us'ed  the  fal  \ 

me. 
Of  God- like  yonctthans  \\\v.{kx\o\2sN'Time^ 
A  Name  which  ev'ery  wind  to  heav'en  woul< 

bear. 
Which  Men  ro  fpeak,  and  /^r^gels  joy  to  hear. 
5 J  No  ^ngelQ^Q  bore  to  his  Brothir-Mind 
A  kind'nefs  more  exalted  and  refin'd> 
Than  his  to  Davidy  which  look'd  nobly  down. 
And  (corn'd  the  falfe  Ahrums  of  a  Crown.  ^ 

?  Jim.         ^^  DatntnJn  field  he  ftood  j  and  from  his  place 
i§.  i!        Leapt  forth  ,   the  luondrcm  Cenqu^^ror  to  em- 
brace J 
J^.1.4.  jdOn  him  his  Mantle  y    Girdle,    Sword,   and 
Bow, 
On  him  his  Heart  and  Soul  he  did  beflow. 
Not  all  that  SaulcouXd  tbeicen  or  peifwade. 
In  this  clofe  knot  the  fmiUeft  loofenef.  made. 
Ofi  his  wife  care  did  the  Kings  rage  fafpend. 

3  &am.         His  own  lifes  danger  f  helter'd  oft  his  Friends 
JO.  jr.        Which  he  expos'd a  Sacrifice  to  fall 

By  x\{ undifcerning  rage  of  furious  Saul. 
Nor  was  young  Davids  active  vertue  grown 
Strong  and  triumphant  one  ^ex  alone. 
Impenom  Beauty  too  it  durft  invade, 
1  s<.mi  8       And  deeper  Vrints  in  the  foft  brexfl  it  made, 
20.  28.       for  there  t'eflaem  and  Frtendfhifs  graver  name, 
Pajfion  was  pouc'd  like  Oyl  into  the  Flame, 
Like  two  bright  Eyes  in  a  fair  Body  pUc'ed, 

SauU 


looklll.   oftheTroMesofDtivld.       137 

i'ja/i  Royal  houfe  two  beauteous  Vaitghteti  gra- 

c'ed. 
Sierah  the  fir  ft  :,  M/fMthe  younger  nim'ed. 
Both  equally  for  duTercm  glories  fam'ed. 
Un-ab  with  fpacious  beauty  fiU'cd  the  fight, 
But  too  much  a-jj  chaftis'cd  the  bold  delight. 
Like  a  calm  Sea,  which  t  h'enlargcd  view, 
G'wGS phiXpire\>\Mpwcs  fear  and  re-^^erente too. 
Micholi  fweet  looks  clear  and  free  joys  did  move  , 
And  no  lefs  ftrong ,  though  much  moic gentle  Lo- 


ve. 


Like  virtuous  Kings  whom  menrejoycet'obey, 
Tyr.mts  chcmfelves  lefs  abfolute  than  Thy. 
Merab  appear'd  hke  fomc  fome  fair  Princely  r*^« 

Miiholfomc  Virgin  Queens  delicious  Bower. 
All  Be^juties  ftores  in  Little  and  in  Great ; 
Bur  the  comraUed  Beams  f  hut  fierceft  heat. 
A  clean  and  lively  Broiun  wsis  Merahs  dy , 
Such  as  the  Prouder  colours  might  envy, 
W/t)^ff/j pure  skin  f  hone  with  fuch  taintiefs  IV^iie^ 
As  (catter'd  the  weak  rays  of  humane  fight. 
Her  lips  and  cheeks  a  nobler  red  did  fht:w, 
Thene're  on  fruits  or  flowers  Heav'ens  Pencil 

drew. 
From  Merahs  eyes  fierce  and  quick  Lightnings  ca- 

From  Mickois  the  Suns  mild^  yet  a£live  name  ^ 
Mertibs  long  h.-.it  was  gloiTy  cheftnut  brown, 
Trcdes  of  paleft  gold  did  Michol  crown. 
Such  was  their  outward  form  5  and  one  might 

find 
A  difference  not  unlike  it  in  the  Mind. 
Mey^Owkh  con.ely  Mnjefty  ii\d  ft  ate 
Bore  high  th'advantagc  of  her  IVorth  and  Vate. 
Such  huuiblc  Iweetnefs  did  foft  MichoKhow^ 
That  none  who  reach  fo  high  e'rcjiooptjo  lo"^, 
"Merab  rejoyc'd  in  her  wrackt  Lo-xers  pain, 
Andforcifi'd  her  'xeriue\\\i\\  Difdain. 
The  griefs  f  he  caus'd  gave  gentle  Miebol  griefi 

T  4  She 


tf 


138    jyavidds,  A  Sacred  Poem.  Book  II  j, 

she  wlfht  her  Beauties  Ids  for  their  rehef , 
Ev'en  to  her  Captiyes  civil ;  yet  th'excefs 
Of  naJ^ed  Virtue  guarded  her  no  lefs. 
£*JinejJ and  Power  MeVihs  large  thoughts  did  vej 
Her  wit  difdain^d  the  Fetters  of  her  Ssx. 
A//c/Wnolef$difdain'd  affairs  andnoife  , 
Yet  did  knotivomlgnorance  y  but  Choije. 
In  brief,  both  Copies  were  more  fweetly  drawn  j 
MeraBofSauly  Miiboloi  lonathcin. 

The  day  that  DavU  great  GoHah  flew  , 
Not  great  Gctiahs  Sword  was  more  his  due. 
Than  Met  ah  ;  by  Sauh  publick  promife  f  he 
Was  fold  thcnandbetroth'dcoF/t^ar)'. 
But  haughty  J/;?  did  this  juft  match  defpife  > 
Her  Tride  debaucht  her  ludgment  asidhcvMyeS. 
An  unknown  yof*th ,  nc're  fc^n  u  Court  before , 
Who  ^hepherdi-^aff,  ^nd  Sbepbsrds^  habit  bore 
The  fevemh-b<jra  Son  of  no  rich  houre ,   wci 
flill 

Th'unplaifant  forms  which  her  high  thoughcidi 

nil. 
And  miichavcrGon  inher  ftubbom  mind 
Was  bred  by  being  ^r.^w//<^  and  dejign^d. 
Long  had  the  patient  Adriel  humbly  born 
The  rougheft  fhoks  of  her  imperious  (corn , 
•Adfid  thQ  Kich  ,  but  riches  were  in  vain  , 
And  couid  nor  Pet  him  /r« ,  nor  her  enchnin 
Long  hv'ed  they  thus  ;  but  as  the  hunted  Dear 
Clofely  purfu'ed  quits  all  her  wonted  fear , 
And  takes  the  neareft  vvaves,which  from  the  f  horc 

a  sm.       she  oft  with  horrour  had  beheld  before. 

*^-  '  9.     So  whilft  i\\ty  ioiem  Maid  from  Day  id  fled  ,. 
She  leapt  to  ^drids  long  avoided  bed. 
The  match  was  nam'd ,  agreed,  and  fi  nisht  ftrait  j 
So  foon  comply'd  with  Sauls  Errty  with  her  Hatu 
But  Uiihol'xn  wbofe  breatt  all  virtues  move 
That  hatch  the  pregnant  feeJi  of  facred  Loye  ^ 
With  jufter  eyes  the  noble  o^y>S  meets , 
And  turns  all  Merabs  Pojfjon  into  Sweets. 
^kQ  Uw  ^ai  woodred  haw  ^  Youth  unknown  \ 

ShouW 


;ook  III.   oftheTrouhlesofXy^vidi.     139 

Shoi'IJ  make  all  Fame  to  come  fo  foon  his  own  ; 
She  faw  ,,  and  uondred  hew  a  SJ.>epbtrds  Crovl^ 
Defpjs'd  that  Smord  u  which  the  Scepter  f  hook. 
Though  he  fevcnth-born ,  &  though  hisHoufc 

but  poor , 
She  knew  it  7iaUe  was  ,  atid  '^oull  be  more. 
Oft  had  fhc  heard  and  Janfied  of  the  fioht  3 
\Vith  wat  :igemrmcs  calm  he  marclit  to  fight.         i 
In  the  great  danger  how  exempt  from  Fear  > 
And  after  it  from  Priie  he  did  appear. 
Cre^ttnefs ,  and  GoodmJI  jdnd  an  Jyr  ditim  » 
She  (aw  through  all  his-ii^^^r^Jand  anions  Thine. 
She  heard  his  eloquent  TongusyZnd  cliarmingL^r^j 
Whofe^irtful  foundsdid  violent  Loye  infpirca 
Though  us'd  all  other  Pajfions  to  relieve  ^ 
Slieweigh'd  all  this ,  and  well  we  may  conceive  j 
When  thole  ftroBg  thoughts  attaquM  her  doubt- 
ful brcfl,. 
His  BeoiHy  no  lefs  active  than  the  reft'. 
The  fire  thus  kiridled  foon  grew  fierce  and  great  ^ 
When  DA^idi  breit  re  fled ed  back  its  heat. 
Soon  The  pcrceiv'd  (fcarce  can  iot/«  hidden  ly 
From  ?ny  fight ,.  much  lefs  the  Laying  Eye) 
She  Conqu^eror  was  as  well  as  Overcome, 
And  gain'd  no  lefs  abroad  thanlolKic  Nome, 
7  Ev'en  the  firft  hour  they  njct  (for  fuch  a  pair  , 
Who  in  all  mankind  elfe  fo  matchlefs  were , 
Yet  their  own  Equals  ,}<JAturei  fclf  does  wed) 
A  mutual  warmth  through  both  their  bof5s  fpred. 
late  gave  the  Signal  \  both  at  once  began 
The  gentle  Race ,  and  with  juft  pace  they  ranj 
Ev'cn  (0  (methinks  •  when  two  Fair  t^rpers  come,- 
from  feveral  Doors  entring  at  qnce  the  Room  , 
With  a  fwifr  flight  tliat  leaves  the  Eye  behind ; . 
Their  amorous  Lights  into  one  Liffht  arc  join'd. 
Ifature  herfelf,  were  fhe  to  judge  the  cafe. 
Knew  not  which  firft  hei^an  the  kind  err.brace*  - 
Muhol  her  modeft  flames  fought  to  conceal , 
But  Love  cv'en  th'  ]>4rt  to  hide  it  does  reteal. 
U€i  ioft  unpradlij'd  Eyes  betrayed  the  Ihefr, 

P  p  L9yf 

i  « 


140    "D^vidclsy.  A  Sacred  Poem    BookllL 

Zoye  paft  through  them ,  and  there  fuch  foot  (ieps 

left. 
Sheblulhrwhenheapproachtand  when  hefpoke. 
And  fuddenly  her  wandring  anfwers  broke , 
At  his  names  found  J  and  when  fhe  heard  him 

praisM, 

With-  concerned  hafteher  thoughtful  looks  f  be 

rais'd, 
VncaU^d  forfighs  oft  from  her  bofome  flew. 
And  ^drieis  a^t'W  friend  (h.t*abYuptly  grew. 
Oft  when  the  Courti  gay  yourh  ftood  waiting  by. 
She  ftrove  ro  aft  a  cold  Indtjferency ; 
In  vain  fhe  afted  fo  conRrainM  apart , 
JFor  thoufand Namelef  things  difclos'd  herHearf*. 
On  th'  other  fide  D.i-vid  with  filent  pain 
Did  in  refpeclfxil  bounds  his  Fires  contain. 
His  humble  fe?.rt'ofFend,  and  trembling  aw, 
Impos'd  on  him  a  no  lefs  rigorous  Law. 
Then  Modefiy  on  her,  and  though  he  llrove- 
To  make  her  fee't,  he  durft  not  tell  his  Lo-^pe* 
To  Tell  it  firi^  the  timorous  youth  made  choice 
Of  M«y/f>^i  bolder  and  more  aftive  voice. 
And  thus  beneath  her  Window,  did  he  touch 
His  faithfull  Lyre  5  the  words  and  numbers  fuch^. 
As  did  well  worth  my  Memory  appear, 
And  may  perhaps  deferve  your  princely  Ear. 

f. 

Awake, awake  my  Lyre ^ 
It     And  tell  ihyJiUnt  M afters  humble  tale  , 
In  founds  that  may  prevail ; 
Sounds  that  gentle  thoughts  infpire^ 
Though  fo  Exaltedihe 
And  I  fo  Lowly  be. 
Tell  herfcch  different  Notes  msLke  :i\UhyHarme7jm. 


Harkj  how  the  Strings  awake, 
And  though  the  Moyw£  Hand  approach  not  near^ 
Xhemfclves  vTuh  awful  fear;^. 


^ookin.    of  the  Troubles  ofDsyid,     '14T 

A  kind  of  num'erous  Trewhling  make. 
Now  all  thy  Forces  try. 
Now  all  thy  charms  apply, 
Revenge  upon  her  Ear  the  Ccnquefii  of  her  Syt^^ 

Weak  Lyre !  thy  vertue  fure 
Is  ufclefshere,  fince  thou  art  only  found 

To  Cure,  but  not  to  Wound, 
And  (he  to  Wounds  but  not  to  Cure, 

Too  weak  too  wilt  thou  prove 

My  Paffion  to  remove, 
Pby/ifl^  to  other  J/7x,ihou'rt  Nourijhmem  to  LsT^ 

4» 
J'A'e;?,  /?ff^  again,  my  Lyre; 

For  thou  can' il  never  tell  my  humble  talcj^ 

In  founds  that  will  prevail, 
Nor  gentle  thoughts  in  her  infpirej 

All  thy  vain  mirth  lay  by  , 

Bid  thy  brings  filent  ly , 
Sleep,  fieep  again,  my  Lyre^  and  let  thy  hi  after  ijr 

She  heard  all  this,  and  the  prevailing  found 
Toucht  with  delightful  pain  her  tender  wound. 
Yet  though  f  he  joy'd  th* ant hemitjue  news  to  hear^'- 
:.  Of  what  fhe  gueft  before  with  jealous/^.ir. 
She  checkc  her  forward  joy,  andblufht  for  Tha- 
me, 
And  did  his  boldnefs  with  forc'cd  anger  blame. 
The  fenfelefs  rules  ,  which  firll  falfe  Honour 

taught. 
And  into  La'S'i  the  TyranXCufiom  brought ,, 
Which  Womcns  Fr/V^  and  foUy  did  invent/ 
Their  'Lowers  ^w^themjel'^es  too  to  tormentj- 
Made  her  next  a.iy  a  grave  difplcafure  fain,  ; 

And  all  her  ivords,  and  all  her  leol^s  conftrafn 
Before  the  trembling  youth  ;  who  when  he  f^v^' 
His  -^ital  Ltj^ht  her  wonted  beams  withdrawj . 
H^^wrft  his  voice jiiisfingersj  ana  hij  Lyre, 

1^^  Ho: 


I 


142  "DsmiMH^  Sacred  Poem,  BooklHi 


He^GUrft  his  to  hid  Tongue  ,  and  MdD«/ire. 
In  vain  he  carft  the  laft,  for  that  ft iH  grew ; 
from  all  things  F^odhsjirm^  Ctnnplexion  drew  : 
His  Jfoy  and  Hopethtir  chearful-  motions  ceaft. 
His  Life  decayed,  but  ft  ill  his  Love  encreaft. 
Whilft  fhe  wWe Heart  approv'd  not  her Difdaitii  I 
Saw  and  endu*irdhis//»/>7j  with  greater  pain. 
But  lonathan^to  whom  both  hearts  were  known 
Whith  a  concernment  equal  to  their  own. 
Joyfu^'th'at  Heav*en  with  his  fworn  lovecomply'd 
To  draw- that  knot  more  faft  which  he  had  ty'd. 
With  well-tim"*d'ze3^P,  and  with  an  artful  care> 
Refto^*dJ  and  bettered  ^ondifnice  ajfair. 
AVith  eafe  a  Brothers  lawful  power  o'recame 
The  formal  dectncies  of  virgin  fhame. 
She  fir  ft  with  3I 1  her  heart  forgave  the  paft , 
Heand  P^nwi/tell  his  flames  ^  and  toMhm  (twn  at 

laft 
Lo  here  the  happy  poi nt  of  profperous  Lo-vc ! 
Whichev'en  hnjoyment  feldom  can  improve !         [ 
Themjelves  agreed ,  which  (tarce  cnuld  fail  alone  » 
All  Ifratts  wif  h  c&Picu rrent  with  rheir  own. 
A  brothers  powerfull  a^'d  firm  to  the  fide  , 
By  folemn  vow  the  /^r??^  a-nd  Pather  tyde : 
Avfljieslous  fears,  zM  nicedfguiles  paft:, 
AW  th^t mt^s-ripe  Lo-ve  emends  the  T^/l , 
In  cithers  Breaft  the.^r^uh  both  meet  and*  wed. 
Their  Hemtti^  Nuptial'  Temple  and  the  Bed:    . 
And  though  the  grofter  cates  were  yet  not  drcft> 
By  which  the  Bodies  muft  Aipply  this  Feaft  3 
Bold  Hi>pis  prevent?  ffow-  Fh^fnrei  lingmig  bitth , . 
As  Sainti  afliir  d  of  HeaVen  en)©y't  cm  Earth. 
All  this  ihe^King  obfcrv'd,  afid  well  he  faw 
What  fcandal,  and  what  danger  it  might  draw 
j^'^^ppofe   this  juft?  and^  pop'ilar   match  ,  but: 

raeant- 
T'muwtJics  all  Kefitfali  by  Confem. 
^  m&int  thepuk^omMgiMnt  fhould  mortal  proi* 

t^^':,  ■     J^"''«a^^'^fl>»e-Ei?r«-r/»#l^his'L*vr.^ 


lakiri.    oftheTro»BlesofD:xnd,     143. 

And  thus  he  to  him  fpoke,  with  more  of  art 
And  fraud,  than  well  became  the  Kin;^j  p^irt. 
Your  valour,   Dayid,  and  high  worth  (  faid 

he) 

Topraije  ,is  all  mens  duty  ,  minetoyrff 
Ktwartied;  and  we  fhall  t'our  utuiolf  powers 
Do  With  like  care  that  part ,  as  you  d\d  yours, 
forbid  it  Go4,we  like  thofe  mtnp  fhould  prove, 
"Who  fear thtVirtues  which  diey're bound  toL^;- 

Your  Pt'ety  does  th.tt  tender  point  fecure  , 
Nor  will  my  .  '^s  fuch  humblt  thoughts  endure. 
Your  neernefs  to  'r  T3Lthtrfetppo-ts  the  Crown , 
And  fh'/f»<^;7(?«f  jgiv'er?  ro  you  encreafe  our  oivm 
All  that  we  can  well  give-,  'c  is  our  intent 
Borh  as  a  Gt4ar<i,  and  as  an  Ornament 
To  place  thee  next  our  felves  5  Heav'en  doesap- 

prove  , 
AndiTTy  Sons  fritmifhif  ^  and  my  Daughters  Lo»- 


ye 


Guide//Tr;»//5',methinks,  my  wifringchoiee; 
Ifce,  merhinks,  f/?rtS(?;)  in 't,and  I  rejoice. 
Bluf  h  not,  my  Son,  that  Michols  L^r-w  I  name  5 
Nor  need  J^e  blufh  to  hear  iti't  isio  fhami 
Jtiovfecret  nowj.  Fame  does  it  loudly  rell , 
And  all  men  but  thy  Ri-oals  hke  it  well. 
^Mfrah choice coufd  have complyM  with rrrinej. 
Iderab^  my  elder  co  r:fort,  had  been  thine. 
And  hers  at  laft  fhould  have  with  mine  comply'd? 
Had  I  not  Tbtm  and  Muhols  heart defcry'd. 
Take  whom  tliou  lov'cft,  and  who  loves  theciths- 

laft 
And  de.neR  Prefent  made  me  by  the  chaft 
.^//7(>«f  J  and  unleft  The  me  deceive , 
When  r  to  \onathan  my  Crera;^  fhall  leave, 
*r\vilVbearmalierr?,/K 
If  I  thy  generous  thoughts  may  iirrdertake 
8Toguer55^hcy  are  what  ]omture  thou  fhalt  makfa 
fitting  her  \!t:rth  :in(l  for titve  :  and  Uuce  Co 
^itftom  ordainsj  w£  mean  t'exacl  it  too. 

X  7i  Xhe 


f44    'D^y'ideis  i  A  Sacred  Poem  Book  11 

The  Joymme  we  exaft,  \s  that  f  hall  be 
No  lefs  advantage  to  thy  fame  than  f-^tf  , 
Go  where  PhilijiianTroo^s'\n{Qi\  the  Land  j 
Renew  the  tcrrours  of"  thy  conquering  hand, 
when  thine  own  hand  jwhich  needs  muft  conqi 

ror  prove  , 
In  this  joint  caufe  of  TJon&nr  and  of  Love, 
An  hundred  ofthefaithlefsroerhall  flay, 
I  Sam,    «g  And  tor  a  Doivre  their  hundred  foreskins  pay, 
iS>  ij-        Be  Mich- 1  thy  Re  ward  j  did  we  not  know 

Thy  mighty  Fatey  and  IVc^rth  that  makes  it  fo. 
We  f  hould  not  cheaply  the  dear  blood  expofe 
Which  we  to  mingle  wkh  our  own  had  chofe. 
But   thou'rt  fecure  ^  and   (ince  this  match 

thine 
We  to  the  publick  benefit  dcfign, 
A  publick  good  f  hall  its  beginning  grace. 
And  give  triumphant  Omens  of  thy  race. 
Thus  fpoke  the  King  :  the  happy  iouth  bow 

low; 
Modeft  and  graceful  his  great  joy  did  f  ho  w. 
The  noble  task  well  pleas'd  his  generous  mind  j 
And  nought  t'except  ngainft  it  could  he  find, 
But  that  his  M//lr«/r price  too  c *f  .7/?  appear'd, 
No  Danger  ,  but  her  Scorn  of  it  he  fear'd. 
She  with  much  different  fenfe  the  news  recerv'd, 
Ac  her  high  rate  Ihe  trembled  ,  blufhc  ,  an 

griev'd. 
T  was  a  lefs  work  the  conqueft  of  his  Foes  , 
Than  to  obtam  her  leave  his  life  t'expofe. 
Their  kind  debate  on  this  fofc  point  would  pro 

ve 

Tedfous,  and  needlefs  to  repeat;  ItLove 
(As  fure  it  has)  e're  toucht  your  princely  breft,.. 
Twill  to  your  gentle  thoughts  at  fullfuggeft 
All  cHat  was  done,  or  faid  5  the  grief,  hcpc 

fears ', 
His  troubled  joys ,  and  her  obU^in^  Tears: 
hi  all  ihe  pomp,  of  f  aflaons  r  ejgn ,  they  part  5 


'^'  dIcIII.     of  the  Troubles  of  T>^v\d,    145: 

Vnd    bright  prophecique   forms     enlarge  his 

hejrrj 
'iFt'ory  and  ^ame ;  and  that  more  quic\hlight 
!)f  the  rich  prize  for  which  he  was  to  fight. 
Tow'ard  Gath  he  went  j  and  in  one  month  (  fo 
Toon 
KfiTtiily  and  xii^i/Iin^  work  is  done) 
V  double  Dflzy)?,  two  hundred  foreskins  brought 
D(  choice  PhUiftian  Knights  with  whom  he 

fought , 
Vienthat  in  birth  and  valour  did  excel , 
-it  for  the  Caufe  and  Hand  by  whth  they  fell; 
.^^ovwasi'/t^/ caught  jnoj  longer  could  delay 
The  two  re/ijUeJ^ Layers  happy  day. 
Though  this  days  coming  long  had  feem'd  and 

flow, 
Yet  feem'd  its  flay  as  long.and  tedious  now^ 
For  now  the  violent  wtight  of  eager  Love^ 
Did  with  more  hafte  fo  near  its  Centre'^^QVti 
Hecurft  theftop?  of  form  and  ftite,  which  lay 
In  this  latl:/Z</j^^l!ke  SCixnddls  in  his  way. 

Onalargcoentle/i//7/,crown'd  with  tall  wood^ 
Neer  where  the  rtgal  Gabaah  proudly  Rood, 
A  Tent  was  pitcht ,  of  green  wrought  Damask  ma* 

de, 
And'  feem'd  but  the  fref  h  Forrefts  nat'ural  f  ha:- 

de, 

Various ,  and  vaft  withm,  on  pillars  born 
OfS'httttm  Wood,  that  ufefuSy  a  lorn. 
Hither  to  grace  the  Nuptial- Feaft  does  j'aw/ 
Of  the  TiveNe  Tril/es  ih' Elders  and  Captains  call> 
And  all  around  the ///e,^«/7^ crowd, 
With  fhouts  and  Bleflings  telltheir  joy  alowd, 
T.0  3  the  prefs  breaks ,  and  from  theit  feveral  ho* 

mes 
In  decent  pridethe  Bri'ieand  Bri^e^roomcomzSo 
Before  the  Briie,  in  a  long  double  row 
With  folemn  pace  thirty  choice  Virgins  go  j 
And  make  a  ^oying^  Galaxy  on  eatth  j 

All 


m 

i: 
Ii 


14^     Duvtdtis^  ^  Sacred  Poem  Book  II 

All  heav'enly  Beauties  ,all  of  highefl  Birth'y 
64.  All  clad  in  livelieft  colours ,  frerirand  fair> 
65  As  the  bright  flowers  that  crown'd  their  bright 
Hair , 
All  in  that  new-blown  age  >  which  does  infpii 
kVarmth   in   Themj'elves  ,  in  their  Beholders  Fir 
But  all  this,  and  allelfe  the  Sun  did  ere , 
Or  Fancy  fee,  in  her  lefs  bounded  ^i'/J^^rff, 
The^r/^eherfelfout-flione  ;  itnd  one  would  fall 
They  made  but  the  faint  Vavjn  to  her  full  r>^.|i^ 
Behind  a  nu  rr  erous  train  o^ Ladies  went;. 
Who  on  their  drefs  much  fruitlefs  care  had  ^^p^m. 
Vain  Gems,  and  unregarded  coft  they  bore, 
For  all  mens  eyes  were  ty'd  to  thofe  before. 
Tlic  Bridegrooms  jHour)fhing  Troop  fili'd  nel 
the  place , 
€6  With  thirty comly  youths  ofnobleft  race. 
That  marcht  before  5  and  JHeay*en  around  hi 

head, 
The  graceful  beams  oi'Joy  and  Beauty  fpreadi 
tf  7  So  the  glad^ar  which  Uen  and  ^r.geli  love , 
Prince  of  the  glorious  Hofl  that  fhines  above  > 
No  Light oiHeayi* en  fo  chcarful  or  fogay  , 
Lifts  up  his  facred  L^wj?,  and  opens  D^. 
The  ^/;7jgf  himfdf  >atthe  Tents  crowned  gate 
In  all  his  robes  of  ceremony'  and  ftate 
Sate  to  receive  the  train  :  on  either  hand 
J>id  the  High  Prieft ,  and  the  Great  Prophet  Rand, 
jidrtelhdnmd  Jonathan  j  ^bner^  JF^IF^y 
And  all  the  Chiefs  in  their  due  order  prefTe. 
Firft  Saul  declar'd  his  choice,and  the  juft  caiife>v< 
Avow'd  by'a  gene'ral  murmur  of  applaufe , 
68  Then  fignM  her  DQiv're  ,  and  in  few  words  he 
pray'd , . 
And  bleft,  and  gavej  he  joyful  trembling  Maid    - 
T'her  Lo-^ers  hands,  who  with  a  chearfut  look 
And  humble  gefture  the  "Mfi  Prefem  took- 
^;^  The  Niiptial-Hymn  ft  rait  founds  ,  and  Uujic^ 

piafj 
^  And  fiiipaod  ^^i^ifhoctcoth'e  thgti^htlefday 

To 


ook  III.    efihe  Troubles  (^/David.     147 

To  all  bii:  to  the  -jjedded,  till  at  laft 

The  long  wifht  night  did  her  kind  fhadovr  caft  ; 

At  laft  iWinejii triable  hour  was  come 

To  lead  his  Conquer, nji  prey  in  iriuwph  home, 

;  To*a  Pal.ice  near,  drcil  f-n  the  Nuptial -bed 
Part  of  her  DoNtre^hc  h  sfair  Frinerfkd, 
Saul,  the  Hrih-Prieji,and  Samuelhtrt  they  leave. 
Who  as  they  part,  their  'aj9i?^hty  bUffmgi  give. 

'.  Her  K'*;/ is  now  put  on;  and  at  the  gate 
The  thirty  yotttha,  and  tiiirry  Vir<ftns  wait 

J  With  golden  Latrps  ,  btight  as  the  flames  thcjr 

bore, 
To  li<^hc  the  NHptidl'p&ntp,  and  march  before. 
The  reft  bring  home  m  ftate  the  hnppy  If^air  , 
To  that  laft  Scerteoi  Bbfy  and  leave  them  there 
All  fhofe  free  joys  infariably  to  prove 
With  which  rich  Beauty  feafts  the  GluttmLffye. 

\     Bur  fcarcc ,  alas ,  the  fev'en  days  were  paft;. 
In  wKtch  the  publick  Nuptial  Triumphs  laft^y 
When  Sifttl  this  new  AUian^e  did  repent , 
Such  fubtle  cares  his  jealous  ihoiights  tormentj 
He  envy'ed  tlie  gootl  work  himfelf  had  done; 
Fear'd  Dsvid  lels  his  Seryant  than  his  Son, 
No  longer  his  wild  wrath  could  he  command; 
He  feeks  to  ftain  his  own  imperial  hand 
In  his  Sons  blood;  and  that  twice  cheated  too> 
Wich  Troops  and  Ernies  does  one  life  purfue. 
Said  1  but  One  ?  his  thirfty  rage  eitends 
To  th^Lives  of  all  his  ^indred,and  his fr tends i 
Ev'en  Jonathan  had  dyed  for  bemg  fo; 
Had  not  juft  God  put  by  th'ormat'ural  blow. 
You  fee,  Sir,  the  true  caufe  whic  h  brings  us  he- 

No  fulien  difcoBtcnt,  or  groundlefs  fear. 
No  gailty  Ai  or  £nd  c^iis  us  from  home. 
Only  to  bieath  in  peace  a  while  we  come, 
Ready  to  Ser-^e,  and  in  mean  (pace  to  Pray 
lor  youwho  us  receive,  and  Hrm  who  drives 
awaj. 

NOTES 


H^  Boole  II 

NOTES 

UPON  THE 

THIRD  BOOK] 


t;' 


L 


f- 


Town  not  far  from  JerufaUm  ,  according  i 
S.  Hieron.  in  his  Cowywewrtry  upon  Z/(ji«/^,fc 
which  it  feems  it  was  re-edified,  after  tt 
deftrudion  of  it  by  Sml ;  he  fays  that  yen 
Jiilem  might  be  feen  from  it.  Adricowit 
knows  not  whether  he  fhould  place  it  in  theTrii'*  of^« 
jamin  or  Epbraim.  Abulenfts  furc  is  in  an  errcurjplacir) 
it  in  the  Half  Tribe  of  Manaffes  beyond  lor  dan,  I  call 
i^obe  according  to  the  Latin  Tranjlatton-iiov  (methink^ 
I^ob  is  too  unheroical  a  name. 
2  Pams  Propo/itienis ,  in  the  Seftuaglnt ,  uf\oi  cvuTrUf 
from  the  Hebrevj  ^  in  which  itfignifies  Vanes  Faierum 
becaufe  they  were  always  landing  before  the  Face  of  th 
Lor.i;  which  is  meant  too  by  the  Englifh  word  Sheu) 
bread.  The  Law  concerning  them,  Le^it.  i-^.  com 
irands  not  only  that  they  fhould  be  eaten  by  the  Prieft 
alone  ,  but  alfo  eaten  in  the  hcly  Place.  Fot  it  ui  mofibol 
unto  him ,  of  the  offerings  made  unto  the  Lord  by  fire  ,  b) 
a  perpetual  fiatute,  Verfe  9.  In  the  Holy  place  ,  that  is  a 
the  door  of  the  Tabtrnule,  as  appears,  he-v.  8.  31 
and  that  which  remained  was  to  be  burnt ,  left  it  fhoult 
beeatenby  any  butthe  Priefts.  How  comes  it  then  re 
pafs,  not  only  that  Abimelech  gave  of  hisbre:jdto  Da< 
"vid  and  his  company  ,  but  that  Da'vii  fays  to  himj 
I  Sam.  2  I  f .  The  bread  is  in  a  manner  comrnon  ?  The 
Zatine  differently ,  Porro  via  bacpoUxtta  esl ,  fed^  ipfa 
hodii  fandtficabttur  in'^afis.  The  words  are  fomewhai 
obfcure;  the  meaning  fure  muft  be,  that  feeing  here 
are  new  Breads  to  be  fee  upon  the  Table,  the  publiquc 

occa^ 


Notes  upon  the  third  Book.  14P 

occadon  (for  that  he  pretended)  and  prefent  necefTity 
makes  thefe  as  it  were  camtyion.  So,  what  more  facred 
ih.m  the  Sahhoth?  yet  ihe  M^%ccahees  ordained,  that  it 
fhould  be  lawful  to  fight  againft  ther  enemies  on 
that  day.  Seneca,  (ays  verywell ,  Necejfjnas  magnum  bu- 
mana  imbed/:' itatii  patrocinium  ,  qni((jut(l  cop  it  excuf^tt. 
And  we  fee  this  aft  oiD^xvids  approved  of  in  the  Evan- 
gel ills. 

Fatal,  in  regard  his  coming  was  the  caufe  oi  AbimeUchj 
murder  and  the  dcilraftionoftheTovvn. 

Sacred  :  made  fo  by  D.t-v/'.'^  placing  it  in  the  Tnbernach 
isaTropbeeoi his  V:'Bory ,  uvocjvi/^.  Thus  ludith  dedica- 
ted all  the  iiuff  of  Holoi-'hemes  his  Tent  as  aG//tunto  the 
Lord,  Jud.  16,  19-  ^yxjyifi^rclxve^'^'i^-'tf'  where  the 
Latin  commonly  adds  Oaii-v^onti-,  in  au.nhemoi  obitvionisj 
which  fhould  be  left  out.  7^/(?,^/;/<4  of  this  word  j  r  po/x- 
q>^ioi-)iiA^xirc!  QirL  And  Suipit.  Sever.  Gladimn pofied 
m  TempLim  pofuit  5  i.  Jn  Tab^tn.tcttlum  Nohit :  where  , 
mcthinks ,  In  templum  (ignifies  more  than  if  he  had  faid 
in  TetKplo.  The  rcafon  ofthis  cuftom  is  ,  to  acknowledge 
that  God  is  the  giver  of  Vi^ny.  And  I  think  all  Nations 
have  concurred  in  thi.s  duty  after  fucceflTes ,  and  called 
(as  Ftr^il  fays) 

In  pradam  partemqtu  loyem^ — — 

So  the  Pbilijlims  hung  up  the  Armes  of  SjhI  m  th^ 
Temple  of  ^fibarotb  \  and  carried  the  y4rli  '"^°  ^^p 
Temple  of  Dagon.  Nicol.  de  Lyra  believes  that  this 
Sword  of  Goliuh  wos  not  confecratcd  to  God :  for  then 
jihimdech  in  giving  ,  and  David  in  taking  it  had 
firmed;  for  it  is  faiJ,  Levit.z-j.  18.  Wbatfnever  is  Ac" 
'^oted  ii  mofi  holy  unto  tbe  Lord ;  but  that  it  was  only 
laid  up  as  a  Montimmt  of  a  famous  viftory  ,  in  a  puhlick 
place.  There  is  no  need  of  this  evafion -,  for  not  every 
thing  corvfecrated  to  Goi  is  unalienable  (at  leall  for  a  ti- 
me) in  cafe  of  nccclTity  fince  we  fee  the  very  yejjeh  of  che 
Temple  were  often  given  to  Invaders  by  the  Kings  of 
}tidah ,  to  make  peace  with  them.  ProKep.  purwnqite 
Xempla  nudamur.  Sen.  in  ControverC 

Thi$ 


I  fo  Notes  upon  the  third  Bmh 

into  the  Land  of  the  PhiUfiims  (  which  feems  more  pro. 
bable  than  that  he  fhoald  go  immediately  and  avowed 
A^?  ^'^^^^'5«rf  fofoonafjer  the  defeat  of  GoUah  )  v. 
added  to  the  Hmory  by  a  Fomcal  Licence ,  \yhich  I  take 
to  be  very  harmlefs ,  and  which  therefore  i  make  bold  tc 
ufe  upon  feveral  occasions. 

6  Th£i>  Gvd^iefiDa^on ,  a  kifed  o^Miermaid  Deity.  Set 
on  the  lecond  Book.  : 

7  AdttUam,  An  Ancient  Town  in  the  Tribs  of  Ittdah 
even  in  ^udab's  time.  Gen.  38.  in  lofbu^'s  it  had 5 
Kin^,  Jofh.  12.  If.  the  Ca-z/e  ftill  reniamsj  and  w^ 
ufed  by  the  Chrijltetns  for  their  refoge  upon  feveral  ir^ 
ruptions  of  the  JttY]^i.^\n  the  fame  manner  as  itferved  Z>4b 
'ifid  now- 

8  In  this  Enumeration  of  the  chief  Berfons  who  came  t( 
afiift  Dayidi  I  choofe  to  name  but  a  few.  The  Gr^f/ 
and  Latm  Poets  being  in  my  opinion  too  large  upor 
this  kind  of  fubjecl  ,  eff  ecially  Homer ,  in  enumera 
ting  the  Grecian  Fleet  and  Armyj  where  he  makes  it 
long  lift  of  i^^mes  and  Numbers  ,  juft  as  they  wouh 
kind  in  the  KoH  of  a  Muffer-  M.r,^erjwithout  any  delight 
ful  and  various  defcriptions  of  the  perfons;  or  at  lead;  verj 
few  fuch.  Which  L$ica?i  (methinks)  avoids  vicioufty  h] 
an  excefs  the  other  way. 

9  2  Sam.  2 .  .^nd  Afctei  -^as  oifvjifi  of  fool  as  ^  "^'i'd  Koe 
Jofeph  fays  ol  him  ,  that  he  would  out-  run  'ittttoi  xftrot- 
fu.vTueiS(&[^{?>^av  y  which  is  no  fuch  great  maiter.  i'tn 
f»»s  are  ail  bolder  in  their  expre/li on  upon  lat  fwiftnd, 
©f  Tome  per fons.   Virgllw^nHifui  ^n. 

Emicai^  -^emisy  ^ fulminh ocyor  alls. 
But  that  is  MoiV/^  with  them.  Hear  him  o^C»milla  Mn.f, 
Jlla  yel iniaia f&^et:6 perfummn  voLnret 
Grannna,  nee  temrm  curfti  linjijj'et  arijlas. 
Vel  mare  per  m»ditijnf!HciujUjpenJk  tumenti 
Perm  itery  celeres  nee  tingeret  aquoreplantof^ 

From  whence  i  have  the  hint  of  my  defcription ,  Ofi  0^1 
the  Lanvns,  iSc.  but  1  darft  not  in  a  Sacred  Story  be  quiti 
fo  bold  as  he.  The  wa  1  king  over  the  waters  is  too  much 
VQC  he  took  it  iiovaHonuir.  io.  i/.W. 

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Notes  upon  thefecond  Book.         151 

1  A'«5#' S7n^  »jyfc»y(^  fcAoj  TraA^to^soxoy. 

They  ran  upon  the  to  >  of  flower^  w.choui  brcakingthern, 
and  upon  the  back  of  the  Sea ,  Sec  where  the  /fyperiole 
(  one  would  think  )  might  have  Hitisfied  any  nipdiTnte 
man;  yet  Si^l.  f  Je  Poet,  prefers  Vir^tU  from  the  cncreaie 
ofthe  wi>''^c/»»by  making  Camilltt*s  fli^,htovera  tendeer 
thing  th.in  Jntherui^  and  by  theexaggerdtionsof  h,f<i(3^. 
Gramma^  VoUret^  Sufpinf-i,  Nee  tingeret.  ^ppo/'on.  i.  y4r- 
^onuvt.  \\2.%x\\c\Wq  hyierhU,:r<d  k( PcirpbeK.u4 too ^  a 
Monfter ,  that  onr  woiild  belieife  fhould  rather  fink  rhc 
Earth  at  every  tread,  thnn  run  over  the  Sea  with  dry  feer, 

6't^f*»'](5;-,  ^h%8i  fiotT%J  7rio\g,  liX^'o  (TOVUXfCtS 

And  SoUnn^  reports  hift  rical  of  hadoi  {ih^.  man  fo  much 
celebrated  by  the  Poas  )  c.ip.  6.     That  he  ran  fo  hghtly 
over  the  duft  (  fupra  (mvum  fulverem )  that  he  never  left 
a  flwik  in  jc.  So  that  a  Greef^  Episrr am  cslWs  his 

The  fvifrne  s  of  a  Go  J. 
All  which, I  hope,  will  ferveto  excufemc  in  this  place. 
'     Jeffijes,  the  Son  oUtffe,  a  P aironymtque zhtv  the  Greei^ 
form. 

Mo^^,thnt  part  of  the  Kingdom  oiMoab  that  was  pof- 
feftby  Rtt^r;j,  lyrng  upon  the  Dp^.V-i^far.  which  divides  it 
from  the  Tribe  of  ^«^/»/^  i  but  J/^-r/Z/in  divides  it  from  the 
Tribes  of  Bfn/VjrmrTj  and  Ephraim  ,  fo  Jr/^i/;  is  not  here  ta- 
Jccn  in  a  precifc  (zrXtz  for  that  Tribe  only 
•  A^M.-bccanfe  ]or/lan  runs  into  it ,  and  \s  there  loft.  It  is 
called  promifcuoufly  a  iVa,or,Lrt/(^jand  is  more  properly 
a  "Lni^e. 

^worem  was  the  fourth  Son  o^-Canann  -,  the  Counrry 
of  his  Sons  extended  Eaft  and  Weft  bf-tween  Jmon  and 
W/l,North  JdSouth  benvecU^or  ad  rhcKlgdo  of  M-j.i^. 
They  were  toially  deft roycd  by  the  Ijraeltfu.U  theirL  ad 

given 


* 


•I 


152  iVo^^5  ^>^o;^  /^^  r^/r<3^  Book. 

given  to  the  Tribe  of  Gad,  Gen,  lo.  14.  Numb.  21.  3 
D^«t.  I.  ^ojh.  V  3.    ^^ttii.  12. 

14     £y<;w:ca11e(i  by  the  GreeJ^s  2(/«w<«<!r: denominated  fro 
^A"'    y^fephm  makes  two  IdfAtnaci's,  the  U/'per  ar 
the  Lower;  the  upper  was  polTeft  by  theTribeof  J^wrf/i 
and  the  Lower  by  Simeon ;  but  ftill  the  Edomites  pode 
the  Southern  part  of  rhe  Country ,  from  the  Sea  ofSodo: 
towards  the  Rf/i ,  6r,  Idumaan  Set.  The  great  Map  < 
jidricornim  places  another  Edom  Q*  Monte s  Seir ,  a  Utt 
North  of  i?*<i^<i  oi  i\\Q  ylmmonites  ^  which  I  conceive' 
bear-iiftake.  TheGre^^^  under  the  name  of  Idume  it 
dude  for:  crimes  all  Pahftine^nd  Arabia. 
Fttra,  The  Metropolis  of  Araha  Fetraa.  Adric.  77. 
Petraa  antem  d([la  d  yntifiiffimo  oppido  Petron 
defef  ti  ipfius  UetropoUfuprd  mare  mortuum 
fi'a. 

It  is  hard  to  fet  the  bounds  of  his  country  (and  indee 
of  all  the  little  ancient  Kingdoms  in  thofe  partsj  )  for  fi 
inetim>es  it  includes  Vioah  ,  Elnm  ,  jimalec  ,  Cedas 
Madiariy  and  all  the  Land  Southward  to  Egypt  y  or  tl 
JLed-Seit :  but  here  it  is  taken  in  a  more  contracted  %r  I, 
fic^ition  5  for  that  part  of  Arabia  which  lies  near  the  M 
tropolii  Petra  ,  and  denominates  the  whole.  I  doul 
much,  whQihQx  Petr  a  Dejerti  y  which  ^drtc.  makes  l 
be  the  fame,  were  not  another  City  of  the  fame  nam 
jidrie.  is  very  confitfed  in  the  defcriptionof  the  Cour 
tries  bordering  upon  the  Tews ,  nor  could  well  be  othei 
wfe ,  the  matter  is  fo  intricate ,  aud  to  make  amenc 
not  much  important. 

\is  ^^/^-  Arabia  Sab^a ,  fo  called  from  Saba  the  Son  < 
Cujh  ,  and  Grand-child  oi  Cham.  All  the  Inhabitants  < 
j4rabiji  down  to  the  Red-fea  (hr'Jethro^s  daughtc 
o^Midian  was  a  Ci^Jite ,  though  taken  by  Jcfephu^  tot 
an  jfrican  Ethiop)  are  called  fomctimes  in  Scripture  Cu 
files  y  and  tranflatcd  Eth!0piavs\  and  I  believe  the  otht 
Ethiopiani  beyond  Egypt  defcended  from  thcfe  ,  and  ar 
the  Cujit£  at  other  ti'mes  mentioned  in  the  Scripture. 

j4r>i'n'on  is  by  fome  accounted  a  part  of  .^rabia  fceUx 
and  the  Country  called  fince  Philadelphia  ,  from  th( 
Mettopolis  of  that  name ,  conceived  by  Mric^m.  to  b( 

th< 


Not  a  upon  the  third  Book.  1 5  5 

f  fame  with  RabLa  of   ^mmon  ,  the  Son  of  Lot, 

Accounted  of  the  r.KC  of  the  Giants  ^  that  is,   a  big, 

•  )  g  ,  and  warlike  fort  of  people  ;   as  y^mos  fiys  Pocci* 

'v  of  the  ^»wori;^i  ,  As  tall  as  C^^V^rf  ,  and  Itrong  as 

:".    rhefe  Etnim  were  beaten  by  ChfJerlwyn^  Qcn.  i^, 

i  1  extirpated  afterwards  by  theA/oa/'//e< ,  who  called 

I  It  Countrey  Moab ,  from  iheir  AnceHor  the  Son  of 

■  >  • 

'  Seon  King  of  the  Amorites ,  who  conquered  rhe  great 

J  :of  theKingdoTi  of  Mo^b  all  well  ward  of  ^rnort  , 

8.ipolle(t  it  himfelf  till  the /jrrt^//ffx  flew  him,  and  de- 

ved  his  people.  Amon,  a  Rive;  that  difcharges  it  felf 

0  the  Dea'i-fea  ,  and  rifes  in  an  iilgh  Rock  in  the 
>untry  of  the  Amorites ,  called  Arnon-i  which  gives 
.nametothe  JC/Y^r,  an  J  that  to  theCij  Arnon^  or 
tar  feated  upon  ic.  Or  , 

Efebon.  A  facnous  and  ftrong  City  feated  upon  an  hill  , 
i  encompalfed  withbrick- walls,  with  many  Villages, 

1  Towns  depending  on  it.  Ic  was  twenty  miles  di- 
nt from  yorJan.   Adric. 

lor  Saul  had  made  war  upon  the  Uoaliies ,  and  done 
•m  much  hurt ,    i  Sam.  14. 49. 

I  take  it  f  :r  an  infallible  certainty  ,  that  Ophir  was  not 
bn:e  imagine  in  the  WeflAnhes]  for  in  Morons  time  , 
lere  ic  is  iarll  mentioned  ,  rhofe  Countrys  neither 
re  nor  could  be  known  ,  according  to  their  manner  of 
vigation.  Andbefid;:s,  if  all  that  V  ere  granted  ,  i"/?/*?- 
»  would  have  fee  out  his  Fleet  forthat  voya?,efroni 
ne  Port  cf  rhe  ;Vi?.7Vr?rnj«f/»/;,  and  not  the /l/i-yi/*.  I 
rcfore  without  any  fcruple  (ay,  OpbirsnJin^Mcrn ^ 
i  make  it  a  Country  m  the"  Bafi  Indies ,  called  by  Jo- 
&/«  andS.  Hteron  ,  Thi  CcUin  Cotimry.  Gro'im  doubts 
.ether  0^/j/r  were  not  aTown  feated  in  the  Arabian 
/ ,  which  A  man  calls  Alp6ar ,  Plmy  S  jphar  ,  Ptolomy 
•Jph.iro  y  Stepfmnm  Sapphartna  ,  whither  the  lndd<tns 
»ught  their  Merchandizes,  to  be  fctcht  from  thence 
cne  Merchants  of  the  more  Wertern  Countrys.  But 
c  fmall  fimihtude  of  the  name  is  noc  worth  the  change 
a  received  opinion.  ^ 

Like  this  is  thas  of  Dido  to  ^neas  , 


154  Notes  uponthe  third  Book, 

hfon  ohtufa  adeo ^e^amui  pe^ora  Pteni , 

Nee  tarn  ayerfm  equos  Tyrix  Soljunpt  ah  urbe. 

And  in  Stat,  of  ^drafitt^  to  Polynices ; 
Nectiim  gverfum  f^ima 
Myccni6  Volvit  iter. 

2»  Thenar  i  QvPho^cr,  ovPiOff  was  an  high  Mount! 
upon  the  Top  o{  which.  Batlaam  was  defired  by  Ba 
to  curie ,  bat  did  blcfs  ifraei  This  place  was  chol 
perhaps  by  B«/««f ,  becaufe  upon  it  flood  the  Temple 
his  B^a/.  Which  was,  I  beheve  the 5an  ,  the  Lord 
Heaven,  the  fame  with  Moloch  o(  ihs  ^mmonitis  a 
the Mothius  Chemos ;  only  denominated  Bijt/  Phebo 
from  that  particular  place  of  his  worfhip  ,  as  Ittpi 
Capitolinui.  Some  think  that  particular  place  of  his  w< 
fhip ,  as  luftter  Capitolir.ui.  Some  think  that  ^aai  Pt 
was  the  fame  with  Priapm  the  tbfcene  Idol^  (o  famous 
ancient  Authors  jit  may  be  the  Imaf^^e  might  be  made  J 
tcr  that  Faf  hion  ,  to  fignifie  that  the  Sun  is  the  ^aal  j 
L«r3<  of  Generation, 

3  3  The  makmg  of  Hiing  n^s  with  figmts  came  firft  frc 
^ahjion  ,  from  whence  they  were  called  ^abylonic. 
Plin.  I.  8.  c.  48.  f*/w5J  diyerjos  pi^uratntertexereBai 
hn  maxime  Celebrayit ,  (5*  nomen  impofuit  ,  Plaut. 

Sticho. 

« 

TumBahyknicaperiflrtnnata  confummata  eonfuta^  tapet 
^dvexit  minimum  bona  ret. 
He  calls  the  I'ke  Hangmgs  in  Pfeud. 

Alexandria  beUuata  conohiliata  periflrtimata, 
Mart.l.  8.  Ncn  ego  pratulerim  BabjthnicapiBa  fuperbe 

Texta  SemiramiCA  qua  vartantur  acu. 
And  long  before  ,  Lucret.  I.  4. 

B  a  bylonica  magfiifico  fplendore, 

S4  Thefe  kind  of  Ivory  Tables  born  up  with  the  Im3g< 
of  Bealis ,  were  much  in  etteem  among  the  An 
cicnts.  The  Romans  had  them,  a$  alfo  all  other  mltru 
sienrs  of  Luxury ,  from  the  ^Jiafiques , 


h 


1 


Notes  upon  the  third  Booh  1 5  j 

Ptitere  yi^entur 
Unguent ii  atq;  rofa  l.ttosni/tfuflinet  orbes 
Grandt  ebur  ,  tj"  magno  fubltmis  Pardm  hiatu^ 
Dentibiti  ex  iOti  quos  tnittit parta  Stems 
Et Mauris elerts.  Juven.  i  i. 
Mart.   Et  Matiri  Ljhicn  centum  (lent  dentibm  orbei. 

Citron:  Tt  is  not  here  taken  for  the  Lemon  Tree  (though 
at  be  in  Latine  called  Citrtu  too,  and  in  French  0/r<77?- 
er)  bit  for  a  Tree  fomething  refeinbling  a  wild  Q- 
tfs  5  and  growing  chiefly  in  ^fricl^  :  it  is  very  farrous 
nong  the  Roman  Authors  ,  and  was  moft  ufed  for  ban- 
letting  Beds':ind  Tables.  tAarttal  fays  it  was  moreprc- 
ous  than  Gold. 

Jccipefalices  ,  Athntica  mtinerai  menfas  , 
^ttrea  qui  dederit  don  Hj  minora  dabit' 

?e  P/m.  /,  I?,  c.  15-.  The  fpots  and  crifpnefs  of  the 
ood  ,  was  the  great  commendation  of  it ;  Fromwhen- 
:  they  were  called ,  Tygrina.  and  Vamhrina  Men/a, 
ir^.Ciris. 

Nee  Lyhis  ^JJyrioflernetttr  LeBultii  oflro. 
^here  L^bi^  Leduln6  may  fignifie  either  an  Ivory  j  ora 
itron  Bed. 

P«r/?/(!?  Coverlets  were  moft  in  ufe  among  great  per- 
•ns.  ^om.  1/7  9. 

Virg.  Sarranodormiat  ojiro. 
hat  is ,  Tyri an  purple.  Stat.  Theb.  i. 

Vari  oflro  t:nues  aut  QqjfonanteS 

Emtinirttoros.  - 
hey  lyeffays  P/iifotheC(?we^»a77in  .>///;fn  2.)  cv  xxL 
Ui  iXi^xvnTna-i  7(^  i-^u^o-i  7rof)<pv^o(ix7mi'i  (SCC. 
^The  I'urple  of  the  Ancients  was  taken  out  of  a  kind 
r  Shedfifh  called  ?mpura  j  where  it  was  found  in  a 
•hire  vein  running  through  the  middle  of  the  mouth  , 
hich  was  cut  out  and  boyled  ^  and  the  blood  uft^af- 
rwards in  Dying,  produced  the  colour  Nigrarttts  ro- 
Jublffcentem,  which  Vlinj  witnefles  to  be  the  true  P^rr- 
fi  though  there  were  other  forts  too  of  it  ,  as  the 

V  colour 


\')6  Notes  uponthe  third  Book, 

colour  of  Violet  Hjacintb  ,  ^c.  Of  this  Invention  i 
totally  loft,  fee  P//>?.1.9,  c.  ^8.  and  P.tnciroSu^.  ' 
greateft  Fifhing  for  thefe  Pmples  was  at  Tyre  ,andtl 
\\:s  the  greatell:  manufadure  ?nd  Trade  of  Put  pie  ; 
relikewife  was  the  invention  of  it,  which  is  attribi 
to  Hercules  Tyrim  ,  who  walking  upon  the  fhore , 
hi^  Dog  bite  one  of  thofe  Fif  hes ,  and  found  his  mc 
all  ftained  with  that  excellent  colour  ,  which  gave 
the  firlt  hintof  te.iching  the  T'^riam  how  to  Dye  i 
it ;  From  whence  this  colour  is  called  in  Greek'' AA»^ 
j4riftot.quitJiec.>^)n'if^i*  the  work  of  the  Sea  ;  and  l«|ic 
in  Tim.  defines  'AA^pyS^v  to  be  Red  mingled  with  wl " 
and  Black.  jfe 

27     So  JKneoi  in  the  1 .  >€«•  finds  the  ftory  of  all  the  Trlre 
War  painted  upon  the  walls  of  Zr^no'j  Temple -di  Ca>  th  | 
Ichufehere  thehiflory  of  Icr,becaufc  the  M^ji»/>tfj.lTc 
tended  from  him.  Iliv 

aS     Cheder-laomer ,  who  according  to  the  general  opinwc 

was  King  of  Verjici  ,  but  to  me  it  feems  altogether iofi 

probable  that  the  King  of  Perfia  f  hould  come  fo  f  r,  lit 

joynwithfomany  Princes  to  make  a  war  uponthofefjli] 

little  King<; ,  whofe  whole  Territories  were  Ccarce  f(W| 

as  the  teafi  f  hire  in  Englind  ,  and  whofe  ^  ery  nameslfj 

unlikely  to  havebeenhe.ird  of  then  ,  fofar  as  Per  fa. 

fides  Pfr/7;?  was  not  then  the  chief  frt^fr-n  \\onatchy^ 

JfTyria  under  Nini/uox  Ziijnai^  •,  who  fuccecde«l  S 

fHmis ,  which  makes  m.e  hkewife  not  doubt  but 

they  are  miftakentoo,  who  take  .Amr^tphd  Kin; 

Shmaar ,  which  is  interpreted  liibjbni.x^  for  the  I. 

wk\\  NinUi ,  fince  Chedor- 1  i-srmr  con;manded  o-ver  I 

a  fouler  error  in  (heirs,  \Uiomake  >^  ir.c^  King  of  ^ 

/iirtobcthe  Kingof  Pi?^f/t<  ,  as  v^yw;/.!  and  S.  Hin 

tranflate  it  5  or  as  To/iatm ,  who  would  have  it  to  be 

Hellefpom.  Stephen,  de  Vrh.  places    Flhs  in   Caelofy. 

others  on  the  borders  of  Jrabia ,  and  that  this  was 

fame  with  ^/Z^j/tr  has  much  more  appearance.  But 

my  part,  I  am  confident  that  £/<»»» ,  Shinaar  <,  ERt 

an3  Tidal ,  were  the  names  of  fomc  Cities  not  far  difl 

irovr.  Sodom^ndGcmorva  y  and  their  Kings  fuchas 

thirty  three  th.r  lojbua  drove  out  of  Canaan 3  other? 


Notes  upon  the  t  hirdBook,  157 

low  could  /*^r/?^iirw  have  defeated  them  (abating  mira- 
.Ics )  with  his  own  family  onely  ?  perhaps  they  wcrecal- 
ed  of  £/.iwthat  is  Perfi^i  ,  of  Shinaar  ,  that  is  BaBylB- 
nia  ,  of/lafar  ,  that  is  Ponttn  ,  or  rather  the  other  EltaSy 
secaufc  they  were  CoUmes  brought  from  thofc  Coun- 
creys ;  which  the  fourth  Kings  title  ,  of  Tidal  y  feems 
to  confirm  ;  thuis,  o(  Nations;  Latine ,  Gcntiuyui 
Symmach.  UtCfx<pvxiot4,  To  wit,  of  a  City  compounded 
Df  the  conflux  or  people  from  feveral  Nations.  The  He- 
brew is  Goijm  which  Vatablu^  ,  not  without  probabihtyj 
:akcs  for  the  proper  name  o^  a  Town. 

That  he  rright  be  confumed   presently  after   with 
lis  whole  people  and  Kingdom  ,  by  fire  from  Hea- 
en. 

For  f/>fand  Br/w^rt^Tcis  named  in  Scripture,  as  the 
Torment  of /y«i7;  forv\hich  caufe  the  ApolUeJwif, -v.y. 
ays  that  io^/ofw  and  Comorra  are  fet  forth  for  an  exam- 
)le.  xv^of  cMMila  ^Ktivv7nx^(Tzc\ ,  fufFering  the  vengeance 
)f  eternal  fire ;  So  our  Euglif  h  ;  the  Latine ,  Jgnpi  ater- 
iifasnamjujUrentes.  But  1  wonder  none  have  thought 
>f  interpreting  Aiicrpi  a  iyerhi^illy-^for,  Infiar  h'abentes  ignii 
tterniy  SufTering  the  fimilitude  of  eternal  ,  that  is  ^Hell 
-ire  SoAi*}5»  is  n fed  ^rifKh  Mund.  ^  fiacj  7rc>i^uicig 
miufAuv  ^xlou ,  nay  even  A'ikvi  ,  the  fublt  >  ib  taken  fouic- 
inics  m  that  ftnfe ,  as  Homtr  Vlyjf- 1. 

'or  this  is  the  Manner  or  faf  hion  of  Suitors.  It  is  not  irn- 
)robable,  that  this  Raining  ofF  reand  Brimftone  was 
lothing  but  extraordinary  Thunders  and  Lightnings  ;  for 
Thunder  hath  fulphur  in  it,  which (Gro.'//«  rays)'sthere^ 
ore  called  ©«o» ,  asit  were  ,Diz//77f ,  becaufe  it  comes 
rom  above,  beveral  prophanc  Authors  make  mention 
)fthis  deflru£\ion  of  Sodom  \  ssTacitw,  L.  5.  Hifior, 
^ultnintim  i^u  arfjfsj^c,  and  by  and  h)yJgne  cosUJli  fla- 
raffe  ,  C5'c. 

The  blindnef?  wkh  which  thcfe  wretches  wereftroken, 
vas  not  a  total  Blindnejs  or  Pri-^ationohht.r  fight ,  but 
:ither  fuch  a  fudden  darknefs  in  the  ayr  as  made  them 
jrope  for  the  door,  or  a  fudden  failing  of  the  fight,  as 

V  i  whco 


1 58  Notes  upon  the  third  Book. 

\vhenmenare  ready  to  fall  into  a  Trance;  Ehlouiffeme; 
or  tliat  which  the  Greeks  term  ftjc^ffjtff,  when  men  i: 
other  things  ,  but  not  the  thing  tney  look  for.  For  fi 
^.Augtifitne^  DeCi-^it.  Dei  Lib.  zz.  c.  19.  if  they  h 
been  quite  blind;  they  would  not  have  fought  fort 
Door  to  go  into  Lots  Houfe ,  but  for  Guides  to  condi 
them  back  again  to  their  own. 
32.  I  defcribe  her  not  after  f  he  was  changed ,  but  in  t 
veryaft  or  moment  of  her  changing  5  Geri.  19,26.  C 
Englifh  fays  ,  fhe  became  a  VtUar  of  Salty  followi 
the  Greek  tyiM  eiXo?,  The  Latineis ,  St^tua  Salts.  Soi 
call  it  Cumulum-^  others  >  Columrtam.  Sulpit.  Sev 
Jiefltxit  oculos  3  (latimq  ;  in  niokm  conyerfa  iraditur.  I 
pity  yofephm  5  who  fayshefaw  the  Statue  himfelf>om 
ted  the  defcription  of  it.  Likely  it  is ,  that  it  retained  I 
form.  So  Cj^/^r/ti^ in  better  verle  than  isufual  among t 
QhriJlianVoetSi 

Stetit  ipfa  Sepuhhrum  , 

lpfag\  Imago  fibi ,  for  mam  fine  corporefer'^ans. 
Some  ^vith much  fubtlety  ,  ard  feme  probab.lity  , u 
derftand.a  Hilar  oiSah ,  to  fignifie  only  an  E-ceritfli 
VtS*ir ,  of  what  matter  foever,  as  Numb.   iS.  19. 
Covenant  oiSalt.  But  we  may  very  well  too  underlla 
it  Literally  y  for  there  is  a  \\tneralJ(ini  of  Sii/t  whi 
never  melts  ,  and  ferves  for  building  as  well  as  ft  one ; 
whick  ?liny  fpeaks ,  /.  3 1.  f.  7.  befides  ,  the  converfi 
into  Sij/t  is  very  proper  there  5  where  there  is  luch  abu 
dance  ,  mixt  with  Sulphur ,  and  \\  hi.h  place  God  ha 
as  it  were  ,  fo-^ed  ivithfalt ,  in  token  of  eternal  barre 
Ti^fs-,  of  which  this  Statue  w.isfetup  for  a  Wonume 
The  Vargumoi  ]erujjkm  is  cited  5  to  give  this  reaf 
^vhy  fhe  looked  back  ;  it  fays ,  fhe  was  a  w^oman  oii 
dotn,  and  that  made  her  impatient  to  fee  what  becar 
ofher  friends  and  Country.  The  moralofit  is  very  pc 
fpicuous ,  but  well  expreft  by  S.  Juguft.  Vxor  Loth 
Salem  converfa  magna  admonutt  Sacramento  neminem 
'via  liber ationi6  fua paterita  defiderare  debere. 
33     2ippori\\tY'^\i\iQt  ol  Ba\ac  ^  and  firft  King  of  Mo.' 
.   mentioned  in  Scripture.  Some  Authors,  I  know,  nao 
onQVaheb  before  him,  but  ^//'/'or  is  the  more  knowi 

ino 


Notes  upon  the  third  Book.  1 59 

more  autheiuical  vini  better  founding  Name.  Among  the 
Ancients  there  was  always  fome  hi^elitary  Bowl  with 
^v  hich  they  xmAz  their  Libatfns  to  the  Gods ,  and  enter- 
iMnzd  Str.in^en.   Virg. 

Hie  Kej^tna !^ritvem  qemmU  aiiroqipopojcit 
Implevittjj  mero  pater aviy  qu>i  Belm  (5'  omneS 

A  Belofoliti 

And  prefently  f  hcbegins  to  the  Gods.  So  Stat.  I.  i.  Thhi 
^ignvs perfeilctm gemmis  auroq-,  mtentem 
lajiies  pater  am  fiimulos  ex  m<frepopofcit ) 
Una  Danaui  libate  Deis  ^feniorq-^  FhoromeM 
^Jfueti  -»— 

^nd  then  he  addes  the  Stories  engraven  on  theBowl^ 
v'hich  would  not  have  been  fo  proper  for  me  in  this  pb- 
:e  ,  becaufe  of  the  Pn^wr^j  before.  Sen,  rhyefl.  Vo.ulum 
nfufo  cape  Gentile  Baccho.  Th\s  Libation  to  the  Gods  at 
he  beginning  ofall  Feafts  came  from  the  natural  cuftom 
Df  paying  the  Birfi  fruits  ofall  things  to  the  PivinJtyby 
vhofe  bounty  they  enjoyed  them. 

This  too  was  an  ancicrw  cuftom  that  never  failed  at  fo- 
emn  Fearts ,  to  have  Mujicj^  there^and  fomtcimes  dttn'^ 
•ing  too)  which  f/^ywc-r calls , 

rhc  appendixes-,  or  as  Hetfich  interpretes  j  xo(rixrt(xa.7t>Ci 
he  Ornaments  of  a  feafi.  And  as  for  wife  and  honorable 
)erfons ,  there  was  no  tim.e  of  their  Life  Icfs  loft ,  than 
batthey  fpent  at  Table  \  for  either  they  held  than  fo- 
ne  profitable  and  delightful  difcourfes  with  Lear- 
led  men  ;  or  heard  fome  remarkable  pieces  of  Au- 
hors  (commonly  Pofrj)read  or  repeated  before  them;or 
f  they  were  Princes  J  had  fome  eminent  Po^f  (who  was 
Iwa)  s  then  both  a  Vhilojbpher  and  Mu/ician)  to  entertain 
hem  with  Mn/ul^  and  f^trfes  ,  not  upon  flight  or  wanton,. 
»uc  the  grcateft  and  noblcfl  fubjecls»  Sodoes  lopoi  in 
^irg. 

-  Cyfbaracrinitifs  lop  as 

Verfonat  aurat.i  d»C!iit  qua  maximm  ^tlaS 
Hie  canitcrrantem  Lunam  SoliJq\ labor cs/Sc^ 
iodoes  Orphem  in  ^poUon.  i .  Argonaut. 

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So  does  'DemodocetA  in  Homer  \  through  the  fubjC'S: ,  mi 
thinks;  be  not  fo  \TeIl  chofen. 
35-  See./4/^e?7.  L.  I .  c.  i  2.  upon  this  matter ,  where  amor 
other  things,  hefpeaksto  this  ienfe.  The  Voets  wej 
ancienrly  a  race  ofwrfe  meriy  both  in  learning  and  praft 
ce  Phibjophers ;  and  therefore  ^^atrjemnnn  (  at  his  ci 
pcditionfor  Ttoy)  leaves  a  Poet  with  Clftemneflra  ,  as 
Guardian  and  Inftru^ler  to  her ,  who  by  laing  before  hi 
thcvertues  of  women,  might  give  her  impreffionsij 
goodnefs  and  honour ,  and  by  the  dchght>  ulnefs  of  H 
converfation  ,  divert  her  from  worfe  plcafures.  So  yEjf) 
(teu^  was  not  able  to  corrupt  her  till  he  had  killed  hi 
Foet.  Such  a  one  was  he  too  who  was  forced  to  fing  b« 
(fore  Penehpts  Lfvers  ,  though  he  had  them  in  detefta 
tion  And  generally  all  Pcets  were  then  had  in  efpeci 
.reverence.  Demodocu^  ^mongthe  Phaacians  ,  fingstl 
adultery  of  M^rJ  and  Venu^  ,  not  for  the  approving) 
the  like  anions,  but  to  divert  that  voluptuous  peop 
from  fuch  unlawful  appetites,  &c.  The  old  Scboliaji  u| 
on  Horner^  Ciys,  3.  O^y/f. 

Anciently  Poets  held  the  place  ofVhilfifopbers.  See  Qtth< 
til.l.  I.  c.  10. Strah. I.  Geogr,  ^c. 

36  By  drawing  up  vapours  from  them,  with  which  tl 
Ancients  believed  that  the  Stars  were  nourilhe* 
Virg, 

Polm  dumfidera  pafctt, 

3 7  This  was  an  ancient  faf  hion  among  the  Heathen^^nc 
unlike  to  our  ringing  o( Be/Is  in  Thunder,  luvenalhys^ 

y         a  loud  fcolding  woman,thatfhe  alone  was  able  to  relicr 
the  Moon  out  of  an  Eclipfe. 

Sola  labor  ami  p§ier  at  [uccUvrere  Luna. 
Thisfuperftition  took  the  original  from  an  opinion  ,  th; 
ff itches  by  m.uttering  fome  charms  in  verfe,  caufed  th 
Eilipfes  of  the  VLion  j  which  they  conceived  to  be  whc 

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Notes  upon  the  third  Book,  i6i 

^2\^oon(i\\^l\s^  the  Gc<^/f/ of  it  )  was  brought  down 
MTi  her  Spb  re  by  the  virtue  of  thofe  enchantments ;  and 
ji-efore  thcv  n  ade  n  great  nolle  by  thebentingof  Brafs, 
indtng  of  Trumpets ,  whooping  and  hollowing  ,and 

he  like  ^to  drown  the  Witches  muro.urs ,  that  the  Woon 
Qhcnoi  hear  them,  and  fo  to  render  the  ineffectual. 

Te  quoij\  Lun.i  traho,  quamyif  Temejina  lahns 

vE  \i  tuos  ininuant. — 

Tib.  Ciiniu6  15  ecurru  Lunatyi  dtducere  tentat  y 
Eifacetet  y/inon  amrepHlJaJonenr. 

Stat.  6.  Thc'b.  jittor.iiis  quoiiei  avellituf  a(lr'n 

S'A.i  op.icaforor  procul  atixiliantia gentei 
JEracr  splint. 
Sea.  in  Hippol.  fc  /  nuper  rubtiht  nuU^q\  lucicOs 
Nubi^fordidicr  v:iltitn4  of'flstif. 
yit  nosfoHiciti  lutnine  turhido 
Trailim  Thejl^t-ich  carmmibmrAn 
Ttnniiifi  dedirnt-ti. 

The  world  has  had  this  hard  opinion  of  Comets  from 
all  ages,  and  not  only  the -vn/^ar,  who  never  ftay  foe 
a  Cauje  to  believe  any  thing,  but  even  the  learned  ^ 
who  can  find  no  rcafon  for  it,  though  they  fearch  it , 
and  yet  follow  the  vulgar  belief  ^rilhtleX?L)S  ,  Comets 
naturally  produce /))o^^;&ri by  the  extradion  of  vapors 
froai  the  earth  to  generate  and  feed  them ;  and  droughts 
more  certainly  produce  fickneffes  :  but  his  authority 
cannot  be  great  concerning  the  effects  of  Co ly^r; ,  who 
fuppolcs  them  to  be  all  Sublunary.  And  truly  there  is 
no  way  to  defend  this  Vrediiiion  of  Comets  but  by  ma- 
king it,  as  Go/i  fpeaks  of  the  ila/n^<7iy  J  Gea  j.  the  u- 
pernatural  Token  o^a.Coyer}iint  between  God  and  Man ; 
for  which,  we  have  no  authority  ,  and  therefore 
might  do  wdl  to  have  no  fear.  However  the  ancients 
bad. 

Luc.       Terr  is  mat  ant  em  re^na  Comet  em, 

Claud.    Et  mtnquam  carlo  (peSlatum  iwpune  Comet  em. 

SiLltal.  Kegnorum  eyerfor  rubulnltthale  Qomttes 


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1(^2  Notes  upon  the  third  'Book . 

39  ForT/;«7:i//^>'isan  Exhalation  hot  and  dry  fhutupir 
cold  and  moift  Cloud,  out  of  which  ftrivingto  get  fort 
it  kindles  it  felf  by  che  agitation,  and  then  violent 
breaks  it. 

40  Lamhntf\r:eis^  A  thinunrtuonsExhabtion  made  01 
of  the  Spirits  of  Animals ,  kindled  by  Motion  ,  and  bu 

.  Jiing  without  confaming  any  th-ng  but  it  felf.   CaHj 
"Lambent,  from  L/V>(;>ja  over  ,  as  it  were,  the  place 
touches.lt  was  counted  a  G5i7./0/;2?n.  Virg.  defcribesti 
wlioienaturcofitexceileruly  in  three  ver'fes  jiEn.  2. 
Ecce  Uyis  fum7no  tie  vert  ice  yifm  Irtli 
fundere lumen  apsx^  ta[luq;  innoxia  moUi 
ham  here  ^amma  comas  CJ*  circtdm  ter.jpora  pafci 

41  TleecySnc'UJiY^il.  IA.-J.  Hegiveth^noiDltleiVool. 
nycdWsSnoiu  ingenioufly  fora  Pcef, but  defines  it  ill  for 
Fhihfipber.  Tife  Foajn  ofclond's  when  they  hit  one  am 
ther.  ^r//?o//5  defines  it  truly  and  fhortIy.Sn<?u;  is  a  CM 
conge  tied)  and  H,til  Corgtiilei  Kain. 

<J2,     Gen  49.  9 .  liiiah  is  a  Lyons  ivhelp^from  the  prey  tnyji 
thou  art,^Dne  up ,  he  (looped  lo-jon^  he  couched  M  a  Lyon^ai 
as  an  old  Lyon,  luho  fhaP.  roufe  him  »p  ? 
43      I  Sam.  17.  4«  y4rj  there  luent-  out  a  Champion  out 
thecawpofthePhil-ftines,  named  GoH ah  •,  ^c.    wherei; 
we  follow  the Septuagint  ,  who  render  it,   '^wxro^'y, 
Strong  man  '.  but  the  Latine  Tranfiation  hath  ,  Et  egrejjt 
.   efl  yfirfpnriu^^a  Bajtard.  Grotim notes,  that  the  Hebrew 
called  the  Gj-.^/jfojbecaufe  being  contemners  of  allLaw 
they  lived  without  matrimony,  and  confequcntly  the 
fathers  were  not  known.   It  is  probable  he  might  be  ca 
led  fo  5  as  being  oftheraceof  ihc  jlna\ims{ihQ  remaji 
ders  of  which  feated  themfelves  in  Gath)  by  the  fathei 
and  a  Gaihite  by  the  Mother, 
44     See  Tttrmi^jiixs  f hields ,  7.  /En.  and  Mneas  his  8.  iEr 

■  with  the  (lories  engraven  on  them. 
45"  For  Baal  is  no  other  than  lupiter.  Baalfemm  lupHi 
Olympim.  But  I  like  not  in  an  Hebrevj  ftory  to  ufe  the  Ett 
ro/'<ej»  names  of  Gods.  This  Baal  ^nd  lupiter  tooofth 
Graci am, \\:is at ^ditskzn  for  the  Sun,  which  raifih| 
vapours  out  of  the  earth  ,  out  of  which  the  Thttnder  ii 
epgendred ,  may  well  be  denominated  the  Thunderer 

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Notes  upon  the  third  Book,  1 6^ 

Zit;VyN/^.5§£ttsW«    and  "Ju-rans  Pater  firs  with  no  God 
fo  much  as  the  5"/^^.  So  Plato  in  Phad  interprets  Jupiter-^. 
ind  ^elto<^.ihaln6  is  no  more  but  ynpiter-Sol.  ^ 

The  Fable  of  the  Gjawri  fight  with  C<7'/5 ,  was  norin- 
(renced  by  the  Gvaci^ns ,  but  cair e  fiom  the  Ealiern  peo- 
ple ;  and  arofe  from  the  true  ftory  of  the  building  of  the 
Tcnvcrof  ^.i^e/. 

This  perhap>'  will  be  accufed  by  fome  fevere  men  for 
:oo fwelling and  Hyperbole-^  and  1  fhould  not  have  en- 
dured it  Vty  (blf  ,  if  it  had  not  been  mitiga- 
ted with  the  word  Methottght;  for  in  a  great  apprehenfion 
offearthere  is  no  extraordinary  or  extravagant  fpecies 
:hat  the  imagination  is  not  capable  of  forming.  Sure  I  am, 
:hat  many  fay  ings  of  this  kind,  even  without  fuch  excufe 
or  qualification  ,will  be  foundnot  only  in  LucanovSta- 
tiui  y  but  in  the  moftjudiciousand  divine  Poet  hicnfelf; 
He  calls  tall  young  men  y 

Fatriis  i5>  montiln^  aquos. 
Equal  to  the  Mountains  of  their  Country 
He  fays  of  Polyphemm  , 

— __  Graditurqiper  aquor 

lam  medium  ,  nee  dum  flu^iPi  latera  ardua  tin-^ 

That  walking  in  the  midft  oftheSea,  the  waves  do  not- 
wet  his  fides.   Of  Orion  y 


Quam  magnm  Orion 


Cunj pedes  tnce'io  medii  per  tnaxifr.aNerei 
Stagna  'viamfcind^ns  humero  fuperemirtet  unddi,  ■ 
j4ut fumtnii  referens  annofam  montibm  orntitny 
Ingrediturq  fob,  ^ caput  inter  nubilacondit. 

And  in  fuch  manner  (  fiys  he  )  Metemim  prefented  hirrji 
felf.    He  fays  of  another ,  that  he  flung  no  (mall  part  ofaa 
Mountain  , 

Tiaud  partem  exiguam  Mont  if. 
Gf  which  Senecii ,  though  he  addes  to  the  greatnefs  ,  he" 
does  not  impudently  recede  from  truth.   One  place  xn- 
him  occurs;  for  \vhichi'5;r.  i.  i'«^/(?r.m;"iiesthatdefence- 
Which-NY'ill  fcivc  better  for  me,, 


1  (54  Notes  upon  the  third  Booh 


Credod  innare  reyulfdi 


CycladiUi  am  montei  concurrere  montihui  altos. 
That  is,  fpeaking  of  great  fhipsbut  yetfuchaswoul 
i  feem  very  little  ones,  if  they  were  near  the  Soytraign 

^  you  would  think  the  CyeLiies  loofned  from  their  root 

were  floating,  or  that  high  Mountains  encountredon 
another.  Nondicithffcferi,  Jed-Ytderiipropitiii^t^ihk 
anditur  quicquid incvedibile  ejiy  quod  ex(uj -tur  antequaff 
dicitur.  He  does  not  fay  it  li ,  but  Seems  to  be  :  for  fo  h 
underftands  Credat)  and  any  thing,  though  never ,(1 
improbable  ,  is  favourably  heard  ,  if  it  be  cxcufed  b© 
fore  it  be  fpoken.  Which  will  ferve  to  anfvver  for  (brap 
other  places  in  this  Poem  ^  as, 

Th* Egyptian  It^e  an  Hill  hi mjelfdii  rear  ; 
'Lil^efome  tall  Tree  upon  itjeem'dhii  /pear, 

X^ii^ean  HtU^\s  much  more  modeft  than  Montibmaqum 

47  Becaufe  Gold  is  more  proper  for  the  ornaments  of  2ea 
ce  than  War. 

48  Sen.  in  Thyeft.  lejuna.JilyUquaJisinGangeticvilntt 
jw^enccs  Tygris  errMvit  duos ,  Utriufq  ;prada  cupida,qu 
prtosferntlncerta  njorfu^,flc^it  hucriBmfuos^lUo  reflttlii 
&famemdubi am  tenet..  Andthei^oM  of  a  Ty^rfappei 
mo  re  plainly  when  it  is  angred. 

Stat. -z.Theb.  QjialU  ubi  audita yenamummuf' 
mure  Tygris 
fforrut't  in  Mucuiu^;  &c.  — — — 
Nay  Vir^tl ,  attributes  the  fame  marks  of  Paflion  t< 
Dido , 

Sanguineam  vohens  aciem ,  Macttlifq',  trementeS 
Interfufa  gen4S. 

49  See  the  like  conditions  of  a  publick  duel  in  Hotnor 
between  P<?f»V  and  Mendau^  t^  in  Virgil,  between  T^r- 
»w  and  j£neas  ,  in  Livj ,  between  the  Horatit  and  Qu- 
riatii. 

yo  The  E ^ypHan  Goliah ;  /'.  The  Egyptian-  Cyctnt ,  whoif 
he  flew  only  with  his  ftajf,  and  therefore  at  the  fight  o! 
it  might  well  beafhamed  ,  that  he  durft  not  now  en^ 
counter  with  Golittb. Thii  is  that  fliame  which  K/r^?/ call 

Qenjcia  Firtm. 

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Notes  ftp  on  the  third  Booh  16  5 

1  They  were  33.  but  Poetry  inllead  of  the  broken  num- 
ber, cliufes  the  next  entire  one ,  whether  it  be  more  oc 
Icfs  than  the  truth. 

It  appears  by  this,  that  D a'>fiid  was  about  lo.  years 
old  (at  leait  )  when  he  flew  Goliah  j  for  clfe  how  can  we 
imagine  that  the  Arnior  and  Arms  o( Saul  (  who  was  the 
talle^lt  man  mall  //>•-?<?/)  (hould  fie  him  :  neither  does  he 
coniplain  that  they  were  coo  big  or  heavy  for  him  ,  but 
r!\athe  was  not  accuftom'd  to  the  ufe  of  them  ;  befides 
J  handled  dexcroufly  the  Sword  oi'  Goli ah  ,  and  not 
i  )ng  afcer  faid  ,  There  is  none  lt{e  it.  Therefore  though 
Gnii.-ib  call  him  Bo>  and  Child,  I  make  Saul  term  him 
Youth. 

For  the  men  who  arefo  proud  and  confident  of  their 
own  Ihength  ,  make  that  a  God  to  themfelvcs,  as  the 
humane  i'olitians  are  faid  in  the  Scripture  to  facrifue  to 
their  own  Net.;  That  is,  their  own  i^'it.  Virg,  of  Me- 
zent.  Pextra  mihi  Dem  ,  ^  Telum  quod  mtjfile  li- 
bro. 

And  Capanem  is  of  the  fame  mind  in  Statiui  j 
llluc  ^ugm  ego ,  C?  mecum  qutcunq-^farati 
Infttnire  tnanu         „ 

ThtPoet^  made  always  the  V/'mds  either  to  difperfe 
the  prayers  that  were  not  to  f  ucceed  5  or  to  carry  thole 
that  were.  Vng. 

Audiit^  GJ*  '^oti  Vhoebmfuccedere  partem 
liente  dedit, partem  -^olucres  dtfp.rjittn  aurat, 
Ov'id.deTrift. 

Terribdijq\  SetujaBatmea  verba,  precefqtte  5. 
yfdquos  mittuntur  vonfmitire  Deos. 
^'irg.Partem  altquam  yenti  Diyum  rtjeratii  adaurei^^c 

i.  To  another  Jngtl. 

I  Sam.  18.4.  ^nd  Jonathan  ftripthimfelfof  the  robe 
that  iiioi  tipon  him  ,  and  gay  e  it  to  Day  id ,  and  hpi  gar- 
ems  ,  eyen  to  his-Sword  and  to  hpi  \^oiu  ,  and  to  hii  Gir- 
4hk  Some  underfland  ihiy  gift  exclnjiysly  ,  as  to  the 

V  e  i-^ordy 


1 66  Notes  upon  the  third  Book. 

Swordy  Bovj,  and  Ginlle ,  believing  thofe  three  to  be  the 
proper  marks  of  aSouldier,  or  Knight  j  and  therefore  not 
to  be  parted  with.  But:  therefore,  1  fay,  to  be  parted  with 
upon  this  occafion.   GirJle  was  perhaps  a  mark  of  Milita- 
ry honourifor  "^^oab  promifes  to  him  that  Thould  kill  jib- 
falom  5  ten  fhekels  of  filler ,  and  a  Girdle ,  i  Sam.  1 8  1 2. 
Butit  was  befidesthat ,  a  neceflfary  pare  of  every  mans 
drefs  ,  when  they  did  any  work  ,  or  went  abroad ,  theit 
underRo6«  being  very  long  andtroublefome,if  not  boild 
up.   If  the  Sword,  Bgwj  and  Girdle  had  not  been  givenj  it 
coxAA  noi\\diWQhQtv\(2^[d.,  And  hi4  Gar  merit  s  \  fornothing 
would  have  been  given  but  the  outward  Kobe  or  Mantle. 
which  was  a  loofe  garment  no:  exactly  fitted  to  their  bo- 
dies(forthe  profeftion  of  Taylors  w^as  not  roancient,bui 
clorhes  were  made  by  the  wives, mothers  &  fervants  ever 
of  ch2  greateft  perfoiis  )S^^o  might  fcrve  for  any  fize  op 
ft.Tture. 
57'     I  Sam.  i&.  so.  Septuagint.  K«<j)'^/nj^M«;i;oA  y,^v^ 
Tfj^ZsinX  rov  A9i(it^ }  which  our  Englifh  rranllationtol* 
lows  5  but  the  Lacme  Tranflations  vary ;  for  fomehave 
Vilexit  ctutem  Uicbolfilta  Stul  altera  l\iyid.   Michol  Saul 
daughttr  loved Davtd.  And  others,  Dilexit  atttem  Dayii  J 
Mtcbol fin amSaul  alteram. Da-yidloyedMicholSauls  daug 
ter.  To  reconcile  which,  I  make  them  both  love  on( 
another. 
5S     The  Hii^.hand^iuht  Contra^gzve  his  Efpoufed  certati 
Gifts,  as  pledges  of  the  Contract.    Thus  j^brabams  Stew 
ard  in  the  name  of //<».r£  gave  to  Kebecca  Jewels  ofdlver 
and  of  gold  >  and  raiment,  G^;?.  24.  f  5.  which  cudomth 
Greeks  too  ufcd  ,  and  called  the  prefents  e"^v«.  Buta 
the  day  of  the  marriage  he  gave  her  a  £^11  of  loyntme  0 
Vozvi^. 
59     .'^c/ff/^w-jfiiys  ,J<?«/ demanded  fo  many  Heads  oftb 
Philiittnes,  which,  word  he ufes  mitead  of  Forei^ns  ti 
avoid  tlie  raillery  of  the  Romans,   Heads  I  confefs  ,  bat 
be^n  a  better  wor^l  for  my  turn  to,but  Boresl^tns  will  fee 
vc,  and  founds  more  properly  for  a  'yevjifh-  Story.   Befi^ 
des  the  other  Vc^ries  too  much  from  the  Text  5  and  maf^ 
believe  that  I  iw/ required  fcresK^ins,  and  not  Heads ,  thai 
Pii-v/V  might  notdeceive  huuwiihtheheadi  oiHdre'wS, 
in\i^xi  A ^hilijiines...  I 


Notes  upon  the  third  Book.  •  i  <^7 ' 

If  it  might  have  been  allowed  D«-v/W  to  carry  with 
;n  as  many  Souldiers  as  he  pleafcd  ,  and  fo  make  an  m- 
,ui  into  the  Fbilijlines  Country ,  and  kill  any  hundred 
len  he  could  meet  with,  this  had  beenafmall  Doivre 
^raPrincefs,  and  would  not  have expofcdP^-v/V^  to  that 
izard  for  whichi.Tw/  chofcthis  maner  oUvtiure.  I  theje- 
orebelieve.thathe  was  to  killtheall  with  his  own  hads 
hsHe.tvyBoMes  are  faid  to  move  the  fwifcerjthe  nearer 
hey  approich  to  the  Centra.  Which  Come  deny,and  others 
'ivea  reafo  for  it  from  iX-izMtdiu.  through  which  they  pals 
hat  ftill  prelTes  them  more  5d  morcibutthc  natural  Sym- 
■athetical  attradive  power  of  th^Centre  is  much  received, 
md  is  confonant  to  many  other  experiments  in  Nature. 

Scandtls  in  the  (en(coi  the  Nezu  r<jiament  are  Stum^ 
'lin^r  bhcl^s ,  A»>;  ^^^;co ^p«1(^  ,'  Stops  in  a  mans  way, 
It  which  he  may  fall  ,  howe^-er  they  retard  his  courle. 

Janfemu^  in  his  explication  of  the  Faraik  ot  the  Vtr- 
fins  ,  thinks  it  was  thecuftom  for  the  Bridegvoom  to  go 
•he  Brida  houfe  ,  and  that  the  Virgins  came  out  from 
:hence  to  meet  him.  For  in  that  PctrAble  there  is  no  men- 
:ion  f  in  the  Greel^,,  thougK  there  be  in  the  L^»f /»0  o* 
meeting  any  but  the  5M^<^r<?<»w.  j      -l     • 

Orhers  think  that  Nuptials  were  celebrated  neither  in- 
the  Brides  nor  Brihgrooms  houfe ,  but  in  publick  hoafes 
in  the  Country  near  the  City  ,  built  on  purpofe  for  thofe 
Solcmniries,  which  they  coUea  out  of  the  circumftances- 
ohViQMtrrtii^e,  iMaccab.C).  iJ.Htf.z.  14.  and  C.»«t. 
8.  f,  C^f.  Whate/er  the  ordinary  cuftom was ,  I  am  lure 
the  ancients  in  great  Solemnities  were  wont  to  let  up 
Tents  on  purpof^  in  the  fields  for  celebration  of  them.See 
the  defcription  of  that  wonderful  one  oiPtoUmamPhiU* 
dilphui  in  Athen.  L  5.  c.  6.  and  perhaps  P/.  16.  4s  f.  allu- 
des to  his.  He  hath  fet  a  r^ibemaile  for  the  Sun^  whichis 
as  a  5r//^ejf;<7(7/»  coming  out  of  his  Chambu' 
.     Habits  of  divers  colours  were  much  in  faf  hion  among 
the  Hebrezus.  See  Judges  f.  30.  £«.e-^.  16.  10  8ci6   <6. 
Aich  wa'.  lofepbs  coat,'Jf;7,37.3.Septu3ginr  }^tocc>ii  TniKr.M; 
as  Hom:rc?i\\s  Pep'um  Miner  vaiyefies  Polytnn^.. 
■     It  appears  by  f^iveral  places  m  Scripture,  tha"  GvltnU 
too  were  in  ^reat  ufe  among  the  fi<ws  at  their  feaiis,  ani 

'  V  7  ^%c- 


1 6S  Notes  upon  the  third  Book. 

efpecially  Nuptials,  ifa.  6 1.  lo.  The  Latinereadsjlikc 
hriiiegtoom  crown'd  with  GarUndSy  Wij'.  z.  8.  Ex..  i  6.  i 
Lam,  5.  If.  Ecclef.  32.  1.  t$c. 
<6  lukcthtnumhct  oi  Thirty  Maids ,  and  Thirty  yom 
A/f;^  from  the  ftory  oi  S^mpfons  marriage- fcaft  ,  )ud. 
«4.  II.  where  Thirty  Cotrp unions  were  fent  to  hiir 
whom  I  conceive  to  have  been  ,  t'^i  ^>^^<pl'» ,  cbi 
dren  of  the  bridegroom  ^  as  they  are  called  by  S.  Ma 
thew. 

(7  QualU  ubt  Oceaniperjufm  Lucifer  undo, 

Qnem  Venm  ante  a  ws  ajlrorum  diiigit  ignes, 
Extulit  OS  ccslo  facrum^  tenebrajq,  refuNit.  Virg. 

Which  verfes  Scaftger  fays ,  are  fwecterthan  Jmhrofi 
homer  led  him  the  way. 

Attf^zr^ov  7m^(^a4VYi<n  AsA^^ty^  ilKiuvotOi  and) 

Oi(^  d"'  arri^etai  (mT  aa-^^oj  vvx.roi  <i|t4oA^S 
£o"7rEp(^  >  OS  >(^Xb,ir(^  ov  ^^vu  i^']cM  etri^^. 

'42  The  Bride  alfo  brought  a  DoTt>re  to  her  Husband.  Ra 
guel2,2iWd  with  his  daughter  j'rftra  haUhis  good,  fetvant! 
cattel  and  money  ,  To^.  10.  10.  See  Exod.  zi.  i7,C5'c. 

tf  9  The  Marriage- Song  was  called  HiUalim ,  Praifes ,  ani 
the  houfe  it  CdCBeth-biQuU  ,  the  Houfe  ofPraife  5  Pfai 
78.63.  Their  Maidens  were  not  given  to  marriage ;  th 
Chald.  Paraphraf.  reads  ,  Are  not  celebrated  j  vviti 
Epithalamiums  3   So   ^rias  too  j  and   Jiquila  ,  j?; 

70  See  Gen.29. 11.  Teb.  c.  7.  Efth.i.iS*  Lui^e  14,1. ^udg. 
14.  \j.jipoc.  19.  9, 

71  The  cuftom  feems  to  have  been  for  the  Bridegroomtc 
carry  home  the  Bride  to  his  houfe ,  1  King,  i » .  27.  yttdg. 
iz.  2.  G#w.  24,  67.  Ci»«t.  3.4.  butbecaufe  Michol  wai 
aPrincefs,  and  Dt»z^;<i  not  likely  to  have  ariv  "Palace  ol 
his  own  at  that  time,  I  chofe  rather  tobring  them  to  one 
of  the  Kings  houjes  affiened  to  them  by  the  Dowre. 

7»    The  ^ride  when  fne  w^s  delivered  up  co  her  Hus- 

]?^d>! 


Notes  upon  the  third  Book,  i6^ 

und  ,  was  wont  to  cover  her  felt"  with  a  VaH  (  called 
^.idid  from  Radad,  to  bear  rule)  intoktnofhcr  fub- 
edion,G#77.  24.  6  5,^5"^ 
1  Seethe  durable  of  the  Virgtm ,  Mat.  2^^ 
7  The  time  of  the  Marriage- feafl  appears  clearly  to 
lave  been  ufially  fe-ven  d^ys.  See  ^udg,  14.  10.  and 
19.  27.  f«/A7  A^r  'u/^e;^,  ^c.  It  was  a  Proverb  among 
he  Jews  ,  Septem  dits  ad  Conyiyiutn  ,  O*  J*/>tera  ai 


The 


lyo  Book  r\ 

THE 

CONTENTS 


Oab  carries hU  Gue{{s  to. hunt  at'i^eho  ,  inti 
IV ay  falli  into  difcourfe  with  David  ,  and  a 
fires  to  J^no'^  nf  him  the  rtafons  of  the  Chani 
c/^  Government  in  Ifrael,  hovj  Saul  came 
the  Cro\yn  ,  and  the  flory  ofKxm  and  Jonathan.  D, 
vids  Speech ,  containing  ,  The  Jf  ate  if  the  Commonweal 
under  the  Judges ,  the  Homes  for  which  the  people  defir 
a  King;  their  Dermics  fpeech  to  Samuel  upon  that  fu 
jeB  y  and  h'U  reply.  The  affembling  of  the  People  at  t 
Tabernacle  to  enquire  Gods  pkafure.  Gods  Speech.  I 
Chara£ler  oj  Saul,  ^w Anointing  ^;j Samuel,  and  t, 
Eiion  by  Lot ;  the  defe^ion  of  hii  people.  The  war  of  Nah 
y^\^^%  of  KmvCiOn  againft  JabesGilead;  Saul  and  Jon 
thans  relie-ving  of  the  Town.  |onathans  Charader,Z'^yJ 
gle  fight  with  Nahas ,  whom  he  (lays ,  anddefeats  hii  A 
my.  The  confirmation  of  S2i\AsK.\t\g(\om  at  G\\g^\  i  a\ 
the  manner  <?/^  Samuels  qtiittinghts  office  of  Judge.  1 
war  with  the  Philiilins  «t  Macmas  ,  their  flrength  ^  a: 
the  wea^nepof  Sauls  Forces ,  his  exercifing  of  the  Prieft 
fanclwn ,  and  the  judgement  denounced  by  Samuel  a7air. 
him.  Jonathans  difcourfe  with  hit  Efquire  ;  their  faSi) 
alone  upon  the  enemies  outgttards  at  Senes ,  and  after  upt 
the  whole  jirmy^the  wonderful  defeat  <7/^?r  jSauls  rafh  vo^ 
by  which  Jonathan  is  to  be  put  to  deaths  but  is  fayed  byti 
People. 


I—  i-i    uaB>^»g*- 


Da^yidei 


ok  IV.  ^7» 

)  A  V  I  D  E  I  S- 

The  Fourth  Book. 

j  f  I   1  Hough  (late  and  kind  dtfcourfe  thus  rob'd 

I  the  Ni^ht 

Jl      Of  half  her  narural  and  more  juft  delight, 
Mo.ihy  whom  tethf  trance  did  ftiU  vig'o- 
rous  keep , 
And  regal  cares  had  usM  to  mod'erate  fleep  , 
Up  with  the  i'^n.-Tofe,  and  having  thrice 
With  l:f:ed  hands  bow'd  towards  his  fhining  rife; 
And  thrice  to\vardsP;^«?rt(r,his  Baals  holieft  Hill, 
(\Vith^C(7r/and  pious  prayers ^/ire^e/i  ill) 
Call'd  to  the  Chafe  his  Friends,\\ho  for  him  ftay'd; 
The  glad  D^j^j J  barkt ,  the  chearful  fiorfes  neighU 
Uoa.h  his  Ch  iriot  mounts ,  drawn  by  four  Steeds  , 
The  beft  and  nobleft  that  fref  h  Z^^riih breeds , 
All  white  as  Sncw ,  and  fprightfal  as  the  Ltiht  ,   . 
With  Scarpet  trapt ,  and  foaming  Go/ithey  bite. 
He  into  it  young  David  with  him  took , 
Did  with  refpe£l  and  wonder  on  him  look 
Since  laft  nights^orj,  and  with  greedier  ear, 
The  Marjy  of  whom  (6  much  he  heard  did  hem'^ 
The  well-born  rotah  of  all  his  flourifhing  Court 
M^rchgay  behind,  and  joyful  to  the  fport. 
Some  arm'd  with  Bows ,  fome  with  ftrait  Javeli- 

nes  ride. 
Rich  Swords  and  gddcd  Quivers  grace  their  (idc* 
Midlt  the  fair  Troop  Davtds  tall  Breibren  rode  , 
^\x\6.yoabcomt\y  as  a  Fanci^eiGoJ-y 
rhey  entertain'd  th'attentive  MOixb  Lords  , 
With  loofe  and  various  talk  that  chance  affords  , 
Wliillt  tbcy  pac'*ed  flowly  on  ;  but  the  wife  l^tng 
Did  Davids  tongue  to  weightier  fubjeds  bring. 
Much(faid  the  i^-ing)  much  I  to  Joabowt  y 
For  the  fair  Figure  drawn  by  him  of  you. 

'Twas 


172   L>3.vidQis,{^SacreaPoem    Bookl\.| 

T  was  drawn  in  little  ,  but  did  a£ls  exprefs 

So  gre.it,  that  largeft  ffijiories  are  lefs.  j 

1  fee  (methinks  j  the  Gathian  Monfier  ftill, 

His  fhape  laft  night  my  mindful  Dreamt  did  fill. 

Strange  Tyrant  Saulwhh  i!nvy  to  purfue 

The  pra  fe  of  deeds  whence  his  own  fafcty  grew 

rha^e  heard  ( but  who  can  think  it?)  that  his  Stn 

Has  his  lifes  hazard  for  your  friend!  hip  run  j 

His  matchiefs  Son,  whole  worth  ( if  Fame  be  tru|I 

Lifts  him  'above  all  his  Ceunt*ymen  but  you. 

With  whoTi  it  makes  liim   One  ;   Low   P« 

bows , 
But  no  reply  Woabs  fwift  tongue  allows. 
And  pray  ,  kind  Guejl ,  whilft  we  ride  thus  (  fa 
he) 

^  (To  gameful  Kdo  ft  ill  three  leagues  there  be) 
The  ftory  of  your  ro^^iZ/r/ew^  relate  •, 
Andhisungovern'd  Sires  imperious  fate, 

7  Why  your  great  State  that  namelefs  Fam'ily  ch 

And  by  what  fteps  to  Ifraeli  Throne  thev  rofe. 

He  ftaid;  and  Da-ri J zh.us~  from  Egypt s  Land 
You'*have  heard  5  Sir,  hy\s]i^t (Irong  ,  unit m 

hand 
Our  Fathers  cime  ;  Wofes  their  facred  Gtiid, 
34       But  he  in  fioht  ofthe  Giv^n  Country  dy'd. 
K's  tziAl  p:.o;j-.is'd  Canaan  was  on  high  : 
And  jc/huii^^s  S'-^foni  muft  i^Si-ve  Red  ft-pply. 
/•y.i.1.      Itdidfo,  and  did  wonders. 

S   From  facred  J  or  dan  to  the  IVefiern  ntain  , 
From  well -clad  Lib'aiK^  to  the  Southern  Plain 
Of  n^\ied  hnds  ylvs'ivinqed  Covgutjis  went'. 
And  thirty  Kingi  to  HeS  umroivn^d  he  fent 
Jofh.12,       Almoft  four  hundred  years  from  him  to  Sauly 
9  In  too  much  freedom  pad  J  or  forreign  thral. 
Oft  S'trangers  Iron  Scepters  bruis'd  the  Land 
(Such  ftill  arethofebornby  aCo^j^werfn^  Hand 
Oftpity'ing  God d'd  wellfo-m'd  Spirits  vaife,    ; 
Fit  for  the  toilfome  bufinefs  of  their  days  , 
To  free  the  groaning  bfattm  ,  and  to  give 


Dtut 


B^klV.     oftheTroMcsofT>:^y\d.     173 

.■.if^firft.andthentheKtt/irjin  Peace toXvit, 
iic  they  whole  liimp  of  Voiver  Hid  chiefly  ly 
1  chnatiers  too  fine  tortnoft  mens  Ey  , 
.icfiand  (;j/a  D/t//n*  ;not  painted  bnghc 
i.'ith  ftateto  awe  dull  minds,  and  force  i'-*ffrighty 
vere  ill  obey'd  whil'll  LiY-r;:^,and  at  death  ,  ,,, 

heir  Rft/eiand  Vattern  vaniiht  with  their  breath.  ^1 

he  hungry  Ktch  all  near  them  d id  devour  ,  i 

heir  i«./^e  was  appetite  ,  and  their  Law  was  y 

ot  want  it  felf  could  Ltfxury  reflrain , 
Jt  what  that  emptied,  K^ipinejlll\i  again. 
.tbbery  die  f /Wi,  Oprejfton  fackt  the  To-o-tj  , 
^hat  the Sivords  Ke^phg  ,  fpai'd  5  ^^sgleandhy 

t  Courts ,  and  Seats  of  Juftice  to  complain  , 
^as  to  be  robb'd  more  "-fexinglj  again. 
lor  was  their  Lufl  lefs  adivc  or  lefs  bold  , 
midft  this  rougher fearch  ot  Bltoiznd  Gold, 
vtal^  Beauties  they  corrupt ,  and  force  the/r<»»^; 
:hc  Pride  of  Oid  Men ,  that  and  this  o^younx. 
"ou'have  heard  perhaps  ,   Sir,  of  lewd  Giheahs 

f  hame ,  ^ 

Vhich  Hehre'uj  Tongues  ftill  tremble  when  they    "'  •^'• 

name, 

4Urmeda\\  by  one  fair  ft  rangers  Eyes , 
\sto  a  fudden  H'^r  the  tovj?}  does  rife 
baking  and  pale  j  half  dead  e''re  they  begin 
The  ftrange  an  d  wantom  Trag'tdy  of  their  fin 
\ll  their  wild  Lafts  they  force  her  to  fuftain  , 
fill  by  i  hame,  forrow,  wcarinefs;  and  pain , 
ihemidft  their  loatliM,  and  cruel  kindnefs  dies  ; 
Dfmonftrous  Lk/?  th' innocent  Sacrifice. 
This  did  ( 'tis  true  )  a  Civil  fVar  create 
The  frequent  CUT  fe  of  our  loofe-govern'd  State^ 
All  G/ifa's,  andall  J<i^ejblooditcoft ;       ^  juito, 

'lear  a  whole  tribe  :{vd  future  K  iri^s  we  loft,  and  zu. 

irm  in  this  general  Edrtbqual^e  o{  the  V.and. 
low  could  Keligion,  irs  mainp;^<ir,  ftand  ; 
"'roud,and  fond  Man^  his  futbers  worf  hip  hates  , 

Him- 


} 


174     T>3i^idds,  j^  Sacred  Poem  Bookr 

,     Himfelf,  Gods  Creature  ,  his  own  God  Creates. 
Hence  in  each  Houf  hold  fev'eral  Deities  grew. 
And  when  no  old  one  pleas'd  ,  they  framed  a  \e 
The  only  l^and  which  fervM  but  onehcixive , 
Did  tWsnly  then  all  Nations  Go  Is  adore. 
They  ferv'd  their  Gods  at  firft  ,  and  foon  thi 

Their  choife  of  that  this  rattery2ii'Vfr)' brings. 
Till  fpecial  men  arm'd  with  Gods  w-arrant  bwH 
By  jufteft/orcff  zW unjuftly  forced  yoke. 

I  sam.i      ^[[  tnatchlefs  perfons,  and  thrice  worthy  they 
Oi  Power  more  great ,  or  hands  more  apt  t*obc 
1 1  At  laft  the  Priejiiocd  join  d  in  Ith^amers  Son  , 
I  z  More  weight  and  luftrc  to  the  Scepter  won. 

t^am.        gy^  whilft  mild  Ely,  and  good  Samuel  w^re 
Bufi'ed  wiih  age ,  and  th'^ Itars  facred  care ; 
To  their  wild  Sons  they  their  high  charge  cor 

mit, 
Who  'expofe  td  Scorn  and  Hatehoth  them  and'i 
Ely's  curd  Houfeh'exemphr  vengeance  bears 
Of  all  their  Blood,  and  a  1 1  fad  ifra^els  Tears. 
His  Sons  abroad,  Him/ilfat  home  lies  (lain , 

I  Sam.^      Ifraefi  captiv'd  Gods  Jrk,  and  La"^  are  tane^ 
Thus  twice  are  Nations  by  iU Princes  vext , 
They  TufFer  B]  themfrfti  and  For  them  next, 
Samuel  [iKCG:Qds ;  fince  Mofes  none  before 

r  Sam.        So  much  of  God  in  his  bright  bofom  bore- 

I'sa'm.j       I"  vain  our  arms  Philifiian  Tyrants  kWd  ; 

//p;» Vtw^  Ma^iJt^'nf  J  he  open'd when  he  pleas'd 

li.v.io      He  Kains  and  Windi  for  ^uxittixries  brought , 
He   mufter'd   Plamei   and  Thunders   when  \ 
fought. 

13  Thus  thirty  years  with  ftrong  and  fteddy  hand: 
I  Sam.        Heheldth'unfhaken  Zf/?/Aii;7tvofthe  L/»wd/. 

^'  *  •  At  laft  his  Sons  th'indulgcnt  father  chole 

To  fhare  that  State  which  they  were  born  to  lofi 
Their  hateful  a£ts  that Chanj^es  birth  did  haft, 

14  Which  had  long  growth  I'th'PVomh  o^JgespaJl* 
To  this  (for  ftill  were  fome  great  Periods  fet , 
There's  a  ftrong  knot  of  feveral  Caufes  met) 


loklV.   of  the  Troubles  of T>v^\d.     175 

:he  tlircats  concurr'd  of  a   rough  neighb'ring 

War  J 
,  mighty  llorm  long  gathering  from  afar. 
or  Amvion  ,  heightncd  with  tnixc  Nations  aid , 
ike  Torrents  (\\o\t\  with  Rain  prepared  the  land 

t'lnvade. 
imuel  was  ohl ,  and  by  his  Sons  ill  choice 
urn'd  Do:Atdmx.\\^unil(tlfulVi*lgar5  voice, 
lis  S  ni  fo  fcorn'd  and  hated,  that  the  Land 
;or  'op'e^l nov  lui/ ht  a  Viiloyy  from  their  hand  : 
hcTe  were  the  juft  and  f-uilclefs  caufes  why 
he  gencr.'il  voice  did  for  a  Monarch  cry  y 
ut  God  iSgrans  did  in  this  Inctnfe  fmell ,    * 
^^rapt  m  fair  Leives  he  faw  the  C anker  d\sd\. 
.  mutinous  Irch  o^Ch-ini^e  ,  a  dull  Defp.iir 
►f  helps  diy^ne ,  oft  prov'd  i  a  faichleS  care^ 
)iCrmmon  Means  ;  the  pride  of  hear.*-,  and  fcorn 
')i&L  humble  yol^e  under  law  Judges  born, 
'hey  Tiw  the  Hate  and  glittering  poinp  which 

bleft 
n  vulgar  fcnfe  the  Scepters  of  the  Eafi 
hey  law  not  ?o-^er  true  Source  >  and  fcorn'd  t*o- 

bey 
'erfons  that  looJ^d  no  dreadjuller  than  They. 
\ty  m\9i  Courts  ^  Guards,  a  gay  and  nuni'erous 

train ; 
)ar,  Itidj^es  s  like  their  F.rt:;/,  were  rude  and  plain. 
)n  and  old  bench  ofiuooJ,  her  Seat  o^St^tte  l^,J    .^ 

leneath  the  well-known  ?ahn  ,  IVtJe  Deboia  fate.  5. 
ier  Maids  with  comly  dil'igence  round  her  fpun  , 
ind//vc?  too,  when  the  Tk a  lings  there  were  done: 
Vith  the  Came  Goad  Smigar  his  Oxen  drives 
Vhich  took  die  Sun  bc^fore  fix  hundred  lives  /"^g' 

rom  his  jhaut'dfoes  j  He  nudil his  word  dealt  ^'^'* 

haws  j 
nd  oft  was  his  Plow  ftof  t  to  hear  a  Caufe. 

for  did  great  Gid'eon  his  old  F/<J/7difdain  ,  l"f^^ 

ftcr  won  fields,  fickt  TownSf  and  Princes  flain. 
lis  Sctptit  that,  and  Ophr'U  Trefhing  Floore. 
he  feat  and  Imbkme  of  his  lujiice  bore. 
Whac 


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176     DiwidclSi  A  Sacred  Poem  Book  I. 

jud.io.      what  (hould  1  J^a/y,  the happieftF.'.th^r,  . 
5'  me  ?  *       _ 

Or  mournful  Jfphtaknownno  lefs  to  fame  * 
For  the  moft  wretched  ?  Both  at  once  did  keep 
The  mighty  Fhl^s  and  Ifra  hiui  the  r  Sheep 
''  "      Oft  from  the  field  in  hatt  r  hey  fummon'd  vver( 
Some  weighty  f -rreign  Embuffy  to  hear , 
They  caU'd  their  SiayeS)  thtir  Sons,  and  Fr^ 
around ,  y! 

who  all  at  feveral  cares  were  fcattered  found 
They  waf ht  their  feet  ,  their  onty  Govjn  put  oni 
And  this  chief  work  o^Cer'emony  was  done. 
I  Thefereafons  ,  and  all  elfe  that  could  be  faidi 

^  In  a  ripe  hour  by  fastens  BUquence  fpread 

I  Trough  all  the  Tribes^  mr.keall  defirc  a  King 

^  And  to  their  ]uii^e  fele£^ed  Dep^uties  bring 

iSami        Thisharfh  demand;  which -V^co/ for  the  reft 
*  ^*  (A  bold  and  artful  Mouth  )  thus  with  much  gt 

exprefl. 
We'are  come,  moll  facred  Judge,  to  pay  th' 
fears 
Ormuch-owMth-nks  for  the  bright  thirty  y« 
Ofyour  jufl:  Kei^^n  ;  and  at  your  feet  to  lay 
All  that  our  grateful  hearer;  can  weakly  pay 
In  unpY oport iori'd  ii'or ds\  for  you  alone 
The  not  unfit  ??  e-vard ,  who  feek  for  none. 
But  when  our  forepalt  dls  we  call  t  ^  mind  > 
And  Cidly  think  how  Little's  left  behind 
^Of  y our  important  Life ,  whofe  fuddendate 
Would  riwf;?/j/r;/th\mprovidcd  State, 
When  we  confider  how  unjuft  'tis,  you ; 
\V  ho  nere  of  Voiver  more  than  the  Burden  kne 
At  once  the  weight  ofthat  and  /fge  f  hould  hav 
Your  (looping  days  preft  doubly  towards  the  j 

ve. 
When  we  behold  by  Amnions  youthful  rage  , 
Proud  in  th'advantage  of  your  peaceful  age  , 
-     Andallth'unitedEaft  our  fall  confpirM  ; 
*  Sam.         Ard  that  your  Sons,  whom  chiefly  we  defir'd 
'  ^'  As  Stamps  of  you ,  in  your  lov'd  room  to  place 


1; 


^ 


Deut, 
17.4. 


BJ  :>k  1 V.     of  the  TrouhUi  o/DavId.     1 77 

1      8v  unlike  acls  that  noble  Stump  deface : 
'Jit  ihcfe  new  fears  and  ills,  we'rcforcM  tofly 
o'x  new,  and  yet  unpraclisM  Kery.edy  ; 
ne\v  one,  but  long  promiiM  and  foretold  y 
.  M&/<?f,and  to  Abraham  fhownof  old. 
Frrphejie  long  forning  in  the  l^Votrb 
>f  teeming  years  ,and  now  to  npeneji  come, 
his  Kemeiifs  .->  Kin<(  ;  for  this  we  all 

„v'ith  aninfpif'd,and  ze.iiou<?  J'^^jf^;;?  call. 
nd  in  one  found  when  ;^ll  mens  voices  )oln  , 
he  Mnjicl^^  tun\i  (no  doubt '^  by  hand  divine. 
ris  Go  I  alone  fpcaks  a  whole  Naaons  voice  ; 
"hat  ishii  Pub  iqt4e  /.i»^^M«i:ff-,  but  the  choice 
>f  what  Peculiar  HeadihAX.  Crown  tnull  bear 
roil!  you  who  his  PecnJutr  Orgtn  are 
^e*exped  to  hear ;  the  Veop'e  fh  II  to  you 
heir  A:/>^,the  -K/??^  his  Crozvnand  People  owe. 
'o  your  great  nan^.e  whnt  luilre  will  it  bring 
■'havcbcen  our  ]nd^e ^  and  to  have  made  our 
Kmg  I 
He  bow'd  and  ended  herejnnd  Sam/'tel ftreighf, 
'awfing  a  wh  leat  rhis  great  queftions  weight,       g  '^''' 
Vith  a  grave  ngh,and  With  a  thoughtiiil  £w 
That  more  of  C^re  than  ifajfon  did  defcry  , 
Calmly  replys;  You're  Pure  the  fir ii  (faidhe) 
^ifreewrn  men  that  bcgg'd  for  Slavery. 
fear, my  friends,  with  heav^enly  Mannx  fedf 
Our  old  foref:ithers  crime;  we  luft  for  Bre<id. 
long  finceby  God  from  5o^J^^e  drawn,  I  fear, 
•V^c build  anew  iW Eg^jptiiin  Brickkiln  here. 
Che  t  not  your  felvcs  wiith  vj or d s  :  for  though  a  V^""* 

5c  the  mild  Name,  aTyr.i^jr  is  the  Tbjfif. 
-»et  his  power  loofe,  and  you  f hall  quickly  fee 
riowmildathinCTr<;)^/)«;j,';V<i  A//i;»will  be. 
•ie'lllead  vou  forth  your  hearts  cheap  blood  to 

rp.il, 

.Vhere  e'rc  his  Guidleji  Vaffitn  leads  his  Wlff. 
kmbition,  1  uft,  or  Spleen  hs  wars  will  raife, 
Tour  Lives  htjl price  his  ihirit  ct^euUh  or  2r^iifg, 

Your 


t  Sam 


17S   Davideis,  A  Sacred  Poem  Book.  1 

Your  ablefl:  Sens  for  his  proud  Guards  he'll  cake 
And  by  fuch  hands  your  yoke  more  grievous  m 
Your  Daughters  and  dear  fVives  he'll  force  aw; 
His  Lux*ury(ovc,Q. ,  and  fomehis  Lu(t  t'obey. 
His  idlefrte*ids  your  hungry  toih  f  hall  eat , 
Drink  your  rich  Wines ,  mixtwith  your  Blood  i 

Slue  It. 
Then  you'll  all  figh ,  hmfighi  will  Treafom  be 
And  not  your  Griefs  themfelves ,  or  hool^s  be/ 
Rob'd  e\eno( Hopes  ,  when  you  thefe  ills  fuila 
Your  watry  eyes  y  ou'I  then  turn  back  in  vain , 
On  your  old  7«^^^5  jand  perhaps  on  JV/^  » 
Nay  ev'en  my  Sons  howe're  they 'unhappy  be  - 
In  your  difpleafure  now ;  Not  that  I'd  clear 
Their  G.'rtlt ,  or  mine  own  Innocence indear  , 
s  7  Wicnefs  t\\' unutterable  name,  there's  nought 
Of  private  ends  into  this  cjueftion  brought. 
But  why  this  yoke  on  your  own  nicks  to  draw 
Why  Man  your  God  ,  and  PaJJion  made  y 

Methinks  (thus  Mt'/iMnterrupts  him  here) 
The  good  old  See/  gainft  Kings  was  to  fevere. 
*ris  j e(i  to  tell  a  People  that  they're  free  , 
V/bo,  or  Hovj  many  fhall  their  Maft^n  be 
Is  the  folc  doubt ;  l.aivs  ^uid ,  but  cannot  m^^Jl; 
And  chough  they  bind  not  Kings  ,   yet  they 

ftrain. 
I  dare  affirm  (fo  much  I  truft  their  Love) 
Thar  no  one  Moabite  would  his  fpeech  approve 
Bur,  pray  go  on.  'Tis  true,  Sir,  he  replies ; 
Yet  men  whom  age  and  a(^.ion  renders  wife  , 
So  much  orear  changes  fear,  that  they  believe 
AH  evils  zvill,  whicamay  from  them  arrive, 
On  men  refolv'dthefe  threats  were  fpent  in  vail 
Ail  that  his  power  or  d'oquence  could  obtain. 
V"q       Wa s  to  enqu ire  G^^i  will  e're  they  proceed 

To'a  work  that   would  fo  much  his  blefli; 

need. 
A  folemn  day  for  this  great  work  is  fet ,  ^ 

I S.  And  at  xh' anointed  Jtm  all  ijrael  mec 

E; 


3 


h 

ill 

T, 


;3oklV.    of  the  troubles  of  T>^v\d.     179 

Expcfl  th'evcnc ;  *  below  fairbullocks  fry  F.r.^'^^ 

In  hallowed  fl3n.esj*abovejtheremounconhigh  rf^?o.2<J 
The  precious  clouds  of  Incenfej  and  at  laft  6^^'""^ 

rhe  Sprtn{.'ingy  Prayers  3  and  all  due    Honoms 

To!  v\c  the  Sacred  heUs  o'ch'fudden  hear ,  af  csi$ 

:  Andir>niild  pomp  grave  Sawwf/ does  appear. 

His  £phod,  Mitrcy  well-cut  DiiKiem  on , 

T\Cori*i^uloH6 Stones on)^\snch.  Breaflphte  f ho- 
ne. ^^19* 

tow^ard^  ihe  h!ezu  curtains  o( Gods  hoWeO:  place     ^**^* 

(  ThcTempes  bright  Tbird  heaven  )  he  turnM  his 
face. 

Ihrice  bow'd  he  ,  thrice  the   folemn  Uupcl^ 
plaid , 

\ndat  third  reft  thus  the  great  Prophet  pra.\d  : 
Almighty  God,to  whom  all  men  that  be 

Dwe  all  they  have,  yet  nonefo  much  a>  ^r?  5 

^ho  though  thou  fill'ft  the  fpacious  world  a- 
lone, 

rhytoofmnll  Court  ,  haft  made  this  place  thy 
Thrme.  . 

l^ith  humble /i^w^fi,  and  humbler  Hearts  ^  L05 
here , 

Bleft  ^brah\}t7isfee4  implores  thy  gracious  Ear. 

iearthem,  great  Go i,  and  thy  juft  wiUinfpire  , 

rrom  Thee,thtiT  long-i^nown  Ktng,ihey*di  Ki/ig  dQ" 
fire. 

k)me  gracious  figns  of  thy  good  pleafare  fend  , 

iVhich,lo,\v;th  ^ouls  rcfigriM  we  humbly  here  at- 
tend. 
He  fpoke  and  thrice  he  bcw'd  ,  and  all  a« 
bout 

^lenceand  reverend  Ho*rour  (e\r*d  the  rout. 

rhe  whole  Ten:  fhakcs ,  the  Flamei  on  th'Altar 

^7  3 

4  In  thick  dull  rolls  nount  flow  and  heavily.  *  f^„i^ 

The^fcven  Lamps  wink,  and  what  does  moft -f .  57*. 

difmay, 
Tli'Orat*ulom  Gems  fhut  in  their  nat'ural  day. 

X  The 


i8o     'Doivideis^  A  Sacred  Poem  Bookr 

The  Kubtes chee\2yrQ\y  pale ,  the  Em*eraud by 
Faded,  a  C  oud  o'recaft  the  S^iphirs  Siiie. 
7  he  Diamonds  EyeXooVt  Sleepy^  and  fwift  night 
Of  al !  thofe  httle  Snns  eclypft  the  Light. 
Sad  figns  o^Godi  dread  anger  for  our  fin  , 
But  firaight  a  wondrous  brightnefs  from  witWi 
Strook  through  the  Curtains  ,  for-  no  earthly  Ch 
Could  thofe  ftrong  beams  of  heaVenly  gK 

fhroud. 
The  Altars  fire  burnt  pur€,  and  every  Stone 
Their  radiant  Parent  the  gay  Sun  outf  hone.    ' 
Eeautv  th't/iuftj  iott^  Vtfion  <^\<\  impart 
■  To  ev'ery  Pate  ,  and  Jfy  to  ev*ery  heart.  '• 

In  gbd  effeiSs  Gods  prefence  thus  appeard , 
And  thus  in  wondrous  found*-  h'S  Vo:ce  was  hej 
This  ftubborn  Land  fins  fi ill,  nor  is  itT^^^jbut  Uj 
(who  have  been  (olong  their  King)  they  feck  ta> 

ofFthus. 
Five  h«n4+^  rolling  years  hath  this  flifF  Nat 

ftrove. 
ToVxhaufl  the boundlefs  floras  of  our  unfatho 

Loyie. 
Be'c  fo  then  ;  yet  once  more  are  we  refolv'd  to  t^ 
T'out  weary  them  through  all  their  Sins  Vauetf 
Afiemble  ten  days  hence  tht  num'erous  people 

re; 
To  draw  the  Roy  al  Lot  which  our  hid  Marl^  f 

bear. 
Difmlfs  them  now  in  peace ,  but  their  next  cr 

fh  ill  bring 
Eutnc  withcui-  redrcfs  on  T^i;w.and  on  rheir  A'/« 
The  almighty  fpokc  ;  th'aflonifht  people 
With  various  iLimps  impvctt  on  every  heart, 
Some  theirdemand  repented,  others  pras'd,' 
Some  had  no  thoughts  at  all,  but  ftar'd  and  g 
There  dwelt  a  Mrf.T  nam*d  Kii'mGtbe'*^th  To 
^.  I.  For  v.njdi.m  much,  and  rruch  for  Courage  kno 

^**».  »       More  for  his  Sen,  his  m,g!  ty  Son  was  5^««/, 

Whom  Nuture^  e're  the  Lets,  x^i^nThrone did 
He  was  muih  irinte^  anJ  whert,  or  luhtrefoe  n 


1  Sam. 


ink  IV.     fiftheTrouhlfi  ofDjiVid.     i8f 

-lis  birth  hnd  been,  Then  had  he  rcign'd  and  There' 
>uch  i.e^uty  as  great  Strengtb  thinks  no  difgrace>  I 

.nulM  in  the  manly  features  of  his  Face.  1 

^is  lige  black  Eyes,  fill'd  with  a  ^pnghtfull  light,  ' 

hot  forth  fuch  hvcly  and  Itluflyicw  Nij^ht , 
s  the  Sun  beams ,  on  yet  rcflefling  f  how, 
I  IS  H'ttr  5  as  black,  in  long  curl'd  waves  did  flovir. 
^is  tall  ,  rtrait  BoJyAmidil  thoufands  ftood, 
ike  feme  fair  ?ine  o'relooking  all  th'ignoblcr 

I'Vood, 
)fall  our  rural  fports  he  was  the  pride  ; 
o  fwifc  J  fo  ftrong,  (o  dextrous  none  befide. 
left  was  his  loil ,  Labours  his  Lujland  Game ; 
^o  nat'ural  \>^nts  cocYd  his  fierce  dil'igcnce  ta- 
me, 
lot  Thirfi ,  nor  Hunger » he  would  journeys  go 
'hrough  raging  Heats ,  and  take  repofe  in  Sno-^» 
lis  S'.  ul  was  ne're  unbent  from  weighty  care ; 
3ut  aftive  as  fome  M  imi  that  turns  a  Splnre. 
lis  way  once  chofe ,  he  for  wird  chruft  outright , 
J  or  rtep  a  fide  for  Dan,  its  or  Delight. 
"et  wa.:  he  wife  all  dangersto  forcfee  ; 
iut  bornt'a^r/^/;?  5  nnd  not  to  fear  was  He. 
lis  Wit  viisjireng  ;  mit  fine  \  and  on  his  tongue 
kn  ^r//^.t^r^c?  above  all  Eloqmufehung, 
'he(e  I'irtnes  too  the  rich  unufual  drcfs  i.sm. 

I] )f  Modeay  adorn'd  and  HumhUnefu  ?;^'^'*- 

-ike  a  clear  Varrijh  ,  oVefair  [^ttlures  laid ,  22*, 

'lore  frejh  and  L.iitirg  they  the  Colours  made, 
ill  Poiuer  and  "violent  Fortune  ,  which  did  find 
Jo  ftop  or  bound,©* re  wh-.  lm"'d  no  kfs  h's  Mind , 
)id  ,  Dtlui^'-iiiie,  the  /r  t'ural  forn^s  deface, 
Ind  brought  forth  unknown  Monjlers  in  their  pla- 
ce, 
•orbid  it  God  ,  my  Mafferj  fpots  fhonl  J  be , 
iVererheynut  fccn  by  ail ,  di  clos'd  by  me! 
tut  fuch  he  was  ;and  now  to  Karr^ah  went 
SoG<7'.d  Ipos'd;  wit  a  fir  inge  ,  low  intent, 
ire :t  God  !  he  went  loft  ^(<es  to  enquire,  lhv,t, 

did  a  rwaii  ertjem  hiifinail  queftions  hire , 

X  2  Brought 


iSi    'D3i\nd6s,A.S0credPo€?n  Book.  IV. 

Brought  fiir  ply  with  him  to  that  Man  to  give , 
From  whom  high  fJeay'ens  chief  Gifts  he  inuit  re- 
ceive. 
Strange  Yfiay  of  fate !  when  might'iefts  hitmanj 

things 
Hang  on  (uch  fmall ,  Imperceptible  Strings ! 
i  Sam.    26 "T  was  Samutis  Birth' dtty  ,  a  gl:id ann'ual  feaft 
|k      9.  !»♦         All  Kama  kept ;  Satnuelms  wondring  Gutft 
AJ.7y.22.      WiThfuchrefpeLlleadstoit,anddoesgr^ce 
-3'H    27  With  the  choice  meats  o'th'  feall  jand  highefl 

place. 
.1 V  2(5       Which  done  j  him  forth  alone  the  Prophet  bringS; 
And  feafts  his  ravifht  ears  with  nobler  things. 
He  tells  the  mighty  fate  to  him  aflign'd , 
And  with  great  rules  fills  his  capacious  mind, 
4      iSam.       Then  takes  the  facredr/^?/,  and  does  fhed 
So.  I.    2^  A  Crown  of  myftique  drops  around  his  head. 

Drops  ofthac  Royal  Moillun  which  does  know 
No  Mixture ,  and  difdains  the  pi  ice  below- 
Soon  comes  the  Ki^j^ly  Day,  and  wit  it  brings 
2(^  A  new  Recount  of  Time  upon  his  wings. 
The  people  met ,  the  rites  and  pray'rs  all  paft 
Behold  ,  the  fJeaVer]  inJiru^ed-La  is  caft. 
'Tis  taught  by  heaven  its  way ,  and  cannot  mifs; 
forth  Benjamin  yforth  leaps  the  Houfe  of  Ox. 
As  Glimm'ering  ftarsjud  at  the'approach  of  Day 
Cafhecr'd  by  Troops ,  at  lift  drop  all  away  , 
By  fuch  degrees  all  mens  bright  hopes  are  gone . 
And  like  the  S'tWySauts  Lot  i  hines  all  alone. 
Ev'en  here  perhaps  the  peoples  f  hout  was  heard 
The  loud  long  (hout  when  G^i/;  fair  choice  ap- 
peared. 
Above  the  whole  vaft  through  he'appear'd  fo  tall; 

30  As  if  by  Nature  madef  .rth'//*a^ofaII« 
So  full  of  grace  and  ftate ,  thic  one  might  know 

3 1  T  was  fomc  wife  Eye  the  hltnd  Lo:  guided  fo.     / 
But  blind  unguided  Loti  have  more  of  choice 
And  conftancy  than  the  flight  Vulgar s  yoi^e. 
Ere  yet  the  Cro^tm  of  (acred  Oyl  is  dry, 
Whil'il  Bcihoes  yet  preferve  the  joyful  cry , 

Some 


i  Sam. 

IS  17. 


n 

i  Bonk  IV.   of  the  Troubles  of  D:!iV\d.     1S3 

Some  grow  enrag'd  their  own  vain  hopes  to  mifs  , 
Some  envy  S.tul-  lome  fcorn  the  houfcof  Tiy. 
Some  their  firft  mut'inouswifhjy^  King,  repent^ 
As  if,  fince  that,quite  fpoiPdby  Godi  con' em. 
Few  to  this  Prince  cheir  firil  |uil  duties  pay  5 
All  leave  the  Old ,  but  few  the  Ne'ju  obey. 
Thus  changes  Man ,  but  God  is  conftant  llill 
To  thofe  eternal  grounds5that  mov'ed  his  ivilt. 
And  though  he  yielded  firlho  them,  't  is  fie 
That  ftubborn  Men  at  laft  to  him  fubmic. 

{1     As  midft  theMainalowfmall  lfland\'\t$^ 
AfTmlted  round  wich  ilormy  SeasOiwd.  skjes. 
"Whiift  the  poor  heartlefs  Natiyes  every  hoac 
Var^nefs  and  hfoife  feems  ready  to  devour : 
Such  1/r^els  flatc  appear'ed  ,  whiift  ore  the  Weft. 
Fbilijiian  clouds  hung  threatning  ,   and  from 

th'Eaft 
All  Nations  wrath  into  one  Tempefi  joines , 
Through  which  proud  Nahas  like  RQXcoLi^htnwi 

fhines. 
Tygris  and  Nile  to  his  afliftance  fend, 

{ 3  And  waters  to  fwoln  laboc*s  torrent  lend. 
Seir ,  Edom  ,  ^oba  ,  Atnalec  adde  their  forced 

)4  Up  with  them  march  the  Three  Arabia's  Horfe. 
And'mogfl  all  thefe  none  more  their  hope  or  pride 
Then  thofe  few  Troops  your  warlike  landfup- 

ply'ed. 
Around  weak lahes this  vaftHoft  does  ly 3  \^^^^* 

Difdains  a  dry  and  ^/ooi/ff/i  ^^/(.W>'. 
The  hopelefs  Town  for  Slave'ry  does  intreat , 
But  b.irb'arous  hJahoi  thinks  that  grace  to  great. 
He  (his  firft  Tribute)  their  right  Eyei  demands  , 

If  And  with  their  Fa:es  fhame  dilarms  their  Hands,    '*•  ^-  2. 
If  unreliev*cd  Ccv^n  days  by  tjraels  aid  ,      .  ^tr.  3, 

This  bargain  for  ore-rated  Ofe  is  made. 
Ah  ,  mighty  God ,  let  thine  own  ifrael  hi 
Quite  i/zwiitfelf,  ere  this  reproach  it/^e/ 

By'his  wanton  people  the  new  Kimr  forfook,      ^fr.f% 
To  homely  rural  cares  himfelf  betook. 
In  private  plenty  liv'd  without  tlie  flate  , 

X  1  Luftrc 


1S4  D^yidclsyt^  Sacred  Poem    BookH 

I.uftre  and  Noifj  due  to  a  publiqne  fate. 
"Whild  he  his  (1  ives  and  cattel  follows  home , 
Lo  the  fad  viefTen^ers  from  y^bes  come  , 

8.  sem,       ltr>p\vre  his  help  ,  and  weep  as  if  they  n^cant 

1 1. 4.         Thafuay^Ltlezi^  proud  Nahoito  prevent. 

ytr.j.        Mov*ed  with  a  Kingly  wrath,  his  ftrid  coi 
man  d 
He  iflues  forth  t'affcmble  all  the  land. 

ytr.S.        He  threatens  h'gh  ,and  difobedientthey 

WaJ(ed  by  fuch  Princely  terrors  learnt  t'obey.' 
-    A  mighty  Hoft  is  rais"'d ;  th'important  caufc 
Jge  from  their  Keft  j  Youth ,  from  their  Pleafa 

draws, 
Arm'd  as  unfurnifht  Hafl  could  them  provide  > 
But  Condu^  ,  Courage ,  Jnp^er  that  fupply*ed 
All  night  they  march ,  and  are  at  th'e  'rly  dawn 

X.  Sm.       On  JFahts  heath  in  three  fair  bodies  drawn. 

li.  I/.       Saul  did  himfelf  the  fir  ft  and  ftrongeft  band  , 
His  Son  the  next ,  ^bner  the  third  commanil. 
But  pardon ,  Sir ,  if  naming  Saw/j  great  Son. 
1  ftop  with  him  a  while  ere  I  go  on. 

This  is  that  fonathm ,  the  Joy  and  Grace  f 
The  beautifull'lt ,  and  beft  o^ Humane  Race* 
That  fonathanin  whom  does  mixt  remain 
All  that  kmd  Mothers  wif hes  can  co  ntain. 
His  CofAra^e  fuch  at  is  no  ftop  can  know  , 
And  Vt^*orj)  gains  hfaflonijbingi\ic  Foe. 
"With  Lightnings  force  his  enemies  it  confound 
And  melts  their //e.ir^f  e' re  it  the  5(?/"ffmwounc 
Yet  he  the  Conquer"*  i  with  juch  Siveetnefs  gains , 
As  Captive  Layers  find  in  Beauties  Chains, 
In  vjar  the  advci  fe  Troops  he  docs  alTail , 
Like  an  impet'uousy?'.rw  of  ly/^^and  Hatl. 
In  Peace ,  like  gentlelt  Dew  that  does  aflvTage 
The  burning  Months  ,  and  temper  Syrius  rr.ge.   - 
Kind  as  the  Suns  blcft  Influence  j  and  where  c're 
He  comes ,  Vle^ny  and  Joy  attend  him  there. 
To  Help  feems ail  his  Fewer ^)\\s  n'eii.h  to  Giy 
To  do  much  Good  hrs  fole  Prerogati-\e 

And  vet  this  general  Souniy  of  his  ^ind , 

Th; 


F.xoJ. 


ook  IV.    of  the  Troubles  o/Da  vid.     1 8  5 

That  with  wide  arms  embraces  all  Marj\ind% 
Such  artful  Pr«</fn^^  does  to  each  divide  , 
Withdiffe'rentmcafires  all  are  fitisfi'd; 
Jufl  as  wffe  Goih\s  Plenteous  Manna  dealt ,  16.1 8. 

Some  gather'd  more ,  but  want  by  none  was  fclc. 
To  all  iLiLitvms  their)ult  rights  he  pays , 
And  u'orths  reward  above  its  claim  does  raife. 
The  tend  re  it  Hmhand  ,  Mafter  ,  Father ,  Son  , 
And  all  thofe  parts  by'his  Friendfhip  far  outdone. 
His  Love  10  Fuendi  no  bound  or  rule  does  know  > 
What  He  to  fJetVen  ,  all  that  to  f^im  they  owe. 
Keen  as  hs  Siuord ,  and  pointed  is  his  W'/>  : 
His  Ju  lament ,  like  beft  Armour^  ilrong  and  fir. 
And  fuch  an  Elo^quenc'e  to  boththefe  does  join , 
As  makes  in  both  Beauty  and  Vje  combine. 
Th'-ough  vvh'ch  a  noble  TMure  does  appear 
By  Learning  and  choice  Bo9^s  imprinted  there; 
As  well  he  knows  all  Times  and  Per  fans  gone  , 
Ashehimfelf  jto  zh^uturel  hall  bekmovn. 
But  his  chief  ftudy  is  G0ds  facred  Lazv ; 
And  all  his  Ltfe  does  Comments  on  it  dravr , 
As  never  more  by  Me.f>o'en  to  Man  was  giv*e!ii 
So  never  more  was  paid  by  Mjndto  Heav'tn, 
And  all  chefe  V^irtues  were  to  Ripenep  grown, 
E'reyet  his  Fhiuer  of  Vifuth  was  fully  iflo'wn. 
All  Autumns  fto'^e did  his  rich  5/?rz>;jf  adorn; 
Like  Treeshi  Par'dice  he  with  Fruii  was  born. 
Such  is  his  SomI  ;  and  if,  as  fome  men  tell , 
;<$  Souls  form  and  build  thofe  manfions  where  they 

.      dwell;  ^ 

Whoc're  hut  fees  his  Boiy  muft  confefs , 
The  ^ichtteB  no  doubt ;  could  be  no  Icfs. 
From  Saul  his  growih  and  manly   ftiength  he 

took , 
C/mflis'dby  bright  ^Z>;>7o'«»wf  gentler  look  , 
Not  bright  ^///«o'aw,  Beauties  lowdeftMame,       ,  5,^ 
Till  fheto'her  Children  lolt  with  joy  her  fame ,        14.  p. 
Had  Tweeter  ftrokes.  Colours  more  frefh  and  fair. 
More  darting  Eyes ,  or  lovelier  auborn  Hair. 
Forgive  mc  that  I  thus  your  patience  wrong , 

X  4  And 


i86     "D^LVidciSy  A  Sacred  Poem  Book  IV  ' 

And  on  this  bo'ndhpfubje^  ftay  To  long. 
Where  too  much  haft  ever  to  endtvioM  be , 
i     Bid  not  his  AB:i  fpeak  \vhat*s  untold  by  Me. 
Though  from  the  time  his  hands  a  S>Yord  Goulc 

wield  ) 
He  n'ere  mift  Fame  and  Danger  in  the  field. 
Yet  this  was  the  firft  day  that  call'd  him  forth , 
Since  Jaw/j bright  crown  ^ave  lufter  to  his  worth | 
Twas  the  laft  morning  whofe  unchearfuU  rife ,} 
Sad  Jabes  was  to  view  with  both  their  Eyes , 
Secure  proud  Nahan  fleptas  in  his  Court. 
And  dreamt  5  vain  man!  of  that  days  barb'arow 

Trll  noifeand  dreadful  tumultshim  awoke^ 
Till  into'*his  Ctimp  our  vi'olent  ^rmy  broke.' 
The  carelefs  Guards  with  fmall  refiftance  kilPd, 
Slaughter  the  camp,  and  wild  Confufion  fiU'd. 
}^ahas  his  fatal  dutv  does  perform , 
And  marches  boldly  up 't  outface  the  ftorm. 
Fierce  lonathan^  he  meets ,  as  he  purfues  ' 
l^h* Arabian  Korfe,  and  a  hot  fight  renewes. 
Twas  here  your  Troops  behav'dthemfelvesfoj 

well  J 
Tin  Vz  and  latban  their  ftout  Coronels  fell. 
*r  was  here  our  Vt^l^ory  ftopt ,  and  gave  us  caufe 
Much  to  fufpeft  th'intention  of  her  paufe. 
But  when  our  thundring  Prince  Nahas  efpy 'd  , 
Who  with*a  Courage  equal  to  his  Pride 
Broke  through  our  Troops,  and  tow'ards  him  bol-  j 

dly  preft , 
A  generous  joy  leapt  in  his  youthful  brefl:. 
As  when  a  wrathful  Dragons  difmal  light 
-Strikes  fuddenly  fome  warlike  Eagles  fight. 
The  mighty  foe  pleafes  his  fearlefs  eyes. 
He  claps  his  joyful  wings,  and  at  him  flies. 
With  vain,  though  vi*olenc  force,  their  darts  they 

flung; 
In  j4tmnons  plated  belt  yonathanshnng^ 
And  ftopt  there ;  Jmm^n  did  his  Helmet  hit. 
And  gliding  oiF,  bore  the  proud  creft  from  it. 

Straight 


ooklV.  oftheTrotiblesofV>Qi\id.     iS/ 

Straight  with  their  Swords  to  the  fierce  fhock 

they  came 
Their  S-jjcrds  ,  their  Armoury  and  tlieir  Byes  fhof 

flafne 
Blows  ftrong  as  Thunder^  thick  as  Rain  they  delt  5 
which  more  than  th'engag^ed  Sptfitttors  felt. 
In -^ww<7n  force,  in  Ion*than  zddreCs, 
(Though  both  were  great  in  both  to  an  excefs) 
To  the  well-judging  Eye  did  moft  appear  j 
Honour i  and  ^nger  in  both  equal  were. 
Two  wounds  our  Prince  receiv'ed,  and  j4mmoT3 

three ; 
WMifch  he  enrag'ed  to  feel ,  and  ''/ham'd  to  fee. 
Bid  his  whole  ftrength  into  one  blow  colle(fi  5 
And  as  a  Spani'el  when  we'ouraim  dired 
To  fhoocfome  Btrdt  impatiently  flands  by 
Shaking  his  tail,  ready  with  joy  to  fly 
Juft  as  it  drops,  upon  the  wounded  prey  5 
So  waited  Dectih  it  felfto  bear  away 
The  threatned  Life ;  did  glad  and  greedy  ftand 
At  fioht  of  mighty  Emmons  lifccd  hand. 
Gur  watchful  Prtnce  by  bending  fav'd  the  woundj 
But  Death  in  other  coyn  his  reclining  found  j 
For  whilft  tWimmid'erate  ftrokes  mrfcarry'ing. 

force 
Had  almoft  born  the  ftriker  from  his  horfe,. 
A  nimble  thruft  is  adive  En'emy  made, 
Twixt  his  right  ribs  deep  pierced  the  furious^ 

blade, 
And  opened  w\dcthoCe  fecretz'ejjtls,  where 
Li/e*s  Lij^ht  goes  out,  when  firlt  they  let  in /ifr^,'. 
He  falls,  his  Armour  clanks  againft  the  ground. 
From  his  faint  tongue  imperfeU,  curfts  found: 
His  amaz'd  Troops  ftraitcaft  their  arms  away  5' 
Scarce  fled  his  Soul  from  thence  more  fwift  then 

they. 
As  when  two  Kings  of  neighbour  Hives  (whoo' 

rage 
And  thirft  of  Empire  in  fierce  wars  engnjj** , 
y  hilft  each  lays  claim  to  th'Gcudtn  sis  h'ls  owne, 


i88  Dv/idcis^Ly^ Sacred Po^m  Book] 

And  fetkst'ufurpthe  bordering  (lowers  alone 
Their  vvcll-armM  Troops  drawn  boldly  font 

figbt 
In  th'aires  wide  plain  difpute  their  doubtful  rig) 
If  by  fid  chance  of  barrel  either  King 
F:ill  wounded  downjf^rook  with  fome  fatal  fti: 
His  Armies  hopes  and  courage  with  him  dy  ; 
They  fhearh  \.ip  tht'ir  hint  Swords ,  and  routed 
On  th'other  fides  3t  once  with  like  fuccefs 
Into  the  Camp  ,  great  J''W/and  ^bner  prefs , 
From  ]onathan!  part  a  wild  mixt  noifethey  he 
And  whitfoere  it  mean  long  to  be  there , 


)  I.  ]2. 


I 


I 


Ac  the  fame  inftant  from  glad  ]abes  Town  , 
The  hafty  Troops  march  loud  and   cheat 

down, 
Some  few  t  firft  with  v^in  refiftance  f-ill , 
The  relt  is  Sla  jhter  ^zn^  -^tstfi  Conqueii  all. 
The  fite  by  which  our  Hofi  thus  far  h  ;d  gon, 
Our  Hofi  with  noble  heat  drove  far»her  on.       I 
Victorious  arris  through  Jmmons  land  id  bore 
jKf«;>}e  behind  ,and  Terror  riiarc he  before. 
Where  ere  from  Ki*bbii*s  cowers  they  cafttl: 

fiphr, 

Smoa(  clouds  thtDty  and  Flamei  make  clear  I 

This  bnghi  fuccefs  did  Sauls  firfl  ac\:ion  brirg , 
^  The  O)// 5  the  Lot  y  znd  Crown  lels  crowned  h 
King. 

The  Hapfy  all  men  judge  for  Empire  nc , 

And  nonewithftands  where  Bormne  diots  fubn- 
i.snw.       Thofe  who  before  did  Gods  fair  choice  withllar 

Th^excejfive  Vulg.tr  now  to  death  demand . 

But  wifer  J^jw/repeal'd  their  hafly  doom  ; 

Conqueft  abroad ,  with  Mercy  crow'nd  at  home 

Norflain'd  with  civil  flaughter  that  days  pride > 
fTf^  iP.       Which  foreign  blood  in  w<;/'/5r/«rp/^dy'ed. 

4gain.the  Crown  rh'aflcmbled  people  give, 
1  Sumi        With  greater  joy  than  Saul  could  it  receive. 
**•'•        Again, th'old  i«%^ref!gne his  facred place, 

God  Clorij?d  w.th  wonders  his  difgrace» 

W« 


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t 


3okIV.  of  the  Troubles  of  I^d^vid'.     i5^ 

Wirh  decent  pride  ,  fuch  as  did  well  befit 
The  Same  he  l^ept ,  and  that  which  de  hid  tjuif. 
The  lon^,pa(t  row  of  happy  years  hefhow'd. 
which  to  his  heav'cniy  Government  they  ow'd. 
How  thr  torrt  ft  ^te his  jul^and  prudent  laign 
Reltoi'cd  to  Order  ,  Plenty ,  Poz^-^r  again. 
In  war  what  conqu'ring  ^{iracles  he  wrought ;' 
(?ff-,then  theirs /"j^jWasG^wVa/whe  they  fought. 
Whom  they  d?ps>\i  with  him.  And  that  (faid  he) 
You  may  fee  '^<7<jf  concerned  in't  more  then  Me  , 
Beho'd  howftornns  his  angry  prcfencefhrowd  , 
Hark  how  his  wrath  in  thunder  threats  alowd. 
'  r  was  now  the  ripen'ed  Summers  higheft  rage , 
Wh  ch  no  taint  cloud  durrt  mediate  to  alTwage. 
T\\^Earf}  hot  with  Tbirft ,  and  hot  with  i«// for 

K-iin 
G2p'd  ,  and  breath'd  feeble  vapours  up  in  vain , 
Which  ftra'ght  werefcuterMjOr  devourM  by.  th* " 

bUHi 

When  ,  Lo  ,  ere  fcarcethe  aflivejpeech  was  doncj  • 
A  \  I'lcnt  IVtncl  rofe  from  his  [ecrit  Cavey 
And  troops  of  frighted  Clouds  before  it  drave. 
Whilil  With  rude  haftc  the  confus'ed   Tempefl 

croA'ds  > 
Swift  dreadfull  flames  Thot  through  th'encoun- 

tringclowds. 
From  whole  torn  womb  ch'imprifon'ed  Thmider- 

broke. 
And  in  dire  founds  the  Prophets  fenfeit  fpoke. 
Such  an  irrpetuous  fhowcr  it  downwards  fent  ^ 
As  if  the  rr<irerj'bovc  the  Firmamtnt 
Were  all  K  t  lofc  3  H§rrour  and  fearful  noife 
Fill'd  the  black  Scene  \  till  the  great  Prophets  vo\ct 
Swift  ai  the  wings  oi Morns  ,reduc*ed  the  Day , 
JVindyThnr.Jer  ,  Rain  smdCloudi  ^cdaW  at  once 

away. 
Fear  not '  faiJ  he)  Godhis  fierce  wnrh  removes  9  i.  sam. 
And  though  this  State  my  ferviccdilapproves,         12.20, 
My  Prayers  I  hail  fcrvc  it  conflaiitly.  No  more , 
1  hope ;  a  pardon  for  pall  fins  to  t*iinplore , 

X   6  But 


ipo     jy^Yidds,  A  Sacred  Poem  Bookl, 

But  juft  rewards  from  gracious  heaven  to  bring 
Oil  the  good  deeds  of  you,  and  of  eur  King, 
Behold  nim  there !  and  as  you  fee,  rejoyce 
In  the  kind  care  of  Gois  impartial  choice. 
Behold  his  Beauty,  Courage,  Strength  and  Wii 
The  Honour  heav'enhas cloath'd  hmi  withjfits 
And  comely  on  him ;  fince  you  needs  muft  be 
Rul'ed  by  a  fCin^^  you  are  happy  that  'tis  He, 
Obey  him  gladly,  and  let  him  too  know 
You  were  not  made  for  ff/wj,  but  he  for  You* 
And  bothof  Goi. 

Whofe  gentleft  yoke  if  once  you  caft  away^ 
In  vain  f  hall  ^^  command,  and jo« obey. 
To  foreign  Tyrants  both  fliill  ft.i-^es  become, 
ii.i\i5      Inftead  of  Kin^y-^n^  Subje^ii  here  at  home. 

The  Crown  thus  feveral  ways  confirmed  to  T* 
One  way  was  wanting  yet  to  croivri  them  all  5 
And  that  was  Force ,  which  only  can  maintain 
The  Power  that  Fortune  gives  ,  or  worth  dot 
gain, 
s  Saw.       Three  thoufand  Gutrds  of  big,bo1d  men  he  too 
1 3.  «>^       Tall,  terrible,and  Guards  ev'en  with  iheir  Looi^ 
His  facred  perfon  too,  and  throne  defend. 
The  third  on  matchlels  lonathan  attend. 
Ore  whofe  full  thoughts  Honour^  and  youthfu 

Heat, 
Sate  brooding  to  hatch  jiBions  good  and  great 
^*-  5«         On  G(hi firrt,  wherea  Philifiiarj  band 

Lies,  and  around  torments  the  fettered  land. 
He  fa!  Is,  and  (laughters  all ;  his  noble  rage 
Mixt  with  De/ign  his  Nation  to  engage 
In  that  juft  war,  which  from  them  long  in  vain; 
!».•». 5i      Hcnour and  Freedoms  vok&  had  ftrove  t'obrain. 
Th'accurft  Pbilijttan  rows'd  with  this  bold  blov 
All  the  proud  marks  of  enraged  Power  does 

fhow. 
Raifes  a  vaft,  well-arm'd,  and  glittering  Hoft, 
If  humane  ftrcngth  might  authorize  a  boali:, 
Their  threats  had  reafon  here  5  for  ne*rc  did  wee 
Our  felves  fa  weak^  or  foe  fo  potent  (ee. 

-     -  Kcr< 


Book  IV.  of  the  TroMes  of  Ddiwid,    19? 

Here  wc  vaft  bodies  of  iheir  foot  efpy, 

The  Re  ir one -rearchcs far  tWcxtenl  Eye. 

Like  tields  of  forw  their  armed  Squadrons  ftand  j 

As  thick  and  mimberlefsthey  hide  the  land. 

Herewith  fhi'-p  neighs  the  warhke  harfesfoundy 
38  And  with  proud  prancings  beat  the  putrid 
ground.  (pafs 

59  Herewith worfenoifc  three  thoufand  Chariots 

With  plites  of  Iron  bound,  or  louder  Brafs. 

About  it  forks,  axes,  and  Tithes,  and  fpears, 

Whole  Mdfiaiwes  of  Death  each  chariot  bears. 

Where  it  breaks  in,  there  a  whole  Traop  it  mowSj 

And  with  lopt  panting  limbs  the  field  beflrows. 

Alike  the  ViiUanty  and  the  Covjnds  dy  j  -^*«  ''-£-' 

Neither  can  theyrefift,  nor  can  thefe  fly.  "'  '* 

In  this  proud  equipage  at  UacmM  they  j 

Situl'm  much  different  Itate  at  Gilgal  lay. 

His  forces  feem'd  no  y/rw>, but  3  Cro-ved, 

Heartlefs,  unarm'd,  diforderly,  and  lowJ* 

The  quick  ComnTion  Fear  ran  fwift  throught  all, 

And  into  trembling  f/7;th'infecled  fall. 

Saul:ind  his  Son  ;  for  no  fuch  faint  Difeifs 

Could  on  their  flrong  compledion'^d  Valour 
feife) 

In  vain  all  parts  of  virtuous  Con^wf^  fhow'd,. 

And  on  deaf  Terror  gen'er'^'US  words  beftowM. 

Thoufandsfrom  thence  fly  fcattered  ev'ery  dayj 

Thick  asthe  Leaves  that  fhake  and  drop  away?> 

When  they  th'approach  of  ftormy  I'^'imer  find 

The  noble  Tree  all  bare  exposed  to  the'  irinJ^. 

Some  to  fad  lordan  fly,  and  fwim't  for  hafl. 

And  from  his  farther  bank  lookback  at  lad. 

Some  into  woods  and  caves  their  cattel  drive,. 

There  with  their  Betifts  on  e^t4al  terms  they  live^  ] 

Nor  deferve  better ;  'fomc  in  rocks  on  high, 

The  old  retreats  o^StorJ^s  and  Kayens  ly. 

And  were  they  wing'cd  like  them,  fcarce  would 
they  dare 

To  (lay,  or  trii  ft  their  frighted  fifety  there. 

As  th'HoIl  with  fear,  f(j  Unl  diftarb'd  with  care,    ^^?>- 


1 

1^2    Davidcis,  A  Sacred  Poem    Book  IV,  i 

T'avertthefe  ilhby  Sacrifice  and  Prayer, 
And  Godi  bltft  will  t'enqui  e,  foi  Samuel  fL-nds;     .^ 
"Whom  he  fix  days  wirh  troubled  haft  attends,       ^ 
But  ere  the  feventh  unlucky  day  (the  laft 
l^y  Sa^'iuil  fet  for  chis  gieat  work)  vv;is  paft  , 
i.<«/(alarni"*d  hoi-rlv  from  t^.ene)ghb*;ingfoe, 
In  patient  ere  Gods  time  Gods  mind  to  know  , 
'ShamM  and  enrag'cd  to  fee  his  Troops  decay  9 
Jedous  of  an  aflfront  in  Samuels  ftay  , 
Scorning  that  any's  prefence  f  hould  appear 
Needful  befides  when  Heh.mfeljsv.iS  there  ; 
And  with  apride  toonu'ural  thmkmg  He»vcn 
Had  given  hm  -^U,  b{:c3iu:e  much  Power  t''h2Ld  gi 

v'en) 
Himfclf  the  Sacrifice zvA  Ojfnn^s  made, 
40  Hin.felfdid  th'highytf/.e/(^cA«r^* invade, 
HiQifcIf   inquir'ed    of  God  j    who  then  fpak 

nought ; 
But  .fawwf/ ftraight  his  dreadful  a nfwer  b-oughi 
For  ftraightheca.ne.  atid  with  a  yirtue  bold  j 
As  wab  Sauh /in ,tht  hi2^  VlclTage  told. 
His  foul  In^rntitti  ie  to  heav'tn  he  chid  , 
To  plukthat  fruii  which  was  alone/^rW 
To  Kinglv  power  n  all  that  plenteous  land , 
Where  all  thini^selfe  fubmit  to  his  command. 
And  a$  fair  £^f;7JvinlatedTrf^, 
To* ImtKortat  Man  brought  in  Mortalitie  : 
So  f hall  rhat  Crown ,  which  God  eternal  meant  9 
I/Tl       From  thee  Jaid  he)  and  thy  great  houfe  be  rent , 
Thy  Crime  fhall  Death   to  all  thine  Honow 

fend  , 
And  give  thy* Immortal  Royalty  an  End 
Thus  fpoke  the  Vrophet  ^  but  kind  heaVcn(w 

hope  ) 
Whofc  threati  and  anger  k'iow  no  other  fcope 
hniMans  Amendmen')  docs  long  fincc  relent  , 
And  with  B-epentant  Siiulkfcli Kepent. 
Howere  :^thjughnon"  more  pray  for  this  than  w* 
"Whofe  wrong  aad  fufferings  might  fomecolou 

be 

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Book  IV.    of  the  Troubles  ofD^wid.     191 

To  do  It  Ujl,  this  fi^eech  we  (ad\y  find. 
Still  extant ,  .^nd  Itid  adive  in  his  Mind. 
Butthen.i  vvorletrtccl:  of  itappear'd  , 
Our  j4rfhj  which  before  Mj  ie(tty  fear'd  , 
Which  did  by  Oeal'h  ind  by  degrees  decay , 
Di  bjiid-'d  now,  ;H\d  flfd  in  troops  away. 
Bafc  Pectr  fo  bold  and  impudent  does  grow» 
>Vh  n  an  qxc^^^q  \^\<\  colour  ircan  I'how. 
Six  hund  red  only    Tcirce  a  Frtntely  triin  )  i  Sm. 

Of  dl  h'S  Hoft  w.th  diftr^ll  i\t.ii remain,  »?•  *^ 

Of  his  whole  Holt  dx  hundred  ;  and  ev'en  thofe 
1(0  did  wife  Heiveii  for  mit^hiy  ends  difpofe , 
l\o:  would  that  ufelt-fs  Htltnule^  fhould  fharc 
In  rhat  g-^eat  u//i  .t  did  tor  a-;*  prepare) 
Arrii'd  not  like  ioftdie*  •  ma  ching  in  a  War, 
Biici"!oinrry-  Hintf  ala  mcd  from  afar 
By  floly>  s  loud  hunger  ,  wnen  the  well-known 

fru  nd 
RaifcstK'afFrighted  Villages  around.  lb,v.i$ 

boiiicGo  ds,  tlails.  Plow  I  harci,  Forks ,  or  Axes  *°'  *^» 
bore. 

Made  for  Li/?f  ufe  and  better  en -'s  before  , 
So'-e  knotted  Clubs  ,and  Darts  ,or  Arrows  dry'd 
iPth'fire,  th'i  firft  rude  arts  th.ic  Mj//ct?try'd , 

£'ie  Man  the  lins  of  coo  much  linowletlgt  knew. 

And  Death  by  long  txpenenie  witty  grew. 

Such  were  the  Numbers  ^fuc\\  the  Atmn  which  WC 

H.^d  by  fate  left  us  for  a  Vi^orte  ■ 

O^rexL'e/l-arm'  I  Millions  ;  nor  will  this  appear 

Ufeful  it  felf,  when  lonathan  was  there. 

*X\vas  juft  the  time  when  the  new  Bhb  of 
Night 

Did  the  n\oill  world  unvail  to  humane  fight. 

ThePr/nc^,  whoall  thunis<ht  the  field  had  beat 

With  a  ("mall  party,  and  noenemy  mcc 

(So  proud  and  fo  fccure  theenVfov  lay. 

And  drencht  m  fteep  th'txcf-flTes  of  the  >iay) 

\Jk\\  loy  this  good  occafion  did  embrace  , 

With  better  leifure,  and  at  nearer  fpace  , 

The  (Irengih  and  order  of  their  Camp  to  vievf  j 


( 


t  Sam. 
<4>  I* 


t  Sam, 
14.9. 


x^4    Davideis,  A  Sacred  Foem  BookI\ 

jlhdon  alone  his  gen'erous  purpofe  knew  i 
^hdon  a  bold,  a  brave,  and  comely  Youth, 
Well-born,  well-bred,  \y\i]\ Honour  fiU'd  ar 

Truthy 

^hdon his  faithful  Squir e^whom  much  he  lov'd^ 
'  And  of  with  grief  his  worth  in  dangers  prov'd. 
jibdon  f  whofe  love  to  his  Mafter  did  exceed 
What  Natures  Law  ^  or  FaJJions  Power  cd\x\^\ 

breed, 
Ahdon  alone  didx)n  him  now  attend  ; 
Hishumbleft  Servant,  and  his  deareft  Fr/Vni. 

They  went,  but  facred  fury  as  they  went, 
Chang'd  fwiftly,  and  exalted  his  intent. 
what  may  this  be  (the  Pr/wce  breaks  forth)  I  fincl 
Go^or  fome  powerful  Spirit  invades  my  mind* 
From  oughthutHeayen  can  never  fure  be  brougll 
So  high,  fo  glorious,  and  fo  vaft  a  thought. 
Nor  would  iH  Fate  that  meant  me  to  furprife. 
Come  cloathM  in  fo  unlikely  a  Difgutfev 
You  Hop,  which  its  proud  Fishes  fpreads  Co  wid<  | 
O're  the  whole  Land,like  fome  fwoln  Rivers  Ttdt 
Which  terrible  aud  numberlcfs  appears, 

43  As  the  thick  Waves  which  their  fough  Ocra  1 

bears;  (fa 

Which  lies  fo  ftrongly  e'ncampt,  that  one  woull  | 
The  HiR  might  be  remov'd  as  foon  as  thy, 
■   We  two  alone  muft  fyht  with  and  d.feat ; 
Thou'rt  ft  rook ,  and  ftarteft  at  sifof4nd  Co  great. 
Yet  we  muft  do't ;  God  our  weak  hands  has  chofi  | 
T'ashame  the  boaftednumbers  of  our  Foes, 
Which  to  his  ftrength  no  more  proportion'dbe] 
Than  UiQions  are  oi Hours  to  his  Eternitie, 
If  when  their  carelefs  Guards  efpyus  here,. 
With  fportful  fcorn  they  call  to'us  to  come  neer.l 
Well  boldly  climb  the  HjH,  and  charge  them  aHjj 
NotT^^^v ,  but  Jfraels  y^n^el  gives  the  call. 

44  Hefpoke,3nd  as  he  (J^oke,  a  I,/?^rdivine 
Did  front  his  Eyes^  and  round  his  Tewpfes  fhinej 
Louder  his  Tc/cf, larger  his  Limh  appeared  ; 
]Lefs  feem'd  the  num'erous.v^rw;  to  be  fcar'd. 


I  ok  IV.    of  the  Troubles  of Dsi^id.     195 

rhis  Giw ,  and  heard  with  joy  the  brave  Efcfuire  , 

\s  he  with  G»Js  ,  fill'd  with  hisM.iRers  ftre. 

orbd  it  Heav'en  (faid  he)  I  fliould  dechne ,  i  S-«; 

Drwifh  (Sir)  not  to  make 5»<?«r  danger  w»;2f.  '^'^^ 

rhe  great  Example  which  i  daily  fee 

3  f  your  high  worth  is  not  io  loft  on  me ; 

f  wonder- Ihook  I  at  your  words  appear , 

v\y  wonder  yet  is  Innocent  of  Fear. 

{{C Honour  which  does  your  I'rincely  breaft  tf;j- 

farne , 
Varmi  mine  toojsd  joins  there  withD«j;if>r»ww?. 
fin  this  A(ft  tU  Bute  our  Tempter  be , 
4ay  all  the  7/7  it  means  be  aim'd  at  me. 
lut  fure  ,1  think  ,  Godi  leads,  nor  could  you  bring 
o  high  thoughts  from  a  lefs  exalted  Spring. 
irighc  figns  tliroughall  your  word  and  looks  are 

fpread , 
k  rifing  Vicl^ory  dawns  around  your  head. 
Vith  fuch  decourfe  blowing  their  facred  flame  j 
-o  to  the  fatal  place  and  work  they  came. 

Strongly  encampt  on  a  fteep  Hills  large  head  , 
-ike  fome  vaft  wood  the  mighty  Uoftw2s  fpread.  '  ♦''•4> 
rh'only'accefs  on  neighboring  Gahaa's  fide, 
Kn  hard  and  narrow  way  >  which  did  divide 
Two  cliffy  Rocj^i ,  BofeS  and  Senes  namM  ,   . 
rluch  for  themfelves ,  and  their  big  (trangevef 

fam'd  ) 

-lore  for  their  fortune ,  and  thisflranger  day  ; 
Dn  both  their  points  Philifiian  out-  guards  lay  ; 
■rom  whence  the  two  bold  Spiet  they  firft  efpy'dj. 
^nd  3  lo .'  the  Hebreivs  \  proud  £/c^nor  cry'd  ; 
•rem  Senes  top  ;  Lo ;  from  their  hungry  Caves 
i  quicker  Fate  here  fends  them  to  their  graves. 
Zomeup  (aloud  he  crys  to  them  below) 
It^Eijptian  Sla-^es  ,  and  to  our  Uercy  owe 
rhc  rebel  lives  long  fince  to'our  luflice  due  j 
carce  from  his  lips  i\\q  fatal  Omen  flew  , 
Vhenth'infpir'd  Prince  did  nurhXy  under fl and 
W ,  and  his  God-liJ^e  Virtues  high  command, 
tcah'd  him  up ,  and  up  the  fleep  afcenc 


1^6    Davideis ,  A  S^icred  Poem   Book  I . 

With  parn  and  labour ,  hafl  znAjoy  thry  went 
Eleanor  Uught  too  fee  rhem  climb  ,  and  though 
His  -vjghty  words  th'afFrightcdi'tt^/'/'^rtri  broag 
Did  new  afFroncs  to  the  great  Hebreiu  iV.we, 
(The  barbarous  !  )  in  hi^  wanton  fancy  frame, 
short  was  his  fport ;  for  fwift  as  Thunder i  ftrok< 
Rives  the  frail  Trunk  of  fome  hca'ven-threati? 

■  The  Princes  Sword  did  his  p'-oud  hiad  divide  j 
The  parted  Scull  hung  down  on  either  fide. 
Ju  ft  as  he  fell,  his  vengeful  :>tcel  he  drew 
Half  way  ;  no  more  the  trembling  J^.-tt^j  could 
Which  Abdon  friatcht ,  and  dy'ed  in  the  blood 
Qi zn  am  ^X.^i  wretch  nh^t  next  him  ftood. 
Some  clofe  to  eirth  fhaking  and  grov'eling  ly 
Like  Lfirl^s  when  they  the  Tyrant  hobby  fpy . 
Some  wonder  ftrook  itand  iixt^  fome  fly  >  fc 

arm 
Wildly ,  at  tWunintelHuih'e  Alarm, 
45  Like  the  main  Channeloim  high-  (woln  F/oo 
In  vain  by  Dil^es  and  broken  -^or^i  wiihftood 
So  ]cn»than ,  once  climb'd  th'oppofing hill ,- 
Does  all  around  with  noife  and  ruine  filL 
Like  fome  large  Arm  of  which  another  way 
Ab  lono^reflo'vs :  him  too  no  banJ^c^n  ftay. 
With  cryes  rh'afFrighted  Ceuntry  flies  before  j 
,  Behind  the  following  waters  lowdly  roar. 
Twenty  at  leaft  flainonthisout  guard  ly  , 
I  sm.        Toth'adjoin'd  Camp  the  reft  diftra£led  fly » 
**  ***       And  tfl  mixt  wonhn  tell,  and  into't  bear , 
Blmi  terrour  ,  deafdiforder  y  helplejsfear. 
The  Conqii'erors  roo  prefs  boldly  in  behind  , 
Doubling  the  wild  confufions  which  they  fini 
I  S.tm.        jiatti^ar  at  firft  ,  the  Prince  o^  J-fhdrJ  Town  j 
■  "*■      4<$  ChicfViongft  the  ftne  in  nches  and  renown , 
And  Gener-it  then  by  courfeoppos'd  their  way 
Till  drown'd  in  Death  at  lonathavs  fee  he  lay. 
And  cw{ii\itHea^e7ti  forrage,and  bitthgrou 
47  His  Life  for  ever  i^\\tftairil  all  the  grafs  aroun 
His  Broiler  too  3vvhovertaous haft  did  make 


)oklV.  of  the  Troubles  ofDsiVid.       ip7 

His  fortune  ro  reyengt ,  or  lof  trtal^i  , 
Palls  goovc'iing  oVe  his  trunk  ,  on  mother  emh  9 
Deatli  mixt  no  lefs  their  5/ '<?^j  than  did  rheir  birth. 
Mean  %vhilethe  u'ell  pleas*d>4i^<?»-'reftlcfsS\\ord 
Difpatcht  the  following  train t'actend  their  Lord, 
On  ft  ill  o're  panting  cotps  great  lonathan  led  5 
Hundred^  before  him/e// ,  and  Thorifands  fle<-» 
Prodigious  etme\  which  does  moil  wor.drous 

I  how , 
rhy'  j4 ttejtipt  yOT  thy  Suuep\  thy  Vatt  or  Thou  \ 
Whodurftalne  that  dreadful  Hoftaflail, 
With  purpofenot  to  D>f ,  but  to  Prevail  I 
[nfinicc  Numbers  thee  no  more  affright  > 
rh  in  Go  i  J  whole  Unity  is  Infinite. 
IfHeav'e  to  ire  (uch  mighty  thoughts  would  gi\^e, 
Whit  j!^rf/7/?  but  thine  Cdpac!o^i$  to  receive 
rhe  'aft  Irifn/inn  ?  or  what  Soul  but  Thine 
Durft  have  believ'd  that  Thought  to  be  Divine'i 
rhou  follow'dft  Heaven  in  rhe  Dejii^n ,  and  we       » '"*♦ 
Find  in  the  jid  \  was  Hta^\n  that  foUow'cd  TU9^  '*'  *'' 
Thou  led  ft  on  ^ngeU .  and  that  facred  band 
(The  De'ities great  Lieut*enant)  didtt  command. 
*T  is  fue  ,  Sir  ,  and  no  Figure ,  when  I  fay 
-^ng^i  themftlves  fought  under  him  that  day. 
Clouds  with  ripe  Thunder  charg'd  fonae  thither 

drew , 

And  fomc  thedire  Materials  brought  for  new. 
Hot  drops  of  Southern  Showers  (the  jweais   of 

Death) 
The  voyce  of  flortns  and  winged  ivhirl-winds 

breath  : 

The  flames  I'hot  forth  from  fightingDr/j?on ^Eyes, 
The  linokes  rhat  horn  fcoicht  Fevers  Ovens  riky 
The  reddclt  fires  with  wHich  fad  Comets  glow  j 
And  rr/(/omj  neighboring  /.<*/(;«  did  fpir'ns  beftow 
Of  fineft  Sulphur ;  amf>ngft  which  they  put 
Wrath  ,  Ftny  ,  Horroury  and  all  mingrcd  fhut 
Into  a  cold  moift  Clotid^  t'enfljme  it  more } 
And  make  th'enragcd  Prifo*>tr  louder  roar. 
Th'airembiedC/ewi^i  burft  o're  theirArmler  head  ; 

Noife, 


ipS  Dayideis ,  A  Sacred  Poem.  Bookj 

Noife ,  Darknefs ,  difmal  Lightnings  round  i 

fpread. 
Another  Spir^it  with  a  more  potent  wand 
Than  that  wliich  Natmt  fear'd  in  Mojei  hand  K 
And  wee  the  way  that  pleas'd,theMo«»t<n7»ftr 
The  Mountain  felt  it ;  the  vaft  Mountain  f  hooi 
Through  the  wide  ayr  another  ^w^f/ flew  * 
About  their  Hoft ,  and  thick  amongft  them  tl 
Difcord  ,  Defpair ,  Confufion ,  Fear ,  Miftab 
And  all  th' Ingredients  that  fwift  ruine  make. 
The  fertile  glebe  requires  no  time  to  breed ; 
It  quickens  and  receives  ac  once  the  Seed. 
One  would  have  thought ,  this  difmal  day  t(>5 

feen  , 
That  Natures  felfin  her  Death-pangs  had  bee; 
Such  will  the  face  of  that  great  hour  appear  j 
Such  the  diftraded  Sinners  confcious  fear. 
In  vain  fome  few  ftrive  the  wild  flight  to  ftay 
In  vain  they  threaten ,  and  in  vain  they  pray  j 
:      Unheard .  unheeded ,  trodden  down  they  ly  , 
Beneath  the  wretched  feet  of  c  rouds  that  fly. 
O're  their  own  F<7<;t trampled  the  vi'olent  Hos 
,  Theguidlefs  Chariots  with  impet'uous  courfe 
Cut  wide  through  bothj  and  all  their  bloody 
JiorfeSi  and  Me»,  torn,  bruis'djand  mangled  I 
Some  from  the  Rocks  caft  themfelves  down  h 

longi  m, 

The  faint  weak  Pajfian  grows  (o  bold  and  flr( 

To  almoft  certain  prefent  death  they  fly 
From  a  remote  and  caufelefsfear  to  dy. 
Much  diffe'rent  error  dit  fome  troops  poflTefs; 
1  Stfw.        And  MadnefsihdX  lookt  better,  though  r\o\t(i 
M.  20.      xhejr  fellow  troops  for  th'entred  foe  they  tak 
And  iff  a  eh  war  with  mutual  flauohter  make. 
''"'^^'      Mean  while  the  King  from  Gab.ta^shxWM  vie^ 
And  hear  the  thickning  Ttimult  at  is  grew 
Still  great  and  loud  j  and  though  he  knows  1 

why 
They  fled  ,  no  more  than  they  themfelves  that 
Yet  by  the  ftorms  and  terrors  of  the  aire , 

Guei 


c  k  IV.     of  the  Troubles  (/'David .     19^ 

(  .  iTcs  fome  vengeful  Splints  working  there  i  jU 

{  cys  chc  loud  occaliuns  facred  call ,  !j 

y  i  fiercely  on  chc  cro  iibhng   {oft  docs  fali. 
^che  fame  time  cheir  Sia^sAnd  Prtfon'^rs  rife, 

•r  does  th.ir  mach- wifHt  Lihertjf  fuffico  //i^  ^^^ -; 

ithout  iLe-vtn^e-,  the  fcatter'd  armschcy  fcife  , 

d  their  pioud  vengeance  with  che  memory  pica- 
fe 

who  fo  lately  boretheiu  ;  All  about 

»m  Rocks  2nd  Cavtsrhc-  ^Irh^cvs  idTjeoUt 

the  giad  noife ;  joy'd  chac  their  Foes  had  fhown  th.v.ii. 

car  that  drowjiSih'-  fcandal  oUheir  oivn. 

I  did  the  Prince  mid  It  ail  this  ftorm  appcarCj 

I  fcitreu'd  /^f  ithi  and  Tc^rrotjevery  where. 

I  did  he  break  ,^ftill  bliinth'S  wearied  Swordsj 

I  (laughter  newj'ipplics  to'his  hand  affords. 

aere  troops  ver.^ood,  there  ftill  he  hotly  fleWj 

d  til  at  laft  all  fird  ,  fcorn'd  to  purfue. 

'  (led  at  laft  ,  but  many  in  vain  ;for  flili 

r'u'latiate  Conqn'tyr  was n)ore fwif: to k)ll 

ai J  rhcy  to  C^ve  their  Lives.  Till  ,lo  ,  at  laft  , 

Uirt ,  u  hofe  power  he  had  fo  long  farpaft, 

Duld  yield  no  more  ,  bLitt  >  him  Itronger  foes  , 

oughr,f  untnefijand  fierce  Hunger  did  oppafc. 

?king  all  o're  \r\  diift  ,  and  blood  ,  and  fweac , 

-nt  with  che  Suni  and  vioUnt acliorjf  heat , 
nft  an  oldo^*^  his  trembling  •  hnbs  h  .•  ftaid. 
Tome  f  horL  caCe ;  Fate  in  th'oid  Oak  had  laid 

>vifions  up  for  his  relief;  and  Lo  ! 

c  hollow  trunck  did  with  bright  Hcney  flow.       ,  san,; 

ith  timely  food  his  decarM  Sp'irits  rccmit  5  14.  a;. 

ong  he  returns  ,  and  frefh  to  thepurfuit , 

J  Urcngth  and  lp*irits  the  Honey  did  refto- 
re; 

t ,  oh  ,  the  If/'tter  (iveet  ^vzn^epoifon  bore  / 

lold  Sir ,   and  mark  well  th&  treMhercm  fa- 
te, 

lit  does  fo  clofeonhumaneglorieswaitl 
"hold  the  ftrefig  ,  and  yetfmtaflil^  Net 
'  :nlhare  triumphant  Venue  darkly  fee !  • 

Could 


2,00    'D^vidcis^  A  Sacred  Poem  Bookl, 

Gould  it  before  (fcarce  can  it  fi nee)  be  thought, ; 
The   Prince   who   hath  alone    ihac    morni 

fought ; 
A  Dael  wich  an  ffofi ,  had  th' Hoft  orethrowne, 
And  threefcore  thouland  hands  difarm'd  w 

One ;  -,,■ 

Wafht  off  his  Countreys  fhame  ,  and  doiili 

dyde 
In  Bhrd  and  Blffhes  the  ?hihftian  pride , 
His  fav'ed  and  fixt  his  Fathers  tott*ering  CrowD 
And  the  bright  GoU  new  burnifht  with  renown 
Should  be*ere    night   by's   ^ing  and  fat' 

breath?  .' 

DeRin'ed  the  bloody  Surifice  to  be 
Of  Thanl^i  Mimjel/for  his  own  ViBorie  f 
Alone  with  various  fate  licetobecome, 
I  Sam.        ^igbtm^^  an  Hofl\  Dying.,  an  Hecatotnbt;  f 
14.  44.       Yet  fnch.  Sir,  was  his  cafe. 

per  Saul,  who  fear'd  the  full  plenty  might 
( In  the  abandoned  Camp  expos'ed  to  fight) 
His  hungry  men  from  thepurfuitdirvvade^ 
A  rafh,  butfolennnvo.v  to  heav'eii  h.^.d  made. 
Curft  the  be  wretch  ,thricecurredlechim  be 
Who  f  hall  touch  food  this  bufie  day  (fayd  he] 
WhiPft  the  bleft  Sun  does  wich  his  fav'oJr. 

light 
Affift  oar  vengeful  Swords  againft  their  flight. 
Be  he  trice  curft  :and  if  his  Life  we  fpare. 
On  /« thole  Curjes  fall  that  he  i  hould  bear. 
Such  xvasthe  Kinj^ jraih  vow^  who  little  though 
How  near  tohnn  f^te  tW  Jplicattonhvouoh.t. 
The  t-^o  ed^d  Oath, wounds  deep,  perform*d  bi 

ke; 
Ev'en  Perjury  its  leaft  and  blunreft  ftroke. 
*Twas  his  own  Son,  who;n  God  ar.d  ManHii 

lov  *d , 
His  own  victorious  ^<7«  char  h"  devov'cd; 
On  whofe  bright  he^d  ilis  baleful  Curies  light i 
But  Pro-xidence^  his  Hehnnf  in  the  fight  ^ 
torbids  iheir  entrance  or  their  ilthng  there ; 


i 


IdIcIV.   ofthe  Troubles  of  D:{vld,      loi 

rhey  with  brute  friind  diHolv'cd  into  fhciyre. 
[im  whit  Kel  aiCTiyOr  \vliat  "vo".."  could  bind, 
inknoNvn,  unheard  of,  till  he'  his  life  did  find 
ntan£;led  in*t?\\hilft  won^iershQ  did  do 
lult  he  dye  now  for  not  be'ing  Prophet  too  ? 
o  ail  bur  him  this  0  tth  was  meant  and  faidj 
le  afar  off,  the  trtdi  for  which 't  was  made 
V'as  ading  ihcn,  till  faint  and  out  cf  breath  , 
(e  grew  half  de  id  with  toil  cf  gi  ^  ing  death. 
l^hat  could  his  Crime  in  this  condition  be  > 
xcus'd  by  \^n^o^cince  and  Necejjfie  ? 
et  theiemorfelefs  /vi>j^,  whodid  (ii'dain 
"hat  man  fhould  hear  him  fwear  or  threat  in 
va  n , 

hoi'Ch'gainft  hmfelf-^  or/liwa  way  fhonld  fee 
y  which  attaqu'ed   and  conquer  d  he  might 

be: 
Vho  thought    Compafflon  ,    female  iveaj^nefs 

here , 
,nd  ^(juity  iTijufiice wou^d  appcare 
n  his  own  Cattfe ;  who  falfely  fear'd  befide 

he  folenin  Curfc  on  ]on*atban  did  abide  , 
^nd  the  infeded  Limb  not  cwx.  away  , 
iVould  hk^Si  Gangrene  o^reall  Ijra'el  (tray  j 
•repar'ed  this  God-itl^e  Saitifice  to  kill  ; 
\nd  hisra//?  vow  iTo;  e  r.ifhij  lo fulfil. 
tVhat  tongue   can    th*horror  and  amazement 

tell 
^Vhichon  all  I^^^r/ that  fad  moment  fell? 
T.imer  had  been  their  grief,  few  er  their  tears, 
-lad  the  Piiiifiiar.  fate  that  day  bin  theirs. 
Sot  Sauls  proud  heart  could  mafter  his  fwoln 

£y>  \ 

The  Prince  alone  ftood  mild  and  patient  by , 
»o  bnghc  his  fiiffc  rings ,  fo  triumphant  fhowM  j 
Lefs  to  he  heil  th.'n  ivorft  of  fate^  he  ow'ed. 
K  victory  now  he  o're  >'.m^elfm\g\\x  hoaft  ; 
rie  Cin<]t>er^d now  ^\ntCo-<iu'eror  oisin  Hof}. 
tcharni''d  thnuib  iiarsih.  lad  Spef^atoi;.  fight, 
i>id  revcience,  love,  and  graiuude  excite 

And 


202     "DsivldQis^ /4  SacreJ  Poem  Book  ^j 

And  pious  rage  ,  with  i  which  infpir'ed 


now 
Oppo(c  to  9^f4ls  a  better  pub'ick  Vow* 
They  all  confeni  a!!  yj  ae'o'>ghc  to  be 

1  Sam,        Accuift  ?nd  kill'd  rhernfeUes rather  than  Ffe. 

»4-  4^     Thus  will  kind  force  they  the  gladKingvvithft' 
And  Gv't.d  their  rvondrOft^  S^fxtottrs  ficred  bl( 

'*.t>,47         Thus  i>J^.•^y^l  oke^and  n  uchdid  yetrema 
Behnd  th'attentivc  i*r//?cf  to  eri^ertain , 
Eiiom  and  Zoha^i  war,  for  wh  vt  bcfel 

I  Saw.        In  that  of  ^loah,  was  knowr,  there  too  well. 

!/•  3*        Xhe  boundiefs  quarn  1  with  curll:  Arnaleci  lar 
Where  Wf-^V^w  It  felf  did  rr«t/f)' command 
■  *^*       And  pr-t£lis'ed  on  S'I»/j  Mercys  nor  did  e*re 

More  punilh  /wwoV^-wt  Bloody  then  PV/;*  there 
But,  Lo/  they'arrivVd  now  at  th'appointed  pi 
"Well-chofen  and  well  furnif  he  for  the  Cafe. 


■!■,■■■      It^l  ■    ■     ■    J^ 


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N    O  T    E    S 

UPON    THE 

OURTH   BOOK. 

Hat  is ;  He  bowM  thrice  towards  the  Sm  it 
felf  {which  Worl  hip  is  mod  notorious  toha- 
vcbeen  ufed  all  over  the  Eaft)  and  thrice 
towards  the  chief  Temple  zndim  \^e  of  thel/m 
{landing  upon  the  Hill  P/^e^^yi-.Forl  hav«be- 
re  declared  that  .ff^»^/  was  the  Jwwjand  BapiiPeer,z  ^ 
name  ,  from  a  particular  place  of  his  worfhip.  To 
hich  I  meet  with  the  f.ppofitionof  a  great  perfon  jC'vcii 
ir  Se!<ien  ,  who  takes  Bani  Peor  to  be  Stygian  Jupiter  , 
r  Plf<tc{De  D.  Syvui  ^ynt.  j.  c.  f.  building  it  upon  the  au- 
lorityof  the  105. (according  to  outEnglifh  Tanflaticn 
le  105.)  I'fal.  V.  lo.  They pyned  thtmfelyeito  B^al-Peor, 
nde.it  the  S-icrtfices  of  the  Dead ;  which  Sacrifices  he  un- 
critands  to  be  Ju(ra ,  or  Infer iof  ,  Offerings  in  memory 
fthe  O^.ii.  Ni>yem!iJiles  ferias.  But  why  by  the  name 
f  the  Deadmzy  not  7/*/  be  meant?  The  Sacrifices  of 
his  ?  ir  bemg  ufjal  for  the  Jeius  to  gire  Names ofre- 
roach  and  cortenipt  to  the  Heathen  Gods,  -rs  this  very 
ail  Pf/jrchcy  called  C/7fw/3f,  |eir,4S.  7.  and  1 3  ,  &c. 
:at  is  hlindnefi ,  in  comrad\£Vion  to  his  Idol  iters  ,  who 
ailed  him  th.c  ^y^ofthe  World;  or  perhnps  theyare 
illed  sacrifices  of  the  Dead ,  in  regard  of  the  imtnola- 
on  of  nien  to  him ;  for  B^ialis  the  famcDeiiy  with  Mo- 
ich  of  t!ie  Jmtnor.ites  i  and  had  fomc"ti!res ,  though 
oc  To  coiiftantly,  hunune  Sairif.ces.  Howcvc  thc'f^ 
erfes^wdl  :grec  as  well  with  Mr.  i't/^^;?/ intcrpieu.r- 
inn  ;  f  T  then  the  fcr.ce  of  diem  wi!)  be ,  that  he  bow'd 
irit  to  the  J'wt?  ,anj  next  to  i?*ia/,  another  Deity  of  ihac 
".ountry. 


riih ,  a  I'laccinAiP*!^  ncnri'ie  ^i^crArnon, 


Y  3  white 


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io4         'Notes  upon  the  fourth  Book.  ^ 

3  ^  white  Hordes  were  moft  in  efteem  among  the 
cientSi  fuch  werethofe  confecrated  to  the  Stm.  . 
dian  calls  then  Aih  ixTni ,  Jup'ners  Horfes ,  ^vh 
the  fame.  This  was  the  reafon  that  CamiOm  contr 
fo  much  Envy  for  riding  in  Triumph  with  -^hiteHi 
as  a  thing  IrfoLnt  and  Prophane  ,  Maxinie  conj^ 
ipfe  efi  ,  f«rr«  equii  albis  junflo  urhem  inyeciui  , 
fumq\  id  non  ciyile  modo  jed  humanum  etian 
fum]o'>f'nSoltfq^  equii  aquipiramm  Di^amem  it 
ligionemttiamtrahebanf.     Li'V. 

Horace , 

Barros  ut  equU  pracurreret  albis, 
Ovid.de  Art.  Am. 

Qua tuo Y  in  n  ivtU  aurcM  ihU  equU, 
yirg.  ix.jungit  equ.os;  gctudetq  j  tuens  antt  or  a 
mentes  , 

Qui  can  dor  e  Niyes  ameirent  curfibus  auras. 
In  which  he  imitates  Homer. 

%  Their  fide.  Seal.  1.  %.  l^oet.  fays,  that  one  but  v 
and  Diana  wore  their  Quivers  upon  their  Shoul 
others,  by  their  Sidesy  which  he  colle.a$  out  of  fomt 
ces  in  Virg.  i.  Mn.  of  Diana  , 

•  lUa  pharetram 

Tert  burner 0  ,gradienfq  ;  'Deasft4fereminet  omne, 
JEn.  4.  of  Apollo ,     TeUfonam  humerU, 
But  of  a  Carthaginian  Virgin  y 

SucciTiBawpbareira  — — 

Yet  I  am  afraid  the  obfervationisnotfolid-jfor^ 
fpeaking  of  the  Troop  of  Jjcanim  and  the  Boys ,  he  \ 

Pars  leyes  hvuneropharetras. 
Howe-v  cr  Side  is  a  fafe  word. 
f       0ioet>ciX<^ ,  Like  a  God  ,  is  a  frequent  Epithete  in 
»«fr  for  a  beautiful  perfon.  , 

JVe^owasapart  ofthe  Mountain  ^^/ir/m  in  the  M 
o(Moab-^\it  not  onely  that  Hill,but  the  Country  abcj 
and  a  City  ,  was  called  fo  too,  Jer.  48.  1.  Deut.  41. 

1  Sam.  p.  2 1,  jind Saul  anfvjeredar>dftid,.Am  not 

Benjam  ite ,  of  the  fmalkfi  of  the  Tribes  ofjfrad ;  and  \ 

fa 


I 

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Notes  upon  the  fourth  Booh  lo  f 

i  lily  the  Itajl  ofa^l  thefamilies  of  the  tribe  of  Btnjamin  f 
r  crefore  then  (pea i^eft  thoufo to  me} 

lofh.  41.  4.  From  the  ivildernef  and thii  Lebanon ^ 
I  n  unto  the  i^reat  Riyer  ,  the  Ri-xer  Euphrates  ,  all  the 
i  i  of  the  H'tfitef,  and  unto  the  great  Sea  ^toivardi  the 
f  n^  down  of  the  Sun ,  fhall  be  your  coajl.  This  was  ful- 
{ -d  all  \vays  but  Eait  \v:.rd,  for  their  Dominion  never 

Ichr  to  Erphrttei-^  and  it  was  bur  juft  fulfilled  to  ther 
terjWeftwaid,  for  they  had  very  li'tle  upon  the  Me» 
j  -rranean ,  or  IVeliem  M  tin.  i'heir  own  fins  were  the 
fe ,  which  made  God  preferve  for  thorn'  in  their  fides 
fc  Nations  wh  ch  he  had  cnditionally  promis'dto 
t  out.  Tt  is  true,they  went  Eaft  ward  beyond  Jordany 
that  was  not  much  ;  and  therefore  ,  like  an  oddc 
mbcr  n  accounts  (as  prefemiy ,  where  I  fay  but  Thirty 
gi)  may  be  left  out.  lordan  is  the  moft  noble  and  no- 
ous  Boundary. 

For  all  the  wickednefsanddiforders  th?t  wereadof 
ing  the  time  of  tho  Judges  ,  are  attributed  in  Scriptu- 
;o  the  want  of  a  ICing.  And  in  thofedayi  there  was  no 
<g  in  Ifrael. 

-or  ic  was  the  Tribe  of  Benjamin  that  waft  almoft  ex- 
atcd,  from  whence  Saulthc  firft  King  defcended. Da- 
fays ,  Kings  y  as  Teeming  to  fuppofe  that  Sauls  Sons 
retofijcceedhim. 

n  £//,  who  defcended  from  7f^.tw/ir,  the  youngeft 

1  of  j4aron ,  till  which  time  the  High  Priefthood  had 

U'nued  in  Eleazar ,  the  elder  Brothers  race.   This  was 

fuccefiTion,  ^aron,  Eleazar ,  Phmeas,  Abfua ,  Bu^' 

r^^f  jand  then  fiVofthe  younger  houfe  came  in.  In 

ich  it  continued  till  Solomons  time. 

I  he  Siepier  is  not  appropriated  to  Kings ,  but  to  theJw- 

me  Magiftr>ites^5S  in  the  famous  prophefic,  Ce»  49.  i  o. 

.'  Scepte-fhall  not  depart  from  JPttdah ,  nor  a  Lavj-giyer 

m  hetzueen  ht^  feet ,  till  the  Shilo  come. 

There  is  nothing  in  the  whole  Scripture  thatadmits 

ore  feveral  opinions  than  the  time  of  Sauls  &  Sa- 

•U  reign.  This  I  will  take  in  the  firft  place  for  granted 

t  the  40  years  affignedby  S.  Vatil^KCts  13. '20.)  to 

*  >  are  to  include  Samuels  Judicature  5   for  elfc 

Y  2  thee 


to6  Notes  upon  the  fourth  Booh 

there  would  be  found  more  than  480  y^ars  fromi 
departure  out  o^  Egypt  ^  to  the   Biiildin^   of  Sch^v, 
Temple ,  neither  could  Saul  be  a  youn^  man  when 
\\:xs  ilctled i  befides  ,  Pai^f.^  would  not  have  been  bj 
at  the  time  when  he  is  faid  to  flay  Gdiah.  Wearctl 
refore  to  feek  liow  to  divide  thofe  40  years  bef>Yecn3 
tnuei and  Saul.  Icpphus gives  Saul : 8  years ,   i  8  \\ith  \ 
mt^el,  and  20  after  his  death  Moi\chronGloj^ets,f  fays  s\ 
f.t.  Se^erui)  10.  Kiffin.  and  divers  others  '20  ,  to  w:t , 
w'lthSAinuel^^nd.  twoafcer.None  of  which  can  be  trueJ 
theArk  was  carried  loCayiath  yV»r/w  before  Stuls  reit 
and  at  the  end  of  20  years  was  removed  from  thence  ' 
Dai'td  to  lertifalemi  wherefore  S.ilianmd\\o\\iSa\ 
«S  years,  Calyijim  ij-,  Pet^vim  12.  fome  •  1   Hue] 
cer  10.  Others  muke  Saul  to  have  reigned  but  two  y  .a 
and  thefeconfiderable  Authors,  zsAriri^  Uomaji.  m\ 
tcttor  5  Adricom.  &c.groundmg  it  upon  a  Text  of:>cr!pt 
re.  I  Sam.  15.1.  filim  unim  ann-erat  Saul,  ciim  legn  < 
ctepiJJ'et  ,  ^  duobus  ann^t  regna-vit  fuper  I/ri/f/jwh. 
others  underftand  to  be  three  years ,  co  wit,  two  after  t 
firft.  Stilpit.  Seyer.  indcRn'iiely  ,  paw/)  anrrtoiumfpa 
tentik  in-'periumi  which  opinion  Icems  to  me  extrqait 
improbable.  1.  Bccaufe  we  cannot  well  crowd  ail  Sail 
adiions  into  fofmall  atime.  z.Becaule  D /-v/imuft  th  I 
have  been  about  2 9 years  old  when  he  (IcwGo'iah^iov . 
began  to  reign  at  Hebron  at  \o.   5.  B-caufe  it  is  hard  .. 
that  be  true^to  make  up  the  20  years  that  theArk  abode 
Cariath  jeartm.  4.  The  Text  where  on  this  is  builc,  do 
not  import  it^  for  it  figmfics  no  more  ,  than  that  hch. 
reigned  one  year  before  his  confirmation  at  Otlail,  ai 
two  when  hechofe  h'lmkl^Guards  OurTranflat)on  hat 
Sard  reigned  cnej:e,tr  5  and  zvhen  he  h'^d  reigned  tivo  yeaA 
oyer  Ijrael ,  he  chnfe  htm  3000  Tuen  ,  f^c.   To  dctermii 
punctually  how  long  heteigned,  IsimpofTible^   bui 
rhouid  guels  about  1  o years,  wh    h  his  a-vtions  will  wc 
require,  ?nd  D.i'vid  will  be  a  little  above  20  years  oldjj 
fit  age,  when  he  defeated  ihe  Gjanty  and  the  :oyears< 
the  Arks  abiding  at  C4rtath  jeatim\y\\\  be  h.indfomci 
m^dc  np.to  wi:-,three  years  before  SavJs  anointing » an 
IP  during  hisGorecnmentj  andfcveawhilftP/i-p/ivva 

KiA 


Notes  upon  the  fourth  Book.         207 

Kin^  at  Hebron.  So  that  of  the  40  affigncd  by  the  j4po(ilg 
t )  JVir/if/f/and  S/i«/,  there  will  remain  30  years  for  the 
i\Go^  ernemcnt  otSanmel. 

For  fi-il ,  the  \[t,itiites  knew  they  were  to  be  gover- 
ned at  hll  by  Kir)<is.  And  fccondly  ,  they  defireditby 
e'lon  of  the  great  diforders  and  afflif^ions  which  they 
iiffercd  for  want  of  it  ^and  it  is  plain,  that  this  is  nottho 
irit  time  that  they  thought  of  this  remedy,  for  they 
vould  have  chofen  Gtdton  King  ,  and  annexed  the 
L'rown  to  his  Race  ,and  did  after  actually  choole  ^i;V 
>ne!e.h. 

See\/<7/^thi$Prophefieofit,Df«/.  17.  14.  and  to //^r^- 
b.itn  G&(ihim(eU (siy SyGenef.  17.  S.  And  Kw^ifhaUcomt 

ut  vfthee. 

It  is  a  vile  opinion  of  thofe  men,  and  might  be  pu-^' 
liflied  Without  Tyranny ,  if  they  teach  it ,  who  hold  ^ 
hat  the  rij^bt  of  Kin^^i  is  fet  down  by  Samuel  in  this  pla- 
e.  Neither  did  the  people  of  \ftaet  ever  allow  ,  or 
he  Kings  avow  the  iilTnniption  of  fuch  a  power  as  ap- 
pears by  the  ftory  of  ^^-^^^^  and  Nabotb.Somc  indeed  did 
xcrcife  it,  but  that  is  t-o  more  aproefofrheil/^Af, 
h^n  their  PrcBife  was  of  the  Lawfulhejs  of  Idolatry. 
WhQfi  Camhjjts  had  a  mind  to  marry  his  lifter  ,  he 
dvifedwith  theM«^/,  whether  the  L^iii;  did  allow  it, 
vhoanfwcred,  that  they  knew  of  no  Law  that  did 
How  i  • ,  but  that  there  \vas  a  Law  which  allowed  the 
wings  o^Perfici  to  do  what  the  would.  If  this  hid  beea 
be  cafe  with  the  Kings  of  ]frael  ,  to  what  purpo- 
:  were  they  enjoyneii  fo  {lri«^ly  the  perpetual  rea- 
'■nii ,  perufing,  and  obfervingof  tl  e  Law  (Df«f.  17.) 
F  they,  had  an  other  PurticuLir  Law  that  exempted 
lem  from  being  bound  to  it  ? 

The  TetYei<^tan,niattn ,  which  was  held  in  fuch  reve- 
enceamong  thejewsjthat  it  was  unhi.vful  to  pronouncd 
.It  was  called  therefore  rtygx^p^yyijlM,  U  nutter  able. ^ot  ic 
ey  read  ^ionai,  the  reaion  of  the  peculiar  S/»/7^;7y 
Fthis  hfiime ,  is ,  bccaufe  other  names  of  God  were  ap- 
iabic  toother  things,  as  £/^A/>»  ,  to  Princes  j  but  this 

me  'Jebo  va^jorjdcve.orl.j'i  (for  it  is  now  grown  «»- 
terahlgf  in  chat  no  body  knows  how  to  pronounce 

Y  3  it^ 


2oS  Notes  upon  the  fourth  Book. 

it)  was  not  parttcipated  to  any  other  thing.  Wherel 
Coifays  Exod.  3.16.   Thvi  U  myname  for  ever,  andl 
i5my  memorial  10  all  generations.    And  Exod.  6.  3.  [ 
b)  my  name  Jeho-^nh  -^m  I  not  kpo-^n  unto  them,    3I 
phm  c^lUhis  Tetra^rammaton  J  Tuli^yoAix^ofmr  '\ 
Sacred  Letters  i  and  UfcffttpoJiM^  ^'^g  ^  ^,i  ^^,g  itiM 
A  name  of  \Vhich  it  is  not  .Lawful  for  me  to  Ipeak  ;  i 
again,  To  (pg^xWy  'Jyo^  g"  0gS    The  Dreadful  Nami 
God.    Stat. 

Trtplicis  tnundifummum,  quern  Scire  Nefafium  efl. 
Whofename  it  is  not  lawful  to  know. 
And  Plato  relating  how  Caligula  ufed  him  and  his  fel 
^mb.iJfAdors  from  the  lews.  You  (laid  Caligula  to  thr 
are  Enemies  to  the  Gods ,  and  will  not  acknowledge  m 
he  One  ^  who  am  received  for  fuch  by  all  the  reft  of 
world  :  but  byrhe  God  that  you  dare  not  name 
ttf(^7Wo/{0>?vv  v^7vt )  and  then  lifting  up  his  hanc 
heaven,  h- 1  poke  oat  the  l^ord,  which  it  is  not  la-^fi 
inuch  as  to  bear,  &c.  And  the  Heathens  had  fomed 
iike  ihiscuftooi  j  for  the  Romans  kept  fecret  then 
of  the  Tutelar  of  their  City ;  left  the  enamies  ,  if  1 
knew  how  to  call  him  right,  might  by  charms  d 
him  away.  And  in  their  Solemn  Evocation  oiGods  fi 
the  Cities  which  they  befieged ,  for  fear  left  they  fht 
miftake  the  Deities  propernamef  they  added  always,. 
qtio  alio  nomine  voceris. 

18  TheT^^^rn^f/^,  Exod.39.  9.  ^jfi  thou  shah  tai^t 
anointing  oyl,  and  anoint  the  Tabernacle ,  and  aU  tha 
therein  ■  and  /halt  hallow  it ,  and  the  ye^els  therein  j 
itfh^llbtholy. 

ip    The  Bells  upon  the  High- Priefts  Garments,  Exc 

^o  There  want  not  Authors,and  thofe  no  flight  ones,v 
maintain  ihati"/«w«e/ was  High-Prieft  as  well  as  ludgt 
S.  j4ugu(line  ,  and  Sulpit.  Sevtrm ,  who  fays,  ^dmott 
fenexfacerdotiofundm  refertur.  And  fome  make  hint 
have fucceeded  £/i,  others  ^f^if<7^.  Butthereisar 
nifeft  error,  for  he  was  not  fo  much  asa  Pr/>/?, 
onelya  Levite,  of  the  Race  oilfahar,  the  younger  E 
KhQtoiAmram^  fromwhom^^;«»came,  and  all 

fuct 


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Notes  upon  the  fourth  Booh.         t6y 

fucccffionof  ?riej}s,   i  Chronic.  6.  Tt  will  be  there- 
foreafkc,  Why  I  make  him  here  perform  the  officeof 
the   :/ixb-Prie(i  ^   and  drefs  him  in  the  Pontifical  Ha- 
hits}  i'orthefirll,   ic  is  plain  by  the  ftory  that  he  did 
often  do  tlie  duty  of  the  Hi^b-Friejl  ,   as  here,    and 
when  S.ful  was  appointcdro  ft.^.y  for  his  coming  to  ce- 
lebrate the  Sacrijict  &c.  For  the  latter  ,  1  know  not 
whvhemi^hc  not  as  well  wear  the  Habit,  as  exercife 
thQFunclio'n;   niy  ,   I  believe  the  function  could  not  be 
well  exercifed  without  the  habit.  I  fay  therefore  with 
Pet^yius,  L.  10.  </?  Diilr.  Temper.   That  he  was  con-. 
ftitutedofGod  ,  Hi fj-Pried  Extraordinary  ,  andlookc 
upon  as  fuch  by  reafon  of   the    extraordinary  vifible 
marks  of  S.m^lity,  Prophejie  ,  and  Mtrac'es  ,  without 
which  fingular  teflimonies  from  God  we  know  that 
in  latLcr  times  there  were  often  two   at   once  ,  who 
did  execute  the  Hi^h-Priejis  office, ^s  ^nn.ii  and  Caiphai. 
:     iVell  cut  Diadem  :  /.  The  i'late  of  pure  Gold  tyed 
upon  the  Mitre,  on  which  was  engraven,  HoliT^efito 
the  Lord  ,  Exod.  z8.  36.  and  Exod.  39. 
'.     This  Brefi-  Plate  is  called  by  the  Septuapnt  ,  Te  Aa- 
yiSo?  T  Kojiftuit  The  Oracle  of  ynd^ments  ;   Becaufe 
whcnfocver  the  High-Prlejl  confulted  God,  he  was 
to  have  it  upon  hisBreaft.  The  Dcfcriptionofic,  and 
the  Itones  in  it ,  fee  Exod.  28    1 5".  Thefe  pones  fo  en- 
graven ,  and  diipofcd  as  God  appointed  ,  I  conceive 
to  be  the  U>7w  and  r-f^wrrnw/?!  mentioned  Verfe  ;o.  the 
P  )flr.-nd(  i5  Veritas  ,  as  the  Latine  ,  the   <pom<rfxct  >J 
•xsA«ii(r«5,  Lif^ht  and  Pe^'feclion  ,  as  Aquila  j  the  kKvi^sitt 
j^  l\>^6t7i<;  •    Truth  and  Demonfiration  ,  as  the  SeptUa^- 
gmt  :    All  wh  ch  fignifie  no  morethan  Trttt/j  and  Ma- 
vife^atton  ,  or  the  M^mtfefiation  of  Truth hy  thr.fe  (lores  5 
ivithfomefa/ ,  was  by  the  fhining  of  thofe  particular 
Letters  in  the   Names    of  the    Tribes  ,  that  made  up 
forre  words   or  word  to  anfwer  the  queftion   pro- 
pounded.   Others  ,  that  when  the  Hones  fhone  very 
brightly,  it  implyed  an  J ffirmatiye  to  the  quertion  , 
and  when  they  looked  dimly  and  cloudily,  SiNegati^ 

I~   v:   But  when  the  Demands  required  a  prolix,   or  va- 
rious  anfwer,  thac  was  either  given  by  mumination  oi 
Y  4  ^hc 


2 1  o         Notes  upon  fourth  the  Book. 

the  Hijrh'  Prieft  underftanding  ,  traking  him  fpeak  , 
Gods  Organ  or  Oracle  (as  the  De-^tl  is  believed  to  ha^ 
infpif  ed  Sybils  and  ?ytiian  Priejh)  or  by  an  audible  vo) 
ce  from  within  the  SarSirmi  Sanciorum  ^  which  lata 
way  I  take  here  ,  as  molt  proper  for  Poetry. 
1$  The  Tabernacle  is  called  a  Temp'e  ,  i  Satrt.  lo.  : 
Sam,  2  2.  7.    pfal.   I  8.  5    JPaffphuiieans  it  y«oy  ^«1«<p, 

^6(Mvov»   A  Sfoyeahie  Temple  The  Temp'e s  hrim 

third  Hea7,en The  Tabernacle  being  Gods  fd 

upon  earth  ,  was  made  to  ffgure  out  the  Hcavenl! 
which  is  more  properly  his  Habitation  :  and  was  the 
refore  div  tded  into  three  parts  ,  to  fignifie  the  fime  di 
vifion  of  the  Heavens  in  Scripture  Phrafe.  The  firll  wa 
the  Gourt  of  the  Tabernacle,  where  the  Sacrifices  wet 
ilain  and  confumed  by  fire  ,  to  reprefent  the  whole  fpa 
ce  from  the  earth  up  to  the  Moon  (which  is  called  ver 
frequently  He^->oen  in  the  Bible  )  where  all  thing 
are  fubjed  to  corruption.  The  fecond  was  the  %an 
Sum  ,  the  Hol;f  Phce  ,  wherein  flood  the  Altar  o 
Imenfe  ,  to  reprefent  all  that  fpace  above  which  i 
poifeit  by  the  St.irs.  The  third  was  the  third  San 
^itm  SanSi^rum  ,  th^  Hfiliefi  Phce  ,  to  reprefent  rhi 
third  Heaven  (  fpoken  of  by  S.  Pai^l  )  which  is  thi 
Dwelling-place  of  God  ,  and  his  Cherubivs  or  An 
gels.  Neither  did  the  colours  of  the  Curtains  allude  tc 
any  thing  but  this  fimilitude  betwixt  the  Tabernacle  anc 
Ueiszen. 

24  In  all  times  and  all  Countreys  it  hath  been  counted  a 
certain  fign  of  the  difpleafure  of  the  Deity  to  whom  they 
iacrificed  ,  iftlie  Fire  upon  the  Altar  burnt  not  clear  and 
chearfully.  Seneca  tn  Thy  tjl. 

It  ipfefumm  trjftis  ac  nebula  j^r  avis 
^0-^  rectm  exit ,  fej\  in  excelfum  Ityans 
Ipjos  Penates  nube  deformi  obftdit. 

And  a  little  after,  '^ 

Vix  lucetignii  ,^Z* 

2$    According  to  the  old  lenfclefs  opinion  ,  that  the 

Hea- 


tfl 


Notes  upon  the  fourth  Book ."  z  f  i 

Heavens  were  divided  into  fcveral  Orts  or  Spheres ,  anrf 
that  a  particular  {nteOigcnce  Angel  was  aiTigned  to  each  of 
them  ,to  turn  it  round  ^likea  MtU-horfty^^  Scalrger  fays) 
to  all  eternity. 
36     How  came  it  to  pafs  that  S««w«tf/ would  make  a  (b-' 
lemn  Sacrifice  in  a  place  where  the  TabemacU  was 
not?  which  is  forbid ,  Df»f.  12.  8.   Grrnr^o  anfwers, 
£ril  ,    that  by   reafon  of  the  feveral  removes  of  the 
.    Tabermcle  in  thofe  times,  men  were  allowed  to  fa- 
crificc  in  feveral  places.   Secondly  ,   th.it  the  autho- 
rity  of  an  extraordinary  Prophet  was  above  that  of  the 
teremonijl  Law.    It  is  not  faid  in  the  Text  ,   thas  h 
WIS  Sawuels  Birth- ^ay  ^   but  that  is  an  innocent  ad- 
dition ,  and  was  proper  enough  for  Rama ,  wHch  wafr 
the  Town  of  Samuels  ufual  Refidence. 
«7     A   choice  part  of  the  meat  (for  we  hear  nothing 
of  feveral  Courfes)  namely   the  ^boulder.   The  Left 
Shoulder  iGrotim  oblerves)  for  the  right  belonged  to 
the  Pritfl^  Levit.  7.  32.  Thisyefej/hustetms  (Me^JU 
Sxe-iXtx^v,  The  Primely  Portiev,  The  men  over  fubtfs 
in   j4lli4jions  ,   think  this  parts   was  chofcn  to  figni- 
fie  the  Burden  that  was  then  to  be  laid   upon  hh 
fhoulders.     So  Menochim  ,  as  Phih  fays  that  Jofepb- 
fent  a  part  of  the  Breafl   to   Benjatiin  ,  to  intimate 
h'.s  hearty  affeftion.     Thefe  are  pitiful  little  th.ngs  ,.    . 
but  the  Ancients  did  not  defpifc  fomeiimes  as  odde  Jutir 
fions. 

In  old  time  even  at  feafts  men  did  not  eat  of  di- 
f  hes  in  cornmon  amongft  them  ,  but  every  one  had 
his  PoYfmn  apnrr  :  whichP/wf ,  calls  ,  '0;tt*i£/.x«  ^S;rv«f:r 
and  Ot/.>j^>(^5  d  rt^li*^ ,  Homtriqm  feci\]s  y  oecaufe  HO" 
tnei  n>ak^-s  always  his  Heron  to  en:  fo  ,  whichvvhom 
the  b'^r'-er  Picn  had  alwavs  rhe  mofr  COfi,nions.^y«Ar  yaJ-r 
•»pi<n  iiKiixitoji  }*^l^irx^  y  hath  a  Chtve  of  Beef  ^  VerpetTtr 
lergum  (0  v^  \\i\\  Di'>,redfS  hath  Dot^  more  11  cac  andl 
mo'^ecup-^  of  drir.kftt  before  him  ;  of  which  fee  Athen.l. 
j.c.  I  • .  who  fays  like  wile  thar  A«*V,-  a  Feaft  y  comes  a 
-A^irFSJffcvfj/Vom  '^i^'i  iir'gerriially,  wll^ch makes  Homir 

^5  m^ 


z  I  %         Notes  upon  the  fourth  Booh 

l8  See  Note  i  ^.  on  Book  i.  That  Oyl  mixt  with  any 
other  liquor,  ftill  gets  upper  molt,  is  perhaps  one  of  the 
chiefeft  Stgnifcancies  in  the  Ceremony  of  »Anomting  Kingi 
and  Priefts. 

ip  The  Kingly  day.  The  day  for  eIe£lion  of  a  fCmg^ 
which  caufes  a  new  Mra-t  or  Begtnmng  of  ChvonolO' 
gical  aecounts.  As  before  they  were  wont  to  reckon  ^ 
From  the  Going  out  of  Egypt ,  or  from  the  beginning  oftbt 
Go-^ernmem  by  Judi^e^ :  So  now  they  will ,  from  the  hn- 
tr  ame  of  their  Ktngs.  Almoft  all  great  changes  in  the 
world  are  u  fed  as  Klni^i  for  fcparation  of  Times. 

30  In  many  Countreys  it  was  the  cuftom  too  choofe  their 
Kings  for  the  comelmefs  and  vlajel^y  of  cheir  Perfons\  as 
AriflotU  reports  of  the  Ethiopians  \  and  Heliogabalus  , 
though  but  a  Boy ,  was  chofen  Emperour  by  the  Roman 
Souldiers  atfirft  fight  on  himjforhisextrsordinary  beau- 
ty. Etirip  fays  finely  >  £i^(^ultov  rvfuwi^i^ ,  a  counte- 
nance rhat  deferved  a  Kingdon?. 

3  1  Jriftotle  fciys  ,  L.  6.  Pol  That  is  was  a  popular  Inftitu- 
tion  to  choofe  Governors  by  Lots.^at  Lots  left  purely  in 
the  hand  of  fortune  would  be  fure  a  dangerous  way  of 
Electing  Kings.  Here  God  appointed  it ,  and  therefore  ic 
Wis  to  be  fuppofed  would  look  to  it ;  and  no  doubt  all 
Nations  who  ufed  this  cuftom  did  it  with  reliance  upon 
the  care  of  their  Gods.  Pr'tefls  were  like  wife  fo  chofen,  ^ 
Laocoon  du[iti\  Neptuni  forte  facerdos. 

32     This  Seneca  in  Tb.  fays ,  was  the  cafe  of  Ithaca^ 

Et  putat  mergifua  pcffe  pauper 
Kegna  Laertes  Ithaca  tremente, 

5  3     'laloc  5  a  Ri-^er ,  or  Torrent  in  the  country  of  Ammon} 

that  runs  into  the  River  Arnon. 
34     Arabia  the  Stony ,  Arabia,  the  Defert ,  and  ^ralia  th6 

Happy. 

3  5  For  fome  conceive  that  the  reafon  of  this  extravaganC 
demand  o^Nabas ,  wis  to  difable  them  from  f hooting. 

l<5  It  was  Themifiim  his  faying,  that  the  5c«i  is  the  ^r- 
chiteSl  of  her  own  dwelling  place.  Neither  can  we  arrri- 

biitc  ih^SQtmmwn  9i  sU«  ^ody  iache  worejb  to  any  thing 


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Notes  upon  the  fourth  Bookl  215 

fo  rcafonably  as  to  the  i'ow/communicated  in  the  Seed ; 
this  was  ^riftotles  opinion ,  for  he  fays,  Semen  ejl  ariifex. 
The  Sied'\%  a  skilful  ^rltficer.  And  through  wc  have  no 
Autho  Kics  of  this  nature  beyond  the  Gracian  time  j  yet 
it  is  to  be  fuppofed  ,  that  wife  men  in  and  before  Dayids 
days  had  the  fame  kind  of  opinions  and  difcourfes  in  all 

^    ^oimsof  Philof(pby. 

37  In  alludon  to  the  Lamps  burning  in  the  Jr^w/c^r^  o£ 
the  Ancients,  and  going  out  asfoonasever theiV/?«/- 
chres  were  opened  and  air  let  in.  Wc  read  not  (I  think) 
of  this  Invention  but  among  the  Romans.  But  we  many 
well  enough  believe  (or  at  leaft  fay  fo  in  verfe)  that 
it  came  from  the  Eaftern  parts  ,  where  there  was  fo 
infinite  expence  and  curiofity  beftowed  upon  Sepul-^ 
chres. 

That  Kaas  was  flain  in  this  battel ,  I  have  ]fifephns  hfs 
authority ;  that  Jonathan  flew  him, is  zftroj^e  ofFottry, 

3  b     In  emulation  of  the  Virgilian  Verfe  , 

Quadrupedante  putrem  fonitu  ^uatit  ungnia  cami 
pttm. 

39  The  Text  fays  ,  Thirty  thousand  Chariots ;  which  is  to€ 
many  for  fix  thoufand  Horfe.  1  have  not  the  confidence  to 
fay  Thtrty  thoufand  in  Verfe.  GrotiM  believes  it  fhould  be 
read  Three  Thoufand.  Figures  were  often  miftaken  in 
old  Manufcripis,  and  this  may  be  fufpefled  in  feveral  pla- 
ces of  our  Bihles ,  without  any  abatement  of  the  revereiv 
ce  we  owe  to  the  Scripture. 

40  I  confefs  I  incline  to  believe  ,  that  it  was  not  fo  muck 
Sattls  invafion  of  the  Priefily  office ,  by  offering  up  the 
Sacrifice  himfelf  (for  infomecafes(  and  the  cafe  here 
was  very  extraordinary)it  is  probable  he  might  have  done 
that)  as  his  difobedience  to  Gods  command  by  ^'am^f/j 
that  he  f  hould  ^^yfeven  days,  which  was  the  fin  fo  feve- 
relypunifhtinhim.  Yet  I  follow  here  the  more  corn- 
mon  opinion ,  as  more  proper  for  my  purpofc. 

1^1      1  Sam.  1-5. 10.  27 .  So  it  came  (opaj^in  the dayofhattet 
that  there  ivas  ntitber  f'VfOi  d  nor  fpear  found  in  the  handi 
^f  any  of  the  people  that  luere  ivith  Saul  and  ]onathan  j  huf 
ivith  Siul  and  Jonathan  his  Son  there  iv&rejaundy  ^c.  And 
'  ^for C I  tifere  w^  n^Sm ith  throughom  fhn  h^nd  oflJraeL 


^  1 4  NbUs  upon  the  fourth  Booh 

But  for  all  that,  it  is  not  to  be  imagined  ,  that  all  th<| 
people  could  be  without  armsjafter  their  late  great  vifto 
ries  over  the  Phili^ines  and  Ammomtes -^   but  that  thefel 
i     ^xhundredby  Gods  appointment  were  unarmed  ,  foil 
the  greater  manifeflation  of  his  glory  in  the  defeat  of  thd 
encTiy  ,  by  fo  fn:iall  and  fo  ill- provided  a  party  ;  as  irl 
theftory  of  Gideon  ,  God  fo  difpofed  it ,  thir  '  ut  three 
hundred  of  two  and  twentv  thoufmd  lappec  th^  wateil 
out  of  their  hands ,  becaufe  (fays  he)  the  people  are  yet 
too  many.  I 

'42     At  firft  men  had  no  other  weapons  but  their  Ha;jii 

jfrma  anti^ua,  manmy  ungues,  dentejq\fuerunt^ 
Then  Clubs  3 

Stipitil/Ji^  duris  agiturfudihufq-^paujli^. 
And  at  laft  Iron , 

Turn  Ferri  rigor,  ^c. 

Turn  varia  yenere  artes ,  GTr. 

Hie  torre  armatm  adujio , 

Stipitis  hie  gray  ido  mdis  ,  quod  cuiq  3  repertum 

Kim  iintis  telu  m  iraf^  c.f, 

^3  The  Mediterranean)  upon  the  coaf!  ofwhich  the  who* 
fe  Countrey  of  the  Vhiliflinei  lies,  and  contains  but  verf 
few  miles  in  breadth. 

44     Hom.d.OdyC 

Toy  1^  A'S-ny-«<i  ^ly-iv  A<of  c^yc^tct  . , 

yirg,      LuDenn:  ]u\enta 
Purpmettm ,  C?  latos  oculis  affihat  honored* 
4jr    Horn.  f.Il. 

OvH  ^f  ot^-mdfov  TTSTBi^iT  5r>i«$^"n  IriKOirs. 

Out  «£(y^  '^iciac  ^%i  kh» ot.u'i  ii^n^^wi 
1^^ Itu-^^ 9^Ti '"^^ '^Tn^-mn^h  m'(^^ 


Notes  upon  the  fourth  Book.  215 

And  in  the  1 5. 1/.  there '^  an  excellent  romparifbn  of //r- 
florto.i  Ki^er  ,  and  the  hke  too  in  the  i  r.  fothat  it 
feemsheple.ifcdbi  rfc'lfri.i.!ch  with  the  fimiUtude.  An4 
Vir^tl  coo  Iked  it  very  well , 

Non  fie  .xif^erihwi  rupih  cumfpumeu6  amnii 
Exit  y  ^c 
And  in  fcveral  other  places. 
\6     ISani.  6.  4.  fiye  golien  Emnods  ,  ani  five  got  ten  Mice^ 
according  to  the  number  of  the  Lords  f>fthe  Pbi/iffines. 

7  His  Blood,  ^iojes  Tiys  ofcenjthat  the Soid'is  in  the  ^lood^ 
not  thrice  in  one  Chapter  J  Levit.  17.  and  he  gives  that 
reafon  for  the  Precept  to  eat  Blood.  Virg. 

Purp:<re.fm  vomit  tUe  animctm* 

8  See  the  Cyclops  maki  ng  of  Thunder  in  Vir^.  Mn,  8. 

9  Brute.  Th.-.t  (Tgnified  nothing.  So  Thunders  from 
whence  the  Ancients  could  colled  no  Progno locations  y 
were  called  5r«/f  Thunders  5  From  Brute  Jieafis  y  W'iioft 
ibands  are  inatticulace. 


u^^^^f^tmmi^^^rBm^^mmmt^ 


f    I    H    I    8. 


Lib.  I. 


DAVIDEIDOS 

LIBER  PRIMUS: 


Autore  A.  COWLEY. 


* 

BKlla  cano ,  fatique vices ,  Re^emque  potent 
Mutato  qui  s'cepira pedo  Soly'n'i:tia  geflit. 
S.ex  olim  &  V'^ites  j  dtto  maxtm<t  muneva  c(el\ 
Multapriustulit  immoca  difcriminamentef 
Et  S>tuU  5c  Sithana  fuiiis  itnbeliibus  adlus. 
Multa  quoque  &  regno ,  tarn  longa  ex^rcuit  ira 
ViBorem  Fortuna  fuu m  5  nee  puffa  quievit* 
Aft  illam  Viritu  tandem  indefefla  domavit 
Ec  populos  bte  fudic ,  gentefqae  rcbelles 
Nequicquam  numeris  &  magno  milke  faevas  j 
Hi  BeDo ,  hie  ipfo  BeUorum  ntsmine  fretus ! 

At  Tuj  JfiJJ'ai  qui  fanguinis  ^utor  &  Hares  , 
^ef/^/^w/^e  intafta  quondam  de  F/r^/wenatus, 
Qui  L{^no3ClaytfiHafta,,omnipotemihu^  armis, 
Ipfam  (ficvifunieft)potuiftiocc/^er^  Mortem  , 
Ingentes  referensper  Tartara  vi^ATrmwphos  ^.. 
Dum  tremuit  Princeps  Erebt  metuicquevidere  j 
Sternum  amlflos  divina*  Lucis  honores  ; 
Qui  nuncipfe  fedes  placidi  U-^e  pondm  Olympi , 
Ad  dextram  ?atris,  Sc^audemia  Sy^era  calcas  , 
Frontem  ibi  (quam  cinxit  merito  fufFufa  rubore 
Spina  ferox  ,ca!--us  de  qua  cruorundique  flu  vie , 
lit  pretiofa  humiUm  dccorzvetgenrma  Ci'Tcnam) 
Fronreni  illam  mnocu.E  redimitus  fidt'ie  flamma?  ^ 
Tu,precoro,  rin£him  dimitte  in  co-da  furoreoi, 
l>a  mihi  Je[ft  ien  'yeij]dt2  carmine  magno , 
Ec  canm  celebrare  pari  j  tua  flimma'Aim^ra  ^ 
Ifactium  lon^is  du d:xix  errorsbus  oi iai  ^. 

pirigataudaccsignost^iaUmiteg^reiEi^  ^ 

It 


Lib  T.    DAVIDEIDOS.      % 

•roducarque  faerie  nontrita  per  avia//»'w<f. 
in  (indos  ma.'iibus  puris  uc  fumcret  Ignes 
'tjla^e.-u  f-  Mufa  f.icic  \  bcnc  libera  curis 
libera ddiciifquejocirquc  &ainore  profano 
Jonfecraceccctibi  reliquos  mea  MagdalU  annos. 
xce  opus  hoc  foil d is  numerorum  immanc  Columnts^. 
arplum  jngens  Ihtuo ,    varium  &  iiiulca  arte  poli- 

tum. 
igredere,  6  Su^rten,  quote  plaudcntibus  alis 
tufa  vocat,  fanft -s  Cheruborum  imitata  receflTus, 
i  ficias,  ctd  nx  il';  Solemn. n  Tfmph  , 
.e-h  Idnina.  cedent,  fat  tempo:  e  longo 
•iiJE  ffnxerc  fibi  c^iucrc  Idol.i  Camana  • 
:d T/*  me,  Verbum  ate-num,  tu  voce  v'ocafti> 
t  novus  infolito  percufTus  lumine  Paulu^ , 
•»deo  Ai  </»»'«mimrrienfosconvertereM«».'/o/j 
:C<r/«»»i,  fcrris  ignorun)  apcire  ?ok'm. 
c  juvaCjOjpufgart.-  fuis  ficra  flumina  monftris  I 
t  v.Ii  purgare  algi c jenoque profundo  , 
:Iiquidi  ingenues  fonta  indaccre  Veri\ 
Jam  pxnc  obdu.f>am  eft  ^aulo  lib  pedore  vulna  f^ 
itegra  Jejfida  per  tot  certamin-i  virtus 
afTatam  magnis  frangit  fuccedibus  iram  , 
iluetis  fuperare  r'met  concurrere  faiii  > 
.famctm  tantar  fineviribus  nyxidet  illi 
'viJia'y  vidit  prclTam  fubponderep^j/w/iw^ 
jam  p^ne  fu3?redcuntemin  vifceraterrae  , 

OX  l^tum  caelo  caput  oftentare  propinquo 
fo  onere  elatam,  &  Tua  brachia  ferre  fjb auras* 
idit  pacatis  ^ordnnem  currere  lymphis, 
umfov'etample^oripas,atqaeo'cula  libat, 
:fiquismotos  pofiro  p'-emit  obiice  fliiclus 
hotUTt  prjecJudit  iter ,  mox  coHi^it  ins 
retumen&rapido  ,  &contorquet  vorticefilvas^ 
am  (onitu  ingenti  vocat  ad  nova  pr.r  lia  fiudus  , 
snguspon^  ruit  furiofx  Excrcitw  undx. 
um  pecore  ac  naris  montcm  petit  infcjus,  anens 
ajior^  8c  movwto  decrefcum  arva  Colono 
Hoc  mctuens  Sanlm  premie  aico  corde  Jolo^ 


i      V  A  F  I  D  E  I  D  0  S/  Uh. 

Et  vulcum  induitur  placidum ,  fimilemque  Dayid 
Dat  dextram,teftemqjD?«ff>,  amplexufqj  pace^ 

nos ; 

Nee  viol ituram  fe  fenfic  pignora  tanta; 
Nequicquarn  ;  nam  quid  poruit ,  nefcivit  &  ipfcj 
Ac  Dominos  intus  geftavit  vi£tus  acerbos. 
Excipfunt plaufu  Abrami'ia  nova  foedera  laeti , 
Tanta  in  \ejfidtn  pietas  indigna  ferentem 
Multadu  ,&  f2Evireverentia tanta Tjfr^rnwi. 
Exultant  homines,  exultant  3 ^minaccEli 
Diderot  fiderea^  5  anima  dulciflima  Pacis 
Nomina  Ujjiiaque  illis  jatturbaB^^r^it^yi 
Neutrum  amatj  infernos  Concordia  noftra  Tumi 

Progenerst ,  magndfq  j  quits  humana  hhreSo. 

Subter  ubi  in  Matrix  fccreta  cubilia  TgrrA 
Defcendit/tf/w  virtus  f-ecunda  M-niti  5 
FataliTq  ;  ^Mf/'videt  incunabula  flava. 
(^ftr;  quod  fuperis  fimul  ac  caput  extulit  oris, 
Perftringit  mundum ,  nee  yi ,  nee  luce  minori) 
Subter  ubi  implumis  nido  jacet  j^ma  profundo, 
Et  tener  innocuo  vai>itcuin  rv.urmurcVenttti. 
Subter  ubi  a»terna  lo'ngc  fub  mole  repoft 
Thfauri  ingentes  magnarum  arcentur  Jquarum  ^ 
{Oceanm  Marti  ipfius,quo^«wi73;rinftar 
Fertur ,  &  omnig^nas  inter  confunditur  undas) 
Nulla  ubi fopitosflue'^us  exufcitat  aura , 
Nee  Domina  irritat  placidos  vis  improba  Luna, 
Eft  locus  immenfum  in  fpatium ,  ima^enftimq  5  prcj 

fundum 
Porreftus,  quern  nox,  genumufqi  obruit  horror. 
Ilium indefelTum  nullo  obiice  mecacocrcet , 
Nee  Lo.a  fe  minus extenduntquam Tempera  fCsn^A 
Non  illu-n  reereat  dulcis  renuifiiroa  coeii 
Hima ,  nee  £.oi«  fcintilla  excufTa  quadrigis 
Perffnnott .  foUdafque  va'etterebrare  lenebras^. 
Nonlijc'ge    n-iatis  ftilla*- fia  fidera  gutris. 
Impugnaiit  \T.<2eY^s\n'*t':Lihh  Nsdm  >. 
I.ucr[)  hoc  iatetsne:  dljEcabiicregnntn; 
Inojc  'WAmM  mtjitt?^  %\ni^t9rmmi(^£H^-  ^*i  v       ^ . 


I 


Lib.r.     DAFTDETBOS,     5 

Ipfo  qncm  patitur  ,  cri'dcMorTj/n*  T'^rannus. 
Pwrqiiondam  acihtrcae  prxfi  Igentiflirnusaulaf, 
Qim!:s  ubi  \\\  cnrru  p'-occJeiis  Htjptru^  aureo 
Mi'tja-n  artern.itn  /?.  'Ltrumfj;  a^mina  ducir. 
fuiinine  fed  acidic  corrcptns ,  fMlmink  inllar 
Ipfe  ruens,nec  enim  gemiruin  dedic  ore  minorcm  3 
LJc priniuni  feiificmediosab(orptus  iiijgnes. 
At  comites  circum  ,  conjurat:rq  ;  catervx 
'Ingcnsrffiba)cadunc.  Acrcrepat  undiq;  AduftuS| 
Et densa  viflamniiirwn  prjjtexitur  aether. 
ExiilonETcrnje  folarnmn  rriftia  poen^; 
Etern.r  focias  mor rales  icddere  pa-n^e , 
Tortj  &  Carr.ifices  !  Hominem  tentamine  primd 
■afe  ariiianc  jpfum ;  magna  &  cceh  aqua  voluptasi 
^uos  caura  &  foL-hx  virtus  fi  evafcrit  himos  , 
k'lclric^jmbello  tandem  aggrediunturaperto, 
tc  male  tcncatis  fuccednm  Arma  VemnU. 
lac  vi  lejjtdcn  (neq  ^enim  corrurrpere  fperat) 
)ppugnai:  farvus  barachri  noctilq ;  Tyr annus  y 
ixacuicq  ;  animos  Sartli  invidiamq;  potcntem  9 
^iderar  cgrcgio  gencrofam  in  corpore  formam, 
^irg'necjq ;  rnaritatam cum  florc  virilera 
"iajeftatem  oris ;  miracula  viderac  aJti 
^obiliora  animi ,  vaRamq;  inpei^ore  mentem  | 
^idcrat  auguita  perfufam  afpergine  fi  cntcm  , 
)ivin2!q  •,  novos  fpiramem  lucis  honorcs. 
*ondidcrarq  ;  alto  fub  corde  Oyacula  facra 
mpcrium  luda  qua:  conctllere  percnne  , 
'"enturiifq  ;S/^;/i)  rtimnlos  fnbjecerat  acres, 
^t  nim  u.Ti  Vijfiles  fr^^/fiiffla' crat  ignc-s. 
cic  mifer  incaiTumtantis  Te  opponere  rebus, 
Xtc  validam  fati  perruaiperc  pofle  catenam  , 
^incula  (cd  morfu  tcnrat ,  dentef^  5  facigat  » 
X'vinci ff>t«;gaudcctam*?n  e(Te  rcbeUii. 
ed  ja m  CO nver fa i.T  melius  violentiaS.-j/^//' , 
ionfiliimiq  ;  dolofq  ;  &  fpesturbavic  tnanes. 
Cam  multum  S^/'  0  ,  quern  longo  novcrat  ufii 
idit ,  &  Qn\bni:faUifraud(tm  iplc  Ma^ifler. 

Q^iit  faci  jc  ?  quo  fe  rerum  hoc  in  cardinc  verfet  ? 

iratifrendecter  concuflo  oidinc  dcntis  j 


4     T>  A  F  I  D  E  I  D  O  S.    Lib. 

Ter  quacic  iratse  rugofa  volumina  frontis , 
Terfremit  horrendutn   exululans  ,  oculoq ;  cruc 

to 
CoTimixtum  ardenti  jaculatur  fanguine  lumen. 
Ferrea  lux  terrec  noclem  Marefq  ;  peruflos 
Ignocus  trepidos  habec  &  crudelior  I^nts. 
Ec  jam  vociferans  -,  Nihil  ergo  poflutnus  ?  inqutt , 
Me,  me  ipfum  infoelix  pier  ,  &mea  regna  trkml 

pho 
Ducetovans?  dum  vos  (pudetohl)  torpetisinej 

lnnocHi\\^d^im  &  adhuc  per  colla  Cerafia  ? 

Nil  Furius  dignum  &  populo  memorabile  mftro 

Quod  dmeac  Dem ,  8c  quod  vel  ftupeam  Jpfe  >  pjj 

ratis  ? 
Qu3;nov.i  Ftrmiioy  aut  pejor  formidine  Virtui 
Corda  gelat  f  quondam  (^  memini)  fortiflima  cordj 
Perdidi  ob  hoc  Ccelfim  } 
Pe£lora  turn  long;^  percellit  verbere  caudx , 
Iratus  tanca?  quod  non  faffeccric  Irse. 
Deinde  fedet,  vultuq-,  horrendum  cetera profert.| 
Stant  Faria  juxta,  Si  fe  lumine  circunsfpeilanc, 
3>um  late  loca  vafta  filent,y^://f^;  f »/>?^ 
Triftis  nativi  duplicaca  horroris  imago  eft. 
Ipfi  flimmantes  infano  fulphurc  rivi 
Jam  tacitis  ferpunt  per  littora  confaa  I  vmphis , 
Vincula  nulla  fonanc,  non  Angues  fibila  mitcunt, 
Non  audent  inter  tormenta^QmiCctrc  Sontei. 

Tandem  prorepit  diras  fodiffima  turbsc 
Inyidia  ;  impexis  crinem  ferpencibusatrum 
Itcrifpata  ;  cutis  multum  iaxata  pependit, 
Odaqi  liquit  iners,  odi  afpera  longo  ludu. 
Dipfas  (  jnonftruai  atrox)  latitat  fub  pedore  a*l 

lielo  , 
Nofte  dieq;bibens  nigrum  infaturata  cruorem  , 
Et  ne  tarn  crebro  fontem  confumeret  haullu 
Nocle  dieque  fuo  compenfat  damna  veneno. 
Sangume  deformatamhommum  ,  tabdque  fluei| 

tern 
Pallam  bumeris  gerit  >  &  dextra  rotat  alta  flagellum  I 


Lib.I.     VAriT>BIDOS.     f 

[mnianem  Kr^  acraterjE  fullinet  orbem , 
ipunianrcm  felleatque  nbfynrhia  terra  vomentcna 
[^jobiSicalllJuc.  &  fcfe  cbria  fj£la flagellar. 
Hoc  jam  torva  modo  ,  fe  pro  medio  agminc  fiftit 
.ny-iii't  ■•>  o  birath  o  Fururtim  maxima  coca 
nyiiii  !6  niinquam,  nifi  cum/'e;'«^/r  ,amanda  ! 
Summe  ?aier,chnMti\y^n  BarathrhOi  mduNU" 

7}ie7i ; 

kpi^er  imbellisnoftrosmcruilTetimores 

laftabicmagndque  Ertbiim  \\\\(ci:rQ  tumultu 

•lis  Cnlubrn  ,  Metjuey   dc  Te inoilvo  Princife ,  CatU 

vis  ? 
fe  minitantc  tremet  pcrrerrita  fabrica  mundi, 
it  legum  errabic  Natura  ohlnsi  fuarum  , 
re  minicamc  dabunt  rapidae  refponfa  procellar 
itcimidum  horrendo  rcfonabit  fulminecoelum  9 
runc&inauratostemereJb/concrahet  jgnes, 
ixiliecque ,  dicmque  abducec  limitenoto. 
•oedera  dirumpet  Pontui ,  fupera  ardua  ungens  y 
^icinafque  undas  Fhmmarum  elcmenta  pavefcenfj 
pfe  Politi  fij^m  fedem  &  loca  jufla  relinquet 
"phararunque  hilarum  ceflTabit  lubricus  orbis  , 
yifFugient  nitidi  hue  iWucpi^a  agmina  coeli  ^ 
pfe  etiam  DemiWoxnm. 

:^amque  olim  timuit  certe  cum  fumpflmus  arma 
"^obilia  arma   ,  &  quse    meruerunt  vi^a  trium-^ 

fbum  \ 
D  laudanda  dies !  o  ingens  gloria noftri ! 
)  iccrum  talem  liceat  mihi  cernere  luccm  >   . 
pfe  licet  vincac  >  licet  in  no-^a  tartar  a  trudat 
it  pejora  illis  5  poflint  fi  tali.i  fingi. 
iis  pjrcoriCurret;?.'»/?^r  rudis  &/?«fr  armis? 
wj^jid  podum  torta*  ftridentia  verbera  fundas  ? 
i^cn  torvus  longaque  fame  ftimuUtus  &  ir.a 
Son  domuit  Leo ,  non  infandus  membra  Golinh  , 
Hunc  mea  -^ox  perdct  Tola ,  &  Tub  tartara  mittet 
Vlulta  prius  paflum  5  &  nequicquam  ifumine  fi- 

fum. 
^od  fi  ]eifi.len  tanta  pietate  foveret 
,iSed  facis  eil  iongonotus  mihi  tempore)  Saulm , 

^Quaat^ 


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e    DAFIDEIDOS.     U!bM 

Quanto  nos  oJio  premimus,  qumtoque  furore      i  l  • 
Ante  bis  eyat^os  fuperis  ex  ordinc  foles , 
Corde  novum  toto  lon^-e  cxcutiemus  amorem  , 
Zpfa,  Si.  vos  cari,  fidiffi  na  turba,  Colubri. 
2Vle  fuadente  nefas.  fraterno  fiiiguine/^c/f 
Cainm,  &  ^tatum  dedic  Omm*  Uts  fequenmm. 
Vidi  toco  ingcnsconnixum  corpore  faxum 
JzCiantemyfrairii  mortem,  &  m9numenta  fepulti. 
Qijs  potuit  nfus  ^equidem  rifi  fpra)tenere 
Cusn  fua  fie  pnmm  nutriret  rura  Colonm  ? 
Poft  eadem  a  tergo  fpirans  fiiriale  venerium , 
Divifum  pepuli  ad  marmor  Fharaona  fuperbum  , 
Currufque ,  clypeofque  virum ,  ardemefque  caba 

ios. 
Me  gelidam  morte-ri  fuadente  &  fiijfidafata , 
Hauferunt  avidi  peftis ,  mentem  ipfa  man6mquc 
T>mh(tno  aroiavi,  cum  rela  rebelli.i  fumpfic , 
Cum  MMgicum)  cu'jusnomen  detefior  &  Ipfiim 
Deferuir  pulchra  pro  libertate  Tyr annum. 
Hue  i  vidiitis  enim)  cava  per  penetralia  long^ 
Defiluitj  vaRo  terrarum  exhauftushigti  , 
Prdqiie  Ro^o^noftras  defcendit'v/'v/^  m  Jgnes^ 
Me  Tiadente,  moras  quid  cefTo  abrutrspere  inanes } 
Quid  nov^t  non  agito ,  dum  g«(ia  antique  recorder  ? 
jam  tibi,  \e{fiies  ( viden'?)  hie  tthi/ibttat anguis ! 
Nil  tua  te  pietas  ;  nil  re,  Puer,  i^Ce  juvabit 
Cuifruftrainfervis,  Dem-^  6,fij  tejuvet,  orbis 
Late  omnis  longa  compoilus  pace  fenefcat , 
Nee  MoreSy  vcl  Fata  hominum  nafcantur  t'niqua ; 
JpCa  aatem  his  merito  diledis  exul  ab  oris 
Contempta  evadam  in  cerris  ,   miferandaque  Tir 
tta, 
Dixerat ,  &  fimul  ora  premunt ,  &  lumina  ver 
fane , 
Mox  fremitus  currunc  obfcuraque  murmura  eir- 

CUTl, 

Gaudemumqu*  &  mirantumr,  nihil  illamovetur , 
Sed  fremit ,  &  umzsjihi  lauits  inyidet  i^fi. 
Exilic  ardenti  folio  Hex  Ditis  acerbi 
Amplexufque  petit i  fubito  cum  mota  furore 


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ib.r.     DAriDEIDOS.      7 

irfubniflTi  ge;iu  rapidfi  ftioir  oc\or  auia. 
jrniura  d.inr  f«r/> ,  claur  fibr  i  Ijeta  Coltibfi. 
Nox  crar,  liununos  &  valL.  ii'.iu  a  fen  us 
irgebantq.ie  btevi  /-tf/;^,  pluuil  ojue  ligubant- 
urn  c  lam  rtgn-  ruoleni  (eb  cordc  fcnnt^jMi 
itan  c  ;iquc  graves  cuia>  Hjpor  aicus  hib^bat. 
Tidemy  fopor  in-viJi.nm  Ccd  nu  lliis  liabebac.  ; 

iper  \j\tciJt4m  tn.-;kjnis  ii  f:tv  iorurbiS, 
que  vid'.  t  ltru<£las  inp,enti  mai  more  turres, 
ijuecb'ir,  &  ^iilvi  difcririiina  clara  tncralli , 
•gite  jam  c'arr.ac,  prop  iistumulatar  tnts 
?c  c?p  tccVi  d  ibo,  &/:/♦!  luientL  fl,imm  i. 
)rticK  in  curfn  medio  ,  ac  fua  fr3;na  reaiific 
iiii.i  C»<n<it,  iiovis  (ud.ivjt  9lox-Aws  Herman 
r.bus  ,1^.'^*  S,*T  t:epid3vitv,.rticc  toto. 
ian.'i  laicbr^m  in  ripi  quarfiv  it  utraque 
Titiis  ,  &  niul-a  tai'dcm  caput  abdidica!ga. 
e  domuai   lugredicur  Saiili ,  qu^  coca  tremi- 

fcit, 
'.que fun  lamenta  tremunc ,  tremit  excica tellus; 
veneranda  fcnisftfcconvcrtit  in  ora 
'j^ortni^  ocu'6(quc  g'avcs,  viiln'iaiqiie  feverum, 
chinque  ,&  laros  humeios   k  forcia  rnen-b:  a 
imilar.pcnde  queingenspr  •  p;j£Vo-e  barbaj 
alls  ubj  Ih'ccrat  Tupcr  atna  ce!la  paiati , 
jregi'jm  Sct4lp:cri4  opus)  de  mar-nwre  Gflus. 
portar.i  mr'.giii  Iju'us  vjijtlare  wr/j'jfM  ! 
cadl^ans  l>-#?i'jnoc,c  f  :bi  o-oine  ^.^rm^c  , 
ma:  veibi  L'crv!  non  FLefioni:er4tahmX\t. 
'urgc>age,  Kfxbreyn  AbiaiJtidtimyiicnQmi^Q  fe^ 
puhuj 

ue.\2cerna  qiiics}  Si  Kc^sn  r  ce  vocav?  , 
onduauua  fceptragcric  P^l^nntjlu^iW^^ 
ndum  ?  unqLia;i)ne  gcrcc  ?  vigila  ,  &  toium  indue 

: tu, m.gne  Dew,  jijfti  fiqna  eR tibi cura , 
uod  dubirojmeliufq.  Irene  mofciija'  ellerrj  ) 
cdccusIioc3vf«/i,  arqj  V/^/p.itiarisinultum, 
ra.ntiUjque  cuis  facr^qj  io  fccula  gcmi. 

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8      VAFIDEIDOS.      Lib.] 

O  Canana^famei  I  quid  non  me  abfumpferis  ante 
Quam  femur  in  genus  exhaufTifTem  fertile  tancum  f 
Heu  genus  infelix  nulUqne  in  force  beatum  , 
Donatum  magno  in  pcenam  a' que  opprohrit  Sceptro  ! 
Codile  quid  fugiftis  opus  ,  Memphittat  juflfa  , 
Invito  P/;«r^(? ?;etruci,  aufpiciifque  fin' itris? 
Quid  magica  ^jjfandum;  yirga  mareparuit  ipfumj 
Denfatumque  vias  nova  pcrdiyoit.a  duxic  ? 
Quin  J  fi  me  auditis  ,  ruhri  per  marmora  Pontic 
Per  nemorum  errores ,  immanifque  invia  filvae. 
jirgiQam  y£'^/>f/  ,latt;refquerequirite  veftros. 
Dedecushocquantoniinuseft  P.iJioreTjrunno'i 
Tune  potes  t>»>w;>7ocontenrus  vWcraSery/o  ? 
Concedcnttua  Sceptr  t  ' ynf  }']jimjcepira  fuperfune 
Sola  tibi ,  titulique  &  regni  no  then  inane. 
Ilium  alijB  magna laudant  forniidine gcntes , 
Ilium  omnis  luJaj  colit.  Meminiftin'  ovantem 
(Si  quicquam  in  te  j  Saule,  viri  eft,  meminiflTe  neceff 

eft) 
Cum  canturediiftedomum/eflifque  chords  f 
Mille  viros  gladio  Saulus  confoderit  j  efto  ^ 
Qins  dederit  letho  decies  totidem ,  arduus ,  audax, 
Plufquam  Agtnen  Puer  f  &  vivit  tamen  jlle ,  tuifque 
Terfruitur  damnis  ;  illi  tua  regia  fervit ; 
Quam  non  ilia  diu  Tua  f  jam  diadema  capeffit , 
Confcend  t<|ue  tuos  thalamos ,  SauUque  potentis 
\ejftda  dshitha'^edemi^xo  dcdecus  !  )  Uxor. 
Hoc  ftruit  y  hoc  fpcrat  Samuel^  talem  tibi  peftcm 
Molitur  ,  cum  di<^a  Dei  crudeha  fpargic 
Per  populos  paftim ,  cum  vana  OracuU  mendax 
Quseque  opt  t ,  fingit  j  Vetts  eft ,  Detti  ilia  minatus 
Sic  te  travflaftet  Rex  Otyum  Nominumque  Baalusf 
Aut  tarn  avetfa  /"««  ^{larte  magna  fuiftet? 
Quid  queritur  ?  facram  te  vi  rapuifle  coronam  ? 
At  magnae  proceflferunt  juftb  ordine/orftfj; 
Ne  e  aliter  potuit  (  quid  enim  taceam?)  Ipje  j 

here; 

Non  unquam  plus  te  Sortive  Veo'ye  fatebor 
Quam  meritis  debere  tuii.  Quid  tempore  ab  illo 
tpk  D4M  J  populufque  dei  tibi  debcat  ^uUi 

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Lib.r.     DAVIDEIDO^,     9 

-Jiiidreorobfcurum  ;nntatu  l.iudecoronam 
O  n\\c\\2iVtnepos ,  6  magnas  maxime  gentis) 
^ivinum  tanco  cumulafti  muvere  munm  , 
^cquicquam ;  nam  quae  tantis  data  prsmia  faftis  ? 
re  l*uer ,  &  Vatesfurioius  &  omnia  vorfanc , 
lontra  TtJaniuU turn  ,  &  Nitnra rebellat, 
\cvanuminfidi  prxfertiirnomen  Amiciy 
O  turor  5  6  fcelus  infandum  !    Sceptroq ;  P.itriq  ; 
Juicaurcindorm's?qu2e  Manes  fuiciiat //>//?/ ^ 
itajepulchrcrum  atq  ; oculorum  claultra  refignat  ^ 
4ec  f/wfr^J  puer  ilie  finit  dorrnire ffpultos  , 
ed  negat  .Ttern^  jus  indubitabile  NoBis  : 
)uid  facis  ? aut  talem  quid  non  inrerficis  hoftem 
^uj  rurbat  vitdmq  ^tu.im  mortemq ;  tuorumf 
ude 5  age , nil illo  reftat tibi frifte  remoto  , 
olus  hic  objcclus  (feu  Terra  ignobilis  umbra 
ufa  laboranti  qu:e  SoJem  advertere  Luna) 
d  te  Ventura  &  tibi  debita  munera  coeli 
'ccupat  ,ac  facri  radios  imercipit  ignis  y 
efftiutn  po't  hunc  fnperant  tibi  Candida  fat a^ 
jrmoM'que  dies,&  vitx  lucidusordo. 
stales  nos ,  N^ite ,  tuos  ,  regaltdq  \  ^iftra 
onfcriptamqi  noris  forttt»<iJ vidimus aureis* 
ondum  5  6  ,  nondumne  ardefcic  tibi  pedushonefto 
Udefcit  certe)  vindida?  ac  laudis  amore  ? 
iagnumaliquid  pariat.  Memor  t^oTuiq'^Mttqi 
imq  ;  vale  ,  frcor  ad  coelum  fed*: rquetuorum> 
:Iucc  ,  &  nutu  magni  revocatus  Abrami. 
Dixit  J  &  ora  vin  flatu  percuffit  miquo ; 
trat  Lethnlis  labefactas  aura  medullas  j 
llivanefci'  dubii  nubecula  fotrni  , 
licil'uc  tertcircumoculos  ;  tremit  inde  repentcj 
um  fimul  icra  videt  formis  volicantia  mixtis, 
ux  confuta  male  in  vacuo  timor  acre  pingit, 
antcrincs ,  fudorpcrfunditfrigidusartus, 
:  toto  1  ng  entes  decut  ru  nt  corpore  guttse. 
m  pedibusterran  ,  manibusjam  pe£loratunden$ 
cjpit ;  Et  verum  eft  ;  oravir  vera  ,  fuique 
'««/;>«  adhuc  ;  pietas  me  ftultafefellit , 
C  tuer ,  &  Vatesjmiojui  &  omnia  vorfant. 

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to     DAFIVEIDOS,  Lib. 

S.im7^?«,fieisfaaa  t{\p^tiemi^t  noilra  fepulcos 
Hen  -iJiol-tt  cr.er<?!,  tnnvi!ofq;  recludit  avstos. 
oHm^etuoruni  minus  ett  h^  on  if  fa  profunda 
Arinoai  jd,  qucm  quo  roroet  rr-ea  Vu a  7>eterm. 
IrdigJio ,  n\  Cm^ep'tren^,  ignofce  N^pott , 
Q^Vn  propter  pi  -nd-s  'oluiiti  imqusere  fcdes, 
Mortaiefqiie  a:groSj  miferuirq^revilerenur^dum. 
Sande/?ar*/j;,*toajulU  Iibens  mar.data  capeiccm, 
"Eite  *i<'Cam  odio    &  t.Jiidem  n.e  vivers  n-lces. 
MccfruHra  hunc  tar.tuai  capies,  Mrf^';jaU./it>r^>l 

borem- 
Non  Honiimi  ilium  nobis,  non  %idiYa  caeli  , 
Non  j.  er^jeripiec. 

Iiiterea  in  placid 'S ,  Tu  VHe ,  relabare  kd&s  j 
'Etrepeteantiquam  pacaca  mence  quietcni 
Sub  terras ,  ubi  lejjikn  mox  afForetnftem 
i^r^,  &  effufo  pailentem  langu-.nc  cernes. 
Pod  luccn-ihanc  noAros  iter  urn  fi  Isdatocellos, 
A  Te,  tr.agne  I'lmr^  perrurr.ptredifcatcportet 
Natura;  Le^eh  &  ferrej  cUiuftra  tepukhri. 
His  diaisnutntflarnman.flimulacq; furores. 

I^ffu'ei  fecurusabelf ;  ilium  Sop  r  udus 
Non  jam  rore  levi,  fed  plena  proluic  Vma^ 
Dortr.iat,  &  (duUtn  -ccipjat  per  membia  foporen 
Qualem  animus  caftus ,  quaUm  niens  iniegra  d 

Quis  nif tus  eft  tn^iUnte  V^o.  'Jew tie  Dayidem  , 

Pal;'nres  nubes  fuprainiplicnorq;/  •/'^^fJ 
JEih^xi :iOti\;'volury:<efi ivextri  at>ile 'vJoeli , 
Gauiia  fphxrarurr.  fupra  6c  modalamina  cerra 
Supra  Orbcm  ,qni  perpetuo  hcxik per-viiili^^^s 
Exig"is  fplendet  GemmfA^natnet ur^:q i^^(]^^  rit  9 
Eft  Lo: m  imnjcnfa  qui  exhaufltv,  luce  fatifci: ; 
Hie  /-•oluscxcurriclonge ,  SLJeponhehnqtut, 
liecproprix'  laftus  valet  ipfe  atcmgere  Mt/.M. 
}£,nc  tamet  blando,  &  tranquillofulgme  V ibrat  9 
Ghrm  ncc  rapro  in  fpacio  immoierata  tenetur  j 
Non  hie  ohfeuri  t.reo-,thund.i  crepalLUia  Soiii 
Nativum  jubav  inficiunt  c^fluniq;  ierenum, 
Koiihic  Z.«»tf  fuJs  z//*;^/far pallida  funis. 


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I,X     -DAriBEIVOS.      It 

j« :  face  Kinguenti  fpargit  per  inane  TtnebraSy 
I  1  hic  pr<rcipiti  Tewpm  fuper  oibe  rotatur, 
I»  vagi  partitur  repetitis  Sacuh  gyris 
f  1^0  ;  Nihil  liic  ftt/V,  &  nihil  hic  £r;f  unquam," 
confhns,  immotumq;  xicx\mmc[\ic  feJet  Nnnc^ 
cdomus,  hoc  niagni  fandlum  penctrale  rofftfrt-"! 

Labor  auguAi,  dulcis  Labor  \nfiniti , 
tpat  3itc[\tmp!€t  Cof  liim  ,  fed  limitecoeU 
itcntus  nullo  ;  folus  fe  continet  Ipfe. 
mdamimmane  fait  Vacuum;  Simcmniadixit^ 
fiiniil  dixit,  parent  fi.nul  omnia  Verba, 
rVerbMmfuk  Jp/eCuum.   Tur^efierecccpit 
indttm  Nihil,  &  plena  cunfta  ediditalvo. 
J  vos,  O  Dem  J auc  quis  veftra  palatia  pandeC 

une  ! 
tepcrfrueris  totOj  atq;  has  maximus  arces 
rniim  col  is,  interca  non  dclcrisorbcm 
m  fecifti  olimnoftrumjfcd  ponderavafta 
^itas  nutu  informans  molemque  feqtiacem. 
d  fi  vim  taciram  auferres  dextramque  potenteni 
rmploturbata  fides  acfoedera  rerum, 
die  rcdor  fufis  nullo  ordine  habenis 

0  ageret  currus ,  &  mundi  cardo  coa£^i 

1  fonitu  rueret,  laxisdifcurrereiy?^///.?, 
ne  legehominum  confumlerefata  liccrct.' 
etiam  rarionis  egens  hfatura  pararet 
ihilu'.n  properare  fuum  ;   nam  Spiritm  aptum 
laturnqje-vfrfff  opus,  fcq^addit  ubiqj 
aciatrubitotorperemcunda,  maloq; 
I  laborarentfomno,  arterndq;  vetemo. 
lia  nobifcum  (qui  Nos^  Detn  cfficit ;  orfis 
dedignatiis  focium  fc  adjungere noftris. 
tcirciim  auraci ,  turma  officjofa  ,  Mini/lrif 
.D?;ju{racxpeftanc,gaudentq;jiiberi. 
:  Domini  in  vultu  immcnfo  fine  fine  bibentc$ 
lortalem  oculis  lucem  fixo  ore  tcnentur. 
m  ex  h's  nutu  vocat  ipfe  ;  filenca  fcrvat 
iacalorum,  &  rcvercnrcrtctarrcrriifcir. 
rgone cam fubito  excidimas  ?  (fie  infic  ab  aire) 


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Sceptfa  videc  ,   nee  iios  (imul  ?  imperioq  j  po 

tus 
Ignorat  per  quem  fteterat  ?  creditne  procellas 
Irr ita  per  poncum  rapuiflTe  ferocia  verba 
Injuftafq,  mmdiS^Surd'tne  tffecimm  jiures ; 
FalleriSjO demons,  audivimus  omnia, i'Wi? , 
Atqj  emptum  optabis  magno  nil  tale  locutum. 
Qu^  mala  ^ejfida  intentas  mehora  merenti 
Cuncta  tui  in  caput  unius  converfa  ferentur. 
Diximus :  an  didis  noftris  Gem  Terra  repugnet? 
Ah  imbelle  lutum  I  non  hoc  tua  Lingua  teferret  9 
Injuffa  in  medio  fubfifteret  ifta  palate  , 
Si  tibi  nota  dies  fieret,  quo  tu  ipfe  jacebis 
Gilh.tcot  multo  deformans  fanguine  campos  y 
Ipfe  mifer,  n  itiq-,  tut,  &  capita  ilia  fuperba 
l^endebunc  Tem^lii  monumentum  infame   proii 

nrs, 
Stultorum  jocus  ,  &  ludibria  feva  Deorum. 
Dextera  lelJlJa  immeritoquas  tanta  minatur 
Jufta  aderit  vindex  ,  &  te ,  te  occiderit  ipfum  , 
Quocum  nunc  iras  acqj  implacabile  bellum 
Nequicquam  geris,  ille  tuo  lucebit  in  auro  9 
Dile£l6q  J  nimis  cinget  diademate  frontem  j 
Et  quod  tu  Socium  fecifti  'mhn\Qpiabtt. 

Ergo  age,  lejfida  infani  fer  dicta  Tyranni ; 
Ipfe  nihil ;  fed  enim  timeat,  properantior  ipfam 
Arceffitus  eat  (nam  Rex  arccilet)  ad  auJam 
Non  ullum  metuec,  bene  fi  nosnoverit,  hoftem. 
Incolumem  dixi)  qui  nunc  jubeo  ire,  reducam. 

Sic  ait,  infleclit  CeCe  polus  ipfe  decenter , 
JTcc  non  turba  poll  famulatrixj  ocyus  omnes 
Interrupts    iterum   exercent    modulamina   Spb 

rje, 
Jn^elicaq  \  (Imul  renovant/^cr^  orgia  Turma, 
At  non  qui  miilus  leffi.ia  Nunciai,  ibat ; 
Ille  vehens  pennis  magnum  per  inane  citatis  3 
Nubila  plus  folito  jam  candefcentia  tranat,. 
Q.iaq  volat  niveus  fignat  veliigia  limes. 
Aligerum  cali  fie  vulnerat  aera  fulgur  , 
Plunnia  ficprimie  Qwmtjht^ma  diei , 


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icantfrt»v/<<niagis)  cum  vixdum  SolereU^o 

ce  fimul  terram  fcrit,  atqirefurgic  in  altum. 

X  ipfum  rapidiTerm/>/«  miracula  idotm 

rcipit  attonitum  ,    &  menfuram  non  habet  ul-< 

lam 
Ti  cnrtani ,  excel fo  fie  prrpes  ab  lEthcre  lapfus 
'.  mciH6  aftabac  lejfida,  ac  calia  fatur. 
Surge, bone,  infam'q; exaudi d\C^2iTyranm 
,  lera,  nempetuojam  manecruorc  litabic^ 
■  ?  nihil  fed  enimtimeas;  properantioripfam' 
eflituseas  (nam  RfA;arcc(ret)adaulam. 
am  C dixit  enim)qui  te  jubet  ire,  reducet, 
ixilit  ille  toris,  &  circum  luminaverfat 
1  |uicquam  j   nox  undiq  j     &  undiq  j    funditUft 
aer, 
fqj    Metufq;   adfunt  dubii  ,  vicibufq  5  recia:* 

fane. 
DS  vario  exagitans  convolvit  peftore,  donee 
efcunt  primo  montana  cacumina  Sole  9 
■n  Kex  lejjiden  arcefTit  f:Evus,  ut  3Egram 
:autum  fpccic  fi  fallerepoifet  honefta) 
;tur  fidibus  memem ,  curafq}  foporet. 
Die  mihi ,  Muft ,  facri  qus  tanta  potentia  r*r«i 

im  tibi/c/>?  datum ,  &  ycrfu  metnorare  potenti  y 

ifta  vidcs  5  ncc  tc  poterit  res  tanta  latere 

egno  Reyin^i,  ttto)  vim  D/'varcclufam 

minus ,  &  late  penetralia  ditia  pande  , 

ifaurdfq;,  &  opes;  &  inenarrabile  Sceptruml 

E  ff  revere  homines  3  tandem   ut  mirentur  !•» 

m^ntq;, 
nfq\  accedat  rererentia  juftaP<?ff«Jf. 
Jt  facri  primum  foecundo  in  pcdlore  Vatts 
igelta  operis  furgunt  Elemema  futuri , 
w/tfj  donee  paulatim  lumerey^rw^i 
piat,  judoq;  incedant  ordine  verba , 
DCnc  difpofitus  leni  fluat  agmine  verfus : 
liserat  NMur4tc\imnafcenhi  Im^go , 
S'  -nagnum  Mundt  divino  ex  ore  Poema 
{  iiit,  artifiiif^-j  informis  malTa  fuprcmain 

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Imploravit  opcm,  longo  impatienteramore, 
Jndoci\esnondum{ahicvuntfcedere  Partes 
Jr/»*#r»tf  commune  jugum  :  beliiimq;  fine  arte 
Cefleruntdifcurrentes  nullo  ordine  Motui, 
JEtcvni  Ratio  quos  tandem  W/z/zcavtrbi 
Ditcrcvitq-,  locis,  &  vincuU  dukia  yi^ls 
Impofuit;  Nu^uerifq-j  pios, facilemq;  tenorem 
Elicuit;  Medios  >^eratq;  VndnSonores 
Concentu  refcrunt  muto  :  levis  I^n«  ncutofy 
Terra grayeSyV^pido  Lura  »diverbcrati£lu. 
At  lentam  Satmni  operofo  pollice  Chordam, 
Sic  celeres  Uotui  cum  tarats  incertexti. 
Jam  feftum  Ke^i^  Curyi,  Lonj^iq',  Brevifq; 
vExcrcem  Ludum,  &  doflodifcrimineplaudunti 
Ucpeccent  magna: veftigia  nuWiChorea. 
H^c  eft  qu32  Memi  audicur  Symphoma  duici?, 
Ornatu  cernendam  alio  fefe  exhibet  Juri, 
Dives  opum,varidq;ruperbai'f/>nJi«cultu, 
HsEC  habicat  vatum  iibris,  hxc  carmine  in  ijlo 
Harmonist  eft  3  non  Cantoris  iion  ilia  Le^^entis 
Indiget,  incharta  mu\iiirD  facundajflenti. 
Hxc  agilis  Magni  percurric  corpora  Mundiy 
Mxc  Parvi  toto  fe  mifcct  corpore  Mundi. 
Toim  Homo  Harmonia  eft  5  omnes  Symmetriat 

fus 
Congcrit  hie,  omnls  Katura  Archiva  tenentuK 
Ipfc  Chorum  facie  Unm^  &  elt  D'^m  ipfe  Chora^iui. 
Hinc  in  nos  nata  eft  Numcrorum  famflapoteftas. 
Nam  fimul  ac  portas  humani  corporis  intranc 
•^nveniunt  FrmreJij-^Cuos., ch2Lr6Cc\'^Sodales 
Et  pariles  numeros  ,  &  refpondentia  mctris 
Metrafuis;  junguntdsxtras  ,  reddimtq;  falutci* 
Kecnosvi  vi£toscapiunc ,  belldq;  fubados, 
Stanc  Cives  intus  diledi  a  partibus  Ho/Us, 
Et  fefededunt  fine  ?roiitione  yolemts^ 
Hoc  return  ingeniomira  medicatus  ab  arte  L 

Effufus  JF<>«|a/jdiftantia  vulneraquscrit 
Ignotum  per  iter  ,  quamqiaccipic  ipfe  falutem     ^. 
Abfenii  gaudet  Gratta  tranfiDJctere  fomi, 

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uid  alitcr  parili  tentis  cona  mine  Chordii 
.t.'^rntfhrctrepidat ,  cum tangitur altera,  motu^ 
afuo  ,  hxc  fob  Natura  yi-Yi'Ja  pulfu. 
:  Lyra  ye^tJa  ;  turn  dulci  callida  furto 
gra  fubintravic  miferi  praecordia  Regh, 
acavuqj  xilus  animi,  {x\6C(i-y  tumulti^- 

Tjal?Kus  1 14*^ 

'^Um  facra  fjevis  \facidum  manus 
«/Exiret  oris ,  terribilem  procul 
idivic ,  afpexitq;  gentem  , 
Etrefluum  trepidavitxquor. 
qui  fequentes  antevolansfugi 
afit  hoiks,  flat  procul ardao 
;  monte  rcfpeftans ,  &  omnes 
Aurefonos  bibitinquieta. 
STcitundas  fie  M<jrf  turbidurn 
figna  vi  dit  prxtereuntia, 
t^ufyi  pcndentcs  utiimque 
Ut  Siopuli  Itcterunt  acuti. 
ffiallini  non  ftieenia  limpida 
<»i/figaraplus  ftabilimancnt 
elaboratonkentAm 
MArmore  confolidata  aquarum.' 
)naudec  j4mnU  ad  mare  progredi> 
ntcm  rcvific  mentis  inops  fuum. 
\to  latebrofos  receflTus 
/o^japeric,  gremiiimqj'v;5«. 
rcum  trcmifcunt  culmina  Montiuniy 
iliusqj  CoUus  Mondbm  adfilit, 
matris  abfcondunt  Tub  alis 
Setcneri  trepidantq-,  Pulli. 
.udere  vifo  fluftivagum  mare^ 
udereF/Mmewncbile,  nccfuit 
giJfepo9:  Monies  fuj^aces 
Mobililu^  ^u6.or  u\\\xs  Vndis, 
)bis  nocebit  nil fugaMontiNtn^. 
:rlinocebit  nil/«^4  fluminps^ 


if    D  J  FI  D  E  I  D  0  S.  Lib.i 

I  flu  ttieny  iformidolofu  m  , 

Et  pa^idi  procul  ite  Uontes. 
Square  fummis  ima  valet  Demi 
Djfcentin  altum  plana  tumefcere  j 
Vallefq-,  turgefcent ,  ferentq  3 

Attonito'  capita  alta  coelo :  y 

Tontemq\  Flumen  fi  repetis  tuum  9  I 

tontem  refundet  dura/// a;  novum  i 
Nee  faxa  ceflTabunt ,  nee  ipfe 

Humtna  fuppeditarerw/*^;. 

Sic  cecinit  fan£lus  Vate'^  digitofq;  volanteS 
Innumeris  per  fila  modis  trepidantia  movit ,; 
Intim^q  jelicuit  m*dici  miracula  pleftri. 
AudivSre  fonum  &  vi£li  cefsere  furores. 
At  non  Inyidta  Sauli  de  peftore  ceffir 
Indomitus  Serpens  \  vocem  nihil  ille  falubrem^ 
Incantaiorii  nihil  irritacarminacurvit. 
Pingit  adhiic  morbum,  &  fpumasagitore  Tyrm 

Etverum  falfo  fcelus  cxcufare  rnrni-^ 

(Heu  nimiiim  ingratus  tant3eobIitufq;raIutis  f ) 

Sperae  ,  adhuc  mifer  y  &  nequicquam  mente  r( 

cepta. 
Jamqj  inopinatam  fuftollens  fcrvidus  haflam 
(Qoam  caram  fibi  pro  Seeptro  geftare  folcbat) 
Dentibus  infrendens,  oculffqj  immane  minatus  I 
Peftora  lejfida  crudeli  deftinat  if^u , 
Dulcia  dum  facras  renovat  medicamina  vocis , 
Nil  mcritus  metuenfve  mali;  volat  ilia  per  auras  j 
Stridens,  oppolitoq;  dat  irrita  vulnera  muro. 
Namqj  polo  lapfus  Milts  ceelefiU  ab  alto 
Detorfitq;  manu,7«/?o^5  errore  fefellit. 

O  caecas  hominiim  vires,  fruftraq;  fuperbas ! 
Artnafui  dextram  Dcwwmandntaqjfallunt, 
Ni  jubeat  Dem  infirni6mq^  impellat  acumen, 
Vulneris  ille  tui  ]ZTn  fall cijfimm  errcr  , 
Tarn  bene  Gilboacps  non  deluderis  in  arvis. 
Indc  tuam  excipiet  g^ntem, 8c  fat  alt  a  fceptra 
hJsM^  maneftijtuos  ea  fama  (rubimo 


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liquid    res    hominum    mcrfos    Jcheronte    move- 
bunt) 

lemper  mortc  nova  Scfarcnndo  vulntrt  rodet. 

line  Vem  ipfe  tiias  dedic illi  evadere  fauces 

ncolumem  ,  hinc  Farcoi  jam  fila  extrema  legeiv- 
tcs 

nftaurare  opus,  &  telam  prodiiccre  juflir. 
llle  fiigim  celerans  vix  duro  elnpfus  ab  hofte 

enticadinicj  fed  &arma  fcqui ,  fed  &  agmina  cre- 
dit 

Ltergojcreditq-jhaflam  exaudire  volantem. 

\tc  frulha^  tantos  caufa  urget  honefta  timorcs, 

sfaq;  f5r;«/(/o  illius /^/'Y;r<»yr<r«r/ eft. 

lam  fuperjccenfa  eft  fito  violentia  Regis , 

,t  qujE  lejfiden  non  fixic  lancea,  S.iulum 

'ulnerat  lire  ipfum  ;  falvo  )im  nefcit  honort 

xuere  infanam  mentem,  ncc  judicat  elTe 

■tgiii  incxplerum  crudumq-^  relinquere  critrcn. 

rgo  manum  ledam  juvenum  qiios  ipfc  furenies 

npulcratmonitis,  (celeramq;incoxeratiifu. 

ijferro,  ji^betincautum  ftfperare  Dayidemy 

rrorc.Tiq;  fuum  fuccefTu  abolere  mfajlf. 

ic  animo  Siulm^  comra  Dem  omnia  volrit. 
InicxQa.  Middle  lejfaiei  multa  timcnti, 

lultaq;  pltKami  curijq-y  decentibta  a^gra:, 

Nadiqjocuiis  plus  ilia  fuis,  plus  luminecoell 

)ilcxit,  non  /?/<»  miniis dileda ,  Ma.'itum) 

acta  rcfprt,  &  i  arv'a  fat  difcrimina  lethi. 

orte  fupcr  Af/ci-j/ij  dotalia  tcdlajubi  &  HottM 

Bthercus  mira  florebai/>5»///w  arte  , 

arvumubi  multa  nemus  pandcbatcitrea  malusj 

^nq;  dcdit  lucem  coeli  vicinia,  flivis 

Icddebat  pomii ,  ut  Solis  lumina  SteOa  5 

*enti  incedsbant  manibufq;o^u!ifqiplicatis, 

iuriiraq;  alloquio  Ic'iibanttriftiadulci. 

)uTt\Michole  (vifus  nam  plufquam  aquilinm  snxiiill^ 
turn  eft ) 

;eu  veniunt  diri,  veniuntj  exterrita  clamat, 
\trufcesj  equitum  video  agmen,  equofqj  fremen- 
tes 

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18     V  A  r^J  T>  B  I  D  0  S.     Lib. 

Audio;  clarefcunt  mediis in frondibus  arma, 
Sxv.iq^  per  denfatn  tranfmittunt  fulgura  filvam. 
Tollegradumcitus,  &propera  ;  fuge quolibct,iij 

quit  , 
Ke   morere,  0   Conjux^  fuge   dii^is  ocyus;  ad 

funt,- 
Qiiidnos.  quid  vinclo  junxit  pater  ipfe  jugali, 
Voce  vocans   in  facra  Deum,  populumqi   libc 

tern? 
Bis  centum  meruifle  nihil  prseputia  credit  ? 
Ingratus!  Sudor,  fanguis,  beiliq;  labores 
Dostibi  noftererant.  Tumpleno  uberrirra  fontS 
Difcurrit,  vocirq;vicem  pialacrymafervat, 
Mo-x.  icerum  ;  Nihil  efficiet ;  per  aperta  fene{lra; 
Hinctedemittarn  incolumcm  5  tu  qua  via  cascaJ 
Arripeiter  ;  fuge  mi  Conjux',  nonnasctibidico 
More  meo,?;j-v.^ eft  tua jam />r^/<f;;r/.i  primiim. 

Hie  refert  concra  3  O  cunftis  praeftancior  una 

Gonjugibus  ! Micbole  difturum  plurima  moll 

Occupatamplexa,  Sd  rapfcim  multa  ofculaturbat. 
Dam  lacrymas  Lu^uSy  ac  gaudia  mifcet  yAmoris, 
Parce,  ait,  incailiim  pretiofa  efFundere  verbai 
Afpice  quanta  tu^etriftis  vicinia  mortis. 
Ergo  alacer paret di£lis  3  h^ec callida  le£lo 
^ejfi.U  Statuam^  mlra  fa6lam  artereponitj 
Jamqjmanusjuvenum  (tk  in  penetralia  fundic 
Dedignacamoramfcelerisjjamq.  enfibusipfum 
Ilium   ipfum    expofcuntj    &   verba  baud  mol| 

jaiHiant. 
At  Michole  laudanda  parat  mendacia  contra, 
l>0(^a  piamfratidem  ,    ac  dives  muliebribus  armul 
Fletfcinditqj  comas  ,  &  lu<fiironoululacu 
Tedareplet,  turn  fie  bene  fi£lo  ped:o re  fatur. 

Quiafacitis?  quern   vos  prohibetis  -v/ver?  ,dt 
Huic  ipfam  mifero  mortem ,  &  fuafata  negatis  ? 
t^iJ^ritis  tJiiiiumyeJfida}  parcite  Vobii\ 
Kilopuseft  Jc-^/er^;  ardentisvis  improbamorbi 
Jamdudiim  inferv^it  Patri ,  &  vos  efle  nocentes 
^onfinic:  ecce  ilium  jamdudum  Lingua  Otuli^ 


Lib.r.    D^r/DE/DCTiC    13^ 

Deficiunt ;  tantam  fruftr  i  quid  perditu  iram  } 

Nee  Moriem,  nee  Vos,  nee  veftros  fentiet  Enfes. 

Si  vosinnocuifitis  urgettantacruoris^ 

(Mc  miferam/  )  facite  ut  lubct ,  &  fatiate  faroremJ- ' 

Nonfaciet  brey^s  hoi  a  minus  j  nee  tempore  longo 

Rcftabo  infelix :  Tum  lumina  jufla  decoro 

Imbre  madent,  mirofqueoculis  dolor  afflat  hono^ 

res. 
0  quem  non  Lu^u4  dominxq;  potentia  Torma 
Viribus  admixds  frangent  ?  turba  impia  difcit 
Credere  jamprimum  &  mifere/cere   5  linquere  mw- 

ftam 
Wrijiis  &  ipfa  domum  properat :  Statua  ip^a  recunir; 

bit 
Fafciolifq :  voluta  capu c ,  ftratoq;  Sepulta 
Purpureo,  atque  refert  morienm  mortua  vultuin,^ 
Lugentes  famuli  circum  tacitiq:  miniftrancj 
Et  medicinalis  panduntur  fercula  pomps, 
Vrijleornamemum  m^T^X',  dat  &  arte  loeata  "^ 

fiorrorem  obfcurum  non  clara  lucerna  cubili ; 
jcilicet  idi  fayemfrattdi :  at  fupra  omnia  Ifunyers^ 
>ufFudit  fpciflantum  ocuios  caligine  [acrL 
3  tandem  n\i\\ofalix  in  crimin^c  cefla- 
ITirtutem  imbelli  fruftra  tentare  duello^ 
D  munibui  decepte  tuis,  ocuhf^^  tuorum  !' 
SaulMy  ut  ha^c  audit,  Qim  talia  crederet,.  i^- 
quit? 
ilium  igitur  hif  (jurnque  yimm  qui  fnilliafudit 
Hum  animam  fegni  tandem  deponere  letho  ? 
*Jimitum  Dem  hune  fertur  defend  ere  fontem ; 
lonsveinfonsvefuatjdefendat ;  fit  prccorilli 
Talis  membrorum  modus  &  eoncordia  jufta 
^ualis  erat  primis  olim  mortalibus  ante 
^uam  Scelm ,  aut  fecleris  Mor^/digni{fima  merces 
'.obora  fregiffentfubito  nativa  veneno  : 
oftrum  immane odium  eft  5  totumque  explere  Z>/a^- 

yides 
tgsT  liaud  poterit':  quid  fe  l^ndem  addit  iniitam- 
iynrix  Fortu»am\\\\  ?  memorabile  nil  eft 
nj;^ingana..    Fercunrem  extingu^re  iuiem^ 

3-^  ""       <CJ&i&i 


fto     T>AriVEIDOS.   Lib.I. 

Quid  juvat?exhauft3e  quid/^.^fmenoittere  vitar, 
E  t  pasne  attrttttm  feriendo  abru  ^npere  fi!um  f 
U(q^  adeonehumilem  meavera  &  nobilis  ira  B 

Sedabit?  Ah  melius !  Jolennis  yiBtmi  nobt  s 
Jejfida  vita  eft  ,  &  non  nifi  cplm! ,  litabic. 
Nondam  vindifta?  maturus ,  crefrit  n  irain 
Pinguefcatq ;  mearn  5  tunc  ipfe  Iib'dineqnantI 
Singulcantem  anima  multum  luftante  vi^ebo , 
Pugnantemq;  diii  Scpredu^la  mort   cadentctn  > 
Quid  loquor?  ant  quo  nunc  viiidiftain  differo 
-:  r^m 

Porfitan  &  ptetasftulta  SccIemertiaTegnts 
Juratufq  ;  meo  SamHtl  malus  hoftis  honori , 
^s  mihi  nunc  fixa  eft  >  muiabunc  deniq  j  men 

tem. 
Aiit  quod  &  noftras  vindex  Fattuna  qiierelas 
Braplicitum  tenet ,  &  fugiendi  copii  nulla  eft  j 
Hafta  »mpune  errct ,  jam  fspe  fenre  I  ctb^t , 
It  geminare  iclus ,  torumq  ;  haarire  cruorem. 
^i  faco  uppetere  ,.  &  placida  jam   morte  necc§ 

eft ; 
Aevideam  extremes  trcpidantipedore  fenfus 
Bo/idencem  ,  acq  $  oculos  optato  funere  pafcam* 
Ergo  ag.te  hue ,  juvenes ,  ie/fiien  {Iftite  nobis  , 
Sxpirantem  animam  hcet  ,    &  fuptema  gemei 
tem. 
Jam  pulchr3e^apparent  lateveftigia  fraudis  j; 
Mt  Michole  irati  jufla  incufare  Mau.'i , 
Crudeiefq  ^  minas  j-Sc  vim  pr^tenderefa£tOi 
Situhti  ut  h.^c  ;,vix  immodicafe  (uftinet  ira^j 
Tolventsjq;;  premitludanti  pe<^irf  curas , 
Amens  5  &  rubf  isiuffcvtuS'lur.Mna  flammis  ^t 
3icoHm  Hirciina  metuend.i  ptentuvfihia 
iDdomitus  Leo  jcuirabitm  jcju^iia  lorga 
Addiderunt  3,  ii<|aem>  incautuxu   p'ocul  ire  juyi 

cum 
Mf\>mt  5  ilJe  jubam  qualTat ,  dijp>bufq ;  fu£un& 
Mccn\g\t  fefe  Itcus  ^cun^  C2ca  vjannni 
'  ja:aun^lLl:orciteguni£;.!:a<:ibuselcaa3i?, 


h 


Lib.  I.   T>  A  F  I  T>  B  r  7y  0  S:    zi 

DcIuJunrq ;     famcm  ,   torquet    flammantia    c:r« 

cum 
Lumina,  &irafotellurem  vulnemtungue  , 
Horrcndumq  ;  fremcns  filvas  rimatur  opertas. 
Nil  opus  eft  vfnto  ,  trc  p'\d:imforn,idint  frondes  j 
Spcliincifq  i  feras  nmor  abdit  &  ur^et  in  ipfis. 
.Mocftusubiq  i  horrqr  ;nemorumque  filentiavafta 
Nonauderrurbatariigituniimitarier£'ff/5'<; 

In  medio  CiUx  imnienfr  qua? proxima  Komam 
elftejrit ,  tUuPrattfite  verendi  nominis  umbra , 
Inclira  fanitorum  ilia  funt  CoBej^ta  yatt^tn , 
Sub  m^gninuvenum  fcrvens  ubi  turba  Magi(lrity 
Ad  facros  efFula  pedes  didicere  filentes  5  j 

Cordaq  ;  coelefii  fliparunr  cerca  melle. 
Succrefcuntpalnio  veluti  radicibur  alta 
Germina ,  rore  Dei ,  &  m.'tcrno  lade  repafla ,' 
Nunc  rarva ,  haud  umbras  olim  faftura  minore^ 
Non  ram  inole  lua  <:{uza\fiin(iatoYe  fuperbit 
Grata  Domus ,  noliet  Samuelis  nomine  marmor 
Aut  mutare  aurum  ^  ranrum  d^^cus  addidit  author, 
Hanc  piusexcruxir  Vutes  ,  m-^dicofq  ;  &  honeltos? 
SufFtcitredJrus ,  p3iiperraremqije^fi;<7rrtrw. 
Nee  Ccfe  tantnm  deKtra  tamen  ill.*  benignar , 
Quani  Lin'^Uif  debere  pntat ,  qua;  prod'ga  facroS 
ExpIicL'.it  fenfus  ,  magniq  ;  .Traria  coeli 
Dodores  iii:c  Ximw^/cunOofq  ;  ProVhetcrs 
Subpedibm  iaet-^s  vidit  j  n(  c  gloria  tanta 
Quod  docuite  alios  ,  quam  quod  dtdiche  Tub  [\\o\ 
Quadrataexiguis  includitur  a-ea  te£lis  y 
Nam  non  ilia  ^rtis  fabricavic  inepca  libido , 
Bed  Satnra\ji^[xs  .  q\\\x  gaudct  tnaxtfnMpciryo^ 
rnms  qiuidrarae  viridis  ftat  pdrricus  umbrajy 
Er  denize  SoUs  propc-'unrfpicula  Lamus , 
Securre  coeli,  rapioduiuc  ad  fi'lgiirisii'^us 
rmpav'd.r :  m  medioque  argenrea  vena  falubn's^ 
Exiliebat  jqu.r  .  violata;  rarcere  nijllo 
Marmo>is  ,aui  flfti  plangcntis  vinclafufurro  ; 
Sedl^etsetorhovi'-idi  ,ari^ir{rc]?-e japiliis. 
Ron  minus  jlla  ramen  ,  corpns  purs't.e  ,  levnrc' 
Ag^fitim  ,,aurj/i«;<?/accedcref<j*i_gfr  ad  ufus?. 

2^^  Hie 


fti     VAFIVEIVOS,  LibJ 

Hie  fua  cuiq  •,  data  eft  fei7a  ,  &  fua  cuiq  ifupellex 
{Lautities  veterum  'SartBorum  dc  cfpia  di-xes) 
Sponda brevis ,  fcamnum  ,necnon  ex  abite  eodemi 
'  Xlenfa  tripes ;  portam  elaufilTent  plura  volenti 
Inferre  j  Simiqui  pomari a  ju(l a  i^eceffi 
Servantes  ,  pulchreque  auficomemnere  Vana. 
lallimur  heul  ncc  magna  opulentum  aut  pluriir 

reddunt , 
Sed  ferma ,  ac  generi  bene  refpondentra  y'ltx. 
Impedit  J  atq  ;  onetat  dominum  numerofafupsSex 
In  parya  congeika.  domo.  Pone  altera  furgit 
Alrior  ^atq ;  ufu  cultiiq  ;  auguftior  aedes. 
/dlatus  hrcl^evumfepanduntyftt/ijjSf^^/^ff  5 
£tbliotieca  tenet  dex  trum ,  &  Syn^igoga  ,   precai 

turn 
Nunquam  muta  choro.  Stat  plurima  fagina  menfa 
Ofnamentum  Aulae ;  non  invidiofa ,  nee  impar 
Pellibus  inftraris ,  quibas  eft  circumdata  ,  Le^tt' 
Accumbunt  primi  capitifq;  comajq  ;  verendas 
J>oBores,S9cit'm gremiisjacuere  recepti. 
Azyitysnei  infra  bene  Iseti  rebus  egenis 
Graminibus  fuper  aggeftis,  ulvaq^  paluftri 
Decumbunt  j    Le^os  ,  Msnfa/que  Dapefq^  j   mir| 

ihat 
Terra  ferax,  &  Sf^/^fe^ya^^conviviagaudent. 
Miblteibeca  fuit  paucis  decorata  libel  lis , 
Kon  onerata  mails ;  nondum  infatiaca  libido 
Scribendi(peftis  jucunda)  invaferat  orbem  y 
Nee  Medicinte  Anes  curandis  mentibus  aptx 
3n  morhum  fuerant  ipfa  fcabiemq  j  pudendam 
Gonrerfre ,  qus  nunc  late  conta^ia  ferpunt. 
Seilicethos importunes exclufit  ^mantes 
Virgo  }Au[* ,  nov3?  gemmami  in  flore  )uvent3r 
Spedari  pa?ida ,  &  mltumvelatamodeftum. 
Kune  fugitamplexus  Mereirix  deperdita  nallos, 
Garrula  ,  yana ,  pcocax ,  eultu  mendica  fuperbo  , 
S.t  popMh  comprella  (nefas)  paric  horrida  M*\ 

pctk 
iQuii  furor  hie  tanto  ftufba  ludare  laUre- 
Dsfdiom  J  njiferdq  j  inlanat  n\©ce  ^bjUif 


li 


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Lib.I.   DAVI'DEIDOS.     25 

Scribcre  qux  volircnt  vacuis  ludibria  Ventii  I 

Diverfas  illicartcfq  j  modofq  j  videres, 

Qucis  brevis  atq  j  fugax  Verb. rum  S.itto  "^itam 

Exui'c  aert»m  ,  &  firmum  ftbivifidicacxvum. 

Tnjfertilis c[uxd<:m\c\'\ter commiiTi  caducis, 

Alt  alia  in  folido  depofta  fideliter  are , 

?almaruni  hxc  foliis  vano  mandata  labore 

Ni  cognata  olmm  prxberetCfir/^  amicum. 

Hk  longa  arboreis  {"cribuntar  carmina  libris , 

rambcneftorenti  nont/f^if  in  arbore  cortex; 

lllic  P/vitfrrt ifgnata«/fwf»r<i  videres,  -., 

Hie  Texioris  acu    do£l.^q  j  volumina  veftis. 

lllic  cerataPq  -,  ftilo  perarante  tabellas, 

hi\  hic  mcmbranas  tenucs ,  bibldnq  ^  paluftrem  I 

Tunc  rudia ,  acq  .;  ircis  nova  tenramenta  futurse  | 

J^ecnon  &  paries  perfungirur  ipfe  S^ho^arum 

Viunere  hbrorum ;  totus  defcnbitur  orbis  > 

Equoresq ,  \\x ,  rparra[?q  \  per  acqiiora  terse, 

£theri:Eq  ;  Plague,  palantefq  ; xih^r&SteUa, 

^dduntur  SementioU ,  monitufq  5  verendi , 

Ff//?<?r/>y.  breves ;  pars  clara  &  aperra  legenti;! 

ht  pars  Ntliacii  animantum  obfcura^^Mr/j, 

fiic  fociatorirm/acra  Con^eUatio  Vatum 

[Qaos  felix  virtus  evexit  ad  asthera ,  nubes 

Luxuria  fupra  ,  Tempejlut^q ;  Lahorum) 

Difperfit  late  radios ,  tenebrafq ;  fugavit, 

Dodrina    efFundens    Lucem    Influxumq  5   benLj 

gnum. 
^ftrorum  Kathetnm  virefq;  viafq  ,  latentes, 
^urcaq  •  explicuit  fuperi  penetralia  mundi. 
HauA  ma^ico  coelis  deduccns  Sydera  verfii 
Jtf/ututrofq  ;/7ff/ojconverralucefal(itac 
Gaudentcs^  fequiturq  ;  volubilis  jinnus  euntew^ 
Q^m  gravibus  numcris  ar^^tntea  Scena  fupccnc 
Procedit ,  quantaq  j  coercira  leae  vagitur 
fpfe quidem  Vates  ykd enim  nil debuit  yffirif 
Cont-emnens  Ki^o! ,  &  Fontercpletusab  ipfa 
Uateriam  ingenii  ^/ii^^/infeif^curamore  > 
Fer  gyros ,  per  mrandros ,  percxca  vi^rum 
JW«*--,fu^it ilia le vis ,  premitille  fugaeem^  * 

5^  ?  ,  Orac^ 


i4    DAVIBBITyoS.  Lib.' 

Oriq ;  verretitem  ,  &  tentantem  evadcre  furto. 
At  folidis  fignare  notas  in  pu'-vere  dcdo 
G:tddui^  &  aternao  gaudct  turh  -refiguras. 
Mecnon  &  longe  N«f/:?fwfine  fine  vagantes 
Producir^.<f«>«/  Comes ;  cxup.'^  rabile  nunquam 
Tentit  adire  jugum  ^punBoq  j  afcendit  ab  Uno. 
JPyramideminyerfam  y  &  crcfccntem  Temper  ace 

vum 
Defun£tis  vidtura  ftruit  monumenta  Serais  > 
Condic  aromatiea  prohibetq  jputrefcere  laud«o 
Et  quos  pr^teritivaftum  MartTemporU  annos 
Abforpfic ,  fundo  petit  Urinator  ab  imo. 
Quam  cchr o€':aftt4  jtardumq ;  fit  inctementum 
Imperils ;  &  qu^fabrrcat  Tolertia  Faturn 
Edocet  ^ar  Siunut I divina  oracula  fidus 
Explicat  interpres ;  nee  cxcos  more  ferarum 
Sed  li?tos  parere  hon"»ines  jubet ,  atq  ;  fcientes* 
Sxpe  etiam  abreptus  mentis  violentibus  alis, 
Xempoiis  ing'edicur  penetralia  celfa  futuri , 
Jnplumefq  j  videt^/./^i  coeleftibus  annos. 
H3»  reliquacq  ;  Artes  hie  excipiuntur  amico 
Hofpitio  tantum  ipoterat  fed  fan^a  Poejis 
Hoc  nata  atq :  edui^^i a  loco ,  &  regnare  vjderi. 
Non  magis  aflTiduo  refonat  domus  aarea  cantu 
Angelici  coeli ;  nulln  non  fpirat  ab  ore 
Carmen;  dulcifonumq j  chorum moderamuc ^ 

phut. 
Vemariuj'q  \  ambo  genio  excellente  Voette^ 
Voce  p.ircsliqnidl ,  digitifq  ilrquacibt's  ambcfi 
ParreaiiaS>77.?^<?^-/»piopuichernma  luxu 
Splendebat  (nam  fiinc  ilJ<c  di  pendtJifrugi) 
Peirtrmgunt  oculos  auiolaqueatiafulvo, 
Spcclancuni ;  kd  quos  recreant  atil^a  viufiim-' 
C  oeruleo  ,/i?oo^/;  colore  iillic  prece  forti 
Tcrq  5  die  foliti  vm  ce>lo  inferre  "v<;  enti , 
Terq  ;  die  fanftuHi  Uojii  verlare  volun  en  ^ 
I'e'rq ; piis  jtotifq  i  Tiemn refonanribus  hymmi^ 
Eicrrcent  lactam  ^2idwjep;srt'pliie  vi>cem. 
Talis  erat  quondam  ,  tarn  celfo  Mj^/^j  volatu- 
BQmidiumum}i^nm}'m^\orxjiit<l3{^fsrt(tdecemi\ 

^1 


Lib.I.    DAFJDEIDOS.     2f 

Carmen  erat  Deta  Imnc  Mundum  c\\ii  voce hquu^ 

tUSj 

JJamq  j  prius  tcnebra:  difFundcbantur  inanes  » 
[nimenlumq  \Ntbil  Vacutq  ;  informis  hiatus. 
Plenus  ubiq  ,(\\\ ,  propria  ipje  Pal.ttia  fedic 
3mnipotens ,  fcfe  contentus  &  omnia [qUh. 

ileautc.ntotus  5onitti ,  Sapic tiazoms 3 
rotus  Amor  ,  vol. .it  gratis  produccre  cun£la  3 
;3un3a  Voluniaii,  nondum  product'*  gerebant 
rf7//u/ morem  ,  &  'are  capita  alca  fercbant. 
\ntcalijimpcriocit  us  fcfe cxtulit  ingens 

nmane  ,  indigeltum  jiliqrtid ;  fine  luminc  formae  ^ 
it  Cmz  honore  jacens  ;  (Mono^ramrna  Exordta^SiXMiii'. 

'ifirajT  iilud  r.ires  ,  dum  bnffa cpefcit 
fuiri  libens^rcbufq ,  aliii  prxcurreregaudet.  > 

\oc  tamen  in gremio  -,  &  ml promittente  reccilu^ 
>iria  cuncltarum  elomerantur  fea  ina  re;  urn. 
in-.icat  hinc  fubito  lucenti  vjrcice  Fuimm^ , 
kiciTiditq  ;  Polum ,  dc  mulco  fcfe  isr.p'icat  orbe 5  , 
)1m  fcjungitcomitem  &  velHpiatencat 
ii^.is  circ  u:n  Jer'y  JeUm  onercJfa  gravi.\|  • 
id  Munit  medium  native  pondere  fe  dat 
4erfi  mari ;  Ccd  mox  denfjc  pcnerral.a  terra; 
^aft.i  apenc  P.;ter,  5c  magnum  dcfcendcre  Pomtm^ 
^OQC'y.h'fX  , penitiifq  jcavjs  habit irft  brebris. 
itttmidi  contra  non  audenthi{ce^efla<fl:iis, 
Jiq  ;  uu-rum  terrae  fin^i  murmute  dclabumur. 
^onvex^  accendit  coeH  n^.ehore  metallo , 
amq  ;  nov  i  arcano  proruiiipitj^i't'''/ 1  tbnte , 
ktqueimpl<jti'/Vfwexundans,  h'cflumine  vivo 
LUCis mexh  uftjp  mundum  fc  (JM-gic  in  oimein 
ilaiinum ,  quo  fada  eft ,  Numen  liudiofa  refcrrc. 
ilderudem  £,f</j«3rniilam  ,  fimplexquepohvit 
^tfecpus  ,  $L  Tddi-m  A\ir  -lo  ^eriwe  CO iupCiX. 
»iirgCjuic,&inoe'tasrej^nui)v  vigil  accipc  nodis^ 
kirrexi: A  craxfr  ]  i  iacrse  vag  >  5yr;nata  lucis» 
kttoUunt  famula^  hitic  acque  hinc  ^der.i  t^edas  , 
Upulchram  iuy^n^^Dajfuuitm^^  w\  con^itantur  eun^ 
tens.. 


z6  DAFIT>EID0S.    Lib. 

Turget  humus  foecunda ,  &  pubefcentibusherbis^ 
Miraturrifumq-,  fuum  ,  infolicofq  -,  colores. 
Jamq ;  iter  aerium  radunt  impune  volantes  , 
Exuhancque  alacres  paffim  formidine  nulla  ^ 
Nondum  luxuries  illis  humana  minata  eft  • 
Nondum  IxihaliS  modulamina  rupit  arundo. 
Turn  inagnum  tcnuicecincruncgutture  Nuwen     l 
Securse  fraudum ;  Nutnen  namque  omnia  laudant^'' 
FJu<flivagi  Ptfces ,  mmumgenm  j  illius  ipfi 
Munus  erant , Montefq  j  maris ,  volventia  Ctte  , 
Quiq ;  fuas  parvo  fuperant  vix  corpore  arenas^ 
Inde  ferx  immidk  filvis ,  coeleftia  jufla  5 
Quidnam  ultra  potuit ;  CasH  Terraq ;  catenamy 
Ipfum  Hotninem  potuit ;  quo  mifcuit  omnia  in  unc 
Admirandum  opus , &  compendia diti^Mundu 
Turn  vero  magni  monitrix  dementia  Patris 
Carmen  erat ,  raraij  3  ira ,  fulmenq ;  coa^um^ 
Impia  cum  ficrai  damnadent  crimina  terras , 
Unda  ruens  vi^rix  magno  fonituq  ;  ruinaq; 
Omnia  vafta  dedit  5  f  rondentia  tedta  volucnim 
Implicuere  hilares  fruftra ,  noyaretia ,  pifces. 
Ifaufraj^ium  palTa  eft  Satutci ;  os  Phcebus  ab  alto 
Extulit,&  folospercuffitluminefiudus. 
Mon  tamen  hsBC  homines  memorifub  pedore  a 

dunt 
Infani ,  fervetq  ;  iterum  furiofa  libido ; 
Cum  fubito  ardefcunt  nubcs ,  incendia  coelo 
Tetra  micant ,  rotiifq  3  inpanam  excandct  Olympt 
lAox  SoJo  mas  taheCcem&s,  liquefaftaq  3  teda 
Corripuitrapidusflammantifulphure  nimbus  J 
Senferunt  yiyi  membris  crepitantibus  ignem 
Quinanc  sternum  miferos  poft  funera  torret; 
Longe  alia implicuit  peftis  Pharaona  fupcrbum>- 
Cum  fluftus  conjurati ,  &  commilito  vcntus 
Auxilium  Abramidii  tulerantj  pecus  omne 

Miratur ,  Kegumq ;  fedent  incurribus  aureisv 
Ktgum  corporibus  fatiati  5  in  gurgite  toto 
Apparent  fedefiartus-a  nasatundafiruDrc » 


LibJ.    DAVIBBIDOS.    ly 

-  Plurimusipfeetiam  incarmen  vctuebat  •^irrtrwifii 
Cujus  iter  genti  manfurum  in  (vCcula  nomcn 
HehaJt  dcidic ,   &  MofeS^  Nunni^  propago 
Bellipotensi   qnantofque  illi  fregcre  Tyrannos, 
Sibonem,   membnfq:  fiiperbum  ingentibus  Oggunty 

;   Zippor'tdtm<^^  f^ohamuni cf,  trucem  iort6^x\q:  Dekirum^ 
Qiios  dextra  iftciJum  divina  potentia  ftravir. 
Sic  fragilis  vitx  fugientia  tempora  prendunt, 

■  Pacatifq;  animiscoelum  labuntur  in  ipfum. 
Son  illos  3urum  perftringit  fulgure  facro 
Dulcc malum, ignotum  f^clisquibus  ^mea Nomeni 
2ujus  nunc  ergo  fudore  ad  carta ra  multo 
rleu  non  a  miferis  tancum  ejfofforibm  itur. 
lijantum  6  ftulcorumturbam  fuperabatavaram 
Dives  opumcontemptus,  &  ingensro^/a  mentis! 
•^on  illos  ^(;;«^>'.vpretioro  fedulusornat 
-utjere,  nee  Tyrio  deform  ant  corpora  fuco, 
x/(?r/.t,nunc  animisgecernoqj  emptadolore, 
^uraillicvifaelUevis,  8c  fineponderenomenJ 
Ucipit  ingenuum  feflbs  durumq;  cubile. 
^yc^dq  ben^ extrcmijubeat memwiSc fepuUhrii 
[n  medium  facilis  per  filvam  quajriturefca , 
Sfec  populant  fluvios  crudeli ,  aut  aera  ventre  9 
J^ec  crudd  hefternas  accufant  pedlore  coenas. 
79nturbat  nunquam  tali  Nntura  paratu, 
\ixc  bona  mundities  animieft;  rttbigine  nullsi 
fnficitur  vitii ,  nicidumfic  fordibus  ^vum 
Oetcrget miferis,  puroq:  incedicamidu. 
3inc  Deus  intrat  agens  lacro  prxcordia  motUj 
J^ecpropriam  coelipr^/enf/or  incoitt  a:dcm. 
rlinc  alacres  jufto  funguntur  muncre  Senfu^, 
J^cc  titubant ,  revocancve  gradum,  Ratttnewagi^^ 

ftra. 
Hinc  Hmulacra  animo  depingit  myftica  Somntts 
MoUicer  in  viftos  (imul  ac  dcfluxir  ocellos. 
rranfilit  admilTG  prajfentia  Tempora  faltu, 
€tatun/^'y  inzQrfilyas ,  &  amoena  vircta 
imbulac ,  atq:  annos'j^im  nunc  exirc  parantesj 
hanag',  mordtntes  cernic :  micat  undiq;  fati 
7td$  ingtns ,  valvxq;  patent ,  longiq^  receflus. 
~  efertu^ 


28     VJFIBEIDOS.  Lib. 

OfortunatoS  nimium ,  CU"  bona  quijua  norunt  \ 
O  quam  praecelfo  defpedant  culmine  mundum  I 
Et  nubes  rcmm ,  &  )a£tatum  turbine  Saulttm  I 

Hxc  domus  hofpitio  J'fft^en  Iseta  recepit 
Solancem  curas ,  &  denfa  pericula  cantu  , 
At  manus  hue  juvenutn  (quo  non  penetraverit  ira 
In^idtaq  ^  oculus  >)  Regifq  ]fuoq  ;  furore 
Saeva  venit  5  votis  d^mnati  immanibus  omnes. 
Segnis  erat  qui  non  peftem  jttraverai^mtns 
lejjiia  ,  membriimq  ^  aliquod  promrfrat  enfi. 
Sic  ahfens  totum  partita  eft  Ira  cadaver. 
Jamq ;  adfunt ,  fubitdq  ;  afflantur  corda  fereno  f 
Ignotum  infinuat  feleper  pe^lora  calum. 
Lafcivitpaulatim  horror  jvnlrufq  jrecedit 
Fulgur  atrox  ;  &  jana  pacaro  fidere  vernar. 
Venarum  cafto  gaudences  flumine  rivi , 
Lene  micant ;  fignat  divinus  te  rpora  candor.', 
Mira  dies  f- ontis  ,  facro  qux  (ufapudore 
Prima  rubtt ;  ponic  belli  ca^d-Tq  ;  cupido , 
Dum  Numcn  pacjs  celebrant ,  &  carmina  fundunt 
IPitChopm ;  bis  jamq  ;  alios,  bis  lufus eifdentv 
Mirer-4t  exemplis  ,  ipfum  jam  plena  Tpannum 
Ire  lubet  rabies liefamq  ;ulctfcieriram. 
Cum  melior  fubito  furor  implet  m^tem  animuit 
Perq;  omnes  fenfus ,  perq ;  intimapertinet  oflTa. 
Turn  chlamydem  illufam  gemmis ,  aurdq  5  rigent 
Exuit ,  &  capitis  deponit  nobile  pondus. 
Ah  puduit  regni  decus  atq  3  inGgnia  ferre 
Turpe  jugum  vitii ,  &  fervilia  jura  ferentem  j 
Tumprimiim  Kex  Sault*strzi\  /«vw«beatie 
Inftar  habet  "^ita  ,  &  longum  pra»ponderat  aivuOH 
Miraturpopulus  ,di(ft{imq  ;emanatubiqj, 
Ipfum  etiam  vatum  turbae  fe  adjungere  Saulum, 

Bal  imus  fie  Beoridei  Moabitida  venit , 
Ut  btnejttitfn  ageret  diris  &  carmine  gentem  9 
Et  pretio  ir^fceUxfataha  venderet  ora  > 
Sic  fecum  3  it  didicit  tmdcm  (mirabile  dittu) 
Jpfo  ^Jino  fapere ^  a.cfari  meliora  manftro. 
O  magnum  Ijacidumdeciis  !  6  pulchernma  caftra 
O  arma  ingcntes  ohm  paritura  triumphos  1 


E 


.ib.T.   DAVIDEIDOS.     29 

Jon  fi«  herbarum  vario  fubridet  ami(f\u  > 
'Linities  p'\^x  vallis  ,  montirve  fupini 
llivus ,  perpetuis  cedrorum  vcrfibus  alms. 
\on  fie  jeftivo  quondam  nitet  hortu^  in  anno  ', 
rondefq  jfruclufq  jferens  ,  formofa  fecundum 
lumina  ,  mollis  ubi  viridiTq  j  fupernatat  umbra. 
Uiid  video  ? mortem  JftciJum  fuper  arma  fcdentem! 
£13.  fepet ,  prxdnmq :  expe(^ac  avara  futuram. 
lures  ifacida  gladios ,  plura  arma  parate  5 
:ilicet  h.-ec  crcbro  VSoriii  conteret  ufu. 
urn  Lto  fe  attollit  luda ,  torvumq  ^  tuetur  y 
oinia  difFugient  prefTis  animalia  longe 
urthui  5  &  medio  fi  forte  recumbit  in  antro ^ 
urmura  turn  ponent  filva? ,  metuendaq ;  Ti^rie 
aetereuns  ipfo  vd  Jormitante  tremifcet. 
ix  mala ,  quis  luda  vel  profpera  fata  precatur  I 
ainia  in  ipiius  caput  in^emifiata  ferencur. 


^    1     }f    1     S.  -» 


Verfes  vpritten  on  fever  al  occadonsl 

CHRISTS   PASSION, 

Taiken  out  of  a  Greek  Ode ,  vor'ttten  by  Mr 
Mafters  ofNexv  ColleUge  in  Oxford. 


I. 


"p  Nough  ,  my  Mufe ,  of  Earthly  thingf^ 
•*-'  And  infpirationsbutof  wind. 
Take  up  thy  Lute  ,  ard  to  it  bind 
Loud  and  everlarting  ftrings  j 
And  on*em  piay  ,  and  to'em  fing. 
The  happy  mournful  ftories  , 
The  Lamentable  glories , 
Of  the  great  Crucified  King. 
Mountainous  heap  of  wonders !  which  do'ft  rife 

Till  Earth  thou  joyneft  with  the  Skies  / 
Too  large  at  bottom  ,  \n^  at  top  too  high  , 
To  be  half  feen  by  mortal  eye. 
How  f  h.ill  I  grafp  this  boundncfs  thing  ? 
What  f  hall  I  play  ?  what  f  hall  1  ling  ? 
rll  fing  the  Mighty  riddle  of  my  fterious  love. 
Which  neither  wretched  men  below  >  norbIefl< 
Spirits  above 
With  all  theirComments  can  explain ; 
How  all  the  whole  Worlds  Life  to  die  did  not.di 
dain. 

2. 

I'll  fingthe  Searchlefs  depths  of  the  Compaffion  0 
vine  5 
The  depths  unfathom'd  yet 
By  reafons  plummet ,  and  the  line  of  Wit, 
Too  light  the  Plummet ,  and  too  fhort  the  linei 
How  the  Eternal  Father  did  beftow 
His  own  Eternal  Son  as  ranfom  for  his  Foe , 

I'll  fing  aloud ,  that  all  the  World  may  hear. 
The  Triumph  ofthe  buried  Conquerer. 
How  Hell  was  by  its  Pris*ner  captive  led  , 
And  the  great  Qayer  Death  (lain  by  the  Dead. 

J.  M« 


o: 


»1 


ycrfes  vpritten  onfeveraloccafiom.    i 

V 
Mcthinks  [  hear  of  murthcrcd  men  the  voi- 
ce, 

Mixt  with  the  Murderers  confufednoifc, 
Sound  from  thetopofrw/y<Jr/e  j 
Wy  grceJy  eyes  fly  up  the  Hill  ,and  fee 
Who  *tis  hangs   there  the  niidmoll  of  the 
three  j 

Oh  how  unlike  the  others  he  \ 
^ook  how  he  bends  his  geatlc  head  with  blcilings 
fro n.  the  Tree  ; 
Hisgracitvjs  Hands  n'cr  ftrctcht  but  to  do  good> 
Arc*  nail'd  to  che  infamous  wood  ; 
A.d  fin'ijl  Man  do's  fondly  bind 
hearn.s,  which  he  extends  t'cmbracc  all  humanfl> 
kind. 

rnhappy  Ntan  ,  canfl  ihou  Hand  by  ,  and  ^e 

All  this  as  patient,  as  he  ? 

Since  he  thy  Sins  do's  b.-ar , 

Make  thou  his  fufferings  thine  own  > 

And  weep  ,and  figh ,  and  groan , 

And  beat  thy  Breaft  ,  and  tear. 

Thy  Garments,  and  thy  Hair  1 

■And  let  thy  grief ,  and  let  chy  love 

Through  all  thy  bleeding  bowels  move. 
>o'il  thou  not  fee  thy  Prince  in  purple  clad  all 

o're, 
lot  purple  brought  from  the  S/i<7?7Mr)  f  hore. 

But  madeat  home  with  richer  gore  ? 
)oft  thou  not  fee  the  Rofcs,  which  adorn 

The  thorny  Garland  ,  by  him  worn  \ 

Doft  thou  not  fee  the  livid  traces 

Of  the  f  harp  fcourges  rude  embraces  \ 

If  yet  thou  fceleft  not  the  fmart 

Of  r  horns  and  Scourges  in  thy  heart  ^^ 

If  that  be  yet  not  crucifi'd  , 

,ook  on  his  Hands  J  look  on  his  Feet,  lookonhi< 
Side, 
,  ^  Open, 


a    Verfes  wkten  on  fever al occafiom 

Open ,  Oh !  open  wide  the  Fountains  of  thine  cyei|^ 
And  let'em  call  _    r 

Their  flock  of  moiftiire  forthjwhere  c'rc  it  1^ 
For  this  will  ask  it  all. 
*T  would  all  (alas)  to  little  be , 
Though  thy  fait  tears  came  from  a  Sea:' 
Canft  thou  deny  him  this ,  when  he 

Has  opened  all  his  vital  Springs  for  thee  ? 

Take  heed ;  for  by  his  (ides  mifterious  flood 
May  well  be  under  flood , 

That  h^  will  Hill  require  fome  waters  to  his  blooc 

An  Ormdas  Poems. 
ODE. 

TXr  E  allowd'  You  Beauty  ,and  we  did  fubmic 
^^  To  all  the  Tyrannies  of  it ; 

Ah !  Cruel  Sex ,  will  you  depofes  us  too  in  Wit  ? 

Orinda  does  in  that  too  raign , 
Does  Man  behind  her  in  Proui  Triumph  draw> 
And  Cancel  great  ^pVo's  Salick  Law. 

We  our  old  Title  plead  in  vain , 
Man  may  be  Head  ,  but  Woman's  now  the  Brain." 

Verfe  was  Loves  Fire-arms  heretofore. 

In  Beauties  Camp  it  was  not  known , 
Too  many  Arms  befides  that  Conquerour  bore : 

T  war  the  great  Canon  we  brought  dowO 

T'afTault  a  flubborn  Town ; 
Orinda  firil  did  a  bold  fally  make , 

-Our  flrongefl  Quarter  take  j 

And  fo  fuccefsful  prov'd ,  that  f he 
Turned  upon  Love  himfelf  hisown  Artillery. 

Women  as  if  the  Bod  y  were  their  Whole  i 
Did  that ,  and  not  the  Soul 
Tranfmit  to  their  Poflerity  | 


yerfes  nritten  onfeverdoccfiftom*    5 

Ifinit  fon.etimctheyconceivM, 
Th'abortive  lHuetievcr  livM , 
were  f  hame  and  piry'  Orinda  ,  if  in  thee 
ipirit  ^o  rich  ,  ft^  noble  ,  and  (b  high 

Should  unmanur'd  ,or  barren  lye. 
t  thou  induftrioufly  halt  fowM  and  till'd 

The  fair ,  and  fruitful  field  j 
d'tisa  itrangeincrcale  .that  it  does  yield. 
An  when  the  happy  Gods  above 
Meetalcogethei  at  afeaft , 
A  f.cret  joy  unfpedkabiy  does  move  9 
^  -Jieir  great  .Nlothcr  CyheU's  contented  breaft  \ 
_^yVith  no  Icfs  pleafure  thou   methinks  fhoudlft 
fee. 
This  thy  no  lefs  immortal  Pro  genie. 
\ud  in  their  Birth  thou  no  one  touch  doft  find  9 
Of  th'ancientcurfe  to  Won  an  kind  9 
Thou  bringft  not  forth  with  pain , 
either  Travel  is  ,  nor  labour  of  the  brain  > 
So  eafily  they  from  thee  come  > 

And  there  is  fo  much  room 
n  rh'unexhaufted  and  unfathom'd  Womb  , 
That  like  the  Holland  Countefs  thou  mayft  bear 
hild  for  every  day  of  all  the  fertill  year. 


3. 

rhou  doft  my  wonder ,  "would  my  envy  raife 
D  be  prais'd  1  lov'd  more  than  to  praife  9 

W  here  e're  I  fee  an  excellence  , 
uft  admire  to  fee  thy  will  knit  fenfe  , 
'i  numbers  gentle ,  and  thy  Fancies  high  , 
ofe  as  thy  forehead  fmoothj  thefe  fparkling  as  thi-^ 
neeye, 

'Tisfoiid,  and'tisraanlyall. 

Or  rather  *t  is  Angel icaL 

For  as  in  Angels,  we  •• 

Do  in  thy  Verfes  fee 
Joth  improved  Sexes  eminently  meet , 
y  are  than  Man  more  ftrong ,  and  wore  than  Wo-^ 
man  Tweet. 

4-  They 


4    Ferfes  voritten  on feverMoccafioml 

4. 
They  talk  oft^ine ,  1  know  not  who , 
Female  Chimtrai  that  o're  Poets  reign  , 

I  ne'er  could  find  that  fancy  true  ; 
B"Jt  have  invok'd  th'.m  otc  I'm  ^nxz  in  vain  : 
The/  talk  of  S.ipphOjhiit  alas ,  the  fhamei 
111  manners  foil  the  luilre  ofher  Fame 
On'nJi*s  inward  virtue  is  To  bnght  > 
Th:it  I  ke  a  Lanchorn's  fair  inclofed  Light , 
Itthrong'i  the  i^aperfhines  where  fhe  do's  write. 
Honour  and  Fricn^f  hip  ,  and  the  generous  fcorti 

Of  things  for  which  we  were  not  born, 
(Things  that  can  only  by  a  fond  Difeafe  , 
Li'<e  that  of  Girles ,  out  vicious  Stomachs  pleafe) 
Aretheinftrudive  Subjev\sofherpen, 

And  ?.stheRoma-i  Viflory 
Taught  out  rude  Land  ,  Arts ,  and  Civility. 
Ac  once  The  overcomes ,  enflaves  jand  betters  Me 

But  Rifine  with  all  her  Arts  could  n'er  infpHre  > 
A  Female  Bieail  with  fuch  a  fiie. 
The  warlike  Amazonian  train, 
Who  in  Elyjiam  hdw  do  peaceful  reign  , 
And  wits  miide  Empire  before  Arms  prefer, 
Hope 't  will  be  fetlcd  in  their  fex  by  her. 
Merhn  the  Seer ,  (and  fure  he  would  not  ly  , 
In  fuch  a  facred  Conapany , 
Does  Prophecies  of  Lcarn'd  Ortnda  fhow  3 
Which  he  had  darkly  fpoke  fo  long  ago. 
Ev*n  Bod'Uciii*s  angry  Ghoft 
Torgets  her  own  misfortune  ,  anddifgracc  j 

And  to  her  injurM  Daughters  now  does  boaft  % 
That  Rome's  o'recome  at  iaft,  byawomaoofb 
Kace. 


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CD 


rcrfes  writicfz  onjeveraloccalioris. 


k 


ODE. 

Upon  occafion  of  a,  Copy  ofVcrfcs  of  my 
Zor^Broghills, 

I  E  gon  (faid  I)  Ingrateful  Mufe,  and  fee 
f  What  others  thou  canft  fool  as  well  as  me.' 

Since  I  grew  Man ,  and  wifcr  ought  to  be , 
My  bufinefs  and  my  hopes  I  left  for  thee  : 
rihce  (which  was  more  hardly  given  away) 

I  left  ,  even  when  a  Boy ,  my  Play. 

But  fay ,  Ingrateful  Miltrefs  ,  fay ,  1 

lat  for  all  this ,  what  didA  Thou  ever  pay  ? 

Thou'lt  fay  ,  perhaps ,  that  Riches  are 
t  of  the  growth  of  Lands ,  where  thou  doft  Tra^ 

de, 
1 1 5  as  well  my  Country  might  upbraid 

liecaufe  I  have  no  vineyard  there. 
:1I :  but  in  Love ,  thou  doft  pretend  to  Reign,' 

There  thine  the  power  and  Lordfh-p  is , 
Du  bad'Il  me  write ,  and  write  and  write  again  y 

T  was  fuch  a  way  as  could  not  mifs. 

1  like  a  fool ,  did  thee  obey , 
rote  J  and  wrote ,  but  ftill  I  wrote  in  vain  ,■ 
afcer  all  my  expenfe  of  Wit  and  Pain , 
ch  J  unwriting  Hand,  carr y'd  the  Price  awayj 

2. 

!S  I  complain'd ,  and  ftraight  the  Mufe  reply'd  j 

That  f  he  had  given  me  Fame, 
my  Immenfe!  And  thattoomuflbetry'd» 
.en  I  my  felf  am  nothing  but  a  name. 

Who  now  5  what  Reader  does  not  ftrive 
ivalidate  the  gift  \yliilfr  w'are  alive  ? 
when  a  Poet  now  himfelf  doth  fhow  , 

As  if  he  were  a  common  Foe , 

All  draw  upon  him  ,  ail  around  , 

And  every  part  of  him  they  wound , 
'py  ihe  Man  that  gives  the  dce^  eft  blow  ; 

A  a  '      And 


^    Ferfei  vcritten  on  fever  d  occaftons. 

And  this  is  all ,  kind  Mufe ,  to  thee  we  owe. 

Then  in  a  rage  I  took 

And  out  at  window  threw 
OWand  Horace ^  all  the  chiming  Crew, 

f/pwerhimfelfwent  with  them  too. 


Hardly  efcap'd  the facred  hfar.man  Book : 

Ii 
That  1  no  more  the  Ground  would  Till  and  Sow 


I  my  own  OfF-fpring ,  like  j^gaye  tore 
And  I  refolv'd  ,  nay  and  1  think  1  fwore , 


jWhere  only  flowry  Weeds  inllead  of  Corn 
grow. 

When  (fee  the  fubtil  ways  which  Fate  does  find  f^ 
Rebellious  man  to  bind  , 


Juft  to  the  work  for  which  he  is  affign'd) 

The  Mufe  came  in  more  chearful  than  before  j      , 

And  bad  me  quarrel  with  her  now  n©  more.        '' 


Loe  thy  reward  !  look  here  and  fee  5 

What  I  have  made  (faid  The  ) 
My  lover ,  and  belov'd ,  my  Rroghil  do  for  thee.  °|^ 
Though  thy  own  vcrfe  no  lading  fame  can  givci  ^''' 
Thou  fhalc  at  leaft  in  his  for  ever  live.  '"^ 

WhatCriticks  ,  the  great  H^3or  J  vow  in  Wit,  ■" 
Who  Rant  and  Challenge  all  men  that  have  W: 

Will  pare  dare  t'oppofe  thee  when 
Bvoghil  inthy  defence  has  drawn  his  conquering 

I  rofe  and  bow'd  my  head  , 
And  pardon  aikt  for  all  that  I  had  faid, 

Well  fatisfiM  and  proud  ,  ff 

1  ftraighc  refolv'd  ,  and  folemnly  I  vow'd , 
That  from  her  fervice  now  I  ne'r  would  pare 
So  ftrongly ,  large  Rewards  work  on  a  gra 
Heart. 

4. 
Nothing  fo  foon  the  drooping  Spirits  can  raifd 
Aspraifes  from  the  Men  ,  whom  all  men  praife. 
» r  is  the  beft  Cordial ,  and  which  only  chofe 
Who  have  at  home  th' Ingredients  can  compofe; 

A  Cordul » that  reftores  our  faintmg  Breath , 
And  keeps  up  Life  even  after  Death. 


Wi 


rerfes  written  on  fever Aloccafiom    y 

leonly  danger  is ,  left  icfho.ild  be 

To  ftrong  a  remedie : 
ft ,  in  removing  cold ,  it  fhould  bcgce 

To  violent  a  heat ; 
d  ifJto  madnefs  ;  turn  the  Lethargic. 

Ah  !  Gracious  God  !  that  I  might  fee 
ime  when  it  were  dang'^rous  for  me 

To  be  o*re  heat  with  Praife  ! 
c  I  within  me  hear  (alas j  too  great  allayc^.' 

is  faid  ,  Jfelles  when  he  Venus  drew , 
d  naked  Women  for  his  pattern  view  » 
d  with  his  powerful  fancy  did  refine 
leir  humane  fhapes  into  a  form  Divine  j 
me  who  had  fet  could  her  own  Piflure  fec^ 

Or  fay  ,  One  part  was  drawn  for  me  : 
,  though  this  nobler  Painter  when  he  writ  ^ 
Was  pleasM  to  think  it  fit , 
That  my  Book  fhould  before  him  f^t, 
)t  as  a  caufe ,  but  an  occafion  to  h  is  wit  i 
t  what  have  I  to  boaft  ;  or  to  apply 
)  my  advantage  out  of  it ,  fince  I  , 
ftead  ofmy  ownhkenefs  jonly  find 
le  bright  Idea  there ,  ofthe  great  Writersmind  \ 


O  D  E. 

Ir.  Cowley's  Book  Pre fentwg  itfelftothc 
Univerfitj  Lwrfiry  ^/Oxford. 

T  Ail  Learnings  Tantheon  !  Hail  the  facrcd  Ark 
^  Where  all  the  World  of  :>cienc<  do's  in. barque! 
/hich  ever  fhall  withftand  3  and  haft  fo  long  with- 
ftood. 
Infatiate Times  devouring  Flood, 
(ail  Tree  of  knowledge,  thy  leaves  Fruit!  which 
well 

)oftin  iheniidftofParadifeatife,  ,         * 

Aa   i  Oxfor4 


8    Verfes  xvritten  on  fever al  occctfiom 

Oxford  the  Mufes  Paradife^, 
From  which  may  never  S\Yord  the  bleft  expelU 
Hail  Bank  of  all  paft  Ages !  where  they  lye 
tT'inrinch  with  inccreft  Pofterity ! 

Hail  Wits  lUuftrious  Galaxy  ! 
Where  Thoufand  Lights  into  one  brightnefs  fprel 
Hail  living  Univerfity  of  the  Dead  * 

2. 

Uncoiifus'd  Babel  of  all  tongues ,  which  er*e 
The  mighty  Linguift  Fame ,  or  Time  the  mij 
Traveler ,    , 

That  could  fpeak ,  or  this  could  hear. 
Majeftick  Monument  and  P5  ramide , 
Where  ilill  the  f  hapes  of  parted  Souls  abide 
Bmblam'd  in  verfe ,  exalted  fouls  which  now 
£njoy  thofe  Arts  they  woo'd  f o  well  below  » 

which  now  all  wonders  plainly  fee  9 

That  have  been ,  ate  ,  or  are  to  be  , 

lathe  myfterious  Library, 
TheBeatifick  Bodley  of  the  Deity. 

I' 
Will  you  into  your  Sacred  throng  admit 

The  meaneft  Britif  h  Wit  ? 
You  General  Councel  of  the  Priefts  of  Fame  3 

Will  you  not  murmur  and  difdain  , 

That  I  pi 3ce among  you  claim  , 

The  humbleft  Deacon  of  her  tra'n  ? 
Will  you  allow  me  th'honourable  chain? 

The  chain  of  Ornament  which  here 

Your  noble  Prifoners  proudly  wear  j  | 

A  Ch'iin  which  will  more  pleafantfeem  to  me 
Than  all  my  own  Pindarick  Liberty  : 
Will  ye  to  bind  me  with  thofe  mighty  names  fubl 

Like  an  Apocrypha  with  holy  Writ? 
whatever  happy  book  is  chained  here , 
No  other  plice  or  People  need  to  fear. 
His  Chain's  a  Pafsport  to  go  ev'ry  where. 

As  when  a  feat  in  Heaveri , 
Is  to  an  unmalicious  sinner  dven, 


j  Verfes  written  on  fever  d  occnfions.     9 

''\    who  ending  round  hiswondringeye. 

ri  !S  none  but  Patriarchs  and  Apoftlcs  there  cfpyC  3 

Martyrs  who  did  their  hncs  be(tow  , 
^;    And  Saints  who  Martyrs  hv'ed  below  5 
htrcmbhng  and  amazement  he  bcginSi 
•ecolle£l  hii,  frailties  pall:  nnd  fins  , 
He  doubts  almoft  his  Station  there  9 
foul  fayes  to  it  fclf ,  How  came  1  here? 
res  no  otherwife  with  me 
en  I  my  feif  with  conkious  wonder  (ce  j 
idll  this  purifi'd  cicded  Companie. 
With  hardfhip  they  ,  and  pain , 
Did  to  this  h  appinefs  attain  : 
labour  I ,  nor  merirs  can  pretend , 
nk  Predeflination  only  was  my  friend. 

,  that  my  Author  hid  been  ty'd  like  me 
"uch  a  place ,  and  fuch  a  Companie  ! 
:ead  cf  fev'ial  Countries ,  fev'ral  Men  , 

And  bufinefs  which  the  Mufes  hate , 
Tjight  have  then  improv'd  that  fmall  ElhtCj 
ich  nature fparingly  did  to  him  give. 

He  might  perhaps  have  thriven  then , 
1  fetled  ,  upon  me  his  Child  ,  fomewhat  to  live, 
ad  hsppier  been  for  him  ,  as  well  as  me. 

For  when  all  j  (alas)  is  done  3 
: Books ,  I  mean ,  You  Books ,  will  prove  tabe 
\  beft  and  nobleft  converfation. 

For  though  fome  errors  will  get  in, 

Like  Tinflures  of  Original  fin: 

Yet  furc  we  from  our  Fathers  wit 

Draw  all  the  ftrength  and  Spirit  of  it; 
.ving  the  groffer  parts  for  converfation , 
:he  bell  blood  of  Man's  imploy'd  in  generation- 


Aa  5  ODE: 


1 

40  Verfeswrittenonjeveraloccpifiomli 

O  D  E. 

Sitting  and  Drinking  in  the  Chair  ,  ma  * 
out  of  the  Reltques  of  Sir  Francis 
Drake's  Ship. 

CHear  up  my  Mates ,  the  wind  does  fairly  blo^ 
Clap  on  more  fail  and  never  fpare  j 

Farewell  all  Lands ,  for  now  we  ate 

In  the  wide  Sea  of  Drink ,  and  merrily  we  g< 
Blefs  me ,  't  is  hot !  another  bowl  of  wine  j 

And  we  fhail  cut  the  burning  Line  : 
Hey  Boyes!  fhe  feuds  away,and  by  my  head  I  knc 

We  round  the  world  are  failing  now. 
What  dull  men  are  t  hofe  who  tarry  at  home  , 
When  abroad  thy  might  wantonly  rome , 

And  gain  fuch  experience ,  and  fpy  too 

Such  Countries,  and  Wonders  as  I  do f 
But  pry  thee  good  P//dttake  heed  what  you  io  I 

And  fail  not  to  touch  at  Peru ; 

With  Gold ;  there  the  VelTel  we'll  (lore  » 

And  never ,  and  never  be  poor, 

No  never  be  poor  any  more. 

2. 

What  do  I  mean?  What  thoughts  do  me  mifgt 

de> 
As  well  upon  a  ftaff  may  Witches  ride 

Their  fancy'd  Journies  in  the  Ayr  j 
As  1  fail  round  the  Ocean  in  this  Chair : 

''ris  true  J  but  yet  this  Chair  which  here  y< 
fee  , 
Fot  all  its  quiet  now ,  and  gravitie ) 
Has  wandred ,  and  has  travailed  more , 
Than  ever  Beaft ,  or  f  ifh ,  or  Bird ,  or  ever  Treebt 

fore. 
In  every  Ayr ,  and  every  Sea't  has  been , 
!Xhas  eompa  Vd  all  the  Earth ,  and  all  the  Heavei 
'ehasfeen. 


'  Verfes  written  on  fever  d  occafions.  i  x 

:c  not  the  Pope's  it  felf  with  this  compare  > 
11$  is  the  only  Univerfal  Chair. 

3- 
^  le  pious  Wandrers  Fleet ,  fav'd  from  the  flame » 

^^hjch  ft  ill  the  Reliques  did  oitroj  purfue  , 

And  took  them  for  its  due) 
(quadron  of  immortal  Nymphs  became ; 
11  with  their  Ani.s  they  row  about  the  Seas  3 
id  ftill  make  new  and  greater  voyages  ^ 
)r  has  the  firft  Poetick  Shipof  Gr^e.:^, 
'hough  now  a  ftarfhefo  Triumphant  fhow^ 
id  guide  her  Gihng  Succeffors  below, 
ight  as  her  ancient  freight  the  f hining  fleece  j ) 
;tto  this  day  a  quiet  harbour  foun  d  ,J 
le  tide  of  Heaven  ftill  carries  her  around, 
ily  Dr.il^es  Sacred  vefTel  which  before 

Had  done ,  and  had  feen  more  9 

Than  thofe  h.ive  done  or  feen  , 
'en  (Ince  thy  Goddcftes ,  and  this  aStar  has  bee«i 
a  resvard  for  all  her  labour  paft  , 

Js  made  the  feat  of  reft  at  laft. 

Let  the  cafe  now  quite  alter'd  be , 
id  as  thou  went'ft  abroad  the  World  to  feej 
!      Let  the  World  now  come  to  fee  thee. 

,4. 
le  World  will  do'c;  for  Curiofity 
oes  no  lefs  than  devotion ,  Pilgrims  malcc  j 
id  I  my  felf  who  now  love  quiet  too  , 
;  much  almoft  as  any  Chair  can  do> 

Would  yet  a  journey  take , 
1  old  wheel  of  that  Chariot  fo  fee  9 

Which  Phaeton  fo  raf  hly  brake  t 
St  what  could  that  fay  more  than  thefe  remains  of 

reat  Reliquel  thou  too,  in  this  Port  of  cafe, 

aft  ftiU  one  way  of  Making  Voyages  j 

he  breath  offame,l'ke  an  aufpicious  Gale, 

(The  great  Trade- wind  which  ne're  does  fail  i) 
lall  drive  thee  round  cheWorldjandihoufbaltrunj 

Ai  long  around  it  as  the  Sun. 

Aa.^.  The 


1 1  Ferfes  written  on  fever  d  occafiom. 

The  ftrnights  of  time  too  narrow  are  for  thee  ^ 
Lanch  forth  into  an  indifcovered  Sea  , 
And  fteer  the  endlefs  couffe  of  vaft  Eternitie, 
Take  far  thy  Sail  this  V<rfe ,  and  for  thy  ^ilot  Mcc 

V^on  the  Death  of  the  Earl  ^/Balcarres. 

I. 

»y  Is  folly  all ,  that  can  be  faid 
•^      By  Jiving  Mortals  of  th'immortal  ^ft^^^ 
And  Tm  afraid  they  laugh  at  the  vain  tears  we  f  he 
"Tis ,  as  if  vv'c  ,  who  ft  ay  behind 
In  Expectation  of  the  wind 
Should  pity^thore ,  who  palsM  this  ftrait before 

And  touch  the  univerlal  fhore. 
Ah  happy  Man ,  who  art  to  fl^i!  no  more  / 
And  5  ifitfcem  ridiculous  to  grieve 
Becnufe  our  Friends  are  newly  come  from  Sea, 
Though  neVe  fo  fair  and  calm  it  be  j 
What  would  all  fober  men  believe 
If  they  fhould  hear  us  fighing  h^  ; 
Bakarres  ,  who  but  th'o'ther  day 
Did  all  our  Love  and  our  refpecl  command 
At  whofe  great  parts  we  all  amaz'd  did  ftand  ^ 
Is  from  a  ftorm  ,  alas  /  caft  fuddenly  on  land  ? 

X. 

If  you  will  (ay:  Few  perfons  upon  Earth 
Did  more  thanhe  ,  deferve  to  have 
A  hfe  exempt  from  fortune  and  the  grave  j 

Whether  you  look  upon  his  Birch  , 
And  Anceftors ,  whofe  fame's  fo  widely  fpred  > 
^i  Anceftors  alas,  who  long  ago  are  dead/ 
Or  syhither  you  confider  more 
The  vaft  increafe ,  as  fare  you  ought. 
Of  honour  by  his  Labour  bought , 
And  added  to  t  he  former  ftore. 
All  I  can  anfwer ,  is ,  that  I  allow 
The  j  riviledge  you  plead  for  ;  and  avow 
That  3  as  he  well  deierv'd ,  he  doth  in  joy  it  now. 

^.Thougi 


k 


Ferfes  written  onfeveraloccajionsi  i  j 

3- 

Though  God  for  great  and  right-eous  ends. 
Which  his  uncrrin?  Providence  intends, 
^Erroneous  mankind  fhould  not  underftand, 
S^VoiiId  not  permit  Balcmres  hand  , 
That  once  with  Co  much  indultry  and  art  ^  „ 

iadclos'd  the  gaping  wounds  ot'cv'ry  parta 
roperfeahisdiftraaed  Nations  Cure, 
)r  Hop  the  fatal  bondage  ,  'twas  t'endure  ; 
Tet  for  his  pains  he  foon  did  him  remove 
From  all  th'oppreffion  and  the  'woe 

Of  his  frail  Bodies  Native  Soil  belowS 
To  his  Souls  true  and  peaceful  Count'ry  above : 
0  God  J  hke  Kings ,  for  fccret  caufes  known 

Sometimes  ,  but  to  themfelves  alone, 
^e  of  their  ableft  Minifters  elecl: , 
nd  fend  abroad  to  Treaties ,  which  th''imend 

Shall  never  take  efFed. 
ut ,  though  the  Treaty  wants  a  happy  end  3  j 
he  happy  agent  wants  not  the  reward , 
3r  which  he  LabourM  faithfully  and  hard  5 
.is  juft  and  righteous  Mafter  calls  him  home , 
nd  gives  him  near  himfelf  fome  honourabk 
room. 

Koble  and  great  endeavours  did  he  bring 
0  fave  his  Country  and  reftore  his  King ;' 
id  whilft  the  Manly  half  of  him ,  which  thofe, 
VhoknownoiLovejtobethe^i^iole  fuppofcj 
Jrform'd  all  Parts  of  Virtues  vigorous  Life  ^ 

The  beauteous  half  his  lovely  Wife 
ftl  aHhis  Labors  and  his  cares  divide, 
or  was  a  lame  ,  nor  paralitick  fide. 

In  all  fheturnes  of  human  ftatC;^ 

And  all  th'unjuft  attacques  of  fate 

She  bore  her  fhare  and  portion  ftill  3 
id  would  not  fuffer  any  to  be  ill. 
ifortunate  for  ever  let  me  be , 

If  I  believe  chat  fuch  was  he , 

"^  Y  hom :,  in  the  itormes  of  bad  liiccs^, 

M-5^-  Ami 


f 4  ferjei  'Wrttteftonfeverd  oeca^omV 

And  all  that  error  calls  unhappiiu  fs , 
His  virtue ,  and  his  virtuous  Wife  did  ftiU  accomp 
ny. 

f- 

Withthefe  companions 't  was  not  ftrange  j 

That  nothing  could  his  temper  change. 
His  own  and  Countries  union  had  not  weight 

Enough  to  crufh  his  mighty  mind. 
He  faw  around  the  Hurricans  of  btate  ^ 
l^ixt  as  an  Ifland*gainft  the  waves  and  wind. 

Thus  far  the  greedy  Sea  may  reach , 

All  outward  things  are  but  the  breac 
Beach  , 
A  great  Mans  Soul  it  doth  aflault  in  vain. 
3'heirGod  himfclfthe  Ocean  doth  reftraii|. 

With  an  imperceptible  chain , 

And  bid.it  to  go  back  again : 
His  Wifdoni  ,3uftice,andhis  Piety, 
His  Courage  both  to  fuffer  and  to  die  s. 

His  Virtues  and  his  Lady  too 

Were  things  CeleAial.  And  we  fee 
In  (pight  of  quarrelling  Philofophie, 

How  in  this  cafe  'tis  certain  found  9 
That  Heav'n  ftands  ftill,  and  only  Earth  gfl 

round. 


ODE. 

Ufon  Dr.  Harvey  i 


QOi 


t\ 


I. 

NitufC,    (which  retnain'd,  though  ago 
grown , 
A  Beauteous  virgin  ftill ,  injoy'd  by  none  j. 

Nor  feen  unveil'd  by  any  one  ) 
"When  Har'veys  violent  paflionf  he  did  fee  j, 
Began  to  tremble ,  and  to  flee , 
Took  San£Vuary  like  Da^hnein  a  tree  r 
%here  Daphnes  lover  ftop*t ,  and  thought  It muefis  '^ 
Ihe  very  l.«av€s  of  her  to  soudi  a> 


I    Verfeswrittenonfeveraloccaftonf.  X% 

'But  Harney  our  Apollo ,  ftopt  not  fo , 
Into  the  Bark ,  and  rood  he  after  her  did  goc : 

No  fmallcft  Fibres  of  a  plant , 
For  which  the  eicbeams  Point  doth  f  harpncfs  \vanl]| 

His  pafTage  after  her  withftood. 
vVhat  fhould  f  he  do?  through  all  the  moving  woo^ 
])f  Lives  indow'd  with  fenfe  fhe  took  her  flight  > 
^ar-xty  purfucs ,  and  keeps  her  ftill  in  fight. 
5ut  as  thee  Deer  long-hunted  takes  a  flood , 
he  leap'c  at  laft  into  the  winding  ftreams  of  blood  j 
)f  mans  Meander  all  the  Purple  reachs  made  , 

Till  at  the  heart  fhe  ftay'd, 

"Where  turning  head  ,  and  at  a  Bay , 
'husjby  well-purged  ears5was  fhe  o'*re-hcard  toiayj 

2. 

lere  fure  fhall  I  be  fafe  (faid;  fhe 
(on  will  be  able  fure  to  fee 

This  my  retreat ,  but  only  He 

"Who  made  both  it  and  me. 
he  heart  of  Man  ,  what  Art  can  e'rc  reveal  ? 

A  wall  impervious  between 

Divides  the  very  Parts  within, 
nd  doth  theHeartof  man  ev'n  from  its  felfconcc^ 

She  fpoke ,  but  e*re  fhe  was  aware  , 

Haryey  Tvas  with  her  there , 
nd  held  this  flippery  Proteus  in  a'chain  ^ 
ill  all  her  mighty  Myftericsfhe  defcry*d , 
'hich  from  his  wit  the  attempt  before  to  hi(i^ 
^as  the  fir  ft  Thing  that  Nature  did  in  vain. 

3- 
He  the  young  Praftife  of  Kew iife  did  fee  j  • 

Whil*ft  to  conceal  its  toilfome  Poverty , 
for  a  living  wrought ,  both  hard ,  and  privateljOJl- 

Before  the  Liver  underftood 

The  noble  Scarlet  Dye  of  Blood , 

Before  one  drop  was  oy  it  made , 
9  brou  ght  into  it ,  to  fet  up  the  Trade  ^ . 
cfore  the  untaught  Heart  began  to  beaC" 
ihe  tuneful  March  to  v»tal  Heat , 
m  all  the  Souls  chachving  Buildings  rear » 


h 


1 


n  6    Verfes  mitten  onfeverdoccafions^ 

whether  imply'd  for  Earth ,  or  Sea  .  or  Air , 
Whether  it  in  the  Womb  or  Egg  be  wrought , 
A  rtrift  account  to  him  is  hourly  brought , 

How  rhe  Great  Fabrick  does  proceed  , 
What  time  and  what  materials  it  does  need, 
lie  fo  exaflly  does  the  work  furvey , 
As  if  hehir'd  the  workers  by  the  day. 

4- 
Thus  R.n'^i)  fought  for  Truth  in  Truth^s  own  Boo 
.  ;.Ihe  Creatures  ,  which  by  God  himfelf  was  writj 

And  wifely  thought  'c  was  fie , 
Kot  to  read  Comments  only  upon  it , 
Teuton  tb'original  it  felf  to  look. 
Methinks  in  Arts  great  Circle  others  ftand 

Lock't  up  together ,  Hand  in  Hand  3 

Xveryoneleedsasheisled  ,. 

The  (ame  bare  path  they  tread ,. 
A  Dance  like  Fairies  a  Fantaftick  round , 
Bat  neither  change  their  motion  ,  nor  their  ground  : 
Had  iiitryey  to  this  Road  confinM  his  wit  j 
His  nobis  Circle  of  the  Blood,  had  been  untrodcfi  i\, 

yet. 
<?reat  Do^or  /  Th'Art  of  Curing's  cur'dby  thee:>. 

We  now  thy  patient  Phyfick  fee,. 
Jrom  all  inveterate  difcafcs  free , 

Purg'd  of  old  errors  by  thy  care  , 
New  dieted  ,  put  forth  to  clearer  air  , 

k  now  will  ftrong  and  healthful  prove , 
Irfelf before  Lethargick  lay,  and  could  not  move^ 

^. 
Thefc  ufeful  fecretsto  his  Pen  we  owe , 
And  thoufaods  more  'twas  ready  to  beltow  >, 
Ofwhicba  barb'rous  Wars  unlearned  Rager 

Has  robb'd  theruin'd  age  \ 
O  cruel  lofs !  as  if  the  Golden  Fleece  , 

With  To  much  coft  ^and  labour  bought^ 
And  from  a  far  by  a  great  Uerae  brou  ghc 

Had  iunkev^^iinthe  Portsof  Greff^,. 
iOcurfedi  Warr  T  who  can forgtve  thee  this  r 
Hon  lis  an  d  To  was  ma^  rife  a  g^ain  > 


\ 


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It 
la 


Ferfes  "Written  onfcvcraloccapom.    17 

And  ten  times  ealier  it  is 
To  rebuild  Pauh  ,  than  any  work  of  his. 
That  niioluv  TnNk  none  biu  h;rrfelfcando, 

N.iy  ,  icarce  himf-lf  too  now , 
For  though  his  VVuh  thv'Jcrce  ofAgcwithftand,, 
His  Body  aUs  /  and  Tin-.e  it  mufl  command  , 
And  Nature  now ,  fo  lor.g  by  him  firnafs't  ^ 
Will  lure  have  her  revenge  on  him  at  Jafi 


ODE. 

Acme/5f;^iSeptirriius  out  ^CatuUuSo 

AcmenSeptimius/woj  amnti 
Tcneminjremio  iSic. 

WJ  Hilft  on  S;ptifnius  panting  Ereft  3 
VV  (Meaning  nothing  lefs  than  Rqft} 
i^cwe  lean'd  her  loving  head  , 
^  Thus  the  pIcas'dSf/^f/w/wffaicL  _, 
My  deareft  Acme ,  ifl  be 
Once  alive ,  and  love  not  thee 
Witli  a  Padion  far  above 
All  that  e*re  was  called  Love?, 
[n  a  Libyan  deferc  may 
[  btcome  fome  Lions  prey  5 
Let  him  ,^t;«e,  let  him  tear 
My  Ereft ,  when  j4cme  is  not  there. 

rhe  God  oFLove  whcftood  to  hear  him  3 

[The  God  of  Love  was  always  near  him) 

Pleas'd  and  tickl'd  wi-Ji  the  found  5 

Sncez'd  aloud ,  and  all  around 

rhe  lirtle  Loves  waited  by , 

low'd  and  bleft  the  Augurie.  ' 

\cwe  enfiam'd  with  what-hc  (aid  , 

■car'd  her  eently- bcndni' head  a 

ind  her  purplenroutK  with  joy 


tt  f^er Jes  written  on feverdoccafions. 

Twice  (and  twice  could  fcarce  fuffice) 
She  kift  his  drunken,  rowhng  eyes. 

My  little  Life ,  my  All  (faid  f  he) 
So  may  we  ever  fervants  be 
To  this  beft  God  and  ne'r  retain 
Our  hated  Liberty  again , 
So  may  thy  paflTon  laft  for  me. 
As  I  a  paffion  have  for  thee. 
Greater  and  fiercer  much  than  call 
Be  conceived  by  Thee  a  Man, 
Into  my  Marrow 'S  it  gone 
Fixt  and  fetled  in  the  Bone, 
It  reigns  not  only  in  my  Heart, 
But  runs,  like  Life,  through  ev'ry  part; 

She  fpoke  5  the  God  of  Love  aloud, 
Sneez'dsgiin,  and  all  the  crowd 
Gf  little  Loves  that  waited  by , 
Bow'dandbleft  theAugurie. 

This  good  Omen  thus  from  Heaven 

Like  a  happy  f^nal  given. 

Their  Loves  and  Lives  (all  four)  embrace. 

And  hand  in  h^ndrun  all  the  race. 

To  poor  SeptimiuA  (who  did  now 

INothing  elfebut  Acmegxoyf) 

Mmt's  bofome  was  alone. 

The  whole  worlds  Imperial  Thronei 

And  to  faithful  A>  mes  mind 

Sepftmita  was  all  H-uman  kind,  ^ 

If  the  Gods  would  pleafe  to  be 

Bud  ad  vib'd  for  once  by  n-  e, 

rde  adv  ife'em  when  they  fpie^ 

AnyillufttiousPictyj 

To  reward  Her  5  if  it  be  fhe ; ' 

To  reward  Him ,  if  it  be  He ;         ^ 

'With  ftich  a  Husband ,  f  uch  a  Wifej» 


yerjis  writ  fen  on  fiver  ^occ^fions.  1 9. 
ODE. 

Upon  HU  MajefltiS  Zefioration  and  Returm 

irirgil.-" ~  Quodoptanti  Divl^mpromittere  *'etno 

Auderet^yohenda  dtiSy  en,  attulituttrf] 

i: 

NOw  ^leffin%s  onyoMdWy  ye  peaceful  StarrSo 
Which  meet  at  laft  To  kindly,  and  difpence 
Your  univerfil  gentle  influence  ^ 
To  cal.Ti  the  ftormy  Worlh^  ftill  the  rage  olWarrS^ 

Nor  whilft  around  the  Continent, 
Plenipotentiary  Beams  ye  fent , 

Did  you  Paei/icl^  -^'^^^^^'^  ^^^"* 
In  their  large  Treaty  to  contain 
rhe  world  apart ,  o're  which  do  raign 
y^our  fcven  fair  Brethren  of  Great  Cb>trls  his  Wane^ 
NoJMramongftyealldid,  I  believe. 
Such  vigorous  afTiftance  give , 
As  that  which  thirty  years  ago, 
Ar  *  Cbarli  his  Birthy  did,  in  defpighr 
Ofthe proud  5'M«*s  Meridi.in  Light, 
His  future  Glories ,  and  this  Year  forefhow, 
Nole^seffe£h  thanthefewemay 
Be  afTur'd  of  from  that  powerful  R.ny^ 
Which  could  out-  face  ther^^ijand  overcome  theZ>4>, 

»  The  Star  that  appeared  at  N;>on    .  the  day  of  the  Kingha 
Birth,  juft  as  the    Ring  His 
Fathcrwrasr  dingto  St.  Fauls  to  give  thanks  to  God  tot  tbatt 
Bleilin^ 

Aufpiciousitay  again  arife. 
And  take  thy  Noon-tide  ft*tidnAn  the  skles^ 
Again  all  Heaven  prodigioufly  adorn  j 

For  loe !  thy  Cbarh  again  is  Born,  * 

He  then  was  Born  vjJtb  an  J  to  painv^ 

With ,  and  fj  Joy  he's  n  ^rn  again . 

-And  wifely  for  ^%faond  Biuirt.  W 


to  Yerfis  vvrhten  on  fever doccajionsl 

By  which  thou  certain  were  to  hWs 
The  Land  with  full  mdAouriihing  Happinefit 

Thou  mid'ft  of  that  fair  Momh  thy  choice. 

In  which  Hety/n,  Air  ^and Suci,  and  Eturth, 
And  all  that's  in  the.n  all  doesj»wi7^,and  doQsrejoyee 
Twas  a  right  Sea/on^  and  the  very  Ground 
Ought  with  a  face  of  Paradtfe  to  be  found, 

Than  when  we  were  to  entertain 
J'tlicity  and  lnnocen:e  again. 

Shall  we  a^ain  Cgood  Heaven !  that  Bhffeclpair  bt- 

hold, 
Which  the  abu fed  Pf^p/efoundly  fold 
For  the  bright  Fruit  oh);ie  for  bidden  Tree^ 

Byfeckingall  like  Gods  tohtf 
Will  Peace  fier  Halcyon  Nefi  venture  to  build 

Upon  a  Shore  with  ShipwracH^s  fiil'd  ? 
And  truft  that  S:?:Jr\vherc  f  he  can  hardly  fay, 
Sh^has  known  thefe  twenty  years  one  csimy  day  3 

Ah!  mild  and  gaullefs  Doyey 
Which  doft  the  pure  and  candid  Dwellings  love ; 

Canft  thou  in  .Hbion  ftill  delight  ? 

Still  canft  thou  think  it  white  ? 
Will  ever  fair  Religion  appear 
In  thefe  deformed  Ruins }  will  f  he  clear 
Th'  Jugaan  Stables  Q^hQt   Churches  h^ve^ 

Will  Jf«/?Kg  hazard  to  be  Ceen 
Where  a  f^fgh  Court  oi  Jf^ufttce  e're  has  been  ? 

Will  not  the  Tragique  Scene, 
And  Bradfhaw*s  bloody  Ghofl  affright  her  thcre^ 

Her  who  fhall  never  fear  ? 
Then  may  White-haUiox  Charles^his  5^^/ be  fit, 
lijuflice  {h^Wendwxtdit.J'Veftrninfierio  (it, 

4. 

Ofal],methinksiweleaflihould  fee 
The chearfuil  looks  again  of  Lib^tty. 
Thaj:  Nan^t  o\'Cromvje!l>>\yh'\c\\  does  frefhly  ftilL 
Xhe  C  urfes  of  fo  manf  fufFerers  fill^ 

Is  ftili  though  to  make  her  ftay^, 
.fndlialbiisfbra-while;-  remain  5. 


«■; 


Nerfes  written  on  fever  doccafions,  ii 

Left  ns  a  Tempejl  carried  hini  away,  ,  i 

ome  Hurican  fhould  bring  him  back  again,  '\ 

Or  fhe  mght  juftlier  benfrnid  ^f 

.eft  that  great  S^y/ifw  ,  which  was  aIlar»T(7,  Jy 

And  in  his  poys'nous  folds  whole  Nations  Prisoners 
made): 
Should  a  third  time  perhaps  prevail  *il 

'o  joyn  again ,  and  with  woiTe  fting  arife,  ij 

iS  it  had  done  J  when  cut  in  pieces  twice.  ^| 

Return  ,  return,  ye  Sacred  Four ,  ' ! 

inJ  dread  your  perif  ht  Enemies  no  more. 

Your  fears  are  caufclcfs  all,  and  vain 

Whiilt  you  return  in  Charles  his  train, 
or  Goidoes  Him  ,  that  He  might  Vou  reftore> 

Nor  fhall  the  world  him  only  call, 
defender  of  the  faith,  but  of  ye  aB. 

i  long  with  you  Plenty  ^nd  Riches  go 

'  Vith  a  full  Tide  to  every  Port  they  flow , 

'Vith  a  warm  fruitful  ly/wio're  all  the  Countrey 

blow. 
lonour  does  as  ye  march  her  Tratrjpct  found. 

The  ^r»encompafs  you  around, 

Andagainft  all  Alhirms  of  Fear j 
■  Safety  it  felf  brings  up  the  Rear. 
nd  in  the  head  of  this  U^gelique  band, 
,o,  how  the  Goodly  Prince  :i:  laft  docs  ftand 
D  righteous  Gi?^/)   onh\so-^n  happy  Land. 
Pis  Happy  now,  which  cou  Id,  with  fo  much  eafe 
.ecover  from  fo  defperate  a  Di-eafe, 

A  various  complicated  lH, 
"Vhofe  every  J//w/>^om?  was  enough  lol^iH, 
1  which  one  part  of  Three  Frenzfy  poftlit, 

And  Lttharny  thcref}. 
ris  Happy ,  which  no  B/f^.//r^  docs  indure 

A  Surfeto(  fuch  '^.lood  to  cure. 

'Tis  Hapty  ,  which  beholds  the  Fhxme 
1  which  by  hoftilc  hands  it  out;ht ,   to  burn  , 

Or  ch't  wh'ch  if  from  Heaven  it  came 
:did  but  well  dcfcrve,  all  into  Bo7?/r«  turn. 

6.  VVc 


%i  ^erfei  written  on  feveraloccafions, 

Wey^orVandalaioft  toucht  the  black  degree 
Ofinftant  Evpetlatim) 
Th^.t  the  three  dreadful  Aifreh  we 
Of  famine,  Sword  Sind  Fia^M  fhould  here  cftablifht 

fee 
(God's  great  Triumvirate  o^DeJolation) 
To  fcourge  and  to  deftroy  the  finful  Nation, 
Juftly  might  fieaVn  Protestors  fuch  as  thofe. 
And  fuch  Commit  tees  for  the  ir  Safety  impofe, 
U  pon  a  Land  which  fcarcely  Better  chofe. 

We  fear'd  that  the  fanatique  ivar 
Which  men  againft  God's  houfes  did  dedar^ , 
Would  from  x.WMmighty  Enemy  bring  down 

A  fure  deftruftion on  our  Own. 
We  read  rh'  JnftrnBt^e  Hiftories  which  tell 
Of  all  thofe  endleG  mifchiefs  that  befell, 
The  Sacred  Tonvn  which  Goi  had  lov'd  fo  well. 
After  ih^t  fatal  Cur fe  had  once  been  Paid, 
His  hhod  be  upon  ours,  and  on  our  Children!  haad. 
We  knevr,  though  there  sl greater  Blood  was  fpilt, 

'Twas  fcarcely  done  with  j^reater  GuiU^ 
We  know  thofe  miferies  did  befall 
Whilft  they  rebell'd  againft  that  Prince  whom  all 
The  reft  of  M.ii^^i^^/didthc  Lo^e^^^d  Jo]f,oi  MaH 
\ind  call*  ^ 

7. 
Already  was  the  fhai^en  Nation 
Into  a  wild  and  deform'd  Chaos  brought 
And  it  was  hafting  on  ^  we^thought ) 
Even  to  the  laft  of  lUi^  Annihilation, 
When  in  the  mid  ft  of  this  confufcd  Night, 
Loe,  the  bleft  Sprit  mov'd ,  and  there  ibas  Light, 
For  in  the  glorious  GeneraPs  previous  Riy, 

We  faw  a  new  created  Day. 
We  by  it  faw ,  though  yet  in  Uifii  it  f  hone , 
Thz  beauteous  r/orl(oi Order  mow'\X)^  on. 
Where  are  the  men  who  brag^'d  thatGod  did  bleftj 

And  with  the  marks  oU^ood  fttccefs 
5le»»  his  allowance  oizh&it 'wic](ednefs\  , 

Vaif 


Vcrfes  written  on  fever al  occaftons,  25 

i^'ain  men  !  who  thought  the  Divine  Power  to  find 
n  the  fierce  Thunder  and  the  violent  i^'ind  ; 

God  came  not  till  the  ftorm  was  paft, 
n  the  ftiH  yffice  of  9etce  he  came  at  laft. 
rhe  cruel  bufinefs  of  DeftruBion , 
^ay  by  the  Clauds  o{ the  great  Fiendht  done. 
rtcre,  licre  we  fee  th'  Almtghty  's  band  rndeed, 
loth  by  the  Beauty  of  the  Wor)^ ,   wc  fee't ,  and  by 
the  Speeds 

8. 
le  who  had  feen  the  aoble  Britifh  Heirs 
:venin  thatilldifidvantageous  Li^hj 
Vkh  which  misfortunes  ihives  t'abufe  our  fight,; 
le  who  had  feen  him  in  his  ClowdCo  bright  ^ 

He  who  had  feen  the  double  Pair 
i(  Brothers  heavenly  goodjand  Sijiers  heivenly  fair^ 

Might  have  perceiv'd  (me  thinks)  \Tith  eafe^ 
iut  wt'ckedrfwn  fee  only  what  they  pleafe) 
hat  God  had  no  intent  t'extinguifh  quite 

The  pious  King*s  eclipfed  Right. 
!e  who  had  feen  how  by  the  power  Divine 
.11  the  young  Branches  of  this  Royal  Line 
•id  in  their^rr  without  tonfumingfbin&  , 
ow  through  a  rou^s^h  Redfea  they  had  been  Ic^ 
y  Wonders  gviirdcdi  2nd  by  Wonders  fed. 
owmany  years  of  trouble  and  diftrefs 
hey'd  wandred  in  their  fatal  PViUernefs, 
nd  yet  did  never  murmure  or  repine ; 

Might  (me- thinks)  plainly  underftand  , 
hat  after  all  thefe  conquer'd  Trials  paft, 

Th*  Jlmighty  Mercy  would  at  laft 
ondu£V  them  with  a  ftrong  un-erring  hand 
To  their  ownpri>w;j'd(Z,a7)//. 
For  all  the  glories  of  the  Earth 
Oughttobe?;jr.j/Wby  right  of -ffiVr^S 
And  all  Heaytns  blejfmgs  to  come  down 
pon^«  &<ic#,  towhom  alone  was  given 
ledouble  Roy<ilty  of  Earth  stnd  Heaven, 
'ho  trown'd  the  Kingly  with  the  Martyrs  Crown. 

s/rhs^ 


24  ^erfcs  written  on  feveraloccafions, 

9- 

The  Mitrty/s  hlooi  was  faid  of  old  to  be 

The/i?<fifro:n  whence  the  Church  did  grow. 
The  Koyal  Blood  which  dying  Chaylei  did  fow 
Becomes  no  lefs  the  feed  of  Koyalty. 
T  was  in  difhonourfown, 
We  find  it  now  in  j^/orj  gyown, 
*Ihtgraye  could  but  the  ^ro/}  of  it  devour  5 
'  r  wisfofen  in  vjea\nefs ,  and  'cis  r^ /j V  mpvjer^ 
yVenow  the  QHeftion  well  decided  fee  ^ 
Which  Eafiern  Wits  did  once  conteft 
At  the  GYe.^t    Monartb^s  Feaft 
t>fa U  on  earth  luhat  things  the  flrongefl  he  : 
And  fome  for  Women  ,  fome  for  Wine  did  pleadj 

That  is,  for  Fo/ly  and  for  Rage^ 
Two  things  which  we  have  known  indeed 
Strong  in  this  latter  ^ge. 
B^it  as'tis  provM  by  Heayen  at  lengthy 
The  iCing  and  Truth  have  greateft/Zrew^f/^, 
When  they  their  facred  force  unite  ,1 
And  twine  into  one  Eighty 
No  frantick  Common-lPeahhs  or  Tyrannies  , 
No  Ci&^<?tx ,  and  Perjuries ,  and  £/>;  , 
No  >^«f  of  humane  Policies ; 
Noftores  of  j4rmsov  Gij^yf  though  you  could  joyn 
Thofe  of  Peru  to  the  great  London  Mine) 
No  Tozvns,  no  f/^f/j  by  Sea ,  or  Troops  by  Land  j 
No  deeply  entrentcht  J /lands  can  withfland> 

Or  any  Imall  refinance  bring 
Againii:  the  naj^ed  Truth,  and  the  unarmed  King, 

10. 
The  foolifi  Lights  which  Travellers  beguile. 

End  the  fame  night  when  they  begin ; 
No  ^rt  Co  firxan  upon  Nature  win 
As  e're  to  put  out  Stars,  or  long  keep  Meteors  in,* 
yv  here's  row  that  JgnU  Fatt^u^  which  e're  while 
Mis-lead  our  ivandring  ifle  ? 
Whcr'sthe  Ir^j?''//?<?r  Cromwel gon"? 
VVhere'snow  that  Faffing- fiar  his  Son  ? 
y  Vhecc^s  the  large  Cqmet  now  whofe  raging  flame 


yerjes  written  on  [ever si  occafiom.  1m 

So  fatal  to  our  Uonarihy  bccaine  ? 

Which  oVe  our  heads  in  fuch  proud  horror  ftood  , 

Infaciarewith  our  Kuine 2iudom^lood} 

Jhe fiery  T.»il  did  to  vail  length  extend  j 

And  twice  for  wane  of  Fuel  did  expire , 

And  twice  renew'd  the  difnul  fircy 
Thorgh  long  the  Tayl  we  fau'  ac  laft  its  end. 
The  flames  of  one  triumphant  day, 
VVhichhkean  Anti-Comet  here 
Did  facjjly  to  that  appear. 
For  ever  frighted  it  away  ^ 
Then  did  th'allotted  hour  of  daiunw?  Riaht 

Firdftnkeourravjfht  right 
VVhich  Malic9  or  which  ^r/ no  more  could  {lay: 
Than  ilttches  Charms  can  a  retardment  bring 
To  the  Kifufcitation  of  the  Day  , 

Or  Kejnrretlion  of  the  Srrin? 
VVe  welcome  both ,  and  wit'h  improvM  deh'pht 
^kkihc  precediT!^  irint er  ^nd  the Nf^ht, 

»  r. 
vian  ought  his  future  H.^pptmfs  to  fear, 
Ir  he  be  always  H^^ppy  here 
He  wants  the  blee^Hvg  sUrl^  of  Grace  , 
rhc  Ctrcumcifion  of  the  chofen  race. 
If  no  one  part  of  him  il-pplies 
ThedutyofaJ',ztr//t^, 
He  is  (we  doubt;  icflrv'd />7^/r* 
AsawhoIeK/<J?;»jfforthe  Fire. 
^chdes  even  in  this  World  below, 
To  thofe  who  never  did  iH  Fortune  know  , 
^  1  ae^jood  docs  nutifeou^  or  infipul  ere w 
.onfidcr man's ^u;^./.Z;/-,,  andycu'l  confcfs, 
he(haxpln^reJiem  of  Tome  baI(Hcce[s 
s  that  which  gives  the  t^fieto  all  his  Happmers, 
lut  the  true  Method  of  fe/icitjy,  ^^    "^  ' 

Is  when    the  word 

/^fhumaneZ//,ispIac'drhcf?rft, 
\nd  when  the  ChiLh  Correct  ion  proves  to  be 

rhecaufe  Qt  perfeam'i  the  Man 
i  Let  our  //V j(.  D„jf  j  lead  up  the  Van , 

^  Let 


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^6  Verfesvvrittemt^ fever d  occaftoml 

Let  the  brave  Se.ond2iv\A  Tri^rian  Band , 

Firm  sga-nft  all  impreflion  ft?nd  i 
The  fir  ft  we  may  defeated  fee  ^ 
The ritiue  and  the  /orcr  of  thcfe ,  are  Cure  of  Fr^o  - 

1  *. 
Such  are  the  years  ^grcat  Charles)Mch  now  we  le 

Begin  their ^^hriom  M^rch  with  T^f^  : 
l#;7f  may  their  kdich  to  Hea-^m  ,   and  ftiH r^'*'* 
fhant  be 
Now  thou  art  gotten  once  before , 
iS"- K^r/«n* never  fh ill  oVtf-ti;^^  the  more. 
To  fec't  aga-n ,  and  plealure  in  it  find,  Boi 

Caftadifdainfullook^ff^/W  ,  i' 

Things  which  ojfendy\yhtn  prefcnc,  and  affrighh    Itn 
InMemory,  wtllpaimed,  move  delight. 
Enj,y  then  all  thy  affli^wm  now  j 
Thy  R.oyal  Father's  cane  at  laft  : 
Thy  Martyrdetns  already  paft. 
And  djferent  Croiuns  to  both  ye  OWC 
t^fo^^Wdid  e're  the  K«;7^/y  rffrp/«bind,^ 

Than  thine  more  try'd  znd  more  refind, 
As  a  choifc  Medal  for  Hea-ypen'f  Tte^futy 
Cod  didft'tnjp  firft  upon  one  Hde  ot  Thee 
The  I  w.  «r ^  «  of  h\s  jpfferivx  Hun; amy  ;  ^ 

On  th'other  fide ,  turned  now  to  fight,does  I  hitie 
7hc gloriom  Image  of  hii Power  Diytne^ 

So  when  the  wifeft  Poets  feek 

In  all  their  livelieft  colours  fo  fet  forth 

A  P i^MT eoi Heroic l^worthy 
(The  PiOH^  Trojan ,  or  the  Prudent  Gree\  ) 
They  chufe  fome  comely  Prince  of  heayenly  Btrth, 

CNo  proud  Gi^anticJ^fan  of  Btrth, 
^  Who  ftrives  t'ufurp  tht god's forhidJenfe^t) 
They  fetd  him  not  with  Ne^^ ,  and  the  Meat 

Thar  cannot  without  Joy  be  car. 
Buih  in  the  coM  oiivant,  zndf^oYms  oUdyerfe  cbm 
They  harde?!  his  jcung  Vinue  by  degrees ; 
•  he  he'iuteom  Drcp  firil  into  he  does  /m&s 
^nd  into JolidchriJLd  next  advance. 


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\crjis  written  onfeveraloccafiom.  27 

is  murdered  friends  and  {inJre.lhc  ii"c$  lecj 

And  from  h\%fl*ming  Cotintr)  flee, 
ucli  is  he  tofl  at  i'^.i,  and  much  a:  Land^ 
oeslopg  the  force  of  'in^ry   Gods  withftand. 
c does  long/ rorti/^f  and  long  "o^^rj  fullainj 

E're he  h is  fa'.nl  Rtrtb  ti^ht  g  .in 
u.    With  no  lefs  timeo'  labour  can 
I    Dtftiny  hudi  up  fuch  a  Man , 
I    Who's  with  fufficient  virtue  fill'd 
f    His  rutn'd  Country  to  rtbutid, 

<4- 

Nor  without  caufeare  Arms  from  Heaven^ 
0  fjch  a  WtfK?  by  the  Foe/x  given. 
o  btwian  Ai#rj/ is  offeree  t'oppofe 
So  nuny  and  fo  violent  blows. 
Such  was  the  Helmet,  Breajl-phte,  Shield^ 
Which  Charles  in  all  Attaques  did  wield :  ^ 
id  all  the  Weapons  Mali.et'ic  could  try. 
Fall  thefeveral  »;«^rj  of  wicked  Foley  y 
;ainflthis  v^rm^/ifr  ftruck  ,  butat  theltroke, 
VcSivords  oiUe,  in  thoufand  pieces  broke. 
)  Angels  and  their  Brethren  S'piras  above  , 
D  f  how  on  Earth  can  furc  fo  plcafant  prove  9 
As  when  they  ^qreat  mUfonnnei  fee 
Wirh  Courage  born  and  Decency. 
were  they  horn  when  (Vorc'*fhr*s  difmal  Dny 
d all  the  terrors  o^blac^  fate  difplay 
werethey  born  when  no  D//}f«//^^  clowd 

His  in  Ward  Roy .ilty  cou]d  fhroud, 
d  one  ofth*  Angels  whom  juft  G^^  didfenii 

Toouard  him  is  his  noble  flight  5 
Troop  oi  Angels  did  him  then  attend) 
ut'd  me  in  a  Vtfion  th'other  night , 
at  He  (and  who  could  better  judge  than  //»?) 
Did  then  more  GreatneJ's  in  him  fecj 
More  X.«^re  and  more  Majefty, 
an  all  his  Coronation  Fon.^  can  fhew  to  Human 
Bye, 

m  and  his  Zlc^a/ Brtthns  ^^hcn  I  faw 


2  8  Yerfes  written  on  fever  d  occafiom 

"  New  marks  of  honour  and  o^ glory , 
^rom  their  affronts   zndjufffrirfsisdt^kv;, 
And  look  like  Beawnly  faints  even  in  tht'ir Purgai 
Me-thougbcs  I  faw  the  three  Judaan  youths  , 
(Three  unhurt  Mctrtyrs  for  the  iiohhft  truths) 

In  the  Chaldaan  Fmnace  walk  ^ 
How  chearfully  and  iinconcern'd  they  talk  ! 
}^o  hah  is  findg'd ,  nofmalieft^^  mry  blufted ; 

Vikcpaifited  Lamps  they  fhine  trnwafied. 
the  'drtcdyfire  i-  felf  dares  not  be  fed 
VVith  thebleit  Oyl  of  an  Anointed  Head, 

The  honourable  flame 
(Which  rather  Ltght  we  ought  to  name) 
Does  3  like  a  Clory  compafs  them  around  , 

And  their  ic'/^t;/^  )ioiy^s  eroivn'd. 
What  are  thofe  T'tmo  Bright  Creatures  which  we 
VValk  with  the  Royil  Three 
IntheCAmQOrdeai  pre. 
And  mutual  pyesmCpite^ 
Sure  they  the  benuteom  Sixers  ixxt. 
Who  whilft  they  leek  to  bear  their  fhai 
Will  fuffer  no  affii^ion  to  be  there. 
Lefs  favour  to  thofe  T^r?*  of  old  was  fhown. 

To  folace  with  their  company , 
rht  fiery  Trials  <yi  Jdyerfcy; 
XwoJngelsjoyn  with  tbefe ,  the  otheri  had  but  Or. 

1 6. 
Come  forth.  Come  forth ,  ye  men  (f  God  helov*d 

And  ietthcf^iy^rnowoftkac  flames 
Which  againll  you  fo  rwpofewt became. 

On  all  your  Bnerwiei  be  proved.' 
Come ,  mighty  Charlsy  defire  ofNationSy  come  $. 

Gome  5  you  triumph  mt  Exile ,  home. 
He's  come  ,  he's  C^k  at  f  hore  ;  1  hear  thenoifi 
Of  a  whole  Land  which  does  at  once  rejoyce, 
1  hear  th'-nited  People'' s  f acred  ycice. 

The i<?^  which  circles  us  around , 
Ne're  fenc  toLand  Co  loud  a  [ounf'; 
3rhe  mighty  fhout  fends  to  the  Sea  a  Gale^ 
And  fwells  up  every/at/'/j 


\erfcs  writ  ten  on  fever  alocc^ pons,  %^ 

he  BeDs  and  Csum  are  fcnrcely  heard  at  all  ; 
lie  ^rtifi  iM  loy*  s  drown'd  by  t)ie  Naturitl, 
[[Enj^lr'd  but  one  Bonefire  fcems  tobej 
ne  Mina  f  hooting  fiiimei  into  the  Seci. 
be  Starry  Worlis  which  f hine  to  us  afar  > 

Take  ours  at  this  time  for  a  Star. 
'ith  iVir.e  all  rooms  ^  with  iVine  the  Conduits  Ro\f 
idJr^,  the  Prie(is  of  a  Poetic f^  r-'^gc. 

Wonder  that  in  this  GcUen  Age  , 

The  Rfvers  toofhould  not  do  fo. 
lere  is  no  Stoici^  fure  who  would  not  now  3 

Even  fome  Excefs  allow  5 
id  grant  that  oncwildjit  of  chtarfulfoOy) 
ould  end  our  twenty  years  oidifmal  Melancholy  * 

here's  now  the  Royal  Mother ,  where  , 

To  take  her  mighty  fhare 

In  this  fo  ravifhing  iight, 
d  with  the  part  The  f  d^^ j  to  add  to  the  Velight  ? 

Ah  !  Why  art  Thou  not  here , 
ou  always  B^/?,  and  now  the  H  appi  eft  Queen  ^ 
fee  our  /o>  ,  and  with  new  Joy  be  /ffn? 
dhasa  bright  Example  made  of  T/^?^, 

To  f  hew  that /^'orKii^j-y^f^ji  maybe 
ove  that  Sex ,  which  her  fuperiour  fcems  9 
wilely  managing  the  wide  Extreams 
great  Jjf^^ion  ,  great  Felicity. 
w  well  rhofe  different  Trnwe  f  T*^^e  become ," 
ughter  of  Triumphs,  Wife o^ Martyrdom  ! 
e  Princely  Aii'J^  with  fo  much  Courage  bore 
7u7/(9'7 ,  thnt  It  dares  return  no  mere  3 
th  fo  much  Goodrje/s  us'd  Fe'icity. 
at  it  cannot  refram  from  corrJn<!  back  to  Thee  • 
is  come,  andfeentodayinallits^r^'Ver)'. 

18. 
lo's  rh.it  Heroic]^  Perfon  leads  it  on  5 
And  ^i^ti  ic  like  a  glorious  Bride 
(Richly  adorn'd  with  Nuptial  Pride) 

Bb  In; 


■     ■  -   -  J  ll 

30  Yerfes  written  on  fiver  aloccafiom 

Into  the  hands  now  of  thy  Son  ? 
•ris  the  good  General^  the  Man  oi  Praife% 

VVhom  God  at  laft  in  gracious  pitty 

Did  to   iWenthrall*  d  Nation  raife  , 

Their  great  Zeruhhabel  to  be. 
To  loofe  the  Bonds  of  long  Captiyity , 
And  to  rebuild  thei-r  Temple  and,their  City, 
VoT  ever  bleft  May  He  and  Hii  remain. 
Who,  witha-vo/?,  though  lefs- appearing  gaii 
Preferr'd  the  ftlid  Great  above  theVaWy 
And  tothevrorldthis  Princely  Truthhas  fhown. 
That  more 'tis  to  R^/?(?rf,  than  to  VjurpiCrowft 
Thou  worthieft  Perfon  of  the  Brittijh  Story^ 

(Though 't  is  notfmall  the  Britttjh  glory) 
Did  I  not  know  my  humble  Verfe  muft  be 
But  ill-proportion'd  to  the  Heightboi  Thee^ 

Tbou,  and  the  ITtfr/^i  f hould  fee, 
How  much  my  Muje  the  foe  of  Fhttery, 
Do's  make^f  «^  Praife  her  Labour  and  Dejf^m 
An  Iliad  or  an  Mneid  f  hould  be  Time^ 

19. 
And  ill  f  hould  We  deferve  this  happy  day. 

If  no  acknowledgments  we  pay 

To  you  great  Patriots ,  of  the  Tivo 

Moil  truly  Other  houfes  now , 
Who  have  recieem'd  from  hatred md  from  fba 
A  ^arltaments  once  "y^enerable  name  ; 
And  now  the  Title  of  a  Noi/fe  reftore  , 
To  that,  whkhwishut/langhterhoufe  before. 
If  my  advice,  yelVorthies  ^  might  be  ta'nei 

Within thofc reverend  places. 

Which  now  your  Hying  presence  graces , 
Your  Marble  .?/at«ffj  alwayes  fhould  remaio. 
To  keep  alive  your  ufeful  Mfw «>»•)', 
And  to  your  %uccejfors  th'  Example  be 
OiTruth,Religion ,  Reafon,  Loyalty, 

Tor  though  a  firmly  fetlcd  Peace 
May  fhorrly  make  your  publick  liboursceafe. 
The  grateful  Nxtion  will  with  joy  confent. 

That  in  thvsjenfe  you  fhould  be  faid, 

(Thoi 


[    Verfesvvritten  onjevnaloccafiom.  51 

(Though  yet  the  Namt  founds  with  lomc  dread) 
Xobethe  LOflt^,  the  EjidUfs  Parliament. 

On  the  ^eem  Repairing  Somerfet  Hotife. 

W  Hen  God  (thcCaufe  toMear.d  Men  unknown) 
Fo:  Took  the  Royal  Houfes,  and  his  own  , 
,  And  both  abandon'd  to  the  Common  Foe  ; 
How  ne:.rtoruine  did  my  Glories  go  ? 
Nothing  remained  t'adorn  this  Princely  place 
WhichCovctous  hands  could  rake,orRudeDefact; 
In  all  my  rooms  and  galleries  I  found 
The  richeft  Figures  corn ,  and  all  around 
Difmembred  Stntues  of  great  Heroes  lay  ; 
Such  Nafeby'%  Field  feem'd  on  the  fatal  Day. 
And  Mc,  when  nought  for  Robbery  was  left. 
They  ftarv'd  to  death  j  the  gafping  walls  were  clcfcjj 
rhe  Pillars  fank,  the  Roofs  above  me  wept. 
No  fign  of  Spring,or  I  oy,  my  Gar<den  kept. 
Nothing  was  feen  which  could  content  the  Eye^ 
TjII  Dead  the  impious  Tyrant  Here  did  lye. 

See  how  my  faccis  cnang'd,  and  what  lam 
Since  my  true  Miftrefs  ,  and  now  FoundrefSj earned 
[tdoes  not  fill  her  Bounty  to  reftore 
Me  as  I  was  (nor  was  I  fmall)  before. 
She  imitates  the  Kindnefs  to  Her  f  hown  j 
She  does,  like  Heaven  (which  the  dejeded  Throne 
At  once  reft  ores,  fix^»,  ai^higher  rears.) 
Strengthen,  Enlarge,  Exalt  what  f  he -Repairs. 
And  now  I  dare  (though  proud  1  muft-  not  be, 
VVhirft  my  great  Miftrefs  I  fo  Humble  fee 
In  all  her  various  Glories)  now  I  dare     .^, 
Ev'n  with  the  proudeft  Palaces  compare,     ^  • 
My  Beauty  ,    and  Convenierxc^ill  (lynfure) 
Sojuftaboaft  with  Modefty  endure. 
And  all  muft  to  me  yield  ,  when  I  f  hall  tell. 
How  I  amplac*d  ,  'and  Who  dcics  in  me  dwell. 

Before  my  Gate  a  Street's  brc^^d  Channdgocs, 
Which  ftill  with  Waves  of  crowding  people  flowJ, 

B  b   1  ^  .And 


52  Verfes  written  onjiverdoccafiom 

And  every  day  there  palTes  by  my  fiie , 

Up  to  its  Wellern  Reach ,  the  Lomon  Tide , 

The  Spring-Ttdes  of  therermjiny  Front  looks  d 

On  all  the  Pride,  and  Bufinefs  of  the  Town. 

My  other  Front  (for  as  in  Kings  v\e  fee 

The  livelieft  Image  of  the  Deity , 

¥e  in  their  Houfes  fhould  Heaven's  likenefs  fi 
here  nothing  can  be  faid  to  be  Behind) 
My  other  fair  and  more  Majeft.ck  F.:ice 
(  W  ho  can  the  Fair  to  more  advantage  place  ? 
For  ever  gazes  on  it  felf  below 
Inthebeft  Mirrour  that  the  world  can  fhovv. 

And  here ,  behold  ,  in  a  long  bending  tow ,' 
How  two  joynt  Cities  make  one  glorious  Bow  > 
The  Midft ,  the  nobleft  place ,  pofTefs'd  by  Me 
Beft  to  be  Seen  by  all ,  and  all  O'  refee. 
Which  way  foe'r  I  turn  my  joy  full  Eye  , 
Here  the  Great  Court ,  there  the  rich  town  ,  I  fp 
Oncither  fide  dwells  Safety  snd  Delight ; 
Wealth  on  the  Left  ,  and  Power  upon  the  Righ 
T'afllire  yet  my  defence ,  on  either  hand , 
Like  mighty  Forts  ,  in  equal  diftancelland 
Two  of  the  beft  and  ftatelieft  piles ,  which  e're 
Man's  liberal  Piety  of  old  did  rear , 
V/here  the  two  Brinces  of  th'  Apoftlcs  Band , 
My  Neighbours  and  my  Guards,  watch  and  o 
mand. 

My  warlike  Guard  of  Ships  ,  which  farther  lyf 
Migrhbemy  Objedtoo  ,  were  not  the  Eye 
Stopc  by  the  Houfes  of  that  wondrous  Street 
Which  rides  o'*re  the  broad  River ,  like  a  Fleet. 
The  Stream-'s  eternal  Siege  they  fixt  abide , 
And  the  fwoln  Stream's  Auxiliary  Tide , 
Though  both  their  ruine  with  joynt  power  corfp 
Both  to  out-brave ,  they  nothing  dread  but  Fire 
And  here  my  Thames ,  though  it  more  gentle  be 
Than  any  Flood ,  fo  ftrength'ned  by  the  Sea , 
Fmding  by  Art  his  Natur>il  forces  broke, 
And  bearing  ,  Captive-like  ,  the  Arched  Yoke  > 
Do's  roar ,  and  foam ,  and  rage  at  the  difgrace  ^ 


Verfes  written  on  fever  al  occdfionu  3  3 

lut  rccompofcs  ftrait  and  calms  his  Face , 

s  into  reverence  and  Tub  million  ftrook, 

U  foon  as  from  afar  he  does  but  look 

row'rds  the  White  Falace  where  that  King  doe» 


reign 


Vho  lays  his  Laws  and  Bridges  o're  the  Main. 

Adniidft  thefe  lowder  Honours  of  my  SCiit  j 
ktd  two  vaft  Cities  J  troublefomly  Great  a 
n  a  large  vario  s  plain  the  Country  too 
)pens  her  gentler  bleiTings  to  my  View  9 
n  me  the  AcVive  and  the  Quiet  Mind 
^ydifFerenrwayes  equal  content  may  find, 
f  any  prouder  Vertuofo's  fence 
it  tint  part  of  my  Profped  take  offence , 
■y  which  the  meaner  Cabanes  are  defcri'd  j 
)fmy  Imperial  River's  humbler  fide, 
"they  ca'l  that  a  Blemifh  5  let  them  know  y 
!od  ,  andmy  God-hke  Miftrefs  ,thinknotfo5 
or  the  diftreft  and  the  afflicted  lye 
(oft  i  n  their  Care ,  and  always  in  their  Eye. 

And  thou ,   fair  River ,  who  ftili  pay'ft-to  Me 
ufl  Homage  5  inthy  pafTigeto  theSea  , 
'ake  here  this  one  Inltrucbion  2i%  thou  goeft ; 
l^hen  thy  mixt  Waves  fhall  vifir  every  Coafl  9 
i^hen  round  the  world  their  Voyage  they  fhall 

make , 
nd  back  to  Thee  fonie  fecret  Channels  take  > 
sk  them  what  nobler  light  they  e're  did  meet 
xccptthy  mighty  Mafler's  Sovcr?.ign  Fleet , 
/hich  now  triumph.int  o're  the  Main  docs  ride,' 
he  Terror  of  all  Lands,  the  Ocean's  Pride. 

From  hence  his  Kingdom's  Happy  now  atlafl ,) 
Happy  ,  if  Wife  by  their  Misfortunes  part) 
rom  hence  may  Omens  take  of  that  fucce^ 
^hich  both  their  future  Wars  and  Peace  fhall  bfef^: 
he  Pejcefull  Mother  on  mild  Jh,imes  does  build  jj 
7uh  her  Son's  Fabnks  the  rough  Sea  is  fill'd. 


B1j3.  th 


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34  Verfesvvrittenon fever doccafions^ 

TheComplamK 
I. 

IK  a  (Jeep  Vifion's  intclleaual  fcene ; 
Beneath  a  Bow'r  for  fortow  mad^j^ 
Th' uncomfortable  fhade, 
Of  the  b!ak  Yew's  unlucky  green  9 
Mixt  with  the  mourning  Willow's  careful  gray. 
Where  Reverend  Cham  cuts  out  his  Famous  wayi 

The  Melancholy  Cowley  lay  •• 
And  Lo  /  a  Mufeappear'J  to'his  clofed  fight, 
(The  Mufes  oft  in  Lands  of  Vifion  play) 
Bodied,  arrayed,  and  feen,  by   an  internal  Light j 
A  golden  Harp ,  with  filver  ftrings  f  he  bore  y 
A  wondrous  Hieroglyphick  Robe  f  he  wore  > 
In  which  all  Colours,  and  all  figures  were, 
aliat  Nature  or  that  Fancy  can  create , 

That  art  can  never  imitate^ 
And  with  loofe  pride  it  wanton*d  in  the  Air.' 
In  fuch  a  Drefs ,  in;  fuch  a  well  cloath'd  Dreamt 
She  us'd,  of  old;  near  fair  ifrmnui  Stream , 
Pindar  her  Thebdn  Favourite  to  meet ; 
ACrownwasoniierHeadj  and  wings  were  on  her 
Feet. 

2. 
She  touch'd  him  with  her  Harp,  and  rais'd  him  from 

the  Ground  J 
2he  fhaken  firings  Melodioufly  Refound. 
Art  thou  return'd  at  laft  ,  (aid  f  he, 
Tothis  forfaken  place  and  me? 
ihou  Prodigal ,  whodidft  foloofely  wafte 
Of  all  thy  Youthful  years ,  the  good  Eftate; 
Art  thou  return'd  here ,  to  repent  too  late  ? 
And  gather  husks  of  Learning  up  at  laft, 
Nowtherichharvefttimeof  Lifeispaft, 

And  Winter  marches  on  fo  fa  ft  1 
But ,  when  I  meant  t'adopt  Thee  for  my  Son^ 
And  did  as  learn'd  a  Portion  aftign, 
Asevsc  any  of  the  mighty  Nine. 

Had 


Verfes  r^ritten  on  fever  docc^fions.    55 

Had  to  their  deareft  Children  done  ; 
Vhen  1  rcfolv'd t'cxalt  thy"*  anointed  Name, 
mong  the  Spiritual  Lords  of  peaceful  Fame, 
hou  Chagling,  thou,bewitcht  with  noife  and  Ihowa 
VouldlUnto  Courts  and  Cities  from  me  go  ; 
Vouldft  fee  the  World  abroad  ,  and  have  a  fhare 

ali  the  tollies  , .  and  the  Tumults  there, 
liou  would'ft,  forfooth,  be  fomcthing  in  a  State, 
id  bufinefs  thou  would'ft  find  ,  and  would'ft 

Create ; 
Bufinefs!  the  frivolous  pretence 
f  humane  lufts  to  fhake  off  Innocence  j 
Bufinefs  /  the  grave  impertinence  ; 
ifincfs  /  the  thingh  which  I  of  all  things  hatCj 
ifinefs  /  the  contradiftion  of  thy  Fate. 

),  Rcnegado,  caftupthy  Account, 

And  fee  to  what  Amount 

Thy  foolif  h  gains  by  quitting  me : 

.efaleof Knowledge,  Fame,  and  Liberty ^ 

le  fruits  of  thyunlearn'd  Apoftafy. 

lou  thought'ft  if  once  the  publick  florm  were  paft, 

1  thy  remaining  Life  fhould  fun-fhinebc; 

hold  the  publick  ftorm  is  fpent  at  laft  j 

le  Sovereign  is  toll  at  Sea  no  more , 

id  thou  ,  with  all  the  Noble  Company, 

Art  got  at  laft  to  fhore. 
itwhilft  thy  fellow  Voyagers,  I  fee 
1  marcht  up  to  pofTefs  the  promised  Land  , 
lou  ftill  alone  alas)  doft  gaping  (land  , 
pon  the  naked  Beach ,  upon  the  Barren  Sand. 

4- 

;  a  fair  morning  of  the  blcfTed  fpring ,  ;i 

Aftera  tedious  ftormy  night: 
eh  was  the  glorious  entry  of  out  King , 
iriching  moyfture  drop'd  on  every  thing ; 
enty  he  fowM  below ,  and  caft  about  him  ligh^ 

But  then  (alas)  to  thee  alone ,  , 
nc  of  Old  Gidsom  Miracles  was  f  hown , 
w  every  Tree,  and  every  Herb  around* 

Bb  4^  yViib 


$6'  "Werfes  written  on  fever aloccftfions,. 

With  Pearly  dew  was  crown'd  , 
And  upon  all  the  quickned  ground. 
The  fruicfull  feed  of  Heaven  did  brooding  lye  5 
And  nothing  but  the  Mufes  Fleece  was  dry. 

It  did  ail  other  Threats  furpafs , 

When  God  to  his  own  People  faid , 

(The  Men  whom  through  long  wandrings  he  hacl 

led)  I 

That  he  would  give  them  ev'  n  a  Heaven  al 
Brafs : 
They  Icok'd  up  to  that  Heaven  in  vain , 
That  Bounteous  Heaven,vvhichGod  did  not  reftrainj 
Upon  the  moft  unjuft  to  Shine  and  Rain. 

5. 
The  Raclel,  for  which  twice  feven  years  and  ojore 

Thou  dM  with  Faith  and  Labour  ferve. 
And  didft  (if  faith  and  labour  can)  deferve  , 

Though  Che  contra-Hied  wastothce, 

Giv*n  to  another  than  didft  fee , 

Giv'a  to  another  who  had  ftore 
Of  fairer ,  and  of  Richer  Wives  before  , 
And  not  a  Lea/j  left ,  thy  rccompence  to  hi. 
Go  on  5  twice  feven  years  m  ore  3  thy  fortune  try  y 
Xwice  CevQn  years  more  ,  God  in  his  bounty  may 

Give  thee ,  to  fling  away 
Into  the  Courts  deceitful  Lottery. 

But  think  how  likely  ""c  is  ,  that  thou 
With  the  dfeill  work  of  thy  unweildy  Plough, 
Shouldft  in  a  ha:d  and  Barren  feafon  thrive  j 

Shouldft  even  able  be  to  live , 
Thou  ^  to  whofe  f  hare  fo  little  bread  did  fall. 
In  the  miraculous  year  ,  whsnUanna  rain  d' or 
all. 

6. 
Thus  fpake  the  Mufe ,  and  fpake  it  with  a  fmile  , 
That  feem'd  at  once  to  pity  and  revile. 
And  to  her  thus ,  raifi/ig  his  thoughtful  head  , 

The  Melancholy  Cowley  faid  , 

Ah  wanton  foe ,  doik  thou  upbraid 

The  Ills  which  thou  chy  felf  haft  made  ? 

yvhd 


Verfes  written  on  fever d  occafions,  3/ 

when  in  the  Cradle ,  Innocent  I  lay , 
Thou  ,  wicked  Spirit,  ftoleft  me  away. 

And  my  abufed  Soul  did  ft  bear  , 
Into  thy  new-  found  Worlds  I  know  not  where  •>- 

Thy  Golden  Indies  in  the  Air, 

And  ever  CincQ  1  ftrive  in  vain 

My  ravifht  freedom  to  regain  ; 

Still  I  Rebel ,  ftill  thou  doft  Reign  I 
Lo ,  ftill  inverfe  againft  thee  Icomplain. 

There  is  a  fort  offtubborn  Weeds , 
y^Vhich  3  if  the  £arch  but  once ,  it  ever  breeds.i 

No  wholfom  Herb  can  near  them  thrive  ^ . 

No  ufeful  Plant  can  keep  alive  ; 
rhefoolifh  fports  Ididonthebeftow, 
Vlake  all  my  Art  and  Labour  fruitlefs  now  5 
/Vhere once  fuch fairies  dance,  nografs  dothev^ 
grow, 

/Vhen  my  new  mind  had  no  infuflon  known  i> 
rhcui  gav'ft  fo  deep  a  tindure  of  thine  own  j. 

That  ever  fince  I  vainly  try 

To  wafh  away  th'inherent  dye : 
Long  work  perhaps  may  fpoil  thy  Colouryquite^, 
3ut  never  will  reduce  the  Native  white  : 

To  all  the  Ports  of  Honour  and  of  Gain, 

I  often  fteer  my  courfe  in  vain , 
^hy  Gale  comes  crofs ,  and  drives  me  back  again  3^ 
rhou  ftack'neft  all  my  Nerves  of  Induftry , 

By  making  them  fo  oft  to  be 
rhethinkling  firings  of  thy  loofeminftrelfie.- 
^Vho  ever  this  worlds  happincfs  would  fee  3 

Muft  as  entirely  caft  off  thee , 

As  t'iey  who  only  Heaven  defire  , 
Do  from  the  world  retire, 
tills  was  my  Errour ,  This  my  grofs  miftake  f 
I  Vly  felf a  demy-votary  to  make. 
;  Tnus  with  Saphim ,  and  Husbands  fate , 
'A  fault  which  I  like  them ,  am  taught  too  lateX 
tor  all  that  I  gave  up  ,  I  nothing  gain  , 
(bid  perii  h  for  the  part  which  i  iftaisw 


^8  y  erfes  written  on  fever d  occ  a fm& 

8. 

Teach  me  not  then ,  O  thou  fallacious  Mufe ,. 

The  Court ,  and  better  King  t'accufe  j 
The  Heaven  under  which  I  live  is  fair-, 
Thine ,  thine  is  all  the  Barrennefs ;  if  thou 
Mak'ft  me  fit  ftill  and  fmg ,  when  I  f  hould  plou| 
"When  I  but  think  ,  how  many  a  tedious  year 

Oar  patient  Soveraign  did  attend 

His  long  misfortunes  fatal  end  5 
How  chearfuliy ,  and  how  exemp^from  fear  ^ 
On  the  Great  Soveraings  Will  he  did  depend : 
I  ought  to  be  accurft ,  if  I  refufe 
To  wait  on  his ,  O  thou  fallacious  Mufe  ? 
Kings  have  long  hands  (they  fay)  and  though  I  b< 
So  diftant ,  they  may  reach  at  length  to  me. 

However  of  all  Princes  thou 
Shouldft  not  reproach  Rewards  for  being  fmall 

flowj 
Thou  who  rewardeft  but  with  popular  breath,] 
And  that  coo  after  death. 

The  Adventures  of  Five  hours* 


As  when  our  Kings  (Lords  of  the  fpacious  Mai 
Take  in  juft  wars  a  rich  Plate  Fleet  of  S^ain  i 
The  rude  unf  hapen  Ingots  they  reduce 
Into  a  form  of  Beauty  and  of  ufe ;   ' 
On  which  the  Conquerors  Image  now  does  f  hit 
Not  His  whom  it  belong'd  to  in  the  Mine  j. 
So  in  the  mild  Contentions  of  the  Mufe 
(The  War  which  Peace  it  felf  loves  and  perfues) 
So  have  you  home  to  us  in  triumph  brought , 
This  Cargazon  of  Spain  with  Treafures  fraught  j 
Toil  have  notbafely  gotten  it  by  ftealth , 
Nor  by  Translation  borrow'd  all  its  wealthj^ 
But  by  a  pow'rful  Spirit  made  it  your  owa 
Metal  before.  Money  by  you 't  is  grown* 
'  r  is  currant  now » by  your  adorning  it 
Miik  the  ^  ftainp  of  your  vi^orioiis  y^i 


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Verfes  written  on  fever  aloccafioHS,  55J 

ut  though  we  praife  this  voyage  of  your  Mind  j 
nd  though  our  felves  enricht  by  it  we  find  , 
/e'rc  not  contented  yet »  becaufe  we  know 
/hat  greater  ftores  at  home  within  it  grow  ; 
Vre  fecn  how  wel  you  forrain  Oars  refine  y 
•oduce  the  Gold  of  your  own  Nobler  Mine, 
he  World  fhall  then  ourNative  plenty  view  j 
id  fetch  materials  for  their  wit  from  you , 
•ley  all  fhall  watch  the  travails  of  your  Pen  ; 
id  Spam  on  you  fhall  make  Reprifals  then. 


Jn  the  Death  of  Mrs,  Catherine  Philips. 

I  Ruel  difcafe  ?  Ah,  could  ft  not  fuffice 
'  Thy  old  and  conftant  fpight  to  exercife 
ainft  the  gentleft  and  the  faircft  Sex , 
hich  ftill  thy  Depredations  moft  do  vex  ^ 

Where  ftill  thy  Malice  moft  of  all 
hy  Malice  or  thy  Luft )  does  on  the  faircft  fall? 
d  in  them  moft  aftault  the  fareft  place , 
ic  Throne  ofEmprefs  Beauty  J  ev'n  the  Face? 
iere  was  enough  of  that  here  to  aft\vage  9 
ne  would  have  thought)  either  thy  Luft  or  Rage :' 
as't  not  enough ,  when  thou ,  prophane  Difeaie^ 

Didft  on  this  Glorious  Temple  feize. 
as't  not  enough ,  like  a  wild  Zealot ,  there, 
the  rich  outward  Ornaments  to  tear  , 
face  the  innocent  pride  of  beauteous  Images  \  - 
as't  not  enough  thus  rudely  to  defile 
:  thou  muft  quite  deftroy  the  goodly  Pile  ? 
d  thy  unbounded  Sacriledge  commit 
!th'  inward  Holieft  Holy  of  her  Wit  ? 
iel  difeafe  !  There  thou  miftook*ft  thy  power  3 

No  Mine  ofDeath  can  that  devour  I 
I  her  embalmed  Name  it  will  abide 

An  everlafting  Pyramide , 
high  as  Heav*n  the  top  as  Earth ,  the  Bail^  wide.' 

fil>  d  >  z.  All 


40  Nerjes  written  on  fever  al  occafions'^ 


1. 


All  Ages  pa  ft ,  record ,  all  Countreys  now  , 
In  various  kinds  fuch  equal  Beauties  ( how , 

That  ev*n  Judge  Pat  is  would  not  know 
Gn  whom  the  Golden  Apple  to  beftow  j 
Though  GoddefTes  to'his  fentence  did  fubmic 
Women  and  Lovers  would  appeal  from  it : 
Nor  durft  he  fay ,  Of  all  the  female  race , 

This  is  the  Sovereign  Face,  | 

And  fome  (though  thefe  be  of  a  kind  that's  Rarei 
That's  much,ah,much  lefs  frequent  than  the  Fair) 
So  equatl y  rcnown'd  for  Virtue  are ,  i 

That  it  the  Mother  of  the  Gods  might  pofe ,  * 
.When  the  befl:  Woman  for  her  guide  fhe  ci^Ci^ 

But  if  y^/?o^o  fhould  defign 

A  Woman  Laureat  to  make  ,  j 

^Without  difpute  he  would  Orinda  take , 

Though  Sappho  and  the  famous  Nine- 
Stood  by  ,  and  did  repine. 

To  be  a  ?rincefs  or  a  Queen 
Is  Gf  eac ;  but  'tis  a  Greatnefs  always  feen  ; 
The  world  did  never  but  two  Women  know  i- 
Who ,  one  by  fiaud  ,  th  other  by  wit  did  rife 
To  the  two  tops  of  Spiritual  Dignities , 
One  Female  Pope  of  old ,  one  Female  Poet  now; 

3- 
Of  Female  Poets  who  had  names  of  old 

Nothing  is  fhown ,  but  only  Galc^ 
And  all  we  hear  of  them  perhaps  may  be 
Malfe  Jlatt'ry  only , and  Male-  Poetry, 
lew  minutes  did  their  Beauties  Lightning  waftcj^ 
The  Thtinder  of  their  voice  did  longer  laft  ^ 

But  that  too  foon  VYas  pait. 
The  certain  proofs  of  our  OriW«V  wit> 
Iniier^.vn  lafting  Charaders  are  writ , 
And  they  wilMong  mypraifeoftheTi  furvires. 

Though  lop.g  perhaps  too  that  my  live^ 
The  Trade  of  Glory  mannag'd  by  the  Pen 
Though  gr^atk  be ,  and  every  where  is  founct 
3^Qe&  bring^iabut  Quiiii  prcfy  to  us,  Men.3, 


i 


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Werjes  written  on  fever  aloccafions.  4*; 

'Tis  by  the  number  of  the  fharersdrown'd. 
Or'wdi  Oi.  the  Fem.ilccoaUsof  tame, 
Ingtolfes  .'II  the  Goods  of  a  Poetique  Name. 

She  docs  not  Partner  with  her  fee , 
Do^sall  the  bufinds  there  alone ,  which  we 
Are  forc'd  to  cany  on  by  a  whole  Company. 

But  wit's  Ike  a  Luxurian  Vine ; 

UnlcG  to  Virtue's  prop  it  joyn  y    '  ^ 

Firm  and  i'.redl  towards  Heaven  bound  ;         ^  ^i 

Thought  it  with  LeauiecusLcavtsandi^leafantFrah  ^: 

be  crownM ,  1 1 

It  Hes  deformM  ,  and  rotting  on  the  Ground.  \ 

How  Shame  and  tJlufhes  onus  all , 

Who  our  own  Sex  Superior  call  I 
er'mia  doesuur  b^^^iling  Scxout-do^ 
Not  in  Wic  only ,  but  ia  Virtue  too. 
She  does  above  our  bell  Examples  ri^e;^ 
In  Hate  of  Vice,. '.ndfcorn  of  Vanities. 
Never  did  fpirtt  of  the  Manly  make  , 

And  dipt  all  o're  in  Learnings  Sacred  Lake  r  i 

A  temper  more  Invulnerable  take. 
No  violent  PaflRon  could  an  entrance  find  , 
Into  the  tender  Goodnefs  of  her  Mind 
Through  walls  of  Stone  rhofe  furious  Bullets  may  | 

Force  their  impetuous  way 
When  her  fofc  Brell  they  hit ,  powerlefs  and  dead 
they  lay. 

The  Tame  of  Friendfhip  which  fo  long  had  told 
Of  three  or  four  illuilrious  Names  of  old , 
Till  hoarfe  and  weary  with  the  tale  fhe  grCNV 

Rejoyces  now  t'havc  got  a  new , 

A  new  ,  and  more  furprizing  ftory  ^ 
Of  fsir  Leticafiai  and  Orindai  Glory. 
As  when  a  prudent  Man  does  once  perceive 
That  in  fome  torrain  Cou-^trey  he  muft  live , 
Jhe  Language  and  the  Manners  he  does  flrivt 

To  undeiltand  and^pradtifc  here  ,^ 

5hat  he  juay  oomc  j  no  flraiiger  thers; 


r^^-    ■  -        '■       "-'' 


42  Ferfes  Xfritte^onpveral occafiom^ 

So  well  Orinda  did  her  felf  prepare 

In  this  much  different  Clime  for  her  remove 

To  the  glad  World  of  Poetry  and  Love.  || 

J//W«.  Toltght, 

I. 

FIrft  born  o? Chaos ,  who  fo  fair  didft  come  • 
From  the  old  Ntgro's  dark  fo  me  womb, 
VVhich  when  it  {aw  the  lovely  Child , 
The  melancholly  Mafs  put  on-kind  looks  and  fmil'd^ 

1. 
Thou  Tideof  Glory  which  no  reft  doft  know* 
But  ever  Ebb,  and  ever  Flow  / 
Thou  Golden  fhower  of  a  true^^Vf  / 
VV^°  ^^^^  ^"  ^^^^  defcend^andHeav'n  to  Earth  ma- 
ke Love  i 

Hail  aftive  Natures  watchful  Life  and  Health  / 
Her  Joy  ,  her  Ornament  and  Wealth  I 
Hail  to  thy  Husband  Heat ,  and  Thee  / 
Thou  the  worlds  beauteous  Bride ,  the  lufty  Brides 
groom  He/ 

4. 
Say  from  what  Golden  Qitivers  of  the  Sky  i 
Do  all  thy  winged  Arrows  fly ; 
Swiftnefs  and  Power  by  Birth  are  thine  r 
From  thy  Great  Sire  they  came ,  thy  Sire  the  word  * 
Divine. 

fTis  5 1  believe ,  this  Archery  to  f  how  > 
That  fo  much  coft  in  Colours  thou-i 
And  skill  in  Painting  doft  beftow , 
Opon  thy  ancient  Arms  ,   the  Gawdy  Heav'nl^ 
Bowi^ 

6. 
Stvdfi-  as  lighter houghts  their  emptf  Carriere  tmp^ 
Thy  Race  is  finif  ht ,  when  kiegun  j 
tetaloft- Angel  fia«  wit!iT&e^- 


Verjisvpritten  on  fever  aloccajlons.  4^ 

And  Thou  the  Goal  ofEarthfhaltreachasfoonas 
He: 

7. 
Xhou  in  the  Moons  bright  Chariot  proud  and  gay  I 
Doft  thy  bright  wood  of  Stars  furvay ; 
And  all  the  year  doft  with  thee  bring 
Of  thoufand.ilovvry  Lights  thine  own  No£lurnal 
Spring. 

Thou  Scphi{tn-\\Vt  doft  round  thy  Lands  above 
The  Suns  gilt  Tent  for  ever  move. 
And  ftiUasthouinpompdoftgo 

The  fhining  Pageants  of  the  World  attend  thy 
fhow. 

Nor  amidft  all  thefe  Triumphs  doft  thou  fcorn 
The  humble  Glow  worms  to  adorn  , 
And  with  thofe  Hving  fpangK'S  gild  , 

(OGreatnefs  without  Pride/)theBu(hes  of  the  Fields 

10. 

Night ,  and  her  ugly  Subjefts  thou  doft  fright  > 
And  flecp  5  the  laxy  Owl  ofNight  j 
Afham'd  and  fearful  to  appear 

They  skreen  their  horrid  fhapes  with  the  black  H*- 
mifphere. 

II. 

y  VJih'em  there  hafts ,  and  wildly  takes  the  Alarm  I 
of  pointed  Dreams ,  a  bufie  fwarm , 
At  the  firft  opening  of  thine  eye , 

The  various  Cluftcrs  break  the  antick  Atomes  fly=.'  - 

The  guilty  Serpents ,  and  obfcener  Beafts 
Creep  confcious  to  their  fecret  refts : 
Nature  to  thee  does  reverence  pay , 

in  Omens ,  and  ill  Sights  removes  out  of  thy*i 

At  thy  appearance ,  Grief  it  felf  is  faid  , 

Tofnake  his  VVings ,  andro-wfehis  HcasL 
And  doudy  care  has  often  took 

AEentle  be*in^  Smile  reae^edirom  thy  Loob 

.«4>  ^ 


44  Ferfes  written  on  fever M  oceafimtl 

14. 

At  thy  Appearance  5  Fear  it  felf  grows  bold  ^ 
Thy  Sun-fhine  melts  away  his  Cold. 
Encourag'd  at  the  light  of  Thee , 

To  the  cheek  Colour  comes  j  and  firmnefs  to 
knee. 

Even  Luft  the  Mafler  of  a  hardned-Faclj  J 

Blufhes  if  thou  beeft  in  the  place , 
To  datkp.e(s*C5irtains  he  retires , 

In  Sympathizing  Night  he  row  Is  his  ftnoaky  Fifeft' 

When  ,  Goddefs ,  thou  liftft  up  thy  wakenc 
Head, 
Out  of  the  Mornings  purple  bed , 
Thy  Quire  of  Birds  about  thee  play , 
And  all  thee  joyful  world  falutes  the  rifing  day. 

17. 
iFheGhofts,  and  Monfter  Spirits  3  that  did  prefu 
me 

A  Bodies  Priv'lege  to  aflTumc  y. 
Vanifh  agiin  invifibly , 
And  Bodies  gain  again  their  vifibility.^ 

i§. 
All  the  Worlds  bravery  that  delight  our  Eyey 
Is  but  thy  (ev'ral  Liveries  , 
Thou  the  Rich  Dy  on  them  beft oweft  , 
Thy  nimble  Pencil  Paints  thisLandskapeas  thot 
go'ft. 

A  Crimfbn  Garment  in  the  Rofe  thou  wear'ft  ^' 
A  Crown  of  ftudded  Gold  thou  bear'ft  , 
The  Virgin  Lihes  in  their  White, 
Are  clad  but  with  the  Lawn  of  almoft  Naked  Ligh^ 

20. 
The  Violet ,  fprings  little  Infant ,  ftands  3 

Girt  in  they  purple  Swadling-bandsc-  > 

©n  the  fair  Tulip  thou  doft  dote ; 
J&ott-cloatli'ft  itin  a  gay,  and  garty  colour'd  Coac  ^ 


rb! 


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Verfes  vcritten  onfeveral  occafions,    45 

II. 

iVJth  Flame  condcnft  thou  doft  the  Jewels  fix. 

And  folid  Colours  in  it  mix  : 

flora,  her  felf  envyes  to  fee 
.owers  fairer  than  her  own  ,and  durable  as  fhe. 

Kh  J  Goddefs !  would  thou  could'ft  thy  hand  with- 
hold, 
And  be  lefs  Liberall  to  Gold ; 
Didft  thou  Icfs  value  to  ir  give, 
f  how  much  care  (alas)  might'ft  thou  poor  Man 
relieve  / 

To  me  rhe  Sun  (s  more  delightful  farr , 
And  all  fair  Daycs  much  fairer  are. 
But  few  J  ah  wondrous  few  tliere  be , 
7ho  do  not  Gold  prcfeir ,  O  Goddefs  3  €v'n  to 
Thee. 

24. 
Through  the  foft  wayes  of  Heaven,  and  Air  5  and 
Sea , 
Which  open  all  their  Pores  to  Thee  5 
Like  a  cleer  River  thou  doft  glide  , 
nd  with  thy  LivingStream  through  the  dofeChan^ 
!  nels  Hide. 

*.     *^-  r 

But  where  firm  Bodies  thy  free  courfe  oppolc  , 

Gently  thy  fource  the  Land  orefl-ovves ; 

Takes  there  podeflion ,  and  does  make , 

»f  Colours  mingled,  Light^a  thick  and  ftanding  La^ 

ke. 

But  the  vaft  Ocean  of  unbounded  Day 
In  th'Empyrxan  Heaven  docs  llay. 
Thy  Rivers ,  Lakes  and  Springs  below 

torn  thence  took  firft  their  Rife,  thither  ac  laft  muft 
flow. 


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46  Verfes  ^written  on  fiver aloccafions. 

7^/^^  Royal  Society. 
1. 

PHilofophy  the  great  and  only  Heir 
Of  all  that  Human  Knowledge  which  has  bin 
Unforfeited  by  Mans  rebellious  Sin , 

Though  full  of  years  He  do  appear  > 
(Philofophy ,  I  fay ,  and  call  it ,  He , 
for  whatfoe're  the  Painters  Fancy  be  ^ 

It  a  Male- virtue  feemesto  me) 
Has  ftill  been  kept  in  Nonage  till  of  late, 
Kor  manag'd  or  enjoy'd  his  vaft  E ftaec : 
Tree  or  four   thoufand  years   one  would  have 

thought; 
To  ripenefs  and  perfedion  might  have  brought 

A  Science  fo  well  bred  and  nurft , 
And  of  fuch  hopeful  parts  too  ^t  the  firft , 
B»st ,  oh ,  the  Guardians  and  the  Tutors  their » 
(Some  negligent ,  and  fome  ambitious  men) 

Would  ne're  content  to  fet  him  Free  , 
Of  his  own  Natural  Powers  to  let  him  fee ,  "" 

Left  that  f  hould  put  an  end  to  their  Autoritic, 

2. 
That  is  own  bufinefs  he  might  quite  forget  > 
They'amus'd  him.\vith  the  fports  of  wanton  VVit  3 
With  the  DefTerts  of  Poetry  they  fed  him , 
In  ftead  of  folid  meats  t'encreafe  his  force  : 
Injftead  of  vigorous  exercife  they  led  him  , 
Into  the  pleaiant  Labyrinths  of  ever-fref h  Difcour- 
fe: 

Inftead  of  carrying  him  to  fee 
The  Riches  which  doe  hoorded  for  him  lid 

In  Natures  endlefs  Treafurie , 

They  chofc  his  Eye  to  entertain 

(His  curious  but  not  covetous  Eye) 

With  painted  Scenes ,  and  Pageants  of  the  Brain. 

Some  few  exalted  Spirits  this  latter  Age  has  f  hown, 

That  labour'd  to  aflert  the  Liberty 

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Verfes  written  onfeverahccfiftons.  47 

om  Guatdians ,  \^ho  were  now  U  fnipers  grown) 

his  old  Minor  ft  ill  ,Captiv'd  Philofophy  j 

;uc  'twas  Rebellion  call'dto  fight 

•or  fuch  a  long-opprefled  Rignt. 

<>»  at  laft  ,a  mighty  Man ,  arofe 

yhom  a  wife  Kind  and  Nature  chofe 

.ord  Chancellour  of  both  their  Lawes , 

[  boldly  undertook  the  injured  Pupils  caufe. 

ority ,  which  did  a  Body  boaft , 

)ugh 'twas  but  Air  condenf'd,  and  ftalk'd  about^ 

:  lome  old  Giants  more  Gigantic  Gholt , 

'o  terrific  the  Learned  Rout 

h  the  plain  Magick  of  true  Reafons  Light, 

[e  chac'd  out  of  our  figh: , 

fuffer'd  Living  M*»  to  be  mifled 

y  the  vain  fhadows  of  the  Dead  : 

jraveSjfrom  whence  it  rofcjthe  conqact'dPhant-i 

omcfled  ; 
e  broke  that  Monftrous  God  which  ftood 
lidft  of  th'Orchard  ,  and  the  whole  did  claim  % 
;7hich  with  a  ufclefs  Sith  of  Wood , 
nd  fomething  elfe  not  worth  a  name  y 
Both  vaft  for  f  hew ,  yet  neither  fit 
•r  to  Defend ,  or  to  Beget  j 
idiculous  and  fenfelefs  Terrors  1 )  made 
idren  andfuperftitious  Men  afraid, 
he  Orchard's  open  now  ,  and  free; 
9n  has  broke  that  Scar-crow  Deitie  ; 
;ome  .enter,  all  that  will , 
old  the  rip'ned  Fruit ,  come  gather  now  your 

Fill, 
et  ftili ,  methinks ,  we  fain  would  be 
etching  at  the  Forbidden  Tree  , 
Vc  would  belike  the  Deitie , 
icn  Truth  and  Falf  hood ,  Good  and  Evil ,  we 
:hout  the  fenfes  aid  within  our  felves  would 

fee: 
or  'tis  God  only  who  can  find 
'11  Nature  in  his  Mind. 

4.  From 


1^ 


4  8  Ferfes  written  on  fever al  otcafionu 

4- 
From   Words  ,  which  are  but  Pictures  of  th 

Thought, 
(Though  we  our  Thoughts  from  them   perverfl 

drew) 
To  things ,  the  Minds  right  Oh\tdi ,  he  it  brought , 
Like  foohfh  Birds  to  painted  Grapes  we  flew  \ 
He  fought  and  gathered  for  our  ufe  the  True  ; 
And  when  on  heaps  rhechofen  Bunches  lay  , 
Hepreft  them  wifely  the  Mechanick  way. 
Till  all  their  juyce  did  in  one  Veflel  joyn  , 
Ferment  incoaNourifhrnent  Divine,         ^ 

The  thirfty  Souls  rcfref hing  Wine. 
Who  to  the  life  an  exaft  Piece  would  make  > 
Muft  not  from  others  Work  a  Copy  take  ^ 

No  ,  not  from  Ruhns  or  VanJi^e  ; 
Much  lefs  content  himfelf  to  make  it  like 
Th'Ideas  and  the  Images  which  lie 
In  his  own  Fancy  ,  or  his  Memory. 

No  ,he  before  his  fight  muft  place 
The  Natural  and  Living  Face ; 

The  real  objeift  muft  command 
Each  Judgment  of  his  Eye ,  and  motion  of  h 
Hand. 

5"- 

From  thefe  and  all  long  Errors  of  the  way. 

In  which  our  wandring  PredecefTors  went , 
And  like  th'old  Hebrews  many  years  did  Itray 

In  Defarts  but  of  fmall  extent , 
Sacon ,  like  Mofes ,  led  us  forth  at  laft  , 

The  barren  Wildernefs  he  paft , 

Did  on  the  very  Border  ftand 

Of  the  bleft  promis'd  Land , 
And  from  the   Mountains  Top    of  his   Exalte. 
Wit, 

Saw  it  himfelf ,  and  fhew'd  us  it. 
Bus  Life  did  never  to  one  Man  allow 
Time  to  Difcover  Worlds ,  and  Conquer  too  5 
Nor  can  fo  fhort  a  Line  fufficient  be 
To  fadome  the  vaft  depths  of  Natures  Sea  ? 


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Verfes  written  on  fever  aloccafions,  45J 

The  work  he  did  we  ought  r'ldmire , 
nd  wcreunjull  f  \v_  fh   uld  .1  ore  rcc-juire 
om  hiS  few  years  ,  divided  \wixt  th'Excefs 
flow  A^fli.^ion  jatd  hijh  Hapf>inefs. 
ir  who  on  thing*  re'»  otc can  fix  his  fight, 
hat's  al w.  yes  in  a  Tiiumpli  3  or  a  Fight  I 

6. 
■cm  you  ,  grest  Champions  ,  vi'C  expeifl  to  gee 
hefcfpaciovs  Coiintrx:-  burdifcovcr'd  yet  j 
ountrics  whe  e  yet  m  ifer>(!  of  Natiue  j  \vc 
er  i  mages  and  Idols  worfhip'd  fee  / 
hefe  1-1  gc  and  wealthy  Regions  to  fubdue  , 
hough  Learning  has  whole  Ar'nies  at  comrr.and  j 

Qiartrr'd  about  in  every  L.^.nd  ; 
better  Troop  0 le  ne're  toget  her  drew  • 

^tethirlks  ^ like  (//V?Vflf/.*  httle  Band  i 

Godw'th  Dcflgnhiispicktoutyou  j 
o  do  rhefe  r..>ble  Woiideriby  a  Few  : 
/hen  the  whole  Hoft  he  Taw ,  They  are  (faid  he^ 

Too  iTtatiy  tcO'rcomefor  Me ; 

And  now  he  chnf'.-s  out  his  Men  , 

Much  in  th-  way  ihat  he  did  then : 

Not  thofe  mmy  whom  he  found 

Idely  extend.v-^  on  the  ground , 

To  drink  wuh  their  dejedcd  head 
'he  Stream  jufr  fo  as  ly  their  Mouths  it  fled  : 

No  5  but  ihofeF^w  n  bo  took  the  waters  up  j 

nd  u^ade  of  their  hborious  Hands  the  Cup. 

*hus  you  prepar'd ;  and  in  the  glorious  Tight 

Their  wondrous  pattern  too  you  take, 
'heir  old  and  empty  T-rche'  s  firft  they  brake  j 
nd  With  thdr  Hands  then  lifted  up  the  Light. 

lo  !  Sound  too  thtc  Trumpets  here  ! 
ilready  your  vi.'^orious  Light  appear  : 
^cw  Scenes  of  ^icaven  alre.idy  we  cfpy , 
ind  r.rowds  of  golden  Worlds  on  high ; 
Vhich  from  the  fpacious  iMains  of  Earth  and  Sea  ; 

Could  never  y  t  difcovcr'd  b? 
Jy  Sailers  or  (,h>ii:a,ws  watchful  Eye, 

Na-' 


50  Verfesvimtten  on  fever  ftloccafiom 

Natures  great  Workes  no  diftancecan  obfcurc» 
JNofmalnefs  her  near  Objects  can  fecure 

Y'have  tauglic  the  curious  Sight  to  prefs 

Into  the  privateft  recefs 
Of  her  imperceptible  Littienefs. 

y*have  learnM  to  Read  her  fmalleft  Hand  , 
And  well  begun  her  deepeft  Senfe  to  undetftand| 

Mifchief  add  true  dishonour  fall  on  thofe 
^ho  would  to  laughter  or  to  fcorn  expofe 
So  Virtuous  and  fc  noble  a  Defign , 
So  Human  for  its  Ufe ,  for  Knowledge  fo  Divir 
The  things  which  thefe  proud  men  defpife ,  amj 

Impertinent ,  and  vain ,  and  fmall , 
Thofe  fmalleft  things  of  N  ature  let  me  know  j 
Rather  than  all  their  greatett  Anions  Doe. 
Whoever  would  Depofed  Truth  advance 

Into  the  Throne  ufurp'd  from  it , 
Mull  feel  at  firft  the  Blows  of  Ignorance, 

And  the  f  harp  Points  of  Envious  Wit. 
So  when  by  various  turns  of  the  Celeftial  Danc< 

In  many  thoufand  years 

A  Star ,  fo  long  unknow n  ,  appears , 
Though  Heaven  it  felf  more  beauteous  by  it  grcl 
It  troubles  and  alarms  the  World  below , 
Does  to  the  Wife  a  Star ,  the  Fools  a  Meteor  f ]  | 

9- 

WithCourage  and  fuccefs  you  the  bold  work  b< 

Your  Cradle  has  not  1  die  bin: 
Nonee're  but  Hercules  ^nA  you  could  be 
At  five  years  Age  worthy  a  Hiftory . 

And  ne're  did  Fortune  better  yet 

Th'Hiftorian  to  the  Story  fit  ; 

And  you  from  all  Old  Errors  free 
And  purge  the  Body  of  Philofophyi 

So  from  all  moderns  Folies  He 
Has  vindicated  Floquence  and  Wit. 
His  candid  Stile  hke  a  clean  Stream  does  Aide  j^ 

And  his  bright  Fancy  all  the  way 

Does  like  the  Sun-  f  hine  in  it  play  ^ 


L  Ve^f^^  ivr'ftte n  onfeieral cccajions,  \  t 

does  like  Thames ,  tho  be  ft  of  Rivers ,  glide  i 

;hcre  the  God  does  noc  rudely  overcurn , 

jjuc  gently  pourthe  Chryft.l  Urn  , 

id  with  judicious  hand  does  the  whole  Current 

Guide, 
has  all  the  Beauties  Nature  can  impart, 
id  all  the  cornel/  Drefs  without  the  paint  of  Art. 


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f)on  the  chair  mcide  out  of  Sir  FrancisDra- 
kes  fhip',  Vrefintedto  theUmverfity 
Library  in  Oxford,  by  John  Da- 
vis o/^Deptford ,  Ejqnire* 

■^  O  this  great  Ship  which  round  the  Globe  hai 

run, 
d  matcht  in  Race  the  Chariot  of  the  Sun  , 
lis  Pjitb^i^oredn  Ship  for  it  may  claim 
itkout  prefumption  fo  deferv'd  a  Name  , 
knov/ledge  once  and  transformation  now  ) 
her  New  Shape  this  facrcd  Port  allow. 
ake  and  his  Ship  could  not  have  wif  h'd  from  Fa* 

te, 
■nore bleft  Station,  or  moreblefl  Eftate. 
r(Lo  !  )  a  Scat  ofendleft  Reft  is  given, 
I  her  in  Oxford ,  and  to  him  in  Heaven. 


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PROPOSITION 


FORTHE 

ADVANCEMENT 
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EXPERIMENTALL 


P  H  1  L  0  s  o'p  H  r. 


The  Colledge, 

THat  ihzVhUofcphicalCoUedge  be  fcituated  wi 
in  one  ,  two  or  (at  faribeft)  three  miles  of  X 
don ,  and  ,  if  it  be  poffible  to  find  that  con 
nience  ,  upon  the  fide  of  the  River  ,  or  v 
near  it. 
That  the  Revenue  of  thisColledge  amount  to  four  thi 
/and  pounds  a  year. 

That  the  Comp.'.ny  received  into  it  be  as  follows. 
1.  Twenry  Philofoj  hers  or  ProfeiTors.  i.  Sixtt 
young  Scholars,  Servants  to  the  Pr'-fcfTors.  3.  A  Chaph 
4.  liaily  for  the  Revenue,  f .  A  Manciple  cr  Purveyor 
the  provifions  of  the  Houfe.6.Two  Gardeiiers  7.  A  Maft 
Cook.  8.  An  Under-Ccok.  y.  A  batler.  10.  An  Und 
Butler.  1 1 .  A  Chi  ur-'eon.  1 2.  Two  Lungs ,  or  r.'hymi 
Setvams.  13.  A  Library -keeper  who  is  likewifc  to  beAf 
thecary  ,  Dru^f^-ft,  and  keeper  of  Inlhnments,  Engin« 
^c.  14.  An  Officer  to  feed  and  take  cat*e  of  all  bcaf 
Fowl ,  ^c.  kept  by  the  Colledge.  i  f,  A  Groon.  of  the  Si 
ble.  \6.  A  Meircnger  to  ftnd  up  and  d(=.wnforail  u 
of  the  Colledge.  17-  Four  old  Won.en  to  tend  t 
Chambers ,  keep  the  Houfe  clean ,  and  fuch  like  5erv 
ces 

That  the  annual  allowance  for  this  Company  be  as  fo 

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s'.     1.  Toevcry  ProfcfTor ,  anil  to  the  Chaplnin ,  Oi.c 

JicJ  and  twenty  pounds,      i.    To  the  fixtccn  *^cho!;irs 

entv  pounds  a  piece ,  Ten  pounds  for  their  Di>*t ,  and 

» pounds  for  th'ir  tnterrainnienr.       3.  TotheBaily, 

Pty  pounds  bcfides  allowance  for  his  Journeys.  4.  To 

Pur'  eyor  or  Manciple ,  Thirtv  pounds,      f.  To  each 

he  Gardeners  5  Twenty  pounds.'     6.  To  the  MaRer- 

)k ,  Twenty  pounds.     7.  To  the  Under.  Cook,  Four 

nds      8,  To  t^e  Butler,  Ten  pounds.     9.  TothcUn- 

-Butlcr,  Four  pounds    10.  TotheChirurgeon,Th;r- 

•ounds.     I  r.  Tothei.ibrary-kceper,  Thirty  pounds. 

To  each  of  the  Lungs  twelve  pounds.      «3-  To  the 

per  of  the  Beads,  Six  pounds.        14.  To  the  Groom, 

:  pounds.       if.  Tothe  MciTenger  ,   Twelve  pounds. 

To  the  four  neceflary   Women,  Ten  pounds.     Foe 

Manciples  Tableat  which  all  the  Servants  of  theHoufc 

there  to  eat,  except  the  Scholars,  one  hundred  fixty^ 

inds,     for,  three  Horfes  for  the  fervice  of  the  Coiledgc, 

irty  pounds. 

All  which  amountes  to  Three  thoufand  two  hundred 

bty  five  pounds.     So  that  there  remains  for  Ifecpino  of 

Houfc  and  Gardens ,  and  Operatories,  and  Inftrurnents 

i  Animafs ,  and  Experiments  of  all  forts ,  and  all  other 

ences,  Seven  hundred  and  fifteen  pound?. 

Which  were  a  very  inconfiderable  fum  for  the  great  u- 

to  which'itisdefigned,  but  that  I  conceive  the  Indii* 

^  of  the  Colledge  will  in  a  fhort  time  fo  enrich  it  fclf  as 

i^itt  a  far  better  ftock  for  the  advance  and  enlargement  of 

:  w  ork  when  it  is  once  begun  ;  neither  is  the  contirman  - 

of  particular  mens  liberality  to  be  dcfpaired  of,  when  it 

ill  be  encouraged  by  the  fight  of  that  publick  benefic 

lich  will  accrue  to  all  Mankind  ,  and  chiefly  to  our  Na- 

n,  by  this  Foundation.       Something likewifc  will  anfe 

•m  Leafes  and  other  Cafuakies  :  that  nothing  of  which 

ly  be  diverted  to  the  private  gain  of  the  ProfefTorSjOr  any 

lerufebefidesthat  ofthe  fearch  of  Nature,  and  byictlic 

ncral  good  ofthe  world  ,  and  that  care  may  be  taken  foe 

2  certiiin  performance  of  all  things  ordained  bytheinfii- 

;ion,as  likewife  for  the  protection  and  encouragement  of 

;  Company ,  it  is  propofed. 

C  c  That 


H  TheCcliedze. 

That  fome  perfon  of  Eminent  Quality ,  a  Lovrer  ofj 
Learning,  and  no  Stranger  in  it,  becliofen  Chancei 
or  Prefident  of  the  Colicdge,  and  that  eioht  Govern' 
more ,  men  qualified  in  the  hke  manner  ,  be  joyned  y 
him,  twoof  which  f  hall  ad  account  of  all  expencesc 
to  the  ftralleft,  and  of  the  true  elbte  of  thtirpubli 
Treafure ,  under  the  hands  aud  oaths  of  the  ProftlTors 
(idcnt. 

That  the  choice  of  the  Profeifors  in  any  vacancy  be! 
totheChancellourandrheGovernours,  but  that  the  1 
fcilors  (who  are  hkeHeft  toknowwhat  men  oftheNa 
are  moft  proper  for  the  duties  of  their  Socittyidircdti 
choice  by  recommending  two  or  three  perfonsto  i\ 
at  every  Eledion.  And  that  if  any  learned  Perfon  wii 
His  Majefties  Dommions  difcover  or  eminently  impr 
anyufeful  king  of  knowledge,  he  may  upon  that  eroi 
for  his  reward  and  the  encouragement  of  others 
preferr'd,  if  he  pretend  to  the  place  ,  before  any  bi 

That  the  Goyernours  have  power  to  turn  out  any  P  Ife 
fcflor  who  fhall  be  proved  to  be  either  fcandalous  or  unp  .\. 
fitable  to  the  Society.  ^^ 

That  the  Colledge  be  built  after  this ,  or  fome  fuch  m 
ner .-  That  it  confift  of  three  fair  Quadrangular  Courts, ; 
three  large  grounds,  enclofed  with  good  walls  behif 
them    That  the  firft  Court  be  built  with  a  fair  rloyfl  1 
and  the  ProfclTors  Lodgings  or  rather  little  Ploufes  ,  f.      ' 
on  each  fide  at  feme  diftance  from  one  another ,  and  v^ 
little  Gardens  behind  them,  juft  afrcr  the  manner  of 
Chanrenx  beyond  Sea.  That  the  infiue  of  the  Cloyller 
lined  with  a  Gravel- walk,  that  walk  with  a  row  of  Tre- 
and  that  in  the  middle  there  be  a  Parterre  of  flowers ,  a 
a  Fountain, 

That  thcfecond  Quadrangle  juR  behind  the  firft  ,  fa| 
contrived,  3S  to  contain  thefe  parts,  i.  AChappel.  it 
Hall  with  two  long  Tables  on  each  fide  for  the  SchJi 
and  Officers  of  the  Houfe  to eatat,  and  With  a  Pulpita. 
Forms  at  the  end  forxhepublick  Leftures  3.  A  lar^ea: 
pleaGnt  Dimng-Room  within  the  Hall  for  the  ProRiFc 
to  eat  m.3  and  c©  hold  their  Allembiies  and  Confercnc( 


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ApublickSchool-houfc.  5-.  A  Library.  6  A  Cillery  to 
jlk  in  ,  adorned  with  -he  Piilur'  s  or  Sntucs  of  all  ihc  In- 


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ntorsofany  thing  ufcfui  ro  Humane  Lik-  ;  as  Printing 
jnsi  ^-n.rua,*  Cr#.  andc^fiatein  Anatomy,  the  Cir- 
lationof  the  lilood ,  the  M, Iky  Veins,  and  fich  l.kc 
^covciiesin  J.ny  Art,  with  fhort  tlogies  under  the  Por- 
lAures  ,  As  hkewife  the  Figures  of  all  forts  ofCreatu- 
5,  and  the  Ituft  skins  of  as  many  ftrange  Animalsas  can 
gott.  n.  7.  inAnatoinvChan.'ber  adorned  with  Skele- 
nsand  Anatomic  d  Piitures,  and  prepared  with  all  con- 
niences  for  OifTedion.  8.  A  C:hamber  for  all  manner  of 
•ugi^s,  and  Apothecaries  ^laterials.  9.  A  Mathematical 
lamber  furnifhtwith  all  forts  of  Mathematical  Inflru- 
;nts,being  an  Appendix  to  the  Library.  10.  Lodgings  for 
jChaplam.Chirurgeon,Library- Keeper  and  Purveyour, 
V  the  Chappel  ,  Anatomy  Chamber  ;  Library  and 
ill. 

That  the  third  .Court  be  on  one  fide  of  thefe,  very  lar- 
,  but  meanly  built,  being  defigned  only  for  ufe  and 
t  for  beauty  too  ,  ns  the  others  ,  That  it  contain  the 
tchin  ,  Buttt^ics,  Brew  houfe ,  Bake  houfe  ,  Dairy, 
rdry  ,  Stables,  ^c.  and  efpecially  great  laboratories 
•  Chymical  Operations,  and  Lodgings  for  the  Undcr- 
'vant<. 

That  behind  the  fecond  Court  be  placed  the  Garden  , 
ntaiining  all  forts  of  Plants  that  our  Soil  will  bear,  and  at 
send  a  little  Houfcof  pleafure,  a  Lodge  for  the  Gardc- 
r ,  and  a  Grove  of  Trees  cut  out  into  Walks. 
That  the  f  cond  enclofed  ground  be  a  Garden  ,  dc{{i'- 
d  only  to  the  rryal  of  all  manner  of  Experiments  con- 
rning  Plants,  as  their  Melioration,  Acceler.-.tion,Re' 
dation  ,  Confervation  ,  Compofition  ,  rr-anfmutation, 
>lorjrion  ,  or  what'.oever  elfe  can  be  produced  by  Art 
her  forufcorcurioficy,  with  a  Lodge  m  it  for  the  Gar- 
:;ier. 

That  the  third  Ground  be  employed  in  convenient re- 
ptacle-^  for  all  forts  of  Creatures  which  the  ProfelTors 
lall  ji.dge  necclTary  for  their  moiC  cxaft  fearch  into 
e  nature  oi  Animals ,  and  the  improvement  of  their  Ufcs 
us. 

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5^  The  Colledge. 

That  there.be  like^'ife  but  in  fome  place  of  the  ColI< 
where  Jt  may  ferve  molt  for  Ornament  of  the  whole  - 
ry  high  Tower  for  obfervation  of  Celeftial  Bod.es  '  a 
ned  wuh  all  forts  of  Dyals  and  fuch  hkc  Curioflt  es  • 
that  there  be  very  deep  Vaults  made  under  ground 
Experiments  moil  proper  to  fuch  places,  vvhichwi 
undoubtedly  very  many. 

Much  might  be  added  ,  but  truly  lam  afraid'this  \i 
much  already. for  the  charity  orgeneroflry  of  thisA< 
extend  to;  and  we  do  not  defign  this  after  the  Mod( 
SdBmons  Houfein  my  Lord  Bacon  (which  is  a  Proj-a 
Experir.eritsthat  can  never  beExperimented  hut  propc 
wthm  fuch  bounds  of  Expence  as  have  often  been  ex 
dcd  by  the  Buildings  of  private  Citizens. 


Of  the  Profejfors ,  SchoUrs,  ChapUm 
^nd  other  officers, 

npHat  of  the  twenty  ProfefTors  four  be  alwayes  tr.-: 
A  Img  beyond  Seas ,  and  fixteen  ahvayes  R^eadent , 
Jels  by  permilTion  upon  extraordinary  occnfxons ,  and 
ryonefoabfent,  leaving  a  Deputy  behind  him  to  fu 
his  Duties. 

Thatthc  four  Profedors  Itinerant  be  afTigned  to  th^' 

parts  of  the  World,    Europe,  Jfia  ,   ^fuqne,   and  ^^ 

y'^ca,  there  to  rcfiie  three  years  at  le.;fl,  mA  to  gj 

conftant  account  of  all  things  chat  belong  to  the  Learn 

and  efpecially  Natural  Experimental  Philofophy  of  tl 
parts.  .        ^ 

ThattheexpenceofallDifpatches,  and  all  Bocks,  S  J 
pies,  Animals,  Stones,  Metals,  Minerals,  ^e.  ?.n\^ 
curiofities   whntfoever  ,  Natural    or  /rtifJcial  ,  fen; 
them  to  the  Colledge,  fhall  be  defrayed  out  o  f  the 'li 
Hiry,  aiid  an  additiooal  allowance  (above  the  izo/.) 

detotheaiasroonasthe.Colied^es  Revenue  ihsM  be 
proved. 


of  the  TrofilJors,  &rc.  57 

Th.uat  tlicir going  abroad  th^y  fhail  take  a  folemn 
h  never  to  write  any  thing  to  the  Collcdge  , 
\vh.it  after  very  diligent  Exainin.ition,  they  fhall  fully 
eve  to  be  true  ,  and  to  confcfs  and  recant  it  as  foon  as 
/  find  thcnifelvcs  in  an  Error. 

3lKUthc  Hxicen  l-rofv-lfors  Refidcnt  (ball  be  bound  to 
y  and  teach  all  lorts  of  Natural ,  Expcrinenral  [*bilofo  • 
,  toconfiil  of  the  Nruhematiks ,  Mechanicks  ,  Medi- 
,  Anatom\  ,  Chvmiitry,  the  HiUory  of  Anir/als, 
us,  Minerals,  Elements,  (^c.  Agriculture,  Archi- 
jrc  ,  Art  Military  ,  Navigation  ,  Gardening  ;  The 
Series  of  all  Trades ,  and  Improvement  of  them  ;  the 
urcofall  Merchandizes,  all  Natural  Magick  or  Divi- 
->n;  and  briefly  all  things  contained  in  the  Crtalogue 
atural  Hiftories  annexed  to  my  Lord  Bacor/s  Omtnor}. 
h  It  once  a  day  from  Eajter  till  Mich,7{h'a<: ;  and  iw.ce 
:c<  from  Mtchaehnat  to  £<t/iVr  ,  at  the  houres  in  thcaf- 
r^on  moll  convenient  fpr  Auditors  from  London  accor- 
;  CO  the  tin-ic  of  the  year ,  there  fhall  be  a  Lecture  read 
e  Kail ,  upon  fuch  parts  of  Natural  Exf-eri mental  Tbi- 
phy ,  as  the  ProfclTors  fhaH  agrc?  on  among  them'el  - 
md  as  each  of  them  fhall  be  able  to  peiform  ufcfuily 
honourably. 

hat  two  of  the  Prof:  fTors  by  daily,  weekly,  or  Mo- 
lly tu^ns  fhail  tench  the  publick  Schools  according  to 
.\ules  hereafcer  prefcribed 

Tha-  all  the  ProfclTors  f  h-^ll  be  equal  in  al  1  refpcTts  (cx- 
p  ecedency  ,  choice  of  Lodging  ,  and  fuch  hkepnvi- 
;csj  whkhfhiil  bdong  to  Seniority  in  the  Colledge) 
that  all  fhil!  be  Mailers  and  rreafurers  by  annual 
s ,  which  two  officers  for  the  time  being  fhall  take 
e  of  all  rhertft^iud  f  h.'^Il  hQ^rbitri  dHoruniMenfa^t^m, 

That  the  Mailer  fhal!  command  all  the  Officers  of  ihe 
ledge,  appoint  Aircmblies  or  Conferences  uponocca- 

,  and  prefide  in  ihem  wirh  a  double  voice ,  and  in  Iiis 
ncethe  Trealurer,  whole  bufiiefs  is  to  receive  and 
uric  all  inori£ys  by  the  Mailers  order  in  \Yritring  ,  (if 

anextraordinary)after  confcnt«f  the  other  Profefio'S. 
hat  ail  the  ProfciTbrs  fhall  fup  tcgeiher  m  the  Parlcuc 
liiuhc  Hall  every  night ,  and  fhall  djie  there  twice  a 

C  c  3  '  week 


e 


5^  Of  the  Profeffors,  c^c. 

week  (to  wit  Sundays  and  Thurfdays)  at  two  round  1 
bJes  for  the  convenienfe  of  difcourfe  ,    which  f hall_ 
ior  the  moft  part  "^  f  firch  matters  as  may  improve  tlir 
Studies  and  P/ofeffions  i    and  to  keep  them  from  fal!g 
into  loofe  or  unprofitable  talk  fhall  be  the  duty -of  e 
two  Arbitri  Menfarum  ,   who  may  likewife command  ; 
of  the  Servant-Scholars  to  read  to  them  what  he   fl 
think  fie  ,  whJft  they  are  at  Table:  That  it  fhall  ' 
long  Jikewife  to  the  faid  Jrhitri  Menfarum  only,  to 
vito.  Strangers,  which  they  fhall  rarely  do,  unlefstl 
Be  men  of  Learning  of  great  Parts  ,  and  fhall  not  im 
above  two  at  a  time  to  one  Table  5  nothing  being  n 
re  vain  and  unfruitful  than  numerous  Meetings  of  Acqua 
tance. 

That  the  ProfciTors  Rcfident  fhall  allow  the  Colle 
twenty  Pounds  a  year  for  their  Diet,  whether  concii 
there  all  the  time  or  not,  W^ 

That  they  fhall  have  once  a  week  an  AiTcmbly  or  Con*^" 
rence  concerning  the  Affaires  of  the  Colledge  and  the  p; 
gtefs  of  their  Experimental  Thilcfophy. 

That  if  any  one  find  out  any  thing  which  he  cc 
ceivcs  to  be  examined ,  experimented ,  approved  or 

Th:jt  is  any  be  Author  of  an  Invention  that  n 
bring  in  profit ,  the  third  pirt  of  it  fhall  belong  to 
Inventor*,  and  the  two  other  to  the  Society  j  and  b( 
dt-s  It  the  thing  be  very  confiderable  ,  his  Statue  or  Pi 
ure  with  an  Elogy  under  it,  fhall  be  placed  in  the  G 
lery ,  and  made  a  Denifon  of  chat  Corporation  of  fam( 
Men. 

That  all  the  Profeffors  fhall  be  alwayesafTignedtol 
me  particular  Inquifition  (befides  the  ordinary  cou 
of  their  Studies )  of  which  they  fhall  give  an  accoi< 
to  the  Affcmbly,  fo  thafby  this  means,  there  may 
every  day  (bme  operation  or  other  made  in  a^ltheAn 
as  Chymiftry ,  Anatomy ,  Mechanicks ,  and  the  like ,  a 
that  the  Colledge  fhall  furnilh  for  the  charge  of  the  of 
ration. 

That  there  fhall  be  kept  a  Rcgifter  under  lock  at 
^e/a  and  not  to  bef^en  but  by  the  ProftlTors  ,  of: 

tl 


ler 


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of  the  Trofcjfors,  (^c.  59 

\2  E::pc"rimems  that  facceed ,  (igncd  by  the  pcrfons  who 
ladc  the  tryal. 

That  ilic  popular  and  received  Erronrs  in  Experimen- 
il  Philo'ophy  (widi  which  ,  hke  Weeds  m  a  ne-^ 
leAed  Garden  it  is  now  ahnoft  all  over-grown  )  fhall 
e  evinced  by  tryal ,  and  taken  notice  of  in  the  pnblik  Lecl- 
res,  that  they  may  no  longer  abiife  the  credulous ,  and 
;;get  new  ones  by  confcquencc  or  fimilirude. 

Ih.iC.evcry  third  year  (after  the  full  fettlcment  cf  the 
3undut!on/ihe  Colledgc  fhall  give  an  account  in  1-rinc, 
I  proper  andantientLatine-j  ofthe  Fruits  of  their  tricnnal 
id  u  (try. 

That  every  Profeffor  Refident  fhall  have  his  Scholar  to 
ait  upon  hiin  in  his  Clumber  and  acTr.ble,  whom  he 
lail  be  obliged  to  breed  np in  Natural  Philofophy,  and 
ndcr  an  accourit  of  his  progrefstothe  Aflembly  ,  from 
hoi'e  Eleftion  he  received  him ,  and  therefore  is  rcfpon- 
?k  to  It ,  bo:h  for  the  care  of  his  Education ,  and  the  jult 
ul  civil  ufigeof  him. 

That  the  Scholar  fhall  underhand  Latine  very  well ,  and 
;  modL-rateiy  initiated  in  the  Greek  before  iic  be  capable 
"being  chofen  into  the  Service ,  and  ^lat  he  fhall  noc  re- 
ain  iuir  above  fe.  en  years. 

That  his  Lodging  fhah  be  with  the  Profeffjr  whom  he 
rvcs. 

Ihac  no  ProfefTor  fhall  be  a  married  man,  or  a  Di- 
ne ,  cr  Lav\yer  in  pra61ice  ,  .only  Phyfick  he  mr,y  be  all- 
ied to  prefcribe  ,  becaufe  theiludy  cfthat  Art  «s  a  great 
in  of  the  diuy  <}f  his  place,  and  the  duty  of  that  is  fo 
eat ,  that  it  will  not  fufFer  him  to  lofc  much  time  in  mcr- 
:nary  practice. 

Ihuthe  ProfelTors  fhall  in  the  Colledge  wear  the  habit, 
"ordinary  Maflers  of  Art  in  the  Univeifuies  ,  or  of  Dofl- 
:s  ,  if  any  of  them  be  fo. 

1  hat  they  fhall  all  keep  an  Inviolable  and  Exempla- 
'  fri.cndfhip  with  one  another,  and  that  the  Aricmbly- 
lall  lay  a  condderable  pecuniary  mulc>  upon  any  one 
ho  fhall  be  proved  to  have  entered  fo  far  into  a  quar- 
:l  as  to  give  uncivil  Language  to  his  Brother- Profcflbrs, 

Cg  ^  and 


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The  School, 


and  that  the  perfeverancc  inr?nyeniiiity  fhall  bepunifll 
by  the  Governours  wiih  expuldon. 

Thai  the  Chaplain  fhall  car  at  the  Vf afters  Table ,  (pal 
in^  his  twenty  pounds  a  year  as  the  others  do)  and  that  1 
ri^tll  read  Pr-iyers  once  a  day  at  leaft  ,  ar.  hrtle  before  Su  I 
per  tii-ne  ;  thathe  fhall  Preach  in  the  Chappel  every  Snnd\ 
Morning,  and  Catechize  in  the  After- noon  the  ^chola 
and'thebchool-boyss  thathe  fhall  every  Moncth    %dn:| 
niihr  the  Holy  Sacrament ;  that  he  fhall  not  trGuWe  hinl 
fch  and  his  Auditors  witli  theControverfies  of  Divinity  M 
only  Teach  God  in  his  juit  Commandments,  and  in  r 
wond^rful  Woiks. 


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7  he  School, 

Hat  theSchool  may  be  built  fo  as  to  contain  about  t\v 

,  hundred  I'oys. 

That  ic  be  divided  into  four  ClafTes ,  not  as  otm 
are  ordinarely  into  fix  or  feVen  ,  becaufe  we  fupno 
that  the  Children  Cent  hither  to  be  initiated  in  Things  I 
well  as  Words ,  o^ght  to  have  pad  the  two  or  three  fir; 
and  to  have  attained  the  age  of.abbut  thirteen  years ,  beii 
a-!re  .dy  well  advanced  in  the  Latine  Grammar ,  and  for 

Authors. 

That  none  ,  though  never  fo  rich  ,  fhall  Pay  a' 
thing  for  their  teaching ;  and  that  if  any  Profcjlor  fh: 
be  conviaed  to  have  taken  any  money  in  confideratic 
of  his  pa^ns  in  the  School,  he  fhall.be  expelled  wii 
irnominicbytheGoVeinours-,  Wtif  any  perfonsofgre 
eibte  and  quality  ,  finding  thar  Sons  muchbetter  Prol 
cients  in  Learning  here  ,  than  Boys  ofthe  fame  age  con 
monly  are  at  other  Schools,  fhall  notthinkfitto  rece 
re  aa  obligation  of  fo  near  concernment  without  teturniF 
fome  marks  of  acknowledgment,  they  may  if  they  pleJ 
fe  (for  nothing  is  to  be  demanded)  bellow  fome  -litt 
rarity  or  curioficy  upon  the  Society  in  recompenceot  the 

trouble.  r        i    ^   r     i,-  \ 

And  becaufe  it  is  deplorable  toconfiderthclorswhic 

Children  make  of  their  time  at  moft  Schools ,  employing 


The  School.  ^i 

t  rather  cafting  away  fix  or  fcven  ycnrs  in  the  learning  of 
rds  only  ,  and  that  too  very  inipcrtc<^ly  : 
That  a  Method  be  here  elbbliflicd  tor  the  infufing 
noA'lcdgand  Language  at  the  fa^re  time  into  them  ;  and 
.t   this  may    be  their  Apprcnticefliip  in  Natural  Phi- 
ophy.  Ihis  we  conceive  may  be  done  ,  by  breeding; 
lem  up  in  Authors,  or  pieces  of  Authors  ,  whotrearof 
)me  parts  ot  Nature,  and  who  may  beunderftood  with 
smuch  cafe  and  pleadire  ,  as  thofe  which  are  commonly 
lu^hr  5  Sucharein  LatineTarr*?,  Cato ,  ColuuielU^  Pit" 
>,  p.ut  of  rf//«J ,  and  o(  Seneca  ,  Cicero deDivinaticne^ 
e  NatiiYX  Deorum  ,  and  feveral  fcattered  pieces  ,  Vtyjifs 
ftorgicl^s  ^  Grottus  J  Ncme/ianus ,  MaTiilim  \  and  becau- 
;  the  truth  is  we  want  good  Poets  ( I  mean  wc  have 
ut  few  )  who  have  purpofely  treated  of  folid  and  lear- 
ed  5  that  is ,  Natural  Matters  (the  moft  part  indulging 
3  the  weaknefs  of  the  world,   and  feeding   it  cither, 
kith  the  follies  of  Love  ,    or  with  the  Fables  of  Gods 
nd   Heroes  )  we  conceive  that  one  Book  ought  to  be 
ompiled  of  all  the   fcattered  little  parcels  among  the 
ntienc  Poets  that   n-iighc  ferve  for  the  advancement  of 
Natural  Science  ,    and  which  would  make  no  fmall  or 
nufeful  or  unpleafant  volumn.  To  this  we  would  have 
ddcd  the  Morals  and  Rhetoricks  of  Cicero  ,     and  the 
ndicutions  of  Quimiiian  ;    and  for    the  Comedians, 
rom  whom  almoft  all  that  neceflary  parr  of  common 
lifcour^b  ,   and  all  the  moft  intimate  proprieties  of  the: 
..an^uage  are  drawn  ,    we  conceive  the  Boys  may  be 
nademafters  of  them,  as  a  partof  their  Recreation  and 
lot  of  their  taik  ,if  oncea  moneth^or  at  leaft  onccin  two,, 
hey  aft  one  of  Terences  Comedies  ,  and  afterwards  i  the 
noil  advanced)  fome  of  Plautm  his  ,   and  this    is  for 
nany  reafons  one  of  the  beft  exercifes  they  cm  be  en- 
oyned  ,   and  moll  innocent  pleafures  they  can  be  al- 
owed.   'As  for  the  r;ff£^  Authors,  they  mnylludv^T;- 
.'nder  ,    Oppiarjus   (whom    Scahger    does  not  doubt  to 
)referabovc  A/ow^y himfelf,  and  placencxttb  hisadoied 
^nyiiy  Anflotlei  Hiftory  of  Animals  ,  and  others  parts, 
Zhecphrc^jius^ndDiofcorideioi^hv.is^zvi^  aC  oil  eel  ion  nRade 
3Ut  of  feverai  both  Poets  and  other  Grecian  Writers  >  Fot. 


i%  "     ■   The  School.    • 

the  Morals  and  RKetorick  Jriflotle  may  fuffice,  ori^^rvl 
tnogefies  and  Longinus  be  added  for  the  latter  ;  withth 
Hiitory  of  Animals  they  fhoald  be  fhe.ved  Anatomy  a 
3  Divertifement ,  and  made  to  know  the  Figures  and  Natu 
res  of  thofc  Creatures  which  are  not  common  among  us 
difabafing  them  at  the  fame  time  of  thofe  Errors  whici 
are  univerfally  admitted  concerning  many.  Thefame  Me 
ihod  fhojld  be  ufed  to  make  them  acquainted  with  al 
Plants,  and  to  this  muft  be  added  a  little  of  the  ancien 
and  modern  Geography,  the  underftandmgof  theGlo 
bes  ,  and  the  Principles  of  Geometry  and  Alhonomy 
They  fhould  likewife  ufe  to  declaim  in  Latine  and  £n 
ghfh ,  astheK.ow^?jjdidinGrff^  and  Latine',  and  in  al 
this  travel  be  rather  led  on  by  Familiarity ,  Encourage 
inent  ^  and  Emulation ,  than  driven  by  Severity  3  Punifh 
ment,  and  Terror.  Upon  Feftivals  zvA  Play-times  the; 
Ihould  exercife  themfelvesinthe  Fields  by  Riding,  Lea 
ping.  Fencing,  Muflering  and  Training  after  the  manne 
of  Soul  diets  J  (5°f.  Andtopreventalldangcrsandall  difor 
der ,  there  (hould  always  be  two  of  the  Scholars  with  then 
to  be  as  witnefles  and  diredors  of  their  adioas;  \i\  fou 
weather  it  would  not  be  ami  fs  for  them  to  learn  to  dance 
that  iSjto  learn  juft  fo  much  (for  all  beyond  is  fuperfluous 
if  not  worfe)  as  may  give  them  a  graceful  comportment  0 
sheir  bodies. 

V^ou  S^mdays y  and  all  days  of  Devotion,  they  are  t< 
Be  apart  of  the  Chaplaints  Province. 

That  for  all  theJfe  ends  the  Colledge  (b  order  it  y  a: 
that  there  may  be  Hime  convenient  and  pleafant  Houfe: 
thereabouts,  kept  by  Religious,  Difcreet,  andCarefu 
perfons  J  for  the  lodging  and  boarding  of  young  Scho- 
lars ,  that  they  have  a  conftant  eye  over  them  to  fee 
ihar  they  be  bred  up  there  Pioufly,  Cleanly,  and  Plen*  ^' 
tidily ,  according  to  the  proportion  of  their  Parents  ex  peri.' 
ces., 

And  thae  the  Colledge  when  it  f  hall  pleafe  God  eitlici 
bytheirownindullry  andfuccefs,  or  by  the  benevolence 
®f  Patrons  j  to  enrich  them  fo  far ,  as  liiat  it  may- come  to 
t^ir  mrn  and  duty  to  be.  charitable  toothers  y  fhali  at 
nlkir.  Qv/n  charges  ereijl  andmaintain  foine  Houfe  or  Hous 


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Conclufion*  6y 

,  es  for  the  Entertainment  of  fuch  poor  m€nsSons^\^o^d 
;ood  NatuiMl  P.ms  nay  promifc  cither  Ufe  or  Ornairc  n 
o  the  Commonwealth,  during  the  time  of  their  abode  at 
Ichool ,  and  f  hall  take  care  that  it  f  hall  be  done  with  the 
;imc  conveniences  as  are  enjoyed  even  by  rich  Mens  Chil- 
en  (though  they  maintain  tl'e  fewer  for  that  caufe  there 
leinc;  nothing  of  eminent  and  illullrious  to  becxpeded 
lomalow,  fordid  and  Hofpital-hke  education. 


Conclufioru 


kF  I  be  not  much  abufed  by  a  natural  fondhefs  to  my 
own  Conceptions  (that  ^tjiyyi  of  the  Greeks ,  which  no 
\  )rher  Language  has  a  proper  word  for)  there  was  never  any 
\  ^rojed  thought  upon,  which  defcrves  to  meet  with  fo^ 
!  ew  Advcrfariesasthis  ,forwhocan  without  impudent  t'ol^ 
J  y  oppofe  the  eftjblifhment  of  twenty  well  felecleclper- 
bnsinfuchaconditionof  Life  5  that  their  whole  bufine/s 
nd  fole  profeffion  may  be  to  (ludy  the  improvement  and 
.dvant."!geofali  other  Pro' effions, from  that  ofthehighcil 
jfneral  even  to  the  loweft  Artifan  ?  Who  f  hall  be  obli- 
ged to  employ  their  whole  time,  wit,  learning,  and  in- 
iuliry,  tothefefour,  the  moftufefulthatcanbeimagi- 
led  ,  andtonoother  Ends  J  Eirft  ,  to  weigh,  examme, 
md  prove  all  things  of  Nature  delivered  to  us  by  forner 
iges,  todiredl,  explode,  and ftrike a cenfure through  all 
aifeMoneys  with  which  theWorld  has  been  paid  and  cheat- 
ed folong,  and  ;  as  I  may  fay)  to  fet  the  mark  of  the  Col- 
ed|;e  upon  all  true  Corns  that  they  may  paG  hereafter  with- 
Dut  any  farther  Tryal.  Secondly,  to  recover  the  laft  In"- 
I'entions,  and,  as  it  were,  Drown'd  Lands  of  the  An- 
cients. Thirdly,  to  improve  all  Arts  which  we  now  have  5 
And  lattly ,  to  difcover  others  which  we  yet  h«ve  not. 
And  who rhallbefidesan  this  (asaBenefitby  thebyj  give 
the  belt  EducationintheWirld  (purely, ?raff«)  to  as  ma- 
ny mens  Children  as  fhall  think  fit  to  make  ufe  of  the  Obli^ 
Ration,.  Neither  does  it  at  all  chek  or  interfere  with  any:' 
parties  in  State  or  Religion,  but  is  indifferently  to  be  cm— 
Siraccd  by  all  Pi^wences  in  opinion,  and  can  hardly  be; 


6^  Conclufion, 

conceived  capable  (as  many  good  Inftitutions  have  donej 
even  of  Dep,eneration  into  any  thing  harmful.  So  that,  a  I 
things  conildercd  ,  I  will  fuppofe  this  propofition  fhal 
encounter  with  no  Enemies 3  the  only  Queftion  is,  wheB  1 
theritw'll  find  Friends  enough  to  carry  ir  onfromDifcouip  ■' 
fcand  Difign  to  Reality  and  Effect ;  the  neceffary  ExpenF 
ces  of  the  Begin[iing(for  it  will  maintain  it  felf  well  enougl 
afterwards)  being  {o  great  (though  1  have  fet  them  as  lo^l 
as  it  poflible  in  order  to  fo  vaft  a  work)  that  it  may  feeil 
Bopelefs  to  raife  fuch  a  fum  out  of  chofe  few  dead  Reliqu<l 
of  Humany  Charity  and  Pubhck  Generofity  which  ate  y(| 
jEemaining  in  the  World* 


«J 


DISCOURSE 

By  way  of 

VISION, 

Concerning  the  Government  ofOliyerCromiOeS, 

IT  was  the  Funeral  day  of  the  late  man  who  made  him- 
fclf  to  Se  called  Pro!*i]oar.  And  though  1  bore  but  lit- 
tle affefl. on,  eirhertothememf-ry  ofhim  ,  or  to  the 
trouble  and  folly  of  all  publick  Pageantry  ,  yet  I  was 
forced  by  the  Importunity  of  my  company  to  go  along 
with  them,  and  be  a  Spectator  of  thufolemnity,  the  ex- 
PCclation  of  which  hid  beenfo  great  ,  that  it  wasfiid  to 
nave  brought  feme  very  curious  perfons  (and  no  doubt 
fingular  Virtuofo's  as  far  asfrom  the  MountinOrn-iii'rt/?, 
and  from  the  Orc.W^j.  Ifound  there  had  been  much  more 
cod  beftowcd  than  either  the  dead  man,,  or  indeed 
Death  it  felfcould  deferve.  There  was  a  mighty  train  of 
black  afliftants,  among  which  too  divers  Princes  in  the 
perfons  of  their  Amb  fladors  (being  infinitely  afflicted 
for  the  lofs  of  their  P.rothcr)  were  pleafed  to  attend ; 
the-  Herfe  was  Magnificent  >  the  Idol  Crowned  ,  and  (not 
to  raemion  all  other  Ceremonies  which  are  pradifed  at 
Royal  interments,  and  therefore  by  no  means  could b.e 
omitted  here  )  the  vaft  multitude  of  Spedators  made 
up  t  as  it  ufes  to  do  ,  no  fmail  part  of  the  Spe£Vacle  it 
felf.  But  yec  1  know  not  how,  the  whole  was fbm.iv- 
naged ,  that,  methoughcs,  itfornewhat  rcprtfented  the 
lite  of  him  for  whom  it  was  made ;  Much  noife,  much  tu— 
mult^muchexpence^mdch  magnificence,  mnchvain-glorj^, 
briefiyja  greri  fhow^  and  yet  after  all  this ,  but  an  ill  lighto 
Atkit-aX^or  Ukcincd  long  to  me^,  and  hk^^isfhorc  ReigRi 


^^  A  Difiourfe  concernmg  the 

too,  vcrytedious)  the  whole  Scene  paft  by  ,  and  Iretirec 
back  to  roy  Chamber ,  weary ,  and  f  th-nk  more  melancho 
ly  than  any  of  the  Mourners.  Where  I  began  to  refled 
on  the  \vholehfeofthts  Prodigious  Man,  and  fometime 
I  was  filled  with  h  )rror  and  deteftation  of  his  anions ,  sm 
fometiiiies  I  inchned  a  Huk- to  reverenceand  adi  irationo 
hiscourage,  condud  and  fuccefs;  till  by  chefedifferen 
motions  and  agitations  of  mind,  rocked,  as  it  were,  . 
fli^ep,  I  fell  at  lad  into  this  Vifton,  or  if  you  plea fe  to  cal 
it  but  a  Dream,  I  f  hall  not  take  it  ill ,  becaufetheFatheJ.n( 
ofPoctstellsus,  Even  Dreams  too  are  from  God. 

But  fure  it  was  no  Dream  -,  for  I  was  fuddenly  tranfpot 
ted  afar  ofF(wheiher  in  the  body,  or  out  of  the  body,  li 
keSt.  P^«/,  1  know  not)  and  found  my  felf  on  the  top  c 
that  famous  Hill  jn  the  Ifland  Mon.^  ,  which  has  the  pro 
fpea  of  three  Great ,  and  Not-long-fince  moft  happy  King 
doms.  As  foon  as  ever  I  looktonthem,  theNot-Ion^ 
fince  ftrook  uponmy  Memory,  and  called  forth  the  fa 
reprefentation  of  all  the  Sins ,  and  all  the  Miferies  that  ha 
overNvhelrr  ed  them  thefe  twenty  years.  And  I  wept  bittei 
ly  for  two  or  three  hours  ,  and  when  my  prefent  ftock  c 
moifture  was  ail  wafted  ,  I  fell  a  fighingfor  an  hour  mon 
and  as  foon  si  recovered  from  my  pafiion  the  uie  c 
ft  eech  and  reafon  ,  I  broke  forth ,  as  I  remember  (lookin 
upon  £»|/«»d)  into  this  com  plainc 


I. 


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1011 


0: 


Ah  5  happy  Ifle ,  how  art  thou  changM  and  cnrft , 
Since  I  was  born ,  and  Knew  thee  firlt ! 

When  Peace  ,  which  had  forfookthe  World  around, 

(frighted  with  noife ,  and  the  f hrill  Trumpets  found), 
Thee  for  a  private  place  of  reft  3 
And  a  fecure  retirement  chofe 
Wherein  to  build  her  Halcyon  Neft ; 

Sc^winddurft:  ftir  abroad  the  Air  to  difcompofei^ 

'Whsnall  the  riches  of  the  Globe  beffde 

FlowM  in  to  Thee  v;inli  every  Tide.5> 
^Jaen.aUihatSaiursdidtbyiS^iMeii& 


Government  of  Oliver  Cromwcl.        76 

The  Growth  was  of  thy  fruitfi.lllnduftry  , 
When  all  the  proud  and  d.  eidfull  5ea  , 
And  a  1  his  Trjbutaty-ilrca'ns  , 
A  Lonlh  ic  Tribute  paid  to  ttiee. 
,Veen  all  cIk;  liquid  World  was  one  extended  Thames.' 

^ 
I7hen  Plenty  !n  e.ich  Village  did  appear  , 

And  Bounty  was  ic's  Steward  there; 
lyhcn  Gold  walkt  free  about  in  open  view, 
ire  it  one  Conquering  parties  Priloncr  grew } 
When  the  Rchgion  of  our  State 
Had  Face  and  Subfta nee  with  her  Voice, 
Erefheby'erfoolirii  Loves  of  late  , 
[  ,ike  Eccho  (once  a  Nymph;  turn'd  onely  into  Noife. 


ID 


Vhen  Men  to  Men  refpeA  and  friend  I  hip  bore  ,  • 

And  God  wnth  Reverence  did  adore  ; 
^^henupon  Earth  no  Kingdom  could  havefhown 
I  happier  Monarch  to  us  than  our  own , 

And  yet  his  Subjects  by  him  were 

(Which  IS  a  Truth  will  hardly  be 

Receiv  d  by  any  vulgar  Ear , 
i  fecret  known  to  fc vy)  made  happi'r  ev'en  than  He- 

f- 

rhou  doefV  a  Chaai ,  and  ConfufTon  now  > 
ABahtl,  anda -ff*^'**  i  grow, 

md  like  a  Frantick  perfon  Rhou  deft  tear 

"he  Ornaments  and  Cloaths  \^hkh  thou  fhouldft  vyear^ 
And  cut  thy  Limbs  ;  and  if  wc  fee 
(Juft  as  thy  Barbarous -ffrio^JJ  did) 
Thy  Body  with  Hypocnfie 

tainted  all  o' re,  thou  think'll,  rhy  naked  f  hameis  hid,. 

|Phc  Nations  ,  whiclicnviedcheecrewhilej- 

Now  laugh  (to-ohttle'tisro  fmilej: 
llhc}^ia«^h.- 1  and  woiildhavcgittyfi thee C<^jU-  • 


6Z  A  Difcourfe  comer  ning  the 

But  thatthy  Faults  all  Pity  do  furpafs. 

Alt  thou  the  Conntiy  which  didft  hate ,•  ^tt 

And  mock  the  French  Inconftancy? 
And  have  we  ,  have  we  feen  of  late 
Lefs  change  of  Habits  there,than  Governments  in  Thee  > 

7. 
Unhappy  Ifle !  No  fhip  of  thine  at  Sea , 

Was  ever  toil  and  torn  like  thee. 
Thy  naked  Hulk  loofe  on  the  Waves  does  beat. 
The  Rocks  and  Banks  around  her  ruin  threat  j. 

What  did  thy  foohf  h  Pilots  ail , 

To  lay  the  Compafs  quite  afide  f 

Without  a  Law  or  Rule  to  fail  5 
And  rather  cake  the  winds^than  Heavens  tobe  their  Guide 


8. 

Yet,  mighty  God  ,  yet » yet  ,\ve  Humbly  crave  , 
This  floating  lilc-  from  f  hipwrack  fave  ; 

And  though  to  wnf  h  that  Bloud  which  does  it  ftain  j 

It  well  deferves  to  fink  into  the  Main ; 

Yet  for  the  Royal  Martyr's  prayer 
(The  Royal  Martyr  pray's  we  know) 
This  guilty ,  penihing  Veflel  fpare  ; 

Hear  but  his.  t>oul  ab-ove  3  and  not  his  bloud  below* 


ir.'.i 


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|y;[ 

re: 

!\v; 


p*  I  think ,  I  fhould  have  gone  on,  but  that  I  was  interrup 
tedby  a  ftrange  and  terrible  Apparition,  for  there  appea 
red  to  me  (arifing  out  of  the  earth,as  1  conceived)  the  figu 
re  ofamantr'lerthana  Gyant,  or  indeed,  thanthefha 
dovv  of  any  Gyant  in  the  evening.  His  body  was  naked 
but  that  n;ikednefs  adorn'd,  orratherdeform'd  all  over 
with  feveral  figures ,  after  the  manner  of  the  antient  Britom 
painted  upon  it ;  and  I  perceived  that  moft  of  them  wer 
the  reprefcncationofthe  late  battels  in  our  civil  Wars  ,  ant 
(if  I  be  not  much  miftikcn)  it  was  the  battle  of  AT^/f^jtha 
was  drav^n  upon  his  Breaft.  His  Eyes  were  like burnin| 
Brafs  J  and  thei:€  were  three  Crowns  of  thefams  meta 
(as  I  guefs)  andthit'oGkEasred.hottoo  3  uponhishead  iiic 
Meiieiclinhis  rjght^anda  Sword  t Hat  was  }^t  bloody,  an< 


iir. 


Government  ^/Oliver  Cromwel.         69 

cverthelefs  the  Motto  of  it  wns  Pa\-  quarttiir  hnHo,  and  in 
left  hand  atlick  Book  ,  upon  the  b.ick  of  which  was 
•vnutnin  Letters  of  G<  Id,  A^s,  Ordinnnces,  Protcfta- 
jons  ,  Covenants,  Engagements,     Dcdarritioiis  ,  Re- 
nondranccs,  &c.     Though  this  foddain  ,  unufual ,  and 
readful  obiCcT:  might  havc"quc!led  a  grcitcr  courage  than 
nine,  yctfoitpleafLd  God   (for  there  i>  nothing  bolder 
la.i  a  man  in  a  Villon)  that  I  was  not  at  all  daunted  ,   but 
skt  him  refolutclv  and  briefly  •,    What  art  thou  ^  And  he 
lid  ;  I  am  called  The  North- weft  Principality ,  His  High- 
cfs,  the  Protector  cf  the  Common- weahh  ol  En^Jafid,. 
ioilin I  :-n\  Ireland^  and  the  Dominions   belonging  the- 
:unto,  for  I  am  that  Angel,  to  whom  the  Almighty  has 
ommitted    the   .Government  of  thofe  th.ee  Kir^gdoms 
1{  'hich  thou  ffcft  from  this  place.  And  I  anfwered  and  faid. 
fit  be  ft) ,  Sir  ,  it  fecms  to  me  thit  for  almoft  thcle  twenty 
ears  paft  ,  your  H-ighnefs  has  been  abfcnt  from  your  char- 
e  :  foi  not  only  if  any  Angel ,  but  if  any  wife  and  honeft 
len  had  fince  that  time  been  our  Gouvernour,  we  fhouid 
ot  have  wandredthas  long  in  thefe  laborious  and  endlefs 
.abyrinths  of  cqpfufion ,  but  either  not  have  entered  at  all 
itothem,  or  .>tleaft  have  recurned  back  ere  we  had  ab- 
Dlutcly  loft  our  way  ;   but  in  ftead  of  your  Highn^fs  ,  we 
;avc  had  fince  fuch  a  Protector  as  was  h  s  Prcdeccdor  R;- 
hard  the  Third  to  the  King  his  Nephew  ;  for  he  prefcntly 
lew  thj  Common  wealth  j   which  he  pretended  to  pro- 
ect,  andfecuphimfelfinrheplaceofit  :  a  little Icfsguil- 
y  nidced  in  one  refpec't ,   becaufc  the  other  ft.ew  an  Inno- 
:cnr,  and  this  M:.n  did  hot  Murderer.      Such  a  Proicdor 
?ye  have  had  as  we  \vould  have  been  glad  to  have  charged 
brany  Enemy  ,  and  rather  received  aconftantTurk,th.m 
h  s  every  monerhsApoftate  ,   fucha  Prorei^oras  Manisto 
lisFlockSjwhich  hefheers  ,  and  fells  ,  or  devours  himfelf; 
md  1  would  him  k'iow,\vhat  the  Wolf,  which  hep-oreds 
iim  from,cou;d  Ao  more.  Such  a  Prote£Vor -•-  and  as  J  was 
>roc(.eding,a)e- thoughts,  his  Highnefs  began  toputon  a 
iifpleafedand  threatningcounrerace,as  men  ufe  to  do  whc 
:he'rdeareft  hriendshappe  to  be  traduced  in  their  c5p2ny, 
which  gave  mc  the  firft  r^fe  of  jcaloufy  againft  him/orl  did 

noc 


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o;: 

jllii 

Sir? 


70  A  Bifcourje  concerning  the 

not  believe  chat  Crom-^el  among  all  his  forein  Correfpor 
dences  had  ever  held  any  with  Angels.    However ,   I  vv; 
not  hardned  enough  yet  to  venture  a  quarrel  with  hit 
then;  and  therefore  (as  if  1  had  fpokentotheFroteac 
himfelf  in  White-hall)  I  defired  him  that  his  Highne 
would  pleafe  to.  pardon  me,  if  I  had  unwittingly  fpoke 
any  thing  to  the  difparaoement  of  a  perfon,  whole  rdati 
ons  to  his  Hlghnefs  I  had  not  the  honour  to  know.         / 
which  he  told  nie ,  that  he  had  no  other  concernment  fc 
his  late  Highnefs,  than  as  he  took  him  to  be  the  greate 
man  that  ever  was  of  the  Bn^liJ'h  Nation.,  if  not  ^faid  he 
of  the  whole  World,  which  gives  me  a.juft  titletoth 
defence  of  his  reputation ,  fincel  nowaccount  my  felF,  j_ 
it  were  a  naturalized  £?7^/)//j  Angel,  by  having  had  fo  Ion  m, 
the  management  ofthe  affairs  of  that  Country      And  prn 
Countryman  ,  (faid  he ,  very  kindly  and  very  flatteringly 
for  I  would  not  have  you  fall   into  the  general  errotsr  c 
the  World  3  that-  detefts  and  decryes  fo  extraordinary 
Virtue,  what  can  be  more  extraordinary  than  that  a  pci 
fon  of  mean  birth,  no  fortunes  no  eminent  qualities  ( 
Body,  which  havefometitTies ,  or  of  Mind,  which  ha 
veofcenraifed  mentothe  higheft  dignities,  fliould  hav 
the  courage  to  attempt ,  and  the  happinefi  to  fuccced  in  f 
improbable  a  defi>-^n  ,'  as  the  deftruftion  ofoneof  the  mo 
antient,  and  moft    folidly  founded  Monarchies  upon  tl- 
Earth?that  he  fhould  haveche  power  orboldnefsto  puth    co? 
Prince  and  Mailer  to  an  open  and  infamous  death  ?  to  b:  rfr] 
nifhthatnume-ous ,  and  (Irongly-allifd  Family?  to  d  ^» 
all  this. under  the  n:^me' a-nd  wages   of  a  Parliament  ;  t  m^; 
trample  upon  them  too  as  he  pie  afed  ,  and  fpurn  them  01  if,/ 
ofdores  when  he  grew  weary  of  them  ;  to  raife  up  a  ne\  [|];p 
andun  heard  of  Monrterout  oftheir  Afhes5  to  fliflc  ihs  f,;-, 
in  the  very  infancy,    and.  fet  up  himfelf  above  all  th;im  ^j 
that  ever  were  called  Sovereign  in  Eni^land',  to  opprefs.ai  kj,, 
hisF.nertiiesby  Armes,.  andall  his  Friends  afterwards  m  ^ 
Artifice;  to ferve all  parties  patiently  for  a  while,  andt< 
command  them  ViiClorioufly  at  laft ;  tb  over-run  each  coif     , 
neroSrhethree  Nations,  and  overcome  wiih  equal  facditj  jti,, 
bo:h  theViches  of  the  South  ,  and  the  poverty  of  the  North, 
to  be  feared  and  courted  by  all  forein  Princes ,  and  adop- 
tee 


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of; 


Gouvernment  ^Oliver  Cromwcl         7 1 

ed  a  Brother  to  the  gods  of  the  earth;  to  call  together  Par 
iamentbwithawordofhis  Pen,  and  fcattcr  them  again 
VJth  the  Breath  of  his  Moath  j  to  be  humblv  and  daily  pe- 
itioned  that  he  would  piea(eto  be  hired  atthe  rateoftAO 
nillionsayeari  to  be  theMafter  otthofe  who  had  hired 
ijm  before  to  be  their  Servant ;   to  have  the  Eftates  and  Li- 
;cs  of  three  Km^domcsas  much  at  hisdifpofal,  as  wo  s  the 
ttle  inheriranc  e  of  his  I  ather  and  to  be  at  as  noble  and  hbe- 
il  in  the  fpendm^  of  them  ;  and  laftly  (for  there  \^  no  end 
fall  the  particulars  ofhis  glory)  to  bequeath  all  this  with 
ne  word  to  his  Poftcrity  ;  to  die  with  peace  at  home,  and 
•iumph abroad;  to  be   buried  among  Kings,  andwit^ 
lore  than  Regal  folemnity  ;  and  to  leave  a  name  behin. 
im  ,  nottorbeextinguifht,  but  with  the  whole  World 
/hich  as  it  is  now  too  littJe  for  hispraifes ,  fo  might  ha\ 
een  too  for  his  Conqueds ,  if  the  f  hott  line  ofhis  Huma 
eLiff  couM  have  been  itreccht  Qut  to  the  extent  of  hi 
nmortal  defigns  ? 

By  this  fpeech  I  began  to  underftand  perfectly  \\ell 
;hat  kind  of  Angel  his  pretended  Highnefs  was,  and  ha- 
ing  fortified  my  felf  privately  with  a  f  hort  mental  Prayer^ 
id  with  the  (ign  of  the  Crofs  (not  out  of  any  fuperlH- 
ontothefign,  but  as  a  recognition  of  my  Baptifm  in 
-hrift)  1  grew  a  little  bolder,  and  reply  ed  in  this  nanner; 
fhould  not  venture  to  oppofe  wh.it  you  are  pleafed  to  fay 
I  commendation  of  the  late  great,  and  (I  conf.Ts)  extra* 
rdinarypcrfon,  butthatl  remember  Chrift  forbids  us  to 
iye  afTent  to  any  other  do£^rine  but  what  himfclfhas 
;i  lught  us,  even  rhough  it  fhould  be  delivered  by  an  Angel; 
id  iffuchyoube.  Sir,  it  may  be  you  have  fpoken  all  this 
ithertotrythan  to  tfmpt  my  fr.^ilty  ;  For  fure  I  am  ,that 
'emuft  renounce  or  for£;et  all  the  Laws  of  the  New  and 
MdTeftament,  and  thofe  which  are  the  foundation  of 
oth  J  even  the  Laws  of  Moral  and  Natural  Honefty  ,  if 
^e  approve  of  theaftions  of  that  man  whom  I  luppofe  you 
ommend  by  Irony.  There  would  be  no  end  to  inflance  in 
ic  particulars  of  all  his  wickedncfs;  butto  fum  up  apart 
Fit  briefly;  What  can  be  more  extraordinarily  wicked, 
an  fora  perfon  ,  luch  as  your  felf,  qualifie  him  rightly  , 
'Cndeavournot  only  to  exalt  himfelf  above ,  but  to  tram  - 

pie 


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ilioni 


yz  A  Difcourfe  concerning  the 

pie  upon  all  his  equals  and  betters  >  to  pretend  freedod 
for  all  men  V  and  under  the  help  of  that  pretence  to  make 
all  men  his  fervants  ?  to  take  .^r^r.es  agamft  Taxes  or  Icarcc' 
two  hundred  tboufand  pounds  a  year  ,  and  to  raife  them 
himfelf  above  two  Millions   *     to  quarrel  for  the  lot  e  oiB 
three  or  four  Eares,  and  ft  rike  oft  three  or  four  hundredr 
Heads  >  to  floht  ag.iinft  an  imaginary  fulpitionot  I  kno^A 
not  what,  two  hundred  Guards  to  be  fetcht  for  the  King, 
I  know  not  from  whence  ,  and  to  keep  up  for  hm^felf  ncl 
lefsrhanfourty  thoufand  ?    to  pretend  the  defence  ot  Par- 
liaments ,  and  violently  to  diiTolve  all  even  of  his  own  cat- 
linp  ,  «nd  almoft  choofing  ?    to  undertake  the  Reforma 
tionofReiieion,  torobit  e^vento  theveryskm,  and  t her. 
toexpofcitmkcdtotherageof  allSefts  and  Herefies^  tc 
fet  up  Counfels  of  Rapine ,  and  Co  rts  of  Murder  ?  to  nglii 
aoainft  the  KinR  under  a  comuiiffion  for  him  ;  to  take  hiffi 
fSrceably  out  of  the  hands  of  thofe  for  whom  he  had.con- 
qaeredhim;.todrawhimmtois  Net,  withproteftanon! 
and  vowsof  fidehty,  and  vvhen  he  had  caught  him  m  it,  tc 
bureherhim,  withashttlefhime,  a<>Conraence,orhu-r 
manity,  intheopenfaceof  the  whole  World?   torecem" 
Co-nmifTion  for  Kmg  and  Pariiar,:ent,to  murder  (as  1  laid 
the  one,  and  deltroy  no  Icfs  irnpudently  the  other  ?  to  hghi 
apamft  Monarchy  when  he  declared  for  it ,  and  declare  a 
eainft  it  when  he  contrived  for  it  in  his  own  pcrfon?  to  aba- 
reperHdeonflyand  fupplant  ingratefuUy  his  own  Genera^ 
firft,  and  afterwards  moft  of  thofe    Omcers,   .who    with 
the    Jofs  of  their  Honour  ,   and  haz.ad  of  their  Souls 
had  lifted  him  up  to  the  top  of  his  unreafonable  ambi- 
tions ?    to  break  his  faith  with  all    Enemies ,  and  with 
all  friends   equally?  and  to  make  no  le's  frequent  uleol 
the  moft   folemn  Perjuries  than  theloofer  fort  of  Peo- 
pie  doofcuftomaryOaths>  to  ufjrp  three  Kingdoms  witii 
outany  fhadowof  theleaft  pretei^ions,     and  to  govern 
them  as  unjuftly  as  he  got  them  ?   to  fet  himfeU  up  as  an  I- 
dol  (which  we  know  as  St.  P^r./fayes  ,  in  it  felf  isnoih.ng) 
and  make  the  very  ftreets  of  I^/»4;7,  like  the  \  alley  ot 
Htnnon,    by  burning  the  bowels  of  menasa  facnhce  to  his 
Molocb-fhip}  tofedctoentad  ^hisufuipationi^ponhis  Po- 
flerity ,  and  with  it  an  cndkf  AVar  upon  the  Nation?  A nd 


G^ 


CovernementofOYwQxCron'wvd,        75 

^aft'y,  bychefcvcrefl:  ludgmentof  Almighty  God,  to  dye 
hardncd  ,  and  mad  and  unrepentant,  w  tfi  the  cuifcs  ct' 
the  prcfent  A^c  ;  and  :hc  deteliation  ofal!  to  fuccccd. 

Thouoh  I  had  m"ch  more  to  fay  (for  the  Life  of  man  is 
fo  fhort ,  ihu  it  allows  not  time  enough  to  fpe^k  ngainfta 
Tyrant)  yctbtxaofe  I  had  a  mint!  to  hc-u  how  my  Itrangc 
Adverfary  would  behave  hiir.fdf  upon  this  fubjert  ,  and  to 
giveevea  the  Devil  (as  they  (ay';  his  right ,  and  fair  play  in 
a  Difp  itation  ,  I  ftopr  here,  and  expected  (not  without 
the  frailty  ofadljiflcf.  ar)  that  he  fhouidhave  broke  into  a 
violent  paflion  in  behalf  ofhisFavouruc,bat  hecnihe  con- 
trary very  calmly  ,  and  with  the  Dovel.ke  innccency  of  a 
Serpent  that  was  not  ytt  warm'd  enough  to  fting ,  thus  re- 
ply cd  to  me  J 

Itisn'  tfo  much  out  of  my  affection  to  that  pcrfon 
whom  we  difcourfcof  (  whcf:-  grcatncfs  is  too  folid  to  be 
fhakenby  the  breath  of  any  Oratory  )  as  for  you  own  fake 
(honeft  Countrym.in)  whom  I  conccis'e  to  err ,  rather  by 
mi  'ake  th:,n  out  of  malice  ,*  that  I  !  hall  ende.vour  to  re- 
form your  uncharitable  and  unjuil  opinion.  And  in  the  firft 
place  I  nufi:  need?  put  you  in  m:nd  of  a  Sentence  of  the 
mo  ft  ant'.ent  of  the  Heathen  Divines,  that  yoa  men 
are  acquainted  withall, 


'.'i 


Tis  wicked  with  infultin^  feet  to  tread 
UpontheMonun;entsof  the  Dead. 

And  the  intention  of  the  reproof  there ,  is  no  lefs  proper 
for  this  Subje*fl  j  f<jr  it  is  fpoken  to  a  perfon  who  was  proud 
and  infolcnt  againd  thofe  dead  to  whom  he  had  been  hum- 
ble and  obedient  whiltttliey  lived  Your  Highnefs  may 
pleafe  i  fiid  I )  to  add  the  Verfc  that  follows ,  as  no  lefs  pro- 
per for  this  Subj?«5l , 

Whom  God's  juft  doom  and  their  owns  firs  have  fent 

Already  to  their  punifhmrnt. 

But  I  take  this  to  thg  rule  in  the  cafe,  that  when  we  fix 

any  infamy  upon  dcccaf.  d  pcrfons  ,  ir  f  hould  not  be  done 

out  of  hatred  to  the  Dead  ,     but  out  of  love  and  charity 

to 


74  A'Difcourfeconcernmgthe 

to  the  Living ,  that  the  curfes  whi.  h  onely  remain  in  mer 

thoi'shts,  and  dare  n..«t    co-De forth  agiinft  Tyrants  (be 

caulV  they  are  Tyrants    whilft  they  arefo ,  may  at  leaft  b 

for  ever  fecled  and  -ngraven  n  on  their  Memories  j  to  dt 

terr  all  others  fro  t.  the  hke  wickedncfs  ,  which  elfc  in  th 

timeoftbfirfoolifh  profiler 'y,  the  fln'-ery  of  their  ow 

hearts,  and  of  o.hermens  1  oijg'ies,wo!<ld  not  lufPer  thet 

toper(;eive.         Atnbit'on  ib  fo  fubtila  Tcinpter  ,  a-drh 

corruption  of  humane  nature  o  fufcepnble  of  the  trmpta 

tion,  thitanfianhard'y  rrHft  it ,  be  he  never  fo  n.uch  fc 

rewarn'd  of  the  evil  confequences  ,  much  lefs  if  he  fin 

not  onely  the  concurrence  of  thf  prefent ,  but   the  apprc 

barion  too  of  following  ages  ,  which  have  the  hherty  t 

judge  '  ore  freely      The  mifchief  of  Tyranny  is  too  greai 

even  ii.  the  fhortefttime  thu-it  can  continue.  )t  isrcndl? 

and  infupportable ,  if  th-  Example  be  t^  reign  too  ,  and  if 

Larnbett  iriuft  be  invited  f^  follow  the  fteps  of  a  Cromive 

as  well  by  the  voice  of  Honour ,  as  by  the  fight  ofpowi 

and  riches.  Though  it  may  feem  tofome  fantaftically  ,  y« 

was  it  wifely  done  of  the  Syracuft.ins ,   to  implead  with  tt 

forms  of  their  ordmar)  jufticc,  to  condemn,  and  deftrc 

even  the  Statues ofnllrheir Tyrants;  If  it  were  poflible  t 

cut  them  out  of  all  Hiftory  ,  and  to  extinguifh  their  vet 

names,  lam  ofopmion  that  it  ought  to  be  done  ;  but  ur 

ce  they  have  left  behind  them  too  deep  wounds  to  be  cv( 

clofed  up  without  a  ^car,  at  leaft  let  usfetfuch  a  Marki 

pen  their  n;emory  ,  that  men  of  the  fame  wicked  inclin: 

tions  may  be  no  lefs  affrighted  with  their  lafting  Ignominy 

thnn  enticed  by  their  moment:.ry  glories.       And  that  yot 

.  Hiohnefsm.ay  perceive  that  Ifpeak  not  all  this  out  of  ar 

private  animofity  againft  the  perfon  of  the  late  Profeclor, 

adure  you  upon  my  faith,  that  I  bear  no  more  hatred  t 

his  name,  than  I  do  to  that  of  Mar;/*4  or  i>//« ,  whoney. 

did  me  or  any  friend  of  mine  the  Icilt  in]ury  ;   and  wit 

that  tranfportedbyaholyfury,  I  fell  into  this  iudden  raj 

ture. 

I. 

Curft  be  the  Man  Twliat  do  1  wif h  ?  as  though 

The  wretch  ahead  V  were  not  fo;  ^ 

But  cui  ft  on  let  him  be)  who  thinks  it  brave. 

An 


Government  of  OWverCromwcl.         75 

And  great ,  his  Councrey  to  enflave. 
\V  ho  fecks  CO  overpoife  alone 
1  he  l>  ilT.ceof  ,1  N.Mion  j 
Againll  rhc  whole  hw.  riakcd  State  , 
ho  in  his  own  Iigbt^calc  makes  up  withArais  the  weight; 

ho  of  his  Nation  loves  to  be  the  firft  ,  ^  J" 

Though  at  the  ^^^c  of  beir.ti  worft. 

howould  be  racher a  gre:it  MonltLri  ihan 
A  wlU  prop.)  crin'd     (an  I 
The  >>on  of  F.arch  with  liundred  hu.ds 
Uponhfs  rhree  pilM  vfountainlt  .ndi » 
Til'  )  h  .nd'.-T  ftrik<:  hiu.  fro  n  the  sky  ; 

c  Son  of  Earth  again  in  hn  E'dft'ns  vvomb  does  lie. 


tt 


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01 

:] 
«i 

I3l 


hat  Blnud,  Confrfion,  Kuire,  tc  obtain 

A  fhort  and  rniftrable  ^'eign  ? 
what  oblique  and  humble  crecpini:  wife 

Docs  the  mikhicv'oMs  Serpent  rife? 

But  even  his  forked  Tongsie  ftrikcsdead. 

When  h*as  rear'd  up  h>  wicked  Held  , 

He  murders  with  his  niorral  frown  , 
5it^';/.'j^hegrowsifoncehe  get  a  Crown. 

4- 
t no  Guards  cm  oppofe  aifaulting  Ears, 

Orunderi,  ining    Tears. 

>  more  than  doors ,  or  clofe  drawn  Curtains  keep 

Thefwariring  Dreams  out  when  we  fleep. 

That  bloudy  Confcience  too  of  his 

(For,  oh,  a  Rebel  Rcd-Coat'tisJ 

Does  here  his  early  Hell  begin, 
jfees  his  Slaves  without,  his  Tyrant  kch  within. 

t,  Grscir  us  Gcd  ,  let  never  more  thine  hand 

Lite  up  this  rod  agiinrt  our  L  and. 
Tyrant  15  a  Rod  and  :ieipcnt  too, 

An<i 


^6  {^Dijcourfe  concerning  the 

And  brings  worfe  Plagues  than  %r;3«knevv. 
What  Rubers  ftain'd  wuh blood  ha^e  been? 
What  Storm  and  Had-fhothavc  wefeen? 
What  Sores  deform'd  the  Ulcerous  State? 
What  datknefs  to  be  felt  has  buried  us  of  late  ? 

^. 

How  has  it  fnntcht  our plocks  and  Herds  away? 
And  made  e  en  of  our  Sons  a  prey  ? 

Whar  croaking  Sefts  and  Vermin  has  it  fenc 
The  reftlefs  Nation  to  torment  : 
What  greedy  Troups,  what  armed  power. 
Of  Flies  and  Locuft  to  devour 
The  Land  which  every  where  they  fill  ? 

Nor  flie  they.  Lord  awayj  no,   they  devour  it  ftill. 

7. 
Come  the  eleventh  Plague ,  rather  than  this  fhould  be 

Come  fink  us  rather  in  the  Sea. 
Come  rather  Peftilence  and  reap  us  down; 

Come  Gods  fword  rather  than  our  o\Vn. 
Let  rather  Row^mcome  again. 
Or  Saxor.i  ATorw/i^jOr  the  D(tne^ 
In'al!  the  bonds  we  ever  bore, 
Wc  griev'dj  we  figh'd,  we  wept  j  we  never  bluf  ht  bef< 


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8. 
If  by  our  fins  the  Divine  Juftice  be  .  fc 

Call'd  to  this  laft  extremity , 
Lttfome  denouncing  J^o;?^  firftbefentj 
To  try  if  Bnglcfmi  can  repent. 
Mechinks  at  leaft  fome  Prodigy  j 
Some  dreadful  Comet  fron"i  on  high  \ 
Should  terribly  forewarn  the  Earth ,  \ 

As  of  good  i'rinces  Death ,  ^o  of  a  Tyrants  birth. 

Here   the  fpiritof  Verfe  beginning  a  little  to  fail 
ftcpt ,  and  his  Highnefs  fmiling ,  faid  ,  I  was  glad  to 
you  engaged  in  the  Enclofures  of  ¥eeieY  ^  for  if  your 
ftaid  in  die  open  plain  of  Declaiming  agauitt  the  word! 
ranr,I  mull  have  had  patience  for  half  a  dozen  hours , 


liCa 

ocrl 

Icr;, 

(; 

I 

•bei 


nir  fclf  as  well  as  mc.  But  pny  ,    Conntrcy-man,  xo 
oidchisfciomachy,  orimaginary  Combat  with  wonls, 
:  I  e  know  fie ,  ^vhat  you  nean  by  the  name  of  Tyrnnc  j 
r  I  remember  ,  that  among  your  ancient  Authors  not  on- 
a'l  Kings,  but  even  'tipiter  himfeU" (your  ^^^tt'VJWJP.T/sr) 
!•)  termed  ,and  perhaps  as  it  was  ufcdforrr  eriy  in  a  good 
;c  J  fo  we  fball  find  it  upon  better  confidcrstion  to  be 
il  a  good  thing  for  the  benefit  and  peace  of  mankind  ,  at 
\i\  it  will  appear  whether  your  interpretation  if  it  maybe 
ily  applied  to  the  perlon  who  isnow  thcfubjeft  ofour 
ifcourfe.  I  call  him  (fiid  I)  a  Tyrant,  whoeirhcrintru- 
s  himfclf  forcibly  into  the  Government  of  his  fellow  Ci- 
ens  without  any  legal  Authority  over  them  ,  or  who  ha- 
igajull  rittletotheGovernn-.entofa  people  ,abufes  it t3 
:  deftruclion  ,  or  tormenting  of  them.  So  that  all  Tyrants 
!  at  the  fame  time  Ufurpers ,  either  of  the  whole  or  at 
:fl  of  a  part  of  that  power  which  they  afllime  to  themliU 
s  J  and  no  lefs  are  they  to  be  accounted  Rebels ,  fince  no 
m  can  ufurp  Authority  over  others ,  but  by  rebelling  sg- 
ift  them  who  had  it  before,or  at  leaft  againft  thofe  Laws 
lich  were  his  Superiors,  and  in  all  thefe  fences  no  Hifto- 
can  afford  us  a  more  evident  example  of  Tyranny  ,  ot 
)re  out  of  allpofllbilityofexcufe,  or  palliation,  than 
It  of  the  perfon  whom  you  are  pleafed  to  defend,  whe- 
)r  we  confider  his  reiterated  rebellions  againft  all  his  Su- 
iors,  or  his  ufurpation  of  theSupreampowerto  him- 
f,  or  his  Tyranny  inthe  exercife  of  it ;  and  if  lawful 
nces  have  been  efteemed  Tyrants  by  not  containing 
:mfclves  within  the  bounds  of  thofe  Laws  which  have 
;n  left  them  as  the  fphere  of  their  Authority  by  their  fo- 
fathers ,  what  f  hall  we  fay  of  that  man ,  who  having 
rght  no  power  at  all  inthis  Nation,  could  not  content 
nfelf  with  that  which  hadfatisfied  the  moft  ambitions 
our  Princes?  may,  not  with  thofe  vaftly  extended  li- 
tsof  Soverainty  ,  which  he  (difdaining  all  that  had  been 
:fcribed  and  obferved  before)  was  pleafed  i^but  of  great 
)delly)  to  fet  to  himfelf  ?  not  abftaining  from  Rebellion 
I  Ufurpation  even  againft  his  own  La\Y§as  well  as  thofe 
the  Nation. 

D  d  Hold 


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78  ^  Difcourfe  concerning  the 

Hold  friend  (faid  his  Hignefs  ,  pullingmeby  my  Ariiu 
for!  fee  your  zeal  is  tranrporcing  you  again)  whether  vm\ 
Proteclor  were  aTyrac  in  the  exorbicant  cxercife  of  his  poKiv 
crwe  rhnll  fee  anon, it  is  requifiteto  examine  fir{lvv»c 
therhewere  f  in  the  ulurpationof  it.  And  1  fiy  ,  cAfi 
not  only  He ,  but  no  m.-m  elfe  ever  was  ,  or  can  be  fo  ;  aK] 
that  for  thefc  rta('>n%  Firft,  Becaufe  all  power  belongs  ct 
ly  to  God  ,  who  is  thefourceand  foumain  of  it ,  as  KirKj^ 
arc  of  all  Hon-iurs  in  rhetr  D(>minionY.  Princes  arc  but  ^\^ 
Viceroys  in  the'itt'e  Provinces  of  this  World  ,  and  to 
n^c  he  gives  ths  ir  places  for  a  f  w  years  ,  to  foinc  for  th 
lives,  ad  to  others  (upon  ends  ordeforrs  beft  kn(>wn 
hinifelf ,  ornieerly  for  hisundifputable  good  picafure) 
beftows  asii  were  Leafcs  upon  them  ^  and  their  porteni 
for  fuch  a  date  of  tirre  a  is  prcfixt  in  that  Patent  of  th 
l>eftiny  ,  which  is  not  legible  to  you  men  below.  Neitl" 
is  it  more  unlawful  for  O/z-Vif  to  fucceed  Charhs  in  t 
Kingdom  of  i:;T^/^w^/,  whenGod  fodilpofcsof  it ,  thar 
had  been  for  him  to  have  fucceeded  the  Lord  St>ijford 
the  Lieutenancy  of  iff /rtw.-i  5  if  he  had  been  appointed  tc 
by  the  King  then  reigning.  Men  are  in  both  the  c.fcs  ob 
ged  to  obey  him  whom  they  fee  aftually  inverted  with  t 
Authority  by  that  Sovereign  from  whom  he  ought  to  deri 
it}  without difputing or  examining  thecaufes,  either 
the  removal  of  the  one ,  or  the  preferment  oi  the  othi 
Secondly  ,  becaufe  all  power  is  attained  either  by  the  £l 
ftionand  Conlenr  ofthe people,  and  that  takes  away  yo 
objedion  of  forcible  intrufion  ;  or  elfe  by  a  Conqueit 
them  3  and  that  gives  fuch  a  legal  Authority  as  you  me 
tiontobe  wanting  in  the  ufurpationof  aTyrant;  foth 
either  this  Title  is  right ,  and  then  there  are  no  U  furper 
crelfeicisa  wrong  one,  and  then  there  are  none  elfe  b 
Ufurpcrs,  if  you  examine  the  Original  pretences  of  tl  ijj^ 
Princes  of  the  World.  Thirdly,  (w-hich  quitting  tl  ,^(1 
difpute  in  general ,  isaparticular  juftificatioo  ofhis  Hig-, 
ncfs)  the  Government  of  £;)^/<i^/i  was  torolly  broken  ai 
diilolved,  and  extingusfht  by  the  confuHons  of  a  Ci\ 
War*  io  their  his  Highnefs  could  not  be  accufcd  to  ha' 
poffeft  himfeif  violently  of  theantient  buiidm.g  of  theCor 
nion- wealth,  but  io  have  prudently  and  peaceably  bu 


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Gouvernment  ^Oliver  Crom  we!.         79 

to  a  new  one  out  of  the  ruincs  and  afhcs  of  the  former; 
md  he  who  after  a  deplorable  fhipwrack  can  with  cxtra- 
ord'nary  InduRry  gather  together  the  difperft  and  b  okca 
jlank*^  and  pieces  of  it ,  and  with  no  i tfs  wonderful  Arc 
ind  Felicity  fo  rcjoyn  them  as  to  make  a  new  VefTcl  more 
ight  and  bcaiit:ful  ihan  r!:eold  one  »  dcferves,  nodoubc, 
:o  have  the  comu).ind  of  her  (even  as  his  Highnef-.  had;  by 
he  defirc  of  the  Seamen  and  palTcngers  thcmfelves.    And 
Jo  but  confider  LalUy  i/orlomita  multitude  of  wf'ighty 
hings  that  might  be  f  ryken  upon  this  noble  argument)  do 
)ut  confidcr  fenoLiflyandinipirtially  with  your  '(?lf ,  what 
idinirabie  p^rts  of  wit  and  prudence,  what  indefatigable 
Iiligcnv'e  and  invmcible  couraqe  muft  of  neceffity   have 
:oncurrcd  m  the  perfon  of  that  m  tj  who  from  fo  connemp- 
ible  bcgmfiingS'.as  I  obferved  beforehand  through  fo  many 
■^^  houfand  difficulties,  was  able  not  only  to  make  himfelf 
''  he  grcateft  and  moft  abfolute  Monarch  of  this  Nation  , 
J  >uttoadd  toittneemJreconqueft  oflrf/«»;>/  and  Scotland 
which  the  whole  force  of  the  World  joyncd  with  the  Rog 
nan  virtue  could  never  attain  to)  and  to  Crown  all  th* 
vith illuRrious  and  Heroicvil  undertakings ,  and  fucceffes 
ipon  all  our  foreign  Enemies  ;dobut(l  fay  again)  confidec 
his  ,  and  you  will  confefs ,  that  this  prodigious  merits 
vere  a  better  Title  to  Imperal  Dignity,  than  thebloudof 
n hundred  Royal  Progenitors ;  and  will  rather  lament  that 
le  hved  not  to  overcome  more  Nations,  than  envy  him  the 
Zonquefl  and  Dominion  ot  thefe.     "Who  ever  you  are 
faid  I ,  my  indignation  making  me  fomewhat  bolder)your 
lifcourfe  methinks  becomes  as  little  the  perfon  of  a  Tute- 
ar  Angel ,  as  Cromwels  aflions  did  that  of  a  Prote(ftor  , 
t  is  upon  thefe  principles ,  that  all  the  great  Crimes  of  the 
ivorld  have  been  committed,  and  moft  particularly  thofe 
ivhich  I  have  had  the  misfortune  to  fee  in  my  own  time  9 
ind  in  my  own  Countrry.     If  thefe  be  to  be  allowed  ,  W2 
nuft  break  up  humane  focicty ,  retire  into  the  Woods, 
ind  equally  there  ftand  upon  our  Guards  ag  inft  our  Bre- 
hren  Mankind,  and  our  Rebels  the  WddHeafts.     For  if 
here  can  be  no  U  furpati'  n  upon  the  rights  of  a  whole  Na  • 
ion,there  can  be  none  moft  cerrauily  upon  thofe  of  a  priva- 
cperfon^  and  if  the  robbers  of  Coumreysbe  Gods    ice- 

X>  d  2  g^rcntS) 


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2ie 


So  x^DiJcourfe  concerning  the 

gcrents,  thereis  no  doubt  but  the Thives  and  BanditoVJ 
and  Murderers  are  his  under  Officers.  It  is  true  uhich 
you  fay ,  that  God  is  the  fource  and  fountain  of  all  power, 
and  it  is  no  lefs  true  that  he  is  the  Creator  of  Serpents  asB:i- 
well  ^s  Angels  ;  nor  does  his  goodnefs  fail  of  its  ends  even 
in  the  malice  of  his  own  Creatures.  What  power  he  fuffers 
the  Devil  to  exercife  in  this  world  ,  is  too  apparent  by  ouil 
daily  experience  ,  and  by  nothing  more  than  the  late 
monftrous  iniquities  which  you  difputefor  ,  and  patronize 
in  England;  but  would  you  mferr  from  thenccahat  the  powA'J 
er  ofthe  Devil  is  a  juft  and  lawful  one  ,  and  that  all  men tri 
ought,  as  well  asmoft  men  do,  cbeyhim?  Goiisthcpit) 
fountain  of  all  powers  jbutfome  flow  from  the  right  hand  }k 
(as  it  were)  of  his  Goodnefs,  and  others  from  the  left 
band  of  his  lufticejand  the  World ,  like  an  Ifland  betsM'en 
thefe  two  Rivers ,  '\s  fometimes  refrefht  and  nourii'hc  by  the 
one,  and  fometimes  o\';errun  and  ruined  by  the  other  jand 
(to  continue  a  little  farther  the  Allegory)  we  are  never 
overwhelmed  with  the  latter  ,  till  either  by  our  malice  or 
l^gligence  we  have  ftopt  and  damm'd  up  the  former.  But 
tQ  come  a  little  clofer  to  your  argument ,  or  rathe;  the  Ima- 
ge of  an  Argument ,  your  fimilitude  j  UCromwelhid  come 
to  command  in  Irf/^?iJ  in  the  place  of  the  late  Lord  i'/r/?/^ 
fordi  I  fhould  have  yielded  obedience,  not  for  the  equipa- 
ge, and  the  ftrength)  and  the  guards  which  he  brouoht  with 
him  ,  but  for  the  CommiiTion  which  he  fhould  firll  have 
fhewed  me  from  our  common  Sovereign  that  fenthimjand 
if  he  could  have  done  that  from  God  Almife,hcy,  I  would 
have  obeyed  him  too  in  England -^  butthathe  wasfo  far 
from  being  able  to  do  ,  that  on  the  contrary  ,  I  read  nothing 
but  commands,  and  evenpublick  Proclamations  from  God 
Alm.ighty,  not  to  adm-ithim.  Your  fecond  Argument  is  * 
that  he  had  the  fame  right  for  his  Authority,that  is  the  foun- 
dation of  all  others  even  the  right  of  Conqueft.  Arew^ 
then  fo  unhappy  as  to  be  conquered  by  the  perfon ,  whom 
we  hired  at  a  daily  rate  jhkea  labourer,  to  conquer  others 
for  us  ?  did  we  furnif  h  him  with  Arms ,  onely  to  draw  and 
try  upon  our  Enemies  (as  we,  it  feems,  falfefy  thought 
them)  and  keep  them  for  ever  f  heatji*d  in  the  bowels  of  his 
Friends?  did  we  fighc  for  Liberty  againft  our  Prince  >  thac 

we 


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Government  of  0\\vcvCrom^t\.        8i 

we  might  become  Sl.ivc!>  to  our  Servant  f  this  is  fiich  an  im- 
piiJtnc  proccnce,as  neither  He  nornny  of  iiis  flatterers  for 
1  iinhjiie-  crthe  face  to  mention. Though  it  can  hardly  be 
rpokea  or  thought  of  without  pafiP.on  ,  yet  I  fhall  ,  if  you 
pleafcjargue  itinorecalily  thin  the  c.-.fedeferves.The  right 
certainly  of  Conqucil  can  only  be  exercifed  upon  thofea^- 

(.  ainit  whom  the  War  isdcclarcd  ,and the  Viilory  obtained. 

'  So  that  no  whole  Nat  on  cm  be  faid  to  be  conquered  but  by 
foreign  force  In  all  Civil  wars  men  arc  fo  far  from  ibtip.g 
the  quarrel  againit  tkcir  Countrey ,  that  they  do  it  only 
againrt  a  perfon  or  patty  which  they  really  believe  j  or  ac 
Jeali  pretend  to  be  pernicious  to  it ,  neither  can  there  be  any 
juft  caufe  for  the  dcAruflion  ofa  part  of  the  body,but  when 
it  IS  done  for  the  perfervation  and  fafcty  of  the  whole.  "Tis 
our  Councrey  that  raifes  men  ir.thc  quarrel  jOur  Countrey 
that  arfns,our  Countrey  that  pays  them,our  Countrey  that 
authonfes  the  undert.-;king,and  by  that  diftinguifhes  it  from 
rapine  and  murder^Laltly  ,  'tis  our  Countrey  that  dirds 
and  commands  the  Army ,  and  is  indeed  rhcir  General.  So 
that  to  Oy  in  Civil  Wars  that  the  prevailing  party  corqucrs 
their  CoiMurey  ,  is  to  fay  ,  the  Coantrey  conquers  it  feif. 
And  if  the  Generalonly  of  that  party  be  the  Conquerour  y 
the  ^rmy  by  which  he  is  made  io,is  no  lefs  conquered  thaa 
the  Army  which  is  beaten,  and  have  as  little  reafonto 
triumph  sn  that  Vic1:ory,by  which  they  lofe  b.-th  their  Ho- 
nour and  Liberty.  So  that  if  fr^^wxi^i /conquetM  any  party  , 
it  was  oiily  thatagalll  which  he  was  letjand  what  that  waSv 
mu(tappear  by  his  Comaiiflion.  It  was  Tavs  that)  aga  nit 
a  company  of  evil  C(^unkllors,  and  dirarfe<^edperfons> 
who  kept  the  King  from  a  good  intelligence  and  conjun- 
d:ion  with  his  People  It  w^s  not  then  againll  the  People. 
It  is  lo  far  from  being  fo,  that  even  of  that  party  which 
was  be-iten  ,  the  Conquefi  did  not  belong  to  Cromwel  but 
to  the  Parliament  which  employed  him  in  theirService  , 
or  rather  indeed  to  the  /^ingaud  Parliament,  forwhofe 
Service,  (if  there  had  been  any  faith  in  mens  vows  and 
proteilationsj  the  W.irs  were  undertaken.  Merciful  God! 
did  the  tight  of  this  miferable  Conqueft  remain  then  in 
His  Mjjelty,and  didft  thou  fufiPer  him  to  be  deftroyed  with" 
tnore  barbarity  than  if  he  had  been  conquered  even  bybava- 

Dd  3  ges 


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8»         ^  Dijcourfe  concerning  the 

ges  and  Cannibals?  was  it  for  King  and  Parliament  thai 
we  fought .  and  has  it  fared  with  them  ju  ft  as  with  the  Ar- 
my which  we  fought  againft  ,  the  one  part  bein?  (lain^  andj 
the  other  fled?  It  appears  therefore  plainly,  that  Cronf 
liWwasnota  Conqueror,  but  a  Thief  and  Robber  ofthj 
Rights  ofthe  King  and  Parliament,  and  an  Ufurper  upoB 
thofe  of  the  People.     I  do  not  here  deny  Conqueft  to  be 
fometimes  i  thoughit  be  very  rarely)  a  true  tittle  but  1  deny 
this  to  be  a  true  Conqueft.     Sure  lam  ,  that  the  raced 
our  Princes  came  not  in  by  fuch  a  one.     One  Nation  may 
conquer  another  fometimes  juftly  ,'  and  if  it  be  unjuftly . 
yecftillit  isatrue  Conqueft,  and  they  are  toanfwerfoi 
the  injuftjcconiy  to  God  Almighty  (having  nothing  elfe in 
authority  above  them)  and  not'as  particular  Rebels  to  theil 
Coumrcy,  which  is,  and  ought  always  to  be  their  Supe- 
rior and  thur  Lord.       1  f  perhaps  we  find  U  furpation  in 
ftcad  of  Conqueft  in  the  Original  Tittles  of  feme  Royal  fa-  b. 
mihcs  abroad  (as  no  doubt  there  have  been  many  U  furperj  m 
before  ours  ,  though  none  in  fo  impudent  and  execrable  ale 
manner)  all  I  can  (ay  for  them  is ,  that  their  Title  was  ve.lk 
ry  weak ,  till  by  length  of  time ,  and  the  death  of  all  jufteil'- 
pretenders ,  it  became  to  be  the  true ,  becaufe  it  was  the  l 
onely  one.     Your  third  defence  of  his  Highnefs  (as  your  fen 
Highnefsplea(estocallhim)  enters  in  moft  feafonably  af- 
ter his  pretence  of  Conqueft  ,  fot  then  a  man  may  fay  any 
thing.     The  Government  was  broken  ?  Who  broke  it  ?  7 
was  diftolved  ^   Who   didolved   it?   It  was  extinguifhtj 
Who  was  it  but  Cromivell jwho not  onely  put  out  the  Light, 
bat  caft  awayjeven  the  very  fnufF  ofFit?  As  if  a  man  f  hould 
murder  a  whole  Family  ,  and  then  poftefte  himfelf  of  the 
Houfe,  becaufe 'tis  better  that  He  ,  than  that  onely  Rats 
fhould  live  there.     Jefus  God  /  (faid  I ,  and  at  that  word 
I  perceived  my  pretended  Angel  to  give  a  ftart  and  trem- 
bled ,  but  I  took  no  notice  of  it ,  and  went  on  ).this  were 
a  wicked  pretenfion  even  thoughthe  whole  family  were 
deftroyed,  but  the  Heirs  (blefled  beGod  )  are  yet  furvi"^ 
ving ,  and  likely  to  out-live  all  Heirs  of  their  difpofteftbrs  * 
befides  their  Infamy.     Rode  Caper  yitem  ,  &c.  There  will 
be  yet  wine  enough  left  for  theSacrificc  of  thofe  wildBeaftl   , 
that  have  made  fo  much  fpoil  in  the  Vineyard.     But  M  [, 

CrffmwtH 


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Government  c/'OlIverCromwel.         85 

Crom'iijell  i\\\nk^  Wk^Kero,  to  fet  the  City  on  firc,  onely 
that  he  mi<;ht  have  the  honour  of  being  founder  of  a  new 
and  more  beautiful  one  ?  He  could  not  have  fuch  a  fhadow 
of  Virtue  in  his  wickcdnels ;  he  meant  oncly  to  rob  more 
fccurcly  and  more  richly  in  midft  of  thecombuftion  ;  he 
little  thought  then  that  he  fhould  ever  have  been  able  to 
make  himfc'lf Maftjrofthe  i'nlace,  as  wellasplundcrihe 
Goods  of  the  Common-wealth.  He  was  glad  to  fee  the 
pubiick  Vcilcl  (the  Sovereign  of  the  Seas)  in  as  defperate  a 
condition  as  his  own  little  Canon  ,  and  thought  onely  with 
Tome  fcattered  planks  of  that  great  Ihip  wrack  to  make  a  bec- 
rer  Fifherboatfor  himfelf.  But  when  he  Taw  that  by  the 
drowning  of  the  Maftcr  (whom  he  himfelf  treacheroiifly 
knocktonthchendashcwss  fwimming  for  his  hfc^  by  the 
flight  and  difperfion  of  others,  and  cowardly  patience  of 
ihercmainng  company,  that  all  wis  abandoned  to  his 
pleafuxjwith  the  old  Hulck  and  new  mis  f  hapcn  and  difa- 
grceing  pieces  of  his  own,he  made  up  with  much  adoe  that 
Piratical  Vellel  which  we  have  feen  him  command  ,  and 
which,  ho'.v  tight  indeed  It  was,  may  bell  be  judged  by 
it's  perperual  Leaking.  Firft  then  (much  more  wicked  than 
thofe  fooliHi  daughters  in  the  Fable  ,^vhocut  their  old  Fa- 
ther into  pieces  vin  hope  by  charms  and  witchcraft  to  n.rke 
him  young  and  luftly  again")  this  man  endeavoured  to  de- 
ftroy  the  Building,  before  he  cou'd  imagine  in  what  man- 
ner, wirii  what  materials  ,  by  what  workn^.en  ,  or  what 
Architeclrit  wa?toberebailt.  Secondly,  if  he  had  dreamt 
himfelf  to  be  able  to  rc^^ive  that  body  which  he  had  killed 
yet  It  had  been  but  the  infupportable  infolence  of  an  igno- 
rant Mountebanck ;  And  Thirdly  (which  concerns  us  nci- 
ref!)  that  vety  new  thing  which  he  made  out  of  the  ruines 
of  (he  old,  IS  no  more  like  the  Original,  either  for  beauty, 
ule,  orduranon,  than  an  art. ficial  Plant  raifcd  by  the  fire 
ofaChymillis  comparable  to  the  true  and  natural  one 
which  he  fir  It  burnt ,  that  out  of  the  afhes  of  it  he  might 
produce  an  imperfe<^  (imilitudc  of  his  own  making.  Your 
jail:  argument  is  fuch  [when  reduced  to  Syllogifm]  that  the 
M.njor  Propofuion  of  It  would  make  ftrange  wo;k  in  the 
World,  ft  were  received  for  truth  ;  to  wit ,  that  he  who 
has  the  belt  patts  iu  a  Nation,  has  the  right  of  being  King 

D  ^4  over 


,S4  \^T) I fcotirje  concerning  the 

over  it.  We  had  enough  ro  do  Here  of  old  with  the  contenl 
tion  between  two  branches  of  the  {ime  Family  ,    whal 
would  become  of  us  when  every  man  in  f;?^/*^;)^  fhoulcl 
lay  his  claim  to  the  GoverniTsent  ?  and  truely  if  CromwtfJ 
jThould  have  commenced  his  plea  whenhefeemstohai 
begun  his  ambition,  there  werefew perfonsbcfidesthasj 
r.Tight  not  3t  the  fame  time  have  put  in  theirs  too.  But  hill 
Deferts  I  fuppoUiyoa  will  datefrom  the  fame  tertne  that  ll 
(do  his  great  Demerits  >  that  is  ,  from  the  beginning  ofouil 
Jate  calamities,  (for,  as  for  his  private  faults  before  ,  Icar| 
onely  wifh  (and  that  with  as  much  Charity  to  him  as  to  th< 
publick)  that  hchad  continued  in  them  till  his  death,  ra-l 
ther  than  changed  them  for  thofe  of  his  latter  dayes)  andl 
therefore  we  mud  b'gintheconflderation  of  his  greatntftl 
from  the  unlucky  y£"r/Tof  our  own  milfortuncs, which  puts 
me  in  mind  of  wbac  was  faid  \z['^  truely  o^^ompey  theGreac.l 
J^ojlra.  Mifsria  ILtgnm  es.  But  becaufe  the  general  ground 
ofy  our  argumentation  confiits  in  thiSjthat  a  11  men  who  are 
the  cff-sfters  of  extraordinary  mutations  in  the  world,  mufl 
needs  hive  extraordinary  forces  of  Nature  by  w^hich  they| 
are  enabled  toturn  about,  asthey  plcarc,fo  great  a  Wheel| 
I  f  hall  .^peak  firll  a  few  words  upon  this  univerfal  propod- 
tion,  which  feemsfo  reafonable,  and  is  fo  popular ,  before  | 
I  dv-f^cnd  to  the  particular  examination  of  the  eminencej 
of  that  pcrfon  which  is  in  queilion. 

I  have  often  obferved  [vvahallfubmiHion  and  refigna-l 
tion  of  fp. ric  to  the  inf^'crutablemyfterics  of  Eternal  i'rovi- 
dencel  that  when  the  fulnefs  and  maturity  of  time  is  cornel 
ibat  produces  the  great  confuflons  and  chmges   in  the 
World  5  it  ufually  pleafes  God  to  make  it  appear  by  the 
n-.anncr  ofihcm  ,  thatchey  are  not  thecfteds  of  humane 
force  or  policyjbiitof  the  Divinejufticeand  Predefiination, 
and  tiVDUgh  wr.  fee  a  man  ,  lil'e  that  which  we  call  Jack  of  | 
iheClock-houfe,  flriking  ,  as  it  were  ,the  Hourof  thatul- 
jufs  of   tim.e,   yet  our  reafon  muft  needs  be  convinced, 
that  his  hand  is  moved  by  fome  fccret ,  and  to  us  who 
itand  Without, invifible  dire^io.Andthe  ffcream  oftheCur- 
rent  is  then  To  violent ,  that  the  ilrongell  men  in  the  World 
cannot  djaw  up againii  it ,  and  none  are  To  weak  ,  but  ihey 
may  [ail  down  WiCii  icThefeare  the  Sprig -Tides  of  pub  lick, 

affairs 


Government  of  OXivcv  C romwel.         8  $■ 

affairs  which  wc  G  e  ofcen  happcn,but  feck  in  vain  to  difco- 
verany  certain  cm  fes , 

*  Omnia  fluminis 


Kitu  feruntur  ,  medio  alyea 
Cum  pace  dtLihemis  Htirujcum 
In  rh.ire,  nunc  Ltpides  adefos 

S.'irpef(//te  rapt  as ,  ^  pecus  C  domti 
Volventts  una  ,  r,  on  fine  tnontium 
Clamor e  ,  victmfque  (ilya  j 
Cumfera  Diltfvies  quiet os 

lrritatomnes%  - 

and  one  man  then,  by  malitioufly  opening  all  the  SluceS 
that  he  can  come  at ,  can  never  be  the  foie  Author  of  all^ 
this  (thouj^h  he  may  be  as  guilty  as  if  really  he  were  y.  by  in- 
tending and  imagining  to  be  fo)  but  it  is  God  that  breaks 
up  the  Flood'Gatcs  of  fo  general  a  Deluge ,  and  all  the  art 
then  and  induftiy  of  mankind  is  notfufficient  toraifeup 
Dikes  and  Ramparts  againft  it.  In  fuch  a  time  it  was  as  thiSj 
that  not  all  the  wifdom  and  power  of  the  Roman  Senate^ 
nor  the  wit  and  eloquence  of  C/«ro,  nor  the  Courage  and' 
Virtue  of  Brnius  was  able  to  defend  theirCountry  or  them- 
felvcs  againft  the  unexperienced  raflincfs  of  a  brcardlcfs 
iBoy,  and  the  loofe  rage  ofa voluptuous  Madman.  Ths' 
■Valour  and  prudentCounfcls  on  the  one  fide  are  made  fruic- 
lefs,  and  theerroursandcowardizeontheother  hamlefsy- 
by  une-xpedVed  accidents.  The  one  General  faves  his  life  3- 
and  gains  the  whole  World,  by  a  very  dream;  and  the 
other  lofes  both  at  once  by  a  little  miftake  of  thefhort- 
nefs  ofhis  fight.  And  though  this  benot  alwaies  fo,  fotj" 
we  fee  that  in  the  tranfiation  of  the  great   Monarchies 
from  one  to  another,  it  plcafed  God  to  make  choice  o£ 
the  moft  Eminent  men  inNarur§,  asC>r«5,  Jlexander, 
Scipio  and  his  comtemporaric? ,  forchicf  inftrarnentsand' 
aftorsinfo  admirable  a  work  (the  end  of  this,  being. not' 
only  todeftroy  orpunifh  one  Nation :,  which  may  be  do- 
»eby  the  worft  of  mankind  ,butto  exalt  and  bie fs  another . 
vhich  is  onl  y  to  be  effecled  by  great  and  vircaoiis  perlons) ; 
'et  when  God. only  intends  the  temporary;  cbaftiiemene 

Dd  J-  ols 

^Him,  Csr.  1,1^ 


S6  'ADifcourfeconcemingthe 

of  a  people,  he  does  not  raifeup  his  fervant  CyrmU^ht 
himrelfispleafcdtocallhim]  or  an  Alexander  U'hohad 
as  many  virtues  to  do  good,  as  vices  to  do  harm]  but  he 
makes  the  MajJmeUoes,  and  the  Johns  of  Ley  den  the  inltru- 
ments  of  his  vengeance,  that  the  power  of  the  Almighty 
misht  be  more  evident  by  the  weaknefs  of  the  means  whicH 
he  choofes  to  den-onftrate  it.     He  didnoraileaible  the 
Serpents  and  the  Monfters  of  Afrique  to  corred  the  pride  ot 
tht  Bg^pUiim ,  but  called  for  his  Armies  of  Locutbout^ 
Ethiopia  y  and  formed  new  ones  of  Vermine  out  ot  the 
very  duft ;  and  becaufe  you  fee^  whole  Country  deltroy- 
ed  by  thefe ,  will  you  argue  from  thencechey  mult  needs 
have  hadboth  the  craft  of  the  Foxes,  and  the  courage  ot 
Lions  ?  It  is  eafie  to  apply  this  general  obfervation  to  the 
particular  cafe  of  our  troubles  in  EngUnA,  and  that  they 
feem  only  to  be  meant  for  a  temporary  chaftifement  ot  our 
fins,  andnotforatotalabolifhrnent  of  the  old,  and  in- 
trodaaionofa  new  Government,  appears  probably  tome 
from  thefe  confiderations ,  as  far  as  we  may  be  bold  to  ma- 
ke a  judamentof  the  will  of  God  in  future  events.    Firit , 
becaufelie  has  fufTered  nothing  to  fettle  or  take  root  in  the 
place  ofthat  which  hath  been  fo  unwifely  and  unjutllyre- 
xnoved,  that  one  of  thefe  untempered  Mortars  can  hold 
out  againft  the  next  blaft  of  Wind ,  nor  any  ftone  ftick  to  a 
iione,  tilhhat  which  thefe  Foolifh  Builders  have refufed, 
be  made  a^ain  the  Head  of  the  Corner.      For  when  the 
iidifpofed  and  long  fctmented  Commonwealth  has  wea- 
ried and  fpentit  felf  almoft  to  nothing  with  the  chargea 
b!e,  various,  and   dangerous   experiments  ot   Icvera^ 
Mountebanks,ic  is  to  be  fuppofed,  it  will  have  the  wit  as  l^M 
to  fend  for  a  true  Phy fician ,  cfpecially  when  it  (tQi  (which 
isthefecondconnderation)  motV  evidently  (as  it  now  be- 
gins  to  do,  and  will  do  every  day  more  and  more,  an«» 
iniaht  have  done  perfealy  long  fmcc)  that  no  ulurpatior 
[under  uhac  name  or  pretext  foever)canbe  kept  up  with- 
out open  force,  nor  force  without  the  continuance  of  tho- 
feoppreflions  upon  the  people,  which  will  at  lafttire  ou' 
their  patience ,  though  it  be  great  even  to  fTupidity.    Thej 
cannot  bs  fodull(when  poverty  and  hunger  begins  to  whei 
their  undctftanding}  as  not  to  find  out  this  n©  extraordi- 


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Govcrnement  ^Oliver  CromwcJ.        87 

narvmyltery,  that  'cis  madncfs  in  a  Nation  to  pay  three 
Millions  a  year  for  tlie  maintaining  oflTthcir  fervitude  un- 
der Tvrants,  \vhcn  they  might  live  free fornothinp, un- 
der their  Princes,  This,  I  fay,  will  not  alwayesly  hid, 
even  CO  the  lloweft  capacities,  and  the  next  truth  they 
will  difcover  afterwards,  is  ,    that  a  whole  people  can 
never  have  the  will  without  having  at  the  fame  time  the 
power  to  redeem  themfelves.  Thirdly,  it  doesnotlook 
(me-thinks)  as  if  God  had  forfaken  the  family  of  that 
man,  from  whom  he  has  raifed  up  five  Children  ,  of 
as  Eminent  virtue,  and  all  other  commendable qualiLies9 
as  ever  lived  perhaps  (for  fo  many  together  ,    and^  fo 
young)  in  any  other  family  in  the  whole  world.  Efpe- 
cnlly  ,  if  v^eadde  hereto  his  confederation,  that  by  pro- 
tecting and  prefcrving  fome  of  them  already  through   as 
greatdanger  as  ever  were  paft  with  fafeiy,  either  by  Prin- 
ce or  private  perfon  ,  he  has  given  them  already  fas  we 
may  reafonably  hope  it  to  bemeant)a  promife  and  earneft 
of  his  future  favours.  And  laftly [to  return  clofely  to  thi 
difcourfe  from  which  1  have  a  little  digrefl]  becaufe  I 
fee  nothing  of  thofe  excellent  parts  of  nature,   and  mix- 
ture of  Merit  \vith  their  Vices  in  the  late  diftnrbers  of  our 
peace  and  happincfs,    that  ufcs  to  be  found  in  the  perfons 
of  thofe  who  are  born  for  the  eredion  of  new  Empires. 
And  1  confefs  I  find  nothing  of  that  kind,  no  not  any 
fhadow  (taking  away  the  falfe  light  of  fome  profpcrity]  in 
the  man  whom  you  extol  for  the  firfl  example  of  it.  And 
certainly  all  Virtues  beingrightly  divided  into  Moral  and 
Intelleftual ,  I  know  not  how  wecanbe:ter  judgeofthe 
former  than  by  mens  anions  ,  or  of  the  latter  than  by  their' 
Writings  of  Speeches.  And  for  thefe  latter  (which  are  leaft 
in  merit ,  or  rather  which  are  only  the  inflruments  of  mif^ 
chief  where  the  other  are  wanting]  1  think  you  can  hardly 
pick  out  the  name  of  a  man  who  ever  was  called  Great  > 
btfides  him  we  are  now  fpeaking  of^who  never  left  the  me- 
mory behinde  him  of  one  wife  or  witty  Apothegm  even 
amongfl  his  Domeftiqne  Servants  or  greatcrt  Flatterers. 
That  little  in  prinf  which  remains  upon  a  fad  record  for 
him,  infuch ,  asa  Satyreagainft  him  wouldiioc  have  made 

Dd  <S 


f  )5  A  Difcourfe  concerning  the 

bimfay,  for  fearoftranfgrefring  too  much  the  rules  o 
Probability.     I  know  not  what  you  can  produce  for  thi 
Judificationof  hisparts  inthi>kindj  but  his  having  beei 
able  to  deceive  (o  many  particular  perfons,  and  fo  man' 
%vhoIe  parties  3  which  if  you  pleafero  take  notice  of  forth! 
advanrcjge  of  his  Imelleduals  ,  I  defire  you  to  allow  m< 
the  liberty  to  do  fo  too  ,  when  I  am  to  fpeak  of  his  Morals 
The  truth  ofthe  thing  is  this ,  That  if  Craft  be  Wifdom 
and  D;ffimul3tion  Wit ,  (affiftcd  both  and  improved  wid 
Hvpocrifles  and  Parjuries)     1  muft  not  d.ny  him  to  havf 
jbeen  finguiar  in  bothi  but  fo  grofs  was  the  manner  ir 
whxhhemadeufeofthem,  that  as  wife  men  ought  oj 
not  have  believed  him  at  firft,  fo  no  man  was  Fool  enough 
-  to  beheve  him  at  lail ;  neither  ^id  any  man  feem  to  do  ir. 
but  thofe  who  thought  they  gained  as  much  by  that  difTe^ 
bling,  as  he  did  by  his.         His  very  admgsof  Godlinefi 
grew  atlift  as  ridiculous,  as  if  a  Player,  by  putting  on  a 
G<yv;n,  fhou'dthinkhereprefentedexellently  a  ^^oman, 
tlioughhis  Beard  at  the  fame  time  were  feenbyall  theSpe- 
£^ators.     Ifyouaskmewhytheydidnothifsj  and  explo- 
de him  off  the  ftage,  I  can  only  anfwer,  that  they  durft 
not  do  fo.j,  becaufe  the  Actors  and  the  Door-keepers  whe- 
pctooflrong  for  the  Company.     1  muft  confefs  that  by 
^hefearts 'how grofly  fjever  managed ,  as  by  Hypocritical 
pniyjng ,  and  fiily  preaching  ,  by  unmanly  tears  and  whi*^ 
nings  ,  by  falf  hoods  and  perjuries  even  Diabolical)  he  had 
arfirfl:  the  good  fortune  (as  men  call  it,  that  is  the  ill-For- 
tune) to  attain  hi^ends ;  but  it  was  becaufe  his  ends  were 
faimreafonablcthat  no  humane  reafon  could  forefee  them 
'which  made  them  who  had  to  do  with  him  believe  that  he 
was,raihera  w^ll  meaning  and  deluded  Bigot ,  than  a  craf- 
ty and  malicious  Impoftor,  that  thefe  arts  werehelpt  by> 
an  Indefatigable  indu-ftry  (  as  you  term  it)  I  am  (o  far  from 
filoubdng,  that  I  intended  to' objeft  that  diligence  as  the 
wxjrff  of  biff  Grimes.  It  makes  me  almoft  mad  whenl  hear 
aiman  commended  for  his  diligence  in  wickednefs.    li  I 
were  has  %^n,  I  fhauld;  wifh^o  God  he  had  beena  n  ord 
laz^/  perfen  ,snd  that- we  miglit  have  found  him  fleeping  atj 
^?ehoi]rswhen  other  men- are  ordiiuuily  wakiiigy  rathec 
ibaa  waSungfor  thcleuids  ofhiiwlkn  other  men  were  or*- 

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Govemwent  of  Oliver  Cromwcl,         2g 

iinm\y  .flecp;  how  diligent  the  vvickcd  arc  the  Scripture 
ofcenrcllusj  Their  feet  run  to  evil! ,  and  they  imkehafte 
to  I  hcd  iiinoccnc  bloud ,  l/a  59.  7.  He  rr.ivels  with  mi- 
quity,  PJ.4I.  7.  14.  He  devileth  mifciiicf  upon  hs  bed  , 
Py.s/.  34.  4.  They  fearctiouti.iiq.iity,  they  accomphl'h  a 
diligent  fearch,  P/ti.  6^.  6  and  in  a  multitudeof  other 
pl.ices  And  would  It  not  feem  ridiculous  to  praile  a  Wolf 
forhiswatchfulntfs,  and  for  his  indcfitigable  induilryjn 
ranging  all  nit;ht  about  the  eounrrey,  whtiit  the  f hcep  , 
and  perhaps  the  f  hephcrd ,  ai*d  perha^  s  the  very  Dogi  roo 
areailalleep?  . 

The  rhartreux  wanrs  the  warning  of  a  Bell 
To  call  himto  the  duriesof  his  Cell 
There  needs  no  noifc  at  all  t'aw  .ken  fin  , 
Th'Adulteterandthe  ihiefhisLarum  has  within. 

And  if  the  diligence  of  wicked  pcrfons  befomuchtobe 
bhmed,  as  that  it  is  only  an  Hmphafis  and  Exae^^eration 
of  their  wickednels ,  I  lee  nochow  their  courage  c.?n  avoid 
the  fame  ccnfure.     If   the  undertaking   bold,  and  vaft 
andunrearonabledeflgnscandefervc  that  honourable  na- 
me, I  am  fure  Fuux  and  his  fellow  Gun  powder  Fiends  will 
have  caufe  to  pretend  ,  though  noc  an  equal,  yet  atleaft 
the  next  place  of  Honour,  neither  can  I  doubt  but  if  they 
too  had  fuccccded  ,  they  would  have  found  their  Applau- 
derj  and  Admireis.     It  was  bo!d  unqueftionably  fora  man 
m  defiance   ot    all  Humane   and    Divine  Laws  (  and 
xvithrohcdeprobabihty  of  a  long  impunity)  fopublique- 
ly  and  fooutragioufly  to  murder  his  Mafter;   it  was  bold 
TV'Khromuchinfolenceand  affront    to  expel  and  difperfe 
aJl  the  chiet  Partners  ofhis  guilt ,  and  Creators  of  his  pow- 
er; It  was  bold  to  violate  fo  openly  and  fofcornfu II y  all 
Acts  a-dConlbtucions  of  a  Nation,  and  afterwards  even 
or  his  ONvn  making;  it  was  bold  to  A (Tjme  the  Authority 
oUaliing^ind  bolder  yet  of  breaking  fo  many  Parliaments  • 
It    was    bold    to   trample   upon   the    patience    ♦f  hii 
©wn,  andprovokeirhatr>fallnei;>hboarin3Countreys-  It 
Tvas  bold:^  [.  fay  ,  above  all  boldnedes  ,%o  Ufurp  thig 
*yranny  co  hioifeif ,  and  impudentabovc^all  wnpudences 


90  K^Difcourfe  concerning  the 

to  endeavour  to  tranfrrit  it  to  his  pofierity.  Butallthfs 
boldnefs  is  fo  far  from  being  a  fign  of  manly  courage , 
[which  dares  not  tranfgrefs  therulesofany  other  Virtue] 
that  It  is  only  a  Demonitration  or  Brutifh  Madnefs  or  Dia- 
bolical roflTeffion.  In  both  which  laft  cafes  there  ufes  fre- 
quent examples  to  appear  of  fuch  ex-traordinary  force  as 
may  iuftly  feem  more  wonderful  and  aftonifhing  than 
the  adions  of  Crom-^el ,  neither  is  it  ftranger  to  believe 
that  a  whole  Nation  fhould  not  be  able  to  govern  Him 
and  a  Mad  Army  ,   than  that  fi;'e  or  fix   Men  fhould 
not  be  ftrong  enough  to  bind  a  diftra5:ed  Girl.    There- 
is  no  man  esrtv  (ucceeds  in  one  wickedncfs  but  it  gives 
him  the  boldnefs  to  atten^ptagreaterj  'T  was  boldly  do- 
ne of  Nero  to  kill  his  Mother,  and  all  the  chief  Nobi- 
lity of  the  Empire,*  'twas  boldly  done  to  fet  the  Metro- 
polis of  the   Whole  world  on  fire  ,  and  undauntedly 
play  upon  his  Harp  whiHi  he  faw  it  burning  ;    I  could 
rccKon  up  five  hundred  boldnelTes  of  that  great  perfon - 
[for  wKy  fhould  not  He  too  be  called  fo?]  who  wanted 
when  he  was  to  die,  that  courage  which  could  hardly  ha- 
ve failed  any  Woman  in  the  like  neceffity.  It  would  look 
[I  muft  confefs]  like  Envy  or  too  much  partiality  if  I  fhould^ 
fay  that  perfonal  kind  ofcourage  had  been  deficient  in  the' 
man  we  fpeak  of-,  I  am  confident  it  was  not ,  and  yetl- 
may  venture  I  think  to  affirm ,  that  no  man  ever  bore  the 
honour  of  fo  many  vi£^ories,  at  the  rate  of  fewer  wounds 
or  dangers  of  his  own  body ,  and  though  his  valour  might 
perhap^have  givenhimajuft  prctenfionto  one  of  thefirft' 
charges  in  an  Army  ,  it  could  not  certainly  be  a  fufficient- 
ground  for  a  Title  to  the  command  of  three  Nations.  What 
then  f  hall  we  fay  ?  That  he  did  allthis  by  Witchcraft?*^ 
He  did  fo  indeed  in  a  great  meafurc  by  a  fin  that  is  called^ 
like  it  in  the  Scriptures^     Bat  trucly  and  unpafTionately  re* 
fleiling  upon  the  advantages  of  his  perfon  which  might  be^" 
though':  to  have  producedthofe  of  his  Fortune ,  I  can  efpjr    ^^^ 
no  otherbutextraordinary  Diligence  and  infinite  Diflimu-    ." 
lation  •,  and  believe  he  was  exalted  above  his  Nation ,  P^^t- 1^  J 
ly  by  his  own  Faults  ,  but  chiefly  f 'r  Ours.     We  have  j|  '"^ 
kought  him  thus  briefly  ( not  through'- all  his  Labyrinths) 
SotheSupremeUfurpt  Auchority:?  aad  becaufe  you  fay  ir- 

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Government  (j/OlIver  Crom  wcl.        ^  i 

(vas  great  pity  he  did  not  live  to  command  moreKingdoms> 
3e  pleafed  to  let  me  reprefent  to  you  in  a  few  words ,  ho\y 
t>'ell  [conceive  he  governed  thefe.    And  we  will  divide  the 
ronfideration  into  that  of  his  foreign   and  donicdique 
f^dions.     rhe  firft  of  his  foreign  was  a  peace  with  our  Bre- 
:hren  of  HnlUni  (who  were  the  firft  of  our  neighbours 
ihjtGodchaftifed  for  having  had  fo  great  a  hand  in  the  en- 
rouragingand  abetting  our  trouHlefs  at  home)  who  would 
not  imagine  at  firft  gly  mpfc  that  this  had  been  the  moft  vir- 
:uous  and  laudable  deed  that  his  whole  life  could  have  ma- 
de any  parade  of  ?    but  no  man  can  look  upon  all  the  cir- 
cumltances  without  perceiving  ,  thjt  it  was  purely  the  laic 
and  facrificingofchcgreateft  ad  vantages  that  this  v.ountrey 
:ouldever  hope,  and  was  ready  to  reap  from  a  foreign 
War ,  to  the  private  Interefts  of  his  Covetoufnefs  and 
Ambition,  and  thefecurityofhisnewand  unfetled  Ufur- 
pation.     No fooner  is  that  danger paft,  but  this    Beattts 
P.%cificni  is  kindlmg  a  fire  m  the  Northern  World  ,  and 
carrying  a  War  two  thoafand  miles  off  Weftw^rds.  Two 
millions  a  year  (befides  all  the  Valeiof  his  Proteaorfhip) 
is  as  little  capable  to  fufFice  now  either  his  Avarice  orProdi- 
gality ,  as  the  two  hundred  pounds  were  that  he  was  born 
to.     He.  muft  have  his  prey  of  the  whole  Indiei  both  by  Sea 
and  Land ,  this  great  Aligator.     To  fatisfieour  Kmx-Soh- 
men   (who  has  made  Silver  almoftas  rareasGold?  and 
Cold  as  precious  ftones  in  his  new  yerufalem]  we  muft  go, 
ten  thoufand  of  his  (laves,  to  ferch  him  riches  from  his  fan- 
taftical  Ophir-  And  becaufe  his  fiatterers  brag  of  him  as  the 
fiioft  fortunate  Prmce  [xheFmJlui^s  well  as  SySa  of  our 
Nation ,  whom  God  never  forfook  in  any  of  his  underta- 
kings] I  defire  them  to  confi^der ,  how  fincc  the  Englifb 
name  was  ever  heard  of,  it    never   received  fo  great 
and   fo     infarrous  a    blow   as   under   the   imprudent 
conduft  of  this  unlucky  F.mfim  3  and  herein  let  me 
admire  the  juftice  of  God   in  this  circumftance,   that 
they  who  had  enflaved  their  Country  [though  agreae- 
Army,  which  I  wifh  may  be  obf  rved  by  ours  with 
trembling]  fhould  be  (o  fhamefully  defeated  by  the. 
bands  of  forty  ([ivcs.      U  was  very'  ridiculous  to  fee  ho\y 
Prettily  they  endeavoured  to  hide  this  ignominy  under  the 


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9^  i^Difcot4rfe  concerning  th^ 

great  mme  of  theC5queil  oijamaua^^s  if  a  defeated  Army 
fhould  have  the  inipudence  to  brag  afterwards  of  the 
Vidnry,  becaufe,  though  they  ha^d  fled  out  of  thctt.. 
field  of  Batt.l,  yet  they  quLirtcrcd  chat  night  in  a  Vil-t 
lage  of  the  Enemies.  The  War  with  j}7^i;«  was  a  ne-l«' 
celuryconfequenceot  this  fully  ,  and  how  much  we  have 
gottenbyir,  let  the  Cuftom-houfeand  Exchangemform 
you  j  and  if  he  picafe  to  boail:  of  the  tak  ng  a  part  of  the 
Sliver  Fleet,  (^ which  indeed  no  body  elfe  but  he,  who 
was  the  fole  gainer,  hascaufetodo)  atleaft,  let  him  oj- 
ve  leave  to  the  reft  of  the  Hation  (which  is  the  only  loferj 
to  complain  of  the  lofs  of  twelve  hundred  of  her  fhips, 
But  becaufe  it  may  here  perhaps  be  anfwered,  that  his  fuc- 
cefles  nearer  home  haveextinguil  ht  the  difgrace  of  fore- 
mote  mifcarriages ,  and  that  Dur.J^ir^  ought  more  to  be 
remembred  for  his  glory  ,  than  St.  D^m/w^o  forhisdifad- 
vantage  ;  I  muft  confefs ,  as  to  the  honour  of  the  Englifh 
courage,  thatthey  were  not  wanting  upon  that.occafion 
(excepting  only  the  fault  of  fcrving  at  leaft  indiredly  againft 
their  Mafter;  to  the  upholding  of  the  renown  of  their  war- 
like Anceftors.  But  for  his  particularf  hare  of  it ,  who  fa- 
te ftill  at  home,  and  expofed  them  fo  frankly  abroad  ,  I  "/ 
can  only  fay ,  that  for  lefs  money  than  he  in  the  f  hort  time 
of  his  Re'gn  exaded  from  his  fellow  Subjeds ,  fome  of  out 
former  Princes  (with  the  daily  hazard  of  their  own  perfons 
have  added  to  the  Dominion  of  England  not  only  one 
Town,  but  even  a  greater  Kingdom  than  it  (elf.  And 
this  being  all  confiderable  as  concerning  his  enterprifes  a- 
broad,  letus  examine  in  the  next  place,  how  much  we 
owehimfor  his  JuAice  and  good  Government  at  home. 
And  firft  he  found  the  Common- wealth  fas  they  then  cal- 
led it]  in  a  ready  ft  ock  of  about  SccoGO  pounds,  he  lefc 
the  Common- wealth  (as  he  had  the  impudent  raillery  ftiH 
to  call  it)  fome  two  Millions  and  an  half  in  debt.  Hefounci 
out  Trade  very  much  decayed  indeed,  in  comparifon  of 
thegolden  times  o four  late  Princes  j  He  lefc  it  as  much 
again  more  decayed  than  he  found  it ;  and  yet  not  only  no 
Prince  in  Br,glandy  f»nt  no  Xyrandn  chs  World  ever  fought 
out  more bafeor  infamousmeansjto  vai *2 moneys^  I  fh>i!l 
©nly.inftanee  in  "He  that  he?  pat-iw^radiGCjand  another  thas 
He^!;teinp^4a|.  ^c  was  frighced/rom  5iie^execwion:(evert: 


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GovernementofOWvtr  Cromv/cl.         93 

^e)by  thcir.fnmyofir.  Tint  which  he  put  in  pridiccj 
•IS  deciiiKicion  ;  which  w.is  the  moftimpnclcnt  breach  off 
.1  piihlick  Faith  thjc  t]\c  wholt- Nation  had  given,  and  all 
niv\itccapitul,uions  which  himfelf  had  mad^  ,  a^  the  Na- 
10ns  General  and  SwTvanc,  rhat  can  be  found  out  (I  be- 
cvc)  in  il!  Hillorv  ,  fram  any  of.the  m  >ft  barbiriiis  Gc- 
letnls  of  the  moft  barbarous  Pe-ple.  Whuli  bccaufe  it 
las  been  wo'ii  excellently  and  moll  largely  laid  open  by  a 
vholc  Book  written  upon  rhit  Sub  jc'cV  ,  I  fhail  onlydefirc 
'ou  here  to  remember  to.c  diing  m  general ,  and  to  be  pica  *- 
Q^\  to  look  upon  that  Author  when  you  would  reco'le<f^  all 
he  pa^ticular^  and  ci-cumilances  of  the  iniquity  The  other 
I.-fii^n  of  raifing  a  prcfen:  fum  of  money,  N-vhich  he  violenc- 
y  pei  fued  ,  bi!t  durft  not  put  in  execution,  was  by  the  cal- 
in^  in  and  eliablil  h.ocnt  of  the  J'e^:•J  at  Z.*?^-'^??  3  from 
vhich  h'j  was  rcbnred  by  the  univerfal  outcry  of  ihe  Divi- 
ics  .  and  even  of  the  Citizens  too  ,  who  rook  it  ill  ih.it  a 
oniidcrable  number  at  lead  amongli:  themfelves  were  not 
bought  'Ji'ii-jenouoh  bv  their  own  Herod.  And  for  this 
'ei^gn  ,  they  fiy  ,  he  invented  (Oli  Antichrift  ?  Jlon.foi  and 
U'ifyi^oi; !  )  too  fell  St.  PiitiU  to  them  for  a  >'ynag  gue  ,  if 
heirpurfes  and  dcvot'ons  could  have  reacht  to  the  purcha- 
e.  And  this  indeed  if  he  had  done  only  to  reward  that  Na- 
ion  which  had  given  the  fir  ft  noble  example  of  crucifying 
heir  King ,  it  might  have  had  fome  sppeararce  ofGratitu- 
le,  but  hedid  it  o;.ly  for  love  ot  their  Mammon  j  and 
vouldhave  fold  afccrwardb  for  as  much  more  ?c.  Peters 
t-^Qn  at  h;s  own  IVeslminsier  "j  to  the  Turks  for  a  Mi  f^uito. 
►uch  was  h:s  extraordinary  Piety  to  God  ,  that  he  deiired 
lemjght  be- worfhipped  in  all  manners,  excepting  only 
hat  h.c. then  (h  way  of  the  Common  Piayer  Bc.ok.  But 
vhatdo  fpcak  of  his  wicked  invertions  for  getting  mo- 
icy  ?  when  every  penny  that  for  ahnoll  five  years  het0(  k 
:vcry  day  from  every  man  living  in  £77^/.in^/  ,  i'ccrA?m/and 
re'and  ,  \vas3smuch  Robbery  asif  it  had  been  taken  by 
I  Ihicf  upon  the  High  ways.  Was  it  not  fo?  or 
:an  any  man  think  that  Crormie^  with  the  afliftance  of 
lis  Forces  and  MolTe-  Troopers ,  had  more  right  to 
hecommand  of  all  m.cns  purfes  ,  than  he  might  ha^e  had 
oany  ones  ^^hoIn  he  had  met  anc^been  too  Ilrong  tor 

upon 


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III 


94  -^  Difcourje  concermngthe 

upon  a  Road?  and  vet  when  this  came  in  the  cafe  of  Vfr 
Coney  ^  tobe  difputed  by  alegal  tryal ,  he  (which  was  the 
higheft  acl  of  Tyranny  that  ever  was  feen  in  En^/^/j^:/)  no 
only  difcouraged  andthreatned  ,  but  violently  imprifonec 
the  Council  of  the  Plaintiff  ;  that  is ,  he  f  hut  up  the  Lav 
it  felf  clofd  Prifoner ,  that  no  man  roight  have  relief  from 
or  accefs  to  it.  And  it  oughttoberemembred  ,  thatthr 
was  done  by  thofe  men,  who  a  few  years  before  had  fi 
bitterly  decried,  and  openly  oppofed  the  Kings regula 
and  formal  way  of  proceeding  in  the  trial  of  a  little  Ship 
money.  But  though  we  loft  the  benefit  of  our  old  Court 
of  Juftice  ,  it  cannot  be  denied  that  he  (^t  new  ones 
and  fuch  they  were  ,  that  as  no  virtuous  Prince  before 
would,  (o  no  ill  one  durft  ereft.  What,  havewelivei 
fomany  hundred  years  under  fuch  a  form  of  fuftice  as  ha 
been  able  regularly  to  punifli  all  men  that  offended  again! 
it 3  and  is  it  fo  deficient  jult  now,  that  wemuft  feekoii 
new  ways  how  to  proceed  againft  offenders?   The  reafo 
which  can  only  be  given  in  nature  f<ir  a  necefTity  of  this ,  is 
bccaufe  thofe  things  are  now  made  Crimes,  which  wer 
never  eil.ee med  fo  in  former  ages ;  and  there  muft  needs  b 
a  new  Court  fet  up  to  punif  h  that ,  which  all  the  old  ons  Jw 
were  bound  to  proteft  and  reward.  But  I  am  fo  faf  frofi^  de 
claiming  as  you  call  it)  ag:\in{l  thefe  wickedneffes  (whic 
iflfhould  undertake  to  do,  I  fliould  never  get  to  thePcro 
rationj  that  you  fee  I  only  give  a  hintoffo.xefew,  an 
pafs  over  the  red  as  things  ,  tliat  arc  too  many  to  be  num 
bred,  and  muft  onely  be  weighed  in  grofs.  Let  any  ma 
fhew  me  [for  though  I  pretend  notto  much  readmg,!  wi 
defie  him  in  all  Hiftory)  let  any  man  fhew  me  [I  (ay]  a: 
Example  pf  any  Nation  in  the  World  [though  much  grca 
ter  than  oursj  where  there  have  in  the  fj^ace  of  four  year 
been  made  fo  many  Prifoners  only  outof  the  endlefs  jea 
loufies  of  one  Tyrants  guilty  imagination.   1  grant  you  rha 
Marius  and  Sylli ,  and  the  accurfed  Triumvirate  after  them 
put  more  People  to  death  [but  the  reafon  1  think  parti; 
was,  becaufe  in  thofe  times  that  had  a  mixture  of  fomi 
honour  with  their  madnefs ,  they  thought  it  a  more  civi 
revenge  againft  a  Roman  to  take  away  his  life ,   thin  to  ta 
ke  away  his  Liberty.)J3ut  truly  in  the  point  of  murder  too 

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Government  ofOMytv  Cromwel.         9  5 

,'C  fiave  little  rcafon  to  thi  .k  that  our  bre  Tyranny  has 
ecn  deficient  to  the  examples  that  hjveever  been  fct  it  in 
rher  <.:ountrcys,  Our  judges  and  our  Couits  ot  julticc 
ive  not  been  idlej  And  to  omit  the  whole  leign  of  our 
re  King  ^cli  the  beginning  of  the  War]  in  which  no  drop 
t  blood  was  ever  drawn  but  frorn  two  or  three  £^rs )  I 
link  the  longeft  time  of  our  worft  Princes  fcarce  faw 
any  more  Executionsthan  thefhorconcof  ourbleft  Re« 
)imer.  And  we  faw,  and  fmelt  inour  open  itreets,  [as 
markt  to  you  at  firft  ,  the  broyling  of  humane  bowels  as 

burnt  Offering  of  a  fweet  Savour  to  our  Idol ;  but  all 
lurdering ,  and  all  roturing  [though  after  the  fubtileft  in- 

lition  of  his  Predece(Tl;rsofi'/ci/x(?]  is  more  humane  and 
lore  Su  portable  ,  than  his  felling  ,  ofchriftians  ,  En- 
lif  hmen ,  Gentlemen  ;  his  felling  of  them  (ch  monftrousl 
h  incredible  !  ]  to  be  llaves  in  Atnerica.  If  his  whole  life 
Duld  be  reproacht  with  no  other  aftion,  yet  this  alone 
7ou!d  weigh  down  all  the  multiplicity  of  Crimes  in  any  of 
ur  Tyrants;  and  I  dare  only  touch  ,  without  flopping  or 
ififting  upon  fo  infolent  and  fo  execrable  a  cruelty ,  for 
;ar  of  falling  into  fo  violent  ^though  a  jufl]  Paffion,  ^s 
'ould  make  me  exceed  that  temper  and  moderation 
.'hich  I  refolve  to  obferve  in  this  Difcourfe  with  you. 
'hefe  are  great  calamities  -,  but  even  thefe  are  not  the 
10ft  infupportable  that  we  have  indured  ,  for  fo  it  is ,  that 
le  fcorn  and  mockery  and  infultings  of  an  Enemy ,  are  mo- 
;  painful  than  the  deepefl  wounds  of  his  ferious  fury.  This 
!an  was  wanton  and  merry  (unwittily  and  ungracefully 
lerry  )  with  our  fuf!c rings  j  He  loved  to  fay  and  do  fenfe- 
"Ss  and  fantaftical  things,  onely  to  (hew  his  power  of 
oing  or  faying  any  thing.  It  would  ill  befit  mine  j  or  any 
*ivil  Mouth  ,  to  repeat  thefe  words  which  he  fpokc 
oncerningrhe  moft  facred  of  our  Englifh  Laws ,  the  fcti- 
lon  of  Right,  and  Ma^na  Chart  a.  To  dayyoufhould 
;e  him  ranting  fo  wildly  that  no  body  durft  come  near 
Jm  ,  the  morrow  flmhing  of  cufhions  ,  and  playing  at 
iBow-balls  with  his  Servants.  This  moneth  he  aflTemblcs 
r  Parliament  ,  and  prcfefles  himfelf  with  humble  tears 
obeonely  their  Servant  and  their  Minifler;  the  next  mo- 
leih  he  fwears  By  the  Living  God  ,   that  he  will  turn 

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96  i^Difcourfe  concerning  the 

themoutofdores,  and  he  does  fo  ,  in  his  princely  way  c 
threatning  ,  bidding,  them  ,  Turn  the  bucsles  of  thei 
girdles  behind  them.  Thereprcfentative  of  a  whole,  na 
of  three  whole  Nations,  was  inhisetteem  fo  contempti 
ble  a  n-.eeti^  g  ,  that  he  thought  the  affronting  and  espeliin 
of  them  to  be  a  thing  of  fo  Httle  coDfequence^  as  not  tod« 
ferve  thathclhoitld  advife  with  any  mortal  man  about  i 
What  f  hall  we  call  this  ?  Boldnefs,  or  Bruicif  hnefs  :  Kal^fc 
ntrfs,  orPhrenfie?  there  is  no  name  can  come  up  to  it 
and  therefore  we  muft  leave  it  without  one.  Now  a  Parlia 
ment  muft  be  chofen  in  the  new  manner  ?  next  time  in  th 
old  form,  but  all  cafirered  ftill  after  the  neweft  modi  iCi 
Now  he  will  govern  by  Major  Generals  ,  now  by  On 
Houfe ,  now  by  Anoth  r  Houfe  ,  now  by  No  Houfe  ;  ndi 
the  freak  takes  him ,  and  he  makes  feventy  Peers  of  tl: 
Land  at  one  chp  (Ex  te/nper( and  fta'^spede  in  uno)andt 
manifeft  the  abfolute  power  of  the  Po;ter ,  he  choofes  nc 
onely  the  worft  Clay  he  could  fi .  d  ,  but  picks  up  even  tl: 
Dure  and  Mire,  to  form  out  of  it  his  VelTclsof  Honou 
It  was  faid  antiently  of  Fortune  ,  that  when  fhe  had  a  min 
to  be  merry  and  to  divert  her  felf ,  fhe  was  wont  to  raii 
up  fuch  kmd  of  people  to  the  higheft  Dignities.  ThisSo 
of  fortune,  CromiU'etl  (who  was  himfelf  one  of  thepri 
reeft  of  her]efts)found  out  the  true  haut-  gouft  of  this  p  a 
fare ,  and  rejoyced  in  the  extravagance  of  his  wayes  as  t\ 
fullell  demon  ft  ration  of  his  uncontroulable  So/eraint 
Good  God  !  What  have  we  feen  ?  and  what  have  v 
fufFer'd  ?  What  do  all  thefeaftionsfignifier  What  dothe 
fay  aloud  to  the  whole  Nation,  but  this ;  even  as  plain) 
as  if  it  were  proclaimed  by  Heralds  through  theftrcets( 
Landon)  You  are  Slaves  and  Fools,  and  fo  lleufeyoti 
Thefe  are  briefly  a  part  of  thofe  merits  which  you  lamei 
to  have  wanted  the  reward  of  moreXingdomes,  and  fuf 
pofethatif  he  had  lived  longer  he  might  have  had  then 
Which  I  am  fo  far  from  concurring  to,  that  1  believe  h 
feafonable  dying  to  have  been  a  greiter  good  fortune  t 
him  than  all  the  victories  .tnd  p^olperities  of  his  Life.  Fc 
he  feemed  evidently  (methinks)  to  be  near  the  end  of  h 
deceitfull  Glories  ;  his  own  arm.y  grew  at  laft  as  wejry  c 
him  as  the  red  of  the  Peoplej  and  I  never  paft  of  late  befor 


Government  of  Oliver  Crom  w  el.         97 

Pabcc  THis  do  Ic.illic?  I  ask  God  and  thcKingpar- 
n)  but  I  never  pjll  of  late  before  WhiteliaM  without  rca- 
i.  ig  upon  the  Gate  of  it  ,  Mene  ,  Mene  ,  T,{el  ,  Uphat' 
.  But  It  plcaftd  God  totakeliim  from  the  ordinary  Courts 
Men  ,  and  jurits  of  his  Peers ,  to  his  own  High  Court 
juibce  ,  which  being  moremercifull  than  Ours  hel.>w  , 
?reisa  httlero^m  yet  left  for  the  hope  of  his  friends  .  if 

have  any;  thoup,h  the  outward  unrepenrance  of  his 
itii  afford  but  fmall  n  aterials  for  the  work  ot  Charity  , 
>ecially  if  he  dtfiv^ned  even  then  to  Entail  hisownfnji- 
:e  upon  his  v^hiidren  ,  andbyit  inc>xtricahlc  confufions 
^  Civ  il  Wars  upon  the  Nation.  But  here's  at  lafl  an  end 
him  ;  And  where's  now  the  fruit  of  all  that  blocd  and 
amity  which  his  anibirion  h  scoit  the  World  e  Where 
t  r  V\'hy,hisSnn  i  you'l  fay)  has  the  whole  Crop  ;  I  doubt 
will  find  It  quickly  Ulafted  -,  I  have  I'.othing  to  fay  againft 
;  Gentleman,  or  any  hving  of  h'S  Family  ,  en  the  con- 
ry  I  W! I  h  him  better  fortune  thin  to  have  a  lorg  and  un- 
ictpcfleflionof  his  Maffers  inherirance.  Whatfoever 
ave  fpoken  again{t  his  Tather,  is  that  which  Ifhould 
/e  thought  (though  Decency  perhaps  might  have  hin- 
'd  me  from  faying  it)  even  againft  mine  Own  ,  if  I  had 
mfo  unhappy,  as  that  Mine  by  the  fame  wayes  fhculd 
veleftmethtee  Kingdoms. 

Here  I  flopt ;  and  my  pretended  Proted^or,  ^^'ho,  I 
5eded  ,  fhould  have  been  very  angry ,  fella  laughing  3 
feems  at  the  fimplicity  ofmjy  difccurfc,  fonhus  he  re- 
ed :  You  feem  to  pretent  extremely  to  the  old  obfolere 
£S  of  Virtue  and  Confcience  ,  which  makes  me  dci;bt 
7  much  whether  from  this  vaftpiofpcil  of  three  King- 
ms  you  can  f  how  me  cny  acres  of  your  own.  But  thefe 
:  fo  far  from  making  you  a  Prince ,  that  I  am  afraid  your 
:nds  will  never  have  the  contenrmiCnt  to  fee  you  fo  much 

a  luftice  of  Peace  in  your  ownCountrey.  For  this  I 
'ceive  which  you  call  Virtue  ,  is  nothing  clfe  but  either 
J  frowardncfs  of  a  Cynick  ,  or  the  lazincfs  of  an  Epicu- 
m.  I  »m  glad  you  allow  meat  IcaftArtfull  DifTln.ula- 
n,  and  unwearied  Diligence  in  my  Hero,i\nd  lalTureyou 
It  he  w  hofe  Life  is  ccnftantly  drawn  by  thoft  two ,  f  hall 
ver  be  mifled  out  of  the  way  ofGrcatncfs.But  I  fee  you  are 

aPe- 


^^  A  Difcourfe  concerning  the 

a  Pedant ,  and  Platomcal  Scatefman  ,  a  Theoretical  Con 
mon  wealchs-man,  an Uropian Dreamer  Wasever  B 
chci  gotren  by  vour  Goiden  Mediocrities  ?  or  the  Supret 
place  attained  to  by  Vjttues  that  muft  notftiroutoft 
middle  ?  Do  you  ttudy  Jrtjlctles  Politiques ,  and  write, 
you  pleafe  ,  Commen'-s  upon  them  ,  and  let  anoth 
butpradife  Machiayil,  and  lee  us  fee  then  which  of y< 
two  will  come  to  the  greateft  preferments.  If  thedcfi 
of  rule  and  fuperioriry  be  a  Virtue  )  as  fure  I  am  it 
more  i  'Printed  in  human  Nature  than  any  of  your  L 
thargical  Morals  j  and  what  is  the  V  irtue  of  any  Cre 
ture  but  the  extrctfe  of  rhofe  powers  and  Inclinat.o 
which  God  has  infufed  into  it  ?  ^if  hat  I  fay)  be  Virtu< 
we  ought  not  to  efteem  any  thing  Vice  ;  which  is  the  mc 
proper ,  if  no'.  the  onely  means  of  attaining  of  it. 

It  is  a  Truth  fo  certain  ,  and  fo  clear , 
Thattothefirft  born  Manitdidappear ; 
Did  not,  the  mighty  Heir,  the  noble  Cdr/ff  , 
By  the  fref  h  Laws  of  Nature  taught ,  difdain 
That  (though  a  Brother)  any  one  1  hould  be 
A  greater  j  avourue  to  God  than  He  ? 
He  ftrook  him  down  •,  and  ,  fo  (f^id  He)  fo  fell 
The  Sheep  which  thou  didlt  Sacrifice  fo  well. 
Since  all  the  fullcft  Sheaves  which  Lcould  brin| 
Since  all  were  Blafted  in  the  Offering , 
Left  God  f  hould  my  next  Vi(3:imetoodefpife  > 
The  acceptable  Prieft  Tie  Sacrifice. 
Hence  Coward  Fears ;  for  thefirft  Blood  fo  fpilj 
As  a  Reward  ,  He  the  firft  City  built. 
'T  was  a  beginning  generous  and  high  , 
Fit  for  a  Grand-  v  hild  of  the  Deity. 
So  well  advancM '  'twas  pit    there  he  ftaid ; 
One  ftep  of  Glorv  more  he  fhould  have  madcj 
And  to  the  utmoft  bounds  of  Greatnefs  gone  ; 
Had  ^dam  too  been  kiil'd,Ht  might  gave  Reign 

Alone. 
One  Brother's  death  *,  V^hat  do  I  mean  to  name* 
A  fmall  Oblation  to  R  evenge  and  Fame  ? 
The  mighty- foul'd  Abim^tta  to  fhew 

Whi 


Government  of  OWvtx  Cromwel.         99 

What  for  hich place  1  higher  Spirit  cando,  ^ 

A  Hecatonb  almoR  of  Brcthern  flew ,  i 

And  fcvcnty  rimes  in  ncarcil  blood  he  dy'd  '• 

(To  make  it  hold  ;  hi>  Royal  v  urple  Pride.  1 

Why  do    name  the  Lordly  Creature  N^an?  ! 

The  weak  ,  the  mild  ,thc  Cow  rd  Woman  ,  can. 

When  to  a    ro.vn  1  he  tuts  her  facrcd  way  , 

Ail  thatoppofc  with  Manlike Cour  geflay. 

So  ^tha:  ah  ,  vNhi-'  f  he  fjvv  her  Ton  , 

And  with  his  l.Ue  her  dc  rc^  Grearnefs  gone. 

With  .1  Nvijvll  qii'.hir>    fl.iughrer'd  all 

Whom  hig'i  bu  th  n  ight  to  hti:h  pretences  call. 

Since  he  wa  dead  who  all  he.  po\>er  fuftain'd, 

Relolvd  torcigri    I'.nc  ;  R<  folv'd  ,and  Reign'd. 

lnva\n  her  Sex  ,  in  vain  the  Laws  w  thilood, 

Invaintheficred  plea  o  Da^i't's  i  lood  , 

A  noble  ,  and  a  bo!d  contention ,  She , 

COne  Woman;  undertook  with  Deftiny, 

She  to  pluck  down  ,  Oeltinv  ro  uphold 

(Oblig'd  by  holy  'Jracles  of  old  , 

The  great  /f/Z^ta;?  race  on  J'/f^^-j's  Throne  j  * 

Till  'twas  at  bit  an  equal  Wager  grown  , 

Scarce  fate,  with  much  adoe,  the  Better  got  by 

One. 
Tell  me  not  f  he  her  felfat  laft  wasflain ; 
Did  The  not  firft  feven  years  (a  Life  time)  reign? 
Seven  roy.il  years t'a  publick  fpirit  will  feem 
More  than  the  private  Life  of  a  Ueih-falem. 
*  ris  Godlike  to  be  Great  j  and  as  they  fay 
A  thoufand  years  to  God  are  but  ad  ay  : 
So  to  a  Man ,  when  once  a  Crown  he  wears , 
TheCoronationDays  more  than  a  thoufand  years. 

le  would  have  gone  on  I  perceiv'd  in  his  blafphemies  , 
that  by  Gods  Grace  1  became  fo  bold  as  rhus  to  mter- 

Ihim.     I  undcrftand  now  perfef^ly    which  1  gueft 
)ng before;  what  kind  of  Angel  and  l'rore£lor  you  are; 
though  your  Itile  in  vcrfe  be  very  much  n  ended  fince 
were  wont  to  d^lrer  Oncles,  yet  y'  ur  Dof^ru  eis 
:h  worfe  than  evtr  you  had  formerly  ^that  1  hcardof) 
the 


idb  A  T>ifcourJe  concerning  the 

llie  face  to  publifh  5  whether  your  long  pradice  witl| 

mankind  has  encreaft  and  iinpr©7e<i  your  malice ,  or  whe 

)iiier  you  think  Us  ir  this  age  to  be  grown  fo  impudentt 

<,vicked,  that  there  neeJs  no  more  Art  or  Difguifes  t 

J.raw  us  toyourparty      My  Dominion  [faid  he  haftily 

and  with  a  dreadful  furious  look]  is  fo  great  in  thisWorl« 

5rd  I  am  fo  powerful  a  Monarch  of  it,  that  I  need  notbj 

ifhamed  thatyou  fhould  know  mcj  and  that  you  ma 

lee  I  know  you  too,I  knowyoutobeanobftinateand  inve 

;€rate  Malignantjahd  f«r  thatreafoni  fhall  take  you  alor 

ivith  me  to  the  next  Garrifon  of  Ours  j  from  whenc 

^•ou  fhall  go  CO  the  Tower ,  and  from  thence  to  x\ 

Courtof  Jufticc  ,  and  from  thence  you  know  whither. 

was  almoft  in  the  very  pounces  of  the  great  Bird  of  prey .. 

When ,   Lo ,  e're  the  laft  words  were  fully  fpoke, 

From  a  fair  Cloud,  which  rather  cpe'd  ,  than  broke, 

A  flafh  of  Light  rather  than  Lightning  came  , 

So  fwift ,  and  yet  fo  gentle  was  the  Flame. 

U  pon  it  rode ,  and  in  his  full  Career  , 

Seem'dto  my  Eyes  no  fooner  There  than  Here, 

The  comlieft  Youth  of  all  th'Angelique  Race , 

Lovely  his  fhspe,  ineffable  his  face. 

The  frowns  with  which  he  ftrook  the  trembling  Fier 

All  fmiles  of  Humane  Beauty  did  tranfcend  , 

His  Beams  ofLocks  fell  part  difhevel'd  down. 

Pan  upwards  cur  Id  ,  and  form'd  anat'ralCrown  , 

Such  as  the  "^rittijh  M  cnarchs  us'd  to  wear  ; 

IfGold  might  be  compared  with  Angels  Hair. 

HisCoatand  flowing  Mantle  were  fo  bright , 

They  feem'd  both  made  of  woven  Silver  Light : 

Acrofs  his  Breaft  an  azure  Ruban  went , 

At  which  a  Medal  hung  that  did  prefent  • 

In  wondrous  living  figures  to  the  fight. 

The  my  [tick  Champions  5  and  old  Dragon's  fight, 

And  from  his  Mantles  fide  there  f  hone   afar, 

Afixt,  and,  I  believe ,  a  real  Star. 

In  his  fair  hand  (what  need  was  there  of  more  ? ) 

No  Armsbutth'£w^///;?'  bloody  Crofs he  bore. 

Which  when  he  towards  th'affrightedTyranc  bent. 


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Government  (j/Oliver  Cromwcl,         loi 

nd  fon.e  few   words  pronounc'd    (but  \\Iiat  they 

meant , 
r  were ,  could  not ,  alas ,  by  me  be  known  , 
nly  I  wellpercewMlcfus  wnsone) 
€  trembled  ,  and  he  roar'd ,  and  fled  away  ; 
ad  to  quit  thus  his  more  than  hop'd  for  prey, 
ich  Rage  inflames  the  Wolves  wild  heart  and  eyes 
lobMashethink^^unjuftly  of  his  prize) 
/horn  unawares  the  Shepherd  fpics ,  and  draws 
he  bleating  Lamb  from  out  his  ravenous  jaws, 
he  Shepherd  fain  himfelf  would  he  afl^ail , 
ut  Fear  above  his  Hunger  does  prevail , 
c  knows  his  Foe  tooltrong,  and  muft  be  gonej 
e  grins  as  he  looks  back,  and  howU  as  he  goes 


^    I    iJ    1    S. 


^ 


E  e  Seyeral 


101 


Sever an)ifcourjesb  \ 

Mpaj  ofEJJays  ^  in  Ferje 

and  Trofe. 


I.  Of  Liberty. 

J  He  Liberty  of  a  people  confi 
in  being  governed  by  Laws  whi 
they  have  made  thcmfelvcs  uric 
vvhatfoever  form  it  be  of  Cover 

menc.     The   Liberty  of  a  privj 

man  in  Dung  Mafter  of  his  own  Time  and  Adtior, 
asfarasmayconfift  with  the  Laws  of  God  and 
his  country.  Of  this  latter  only  we  arebere  tod 
courfe  5  and  to  enquire  what  eftjte  of  Life  does  b( 
feat  us  in  the  podcrfion  of  it.  This  Liberty  of  c 
own  Adions  is  fuch  a  Fundamental  Privjledcc  of  h 
man  Nature  5  that  God  himfelf  notwithfta'ndino 
his  infinite  power  and  right  over  us^  permits  us 
enjoy  it  5  and  that  too  after  a  Forfeiture  made  by  t 
RebelliQi^of  ^iaw.  He  takes /o  much  care  for  ji 
imire  prefcrvation  of  it  to  us ,  that  he  fuffers  neidr 
his  Providence  nor  Eternal  Decree  to  break  or  infrii 
ge  it.  Now  for  our  Time ,  the  fame  God,  to  who 
wearebut  Tenants -at -will  for  the  whole,  requin 
but  the  fevenrh  pare  to  be  paid  to  him  at  as  a  fma 
Quit-Rent  in  acknowledgment  of  his  Title.  It  is  ma 

on) 


in  Verfe  and  Profe.  105 

onlythrit  Imsthcin  pudcncc  to  demand  our  whole 
time»  tlioiiqh  he  n'?'thcr  gave  it,  nor  cnnrcilore 
it,  nor  isabletopnyanycorndcrjblcvalcvv  for  the 
Iciii  part  of  it.  Th.s  Uiith-right  of  n^ankind  above 
all  ether  creatures,  fome  arc  forced  by  hunger  to 
fell  ,  like  Bfau  ,  for  Bread  and  I'-roth  ,  but  th"  gre.i- 
teft  part  of  men  make  fiicha  Bnrgain  for  the  delivery 
upof  themfelves,  as  T/j« war  did  with  yu^ab  ^  in- 
fleadofa  Kid  ,  the  nectfluiry  provifions  for  humane 
hfe,  they  areconrenred  todo  it  for  Rings  and  Bra- 
celets. The  great  dealers  in  this  world  may  be  divi- 
ded into  the  Air.bitious,  the  Covetous?  and  the 
Voluptuous,  and  that  all  thefe  men  fell  themfelves 
to  be  fl.wcs ,  though  to  the  vulgar  i.t  may  feem  a  Stoi- 
cal Pamdox  ,  will  appear  to  the  wife  fo  plain  and 
obvious  that  they  will  fcarce  think  it  deferves  the  la- 
bour of  Argumentation.  Let  us  nrft  confider  the 
Ambitious, and  thofeboth  in  their  progrefs  to  Grcat- 
nefs,  and  after  the  attaining  of  it.  There  is  nothmr* 
truer  than  what  Silujl  faies  ,  Dominnncnis  in  alios 
jer-xjttumfuam  Menedei-n  4a>".t ,  They  are  content  to 
pay  fo  great  a  price  as  their  own  Servitude  to  pur- 
chafe  the  domination  over  others.  Thefirftthirg 
they  mult  refolve  to  facrifice ,  is  their  whole  time  , 
they  mufl:  never  ftop,  nor  ever  turn  afide  whilft  they 
are  in  the  race  of  Glory,  nonot  like^f/»/^;;Mfor 
Golden  Apples,  Neither  indeed  can  a  man  ftop 
himfelf  if  he  would  when  he's  in  this  Career, 
ferJur  equii  j4uri<^a  ne^ie  audit  Currus  habenas. 

Pray,  let  us  bur  confider  a  little  ,  what  mean  fer- 
vil  things  men  do  for  this  Imaginary  Food.  We  can- 
not fetch  a  greater  exatrple  of  it ,  thanfrom  the  ch-ef 
men  of  chat  Nation  which  boafted  moft  of  Liberty* 
To  what  pitiful  b'fencfs  did  the  nobleft  Romans 
fubmit  themfelves  for  the  obtaining  of  a  Pra!torfhip, 
or  the  Confular  dignity  :  they  put  on  the  Habit  of 
Suppliants,  and  ran  about  on  foot,  and  in  durt, 
through  all  the  Tribes  to  beg  voices ,  they  flattered 
the  pooreft  Art' fans,  and  carried  a  Nomencl.it or  with 
them ,  to  whifper  in  their  ear  every  mans  name,  leaft 

£c  2  they 


1 04  Se  verd  Difcourfes  by  way  ofEjfay^ 

tbey  fhould  mHtake  it  in  their  falutations  :  they 
fhook  the  hand,  and  kifl  the  cheek  of  every  popular 
Tradefman  ;  they  ftood  all  d-:y  at  every  Market  m 
the  pabhck  places  to  fhew  and  ingratiate  therrtfelves 
totherouti  the^  imploy'd  all  thciririends  tofolli- 
citefor  them  ,  rhey  kept  open  Tables  in  every  ftreet, 
they  diftnbuted  wine  and  bread  and  money  j  even 
to  the  vileft  ofthe  people.  En  Romanes  rerum  t>o^ 
tnimsi  Behold  the  M  after*  of  the  ^orld  l/e^ir,nir,<r  from 
door  te  door.  This  particular  humble  vvay  to  Great- 
nefs  is  now  outof fafhion ,  but  yet  every  Ambitious 
perfon  is  ftill  in  fome  forra  Rowan  Candidate.  He 
irmftfeaft  and  bribe,  and  attend  and  fi;^tter  ,  and 
adore  man^y  Beafts,  though  not  the  Beaft  with  ma- 
ny heads.  Catalirie  who  was  Co  proud  chat  he  c^uld 
not  content  himfelf  with  a  lefs  power  than  Sy/Ia'sy 
was  yet  fo  humble  for  the  attaining  of  it,  as  toma- 
ke  himfelf  the  moft  contemprible  vi  all  Servants  ,  to 
be  a  publique  Bawd  ,  to  provide  whores  ,  and  feme- 
thing  worfe,  for  all  the  young  Gentlemen  of /^<7Wtf, 
whofc  hot  lufts  nrd  courages,  nnd  heads  he  thought 
he  might  make  ufe  of  And  firice  1  h:ippen  here  to 
^y^-opoCi Catalin^'  for  n^y  inftance  (though  ih:re  be 
thouland  of  Examples  for  the  fame  thing  )give  me 
leave  to  tninfcribe  the  Character  which  Crfr<?oives 
of  this  noble  Slave,  bic/ufcitis  a  general  defcrip- 
riairof  all  Ambitious  men,  and  which  Uadiavil 
perhaps  would  (ay  ought  to  be  the  rule  of  their  life 
and  aflionsj  This  man  (laies  he,  a^  moft  of 
you  may  well  remember]  had  many  Artiiicial  tou- 
ches and  ftroakes  that  look'd  like  the  beauty  of 
great  Virtues,  his  intimate  converfaticn  was  with 
theworftof  men,  and  yet  he  feem'd  to  be  an  Ad- 
mirer and  Lover  of  the  bed,  he  was  furnifh't 
with  all  the  nets  of  Luft  and  Luxury  ,  and  yet 
wanted  not  the  Arms  of  Labour  and  Inauftry  ;  nei- 
ther do  I  believe  that  there  was  ever  any  monfter  in 
nature  ,  compofed  outoffo  many  different  and  di- 
fagreeing  parts.  Who  moi-c  acceptable ,  fometimeSj 
to  die  moil  honorable  perfons ,  who  more  a  favouri- 
te 


/;;  Ferfe  an  J  Profe,  lo  5 

tc  to  themoft  Infa-nous'  Who,  fomeciir.CS  ,flppcarM 
a  braver  Champion ,  who  at  other  times  ,  a  bolder 
Enemy  to  his  Ccjuntrey?  who  more  didblutcin  his 
pleafurcs,  who  n^orepitient  in  his  toilcs?  who  moie 
npaci  .us  in  robbing  ,  who  more  profufc  in  giving  * 
Above  all  things,  this  was  remarkable  and  admira- 
ble in  him  ,  The  arts  the  had  to  acquire  the  good 
opinion  and  kindnefs  of  all  Torts  of  men ,  to  retain  it 
>vich  great  comfilaifincc  ,  to  communicate  all  things 
fo  theiTi ,  to  warch  and  fcrve  all  the  occadoi.s  of 
their  tortune,  both  with  his  money  and  his  intcrelt  , 
andhisindnftry,  and  if  need  were,  notby  Itickir  g 
at  any  wickedness  whatfocver  that  might  be  ufeful 
to  them,  to  bend  and  turn  about  his  own  Nature 
and  laveer  with  every  wind  ,  to  Iivcfeverely  wirh 
the  melancholy ,  merrily  with  the  plcafant  j  gra\  ely 
With  the  aged  ,  wantonly  with  the  young  ,  dcfpe- 
racc'ywith  the  bold,  and  dcbauchedly  ^wich  the 
luxurious;  with  this  variety  and  multiplicity  of  his 
nature,  ashehad  maiie  a  collef^ion  of  Friendfhips 
\\\i\\  all  the  moft  wcked  and  rccklcfs  of  all  Nations  , 
io  by  th'?  art.'ficial  fimulatio""frc:"C  vcrrues,  he 
made  a  f  hift  to  enfnarc  fomc  honcT^  and  eminent 
per  Tons  into  his  flimiliarity  ;  neither  could  fo  vail  a 
dcGgn  as  thedeftruction  of  this  Empire  have  been 
un  lertakcnby  hiaijif  the  itr.manity  offo  many  vices 
had  not  been  covered  and  difguifcd  by  the  appearan- 
ces of  fome  excellent  'Qualities. 

I  fc-e  ,  methinks  ,  th.^Chua^H-rofan  Jnti-Pafd y 
who  became  all  things  to  all  men  ,  that  he  miglit 
deft: oy  all ;  who  only  wanted  thealTillanceof  For- 
tune to  have  been  as  great  as  his  Friend  Cafir  was  a 
httle  after  him.  And  the  ways  of  Cafar  to  compafs 
the  fame  ends  (I  mean  till  the  Civil  War,  which 
was  but  another  manner  of  fetting  his  Countrey  oa 
Fire)  were  not  unhkethcfc,  though  he  ufcd  after- 
ward his  unjuil:  Dominion  with  more  moderation 
than  1  think  the  other  would  have  done.  Sitlall  the- 
refore who  was  well  acquainted  wirh  them  both, 
and  with  many  fuch  likeGendemen  of  his  timejfayes, 

Ee  3.  That 


VeTeL 


1 06  Several Dijcourfes l?y\vaj of E/^ays i 

That  it  is  the  nature  of  ambition  {Jmbiiio  nmltos 
mortahs  faljos  fieri  cocf^h  ^c)  to  make  men  Lyers 
and  Cheaters,  to  hide  the  Truth  in  their breafU, 
and  fhovv,iik';juglers,another  thing  in  their  Mcuchs, 
to  cut  all  friendfhips  and  enmities  to  the  meafure  of 
their  own  Intereft  and  to  make  a  good  Countenance 
without  the  help  of  goodAvill.  And  can  there  bee 
freedom  with  this  perpetual  coiiftraint  ?  What  is  it 
but  a  kind  of  Rack  that  forces  men  to  fay  what  they 
have  no  mind  to  ?  I  have  wondred  at  the  extrava- 
gant and  barbarous  ftrstagem  o^ Zopirui ,  and  more 
at  the  praifes  which  I  finde  of  fo  deformed  an adion^^ 
who  though  he  was  one  of  the  feven  Grandees  ot 
Terfi.^ ,  and  the  Son  of  Mfgahifes  ,  who  had  freed 
before  his  Countrey  from  anigr:oble  Servitude  ,  flit 
his  own  Nofe  and  Lips  5  cut  of  his  own  Ears ,  fcour- 
ged  and  wounded  his  whole  body  ,  that  he  nv'^ht , 
underpretenceofhaving  been  mangled  foinhunian- 
ly  by  Darius ,  be  received  into  Balylon  (then  befie- 
ged  by  the  Perjians)  andgetinto  the  command  of 
it  by  the  recommendation  offo  cruel  a  Sufferance, 
and'  their  hofjes  of  his  enueavouriugt^t^v-jngc  ic^ 
Iris  great  pity  the  Babyloni,tm{u(ptditA  not  \\)S  fal- 
fhood ;  that  they  might  have  cut  off  his  hands  too, 
and  wh  pt  him  back  again.  Butthedefign  fucceed- 
ed  ,  he  betrayed  the  City  ,  and  was  made  Gover- 
nourofit.  What  brutifhmaOer  ever  punifhed  his 
offending  Slave  with  fo  little  mercy  as  Ambition  did 
this  Zopir:iS  ?  and  yet  how  many  are  there  in  all  na- 
tions who  imitate  him  in  fome  degree  for  a  lefs  rew- 
ard ?  who  though  they  indure  not  Co  much  corpo- 
ral pain  for  a  fmall  preferment  or  fome  honour  (as 
they  call  it)  yet  ftick  nor  to  commit  a(flions ,  by 
which  they  are  more  fhamefully  and  more  lallingly 
■  Itiamatized  ?  But  you  may  Ciy,  Though  thefe  be  the 
moft  ordinary  and  open  waies  to  the  greatnefs ,  yet 
there  are  narrow,  thorney,  and  little-trodden  paths 
too?  throuph  which  fome  men  finde  a  paffageby 
vertuous  induftry.  1  grant,  fometimes  tliey  may; 

but 


in  Vcrfe  and  Profi,  1 07 

It  then  that  inJultry  mull  be  fnch ,  as  cannot  con- 
\  \vi:h  I,iberty  ,  though  it  may  with  Honefty. 
Thou  'rt  caretull ,  frugal ,  pain! ul  j  \vc  comnicnd 
Jcrvanc  (o  ,  but  nota  l^ricnd. 
Well  then,  we  niuft  acknowlcilg  the  toil   and 
ndgery  which  wc  are  forced  to  endure  in  this  Af- 
nt  J  hat  we  are  Ipicurcsand  l.ords  when  once  wc 
e  goitcn  i\p  into  th^  Hi.f^h  Places.  This  is  but  a 
ort  AppreiKifhip  after  which  we  are  made  free  of 
loyal  Company.   If  wc  fall  in  love  with  any  bcau- 
)us  woman ,  wennill  be  content  tliat  they  fliould 
:  our  MidrelTes  whillt  we  woo  them  ,    as  foori 
we  arc  wedded- and  enjoy,  'tis  we  Thall  be  the 

aft^.5. 

I  am  willing  to  ftick  to  this  fim'litude  in  the  crifc 

Grcatnefs ;  \ve  enter  into  the  Bonds  of  it,  hkc 
ofe  of  Matrimony  ;  wc  ivc  bewitcht  with  the  out- 
ard  and  painted  Beauty,  and  take  it  for  Better  or 
orfe,  before  we  know  its  true  nature  and  interiour 
coveniences.  A  great  Fortune  (faies  Seneca)  in  a 
eat  Servitude ,  B.i'c  many  are  of  thvit  Opinion  which 
tfiiui  imputes(I  hope  unculy)  even  to  that  Patron 
"Libert"  !  his  FrUn'ds  C;  eyn  ,  We  fear  ''dies  he  to 
'/■f;V,vj)  Death  ,  and  Ban-iCnment  ,  and  Poverty  ,- 
^reat  deil  too  much.  Ckeso  ,  I  am  afraid  ,  thinks 
cicto  be  the  worll  of  evils,  and  if  heha^cburfo- 
c  pen'ons ,  from  whom  he  can  obtain  what  he  has 
miij  to  .  and  oihcrs  who  will  fl..tter  and  woifhip 
;n  ,  feems  to  be  well  enough  contented  wsth  an 
Dnorabie  fcrvitude,  if  any  tliinii  indeed  ought  to 
:  called  honorable  ,  in  fo  bafe  and  contutnelious  a 
)r)dition.  ThisAvasfpoken  as  became  the  braveft 
an  who  was  ever  born  in  the  braveft  Common- 
ealth  :  But  with  us  e^  ncrally  ,  no  condition  p^f- 
s  for  fervitudc  5  thai  ijacco.ppanied  with  great  ri- 
les J  wich  honors  ,  and  with  the  f^rvice  of  many 
iferiou'S.  This  is  but  a  Deception  of  the  fight 
irough  a  falfe  m'°dium  ,  for  if  a  Groom  fcrve  a 
iendeman  is  his  chanibcr  ,  that  Gent'cman  a  Lord  , 
nd  that  Lord  a  Pnncci  The  Groom,  the  Gentleman, 

£c  4,  and 


»i 


u 


1 08  Several  difeourfes  by  way  ofE[fajs\ 

and  the  Lord  ,  are  as  much  fervams  one  as  the  othe 

the  circumftantial  difference  of  the  ones  getting  on 

his  Breath  and  w'ages,therecondaplentifull5andtl 

third  a  (uperfl.iois  eftate ,  is  no  more  inrnnfecal 

this  matter  than  the  ditTerence  between  a  plain, 

rich  and  gaudy  Livery.  I  do  not  fay ,  That  he  \vl 

fells  his  whole  tiir  e  ,  and  his  own  will  for  one  hu 

dred  thoufand,  it  not  a  wifer  Merchant  than  he  wl 

does  is  for  one  hundred  pounds ,  but  1  will  fwea 

they  arebotli  Merchants,  and  that  he  is  happier  th; 

both  ,  who  can  live  contentedly  without  felling  th 

eftate  to  which  he  was  born.  But  this  dependan 

upon  Superiours  is  but  one  chain  of  the  Lovers 

Power  ,    Am^tnrem  Trecenta  Periihoim  cohibtnt  c. 

tgriii.   Let's  begin  with  him  by  break  of  day  ;  Fori 

th  It  time  he's  beiieged  by  two  or  tliree  hundred  Si 

tors  J  and  the  Hall  and  Antichambers(aII  theOu 

vvjrlcj)  po(L'{l  by  the  Enemy  as  foonas  his-Chan 

ber  opens,  they  are  ready  to.^break:  into  that, 

to  corrupt  ths  Guards  ,    for  entrance.    This  is 

cfTenri  il  a  part  of  Greatnefs ,  that  whofoever  is  will 

out  it;  looks  like  a  Fallen  Favorite,  likeaperf< 

dif^raced  ,  and  condemned  to  do  N-yhat  he  pleafe  ; 

the  rnornmg.  They  are  lome  who  rather  then  wa 

this  ,  ♦are  contented   to  have  their  rooms  fil'di 

every  day  with  murmuring  and  Curling  Creditor. 

and  to  charge  bravely  through  a  Body  of  them  to  g 

to  their  Coach.  Now  I  would  fain  know  which 

the  warfl  duty,  that  of  any  one  particular  perH 

who  waits  to  fpeak  with  the  Great  man  ,   or  tl 

Great  mans ,  who  waits  every  dij  to  fpeak  with  i 

thecompiny.  jUienn  ne^ou a  centum  Per  caprtt  '■ 

ciriumfd'iunt  latus  ,  A  hundred  bufinedes  of  otb 

men  (many  unjuft  and  moft  impertinent)  fly  corfC 

Dually  about  his  Head  and  Ears  ,  and  ftrike  him  i 

the  Face  Iks  T>orres ;  Let's  contemplate  him  a  li' 

lea:  another  fpecial  Scene  of  Glory  ,   and  that  is,  h 

Table    Here  he  feems  to  be  the  Lord  of  all  Natuw 

The-  Earth  aiFordshim  her  bell:  Menls  forhisdifhe 

ixer  beft  Vesetablcs  and  Animals  for  his  food  5  tl 

^  A 


in  Verfe  and  Vrofe-t  1 09^ 

Mr  and  Sea  fupply  hm  withthcir  choiccft  Birds  nnd 
;'iriics  :  and  a  great  many  men  who  look  like  Mail- 
ers ,  artcnd  upon  him, and  yet  when  all  this  is  done  , 
rvenall  this  it  butTabled'Hoftc/r  iscrowdcd  with 
jeople  tor  whom  he  cares  nor,  with  many  Parafites, 
md  fomeSpies ,  with  the  molt  burdenfome  fort  of 
Suej^s  J  the  Endc3\  oures  to  be  witty. 

But  every  body  pays  him  great  refped  ,  every  bo- 
iy  commends  his  NJeat,  that  is, his  mony ;  every  bo- 
Jy  admires  the  exquifite  drefling  and  ordering  of  ir, 
:natis,hisClark  of  the  kirchin,orhisCook;  every  bo- 
dy loves  his  Hofpitality^thatisjhis  Vanity. But  I  dcfi- 
rcto  know  why  the  honeft  In- keeper  who  provides 
3  pubhck  Table  for  his  Profits,  fhould  be  butofa 
meanprofefllon-,and  he  who  docs  it  for  his  Honour, 
a  munificent  PrinccjYoti'l  fay,  Bccaufe  one  fels,  and 
theother  gives:  Nay,  both  fell ,  though  for  different 
thingS;the  one  for  plain  Money,  the  other  for  I  know- 
not  what  Jewels,  whofc  valueisinCuftomand  in 
Taney.  If  then  his  Table  be  made  a  Snare  (as  the 
Scripture  fpeak-es}  to  his  Liberty ,  where  can  he  ho- 
pe for  Freedom ,  there  is  al  waies ,  and  every  where 
fome  refadi::*"  upon  him.  He's  guarded  with  Crowds, 
and  Piackled  witl.  Formalities.  The  half  hat,  rhc 
whf  ie  hat,  the  half  fmile,  the  whole  fmile,  the 
nou  ,  theembrace,  the Pofitive  parting  with  alit«- 
le  bow,  the  Comparative  at  the  middle  of  the  room, 
the  Superlative  at  the  door ;  and  if  the  perfon  be  ?an 
hrtperfthaftus  ,  xh^K^szHuperfuper^atiyie  ceremony 
them  of  conduilmg  him  to  the  bottom.e  of  the  flairs, 
or  to  the  very  gate :  as  if  there  were  fuch  rules  fet  to 
thefe  Leviitham  as  are  to  the  Sea,  Hitksrtofhalt  thou 
go,  and  no  iurthtr.  Perditur  hactnter  mtfeyo  Lu:c'^^ 
Thus  wretchedly  the  precious  day  islofl. 

How  many  in.pertinent  Letters  and  Vifitsmuft 
hereccive,and  fometimesanfwer  both  too  as  imper*» 
tinently  ?  he  never  fcts  his  foot  beyond  his  Threfh- 
old  ,  unlefs  ,  like  a  Funeral  he  have  a  train  to  follow 
him  ,  as  if ,  like  the  dead  Corps  ,  he  could  not  ftir,t:H 
iheScarers  wete  all  ready.  My  life ,  (fayes  Hor^tce). 

5^  5>  lp,eaking; 


1 10  Several difcotirfes  by  vpoy  of  E (fays y 

fpeaking  to  one  of  thefe  Ma;^nifico's)  is  a  great  deal 
more  eafie  and  commodious  than  thine.  In  that  1 
can  go  into  the  Market  and  cheapen  wh  it  I  pleaft 
without  being  wondred  at  5  aud  take  my  Horfe  and 
ride  as  far  as  T-iremum ,  without  b:.ing  mift.  T'lS  ar, 
unpleasant  conftraint  to  be  slwayes  under  the  fighi 
and  obfsrvation  ,  and  cenfure  of  others,*  as  there  maji 
be  Vanity  in  it ,  fo  inethinks ,  there  fliould  be  Vexa- 
tion too  of  ipifit :  And  I  wonder  how  Princes  car 
endure  to  have  two  or  three  hundred  men  (land  ga- 
zing upon  them  whilll  they  are  at  dinner ,  and  ta- 
king notice  of  every  bit  they  eat.  Nothing  feems 
greater  and  more  Lordly  than  the  multitude  of  Do- 
meftick  Servants ,  but ,  even  this  too  ,  if  weighed  fe- 
riouOy,  is  a  piece  of  Servitude ;  unlefs  you  will,  be 
a  Servant  to  them  (as  many  men  are]  the  Trouble 
and  care  of  yours  in  the  Government  of  them  all, 
is  much  mo^e  than  that  of  every  one  of  them  in  theii 
obfervation  of  you.  I  take  the  Profeflion  of  a 
School- mafter  to  be  one  cf  themoftulefull,  and 
which  ought  to  be  of  the  moll  honourable  in  a 
Commonwealth  ,  yet  certainly  all  his  Fafces  and 
Tyrannical  Authority  over  fo  many  Boys  3  takes 
away  his  own  Liberty  more  than  theirs.  ,., 

I  do  but  flightly  touch  upon  all  thefe  particulars  j|;; 
of  the  flavery  of  Greatnefs ;  I  fhakebut  a  few  oi 
theiroucward  Chains  J  their  Anger,  Hatred,  Jea- 
loufie ,  Fear ,  Envy ,  Grief,  and  all  the  Etcatera 
of  their  Pafiions ,  which  are  the  fecret ,  but  conftanc 
Tyrants  and  Torturers  of  their  life ,  I  omit  here ,  be- 
caufe  though  they  be  fymptomes  mod  frequent  and 
violent  in  this  Difeafe  ;  yet  they  are  common  too  in 
fomeSegree  to  the  EpidemicaUbifeafe  of  Life  it  felFi 
But,  the  Ambitious  nian>  thbugh  he  be  fo  man/: 
wayes  a  flave  (O  totiesjer'^us  I  yet  he  bears  it  bra** 
vely  and  heroically;  he  ilruts  and  looks  big  upon- 
the  Stage  ;  he  thinks  himfclf  a  real  Prince  in  his- 
Masking  Habit ,  and  deceives  too  all  the  foolilh' 
part  of  his  Spectators  :  He's  a  flave  in  Saturnalibus,. 
The  Covecous^^  Maa  is  a  down-ri^ht  Servant ,  a? 


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in  Ferfes  and  Vrojt.  2  it 

|l  Draught  Horfe  without  Bells  or  Fcathcrsj/i^  mstaUa 
(i.tmrjattts ,  a  man  condemned  to  work  in  Mines, 
\vhich  is  the  lowtlt  and  hardtft  condition  of  fcrvitu- 
•  dciand,  to  encreafc  his  Mifery  ,  a  worker  there  for  he 
■'  knows  not  whom.  Hehcapethup  Riches  and  knows 
f'.oc  who  fhall  enjoy  them ;  T'isoneiy  that  he  him- 
fclfneitherf hall  nor  can  injoy  them.  He's  an  indi- 
gent needy  (lave  *    he  will  hardly   allow   himfclf  „, 
Cloaths  ,  and  Board- Wages  j  Unaattm  -^ix  de7nenJo  ^^.  ,, . 
de  fuo  fut4m  defraudans  Geriium  comparjit  tnifer ;  He  sctn,i, 
defrauds  not  only  other  Men ,  but  his  own  Genius ; 
He  cheats  himfelf  forMony.But  the  fervile  and  mife- 
table  conditionofthis  wretch  isfo  apparent,  that  I 
leave  it,  as  evident  to  every  mans  fight,  as  well  as 
(adgment.  It  fecmsa  more  difficult  work  to  prove 
:hatthe  Voluptuous  Man  too  is  butafervant:  \Vhac 
can  be  more  the  life  of  a  Freeman ,  or  as  we  fay  ordi- 
narily ,  of  a  Gentleman ,  than  to  follow  nothmg  but 
his  own  pleafures?  Why  ,  Tie  tell  you  who  is  that 
True  Freeman,  and  that  true  Gentleman,  Not  he 
who  blindly  follows  all  his  pleafures  (the  very  name 
of  Follower  is  fervile)  but  he  who  rationally  guides 
them ,  ^nd  is  not  hindred  by  outward  impediments 
in  the  fonducl  and  enjoyment  of  them.  If  I  wane 
skill  or  force  to  reflrain'theBeaft  that  I  ride  upon, 
though  1  bough  it  ,    and  call  it  my  own  ,  yet  in^ 
the  truth  of  the  matter  I  am  at  that  time  rather  his 
Man,  than  he  my  Horfe.   The  Voluptuous  Men 
(whom   we  are  fallen  upon;  may  be  divided  ,    I 
think,  into  the  Luflful  and  Luxurious,  who  are  both 
fervanrs  of  the  Belly;  theotherwhom  we  fpoke  of 
before  ,  the  Ambitious  and  the  Covetous  ?   ^vfre 
9t»Ku,  ^g/!i»5-,  Evil  wilde  Beafts  ,  thefe  are  T9<,?li%i 
•toy «/»  flow  Bellies,  asour  Tranflation  renders  itj; 
but  the  world  A/»>'«/  (which  isafantaftical  word, 
with  two  directly  (jppofice  fignifications)  will  bear  ' 
as  well  the  tranllation  of  Qujck  or  Diligent   Bel- 
lies, and  both  Interpretations  may  be  applyed  to 
thefe  men.    Metrndori's  faid  ,   That  he  had  learnct 
jiA/A^if  ;>^re^'  ^^^^■ii^^'-'O  givehi§  JJelly  juft  thanks^ 

fee  ^'  ioir 


1 1 2  Several  difiourfes  by  Vi^ay  ofEjpiy^^ 

for  all  his  plea'ures  This  by  the  Calumniators  of  ^{P^ 
Epicurus  his  Philofophy  was  objected  as  one  of  the 
moft  fcandalous  of  all  their  fayings  j  ■vn  hich ,  accor* 
dingtomy  v,:.haricable  underftanding  may  admit  3t 
very  virtuous  fence  J  which  is,  that  he  thanked  his 
Own  Bellyf-r  that  moderation  in  the  cuftoinary  ap- 
petites of  all  which  car;  only  give  a  '^'' an  Liberty  and  ^^ 
Kappineis  in  this  World.  Let  this  fuffice  at  prefenr 
to  be  fpoken  of  thofa  great  Triumviri  of  the  World  j 
thej  Covetous  Man  ,  who  is  a  mean  villain  ,  like  Z,*- 
fidus  J  the  Ambitious ,  who  is  a  brave  one,  like  0^/?- 
'vitis .  and  the  Voluptuous,  whoisaloofeand  de-  lotn 
bauched.one,  hkt  UnrJ^/intony.  Quifnamigitur  Li-  Kitib 
her  f  Sapiens  i  fihi  qui  Imptriafui  :  Not  Oenomaus^ 
who  commits  himfelf  wholly  to  a  Chariotteer  that 
may  break  his  Neck  jbut  tlie  Man*,     . 


WHa  governs  h's  own  courfe  with  ft  eddy  hand', 
'^\o  doesHimfelf  withSovereignPower  commadj. 
"whom  neither  Death  ,  nor  Poverty  does  fright , 
\^ho  ftands  not  awkwardly  in  his  own  light 
A'jainft  the  Truth:  who  can  when  Pleafures  knoct 
Loud  at  his  door ,  keep  firm  the  bolt  and  lock. 
Who  can  though  Honour  at  his  gate  fnould^ftay 
In  all  her  Maskmg  Cloaihs ,  fend  her  away  , 
And  cry  ,  be  gone ,  I  have  no  mind  to  play. 


w 


J/J 

To 
Gi 

r 
I'll 
If 
111 


This  I  confefs  is  a  Freeman:  butit  maybefaid, 
Th:it  many  perfons  are  fo  {hackled  by  their  Fortune, 
that  thef  ate  hindred-  from  enjoyment  of  that  Ma- 
numiftion  which  they  have  obtained  from  Virtue, 
I  do  both  underftand',  and  in  part  feel  the  weight 
o^thisobjeftion:  All  [can  Anfwerto  it-,  is.  That 
we  mud  get  as  much  Liberty  as  we  can  ,  we  mu{t 
afeourutmoft- endeavours  ,  and  whenall  that  is  do* 
ne  ,  be  contented  with  the  Length  of  tliac  Line* 
which  is  allowM  us»^If  you  ask  me  in  whar condition-, 
of  Life  I  think  the  mcft  allowed-;  I  fhould  pitch  upon'  Ihf 
that  (brt  of  People  whom  King  y antes  was  wont  to  He 
«allLh2HappieftQfo\3i:  Nation  I,  $he\t§n  placed  i»  \q 


He 


inVerfenndVrofe.  .  \\\ 

fteCouncreyby  their  Fortune  ab  ve  an  High- Con- 
table  ,  and  yet  beneath  the  t'ouble  of  a 'ulbceof 
'eace,  in  a  moderate  plenty  ,  without  any  julKi'gu- 
nent  forchcdenrcoFcncreanng  it  hy  the  cire  of  tna- 
ly  rcLfions  J  and  with  fo  much  kno\vlcdgf.and  iove 
)ft'ietv  .»nd  rhilofophy  (thati:  ofrheltudyof  Gods 
aws  .  and  of  his  Creatures)  as  may  afford  him  mar- 
cr  enough  never  to  be  Idle  though  withoutBufinefsj 
md  f.ever  to  be  Melancholy  though  v^'ithout  Sin  of 
Canity. 

I  f  hall  conclude  this  tedious  Difcoufe  with  aPray- 
:rofmineinaCopy  of  Latin  Vcrics ,  of  which  I  re- 
nembcr  no  other  part ,  and  {poitrfairebonnt  bouckt) 
ivich  fo  me  other  Verfcsupon  the  fame  Subject. 

MagneVeui-^qtioi  ad  has  vitahreyiis  attimt  horM:) 
Va  mihi ,  dii  Pavem  Lthertatemque  ,  nee  ultra 
SoUicttM  effundopreces  ,Jitptid  datur  ultra 
Accifiamgraiui  \fi norii  Contentui ahibo. 

For  the  few  Houres  of  Life  allotted  me , 
Give  me  great  God)  but  Bread  and  Liberty, 
rlebcg  no  more  ;  if  more  thou'rc  pleas'd  togive> 
I'ie  thankfully  that  Overplus  receive  ; 
If  beyond  this  no  more  be  freely  fent , 
rie  thank  for  this  jand  go  away  content. 


Martial.  Lib.  2. 
Vota  tai  brevitcr ,.  &:c. . 

WEll  then  ,  SJr,  you  fhall  know  how  far  extend 
The  Prayers  and  Bopes  of  your  Poetick  Friend 
>le  does  not  Palaces  nor  Manors  crave, 
Would  be  no  Lofdrjbtitlefs  a  Lord  would  have 
The  ground  he  holds  ,.  if  he  his  own  ,  c^n  call  5. 
Hequavrelsnotwjth  Heaven beeaufe 'nsfmall.^ 
Let  ga^rand'toilibmeGreameS  others  glwafe  , 


114  Several  dijcourjes  by  rvay  of  Effays , 

He  loves  of  homely  l.itclenefs  the  Eafe. 
Can  any  man  in  guilded  rooms  attend  , 
And  his  de.ir  houres  in  humble  vifits  fpend  ; 
When  in  the  frcfh  and  beauteous  Field  he  may 
W'th  varioushealthfulplearure<.fiII  the  day? 
Iftheiebe  Man  (ye Gods")  I  ought  to  Hate 
Dependanceand  Attendance  be  his  Fate. 
Still  let  him  Bufie  be  ,  and  in  a  crow'd  , 
And  very  much  a  Slave  ,  and  very  Proud  : 
Thus  he  perhaps  Fow'rfuland  Rich  may  growj 
No  matter ,  O  ye  Gods  /  that  Tie  allow. 
But  let  him  Peace  and  Frecdome  never  fee  ; 
Let  him  not  love  this  Life,  who  loves  not  Me. 


Martial.  L. 
Vis  fieri  Liber  ^  Sec. 

WOuId  you  be  Free  ?  'lis  your  chief  wifh ,  you 
fay, 
Come  on ;  I'le  fh  ew  thee ,  Friend  ,  the  certain  way  ; 
If  to  no  Feafts  abroad  thou  lov'ft  tof^o ; 
Whilft  bounteous  God  does  Bread  at  home  beftow  ^ 
If  thou  the  goodnefs  of  thy  Cloaths  doft  prize 
By  thine  own  Ufe  ?  and  not  by  others  Eyes. 
(If  onely  C^Lie  from  Weathers)  thou  can'ft  dwell , 
In  a  fmall  Houfe ,  but  a  convenient  Shell , 
If  thou  wichouta  Sigh,   or  Golden  wifh  , 
Canft  look  upon  thy  Beechen  Bowl ,  and  Dif h  j 
If  in  thy  Mind  fuch  power  and  greatnefs  be , 
The  Perjian  King's  a  Slave  compar'd  with  Thee, 

V   ■  -     -  --  ■ ■  ■    ■  — , —  "  ""* — "^ 

Mart.  L.  2^ 
,^9dte  nomine  I  dec, 

P-srHflt  T  do  you  with  bubble  Bowes  no  morey 
i  And  danger  of  my  naked  Head  adore. 


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,  in  Verfe  and  Profe.  1 1  $ 

IjThatl  who  Lord  ami  vinftcr  cry'd  crewhile  i 

■Salute  you  inaiK-Nvand  different  Stdcj 
Byy^  uro-.vnNaii)e,a  fcand.il  to  you  now, 
Think  not  that  I  forget  my  feh'or  you  : 
Bv  lofsot.ill  ihingb  bv  all  others  fjuohc 
This  Freedo.Tie,and  the  Freemans  Hat  is  bought. 
A  Lord  and  Mafter  no  man  wants  but  He 
■Whoo'reHi  ■  felfhas  no  Autoritie. 
Who  docs  for  Honours  and  for  Riches  Hrive , 
And  Follies ,  without  which  Lords  cannot  Live. 
If  thou  from  Fortune  dr-ll  no  Servant  crave. 
Believe  it  3  thou  no  Mafler  necd'ft  to  have. 


Ode. 

Uj^on  Liberty. 


I. 


FReedome  wth  Virtue  takes  her  ktit. , 
Her  proper  place  ,  her  oncly  Scene  3 

Is  in  the  Golden  Mean, 
She  lives  not  with  the  Poor ,  nor  with  the  Great. 
The  wings  of  thofe  NeccfTity  has  dipt , 

And  they'r  in  Fortunes  Bridewell  whipt , 

To  the  laborious  task  of  Bread  ; 
Thefeareby  various  Tyrants  Captive  lead. 
Now  wild  Ambition  with  imperious  force 
Rides,  raines  ,   and  fpurs  theoi   like  th'  unruly^ 
Horfe. 

And  fcrvde  Avarice yoakes  them  now 

Like  toilfome  Oxen  to  the  Plow. 
Andfometirres  Luft,Iikcthc  Mifguiding Light. 
Drawes  them  through  all  the  Labyrinths  ofNighr. 
^  any  Few  among  the  Great  there  be 

From  the  infulting  Pafhons  free, 

Yet  we  ev'n  rhofetoo  fcttcr'd  fee 
By  Cuftorn3Bu(iiit(s,CrowdS;,and  formal  Decenc)^ 


i  i6  Several difcour Pes  by  xvay  ofEjfays , 

And  vvherefoVe  chcy  Ihy ,  and  wherefo^re  they  go  j 
Impertmencics round  them  flow: 
Thefe  are  the  fmail  uncafie  things 
Which  about  Greatnefs  ftill  are  found  , 
And  rather  it  Mo! eft  then  Wound  : 
Like  Gnats  which  too  much  heat  of  fummerbringy^ 
But  Cares  do  fwarm  there  too,and  thofe  have  ftings^ 
As  when  the  rloiiey  does  too  open  he  > 

A  thoufand  Wafps  about  it  fly  : 
Nor  will  the  Matter  ev'n  to  fhare  admit ; 
The  Mafter  ftands  aloof  j  and  dares  not  Taft  of  it. 

y. 

'Tis  morning;  v.'ell  j  I  fain  would  yet  ft'eep  on  5 

You  cannot  now  ;  you  muft  be  gone 
^o  Court  3  or  to  the  noify  Hall  ; 
Besides ,  the  Rooms  without  are  crowded  all  j 

The  fleam  of  Bufinefs  does  begin , 
And  a  Spring-Tide  of  Clients  is  come  in. 
/ih  cruel  Guards,  which  this  poor  Prifoner  keep 

"Will  they  not  fuffer  him  to  flecp 
Make  an  Efcapej  outatthepofternfleCa 
And  get  fome  biefled  Houres  of  Libertie  , 
With  a  few  Friends ,  and  a  few  Difhes  dine , 

And  much  of'Minh  and  moderate  WinCw 
To  thy  bent  Mind  fome  relaxation  give , 
And  fteal  oneday  outofthy  Life  to  Live. 
Gh  happy  man  (he  cries)  to  whom  kind  Heaven 

HasfncbaFreedomealwayesgiven!  1 

"V^hy 5  mighty  Madman , what  Oiould hinder  thec^ 

from  being  every  day  as  Free  ? 

In  all  the  Freeborn  Nations  cfthe  Air, 
Ncverdid  Bird  a  fpirit  fo  mean  and  fordid  bear^ 
A-s  to  exchange  his  Nanv-  Liberty 
Of  foaring  boldly  up  into  the  sky, 
HisLibertv  t©  Sing  ,  to  Perch  ,  orFly>- 
When  ,  md  where' v2r  hexhou^ht  good  ,. 
jbidall  his  innocent  jileaTur^s  of-thc^Wood^r 


in  Verfe  find  Frofe.  1 1 7 

For  a  more  plentiful  orconftantFood. 

Nor  ever  did  Ambitious  rage 

Make  him  into  a  painted  Cage  j 
Or  the  falfe  Foreft  of  a  well-  hunt;  Room  , 

For  Honour  and  L^rcfLrment  come  , 
Now .  Bledlngs  on  ye  all ,  ye  Hcroick  Race , 
Who  keep  their  Primitive  powers  and  nghtsfo  well 

Though  Men  and  Angclsfcll 
Of  all  Material  Lives  the  highert  place  y 

To  you  is  jurtly  given  ; 

And  wayes  and  walkcs  the  necrefl  Heaven. 
Whilft  wretched  we  ,  yet  vain  and  proud  ,chmk  fit 

To  boaft  ,  That  we  look  up  to  it. 
Even  to  the  Umverfal  Tyrant  Love  , 

You  Homage  pay  but  once  a  year  : 
None  fo  degenerous  and  unbirdly  prove  , 

As  his  perpetual  yoke  to  bear. 
None  but  a  few  unhappy  Hou'.liold  Foul , 

Whom  human  Lordfhip  does  controul  5. 

Who  from  their  birth  corrupted  were 
By  Bondage,  and  by  mans  Example  here. 

He's  no  fmall  Prince  who  every  day 

Ihus  to  himfclf  can  fay , 
Now  wiil  I  deep ,  now  eat ,  now  fit ,  now  walk , 
Now  raed  tare  alone ,  now  with  Acquaintance  talk. 
This  I  will  do  5  here  I  will  ftay  , 
Or  if  my  Fancy  call  me  away  , 
My  Man  and  1  vA'ill  prefently  goride  ; 
(For  we  before  h  ive  nothing  to  provide  , 
Nor  after  are  to  render  an  account) 
To  Do-^er ,  Baf^ici^ ,  or  the  Cormfh  Mount* 

If  thoy  but  a  f  hort  journey  tr-ke , 

As  if  thy  'all  thou  were  to  make  , 
Bufinefs  muli  bcdilparchM  e'rcthou  canft  parr. 

Nor  canrt  thou  llir  un!e(s  there  be 

A  hundred  Hone  and  Men  to  wait  on  thee  > 

And  many  a  Mule  ,  and  msny  a  Care  j 

What  an  unwildy  man  ihou  arc  i 

The 


1 1 8  Several  difconrfes  by  rvay  ofE[[ajs ,. 

The  Rhodian  Cffl'/fus  Co 
A  Journey  too  migiic  go. 

Where  Honour  or  where  Confc'ence  does  not  bind 

No  other  Law  f'hallfhackle  me? 

SKwe  to  my  felf  1  will  noc  be  , 
Nor  fhail  my  future  Actions  be  confin'd 

By  my  own  prefeiu  Mind. 
Who  by  Refolves  and  Vows  engaged  does  ftand 

For  djys  :h  it  yet  belong  to  Fate  , 
Does  like  an  unthrift  Morgage  his  Efiate 

Before  it  fails  into  his  Hand, 

The  Bondn:an  of rheCloiflcrfo 
All  that  he  does  receive  docs  always  owe. 
And  rtill  as  Time  come  in  .  ir  goes  away 

Not  to  Enjoy  ,but  Debts  to  p^y. 
Unhappy  Slave ,  and  Pupil  to  a  Bell  / 
Which  his  hours  work  as  well  as  hours  doestell; 
Unhappy  till  the  laft ,  the  kind  releafing  Knell. 

{ In  which  he  onlc  hits  the  white 
Who  joyns  true  Profit  wah  the  bell  Delight) 
The  more  Heroique  ftrain  let  others  take , 
Mine  the  PJndariqt.se  way  I'le  make. 
The  Matter  f  hall  be  Grave,  the  Numbers  loofe  and 

free. 
It  fhall  not  keep  one  fetled  pace  of  Time , 
In  the  fame  Tune  it  fhall  not  always  Chime, 
Nor  fhall  each  Jay  juit  to  his  Neighbour  Rhime  , 
A  thoufand  Liberties  it  fhall  difpenfe  , 
And  yeti  hall  marmageall  without  offence;. 
Of  to  the  fweetnefi  of  the  Sound  ,  or  ^reatnefs  of  the 

Sence , 
Not  fhall  it  never  from  one  Subjed  ftart. 

Nor  feck  Tranfirions  to  depart , 
Nor  its  (et  way  oVe  Stiles  and  Bridges  make  , 
Nor  thorough  Lanes  a  Compafs  take 

As 


I  in  Verfe  and  Profe,  1 1 9 

"it  fcnt-'d  fome  trefpafs  to  con-.mit , 

Wlien  the  wiJc  Air'i  a  Road  for  it. 
he  Impen  'I  H.igledocs  not  ftay 

Till  the  whole  Carka'S  he  devour 

Th;u's  fallen  ii.to its  power. 

\vs  oencrous  Hunger  luidcrftood 
t  he  cm  never  want  pier  t»  ot  Food  , 

Hcofily  lucks  the  :.^ ft Fu I  Blood 
to  hefh  Game  flies  cheeifully  away  j 
Kites  and  nicancr  Birds  he  leaves  the  mangled 

Prey. 


iQ 


Of  Solitude. 

r  Umquam  minus  foUn ,  quam  cumfohtS  y  is  now 
I  bccomea  very  vulgar  faying.  Every  Man  and 
oft  every  Boy  for  thefe  feventeen  hundred  years, 
had  Jt  in  his  mouth.  Butit  was  atfirft  fpoken  by 
Excellent  Sc/pto ,  who  was  without  qucftiona 

ik-nd.  His  meaning  no  doubt  was  this,  That  he 
id  more  fatisfadion  to  his  mind  ,  and  more  im- 
vement  of  it  by  Solitude  than  by  Company  ,  and 

hew  that  he  fpoke  not  this  loofly  or  out  of  vani- 

afterhehad  madeK<7w?5  Miftnfs  ofalmoft  the 
ole  World  ,  he  retired  himfelf  from  it  by  a  volun- 
'  exile,  and  at  aprivatehoufein  the  middieofa 
od  neer  Linterni4m  ,  paflTed  the  remainder  of  his  ^r'lfi' 
)riouslifeno!efs  Glorioufly.To  his  Houfe  Scr.ec.t  ^^•' 
nt  to  fee  Co  long  after  with  great  veneration ,  and 
ong  other  things  defcribes  his  Bath  to  have  been 
bmeanaftrucluve,  thntnow,  fiyshe,  the  ba- 

ofthe  people  would  defpife  them  ,  and  cry  out, 
)r  5ap/(?underftood  not  how  to  live.  What  an 
thority  isherefor  the  credit  of  Retreat  f  and  hap- 
lad  itbcen  for  f/.vn;7i/'<i/,  if  Adverfity  could  hi- 
aught  him  as  much  wifdom  as  was  learnt  by  Set- 
from  the  higheft  profperities.  This  would  be  na 

VYoa- 


•i  10  Severed  dipcourfes  by  way  ofEjfn  , 

wonder  if  it  were  as  truly  as  it  is  colourably  an(|i:) 
tily  f.idby  '>'ionCm\x  de  Mo^tavm.    That  Am'liii 
It  felf  might  teach  us  to  love  Solitude  ;  there's  m 
ing  does  fo  much  hare  to  have  Companions.fc 
true,  it  loves  to  have  it  Elbows  free,  it  detel 
ui  ^^"'Paf^y  on  either  fide ,  bur  it  delights  Mk 
all  thmgsma  Train  behind,   I,  and  Ufherstot 
fore  It.   Bur  the  greareft  part  of  men  are  far  frorl 
opinion  of  that  noble  Koman ,  that  it  they  chai|:fi 
any  time  to  be  without  company  ,  thiy'r  like  jlm 
calmed  Shp  ,  they  never  move  but  by  the  wirEl 
other  mens  breath  ,  and  have  no  O^rs  of  their  III 
tofteerwjthal.   Iris  verr  famaOicalan  comradli: 
ry  in  humane  Nature,  thnt  men  fhould 'love  tl 
felves  above  all  the  reft  of  the  world  ,  and  yew: 
endure  to  be  with  themfeives.    When  tb^jo 
love  witha  Mittrifs  ,  all  other  perfons  are  imp. 
nate  and  burdenfome  to  them.  Tecum  -vivere  an 
tecum  oheam  Lubens  3  They  would  live  and  dye 
her  alone. 


SJc  egofecyetispoffum  heneyiverefihi} 
U'<«  nuhafjumano/lc  yia  tritapeiie, 

Tii  mihi  cm  arum  requits ,  tu  no[ie  vd  citrA 
Lumen  ,&  tnfo/is  tu  mihi  turba  locis. 

With  thee  for  ever  I  in  woods  could  reft , 
Where  never  humane  foot  the  ground  has  pr 
Thou  from  all  f  hades  the  darkncfs  canft  cxcli 
And  from  a  Dcfart  banifh  Solitude. 

And  yet  our  Dear  Self  is  fo  wearifome  to  us , 
we  can  fcarcely  fupport  its  converfaton  for  an  fc 
together,  This  is  fuchanodd  temper  of  mind  as 
r«^«;expreflls  towards  one  of  his  Miftrcffes ,  wh 
we  may  fuppofe  to  have  been  ofa  very  unfocij 
humour. 

O./i  0*  ^moy  quamim  idfad^im  ratione  reqtmii 
Hefcio  yfedfarifemio  3  CS*  excrucior,  ' 

IE 


in  Verfe  and  Trofi.  121 

ate ,  and  yet  I  Lo  e  thee  to ; 

w  can  that  be  ?  I  know  not  how  ; 

lyth.it  fo  It  IS  1  know  , 

i  tcel  with  torment  chat  'is  fo. 

; a  deplorable  conditicn. this ,  and  drives  a  man 
irp.<.'S  to  pittifiil  rhifts  in  feeking  how  to  avaid 
:lf. 

e  truth  of  rbe  matter  is ,  that  nether  he  who 
ip  in  rhe  world  ,  is  a  fit  man  to  be  alone;  nor 
io  has  fet  his  heart  much  upon  the  world, 
h  he  have  ner(r  fo  much  underita/idingi  fo 
qlicude  can  be  well  fitted  and  Ctt  right,  but 
a  very  few  per  Tons   They  muft  have  enough 
ledge  of  the  World  to  fee  the  vanity  of  it  ^ 
rough  \'irtue  to  defpife  all  Vaniry  ;    i'"  the 
bcpcircft  withany  Luft  or  Paffiv-ns,  a  man 
•-tterbeifia  Faire    than  in  a  Wood  alone.  They 
ke  [etty  Thie/cs  cheat  us  perhaps ,  and  pick 
)ckersinthc  mid  11  ofcoaipany,  but  like  Rob- 
icy  ufe  o  drip  and  bind  ,  or  murder  us  when 
uch  us  alore.  This  is  but  to  retreat  from  Men, 
ill  into  th;?  hands  of  Devils.  "Tislike  thepu- 
ent  of  Parricides  among  the  Romans  ,    to  be 
into  a  Bag  with  an  Ape,  a  Dog,  and  a  Ser- 
The  fi.-lt  work  therefore  that  a  man  muil  do  to 
.him felf  capable  of  chegoodof Sc-litude,  is, 
;ry  Eradication  of  all  Luih  ,  for  how  is  it  pof- 
or  a  Man  to  enjoy  himfslf  whde  his  Affeftions 
cd  to  things  without  Himfclf?  In  the  fecond 
,  he  muft  learn  the  Art  and  get  the  Habit  of 
cing  ;  for  this  too ,  no  lefs  than  well  fpeaking  , 
ids  upon  much   practice  ,  and  Cogitation  is 
ling  which diftineuiihes the  Sol  tudcofaGod 
a  wild  Beaft.    Now  becaufe  foul  of  Man  is 
y  its  own  Nature  or  obfervatiou  fnrnifhc  with 
lent  Materials  to  work  upon;  it  is  i  etefTiry  for 
lave  continual  rccourfeto  I  earning  and  Books 
efh  fupplics ,  fo  that  the  foiitary  Life  will  grow 
cm,  and  be  ready  to  ftarve  without  ihenK  but 

if 


J 12  Several  difcourfes  bj  yx^ay  ofBjJuA 

ifoncewebe  throughly  engaged  in  the  I.ove  ofi 
terSjinftead  of  being  wearied  with  the  lenghrof 
Jay,  we  fhall  only  complain  of  chef  hortnefsol| 
ijvhole  Life. 

0  vita  yjlulto  longa  .fapUnti  hve-^U  ! 

O  Life ,  long  to  the  Fool ,  f  hort  to  ci:e  W^ 

\ 

The  fir  ft  vlinifterof  5tatehi?not  fo  muchbuii 

in  publique  ,  as  a  wife  man  has  m  private  3  ij 

one  have  little  leafure  to  be  alone  ,  the  other  ha; 

leafure  to  be  in  comparvy,  the  one  has  but  pa 

the  nffairs  of  one  Nation  •  the  other  all  the  worl 

God  and  Nature  ;underhiscGn{ideration.  The 

no  faying  f  hocks  me  fo  much  as  that  which  1 

very  often  ,  That  ;i  man  d'^es  not  know  how  to 

his  time.  *Twould  have  been  but  ill  fpoken  by 

thufalem  in  the  Jv'ine  hundred  fivty  ninth  year  c 

Lie ,  fo  far  it  its  from  us ,  v\  ho  have  not  time  en' 

to  attain  to  the  utmoftperfedion  of  any  parte 

Science  ,  to  have  caufe  to  c  ^mplain  that  we  are 

ced  to  b*-  idle  for  want  of  work.   But  this  you* 

is  work  only  fc ir  the  Learned  ,  other*;  are  not  < 

ble  either  ot  the  employments  or  divertifements 

arrive  from  Letters  I  know  they  are  not ;  and  tl 

for«  cannot  much  recommend  Solitude  to  a  ma 

tally  iHiterate.  But  if  any  man  be  (o  unlearned 

want  entertainment  of  tb:;  little  Intervals  of  ace 

tal  Solit^ide,  which  frequently  occurrinalm>< 

conditions  (except  the  very  ir.eaneft  of  the  pe< 

who  have  bufinefs  enough  in  the  necedary  p 

iions  for  life)  it  is  truly  a  great  fham.e  both 

Parents  and  Himfelf ,.  ior  a  very  fmall  portion  c 

Ingenious  Art  will  fto'pup  allthcfegapsofot 

me,  either  Mufiq.e /or  P.nnting,  <>r  I>eligi 

or  Chymiftry ,  or  Hiftory,  or  Gardening,  or  tv 

other  things  will  do  it  I'ff  fully  and  pleafantly  5 

if  he  happen  to  fet  his  affedions  upon  Poetry  (v 

I  4o  not  advifc  him  too  immoderately)  thai 

' .     ) 


In  Ferje  and  Profi,  125 

>vcrdoit;  no  wood  willbcthick  enough  tohidc 
lim  from  the  impoitunicies  ot  coiu^Auy  or  bufl- 
lefs  ,  which  would  abftr^d  hau  hom  hisbclo- 
ed. 


'  0  quis  me  fi^elidii [ttb  tmntibtPi  /Emi 
Si(lat  ,  (5"  tn^enti  ramorufu  prote^at  umhra,  ? 

I. 

Hail ,  old  Patrician  Trees  ,  fo  great  and  <xood ! 
haii  ye  Pltbean  under  wood  /  ^ 

V\  here  the  l^oeriqie  Birds  rcjoyce, 

And  for  rhcir  quiet  Ncftsand  plenteous  rocd  , 
Pay  vvich  theirgtaccful  voice. 

2. 

Hail ,  the  poor  Mufes  ncheft  Manner  Scat  /    ' 
YeCountrey  HouresanrJ  Retreat. 
Which  rdl  fhc  happy  Gods  To  Lv.vt , 

That  tor  you  oft  they  quit  their  Brjghc  and  Great 
Metropolis  above. 

?• 

Here  Nature  does  a  Tloufc  for  me  ered 
Nature  the  u-ifeft  Architea ,  * 

Who  rhofe  fond  Artifts  does  defpife       - 

Th.u  can  the  far  and  living  Trees  ncgletl  • 
Yet  the  Dead  Timber  prize.  ^       ' 

Here  let  rr.e  carelefs  and  iinthoughtful  Iyi„. 
Hcarche  loft  winds  above  me  9iy\no  ^ 
With  ah  their  wanton  Boughs  d^fp^re 

And  the  more  tuneful  B*Is  to  b.th  [epK 'ng 
NorbemyfelttopMute.  r^-"S 

A  Silver  ftream  fhall  Tou!  his  w.tcrsn.er, 

Gudtu,,h  the  Sun  beams  here  and  there 
On  whofeenamei'd  Bank  I'll  walk. 

And 


124  Several  difcourfes  hyVP^y  of EffajSy 

And  fee  how  prettily   hey  Smile,  and  heat 
How  prettily  they  Talk. 

6 

Ah  wctched  .and  to  Solitary  Hee 

V^'ho  loves  not  his  own  Co'  pany  ! 

He'l  feel  the  weight  oPt  many  a  day 
Unlefs  he  call  in  Sin  or  Vanity 

To  help  to  bear't  away. 

7. 
Oh  Solitude  ,  firft  ftate  of  Hnmain  kind  t 

Which  bleft  remain'd  t^U  man  did  find 

Evenhisownhelpers  Company. 
As  foon  as  two  (alas !  )  together  joyn  d  , 

The  Serpent  made  up  Three. 

Though  God  himfelf  ,'  through  countlefs  Ages 

Thee 
His  file  Companion  chofe  to  be  , 

Thee  ,  -sacred  Solitude iilonc  , 

Before  the  Branchy  head  o{  Huinbers  Tree 

Sprang  from  the  Trunk  of  Oac. 

9.  . 

Thou  (though  men  think  tliine  an  unaaive  part; 

Bo{\:  break  and  tame  th'unruly  heart , 
Which  elfe  would  know  no  fetled  pace 
Makmg  it  move  ,  well  mannag  d  by  thy  Art , 
Witb  Swiftnefs  and  with  Grace. 

Thou   the  faint  beam's  of  Reafons  fcattcr'd 

Doft  hke  a  Burning  glals unite , 
Doft  multiply  thee  feeble  Heat , 
And  fortifie  the  atength ;  till  thou  doft  bright 
And  noble  Fires  beget.  ^     ^^    ^^^ 


h  Verfe  and  Profe,  1 2  5 

XI. 

hilft  his  hard  Truth  I  tench  ,  mcthinks,  I  fee 
The  Monller  London  luigh  at  mc  s 
[  f hould at  thee  too,  foohfh  City, 
it  were  fit  to  lau^h  at  Mifcry , 
But  thy  Eftatel  pity. 

12. 

but  thy  wicked  men  from  out  thee  go  ^ 
And  the  Fools  that  crowd  thee  fo , 
Even  thou  who  doft  thy  Millions  boaftj 
/"illage  \q(s  than  l/lington  wilt  grow  , 
K  Solitude  almoft. 


3.  Of  Objcurity. 

JAM  neque  Viyitihtti  contingunt  gaudi^folti,       lur. 
Kec yixit  male ,  qui  natm  morienfque  FefeSlf,    f^'^*' 

I  made  not  pleafurti  anlyfor  the  Kich , 

r  have  tkofe  men  ivitbout  their  fhare  too  liv^d^ 

0  both  in  Life  and  Death  the  world  deceiVd. 

is  feems  a  ftrange  Sentence  thus  hterally  tranHa- 
,  and  looks  as  if  it  were  in  vindication  of  the 
ofbu(iners(.for  who  dfecanDeceive  the  world?) 
ereas  it  is  m  commendation  of  thofe  who  live  and 
:  To  obfcurely  ,  that  the  world  takes  no  notice  of 
m.  This  Horace  calls  deceiving  the  world ,  and 
inother  place  ufcs  the  fame  phrafe. 

Jecretum  iter  ^  PaHentps  femita  yita- 

:hi  Jecrtt  trades  of  the  Deceiving  Life  ^  ^^'>^» 

(t  is  very  elegant  in  Latine ,  but  our  Englifh  wdrd 

1  hardly  bear  up  to  that  fenfc ,  and  therefore  Mr. 
90m  tranflates  it  very  well. 

f  f  Or 


1 16  Several  [difcourfes  hj  r\^ay  of  Fjfajsi 

Or  from  a  Lfe^ltd  mu  'Svere  byjlialih. 
Yet  we  fay  iu  oar  Language,  a  thing  deceives  ol 
fight ,  when  it  paflls  before  us  ui'perceivcd  ,  and  vj 
luay  fay  enough  out  of  the  fanie  Authour  , 

Sometimes  "^ith  fleep.fometimes  "jjith  ivine  "jutflrit 
T-e  cares  of  Life  and  troubles  to  Deceive* 

Beciam.  g^j.  j|,j,.  jj  j^^^  ^^  dccelve  tbc  world ,  but  to  decei 

'our  fclves,  as  Quinttlian  faics,  Vitam  fu'hre  ,  1 

draw  on  ftill  ,  and  amiifc ,  and  deceive  our  Lil 

till  ic  be  advanced  infcnfibly  to  the  fatal  Period  -  ai 

fall  inco  that  l*ic  which  Nature  hath  prepared  tor: 

The  meaning  of  all  this  is  no  more  than  that  rnc 

vulgar  faying,   ^ene  quiLituity  henevixit^  Heh 

lived  well ,  who  has  lain  well  hidden    Which  if 

be  a  truth  ,  the  world   riefwear}  is  fufficently  d. 

ccived  :  For  my  part ,  1  think  it  ii ,  and  that  the  pic; 

fiatell:  condirion  of  Life,  is  m  Incogntfo.   What 

brave  Privilediie  is  it  to  be  free  from  all  Contention 

from  all  Envying  or  being  Envycd  ,  from  rcceivii 

and  for  paying  of  all  kind  of  Ceremonies  "t   ItiJ>in  n 

mind  ,  a  very  dehghttull  paftime  -^  for  two  good  ai 

agree.^.ble  friends  to  travail  up  and  down  togcthcf 

i  places  where  they  are  by  no  body  known, nor  kivo 

any  body.  It  was  the  cafe  oi  JEnt-as  and  his  Ach.iie 

when  they  walkt  invifibly  about  the  f-Ields  and  itret 

oi Carth'tj^e ,  Ver.us  her  leif 

j4y>ail  ofthicl^nei  Air  around  them  cafl , 
T/j4t  none  mi^ht  J^noiu  ^  or  fee  them  as  theyp  iff. 


iW 

lA 


aim 

be 
m. 

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f'i'Z-  I. 


The  common  Hpry  of  Pfwoy?^irp7j#jV  confcffion  th] 
he  had  taken  great  plcafure  in  hearingof  aTnnke 
woman  ihyashe  pall.  Thisis  that  D*»ko//«?^57<;j, 
wonderful  ridiculous  from  fo  folid  an  Orator.    1  nj| 
f.lf  have  often  met  with  that  temptation  to  vanity  ( 
ic  were  any)  but  am  fo  far  from  finding  it  any  plea  I 
fure  >  that  it  only  makes  me  run  filler  from  the  pla 
cc  3  till  i  get  a  as  It  were  out  of  figbc  ^)^Qi*Demo>,'ltu 

rcla 


JnVerfeandFrofe.  127 

:Iates,and  in  fuch  a  manncr,as  if  hegloricd  in  the 
ood  fdhune  and  commodity  of  it  ,thac  when  he  ca- 
le  to  ^thens,x\o  body  there  did  fo  much  as  rnkcno- 
ceofhiirpnd  Bpnurus  lived  there  vtry  well ,  that 
,Lay  hid  many  years  in  his  Gardens,  fo  famous  (in- 
rchat  time,  withhis  friend  A/#fro,/or«j:  after  whofc 
!  death,  making  in  one  of  his  letters  a  kind  comme- 
loration  of  the  hjppinefs  which  they  two  had  in- 
)yed  rogcthcr ,  he  adds  at  lail,that  he  thought  it  no 
ifparage(\ient  to  thofe  great  felicities  of  their  life, 
latin  the  midll  of  the  niolt  talk'd  of  and  Tal- 
ing  Country  in  the  world,  they  had  lived  fo  long , 
ot  only  without  Fame  ,  but  almoft  without  being 
eard  of. And  yet  within  a  very  few  years  afterward, 
:iere  were  no  two  Names  of  men  more  known  or 
lore  generally  celebrated,  if  we  engage  into  a  large 
icquaintance  and  various  familiarities ,  we  fet  open 
>ur  gates  to  the  In  vadcrs  of  moif  of  our  time  :  we 
xpofe  owr  {[{QtoQliot ititan^^u^ o( fv'igid  impcrtmen- 
ies  ,   which  whould  make  a  wife  man  tremble  to 
hink  of.  Now ,  as  for  being  known  much  by  fight , 
ud  pointed  at,   I  cannot  comprehend  the  honour 
hat  lies  in  thatAVhatfoever  it  be,every  Mountebank 
las  it  n  ore  than  the beft  Dodlor ,  and  the  Hangman 
nore  thrnthe  Lord  Chief  Juliice of  a  City.  Every 
feature  has  it  both  of  Nature  and  Art  if  it   be  any 
iTays  extraordinary.  It  was  as  often  faid ,  1  his  isthac 
BuiephaluSjOYjThis  is  that  2;)f/f»r«s,whenthey  w'cre 
cd  prancing  through  theftreets,  as  ,  this  is  that 
4lexandcr  y  or  this  is  that  Dominant  and  truly  for 
he  latter,  Itake  Inf//rt/«/tohavebina  much  more 
honourable  Beaft   then  his  Mafter,  and  morede- 
"erving   the  Confulfhip,  than  he  the   Empire.   I 
love  and  commend  a  true  good   Fan.e  ,   becaufc 
t  is  the  fhadow  of  V'irtue ,  not  that  it  doth  any  good 
:othe  Body  which  it  accompanies  ,but 'tis  an  effica- 
cious fhadow  ,  and  like  that  ofSt.  P£/«r  curcsche 
Difeafes  of  others.  The  beit  kind  of  Glory, no  doubt, 
is  that  which  is  refleiled  from  Honefiy  ,  fuch  ss  was 
'i'  the  Glory  of  Ca^^and  Artjtides ,  but  it  was  harmful 


128  Sever aldtfcourjes  by  way  ofEjfayi ,  ] 

to  them  both,  and  is  feldom  beneficial  to  any  m;  r,- 
whilft  he  Hves ,  what  it  is  to  him  after  his  death , 
cannot  fay ,  becauie ,  I  love  not  Phihfophy  mere 
notional  and  conjeftural ,  and  no  man  who  has  m 
de  the  Experiment  has  been  fo  kind  as  to  come  bai 
to  inform  us.  Upon  the  whole  matter ,  I  accou 
a'perfon  who  has  a  moderate  Mind  and  Fortum 
and  lives  !in  the  converfation  of  two  or  thr 
agreeable  friends,  with  littlecommerce  in  the  wor 
befideSj  whoiscfteemed  well  enough  by  his  fc 
neighbours  that  know  him  ,  and  is  truly  irreproac 
able  by  any  body .,  and  fo  after  a  healthful  quiet  in 
before  the  great  inconveniencics  of  old  age,  gc 
more  filently  out  of  it  than  became  in,  (for  I  wou 
nothavehimfo  muchas  Cry  inihQ  Exit.)  This  I 
nocent  Deceiver  of  the  word ,  as  Horace  calls  hii 
this  Muta  Ferfof/a ,  1  take  to  have  been  more  hap 
in  his  Part ,  than  the  greateft  A  dors  that  fill  the  St 
ge  with  fhow  and  noife  ,  nsy,  even  than  ^m?w^ 
himftlf,  who  askt  with  his  lall  breath,  Whetb 
he  had  not  played  his  Fane  very  well. 

Semca  y    ex     Thyefle  , 
J\B.   a.  Chor. 
Stet  quicunque  yoUt  ,  po(tr,s 
^uU  culmine  luhriio  ,  D'r. 

Upon  the  flippcry  tops  of  humane  State , 

The  guilded  Pinnacles  of  Fate , 
Let  others  proudly  ftand ,  and  for  a  while 

The  giddy  danger  to  beguile, 
With  Joy ,  and  with  difdain  look  down  on  allj 

Till  their  Heads  turn ,  and  down  they  fall. 
>lc,0 ye Godsjon Earth,  orelfefonear 

That  I  no  Fall  to  Earth  may  fear : 
And  ,  O  ye  gods,  at  a  gooddiftance  feat 

From  the  long  Ruines  of  the  Great. 
Here  wrant  in  tK' Arms  of  Quiet  let  mcly  $ 
Quiet,  Companion  of  Obfcurity. 
Here  let  my  Life ,  with  as  much  filcnce  Aide  ? 


roi 


i 


inFerfeaniProfi,  129 

As  Time  that  mcafures  it  does  glide. 
Nor  let  the  Breath  of  Infamy  or  Fame, 
From  town  to  town  Eccho  about  my  Name. 
Nor  let  my  homely  Death  embroidered  be 

With  Scutheon  or  with  Elegie.  ^ 

An  old  Plebenn  let  mc  Dy , 
Alas ,  all  then  arc  luch  as  well  as  I. 

To  him,  alas,  to  him,  Hear, 
The  face  of  Dearh  will  terrible  appear  : 
Who  in  his  li^e  flattering  his  fencelefs  pride 
By  being  known  to  all  the  world  befide, 
Does  not  him  felf ,  when  he  is  Dying  know 
Nor  vvhr;t  he  is  ,  nor  Whither  bee's  to  go. 


4.  of  Agriculture. 

"T^H  E  firl^  wif  h  of  r/>?i/(as  you  will  find  anon  hy 
J.  hisYerfes)  wastobeagood  rhilolbpher,  the 
.:,  !ccond  J  a  good  Husbandman  ;  and  God  whom  he 
'eem'dtounderftand  better  than  moft  of  the  moft 
learnt'd  Heathens)  dealt  with  him  juft  as  he  did 
with  Salomon  ;  becaufe  he  prayed  for  wifdom  in  the 
firft  place ,  he  added  all  things  elfe  which  were  fu- 
bordinatelytobedefir'd.  He  made  him  one  of  the 
beft  Philofophers,  and beft  Husbandmen,  and  to 
adorn  and  communicate  both  thofe  faculties  ,  the 
bell  Poet:  He  made  him  btfides  all  this  a  rich, 
man  ,  and  a  man,  whodcfiredto  be  no  richer 
0  F§rtt4n\tiii  nimjum  ,  CS"  honpt  qui  {ua  no-vit: 
To  be  a  Husbandman  ,  is  but  a  retreat  from  the  Ci- 
ty to  be  a  Philofopher  ,  from  the  world ,  or  rather  , 
a  Retreat  from  the  world,  as  it  is  means  i  into  the 
world,  as  it  is  Gods.  But  fincc  Nature  denies  to  moft 
menthe capacity  or  appetite,  and  Fortune  allows 
but  to  a  very  few  the  opportunities  or  pofli- 
bdity  oi  applying  themfelves  wholy  to  Philo- 
fophy ,  the  bcft  mixture  ofF  Humane  affairs  that 
we  can  make  ,  arc  the  employments  of  a  Coun- 
try life.     It  is  I   as  Columella  calls   it  ,    Res  fim 

f  f  I  dttbitationt 


j^o  Se vera! difcourfes hj way ofEjfays, 

tttthitatione  proxitKa  ,   ^  quaji  Conj mguinea  S.tpin 
tia ,  The  neareft  Neighbour  ,    or  rather  next  i 
Kindred  to  Fhilofophy.  farro  Lyes,  the  PrincipU 
of  it  are  the  fime  which  £;2n;«f  madetobe  the  Prin 
cipiesofall  Nature:  Earth,  Water, Air,and  the  Sun 
,  ]t  doe.^cert.iinly  comprehend  more  parts  of  Philofo 
phy  than  ?ny  one  Profellion,  Ar^of  Science  in  th 
world  berdes ;  and  therefore  Cicero  fa.es  ,  The  plea 
CeScK,  Cures  of  a  Husbandman,  Mibi  aifapientis  -vitant  pre 
xinie  "Jidenmr  (ucedere  ,  Come  very  nigh  to  thofe 
a  Philofopher.  There  is  noother  fort  of  hferh^tal 
fords  fo  many  .branches  of  praife  to  a  PanrgyrifbTh 
Ucility  ofitfoamansfelf    The  Ufeftdnefs,  or  rath( 
Neceflity  r.f  it  to  all  the  refl  of  Mankind  ;  The  innc 
cence,  the  plea fure.  the  Antiquity,  the  Dignity.  Th 
Utility  (I  m.ean plainly  theLucreofit)  is  notfogrcj 
now  in  our  Nation  as  arifes  from  Merchandifean 
the  tradingof  the  City  ,  from  whence  many  of  th 
beft  £iba:c;  aud  ch:Ci  iioriOUrS  Oi  cuC  Kpgdcn^  ar 
derived;  we  have  no  men  now  fetcht  from  me  Piov 
to  be  made  Lords ,  as  they  were  in  Rome  to  be  mad 
Confuls  and  Diftators,  the  reafonofwhichi  con 
ceive  to  be  from  an  evil  Cuflom ,  now  grown  a 
ftrong  among  us,  as  if  it  were  a  Law,  which  is 
that  no  men  put  their  Children  to  be  bred  up  Appren 
tices in  Agriculture,  as  in  other  Trades,  but  fuc 
two  are  fo  poor,  that  when  they  come  to  be  men 
they  have  not  wherewithal!  toi'etup  in  it,  and  i 
can  only  Farm  fome  fmal!  parcel  of  ground  ,  th 
Kent  of  which  devours  all  but  the  b  >re  Subfi  ftenc 
of  the  Tenant :  Whilft  they  who  are  Proprietor 
of  the  Land,  are  either  to  proud  ,  or,  for  want  o 
that  kind  of  Education ,  too  ignorant  to  improv( 
their  EflateSjthough  the  means  of  doing  it  be  as  eafi< 
and  certain  in  thisas  in  any  other  track  ofCommerce 
I f  there  were  alwaies  two  or  three  thoufand  youths 
for  Cqvqw  or  eight  years  bound  to  this  Profcffion 
that  they  might  learn  whole  Art  of  it,  and  after- 
wards be  enabled  to  be  Mafters  in  it ,  by  a  moderate 
ftock ;  1  cannot  doubt  but  that  we  fhould  fee  as 

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many  AlJcrmcns  EfKites  made  in  the  Country  ,  ns 
lO'.v  we  do  out  ofall  kind  of  stcrchaiKiizmginihc 
itv.  There  nrc  as  many  waycs  to  be  Rich  ,  and 
vhich  IS  berrcr,  there  is  no  Pofllbihty  ro  bcpooc 
vithouc  fuch  negligence  as  can  neither  have  excuf- 
lor  Pitv;   for  a  brrlecyoMnd  w.ll  without  qiiciliorr 
iecd  a  little  family. and  thefupcrfluities  ofl  ifc\\A'hch 
.re  now  in  fome  ci!c'>  by  cuitome  m^^Je  almolt  ne  - 
•elliry)  muft  be  fupplycdoiir  ofthe  fupcrabtrndan- 
'I  c  of  Arc  and  Indallry  ,cr  contemned  l>y  as  g'-c.ar  i 
'■^  degree  ot  i'hilof-^phy.  As  for  the  neccHuy  of  this 
''i  \n^  It  iscv.denrenough  ,  finccthis  fanl  ve  witTi- 
•'11  Kit  all  others,  and  no  one  other  without  this.  This 
™  J  like  Speech  ,   without  which  the  Society  of  n-cn 
^1!  annot  be  prcf-rvcd  ;  the  others  like  Figures  and 
■«  Tropes  of  Sp.Tch  wh'ch  fcrve  only  to  ador;iic     Nta- 
^^  ly  Nations  h-ve  lived  ,  and  fome  do  llill ,  without 
^  ny  Arc  but  this  i  not  f )  Elcoantly  ,   I  conftfs  ^  bi^c 
"  hllthcy  Live,    and  almoU  lii  ihe  other  Arts  wh  ch 
^1   'e  here  pradifed  ,  arc  beholding  to  the  for  mod  of 
li  heir  Materials.    The  Innocence  of  this  Life  is  in  the 
lexr  thing fcr  whic'i  I  commend  t,  ajidif  Husb.nd- 
nen  preferve  not  that ,  they  are  much  to  blame  ,  foe 
»o  men  arc  fo  free  from  the  Temptations  of  Ii^.iqui- 
V.   They  live  by  what  they  can  get  by  Indullry 
rom  tile  Earth  ,  and  others  by  what  they  can  catch 
)y  Graft  h'om  nic»i.  They  live  upon  an  EiLate  given 
hen  by  their  Mother,  and  others  upon  an  Ertate 
beared  from  chcir  I'rerhren.  They  he  like  Sheep 
md  Kme  ,   by  the   allowances  of  Nature  ,   and 
:9i  }Ther  hke  Wolves  and  Foxes  by  the  acqufuions  of 
;c  il^ipine.   And,  I  hope  ,   I  may  affirm  (without  any 
Of  jffjnce to  the  Great)  that  Sheep  and  Kine  areve- 
■yufeful,  and  th  it  Wulves  and  Foxes  are  petnicious 
:rearures.  They  are  without  difpute  of  all  men  the 
nod  quiet  and  lead  apt  to  be  inflamed  to  thcdift- 
jrbance   of  the   Common-wealth  :   their  manner 
of  Life  inclines  them  ,  and  Intercftbinds  them  to 
love  Peace:  'n  our  late  mad  and  m;ferablc  Civil 
Warsjall  other  Tradcs,£ven  to  the  meancft/et  forth 

^f  4,  whole 


I  gx  Several  difcourfes  by  Vcay  ofEjJkySy 

whole  Troopes,  and  raifed  up  fome great  Comman- 
ders ,  who  became  famous  and  mighty  for  the  mif 
chiefs  they  had  done.  But ,  I  do  not  remember  th( 
Name  of  any  one  Husbandman  who  had  fo  confide 
rable  a  f  hare  in  the  twenty  years  ruine  of  his  Coun- 
try ,  as  todefervethe  Curfes  of  his  Country-men 
/ndifgreatdehghtsbejoy'ndwith  fo  much  Inno 
cence ;  I  think  it  isil!  done  of  men  not  to  take  then* 
here  where  they  are  fo  tame  ,  ^r^i  ready  at  h  md,  ra 
ther  than  hunt  f  .r  them  in  Courts  and  Cities ,  whe 
re  they  are  ^o  wild ,  and  the  cha(e  fo  troublefome  anc 
dangerous. 

We  are  here  among  the  vaft  and  noble  Scenes  o 
Nature;  we  are  there  amon^  the  pitiful  fhifts  of  Po- 
licy :  We  walk  here  in  the  light  and  open  waycs  ol 
the  Divine  Bounty  ;  we  grope  there  in  the  dark  and 
confufed  Labyrinths  off  liuman  Malice  :  Our  fc-nfes 
are  here  feafted  wi:h  the  clear  and  genuine  taiteoi 
iheir  Objects ;  which  are  all  Sophifticated  there,and  * 
for  the  moft  part  overwhchned  with  their  contra«|> 
ries.  Here  L^Ieafure  looks  (methinks)  like  a  beauti- 
ful,  conftantj  and  modeft  Wifej  it  is  tlfere  an  im- 
pudent, fickle ,  and  painted  Harlot.  Here  is  harmlefi 
and  cheapPlentyjthere  guilty  and  expenfefulLuxury. 

I  fhill  onelyinftance  in  one  Delight  more,  the  WOi 
mort  nuuralaadbeftnatur'd  of  all  otherSj  a  perpe-  d 
tual  companion  of  the  Husbandman  j  and  that  is,  doi 
the  farisfadion  of  looking  round  about  him  ,  and 
feeing  norhing  but  the  effeds  and  improvements  of 
his  own  Art  and  Diligence;  to  be  alwayes  gathering 
offomeFruitsofit ,  and  at  the  fame  time  to  behold 
others  ripening,  and  others  budding:  to  fee  all 
his  Fields  and  G  irdens  covered  with  the  beauteous 
Creatures  of  his  own  Induftry  j  and  to  fee,  likeod> 
thatalihis  Works  are  Good. 


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Jlgricola  tacit um  ^ertentam  fgAudia  Pe^U4^, 


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inVerftdndVrofei,  155 

The  Antiquity  of  hisArt  is  certainly  not  to  be  con- 
tetted  by  any  other.  The  three  tirrt  men  in  the 
World ,  were  a  Gardner ,  a  Ploughman  ,  and  a 
Grazier  ;  and  if  any  manobjctl ,  That  the  i'ccond  of 
ihefe  was  a  Murtherer ,  I  defire  he  would  confidcr , 
that  as  foon  as  he  was  fo,  he  quitted  our  ProfeflTion, 
and  turn'd  Builder.  .It  isfor  this  reafon  ,  I  fuppofe  , 
tlutEcclffi.ifticui  Fort)ids  us  to  hate  Husbandry  3  be*  ^"^•7* 
caufe  (fives  hej  the  moft  Hi^h  has  created  it.  We 
were  all  Born  to  this  Art,  and  taught  by  Nature  to 
nourifhour  odiesby  the  fame  Earth  out  of  which 
they  were  made  ,  and  to  which  they  muft  return  j 
and  pay  at  laft  for  their  fuftenance. 

Behold  the  Original  and  Primitive  Nobdity  of  all 
thofe  great  Perfons  ,  who  are  to  proud  now  i  not 
onely  to  till  the  Ground  ,  but  aimoftto  tread  upon 
ic.  We  may  talke  what  we  pleafe  of  Lilies  and  Lions 
Rampant,  and  Spread  Eagles  in  Fields  d'Or,  or 
d' Argent ;  But  if  Heraldry  were  guided  by  Reafon, 
a  Plough  in  a  Field  Arable ,  would  be  the  moft  No*, 
bleand  Arttient  Armes. 

All  thefe  confiderations  make  me  fall  into  the 
vronder  and  complaint  of  Co/«TOf/7<?,  How  itlhould 
come  to  pals  that  all  Arts  or  Sciences  ,  (forthedifpu* 
te ,  which  is  an  Art ,  and  which  a  Science ,  does  noc 
belong  to  the  curiofity  of  us  Hu$handmen)Mit^phy^ 
(fc^y   PhyfuJ^y  Morality^   Mathematici^s  y  Logtc^^ 
Khet:iricl^,  ^c.  which  are  all ,  Igrant ,  good  and 
ufefull  faculties  ,  except  onely  Metaphyjic\  which  I 
do  not  know  whether  it  be  any  thing  or  no)but  even 
Vaulting  ,   fencing  ,  Dancing  ,  Attiring  ,    took^^ry  s 
Car-ving,  and  fuch  like  Vanities,  fhould  all  have 
public  k  Schools  andMafters ;  and  yet  that  we  fhould 
never  fee  or  hear  of  any  man  who  took  upon  him  the 
Profeflion  of  teaching  this  fo  pleafant  ,  fo  virtuous, 
(6  profitable  ,  fo  honourable ,  fo  neceflTary  Art. 
A  man  wo-jld  think, when  he's  in  ferious  hamour, 
at  it  were  but  a  vain,   irrational  and"" ridiculous 
ing,  for  a  great  company  of  Men  and  Women  to 
n  up  and  down  in  a  PvOomtogecheri  in  a  hundrc<£ 

f  f  J  fc-. 


154-  SeveraldiJcourfeshyVDayofEffnySr 

feveral  paftures  and  fi^ureSj  to  no  purpofe ,  and  with 
no  dcfiga  ;  and  therefore    Dancing  was  invented 
firf};,  andonely  prafliTed  anciently  in  the  Ceremo-  • 
nies  of  the  Heathen  Religion,  which  confided  all 
in  Momaiery  and    Madnefs  j  the  latter  being  the 
chiefglory  ofthe  Worfhip  ,  and  accounted  Divin& 
Infpiration  ;  This ,  I  fay  ,  a  fcvere  Man  would  think,  ■ 
though  1  dare  not  determine  fo  far  againft  fo  cufto-  ; 
mary  a  part  now  of  good  breeding.     And  yet ,  wha  ■ 
is  there  among  our  Gentry ,  that  does  not  entertain 
a  Dancing  Matter  for  hisChildren  as  foon  as  they  are 
able  to  walk?  But,  Did  ever  any  Father  provide  a 
Tutorforhis  S'mtoinftruft  hirn  betimes  in  the  Na- 
ture and  Improvements  of  thatLand  wh'ch  he  inten- 
ded to  leive  him  ?  That  is  at  leaft  a  (uperfluity ,  and 
this  a  D^fe£l  in  our  manner  of  Education  ;  and  the- 
refore 1  could  wifh  (but  cannot  in  thefe  times  much- 
hope  to  fe^  it)  that  one  Colledge  in  each  Univerfity 
>Yere  ereHied  ,  and  appropriated  to  this  ftudy  ,  as 
%vell  as  there  are  to  Medecin  ,  and  the  Civil  Law  t 
There  would  be  no  need  of  making  a  Body  of  Scho- 
lars and  Fellowes ,  with  certain  endovvments ,  as  in 
other  Colledges  ;  it  would  fuffice ,  ifaftcr  the  man- 
ner of  Halls  in  Oxford ,  there  were  only  four  Profef- 
fors  conlHtuted  (for  it  would  be  too  much  work  for 
onelyone  Mafter,  or  Principal,  as  they  call  him 
ihere)to  teschthefe  four  parts  of  it.  Firftj^rif/^^ 
and  si!  things  relating  to  it.     Secondly  ,  P aftnr ctge,;. 
Thirdly,   G^rdem  ,  Orciards  ,  Vineyards  and  Woods* 
Fourthly,  AU  parts  of  K,ar<»/0^:owo//>y,  which  would' 
contain  the  Government  of  Bee^^ ,   Svjtne  ,  Poultry  y 
Decoys,  PondSy  &c.  and  all  that  whichKarro  call& 
VtlUtic^Pafliones  y  together  with  the  Sports  of  the 
Field  [which  ought  to  be  looked  upon  not  onelyas- 
Pleafures,  butas  partsof  Houfe-keeping)  and  the 
Domeftical   cotifcrrvation  and   ufes    of  all  that  ifc, 
brought  'n  by  Indaftry  abroad.  Thebufinefsof  the-- 
fe  Pro*^efl[ors  fhould  not  be ,   as  is  commonly  pra£li-^ 
fed  in  other  Arts  ,onely  to  read  Pompous  and  Super** 
ficial  Lectures  Q\XiQiytr^tU  Georgtcj^s  yBlinjiVttrro^ 


in  Verfe  andProf^  1 55- 

or  Columella  ,  but  to  inf}ru(£l  their  Pupils  in  the  who- 
le Method  and  courfc  of  this  iludy  ,  which  might  be 
run  I  hrou^ji  perhaps  witli  dihgencc  in  a  year  or  two; 
and  the  continual  fucceflionoF Scholars  upon  a  mo^ 
derate  taxation  for  their  Diet,  Lodging  ,  and  Lear- 
ning ,  would  be  a  fufticicnc  conltant  revenue  for 
Mainrcn.ince  of  the  Houfe  and  the  ProfclFors ,  who 
f  liould  be  men  notchofen  for  theOftentation  of  Cri- 
tical Litteraturc,  but  for  folid  and  experimental 
knowledge  of  the  things  they  teach  fuch  Men;  (o 
indultrious  and  pub!ick  fpirited -as  I  conceive  Mr- 
hivtlibtohc  \  if  the  Gentleman  be  yet  alive:  But 
it  isneedlefsto  fpeak  fartherof  my  thoughts  of  this 
Defign,  unlcfs  theprefent  Difpcfitionof  theAgeal- 
lowed  more  probability  of  bringing  it  into  execution. 
What  I  have  further  to  fay  of  the  Country  Life,  fhall 
be  boi  rowed  from  the  Poets,  who  were  alwaycs. 
the  molt  faithful  and  .iffedionate  friends  to  it.  Poe- 
try was  Born  among  the  Shepherds. 

l^efcio  qutt   Kntale  folum  dplcedint  Mupu 
Ducit )  ^  iinmemoresnonjimt  ejje  fui^ 

The  Mufes  ftill  love  their  own  Native  place, 
T'hasfecrec  Charms  which  nothing  can  deface. 

The  truth  is ,  no  other  place  is  proper  for  their 
work;  one  might  as  well  undert.  keto  Dance ina 
Crowd  ,  as  to  make  good  Verfes  in  the  midft  ofNoi?- 
feand  Tumult. 

As  well  might  Corn  as  Verfe  in  Cities  grow  j 

In  vain  the  thanklefs  Gkbe  we  Plow  and  Sow,. 

Againfl  th'unnatural  Soil  in  vain  we  ftriVe  ; 

T  is  not  a  Ground  in  which,  ihefo  Plants  v»'ilt 
rive. 

Tt  will  bear  nothing  butthe  Nettles  or  Thornes  of 
Sat^rf  5  which  grow  nioft  naturally  in  the  worlt 
Earth  3^^.  nd  therefore  almofi:;'!!  Poets,  except  rhofe 
yiio  wcfe  nw  able  to. eat  Bread  without  tiic  bcun- 


1 36  Se  verd  Dijcourjes  If)  way  ofEjfays, 

ty  ot  Great  men,  that  is,  without  whatthey  could 
get  by  Flattering  of  them ,  have  not  onely  with- 
drawn themfelves  from  the  Vices  and  Vanities  oFthc 
Grand  Worlds  Par  iter  yitiijque  ]ocifqHe  jiUius  hu^ 
mams exeruere caput)  \niot]\Q\ni\octnih^^^\r\ds  of 
a  retired  Life  j  but  have  commended  and  adorned 
nothing  fo  muchhy  their  Ever-hving  Poems.  Hefioi 
was  the  firft  or  fecond  Poet  in  the  World  that  remai- 
nes  yet  extant  (if  Homer  ,  as  fome  think ,  preceded 
himjbut  I  rather  believe  they  were  Contemporaries) 
and  he  is  the  firft  Writer  too  of  the  Art  of  Husban- 
dry :  'dz  has  contributed(rayes  Columelli)  not  a  httle 
to  our  Profefiion ;  I  fuppofe  he  means  not  a  little 
Honour ,  for  the  matter  of  his  Inftrudions  is  not  ve- 
ry important;   Hi  ^  grbat  Antiquity  is  vifible  through 
the  Gravicy  and  firnplicicy  of  his  Stile.    The  moft 
Acute  of  all  his  fiyings  concerr^  our  purpofe  very 
much  J  and  is  couched  in  the  reverend  obfcurity  of 
an  Oracle.  Uxioi  tif/rtcrv  TlcUiloi.  The  half  is  more  than 
the  whole.  Th?occ;ilI')nofcherpeech  is  this;  His 
Brother  Perfes  had  by  corrupting  fome  great  men 
(Bx?;A?5t?  Av^otp^tyasi  Great  Bribe-eaters  he  calls 
them;  gotten  from  him  thehalfofhis  Eftate*  Itis 
no  Matter ,  i  fays  he)  they  have  not  done  mc  fo  much 
prejudice,  as  they  imagine. 

•     ♦ 

Unh  ippy  they  to  whom  God  has  not  reveal'd 
Bv  a  {hongh Light  which  muft  their  fece  contrale^ 
Thachilfe  a  great  Eftace's  more  than  the  whole ; 
Unhappy  ,from  whom  ftill  conccalM  does  lie 
Of  Roots  and  Herbs ,  the  wbolefome  Luxurie. 

Th  is  Iconceive  to  have  been  Honeft  Ilffiods  mea- 
ning. 


in  Verje  and  Trofi.  137 

hing.  From  Ticmer  we  muft  not  expeft  much  con- 
cerning our  affairs.  He  was  Blind  and  could  neither 
work  in  the  Countrey  ,  nor  enjoy  the  plearurcs  t)fit, 
his  hclplcis  Povcry  was  hkelieii  tobe  Tubftained  in 
the  richeft  places,he  wss  to  delight  theuVf  aa/jj  with 
fine  tales  of  the  Wars  and  adventures  of  their  An- 
cel^ors  j  his  Subjed  removed  him  from  all  Commer- 
ce with  us  ,  and  yet ,  merhinks ,  he  made  a  f  h.ft  to 
fhow  his  g^od  will  a  little  For  though  he  could  do 
us  no  Honour  in  the  Fei  Ton  of  his  Hero  U///7ii(  much 
lefs  o^ Achillei)  bccau(e  his  whole  time  was  confu- 
med  in  V  Vars  and  Voyngcs ,  yet  he  makes  his  Father 
Laertes  a  Gardener  all  that  while  ,  and  fecking  his 
Confolation  fo-jhe  abfence  of  his  Ton  in  the  Pleafure 
of  Planting  and  even  Dunging  his  owi  grounds.  Yet 
Tee  he  did  not  contemn  us  pearants^n^iy ,  fo  far  was  he 
from  thatinfolence  ,  that  he  always  ftiles  £w'^'^«f, 
who  kepr  the  Hogs  with  wonderful  relpc£l  AW 
vipfl^/SsN  The  Divine  Swine  herd  he  could  ha'done 
no  more  f^-r  Menelaus  or  ^gamernnon.And  Theo.ritus 
(a  very  ancient  Poet ,  but  he  was  one  of  our  own 
Tribeforhe  wrote  nothing  but  Paftorals)  pave  the 
fame  Epithete  to  an  Husbandman  Ex«/3srfl  Aiog 
i;  fooTiiii'  The  Divine  Husbandman  replycd  to  Her- 
cules ;  who  was  but  AT05  Himfelf.  Thefe  where  Civil 
Greel^s  1  and  who  underftood  the  Dignity  of  our  call- 
ing \  among  the  Romans  wehavein the firft place, 
our  truly  Divine  Virgil  ^  who ,  though  by  the  favour 
o^ Mec^naizn^  ^Hguflus he rr'i^x.  have  been  one 
ofthe  chief  men  of  il<7w?,  yet  chofe  rather  to  em* 
pfoy  much  ofhis  timeintheexercife,  and  much  cf 
his  immortal  wit  in  the  praifeandinflrudions  of  a 
Ruftique  Life,  who  though  he  had  written 'kfo- 
re  whole  Books  of  Paftorais  and  GeoYgiquescou\d 
not  abllain  in  his  great  and  Imperial  Poemfrom  def* 
cribing  EuanJer ,  one  of  hisbcft  Princes,  ashino' 
Juftafterthchomely  manner  of  an  ordinary  Coun- 
trey-man.  He  feats  him  in  a  Throne  of  Maple, 
,nd  lays  him  but  upon  a  Bears  skin,  theKineand 
laa  are  lowing  in  iiis  Court  yard  ,  the  Kirds 

undcsr 


>  3  §  Several  dijcourfes  hj  y^ay  ofEjJays , 

under  the  Eeves  of  his  Window  call  him  up  in  the 
morning ,  and  when  he  goes  abroad ,  only  two 
Dogs  go  along  with  him  for  his  guard  :  acUit  whea 
he  brings  v^.'7^/*f  into  his  Royal  Cottage,  he  nv;kes 
him  fay  this  memorable  complenent,  greater  than 
ever  yet  was  fpokenac  the  Bfcurial ,  the  Louyre ,  or 
our  VVhitehctU, 


-. Hac  (inquit)  liminayi^lor 

chides  jubiit  ,  hac  ilium  Kegia  cepit  , 

jiude^  Hofpes^  contemnere  opeSj  C^  te  quoque  dignu 

tinge  Deo,    rebufque  yem  non  a  (per  egenis. 


J 


ThishumbIeRoof,thisruftiqueCoutt(raidHe) 
Receiv'd  J/cides  crown'd  with  vi Aory,  (trod, 

Scorn  not  (Great  Gueltj  the  ftcps  where  he  has 
But  contemn  Wealth ,  and  imitate  a  God. 

The  next  Man  whom  we  are  much  obliged  to,. 
bothforhis  Do£lrine and  Example,  is  the  nextbeft 
Poet  in  the  world  to  Virgil  his  dear  friend  Horaie^ 
who  v^h^nAuguflui  had  defired  Meccenoi  to  perfwade 
him  to  come  and  live  don  eiiically ,  and  at  the  fame 
Table  with  him  ,  and  to  be  Secretary  of  State  of  the 
whole  World  under  him ,  or  rather  joyntly  with. 
him,  for  he  fays  ,  utnos  in  EpifiolUJcrihendii  adju- 
yet,  couldnotbeterrptedtoforfakehis  J<^/>7,  or 
liburtm  Mannor ,  for  fo  rich  and  fo  glorious  a  trou  • 
ble.     There  was  never,  1  think,  fuch  an  example 
as  this  in  the  world ,  that  he  fhould  have  fo  mucH>| 
moderation  and  courage  as  to  refufean  offer  of  fuchf 
«reatnefs  and  the  Emperour  fo  much  generofiry  and? 
good  Nature  as  not  to  be  at  all  offended  with  his  rer 
fufal,  but  to  retain  ftill  the  fame  kindncfs,  and  ex^ 
prefs  it  often  to  him  in  moil  friendly  and  familiar 
Lttters,  partof  whichare  ftill  extant.,    if  I  fhould 
produce  all  the  pnflages  of  this  excel  lent  Author  upoi* 
jhe  feveral  Subjeds  which  1  treat  of  tnthrs  Book  ,  I 
miift  be  obliged  m  rarO'  ts-  half  his  works^  of  which' 
Ima]^-  lay  mote  trul)?  thaa  iii  my  oginion^^Ee  did:  of 


in  Verfe  and  Frofe.  1 5^ 

F/om^f,  Q«;  (juid /it pulchri4m  ,  (fu,d  rfirpiy^uid utile, 
luid  nonp'.en  mSS  nielna  Clvyfippo,  t'5  Crantgre  dtCtt. 
ifh.ill  content  n-iy  (cl^  upon  this  particular  Theme 
^vith  rhree  only  ,  one  out  of  his  O  its  ,  the  other 
DUt  of  hisi'.i')'r;, the  third  out  ofhis/^p//?/f<-and  fhall 
'orbear  to  collcil  the  fuffr.iges  o'  all  other  i'oets, 
which  may  bo  found  fcattered  up  and  dowa  through 
ill  their  writings,  and  efpecially  in  Mirttals.  But 
I  muft  notomitto  make  fome  cxcufe  for  the  bold 
jndertakingof  my  own  unskilful  Pencil  upon  the 
beauties  of  a  Face  that  h.i$  been  drawn  before  by  (o 
many  great  Matters ,  efpecially,  that  I  f  hould  dare 
:o  doit  in  L'itine  verfes  (though  ofanother  kind;and 
liave  the  confidence  to  Tranflare  them.  I  can  only 
fay  that  I  lovethe  Matter ,  and  that  ought  to  cover 
Tjany  faults ;  and  that  I  run  not  to  contend  with  the- 
k  before  me ,  but  follow  to  applaud  them. 


Firg.   Georg. 
0  fortunatus  rummm^Scc. 

A  Tranflation  out  of  VirgiL 

OH  happy,  (if  his  Happinefs  he  knows) 
The  Country  Swain,  on  whom  kind  Heav'b 
beftows 
At  home  all  Riches  thatnvife  Nature  needs; 
Whom  thejurt  earth  witheafieplenty  feeds. 
Tis  true  ,  no  mornmg  Tide  of  Clients  comes o 
And  fills  the  painted  Channels  of  his  rooms  > 
A  during  the  rich  Figures,  as  they  pa(7. 
In  Tap'rtry  wroui^ht ,  or  cut  in  living  brafs  j 
Nor  is  his  Wooll  fuperfluouny  dy*ci 
W^ich  ;he  dear  Poyfon  of  ^ffiri  m  pnde  r 

FDfdo  ^rahi^n  l^erfumcs  vainly  fpoil 
le  Native  Ule  ,  and  Swcetnefs  of  his  Oyl'. 
ftead  oi  thcfe  >  his  caloj  and  lurmleik  liffi 


140  Several  dtfcourfes  hy  way  ofE[fajs\^ 

Free  from  th*  Alarms  of  Fear  .,  and  Itorms  of  Strife, 
Does  withfubftantialbleilcdnefs  abound, 
And  the  fofc  wings  of  Peace  cover  him  round  ; 
Through  arclefs  Grots  the  murmuring  waters  glide,* 
Thick  Trees  both  againft  Heat  and  Cold  provide  > 
From  whence  the  Birds  filute  him;  and  his  ground 
With  lowing  Herds ,  arid  bleeting  Sheep  does  found} 
And  all  the  Rivers ,  and  the  Forefts  nigh  , 
Both  Food  and  Game ,  and  Exercife  fupply. 
Here  a  well  hard'ned  active  youth  we  fee , 
Th  aught  the  grcit  Art  ofchcarful  Poverty. 
Here ,  in  this  place  ilone ,  there  H  ill  do  f  hine 
Some  ftreaks  of  Love ,  both  humane  and  Divine  5 
From  iience  ^(iraa  too  her  flight ,  and  here 
Still  her  bft  Foot  ftr:ps  upon  Earth  appear, 
^ris  true ,  the  firft  defire  which  does  controul 
All  the  inferiour  wheeh  that  move  my  Soul , 
I  J,  that  the  Mufc  me  her  high  Prieft  would  make; 
Into  her  holyeft  Scenes  of  .'.y ft'ry  take , 
And  open  there  to  try  mind'^  purg  d  eye 
Thofe  wonders  whirh  to  Senfe  the  Gods  deny ; 
Ho\v  in  the  Moon  fuch  chance  of  f  hapes  ii  Ibund : 
The  Moon  ,  the  changing  Worlds  eterna-  bound* 
What  fhaktsthefolid  Earth  ,  what  ft rongdifeafe 
Dares  trouble  the  firm  Centre's  antienteafe ; 
What  makes  the  Sea  retreat ,  and  what  advance  ? 
Varieties  too  regular  for  chance. 
What  drives  the  Chiriot  on  of  Winters  Tight  > 
And  ftops  the  lazy  Waggo\of  the  night. 
But  if  my  dull  and  frozen  Btood  deny. 
To  fend  forth  jp'rits  that  raifea  Soul  fo  high  5 
In  the  next  place ,  let  Woods  and  Rivers  be 
My  q  jiec ,  though  unglorious  deftiny. 
In  Life's  cool  vale  let  my  low  Scene  be  laid; 
Gover  me  God^ ,  with  Tempe's  thickeft  fhade. 
Hnppy  the  Man  ,  I  grant ,  thrice  h  ippy  he 
Who  can  through  grofs  efFefts  their  c:iu(es  fee  s 
Whole  courage  from  the  deeps  ofknowIe^^Jprl^^ 
Nor vamly fe;»rs  inevitable' things ; 
But  does  his  walii  of  virtue  calmlj  go, 


inVerfe  andVroJe.  142 

Through  all  th'allarms  of  Death  and  Hell  below. 
Happy  !bur  next  fuchconquerours, happy  they, 
Vhofe  humble  Life  lies  not  in  fortunes  way.  . 
They  u  neon  ten  I'd  from  their  fafe  dilhnt  feat  j 
Behold  the  Rods  and  Scepters  of  the  great. 
The  quarrels  of  the  mighty  without  fear  j 
And  the  defcent  of  forein  f  roops  they  hear. 
Nor  can  even  Rome  their  fteddy  courfe  misguide  j 
With  all  the  luftre  of  her  perifhing  Pride. 
Them  never  yet  did  ftrife  or  avarice  draw  j 
Into  the  noi{e  markets  of  the  Law  i 
The  Camps  of  Go'vvncd  War  ,nor  do  they  live 
By  rules  or  forms  that  many  mad  men  gave. 
Duty  for  Natures  Bounty  tiicy  repay , 
And  herfolc  Laws  religioufly  obey. 

Some  with  bold  Labour  plow  the  faithlefs  main  ^ 
Some  rougher  llorms  in  Princes  Courts  fu(tain. 
Som^fwejl  up  their  fleisht  fails  withpop'ular  fame> 
Charm'd  with  the  foohrh  whifllings  of  a  Name, 
Some  their  vain  wealrh  to  Earth  again  commit  j 
"With  endicfs cares  fome  brooding  o're  it  fit. 
Country  and  Friends  are  by  fome  Wretches  fold  j 
To  he  on  Tpian  Beds  and  drink  in  Gold  ; 
No  price  too  high  for  profit  can  be  fho wn ; 
Not  Brothers  blood  ,  nor  hazards  of  their  own. 
Around  the  World  in  fearchofit  they  roam. 
It  makes  ev'n  their  Antipodes  their  homej 
Mean  while ,  the  prudent  Husbandman  is  found  » 
In  mutual  duties  driving  with  his  ground  ; 
And  half  the  year  he  care  of  that  does  take  , 
That  half  the  yeargrateful  returns  does  make. 
Each  fertill  moneth  does  fome  new  gifts  prefent. 
And  with  new  work  his  induftry  content. 
This,  the  young  Lamb,  that  the  fofc  Fleece  doth 

yield , 
This,  loads  with  Hay,  anil  that,  with  Corn  the  Fi^: 
All  forts  of  Fruit  crown  the  r\cb  y^ntutnm  Pride; 
\nd  on  a  fwelling  Hill's  warm  ftony  fide  , 
rhe  powerful  Princely  Purple  of  the  Vine, 
Twice  dy'd  with  theretoubled  Sun ,  doesfhinc. 

In 


142  Several  Difcourfes  by  n^aj  of Ef^aySy 

In  th''Evening  ro  a  fair  enfaing  day  , 
With  joy  he  fees  his  Flocks  and  K?dsto  play; 
And  lo:3ded  Kvne  about  his  Cottasjc  rtand  , 
Inviring  with  known  0  und  the  Mslkers  hand ; 
Aid  when  fr6m  whoifo'n  labour  hcdorh  come, 
With  wifhes  to  be  there  ,  and  wifh't  for  home  j 
He  meet?  at  door  the  rofceft  humane  blifles , 
Hischaii  Wives  wclcom,  arid  dear  Childrens 

kiffes. 
When  any  Rural  Holy  dayes  invite 
His  Genius  fo-th  to  innocent  delight , 
On  Earths  f  iir  bed  benenth  Tome  fjcrcd  fhade, 
Amidilhis  equal  friends  ca^eleflyhld  , 
He  fjngs  thee  liacchu^  Patron  of  the  Viae , 
The  Beechen  BoijI  fomes  with?,  flond  of  \Vine> 
Not  to  the  lofs  of  reafon  or  of  ftrength  : 
To  active  games  and  manly  fport  at  length  , 
Theirmi^th  nfcends,  and  with  fi ilM  veins  t^xey  fee  > 
Wnocari  the  bcft  at  better  trials  be. 
Such  was  the  Life  the  prudent  Sihtnf  chofe  y 
From fuch  the  old  f^etrwtanymae  rofe 
Such,  Kewii^anMhc  God  his  Brotherled, 
From  fuch  firm  footing  Komt  gic\Y  the  Worldls 

head. 
Such  was  the  Life  that  ev'n  till  now  does  raifc 
The  honour  of  poor  Saturns  gfilden  dayes ; 
Pefore  Men  born  of  Earth  and  buried  there  , 
Let  in  the  Sea  their  mortal  fate  to  f  hare. 
Bcforenew  wayes  of  perif  hing  were  fought. 
Before  unskilful  Death  on  Anvils  wrought. 
Before  thofe  Beafts  which  humane  Life  fuftain  j 
By  Men  ^  unlels  co  the  Gods  ufe  were  Hain. 


Hirat 


(in  Verfe  find  Vrofe,  1 43 

Horat,   Epodcn. 
Beatm  tile  qui  procuU  &:c. 

HAppy  the  Man  whom  bounreous  Gods  allow 
With  his  ownHand  ParernalGroundsto  plough! 
Like  the  firft  golden  Mortals  Happy  he 
From  Biifinefsand  th-  ca'-es  of  Money  free  / 
No  humane  ftorms  break  ofFat  Land  his  flccp. 
No  loud  Alarms  ofNature  on  the  Deep  , 
From  all  the  chcirs  of  Law  he  Ims  fecure , 
Nor  does  th'affionrs  of  Palaces  endure  ; 
Sometimes  the  beauteous  Marriagable  Vine 
He  rothelufty  Bridegroom  Elm  docs  joyn  ; 
Sometimes  h;j  lops  thj  barren  Trees  around, 
/ndgra  tsnew  Life  into  the  Fruitful  wound  j 
Sometimes  he  f  hecrs  his  Flock,  and  fometimeshc 
Stores  up  the  Golden  Treafures  of  the  Bee. 
He  fees  his  lowing  Herds  wilk  o'rc  the  Plain, 
Wliilft  neiDhbo'jnrg  Hli's  low  bacu  ro  rh-iii  again: 
And  when  the  Seafon  Rich  as  well  as  Gay  , 
All  her  Autumnal  l*ounty  does  diTplay.  ^ 

How  is  he  pleas'd  th'encreafing  Ufe  to  fee. 
Of  his  well  tru  (led  Labours  bend  the  tree? 
Of  which  large  f  hares  5  on  the  glad  facred  daie« 
He  gives  to  Friends ,  and  to  the  Gods  repays. 
With  how  much  joy  do's  he  beneath  fome  fhade 
By  aged  trees  rev'rcnd  embraces  made, 
Hiscarelefs  heid  onthefrefh  Green  recline, 
His  head  unchirgM  with  Fear  or  with  Defign, 
By  him  a  River conflantly  complaines  , 
The  Birds  above  rejoyce  with  various  ilrains 
And  in  thefolemn  Scene  their  o^'^ies  keep 
Like  Dreams  mixt  with  the  Gravity  of  fleep, 
Sleep  which  does  alwaies  there  for  entrance  wait 
And  nought  within  againft  it  f  huts  thc>  gate. 
Nor  does  the  roughtft  feafon  of  thesky^ 
Orfullcn  Jf<?-icf  all  fporsto  him  Acnyy 
"c  runs  the  Mii:(,es  of  the  nimble  Hare , 
iswell-mouth'd  Dogsglad  concert  rends  theair> 
r  with  game  bolder, and  rewarded  moiC, 
He  drives  into  a  Toij^the  foaming  Bore,  Here 


1 4.4  Several  difcourfes  by  r^ay  of E (fay 5 , 

Here  flies  the  Hawk  t'aflault ,  and  there  the  Net 

To  intercept  the  travailing  foul  is  fee 

And  all  his  malice ,  all  his  craft  is  fhpwn 

In  innocent  wars ,  on  beafts  and  birds  alone. 

This  is  the  life  from  all  misfortune  free  , 

From  thee  the  Great  one ,  Tyrant  Love ,  from  Theclj 

And  if  a  chafte  and  clean ,  though  homely  wife 

Be  added  to  the  bleffings  of  this  Life , 

Such  as  the  antient  Sun  burn  Sabms  were ) 

Such  as  Jpulia  ,  frugal  ftill ,  docs  bear , 

Who  makes  her  Children  and  the  houfe  her  care  , 

And  joyfully  the  work  of  Life  does  fhare. 

Nor  thinks  her  felf  too  noble  or  too  fine 

To  pin  the  f  heepfold  or  to  milch  the  Kine , 

Who  waits  at  door  againft  her  Husband  come 

From  rural  duties  ,  late ,  and  wearied  home , 

Where  f  he  receives  him  with  a  kind  embrace  , 

A  chearfull  Fire  ,  and  a  more  chearful  Face : 

And  fills  thc^  Boul  up  to  her  homely  Lord , 

And  with  domeftique  plenty  loads  tKe  board* 

Not  all  the  luftful  f  h^l-£fh  of  the  Sea,, 

I>reft  by  the  wanton  hand  of  Luxurie  j 

Nor  Ortalans  nor  God-[t>its  nor  the  reft 

Of  coftly  names  that  glorify  a  Feaft  , 

Are  at  the  Princely  tables  better  cheer  , 

Than  Lamb  and  Kid  ,  Lettice  and  OHvcs  hcrCj 


The  Countrey  Moufe. 
A  Paraphra/i  upo?Movzcc,  iBookySutyr,6. 

AT  the  large  foot  of  a  fair  hollow  tree , 
Clofe  to  plow'd  ground, feued  commodioufly, 
His  antient  and  Hereditary  Houfe  , 
There  dwelt  a  good  fubftantial  Country- Moufe  : 
Frugal  3  and  grave ,  and  carefull  of  the  main , 
Yet ,  one  ,  who  once  did  nobly  entertain 
A  City  Moufe  well  coated,  fleek  and  gay, 
A  Moufe  of  h'gh  degree ,  which  loft  his  way  ^ 
Wantonly  walking  forth  co  take  the  Air,, 

( Am 


inVerfeandProfe*  145 

And  arrivM  early ,  and  belighted  there , 

For  a  dnys  lodging  :  the  goo  ■<  hearty  Hoaft  f 

(The  antient  plenty  of  his  hall  to  boaft) 

Did  all  the  (lores  produce ,  that  might  cxcitcj 

With  various  tafts,  the  Courtiers  api  etitc. 

Fitches  and  Beans,  Peafon ,  and  Oats ,  and  Wheat, 

And  a  l.irge  Chefnut ,  the  delicious  meat 

Which  Jtf-vtf  himfclf ,  were  he  a  Moufe,  would  eat. 

And  for  a //aft/  x^usl  there  was  inixt  with  thefc 

The  fwerd  of  Bacon ,  and  the  coat  of  CheeTe. 

The  precious  Reliqucs ,  which  nt  Fiarveit ,  he 

Had  gather'd  horn  the  Reapers  luxurie. 

Freely  (faid  he)  fall  on  and  never  fpare , 

The  bounteous  Gods  will  for  to  morrow  carc 

Andthusateafeonbedsof  flraw  they  lay, 

And  to  their  Genius  (acrific'd  the  day. 

Yet  rhe  nice  gueft's  Epicurean  mind  , 

(  "though  breeding  made  him  civil  feem  and  feind)  1 

Defpis'd  this  Country  feaft  ,  and  ilill  his  though: 

Upon  the  Cakes  and  Pies  of  Ltndon  wrought.     4^ 

Your  bounty  and  civility  Tfaid  he) 

Wich  I'm  furpriz'd  in  thefe  rude  parts  to  fee. 

Shews  that  the  Gcds  have  given  you  a  mind  , 

Too  noble  for  the  fate  which  here  you  find. 

Whyfhoulda  :.oul ,  fovirtuous,  andfogrcatj 

Lofe  it  fclfthus  in  an  Obfcure  retreat  ? 

Let  favage  Bcafts  lodg  in  a  Country  Den , 

You  (hould  fee  rowns,aud Manners  know,and  men; 

And  tafte  rhe  generous  Lux'ury  of  the  Court, 

Where  all  the  Mice  of  quality  refort; 

Wherethoufand  beauteous flieesaboutyou  movcj 

And  by  highfare  ,,  areplyant  made  to  love. 

VVeall  e'rc  long  muft  render  up  cur  breath  , 

No  cave  or  hole  can  fhelter  us  from  death. 

Since  Life  is  fo  uncertain,  and  fo  fhort, 
Let's  fpend  it  all  in  fearing  3nd  in  fport. 
Corr.e,  worthy  Sir ,  come  with  me,  and  partake^ 
All  ih.c  great  things  that  mortals  Happy  make. 

Alas ,  what  virtue  hath  fufficient  Arms, 
T'oppofe  bright  Honour ,  and  fofc  Plcafurcs  charm*? 

What 


1 46  Several  difcourfes  by  r^ay  ofEffays » 

what  wifdom  can  their  magicK  force  repel  ? 
It  draws  this  reverend  Hermit  from  his  Ccl. 
It  was  the  ti  me  ,  when  w  \  try  Poets  tell , 
Thjtt  Phoebus  into  Thetis  bofomfeU: 
^beblufbtatfirfti  and  then  fut  out  the  tight  ^ 
jinddrew  the  modeft  Curtains  of  the  ni^hf. 
Plainly,the  troth  totell,  the  Sun  was  fet, 
"When  to  the  Town  our  wearied  Travellers  get, 
ToaLordshoufe,  as  Lordly  as  can  be 
Made  for  the  ufe  of  Pride  and  Luxury  , 
They  come;  thegenric  Courtier  at  the  door 
Stops  and  will  hardly  enter  in  before. 
But  *t5S,  Sir,  your  command,  and  being  fb, 
Viii  fworn  t'obtdience  *  and  fo  in  they  go. 
Behind  a  hanging  in  a  fpacious  room  , 
[  The  richeft  work  of  MortcLi^es  noble  Loom] 
They  wait  a  while  wearied  limbs  to  reft  , 
Till  filence  f  hould  invite  them  to  their  feaft. 
•^hout  the  hour  that  Chyntia's  Si  Iyer  light , 
Bad  touched  the  pale  Met  idtes  of  the  ni^j^bt  j 
At  laft  the  various  Supper  being  done  , 
It  h.ipi-ened  that  the  Company  was  gone. 
Into  a  room  remote ,  Scrvancs  and  all , 
To  pleafe  their  noble  fancies  wich  a  Ball. 
Our  hoft  leads  forth  hii  ftrangcr ,  and  do's  find  , 
All  firted  to  the  bounties  of  his  mind. 
Still  on  the  Table  half,  filled  di(  hes  ftood  , 
And  with  delicious  bits  the  floor  was  ftrow'd. 
The  courteous  moufe  prefents  him  with  thebeft  , 
And  both  with  fat  varieties  arc  bleft, 
Th'mduftrious  Peafant  every  where  does  range. 
And  thanksthegods  for  his  Life's  happy  cliange. 
Toe  ,  in  the  midil:  of  a  well  fraited  Pye, 
They  both  atlaft  glutted  and  wanton  lye. 
When  fee  ti^e  fad  Reverfe  of  profperous  fate , 
And  whit  fierce  ftornson  mortal  glories  wait. 
Withhideous  noife  ,  down  the  rude  fcrvants  come 
Six  dogs  before  run  barking  into  rh'room  3 
The  wretched  gluttons  fly  with  wild  affright , 
And  hate  the  fulnefs  whicn  retards  their  flight. 

Ou 


1 


/;;  Ferfe  and  Vrojt*  147 

3urtrem\)ling  Pleafanr  vvifhes  now  in  vain, 
rh.it  Rocks  .md  iviountainscoverM  him  again. 
3h  how  the  change  of  his  poor  hfc  he  curlt  / 
rhis,  of  all  lives  (laid  he]  is  lure  the  worft« 
3ive  me  again,  ugods ,  my  Cave  and  wood  ; 
U'lth  peace,  lee  Circs  and  acorns  by  my  fo<  d. 


H 


^ Paraphrafe uponthc  80  ''•  Epiftleofthe 
first  Book  ^Horace. 

Horace  to  Fufcus  Ariilius. 

Ealth ,  from  the  lover  of  the  Country  me  , 
Health,  to  the  lover  of  the  City  rhee, 
.  d:iilrcncw  in  our  fouls  ,  this  only  proves  , 
1  all  things  elfe  ,  w'agree  hke  marryoii  doves, 
ut  rhe  War  u  ncft  .  and  crowded  dove  Loufethou 
'yvii  liku-  \  1  loofly  fly  f.oni  b-^iigh  to  bough  , 
nd  Rivers  dnnk,  and  all  the  f  hining  day  , 
'  pon  fair  Trees  ,  or  molly  Rocks  I  play  j 
1  fine  ,  1  live  and  reign  when  I  retire 
'omall  that  v*'u  equal  vviih  Heaven  admire, 
ike  one  at  laftfioiri  the  J^riefts  ferv  ice  fled, 
oathingthe  honie'd  Lakes,   I  lor.g  for  Bread, 
/ould  1  a  houlc  for  happinefs  erect , 
arure  alone  (  hould  be  the  Archsteft. 
le'd  build  it  more  convenient ,  than  great, 
nd  doubtlefs  in  the  Country  choofe  her  feat, 
there  a  place,  doth  better  helps  lupply  , 
gainll  the  wounds  of  Winters  ciuclty  ? 
there  an  Ayr  thacgenc'ler  dots  sflwage 
he  mad  Celellial  Dogs ,  or  Lyons  rage  ? 
it  not  there  that  ll^ep  f  and  on'y  there) 
or  noife  without  J  nor  caics  within  does  fear? 
ocs  art  through  pipes,   a  purer  water  bring  , 
ban  that  which  nature  llraines  into  .»  fprir  g  } 
mail  your  Tap'ltnes,   or  your  Pidluresfhow 
orcbe^^utiesfhan  in heibs and  flowers  do  grow? 
lunrains  and  tree:^  our  weaned  Pride  do  pleafe, 
J'cn  in  the  midlt  of  gilded  Ji?alaccs.  And 


148  SeverddifcQurfisbyvpayofEjpys^ 

And  in  your  towns  that  profped  gives  delight, 

W^hich  opens  round  rhe  country  to  our  fignt. 

Menco  the^ood,  from  which  they  ral  hly  fly. 

Return  atlaft  5  and  their  wi'd  Luxury 

Doe?  but  in  vain  with  thofe  truejoyes  contend, 

Which  Nature  did  to  mankind  recommend. 

•The  man  who  changes  gold  for  burnifht  •'ra{s^ 

Or  fmall  right  Gems ,  for  larger  ones  of  glafs : 

Is  not,   at  length;  more  certain  to  be  made. 

RidiculiLus  ,  and  wretched  by  the  trade. 

Than  he,  who  fells  a  folid  good  ,  to  buy 

The  painted  goods  of  Pride  and  Vanity. 

If  thou  be  wife ,  no  glorious  fortune  choofcj 

Which 't  is  but  pain  to  keep ,  yet  grief  to  loofc. 

For,  whenwe  place  even  trifles ,  in  the  heart. 

With  trifles  too ,  unwillingly  we  part. 

Anhunble  R<^f,  plain  bed,  and  homely  board. 

More  clear ,  untainted  pleafurej  do  afford. 

Then  all  the  Tumult  of  vain  gteatnefs  brings 

To  Kings,  or  to  the  favorites  of  Kings. 

The  hotned  Deer  by  Nature  arm"'d  fo  well. 

Did  with  the  Horfein  Commonpaftuiedwellj 

And  when  they  fought  ,  the  field  italwayes  wan  j 

Till  the  ambitious  Horfe  begg'd  help  of  Man, 

And  took  the  bridle,  and  the:  ceforth  did  reign 

Bravely  alone ,  as  Lord  of  all  the  plain :  j; 

But  never  after  could  the  Rider  get 

From  offhis  back ,  or  From  his  mopth  the  bit. 

So  they ,  who  poverty  too  much  do  fear , 

T'a  old  that  weight ,  a  greather  burden  bear  5 

That  they  might  PowV  above  their  equals  havej       [j 

To  cruel  Mailers  they  themfelves  enflave. 

For  Gold,  their  Liberty  exchang'd  we  fee. 

That  faireft  flow*r,  which  crowns  Humanity. 

And  allthis  milchief  does  upon  them  light  , 

Only,  becaufethey  know  not  how,  aright,  L 

That  great ,  but  fecret ,  Happinefs  to  prize,  [|. 

That's  bid  up  in  a  Little  i  for  the  Wife;  ij^ 

That  isthebeft  ,  andeafieftEftate,  j^. 

Which  to  a  man  (Its  dole  9  but  not  co^ilrait;         i| 


in  Ferfe  and  Profe.        -       1 49 

ris  like  a  f  hooe ;  it  pinches ,  and  it  burns, 
:oo  narrow  ;  and  too  large  it  overturns, 
iy  de.uelt  friend  ,  Hop  thy  defires  at  lart, 
ind  chcarfully  enjoy  the  ueahh  thou  haft, 
md ,  if  me  ft  ill  ieeking  for  more  you  fee, 
^ide  and  reprojch ,  dcfpifcand  laugh  at  me. 
loneywasniadc  ,  not  to  command  our  will, 
•utall  our  lawful  pleafures to  fulfil, 
hamcand  wo  to  us ,  if  we'our  wealth  obey  ; 
'he  Horfe  doth  with  the  Horfe  man  run  away. 


The  Country  Life,  . 
Libr.  4.  Tlantarum. 

5  Left  be  the  man  (and  bleft  he  is)  whom 'ere 

3(Plac'd  far  out  of  the  roads  of  Hope  or  Fear) 

.  little  Field ,  and  little  Garden  feeds , 

he  Field  gives  all  that  Frugal  Nature  needs  , 

he  wealthy  Garden  liberally  beftows 

.11  f  he  can  ask  9  when  f  he  luxurious  grows. 

he  Specious  inconveniences,  that  wait 

Fpon  a  life  of  Bull  nefs  ,  and  of  State, 

Le  {tts  (nor  does  the  fight  difturb  his  reft) 

y  Fools  ^t^ii^^i-i  by  wicked  men  pofteft. 

huSjthus  (and  thisdeferv'd  great  VngiU  praife) 

he  old  Corycian  Yeomen  paft  his  daies , 

hus  his  wife  life  Abdolonymm  fpent ; 

h'Ambafladours  which  the  great  Emp'rour  (enc 

o  offer  him  a  Crown,wii:h  wonder  found 

he  reverend  G.ard'nerhowing  of  his  Ground, 

Jawilbngly  and  flow  and  difcontent, 

rom  his  lov'd  Cottage,  to  a  Throne  he  wentf 

ind  oft  he  ftopt  in  his  triumphant  way , 

.nd  ofc  lookt  back,  and  oft  was  heard  to  fay 

lot  without  fi?hs,  Alas,  1  there  forfakc 

L  Happier  Kingdom  than  1  go  to  take. 

Iius  Aglati  i  (a  man  unknown  to  men  , 

lut  the  gods  knew  and  cherefore  lovM  him  Then) 

rhus  liv/d  obfcurely  dign  without  a  ^ame, 


ijo  SeveraUifcourfeshyvvayofEJlaySy 

>^^/^M  now  confign'd  t'etern.il  Fan^e.  | 

tor  G)gei ,  the  rich  King  ,  wicked  and  great , 

Prefum'dat  wife  ^]7ffi'<?x  D?///{>.c-^  fcit 

Prefum'd  to  a^k  ,   Oh  thou  ,  rhe  whole  Worlds  Eye. 

See'ft  thou  a  Man  ,  that  Happier  is  than  1  ? 

The  God  who  fcorn'd  to  flatter  Man ,  repl)  'd, 

^^/»i«y  Happier i^.     But  Gyfescry'd, 

In  a  proud  rage,    Who  can  that  ^:/'*«.f  be? 

"We  have  heard  as  yet  of  no  fuch  King  as  Hee. 

/nd  true  it  was  through  the  whole  Earth  around 

No  King  of  fuch  a  Name  was  to  be  found. 

Is  fome  old  Hero  of  that  name  alive , 

Who  his  high  race  docs  from  the  Gods  derive? 

Is  it  fome.mighty  General  that  has  done  , 

Wonders  in  fighr ,  and  God- like  honours  wone  ? 

Is  irfome  men  of  endlcfs  wealth  ,   (aid  he  ? 

None,  noneofihefc;  who  can  this /^^/<2«j  bee? 

After  long  fearch  and  vain  inquiries  palt , 

In  an  obfcure  Arcadian  Vale  at  laft , 

(The  j4rcadian  hfe  has  alwa^  s  f  h.;dy  been. 

Near  Soph's  Town  (which  he  but  once  had  fecn) 

This  Avlaiis  who  Monarchs  Envy  drew, 

Whofe  Happinefs  the  Gods  flood  wicnefsroo, 

Thismighty-^^/i«jw.is  labouring  found  , 

With  his  own  Hands  in  his  own  little  ground.  • 

So,  gracious  God,  (if  it  may  lawfulbj. 
Among  chofcfoolifh  gods  to  mention  Thee) 
So  let  me  aft,  on  fuch  a  private  ffage  , 
The  laft:  dull  Scenes  of  my  declinina  A<ye; 
After  long  toiles  and  Voyages  in  vain  , 
This  quiet  Port  let  my  toll  VelTel  qain , 
Of  Heavenly  reft ,  this  Farneft  to  me  lend, 
LetmyLifefieep,  and  learn  to  love  her  End. 

The  Garden. 
To  J.  Evelyn  Efquyre. 

Never  had  any  other'defire  fo  ftrong ,  and  (o  like 
to  Covetoufnefs  as  that  one  which  1  have  had  al- 
w^ys,  rhit  I  might  be  mafter  at  laft  of  afmall 
houfe  and  large  garden^  with  very  moderate  con-* 

venien-j 


in  Ferfe  and  Troje.  1 5 1 

venienciesjoyncd  to  them,  and  there  dedicate  the 
remainder  of  my  hfe  only  to  the  cuKure  of  them  and 
itudy  of  S'ature , 

And  there(\vith  no  dcfign  beyond  my  wall,  who- 
le and  intire  to  lyc, 

InnounadliveEafe,  and  no  unglorioiis  Poveny. 

Or  as  Vtrgil  has  Ciid  .Shorter  and  Better  for  me,th:ic 
I  might  there  StiuiiU  florere  i^uobilti  otii  (though  I 
could  wif  h  that  he  had  rather  faid,  NchilU  otii,  when 
hefpoke  ofhisown)Butfeveral  accidents  of  my  ill 
fortune  havedifappointed  me  hitherto,  and  doftjil, 
of  that  felicity  ;  for  though  1  have  made  the  firft  and 
hardeft  Itep  to  it ,  by  abandoning  all  ambitions  and 
hopes  in  this  World ,  and  by  retiring  from  the  noife 
of  all  buOnefs  and  almoft  company,  yet  Ifticklhll 
in  the  Inn  of  a  hired  Houfe and  Garden,  among 
Weeds  and  Rubbif  h  j  and  without  that  pleafantelt 
work  of  Human  Induftry  ,  the  Improvement  of  fo- 
mething  which  we  call  (not  very  properly ,  but  yet 
wecallJOur  Own.  I  am^oneout  from  ibi^w  ,  but 
I  am  not  arrived  at  my  Little  Zoar.  O  let  me  efcaps 
thither  ( Is  it  not  a  I.  ittlt  one  f  ani  my  Soul  fhall  li-ve. 
I  do  not  look  back  yet;  but  I  have  been  forced  to 
flop,  and  make  too  many  halts.  You  may  wonder. 
Sir,  (for  this  feems  a  little  too  extravagant  and  Pin- 
dirical  for  Profe  what  1  mean  by  all  this  Preface  ;  It 
is  to  let  you  know  ,  That  though  I  have  mift  ,  like 
aChymift,  my  great  End,  yet  I  account  my  afFcr- 
dions  and  endeavours  well  rewarded  by  fomething 
that  I  have  met  with  by  the  by  3  which  is,  that  they 
have  produced  to  me  fonie  part  in  your  kindnefs  and 
efteemjand  thereby  the  honour  of  having  myName 
fo  advantagioufly  recommended  to  PoUerity ,  by 
theEpiflleyoii  are  pleafed  to  prefix  to  the  moft  ufeful 
Book  that  has  been  written  in  thatkind,and  which  is 
tolaftasIongasMonechs  and  Years. 

Among  many  other  Arts  and  Excellencies  which 
youenjoy  ,  I  am  gl.'.d  to  find  this  Favourite  of  mine 
the  moft  predominant,T hat  you  choofethis  for  your 
Wife,  thouijh  you  have  hundreds  of  other  Arts 

G  g  1  for 


» 


151  Several  difcourjis  by  "way  ofEjfi^ys 

for  your  Concubines ;  Though   you   know  them ^ 
and  begec  Sons  upon  them  all  (to  which  you  are  rich 
enough  to  allow  great  Legacies)  yet  theilTue  of  this 
fcemes  to  be  defigned  by  you  to  the  mainof  theEfta- 
te  5  you  have  taken  molt  pleafare  in  it,   and  be- 
ftow'd  moft  charges  upon  itsEducationiand  \  doubc 
nor  to  fee  that  Book ,  which  you  arc  pleafed  to  Pro- 
mife  to  the  World ,  and  of  which  you  have  given  u$ 
a  Large  Earneft  in  your  Calendar ,  as  Accomplifht  9 
as  any  thing  can  be  expected  from  an  Extraordinary 
Wit ,  and  no  ordinary  Expences ,  and  a  long  Expe- 
rience,    I  know  no  body  that  poffeffes  more  private 
hippinefsthan  youdoin  your  Garden;  and  yet  no 
man  who  makes  hishappinefs  more  publik  ,by  a  free 
communication  of  the  Art  and  Knowledge  of  it  to 
others.     All  that  I  my.felf  am  able  yet  to  do,  is  one* 
ly  to  recommend  to  Mankind  the  fearch  of  that  Fe- 
licity ,  which  you  Inftruct  them  how  to  Find  and  to 
Enjoy. 

I. 
Happy  artThou,whom  God  does  blefs 
With  the  full  choice  of  thine  ownHappinefs; 
And  happier  yet,  becaufe  thou'rtbleft 
With  prudence,  howtochoorethebeft: 
In  Books  and  Gardens  thou  haft  plac'd  aright 

Things  which  thou  well  doft  underftand  j 
And  both  doft  make  with  thy  laborious  hand 

Thy  noble  ,  innocent  delight :  (meet 

And  in  thy  virtuous  Wife ,  where  thmi  again  doil 
B  )th  pleafures  more  refin'd  and  fweet : 
Thefaireft  Garden  in  her  Looks, 
And  in  her  Mind  the  wifeft  Books.  * 
h;  who  would  change  thefe  foft ,  yet  folid  joyS, 
For  empty  f  hows  and  fencelefs  noys ; 
And  all  which  rank  Ambition  breeds. 
Which  fcem  fuch  beauteous  Flowers ,  and  are  fuch 
poifonous  Weeds  ? 
2. 
When  God  did  Manto  his  own  Likenefs  make, 
As  amch  as  Clay,  though  of  the  pureft  kind. 

By 


in  Verfc  and  Vrofe.  155 

By  the  great  Potters  art  refin'd; 
Could  the  Divine  Ipip'cfiion  take. 
He  thought  it  tit  to  place  him  ,  where 
A  kind  of  Heaven  too  did  appear. 

As  far  as  Earth  could  fuch  a  Likencfs  bear : 
That  man  no  hnppinefs  might  wanr, 

Which  Earth  to  her  fir  (I  Maftcr  could  afford  ; 
He  did  a  Garden  for  him  plane 

By  the  quick  Hand  of  his  Omnipotent  World. 

Asthe  chief  Help  and  Joy  of  human  life , 

He  gave  him  the  firft  Gift  5  firrt  cv'n  before  a  Wife* 


5* 


For  God,  theuniverfil  Archite<^, 
T^had  been  as  ea(ie  to  ercft 

A  Louvre  or  Efcurial ,  or  a  Tower 

That  might  with  Heav'n  communication  holdj 

As  ^a^f/vainly  thought  to  do  of  old  : 

He  wanted  not  the  skill  or  power , 

In  the  Worlds  Tabrick  thofe  were  fhowilj 

And  the  Materials  were  all  his  own. 

But  well  he  knew  what  place  would  beft  agree 

With  Innocence ,  and  with  Felicity  : 

And  we  elfe  where  ftill  feek  for  them  in  vain  5 

If  any  part  of  either  yet  remain; 

If  any  part  of  either  we  expcd , 

This  may  our  Judgment  in  the  fearch  dired; 

God  the  firil  Garden  madejand  the  iirll  City ilCairt, 

OhblelTed  f  hades !  O  gentle  cool  retreat 

From  all  th'immoderate  Heat, 
In  which  the  frantick  World  does  Burn  and  Sweat.' 
This  does  the  Lion  Star,  Ambitions  rage  j 
This  Avarice,  the  Dogftars  Thirft  adwage  j 
Every  where  elfe  their  fatal  power  we  fee. 
They  make  and  rule  Mans  wretched  Deftiny : 

They  neither  Set ,  nor  Difappear, 

Buttyrannizg  o'reallthe  Year; 
Whilft  wene'rc  feel  their  Flame  orlnfinenceherc. 
The  Birds  that  dance  from  Bough  to  Boug  h, 

G  g  I  Atii, 


1 54  Several  diJcQurfes  by  way  ofp.J^ays , 

And  Sing  above  in  every  Tree , 

A  re  not  from  Fears  and  Cares  more  free , 
Then  we  who  Lie ,  or  Sic ,  or  Walk  below  , 

hnd  fhould  by  rightbe  Sirgcrstoo. 
"Whst  princes  QiJjre  of  Mufick  can  excell 

That  which  within  this  fhade  does  dwell? 

To  which  we  nothing  Pay  or  Give> 

They  like  all  other  Poets  live  , 
Without  reward ,  or  thanks  for  their  obliging  pains  ; 

'Tis  well  jf  they  become  not  Prey  : 
The    whilling    Winds    add    their    lefs    artful! 

firains, 
And    a    grave    Bafe    the    murmuring    Fountains 

play; 
Nature  docs  all  this  Harmony  beftow, 

Btit  to  our  Plants  ,  Arts  Mufick  too  , 
The  Pipe  j  Theorbo ,  and  Guitarr  we  owe ; 
The  Luteitfelf,  Nvhich  once  was  Green  and  Mu- 
te, 

When  Orp/^^«5.ftrook  th'infpired  Lute, 

The  Trees  danc'd  round  >  and  underftood 

By  Sympathy  the  Voice  of  Wood. 

r- 

Thefe  are  the  Spels  that  to  kind  Sleep  invite  9 
And  nothing  does  within  refiftance  make  , 

Which  yet  we  moderately  take ; 

Who  would  not  choofe  to  be  awake , 
While  he'sencompaft  round  with  fuch  delight  5 
Toth  Ear  , the  Nofe, the  Touch,  theTaft  &  Sight? 
W^hen  Venu^  would  her  dear  j^fcani us  keep 
A  Prifoner  in  the  Downy  Bands  of  Sleep, 
She   OdVous  Herbs   and   Flowers   beneath  him 
fpread 

As  the  moft  foftand  Aveeteft  Bed  j 
Not  her  own  Lap  would  more  have  charm'd  his 

Head. 
Who ,  that  has  Reafon ,  and  his  Smell , 
Would  not  anaong  Rofes  and  Jafmin  dwell  9 

Rather 


InVerJcandProfi.  155 

K..tber  than  all  his  fp  rits  choalc 
With  Exhihuions  of  Diirr  .inJ  Smoak  f 

And  all  ch^'uncleanncTs  u-hkh  does  drown 
In  PelbKnt'il  Cloiidsa  populous  Town  ' 
The  fcanh  it  rt.'lfbrea:hs  better  Perfumes  here. 
Than  all  the  Fcmal  Men  or  Won  en  there , 
Not  without  caule ,  about  cheai  bear. 

6. 

\SJV:n  Epicurus  to  the  World  had  taught , 
rh,u    leafu'C  was  the  chiefelt  Good  , 

(And  was  pcrhips  i'th'iighc,  of  rightly    under- 
Rood) 
His  I.ife  he  to  his  Df>ftrine  brought  , 

And  in  a  Gardens  fhade  that  Sovereign   Plcafurc 
foi'ghc : 

Whoever  a  true  Epicure  would  be , 

May  there  fi  id  ch-ap  and  virtuous  Luxurie. 

VcreCiHi  his  Table  ,  which  dd  h'lld 

As  manv  Creatures  as  the  Aik  o{  old  : 

That  Fifcal  Table  ,  to  which  every  day 

All  Countries  did  a  conllant  Tribure  pay  j 

Col;1J  iiG-ihir.g  rnf.te  ueliCious  affoid*. 
Than  N3cures  Liberalitje, 

Helpt  wrha  litclc  Arc  and  l-duft-y, 

Allows  the  ineantrt  Gird'ntrrs  board  , 

The  wincoii  Tii\  no  Fifh  ,  or  ^"owl  can  choofe  j 

For  wh'ch  rhe  Grape  or  ^lelon  The  would  lofe  y 

1  hotgh  al!  cli'inLabitants  of  Sea  and  Air 

Be  l.ftcd  in  rhe  Gluttons  bill  of  fare  j 
Yet  ilill  the  Fruits  of  Earth  wee  fee 

pLc'd  the  Third  Story  high  in  all  her  Luxury. 

7- 
But  with  noSencethe  Garden  does  comply  ^ 
None  courts  ,  or  flatters  ,  as  it  does  the  Eye : 
When  the  great  Hebreiv  King  did  alipoil  (train 
1  he  wond'rousTreafure-.  of  his  Wealth  and  Brain  , 
Hii  Rcyal  Southern  Guelt  to  entertain  3 

Gg  4.  Though 


t^6  Several difcourfes  by  r^^  of EffaySy 

Though  The  on  Silver  Floores  did  tread , 
With  bright  >^j^r/4;^  Carpets  on  them  fprcad. 

To  hide  the  Metals  Poverty. 
Though  The  look'd  up  to  Roofs  of  Gold, 
And  nought  around  her  could  behold 

But  Silk  and  rich  Embrodery  , 

And  wealthy  Hirams  Princely  Dy : 
Though  ophirs  Starry  Stones  met  every  wherf  licr 

Eye; 
Though  She  her  felf ,  and  her  £^ay  Hofl:  were  dreft 
Wirh  all  the  fhining  glories  ohhe  Eaft  ; 
"When  lavifh  Art  her  coftly  work  had  done  9 

The  honour  and  the  Prize  of  Bravery 
Was  by  the  Garden  ft  om  the  Palace  won  j 
A»d  every  Rofe  and  Lilly  tliere  did  ftand 

Bctcer  attir'd  by  Natures  hand  : 
The  cjfe  thus  j'^dgM  againft  the  King  wc  fee , 
By  one  tha:  would  not  be  [o  Rich ,  though  Wifer  far 

than  He. 
S. 
Kcr  does  ihjs  h?.ppy  ^'hcc  onely  difpence 

Such  various  Pleafures  to  the  Sence  j 
Here  Fleahh  it  felfdoes  live , 
Thit  Salt  of  Life ,  which  does  to  all  a  relifh  give , 
Its  {landing  Pleafure ,  and  Intrinfick  Wealth  , 
The  Bodies  Virtue  ,  and  the  Souls  good  Fortune 

Health. 
The  Tree  of  Life ,  when  it  in  Eiien  flood  , 
Did  its  immortal  Head  to  Heaven  rear  j 
It  lifted  a  tall  Cedar  tjllthe  Flood  ; 
Now  a  fmall  thorny  Shrub  it  does  appear  5 

Nor  will  it  thrive  too  every  where : 

It  al wayes  here  is  fref  heft  feen  ; 

Tis  onely  here  an  Ever  green. 

If  through  the  ftrong  and  beauteous  Fence 

Of  Temperance  and  Innocence  , 
And  wholfome  Labours  ,  and  a  quiet  Mind> 

Any  Difeafes  palTage  find  > 

They 


in  Verfi  and  Profit  ^fj 

They  muft  not  think  here  to  aflTiil 

A  Land  unarm'd ,  or  without  a  Guard ; 
-They  muft  fight  for  it ,  and  difpute  it  iiard  y 

Before  they  can  prevail ; 

Scaiceany  Plant  it  growing  here 
Which  againft  Death  fomc  Weapon  does  hot  bci^tj 

Let  Cities  boaft ,  That  they  provide 

For  Life  the  Ornaments  of  Pride  j 

But  "'tis  the  Country  and  the  Field, 

That  furnif  h  ir  with  StafFeand  Shield. 

9- 

Where  does  the  Wifdom  and  the  Power  DIvkiQ  ' 
In  a  More  bright  and  fweet  Refle(flion  f  hinel 
Where  do  we  finer  ft  rokes  and  colours  fee 
Of  the  Creators  Real  Poetry, 

Than  whtn  we  with  attention  look 
Upon  the  Third  Dayes  Volume  of  the  Book  \ 
If  we  could  open  and  intend  our  Eye  , 

Weal!  li'<eM')/fjfhouldefpy 
Ev'n  in  a  Piufh  the  radiant  Deitie. 
But  we  de'^pife  the(e  his  Inferiour  wayes , 
(Though  no  lefs  full  of  Miracle  and  Praile) 

Upon  the  Flowers  of  Heaven  we  gaze  3 
The  Stars  of  Earth  no  wonder  in  us  raife , 

Though  thefe  perhaps  do  more  than  they  3 
The  life  of  Mank  nd  fway. 
Ahhough  no  part  of  mighty  Nature  he 
More  ftor'd  with  Beauty ,  Power  ^  and  Myfterie  3; 
Yet  to  encourage  human  Induftrie , 
God  has  fo  ordered  ,  that  no  other  part 
Suci> Space,  andfuch  Dominion  leaves  for  Art.' 

10. 
VVc  nowhere  Art  do  fo  triumphant  fee. 

As  when  it  Grafs  or  Buds  the  Tree : 
In  other  things  we  count  it  to  excell. 
If  it  a  Diicile  Scholar  can  appear 
To  nature.and  but  imitate  her  weft ; 
It  over-  rules  ^  and  is  her  Mazier  here* 


j'^S  Sever ftUifcourfes  by  vpay  ofEjfajs , 

Ic  imitates  her  Makers  Power  Divine , 

And  changes  her  rometimes,and  fometimes  does  re' 

fine  ; 
It  does ,  like  Grace  ,  the  Fallen  Tree  reftore 
Toics  bleft  ftate  of  Paradife  before  : 
W  ho  would  not  joy  to  fee  his  conquering  hand 
Ore  all  the  Vegetable  Wcrld  command  ? 
And  the  wild  Giants  of  the  Wood  receive 

What  Laws  he's  pie  .f'd  to  give  > 
Hebidsth'il-natur'd  Crab  produce 
The  gentler  Apples  Winy  Juice  ; 

The  golden  fruit  that  worthy  is. 

OfGaUte.*^s  purple  kifs  ;: 

He  does  the  fiva^e  Hawthorn  teach= 

To  bear  the  Medlar  and  the  Pear  , 

He  bids  the  ruftick  Plum  to  rear 

A  noble  Trunk  ,  and  be  a  Peach. 

Even  Daphnes  coynefs  he  does  mock, 

And  weds  the  Cherry  to  her  ftock. 

Though  f he refus'd  Jpolloes  fuit , 

Even  f  he ,  that  chaft  and  Virgin  Tree  5 . 

Now  wonders  at  her  felf ,  to  fee 
That  f  he's  a  mo:her  mad^md  blufhes  in  her  fruil^ , 

Mcihinks  I  fee  great  Viock/ian  walk 
5n  the  Salomon  Gardens  noble  f  hade  9 
Which  by  his  own  Imperial  hands  was  made  % 
I  fee  him  fmile  (mechinks)  as  he  does  talk 
With  theAmbafCidors.  ,vvho  come  in  vain  jl. 

T^cntice  him  to  a  throne  again.  ,.  f 

If  1 5  my  Friends  (fiid  he)  f  hould  to  y6u  f  ho^^ 
All  the  delights ,  which  in  ihefe  Gardens  grow  v        .  | 
'^Tis  likelier  much ,  that  you  f  hould  with  me  ftay > 
Than  'tis  that  you  f  hould  carry  me  away  : 
And  truft  me  ni  ic,  my  friends ,  if  every  day  5,  w 

I  walk  not  here  with  more  delight  y  ". 

Than  ever  after  the  moft  happy  fight  > '  ■? 

In  Triumph ,  to  the  Capitol ,  I  rod  y 
Xq  thank  the  gods  j  &  to.be  tlioaght  2  my  fclfalhaoill 
a  god- 


in  Vcrfe  and  Vrofe.  i  f^^ 


6.  OfGreatnefu 

Since  \vc  cannot  attain  toGreatnefs,  (/aies  the 
Sieur  de  \[ont^ii^n)  let's  ha^e  our  revenge  by 
railing  at  it:  this  he  fpoke  but  in  Jell.  I  believe  he 
dcfircd  if  no  more  than  I  do  ,  and  had  Icfs  reafon  , 
for  he  enjoyed  fo  plentiful  and  honourable  a  fortune 
in  a  moll  excellent  Country ,  as  allowed  him  all  thei 
real  conveniences  of  it ,  feparated  and  purged  from 
the  Inconmiodities.  If  I  were  but  is  his  condition  ^ 
I  fhould  think  it  hard  meafure  ,  without  being 
fonvinccd  of  any  crime  ,  to  befequeflred  from  ic- 
and  made  one  of  the  Principal  Officers  of  State.  But 
the  Reader  may  think  that  what  I  now  fay,is  of  fmall 
authority,  becaufe  I  never  was,  norever  fhall  be 
puttothetryal  ;  Icanthereforeonly  makeiiiy  Pro* 
tcftation  J 

Ife-^ir  I  wore  rithes  did  defire 

Iben  QleanliniJ? and  ifHtet  do  require, 

Jf  e*re  Ambition  did  my  fancy  cheat , 

^Vttb  any  ivij  h  ,  fo  wean  as  to  be  great  y 

Continue  ,  Hea'x'n  ,  {iilljrom  me  to  remove 

Ihe humble  Blejfingiofthut  Life  lloye. 

I  know  very  many  men  will  dcfpife  ,  and  fome 
pity  m€  i  for  this  humour ,  as  a  poor  fpirited  fellow^ 
but  lam  content,  and  like  Horace  thank  Gcdfor 
being  fo.   Ditbenefeceruntmopis  me  qiiodque  fufiUi' 
Ftnxerunt  animi.    1  confefs  ,  I  love  Littlenefs  al- 
moft  in  all  things.  A  little  convenient  Eitate  ,   a; 
little  chearful  Houfe  ,  a  little  Company ,  and  a  ve- 
ry little  Feaft  ,  and  if  I  were  ever  to  fall  in  love  again- 
(which  is  a  great  PaiTion ,  and  therefore  ,  I  hope ,  t 
hnvedone  with  it)  it  would  be ,  I  th  nkj  with  Pret- 
tinefs,  rather  than  with  Majeftical  Beauty.   I  wculdl 
BCicherr  wifh.  that  ni)^'  MiRrefs  ,  nor  my?  Eorrune ,. 

Gg;  $>  fhculdl 


1 6o  Several  difcourfes  by  vv^y  ofEffajs , 

f  hould  be  zBona  Koha^  nor  as  Hotver  ufes  to  defcribe 
hisBeautieSjlike  aDaughter  of  greacI«;);rfrfor  theftate- 
linefs  ad  largenefsof  her  perfonjbuc  as  Lucre:iu6  faics, 
J^ar'vala,  pnmilioj  Xe('Q4To}y  (A^ioc^y  tota  n.eium  [ah 

Where  there  is  one  man  of  this ,    I  beheve  there 
are  athoufand  oiSenecio's  mind,who(e  ridiculous  af- 
fe£lation  of  Grandeur ,  Seneca  the  Elder  dcfcribes  to 
this  effect.     :fe?5?f/<7vvaja  manof  aturbid  and  con- 
fufed  wt  5  "who  could  not  ®ndure  to  [peak  any  but 
mighty  words  and  fentences ,  till  this  humour  grew 
at  lail  into  fo  notorious  a  Habit ,  or  rather  Difeafe^as 
became  the  fport  of  the  whole  Tov\n  :  He  would 
have  nofer  vants,  but  huge ,  malTy  fellows ;  no  pla- 
te or  hoaf  hoId-ftufFibat  thrice  as  big  as  the  faf hioQ: 
you  may  believe  me ,  for  I  fpeak  it  without  Railery, 
his  extravagancy  came  at  iaftinto  fuch  amadnefs, 
that  he  would  not  put  on  a  pair  of  f  hooes  ,  each  of 
which  was  not  big  enough  for  both  his  feet :   he 
woiijd  eat  nothing  but  what  was  grer;t;  nor  touch 
any  fruit  butHorieplums  and  Pound  pears :  He  kept 
a  Concubine  that  was  a  verv  Gvantels,  and  made 
her  walk  too  alwaies  in  C/^r^^/??; ,  tillatlaft,  he  got 
the  Surname  of  Semcio  Granlio,  w^hich,  UeJJala  iaid, 
was  not  his  Cognomen ,  but  his  CognGrnentum  :  when 
he  decerned  for  the  three  hundred  Lacedamonians  y 
who  alone  oppofedz^r-xf;  his  Army  of  above  three 
hundred  ihoufand',  heftretch'dout  hisarmcs,  andj 
'fiood  op  tiptoes^  that  he  might  appear  the  taller 
^ndcryedout^  in  a  very  loud  voice  5  I  rejoyccjlre- 
joyce  — •■• —    VVe  wondred,  I  remember ,  wha 
sew  great  fortune  had  befain  his  Eminence.    Xerxes 
(laies  he)  is  All  mine  own.  He  who  took  away  thCj 
fight  of  the  Sea  5  with  the  Canvas  Vailes  of  /b  man_ 
fhips  -—  and  then  he  goes  on  (b,  as  I  know  no^ 
what  to  make  of  the  rcft^whither  it  be  the  fault  of  the' 
Editionj^r  theOrators  ov,n  burly  way  of  Non-fence, 

This  is  thecbarader  that  Sineca  gives  of  this  /v'/- 
^-^y^(7/jc4/Fcpwhomwe  ftand  amazed  at,,  and  yet 
there  are  very  f^w  men  who  are  not  in  fot:^^  things,! 
and  to  feme  degt  ees  Gfandh's.ls  any  thing  more  co-;^ 
saon^^haGi^vrssQ^rLadies  of  (jualitj  w^r  fuch  hlgb^ 
ikaoes' 


in  Ferfe  ani  Profi,  t6i 

fhooesas  they  cannot  walk  in,\vithout  one  to  lead 
them?arid  a  Gown  as  long  again  as  thcirBody/o  that 
they  cannot  flir  to  the  next  room  without  a  I'agc  or 
tvvotoholJinip?lmay  fafcly  Gy,ThatallthcOHcra- 
tionofourGiadeesisjull  hkcaTrain  cf  noufcinthe 
worldjbuthoiribly  cumbcrfone  ad  incommodious. 
What  is  all  this,but  all  fpice  o(  GranJiofhow  txdious 
woii'd  this  be^if  we  were  always  bound  to  it?I  do  be- 
lieve there  is  noKing,who  would  not  rather  be  difpo^ 
fed,  than  endure  every  day  of  his  Reign  all  the  Cere- 
monies oFhis  Coronation.  Themightieft  Princes  arc 
glad  to  fly  ofte  fro  thcfcN^ajeltiquc  pleafures( which 
is,  methinks,  no  fmall  d  fparagementto  them)  as  it 
were  for  refuge ,  to  themoft  contemptible  divertife- 
ments,ad  n^eaneft  recreations  of  ihcvulgar^nayjcven 
ofChildren.One  of  the  moft  powerful  and  fortunate 
Prices  of  the  world  of  latejcould  finde  out  no  delight 
fo  fatisfadory ,  as  the  keeping  of  little  finging  Birds , 
ad  hearing  of  them.,and  whiiUing  to  them.  What  did 
theEmperours  of  the  whole  world?If  ever  any  men 
had  the  free  and  full  enj  jyment  of  all  humane  Creat- 
nefs  (nay  that  would  nor  iuffice  ,  for  they  would  be 
godj  toojthey  certainly  podell  it:ad  yer,one  of  them 
who  filled  him.felf  Lord  and  God  of  the  Earthicould- 
not  tell  how  to  pafs  his  whole  day  pleafantly ,  with- 
out fpending  conftant  two  or  three  hours  in  catching 
of  Flies,and  killing  them  wirh  a  bodkinjss  if  hisGod- 
fhip  had  been  -Bff/^/'w/'.OneofhisPredeceflbrs  Ne^ 
r^C^vho  never  put  any  bounds,  nor  met  with  any  Hop 
to  his  Appetite)  could  divert  himfelf  with  no  paftime 
more  n grceable,  tha  to  run  sbout  the  flrcets  all  night 
in  adifguifejandabufethewomcn,  and  affront  the 
men  whom  he  metjand  fometimes  to  beat  them,  and 
fometimes  to  be  beaten  by  themrThis  was  one  of  his 
Imperial  nocturnal  pleafures.His  chicfefl  inthe  day  ^ 


was  to  fing  and  play  upon  a  Fiddle ,  in  the  habit  of  a 
Minflriljupo  thepub'.ick  i?aoe:hc  was  prouder  of  the 
Garlands  tnjt  were  given  to  his  Divine  voice  (as  they 
called  !c  then)  iathofe  kind  of  Pr  zcs  y  than  all  his 
Jofjef^.er5  w-erc^  oftheirXriumghsovcr  nations?. 

He: 


1 6i  Several  dffcourfes  by  vray  ofEjfaySy 

He  did  not  athisdea-h  complain,  that  fo  mighty  an 
Emperour  and  the  Lift  of  all  theCafnian  race  of  Dei- 
ties ,  f hould  be  brought  to  fo  fhameful  and  mifera* 
bleanend,  but  only  cryed  out ,  Alas,  what  pity  *tis 
that  fo  excellent  a  Mufician  f  hould  perifh  in  this 
manner  /  His  Uncle  cLtudtm  fpent  half  his  time  at 
playing  at  Dice  ,  that  was  the  main  fruitof  his  So- 
veraignty.  1  omit  the  madneifes  of  CaUiula  *s  de- 
lights ,  and  the  execrable  fordidnefs  ot  thofe  of 
Tfberim.  Would  one  think  that  Augufltn  himfelf  , 
the  hijiheft  and  moft  fortunate  of  mankind  ,  a  perfon 
endowed  too  with  many  excellent  parts  of  Nature , 
f  hould  be  fo  hard  put  to  it  fometimes  for  want  of  re- 
creations ,  as  to  be  found  playing  at  Nuts  and  boun- 
ding ftones,  with  little  Syrian  and  Ai^orz/A  Boyes, 
whofe  company  he  took  delight  in ,  for  their  prating, 
and  their  wantonne^  ? 

Was  it  for  this ,  that  Komes  beft  blood  he  fpilt. 
With  fo  much  Falfhood  ,  fomuch  guilt? 

Was  it  for  this  that  his  Ambition  ftrove. 

To  sequal  Ca^ar  firft  ,  and  after  ]o's>e  ? 

Greatnefs  is  ba»  ten  furc  of  folid  joyes ; 

Her  Merchandize  '  I  fear)  is  all  in  toyesj 

She  could  not  elfefurefo  uncivil  be> 

To  treat  his  univerfal  Majefty, 
His  new-created  Deity, 
With  Nuts  and  Bounding-ftonesand  Boyf. 

But  we  muft  excufe  her  for  this  meager  entertain- 
ment, f  he  has  not  really  where  withall  to  make  fucb 
Jeafts  as  we  itnagine ,  her  Guefts  mufl  be  contended- 
fometimes  with  but  flender  Gates ,  and  with  the  fa-, 
me  cold  meats  ferved  over  and  over  again,  even  till? 
they  become  Naufeous.  When  you  have  pared  away 
all  the  Vanity  what  folid  and  natural  contentmenr 
does  there  remain  which  may  not  be  had  with  fivc^ 
hundred  pounds  a  year  ?  not  fo  many  fcrvants  or  hor— 
fes ;  but  a  few  good  ones ,  which  will  do  all  the  bu- 
iinefsaswell  :  not  fo  many  choice  difhes  atevery* 
nnea!  5  but  at  feveral  meals-,  §11  of  them  ,  whicb 
makes  diem  boch.theTOQr&  healih^j/j,  and^  the-  more: 

glsafantj 


«■ 
4 


itvai 


r 


in  Verfe  andProfe.  1 6^ 

pleafant :  not  fo  rich  garments,  nor  fo frequent  chan* 
ges ,  but  as  warm  and  ns  comely  ,   and  fo  frequent 
change  too  ,  as  is  every  jot  as  good  for  the  Mafter, 
though  not  for  the  Tailor ,  or  y'altt  de  chanibre :  not 
fuch  a  ftately  Pal  ice ,  nor  guilt  rooms,  orthecoft- 
licft  forts  otTapeftry;  buta  convenient  brick  hou- 
fe  ,  with  decenr  Wainfcot ,  and  pretty  Forert  work 
hangings.    Laftly  ,   (for  I  omit  all  other  particulars, 
and  Will  end  with  that  whichl  love  mod  in  both  con- 
ditions) notwhole  Woodsout  inwalks,  norvaft 
Parks,  nor  Fountain,  or  Cafcade- G;  rdcns ;  but 
hetb  ,  and  flower  ,  and  fruit-Gardens  which  are  mo- 
re ufeful,  and  the  water  every  whit  as  clear  and 
whol'jfome  5  as  if  it  darted  from  thebrealhofa  mar- 
bleNymph,   ortheUrn  of  a  lliver-God.     Ifforall 
this,  you  like  better  thefubitance  of  that  former 
cftateof  Life  ,   dobutconfidcrthe  infeparable ac- 
cidents  of  both  ',  Servitude ,  Difquiet ,  Danger 
and  moft  commonly  Guilt,  Inherent  in  the  one  i  in 
the  other  Liberty  ,  Tranquility  ,  Security  and  In- 
nocence ,  and  when  you  have  thought  upon  this, 
you  will  confefs  thac  to  be  a  truth  which  appeared  to 
you  before,  buta  ridiculous  Paradox  r,  thit  a  low 
Fortune  is  better  guarded  and  artended  than  an  high 
one ,  If  indeed  we  look  only  upon  the  flourif  hmg 
Head  of  the  Tree ,  it  appears  a  moft  beautiful  objed> 

Sedquantum  yert ice  ad  auras 

jEtherias,  t  ant  urn  raiice  ai  Tar  tar  a  tendiK 
As  far  up  to' wards  He'ven  the  Branches  growj 
So  far  the  Root  (inks  down  to  Hell  below. 
Another  horrible  difgrace  to  greatnefs  is ,  thati* 
forthe  moft  part  in  pitiful  want  and  diftrefs:  what 
a  wonderful  thing  is  this  ?  unlefs  it  degenerate  into 
Avarice,  and  foceafe  to  be  Greatnefs  :  It  falls  per* 
petually  into  fuch  Neceffities ,  as  drive  it  into  all  the- 
meancft  and  moft  fordid  ways  of  Borrowing ,  Cou- 
fin.i^e,  and  Robbery,  Afji^cfprn  I'xuplei  e^et  arisCvp^ 
^/i/i'>c/f»jiie.v,Th^sis  the  cafe  of  almoft  nil  Gre.it  men,, 
as weii  asof the  poor  King oirCappadvcio'.    They  a- 
kumdi  withi  IJkvcs  5,  but  are  indigent  o£  Money^ 


164  Severat(IiJcourfesBy'PpayofE[[aySy 

The  ancient  Roman  Emperours ,  who  had  the  R[ 
ches  of  the  whole  world  for  their  Revenue,  had 
wherewithal  to  live  (one  would  have  thought} 
pretty  well  at  eafe,  and  to  have  been  exempt  from 
the  prelTures  of  cxtream  Poverty.  But  yet  with  moll 
of  them ,  it  was  much  otherwife ,  and  they  fell  per- 
petually into  fuch  miferable  penury ,  that  they  were! 
forced  to  devour  or  fqueeze  moft  of  their  friends 
andfervants,  to  cheat  with  infamous  proje(^s  ,  to 
ranfack  and  pillage  all  their  Provinces,  Thisfafhion 
of  Imperial  Grandeur ,  is  imitated  by  all  inferiour 
and  fubordinate  forts  otit ,  as  if  it  were  a  point  of 
Honour.  They  muft  be  cheated  of  a  third  part  of 
their  Eftates,  two  other  thirds  they  muft  expend  in 
Vanity ,  fo  that  they  remain  Debtors  for  all  the  Ne- 
cefTary  Provifionsof  Life,  andhavenoway  to  fa- 
tisfiethofc  debts ,  but  out  of  the  fuccours  andfup- 
plies  of  Rapine  5  as  Riches  encreafes  (Tars  Solomon) 
fo  do  the  Mouths  that  devour  It.  TheMafler  Mouth 
has  no  more  than  before.  The  Owner,  methinks,  is 
like  Oenus  in  the  Fable  >who  is  perpetually  winding 
a  Rope  of  Hay  and  an  Afs  at  the  end  perpetually  eat  - 
ing  it.  Out  of  thcfc  inconveniences  arifes  naturally 
one  more,  which  is,  that  no  Greatnefs  can  be  fa* 
tisfied  or  contented  with  itfelf:  ftill  ifit  could  mount 
up  a  little  higher,  it  .Tould  be  Happy,  if  ic  could 
gain  but  that  point,  it  would  obtain  all  it's  defiresj 
But  yet  at  laft ,  when  it  is  got  up  to  the  very  top  of 
the  Pic  of  Tcnarif ,  it  is  in  very  great  danger  of  brea- 
king its  neck  downwards,  but  innopofiTibility  of 
afcending  upwards  ,  into  the  feat  of  Tranquility  abo-. 
re  the  Moon.  The  firft  ambitious  men  in  the  world^ , 
the  old  Gyants  are  faid  to  have  made  an  Heroical  at- 
tempt of  Icaling  Heaven  in  defpight  of  the  gods,  and 
they  caH:  Ojfa  upon  Olympus  and  Petion  upon  vJJ^ 
two  or  three  mountains  morethey  thought  would* 
have  done  their  Bu  (I  ncfs,  butthe  Thunder /poild  all* 
tlieworkjwhea  they  were  come  up  ta  the  third  fto-- 
sy. 

Jnd'vjh'ata  7H>hle  pTdt  uren  CY3p\ 
4tU  whoi  4  have  dejign  -was  IcJ^i 


inVerfeandVrofe.  16  f 

A  famous  perfon  of  their  Off-fpring ,  the  late  Gy- 
ant  of  our  Nation  ,  when  from  the  condition  of  a 

ry  inconfidcrable  Captain  ,  he  had  made  himfelf 
Lieutenant  Genenil  of  an  Army  of  httle  Titans 3 
which  was  his  firft  Moiintain ,  and  afterwards  Ge- 
neral ,  which  was  his  fecond ,  and  after  that ,  abfo- 
lute  Tyrant  of  three  Kingdoms,  which  was  the  third, 
and  almofl  touch'd  the  Heaven  which  he  affected  ,  is 
believed  to  have  dyed  with  grief  and  difcontentjbe- 
caufe  he  could  not  attain  to  the  honert  name  of  a 
King,ad  the  old  formality  of  aCrown,though  he  had 
belorc  exceeded  the  power  by  a  wicked  Ufurpation. 
If  he  could  liave  compaft  chat,  he  would  perhaps  h^- 
vc  w."nted  fomething  elfe  that  is  neceiTary  to  felicity, 
and  pined  away  for  want  of  theTitle  of  an  Emperour 
or  a  God.  The  reafon  of  this  is ,  that  Greatnefs  has 
no  realliry  in  Nature,  but  a  creature  of  the  Faiicy,  a 
Notion  that  confillsonely  in  Relation  and  Compa- 
rifon  ;  Itisindeedan  Idol;  but  St.  P<j«/ teaches  us, 
Thae  anldotis  ncthing  in  the  -^orld.Thcrc  is  in  truth  no 
Rifing  or  Meridian  of  the  Sunbutonely  inrcfpefl  to 
feveral  places:  there  is  no  Right  or  Left,  no  Up- 
per-Hand in  Nature;  every  thing  is  Little,  and  eve* 
ry  thing  is  Great ,  according  as  it  is  diverfiy  compa- 
red. There  ma>  be  perhaps  fome  V  illagcs  in  Scotlxni 
or  ir«/4;7// where  I  might  be  a  Great  Man^  and  in 
thac  cafe  I  f hould  be  like  Cafar.  [you  would  won- 
der how  C^/^jr  and  I,  fhouldbe  like  one  another  in 
any  thing"]  and  choofe  rather  to  be  the  firft  man  of 
the  Village  5  than  Second  at  Rome.  Our  Counrrey 
is  called  Great  Britany  ,  in  regard  orely  of  a  Lefifer 
of  the  fame  Name  ;  it  would  be  but  a  ridiculous 
Epithcte  for  it ,  when  we  confider  it  tcgethci!  with 
the  Kingdom  of  CA/^Jflf.  That  too,  is,  but  a  pitiful 
Rood  of  ground  in  comparifonofthe  whole  Earth 
befides:  and  this  whole  Globe  of  Earth,  which  we  ac- 
count fo  immcnfe  a  Body,  is  but  one  Point  or  Atome 
in  relation  to  thofenumbclefs  Worlds  that  are  feat- 
tered  up  and  down  in  the  infinite  Space  of  the 
Skie  which  we  behold.  The  other  many  Ir.conve- 

nien- 


i66  Several  Difcourfes  by  voaj  of E(<!ays 

niencies  of  grandeur  I  have  fpokenof  di!perftly  in  fe* 
veral  Chapters, and  f  hal!  end  this  with  an  Ode  of/io- 
taie  3  not  exactly  copyed,but  rudely  imicatcd. 


1 


Horace.  L.  3.  Ode  i. 

Odi  frofanum  vulgus  >  &c. 


H 


I 


Ence ,  ye  Profane ;  I  hate  ye  all  j 
B(!  h the  Great ,  V ulgar , and  the  fmall . 
To  Virgin  Minds,  which  yet  cheirnat.vewhitenef 

hold, 
Not  yet  Difcolour'd  with  the  Love  of  Gold  , 

(That  jaundice  of  the  Soul  , 
Which  makes  ic  lookfoGuilded  and  fo  Foul) 
To  you  ,  yc  very  Few  ,  thefe  truths  I  tell  j 
TheMureinfpiresmySong,Heatki3dobferveicw£ll 

1, 
Wc  look  on  Men  ,  and  wonder  at  fuch  odds 

*r  wixt  things  that  were  the  fame  by  Birth  j 
We  look  on  Kings  as  Giants  of  the  Earth  y 
Thefe  Giants  are  but  Plgmeys  to  ihe  Gods. 
Thehumbleit  Blufhand  proudeftOak, 
Are  but  of  eoual  proof  agamft  the  Thunder- ftroke. 
Beauty  and  Strength,and\Vit,and\Vealch,andi^ovve 
JHave  their  fhort  flourilhinghour; 
And  love  tofcethemfeiVes  jand  fmile. 
And  joy  in  their  Preen. inciice  a  while  \ 

Even  (o  in  the  fame  Land  , 
Poor  Weeds ,  rich  Corn  ,  gay  Flowers  togethc 

ftand; 
Alas,  Death  Mowes  down  all  with  an  impartia 
Hand. 

?• 

And  all  you  Men ,  whon .  grearnefs  does  fo  pleafe , 
Ye  feaft  :  I  fear)  like  Damocles 
If  you  your  eyes  could  upwards  move, 
(But  you  (I  fear  >  think  nothing  is  above) 
You  would  perceive  by  whata  littlcrhread 
The  bwof  d  itill  hangs  over  your  htad, 

Nc 


in  Verfe  md  Profe,  1 67 

^oTide  of  Wine  would  drown  your  cares  j 
io  Vlirth  or  Miifick  over  noife  your  fer:res. 
rhc  fear  of  Death  would  you  fo  watchfall  keep , 
is  not  c'admit  the  Image  of  it ,  flecp. 

-leep  is  a  God  too  proud  to  wait  in  Palaces  5 
ind  yet  fo  humble  too  as  not  to  fcorn 

The  meanell  Country  Cottages ; 

His  Poppey  grows  among  the  Corn, 
rhe  Halcyon  fleep  will  never  build  his  neft 

In  any  ftormy  breaft. 

'  ris  not  enough  that  he  does  find 

Clouds  and  Darknefs  in  their  Mind  ; 

Darknefs  but  half  his  work  will  do. 
Tis  not  enough  j  he  muft  find  Quiet  too. 

rhe  man ,  who  in  all  wifhes  he  does  make  , 

Does  onely  Natures  Counfel  take. 
That  wife  and  happy  man  will  never  fear 

The  evil  Afpe£ts  of  the  Year ; 
t^or  tremble ,  though  two  Comets  fhould  appear  5 
He  does  not  look  in  Almanacks  to  fee , 

Whether  he  Fortunate  fhall  be  i 
Let  Mctrs  and  SaM4r)j  in  th' Heavens  conjoyn  9 
And  what  they  pleafe  againft  the  World  defign , 

So  Jupiter  within  him  f  hine. 

6. 

If  of  their  pleafures  and  dcfires  no  end  be  found  5 
God  to  their  Cares  and  Fears  will  fct  no  bound. 

What  would  content  you  ?  Who  can  tell  ? 
Ye  fear  Co  much  to  lofe  what  you  have  got , 

As  if  you  lik'dit  well. 
Ye  flrive  for  more  ,as  ifyelik'ditnot. 

Go ,  level  Hills ,  and  fill  up  Seas , 
Spare  nought  that  may  your  wantonFancy  pleafe  5 

But  trull  Me ,  when  yoa  'have  done  all  this  , 
Much  will  be  Miffing  ftill  3  and  much  will  be  Amift. 


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1 68  Several  Vifconrfes  by  way  ofEjfayst 
J.  Of  Avarice. 

TFTere  are  ttvo  ferts  of  A->o  nice ,  the  one  is  but  < 
a  Baftard  kind  ,  and  that  is ,  the  rapacious  A 
petite  of  Gain  J  not  for  its  own  fake,  but  for  t 
pleafure  of  rcfiinding  it  immediately  through  all  t^ 
Channels  of  Pride  and  Luxury.  The  other  is  the  tri 
kind,  and  properly  fo  called;  \^h!chisareftlefsar 
unfatiablededreofRiches  J  not  for  any  farther  en 
or  ufe ,  butonely  to  hoard  ,  and  preferve ,  and  pe 
petually  encreifethem.  The  Covetous  Man,ofth 
firft  kind  ,  is  like  a  greedy  Oflrich ,  which  dcvou 
anyMetall,  bat 'tis  with  an  intent  tofeeduponi 
and  in  c5fcd  it  makes  a  f  hift  to  digeft  and  excern  i 
Thsfecond  is  like  the  foolif  h  Chough  ,  which  lovi 
to  ftealMoney  onely  to  hide  it.  The  firft  does  muc 
harm  to  Mankind,and  a  little  good  too  to  fome  fev 
The  fecond  does  good  to  none;  no,  nottohimfel 
The  firft  can  make  no  excufe  to  God  ,  or  Angels ,  i 
Rational  Men  for  hisadiorw  ;  Thefecond  can  gi^ 
no  Reafbnor  colour,  not  to  the  Devil  Himfelt  fi 
what  he  does;  He  is  a  flave  to  Mammon  withoi 
vrages.  The  firft  makes  a  f  hift  to  be  beloved ; 
and  envyed  too  by  fome  People  :  The  fecond  is  tl 
univerfal  Object  of  Hatred  andContempt.  There 
no  Vice  has  been  fo  pelted  with  good  Sentences,  ar 
c(pecially  by  thePoets ,\vho  have purfued  it  withStc 
ties  and  Fables ,  and  Allcgories.snd  Ailufions  jai 
moved,  as  we  fay ,  every  Stone  to  fling  at  it:  Amor 
all  which,  I  do  not  remember  a  more  fine  and  Gent 
leman  like  Corredion  ,  than  that  which  was  give 
it  by  one  Line  of  O^ids. 

Defum  Luxuria  muha ,   A-^aritia  Omnia. 
Much  is  w.inting  to  Luxury  ,  All  to  Avarice. 

To  which  faying,  I  have  a  mind  to  add  one  Mem 
berand  render  it  thus , 

Poverty  \Vants  fome ,  Luxury  Many,  Avarice 
All  Things* 
!:   Some  body  fayes  of  a  virtuous  and  wife  Man 


in  Verfe  and  Vroje.  1 6<) 

hat  having  nothing,  he  has  all :  Thisisjufthis 
ntipode,  VVho/navino  All  chings,yet  has  nothing, 
e's  a  Guardian  Eunuch  to  his  beloved  Gold;   Aw 
•v;  eos  ^matores  ejje  maximosfed  nilpottjje.  They'c 
le  fondeil:  Lovers ,  but  impotent  to  Enjoy. 
nd,oh,VVhat  Mans  condition  can  be  worfe 
han  his,\vhom  Plenty  ftarvcs,and  Bleflings  curfej 
ha  Beggars  but  a  common  Fate  dciioie, 
he  Rick  poor  Man's  Emphatically  Poor. 
I  wonder  how  it  comes  to  pafs ,  that  there  has  ne- 
L'r  been  any  Law  made  agninft  him  :   Againft  him  , 
o  I  fay  ?  I  mean  ,  For  him  ;  as  there  a  publick  Pro- 
ifions  made  for  all  other  Madmen:  It  is  very  reafo- 
ablethat  the  King  fhould  appoint  fome  perfons 
and  I  think  [he  Courtiers  would  not  beagainft  this 
ropo(icion)   to  manage  his  Eftatc  during  his  Life 
For  his  Heires  commonly  need  not  that  care  and  out 
'fittomakeittheirbiifinefsto  fee,  that  hefhouid 
or  want  Alimony  be  fitting  his  condition,whichhe 
ould  never  get  out  of  his  own  cruel  fingers.  We  re- 
leveidleVagants,  and  counterfeit  Beggars,  but  ha- 
e  no  care  at  all  of  thcfe  really  Poor  men  ,  who  are 
rrethinks)   to  be  refpeclfully  treated  in  regard  of 
heir  quality,     1  might  be  endlefs  a^ainft  them  ,  but 
am  alm.ofl  choakt  with  the  f.-per-abundance  of  the 
flatter;  Too  much  Plenty  impoverifhes  me  as  it 
loes  Them.  I  will  conclude  this  odious  Subjed  with 
>art  of  Horace  i  iirft  S^tyre ,  which  take  in  his  own 
'amiliarftile. 

[Mmire,  Mecanat ,  howit  conrestopafs, 
rhac  no  man  ever  yet  contended  was , 
Nor  is ,  nor  perhaps  will  be  with  that  Jiatc 
In  which  is  own  choice  plants  him  or  his  Fate 
Happy  the  Merchant ,  the  old  Soldier  cries,  . 
The  Merchant  beaten  w ith  tcmpeftuous  skies  ,         't 
Happy  the  Soldier  one  halt  hour  to. thee 
Gives  fpeedy  Death  or  Glorious  vidory. 
The  Lawyer ,  knockt  up  early  from  his  reft 
By  reftlefs  Clyents ,  calls  the  Peafant  bled  , 
The  Peafant  when  his  Labours  ill  fuccee.d. 

En- 


170  SeveraldtfcourfesbyvpayofEjfajSy 

Envys  the  Mouth  which  only  Talk  does  feed, 
"* r  is  not  ( I  think  y oii'l  fay )  that  I  want  ftore 
Of  Inftances ,  if  here  I  add  no  more , 
7  hey  are  enough  to  reach  at  Icaft  a  mile 
Beyund  long  Orator  fabim his  Stile, 
But,hold,you  whom  no  Fortune  e're  endears 
Gentlemen,  Malecontents,and  Mutineers , 
Who  bounteous  jo^/efo  often  cruel  call, 
Behold,  I  o'^e's  now  refol vM  to  pleafe  you  all. 
Thou  Souldierbea  Merchant,Merchant,  Thou 
ASouldierbe^  and,Lawyer ,  tothePlow. 
Change  all  your  ftations  ftrait ,  why  do  they  ftay  * 
The  bevil  a  man  will  chsnge,  now  when  he  mayi 
Were  I  in  General  Jo-ve's  abufed  cafe , 
Tiy]ove  Tde  cudgel  this  rebellious  race : 
But  he's  too  good  ;  Be  all  then  as  you  were. 
However  make  the  bell  of  what  you  are , 
And  in  that  ftate  be  chearful  and  rejoyce. 
Which  either  was  your  Pate,  as  wasyout  Choice. 
No,  they  muft  labour  yet,and  fweatand  toil. 
And  very  miferr:blebea  while. 
But'tis  with  a  Defign  only  to  gain 
What  may  their  Age  wich  plenteous  eafe  maintain. 
The  prudent  Pifmire  does  this  LeiTon  teach 
And  induftry  to  Lazy  Mankind  preach* 
Thel'ttle  Drudgedoes  trot  about  and  fweat. 
Nor  does  he  firait  devour  all  he  can  get, 
Butinh'S  tettipcrate  Mouth  carries  it  home 
A  ftock  for  Winter  which  he  knows  muft  come. 
And  when  the  rowhng  World  to  Creatures  here 
Turns  up  the  deform'd  wrong  fide  of  the  Year, 
And  rhuts  him  in,  with  ftorms,and  cold  and  wet, 
Hechearfully  does  his  paft  labours  eat^: 
Ojdocshefo?  your  wife  example,  th'Ant, 
Doesnot  at  all  times  Reft,  and  Plenty  want. 
But  weighing  juftly'a  mortal  Ants  condition 
Divides  his  Life  'twixt  Labour  and  Fruition. 
Thee  neither  heat ,  nor  ftorms ,  nor  wet,  nor  coii 
From  thy  unnatural  diligence  can  withhold. 
To  i\C Indies  thou  wouldft  run  rather  than  lee 

An 


in  Verfe  and  Trofe.  1 7 1 

>nother  ,  though  ci  Friend  y  Richer  than  Thee, 
ond  man !  what  Good  or  Bejuty  can  be  found 
1  heaps  of  Treifiirc  buncd  under  ground  ? 
V\\.c\\  rather  than  dimint The  e'rc  to  f'e 
'hou  wouldft  thyfelftoo  buried  with  chcm  be: 
ind  what's  the  difference  ,  is 't  not  quite  as  bad 
Icverto  ufc  ,as  ne^er  tohave  Had  ? 
nthyv.dl  Barns  millions  of  Quarters  ftore, 
'hy  Belly  for  all  that  will  hold  no  more 
bin  minr  does  ;e  er'?  Bakers  makes  much  Bread  > 
t^hat  then?  He's  with  n  ^  more  than  others  fed. 
')o  you  within  the  bounds  of  Nature  Live, 
tnd  to  augment  your  own  you  need  not  Itrive, 
)ne  hundred  Acres  will  no  Icfs  for  you 
)ur  Life's  whole  biifiri.G  th.m  ten  thouHind  do. 
utplealant'is  to  take  from  a  great  (t^re; 
\'hat ,  Man '  though  you'r  refolv'd  to  rake  no  more 
"h  in  I  do  from  a  fmall  one  ^  if  your  Will 
lebuta  i*itcherora  Potto  fill , 
>>  fom.e  great  River  for  it  muft  you  go  , 
Vhen  a  cle.ir  fpring  juO:  at  your  feet  dof.s  flow  ? 
S  ve  me  the  Spring  which  does  to  humane  ufe, 
afe  ,cane, and  untroubled  (lores produce  , 
le  who  Icorn;  thcfe  ,  and  needs  will  drink  at  l^ite. 
^uflrun  the  danger  o\  the  Crocodile  , 
ind  of  the  rapid  Iheam  it  felf  which  may 
Ltuniwiresbear  him  perhaps  away, 
n  a  f-ill  Flood  T  intalua  ftands  ,  his  'kin 
X'^aflit  o're  \\\  vain  ,  for  ever  dry  wi-hin  ; 
ie  catches  at  the  Stream  with  greedy  hps , 
Ton;  his  touch:  Mouth  the  watuon  Torment  flips: 
rou  I luoh  now  ,  and  expand  yo.ir  careful  borow ;  * 
:is  finely  fiid  ,  biit  whit's  all  this  to  you  > 
:hinge  but  the  Same,  this  Fable  is  thv  fiory  , 
fnou  in  a  Flood  of  ufelef.  Wealth  dolt  Glory, 
^  Vh'ch  thou  canfl  only  touch  but  never  tafle  • 
rh'abundance  ilill ,  and  (1,11  the  want  does  laft' 
rhe  Treafures  of  the  Gods  thou  wouldll  not  fpare  . 
But  when  they'r  made  thine  own ,  they  Sacred  are  , 
And  niuit  be  kepc  wuh  reverence  ^  as  if  thou 

No 


1 71  Several  difcourfes  by  vpay  of EjptjSi 

No  other  ufc  of  precious  Gold  didft  know, 

But  thn  of  curious  Pi<fturcs  to  delight 

With  the  fair  {lamp  thy  Virtuofo  fight. 

The  only  true,  and  genuine  ufe  is  this; 

To  buy  the  things  which  Nature  cannot  mifs 

Without  d  fcomfort ,  Oyl  ,  and  vital  Bread> 

And  Wine  ky  which  the  Life  of  Life  is  fed. 

And  all  thaie  few  things  elfe  by  which  we  live;         ] 

All  that  remains  is  Giv'n  for  thee  to  Give;  ' 

If  Care*  and  Troubles ,  Envy  3  Grief  and  Fear  ^ 

The  bitter  Fruits  be ,  which  fair  Riches  bear  , 

If  a  new  Poverty  grow  out  of  (tore  j 

The  old  plain  way,  ye  Gods  >  lee  me  be  Poor. 

X^Paraphrafe  on  an  oie  m  Horace's  thir^ 

Boock^beginning  /^W, 

Inclufam  Danaen  turris  ahenea. 

ATowerofBrars5  0ne  would  have  faid , 
And  Locks,  and  Bolts,  and  Iron  bars. 
And  Guards ,  as  flrift  as  in  the  heat  of  wars. 
Might  have  preferv'd  one  Innocent  Maiden- head. 
The  jealous  Father  thought  he  well  might  fparc  , 

All  further  jealous  Care, 
And  as  he  walkt ,  t'himfelf  alone  he  fmil'd, 
To  rhink  how  Venui  Arts  he  had  beguil'd  j 
And  when  \\z  flept ,  his  reft  was  deep, 
But  Ffwr^  laugh'd  to  (ee  and  hear  himfleep. 
Shetaughtthe  Amorous  lo've 
A  Magical  receit  in  Love , 
Which  arm'd  him  ftronger,  and  which  help'd  him 

more. 
Than  all  his  Thunder  did,  and  his  Almighty-f  hip 
before. 

2. 
She  taught  him  Loves  Elixar ,  by  which  Art  » 
His  Godhead  into  Gold  he  did  convert. 
No  Guards  did  then  his  palTige  ftay, 
Nepalpdwitheafcj  Gold  was  the  Word  5 

5ubtlc 


in  Verfe  andVroJe.  173 

Subtle  as  Lightning  ,  bright  and  quik  and  fierce  , 

Gold  through  Doors  and  Walls  did  pierce  j 
And  as  that  works  fometimes  upon  the  fwoid  , 

Melted  the  Maiden  -  head  away , 
Even  in  the  fecret  fcabbard  where  it  lay. 

The  Prudent  Macedevian'Kinoy 
To  blow  up  Towns ,  a  Golden  Mine  did  fpring. 

Hebrokethrough  Gates  with  this  Petar  i 
fTisthegreat  Art  of  Peace  , the  Engine  'tisofWarj 

And  Fleets  and  Armies  follow  it  afar. 
The  Enfign  'tis  at  Land ,  and  'tis  the  Seamans  Star, 

Let  all  the  World ,  flave  to  this  Tyrant  be  , 
Creature  to  this  Dilguifed  Deitic  > 

Yet  it  fhall  never  conquer  me. 
A  Guard  of  Virtues  will  not  let  it  pafs. 
And  wifdom  is  a  Tower  ot  ftronger  braft. 
The  Mufcs  Lawrel  round  my  Temples  fpread  , 
T  does  from  this  Lightnings  force  fecure  my  head. 

Nor  will  I  lift  it  up  fo  high  , 

As  in  the  violent  Meteors  way  to  lye. 
Wealth  for  its  power  do  we  honour  and  adore? 
The  things  we  hate  ,ih  FatCjand  Death^have  more.' 

4. 
Irom  Towns  and  Courts,  Gamps  of  the  Rich  and 

Great , 
The  vaft  Xerxean  Army  I  retreat , 
And  to  the  fmall  Laconick  forces  fly , 

Which  hold  the  ftraights  of  Poverty. 
Sellarsand  Granaries  in  vain  we  fill. 

With  all  the  bounteous  Summers  ftore  , 
If  the  Mind  thirlUnd  hunger  ftil]. 

The  poor  rich  Man's  emphatically  poor.' 

Slaves  to  the  things  we  too  much  prize  9 
IrVe  Mailers  grow  of  all  that  we  defpife. 

V  Field  of  Corn ,  a  Fountain  and  a  Wood- , 
Is  all  the  Wealth  by  nature  underftood. 

:he  Monarch  on  whom  fertile  Nile  beflows 
All  which  thac  grateful  Earth  can  bear , 

H  h  receives 


1 74  SeverO'ldifcourfes  bj  ivay  ofEj[ap. 

Deceives  Hi. Tifclf  J  if  hefuppofe; 
That  more  than  this  falls  to  his  f  hare* 
"Whatever  an  Eftatc  does  beyond  this  afford  > 

Is  not  a  rent  paid  to  the  Lord  3 
But  is  a  Tax  illegal  and  unjuft  , 
Exadcd  from  it  by  the  Tyrant  Luft. 
Much  Will  always  wanting  be, 
To  him  who  much.defires.  Thrice  happy  He 
Ho  whom  the  wife  jixtulgency  of  Heaven  , 
With  fparing  hand ,  but  jult  enough  has  given. 


T^he  dangers  of  an  Honeji  man  in 
muh  Company, 

IF  twenty  thoufand  naked  Jmericam  were  not  able  ' 
to  refill  the  allaults  of  buttwenty  well-armed  J;"/?. 
niards ,  I  fee  little  poflfibility  for  one  Honeft  man  to 
^d^nd  himfelf  againlt  twenty  thoufand  KnaveSjwho 
arealifurnifh  Crf/?^/'^,  with  the defenfive arms   of 
wordly  prudence ,  and  the  ofFenfivc  too  of  craft  and 
malice.       He  v^ill  find  no  lefs  odds  than  this  againlt 
bim,  if  he  have  much  to  do  in  humane  affairs.  The 
only  advice  therefore  which  I  can  give  him  ,  is  ,  to 
be  fare  not  to  venture  his  perfon  at.y  longer  in  the  q- 
penCampagn,  to  retreat  and  entrench  himfelf ,  to 
flop  up  all  Avenues ,  and  draw  up  all  bridges  againft 
fo  numerous  an  Enemy*     The  truth  of  it  is ,  that  a 
man  in  much  bufinefs  mufl  either  make  himfelf  a  ^ 
Knave,  or  elfe  the  world  will  make  him  a  Fool;  '' 
and  if  the  injury  went  no  farther  than  the  being  , 
laughtat,  a  wife  man  would  content  himfelf  wicn  - 
t  he'revenge  of  retaliation ;  bat  the  cafe  is  much  w^or- 
fe ,  for  thefe  civil  Cannibals  too ,  as  well  as  the 
wild  ones ,  not  only  dance  about  fuch  a  taken  flran-  - 
ger ,  but  at  kft  devour  him.     A  foher  man  cannot, 
gee  too  foon  out  of  drunken  company ,  though  they  ^ 
be  never  fo  kind  and  merry  among  themfelves ,  't  is 
not  unpleafant only  ,  but  dangerous  to  him.   Doy* 
wonder  that  a  vertaous  man  fhould  love  co  be  alone? 

It  is 


inVerfeandProfe.  175 

It  is  hard  for  him  to  be  other-wife  ;  he  is  (o  ,  when 
he  is  among  ten  thon  find  ;  neither  is  the  Solitude  fo 
uncomfortable  ro  be  alone  without  any  other  crea- 
ture, as  it  is  to  be  alone,  in  the  midft  ofwild  Bealts. 
Man  is  to  man  all  Kind  of  Beafts ,  a  fauning  Dog,  a 
roaring  Lion  ,  a  thieving  Fox  ,  a  robbing  Wolf ,  a 
didcmbling  Crocodile  ,  a  treacherous  Decoy,  and  a 
rapacious  Vulture.  Thecivilelt,  methinks,  of  all 
Nations ,  are  thofe  whom  we  account  the  moft  bar- 
barous ,  there  is  feme  moderation  and  good  Nature 
in  the  TouptnamhaUians  whoeat  no  men  but  their  E- 
nemies,  whilft  we  learned  and  polite  andChriftian 
Europeans ,  like  fo  many  Pikes  and  Sharks  prey  upon 
every  thing  that  wc  can  fwallow.  It  is  the  great  boaft 
of  Eloquence  and  Philofophy,  that  they  firft  con- 
gregated men  difperft  ,  united  them  into  Societies  , 
and  built  up  the  Houfes  and  the  walls  of  Cities.  I 
wil h  they  coul  d  unravel  all  they  had  wooven ;  that 
we  might  have  our  Woods  and  our  Innocence  again 
inftead  of  our  Caflles  and  our  Policies.  They  have 
aflembled  many  thoufands  of  fcattered  people  into 
one  body:  't  is  true,  they  have  done  fo  ,  they  have 
brought  them  together  into  Cities,  to  cozen,  and 
into  Armies  to  murder  one  another  ;  They  found 
them  Hunters  and  Fifhers  of  wild  creatures,  they 
have  made  them  Hunters  and  Fifhers  of  their  Bre- 
thren ;  they  boaft  to  have  reduced  them  to  a  State  of 
Peace,when  the  truth  is ,  they  have  only  taugfit  them 
an  Art  of  War}  they  have  framed ,  I  muftconfefs, 
wholefome  laws  for  the  reftraintofVice,  but  they 
rais*d  firft  that  Devil  which  now  they  Conjure  and 
cannot  Bind ;  Though  there  were  before  no  punii  h- 
ments  for  wickednefs  ,  yet  there  was  lefs  committed 
becaufe  there  were  no  Rewards  for  it.  But  the  men 
who  praifcPhilofophy  from  thisTopick  are  much  de  ^ 
ceived  3  let  Oratory  anfwer  for  it  felt ,  the  tinckiing 
perhaps  ofthat  may  unite  a  Swarm:  it  never  was 
the  work  of  Philofophy  to  aflcmble  multitudes,  but 
to  regulate  onely ,  and  govern  them  when  they  we- 
re aflembled,  to  make  the  be  ft  of  an  evil,  and  bring 

H  h  2  theni. 


176  Several difcourfes  by  yc(i)  ^f^H^p  5 

them,  asmuchasispoffible,  to  Unity  again.  Ava- 
rice and  Ambition  only  were  the  firil  Builders  of 
Towns  9  and  Founders  and  Empire  ;  They  faid , 
Go  to  5  Ut  us  build  ui  a  City  and  a  Tower  "Jjbofe  top 
tnty  re^ch  unt9  hea-^tn ,  and  let  its  mn^et4S  a  n-ime, 
leafl  "Jje  he  fcattered  abroad  upon  the  face  of  the  Earth. 
What  was  the  beginning  of  Kome ,  the  Metropclii  of 
all  the  World?  what  was  it,  but  a  concourfeof 
Thieves,  and  a  SanOiuary  of  Criminals  ?  itwasjuti- 
ly  named  by  the  Augury  of  no  lefs  than  twelve  Vul- 
tures ,  and  the  Founder  cimented  his  walls  with  the 
blood  of  his  Brother;  not  unlike  to  this  was  the  be- 
ginning even  df  the  fit  fl  Town  too  in  the  worldjand 
fuchistheOriginalfinof  molt  Cities:  their  Adual 
encreafe  daily  with  their  Age  and  growth  ;  the  more 
people,  the  more  wicked  all  of  them  ;  every  one 
brings  in  his  part  to  enflame  the  contagion  ,  which 
becomes  at  laft  (o  univerfal  and  fo  ftrong  ,  that  no 
Precepts  can  be  fufficient  PrefervativeSjnor  any  thing 
fecure  our  fafety ,  but  fight  from  among  the  In- 
feded.     We  ought  in  the  choice  of  a  Situation  to 
regard  above  all  things  the  healtfulnefs  of  the  place  » 
and  the  healtfulnefs  of  it  for  the  Mind  rather  than 
for  the  Body.     But  fuppofe  (which  is  hardly  to  be 
fiippored)we  had  Antidote  enough  againft  this  Poi- 
fon,  nay  ,  fuppofe  farther,  we  were  alvvaiesard 
at  all  pieces  armed  and  provided  both  G^aind  the 
AlTaults  of  Hoftility  ,  and  the  Mines  of  Treachery  , 
'twill  yet  be  but  an  uncomfortable  life  to  be  ever  in 
Alarms  ,  though  we  were  compaft  round  with  fire, 
to  defend  ourfelvcs  from  wild  Beads  ,  the  Lodging 
would  be  unpleafant ,  becaufewemuft  always  be 
obliged  to  watch  that  fire ,  and  to  fear  no  lefs  the 
defends  of  our  Guard,  than  the  diligences  of  our 
Enemy.  Thefummeofthis  is ,  that  a  virtuous  man 
is  in  djnoer  to  be  trod  upon  and  defttoyedin  the 
crowd  of  his  Contraries  ,    nay,   which  is  worfe., 
to  be  changed  and  corrupted  by  them  ,  and  that 
'tis  impofTible  to  efcape  both  chefe  inconveniences 

without 


in  Verfe  and  Profe.  1 7y 

without  fo  ttiuch  caucion  ,  as  will  take  away  the 
whole  Quiet ,  that  is  ,  the  Happincfsofhis  Life  Ye 
feethcn,  what  he  may  lofc,  but,  I  pray,  What 
can  he  get  there:'  Qttid  Homafaciam  f  Mentiri  f-ef- 
cio.  Whatfhoulda  manoFtruthandhonerty  do  at 
Rome?  he  can  neither  undcrdand,  not  fpeakthe 
Language  of  the  place;  an.;kcd  man  may  fwim  in 
the  Sea,  but  *tis  not  the  way  to  catch  Fifluherej 
they  arc  likelier  to  devour  him,  than  he  them,  ilf 
he  bring  no  Nets,  andufeno  Deceits.  I  think  the- 
refore it  waswifeand  friendly  advice  which  Martial 
gave  to  Fabtan ,  when  he  met  hitn  newly  arrived  at 
Romf, 
Honcft  and  Poor ,  faithful  in  word  and  thought ;  Mnn.L, 
What  has  thee  ,  Fabian  ,  to  the  City  brought?  3- 

Thou  neither  the  Buffoon,  nor  bawdcanlt  pby  , 
Nor  with  faife  whifpersth' innocent  betray  : 
Nor  corrupt  Wives ,  nor  from  rich  Beldams  get 
A  living  by  thy  induftry  and  fweat ; 
Nor  with  vain  promifes  and  projc(n:s  cheat  > 
Nor  Bribe  or  Flatter  any  of  the  Great. 

But  you'r  a  Man  of  Learning  ,  prudent  >  juft  ^ 
A  Man  of  Courage,  firm  ,and  fitfortruft. 

Why  you  may  ftay  >  and  live  unenvyed  hcrej 

But  (faith)  go  backjand  keep  you  where  you  were. 

Nay,  if  nothmg  of  all  this  were  in  the  cafe,  yet 

the  very  fight  of  Undeannefs 'is  loathfome  to  the 

Cle.inly  ;  the  fight  of  Folly  and  Impiety  vexatious  to 

the  Wife  and  Pious. 

Lucretius,  by  his  favour ,  through  a  goot  Poet; /..-/f/-; 
was  but  an  ilifiatur'd  Man,  when  hefaid.  It  was  ^'^' ^^ 
delightful  to  fee  other  Men  in  a  great  frorm  :  And  no 
lefs  ill-  natur'd  fhould  I  thinkD^m/?i:m«J,who  laughc 
at  all  the  World,  but  that  he  retired  himfelffomuch 
out  of  it,that  we  may  perceive  he  took  no  great  plea- 
fure  in  that  kind  of  Mirth. I  have  been  drawn  twice  or 
thrice  by  copany  togo  toSei/^fw,ad  havefecn  others 
very  much  delighted  with  thefaraffical  cxtravagiqie, 
of  fo  many  various  madnefics, which  upo  me  wrough, 
fo  cocrary  an  efFccl^that  I  alwayes  returned. not  onely 

H  b  3  melancholy  3, 


lyS  Several  Difcourfes  by  ^^aj  ofE(?ays , 

melancholy ,  but  ev'n  fick  with  the  fighc.  My  com- 
paflion  there  was  perhaps  too  tender,  fori  meet  a 
thoufandMadmen  abroad,without  any  perturbation; 
though  ,  to  wei^h  the  mitter  juftly  jthe  total  lofsof 
Reafon  is  iefs  deplorable  than  che  total  depravation 
oFit.  Anexact  Judge  ofhumanblefTings,  of  Riches  , 
Honours, Beauty, even  of  Wit  it  felf/hould  pity  the 
abafe  of  them  more  than  the  want. 

Bricflyjthouoh  a  wife  man  could  pafs  never  fo  fe- 
curely  through  the  great  Roads  of  human  Life ,  yet 
he  will  meet  perpetually  with  fo  many  objeds  and 
occafions  of  compa(l'ion,grief,f  hamcangerjhatred  , 
ind'gnation,and  all  pafTionsbut  evy  (for  he  w'-Il  iind 
nothing  to  defcrve  that)  that  he  had  letter  ftrike  into 
fome  private  pa:h;n:iy .go  fo fatjif he  couldjout  ofthe 
common  way.  Utnec/'./Ba  auMort  Pelopid;rum;that 
he  might  not  fo  much  as  hear  ofthe  adions  of  the 
Sonso(yidam.  But,\Vhiiher  fhall  we  flyethen  finto 
the  DelertSjlike  the  antient  Hermites  ? 

Mc-  Quiif  terra  patetfera  regnit  Erynnis . 

'       '  In  f acinus  juraffeputes. 

One  would  think  that  all  Mankind  had  bound 
themfelvesbyanOathtodo  all  the  wickenefs  they 
can  ;  that  they  had  all  (as  the  Scripture  fpeaks)  fold 
themfelves  to  Sin  :  the  difference  onely  is  ,  that  fo- 
me are  a  little  more  crafty  [and  but  a  little  God 
knows]  in  making  of  the  bargain.  1  thought  when 
1  went  fir  ft  to  dvwll  in  the  Countrey ,  that  without 
doubt  I  fhould  have  met  there  with  the  fim- 
plicity  ofthe  old  poetical  Golden  Age  :  I  thought  to 
have  found  no  Inhabitans  there,  but  fuch  as  the 
Shepherds  of  Sir  Thd.  Sydney  in  Arcadia  ,  or  of  Mon- 
ficur  a'Urfe  upon  the  Banks  of  Lignon  3  and  began 
toconfider  with  my  felf ,  which  way  I  might  recom- 
mend no  kfs  toPofterity  theHappinefs  and  Innocen- 
ce ofthe  lAtnoiChertfea  :  but  to  confefs  the  truth. 
I  perceived  quickly,  by  infallible  demonitrations, 
thjt  I  was  Oill  in  old  Enj^landy  and  not  in  Arcaftia,or 
JLa  fi9t  rf/2;that  if  I  Could  not  content  my  felf  uith  any 
^hing  leis  tiian  exacl   Fidelity  in  human  converr 

facion  > 


tzm 


in  Verfe  and  Vrofe,  i  jp 

fition ,  T  hnd  almnil  as  good  go  back  and  ^Qtk  for  it 
in  the  Court,  or  the  Exchingc,  or  Wcftininiler- 
Hall.  I  ask  .igain  then  Whirhcr  f  hall  wc  llyjOr  what 
fhall  we  do?  The  World  may  focome  in  a  Mars 
way,  that  he  cannot  choofe  but  Salute  it,  he  muft 
take  heed  chough  nor  to  go  a  wlioring  after  it.  If  by 
anyljwfni  Vocation,  orjuit  neccflTicy  men  happen 
to  be  Married  to  it,  I  can  onely  givcthem  St.  ¥auU 
advice.  Breiiren,  thsntneiifhort  -^itretjiairei  th'tt  i^'"'.-', 
t/jy  that  hitye  n'l^fs  be  at  thovgh^ihey  hud  r,one.But  J  ^'-^* 
lUQuld  that  all  Men  "juere  eren  aa  I  rfty  felf,  ''"'/•7< 

In  all  cafes  they  mull  be  fure  that  they  do  Mttr.~ 
dum  ducere ,  ami  not  Muu, la  nubere.  iLcy  mu(l 
rctainthe Superiority  and  He?.dfhip  ovcrit:  Happy 
are  they  who  can  get  out  of  the  Hght  of  ih  s  Deceit- 
ful Beaury  ,  that  they  may  not  be  led  (o  n  uch  as  in- 
to Teirpration  ;  who  have  "not  oncly  quitted  the 
AiCtropohs,  but  can  abftain  from  ever  Teeing  thencxc 
Market  Town.of  their  Country. 

Clauaians  Old  Man  o^Vcrond* 

HAppy  the   Man^  who  his  whole  time  doih 
bound 
Within rh'cncloAire  of  his  little  ground. 
Harpy  tht  Man.  whom  the  ramchun^ble  place, 
[rh'hercditaiy  Cortngeofiiis  Rare] 
Irom  h:s  firli  x\^\wo  in'.arcv  ha^  known. 
And  by  degrees  fees  gently  bending  down  , 
"With  natural  propcr;l]on  to  that  Earth 
Which  both  prcferv'd  his  Life ,  and  gave  him  birth. 
Him  nobifedidant  lights  by  fortune  fet, 
Could  ever  into  loolil  h  wandrinss  pct. 
He  ne-  er  dangers  either  fiw  ,  or  fear'd ; 
The  dreadful  ilormes  at  Sea  he  never  heard. 
He  never  heard  the  fhrillallarmsof  War, 
Orthewoifcnoifesof  the  Lawyers  Bar. 
No  change  of  Confjis  marks  to  him  the  year. 
The  change  of  fcafons  is  his  Calendar. 
The  Cold  and  Heat ,  Winter  and  Summer  f  hows, 

H  li  4,  Autumn- 


sSo  Several difcourjeshyivay of Ejfays] 

Autumn  by  Fruits,  and  Spring  by  FloW*rs  he  knows. 

He  meafures  Time  by  Land-  n^arksjand  has  found 

For  the  whole  day  the  Dial  of  his  ground. 

A  neighbouring  Wood  born  with  himfelf  heiees. 

And  loves  his  old  contemporary  Trees. 

H'as  only  heard  of  near  Veronals  Name, 

And  know's  it  like  the  Indies  ,  but  by  fame. 

Does  wich  a  like  concernment  notice  take 

Of  the  Red-Sea  ,and  oi  Benacus'LzkQ' 

Thus  Health  and  Strength  he  to'a  third  age  cnjoyes  5 

And  fees  a  long  Poll:erity  of  Boys. 

About  the  fpacious  World  let  other  roam  , 

The  Voyage  Life  is  longeft  made  at  home. 


9.  ThefhortneJ^ofLife  anduncertamty 

of  Riches, 

F  you  fhoiiUi  fee  a  man  who  wcretocros  frona 
Doverio  Cilais,  runabout  very  bufie  and  folli- 
citous ,  and  trouble  himfelfe  many  weeks  before 
in  miking  proviflons  for  voy.ige  ,  would  you 
commend  him  for  a  cautions  and  difcreet  pcrfon  ,  or 
laugh  at  him  for  a  timeroiis  and  impertinent  Cox- 
comb ?  A  man  who  is  excefll/e  in  his  pains  and  ddi- 
gence^  and  whoconfumesthegreatefl:  part  of  his  ti- 
mein  furnifhing  the  remainder  with  all  convenien- 
cies  and  even  fuperRuities,  is  to  Angels  and  wife  men 
no  lefs  ridiculnusjhe  does  as  little  confider  the  fhort- 
iicGof  his  padage  that  he  might  proportion  his  cares 
.accordingly.  It  is,  afes,  fo  narrow  a  ftreight be- 
twixt the  Womb  and  [he  Grave ,  that  it  might  be  cal- 
led the  P/<J^e'>^^^  >  as  vvell  as  that  the  Poi  de  Qcttai, 
WeareairEfi'/f45««^as  Pindar  calls  us)  Creatures  of 
adiy,  and  thererore  our  Saviour  bounds  our  defi- 
res  to  that  little  Cp.-^cpj  as  if  it  were  very  probable 
that  every  day  fhould  be  our  laft,  we  are  taught  to 
denand  even  Bread  for  no  longer  a  time  The  Sun 
ought  no  to  fet  upon  our  Covetoufncfs  no  more  than 
upon  our  Anger ,  but  as  to  God  Almighty  a  thoflPfand 

years 


in  Verfc  and  Profe,  1 8"  r 

years  are  as  one  day  ,  fo  in  Jircd  oppofition ,  one 
day  to  the  covetous  man  is  as  a  thoufand  years  j 
Tjm  brevt/oriUjactiUtttir  avo  wultajCo  far  beflioots 
beyond  his  Butt:  One  \vould  think  he  were  of  the 
opinion  of  the  Mil'ennries  ,  and  hoped  for  fo  long  a 
Reign  upon  Earth.  The  Patriarchs  before  the  Flood  y 
whoenjoy'daimoftfuchaLife,  made,  we  are  fa- 
re ,  lefs  iiores  for  the  maintaining  of  it ,  they  vvho 
h'vcd  Nine  hundred  years  fcarcely  provided  for  a' 
few  days;  we  who  live  but  a  few  days,  provide  ac 
leaft  for  Nine  hundred  years,  what  a  Grange  altera- 
tion is  this  of  Humane  Life  and  Manners?  and  yet 
we  fee  x\  imi:ation  of  it  in  every  mans  particular 
experience  ,  for  we  begin  not  the  cares  of  Life  till  it 
be  ha!f  fpent ,  and  ftiU  encreafe  them  as  that  dccrea- 
(es.  What  is  there  among  the  actions  of  Beafts  fo 
illogical  and  repugnant  to  Reafon?  when  they  do 
any  thing  which  fecms  to  proceed  from  that  which- 
we  call  Reafon,  wedifdainto  allow  them  that  per- 
fection,   and  attribute  it  only  to  a  Natural  Inftindj 
Ifwe  could  but  learn  to  number  our  days  (as  we  are 
taught  to  pray  that  we  might)  we  fhould  adjull 
much  better  our  other  accounts,  butwhilft  we  ne- 
ver confider  an  end  of  them,  it  is  no  wonder  if  our 
cares  for  them  be  without  end  too.    Hot  ace  advifcS' 
very  wifely,  and  in  excellent  good  words,  jpacio- 
hre-vi  (pern  lon^iim  refeies ,  From  a  f  hort  Ljfe  cut  cfF 
all  Hopesthatgrowtoolong.  They  mull  be  prunrd 
frway  like  fuckers  that  choak  the  Mother- Plant ,  and 
hinder  it  from  bearing  fruit.     And  in  another  place 
to  the  fime  fence,  Vita^ummabrei'is  jpemnosve' 
tilt  inchoare  longam ,  which  Seneca  does  not  mend 
when  he  fays  ,  Oh  quanta  dementia  eQ  fpes  long^ 
inchoantwm  !  but  he  gives  an  example  there  of  an  ac- 
quaintanced   of  his    named   Semdo  ,  who  Irom  a' 
very  mean  beginning  by  great  induilry  in  turning; 
about  of  Money  through  all  ways  of  gain,  haa 
stained   to   exrraordinary  Riches  buc  died  on  at 
fuddain  after  having  Tupped  merrily ,   Inipjo  adtf 


iS2  SeverddiJcourfeshyTcayofEjJ'aySy 

ptu^  in  the  full  courfe  of  his  good  Fortune,  when 

f  he  had  a  high  Tide  and  a  ft  ifF  Gale  and  all  her  Sails 

on  5  upon  which  occafion  he  cries,  owz  o{  Virgil 

Infer  e  nunc  Mthbae  pyroSypone  or  dine  yhes: 

Go  Meltbamnow  ^ 

Go  grafFthy  Orchards  and  thy  Vineyards  plant ; 

Behold  the  Fruit/ 

For  chis  Senecio  I  have  no  compaflion ,  becaufc  he- 
was  taken  as  we  (ay ,  in  ipfjfaclo ,  flill  labouring  in- 
the  work  of  Avarice,  but  the  poor  rich  man  in  St. 
Lui(e  (wbofe  cafe  was  not  like  this)  I  could  pity, 
mcthinks ,.  ifche  Scripture  would  permit  me ,  for  he 
feems  to  have  been  fatisficdat  bft,  he  confefleshe 
had  enough  for  many  years  he  bids  his  foul  take  its 
eafe,  andyetforallthat ,  God  fays  to  him.      Thou 
Maol ,  this  night  thy  foul  f ha [l  he  required  of  thee  ^ 
and  the  things  thou  haft  laid  up,  wiiom  f  hall  they 
belong  to?  where  fhall  we  find  the  caufes  of  this 
better  Reproach  and  terrible  Judgement  ?  we  may 
iind,  I  think.  Two  j  and  God  perhaps  faw  more. 
lirft ,  that  he  did  not  intend  true  Reft  to  his  Soul,  but 
only  to  change  the  employments  of  it  from  Avarice 
to  Luxury  ,.  i\is  defign  is  to  eat  and  to  drink ,  and 
to  be  merry.    Secondly ,  that  he  went  on  too  long 
before  he  thought  of  refting  f  The  fulnefs  of  his  old 
Barns  had  not  lu fficed  him,  he  would  ftay  till  he  was 
forced  to  build:  new  ones ;  and  God  meted  out  to 
him  in  the  fame  meafure ;  Since  he  would  have  mo- 
re Riches  th^n  his  Life  could  contain,  God  deftroy'd 
hisLife  and  gave  the  Fruits  of  it  toanother. 

Thus  Godcakesa  way  fometimesthe  Man  from 
his  Riches  5  and  no lefs  frequently  Riches  from  the 
Man;  what  hope  cantliere  be  of  fuch  a  Marriage, 
V.  here  both  parties  are  fo  fickle  ad  uncertain  f  by  what 
Bonds  can  £ich  a  couple  be-kept  long  together? 

Why  dofi  Thcu  heap  upWealtR>  which  thou  mufi! 

Or ,  what  is  worfe,  be  left  by  it  ?  (^uitj 

Why  dofc  thou  load  thy  felf,  v^heathou'rt  to  Eie, 

CiiViaiLoidain'dto  dki- 


InVcrfcanAVroJe:  i3j 

V^hy  doft  thou  build  up  ftatcly  Rooms  on  high. 

Thou  \vho.irr  under  Ground  to  lie? 
Thou  Sow'ft  and  Planted  ,  but  no  Fruit  muft  fee  5' 

For  Death ,  alas !  is  fowing  Thee. 

Suppofc,  thou  Fortune  could  to  tamencfsbringji 

And  clip  or  pinion  her  wing; 
Suppofe  thoucouMdon  Fare  fo far  prevail 

As  not  to  cut  off  thy  Entail. 

4- 
Yc  t  Death  at  ^11  that  fubtilty  will  laugh , 

Death  will  that  foolifh  Gardner  mock. 

Who  docs  a  flight  and  annual  Plant  engtatF,, 

Upon  a  lading  ftock. 

f- 

Thou  deft  thy  fcif  Wife  and  Induftrious  deem  • 

A  mighty  Hujband  thou  wouldft  fcrem-; 
Fond  Man  !  like  a  bought  fl^ve  ,  thou  ail  the  whij§- 

Doll  but  for  others  bweat  and  Toil. 

6. 
Offic'ou*  Fool  1   that  needs  muft  medhng  be 

In  bufinefs  that  concerns  not  thee .' 
For  when  to  Future  years  thou'  extend  ft  thy  cares^ 

Thou  deal'ft  in  other  mens  affairs. 

7. 
Even  aged  men ,  as  if  they  truly  were 

Ch)ldrenagain,   for  Age  prepare, 
Provifions  for  long  travail  they  dcfl^n. 

In  the  laft  point  of  their  f  hort  Line. 

8. 
Wifely  the  Ant  againft  poor  Winter  hoordf 

The  ftock  which  Summers  wealth  affcrdsa. 
In  Graf  hoppers  that  muft  at  Autumn  die  ,. 

Flow  vain  were  fuch  an  Induftry  ? 

P- 

Of  Powerand  Honour  the  deceitful  Light 
Might  halfe  excufc  our  cheated  fiqhc  ,- 

If  it  of  Life  the  whole  fmall  time  would  ftay^: 
Andbw  out  Sun-i  hine  all  the  day  3, 

Kl  h.  (S;>  lo.  Liit«: 


iJwut, 


1 14  Several  Difcourfes  by  way  ofEjfay^, 

10.  Like  Lightning  that,  begot  but  in  a  Cloud 

[Though  fhining bright,  ^nd  fpeakingloudj 
Whilit  it  begins ,  concludes  its  violent  Race , 
And  where  it  Guilds ,  it  wounds  the  place* 

11.  Oh  Scene  of  Fortune,  which  doll  fair  appear  , 

Only  to  men  that  ftaiid  not  near !  f^ 

Proi!4  Poverty,  that  Tinfcl  brav'ry  wears  / 
And,  like  a  Rainbow ,  Painted  Tears  / 

12.  Be  prudent,  andthefhoreinprofpe^lkcepi 

Ina  weak  Boat  truft  not  the  deep. 
PlacM  beneath  Envy  5  above  envying  rife; 

Pity  Great  Men  ,  Great  Things  defpife. 
15.  The  wife  example  ofthe  Heavenly  Lark,     s 

Thy  Fellow- Poet ,  Qoivley  mark, 
Above  the  Clouds  let  thy  proud  Mufique  found. 

Thy  humble  Ned  build  on  the  Ground. 

10.  The  dangter  of  Procraffination. 
{^Letter  to  Mr.S,L, 

I  Am  glad  that  youapprove  and  applaud  mydelign, 
of  wichdrawing  my  felf  from  all  tumult  and  bufi- 
ncfsofrhe  world  5  and  confec rating  the  little  reft  of 
vn-f:  :ime  to  thofe  ftudies ,  to  which  Nature  had  (^^ 
Motherly  inclined  me ,  and  from  which  Fortune,  li- 
ke a  Step  Mother  has  fo  long  detained  me.  But  ne- 
vcrthelefs'you-fay  5  which.  But ,  \s /Erugo  meray 
aruft  which  fpoils  the  good  Metal  it  grows  upon. 
But  you  fay),  you  would  advife  me  not  to  precipiia^ 
te  that  rcfolution.,  bur  to  ftay  a  while  longer  with  pa- 
tience and  complaifance  ,  till  I  had  gotten  fuch  an 
Efta:e  as  might  afford  me  (according  to  the  faying 
of  that-pesfon  whom  you  and  I  love  very  much  ,  and 
■Would  belisve as  foon  as  another  man)  Cum  dtgni- 
tate  otium.  This  v/cre  excellent  advice  to  lofuay 
who  could  bid  the  Sun  ftay  too.  But  there's  no  foo- 
ling with  Life  when  it  is  once  turn'd  beyond  Forty; 
Thefeeking  for  a  Fortune  then,  is^buta  defperate 
After  Ȥame,  't  i-s  a  hundred  to  one  ,  if  a  man  fling 
two  Si2tes  acid  rac^ver  all  j  efpscially ,  if  his  hand 


in  Verfe  and  Frofe,  1 8  j 

be  no  luckier  than  mine.  Thercis  foinc  help  for  all 
the  defers  of  Fortune  ,  for  if  a  man  cannot  attain  to 
the  length  of  his  wifhcs,  he  may  have  his  Remedy 
by  cutting  of  them  fhorter.  Epicurus  writes  a  Letter 
to  Idomemai  (who  was  then  a  very  powerful ,  weal- 
thy,  and  (it  feems)  bountiiiil  perfon)  to  recommend 
to  llim  who  had  made  fo  many  men  Rich  ,  onePy- 
thocles ,  a  friend  of  his,  whom  he  dcfired  might 
be  made  a  rich  man  too ;  But  I  intreat  you  that  yoii 
would  not  do  it  juft  the  fame  way  as  you  have  dene 
to  many  lefs  defervmg  perfons ,  but  in  the  mpft 
Gentlosnanly  manner  of  obliging  him ,  twhich  is  not 
to  adde  any  thing  to  his  Ertate  j  but  to  takefome- 
thing  from  iiis  dcfires.  The  fumm  of  this  is ,  That 
for  the  uncertain  hopes  offome  Conveniences  we, 
ought  not  to  defer  the  execution  of  a  work  that  isNe- 
ceffary ,  efpecially,  when  the  ufe  of  thofe  things 
which  we  would  Hay  for,  mayotherwife  be  fup- 
plyed,  but  the  lofs  of  time,  nc/er  recovered  ;  Nay, 
farther  yet,though  we  were  fure  to  obtain  all  that  we 
had  a  mind  to ,  though  we  were  fure  of  gretting  ne- 
ver fo  much  by  continuing  the  Game  ,  yet  when  the 
light  ofLife  is  fo  near  going  out,  and  ought  to  be  (o 
precious ,  Le  jm  ne  y.itH  pM  la  ChandiUe ,  The  play 
is  not  worth  the  expence  of  the  Candle ;  after  having 
been  long  toft  in  aTempeft,  if  our  Maftsheftan- 
ding ,  and  we  have  ftill  Sail  and  Tac'ding  enough  to 
carry  us  to  our  Port ,  it  is  no  matter  for  the  want  of 
Streamers  and  Top- Gallants  ;U/^jfz/f/<^,  Toiospan- 
difmu/i.  A  Gentleman  in  our  late  Civil  Wars ,  when 
his  Quarters  were  beaten  up  by  the  Enemy  ,  w^s  ta^ 
kenPrifoner  and  loft  his  hfe  afterward^jonly  by  ftay- 
ing  to  put  on  a  Band,  and  ad  juft  his  Periwig :  He 
would  efcape  like  a  perfon  of  quality ,  or  not  at  all , 
and  dyed  the  noble  Martyr  of  Ceremony,  and  Gen- 
tility. I  thinkyourcounfelof /'f///;;;</f77r^is  asillto 
a  man  who  is  flyin^from  the  world ,  as  it  would 
have  been  to  that  unrortunate  wel  bred  Gentleman  , 
who  A-ajfo  cautious  as  nottoily  undecently  from  hiy 
Enemies ,  and  chexefoce  I  prefer  Haracis  advice  be- 
fore youca^  f'-.j'ij^aft 


libr.  I 
Jtgr'lC, 


\%6  Several difcourfes  by  way  ofEjJaySy 

-. Sapere  jiude  ,  Incipe  

Bpgln ;  the  Getting  out  of  doors  is  the  greateft 
part  of  the  Journey,  t^arro  teaches  us  that  Latin 
Proverb  ,  Port  am  itimri  longijfimam  ejje  :  But  to 
return  to  Horace , 

S:ipere  Jude , 

Incipe  ,  yi'vtndi  qui  recle prorogat  horam 
KujticHi  expeBat  Hum  labitur  j^mnts ,  at  tile 
Labttur  ,  C?  lahetur  in  omne  ycluhilii  avum. 
Begin,  behold,  and  venture  to  be  wife  j 
He  who  defers  the  work  from  day  to  day  3 
Docs  on  a  RiversBank  expecting  llay,       (begon, 
Till  the  whole  ftream  ,  which  ftopt  him  fhould 
That  runs,  andasitruns,  foreverwillrunon. 
Caefar  (the  man  of  Expedition  above  all  others) 
was  fo  far  from  this  Folly ,  that  whenfoever ,  in  a 
journey  he  was  tocrofs  any  River,  he  never  went 
one  foot  out  of  his  way  for  a  Bridge ,  or  a  Foord,  or  a 
Ferry;  but  flung  himfelf  into  it  immediately  ,  and 
fwam  over;  and  chis  is  the  courfe  we  ought  to  imita- 
te ,  if  we  meet  with  any  flops  in  our  way  to  Happi- 
ncfs.  Stay  till  the  waters  arc  low ,  ftay  till  foine  Boats 
comeby  to  tranfportyou  5  ftay  till  aBridgebebuilc 
for  you  :  You  had  even  as  good  Itay  till  ihe  River  be 
quite  paft.     Terfuui  (who ,  you  ufe  to  fay ,  you  Ao 
not  know  whether  he  be  a  good  Poet  or  no,  becnu- 
feyou  cannot underftand  him  ,  and  whom  therefore 
(I  fay)  I  know  to  be  not  a  good  Foet)  has  an  odd  ex - 
preffionofthefeProcraftinator.,  which,  methinks, 
is  full  of  Fancy. 
Ftrf.     J^m  Croi  hefterrmm  cmfutnpfimm ,  Bcce  aliud  Crat/ 
SMjir,^.      Bgerit  has  annos. 

Our  Yefterdays  To  morrow  now  is  gone  , 
Andftill  a  new  To  morrow  does  come  on. 
We  by  To  morrows  draw  up  all  our  ftore  , 
Till  the  exhaufted  Well  can  yield  no  more.      . 

And  now,  I  think,  lam  even  with  you,for  your 
f^ti'tmcnm  dofvitatt^  and-  fefitna  kr^tety  and  three 
Qi^fouroiheiuioreoFypu:  ]^eAvl-atine Sentences:  i&" 

LfiioaJdS 


I 


in  Verfe  and  Vrofe.  1^7 

I  riiould  draw  upon  you  nil  my  forces  out  of  Senec» 
and  Plut.nch  upon  thisfubje^l ,  I  fhould  overwhelnn 
you  ,  but  I  leave  thofe  as  Triary  for  your  next  char- 
ges I  fhall  only  give  you  now  a  light  skirmifh  out 
of  an  Epigrammatill ,  your  fpccial  good  Friend ,  and 
(03   Vaie, 

Mart.  Lib.  f.  Bpij^r.  fp* 
To  morrow  you  will  Live  ,  yo\x  always  cry  ; 
In  what  far  Country  does  this  morrow  lye, 
That^is  fo  mighty  long*erc  it  arrive  ? 
Beyond  the  Indies  docs  this  Morrow  live  ? 
Tis  fo  far  fetcht  this  Morrow  ,  th.it  I  fear 
*T  will  be  both  ve-'y  Old  and  very  Dear. 
To  morrow  I  will  live  ,  the  Fool  does  fay  ; 
To  Day  it  felf 's  too  Late  ,  the  wife  livM  Yefterday. 

Mart.  Lib.  2.  Ep  90. 
Wonder  not ,  Sir  (you  \vho  inftrud  the  Town 
In  the  true  Wifdom  of  the  Sacred  Gown) 
That!  make  hafte  to  live  ,  and  cannot  hold 
Patiently  out ,  till  1  grow  Rich  and  Old. 
Life  for  Delays  and  Doubts  no  time  does  give  9 
None  ever  yet,  made  Hafte  enough  to  Live* 
Let  him  defer  it ,  wliofe  prepolterous  care  ' 

Omits  himfelf ,  and  reaches  to  his  H'eir. 
\Vho  does  his  Fathers  bounded  ftores  defpife  1 
'And  whom  his  own  too  never  can  lutnre  : 
My  humble  thoughts  no  glittering  roofs  require  ,' 
Or  Rooms  that  fhine  with  ought  be  conftant  Fire. 
we  III  content  the  Avarice  of  my  fight 
With  the  fair  gui'fdings  of  reflected  Light : 
Pleafures  abroad  ,  the  fport  of  Nature  yields 
Her  living  Fountains,  and  her  fmihng  Fields  ^ 
And  then  at  home ,  what  pleafure  is't  to  fee 
A  little  cleanly  chearful  Familie  : 
which  if  a  chaft  Wife  crown ,  no  Icfs  in  Her 
Than  Fortune,  I  the  Golden  Mean  prefer. 
Too  noble ,  nor  too  wuc  ,  fhe  fh  'uld  not  be  j 
No,  nortooRicIi,  too  Fair,  too  fond  of  me. 
Thus  let  my  life  Aide  iilently  away , 
"Wub-SieeD  all  Ni^lit  >  and  Q^i  all  the  V^y^ 


i88  Several Sfcourfes by  rvay ofEjfays , 
11.  Of  My  felf. 

IT  is  a  hard  and  nice  Subjefl  for  a  man  to  write  of 
himfclf,  itgrateshis  own  heart  to  fay  any  thing 
ofdifparagementjand  the  Readers  Eares  to  hear  any 
thing  of  praife  for  hi.ii.  There  is  no  danger  from  me 
of  offending  him  in  this  kind;  neither  my  Mind  > 
nor  my  Body,  nor  my  Fortune ,  allow  me  any  ma- 
terials for  that  Vanity.  It  is  fufficient ,  for  my  own 
contentment  ,  that  they  have  preferved  me  from 
being  fcandalous ,  or  remarkable  on  the  defeiiive  fi  - 
de.  But  beiides  that,  1  fhall  here  fpeak  of  myfelf,on- 
ly  in  relation  to  the  fubjefl  of  thefe  precedent  dif- 
courfes,  and  fhall  be  likelier  thereby  to  fall  into 
tfte contempt,  than  rifeuptotheeftimationofmoli 
people.  As  far  as  my  Memory  can  return  back  into 
mypaftLife,  before  I  knew,  or  was  capable  of 
guefTmg  \Yhat  the  ^\'orld ,  or  glories,  orbufinefs- 
of  it  were ,  the  natural  aflfedions  of  my  foul  gave  me 
afecretbentofaverfionfrom  them  ,  as  fome  plants 
are  faid  to  turn  away  hom  others,  by  an  Antipathy- 
imperceptible  to  themfelvesj  and  infcrutablc  to  mans 
underftanding. .  Even  when  I  was  a  very  young  Boy^ 
at  School,  infteadof  running  about  on  Holy- dales 
and  playing  with  my  fellows;  I  was  wont  to  fteal 
from  them  ,  and  walk  into  the  fields  ,  cither  alone 
with  a  Book,  or  with  fome  one  Companion,  if  t 
couid  find  any  of  the  fame  temper.  I  was  then  too  , 
fo  much  an  Enemy  to  all  conftraint,  that  my  Matters 
could  never  prevail  on  me,  by  any  perlwaiions  or 
encouragements,  to  learn  without  Book  the  com- 
mon rules  ofGrammar,in  which  they  difpenfed  withr 
ire  alone,  becaufethey  found  I  made  a  fhifttodo- 
theufual  exercifeout  of  my  own  reading  and  obfer- 
vation.  That  I  was  then  of  the  fame  mind  as  lam 
now  (which  I  confefs ,  I  wonder  at  myfelfjmay 
appearby  the  latter  end  of  an  Ode,  which  I  made- 
■when-l  was  but  thirteen  years  old)  and  which  was- 
then  printed  with  many  other  Verfes-.  TheBegin- 
oingofit  isBoyif  k  3  but  of  this  part  -whitlj  1  her^-. 


in  Verfe  a?id  Profe.  1 89 

fetdown  (if  a  very  litclc  were  corrected)  Ifhould 
hardly  now  be  much  a  fhamed. 

This  only  grant  me ,  that  my  means  may  lye 

Too  low  for  Envy  ,    for  Contempt  too  high.  > 

Some  Honor  I  would  have 
Not  from  great  deeds ,  but  good  alone. 
The  unknown  are  better  than  ill  known. 

Rumour  canope^he Grave, 
Acquaintance  I  would  have ,  but  when 't  depends 
Not  on  the  number ,  but  the  choice  of  Friends. 

lO. 

Books  fhould,  not  buflnefs  entertain  the  Light, 
And  Deep ,   as  undiilurb'd  as  Death ,  the  Night 

MyHoufea  Cottage,  more 
Than  Palace,   and  fhould  fitting  be 
For  all  my  Ufe  ,  no  Luxury. 

My  Garden  painted  o're 
With  Natures  hand  ,  not  Arts ;  and  pleafures  yield, 
Horace  might  en  vy  in  his  Sabine  field .   ' 

II. 
Thus  would  I  double  my  Lifes  fading  ^fice^ 
For  he  that  runs  it  well ,  twice  runs  his  race. 

And  in  this  true  delight , 
Thefe  unbought  fports,  this  happy  State, 
I  would  not  fear  nor  wif  h  my  fate,    ^  * 

But  boldly  fay  each  night, 
To  morrow  let  my  Sun  his  beams  difplay, 
Or  in  clouds  hide  them  5  i  ha\  e  liv'd  to  Day. 

You  may  fee  by  it,  T  was  even  then  acquainted 
\Yith  the  Poets  (for  theConckifion  is  taken  out  oi 
Horace-y):nn6.  perhaps  it  was  the  immature  and  in\mo- 
derate  love  of  tlieai  which  llampt  firftjor  rjther  en- 
graved thefe  Charaders  in  me :  They  were  like  Let- 
ters cut  into  the  Bark  of  a  young  Tree ,  which  with 
the  Tree  ftill  grow  proportionably.  But ,  how  this 
love  came  to  be  produced  in  me  fo  early,  is  a  hard 
queltion  :  I  believe  I  can  tell  the  particular  little 
chance  that  filled  my  head  firil  with  fuch  Chimes 


1 90  Several dijcmrfes  by  way  of E fays , 

of  Verfe,  as  have  never  fince  left  ringing  there. 
For  I  remember  when  1  began  to  read ,  and  to  take 
fome  pleafure  in  it ,  there  was  wont  to  he  inmy 
Mothers  Parlour  (I  know  not  by  what  accident ,  for 
fhe  her  fe!f  never  in  her  \'i{q  read  any  Bookbutof 
Devotion)  but  there  was  wont  to  he  Spencers  VVorksj 
this  I  happened  to  fall  upon  ,  and  was  infinitely  de- 
lighted with  the  Stories  of  the  Knights ,  and  Giants, 
andMonfters,  and  brave  Hou fes,  which  I  found 
every  where  there  :  (Though  my  underftanding  had 
little  to  do  wich  all  this)  and  by  degrees  with  the 
tinckling  of  the  Rhyme  and  Dance  of  the  >?umbers, 
fo  that  1  think  I  had  read  him  all  over  before  I  was 
twelve  years  old  ,  and  was  thus  made  a  Poet  as  im- 
med  lately  as  a  Ch.Id  is  made  an  Eunuch.  With  the- 
fe  affedions  of  mind  ,  and  my  heart  wholly  fet  upon 
Letters,  I  went  to  the  Uni^erficy;  But  was  Coon 
torn  from  thence  by  that  violent Publick  ilorm  which 
would  fufFer  nothing  to  ftand  where  it  did  ,  but 
rooted  up  eve^y  Plant ,  even  from  the  Princely  Ce- 
dars to  Me,  the  Hylfop.  Yet  I  had  as  good  fortune 
3S  could  have  befrillen  mc  in  fuch  a  Tempeft  ;  for  I 
was  caft  by  it  into  the  Family  of  one  ofthe  bell  Per- 
fons,  and  into  the  Court  of  one  ofthe  beft  PrinceG- 
fcs  ofthe  Woi  Id.  Now  though  I  was  here  engaged 
in  waves  moft  contrary  to  the  Original  deHgn  of  my 
life,  that  is,  into  much  company  ,  and  no  fmallbu- 
ilnefs,  and  into  a  daily  fight  of  Greatncfs,  both  Mi- 
litant and  Triumphant  for  that  was  the  frarethen  of 
the  Engl-.fh  and  Frer.h  Courts  ,  yet  all  this  was  fo  fir 
from  altering  my  Opinion ,  that  i:  onely  added  the 
confirmation  of  Reafon  to  that  which  wjs  before 
butNaturil  Inclination.  I  faw  plainly  all  the  Paint 
of  that  kind  of  Life,  the  rearer  I  came  to  it;  and 
thit  Beauty  which  I  did  not  fall  in  Love  withjwhen, 
for  ought  1  kn^w ,  it  was  real ,  was  not  like  to  be- 
witch ,  or  intice  me ,  when  1  faw  th  it  it  was  Adul- 
terate. I  met  with  feveral  great  Perfons ,  whom  I 
liked  very  well  j  but  could  not  perceive  that  any  part 
of  their  Greatnefs  was  to  be  lik^d  or  defired ,  no  mo- 
re 


in  Ferfe  and  Profe,  19  r 

re  than  I  would  be  gind  ,  or  content  to  be  in  a  Storm, 
though  I  Ciw  manyShips  \Thich  rid  fafcly  and  bravely 
in  it :  A  llorm  would  not  agree  with  my  ftomach  , 
if  ir  did  with  my  Courage.  Though  I  was  in  a  croud 
of  as  good  co.npany  as  could  be  found  any  where  , 
though  I  was  in  bufinefs  of  great  and  honourable 
trud,  though  leatcatthe  bell  Table,  and  enjoyed 
the  beft  conveniences  for  prcfcnt  rubfillancc  that 
ought  to  bcdefiredby  a  manofmy  conditioninba- 
nifhment  and  publick  diftrelTes ;  yet  I  could  not 
ahftain  from  renewing  my  old  School  boys  Wifhin 
a  Copy  of  Verfes  to  the  fame  cftccl. 
Well  then ;  I  now  do  plainly  fee 
This  bufie  World  and  1  fhall  ne're  agree ,  &c. 

And  1  never  then  propofed  to  my  felfary  other 
advantage  from  His  Majellies  Happy  Reftoration, 
but  the  getting  into  Tome  moderately  convenient  Re- 
treat in  the  Country,  which  1  thought  in  that  cafe  I 
might  eafily have  compa(red,as  wel  as  fome  others , 
with  no  greater  probabilities  or  pretences  have  arri- 
ved to  extraordinary  fortunes. But  1  hnd  before  writ- 
ten a  f hrewd  Prophefie  againft  my  felf ,  and  I  think 
•^^ij/ZomfpiredmeinthcTruth,  though  not  in  the 
Elegance  of  it. 

T  hou ,  neither  great  at  Court  nor  in  the  War  ,       p-^,,,,^^ 

Norat  th'Exchange  fhal't  bejHorat  the  wrangling  od.nef^ 
Barr ;  ""-^' 

Content  thy  felf  with  the  fmall  barren  praife 

Which  neglected  Verfe  does  raife ,  &c. 

However  by  the  failing  of  the  Forces  which  I  had 
expc<n:ed  ,  I  did  not  quit  the  Defign  which  I  h.ul  re- 
folved  on  ,  1  caft  my  felf  into  it  J.  C0fpfper,if4  y 
Without  making  capitulations,  ortaking  counfel  of 
Fortune.  -But  God  laughs  at  a  Man.  who  fayesto 
his  Soul,  Taj^ethyeaje  :  I  met  prefently  not  onely 
with  many  little  encumbrances  and  impediments, 
but  with  fo  much  ficknefs  (a  new  misfortune  to 
me)  as  would  have  fpoiled  the  happinefs  of  an  Em- 

perour  as  well  as  Mine :  Yet  1  do  neither  repent 

nof 


1 9  2,    Several  difcourfes  by  vpay  ofEffajs , 

nor  alter  my  courfe-  }^on  egoperfidutn  Dixi  S'acra' 
tnenttim  ; Nothing  fhall  fqjaratc  me  from  aMiftrels, 
which  I  have  loved  fo  long ,  and  have  now  at  laft 
married  ;  though  The  neither  has  brought  me  a  rich 
Portion ;  nor  lived  yet  lo  quietly  vTith  me  as  1  hoped 
from  Her. 

— -— --  Necvos ,  dulcijfima  mwidi 
.  Nomina i  yosMnfa,   Libevtas  ^  Otia,  Lihrh 

Hortique  Sylyaque  anima  remanente  relinquam. 
Nor  by  me  ere  fhall  you, 
You  of  all  Names  the  fweeteft,  andthebeft. 
You  Mufes  ,  Books,  and  Libetty  and  Reft 3 
You  Gardens ,  Fields ,  and  Woods  forfaken  be  3 
Aslong  as  Life  it  felf  forfakes  not  Me. 

But  this  is  a  very  petty  Ejaculation  3  becaufe  I  ha- 
ve concluded  all  the  other  Chapters  with  a  Copy  of 
Verfes ,  1  will  maintain  the  Humour  to  the  laft. 

Martial.  L.  10.  Ep.  47. 
Fifam  c^ua  facmnt  beatiorem ,  ^c. 

Since  J  deareQ  Friend  ,  'tis  your  dedre  too  (ee  \ 
A  true  Receipt  of  Happine fs  from  Me  •, 
Thefe  are  the  chief  Ingredients ,  if  not  all ; 
Take  an  Eftate  neither  too  great  norfmall. 
Which  Qtdamum  Sttfficit  the  Doclors  call 
Let  this  Eft.ite  from  Parents  care  dsfcend  r 
The  getting  it  too  much  of  Lite  does  fpend. 
Takefucha  Ground  ,  whqfe gratitude  maybe 
A  lair  Encour3gement  for  Indulhy. 
Let  conftant  Fires  the  Winters  fury  tame^ 
And  let  thy  Kitchens  be  a  Veftal  Flame. 
Thee  to  the  Town  let  never  Suit  at  Law  f 
And  rarely  ,  very  rarely  Bufinefs  draw. 
Thy  adive  mind  in  equal  Temper  keep  , 
In  undifturbed  Peace ,  yet  not  in  fleep. 
Let  exercife  a  vigorous  health  maintain  , 
Without  which  all  the  CompcfiLion's  vaia. 

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m  Ferfe  and  Profe^  195 

In  the  (ame  weight  Fru  Jencc  nnd  Innocence  take  > 
y/f>.i  of  each  docs  the  jull:  mixtuic  make. 
But  a  few  Friendfhips  wear ,  j/id  let  them  be 
By  Nature  and  by  Fortune  fit  lor  thcc 
In  Ikad  of  Art  and  Luxury  in  food. 
Let  Mirtli  and  Freedotnc  make  thy  Table  good. 
If  any  cares  into  thy  Day  time  creep, 
At  night,  without  Wines  Opium, let  them  flcep. 
^  et  relt ,  which  Nature  does  to  Darkncfs  wed, 
'And  not  Luft  ,  recommend  to  thcc  thy  Bed , 
Be  firisfi'd  ,  and  pleasM  with  what  thou  art ; 
Aft  chcarfully  and  well  th'allotted  part , 
Enjoy  tlieprefent  Hour ,  be  thankful  for  the  Paft  , 
And  neither  fear ,  nor  wif  h  thVipproaches  of  the  lafl. 


Martial  Book  10,  Epigram,  ^6, 

ME  who  have  livM  To  lonq  among  the  gteatf 
You  wonder  to  hear  talk  of  a  Retteat : 
And  a  re:rcat  to  diftant ,  as  may  f  how 
No  fho'jghts  of  a  return  when  once  I  go. 
Give  me  a  Country ,  how  remote  fo  e're , 
WhereHappinefsa  mod'rate  rate  does  bear. 
Where  poverty  it  fclf  in  plenty  flowcs , 
And  all  the  folid  ufe  of  Rfches  knowes. 
The  ground  about  thehoufc  maintains  it  there  j 
The  Houfc  maintains  the  ground  about  it  here. 
Here  even  Hunger*s  dear ,  and  a  full  board  , 
Devours  the  vital  fubftancc  of  the  Lord. 
The  Land  it  (di  d.Qts  there  the  feafl  bellow , 
3rheLand  it  fclf  muft  here  to  Market  go. 
Three  or  four  fuits  one  Winter  here  does  waft , 
One  fuit  does  there  three  or  four  winters  laft. 
Here  every  frugal  Man  muft  oft  be  cold  , 

And  little  Luke- warm-  fites  are  to  you  fold. 

There  Fire's  an  Element  as  cheap  and  free. 

Almoft  as  any  of  the  other  Three. 

Stay  you  then  here ,  and  live  among  the  Great , 

Atten<3 


T94  SeverMifcourfes  hj  wafofEJfays 

Attend  their  fport^ ,  and  at  their  tables  cat. 
When  all  the  bounties  here  of  Men  yoa  fcore : 
The  Places  bounty  there ,  fhall  give  me  more. 


Epitaphium  Vivi  Audoris. 

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Y  JlCy  0  Viator,  fuh'Zare  paryulo 
A^Couleius  Htc  eR  Cofiditu^,  Hicjaceti 
Vefundui  hutnani  Laborpi  ^ 
Sorte ,  fupYvacmque  yitk 

Non  Tndecora  pauperic  Nitens^ 
£t    Non   inerti   notilis  otioj 
Vanoque  dileHU  popdlo 
Diyitih  animofus  Hoftis. 

Fo/fis  ut  ilium  dicere  mortuum  ; 
En  Terra  jam  nunc  Quantula  fufficit} 
Exempta    Jit  Cuyps  ,    viator  j 
Ttrra  fit  iSa  Leyli ,  precare. 

Hie  /par,{je  Flores ,  Jpatge  breyei  Rofas, 
Nam    vita    ^audet    MorWa   Floribtt^y 
Herbtfque     Odoratis     Corona 
Vam  adhuc  Cinercm  Calentem. 


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