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C ONTA I N I NG H I S
M[SCELLANEOUS PIECES
V E R S E and P R O S E .
L O N D O N,
MDCCLL
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Contents of the Sixth Volume.
IMITAT IONS of HORACE .
The Firy? Book qftbe Epiflle: 4Horace, Ep. VII.
P 3
fie Second Book qftbe Satire: qfHorace, Sat . VI.
1 I
Beak IV. Ode I . ofHorace 3 1
Book IV. Ode IX . ofHome: 37
E P I 8 T L E 8 ,T0 ROBE R T Earl qfOxford andMortimerTo JAMES CRAGG S Efg .
-Sm tmy q tate 44.
ToMr . JERVA S, "witb Mr . BRYD Eu’
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r xon 53Tbc BASSE-T TABL E , an Eclog ue 56
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amBoileaa 63Anfw er toa Qz‘zg/Izofl of Mr s . HOWE 64.
Occqfiorzed by jam: w ry}: of bis Grace 16: Duke
of Bu c c mAM 65A prolag ue to a playfar Alf . D amn: benefit m
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diflny}, a little befor e bi: death 66
MACE R , a cbarafier 69VOL . VI . a To
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E P I TA PH 8,I . On CHARLES Earl of DORSET ,
( bare!) qfWitbyamin Sqfax 8 5II. On SirWu u m TRUMBAL 87II I. 0 1: tbe
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Hon. SlMON HARCOU R T , onififimgfLord Cbancdlor HARCOURT ; at thet bur cb of Stanton Harcourt in
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V111. 0 1: Sir Gonn a? KNELLER, t'
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C O N T E N T S.
lmr a n ons,
IX. Ou General Henna? e nak s, {a W40miflfler - dfié éy 95
X. 0 1: Mr . Elfjab Fenian, at Eaflbamfimd inBerks, 3730 96
XI. Ou Mr . GAY ,inWeflmin/ier - afiey, 173 2
ROCH EST E R w bo died in exile at Par is
173 2 , 4 Dialog ue 99XIV. Ou EDMU ND Duke QfBucking bw , Who
fl iedmtbeM RM W9] his ag e, 173 11 0 1
fier - abbty 1 0 2
ibid.
Msuoms of tbc extraordinary Lifl',Work}, and
Difim r ies ofMAa'
rmu s Scam m ws 1 0 5Mu r mu s SCR IBLERUS neg) Baféag , or tbc Ar t
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rzg in Poetry 1 97Vmc xu u s RBSTA URATU S, fiv e MART I NISe n Sammi Critici Cq/iig ationum in
2 7 1
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5 Reports, Stradling2 8 1
ME
C O N T E N T S.
Mamou s ofP . P . clerk of this pari/kOftbe Poet Laureate, Nov . 1 9, 1 72 9Guardian:
Preface toH omer’s I liadPreface to tbeWorks qfSbakq/pear
E R R A T A.
Pag e 6 l. 8for Haec r . Hac
14. l. 4.for quas res r . q uam rem1 2 2 l. x1 for herfelfr . himfelf1 8 l. 2 7 or Arietadion r . Arietation
l. 5 or cool tome r . to coolme
I M I T A
I M I T A T I O N S Book ].
E P I S T O L A VI I .
INQ U E dies tibi pollicitu s me
turum,
Sextilcm totummendax defidcror . atq ui,
Sime v iv crc v is fanum rcfieque v alcntcm
(Logan mihi das acg ro, dabis aeg rotare timenti,
Maecenas, v eniam: dumficus prima calorq ucDcfig natorcm decorat H&oribus ams
Dum pueris omnis pater, ct matercu la pallet
Ofliciofaq uc (edulitas, ct opella forcnfis
Adducit febris, cl tcfiamcnta refig nat .
Quodfibruma niv cs Albanis illinct ag ris
Ad mare dcfcendct v ates tuus, ct fibi parcet,Contrafiufq uc leg er 3 te, dulcis amicc, rcv ifet
Cum Zephyris, ficoncedes, ct hirundine prime.
a
tp v it. o F H O RA C E.
E P I S T L E VI I .
Imitated in theManner ofDr. SWIFT.
I S true, my Lord, I g ate my w ord,IWould be w ith you , June the third ;
C hang’
d it to Ang uft, and (in fhort)H i v e kept it—as you do at Court.
Y ou humour me w hen I amfiok ,Why not w hen I am fplenetick
In tow n, w hat Objeé’ts cou ld I meet ?
The {hops {but up in ev’
ry fireet,
And Fun’
rals blaek’
ning all the Doors,
And yet more melancholyWhoresAnd w hat a duft in ev ery place ?
And a thin Court that w ants your Face,
And Fev ers rag ing up and dow n,
AndW* and H*‘ “5 both in tow n !
The Dog- days are no more the cafe .
i
TlS true , butWlnter comes apaceThenfouthw ard let your Bard retire
,
Hold ou t fome months ’
tw ixt Sun and Fire,
And you {hal l fee the firfi: w armWeather ,
Me and the Butterflies tog ether.1: B 2
4 I M I T A T I O N S Book ].
Non, qnomore pyris v cfciCalaber jubet hofpes,
Tome feeifii locupletem. Vefccrc (odes .
Jam fatis cfi. At tu q uantumv is tolle . Benig ne.
Non inv ifa fercs pueris munufcula' parv is .
Tam teneor dono, q uamfidimittar onufins.
U t libet : haec porcis hodic comcdenda relinq ues.
Prodig us et fiultus donat q uae fpcrnit et odit :
Haec feg es ing ratos tu lit et feret omnibus annis .
Vir bonus et fapiens, dig nis ait efi'
e peratus
Nec tamen ig norar, q uid difient acra lupinis ?
Dig num pracfiabo me , etiatn pro lando-mcrentis .
Og od 13 me noles ufq uam difcoderc ; toddes
Forte latus, nig ros ang ufia front: capillos :
Ep VIEI . O F H O R A C E .
My Lord, your Favours w el l I know ;
’
Tis w ith Drfiiné tion you befiow ;
And not to ev’
ry one that comes,
M as a Sootfman does his Plumbs.
Pray take them,Sir
,—Enoug h
'
s a Feafi
Eat form,and pocket up the refi
What rob your Boys ? thofc pretty rog ues !No
,Sir, you
’ ll leave them tothe Hog s.
Th us F0 015With Compliments bcficg e ye,Contriving nev er to oblig e ye .
Scatter you r Favours on a Pop,
Ing ratitude’
s the certain crop
And’
tis but jufi, I’
ll tell ye w herefore,
You g iv e the thing s you nev er care for .
A w ife man alw ays is or Ihou’
d
Be mig hty ready to do g ood
But makes adifi‘ rence in his thoug ht
Betw ixt 3 Guinea and a Groat ;
Now this I'
ll fay, you'
ll find in me
A fafe Companion, and a free 5
But ifyou '
d hav eme alw ays near
A w ord, pray, in your Honour’
s ear.
I hope it is your Refolut ion
To g iveme back myConfiitution1 B 3
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6 I M I’
I’ A T I O N S Book t,
Reddcs dulce loq ui reddcs riderc decorum, ct
Inter v ina fug am Cynaraemoerere proterv ae.
Forte per ang ufiam tennis v ulpecula rimam
Repferat in cumeramfrumenti ; pafiaquc, ru rfus
Ire foras pleno tendebat corpore frufira.
Cu imuflela procul, Si v is, ait, efi'
ug ere ifiinc ;
Macra cav um repetes arétum, q uemmacra fubifii.
Haec eg o ficompellor imag ine, cuné’
ta refig no ;
Nec fomnum plebis laudo fatur altilium,
'
ncc
Otia div itns Arabum liberrima mu to.
Saepe v erecundum laudafti : Rexque, Paterque
That laug h’d dow n many a Summer Sun,
And kept you up [0 oft til l one
And all that voluntary Vein,A s w hen Belinda rais
'
d my Strain.
AWeafel once made Ih ift to flinkI n at a Corn- loft thro’
a Chink ;
But hav ing amply ftufi‘d h is flt in,
Could not g et ou t as he g ot in :
Which one belong ing to the Home(”Tw as not aMan
,it w as aMoufe)
Obfer v ing , cry'
d, You {cape not (0 ,Lean as you came, Sir , you mufig o.
Sir, you may {pare you r Appl ication,
I'm no fuch Beat}, nor his Relation ;Nor one that Temperance adv ance,
Cramm’
d to the throat w ith Ortolans
Extremely ready to refig n
All that may make me none ofmine.
Sou th - fea Subfcriptions take w ho pleafe,
Leav e me but Liberty and Eafe ,
N O T E S .
Van. d r w bmBelinda] A compliment he pays himl'
elffind the public on his Rape Lark.
1 8 4
I M I T A T I O N S‘
Book I.
Audifii coram, nee v erbo parcius abfens
Infpice, fipofi'
umdonata reponere laetus.
i s p is a e e e e is o t t
fi i fi f fi fi fi fl fl fi fi i
Parvumparvadecent. mihijamnon reg ia Roma,
Sed v acuumTibur placet, aut imbelleTarentum.
Strenuus cc fortis, caufifque Philippus ag endia
Clams, etc,
I M I T A T I O N S M D.
8 A T I R A VI .
0C erat in v otis : modus ag ri non itamag nus,
Hortus ubi, et teéto v icinus jug is aq uae fons,
Et paulumfilv ae fuper his foret . au étius, atq ue
Dimelius fecere. bene efi. nil amPlius oro,
Maia nate, nifiut propria haec mihimunera faxis.
Si neq ue majorem feci ratione mala rem,
Nee {urn faéturus v itio culpav e minorem
Si v eneror Rultus nihil horum, 0 fiang u lus ille
froximus aooedat, q ui nunc denormat ag ellum l
0 fiumamarg enti fors q uaemihimonfizret l nt il li,
Illum ipfum mercatus arav it, div es amico
3mm: o s u o s a c a
S A T I R E VI .
The firfiPar t imitated in the Year 17 14, byDr . Sw w
'
r ; the latter Part added afterw ards.
’
VE ofsen w ifh’
d that I had clear
For life, fix hundred pounds a year,
OfLand , fet out to plant aWood.
Well,now I hav e all th is and more,
I aik not to encreafe my (tore ;
But here a Griev ance feems to lie,
All th is is mine but till I die ;c I can ’
t but think’
tw ou ld found more clev er,? To me and to my Heirs for ever
IfI ne ’
er g ot or loft a g roat ,1‘ By any Trick , or any Fau lt9 And if I pray by Reafon
’
s rules,And not like forty other Fools
As thu s,
Vouchl'
afe,oh g racious Maker !
To g rant me this and t'
other Acre
99 Or,ifit be thyWil l and Pleafure,
Direftmy Plow tofind aTreafure
I M I T A T I O N S Boek III
Ing emum u tque foles, cuitas mihimaximus adfis.
Erg o nhi me in montes w in arcem ce be re
Necmalame ambitio perdit, nee plumbeus Aufier,
Autumnufq ue g rav is, Libitinz e quaeftns acerbae.
Matutine pater, feu Jane libentius audis,Unde homines operum primos v itaeq ue labores
Int'
tituunt, (fic Dis placitum) tu carminis cito
Principium: Romae fponforemme rapis : Eia,
Ne prior oflicio q uifq uam refpondeat, urg ue
Sive Aquilo radit terras, feu bruma nivalem
mm o r H O R A C E.
Preferv e, Almig hty Prov idence !
Jufiw hat you g av e me, Competmce
‘ And let me in thefe flmdes compofe
Something in Verfe as true asP rofe
Nor pufi’
d by Pride, h ot funk by Spleent
'
In (hurt , I’mperfeftly content,
Let me bu t liv e on th is fide Trent ;Nor crofs the Channel tw ice a year,
To [pendfix months w ith Statea here.
I mufiby allmeans come to tow n,’
Tis for the ferv ice of the Crow n .
Lew is, the Dean w ill be ofufe,
Send for him up , takeno excufe .
The toil , the dang er ofthe Seas
Great Minilters ne’
er think of thefe;
Dr let it coftfive hundred pound,Nomatter w here the money
’
s found,
It is bu t (0 much more in debt,
And that they ne’
er confider 'd yet .
Good Mr . Dean g o chang e you r g ow n,Let my Lord know you
’
re come to tow n.
I M I T A T I O N S Boot in
Interiore diem g yro trahit, ire necefi'
e eff.
Poftmodo, q uod mi obfit,clare certumque lo
cuto,
Lué'
tandu t'
n in turba, et facienda injuria tardls.
Q id tibi v is, infane et quas res a
‘
g is ? improbus
u rg uet
Iratis precibus. tu pulfes omne q uod obflat’
,
AdMaecenatemmemorifimente recurras.
Hoe juvat, et melli cit ; ne mentiar . at hmulatras
Ventum efiEfquilias aliena neg otia centum
Per caput, ct circa faliunt latus. Ante fecundam
Sn1.VL O F H O R A C E.
I hurry me in hal'
te aw ay,Not th inking it is Levee-day ;
Andfind his Honour in a Pound,
H emm'
d by a triple Circle round,
Cheq uer’
d w ith Ribbons blue and g reen
How Ihould I thruft myfelfbetw een
SomeWag obferv es me thus pcrplext,
And fmiling , w hifpers to the next,
I thou g ht the Dean had bitch too proud,Toj
‘
ufile here among a etoud.
Another in a furly fit,Tells me I hav e more Zeal thanWi t,
So eag er to exprefs your lov e,
You ne’
er confider w hom you (hov e,
But rudely pt efs before a Duk e .
I ow n,Ii
m pleas’
d w ith this rebuke,
And take it k indly meant to (how
What I defire theWorld (hould know .
I g et a w hifper , and w ithdraw
When tw enty Fools I nev er fawCome w ith Petitions fairly penn
’
d,
Defirin g I w ou ld Rand their friend.
This, humb ly offers me his Cafe
That, beg s my int'
reft for a Place
16 I M I T A T I O N S Rodc Ia
Rofcius orabat fibi adeflEs - ad Puteal eras.
De te communi fcribae mag na atq ue nov a te
Orabant hodic meminifi'
es, (h ints , fev ers .
Imprimat his curs Maecenas fig na tabellis.
Dixeris, EXPeriar : Si v is, poses, addit ct infiat.
Septimus oét‘avo propior jamfixg erit
'
annus,
Ex q uoMaecenas me ooepit habere fuorum
In numero : duntaxat ad hoc, q uem tollere rheda
Vellet, 1ter faciens,ct eui ooncredere nug as
Hoe g enus, Hora q uota eft? Threx efiGallinaSyro par .
I M I T A T I O N S Book II .
Matutina parum cautosjamfrig ot s mordent
Et quae rimol'
a bene deponuntur in aure.
Per totumhoc tempus, fubjeétior in diemethoram
Inv idiae nofier . ludos fpeé tav erit una
Luferit in campo : Fortunaefilius,omnes.
F rig idus a Rofirismanat per compita rumor
(Q iounque obv ins ef’c,me confulit ; 0 bone (11amte
Scire, Deos q uomam propius conung ls, oportet)
Nurn q uid de Dacis audifti ? Nil equidem. U t tu
Semper eris derifor ! At omnes Di exag itentme,Si q uicquam. Og
'
d ? militibus promifi‘
a Triquetra .
M VP, O F H O RA C E.
Or, Hav e you noth ing new to-day
From Pope, from Parnel, or fromGay ?
Such tattle often entertains
My Lord and me as far as Stains,
As'
once a w eek w e trav el dow n
Where all that pafi'
es,inter nor,
Yes fameI know w ith env y fw cll,Becaufe they feeme us’d [0 w el l
How think you of our Friend the Dean ?
IWonder w hat fome people mean ;My Lord and he are g row n fo g reat,
Alw ays tog ether , tire a té'
te,
What,they admire him for his jokes
See bu t the fortune offome Folks 1
There flies about afirang e reportOffome ExPrefs arriv
'
d at Court
I'
mftopp’
d by all the fools I meet,And catechis
’
d in ev’
ry fireet .
You,Mr . Dean
,freq uent the Great ;
Inform us, w il l the Emp
’
t or treat
Or do the Prints and Papers lye
Faith, Sir , you know as much as I .
1 C 2 .
ao I M I T A T'
I O N S Boch II.‘
Praedia Cacfar, an at Itala tel lure daturus ?
Jurantem me fcire nihil nuratur, u t unum
Scilicet eg reg u mortalem altiquefilenti .
Perditur haec inter mifero lux nonfine v otis,
0 ms, q uando eg o te afpiciam? q uandoque licebit,
Nunc v eterum libris, nunc fomno et inertibus
horis,
Ducere folicitae jucunda obliv ia v itae ?
O q uando faba Pythag orae cog nata, fimulqueUnéta fatis ping ui ponentur olufcula lardo ?
O nofies coenaeq ue Deum q uibus ipfe meique,
Ante Laremproprium'
vefcor , v ernafque procaces
Pafco libatis dapibus : cum,u t cuique libido ell ,
Siccat inaequales calices conv iva, folutus
O F H O R A C E.
Ah Dofiory how you lov e to jefi?’
Tis now no fecret— I protefl:’
Tis one tome tell us, pray,When are the Troops to hav e their pay ?
I a o more thanmyLordMayor,
They hand m ad and think me g row n
m u s a aa or rony wsu,
My ehoioefiHours oflife are loft ;t alw ays w ifhing to retreat,
0h , could l feemyCountry Seat !
There leaning near a g entle Brook ,Sleep, or perufe fome ancient Book ,
And there in Iw eet ob liv ion drow n
Thofe Cares that haunt the Court and Tow n.
0 charming Noons ! and Nig hts div ine !
Or when I fap, or w hen I dine,
N o'r n s.
V2 11 . 1 2 5. T1111: mafar, eta ] Our Poet excella his friend 111
his ow n w‘
a ofmoderniz ing Horace. Bu t this w ay is infinitelymferior to ow n. For tho
’Horace be eafy, he 13 not fami
M ; or, ifhe be , it is the familiarity ofCou rts , w hich 15 nev er
without its dig nity. Theft: thing s burlel'
q ue v erfe cannot te
concile, nor indeed any other, that I know of, but the fore
C
I M. I T A T I 0 N S
Leg ibus infanis t fen quisc apit acria fortis
Pocula; feu modicis mefeit laetius . erg o
Sermo oritur, non de v illi: domibufve alienis,
Nee male necne Lepos faltet : fed quad mag is ad
Pertinet, ct nefcire malum eft,ag itamus utrumne
Div itiis homines, an flnt v irtute beati
Quidv e ad amicitias, ufus reé’tumne,trahat nos :
Et q uaefit natura boni, fummumque quid ejug .
Cerv ius haec inter v icinus g arrit aniles
Ex t e fabellas . fiq uxs 11am laudat Arelli
Solicitas ig narusopes ; fie incipit : Ohm
Rufticu s urbanummuremmus paupere fertur
Accepifl'
e cavo, v eteremc v etus hofpes amicum3
M .Sfill O F H O R A C E .
Chatting and laug hing all-a- row ,
The Beans and Bacon fet before’
em,
The Grace—eup ferv ’d w ith all decorum
Each w illing to beM d and pleat'
e,
And ev’
n the vety Dog s at eafe !
How this or that ltalianfingfi
A Neig hbour’
sMadneIS, or bis Spoufe'
Or w hat’
s in either of the HoufeS t
But fomething much more our concern,
And q uite‘
afizandal not to learn
Aman ofMerit, or aMifer ?
Whaher w e oug ht to chufe ou r Friends,
For their ow nWorth , or our ow n Ends ?
What good, or better , w e may call,And w hat, the v ery bell: of all ?
Ou r Friend Dan Prior,told (you know )
ATale extremely a‘
proper
Name a Tow n Life,and in a trice
,
He had a Story oftw oMice .
Once on a time (fo runs the Fable)ACountry
'
Moufe, rig ht hofpitable,
I C 4
Scpofiti eieeris; nec long t e inviwt w ean :
Aridum et are firm acinum; fiuwfiqueMFrufta dedit, cupiens variafaifidia ooehaVincere tang entis male Gng uh dente fitpevbo s
Cum pater ipl'
e dorms pale: portefl tts in hemeElfet ador loliumq ue, é apis ofneliou rsnnqn
‘
em.
Tandem urbanus ad hum, Quid tte juvat, inquihamide;
Praerupti nemmispatientcm‘v ii éw dorfe ff
Vin'
tu hominé é urbemq ue ferisW h ere fylv is ?
Carpe v iam(mihi crede) eoth ésimeeftfia quando
Mortales animas v ivunt lbrtita, nfifieh fla efi,
Ant mag no aut parvo, leti fug a . quo, bone, circa,
I M I T'
A T I O N S Book II;
Dum licet, in rebus jueundis v iv e beatus
Vivememot q uamfts nev i brev is. Haec ubi diet:
Ag refiem pepulere, domo lev is ex filit : inde
Ambo propofitum perag unt iter , u rbis av entes
Moenia noélrurni fubrepere. jamque teuchat
Ncx medium coeli (patium, cum ponit u terq ue
In locuplete domo v efiig ia : rubro ubi cooco
Tiné ta fuper leétos canderet v efiis eburnos;Multaque dc mag na fuperefl
'
ent fercu la coena,
Erg o ubi purpurea pom étum in v elte locav it
h g refiem; v eluti fuccint‘lus curfitat hofpes,Continuatq ue dapes : nee non v erniliter ipfis
Fung itur ofiicus, praelibans omne quod afl'
ert.
When all their Lordthips had fate late. )Behold the place, w here if a Poet
Shin’
d in Defeription. hemig h t [how it
Tell how theMoon- beamtremb ling falls,And tips w ith Silv er all the w alls ;Palladian w alls
,Venetian doors
,
Grotefco roofs, and Stucco floors
But let it (in a w ord) be (aid,The Moon w as up, and Men a bed,
The Napkins w hite, the Carpet red
The Guefis w ithdraw n had left the Treat,
And dow n the Mice fate, t éte d té'
ta.
Our Courtier w alks from difh to difh,
Tafies for his Friend ofFow l and Filh
Tells all their names, lays dow n the law ,
ne ga gfl bon ! Ab g outer fa !
That Jelly’s r ich , thisMalmfey healing ,Pray, dip yourWhiflters and your Tail ih .
Was ev er fuch a happy Sw ain ?
He {lu g s and (w ills, andfiufi’
s ag ain .
I’m quite afllam
’
d— ’
tis mig hty rude
f‘ To eat (a much-é but st11
’
s [0 g ood.
2 8 I M I T A T I O N S Boch ll'
.
I lle cubans g audet mutate forte, bonifque
Rebus ag it laetumconviv am: cum fuhito ing ens
Valv arum firepitus leétis ei cufiit utrumque.
Gurtet e per totumpav idi conclav e ; mag ifque
Exanimes trepidare, fimul domus altaMoloflis
Perfonuit canibus. tum rufiicus, Handmihi v ita
Eft opus hac, ait,et v aleas : me fylv a, cavufque
Tutus ab infidiis tenui folabitur ervo.
Sat.VI . O F H O R A C E .
I hav e a thoufand thanks to g iv e
My Lord alo’
ne know s how to liv e.
Nofooner faid, but from the Hall
Ruth Chaplain, Butler, Dog s and all
ARat, aRat clap to the door
The Cat comes bouncing on the floor .
0for the heart ofHomer’
sMice,01 Gods to fav e them in a trice !
(It w as by Prov idence they th ink ,For your damn
’
d Stucco has no Chink .)An
’
t pleafe your Honour , q uoth the Peafant,This fame Defi
'
ert . is not fo pleafant
Giv e me ag ain my hol low Tree,A CrufiofBread, and Liberty !
I M I T A T I O N S M W;
L I B E R IV.
0 D E I .
A o Va u a n s u .
NTERM I S SA, Venus, diu
Rurfus bella mov es ? parce precot , precot .
Non {um qualis cram bonae
Sub reg no Cynarae. define, dulciu tn
Mater faev a Cupidinum,
Circa luftra decemfleé teremollibus
Jam durum imperiis : abi
(k mblandae juv enum te revocant preces.
Tempefiiv ius in domum
Pau lli,purpureis ales oloribus,
Comifihbere Maximi ; ~
Si torrete jecur q uaeris idoneum.
Namq ue ct nobilis,et decens,
Et pro folicitis non tacitu s reis,
O F H O R A C E .
O O K
o D B
To VE N U S.
IN ? new Tumults in my breafi?
{pate me, Venus ! let me , let me refi!
s ! the man
As in the g entle Reig n ofMy (k een Anne.
Ahfound nomore thy (oft alarms,
Nor circle fober fifty w ith thy Charms.Mother too herce ofdear Defires !
Turn, turn to w illing hearts your w antonfires ,
There fpmd roundMURRAY allyour b looming
Noble and young , w ho {h ikes the heart
With ev ’ry fprig htly, ev’
ry decent part 5Equal , the injur
’
d to defend,
To charm the Mifltrefs,or tofix the Friend.
N O T E L
This, and the unfinilhed imitation ofthe ninth Ode ofthefollows, they as happy a v ein for the Odes
hfHorace as for the Epifiles.
p 1 M 1 T A TYO N ®
Et centum puer artium,
Late fig na feret militiae tune .
Et, q uandoq ue potentior
muneribus riferit aemuli,
Albanos prope te lsens
Ponet marmoream hli) trabe einea.Illic plurima naribus
Duces thura ; lyraque “ BerecyathiaDeleé’taberc tibia
Mixtis carminibus, nonfinefifiula.
Illio bis puet i die
Numen cumteucris v irg im mum.
Laudantes, pede candidb
InmoremSaliumm qul tient bum p
Me nec femina, nee puer 1
Jam,nee fpes animi credu lamutui,
Nee certare juv at mero,Nee v ineire novis-tempora MM
I M I’
I K'
D I 40 N 18 Book
Sed cur, heu l Ligurine, cur
Mana g ers;mess lacryma perCur facunda parumdecoro
Intelt -vfitbaxadit ling uafik ntio
Noéturnis eg o fomh iis
jameaptumteneo, jamvolucremfequor
Te per g ramina Martli
Campi, te per aquas, dure, volubiles.
0 1113 1 ; O IF WH O'
R A C B.
Why w ords fo flowmg , thoug hts (0 free,
Stob, or t urn non- fenfe, at one g lance ofthee ?
Thee, drefiin’
Fancy’
s airy beam,
Abfent I follow thro’
th’
extended Dream1
Now ,now I feiz e, I dafp thy charms,
And now you burft (ah cruel frommyarms;And fw iftly {hoot along theMall
,
01 foftly g lide by the Canal,Now thow n by Cynthia
’
s hlv er ray,
And now , on rolling w aters fnatch’
daw ay;
0 F " H 0 R A
Part /of the N J NTH Q D E
Of the F O U R T H BO O K .
E ST you fhould think that v erfe (hall die,Which founds the Sil v er Thames along ,
Tau g h t, on the w ing s ofTru th to flyAbov e the reach ofv u lg ar fong ;
Tho’
dating Miltonfits fublime,In Spencer nativ e Mufes play
Nor yet {hallWaller yield to time,Nor penfiv e Cow ley
'
s moral lay.
Sag es and Chiefs long fince had birth
Ere Caafar w as, or New ton h am’
d
Thefe rais’
d new Empires o’
er the Earth ,
And Thofe , new Heav’
ns and Syflemsfram’
d ,
Vain w as the Chief’
s,
They had no Poet,
In v ain they fchem’
d,
They had no Poet,
theSag e’
s pride !
and they died.
in v ain they bled l
and are dead.
M I JS -C E 'L L iA 'w F E S.
Abfent or dead, fiil l-let a friend bed é ar,
(Afig h the abfcnt claimsg'
t he dead aw )“ P
Recall thefe nig hts 11m uses thy 10 1116111: daysStil l hear thy Parnell in 'his 'liv ing 13sWho
,carelelsnow ofInt
’
refi, Fame,'erme,
Peshapsfingers that Ox roxn e’
e’r w as g reat
Or deeming ma nefl: w hat w e g reatefical l,Beholds thee g lorious only in thy Fall.
And fure, ifaug ht below the feats div ine
Can touch Immortals,'
tis a Soul like thine
A fou l fupreme, iti each hard infianee try’d,
Abov e all Pain, all Paflion ,and allPr ide,
The rag e ofPow’
r, the blafiofpubhc breath , 2 5The lu ll ofLucre, and the dread ofDeath.
In v ain to Deferts thy retreat is made ;
TheMufe attends thee to thyfilent fhade’
Tis hers, the brave man'
s latefifieps to trace,Rejudg e his and dig nify difgm e .
When Int’refioalls offall her [ma king train,And all the oblig
’
d defert, and all the vain ;
She w aits, or to the fcafi'
old, or the cell,
When the lafiling ’t ing friend has bid farew el.
M I ' S C Eg L UII A N I ‘E .
‘
43 .
Ev’
n now ,{he Ihades thy Ev
'
ning- w alk w ith bays,
(No b ird ing Ihe, g o profiitute to praife ) 36
Ev’
n now , obferv ant ofthe parting ray,Eyes the CalmSumk t'éfthy various Day ,
Tbro’
Fortune’
s cloud one truly g reat can fee,Nor fears to tel l, that MORT IMER is he.
SECRETARY ofSTATE .
Which nor toGuilt nor Fear , its Caution 0
And boafisaWarmth that fromno i flg wésy
A Facc w msht to feig n s aimlesseyed 11That dartsfev ere upon a t iling Lye, 11
And [hikes a blulh th ro'
frontlefs Fla
All this thou w ert,andbeing this befpre,
Know , King sandFortune cannotmake theeThen (corn to g ain a Friend byMerv ile w a sNor w ith to lofe a Foe thefe Virtues rai
rfe ,
B.
ut candid free, lincere, as you beg an,
Proceed aMinifier , but {till aMan{
Be not (exalted to w hate’
er deg ree)
Aihamd ofany Friend, not cv’
n oti
Secretary ofState] In the Year 1 72 0 . P.
H I SVerfe be 1 . my friend, nor thou
handWikm t 0 1 1 1 GM ,
ife kes,and
.
daw ns at ev’
ry line
in beauteous th e colour'
d w afs, J;
(0 reg u lar my rage.
N o r s e
1m .) This w ine, and the two follow .
years before the and orig inally
M 1 18 C E'
L L -A N - I IE /S.
Smit w ith thedm .o£ Sifter - Arts .w e came,
Tog ether e’
e r othe A lps methinks we fly; y
?F
'
M w ith Idw a of Fair i taly .
With thee, on Raphae l ‘sMonument I moufl i,u
Ot ,m iid piring
'Drmins atMaro’
s Urn 4 ‘
With 1th“ ” 909 1 who'
re Tu llym m‘
ism'
,
OrM GGme Ru in’
s‘
formifible fizade ,"
36Whflf faneyb ring s the v anith ’d piles
And bu ilds imag inary Rome a-new,
Here thy we ll-fiudy’
dmarblesfix our ¢YG§A fading Frel
'
co here demands afig h
37
Each hm’
a ly tiaéece uhw eu ied w e c emem s 3 5
Gamaccifs fl rmg h.Chrt eg g iols fofiw hnqBenidnn b fimke; and Titiau
'sm th dh inez‘
How finial d w ith illufin’
ous toilm s
Ang rtg elis,fiv eetnefs. orBridg ew atei‘s ems.
Thefeagears eternal , that embalm the ;dead
BidW5 beall that cheat s or Ibftcns lifeu . 1 N
Thfitender .fififi’
,Wig : friqndo and w ife
Bid henbg 311 thatmakcsmank ind Adore ; 1 l 1 N
then viewWMam 3 0d beyvma w w e i ( 1L
im ttt Shermanbreathing paiat eng ageHer niodeficheek .(hal lmm afuam ag ct 1 3 6
£0 r 2 3
.1 l
PmmFtefiwyefioyed gfa we twenty Years in
[fimfhtn
‘g lh?I 1 .
4s M I S C E L L A N I E i
Beauty,frail flow
'
r that ev’
ry (eafon k art ,
Bioom$ in thy colours for a thoufand years r
Thus Churchill ’s race (hall other hearts fueprizc ,
And other Beauties env yWorfley’
s cyes ; 60
1
Each pleating Blount (hal l endlefs fiu iles befiow ,
And foft Be linda’
s blufh for ev er g low .
Oh lafting as thol'
eColours may they th ine,Free as thyfiroke, yet faultlefs as thy line
New g races yearly like thy w orks difplay,
Soft w ithout w eaknefs, w ithout g laring g ayLed by fome rule, that g uides, bu t not confl rfiins
And finifh '
d more thro'
happinefs than pains.
The k indred Arts (hall in their praife
One dip the pencil, and one firing the lyre .
Yet Ihould the Graces all thy fig ures place ,And breath an air div ine on ev
’
ry face
Yet fhould theMu l'
es bid my numbers roll
Strong as their charms , and g entle as their foul
With Zeuxis’ Helen thy Br idg w ater v ie, 75
And there be fung’
till Granv ille’
sMyra die
Alas l how little from the g rav e w e claim!
Thou but preferv’fia Face , and I aName .
g o M I S C E L L A N I E S .
The truefihearts for Voiture heav '
d w ith fig hs,Voiture w as
‘
w ept by all the brig hteft Eyes :The Smiles andLov eshad dy
'
d in Voitu re's deathBu t that for ev er in his lines they breathe. 2 0
Let the fl riCt life of g rav er mor tals be
A long , exafl ; and feriou s Comedy ;In ev
’
ry fcene fome Moral let it teach ,
’
And, ifit can ,at once both pleafe and preach .
Let mine , ah
.
innocent g ay farce appear,And more div erting fiill than reg u lar,Hav e H umour ,Wit, a nativ e Eafe and Grace
,
Tho’
not toofirit‘l ly bound to Time and‘
Place
.
Critics inWi t,or Life
,are hard to pleafe,
Few w rite to thofe, and none can liv e to there . 30
Too much your Sex is by their forms confin’
d,
Sev ei'e to all,but molt toWomankind
Cufiom, g row n b lind w ith Ag e, mull: b e your
g uide ;
Your pleafure is a v ice, but not your pride ;
ByNatu re yielding , fiubborn but for fame 3 5
Made Slav es by honour , andmadeFools by (hame .
Marriag e may all thol'
e petty Tyrants chafe,
But fets up one, a g reater in their place
Well mig ht you w ith for chang e by thofe accur
But the laft Tyrant ev er prov es the w orft.
M I S C E L L A N I E S .
Still in confiraint you r fuff'
ring Sex remains,
Or bound in formal, or in real chains
Whole years neg leé ted, for fome months ador ’d,The faw ning Serv ant turns a haug hty Lord.
Ah q uit not the free innocence of life,For the dull g lory ofa v irtuousWife ;Nor let falfe Shew s, or empty Titles pleafe :
Aim not at Joy, but reft content w ith Eafe.
The Code,to curfe Pamela w ith her pray
'
rs,
Gav e the g ilt Coach and dappled F landersMares,
The Ih iniDg robes; rich jew els, beds offlare, 5 1
And, to cumpleat her blifs, a Fool for Mate .
She g lares in Balls, front Boxes, and the Ring ,
A vain,unquiet, g litt
’
ring , w retched Thing !
Pride, Pomp, and State but reach her outward part;
Shefig h s, and is no Duchel'
s at her heart . 56
But , Madam, ifthe fates w ith lland, and you
Are defiin’
d Hymen’
s w illing Vié’
tim too ;
Truft not too much you r now refifilel’s charms,Thofe, Ag e or Sicknefs, (0 0 11 or late, difarms : 60
Good humour only teaches charms to lat},
Stillmakes new conq uefis, and maintains the pail ;Lave, rais
’
d on Beauty, w il l like that decay,Our hearts may bear its flender chain 11 day ;
1 E 2
5 2 M I S C E L L A N I E &
Asfiow ’
ry bands in w antonnefs are w orn,
A morning’
s pleafure, and at ev ening torn ;
This binds in ties more eafy, yet morefirong ,The w illing; heart , and only holds it long .
Thus Voiture ’
s early care.
ftill (hone the fame,
AndMonthaufier w as only chang’
d in name : 70
By this, ev’
n now they liv e, ev’
n now th ey charm,
Their Wit {til l fparkling , and their flames fiill
Now crow n’
d w ithMyrtle, on th’
Elyfian coal},Amid thofe Lov ers, joys his g entle Ghoft
Pleas’
d, w hile w ith (miles his happy linesyou v iew ,
And hu ds a fairer Ramboiiillet in you . 76
The brig hteft eyes ofFrance infpir’
d his Mufe;
The brig hteft eyes ofBritain now perufe ;
And dead , as liv ing ,’
tis our Author’
s pride
Still to charm thofe w ho charm the w orld befide .
Mademoifelle Paulet. P.
E P I S T L B
To the fame,
On her leav ing the Tow n after the
CORONAT I ON .
Ju li w hen {he learns to roll. amelting eye,
And hear a Inark , yet think no dang er nig h
From the dear man unw illing (he muft fev er, 5
Yet takes one kifs before the parts for ev er
Thus fromthe w orld fair Zephalinda flew ,
Saw others happy, and w ith fig hs w ithdrew ;
Not that their pleafures caus’
d her difcontent, 9
She fig h'
d not that theyfiay'
d,but that (h e w ent.
She w ent, to plain- w orlt , and topurling brook s,Old- fafh ion
’
dhalls, dullAunts, and croaking rooksShe w ent from Op ’
ra, Park , Affembly, Play,
Tomorning ~w alks, and pray'
rs three hours a day ;
Coronation.) OfKing Georg e the firft, 1 7 15 . P.
1 3 3
M I -S C E L L A N I E S.
To part her time'
tw ixt reading and bohea,
To mufe, and {pil l her folitary tea,
Or o'
er cold cofl'
ee trifle w ith the. (momCount the flow clock , and d ine exaét at noon
Div ert her eyes w ith piétu res in thefire ,Humhalfa tune, tel l fiories to the (quire
Up to her g odly g arret after fev’
n,
There flarv e and pray,for that
’
s the w ay to heav’
n.
Some Squire, perhaps, you tak e delig ht to ra'
ck ;
Whofe g ame isWhifk , w hol'e treat a toaft in fack ;Who v ifits w ith a Gun, preferits you birds, 2 5
Then g ives a (marking bufs, and cries,- No w ords!
Or w ithhishound comeshallow ing from thefiable,Makes lov e w ith nods, and knees beneath a table
Whofe laug hs are hearty, tho’
h isjefi‘
s are coarfe,
And lov es you belt ofall thing s— hut his horfe. 3 0
In fome fair ev’
n ing , on your elbow laid,
You dream ofTriumphs in the rural fhade ;In penfiv e thoug ht recall the fancy
’
d fcene,
See Coronations rife on ev’
ry g reen
Before you pafs th’imag inary lig hts 3 5
Of Lords, and Earls, and Dukes,and g arter
’
d
Knights,
M I S C E L L A N I E s g
While the fpread fan o’
erfllades your clofing eyes 3
Then g iv e one flirt, and all the v ifion flies.
Thu s v anith fceptres, coronets, and bal ls,
And leav e you in lone w oods, or empty w alls ! 49
So w hen your Slav e, at fome dear idle time,
(Not plag u’
d w ith head- achs, or thew antofrhyme)Stands in thefireets, abfiraéted from the crew ,
And w hile he feems tofludy, think s ofyou
Jufiw hen his fancy points your fprig htly eyes, 45Or fees the bluth offoft Par thenia rife,Gay pats my (bou lder , and you v anifh quite,
Streets, Chairs, and Coxcombs rufh uponmyfig ht
Vex’
d to be fiill in tow n, I knit my brow ,
Look four, and hum 11Tune, as you may now . 50
M I S C E L L A N I E &
T H E
BASSET—TABLE.
E C L G U E .
C A R D E L I A . SM I L I N D A,
CARDE L I A.
H E Bqfit- ‘Taé/e fpread, the Tallz'
er come ;
Why {lays SM I L INDA in the Drefling .
Room 3
Rife, penfiv e Nymph, the TaI/z
'
er w aits for you {I
SMI L IND A.
Ah, Madam,fince my SHARPER is untrue,
I joylefsmake my once ador’
d Alpeu .
I faw himfiand behind OMBREL I A ’
s Chair,
And w hifper w ith that foft , deluding air,
And thofe feig n'
dfig hs w hich cheat the lifi’
ning
Fair .
N o r t m
Baja -Tablej Only this of all the Tow n Et log ues w as
Mr. Pope’s ; and is here prin ted from a copy correfl ed by his
own hand.- The humour of it confifls in this, that the one is
in love w ith the Game, and the other w ith the Sharper .
M I S C E L L A N I E g .
L O VET.
Tell, tell your g riefs attentiv e w ill I th y,Tho
’ Time is precious, and I w ant (ome Tea.
CARD EL I A.
BeboId this E guipag e, byM tbers w roug ht, $ 9
With Fifty Guineas (a g reat Pen ’
w onh ) boug ht.
See on the Tooth- pick , Mars and Cupid {h iv e g’
And both thefirug g ling fig ures fcem alive.
Upon the bottomfh ines the (w en’
s brig ht Paw ;
A Myrtle Foliag e round the Thimble-Cafe.
Jov e, Jov e himfelf, does on the Sciz ars {him 35
TheMetal, and theWorkmanfhip, div ine !SM I L IN D A.
Th is Smgf-Box, - once the pledg e of SHARP.
En’
s lov e,
When rival beauties for the Prefent firove ;At Cor ticelli
’
: he the Raffle w on
Then firfibis I’aflionWas in pub lic {how 40
HAZARD IA blulh ’
d,and tum
’
d her Head afiderA Riv al
'
s envy (allmv ain) to hide.
This Sunf-Box, on the Hing e fee Bflnh ntg
This Snuf Box w ill I flake ; the Priz e isnunc .
M I'
S C E L L A N I E S .
CARDEL I A.
Alas ! fir lefl'
er lcfl'
es than I hear,
Hav e made a Soldier fig h, a Lev er fw ear .
And Oh w hat makes the difippointment har'
d,i
Tw as my ow n Lord that drew thefatal Card.
In eomplaifance, I took the Qtfem he g av e ;
Tho'
my ow n fecret w ith w as for the a ve. 50
The KM -v e w on Samba, w hich I had chofe ;
And the -next Pull, _my Septlw a I lofe.
SMI L INDA.
But ah ! w hat ag g ravates the kil ling (mart,
The cruel thoug ht, that {tabs me to the heart
This cn t s’d OMBREL I A , this undoing Fair, 55
By w hofe v ile atts this -heav y g rief I bear 3
She,atWhole name 1 fheci thefe fpiteful tears,
She ow es to me the v ery charms {he w ears .
Ah aukw ardTh ing , w hen firfi{he came toTow n ;
Her .Shape unfafhion’
d,
and her Face hnknow n
She w as my friend ; I tau g h t her firfito (pread 6 1
Upon her fallow cheeks enliv'
ning red
I introduc'
d her to the Park and Plays
And by my int'
reft, Cozms made her Stays.
be M I S C E L L A N I E S.
Ung ratefu l w retch, With mimick airs g row n pe rt,
She dares to {teal my Fav’
titeLov crfs heart .
CARM DIA.
Wrench that I w as, how often hav e I (w ore ,WhenWINNAL L 13 19 d, IWg uldptmt nomom?I know the Bite, yet to tat lin mn tAnd
°
fee the Folly, w hich I cannot (hun.
sMI L 1 15DA.
How many Maids hate SnAnp nn’
s v ow s de
ceiv'
d
How many cnrs’d'
the moment they believ’
d ?
Yet his know n Fallhoods cou ld noWarning .prov e
Ah w hat is w arning to aMaid in Lov e ?
CARD EL I A.
But ofw hatmarb le mufithat breaft be form’
d,
To g az e on Bajét , and remain unw arrn’
d ? 76
When King s, Qq eem, Kna'vef, are fet in decent
rank ;
Expos’
d in g lorious heaps the tempting Bank ,Guineas, Half-Guineas, all the Ihining train ;
TheWinnex’s pleafure, and the lofer’
s pain : 80
In brig ht Confufion open Rouleau; lye,They (trike the Soul
,and g litter in the Eye.
M I S C E L L A N I E S.
Fir’
d by thefig ht, all Reafon I difdain ;
My Pafiions rife, and w ill not bear the rein.
Look uponMet , you w ho Reafon boaft ;
And fee ifReafon mufinot {bar e be loft .
SMIL IN DA.
What more than maxble mull that heart com
pofe,
Can heathen coldly tomy SHARPER’
s Vow s ?
Then , w hen he trembles l w hen his Blulhes rife !
When aw fu l Lov e feems melting in his Eyes ! 90
With eag er beats hisMech lin Crav at mov es
He Lav ag —I w hifper tomyfelf, HeLow s !
Such unfeig n’
d Pafiion in his Looks appears,I lofe allMem
’
ry ofmy former Fears ;
My panting hear t eonfefl'
es all his charms,
I yie ld at once, and fink into his arms
Think ofthat moment, you w ho Prudence boafi
For fuch a moment , Prudence w ell w ere loft.
CARD E L I A.
At the Groom- Por ter'
s , batter’
d Bullies play,
Some Dux s s at Alary-Borze bow l Time aw ay.
But w ho the Bow l, or rattl ’ing Dice compares
To Bqflét’
: heav’
nly Joys, and pleafing Cares ?
M I S C E L L A N I E S.
SMIL IND A.
Soft SIMPL ICETTA doats upon 3 Bean
PRUD INA likes aMan,and lau g hs at Show .
Their fev eral g races inmy SHARPER meet ;Strong as the Footman, as the Mailer fw eet.
L 0 V ET.
Ceafe your contention, w hich has been too long ;I g row impatient, and the Tea’
s toofirong .
Attend,and yield to w hat I now decide ;
The Equzpag e {hall g race SM I L INDA’
s Side
The SmgfiBox to CARDELI A I decree,Now leave complaining , and beg in your ? ?a .
M I S C E L L A N I E S .
Verbatim from BO I LEAU .
Un ‘
Jou r dit un
NCE (fays an Author,w here I neednot fax)Tw o Trav llers found anOyfter in theirw ay;
Both fierce, both hung ry ; the diijaute
g rew firong ,While Scale in '
band Dame pail along .
Before her each with clamou r pleads the Law s,Explain
'
d'
the matter and w ou ld w in . the caure.
Dime 7'c w eig hing long the doubtful Rig ht,
Takes,opens, [wallow s ir, before their fig ht.
The mule offirife xemov’
d fo rarely w ell,
There take (fays 171W“ ) take ye each a SIM”.
We thriv eo
atWg/Iminfler on Fools like you’Tw as a fat Oyfier—Live in peaee—Adieu .
HAT rs Patten“'
Tis a Beldamt
w ithWit and Beauty feldom.
’
Tis°
a fear that fiat ta at lhadow s.’
Tis, (no,’
tisn’
t)‘
likeMifsMeadow s.
’
Tis aVirg in hard ofFeature,
Old, and void ofall g ood
-nature ;
Lean and fretful 5 w ou ld fscm w ife :
the fool before the dies.’
Tis an ug ly env ious Shrew ,
That mils at dear Lapel] and You.
P R L G U B
By Mr . P O P E,
To a Play for Mr . DENN i s’
s Benefit, in
1 73 3 , w hen he w as old,blind, and
in g reat Diflrefs, a little before his
Death.
8 w hen that Hero, w ho in each Campaig n,Had brav
'
d the GM) , andmany a Vandal
Wept by each Friend, forg iv’
n by ev’
ry Foe
Was there a g en’
rou s, a refleéting mind,
N o'
r z s.
VER. 6. But pimdBeIifm-iu , etn ] Nothing w as evermore
happily imag ined than this allufion, or finelier condu éted. And
the cont inued pleafantry (o delicately touched, that it took no
thing from the (elffatisfaé tion the Critic had in his merit , or
the Audience in their charity. With (0 much mafiery has thePoe t execu ted, in this benevolent irony, that w hich he fuppofed
Dennis himfelf, had he the w it to fee, would have the ing enuity
7791'
s drmdd Sar’r x
'
fl , Dan i: w ill mfifi,
'
Foe to bit pridl , but Friend to D ijinfs.
MI S C E L L A N I E S.
Bdt pitied BEL ISAR IUS old and blind ?
Was there a Chiefbu t melted at the Sigh t ?
Acommon Soldier, but w ho clubb’
d hisMite ?
Such, fuch emotions (hould in Br iton: rife, 9
When prefs’d by w ant and w‘
eaknefs DENNI S lies
Dam}, w ho long had w arr‘d w ith modernm m
,
Their Q ibhles routed,ahd defy
'
d their Puns
Adefp’
rate Bulw ar k, fturdy, . firm,and herce
Agalnfithe Coibir Sons offroz en v erfe
How chang’
d from him w ho made the boxes
g roan, 1 5
And {hook the Rag e w ith Thunders all his ow n !
Stood Up to dalh each v ain PRETENDER'S hope ,Mau l the French Tyr ant, or pull dow n the Pomal
Ifthere'
s a Br iton then, true bred and born,
1 9
Who holds Drag oons and w ooden (hoes in (corn ;
N o r s a
Van . 7.War tberm Cbief, etc .] Thefine fig ure oftbeCommander in that capital Piéhne ofBelifarius at Chifw ick , fuppliedfix fimv mmfl MbQ Md a .
Van . t a . Thei r Quibbla routed, and dqfd their Pan: 5] 360M 44, Note on 9 63 . B. I
Vex . 1 3 . A defp'
mte Bulw ar l , m.] See Dunc. Note onabs . 8 . 1L
VE R. 16 . J ndfiook lb: Stag e w ixb Tbnndrrr all bi: m l]See Dam“
. Note on i 2 2 6
Bfigs . 1 7, Stu d u? todafi, etc.) See Dunc. Note on i 1 73 .
i “ 3.
C
B, ll.Ihsd, or pd l a
'ow n tbc Pop s l] See D
E“ . Note on i 63.
a
68‘ M I S C E L L A N I E S,
Ifthere’
s a Critic ofdifling uifh’
d rag e ;
Ifthere’
s a Senior,w ho contemns this ag e
Let him to nig ht hisjufiafliflance lend,
And be the Cr itic’
s, OldMan’
s Friend.
Van . 2 1 .
Notes on i 1 06. B. I.
N o T E s .
a critic ofdWing ui/b’d rag e.) SeeDunc.
MA c E R
C» H A R .C T E'
R.
HEN fimple lilac” ,now ofhig h renovm,
Fitfifoug ht aPoet'
sFortune in the Tow n,”
I’
m all eh’
Ambition his hig h fou l cou ld feel;To w ear red ftocking s, and to dine w ith Steel.
Some Ends ofv erle his Bettersmig ht afford,
And g av e the, harmlefs fellow a g ood w ord.
Set up w ith thefe , he v entur’
d on the Tow n,And w ith a borrow
’
d Play,out- did poor Crow n.
There he fiop'
d (hort , nor fince has w rit a tittle
But has the w it to make the molt oflittle
Like {tunted hide—bound Trees, that jufihav e g otSufficient fap at once to bear and rot .
Now he beg s Verl'
e,and w hat he g ets commends,
Not oftheWits his foes, bu t Fools his fr iends . 14,
So fome coarfe CountryWench,almofidecay
'
d,
Trudg es to town, andfirfiturns Chambermaid ;t F 3
7° M I S C E L L A N I E S,
Aukw ard and fupple, each dev oir to pay sShefiatters her g ood Lady tw ice a dayThoug ht w ond
’
rous honefl, tho’
ofmean deg ree,
And flrang ely lik’
d for her Simplicity
In a tranflated Suit, then tries the Tow n,With borrow 'd Pins, and Patches not hex: ow n
Bu tjufl endur’
d the w inter {he beg an,
And in four months a batter’
d Harridan.
Now nothing left, but w ither’
d, pale, andmm ,
Tobawd for others, and g o (hares w ith Punk .
‘
( 7r )
To Mr. JOHN MOORE,AUTH OR of the celebratedWo u n
P o w n e x .
OWmuch,eg reg iousMoor e, are
Deceiv’
d by (hew s and forms !
Whate ’er w e think, w hate
'
er w e fee,
All H umankihd'
areWorms ,
Man is a v eryWorm by birth,
Vile,Reptile
, w eak , and v ain !
Aw hile he craw ls upon the earth,
Then fhrinks to earth ag ain .
ThatWoman is aWorm, w e find
E'
refince ou r Grandame’
s ev il
Shefirfl conv ers’d w ith her ow n k ind,That ancientWorm, the Dev il .
The Learn’
d themfelv es w e Book- worms name,
The Blockhead is a Slow - w orm 3
The Nymph w hole tail is all on flame,
IS aPtly tcrmfd aGlow -w orm
I F 4
( 74 )
SO N G,by a Perfon of
Written in the Year 1 73
I .
Lutt’
ring (pread thy purple Pinions
Gentle Cupid, o'
er my Heart ;
I a Slav e in thy Dominions
Nature mull g iv eWay to Art.II,
ev er b looming ,
Nig h tly nodding o’
er your Flocks,See my w eary Days confuming ,All beneath yon flow
’
ry Rocks.
III .
Thus the Cy r ian Goddefs w eeping ,
Mourn'
d Adonis, darling Youth :
H im the Boat in Silence creeping ,Gor
’
d w ith unrelenting Tooth.
IV .
Cyntbia, tune harmoniousNumbers ;
Fair Di/‘
cr etion,firing the
°
Lyre ;Sooth my ev er- w aking Slumbers
Brig ht Apollo, lend thy Choir .
M I S C E L L A N I E S .
V.
Gloomy Pluto, King , of Terrors,Arm
’
d in adamantine Chains,Lead me to the CryfialMirrors,Wat’ring foft Elyfian Plains.
VI.
Monrnfitl Cyprefs, v erdantWillow ,
Gilding my Aur elia’
s Brow s,
Marpbeg u hov’
ring o’
er my Pillow ,
H ear me pay my dying Vow s.
VII.
Melancholy fmoothWander ,
Sw iftly pu rling m a Round,
Ou thy Marg in Lov ers w ander,
With thy flow ’
ry Chaplets croWn’
d,
VIII.
Thus w hen Pbt'
lomela drooping ,
Softly fecks her filent Mate,
See the Bird of 7am {looping 5
Melody refig ns to Fate.
Ou a certain LADY at COURT.
Know the thing that’
s molt uncommon ;
(Env y be filent, and attend l)I know a reafonableWoman,
Handfome and w itty, yet a Friend.
Not w arp’
d by Pallion, aw’
d by Rumour ,
Not g rav e thi'
o’
Pride, or g ay thro’
FOlly,
An eq ual mixture ofgood Humour,
And fenfible foft Melancholy.
Has {he no fau lts then,(Env y lays) Sir ?
Yes,fhe has one, I mull: av er ;
When all thy;World eonfpires to praife her,TheWoman’
s deaf,and does not hear .
On his GROTTO at Tw ickenham,C O M P O S E D O F
Marbles,Spars, Gemms, Ores, and
Minerals.
H OU who {halt flop, w hereTbames’
trauf
lucent w ave
Shines a broad Mirrour thro’
the {hadowy Cav e ;
Where ling 't ing drops frommin’
ralRoofs dillill,
And'pointed Cryfials break the fparliling Rm,
Unpolilh’
d Gemms no my on Pride bellow , 5
And latent Metals innocently g low
VA R ! A T I O N &
After i GJ n the MS.You fee that Iiland
’a w ealth, w here, only free,
Earth to her entrails feels not Ty'
ranny.
i. e. Britain is the only place on the g lobe w hich feels not Tym ay ev en to its v ery entrails . Alluding to the condemnationofCriminals to theMines , one ofthe infiifiions ofciv iljufiicein molt Countries . The thoug ht w as exceeding natural and
proper in this place, w here the Poe t w as defc ribing a Grotto ia
emfied and adorned w ith all forts ofMinerals colleéted fromthefour quarters ofthe Globe.
N O T E S.
0 2: bis Grotto.] The improv ing and finilh ing his Grott w as
the favourite amufement ofhis declining Years and the beautyofhis poetic g enius, in the difpofition and ornaments of this to
mantic recels, appears to asmuch advantag e as in his belt con
73 MI S C E L L A N I E s
Approach . Great NA TURE ftudioufly behold !
Ahtl eye theMine w ithout a w ith for Gold .
Approach : Bu t aw ful ! Lo !th’
[Eg erian Grot'
t , 9
Where,nobly-
penfiv e , ST . Joan fate and thou g ht;
Where Br iti/bfig hs fromdying 'Wy unsm {tote
And the brig h t flame w as (hot thro’
MARCHMonr
’
s Soul .
Let inch, fuch only, tread this facred Floor,
Who dare to lov e their Country, and be poor t
VA 3 u i 1"
r on 3 .
Van . r 1 . Were Br itzfifig brfromdyingWW /loll wl fnhisMS. it w as thus,
ToWyndham'
s bresil the patriot-pafionsfiole,w hich made the w hole allude to a certain Anecdote ofnotmuchconfeq uence to any but the parties concerned.
N o'
r e s.
Vex . 9 . E g erian Gram] Alluding toNuma’
s proieaingi
his
fyfiem ofPolitics in this Grot, aflified, as he g av e out, by the
Goddefs IEg eria.
M I S C E L L A N I E’ S.
Mrs M. B. on her BIRTH-DAY.
H be thou blefiw ith all thatHeav’
n can (end;
Long Health , long Youth, long Pleal'
ure,
and a Friend :
Not w ith thofe Toys the female w orld admire,
Riches that v ex , and Vanities that tire .
With added years ifLife bring nothing new , 5
But like a Siev e let ev'
ry blefiing thro’
,
Some joy {till loll, as each v ain year runs o'
er,
And all w e g ain, fome fad Refleé tion more
Is that a Birth- day’
tis alas I too c lear,
'
Tis bu t the Fun’
ral of the former year .
Let Joy or Eafe,let Aflluencc or Content,
And the g ay Confcience ofa life w el l (pent,
Calm ev’
ry thou g ht, infpirit ev’
ry g race,
Glow in thy heart, and (mile upon thy face.
Let day improv e on day, and year on year,
Without a Pain, a Trouble, or 3 Fear
80 M I S C E L L A N I E S.
Till Death unfelt that tender frame deftroy,In fome {oft Dream, or Extafy ofjoy,
Peacefu l fleep out the Sabbath ofthe Tomb,
AndWake to Raptures in a Life to come.
V A R 1 A T I 0 N 3 .
Van . 1 5. Orig inally thus in theMS.
And ohfince Death mull that fair frame defiroy,Dye, by
'
fome ludden Extafy of JoyIn fome foft dreammay thymild foul remov e,And be thy latell g alp a Sig h ofLov e.
Dig eft his thirty - thoufandth dinner
Walk to his g rave w ithou t reproach,And (corn a rafcal and a coach .
N o'
r z s.
Van. 1 6. The pr ia of prolog un and if plays,] 3 1.
Index to a flory Mr. Southern told abou t the fameMr . P. and Mr.W. of D ryden ; w ho, w hen Southern 6rlt
w rote for the Rag e, was fo lanw us for his Prob g neg tlmthe players w ould a& n Without that decoration . Hi:ulual price till then had been our g uineas : B
came to himfor the Prolog uehe had be lpoko, Dryden t_oldhxp
he mull hav efix g uineas for it ; w hich (laid heis ou t of no difrefpeét to you, but the Playersg ood: too cheap. —We now look upo
the fame admiration that the Virtuofido on the Apothetand’
potsmated by Bash“ !
E P I T'
A P H S.
His faltem accumulcm donis, et fun
sar inani
Munere ! mo .
Ou C H A R L E 3 Earl ofDorfet,
In the Church ofWithyam in Suffex.
ORSET,the Grace ofCourts, the Mufes’
Pride,
Patron ofArts,and Judg e ofNature, dy
’
d.
The fcourg e of Pride, tho’
fanétify’
d or g reat,
Oi Fops in Learning , and ofKnav es in State
N o'
r r-z s.
Epitaph ] Thefe little compolitions far exceed any thing w ehave ofthe k ind fromother bands yet , Ifw e except the Epitapb on tbe young D uke ofBucl
'irzg /Jam, and perhaps one or tw o
more, they are not ofeq ual forceWith the refl: ofour Author ’sw riting s. The nature ofthe Compolitlon itfelf is delicate, and
g enerally it w as a talk impofed upon him : tho’
he rarely com
plied w ith requefls ofthis nature but w here the fubjct‘l w as wor
thy ofhim.
E P I T A P H 8 .
H is Ang er moral , and h isWifdom g ay.
Blefl; Sat’
rifi w ho touch'
d the Mean fo true,
As (how’
d, Vioehad his hate and pity too.
BlefiCourtier w hocou ldKing and Country pleafeaYet (acted keep his Friendih ips, and his Eafe .
Blelt Peer ! his g reat Forefathers ev’
ry g race
Reficfiing , and reflc‘ficd in his Raoe ;
Where other Bucx nunsr s, other Donss '
r s thine,
And Patriots (til l, or Poets,deck the Line .
N o r s e
ber booby Son
Eachmdew ajlu M: beyi of Men
imfix w ed:‘
h mwmn h k d q wmmn mmu amwmfl y fimnmem mm hd k hmfimx flw w uw mumd b a mfimWfJNM t mwwfim vmh en q tfimfl w mwmm& (md hdu n y wmmmfid g vmmfimMHMQ EumEMfl ufik n
WI , w hich would hav emade the finefiEpitaph ever w ritten:Call round bcr Tomb marl: objefl
zfdrfin,
Ea b purer [ram infarm’
d w it pur erfireBid bcr be all tbat rbca r r orfiflm lift ,73 : raiderfifier , daug hter ,fin d, and an]?Bid ber be all tbat male: mainl ine! adore ;7 3a: v im (bi: marble, M 5! w in t o u m.
Ou SitWI LLIAM TRUMBAL,One of. the Principal Secretaries of State
tb KingWI L L I AM 111. w ho hav ing te
fig ned his Place , died in hisRetirementat Eal
’thamlled in Berk lh ire, 1 7 1 6 .
Pleafing Form afirm, yet cautiousMind;Sincere, tho
’
prudent; conftant, yet refig n’
d:
Honour unchang'
d, a Princ iple profefl,Fix
’
d to one fide , but mod’
rate to the tell:
Anhand ! Cou rtier , yet a Patriot too
M to his Prince, and to his Country true
Fill’
d w ith the Senfe ofAg e, the Fire ofYouth,AScorn ofw rang ling , yet a Zeal for Tru th 3A g en
’
rous Faith , from fuperfiition free ;A lov e to Peace , and b ite of Tyranny ;
Such thisManw as w ho now ,fromearth remov ’
d,
At leng th enjoys that Liberty he lov ’d.
E P I T A P H 3 .
On the Hon. SIMON HARCOURT,
Only Son of the Lord Chancellor Haa
c o v a'
r ; at the Chu rch of Stanton
Harcourt in Oxfordlhire, 1 7 2 0 .
0 this fad Ihrine, w hoe’
er thou art ! draw
W ;
Here lies the Friendmolt lov'
é,the Sonmoftdear
Who ne’er knew Joy, but Friendfhipmig ht divide.Or g av e his Father Griefbut w hen he dy
’
d.
How v ain is Reafon,Eloquence how w eek !
IfPope mu ll tell w hat HARCOURT cannot (peak .
0 h let thy once- lov
'
d Friend inferibe thy Stone,
And, w ith a Father'
s forrow s, mix his ow n !
E P I T A P H 5a
Intended for Mr. ROWE,InWefiminfier—Abbey.
H Y reliq ues, Row s , to this fair Umtrufi,
And facred, place by DRYDEN’
s awfu l daft
Beneath a mde .and namelefs {tone he lies,
To w hich thy Tomb {hall g uide inq uiring eyesf
Peace to thy g entle (bade , and endlefs refi! 5
Blefiin thy Genius, in thy Love too bleft !
One g ratefu l w oman to thy fame (applies
N o'
r z s .
Van. 3 . M a The Tomb ofMr Dryden was
M ed upon this hint Duke ofBucking ham , to w hich
m orig inal” intended this Epitaph,This Sa z r r tu o ra u
'
.d The an d Du}? belowWas DRYDEN on“ : Tbc rcfiw doa not h ow ?
w hich the Author fince chang ed into the plain mfcription now
upon it, being only the name of that g reat Poet.
J . D R Y D E N.
Nitus Aug . 9, 1 63 1 . Mortuus Maijx. 1 70 0 .
E P I .T A P H 8 .
Oh Mrs. CO R BE T,
Who died of a Cancer in her Breafi.
E R E refis aWoman, g ood w ithout pretence,
Blefiw ith plain Reafon, and w ith fober Senfe
NoConquefis the, but o’
er herfelf,defir ’d
,
No Arts efi'
ay’
d,but not to be admir
'
d.
Pafiion and Pride w ere to her foul unknow n,
Conv inc’
d that Virtue only is our ow n.
80 unafi'
eéted, fo compos’
d a mind
Sofirm, yet foft ; fofirong , yet (0 refin’
d ;
Heav’
n, as its purefig old, by Tortures try’
d
The Saint fuftain’
d it, but theWoman dy'd.
E P'
I'
T A
On the Manumen t of the Honourable
R O B E R T D I G B Y,and of his Sifter
MA RY,
erefl ed by their Father the
Lord D I G BY,in the Church of Sher
borne in Dorfetfhire,1 7 2 7 .
O ! fait Example of untainted youtb,
Ofmodefiwfidom and paciflck tmth
Compos'
d in fufl'
ring s, and injoy (edam,
Jufiofthy w ord, in e v’ry thoug htfincere,
Who knew no w ith bnt w hat the w orldmig ht best :
Offafteft manners, unafi'
eéted mind,
Lov er ofpeace, and friend ofhuman kind
Go liv e ! for Heav’
n’
s Eternal year is thine,
Go, and exalt thyMoral to Div ine .
And thou ,bleftMaid ! attendant on his doom,
Penfiv e bait follow ’
d to the filent tomb,
Steer’
d the fame couffe to the fame q uiet (here,
Not parted long , and now to part nomore
E P I T A P H 5 .
Ou Sir G OD F R E Y KN E L L ER,
InWefiminfter -Abbey, 1 7 2. 3.
Now for two ag es hav ing filatch'
d fromfate
Whate’
er w as beauteous, or w hate er
Lies crow n’
d w ith Princes honours, PomDue to hisMerit, and brav e Thirfl of pu nk.
I n t r a r xo u s
Vamp [minted fra n the fim u Epitaph
E P I T A P H 3 .
Ou General HENRYWITHERS,
InWeflminfler -Abbey, 1 7 2 9 .
ERE,Wr n mns, reft lthou brav efi, g entlefi
Thy Country’
s friend, but more of'
human kind.
ohborn to Arms! 0Worth in Youth approv’
d !
0 {aft Humanity, in Ag e belov’
d !
For thee the hardy Vet’ran drops a tear,
And the g ay Courtier feels thefig hfineere.
W1 TRERS, adieu !yet not w ith thee removeThyMartial fpirit, or thy Social love !
AmidfiCorruption, Luxury, and Rag e ,
Stiil leav e fame ancient Virtues to our ag e
Nor let us fay (thofe Eng lifh g lories g one)The lafitrue Briton lies beneath this (tone.
Ou Mr . E L I J AH F E NT O N,
At Eafihamfiead in Berks,1 7 30 .
H I S modefiStone, w hat few v ain
May tru ly fay, Here lies an honeftMan
A Poet; bleft beyond the Poet’
s fate,
WhomHeav’
n kept famed from the Proud and
Great
Fcc to loud Praife, and Friend to learned Eafi,Content w ith Science in the Vale ofPeace .
Calmly he look’
d on either Life, and here
Saw nothing to reg iet, or there to fear ;
FromNature’
s temp’rate feaft rofe fatisfy’d
,
Thank’
dHeav’
n that lie had liv’
d,and that he dy
’
d.
E P I T A P H S.
Intended for Sir ISAACNEWTODInWeftrninfler-Abbey.
I SA A CU S N EWT O N U
(Qem Immortalem
Tefiantur Tempur, Natura Cwlum
Mortalem
HOC marmor fatetur .
Nature and Nature’
s Law s lay hid in Nig ht
G 0 D (aid, Let New ton be l and all w as Lig ht.
N o'
r n s.
and allw asLig ht ] It had been better—and tbere w ar Ligas more conformable to the reality of thefafi, and to t
allufimwhereby it is celebrated.
Ou Dr . FRANC I S ATTERBURY,
Bifhop ofRochefier.
Who died in Exile at Paris, 1 7 3 2 .
[His only Dau g hter hav ing expired in hisarms, immediately after {he arrived in
France to fee him]
D I A L O G U E.
SH E.
E S, w e hav e liv’
d—one pang , and then w e
part !
MayHeav’
n, dear Father now hav e all thyHeart.
Yet ah how once w e lov’
d,remember Pciil,
Till you are dufilike me.
Dear Shade l I w ill
Thenmix this dufl:With thine—O fpotlefs Ghofil
0 more than Fortune, Friends, or Country loft !
1 H z
t oo E P I T A P H
Is there on Earth one care,one w ith
Yes - Ss MY COUNTRY , Hea v’
n,
-He (aid,
N o v a s .
Sm mCoWry, Haw’n] Alluding to the
ufe and application of the expiring w ords
PA UL, in his prayer for the fiate, z s'
ro
WM am.
@ BM amu it a
mademrefer m it in his hfimoments,
f the Cbamb. He
pieficompound of Wifdom, and Virtue.
E P’
I T si -
‘
P H .
For One w hcxswould not be bn
We'fiminfier- Abbey.
ERQ ES, and K INGS ! your dil'
ian
t g 7 flatter’
d Folks like you ;
LeiH ” biufll , and Virg il too.
Another, on the fame.
N DE R this Marble, or unda '
Or under this Turf, or e'
en
Whatev er an Heir,or a Friend in his
Or any g ood creatu re lh all lay o’
er my head,
Lies one w ho ne ’
er car’d
,and fiill cares not a pin
What they (aid, or may fay ofthe mortal w ithingBut, w ho liv ing and dying , ferenc {till andMe,
Trails in Goo, that as w ell as he w as, he (hail ing,
1 06 I N T R O D U C T I O N
w earing it w as (0 Itifi'
, that it foem’
d g row n to his
Th ig h. H is w hole fig ure w as (0 utter ly unlikeany thing of this w orld, that it w as not naturab
for any man to aflt him a q uefiion w ithou t blefi2ing himfelffirfi. Thol
'
e w ho nev er faw - a jgfirit ,took h imfor one, and others believ ed him fome
But under this macerated form w as oonoeal’
d a
Nlind replete w ith Science, burning w ith a z eal
of benefiting his fe llow - creatures, and filled w ithan honeficonfcious pride, mixt w ith a (corn of
doing , or fufi'
ering the lcafithing beneath the dig .
nity ofa Philofopher . According ly he had a foul
that w ou ld not le t him accept of any offers of
Charity, at the fame time that his body foem’
d but
too much to req uire it, His lodg ing w as in a
(mal l chamber up four pair offiairs, w here b e reg u larly payed for w hat he had w hen he m or
drank ; and he w as often obferv ed w holly tn ah
fiain from both . He dec lined (peak ing to any one,except the (k een
,or her fu llMinifier
,to w hom
he attempted to make fome applications ; but hisreal bufinefs or intentions w ere utterly unknow n toallmen. Thus much is cer tain, that he w as oh
noxious to the (Men’
s Minifiry w ho, either ou tofJealoufy or Env y, had himfpirited aw ay, and
carried abroad as a dang erous perfon, w ithout anyreg ard to the know n Law s ofthe K ing dom.
One day, as thisGentleman w as w alkin about
dinner- time alone in the Mall, it happen that a
” T O T H E R'
E A D E R . xo7
Manuk r ipt dropt from under his c loak , w hich
my ferv ant pick d up, and broug ht to me . I t w as
writwn in the Latin tong ue, and contain'
d manyin an nnufual tu rn ofrea
firft leafw as inferibed w ith’
nature ,that it is incredible w hat a defire I con:
ceiv ed tthat »moment to be acq uainted w ith the
Pmthm'
,w ho I c learly perceiv ed w as fome g reat
Phfiofopher in difg u ife . I fev eral times endea
vow ed to (peak to him,w hich he as often ih
dufirionfly. av oided . At leng th I found an oppor
tunity (as he flood under the Piam by the Dane
ing ~r oom in St. James'
s) to acq uaint him in the
Latin tong ue, that hisManufcript w as fallen intomy hands ; and faying this, I prefented it to him,
with g reat Encomiurn s on the learned Author.Hereupon he took me afide
,furv ey
’
d me ov er
with a fixt atten tion, and opening the clafps of
the Parchment cov er, {poke (to my g reat furpriz e)inEng lifi) , as follow s
Cou rteou s firang er , w hoev er thou art , I embrace thee as my heft friend for either the Stars
and my Art are deceitful, or the deftin’
d time is“ 2come wh ich is tomanifefiMartinus Scriblerus to
the wmld,and thou the perfon chofen byfate for
“ t hismfit . What thou feefiin me is a body exW hy the labours of the mind. I hav e
1 0 8 I N T R . O D U C T I O N
found in Dame Nature not indeed an unk ind,bu t a v ery coyMiftrefs :Watchful nig hts , anxions days, flender meals, and endlefs labours,mutt be the lot ofall w ho pnrfue her , through
her labyrinths and mm ders. Myfirfiv ital airI drew in this Ifland (a foil ftuitfitl of Ph ilofo
know n names, to {ltt een myfelffrom the envyand malice w h ich mankind exprefs ag ainfithoftw ho are pofl
'
efl'
ed ofthe d rmmmM g mm. But
at prefent I em forced to take Sanctuary in the
Britifh Court , to av oid the Rev eng e .of a cruel
Spaniard, w ho has pu rfited me almoft throug hthe w hole terraq ueous g lobe . Being about four
years ag o in the City ofMadrid in q ueft ofnattt
ral know ledg e , I w as informed ofa Lady w how as marked w ith a Pomeg ranate upon th e infide ofher r ig ht Thig h, Which blofl
'
om'
d, and ,
as it w ere, feem’
d to ripen in the due feafon .
Forthw ith w as I poll'
efi'
ed w ith an infatiable cn
riofity to v iew this w onderfu l Phe nomenon . Ifelt the ardou r ofmy pafiion encreafe a
'
s tlmfea(on advanced, till, in the month ofJu ly
,I é ould
no long er contain. I bribed her Duenna, w as
admitted to the Bath , faw her nndrefs’
d, and
the w onder difplayed . This w as foon after dif.5 ‘cov ered by the bu lband, w hofinding fame let.
n o I N T R O D U C T I O N.
to my care the recov ery ofothers, fin g ling about
the w orld, and afl'
umed by other men . The lallt ime I heard fromhimw as on occafion ofhis Stri
é tures on the Dunciad fince w hen,fev ers ] years
being elapfed, I hav e reafon to bel iev e th is excellent perfon is either dead, or carried by h is v eho
ment thirft of know ledg e into fome remote, or
perhaps undifoov ered Reg ion ofthe w or ld. In eil
ther cafe, I think it a debt no long er to be de laycd
,
'
to rev eal w hat I know of this Prodig y of
Science, and to g iv e the Hiltory ofhis life , and ofh is extenfiv e merits tomank ind ; in w hich I dare
promife the Reader, that , w henev er he beg ins to
think any one Chapter dull , the fiyle w ill be immediately chang ed in the next .
M E M I R S
MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS.
B O O K I . C H A P. I .
Oi theParentag e andFamily ofScribleru s,how he w as beg ot, w hat Care w as
taken ofhim before he w as born,and
w hat Prodig ies attended his Birth.
N the City ofMunfier in Germany,lived a
g rav e and learned Gentleman, by Profeflion an
Antiquary ; w ho, among all his inv aluab le Curiofities , efieemed none more hig hly, than a Skin
ofthe true Perg amenian Parchment, w h ich hungat the upper - end of his hall . On this w as curi
Mam'
r r j Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbu thnot, and Dr. Sw ift pwe
jefled to w rite a fatire, in conjunaion, on the abu/e: qfbarmanlean ing ; and tomake it the better received, they propofed to
do it in the manner ofCervantes (the orig inal author of this
offatire ) under the biliary of fame feig ned adv entures .
had ohfet v ed thofe abufirr [till kept their g round ag amftall du t
‘
thc ablefl and g rav efiAuthors couldfay to drfcredit them;
ME MO I R S O F
oufly traced the ancient Pedig ree of the Scr iéleri,w ith all their A lliances and collateral Relations
(among which w ere reckoned Albertus Mag nus ,Paracelfns Bombafius , and the famous . 8calig ts in
old time Princes of Verona) and deduced ev en
from the Times of the Elder Pliny to CorneliusScriblerus : For fuch w as the name of this v enerable Perfonag e ; . w hofe g lory it w as, that, by thefing ular Virtue of theWomen , not one had a
Head ofa different Caft from his family.
H is w ife w as a Lady offing ular beauty, w homnot for that reafon only he efpoufed, but becaufe(he w as undoubted daug hter either of themScriverius, or ofGafpar Barthius. I t happenedon a time, the faid Gafpar made a v ifit to Scriv erius at Harlem,
‘
tak ing w ith him a comely Lady
they concluded therefore, the force of ridicule w as w anting to
q uicken their difg race ; w hich w as here in its place, w hen the
abufes had been ah deteé ted by fohet mfoning ; and Trail)
in no dang er to fulfer y the premature ufe of to pow erful aninflrument. But the fepsration ofour Author
’
sfiiends, w hich
foon after happened, w ith the death ofone and the infitmitiesofthe other, put a finalfiop to their project, w hen they had
only draw n out an imperfefiefi‘
ay tow ards it, under the otitle of
the Fig ? M ef {beMemoir: ofSw im .
Polite let ters nev er loft more than in the defeat ofthis reheme,in which, each of this illtifirious t riumv irate would hav e foundexercife for his ow n peculiar talent befides conllant employment, for that they all had in common. Dr. Arbuthnot w as
[killed in ev ery thing which related tofa'
am ; Mr . Pope w as a
matter in thefine ar t: and Dr. Sw ift excelled in the M id g eWt'r they had all in equslmeafii re, and that fo
ag e perhaps ev er produced three men, to w hombeautifully befiow ed it, or I n broug h t it to
hig her perfeé tion.
1 14. ME MO I R S O F
fpoufe, but he pondered on the Ru les of the Ann
c ients, for the g eneration ofChildren ofWit. He
ordered his diet according to the prefcrip tion of
Galen , confining himfelf and his w ife for almoilthe w holefirft year to 5 Goat
'
sMilk and Honey.
I t unfortunately befel her , w hen (he w as about
four months g one w ith child, to long for (omew hat
,w hich that au thor inv eig hs ag ainfias preja
dicial to the underftanding ofthe infant . This he:bulband thoug htfit to deny her , affirming , it w asbetter to be childlefs, than to become the Parentof a Fool . His Wife mifcan ied ; but as the
Abortion prov ed only a female Ft us, he oomforteti himfelf, that, had it arriv ed to perfection , it
Wou ld not hav e anfw cr’
d his account ; his heart
b eing wholly fixed upon the learned Sex . How
'
ever he difdained not to treafure up the Embryoin a Vial, among the cu riofities ofhis family.
Hav ing difoov ered that Galen’
s prefcription
cou ld not determine the (ex, he forthwith betookhimfelf to Ariftotle . According ly be w ith h eld
the nuptial embrace w hen the w ind w as in anypoint ofthe South this Author afl
'
er ting that the
g rofihefs and moifiu re ofthe foutha 'ly w inds os
cafion the procreation offemales, and not ofmales .
But he redoubled his dilig ence w hen the w ind w as
atWeft,a w ind on w hich that g reat Ph ilolbpher
befiow ed the Encomiums ofFatner of the earth,
Galen Lib. de Cibis bom et mali fucci, cap 3. P.
4 11 113 . xiv . S& Prob. 5 . P.
~MART INU S sc a rs t s au s.
Breath of the Elyfian Fields, and other g loriousElog ies. For ou r learned man w as clearly ofopinion , that the Semina ou t of w hich Animals areproduced
,ar e Animalcu la ready formed, and t e
CCIV€d InWith the All’ dcUnder thefe reg ulat ions, his w ife, to his unex
prefiible joy, g rew preg nant a fecond time ; and,
(w hat w as no fmail addition to his happinefs) hejafi then came to the pofl
'
eflion of a confiderableEftate by the death ofher Uncle, a w ealthy Jewwho refided at London. This made it necefl
'
arylhr him to take a journey to Eng land ; nor w ou ldthe care ofhis poflerity let him fuffer hisWife toremain behind h im. During the v oyag e, he w asperpetual ly taken up on the one hand, how to
employ his g reat Riches ; and on the other,how
to educate hisChild. He had already determinedto fe t apart fev eral annual Sums, for the recov eryofM M“ ,
the effofiion ofCm’m,the procur
ing OfMum ies; and for all thofe curious difc0 o
vet ies by w hich he hoped to become (as himfelfm w ont to fay) a feoond P eir qflim
F. He had
already chalkedout allpofiible fchemesfor the im
movement ofamale child, yet w as fo far prepar’
d
tbr the w osfi: that cou ld happen, th at before theninemonths w ere expired, he had compofed two
Nature, Sect. v . Parag . 1 5 . P. The ferioufitefsn, on (0
a
mtyllerious a point , is ad
v
this Iitoke o ridicule .
of trifling peda ntry and curiofity in'
1 16 MEMO I R S O F
Treatifes of Education ; the one he cal led, ADmbter '
t Mrmut , and the other A Son’
: Md
This is all w e canfind relating to Martinis,w h ile he w as in his Mothe r
'
s w omb,excepting
that he w as entertained there w ith a Concert of
Mufick once in tw enty four hours,according to
the CullomoftheMag i and that on a particm
lar day, he w as obferv ed to leap and kick exceed
ing ly, w hich w as on the firft ofApril, the birth
day ofthe g reat Bajilius Valentinur.
The Tru th of this, and ev ery preceding Fact.may be depended upon ,
being tak en literally fromtheMemoirs . But ]muft befo ing enuous as to ow n,that the Accounts are not (0 certain d the cxafitime and place ofhis birth . As to the firfi, he hadthe common frailty ofoldmen, to conceal his ag e :
as to the fecond, I only remember to hav e beard
him fay, that he firft faw the lig ht in Sr. Giles’
s
Parilh . But in the inv eftig ation ofthis point , Fort une hath favoured our dilig ence. For one day as
I w as pafiing by the Sew n D ials, I ov ert a
difpute concerning the place ofNativ ity ofa g reat
Aftrolog ermhich eachman alledg ed to hav e been inhis own {b een The circnmfiances-ofthe time, and
Ramfey'
s Cyrus. P. It w as w ithljudgment. that the Authors
chot'
e rather to ridicule the modemt e ator ofthis ridiculous pn c
t ice, than the Ancients from w hence he took it. As it is a fuse,
inflance offolly, w hen amongfithe many excellent thing s thatmay be learned from antiqu ity, we find a modern writermypicking out their abfurdities.
ME MO I R S O F
tity om bs : This fig n alfo the old g entlemanimag ined to be a prog noftic ofthe acutencfs ofhisWit . A g reat fw arrn of“Wafir play'd tound his
Cradle w ithout hurting him,bu t w ere v ery tron.
blcfome to all in the room befidcs : This feemeda cer tain prefag e of the efi
'
eéts of his Sat ire.
°
A
Dung h ill w as feen w ithin the (pace ofone nig ht
to be cov ered all ov er w ithMujbrwm This forminterpreted to promife the infant g reat
‘ fert ilify Of
fancy,but no long du ration to his w orks but the
Father w as ofanother opinion .
But w hat w as of all mofiw onderfu l, w as a
th ing that feemed a monftrous Fowl, w hich juil:then dropt throug h the fley
- lig ht, near hisWife'
s
apartment. It had a larg e body, tw o little difproportioned w ing s, a prodig ious tail , but no head.
As its colour w as w hite, he took it atfirfifig ht fora Sw an
, and w as concluding his (on w ou ld be a
Poet : but on a nearer v iew , he perceived it to be
fpeck led w ith black , in the form of letters ; and
that it w as indeed a Paper kite w hich had brokeits leafh by the impetuofity of the w ind. H is
back w as armed w ith the Art Military, his bellyw asfilled w ith Phyfick , his w ing s w ere the w ing sofQ larles andWithers
,the fev eral Nodes ofhis
v oluminous tail w ere div erfify'd w ith fev eral
branches ofScience ; w here the Doctor beheldw ith g reat joy a knot ofLog ick , a knot ofMeta
phyfick, a knot ofCafuiftry, a knot ofPolemical
EPlato, Lucan, etc. P.
MART INU S SCR IBLE RU S. 1 19
Div inity, and a knot of Common Law , w ith a
There w ent aReport in the family, that, as (0 0 11
as heWas born, he lit tered the v oice of nine fev e
ral animals : he cry’
d like a Calf, b leated like 11.
Sheep, chattered like aMag-
pye, g runted lik e a
Hog , neig hed like a Foal, croalted lik e a Rav en,mew ed like a Cat, g abb led like a Goofe
, ar1d
bray’
d like an Afs . A11d the next morning he w as
found playing 111 his bed w ith tw oOw ls,w hich
came dow n the chimney. His Father g reatly t e
joiced at all thefe fig ns, w hich betokened the v a
riety ofhisE loq uence, and the extent ofhis Learning ; bu t he w as more particu lar ly pleafed w ith
the lafi, as it nearly refembled w hat happen (1 at
the bir th ofHomer ‘.
C H A P . II.
The Speech ofCorneliu s ov er his Son, at
the Hou r ofhis Birth.
0 fooner w as the cry of the Infant heard,
but the old g entleman rufhed in to the room,
and {hatching it in his arms, examined ev ery limbWith attention. He was infinitely pleafed tofind,‘ Vd Euflath. 1nOdyfl
'
l x11. ex Alex. Paphio, et Leo. Alla1.de pm'
. Hom. peg ,
M E M O I R S O F
that the'
Child had theWart ofCicero, tho w ryneck ofAlexander , knots upon his leg s like Ma p
rius , and one of them (horter than the other likeAg efilaus. The g ood Cornelius all
'
o hoped hew ould come tofiammer lik e Dcmoflhenes
,in or ,
der to be as eloq uent ; and in time arriv e atmanyother dcfeé ts of famous men . He held the child(0 long , that the Midw ife, g row n ou t of all patience
,(hatched it from h is arms, in order to (w ed
die ir. Sw addle him.(q uo
'
th he) far be it fromme to fubmit to foch a pernicious Cufiom Is
‘ 5 not my fon aMan ? and is norMan the Lord of
the Univ erfe Is it thus you ufe this Monarch
at hisfirfiarrival in his dominions,to m ad e
and (hack le him hand and foot ? Is thisWhatyou _
call to be free- born Ifyou hav e no reg ard
to his natural Liberty, at leafihav e fome to h is
natural Faculties . Behold w ith w hat ag ility hefpreadeth h is Toes , and mov eth them w ith as
g reat v ariety as his F ing ers a pow er,w hich in
the (mallcircle ofa year may be totally abolifliocd, by the enormous confinement of {hoes andflocking s . H is Ears (w hich other animals turnw ith g reat adv antag e tow ards the fonorous oh
jeCt) may, by the minifiry offome accurfedNurfe , for ev er lye flat and immoveable t Not
fo the Ancients, they could mov e themat pleafore, and according ly are often dofcrib
’
d ar r ears
mm" What a dev il (quoth the Midw ife )w ou ld you hav e your {on mov e his Ears like a
ME MG I R S O F
w ou ld I hav e him neg leét Athos and Olympus,renow ned for poetical fifiions, Thofe that vo
mit fire w ill deferv e a moretion : I w ill therefore hav e him ohferv e w ith
g reat w e Vefu v ius, E tna, the burning mountain ofjav a, hut chicfly Heels the g reatefi ta
rity in the Northern Reg ions . Then he maylik ew ife contemplatethe w onders oftheMeph i.
tick cav e. When he has div ’
d into the bow e lsofthe earth , and furv ey
'
d the w orks ofNature
under g round, and infiruéted herfelffiilly in the
nature of Volcanos, Earthquakes, Thunders,Tempefis, and Hurricanes, I hoPe he w ill blefsthe w orld w ith a more exaft furv ey of the de
ferts ofArabia and Tartary, than as yet w e are
able to obtain : Then w il l I hav e him crofs the
[ev en Gulphs, meafure the currents in the fifteen famous Streig hts, and fearch for thofe fountains offrefh w ater that are at the bottom ofthe
Ocean.
” —At thefe lafiw oriisMrs. Scriblerus fel linto a tremb ling : the defeription of this terribleScene made too v iolent an imprefiion upon a w o
man in her condition, and threw her into afironghyfierie Fit ; w hich mig ht hav e prov ed dang erous,ifCornelius had not been puth
’
d out of the room
by the united force of the w omen.
MA RTINUS SCR IBLERU S. 1 2 3
C H A P . I II .
Show ing w hat befel the Dofl or’
s Son and
h is Shield, on the Day of the Chrifi’
ning .
H E day ofthe Chril'
t’
ning being come, andthe houfe filled w ith Goflips, the Lev ity
ofw hole Conv erfation fuited but ill w ith the Gra
v ity ofDr . Cornelius, he call about how to pafathis day more ag reeab ly to his Charaé ter ; that istofay, not w ithou t fome P r qfitable Corgfermre, norw holly w ithout obferv ance of fome Ancient Cu:
flom.
He remembered to hav e read in Theocritus, that
the Cradle of Hercules w as a Shield and beingpofl
'
efs’
d ofan antiq ue Buckler w hich he held as amofl: inefiimable Relick , he determined to hav e
the infant laid therein , and“
in that manner broug htinto the Study, to be (how n to certain learnedmen ofhis acquaintance.
The reg ard he had for this Shield, had caufedhim formerly to compile a Difi
'
ertation concerna
ing itk, prov ing from the fev eral properties, and
particu larly the colour of the Rut}, the exac’t
chronolog y thereof.With this Treatife, and a moderate (upper
,he
? ropofed to entertain his Guefts tho’
he had alfo
3 36: theDifl'
t rtation onDr.Woodward’s Shield.
1 2 4 M E M O I R S O F
another delig n, to hav e their aflifiancecu lation ofh is Son
’
5 Nativ ity.
He therefore took the Buck ler out ofa
maid, w ith orders, that w hen
come {he (hould lay the Child carefu llyv er
'
d w ith a mantle of blue Sattin .
The.
Guefls w ere no fooner feated,entered into a w arm
and the manner of
w hich Cc
This day, my Friends, Imy (on before you a Childthy of Infpeétion, as he is
Race ofVirtuofi. Let th
mine h is featu res ; let the
his Palm but abov e all
calculation ofhis Nativ ity . To this end, as the
child isnot v u lg ar, I w ill not prefent him untoyouin a v ulg ar manner . He {hal l be cradled in myAncien t Shield, (0 famous throug h the Univerfities ofEu rope You
.
all know how I pur.
Happy 111 ev ery circumfiance, but that it brokethe heart ofthe g reat Melchior InfiPidus .
ME MO I R S OF
ing h is eyes, he faw the Shield in the hands oftheHoofe-maid . 0Woman !Woman ! he cry
’
d
(and fnatch'
d it v iolently from her ) w as it to
thy ig norance that this Relick ow es its ruin ?
w here, w here is the beau tiful Crufl that cov ercd thee to long w here thofe Traces ofTime,and Fing er : as it w ere ofAntiq uity ? Where allthole beautiful obfcurities, the caul
'
e of muchdelig htfu l difputation, w here doubt and curio
fity w ent hand in hand, and eternally exercifedthe fpeculations ofthe learned ? All this the rude
fl
ing the Injig m'
a
ofthe Dii Termini
in like (hameful fort, and (he
ofa Nail . O my Shield ! mymay I fay w ith Horace, mm km
The Gofiips, not at all inquiriu
ofhis for row ,only aflt ed ifthe Ch ild
and cry'
d,
Come, come,all is w el
the w oman done but her duty ? a
w ench I w arrant her ; w hat a ilirabout a that an hour ag o,
hour w as beliow ed upon ir, a C
MAR T INUS SCRIBLERUS. 1 2 7
thin but a paultry old Seance, with the noz z le
brofe off. " The learned Gentlemen, w ho till
now had flood fpeechlefis, hereupon looking nar
row ly on the Shield, declared their Afi‘
ent to this
latte!“ opinion ; and defired Cornelius to be comforted, aihi ring him,
it w as‘
a Sconce and no other . .
But this, infiead ofcomforting , threw the Doétor
intofoch a v iolent Fit ofpafiion, that he w as Car
ried ofi'
g roaning and fpeechlefs to bed 5 w here,
being q uite fpent, he fell ihto a kind ofHumber .
Scribleru s in his Infancy, and of the
firfi Rudiments of his Learning .
0 8 foon as Cornelius aw aked, he raifed him¢
{elfon his elbow ,and «fl ing his eye on
m Scriblerus, fpoloe as follow s. Wifely w as“ it faid by Homer , that in the Cellar ofjupiter“are tw o barrels, the one on od, the other of
rarely,bu t confiantly ming les them tog ether .
Thu s at the fame time hath Heav'
n hleffed me“w ith the birth of a Son, and afilié ted me w ith
“the feouring ofmy Shield. Yet let os not t e
1 2 8 ME M O I R S O F
pine at his Difpenfations , w ho g ives, and w ho
takes aw ay but rather join in prayer , that theRull of Antiquity w hich he hath been pleafed
to take frommy Shield, may be added to my80 11 ; and that fomuch of it, as it is my pur
pofe he (hal l contract in his Ed
nev er be defiroy’
d by anyModernHe cou ld no long er bear the fig h t ofthe Shield,
but ordered it (hould be remov ed for ev er from
his eyes. It w as not long after purchas’
d by DrWoodw ard, w ho, by the afliftance ofMr . Kemp,incrufied it w ith a new Ruft
,and is the fame
whereofa Cu t hathbeen eng rav ed, and exhibited
to the g reat Contentation ofthe learned.
Cornelius now beg an to reg u late the Sufiion oI
his child. Seldom did there pals a day w ithoutdifputes betw een him and the Mother, or the
Nurfe, concerning the nature of Aliment . The
poor w oman nev er dined but he denied her forne
dilb or other,w hich he judg ed prejudicial to her
milk . One dayfiie had a long ing defire to a piece
ofbeef, and as lhe ftretch'
d her hand tow ards it,
the old g entleman drew it aw ay, and fpoke to th iseffefi. Had
'
fithou read the Ancient s, ONurfe,
thou w ou ld’fiprefer the w elfiu'
e of the Infantw hich thou nouriiheii , to the indulg ing ofan
irreg u lar and v oracious Appetite . Beef, it is
true,may confer a Robufinefs on the limbs 0 1
my fan, but w ill hebetate and c log g his Inte llefiuals. While he (poke this, the Nurfi
1 30 ME M O I R S OF
the “ felih (0 hot and cholericlt , but Oheefe andLeeks ? the French derive their lev ity from their
Soups, Frog s, and Mulh rooms : I w ou ld not
let my Son dine like an ltalian, lefilike an k a
lian he (hould be jealou s and reveng eful : The“w arm and folid diet ofSpain may be more be
neficial, as it mig ht indue him w ith a profund
Grav ity, bu t at the fame tim<! he mig ht fu ck in
w ith their food their intolerab le Vice ofPride.
Therefore, Nurfe, in lhort, I hold it req uifite
to deny you at prerent, not only Beef, but likew ife w hatfoev er any ofthofe Nations eat.
”
Do
ring this fpeech , the Nurfe remain’
d pouting midmark ing her plate w ith the knife, nor would the
touch a bit du ring the w hole dinner . Th is theold Gentleman obl
'
e rv ing , ordered that the Child,to avoid the rifq ue ofimbibing ill humou rs, (houldbe kept from her breaft all that day, and be fed
w ith Butter , mix’
d w ith Honey, according to ;Prefa 'iption he had met w ith fomew here in Eu-s
fiathius upon Homer . This indeed p ee th Child
a g reat loofenefs , but he w as not ooncerned at it,
in the opinion that w hatev er harm it mig ht do hisbody; w ou ld be amply recompeneed by the im-S
provements ofhis underfianding . But from thence
fix th he infiihed ev ery day upon a partieular Die t
to be ohferv ed by the Nurfe ; under w hich hav ingbeen long uneafy, (he at lafiparted from the fa
mily, on his ordering her for dinner the Pops Of
MART INU S SCR IBLERU S. 1 3 1“
a Saw With Pig ; taking it as the hig hefiindig nity,and a direfiInfult upon her Sex and Calling .
F our years ofyoung Martin’
s life pafl'
ed aw ayin lhuabbles ofth is nature. Mrs. Scriblerus eon
fidered it w as now time to infiruéi: h im in the fun
damentalsiof Relig ion, and to that end took no
finall pains in teaching him his Catefbtfm. But
Corne lius looked upon this as a tedious w ay ofIn
firu& ion, and therefore employed his head tofindout more pleafing methods, the better to induce
him to be food of learning . He w ou ld frequently carry him.to the Puppd tfbow , of the o Creation
oft he w or ld, w here the Child w ith exceeding de
hg ht g ained a notion of the Hiflory of the Bib le.
His firfi: rudiments in prophane hiliory w ere se
quired by feeing ofRamm r, w here he w as
broug h t acq uainted w ith all the Princes ofEurope.
In lhort, the old Gentleman (o contr iv ed it, to
malte ev ery thing con tributeto the improv ementofh is know ledg e , ev en t ohis v ery Drefs . He ia
vented for him a Geog raphical fu it of d eaths,
which mig ht g iv e him [ome hints ofthat Science,and likew ife fome know ledg e of the CommerceofdzitferentNations . He had a F rench Hat w ith
an Afr ican Feather, Holland Shir ts and F lander:Laee, Eng lilh Cloth lined w ith Indian Silk, h isGlov es w ere Italian, and his Shoes w ere Spaniih
He w as made to obferv e th is, and daily catechis’dfioteupon, w h ich his Father w as w ont to callTrave lling at home . He nev er g av e him a Fig
1 K 2
1 32° M E M O I R S O F
or an Orang e bu t be ob lig ed him to g ive an se
oount from w hat Country it came . In Naturalh iftory he w as much aflilled by h is ,
Cu rio(ity in
Sin qflJ , infomu ch that he hath often confefl’
ed
he ow ed to them the know ledg e
tures w hich he nev er found fincefuch asWhite Lions, Golden Drag ons, &c . He
once thoug ht the fame ofGreen Men , but had
fince found them mentioned by Kercheru s, and
v erified 1n the Hifiory ofWil liam ofNew b ury .
His difpofition to the Mathematicks w as dilbev ered v ery ear ly
,by his draw ing
“ parallel lines onhis bread and bu tter, and interfeé ting them at eq ualAng les, (0 as to form the w hole Superfic ies in toSq uares . Bu t 1n the midfi of all thefe Improv ements, a flop w as pu t to his learning the AIM ”,
nor w ou ld he let him proceed to Letter D, till hecou ld tru ly and diflin élly pronounce C in the an
cient manner, at w h ich the Child unhappily bogg led for near three mon ths. He w as alfo ob lig edto delay his learning to w r i te, hav ing turn d aw aytheWriting Mafier becaufe he knew nothing of
Fahius sWaxen Tables .
Cornelius hav ing read , andferioufiy w eig hed themethods by w hich the famous Montaig ne w as
Gui. Neubrig . Book i. eh. 2 7. P.
P‘afcal
’
s Life—Locke of Educ . etc . P.—Tbere are fame
extrav ag ant lies told ofthe excellent Pal'
cal’
s amaz ing g enius forMathematics in his early youth ; and fume triflin g direfimg it en for the int rodué tion to the elements ofScience, in Mx.
Locke’5 book ofEducation.
134. .MEMO I R S 0 1"
One Ar ai ian Tabs, and alfo the Tales,w hich hav e been fince tranflated into (ev cral lan
g uag es, and lately into ou r ow n w ith particulareleg ance, byMr . Ambtofe Philips . In this w ork
ofhisChildhood, he w as not a little aflified by thehiftoricalTraditions of hisNmfi.
1 C H A P. V.
A DilTertation upon Play- thing s.
ERE follow the Infimétions ofCornelia:Scriblems concerning the Plays and Play
thing s to be ufed by his [0 11 Martin.
Play w as inv ented by the Lydian: as a remedy ag ainfiHung er . Sophoc les l
'
ay'
s ofPalamedes,that he inv ented D ice to ferv e fometimes infta dof a dinner . It is the refore w ifely contriv ed
byNature, that Children, as they have the
keenefiAppetites, are molt addtfl ed to P 2451 .F 10 111 the fame caufe, and from the unprejudic
’
d
-and incorrupt finaplicity of their minds it peocoeds, that the Plays of the Ancient Chiltircn
are preferVedmore entire than any other oftheirCafioms In this matter I w ou ld recommend
Dr. Arbuthnot ufod to fay, Mm mig ht mu: w hat they:pleafcd of the fafe conv eyance ofTradilim ; bu t it w as nu
w here referv ed pure and uncorrupt bu t among ?!w hofe uftoms and Plays, he obferv ed, were deliv ered down invariably fromone g eneration to another.
MART INU S SCR IBLERU S. 1 35
to all w ho have any concern in my Son'
s Edu
cation, that they dev iate not in the leafifromthe primitive and funple Antiqu ity .
To (peak firfiof then file, as it is the firfiof all P lay- thing s. I w ill hav e it exaétly to
eorrefpood w ith the ancient Ftfixda, and accord ,
ing ly to be compofed jéptcmpar ibus 411731715 4
I heartily w ifh a dilig ent fearch may bemadeafter the true Crlpitaoulum, or Rattle ofthe An
d ents, fior that (as Ar chytas Tarmtimu w as of
opinion ) kept the children frombreaking EarthernWare. TheCbina cups in thefe days are notat all the fafer for themodern Rattles ; w hich is
'
m ev ident proof how far their Crepitacm’a ex.
Wed our s.
I w ou ld not hav eMart in as yet to fcou rg e a
Tap, till I am better informedWhether the Trocbus w hich w as recommended by Cato be really
“em'
pcefint Top, or gather the Hoop w hich the
boys dries w ith a (tick . Neither Croj} and P ile,nor Dud s and D rakes are q u ite fo ancient as
Hmdy- dandy'
,tho
’ Macrobius and St . Aug ufiinetake notice ofthe firfi, and MinutiusFe lix ,
de
fcribes the latter 5 bu t Handy—dondy is mont ion’
d
by Arifiotle ,Plato, aad Arifiophanes.
The Play w h ich the Itahans call Cis que, and°
the F rmch Maur r e,is extremely ancient it
'
‘Ww as playeds t byW and Cupid at theMar.
136'
M E M O I R S O F
riag e bfPficbe‘, and term'
d by the Latins,
g itis micar e.
Ju lius Pollux defcribes the Omilla or Chad ;
“
far thing tho’
fome w il l hav e our modernCbuck-far thing to be nearer the Apbftinda of theAacients. He alfo mentions the 3 9 55 1144, or
King I am; andWWIor Hooper s-Hidt .
But theGbytr indra defcribed by the M Mthor is certainly notourHat-mekk ; for that w as
by pinching and not byfirik ing ; tho’
there are
be yet nearer the modern Hat- coailes. My (onMar tinmay ufe either ofthemindifierently, theybeing eq ually antiq tte .
Building qf Houji'r,and Riding 11pm Stick:
hav e been ufecl by ch ildren 10 all ag es Mfim’
e
eg/k s, (g uitar e in arundirze Img a . Yet I much
doubt w hether the Riding upon Stick s did not
come into ufe after the ag e ofthe Centaurus
There 13 one Play w hich (hew s the g ramty ofancient E lucation, called the M ade , in '
w hich children contended w ho cou ld long ell:
fiaudfizll. This w e hav e fufi‘
er'd to perifh en
timly; and, 1fI mig ht be allow ed to g uefa, it w as
cenainlyfirft lofiamong the Fr enchI w ill permit my 80 11 to play atM M
dsda, w hich can be no Other than our Pa]? in4 Corner .
ju lins Pollux 1n his ninth book ihealts oftheMlolontbe or the? Kite but I quefiioal w hether
140 M E M O I R S O F
tme, propofed to fend for a Dand ng Mafier , and
so have him taug ht the Minuet and Rig adbon.
‘
Dancing (quoth Cornel ius) I much ~approv e, .
for Socrates [aid the belt Dancers w ere the befi‘
fWarrih rs , but not thofe fpecies of Dancingw hich you mention : They are certainly Cor amiptions ofthe Comic and Satynic Dance, w hich
w ees utter ly difliked by the founder Ancients .
Masfm {hall learn the Trag ic Dance only, and
I w ill fend all ov er Europe, till I find an Amsif
q uary able to infirnét him in tt aftatia Pyr‘
ft bim.
b Scalig er , fi'
om w hommy (on is lineallydefcended, boafis to have performed th is w arlike Dance in the pretence of the Emperor, to .
the g reat admiration of all Germany . Whatw ould he fay, could he look dow n and fee one
'
ofhis pofierity fo ig norant, as not to know the
leaftRep of“
that noble k ind ofW ar: 2”
The poor Lady w as at lat} enprfd to bear all
thelit th ing s w ith a laudab le patiencg til l one dayher hufband w as feiz ed w ith a new thou g ht . He
h ad met w ith s’
faying , that ‘
fSpleemGar ter , and‘
Gir dle are the three impediments tothe Carfixs"Therefore Pliny (lib . xi, cap . fays , that fuel)as excel in that exercife hav e their Spleen caute
riz ed, My (on (q uoth Cornelius ) stuns but hea
Sealig . Poetic . l. i. c.
‘
9. m '
MAR'
TINU'
s SCR IBLERUS.
”m
formed upon him immediately. Moreover it
w ill cure that immoderate Laug hter to w hich Iperceive he is addicted : For Laug hter (as the
fame author hath it , ibid . ) is caufed by the bignetsofthe Spleen.
" This defig n w as no fooner
hinted toMrs. Scriblerus, but th e burfiinto tears,w rung her hands, and inftantly fent to his Brdther
A lbertus, beg g ing him for the lov e of God to
make haile to her Hotband .
Alber tus w as a difcreet man, foher in his opi
nions , clear of Pedantry , and know ing enoug h
both mBooks and m theWorld, to preferv e a duereg ard for w hatev er w as ufefu l or excellent, w he
ther ancient or modern : Ifhe had not alw ays themathority, he had at leaft the art, to div ert Cor
helius frommany extravag ancies . It w as w ell hecame (peedily, or Martin cou ld not hav e boafted
the entire Quota ofhis Vif'
cera. What does itfig nify (quoth Albertus) w hether my Nephewexcels in the Curfits or not ? Speed iS Ofien a
fymptom of Cow ardice,
w itnefs Hares and“ Deer .
”Do not forg et Achilles (q uoth Cor
nelina) I know that Running has been condemned by the proud Spartans, as ufelefs in w ar 3 and
yetDeqmfihenes could lay,'
Av1iei¢cfiym g w ail “ !
W7“ ? a thoug htWh ich the Eng lifll Hadi
bras has well rendered,
For be ?bat rummayfig bt ag ain,
Wbicb be can never do tbat’
sj/m'
zz .
M EMO I R S 0 1?
dog s. Cornelins w ns ltmclt w ith
Operation, for I w ill not encreafe themy (on
’
s body at the expence of
mind. I
pw iefi
dern barbarity affords . Happy had“us all, had w e liv ed in the ag e of
Then my (onmig ht hav e heard the Pdifpute in the Porticos
the fame time form’
d h
fianding .
"
It is tru e
have no Exedra for .the
to our Tennis-Courts but there are
w here he w il l hear very notable
tions : Tho’
w e come aot up to thein theTrag ic- dcnce,
’
w e excel them ins un}, or the art of TM . The
w ou ld hav e beat us atM a , but not
at the j’
aculamor pitcbing tbc Bar .
g ilam is in as g reat perfeétion in E
old Rome, and theW Hugis eq ual to the v olutatcm
'
a of the
You cou ld not (anfw ered Cornelius)
Blackmore’s Eflity on Spleen. P.
Wrefiling . P.
MARTINUS SCR IBL ERU S. 1451;wast art to defend their w indow s from(50111 1110 11
Nické rs; It is w el l know n that w hen the Lace:
dm onianMobWere up, they ‘commonly fent
for aLelb ianMufician to appeal'
e them,and they
‘1 immediate ly g rew calm as foon as they heard3‘ Terpartder ling : Yet I don
’
t believ e that thePope
’
s w hole band ofMufick , thou g h the befl:
ofthis ag e, could keep hisHolinefs'
s Imag e frombeing burnt on a fifth of Nov ember . Nor
Would Terpander himfelf (reply’
d Albertus) at“ Billifig fg ate, nor Timoth
'
eus at Hock ley in the“ i-iole have any manner of eti
’
eét,nov both of
them tog ethe r b ringbHorneck to common c iv i
lity.
" That ’s a g rofs miltake (faid CorneliusigmWarmly ) and to prov e it fo, I hav e here 11“ 11111111 Lyra of my ow n, fram
'
d, fl'
rung , and
M 6 after the ancient manner. I can play‘Home fragment s ofLelb ian tunes, and I w ith I“Were to try them upon the moft pafiionate crea
alive z”
You nev er had a better oppora
mmy (fays Albertus ) for yonder are tw o Ap
M m fcolding , and juft ready to uncoif
one another .
" With that Cornelius , u ndrefs’
d
eshe w as, jumps out into his Balcony, h is Lyrainhand ,
in his flippers , w ith his breeches hangh1g dow n to his ank les, a flocking Upon h is head,and a w aibcoat ofmu rrey- coloured fattin upon his
Bu idas in fimotheo. P.
How eek , a fcorrilous Scribler, w ho wrote a weekly paper,filed 1b: HikeGerman D017" . P.
146 M E M O I R S OF
body : He touch'
d his Lyra w ith am auanfodfort ofan Harpeg iatura, nor w ere his hopes fmfitrated. The odd Equ ipag e, the uncouth Ittfimment
, the firang enefs ofthe Man and of the M11
fick , drew the ears and eyes'
pf the w hole Me bthat w e re g ot about the tw o female Champions,and at lafiofthe Combatants tha nfelves . Theyall approach
'
d the Balcony, in as clofe attention as
Orpheus'
sfirft Audience ofCattle, or that of an
Italian Opera, w hen fome favourite Air is ju t}aw akened . This fodder) efl
'
eé t of hisMéfiek encourag od himmig htily, and it w as obferv ed he
nev er touched his Lyre mfoch a. truly chromatickand enharmonick manner as n
The mob laug h’
d, fang , jump’
d, dmc’
d, and ttfed
many odd g efiures, all w hich he judg ed to be
canted by the v ariou s {trains and 1110 d
Mark (q uoth- he) in this, the pow er of the
Ionian , in that, you fee the efi'
ea ofsheo liaa .
"
But in a little time theybeg an to g row. riotous, “
threw fiones : Cornelius then w ithdrew , but w ith
the g reateft airofTriumph in the worid. Brow
(faid he ) do you obferv e I hav e mixed unawares
toomuch of she a yg v'
an ; I mig ht ehang e itto the Lydian, and {often their riotous tempeesa
Bu t it is enoug h : ieamfromthis Sample tofpmkw ith eenerfiion of ancient Mufick . If this
a Timotheus or a Terpander ?”
Hav ing faid
148 MEMO I R S OF
The w ife Cmnelius w as mnv inced, thz t thd ir
alone, than Fencing or Cudg d-
ph ym. He
thoug ht it therefote noecfiry to look out tb t fomeYouth ofpreg nant pans , to be a fort of humbleCompanion to his fon in thotefindim His g ood
fatmoe dk eaed hhn w one ofthemofl fing lflu mdow ments, w hofe name w asComadosCrambq w hohy the fathcr
'
s fide w as nelated to the Crw dm of
Cambridg e, and his mother w as Coufin to Mr .
Sw an, Gamefiet md ponfier ofthe City ob n
don. So that from both parents he drew a namral difpolitioo to fport himfelf w ithWords, w hich
as they aze faid to be the oounters ofw ifc Mcn ,
and reatiy-money ofFools, Cramhe had y catfioce
ofcalh ofthe latter fort . Happy Martin in fuel)
a Pai'ent, and fueh aCompanion !Whatmig ht nothe atchiev e in Arts and Sciences .
Here I mufipremife a g eneral ohfcrv ation of .
g reat benefit to mankind. That there w e ma ypeople w ho hav e the ufe only of one Operation of
the lntellefi,tho
’
, like {hort-fig htedmen, tbcy can
g leWebergfiom but hav e neither of the other
it is w ifely ordered, that people depriv ed of one
When a learned Friend onbc utg ed to oor Autbor the Ao
thority ofa famous Dié tiom ry-maker ag ain“ mlatinity ofthe
M on amar pufl izm, Which he had ufed in aa infeription, hereplica, that he w ould allow a Dietiomty
bmalter to undeflfmda fmg le word, bat not two woq pu t tog etber.
MART INU S SCR I BL ERU S. 149
fc nfe hav e the others inmore perfeé tion, foch peo
p le w ill formfing le Ideas w ith a g reat deal of v i
v acity ; and happy w ere it indeed if they w ou ldc o nfine themfelv es to foch, w ithou t forming judid o, much lefs arg ummtatiom.
Cornelius q uick ly difcov ered, that thefe two lafiO perations ofthe intelleé t w ere v ery w eak inMar
t in, and almoft totally exting uifhed in Crambeh ow ev er he ufed to fay, that Rules ofLog ick are
SpeCtacles to a purb lind underftanding , and there
fore he refolv ed to proceed w ith his tw o Pupils .
Mar tin’
s underftanding w as (0 totally immers’dinjfl g/iéle objefl r, that he demanded examples fromMat erial thing s ofthe abfiraé ted Ideas ofLog ickAs for Crambe , he contented himfelf w ith the
Words,and w hen he could but form forne con
ccit upon them,w as fu lly fatisfied. ThusCrambe
w ould tell his Infiruétor, that All men w ere not
fing ular ; that Indiv iduality could hardly be pmdieated ofany man, for it w as commonly (aid thataman is not the fame he w as
,that madmen are
Mid: tbemfiives, and drunken men come to tbcm
filter w hich (how s, that few men hav e that moltvaluab le log ical endowment, Indiv iduality Cor
Bu t ifit be poflible for the fame man to hav e difliné’t in
communicable oonfc ioufnefs at different times , it is w ithout“ i oubt the fame man w ould at dxifercnt t imes make different
perfons . Which w e fee is the fcnfc ofmank ind in not pu
n iihing the mad man for the fober mania aél ions, nor the
{ober nqan for w hat the mad man did, thereby making them
two perform; w hlch is fomew hat explained by our w ay of
t b s
1 5° ME MO I R S O F
h elios toldMartin that a flxoulder of mutton “ :
an indiv idual,w hich Cramhe denied, for he had
feen it
Tutor) hut you nev er fiw itmutton :
‘
Ifit could (quoth Crambe ) it w ou ld be
10mm ; then 80 1dien (quoth Crambe) are thcmofl fubflaotial people in the w orltL Neither
w ould he allow it to be a g ood definition ofat d
da rt , that ir oould be prdéur or abh tm ti e
many aec idents that defiroyme fM as bm'
ri
ing does a houfq and death a man . Be t as to
that, Cornelius infimnod him, that there w as a
W al dmtb, and a lag w'
cal dw b ; that thong% a
man afier his natnral death tms not capahle ofthe
leafipar 1flx- oflice, yet hc mtg ht fifli keep h15 8mflamongfithe log ical pmdroaments.
imag es ; thus miling up the Coachnmn he afltod
him w hat he had (cm at the Bear- g z rden i‘ t he
“ fixah ng in i nfl ijh w hen theyfiy fueh’
an one b“mor 1, w t : w ry
"
8 . ii. c. 4 7.
MART INu s SCR IBLE URU S. 1 53
Dog floleu or firayed, he {aid itto beg in thus, Aa ir rational animal of the
caninum, 6CC. Cornelius told them,that tho
'
thofe adv ertifements w ere not framed according to
the exatt ru les of log ical definitions, 1 1 only
conta111 ag e of the pr e dicabz'
lia
cut to the common purpofesdifcovering thing s that w ere lost,
,and inanimate, An Italian Guy
qfa moufi- colour , a w bitefpeck in the neck,one leg , belong s tofit 4 Lady. 0
genes ; 1n0 1sfe- eolour'
d, etc . difermtiq ; fife of
h I’
m afraid I hav e tranfg refi'
ed noonmypatienee already, I cannot help nhing
notice ofone thing more extraordinary than any
1 . He foppofed that a Philofopher’
s brain
a g reat Foreft, w here Ideas rang ed like
lated,and eng endered Conc lufions ; that w hen
theM'
izor the female, w hich copu late by theMidConclufion . Henceor Predecefi
'
ors ofthe
154 M E M O I R S O F
Cond ufion ; and it is properly faid by the Log ici
ans quad pw’
ani‘
fi'ientiam, opiniam’m, they beg et
(cience, opinion, etc . Univ crfal Propofitions are
Perfons ofquality and therefore in Log iclt theyare faid to be ofthefirfiFig ur e. Sing u lar Propofitions are priv ate perfons, and therefore placed in
I . That there are only three Terms, neither more'
nor lefs ; for to a child there can be onlyone father and one mother .
II . Fromuniv erl'
al premifi'
es there follow s an oni
v erfal conclufion , as ifone lhould fay, that
perfons of q uality alw ays beget perfons of
q uality .
III . From the fing ular premifi'
es follow s on ly a
fing ular cone lufion, that is, ifthe paren ts heonly priv ate people, the ifi
'
ue mull be fo likew ife.
IV From particu lar propofit ions nothing can be
concluded, becaufe the Indim'
dua wag e are
(like w horcmafters and common fimmpets)b arren.
V. There cannot be more in the conclufion than
Was in the premifl’
es, that is, children can
only inherit from their parents .
the w eaker part, that
MARTIN'US SCRIBL ERU S. 1 55
VI I . From tw e neg ativ es nothing can be concludf
ed, fe r fromdivorce or lbperation there ean
VIII . The medium cannot enter the conclafion,t hat being log ical inceft.
IX . An hypothetical prepofition is only a con
trefi, or a prornife of mar riag e ; fi'
om fuehtherefore there can (pring no real
X.Whefiehe -
premifi'
es or parents are neceflh
rily join ’
d (or in lawfu l w edlock ) they beg etlaw fu l ifi
'
ue 5 but conting ent ly joined, theybeg et bafiards.
So much for the Affirmativ e propofitions 5 theNeg ativ e rnuft be deferred to another oocalion,
Crambe ufed to v alue himfelfupon this Syfiem,
from w hence he {aid one mig ht fee the propriety
tires ; anld how common it is for fuch people tou byt conclufiom that are not the ifi
'
ue of their
premifi'
es i' therefore as an Abfurdity is aMargfler ,a Falfity is a /Inr d ; and a true conclufion that
fille w eth not from the premifi'
es , mayo
properlybe faid to be adopted. But then w hat is an Eu
thymern ? (q oorh Cornelius . ) Why, an Ru thym (replied Cr atnhe ) is w hen the Major 15 ihdeed married to theMinor, but the Mamag e keptW.
META PBYS I CK S w ere a lar g e field in wh ich toefercife theWeapons Log ick had put into their
MARfl NU S . SCR IBLERU S: 1 57
VII . IfAng els pet'
s from one extreme to anothm'
w ithou t g oing throu g h themiddle ? Aquinas.VIII . If Ang els know thing s more c learly in a
morning ? Aquinas.
IX .Whe ther ev ery Ang el hears w hat one An
g el fays to another ? dmy’
d. Aquinas .
X . Iftemptation be propr iumquar tomode oftheDev il ? deny
’
d. Aquinas.
XI .Whether one Dev il can illuminate anotherXII . Ifthese w ou ld hav e been any females born
in the fiatc ofInnocence ? Aquinas.
X II] . Ifthe Creation w asfinilhed in fix days,he
canfofix is the molt perfeé t number ; or if
fix be themoft perfeét number , becaufe the
Creatien w as finifhed in fix days ? Aquinas .
There w ere fev eral others, of w hich in the
eonrfe ofthe life of this learned Perfon w e
may hav e occafion t o treat and one par ticularly that remains undecided to this day 9itWas taken from the learned Suarez .
XIV. An pr e fer efl’
e reale afl ualis qfimicefit alz'
ud
efl'
e necefl’
arium g as r e; afl ualiter exjflat ? InEng lith thus. Whether befides the real being ofaétual being , there be any other beingnecefi
'
ary to caufe a thing to be ?
This bring s into my mind a Projeét to banifh
Metaphyfick s out ofSpain ,w hich it w as fuppofed
mig ht be efi'
cé tuated by th is method : That no
r58 ME MO I R S 0 1“
body fhould ufe any Cempennd orW ound
ofthe SubfiantialVerbs bu t as they are read in the
common conjug ations for ev ery bodyWill allow ,
that ifyon dcbar aMctaphyfieianfi'
om em, ffmfia, mites,Wantia
, Sec . there is an end of
him.
Form , a race of harmlefs being s w hich had lattcd for many years , and afforded a comfortab le fishfiftence to many poor Philofophers, thonld be nowhunted dow n like 16 manyWolves, Without thepofiibility ofa retreat . He confidered that it had
g one much harder With them than w ith Efl mw ,
w hich had retired from the Sfbools 1nto the Apetbe
can es Sbopx, w here fome of them had been ad
v anced insothe deg ree ofM i ami ’s. He thoug ht
there fhould be a retreat for poorfuéflantialfirm ,
amongfithe Gent lemen- ufhers at court ; and that
there w ere indeed fubflantialfirm , fach asfirm
qfP rayer andfarmn o'vemm t , w ithout w h ich
the thing s themfelv es couid nev er long fubfift. He
alfo ufed to w onder that there w as not a rew ard
for fuch as cou ldfind ou t a four tb Fig ur e in L a
g ick, as w ell as for thofeWho Ihonld difcover the
MART INU S scam m v s. 1 59
C H A P. VIII .
A N A T O M Y.
Omelius, it is certain, had a molt fuperfl‘ip
tious v eneradon fior the Ancients ; and ifthey contradicted each other, his Reafon w as fa
pliant and ductile, that he w as always ofthe opinion of the lafihe rcad. But he reckoned it a
pop : of henour nev er to be v anq uilhed in a dii
pun: from w hich q uality he acq uired the Titleof the In v incible B affler . While the Profefi
'
or of
Anatomy w as demonfirating to his (on the fcv cltalkinds of Intefiines, Cornelius afiirmed that there
w ere on ly tw o,the Colon. and the Ak bar, accord~
ig g to Hippocrates, w ho it w as impoflihle cou ldev er bemifiaken . It w as in v ain to afi
'
ure him
this error proceeded from w ant ofaccu racy in div iding the w hole Canal of the Gu ts : Say w hat
(he replied) this is both mine and’
s opinion. You may w ith eq ual reafoq (anfw er
’
d the Profefi'
or ) affirm, that a man’
s
Liv er hath fiv e Lobes, and deny the Circulation ofthe blood . Ocular demonfirat ion (faid Cornel ius) feems to be on your fide, yet I {hall not g iv eit up : Show me any v ifcus ofa human body, andI will bring you a month : that difi
'
ers from the
cqmmon rule in the firuéture of it. IfNature
MARTINUS scalaLERUs. 16 1
hody ofaMalefac'
tor , he hir‘
d a Roomfor its disfeé tion near the Pefivfie lds in St . Giles
'
s,at a lit
tle difiance from Tyburn Road. Crambe (tow hole care this body w as eommitted) carried itthither abou t tw elv e a clock at nig ht in a
'
Hack
ney- coach ,
few Houfe- keepers being v ery w illingto let their lodg ing s to fuch k ind ofOperatorst As
he w as foftlyfialking up hairs in the dark,w ith
the dead man in his arms, his burthen had like to
hav e flipp’
d from him,w hich he (to (av e fromfal
ing ) g rafp’
d fo hard abou t the belly, that it forcedthe w ind throu g h the M ,
w ith a noife m e s)»
like theM M ofa liv ing mans Crambe (w hodid not comhrehend how this part of the Anima lOceanomy conld rcmain in a dcad man) was li1terrified, that he threw dow n the body, ran up to
his matter , and had fqarce breath to tell him w hat
had h@pened . Martin w ith all h is Philofophytoeld not prevail upon him to retu rn to his pelt .
~You may fay w hat you plosfe (q uothCrambe) noman aliv e ev er broke w ind more naturally nay,
be feemed to'
be mig htily reliev ed by ita -The tol d
ling of the corpfe dow n fiairs made fneh a ne ife
that it aw ak ed the w hole houfe . The maid
lhriek’
d,the landlady cried outThiev es but the
Landlord, in his th in as he w as, taking a candle .
inone hand, and a draw n (w ord in the other, v ert
tared out of the Room. The maid w ith only afing le petticoat ran up fiairs, bu t fpurning at the
dead body, fel l upon it in a fw oon. Now the
1 M
M E M O I R S O F
landlord floodfiill and liIt'
ned, then he looked hehind him,
and ventured dow n in this manner oneitair after another , till he came w here by his maid,as dead
,upon another corpfe unknow n . The w ife
ran into the fireet and cried ou t Murder ! the
Watch ran in,w hile Martin and Crambe , heap
ing all this uproar , w ere coming dow nfiairs. TheWatch imag ined they w ere mak ing their efcapq
k iz ed them immediately, and carried them to a
neig hbouring juftice ; w here , upon (catching them,
feveral k ind ofkniv es and dreadful w eapons w erefound upon them. The Jaf
’tice firfi
'
k xaminedCrambe .
- What is your Name ? fays the Jnfiice .
I hav e acq uired (q uoth Crambe) no g reat Nameas yet ; they callme Crambe or Crarnb e , no matter w hich
,as to myfelf; thou g h it may be fome
dflhute to poflerity .—What 1s yours and youe
We profefiion ? It is ou r bufinefs to imbme“our hands in blood ; w e cnt efi’ the heads , and
pu ll ou t the hear ts of thofe that nev er injuredus
-
w e rip np big- belly
’
d w omen, and tear
children limb from limb . Martin endeav our
cd to interrupt him but thejuftice, being (h ang ely afionifhed w ith the franknefs ofCrambe
'
s Con
feflion, ordered him to proceed ; upon w hich he
made the follow ing Speech .
May it pleafe yourWerthip, as touching the
hody ofthis man,I can anfw er each head that
my accufen alledg e ag ainfime , to a hair . The yhave hitherto talk’d like num-fculls w ithout
MARTINU S SCR IBLE RU S. 163
b rains ; bht ifyou rWorlhip w ill not only g iv ee ar
, but reg ard me w ith a fav ou rable eye, I w illn ot be brow - beaten by the fupercilious looks
O f my adverfaries, w ho now fiand cheek byj o w l by you rWorthip . I w il l prov e to theirf aces , that their fou l mou th s hav e not openedt heir lips w ithout a falfity ; though they hav e( b ow ed their teeth as ifthey w ou ld bite offmyn ofe . Now ; Sir , that Imay fair ly flip my necko ut ofthe collar
,I beg this matter may not be
nig htly flt ined ov er . Tho’ I hav e no th an here
t o back me , I w ill unbofommyfdf, finceTru thi s e si my tide , and (b all g iv e them their belliesflail, thou g h they think they h av e me epon the
h ip. Whereas they. fay I came into their lodging s , w ith arms
,and murdered thisman w ith,
out their Priv ity, I declare I had not,the leafi
fing er in ir ; and fince I em tofiend upon myow n leg s, nothing of th ismat ter {hall be left tillI fet it upon a rig h t foot In the v ein I am in ,
I cannot for my heart 3 blood and g uts bear this
nfag e : I {hall not {pare my lung s to defend my‘
g ood name : I w as ev er reckoned a g ood liv er ;
and I think I hav e the bowels ofcompafiion. Iall; but juttiee, and from the crow n ofmy head
tp the foal of,my foot I 013 11 ev er acknow ledg e
“ myfelfyourWorlh ip '
s humb le Serv ant .
The Jufiice fiahed,the Landlord and Landlady
lifted up their eyes, and Martin fretted,w hile
Cmnbe talk ’d in this rambling incoherent manM 2
MART INU S SCRIBLERU S. 165
b e tedious Which thou art (replied Martin,
(tamph'
ig w ith h is foot ) w hich thou art , I fay, be
yond all human toleration . Such an unnatu ral,
unaccountable, nneoherent, unintellig ible, unprofitable —There it is now ! (interrupted Crambe)this is you r Day for Um. Mar tin cou ld bear no
long er—how ev er , compofing his Countenance,
Come hither , he cried , there are fiv e pounds,fev en teen lh illing s and nine pence thou haft been
w ith me eig ht months, three w eeks,tw o days,
and four hours. Poor Crambe upon the receiptofhis Salary, fell into tears, flung themoney up
the g round, and burfiforth in thefe w ords :
0 Cicero, Cicero ifto pun be a crime,’
tis a
c rime I hav e learned from thee : O Bias, Bias
fi ts pun be a crime, by thy example w as Ib ias
'
d .“ Whemupon Martin (confidering that
o ne ofthe g reateft ofOrators, and ev en a Sag e of
G reece had push ed) hefitated, relented, and re
i mfiated Crambe in his Serv ice .
C H A P . 1X.
How Martin became a g reat Criticlt .
T w as a moft pecu liar Talent in Martinus , to
conv ert ev ery Trifle into a ferious thing , either
in the w ay ofLife, or in Learning . This can no.
I M 3
M E M O I R S O F
w ay be better exemplified, than in the efifcfiw hichthe Puns ofCrambe had on the Mind and Studies
ofMartians . He conceiv ed, that (omew hat ofalike Talent to this ofCrambe, ofqfl
'
embb'
ag pand a
to the Emendation and Correéfion ofAud en! Av
ibar s, ifapplied to theirWorks, w ith the famedilig ence, and the fame liber ty. He refolved to
tryfirfl upon Virg il, Horace , and Terence ; eon
c luding , that, ifthe mofl carr et? Anthogfs cou ld be
[0 fer v ed w i th any reputation to th e Critiek ; Ike
amendment and alteration of0 11 the 7 d?Would can
fily follow ; w hereby a new , a v afi, nay bonndlefs
FieloofGlory w ou ld be opened so the true and 46-1
Th is Specimen on Virg il he has g iven us, in
the Addenda to his Notes on the Dunciad. His
Terence and Horace are in ev ery body'
3 hands, un
der the names
H— te . And w e hav e conv inc ing proofs that thelate . Edition ofMil ton fmhlilhed in the name of
the former ofthefe, w as in truth theWork ofno
other than our Scriblerus.
MART INU S SCR IBL ERU S. 1 67
C H A P . X .
Of
'
Mart inu s’s u ncommon Praétice ofPhylick , and how he apply
’
d himfelf to
the Difeafes ofthe Mind.
U T it is hig h time to return to the H ifloryofthe Prog refs ofMartians in the Studies of
t fick ,and to enumerate fome at leaft 'of the
many Difcov eries and Experiments he made'
therein .
One ofthe firft w as his~Method ofinv efiig atinglatent D ifiempers, by the fag acious Qual ity of
Setting-Dog s and Pointer s. The fucoefs
,and the
Adv entu res that befel h im, w hen he w alked w ith
there Animals,to fmell them out in the Parks and
Publiclt places about London ,are w hat w e w ould
Willing ly relate but that his ow n Account , tog e.
filer w ith a L ifl qf tboje Gentlemen and Ladies at
Whom they made a Fullfit , w ill be publiihed intime conv en ient . There w ill alfo be added the
Reprefentation, w hich , on occafion ofone difiemPe r w hich w as become almoft epidemical
, hetlloeg ht himfelfoblig ed to lay before both Honfes
OfParliament, intitled, A P roq alfir a General
Flex, to exterminate at one b low the P—x out ofthis kingdom.
MART INUS SCR IBLERU S. t69
yo u depriv e theMind of the outw ard Inflmmentsw h ereby the ufinally e t elTeth that Pafiion, you
w il l in time abate the Paflion itfelf, in like manneras Cafiration abates Loft.
2 dly, That the Soul in mankind exprefih h
g dly, That all Mufcles g row {h ang er andth ic ker by being 715q ufid ; therefore the habitualP afl ionsmay be difcerned in particular performbyt h efirmg tfiand big nd} oftheMufcles ufed in the
e t preflion ofthat Paflion. .
4thly, That a Mufcle may be fireng then’
d or
Wcaken'
d by w eakning or fireng th’
ning the force
Of its Antagmxifi. Thefe th ing s premifed, he took
” on,andWM) , w ere eXpreHEd by nodding the
h ead and bow in g the body forw ard on the contrary, dffint ,Mb
,flfifil, fifth ,
and ar rog ance,
.
Wcremarked by tolling the head , and bending thebody backw ards : w hich tw oPafiions ofq t and
Wthe Latins rig htly exprefs’
d by the w ords
ab ut” and abnw e. Now he obferv ed that com
plaifant and civ il people had the Flexors ofthe headvery th ong ; bu t in the proud and infolent thew
m mg reat ov er- balance offireng th in the Exten{moftheNeck and theMufcles oftheBack , from
ME M O I R S O F
Title offigf- fmk’
d In order to reduce fue l: perfons to ajufibalance, he judg ed that the pair ofMufd es called Reg ; intend, the Mafioidal, w ith
other flemmofthe head, neck, and body mufibeftreng theh
’
d ; their Antag onifis, the Spla t? Gm
plexi, . and the Extenfors of'
the Spine w eaken’
d
For w hich purpofe Natu re herfelf feems to hav e
tality by tymg fitch fellow s Neck and bezlx.
Contrary to th is , is the pernicious Gufiom of
Mothers,w ho aboliih the natu ralSig nature ofMo
M y at their Daug hters , by teaching them rmM ag , and bang ing daw n the bead. Mam .
charg ed all hutbands to take notice of the PMqftbe Head offueh as they cour ted toM y ,
as that uponw hich their futu re happimfss didmachdepend.
Flatterer s, w hohave the flexorMufcles (o“ tongthat they are alw ays bow ing and cring ing , he {hp
pofed mig ht in fome meafure be correéted by be
ing tied dow n°
upon a Tree by the back, like thechildren of the Indians w hich M ine
-
w as
{trong ly confirm’
d by his ohferving the Ih eng sh of
Mnfcle of patimce, becaufe in that afieé tion of
Mind people fllrug and raife up thefiloulder to the
MART INUS SCRI BLERU S. 17!
tip ofthe ear . This Mnfcle .alfo be obferv ed tobe exceeding lyfirong and larg e in Hmpeck
’d Haj!»
bands,in I tah
'
am, and in Eng byb M’
fufier s.In pu rfuance of his Theory, he (nppofed the
coqflr ifior s of the Eye—Iidr, mu tt be fireng then’
d
in the fupercilious, the abdufiar : in' drnnltards and
eonternplativ emen , w ho hav e the fame fid dy ahd
g rave motion ofthe eye. That the but t inmrs ot
blow er s up of the (beaks, and the dilator : ofthe
Ng/E, w ere too {trong in Cholerick people 3 and
therefore Naturehere ag ain direéted us to a remedy, w hich w as to corred ' fuch extraordinary dilatation byfalling by theN4} .
The rolling amorous Eye, in the pallion ofLove , might be oorreéted by frequently lookingthro
’
g lades . Impertinent fel low s that jump uponTab les, and cut capers , mig ht be cur
’
d by relaxing medicines applied to the Calv es of their Leg s,w hich in fuch people are toofirong .
Bu t there w ere tw o cafes w hich he reckoned
ex tremely difficu lt. Firfl, .Mfiatian,in w hich
there w ere(0 manyMufcles of the bum,thig hs,
belly, neck , back , and the w hole body, all in a
We tone, that it req uired an impraé ticable muleu phcity of applications.The fecond cafe w as immoderate Laag bterWhen any ofthat rifible fpecies w ere broug ht to
tilt Doftor, and w hen he confider’
d w hat an infi~nitw
'Mnfcles thefe laug hing Rafcals threw intow eonmlfiv e motion at the fame time ; w hether
MARTINUS SC RIBLERUS'
. 175
As foon as he had heard and examined all thefymptoms, he pronounced his difi
’
emper to be
H is friends afi'
ured him that they had w ith g reatcar e obferv ed all his motions, and w ere perfectlyfatisfied there w as noWoman in the cafe. Scrib
le rns w as as pofitiv e that he w as defperately in lov eWith fome perfon or other . How can that be ?
(faid his Aunt, w ho came to aflt the adv ice)w hen he conv erfes almoft w ith none but hima
felt ?” Say you (0 ? he replied, w hy then he is inlov e w ith hirnfelf, one ofthe rnofi‘
common cafes
in the w orld. I am afionifhed, people do not
enou g h att end this Difeafe, w hich has the fame(aufes and fymptoms, and admits ofthe flame cureWith the other : efpeciallyfince here the cafe ofthePatient is the more helplefs and deplorab le oftheMo, as this unfortunate pafiion ismore b lind thanthe other . There are people, w ho difcov er fromtheir v ery yonth a molt amorous inc lination to
themfelv es , w hich is unhappily .
nurs’
d by fuch
Mothers, as, w ith their g ood w ill, w ou ld nev erfu t:fer their children to be t r gfled in lov e. Eafe
,lux
ury, and idlenefs, b low up this flame as w el l asthe other Conflant Opportunities ofconv erfation
With the perfon belov ed (the g reateft ofincentives)are here impoflible to be prev ented. Baw ds and
the other lov e, w ill be perpetually doinging a g ood w ord for the party
“
and carry abou t Billet doux . Therefore I aflt you ,
174. M E M O I R S O F
Madam,if this Gentleman has not been much
freq uented by F latterers, and a fort ofpeople w ho
bring himdedications and v erfes ? O Lord ! .Sir,
(q uoth the Aunt) the houfe is haunted w ith
t hem.-There it is (replied Set
ate the b’
aw ds and
and himfelf. Are there no 0
himhe drefi'
esWell , has a g enlike ? Why truly, Sir, my Nephew is not aubWard “ Lookhim : In form
pry in one refpeét, that they nev er had any riv als,but oflate they hav e all the Ladies fo - Be pleafed
to anfw er a few q ueftions more . Whom does he
g eneral ly talk of Himfelf, q uoth the Aunt .
Whofe w it and breeding does he w oft commend ?H is ow n , q uoth the Aunt .—Whom does he w rite
letters to i’Himfelf.—Whom'does he dream of1’
All the dreams I ev er heard w ere of himfelf.Whom is he og ling yonder P Himfelfin his looking
-
g lafs.-Why does he throw back his head in
that lang uiihing pofiure ? Only to be b left w ith a
finile ofhimfelfas he pafl'
es by.- Does he ev er Real
3 It ifs from himfelf, by biting h is lips ? Oh con
tinually, till they are perfleét v ermillion.
- ~Have
you obferv ed h im to ufi: Farniliarities w ith anybody ? With none bu t h imfelf: he often em
braces himfeh'
w ith folded arms, he claps hishand often upon h is hip, nay (ometimcs thrufisit into his breait.
MART'
IN'U S sca lsnmU s. 175
Madam,
'
faid the Doétor,all there are firortg
fymptoms bu t there remain a few more . Has
t h is amorous g entleman prefented himfelf w itha ny Love—toys ; fuch as g old SnuE boxes, repeatm g Watches, or Tw eez er - cafes tho
'
fe are thing s
t hat in time w ill (often the moft obdurate heart .4‘ Not only (0 (faid the Aunt) but he boug ht theether day a v ery fine brillant diamond Ring forhis ow n w earing .
» Nay, ifhe hasaccepted ofthisRing , the intrig ue is
'
v ery forw ard indeed,and
it is h ig h time for friends to interpofe .
— PrayMadam
,a w ord or tw o more : Is he jealous that his
acquaintance donot behav e themfelv es w ith refpeéteaou g h
? w ill he bear jokes and innocentfi‘
eedoms ?By nomeans ; a familiar appellation makes himang ry 3 ifyou (bake him a little rou g hly by the
“ hand, he is in a rag e ; bu t ifyou chuck himunder the chin
, he w ill return you a box on the
ear .
”- Then the cafe is plain : he has the true
Pathog nomick fig n ofLov e, yealoufi for no bodyWill fufl'
ee his mifirefs to be treated at that rate .
Madam, upon the w hole this Cafe is extremelydang erous. There are fome people w ho are far
g unk in this paflion of felf- lov e ; bu t then theykeep a v eryji
’cr et Intr ig ue w ith themfelv es, and
hide it from all the w or ld befides. But this Pa
tient has not the leaficare ofthe Repu tation ofhisBelov ed , he is dow nrig ht fcandalous in his beha
viour w ith himfelf; he is enchanted, bew itch’
d,
MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS. 1 77
difidvantag e, funrey hinrfelfnalted, divefied ot artificial charms, and he w illfind hhnfelfa forheclfiradling Animal, w ith bandy leg s, a lhort neck ,aM hidq and a pot
- belty. I t w ould be yet better, if he took afiroe g purg e once a w eek , in or
der to cont emplate himfelf in that condition : at
w h ich time i t w ill be eonvenient to mahe ufe of
the Letters, Dedications , etc . ebov efaid. Something like thh has been obferv ed by Lucrehes u fl
others to be a pow erfulw nedy hi the ed'
e ofWomeri. If all this w ill not do, I mnf’t e
’
en lu ve
the poor m ao hh defiiny. Let hh mr vy bim
M and w hm he h mnda nmd a u mhy to himfelfipermPs he may ran w the next pond to
g et tw ofifinfd f, the Fate ofmofiv iolcnt Sclf
C H A P. XII.
t Mar tinus endeav ou red to find out
the Seat ofthe Sou l, and ofhis Correi;
pondence w ith the Free -Thinkers .
N this Defig n ofMartin to inv efiig ate theDifeafes of the M
'
md, he thou g ht noth ing fo ne
mfiry as an Enq uiry after the Smt ofthe SauI , inwhich atfirfihe laboured under g reat uucertain
ties. Somen'
mes he w as ofopinion that it lodg ed
I N
ry8 M E M O I R S 0 ?
tuna in tt ear t. Afiam rds he thong h t it eba
ford to confine that b v ereig n IA dy to onem
fiain w as her Stndy, the I-ieart chemStn eMand the Smmach her Kitehen. WWWv eral Oflioes oflife m t on at the famefime, he
Soul to performfeveral opafions by her htt‘
nifiers, the dm'
m l Sfr’
n'
ts, fmrn w hence it / wa
Ag es, and Prom ». Thus in Epm fes he
feated her in the mouth ofthe swmach, Philofo
phers hav e her in the Brain, Soldiers in theirHear t,
Women in their Tong ues, Fidlers in their Fing eea,and Rope - dancers in their Toes. At leng th he
ny Subjeéts tofind out the diEerent Fig ure of flfisG land, from w hence he mig ht difcov er the esafe
ofthe difi'
erent Tempers in mankind He {hp
MARTINUS SCR IBLERU S. 1 79
ers , Peacock s and Pops, Cock- Sparrow s and Cc
q uets, Monkeys and Players, Cour tiers and Spa?
n iels,Moles and Mifers
,exaétly refemble one an
ther in the conformation of the P ineal Gland. He
did not doubt likew ife to find the fame refemb lance in Hig hw aymen and Conquerors : In order
to fatisfy himfelf in w hich,it w as
, that he pur
chafed the body ofone ofthe firfiSpecies (as hathbeen before related) at Tyburn,
h0ping in time tohave the happinefs ofone ofthe latter too, under
his Anatomical knife .
We mni’cnot omit tak ing notice here, that thcfe
a u iries into the Seat ofthe Soul g av e oecafion tohis firficorrefpondence w ith the l
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oc iety of Ere
mflker s, w ho w ere then in their infancy in England, and {0 much taken w ith the promifing en
dowments ofMar tin, that they ordered their Secretary to w rite him the fellow ing Letter .
To fi e learned Ing agfitor into Natur e, MART I NUSSc amt s a v s : The Society qf Free - Thinkers
Grecian CoEee -Houfe, May 7.
T is w ith unfpeakable joy w e hav e heard of
your inqu ifitive Genius, and w e think it g reat
pity that it (bou ld not be better employed, than inlooking after that Theolog ical Non—enfi
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ty com
monly call'
d the Soul Since after all your enq uiries, it w ill appear you hav e lolt your labour ih
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MART INUS SCR IBL ERU S. 1 81
ing , volition, memory, etc . are the fev eralModesofthinking ; fo roafiing ofbeef
,mafiing ofmut i
ton, mailing ofpul lets, g eefe, turkeys, etc . are the
fev ers]modes ofmoat- roafiing . And as the g eno
ral Quality of meat-rozftiog , w ith its fev eralmodifieations as to beef, mu tton, pu llets, etc . does
not inhere 111 any one part ofthe jaek ; fo neitherdoes Confcioufilefs, With its fev eralModes of(en
fatiou ,intelleétion, v olit ion, etc . inhere in any one,
but is the refult from the mechanical compofitionofthe w hole Animal .Jail fo, the Quality or Difpofition in aFiddle to
play tunes, With the fev eral Modifications of thisM c-flaying quality in playing ofPreludes, Sawbah ds, J ig s, and Gav otts, are as much real quai
lities in the Infirument, as the Thoug h t or the
Imag ination is in the mind ofthe Perfon timt eom
pofes them.
The Parts (fay they) of an animal body are
perpetually chang ed, and the fluids which feem
to be the fubjeft ofoonfiioufiwfs, are in a pet pemi Circu lation ; (0 that the fame individual par tieales do not remain in the Brain ; fromw hence it
Will follow , that the idea of Indiv idual Confcioufnefs mnft be eonflantly trenflated from one par ticle ofmatter to another ; w hereby the part icle A ,
fos example , mufinot only be confcious , bu t conk tous tin t it 18 the fame being w ith the particle Bthfl w ent before.
M E M O I R S G P
pfcfcrves the Unity ofthe w hole Syflum
lity : how aman is confcious to himfelfdn t hefl'
s
thc fame lndiv idual he w as twmty yenss t g w motw ithttanding the flu x Rate ofthe Pmt id ee ofmat
peble of a v ery plain anfw er , and may be a filyillnitmted by a famihar example .
Sir JohnCutier had a pair ofblack w orfiedfioeking s, w hieh his maid damd fo often w ith 61k , tu t
they beeame at laft a peir offilk fiocking s. Roviv{uppofing thofefioek ing s ofSir John
’
s eodned w ithfome deg rec of Confeionfiw fs at every pu timhdarniog , they w ould hav e boen fenfibleg that theyw ere the fame indiv idml pair offlock ing s both he
have oontinnod in them throog h all the fncceflion
ofdaming s ; and yet after the lafiofall, thete mnot perhaps one thread left ofdiefirft pair offioele
hereas it is likew ife ohjeéted, that P11
cannot be juft that are not infliétcd updiv idual, w hich cannot fubfiftWith
otion of a fpiritual fubitance : We t e
this is no g reater difficulty to conceive,a Corporation , Which is lik ew ife a flux
M y, m y be punifhed for the fau lts, and liab lePredecefl
'
ors .
to explain, by the firuéhu'
e
of thinking . Ir’
the Brain is a
parate the huet parts(1 Animal Spirits ; that a G land
a Canal of a g reat leng th , v a n
nd w ound up tog ether . F rom the
Motion of the Spirits in thofe Ca
all the different forts of Thou g h ts .
are produced by the motion ofthe
fimple Canal : w hen two of thefe
I N 4
NU S SCRIBILERU S. £953;
affirmed, that ev ery animalindiv idual feif- niov ing , {elf
e it is anfw ered, that, as in a
all th ing s are determined by aev
'
ery Annu al fyfiem. As that
is [aid to be the rea
is no otherWife w ithined by the g reater
articles w hich , like (0 ,many
er s, compofe one think ing Sy-fi
MART INU S SCR IBLERU S. 1s;
and ,fpeak and perform moft of the ou tw ard se
tions of the animal life, bu t (being w ound up oncea w eek ) w ill perhaps reafon as
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w ell as mofiof
your Country Parfons .
We w ait w ith the u tmoft impatience for thehonour ofhav ing you a Member of our Society
,
and beg leave to afi'
ure you that w e are, etc .
What returnMartin made to th is ob lig ing Letter w emuffdefer to another occafion : let it faf600 at prefent to tell, that Crambe w as in a g reat
rag e at them,for fiealing (as -he thoug ht) a hint
from his Theory qfSyllog vfms, w ithou t doing himthe honour (0 much as tomention him. He ad
v ifod his Mafier by no me ans to enter into their
Society, unlel’
s they w ould g iv e him fuflicient fecut ity, to hear him harmlefs from any thing that
mig h t happen after this prefent life .
C H A P. XIII.
Oi the Seeeflion ofMartinus,and fome
Hint ofhis Trav els.
w as in the year 1699 that Martih fet ont on
is Tr av els. Thou w ilt certainly be v ery -1
tious to know w hat they w ere . It is not yet time
MEMO I R S o r
to inform thee. But w hat hints l amatfibeny to'
g iv e, I w ill.Thou (halt know then, that in hisfirft Voyag e
he w as carried by a profperous SM , to a Dill
cov ery of the Remains of the ancient Pym
That in his fecond, he w as as happily fhip»w reck
’
d on the Land ofthe Giants, now themofl:humane people in the w orld.
That in his third Voyag e, he difoover'
d a w hoie
King domofPbilq/bpber s, w ho g ov ern by theMtbem tich ; w ith w hole admirable Schemes andProjefis he returned to benefit his ow n dear Country ; but had the misfortune to find them rejeétcd by the env iousMinifiers ofQueen Anne, and
himfelffent treacheroufly aw ay .
And hence it is, that in his fourth Voyag e he
difcov ers a Vein ofMelancholy proceeding aimofito aDifg uft ofhis Species ; but abov e all, a mortal Detefiation to the w hole flag itious Race ofMb
niflers, and afinal Refolu tion not to g iv e in anyMemor ial to the Secr etaxy qfState, in order to fub
jeét the Lands he difcov ered to the Crow n ofGr qatBr itain.
Now if, by thefe hints , the Reader can helphimfelf to a farther difcov ery of the Natu re and
Contents ofthefe Trav els, he is w elcome to asmuchlig h t as they afford him I am oblig ed, by all thetyesofhonour, not to (peak more openly .
U S SCR IBLERU S. 1 8y
any man (hal l evet fee fueh v ery extraVoyag es, into fuch v ery extraordinaryw hich manifefi'
the moft
can imag ine them to belong to a Suror a Captain ofaMerchanfmdu , leth is Ig norance .
er he be, that {ball farther obferv e,offuch a book , that cordial Lov e of
that inv iolab le Reg ard to Truth, that
h is dear Country, and that particular at
to the excellent Prineefs Q w en Aime ;man deferv es to be pitied, ifby all thofeand Charaéters, he cannot difiing uiih
C H A P XIV.
Difcov et ies andWorks ofthe Great.made and to be made, w rit
to be w ritten, know n and nnw
therefore, at this g feat Period, w e
end our firfiBook . And here, 0 Reader,
w e entreat thee u tterly to forg et all thou hhfihithe t to read
,and to cafithy eyes only forw ard, to
Gulliw r’
s Tram]: werefitfi: intendedas a part ofScriblerpq'sMemoirs.
MART INU S SCRIBLERU S. 1 39
ofdifcov ering the Long itude by Bomb-n eb , and
ofincreafing the TradeM’
nd by v afiplantatitms of
I (hall mention only a few ofhis Philofophical
and MathematicalWorks .
.
1 . A oompleat Dig efiof the Law s ofNatm-
e,
w ith a Rev iew ofthofe that are obfolete or repealcd, and ofthofe that are ready to be renesb
’
d and
put in force.
2 . A Mechanical Explication ofthe Formationof the Univ erfe, according to the Epicurean By
3 . A11 Inveftig atm ofthew ntity ofrealMatWin the Univ et fe, w ith the proportion of the
(peeifiCk Grav ity of folidMatter to that offluid.
4. Microfizopical Obfervations of the F1g ure
and Bu lk ofthe confiituent Par ts ofall flu ids. A
Calculation ofthe proportion in w hich the F lu idsofthe earth decreafe, and of the period in w hich
they w ill be total ly exhaufied.
5 . A Computation of the Dmation ofthe 81m,1 11 t long it w il l h it before it be bum
’
d ou t .
6. AMethod to apply'
® e Fm'
ce s t iling from
the immenfe Velocity ofLig ht tomeéhanieal put
Inf
:Ananfiwer to the q uefiion ofa curious Gen
delnan ; How long a New Star w as lig hted up
before its appearance to the Inhabitants of our
m 2 To vthiCh is fubjoined 3 Calcu lation, how
190 ME MO I R S O F
much the Inhabitantsofthe Moan eat for Sapper,confidering that they pais a Nig ht eq nal tofifieenofour natural days .
8; A Demonltration of the natural Dominionofthe Inhabitants of the Earth over tholie of the
Moon,ifev er an intercourfe (110 q be opened be
tw een them. With a Propofal of a PWM‘Tr eaty, among the earth ly Potentates, in cafe of
9 . Tide—Tables, for aCornet, that is to approxkmate tow ards the Earth .
1 0 . The Number ofthe Inhabitants ofLondon '
determined by ihe Reports of the Gold-fihdmand the Tonnag e 013their Carr iag es w ith allg w .
It w ill’
fromhence be ev ident, how much all'
his Studies w ere direé ted to the univ erfal Bemfit v
ofMankind. Numerou s hav e been his Pray“ to
this end, ofw hich Tw oalone w ill be fufiieient to{how the amaz ing Grandeur ofhisGenius. The
firfiw as a Propofal, by a g eneral contribu tion ofallPrinces, to pierce the firfl: crufior Nucleus ofthis
w as, to find the Parallax ofthe Fixt Star s ; but
chiefly tomte Sir IfaaeNew ton 8 Theory ofCm
MART INU S 18 CR IBLERU S. 1 9 1
111131, and Mr . Bailey'
s ofthe Var iations. The fe
cond w as , to bu ild Tw o Poles to the.Mer 1
°
dian,w ith innuenfe Lig ht- houfes on the
_
top ofthemto (apply the dofeé t ofNatu re, and to make theLong itude as eafy to be calcu lated as the Latitude.
Both thefe he cou ld not bu t think v ery praéticablc
, by the Pow er of all the Potentates of the
May w e prefume after thefe to . 1nention, how
he defcended from the fublime to the beneficialparts ofKnow ledg e, and particularly his extraordinary prafitce ofPlgfick F10 111 the Ag e, Com
plexion; orWeig ht of the perfon g iven, be con
triv ed to preferihe at a difiance , as w el l as at aPatmnfis bed-fide .
' He taug ht the w ay to manymodemPhyficians, to cure their Patients by Intm
’
tian, and toother s to cure mtbout lookmg on 160 1!at all. He projeéted aMenftruum to difi
'
olv e the
Stone , made ofDr .Woodw ard'
s Univ rrjb lDelug e
W r . His alfo w as the dev ice to reliev e Confumptiv e or Afthmatick perfons by bring ing frefhAir out of the Co untry to-Tow n, by pipes oflthenature of the Recipients ofAir- pumpa : And tointroduce the Nativ e air of a man
’
s country intoany other
,in w hich he (honld travel, w ith a fea
fonable Intromiffion of foch Steams as w ere moftfamiliar to h im ; to the inexpreflible comfort of
many Scotfmen, Laplanders, and w hite Bears.
In PWog -
nomy, his penetration is fueh , that
fromt he P ifiure only ofany perron, he canw rite
MART INUS '
s’
ca rsLE RU S. 193
of Freeman and A&emam Sydney, in v indication
of the Meafures"
of Spain under that ofRaln'
g b,
and in praife of Cor r uption under thofe of Cato
It is true,that at his laft departure fromEng
land,in the Reig n of(k een Ai me, apprehending
left any of thefe mig ht be perverted to the Seandal of the w eak , or Encourag ement of thefiag it ious, he caft them all, w ithout mercy, into a
Bog- houfe near Sr. james
’
r . Some how ev er hav e
been w ith g reat dilig ence recov er’
d,andfifh ’
d upWith a hook and line, by theMinifterialWriters,
w hk h make at prefent the g reat Ornaments of
their works.
Whatever he judg ed beneficial toMankind, he
conitantly communicated (not only during his flayamong u s
,bu t ev er finee h is abfence ) by fome
method or other in w hich Ofientation had no part .
With w hat inc redib le Modefiy be concealed h imfelf, is know n to numbers of thofe to w homhe addrefiied fometimes Epifiles, fometimes Hints,tbmetimes w hole Treatifes, Adv ices to Friends,
Projefl s to Firft Minifters , Letters to Members ofPar liament, Accounts to the Royal Society, and
innumerable others.All thefe w ill be v indicated to the true Au
thor,in the Courfe ofthefe Memoirs. I may v en
ture to fay they cannot be unacceptable to any,
but to thofe, w ho w ill appear too much concern.
0
MARTINUS SCR I BLERUS
H E P I H A ® O T E .
C H A P.
T hath been long (my dear Countr‘ymen) the
fubjeét of my concern and furpriz e, that
w hereas number‘lefs Poets, Critics, and Orators
hav e compiled and dig efted the Art of ancient ‘
Poel'
y, there hath not at ifen among u s one perfon
fo publiclt-fpirited , as to perform the like for the
Modern. Althou g h it is univ erfally know n, thatour ev ery- w ay indufirious Modems, both in the
Weig ht oftheir w riting s, and in the Velocity oftheir judgments, do (0 infinitely excel the {aidAnmea ts .
Nev erthelefs, too true it is, that w hile a plainand direét road is pav ed to theirWas, or Sub lime ;no track has been yet chalk
’
d out , to arriv e at our
3059011, or Profund . The Latins, as they camebetw een theGreek s and Us, make ufe ofthe w ord
M o, w hich implies eq ually heig ht and depth .
Wherefore confidering w ith no {mal l g r ief, how manypromifing Genius
’
s ofthis ag e are w andering (asO 3
Of sb; Ant or Bmxme 13 Poems . 199
Therefore to . (apply our former defea, I bur
pofe to collect the fcattered Ru les ofoneArt intoreg ular Infiitutes, from the example and praé ticeofthe deep Genius s ofour nation3 imitating hereinmy predecefl
'
ors theMatter of Alexander, and
the Secretary of the renow ned Zenobia. And in
this my undertaking I am the more animated, as
I expeétmore fuccelis than has attendedmv en thofcg reat Critic‘s ; finoc their Law s (tho
’
. dzqymig htbe g ood) have ev er been flack ly m ed. and
their Precepts (how ever ftriét) obey'
d only byfits,aad by a«my finall number .
At the Qame time I intend to dojnlhee dpon
xficmes 11a us, nev er fufi'
ering us tohve in peaceM men, w hile they
enjoy the GWfitem
twoug hg i t is ev ident th
tattempt or inrode intoTheir territories, but iivedeontented 111 our natiye
whole Car t—loads of our 111
fome ofw hich fiolen g oods is part ofthe defignofthis Treatife .
Of the AM oh Smxm'
o 1 11 POETRY. 2 15i
iniag es, as our true modern w riters’
fet before them‘
.
I have obferv ed how faft the g eneral Tafie is t e
turning to thisfirfiSimplicity and Innocence : andif the intent ofall Poetry be to div ert and infirufi
,
certainly that kind w hich div erts and infirnets the
g r eateji number , is to be prefer red. Let us lookround among the Admirers of Poetry, w e {hallfind thofe w ho hav e a tafie of
'
the Sub lime to be
v ery few but the I’rofund firik cs univ erfally,
and is adapted toev ery capacity .
’
Tis afi'
uitlefs
undertaking to w riteformen ofaniceand fdppifhGuflo, w hom after all h is almoft impofiible to
safe 5 and’
tis {till more chimerical to w rite for
ofier ity, of w hofe Tafte w e cannot make anyjudgment, and w hofe Applaul
'
e w e can nev er en
joy. It mul’t be confefi'
ed our w ifer au thors hav ea prefent end,
E t pradeje 1110711711 (1 ddefiar e Poem.
Theu true defig n is Profit or Gain ; in order to
w hence it follow s demonltrably, - that their pro
duéfions muft be fuited to the pr tfmt Tafie. And
I cannot bu t cong ratu late ou r ag e on th is pecu liarfg hcity, that thoug h w e hav e made indeed g reat
prpg refs inall other branches ofLuxui'y, w e are
not yetdebauchedWith any hig h Kebib m Poe
t ry, bu tare in
_
th is one Tafie lefs n ice than ou r
anceftors . Ifan Art is to be efl imated by its fue
C H A P III.
confidered
Ag ainft thxs I
to metry is
As I w ou ld mt fuddenly thop aor dry up my neig hbour
’
s Ifl'
uc , I
h inder himfromneoeflary w riting ,
firmed w ith g reat truth, that there
Qf’
ffi'fit ? or Smtt xfid 1 1d Pot ent“ . 2 6 3
ehildhbo‘
d , but at one tith e oz
q ueftion,w asmueh the better for it in his health ;the faying ,
is theDefifi: ofWriting properly termthb ‘ Tttfliation ofme Generativ e Faculty ofthefl t‘ai
'
nf’
s td th e is {aid to eoneeive ; now
fuch hs doneeivemuit bring forthl I have ltnow n
aman thbug htfu l, melancholy and sav ing for diversdays}Who forthw ith g rew wonderful ly eafy,Iig htfome
'
, and'
cheerfixi, upon a ~difeharg e of the
sca nt humour, in exceeding puru lent Mee ts;or can I q ueftion, but abundance of untimely
deaths are occafioned for w ant ofthis laudable ventofunru ly paflions : yea, perhaps, in poor w retches,
(w hich is very lath entable)‘
for mere w ant ofpen,
ink, .and paper ! From hence it follow s, that a
'
fuppreflion ofthe v ery w orli Poetry is ofdang enousoonfeq uence to the State; Wefind by experience,that the fame humours w h ich v ent themfeiv es infiln'
n'
ner in Ballads and Sonnets, are condenféd
the w inter‘s cold into Pamphlets and Speeches
indma the Miniftry : Nay, 1 know not but
many times a piece ofPoetry may be the moit in
nocent oompolition of aMiniiter h imfelf.
I? is therefore manifefithatM ar k; ou g h t to
yea indu lg ed, to the g ood SUbje é’
ts of
Nor can I conceiv e how the w or ld hasthe contrary as aMaximflupsn thefin
Of tbaART OF SINK ING IN POETRY . 2 0 5
Water .
7‘
Au thors of Antiquity, w e
{hall find as few to hav e been difiing uithed m the
(1 the true Sublime . And the
of this : namely,ofNature. I g ranta Genius is req uifite
bf Artmuft be allow ed (0 far nfew eig ht, or , as I may fay, hang on
our defcent, to
us to the mofiadv anta g eous decliv ities, and abi
tuate our imag ination to a depth of thinking .
Many there are that can fall, but few can arrive
felicity offaning g tacefully much more foramanw ho is among it the Jow efiofthe Creation,
at the v ery bottom ofthe Atmofphere, to defcendeafy a taik unlefs
afiifiance. It”
1s w ith the B
er, Which is indeed v apidlarg e, and 1et abroad ; . but being by
bfii' Rifles cdnfined antiW611fiopt, nothing g row s
and bdttncing .
ofNatdrp is the Sky, the Sun,The Profund of Nature is
the Treafurcsmable as unknow n .
But all that lies betw een thefe,as Corn
,F low er ,
Fru its, Attimai‘s‘
,and Thifig s for thcmet r life of
H is defig n oug ht to be like a labyrinth , out of
w hich—no body can g et c lear but himfelf. amfince the g reat Ar t of all Poetry is tomix Truthw ith Fittion, in 01116 to join the Ciedible
om author {hall produce the Creher lbw efifimplieity
Nothing feemed more plain to our g reat au
thors, than that the w orld had long been w eary of
Of tbe ART or Smxmo IN POETRY . 2 09
The Triumphs and Acclamations of the An
g els, at the Creation ofthe Univ erfe, prefent to his
imag ination the Rejoicing s ofthe Lord Mayor ’sDay and he beholds thofe g lorious be
ing s celebrat ing the Creator, by hu z z aing , mak
ing illuminations, and fling ing fq uibs, crackers
and fky- rockets .
e Glor ious 171umz'
nations, made on 19nBy all tbefiar s andplanets qftbefly,In deg rees, and/bim
'
ng order plat’
d,
Spefiator s cborm’
d, and tbe 514} dw elling g rac’
d.
fl ra’
411 tb’
enlz'
g bterz’
d airfw ifl‘firmvorksfla v ,Wbz'cb w itb r epeatedjbom
‘
: g lad Cber ubs tbr ew .
Comets afi'
ended'
w itb tbeir [w eeping train,Tbenfl ll infiar ryjbow
’
r s and g lz'
tt’
r irzg min.
In air ten tbozg/‘
andmeteor s blaz ing bung ,
s’
cbfr om tb’
eter nal battlements w er eflung .
Ifa man w ho is v iolently fond ofMY, w ill facrifice to that pafiion his friend or h is God
,w ould
it not be a fhame, ifhe w ho is fin it w ith the lov eofthe Barbe: fhould not facrifice to it all other
tranfitory reg ards You {h all hear a z ealous Pro
teftant Deacon invoke a Saint, and modefily be
feech her to do more for u s than Prov idence :fLook dow n blefs
'
dfaint , w z
'
tb pity then look dow n,Sbed on tin: [and thy kinder influence,And g uide as tbroug b tbemz
’
fls qfprov idence,In w bicb w eflmyP. 50 . fA. Philips on the Death ofQy cenMary.
I P
m o MART INU S SQR IBLE R‘
U S
Fifi} he is a PA INmms
Now he is a C H E M I S T .
Pour : dow n bis w ater s
Now he is aWR E S T L E R.
k Ille in bis fig arms tb’ E ter i took,
Of tbe‘
ART OF SINK ING I N POETRY. i t !
Now a R E C R U I T I N G O F F I C E R .
For clouds, thefim- beams le‘vyfr efl )fizppliee,find r aije r ecruits of v apour s, w bz
'
eb ar i/Z’
D r aw nfr om tbejeas, tom/ter in thefl ies.Now a peaceable G U A R A N T E E.
mIn leag ues q eaee the neig hbour s did ag fee,
And tomamtaz'
n them,God w as Gzazrazztee.
Then he is an A T T O R N E Y .
705, as a wile mfi’nder , Gad
And ter r ié le decr ees ag az’
zylme w r ites.God w ill not bemy adv ocate,
lily ma e to manag e or deéates
in the follow ing Lines he is a GOLDBEATER.
W190 the r iebmetal heats , and iben, w z
’
tb car e,
Unfilds tbe g olden leav es, tog i1d tbefields qfaimThen a F U L L E R .
l’ tb’
exba/z’
ng r eeks that jeer ef r ife,Bor n on r eboundingfim- éeams t/J r o’ t/Jefiies,Ar e wroug ht , and they
g r ew
A beav’
izbrfleece.
A‘ M E R C E R , or P A C K E R .
Did]? than one end of az
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r’
s w ide cur tain bold,
And help the Bales gfE tber tomgfo/d;Say, w bz
'
cb caeruleanpile w as by iby band unr all’
d?
1P. 1 70 . P. 6 t . P. 1 8 1 . P P. 1 8.‘ P. 1 7 1 "
OfMe ART os Stmcmo IN POETRY. 2 1 3
others to acq uire a due {hare of praife in inferior
k inds. Many painters w ho cou ld never hit a h ofe
or an eye , hav e w ith fe licity copied a fmall- pox,
or been admirab le at a toad or a red herring . And
feldom are w e w ithout g enius’
s for StiII- lifl '
, w hich
they can w ork up and fiiffen .w ith incredib le ac
curacy .
An univ erfal Genius rifes not in an ag e but
w hen he rifes, armies rife in him he pours forthfiv e or fix Epic Poems w ith g reater facility, than
fiv e or fix pag es can be produced by an elaborate
and ferv ile copier after Natu re or th e Ancients. I t
is affirmed by (mintilian,that the fame g enius
w hichmadeGermanicus (0 g reat aGeneral , w ouldw ith equal application hav e made himan excellentH eroic Poet . In like manner , reafoning from the
affinity there appears betw een Arts and Sciences, Idoubt not bu t an afiiv e catcher of bu tterflies
,a
carefu l and fancifiJ l pattern-draw er , an indufirious
colleé tor of (hells,a laboriou s and tunefu l bag
piper,or a dilig ent breeder oftame rabbits
,mig ht
fevet ally excel in their refpeétiv e parts of the Ba
(hos.
I (hall rang e thefe confined and lets copious Ccnius
’
s under proper clafiies, and (the better to g iv etheir piétures to the reader ) under the names of
Animals offome fort or other w hereby he w ill beenab led, at the firfifig ht of fuch as {hall dailycome forth ,
to know to w hat k ind to refer, and
w ith w hat Authors to compare them.
I P
MART INUS SCR IBL'
ERUS
. The Flying Ffé e1 Thefe are w rite rs who
now and then rife upon their fins, a11d fly out ofthe Profund ,
but their w ing s are (con dry, and
they drop dow n to the bottom. A. H.
C. G .
2 . The Sw allow : are authors that are eternallyflt imming and fluttering up and dow n
,bu t all
their ag ility is employed to eatebflia . L .T.W.P.
Lord H .
3 . The Oflr idg e: are fueh , w hofe heav inefs
rarely permits them to raife themfelv es from the
g round ; their w ing s are ofno ufe to lift them up,and their motion is betw een flying and w alking ;but then they run v eryfey]. D . F L . E . The
Hon. E. H .
4. The Par rots are they that repeat (mother’
s
words, in fnch a hoarfe odd voice, as mak es themfecm their ow n.W. B. W. H. C. C. The Rev a,
tend
5 . The Didapper s are au thors that keep them.
felv cs long out offig ht , under w ater, and come
up now and then w here you leali expefied them.
L.W. G . D. Efq . The Hon . SirW. Y.
are unw eildy andbig ; they putall their numbers 1nto a g reat turmoil and tempefi,bu t w henev er they appear in plain lig h t (w hichis feldom) they are only fhapelefs and ug lymontier s. I . D. CHG I . .O
Of the ART or Smxmo m POETRY . 2 1 5
7 . The Frog s are fuch as can neither w alk nor
fly, but can leap and bound to admiration Theyliv e g enerally in the bottom ofa ditch, and makea g reat noife w henev er they thruft their heads
abov e w ater . E .W. I .M. Efq ; T.D . Gent .
8 . The Eels are ohl’
cure authors, that w rapthemfelv es Up in their ow n mud, bu t are mig h tynimble and pert . L .W. L . T. P . M. General C.
9 . The Tor toijes are flow and chill, and, like
pafioral w riters, delig ht much in g ardens : theyhav e for the mof
’t part a fine embroidered Shell,
and underneath it, a heavy lump . A . P . W'
. B.
L . E . The Rig ht Hon . E . ofS.
Thefe are the chief Cbaraéferf/Zz'
e/zs of the Ba
tbos, and in each ofthefe kinds w e hav e the com
fort to be bleffed w ith fundry andmanifold choice
Spirits in this our Ifland.
C H A P . VII.
Of the Profund, w hen it coufifls in the
Tbou g ht.
E hav e already laid dow n the Principles
upon w hich our author is to proceed,and
the manner offorming h is Thou g ht by familiarizP«1 4
Of the ART OF Sm’
xmc m POETRY. 2 1 7
Thufir e is w ater , w aterfire by term,
And tbefameflr eamat once barb cools and bums.
What can be more eafy and MM than the
Diétion ofthefe v erfes ?’
Tis the Turn ofThoug htalone, and theVariety ofImag ination, that charmand fuipriz e .as. And w hen the fame lady g oesinto the Bath
,the Thoug ht (as injuflnefs it oug ht)
g oes fiill deeper .
Venus bebeld bar ,’mi4/l ber craw l offlmm,
And tbaug bt berji'ls g/l fifty:fromtbe w a ver.
How much ou t of the w ay of common fenfeis th is refieétion of Venus
,not know ing herfelf
from the ladyOf the fame nature is that noble miliske bf a
frig hted flag in a ful l chace, w ho (faith the Poet )
Hear ? bis ow nfeet , and tbitzb tbeyfozmd likemoreAndjear s tbe bindfeet w ill o
’
er take tbcfor e.
So afionilhing as there are, they yield to the follow ing , w hich is Profundity itfelf,
None but Ib’
mfilfcan be bis Parallel.Unlefs it may feem borrow ed from the Thoug htofthat Maile r ofa Show in Smithfield, w ho w rit
in larg e letters, ov er the piéture ofhis elephant,
727i: is tbe g r a te]? Elq'ibant in tbe w or ld
, except
3 Idea) . 3 Theobald, Double Fallhood.
2 1 8 MART INU S SCRIBLERU S
How ev er our next inflance is certainly an ori
Sofair tboa m , that ifg r eat Cupid 1.
D id not thy
Firfihe is Cupid, then heVenus w ou ldmiliske him,
the
flake him next his Eyes are
laflly they are not hisMother’
s,but his
Another au thor , defcribing a Poet
forth amidft a circle ofCritics,
w l bw tbro’
the Zodiac take: bir
And amidM rgfler r r ife: intoday .
What a pecu liarity is here of inv e
Author'
s pencil , like the w and ofCirce, turns allintomouflers at a firoke . A g reat Genius takes
thing s in the lump , w ithou t flopping at minu teeonfiderations : In v ain mig ht the ram, the bu l l
,
the g oat, the lion, the crab , the (corpion, the
filh es, all {land in his w ay, as mere naturalmals : much more mig ht 1t
of(a les, an oldman, and tw o innoceht lehildfen,
w ere no monflers : There w ere mly th€Centaurand the Maid that cou ld be efieemed out of nature. Bu t w hat ofthat ? with a boldnefs peculiar
Of tbe ART OF SI NK ING.
IN POETRY .
to thefe daring g enins’
s, w hat he found not mon~
fiers, he made (0 .
C H A P. VIII .
Of the Profund, confifling in the Cir
c umllances, and ofAmplification and
Periphrafe in g eneral.
H AT in a g reat meafure difiing uilhesother w riters from ou rs, is their chufing
and feparating fueh circumflances in a defcription
as ennob le or elev ate the fubjeét .
The circumfiances w hich are mofi‘
natural areobv ious, therefore not a/lorzijbing or pecu liar . Bu t
thofe that are far - fetched,
or tinexpeéied, or
hardly compatib le, w ill furprife prodig ioufly.
Thefe therefore w e mufi principally hunt out ;
but abov e all, preferv e a laudab le P r olixity ; prefenting theWhole and ev ery fide at once of the
imag e to v iew . For Choice and Difiiné ‘tion are
not only a(curb to the fpirit, and limit the defcri
ptiv e'
facu lty, bu t alfo lefien the book ; w hich is
freq uent ly of the w orfi confeq uence of all to ou r
author .
When Job fays in fhort, He w alhed his feet
5‘ in butter, (a circumfiance fome Poets w ould
Smxme Pom r . z z t
think the Poet had palt his
atWak es in fuch laudab le div erlions ? 0
aches u s how to hold, nay how tomake
d renmlocutory'
manner ofexprefiingw hich {hou ld be fo myfieriouflyg iv e the reader the pleafere ofg uefs
that the au thor can poflibly mean,furpriz e w hen hefinds it .
I laaz mentioned is incomparable in
ifbead} w a1 roundmefin ed,
fir earm tbe g az irig delag efid.
of heads, w hich by 2
row s to be a gaz ing delu g eu come at left tofind
, it means a
and how g enteel is the fiollow ing ?
tbe g arden intog old.
but 2 Bee g athering honey ?{befiag e,br eathing lyre,
g ale qffind defire,miji
‘biefiv ocalfpell.
Cleveland. A. Philips toCuz t ona.
2 2 2 MARTINU S se fk lnt na t t s
w oman that fimg findy ?
bles. He touches the hills, and
The w ood1, w ith ter rw'
w ing’
d,
105; p. 1 08. l P. 2 67.
Of the ART or S I NK ING IN POETRY . 2 2 3
You here fee the hills not only trembling , bu t(halt ing off the w oods from their backs
,to run the
falter : After this you are prefented w ith a foot—race
ofmountains and w oods, w here the w oods difiancethemountains, that, like corpu lent pu rfy fellow s,come puffing and panting 9. mil w ay behind them.
C H A P . 1X .
Cl Imitation,and theManner oflmitating .
H AT the true au thors of the Profund are
to imitate dilig ently the examples in theirow n w ay, is not to be q ueflioned, and that div ers
hav e by this means attained to a depth Whereuntotheir ow n w eig ht cou ld nev er hav e carried them
,
is ev ident by fundry inftances. Who fees not thatDe Foe w as the poetical fon ofWithers, Tate of
Og ilby, E .Ward of John Taylor , and E - n of
Blackmore Therefore w hen w e fit dow n to
w rite, let u s bring fome g reat author to ou r mind,and alk ou rfelv es this q ueli ion ; How w ou ld SirRichard hav e faid this ? Do I exprefs myfelfas
fimply as Amb . Philips ? Or flow my numbers
With the qu iet thoug htlefih efs ofMr .Welfted
Bu t it may feem fomew hat firang e to affert,that ou r Proficient fhou ld alfo read the w orks ofthofe famous Poets w ho hav e excelled in the Sub
Of the ART or SINK ING IN POETRY. 2 2 5
h[E tm , and all the burning mountains,findTheir kindledfior es w ith inbr edjlorms qfw indBlow n up to rag e ; and, roaring ou t t emplaifl ,A 1 torn w ith inw ard g ripes, and tor t r ing painL ab
’
r ing , they cry? their dreadfu l v omit round,Andw ith their melted bow elsjjbr ead theg round.
Horace,in fearch of the Sub lime, {truck his
h ead ag ainf’t the Stars bu t Empedocles, to fa
t hom the Profund, threw himfelfinto lEtna. And
w ho but w ould imag ine ou r excellentModern had
alfo been there, from this defcription
Imitation is of tw o for ts the firl’t is w hen Weforce to ou r ow n pu rpofes theThou g hts ofothers;the fecond confif’ts in copying the Imperfeétions,or Blemifhes ofcelebrated au thors. I hav e feen aPlay profefi
'
edly w rit in the Ptyle of Shakefpear ;
w herein the refemblance lay in one fing le line,Arm'fog oodmar row t
’
ye, g ood fl zq/ler L ieutenant .
And fundry poems in imitation ofMilton, w here
w ith the u tmol’t exaétnefs, and not fomuch as one
exception, nev erthelefs w as confiantly nathle/i , embroider
’
d w as br oider’
zl, hermits w ere er emites, difdain
’
d w as ifdeig n’
d, fhady umbmg eour, enterpr iz eempr iz e, pag anpaym
'
m, pinions pennan t, fw eet duleet , orchards or chats, b ridg e
- w ork pontzfeal nay,
her w as hir , and their w as thir thro’
the w holepoem. And in v ery deed, there is no other w ayby w hich the true modern poet could read, to any
Pr. Arthur, 9 . 75.i Sublimi
griamfidera w r tiu .
I
2 2 6 MART INUS SCER IBLE RU S
purpafe , the worh offuel: men as Milton and
end and prmcipnlefi'
efiof the Badms s mp om7?w (and fure it is a hetter defig nto pmmotc flap than madnefi) w e hav e little tofay on this fubjefi. Nor w ill the fln t t hm ds of
this difoonrfc allow us to treat at h rg e eftbc I
licnts and Opid t of Pod‘
y, of the Cool, anti the
fiodcnts 1n the law hav e confiantly taken theirthods from low life, w here they obferwed, that, tomov e Ang er , ufe is made offcolding and railingto mov e Lov e, of baw dry ; to beg et Favour and
t hé AM 0 1? Simo ne Poz r xt t . 2 27‘
hnu , ofw hich as our authors are incapable themfeires, l
'
o theyWou ld not produce it in others.
C H A P. X.
Cl Tropes and Fig u res : Andfirfl ofthevarieg ating , confou nding , and rev erting
UT w e proceed'
to thefFig urer . We cah m
not too earnellly recommend to our authors
the Rudy ofthe Ahaji' qfSpeech. They oug ht tolay it dow n as a principle
‘
to fay nothing 1n the
tifitfil w ay, but (ifpollible) 1n the direét contrary.
Therefore the fig ures mu ll be (0 turn’
,d as to
manifeft that mtricate and w onderful Call ofHead
Which diffihlg tfilhes allw riters ofthis kind ; or (asImay fay) to refet
"
eiraétly the Mold in w hich
they w ere formed, in'
ali its ineq ualities, cav ities,
ob liq uities, odd crannies, and difiortions.
It w ould be e'
ndlefs, nay impoflible to enumeo
rate all fueh F ig u res but w e [hall content ourfelv es to rang e the principal , w hich molt pow erfully contribute to the Bathos, under three Clafi
'
es.
I The Varieg ating , Confounding , or Rev erf
ing Tropes and Fig ures .
II . TheMag nifying , and
III. The Diminilh ing .
Of the ART or Gxnrt me I N Poar nr .
Then oh jhe cr ies, w hatflat ter I roundmefieHer e a br ig ht Redcoat, ther e afinar t k Toupee.
The SYNECH DOCH E ,
w hich confifis , in the ufe ofa part for the w hole.
“You may cal l a young w oman fome times Pretty
faee and Pig s- eyes, and fometimes Snotty- nejZ’ and
Drag g le- tail. Or ofAcc idents for Perfons 5 as a
Law yer is called Split- caufe, a Taylor Prick - loufe,
etc . Or of thing s belong ing to a man, for the
man himfelf as a Sw ord—man ,a Gow n-man
, a
T-m-T - d-man aWhite- Staj ; a Turn- hey, etc .
The A P o s r o r n sm.
An excellent fig ure for the Ig norant, as, What{hall I fay ? w hen one has nothing to fay : or
I can no more, w hen one really can no more.
Expreflions w hich the g entle reader is fo g ood as
nev er to take in earnefl .
The ME T A P H OR .
The firfl: ru le is to draw it from the lew d} thing s,w hich is a certain w ay tofink the h ig hefi ; as w hen
you (peak ofthe Thunder ofHeav en,fay,
The Lords abov e ar e ang ry and talk big .
Ifyou w ou ld defcribe a rich man refunding his
tre’
afu res,exprefs it thu s,
A fort ofPerriw ig : All w ords in ufe in this preft nt Year
l72 7. P9 1 Lee Alex.
4.
2 30 MART INUS smm nn s
Paigful in mafl'
y VonfitM reeofl,
’
Or if
ag ainll the w icked, be fu re not to
cumltanee nfasl tu proclaiming and
Envoys and Ag ents, w ho by 119Rgfidem Pokflifla 1 land,“Tow homcommiflions I bov e g im ,
“Tomanag e there the intereiisholy heralds, w bo proclaim
Dr war or peace,
Maids ofHonour inmouming
in the oé eéf mul let out the lig ht .
Gods look pale tofi‘e 141 loohfir ed.
C H A P . XI.
g u res e ontiiru ed : Of the Mag niand Diminilhing Fig u res.
ineWriter of the Profund w ill takenev er to mag nify any objeft w ithou tat the fame time : H is Thou g ht w ill
a true mili , and v ery unlik e w hat is inmu ll alw ays be remembered that Dark
Steel on Queen Mary. a rles.é tPhii. Pall. Bla
’
clt . Job, 9. 1 76 .
or Smxme m POETRY . 2 35
teg ueli of tw o abi'
ent lov ers
annihilate but Space andTime,
IPHRA SIS, w hich the Modems callw e hav e g iv en ex
ninth chapter, and (ball ag ain in
fame clafioftheMag nifiing may betefollow ing , w hich are fo exce llentlyw e hav e yet no name for them. In
themmountains, but can’
t co”themfi,
w en lmmblefiem: a term too hig h.
remains, ofthe DiminiflkAnd 1 . the ANT I CL IMAX , w here
droys qu ite lbort ofthefirll, than
extent of the Britilh Arms .
i1 our lang uag efpohe,ofFlander s hath r eceiv
’
d our Yohe.
On aWarrior.thou Dalboqfly the g r eat GodofWar,
t Coloflel to the Ear lofMar .
3 Wall. Anon.
ti c; ru Pos t e r . 2 3?
they hear long Iron Bu s remov ’
d,to and fro bng eHeaps ofCynders lhov
’
d.
a . The VU L G A R,
mu z zle throw .
g w ith w ater to a w oman in
w ith theWaters in’
empent ,hang deep in air , bi d hang unrent .
3. The In r a n r ms.
w hen a Poet g row s lo y eryfimplq as
and talk like a child . I {hal l tak e myfrom the g reatelt Mafier in this w ay
Hear how he fondles, like ameer fiammerer.Little Charmofplacidmien,Miniature ofbeauty
’
1 queen,
Pr . Arthur. p. 1 Pr. Arthur. 9 Job, p. 41 .
Amb. Philips 0 11 ifs Cuz z ona .
Of theART or Smxme 111 Pemr atr . eg g
fl1epherdefi'
es tear their hair and beat their breath ,at their ow n deaths ’
:
Te br ig hter maids, faint emblem: ofmyfaimWth look: cal? down, and w ithdi/he'vel'1!hair ,In bitter ang uifibeat your bmg/h , and moanHer death untimebr, as it w ere your ow n .
4.The INANITY ,or Nor nme
'u z ss.
Ofthis the fame au thor furnilh es us w ith rnofibeautithl laflames
{ 145filly I, mor efl b' than my(t ieb on tbefloto
’
ry plain I once did keep .)
«flmtflw w fiber didm’
w )
Fall: (from the g r andeur ofhis Illajg ty . )
1M” mer ry as a hing ,Sipping law , 3103 hp; andfing .
TheNoife r esuming w ith r eturning Lig ht,What did it i
You eafily pereeive the Notifing net'
s of every le
1 The‘
g lor ie1 ofprottd London.tofirm] .
Tbe St mbimfaf/mmM breakaday' Ibid.
11 1 Ibid. Phu. on Q Mary,
T. Ceok, on aGralhopper.f Anon.
Autor Vet.
Of {be ART'
0 1? 8 11010 130 m POETRY . 241
OfallWhich the Perfeétion is
The T A U T O L O G Y .
h Br eak té ro’
ibe bz'
llofws,and- n di'v ide tbe main
Infmootber numéer s, and - z
'
zzfifier 0 6712 .
D iv ide - andpart tbe fev er’
dWorld - in tw o.
With ten thoufand others eq ually mufical, and
p lentifu lly flow ing thro’ moft of our celebrated
modern Poems.
C H A P. XII.
OfExPremon, anci the fev eral Sorts ofStyle ofthe prefent Ag e.
H E Expr cfiorz is adeq uate, w hen it is proportionably low to the Profundity of the
Thou g ht It mu tt not be alw ays Gr ammatical,lefi: it appear pedantic and ung entlemanly ; nor tooclear
,for fear it becomes v u lg ar ; for ob
‘
fcuritybefiow s a caf’t of the w onderful, and throw s an
oracu lar dig nity upon a piece Which hath no
meamng .
For example , fometimes ufe the w rong Num
ber The Sw ord bud P qflilence at once devour s, infiead of devour . Sometimes the w rong Cafe
Touf.Mifc . 1 2"v ol. iv . p . 2 9 1 . 4th Edit.
5 Ibid. v ol. v i.
1) mx.
k Tn. Hom. 11. i.
Of tbe ART OF Smxmc m Pom'
tw .
Or thcfe of the fame hand.
a I law {be ar ts q oetryTa tbemtbat prafig
'
fi' tbtmw itb mar e
Ofg‘
r ealer tr ufbs I now pr epar e totell,
Andjb at once, dearfr imd andmfi,far ewel.
Sometimes a fing le FVord w ill v u lg ariz e a poetical idea ; as w herc a Ship fet onfire ow cs all thcSpir it of the Batbos to one choice w ord that ends
£ 911bi:fcorcb’
d r ib the bat Contag ionfi'
y’
d
And in that defc ription ofaWor ld in ruins,
8 Sbauld tbe 106013fr ame qfnatur e roundhimbreak ,He unconcer n
’
d w ould bear tbe mig bty Crack .
So alfo in thefe,
Beafi: lame afldfmmg e to tbe r iv er ’
s br ink
Come,fromtbefield: and w ild abodes—to drink .
Freq uently tw o or three w ords w il l do it efliec
Hefiwmfibe dead: does tbc fw cct liq uor fqucez c,That chear s tbc Forefiand the Garden trees.
I t is aifi) ufeful to employTecbnicalTerms, w hichefirang e your flyle from the g reat and g eneral ideasof nature
0
and the h ig her your fubjeft is, the
low er (hou ld you (cat ch intomechanicks for you rexpt effion. Ifyou deferibe the g arment ofan an
Tomi NIifc . 1 2”vol. iv . p. 2 9 2 , fourth Edit.
thm'
, p. 1 5 1 . Tour.Mi k . v ol. v i. p . 1 19.
Ii oh, 2 64.
VOL . I.
“i
l.
slug g i sh mart branghes do.) But this is amexcelled by ou r Laureat,bM g brambes tw ifl
’
d compofiMe g row ,
w
and 61W”: into lov e.
tbeir mutual ‘vow s r epeat,m
'
eet .
J rrHear .alfo .our Homer .
His Robe ofState isform’
d qflig bt r rfib ’
d,
An end/g/i Train of {preads behind .
His tbrone’
s ofbr ig ht compaéted G lory made,Withfiesta; célcfiz
‘
al, d_
nd w itb Gems inlaidWiiék’éé F loods ofjoy, and Seas ofjfimdorflow ,
On all ibr ang elz'
c g az ing throng below :
2 . The PERT Styie .
J L’FHif'cfoes in as peculiar a manner become the
low in Wit,as a pert air does the low infihture .
Mr ; fl amesBrow n, the author ofthe Londafl 'Spy,and aiiv tbc Spies and
xTr zfs in g eneral, arc herein
to beu iiiig cntly ftudied : In Verfe Mr . Cibbér’
s
But the beau ty and energ y ofit is nev'
er fo con
fpicuous, as When it is employed in Aloa’ermz mg
i udZI JJpEz’
ng to the Tafle of tbe Times the,w ork s
Guardian, 1 2‘
1 2 7.c Blackm, Pf. civ .
1 R 3
246 MART INUS
of the d ntienm This
tw o cxpreflions ofg reat
3 , The Anamom Swie,
w hich isfine by being um ,and has this
attending it, that it is as flumbitfelf Tak e fome examplfe
upon the death ofQueen Mary.
S8: Phcr bus now ,as ancefor Ph -z
Has mafl’
d bisface, andput deepMourning on;
And tbe du ll Steeds {talk o’
er tbe melancholyround.
OfPrince Arthur’
s Soldiers drinking .
SGRIBLER U S
w e rig htly phrafe D oing
Propriety, the
Of the ART or Smxmc w POETRY . 2 47
(w henceWt: alfo learn, that Burg undy and Cbam-
g ,
Mg r:make 8 man on (hore defpife afiorm at fea. )
Ofthe Almig hty encamping his Reg iments.
Hefw zi a w ]? capaciow deep,Wber e be bis liq uid Reg imen ts does keep,Tbitber thew av esfile off, andmake tbeir w ay,Toformtbe mig hty body qftbefiaM ere ibey encamp, and in tbeii' Ration Rand,Entrench
’
d inWorks qfRock, and Lines qf
Oftw o Armies on the Point of eng ag ing .
Ton’
armies ar e theCards fwbicb botbWplay ;Ar lea]? came qfa Sav er ifyou mayTh row boldly at tbe Sum tbe God: hav e fet‘I bejé anyaurfide w ill all tbeirjbr tune: bet .
All perfeétly ag reeable to the prefent Cuftoms andheft Fafhions of
.our Metropolis .
But the wmc ipal branch of the Alameda is the
P RUR I ENT , a Style g reatly adv anced and honour
cd of late by the prettier: of perfons of thefin?Qqality and by the encourag ement ofthe Ladies,not unfuccefisfully introduced ev en into the Draw
ing a oom. Indeed its incredib le Ptog refs and
Conq uefts may be compared to thofe of the g reatEdg/lg
'is, and are ev ery w here know n by thefameMarks, the imag es of the g enital parts ofmen or
(M tn Pfo Civ . P0 I‘cc’ Sopbon'
t R 4
ART or Smxmo m POETRY . z49
Water fimmeting ov er the Fire .
pleas’
d liquor pines, and lgfl'
em 011. tbc
STLY , I {hall place the CUMBROUS,
v es heav ily under a load ofmetaphors,
after it a long train ofw ords. And the
or Stately, freq uently and w ith g reat feFor as the firft is
eng ine to deprefs w hat is hig h, (0 is the
t aife w hat is bafe and low to a ridiculous
When both thefe can be done at Once,e Bathos in perfeé tion as w hen a manhis head dow nw ard, and his breech
s deg radation is compleat One end of
17n as ev er,only that end is the w rong
11 not ev ery true lov er ofthe Profimd beto behold the moft v u lg ar and low ac
exal ted in the follow ing manner ?
Who knocks at the Door ?r udelypleads my loud
- toflg u’
d g ate,
See w ho is there ?
tbefr lng ed cur tain: qftby eyes,
e:yonder .
v i. p. 2 2 4. Temp.
2 50 MART INUS SCR IBL E
Shut the Door.
Snufi'
the Candle.
Open the L sg_zijia
UDCO‘k the Bottle, and chip A
Set BacchusjrombisAndfir ip w bite Ceres qfbar flw - br ,
Of tfw ART 0 ? Smxmc 1 s POETRY . 2 5 1
C H A P . XIII.
A Projeét for the Adv ancement of the
Bathos.
H U S hav e I (my dear Countrymen) w ithincredib le pains and dilig ence, difcov et ed
the hidden fources of the Barb“ , or,as I may
fay, broke open the Abl e s ofth is Gr eat Deep.
And hav ing now efiabliihed g ood and w holefome
Law s, w hat remains bu t that all true modems
w ith their utmoll mig ht do proceed to put the
fame in execution In order w hereto, I think I(hall in the fecond place h ig h ly defetv e of myCountry, by propofing fuch a Scbeme, as may fa
cil'
nate th is g reat end.
As our Number is confefi'
edly far fuperior to
that of the enemy, there feems nothing w antinghu t Unanimity among onrfelv es. I t is therefore
humbly offered, that all and ev ery indiv idual ofthe Bathos do enter into afirm afimh tion, and incorporate into One reg ular Body, w hereofev erymember, ev en the nw anell , w ill fome w ay contribu te to thefupport ofthe w hole 5 in likemanner, as the w eak efireeds
,w hen joined in one bun
dle,become infrang ible . To w hich end our Art
oug ht to be pu t upon the fame foot w ith other
Arts of this ag e. The vall improvement ofmo
Of the ART or’
SmmNG m Pom‘xv . 2 53
and the Epipbonema or Exclamation ° freq uentlyBearg arden, and as freq uently from the
of the Houfe ofCommons .
applying his Whole time and
w ou ld doubtlefsattain to perfeétioq ; and When each became ihcorporated and (w orn into the Society (as hathbecnp mpofed ) a Poet or OratorWould hav e no
more to do but to (end to the particu lar Tradersin each Kind, to theMetaphorf/i for his z flleg or ier,to the SimiIe-maker for his Comparfl
'
om, to the Iro
mji for his Sar cafms, to the Apotbg matffl for h isSentences, etc . w hereby a Dedication or Speechw ould be compofed in a moment
,the fuperior ar
tifihav ing nothing todo but to pu t tog ether all the
I therefore propofe that there be contriv ed w ithall conv enient difpatch , at the publick expence , a
Rhetori cal Cbefl qfD raw er s, confifting of three
Stories, . the hig hefifor the D eliber ativ e, the mid
Demonfiratitx , and the low efifor theThefe {hall be div ided into L oci, or
ng repofitories for Matter and Arg u
ment in the fev eral kinds of oration or w riting(hall ag ain be fub - div ided into
thofe of Cab ine ts foi' Rarities.
P eace or War , and that ofthe
may in a v ery fev‘v days he
g umen ts perfeétly new ; and
ll as eafily be reple
2 54 MART INUS sca l aw au s
of thofe in an Orgm.
The Kcys of it mafibe kept iu honefihw ds,
unq uefiioned Loyaltyand Afl
'
efl ion to every pmfent Eftahliihment in Church and State ; w hich
w ill fufliciently g uard ag ainfiany mifchiefw hich
difcretion let out by the DayJ o fcveral g x-mom
tors in both Houfes ; finm w hencc it is to be
hoped much Pr q/z'
t and Gain w ill alfo accme toour Society.
C H A P. XIV.
How to make Dedications, Paneg yrics, orSatires
,and ofthe Colou rs ofHonour
able ahd Diflw nourable .
g le confideration, that nothing is of eq ua l confe
q uence to the fucccfs ofourWorks, as Speed and
Of tbeART-oa s wa rms m POETRY . 2 55
Dtfiatcb. Great pity it is, that folid braim arc
not like other folid bodies, confiafl tly endow ed
heav inefs : For it is w ith the Flow ers ofthe Ba
th e as w ith thofe ofNature , w hich ifthe careful
g ardener bring s not hafiily tomarket in theMoming , mutt unprofitably perilh and w ither before
N ig ht. And of all our Produétions none is fo
(hort- liv ed as the Dedication and P aneg yr x'
c, w hich
are often but the P rag'
fiqfa Day, and becomeby the next, utmly ufelefs, improper , indecent ,
Th is is the more to be lamented, iathefe tw o are the forts w hereon in a
pends that F r ajt , w hich mufi{till hebc thcmain end ofourWriters andrefore employ th is chapter in (hew
od ofcompeting them after
afior tWay to Epic P oetry .
And thefe being confefi'
edly the w ork s of mofi
prefumed w e mayreft to each au thor
’
s ow n learning or
Pam'
g yr ic : Ev ery man is(o by Law ,
Cufiom,or Title The Pab
lick are better judg es ofw hat is honourab le thanpr iv ateMen . The Virtues of g reat Men , likethofe ofPlants, are inherent in them w hether theyare exerted or not ; and the more firong ly inherent
,the lcfs they are exerted as a Man is the
Of this ARI ‘ or Sinxmc’
m Poe r av n 2 57
ihip ; Corruption into Patriotifm and Lew dnefs
into Tendernefs and Facil ity .
The focond is the Rule qfContrar ies It is cer
tain, the lets aMan is endued w ith any Virtue, themore need he has to hav e it plentiftilly befiow ed ,
efpecially thofe g ood q ualities ofw hich the w orld
g enerally believ es he hath none at all : For'
w ho
w ill thank a Man for g iv ing him that w hich he
bat
The Rev erie ofthefe Precepts w ill ferv e for Saaw herein w e are ev er to remark , that w hofo
lofeth h is place,or becomes out offav our w ith the
Gov ernment , hath forfeited his (bare in publickP rai/Z’ and Honour . Therefore the truly pu blickfpirited w riter oug ht in duty to {trip him w homthe g ov ernment hath {tripped w h ich is the real
poetical j’
qfic‘e of this ag e. For a full colleétionofTapicks and Epith ets tobe ufed in the Praife
and Difpraife ofMinifierial and Unminifterial Perhm,
I refer to ou t Rhetor ical Cabinet ; conclud
irrg w ith an camel} exhortation to allmy brethrefi,’
to obferv e the Precepts here laid dow n,the neg
leét ofw hich hath cofifome of them their Ear :
in a P illory.
2 58 u a a fl w u s s cmn s k v s
C H A P. XV.
ing it w ithont me . In pmfttance fi this end, Iflmll prek nt the m da w kh a phh ahd certain
ART OF SmK t m Poe t nv . 2 59
For the F A B L B .
ofany old Poem, Hii'
tory-book , Roi
(for inflame, Geqfiy g Ma»!
thofe parts of
alk the
Then take a
found ofhis
thete adv en»
e books 3 at
of w hich you may take himout, readyto conquer or to man y ; it being necefo .
the conclufion of an Epic Poem befor
To make an EP I SODE .
any remain ing adv entu re of your formerin w hich you cou ld no w ay inv olv e
‘
or any unfor tunate accident that w as
Ofufcs
perfon, w homay be loft andthe courfe of the w etk , w ithout the
to the compofition.
the MORA L and AL L EGORY .
extract out of the Fable afteryour leifure Be fure youfirm) : them
Of‘
tiv ART or Sw a rm; mBoa '
r -RY 2 6 1
your Hero by any human means, or yourfelf byyour
.
own w it, feek re lief from Heav en,‘and
the GodsWill do your bufinefs v ery readily. Thisis according to the direét Prefcription ofHorace
in his Art ofPoetry,
For the D E SCR I P T I ON S.
For a TM . Take Eurus , Zephyr , Aufier ,and Boreas and caft them tog ether 111 one verte
add to thefe of‘
Rain, Lig htning and Thunder (theloudeft you can) quantumfiafid t : mix your Cloudsand Billow s w el l tog ether
’
till they foam, and0 fi
thicken your Defcription here and th ere w ith ta
or tw o of Virg il, and if there remain any
PM you may lay them by for a Sh rmzfl». Sea
fofl it w ell w ith Simxlq , and it w ill mak e an ex,
mug “ ?Battles
For a Burning Tow n. If fuch a Defc ription
be neceiiary (becaufe jt is certain . there is ch e in
z 5 3
as: MAR '
N NUS SCRI BLER tJS
Virg il ) oldTroy is ready burnt to your hands . But
ifyou fear that wou ld be thoug ht borrWed,a
Chabter or tw o of the Theory ofmerim,
w ell circumfianced and done into
be a g ood Surcedenmm
themofiSerene . RobertWilli s, and themotiUndaunte e .Qolly Cibber ; ofwhom let it be
m POETRY . 2 63
tbe People of Ibis Ag efie”6c Aim]:1 tbc 8:4c qfour Saccgflb n, thatDay they continue to 0 1411 10 even
And w hen the inev itabie
e (hall hav e bruihed offallmay this Tefiimony of a
0 their Fame, be extended as
ife an Adminifi‘rationit be poaibe added, it is that more amplee Scheme w hich Mr .Dennis and
tw o g reateft Critics andReform
publiclt in the year 172 0 , in
w ith their Names , and dated the
I cannot better conclude than bythe Reader w ith the Subfiance ofit .
p mpofed, That the tw o 7'
7Jeatr e: be in
into one Company that theRoyalAcademy ofM t be added to them as an Or cheflr q ;and that Mr . Fig g w ith his Priz e-fig hters , and
Violante w ith the Rope—d ancers, be admitted in
2 . That a fpacious Building°be ereé’ted at the
Public expence, mpable ofcontaining at les ti tenm Speétators , w hich is become abfolutely
by the g reat addition of Children and
Nurfes to the Audience, fince the my Entertain
the time being , may be alw ays one .
or Prefideu t over all (to prev ent difilearned) (hal l
and Cr itic to be found in
Ifiand.
M k t PIayrr r are to be lodg ed in the
the faid Quadrang le, and to attend the
the Poets, dw elling under them, bytheir apparel, draw ing on their (hoes, andThe A&r gfl
'
rr are to make their beds,
be fet apart for aLibrarymodern Dramatick Poems, and
iticifms extant . In the midfiof this
be a round tab le for the Council qfSixdeliberate on the Merits ofP lays. The
{hal l determine the Difpu te ; and if it
ppen that tbree and tbree (hould be of
the Prefident (hall hav e a a g Voice,
ere the Contentionmay run {0 hig h as to
dea fon by Sing le Combat .
be conv enient to place the Cow g/Z'I gf
ation in the Theatre,ner ufually praétifed by compomay g iv e Sig n; (beforefettled
e or Approbation, In
s the w hole audience
pleae’
d a
per to difiing uifli the Couna'
q
a w hiteWand.
ilill for the t ofa Cr itic.
t o. If it be difcov ered that any Aé h'
efs is g ot
w ith Child, during the Interim of any Play
Win thofe fit Debt , it is . prupofed that this;Wweomerm om d & . 7m “ ,
it has been found, that an oblig ation to fittié ypaul try Creditors has been a Difcourag ement to
Men ofLetters, ifany Perfon o ality or others
(hall fend for any Poet or Cr itic ofthis Society toany remote q uarter ofthe tow n, the (aid Poet or
Critic {hal l freely pafs and repafs w ithou t being Ii
t r . The forementioned Scheme in its fev eralreg ulations may be fupported by Profits arifingfrom ev eryThird- nig ht th roug hout the year . And
as it w ou ld be hard to fuppofe that fo many per .
Ions could live w ithout any food (thou g h fromthe former courfe of their liv es , a v ery little w illbe deemed fuflicient) the mailers of calcu lationWill, w e believ e, ag ree , that ou t ofthofe Profits
,
the (aid perfons mig ht be fubfifled in a fohet and
decent manner . We w il l v enture to affirm further , that not only the proper mag az ines ofThun~def and Lig htning , but P aint , D irt- dr inks, s r
ting-potr, and all other Nerfflarm ofLifl'
, mayin lik e manner fairly be prov ided for .
1 2 . Iffome of the Articles may at firft v iewicem liable to Objeétions, particular ly thofe that
g iv e (0 v aft a pow er to the Council q ix (w hichis indeed larg er than any entrufied to the g reat
C N T E N T S
T O T H E
Art of SINK ING in POETRY.
CHAP . Pag e.
I . NTRODUCT ION 1 97II . Tbat tbe Batbor, or P r qfurzd, is tbc na
turalTg /t’
e ofMan, and in par ticular , qftbe pr efint Ag e 2 0 0
III . Tbc Necqfity qf tbe Barber, pbyficé ll) ’ corg/idared 2 0 2
IV. That ther e is an Ar t qf tbe Barbe: or P ro
fund 2 04.
V. Of tbe tr ue Genius for the P rq md, and éyw bat it ir cozfiituted 2 0 6
VI. Of thefl uen t] Kind: of Genius in tbe P ro
fund, and theMarks and Cbaraé'
t‘er : of £466
2 I 2
VII . Of the P r qfund, w hen it confi/ls in tbe
Tboug bt 2 I 3VIII OftheP r qfrmd, coryi
'
fiz'
ng in tbeCz'
r cumflancer,and qf Amplg imtion and P er ipbmfi’ in g eneral 2 r9
IX. OfImitatz'
on,andtbeMarmer q mz
'
tatz'
ng 2 2 t
C O N T E N T S.
CHA P .
X . OfTropesand r everfng Fig ures
2 2 2XI The Fig ur er continued Of tbe mag nifying
2 33XII . OfExprgjion, and tbefeveml Sar ts qfStyleof
2 41
XIII . A P r qjeé? for the Adv ancement qf tbe Baa
tbor 2 51
How tomake Dedications, Paneg yr ickr, or
Satirer, and qftheColour: qfHonour able andD zfionoumble 2 54
XV. 2 ! Receipt tomake an Epic Porn: 2 58
XVI A P r aia? for the Adv ancement of tba Stag e
2 62
( 2 7 1 )
g ilius RefiaurarusS E U
IN I SCR IBL ER I,
Summi Critici,
tionum in A‘
eneidem
E C I M E N .
M totat'
n, Amice Lew , innumerabilibui
mendis fcaturientem,ad
, prifiinumfenfing ulis fere v erfibus
{puriae occurrunt lefiiones, in omnibus q uos un
quamv idi codicibus , aut tv ulg atis aut ineditis, ad
m nfq ue Crit icormn, iw hunc diem
Interea adv erte oculos, et his pau
At fiquae tint in bifee cafiig ationi
q uibus non fatis liq uet, fyllabarumq uanw gamyo
'
pm noflra Libro ipfipraefig enda, ut confulas, meneo.
‘
VrRGrLrUs RESTAURATUS.
Venti,v elut ag g erefrafio,
(kmdata porta ruunt .Sic corrig e, meo pericu lo.
IV. Van . r 17.
Fidamg ue v ehebat Orontem.
For temQue v ehebat Orontem.
Vonfidum. quia_Epitheton d ebater notiflimum
Dronti nunq uam di tur .
V. Van. 1 19.
Excutitur, pronufq uemag i/fer
Volv itu r in caput.
Excutitur pronufque mag i: ferVolv itur in caput .
QioVirg iliumaliter non fcripfifié , quod plane con»irmatur ex fequentibus
- u z g/i illum terfiufimibi
VI . Van. 1 2 2 .
Apparent rarima tes in g urg ite vafio
Arma v ir z’
c’
m.
Armz'
bominum Ridicule anteaArma uir z’
z'
m,
luae, ex ferro conflata, q uomodo pofih nt natare
VII . VER . r5 1
Atq ue rotisfizmmas lev iter perlabitur undar.Atque rotis [pumas lev iter perlabitut add s.
1 T
f} ARTIN I fit:R IBLER Ian
fice altera lectio Neptuni
expr imit . fimilimodo Notier de Camilla, E u . xi.
I lla ‘vel intafl aefig m’
:perfim a etc . lw
pg bolice.
VIII. Van. s 54»
u ti folent, infianti .pericu lom Famerfacibm long e
praeftant ; quid enirn nififaeces jafiarent vu lg us
IX . Van. 170 .
F ronte fub adv erfajbopuflrp» antrum,
lntus aq uae dulces, v ivoq ue fedilia faxo.
Fronte fubM IGPW: I f si.s. ta ; antrum,
Sic malim, long e potins q fiapulrs 1631!
Nug ac l nonne v ides v erfu [eg g e: aqua:
ad potandum etji’ds'
lia ad difcumbenduul dari In
X . Van. 1 88 .
Profpicit errantes : hos tots
A ter30
Tms littore coma:
Afpicit errantes : hos ag mifla rm [equuntur
A terg o- m
V1RG1L 1 Us RESTAURATUS. 2 75
Cer v z'
,leétio v ulg ata, abfurditas not iflima : haec
animalia in Afl z
’
m non inv enta, q uis nefcit ? At
motui‘
et‘
ambizlafidi r itus Corv ordm, qu is non aga
norit hoc loco ? L z'
ttvr e,locus ubi errant Corv i
,
u ti Nofier alibi,
E 1fi le infirmficumjpatt'
az‘
w'
ar ena.
Omen praeclariflimum,immo et ag mz
'
m'
bur militumfreq uenter obferv atum,
u t patet ex H ifioricis.
XI . VER . 748 .
Aréturum, plu v iafq ueHyades, g emifl ql'
queTr iones.
Error g rav iflimu s. Corrig o,-fi’ptemqueTr z
'
aner.
XII . VER. 63 1 .
(Mire ag ite, ojuv enes, tefl z'
s fuccedite nofiris.
Lefl z'
s potius dicebat Dido, polita mag is oratione,
et q uae unica voce et torum et menfam exprimebat. Hanc leéiionem probe confirmat appellatioojuv enes ! Duplicem hunc fenfum alibi etiamMaro lepide innu it , fEn. iv . y 1 9 .
Hu ic uni forfan potni fuccumbere culpaeAnna ! fatebor enim- a
Sic corrig es,
Huic zmz'
[fv z'
rofeil.] potui fuccumbere 3 culpas,Anna ? fatebor enim
,etc.
Voxfurcumbefe q uameleg anter ambig ua !
Vrami tus Rasi a uaa r us. 2 77“
Trojanas at ov er, et lamentabile reg numDime
r int u -Mal lem w ar potins q uam apes, quoniam in
ant iq uifiimis illis temporibu s ov es et armenta div itiac reg umfuere. Vel fortafl
'
e m 1 Par idis innuit,
q uas fuper Idam nuperrime pafcebat, etjam in v in
difiamproHelenae raptu , aMenelao, Ajace , [v id.
Hor . Sat. 11 . aliifq ue ducibus, merito occifas.
IV. Van . 5.
(Qaeq ue ipfe mtfir r imaEt q uorum pars mag na fu i.
a eque ipfe mi/i'r r imus audi
'
,
Et q uorum pars mag na fuiOmnia tam andjfa q uam wife reéta diftintftione
enarrare hie Aeneas profitetur , multa, q uorumnox
ea fatalis fola confcia fitit, v ir probus et pius tan
q uam uf/Zz referre non potuit.
V. Ve re. 7.
Temperet a lacrymis ?
Qu is taliaflendaTemperet in lacrymis
Major enimdoloris indicatio, abfq uemodo lacrymare, q uam folummodo a lacrymis non temperare.
VI. VER . 9 .
E tjam nox bumidia coelo
Praecipitat, fuadentq ue cadentiafidera fomnos.T 3
2 78 manu a l SCRI BLE R I
minata lcfiio, cq/iufuifife Qidoni patet ex
labor er , refie, q uia,n0 n tantumhom
'
fcfe his laboribus Videfi6 1 0 , etc.
Incipiarn
Rrfizrg it multo proprius dolorem rm
q uam, u t haétenus, r gfug if.
V1R0 11 1 u s RESTAURATUS.
VII . VER. 19.
Frafl i bello,fatifq ue repulfi
Duétores Danafim, tot jam labentibus annis,
Infiar montis Equum,div ina Palladis arte ,
Aedificant etc.
Trafii bello, fatifque repulfi.
Tr aé'
h'
et r epug‘i, Antithefis perpulchra ! Fraéi
‘z
'
fr ig ide et v ulg ariter .
E g rmmjamTr qjanum(u t v u lg u s loq uitur) adeamus ; quemfiEquamGraecamv ocabis
,leé’tor
,mi
nime peeces ; folae enim femellae u tero g ef’tant .
U terumq ue armatomilz'
te complent -U teroq ue r e
cujb Injbnuere cav ae -Atque u tero jbm'
tamquater
arma dederee - J nclujbs u tero Danaos, etc . VOX '
facta non conv enit maribus, - Scanditfatalis macbz
'
na mums, Poeta armt'
ru - Palladem v irg inem,
eq uomari fabricando inv ig ilare decuifie , q u is pu tet ?Incredibile prorfus ! q uamobrem exifiimo v eram
eyade lectionempaflim refiituendam, nifiubiforte,
metri canfi'
a,eg uumpotius q uam eg zmm, g enus pro
jiexu , dixit Maro. Vale l dum haec paucula cor
rig es, majus opusmoveo.
S P E C I M E N
SCR IBLERUS’
S R E P OR T S.
Stradling v etfiu Stiles .
Le Report del Cafe arg ue en le oommen Bankedev ant touts les Jufiioes demefme le Banke , enla q uart an du rayg ne de Roy j
’arqzm , ent re
Mattbew Stradling , Plant . et Peter Styles, Def.en un A&ion propter certos Equos coloraros,
Ang lia),mmmm , poil . per le dit Matthew
v ers le dit P eter .
Le recitel 3mJohn Sw ale. of Sw ale-Hall (ada Gaffe Swale-Dalc Eafib? themmSw ale,
k t. mmmt aummannu ttmmnt ; 3mmacs, among otherm m was this,Ou t ofthe k ind Love and Refpeé t that l bear untomy much honoured and g ood FriendMr. Maftbea)
Etradliirg ,Gent . I do beq ueath unto the {aid Mat
tbew Stradling , Gent. allmy black and w hiteHorjéi.
2 82 STRADLING v erfus STILES .
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( 2 37 )
MEMO I R S of R P.
C L E RK of'
this PA R I S H .
A D V E R T I S E M E N T.
The Orig inal of the follow ing extraordinary Treatife
confified of tw o larg e Volumes in Folio ; w hich
mig ht jufily be intitled, Tbc [martam'
e ofa Man to
bmjé lf: Bu t, as it can be ofv ery lit tle to any bodyBcfides, I hav e contented myfelf to g iv e only this
flw rt Abttraét ofit, as a Tafte ofthe true Spirit gfM
i
fiWfl i
tfl'
J a
N the name of the Lord . Amen. I , P . P .
by the Grace of God, Clerk of this Par ifh,
w riteth th is H ifiory.
Ev er fince I arriv ed at the ag e of difcretion, Ihad a call to take upon me the funftion of 0 Pa
rifh - cletk ; and to that end, it feemed unto memeet and profitable to afi
‘
ociate myfelfw ith the'
parifh- c lerks ofthis Land fueh I mean, as w ere
rig h t ow or thy in their calling , men of a clear and
fw eet v oice,and of becoming g rav ity .
Now it came to pafs, that I w as born in the
year of our Lord Al ma Domini 1 655, the yearWherein our w orthy benefaé tor , Efqu ire Br et , didadd one Bell to the ring of this Parifh . So that
K 0 ? TH I S PAR I S H . 2 89
aoHat that w as edg ed w ith filver g alain the year follow ing I b roke the head
ob tained an hat not inferior
lv erton I encountred Georg eand behold my head w as
At the w ake ofWaybrookimk ins, Tanner , w hen 10 !
andmuch
to out Comte ; and to do aw ayminemake her fome attonement, w as
in holy w edlock on the fabbath day
do thafc thing s w hich fecm unto
s,rcd0 11<nd to our adv antag e ! For
(w ho had long 10011 d on 8111011110 asly of his pan thioae rs) liked (0 w ellm om, that he recommended me teof being his Clerk , w hich w as then
I U
w eek after I had afor in the days offollow er ofw e
I led intofin by thew hofirfizt empt
'
edme
CLERK OF 1 111 3 9 11111 15 11 . 2 93
mmend {hoes for hisMajefiy : w homGod proferv e Amen .
7 210 rd? cf 1161'
s cbapter IWeb om'
t ,’
firM h m ’
d tbat w bm bcflmb m a Slu m ber be
is v ery obfurd. He talk: pulling bit
(hoes , qftanning tbe hides qf Bull: qfBafan,g”Simori tba Tanner , etc. and take; 14h orfiw
M 1 10prov e, tbat , w beu tbe w ere inflr uflcd to traw l w ithou t (hoes, tbeprecept did not ex
fl w next chapter relate: bow be dg'
l'
caver’
d a
u itb a bible and key, and (M mmted v erfi: qft e
I pa]? ov er many orb” : w bicb irgformw q anfl)W: 006, fuel: as qf tbe 8:1c cfCu rates ; a
64 gftbe w eek ly Texts ; w bc t Pfalms be on
p aper 0004150011 1 and w bat Childr en w er e born and
tbm1
fl at the (hame of w omen may not endure, Inot ofBafiards neither w ill I name theMo
althoug h thereby I mig ht delig ht manyv e w omen of the parifh : Even her w ho
ath done penance in the (h eet w ill I not mention,
forafmuch as the church hath been w itnefs ofher
difg race : Let the father, w ho hath made duecompetition w ith the Chu
lgchwardens to conceal
I 3
CLERK OF TH I S PAR ISH. 2 93
pag e: Id? blank, w itb cmear ngfl dcfir e {bat tbe biftory mig ht be compleated by any ofhis fuccefi
'
ors,
in w hofc time thefe fuits (hould be ended.
mm’
xt.
cbapter contain: an account gftbcBridftr ead in tbc cbw '
cb and tbefum: callefl ed uponWA.For the reparation of nine churches, collefied atnine fev eral times, 2 8 and 7d .
’ For fifty families ru ined by fire , I S For an inundation, a
K ing Charles’
s g roat g iv en by Lady Frances, etc.
In tbc next be laments tba df/ig/Z'ofd ing fer
m m,and celebrate: tbg bmg
‘its arfling fromtbq/Z'at
M er ely, concluding w it!»tbg/E’ Word: Ah let
not the relations of the dcceafed g rudg e the (mal lexpence ofan hatband, a pair of g lov es, and ten
fililling s, for the fatisfaétion they are fure to t e
ceive from a piou s Div ine, that their father, bro.
thcr , or boibm‘
w ife, are certainly in heav en.
.b!m ber , be draw : a paneg yr z'
ck an axe M 3 .
.Marg jar et FViIb'
m, but after g r eat mcamiums con
eludes, that, not'witMandxhg all, [he w as an un.
profitable v efl'
el, being a barren w oman, and ne
v er once hav ing fumiihcd God’
s church w ith a
Wefind in anofber cbapter , bow be {045 171q
flag g er'dmbis belief 2 nd dt/lur bedmbis caflfitem’
e,
Oagfordfibo/ar , w bobad prov ed to bimby 10that Animalsmig ht hav e rational, nay, im
1 U 4
Fr om {bis per iod, thefly]: qf tbc book rf/Ps txtr emeb. Befor e tbc next chapter w as pg fled tbc
'
Efig ies q r . Sachev erel, and Ifound the appgfitepag e 011on afoamw ith Politickt .
We are now (fays he) arrived at that celebret .cd year , in w hich the Church of Eng land w as
tried in the perfon ofDr . Sachev erel. I had ev er
refiofour Hig h-Chu rch at heart , neither
any feafon ming le myfelf in the focie~
the Heathen or Gentile. It
bethoug ht myfelf, that muchunto our Parifh , and ev en un
'
ld there be afi'
embled tog etherchofen men of the rig ht fpirit , w ho
refine and define,
upon hig h and
Unto this purpofe, I did infl‘imte
w orthy men at the
ov er w hom myfeif
Yea, I did read
'
un
Mx. Roper , aud the
among ourfelv es . Our focietythe folbowmg perfons Robert
Amos Turne r, Col lar-mak er ;Thomav ’hitc,
2 98 MEMO I R S o F R P.
Wheel- w rig ht ; and myfelf. Pirfi, of the fitfi,Robert Jenk ins.
He w as aman ofbrig ht parts and (hrew d ® n
ccit, for he nev er Ihoed an horfe of aWh ig o; a
Fanatick , but he lamed him forely.
Amos Turner, a w orthy perfon, rig h tly efieem'
cd among us for his fufi'
ering s, in that he had
been honoured in the (locks for w earing an Oaken
boug h .
Georg e Pilcocks, a fufi'
erer alfo ; of z ealousand laudable freedomofSpeech, infomuch that hisoccupation had been taken fromhim.
° ThomasWhite, of good repu te likew ife , forthat his uncle, by the Mother
'
sfide , had, formerly, been ferv itor at Maudlin colleg e, Where the
g lorious Sachev erel w as educated.
Now w ere the eyes ofall the parilh upon theftour w eek ly councils. In a (hort (pace , the Minifier came . among us ; he fpake concerning as
and our councils to amu ltitude ofother Minifienat the Vifitation, and they fpake thereofunto theMiniflxrs at London, (0 that ev en the Biflaops
heard andmarv eled thereat. Moreov er Six Tha r
mas, member ofParliament, fpake ofthe fame toother member s ofParliament ; w ho [poke thereatunto the Peers ofthe Realm. Lo l thus did our
counfels enter into the hearts of our Generals andour Law -
g ivers ; and from henceforth , ev en 38,
w e dev iled, thus did they. 4
CLERK OF TH I S PAR ISH. 2 99
Afier ibis, tbe w bole book is tur ned on afizdden,
from bis ow n L ife, toa Hijlory qf all tbepublz'
ek
Tr an/afie'
ons of Europe, compiledfr om tbe New :
paper s qf tbofe fienes I could not compr ehend themeaning qfibis, till Iper ceiv edat Ia/i
l
(tomy no[mallAfloni/bment) that all tbe Meafier ex of tbefozer laflyear s oftbeQ leen , tog etber w itb tbepeaee at Utrech tw bz
'
cb ba ‘v e been ufually attr ibuted to the E qfO D ofO Lords H and Bs and otber
g r eat men ; do bar e mojl plainly appear , to ba‘ve
been w bolly ow ing toRober t j’
enkins,Amos Turner ,
Georg e P ileocbs, Tbamas Wbite, but abov e all,
P P
Tbe r eader may befir e I w as v ery ingufitz’ve after ibis extr aordinary w r iter , w boje w or k I ba'veber eab/lr ae
‘led. I took a journey into tbe Country on
purpoje ; but could not fad ebe lea]? trace qfbin:t ill by accident I met an old Clerg yman, v ba [aidbe could not be pofiti've, but tboug bt it rnz
'
g bt be one
Pau l Philips, w bobad beeen dead about tw elv eyear s.And upon enquiry, all be could learn of tbat paybn
from tba neig bbourboozl, was, Tbat be badbeen taken
notice qffor {w allow ing Loaches, and r emember ed
byfirmpeople by a black and w hite Cur w ith one
Ear , tbat coa/lantlyfollow edbim.
In tba Cbur eb-
yard, I read bis Epitaph, jaid {a
Of tbr P O E T L A U RE AT E . 3 03
w ith the molt fenfible demonfifrations ofjoy, hiseyes drunk w ith tears and g ladncfs Next , the
pub lic acclamation w as expreffed in a eana'
ele,w hich is tranfmitted to us , as follow s
Salv e,braflicea v irens corona,
Et lauro,archipoeta, pampinoque !
Dig h ua principis anrihua Leonis .
All bail, ar eb-poet. sailboat peer
Vine,bay, or cabbag e,fit tow ear ,
And wor tby qffbe prince'
s ear .
F tom hence, he w as condufl ed in pomp to theCapital ofRome, mounted on an elepbant , thro
’
the (houts of the populace, w here the ceremonyended .
The hillorian tells as further , That at his iatroduétion to Leo, he not only poured forthv erfes innumerab le, like a torrent, but alfojangthem w ith open moutb. Nor w as he only onceintroduced
, or on flared days (like our Lau
reat es) but made a companion to his mafier , andentertained as one of the infirumentsof
,hism4
eleg ant pleafieres. When the prince w as at ta~
ble,the poet had his place at the w indow .When the prince had c halfeaten his meat, he
ac w ith his ow n hands the reft to the poets
hen the poet drank , it w as out ofthe prince ’
s
ow n flag g on, infomuch (fays the hifiorian) that
Manantibm pm g audio ocnlis.
Semefis opfoniis
Of ebe P O E T L AU R E A-TE. 30 5
To come now to the intent ofthis papef. Wehave here the w holeancient cer emonial ofthe Law
reate . In thefirfiplace the crow n is to bemixed
w ithW av es,as the v ine is the plant o
of Bagchns
,and fa l l as efl
'
ential to the honour, as the
butt qffaek to the falary.
Secondly,the brafiea mufibe made ufe
‘
of as
a q ualifier of the former . I t fecms the cabbag e
w as anciently accounted a remedy for dmnkennej} ;a pow er the French now afca'ibe to the onion, and
flyle a foup made ofit,jbape d’
I ’v rog ne. I w ouldrecommmd a larg e mixture ofthe brajiaa , ifMmDennis be chofen ; but ifMr . Tibbald, it is notfo necefiary, unlefs the cabbag e be fuppoléd td figmiy the fame thing w ith refpeét topoets as to tayIar s, v iz . fla iling . I (hould jndg e it not amifs toadd another plant to this g ar land, to w it
, my :Not only as it anciently belong ed to poets in g enesrel , but as it 13 emblematical ofthe three v irtues
ofa cou t t poet hapafticntar ; it is ereeping , dir ty,
In the next place, a canticle mufibe compofedand filng mland and praife of the new Poet . If
Nit . s s s a be laureated, it is my opinion nomancan nv r ite th is but himfelf : And no man,
I emfnee , canfing tt fo afieé ting ly But w hat th is camtiele lhould be , either in his or the other candi
date’
s safe,I {h all not pretend to é etermine .
Of tbe P OE T -L A U R E ATE . 307
BER'
or T I BBA LD here fohappy : but rather a
fianch,v ig orous, feafon
’
d, and dry ala'
g entleman,w hom I 'hav e in my eye .
I cOulaalfo w ifh at this juné’rure
,foch a per
fon as is truly jealou s of the bancar and dig nity of
poetry ; no joker,or trifler ; bu t a hard in g ood
ear ncfi; nay, not amifs if a critic , and the better
ifa little ob/lz'
nate. For w hen w e confider w hat
g reat priv ileg es hav e been loft from this othee (asw e fee from the fore- cited authentick record of
Jov ias) ~namely thofe offeeding from the pr ince’
s
table, dr inking ou t of h is cw nflag g m, becomingev en his domcjlz
'
ek and companion it req u ires a!
man w arm and refolu te, to be able to claim and
obtain the refioring of thefe hig h honou rs . Ihav e caufe to fear
,mol’t of
'the candidates
Wou ld be liable , either throug h the influence of
minifiers, or for rew ards or fav ours, to g ive Upthe g loriou s rig hts ofthe Laureate : Yet I am
'
not
w ithout hopes, there is one,fromWhom a[cr imes
andfieddy a(Tertion of thefe priv ileg es may be ex
pe éted ; and, if there be fuch a one,I mufido
him the jufiicc to fay, it is Mr . DENN I S the w orthy prefident ofour fociety.
( 3d )
G U A RD I A
March 1 6,17 1 3 .
HOUGH molt thing s w hich are
in their ow n nature are at once
and abfolv ed in that fing le w ord, the Canon) yet
there are (ome , w hich as they hav e a dang erous
tendency, a think ing man w ill the let'
s excufi: onthat very account. Among thefe I sannot bat
reckon the common pmfiice ofD efieah'
om, w hich
is of(0 much the w orfe confeq uenoe as tis g ene .
rally ufed by people of politenefs, and w hom a
learned education for the molt part oug ht to hav einfpired w ith nob ler andjufier fentinmnts . This
profiitu tion ofPraife is not only a
g rofs ofmankind, w ho take their
raéters from the Learned bnt alfo the better Rmmull: by this means lofe form par t at leafiofthat
defire ofFame w hich is. the incentiv e, to g enerous
afl ions, w hen they find it promifcuonfly beftow cdon the meritorious and undeferv ing . Nay, the
author himl'
elf, let him be fuppofed to hav e ev er
fo true a v alue for the patron, can find'
no terms
T H E G U A R D I A N. 30 9
to exprefs it, but w hat hav e been already ufed,d rendered {ufpeéted by flatterers. Ev en Tru th
itfelfia,
a Dedication is like anohoneftman in a dif
g u ile or Viz or-Mafq ue, and w ill appear a Cheat
by being dreft (0 like one . Tho'
the merit ofthe
perfon is beyond difputc, I fee no rcafon, that, be
caufe one man is eminent, therefore another has a
rig ht to be impertinent , and throw praifes in his
face .
’
Tis lull the rev erfe of the praétife of the
ancient Romans,w hen a perfon w as adv anced to
triumph for his ferv ices : they hired people to
rail at him in that Circumftance, tomake him as
humb le as they cou ld ; and w e hav e fellow s to
flatter him, and make him as proud as they can.
Suppofing the w riter not to be mercenary, yet the
g reat man is no more in reafonoblig ed to thank
himfor his pléture in a Dedication,than to thank
the painter for that on afig n- poft except it be a
leis injury to touch the molt facred part of him,
his charaéter , than to make free w ith his counte
nance only
. I fhould th ink nothing jufiificd mein this point, but the patron
”
s permifiion beforehand , that I lhould draw him as like as I could ,
Whereas molt authors proceed in this affair joft asa daw ber I have heard of, Who, not being able to
draw portraits after the life, w as u(ed to paintfaces at random, and look ou t afterw ards for peo
ple w hom he mig ht perfuade to be like them.
To exprefs my notion ofthe th ing in a w ord to
fay more to aman than one th inks,w ith a prof
I X 3
Ann a G U A R D I A N. 31 1
fiyle than is ufed by the men. They adore in thefame manner as they w ould be adored . So w hen
t he authorefs ofa famous modern romance beg s a
young Nob leman
'
s permiflion to pay himher kneel
mg adar atwm, I am far from cenl'
u ring the expref
fion, as fome Critir ks w ou ld do, as deficient tn
g rammar or fenfe , but I rcfltfi, that adorations
paid in that pofiure are w hat a lady mig ht expat}herfelf, andmy w onder immediate ly ceafes . Thelh,
w h en they flatter molt,do bu t as they w ould be
dinte unto for as none are fo much concerned at
as they w ho are rea
neig hbours ; fo,’
tis
fo g u ilty of flattery to others, as
ardently de'
fire it themfelv es.into thefe thoug hts, w as a Dedi
th is morning . The rea
I treat the leafiinfiancesw ith refpeét , in w h at
under w hatev er circuml
(adv antag e . From this lov e to lette rs12) happy in my (earches afte r knowI hav e found unv alued repofitories ofthe lining of bandboxes. I look
pafieboard edifices, adorned w ith the
the in g enious, w ith the fame venera
pon ru ined building s, w hole
infcriptions and names, w hich
ere elfe to be found in the w orld. Thisw hen one of Lady Liz ard
’
s daug hters
I X 4
y a T H E G U A R D I A N;
lw h fl h mmmIm MmH $ hu mfl Mg fid mmfl hammmmmn h w u wa wfi amh fimmof. trag edy, w ritten (as appeaw d by a part ofthe
title there extant) by one of the fair iea . What
mfon ofthe larg enefs ofthe chafaé ters,MMMMMMH h mfimmmmMfi&mfl mu d MM& m &MMmmfl m d m&mmd flm% m do wm hm&Mfl Mmh m fik“mh d mfl w md 1Mmm h m I mfilread w ith any cafe, I communicate to the
reader, as follow s. “ W Thoug h it is a kindnf
prophanstion to approach your Grace w ith fo
poor an ofi'
ering , yet w hen I refieé t how accept
able afacrificeoffirfifruits w as toHeav en, in the
uWfl u d fimw d uMML Mqwere honoured w ith folemn feails, and cook .
amMmm mmmmmmmMWflmnthat confidemion,
as an arg ument of particularz eal, I dedicate
-
’
Tis impeflihie to behold
you w ithout adoring ; yet daz z led and aw ’d bythe g lory that furrounds you , men feel a (acreépow er , that refines their flames, and renders
them pure as thofe w e oug ht to offer tn the
(b rine is w orthy the div initythat inhabits it . In your Grace w e fee w hat
T H E G U A R D I A N. 3 13
“w thc put ity and perfeétion of Ang els . And
W ada e and b lefa the g lut ious w orkUndoubtedly theft , and other periods of this
mefipious Dedication ,cou ld not but conv ince the
DuChefs ofw hat the q uent authorefs affures her
att ache end, that ihe w as her fervant w ith mailardent demtion . I think th is a pattern of a new
fort effiyle, not yet taken notice of by the Cri
tielflsi w hich is abov e the fuhlime, and may be
calicd the selefital ; that 18, w hen the mofi(acred
préifes appropriated to the honour ofthe deity, areapplied to amortal nfg ood quality. As I am na
turally emulous , I cannot but endeavour, in imitatiua ofthis Lady, to be the inv entor, or, at leafi,thefirfiproducer of a new kind of Dedicatiori
,
v ery different fromhe rs and mofiothers, fince ithas not a w ord but w hat _
the author relig iouflythinks in it . It may ferv e for almofiany book ei
ther Ptofe or Verfe, that has, is, or {hall be publifhed ; andmig ht run in this manner .
The AUTHOR to Himfelf.
S E labours, upon many confidcrations,properly belong to mono as to you : firfi,your mofiearneft dfifire alone that
prev ail upon me to make them publickthen, as I am fecure (from that confiant indul
g ence you have ever fhow n to all w hich is mmc)
T H E G U A R D I A N.
N°
. I I . Tuefday, March 2 4.
H ue proplus me,infanire omnes, v os ordine adite.
Hor. Sat . iii. lib . ii. i 80 .
To the G U A R D I A N.
8 you profel’
s to encourag e all thofe w ho
any w ay contribu te to the Publick Good, Iflatter myfelfI may claimyour Countenance andProteétion . I am by Profefiion aMad Doétor ,bu t of a pecu liar Kind, not of thofe w hofe
Aim it is to remov e Phrenz ies, but one w ho
make it my Bufinefs to confer an ag reeab leMadnefs onmy Fellow - Creatu res for their mu
tual Delig ht .
and Benefit. Since it is ag reed bythe PhilofoPhers, that Happinefs and Miferyconfift chicfly in the Imag ination, nothing is
more necelTary toMank ind in g eneral than this
pleafing Delirium, w hich renders ev ery one fatisfied w ith h imfelfi,
and perfuades him that all
Others are eq ually fo.
I hav e for fev eral Yeat s , both at home and
abroad, made this Science my particular Study,w hich I may v entu re to fay I hav e improv ed inalmofi all the Cour ts of Europe 5 and hav e te
duced it into {0 fafe and eafy aMethod,as to
3 16 T H E G U A R D I AN.
that has been l'
eft in the Underfiandinghy bad Cures. It for tifies the I'Icart ag ainit the
ofPamphlets, the Inv eteracy ofEpind the Mortification ofLampoons ; as
often experienced by fev eral Perfons ofuring the Seafons of Tunbr idg e,
timber Infiances ofmy Succefs,
Fethers ofthemolt emibut {hal l content myfelf
ofa few Cures, w hich I hav emy Grand Um
'
w rfal q omthe Practice of one Month onlyto this City.
Month q ebruary, 17 1 3 .
Spondee,Efg ; Poet, and Inmate of
of St . Pau l ’s Cov ent -Garden fel l inFi
’
ts of the Spleen upon a th1n Thirdfrig hted into a Ver tig obys on the Firft Day ; and
on the Second made himendure the bare Pronunciation of the
I fearehed into the Caufes ofhis Difand by the Prefer iption of a Dole of
preparedficundumArm», reco
h is natural State ofMadnefs. I
Interv als theWords, Ill tg fle qfg" Cr itieks, bad Performance qfthe like. He is (0 perfeé
‘
tly
T H E G U A R D I A N.
Monday, April 2 7, 17 13 .
on ccThyrlis in unum
reader w ith
3 bu t being
publilhed in
I {hall employn obfet v ations upon him
, w ritten in the
of Cr iticifm, and w ithout any appre
ofl'
ending that Gentleman,w hofe cha
he takes the g reatefl care ofhis
are pohlifhed, and has the leaft
as the firfl ru le of P312
be taken from themanand the Moral formed
g truly paftm'al. In this
Vir g il can only hav e tw oto be fuch his firft andbecaufe they defcrihe the
cot ;
3“ T H E c u a n n l amCorydon
’
s criminal paflion for Alexis throw s outthe fecond ; the calumny and railing in the third
are not proper to that fiate ofconcord the eig hthreprefents
'
unlaw ful w ays ofprocu ring lov e by iachantments, and introduces a Ihephetd w hom an
inv iting precipice tempts to felf-murder : As to
the fourth,fixth
,and tenth , they are p
’
v en up byHeinfius
,Salmafius
,Rapin , and the c riticks in
g eneral . They likew ife obferv e that bu t e lev en ofall the Id
'yllia of Theocritus are to admit ted as
pafiorals and ev en ou t ofthat number the g ra terpart w ill be excluded for one or othe rofthe tea
fons abov ementioned. So that w hen I remarkedin a former paper, thatVirg il
’
s colog nes, taken altoo
g ether, are rather SeleCt poems than Pafiorals I
mig ht hav e (aid the fame thing w ith'
no lefs truth
ofTheOCt itus. The reafon of this I take to be
yet unobferv ed by the criticks, v iz . They nev ermeant them all for pafiorals .
Now it is plain Philips hath done this, and in
that par ticu lar excelled both Theocritu s and Virg iL
3 . As Simplicity is the difiing uifhing chamelet ifiick of Pafioral, Virg il hath been thoug h t g uilty oftoo courtly afiyle ; his lang uag e is perfeétlypure, and he often forg ets he is among peafantsa Ihav e freq uently w ondered, thatfince he w as [oceav erfant in the w riting s ofEnnius, he hed
onot imi
tated the rufiicity ofthe Dorie as w ell by the help
See Rapin de Carm. par . iii.
T H E G U A R D I A N.
’
3 2 3
of the old obfolete Roman lang uag e, as Ph ilips
hath by the antiq uated Eng lifh : For example,mig ht he not hav e faid g uoi infiead ofmi ; quai
jumfor cujum; wait for v ult , etc . as Well as ou rmodern hath w ellaa’ay for alas ,
‘
fwbz'
leome for ofold,make mock for der ide, and w z
’
tle/i young lz'
ng s forfimp15 lambs, etc . by w hich means he had attained as
much ofthe air of Theocritus, as Philips hath of
Spencer P
4. Mr. Pepe hath fallen into the fame error
w ith Virg il . H is clow ns do not conv erfe in all the
fimplicity proper to the country : H is names are
borrow ed from Theocritus and Virg il, w hich are
improper to the fech e ofhis pafiorals . He intro
ducesDaphnis,Alexis, andThyrfis onBritilh plains,as Vir g il had done before him on the Mantuan
Whereas Philips, w ho hath the firiéteft seg ard topropriety
,makes choice ofnames peculiar to the
country,and more ag reeable to a reader ofdeli
cacy fuch as Hobbinol, Lobbin, Cuddy and Co
lin Clou t .
5 . So eafy as pafio’
ral w riting may feem (in thefimplicity w e hav e defcribed it) yet it req uires
g reat reading , both of the ancients and modems,to be a mafler ofit . Philips hath g iv en us mani~
~feft proofs of his know ledg e ofbook s. It mufl:
be confefi'
ed his competitor hath imitatedjbmefing le tboug bts ofthe ancients w ell enou g h (ifw e confider he had not the happinefs of an Univ erfityeducation) but he hath difperfed themhere and
1 Y z
T H E G U A R D I A N. 3 2 5
thoug hts in the (ame lig ht,w herebath the
at fitnplicity he introducesalternately
Rafalind, 0 come,for w itbout tbee
pleq/ixre can tbe country bav efor meRafalind, 0 come ; my br inded tine,
fizowy/beep, myfarmand all, i: tbim'.
Rq/b lind, 0 come ; bar ejbady éo'w rs
,
are coolfountains, and bar efir ing iflg
q'
alind ; lw e ever let mflay ,
oral w riter, in exprefiing the famedev iates into dow nrig ht Poetry :
Spring _tbefields, in Autumn bill: I love,
mor n tbeplains, at noon tbejbm13' g r ow ,
D elia ahvays for t"
dfiomD elia'
sfig bt ,plains atmom,
nor g mves at noon delig bt .
r tpe,yet mild 21; M y,
not bar e,
year .
In thefirft ofthefe author s, tw o (hepherds thusinaoeently defcribe the behav iour of their miftrefi
'
es :
T H E G U A R D I A
Sbe and at
Lang .A: I cool tome batb'
d
Fond Lydt'
a lurking in
Thew anton Iaug b’
d, cmTet qftmfiopp’
d,andoften tum
’
a
The other modern (w ho it mu ll
hath a knack ofv erfifying ) hath it a
Streph .Me g entle D elia beckomfromi‘I bm,
bid influxdes, dudes bar f :Buffeig ma Laug b, tofeemjAnd by tbat Laug b tbc w illing }
There is nothing the w riters of
poetry are fonder of than defcription
Prefents. Philips (ays thus ofa She
Offiafin'
d aim; w ber efiud: 9’ b.
‘Tofl unk tbc g iv er“
: name, the m.
The back q olijb’
dfisel, tbs bandAnd r icbly by tbe g rav er
’
sfiill a
T H E G U A R D I A N.
The other ofa bow l embofi‘
ed w ith fig ures
‘w/aer e w anton z
'
fuy trainer,
Ahdfw elling clzgfler s bend thecur ling v ines ;
Fourfig ur er r g'
fing fromtbe w or k appear ,Tbe v ar iousfiafim qftba r olling yearAnd
,w bat‘ is tbat w bicb binds tbe radiantfiy,
Wber e tw elv ebr z’g btfig min beauteau: order lieThefimplicity ofthe fw ain in this place, w ho for
g ets the name of the Zodiack , is no ill imitationofVirg il but how much more plainly and unaf
feétedly w ould Philips hav e drefi'
ed this thoug ht
in his Doric ?
And w hat that big bf, w hich g ird: tbe rvelkz'
njbeen,Wber e tw elv e g ayfig m in meet ar r ay ar efie”Ifthe reader w ou ld indulg e h is curiofity any fur
ther 1n the comparifon ofparticulars,he may read
the firf’t paf’toral of Philips w ith the fecond ofhis
contemporary, and the fourth and fixth of the
former w ith the fou rth and firft of the latter
Where feveral parallel places w ill occur to ev ery0 116 .
Hav ing now {how n fome parts, in w h ich thefe
tw o w riters may be compared, it is ajufiice I ow e
toMr. Philips to difcov er thofe in which noman
can compare w ith him. Firfi, That beau tiful ruft icity, ofw hich I {hall only produce tw o inf’rancesou t ofa hundred not yet q uoted :
t
III- Iuck all cunning fare-fig btfailx;w ejk ep or w ake, it naug bt av ails.
eleg ant Dialect , which alone mig hteldefiborn ofSpencer, and our on»
n. I Ihould think it proper for theof Paltoral
,to confine themfelves
Counties. Spencer feems to hav e
hath laid the fcene of
other g ood marrow , in an na.
manner
1 bid bur God- day
w et s
bur , w bile itEwes day- bg br ;bar is 4 mg ? w r etcbed twig bt ,
molt beautifu l example ofthis k ind thatw ith, is in a v ery v aluab le pieceWhichto find among fome old manufcripts,A Pafioral Ballad : w hich I think
,for
and fimplicity, may (notw ithfiandingfthe title) be allow ed a perfeé t Pafs
the names fuch as are proper to the
e . It may,be obferv ed as a further
Pafioral, the w ordsNymph, Dryad,
T H E G U A R D I A N. 33 :
Golden ag e, {0 necefi'
ary to be obferv ed by all w ri
ter s ofPafioral.A t the conclufion of this piece, the author re
conc iles the Lov ers, and ends the Eclog ue the
mof’rfimply in the w orld :
SoRag er par ted ear to 116t 1114 Kee,
And v ar ber bucket in w ent Cicz'
b'.
I am loth to {how my fondnefs for antiq uity fofatas to prefer this ancient Britifh au thor to our pre
fent Eng lifh Writers of Pafioral bu t I cannot
av oid mak ing this obv ious r emark,that Philips
hath bit into the fame road With this oldWeft
Country Bard ofou rs .
After all that hath been faid, I hope none can
think it any injnflice toMr . Pope that I foreboreto mention h im as a Paf’roral w r iter fince, uponthe w hole, he is ofthe fame olafs w ith Mofchus
a'
hd Bion, w hom w e hav e excluded that rank
and ofw hofe Eclog ues, as w ell as fome ofVirg il’
s,
it may be (aid, that (according to the defcriptionw e hav e g iv en of this fort ofpoetry) they are bynomeans Paf’rorals, bu t fomething better .
T H E G U A R D I A N.
of our OWD na
obferv ation w hich 18 made by for be lov ed pafiimes , Bear- haiting ,and the like .
‘ We ihould find itany thing that
yet in this
p, and one ofthe
the licence ofin
almofl: as foon as
It
mig ht be made ofthefor birds and infects.
takes notice of amother w ho permither children, but rew arded or punifhthey treated them w el l or ill. This
into a dai
g their very
adv antag e mig ht be taken of
that’
tis ominou s or unlucky,
opinion mig ht pofiibly arife fromthefe birds feem to put in us byour roofs
,(0 that it is a k ind of
laws ofhofpitality tomu rder them.
'
tis not imtheir fecurity to the old balladtbcWood. How ev er it be, I
w hy this prejudice, w ell im
'
1"
H G U A R D I A N.
Wantonnefs ofan ig norant barbar ity .
fine upon the F rench nev er fo littl
conceiv ed to w hat unheard-of
and frog s may be yet referved.
When w e g row 11p tomm ii xe another
ing . I dare not attack a dimfionauthority and cu itomto fupport it s
T-H E G U A R D I A N. 335
of opinion, that the ag itation ofthat
number ofthe chalittle contribu te to refift thofe checks,pafiion w ou ld naturally fug g efiin beanimal purfued. Nor (hall I fay w ith
hat this fport is a remain ofthebut I mutt animadv ert upon a
in ufe w ith us, and barbarous
d from the Goths,or ev en the
I mean that fav ag e compliment our
pafs upon Ladies of q uality, w ho are
the death ofa Stag , w hen they pu t theto cu t the throat ofa helplefs,
and w eeping creature .
Qq efiuque crumtur,
rts are deltru é'
tiv e, our g luttony isamore inhuman manner . Lob
e, Pig s w hipp'
d to death, Fow ls
imonies of our ou trag ions lux
(as Seneca eXprefl'
es it) div ideanxious confcience, and amix
eh,hav e ajuft rew ard of their g lut
difeafes it bring s w ith it : for humanother w ild beafts, find fnares and poyfions of life, and are allured bytheir defiruétion . I know nothingor horr id
,than the profp
’
eét of
bins cov ered w ith b lood, andfill
-'1‘H E G U A R D I A N. 337
tation of their labour w h ile they are foals andw helps, but evenWhen their old ag e has made
them incapable offerv ice .
”
H ifiory tells us ofa w ife and polite nation, that
rejeéted a perfon of the firfiq uality, w ho flood
for a judiciary ofiice, only becaufe he had beenobferv ed in his youth to take
‘pleafure in tearing
and murder ing ofbirds. And ofanother , that ex
pelled a man ou t of the fenate for dalh ing a bird
ag ainlt'
the g round w hich had taken Ihelter in his
botom. Ev ery one know s how remarkab le theTurks are for their humanity in th is kind. I remember an Arab ian au thor , w ho has w ritten a
tre atife to thew , how far aman,fuppofed to hav e
fubfified m a defert ifland, w ithout any infiruction , or {0 much as the fig ht ofany other man,may, by the pure lig h t ofnature, attain the knowledg e ofphilofophy and v irtue . One of the firfithing s he makes him obl
'
erv e 15, that univ erfal be
nev olence of nature in the protection and prefer~v ation ofits creatures . In imitation ofw hich, the
firfiact ofv ir tue he th inks his feif- taug ht philol'
o
pher w ould of courfe fall into is, to reliev e and
aflifiall the animals abou t him in their w ants and
d iftrefi'
es.
Ov id has fome v ery tender and pathetick linesapplicab le to this occafion :
Qty}!memi/iir, ov er, pla ids ”:perm, inque teg mdos jNatumbomirm, piano91mferris 1
°
71 abat e neéfar
I Z
s‘
patuit , m w mmfiem
Perhaps that voice or cry fo near ly refembling thehuman,
w ith w h ich prov idence has endued (0
many different animals, mig ht purpofizly be g iv enthem to mov e our pity, and prevent thol
'
e cruelties w e are too apt to infiiét on our fellow crea
tures.
There is a pafl'
ag e in the hook ofjonas, WhenGod declares his unw illing nefs todefiroyNinev eh,w here, methinks, that compaflion of the creator.
w hich extends to the meanefirank of his crea
tures, is exprefl'
ed w ith w onderful. tendernefs m
Should I not {pare Ninev eh the g reat city,w herein are more than fix thoul
'
and perfons- o
And alfomuch cartel And w e hav e in Ben
teronomy a precept ofg reat g ood nature ofthis fortw ith a blefling in form annexed to it in those
w ords Ifthou {halt find a bird’s nefiin the
.TH E G U A R D I A N. 3 39
thou (halt not take the dam w ith the
Bu t thou (halt in any w ife let the damit may be w ell w ith thee, and that
It prolong thy days .
ude,there 1s certainly a deg ree ofg rathol
'
e animals that (m e us ; as for
w e hav e a rig ht to
and for thofe that are neither of
prejudice to na,the common enjoy
s w hat I cannot think w e oug ht to
of.
holematter,w ith reg ard to each ofthefe
ons,is fet in a v ery ag reeab le lig ht in
Perfian fables ofPilpay,w ith w hich I
paper .
pafling thro’
a thicket, and feeingks of afire
,w h ich (ome pafi
’
eng ers had
they w ent that w ay before, made up to
{udden the {parks caug ht hold ofa bulb ,
w hich lay an adder, and fet it in
The adder intreated the trav eller’
s affiliho tying a bag to the end of his fiafi',it, and drew
o
him out : he then bid
e be pleafed, but nev er more be hurt
fince he ow ed h is life to'
a man’
s
The adder , how ev er,prepared
h im,and w hen he eXpoftulated how
w as to retaliate g ood w ith ev il, I {hallore (laid the adder ) than w hat you men
day, w hofe cuftom it is to requ ite
1 Z a
T H E G U A R D I AN.
June 2 5 , 1 7 1 3 .
inefifua g ratia parv is.
To N e s'
r on I n o n s xn s , Efq ;
S I R,
Remember a faying ofyours concerning perfons in low circumftancesofftature
, that their
lit tlenefs w ould hardly be taken notice of, ifthey
did notmanifefia confcioufnefs of it themfelv esin all their behav iour . Indeed the obfervation
that noman is ridicu lous for being w hat he is,bu t only £or the afi
’
eétation ofbeing Iomethingmore , is equal ly true in reg ard to the mind and
the body.I q uefiion not but it w ill be pleating to you
to hear , that a fett ofus hav e formed a fociety,w ho are {worn to date to be (hurt, and boldlybear out the dig nity oflittlenefs under the nofesofthofe enormous eng rofi
'
ers ofmanhood, thof'
e
hyperbolical monfier s of the Species, the tal lfellow s that ov erlook na.
The day ofour iniiitu tion w as the tenth of
December, being the Ihorteft of the year,on
w hich w e are to hold an annual Fcall: ov erdilh ofShrimps.
ineha more betw ixt them.
Another al ledg ed,hav e one leg fhorter
ev er had determinedtaken t him at a difadeanmg e 5
fl
w hen he w as
mounted on the otherm, he w as at leafifivefoot tw o inches and a half.There w ere fome w ho q uefti
ofour meafures,
than themfelv es In a w ord
T FFE G U AR D I A N. 343
recommended fome neig hbo’
ur or acq uaintance ,
w hom he w as w illin g w e lh ou ld look upon to
be lefs than he . We w ere not a little afhamed,that thofe w ho are pal} the years of g row th ,
and w hofe beards pronounce themmen, (hould
b e g uilty ofas many unfair tricks, in th is point,as the
.
moft afpiring ch ildren w hen they are
We therefore proceeded to fit up the Club'
Room,and prov ide conv eniencies for our se
commodation . In the firft place w e caufed a
total remov al ofall the chairs, fiools, and tables,w hich had ferv ed the g rofs ofmankind for manyyears.The difadv antag es w e had underg one w h ile
w e made ufe ofthefe, w ere unfpeakable . The
Prefident’s w hole body w as (unit in the elbow
chair,and w hen his arms w ere fpread ov er ir,
he appeared (to the g reat lefi'
ening of his dignity) like a child in a g o
- cart : It w as alfo fo
w ide in the feat, as to g ive a w ag occafion of
faying , that, notw ithfianding the Prefident fatein ir, there w as a Sed éVacante.
The tab le w as (0 high , that one w ho came
by chance to the door, feeing our chinsjufl abov ethe pew ter dilhes, took as for a c irc le of men
that fate ready to be Ihaved, and fcnt in half'a
doz en Barbers.
Another time, one ofthe Club fpolt e in a lndictons manner ofthe Prefident, imag inikig
'
he
1 2 4
T H ‘ G U A R D I A N. 343
III . If anymember (hall pu rchafe a korfo
for h is ow n riding , abov e fou rteen hands and
a half in heig ht ; that horfe (hall forthw ith befold
,a Scotch g allow ay bou g ht in its Pread for
him,and the ov erplus of the money {hall treat
the Club .
IV . Ifany member, in direét contradiction
to the fitndamental law s of the Society, {hallw ear the heels of his {hoes exceeding one inch
and half; it {hall be interpreted as an open re
nunciation of'
littlenefs,and the criminal {hall
inftantly be expelled. Note,The form to be
ufed in expelling a member {hall be in thefe
w ords ; Go fromamong as, and be tall if
you can
It is the unanimous opinion ofour w hole fociety, thatfince the race ofmank ind is g rantedto hav e decreafed in fiature, from th e beg inningto this prefent, it is the intent ofNature idelf,that men fhould be little ; and w e believ e
,that
'
all human kind {hall at laft g row dow n to pen .
feéiion, that is to fay, be reduced to our ow n
5:Hate the w holefor the fake of little Tydeus.
Tiptoe,a dapper black fellow , is the
of the ag e. He is partiin his habiliments and to the end
he done him that w ay, confiantlyfame artift w homakes attire for thePrinces and Ladies ofqualityatMr.
v iv acity of h is temper inclinestimes to boaft of the favours of the
was t'other nig ht excufing his abfeneeon account ofan aflig nation w ith
as he had the v anity to tell its, a
w ho had confented to the full set ofh is defires that ev ening : Botmpany, w ho w as his confident,was a w oman of humour
, and
ment on this condition, that his
to hers .
is a perfon ofreal g rav ity , andGrav ity in amanofthisfiz e
,
cd w ith that of one of ordinary bulk ,like the g rav ity ofa Cat compared w itha Lion. This g entleman is accuilomlk to himfelf, and w as once ov er- heard
e his ow n perfon to a little cabinet,
T H E G U A R D I A N. 349
fortunate, as are daily occafioned by our fiz ethefe w e faithfii lly communicate, either asmat
set ofmir th or of confolation to each other.
The Prefident had lately an unlucky fall , beingunab le to keep his leg s on afiormy day ; w here
us it w as no new difaflaer , but
ancient Poet had been fubjeato ; w ho is recorded to hav e been (0 lig ht that
poiz e himfelfag ainfithe w ind ,
.
fidc , and his ow n w orks on
a fluz ether . The Lov er confefithe other nig ht“ gmhe had been cured oflov e to a tall w oman,by reading ov er the leg end ofRag otine in Scar
ran, w ith h is tea, three morning s fuoqefliv ely.
Out Hero rarely acquaints as w ith any of his
at our adv en
difcov er any ofh is ow n in th is
Whatev er he tells of any ac
him,is . by w ay ofcomplaint,
g h’
d at bu t in his Abfmce.
fly carefu l to come c lub all fuch paflhg es ofhiftory,of illufirious perfonag es, as anynour on little men. Tim. Tuck
enoug h for a militaryains us w ith the fame
onq uered the mig h ty
T H E G U A R D I A N. 35:
people {hall be g uilty ofin their Amours, fing leCombats, or any indireét means to manhood,w e {hall certainly be acq uainted w ith , and pub
lilh to the w or ld, for their punifhment and re
formation . For the Prefident has g ranted met he (ole propriety of expofing and (hew ing to
the tow n all foch intraétable Dw arfs, w hofe cir.
cumftances exempt them from being carried
about in Boxes referv ing only to himfelf, as
th e rig ht ofa Poet, thofe (mart charaéters thatw il l thine in Epig rams . Venerable Nefior, Ifalnte you in the name ofthe c lub .
BOB. SHORT, Secretary .
N“. 1 73 . September 2 9 , 1 7 13 .
Nee feta comantem
Narciffiim,ant flexi tacuifl
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em v imen Acanthi,Pallentefque hederas, ct amantes littora myrtos .
VI RG.
Lately took a par ticu lar friend ofmine to myhoufe in the country
,not w ithout fome ap
prehenfion, that it could.
afford little entertainmentto a man of h is polite tafie
,particularly in archi
w ure and g arden ing , w ho had (0 long been conm fant w ith all that is beautifixl and g reat in ci
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TH E G U A R D I AN. 353
ofAlcinous in the feventh Odyfl'
ey, to w hich I re
fer the reader .
SirWilliam Temple'
has remarked, that this
g arden ofHomer contains all the jufteft ru les and
prov ifiomwh ich can g o tow ard compofing the heft
g imme. I ts extent w as four Acres, w hich , in
thofi: times offimplicity, w as looked npon as a
larg e one, ev en for a Prince . It w as inclofed all
pound for defence ; and for conv eniency joinedc lofe
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to the g ates of the Palace .
He mentions next the Trees, w hich w ere handarfis, and fufi
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ered to g row to their full heig ht .
Thefine defcription ofthe Fruits that nev er failed,and the eternal Zephyrs, is only a more nobleand poetical w ay ofeXprefling the continual fuc ‘
of one fru it after another throug hou t the
year .
The Vineyard feems to hav e been a plantationM ime from the Garden , as alfo the beds of
Emmamentioned afterw ards at the extremity ofthe inclofure, in the ufual place of our Kitchen
The two Fountains are difpofed v ery remarkey rofe w ithin the inclofitre, and w ere
in by conduits or ducts ; one of them to
parts of the g ardens , and the other un
derneath the Palace into the Tow n, for the fer~vice ofthe pub lick .
How contrary to this fimplicity is the modern
peafiicc ofg ardening ? We fcem tomake it our1 A a
3 54 T H E G U A R D I A N .
Rudy to recede fromNatu re, not only in the verions tonfnre of g reens into the w eft re g ula t edformal (hapes, but ev en in mon itrons attempts beyond the reach ofthe art itfelf: w e run into feel.
pture , and are yet be tter pleated to our Treesin the moft ankw ardfig ures ofmen and n imeh,than in the mofireg ular oftheir ow n .
Hi met mxz’
libus 'videa: efrondiém6051 01,Implexos [atemums, ct mamia cir cumP affig er e, ct Iota: e r emixfizrg er e tur r et ;Deflexamarmyr tuminpuppcs, atqueWed r gfl mIn M fg mundar efr etum, atque e r are r ummPar te aliafronderefiis tmtoria CW} ;
Stutaque,jpiculaque, arjaculantia citric 1141103.
I be liev e it is no w rong obferv ation, that perfons ofg enius, and thofe w ho aremolt capable ofart , are alw ays moft fond of nature ; as Inch are
chiefly fenfible, that all art confilts in the imitationand Rudy ofnature : On the contrary
,
the common lev el ofunderfianding aredelig hted w ith the little nioeties and fanmfiioaloperations ofar t, and conftantly think that finefiw hich is [call natu ral . A Citiz en is no foonet
proprietor of a couple ofYew s , but he entertainsthoug hts of erefiing them into Giants, like thofeofGuildhall . I know an . eminent 000k , w ha
bcautified h is country feat w ith a Coronation- din
ner in g reens, w here you fee the Champion flou
TH E G U A R D I A N. 355
t ifhing on horfebaclt at one end of the'
table, and
the (Q een in perpetual youth at the other .
For the benefit ofallmy lov ing coun trymen of
this curious tafie, I [hall here publifh'
a catalog ueto be difpofed ofby an eminent Tow n
w ho has lately applied tome upon thisreprefents, that for the advancementfort of ornament in the Villa’
s
°
and
scent to this g reat city, and in order
hofe places from the meer barba
of g rofs nature, the w orld fiendsof a v irtnofo Gardiner , w ho has a
fcnlptu re, and is thereby capab le of im
upon the ancients; in the imag ery ofEv erI proceed to his catalog ue.
Ev e in Yew ; Adam a little {b atteredof the Tree of Know ledg e in the
ftorm; Ev e and the Serpent v ery flou
ark in Holly, the ribs 2 litt le damag edofw ater .
t ofBabel, not yet finifhed.
in Box ; his arm fcarce long enou g h,be in a condition to fl ick the Drag on
April.rag on ofthefame,w ith a tail ofGround
the prefent.
B. Thefe tw o not to be fold feparately.
1 A a z
( 39 )
P R E F A C E
13 C) NI E IPS I IJ I AUDL
OMER is univ erfally allow ed to have hadthe g reateft Inv ention of any w riter w hat
ev er. The praife of judgment Virg il has jufily ,
contefted w ith him, and others may have their
pretenfions as to particu lar excel lencies but his
Inv ention remains yet unriv al’
d. Nor is it a w on
der ifhe has ev er been ack now ledg ed the g reatefiof poets, w ho moft excelled in that w h ich is the
the inv ention that
g rees difiing uiihes all g reat Genius’
s
fir etch of human fludy, learning ,w hich matter ev ery thing befides,n to this. It furnifhes Art w ith all
and w ithout it, judgmen t itfelfcanke a pru
manag ing the riches of
s tever praifes may beg iv en to w orks
there is not ev en a ling le beau ty into w hich the Inv ention mufi not contri
As in the moft reg ular g ardens, Art can
I A a s
358 P R E F A C ‘E T O
only reduce the bean'
ties ofNatnre to more reg u
larity, and (och afig ure,
tained w ith . And
mon Criticlts are inclined to prefer a judicious andmethodical g enius to a g reat and fruitfu l one, is,becaufe they find it eafier for themfelv es to pnrfne
cd w alk ofArt, than to comprehend the vafiandv arious extent ofNatu re .
Our author’
s w ork is a w ild paradife, w hefic if
w e cannot fee all the beau ties fo diftiné tly as inmnordered g arden, it is only becaufe the number ofthem is infinitely g reater. ,
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Tis like a copions nus
fery w hich contains the feeds and firfimodemofev ery kind, out of w hich thofe w ho follomdh imhav e but feleéled fome particular plan ts, each
according to his fancy, to
Iffome th ing srichnefs ofthe foil and if others are not arr ived
to perfection or maturity, it is only becaufe theyare ov er-run and opprefiby thofe ofa {imag e mture .
It is to the ftreng th
w e are to attribute that
w hich is (0 forcible intrue poetical fpirit is mal
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tet of himfii? w hile hereads him. What hemated nature imag inevery thing liv es, and
Ho ms w s I L I A D.' sss
c il be called, or a battle fou g ht, you are not coldJy informed of w hat w as (aid or done as from a
.third perfon the reader is hu rried ou t ofh imfelfb y the force of the Poet s imag ination, and tu rns
in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpefiator.The courfe ofh is v erfes relembles that ofthe armyhe defcribes ,
Oi 333'
im , ain c't e m g}mach 1 550-4 vipoflo
fl ayfour along Iilie afire tbatfw eey; tbew bole ear thMor e ir.
’
Tis how ev er remarkable that his fancy,
w hich 13 ev ery w here v ig orous, is not difcov ered
the beg inning of his poem in its
It g row s in the prog refs both upothers, and becomes on fire like a
by its ow n rapidity . Exact dif
ht,correft elocution
, poliihed
been found in a thoufand but
re, this Viv ida v i: animi, in a v eryw orks w here all thofe are imperfeé t
this can ov er - pow er criticifm,and
te ev en w hile w e difapprov e . Nay,5, thoug h attended w ith abfut di
tens all the rubbifh about it,t ill w e
but its ow n fplendor . This Fir e isVirg il , bu t difcerned as throug h a
d from Homer , more Ihining than
ev ery w here eq ual and conftant : In
nd Statius'
, it burfts ou t in fudden, lhort ,
rrupted flath es : InMilton it g low s like ai fia s
H OME R’S I L I A D.
‘
36 !
is the recital offueh afiions as thoe g h they did nothappen, yet mig ht, in the common coutfe ofnag
tare : Or offuch as thoug h they did, bew me fzbles by the additional epifodes and manner oftelling thetn . Ofthis fort is themain fiory ofan Epicpoem, tbm etum qfUlyfl
’
cs,tbefettlmmtt of the
Trojans in Italy, or the like. That of the flied isthe ang er s)
" Achilles, the moft (hort and ting le
fubjeé t that ev er w as chofen by any Poet . Yet th ishe has {upplied w ith a v afler v ariety ofincidentsand events, and crouded w ith a g reater number ofcouncils, fpeeches, batt les, and epifodes of all
kinds, than are to be found ev en in thofe poemsw hofe fchetnes are ofthe utmoft latitude and irre
g ularity. The action is hurried on w ith the moltvehement fpirit, and its w hole duration employsnot fomuch as fifq days . Virg il , for w ant offo
aided himfelfby tak ing in amoreas a g reater leng th of
defig n ofbOth Homer'se,w hich is yet bu t a four th part as
The other Epic Poets have ufed the
but g enerally carry’
d it (0 far as to
multiplicity of fables, deftroy the.
,ar1d lofe their readers man untesoftime . No! 18 it only m the mam
to add to his ln
part offiory. Ifhe has g iven a reg ular
ofan army, they alldraw up their forces
P R E F AC E T 0
H O ME R ’S I L I -A D . 363
M S and perfons ,and to introduce them into
s&ions ag reeable to the nature of the thing s theyih adow ed ? This 1s afield 10 w hich no fucceedipgpoets could difpute w ith Homer ; and w hatev er
commendations hav e been allow ed them on this
head, are by no means for their mv ention in hav
ing enlarg ed his circle, but for their judgment inhav ing contracted it . For w hen themode oflearn
ing chang ed in follow ing ag es, and fcience w as
deliv ered in a plainer manner ; it then became asreafonable in themoremodern poets to lay it afide,
And per
Was no unhappy circumfiance for Virg il,te w as not in his t ime that demand uponfi) g reat an inv ention, asmig h t be capablething all thofe alleg orical parts ofa poem.
mar vellow fable includes w hatev er is [upmand efpecially the machines of the Code.
111 into a fyfiema one as makesFor w e find
w ho hav e been offended at the literalGods, confiantly laying their accuHome r as the chief (upport of it .
caufe there mig ht be to blame h ishilofophical or relig ious v iew , theyin the poetic, that mankind hav econtented to follow them None
to enlarg e the fphere ofpoe try behe has fet : Every attempt of th is
H OME R’
S I L I A D . 365
ficial andM om, ofthe other natural, 0pm,and
r eg ular . But they hav e, befides, characters of
courag e ; and th is q uality alfo takes a different turnhl each from the difi
'
erence of his prudence : forone inmewar depends ilill uponmutton, . theother
upon (w m . It w ould be endlefs to produee
infianoes of thefe kimls . The charaéiers ofVir
g il ate fat ftomfitik ing us in this open manner ,
they lie in a g reet deg ee hidden and undifiiog uiih u
cd , and w here they are marked moft ev idendy,afiefius not in proportion to thofe ofHomer . His
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eh raCters ofvalour are rmmh alike ; ev en that of
N mss feems no w ay peculiar bwt as it is in a fu
pc ior deg ree ; and w e fee nothing fixat difiierenoesthe courag e ofMnefiheus from that of Serg eftus,Clmnthus
,or the refi. In likemanner 1tmay he
remarked ofStatius’
Mheroes that an air ofimpemfity runsm them all ; the (ame horrid and
fav ag e courag e appears in his Capaneus, Tydeus,Iflppemedometc. Thcy hav e a parity of cha
rafier , w hich mahes them feem brothers ofoncM y . I heliev e w lmn the read
’
er is led into this~traek ofrefle€tion , if he w ill purfne it thro
’
the
M and Trag ic w riters, he w ill be conv inced
how ihfinitetyfitperior in this point the invention
cfHomer w as to that ofall others .
fi efiw cber are to be confidered as they flaw
fremthe M ts, being perfeét or defieéthre astheyeg tee or difig ree w ith the nufiners of thek
H OME R ’S I L I A D . 357
Virg il has not (0 many thou g hts that are low and
N u lg ar, he has not (0 many that are fublime and
noble ; and that the Roman author feldom rifes
into v ery afionilhing fentiments w here he is not
If w e obl'
erve his dqfu‘iptiom, imag es, andfi
nant . To w hat elfe can w e ak ribe that v aficom
prehenlion ofimag es ofev ery fort, w here w e fee
each circamfiance ofart, and indiv idual ofnature
afh is 1mag ination ; to w hich all thing
s, in their
w eiss s mew s, prefented themfelv es m an inflant,
their imprelhons taken off to perfet‘l ion at
Nay, he not only g iv es us the full profthing s, but feveral unexpected pecu liarifide—v iew s, unobfer v ed by any Painter but
fl ash er . Nothing is (0 fii tprifing as the defcriptiens of his battels, w hich take up no lefs than
halfthe Iliad, and are fupplied w ith (0 v afia v a
Tit ty ofincidents, that no one bears a likenefs to
another ; fuch different kinds of deaths , that no
tw o heroes are w ounded in the fame manner a and
fnch a profufion of noble ideas, that ev ery battlerik s above the laft in g reatnefs, horror, and con
fnlien . It is certain there is not near that number ofimag es and defcriptions in any Epic PoetWeg h ev ery one has afiiflé d himfelfw ith a g reat
M y out ofhim: And it is ev ident of.Virg il
H OM E R’
S I L I A D.
a fort of oompofition peculiarly prepernot on ly as it heig h ten
’
d the difiion,filled the number s w ith g reat
d pomp, and likew ife condu ced in fomethicken theamag es. On this laficon
cannot bu t attribu te thefe alfo to the
ofhis inve ntion, finee (as he has maafort offupernumerary pic
r thing s to w hich they are
the motion ofHeétor’
s plumesthe landfcape ofmount
Eim'
wm , and (o ofothers,
not hav e been in
fo long as to exptefs them in a defcripbut of afing le line) w ithout div ertingtoo mubh from the principal aétion or
hdetaphor is a ib ort fimile, one of
confider his w r/ffimtion,w e (hal l
a (bare ofpraife is due to h is ia
that . He w as not fatisfy’
d w ith his
h e found it fettled in any one part of(ear ch
'
d thro’
its differing dialeéfs w ith
v iew ,to beautify and perfeét his
confider’d thefe as they had a g reaterw e ls or confonants , and according
as the v erfe req u ired either a
or fireng th . What he moltWhich has a peculiar (w eet
fing contraétions,and from
1 B b
w ith amore (preading andfonorous fluency. W1ththis he ming led the At tic contraé tions, the broaderDor ic
,and the feeb ler E alic,_ w hich often rg gfis
its afpirate, or takes off its accent ; and. complq to
cd this v arie ty by altering fame letters w ith the licence of poetry . Thus his meafures , inflead of
to run along w ith the w armth ofhis rapture, amev en to g ive a fur ther reprefentation ofh is notions,in the correfpondenee oftheir founds to w hat theyfig nified. Out of all thefe he has de riv ed that
harmony, w hich makes us confels he had not on,
ly the richeft head, bu t thefinefieat in theWThis is (0 g reat a tru th, that w hoev er w il l butconfult the tune ofhis v erfes, ev en w ithou t undetfianding them (w ith the fame fort ofdilig ence asw e daily fee prafiifed in the cafe ofItalian Open s)w illfind more fw eetnefs, v ariety, and majefiy ofth und, than in any other lang uag ebeau ty ofhis numbers is allow edbe copied bu t faintly by Virg il himfelf; thong !)they are fo jufito afcribe it to the nature ofthe
Latin tong ue Indeed the Greek has fome ad‘
v antag es both from the naturalfound of imw ardsand the turn and oedema ofits v erjé , w hich ag ree
w ith the g enius ofno other lang uag e . Vir g iLwasvery ferflible ofthis, and ufed the utmoft dilig enocin working up a more intraétable lang uage £0
H O M E R‘
S I L I A D . 37 ?
g races it w as capab le of; and in partifailed to bring the found ofhis line to
ag reement w ith its fenfe . If the Gre
been (0 freq uently c elebrated on
the Roman,the omly reafon
‘
is,
ks hav e underflood one lang uag eDionyfius of Halicarnafl
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ns has
of ou r author’
s beauties in th is
treatife of the Compofition qfWords,w ill be taken notice of in the conrfe ot
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It fufiioes at prefent to obfer ve of his
that they flow With (0 much cafe,as to
imag ine Homer had no other care than
difiifit ; and at
(0 much force and infpiritingat they aw aken .and raife u s like the
trumpet . They roll along as a plentialw ays in motion, and alw ays full
e are home aw ay by a tide of v eric ,
rapid, and yet the me lt finooth imag in
on w hatev er fide w e contemplate Homer,
incipallyfirikes us is h is inv ention . It is
ich forms the charaéter ofeach part ofh isand according ly w e find it to hav e made
t xtayf'vt and copious than any other,
d, h is
his (enti
re w armandfizblime, his imag es and demore full and animated
,his esprefiion
i B b z
H OME R'
s I L I A D. 373
confiant ftream. When w e beholdmethinlts the tw o Poets refemble the
celebrate : Homer,boundlefs and ir
Achilk s, bear s all before him, and
andmore as the tumult increafes Virdar ing lik e fEneas, appears undifi'
urbo
idft of the afiion ; difpofes all aboutd conq uers w ith tranq uillity . And w hen
upon their machines , Homer feems likeJupiter in his terrors, {halt ing Olympus,g the lig htning s, and firing the Heav ens
like the fame pow er in his benevolence,laying plans for emh is w hole creation .
parts as w ith g reatborder on fome irnperfec
‘
hard to difiing u ifhexaétly
is v iew , We ’
fhall
e ch ief abjefiiom ag ainft him to pro
fo nob le a canfe as the excefs ofthis fa
thefe w e may reckon fame ofhis man
upon w hich (0 much cr iticifm has
fii rpafling all the bounds of probas it may be w ith g reat and fuperica
'
t B b s
y e P R E F A C E T O
fou ls, as w ith g ig antick bodies , w hich exertingthemfelv es w ith unnfualfireng th , exceed w hat is
commonly thoug ht the due proportion of pans, tobecome miracles in the w hole ; and like th e old
heroes ofthat make, commit fomething near w
trav ag ance, amidft a (c ries of g loriou s and inimitable performances " Thus Homer has h isfilmborfis, and Virg il his 719111 185 dg
’
flilling blood, w hen:the latter has not (0 much as contriv ed th e eafyinterv ention ofa Deity tofave the probability .
It is ow ing to the fame v afiinv ention,that his
Sim'
k s hav e been thoug ht too exuberant and {allot
circumftances. The force of this faculty 13 teenin nothing more, than in its inability to confineitfelf to' that fing le circumfiance upon w hich the
comparifon is g rounded : It runs out into embetliihments of additional imag es, w hich how emare (0 manag ed as not to ov erpow er the main one.
H is fimiles are like pictures , w here the p t incipel
fig ure has not only its proportion g iv en ag reeableto the orig inal , but 15 alfo fet ofi
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w ith occafionalornaments and profpefts. The fame w il l m eet
foe his manner of heaping a number ofmmpaeifons tog ether in one breath , w hen his fancyfigg efied to h im at once (0 many varices andWpondent imag es. The reader w il l eafily extend
this obferv ation to more ohjeél ions of the fame
0
Ifthere are others w hichcfeem rather to charge
him w ith a defect or narrow nefs of g enius, than
H OME R‘S I L I A D. 375
an excelsofit thofe feeming defeéis w ill be foundupon examination to proceed w holly from the na-s
ture ofthe times he liv ed in . Such are his g r q/f
jier r cpr gfmtatiom oftheGods, and th e v icious and
imperfié? manner s of his Her oes, w hich w ill be
treated ofin the follow ing‘ Eflby But I mull hereas it is a point g eneralboth by the cenfurers
I t mu ll be a ftrang e
to th ink w ith Madam Da
thofe times andmanners are (0 much
excel lent, as they are more contrary3 ‘ te ours.
" Who can be (0 prejudiced in their fitsto mag nify the felicity ofthofe ag es, w henof rev eng e and cruelty
,joined w ith the
of rapine and robbery, reig n’
d thro’
the
w hen'
n o mercy w as {how n but for the
lake oflucre , when the g reateft Princes w ere put
and their w iv es and dau g htersmade
nes i Ou the otherfide, I w ouldas thofe modern critick s, w ho
«8 {hocked at thefimile qficer and mean employmeats in w hich w e fometimes fee the Heroes of
fi emer eng ag ed . There is a pleafure in taking aev iew ofthat fimplicity in oppofition to the luxu ryd g ag es, in beholding MonarchsWithinm b their g uards, Ptinces sending their flocks,. and
Articles of Taming} and Morality, in the thirdElliy.
to her Homer.
y 8 P R E F A C E T e
yet be taken notice ofas they oomr in themof the w ork . Many hav e been occafioned hy aninjudiciou s endeavour to exalt Virg il ; M i!
much the farne, as ifone lhould think to raifeflthe
One w ou ld imag ine by the w hole conrlh of”
their
paral lels, that thefe Criticks never (0 mfich as
heard ofHomer’
s hav ing w ritsen firft a confidedration w hich w hoev er compares thefe tw e Poets,
oug ht to have alw ays in his eye . Some ace ttfi: himfor the fame thing s w hich they over look or penilein the other ; as w hen they prefer the fable amlmoral of the fEneis to thofe ofthe Iliad ,
for the
fame reafons w hich mig ht fet the Odyfl'
ey fl iers
the Hineis : as that the Hero is a w ifer man»; andthe action ofthe one more beneficial to his eonntry than that ofthe other : Or elfe they blame
chimfor not doing w hat he nev er t lefig ned ; as bean ie
Achil les is not as g ood and perfefia primw ds
E neas, w hen the v ery rnoral ofhis poem requit
cd a contrary charaé’
tet : It is thus that Rapin
w hich are not fo laboured as ihme that Virg il d tewout of them: This is the w hole manag em td
Scalig er in his Poetice. Others q uarrel w iehw hatthey take for low andmean exprefiiorts, {M es
an ig norance of the g races of the orig inal ; and
then triumph in the aukw a'
rdnefs of their own
H O ME R'
S I L I A D . 379
tranfiations : This is the conduét ofPerahlt in hisParal le ls. Lafily, there are others
, w ho, pre tending to a fairer
,proceeding , difting uilh betw een the
perfonalmerit ofHomer, and that of his w ork
bu t w hen they come to afiig n the canfes ofthe
g reat re’
fnntation of the Iliad, they found it uponthe ig norance of his times , and the prejudice ofthofe that follow ed And in purfuance of this
principle, they make thofe acc idents (fnch as the
contention of the ck ies, etc . ) to be the canfes of
his fame, w hich w ere in reality the confeq uencesefhis merit. The fame mig ht as w ell he faid ofVirg il , or any g reat au thor, w hofe g eneral character w il l infallibly raife many cafcal additions totheir reputation. This is the method ofMonf. delaMotte ; w ho yet confefi
'
es upon the w hole, thatin w hatev er ag e Homer had liv ed, he mufi: have
been the g reateft poet of his nation, and that he
may be (aid in this fenfe to be the mailer ev en of
thofe w ho fmpafs’
d him.
In all there objections w e fee noth ing that con
tsadiéts his title to the honou r of the chiefImmetion eand as long as this (w hich is indeed the chaM ime ofPoetry itfelf) remains uneq ual
’
d byhis follow ers, he {till continues fuperior to them.
A cooler judgment may commit few er fau lts, andbemore approv ed in the eyes ofmajor ! ofCritiek s :hm that w armth of fancy w ill carry the leudefl:and molt univ erfal applaufes, w hich holds the
b eas t ofa reader under thefirong efienchantment.
H OM E R’
S I L I AD .
cation only are his proper prov ince ; fince thefe
muft be his ow n, but the others he is'
to talte as
It lhould then be confider ’d w hat methods mayafl‘brd fome eq uiv alent in our lang uag e for the
g races ofthefe inme Greek . It is oertain no lite
ral tranflancm can be jufiz to an excellent orig inal
in a fuperior lang nag e : hnt it is a g reatmifiahe e'
o'
imag ine (as many hav e done ) that a rafh para.
ph rafe can mak e amends for this g eneral defw ;
w h ich is no lefs in dang er to lofe the fpit it of an
ancient, by dev iating into the modern manners of
is eften a lig ht in antiquity, w hich nothing betta'
prefa v es than a v erfion almofi literal .,I know
no liberties one oug ht to take , but thofe w hichare necefiary for transfufing the fpirit ofthe oh g i.nal
,andfupporting the poetical flyle ofthe tranfla~
tion : And I w ill v enture tofay, there hav e not beenth ose men milled in former times by a ferv ile dul ladherence to the letter , than haye been deluded inems by a chimerical infolent hope of railing and
improv ing their author . It is not to be douhted
that thefir e ofthe poem is w hat a tranflator (hou ldprincipally reg ard, as it is molt likely to expine in
h is manag ing : How ev er , it is his fafeft w ay to he
cement w ith prefe rv ing this to h is u tmoft in the
Whole , w ithout endeavouring to be more than he
finds his author is, in any particu lar place .
’
Tis a
g reat fecret in w riting to know w hen to be plains.
3 h P R E F A C E T O
and w hen poetical and figurativ e and it is what
Homer w ill teach us, if w e w ill bu t follow ino
defl ly in his footfieps . Where his dié tion Mand lofty, let us raife ou rs as hig h as w e ean ; but
w here his is plain and humble,w e oug ht not to
be deterr'
d from imitating him by the feat of ia
curring the cenfure of a mere Eng lilh Critiek.
Nothing that belong s toHomer feems to .hav ebeen
more commonly miftaken than the jafi pitch ofhis ityle : Some of h is tranllators hav ing w alled
into fufiian in a proud confidence of theM a ;
others funk intoflatnefs ih a eold and timononswtion offimplia
'
ty. Methinks I fee thefe difitent
follow ers ofHomer , fame fw eating andM u gafter him by v iolent leaps and bou nds (the certainfig ns of falfe me ttle ) others flow ly and fervileiycreeping in his train, w hile the Poet h irnfelfis all
the time proceeding w ith an MM and equalmajefiy before them. How ev er, of the names»
treams one could fooner pardon frenz y than frig idity No author is to be env ied for (web commen»
w hich his friends mufl: ag ree tog ether to eallMyh
'
a'
ty, and the ftfi: ofthe w orld w ill call ddmfi.There 13 a g raceful and dig nify dfimplicity, asmfllas a bald and fordid one, w hich difiin‘
as muchfromeach other as
'
the air ofa plain man fromthat
ofa flov en :’
Tis one thing to be tricked up, mdanother not to he drefl
'
ed at all. 8 1ntphe1ty is the
mean betw een oftentation and rufiicity
H O M E R'S I L I A D. 3 83
This pure and noble fimplicity is no w here in
fuch pe rfection as in the Scr ipture and out Author.
One may affirm, w ith all refpeé t to the infpired
Wr iting s, that the div ine Spir it made ufe of no
Other w ords but w hat w ere intellig ible and com
mon tomen at that time, and in that part of the
w orld ; and as Homer is the author neat efl: to
thofe, his fiylemufi d couffe bear a g reater t e.
{emblance to the facred book s than that of anyother w riter . This confide ration (tog ether w ith
obferv ed ofthe par ity offome ofhismaymethinks induce a tranflator on theto g iv e into liev eral of thofe g eneral
11manner s ofexprefiion, w hich hav e atven in our lang uag e from be
in the Old Teftament ; as on the other ,thofe w hich hav e been appropriated to theand in a manner config n
’
d to myflery
further prefervation ofthis air of (implithoold be taken to eXprefs
tences and prov erous in this Poe t .
and as I may fayin that unadorn
’
d g rav ity and (hortnels
ich they are deliv ered : a g race w hich
u tter ly loft by endeavouring to g iv e themcall a more ing enious (that is, a moreturn in the paraphrafe.
H OME R’
S I L I A D . 385
Some that cannot be (0 tu rned as to preferv c
th eir full imag e by one or tw o w ords,may hav e
ju li ice done them by c ircumlocu tion as the epi-a
th et eimuM©~to a mountain , w ou ld appear litHe or ridiculous tranflated literally q fZ-fiaking , but
affords amajefiic idea in the perxfbr q/is : The Ioflymountain[bakes bis w av ing w oods . Others that ad-1
mit ofdiffering fig nifications, may receiv e an ada
v antag e by a judicious v ariation, according‘
to the
occafions on w h ich they are introduced. For ex
ample, the epithet of Apollo, e
'
xnCa'
AQ , orfir e
fleeting ,is capab le of tw e explications one lite
ral in refpeét of the dar ts and how ,the cnfig n of
that God the other alleg orical w ith reg ard to the
rays ofthe fun Therefore in fuch places w hereA 110 is reprefented as a God in perfon, I w ouldur‘e
DO
the former interpretation and w here the ef
fefis ofthe fun are defcfibed, I w ou ld make choiceofthe latter . Upon the w hole, it w ill be necefd
firy’
to av oid that perpetual repetition of the fame
epithets w hich w efind in Homer,and w h ich
, tho’
it mig ht be accommodated (as has been alreadyIhew n) to the ear of thol
'
e titneswi'
s by no means(0 to ours : But one may w ait for
’
opportun ities of
them, w here they deriv e an additionalthe occafions on w h ich they are emin doing this properly, a tranflator
thew his fancy and h isjudgmennmet
’
s Repetiriam,w e may div ide them
fw hole narrations and fpeeches,
I C c
3% P R E F A C E T O
of.‘ing le fentences , and ofone v erfe or
I hope it is not impoliible to havefu chthefe
,as neither to lofe (0 know n a marhofthe
au thor on the one hand, not to Ofiend the reader
too much on the other .
g raoefuloin thofe (peeehefpeaker renders it a fort of infolence
w ords ; as in the mefl'
ag es fromGodsfrom hig her pow ers to interiors in
fiate, or w here the ceremonial
req uire it, in the folemn formor the lik e. In other cafes, .I
is to be g uided by the
w hich the repetitioWhen they follow
prefiion, but it is a q uefiion w hether
tranllator be authoriz ed to omit anytedious
, the au thor is to anfw er for it .
I t only remains to (peak of the VerfimtimHomer (as has been (aid) is perpetually applyingthe found to the fenfe, and varying it on everynew (ubjeét . This is indeed one ofthe mofi ea
q uifite beau ties of poetry, and attainab le by veryfew : I know only ofHomer eminent for it in theGreek , and Virg il in Latin . I amfenfible it isw hat may lbmetimes happen by chance, w hen a
w riter is w arm. and fu lly pofi'
eft ofhis
how ev er it may be reafonably believ ed theycd this, in w hofe v erfe it (0 manifeftly appears ina fuperior deg ree to all other s. Few readers have
H OME R’
S I L I AD. 387
the ear to be judg es of it 3 but thofe w ho have,w ill fee I hav e endeav ou r
'
d'
at this beauty.
Upon the w hole, I mu ll confefs myfelfutterlyincapab le of doing jnfiioe to Homer . I attempthim 1n no other hOpe bu t that w hich one may end
tertain w ithou t much v anity, ofg iv ing amore toa
lerable copy ofhim than any entire tranflation 111
v erfe has yet done . We hav e only thof'
e ofChapman, Hobbes, and Og ilby .
’
Chapman has takenthe adv antag e ofan immeafurable leng th ofv erfe,
notw ithfianding w hich,the re is fcarce any para
more loofe and rambling than his. He has
nt interpolations of four or fix lines,and I
remember one in the th irteenth book of the
Odyfl‘
ey, Y 3 1 2 . w here he has (pun tw enty v erfesou t oftw o. He is often mifiak cn in {o bold a
manner, that one mig ht think he dev iated on pu rfe, ifhe did not in other places of his nates ing :(0 much upon v erbal trifles t He appears tohav e had a firong afi
'
eétation of extraéting new
meaning s out ofhis au thor, infomuch as to pro
milk 111 his rhyming preface, a poem of the myfa
teries he had rev ealed in Homer : and perhaps heendeav oured to {train the obv ious fenfa to this end.
fh s expreflion is involv ed in fufiian, a fau lt forw hich he w as remarkable in his orig inal w riting s,as in the trag edy ofBnfl
‘
y d’
Amboife,etc . In a
w ord, the nature ofthe manmay account for his
w hole performance 3 for he appears from his preface and remarks to hav e been ofan arrog ant turn,
I C e z
H O M E R ’S I-L I A D .
fometime s copies, and has tinhappily follow ed himin paffag es w here he w anders from the orig inal .H ow ev er
,had he tranflated the w hole w ork
,I
w ou ld no more hav e attempted Homer after himtha nVirg il , h is v erfion ofw hom (notw ithfianding fome human errors) is the molt noble and {pir ited tranflation I know in any lang uag e . Bu t the
fate ofg reat g enius’
s is like that ofg reat minifiers,tho
’
they are confefi'
edly the firfl in the common
w ealth'
of letters, they muft be envy’
d and calum
niated only for being at the head ofit.
That w hich in my Opinion oug ht to be the en
deavour ofany one w ho tranflates Homer, is abov eall th ing s to keep aliv e that fpirit and fire w h ich
mak es his chief character In particu lar places,w here the fenfe can bear any doubt , to follow the
firong efl:and mofipoetical, asmoft ag reeing w iththat charaéte to copy him in all the v ariations
of h is fiyle, and the difl‘
erent modulations of h isnumbers ; to preferv e , in the more aétiv e or de
fcriptiv e parts, aw armth and elev ation ; in themore
fedate or narrativ e , a plainnefs and folemnity ; in
the fpeeches, a fu llnefs and perfpicnity in the fen
tences, a fhortnefs and g rav ity Not to neg lect
ev en the littlefig ures and turns on the w ords, nor
fometimes the v ery esfi of the periods neither to
omit nor confound any r ites or cufioms of anti
q u ity : Perhaps too he bu g ht to include the w holein a {horter compafs, than has hitherto been done
by any tranflator,w ho has tolerably preferv ed ci
1 C c 3
w e P R E F A C E T
thct the fenfe or poetry . Whag lrecommend to him,
is to itudy hil
from his own text, than fmmany
how learned foev er, oe w hateveefimake in the efiimation of the wm
dctns. Next thefe, the ArchbifiuTelemachns may g iv e h im the tn
fpirit and turn of our au thor , and
ble treatife of the Epic poem the rjhis defig n and condnfi, Bu t-after
ev er judgment and findy aman u
w ith w hatev er happinefs he mayw ork , he mull hope to plosfe butonly w ho hav e at once atafle oftpetent learning . For to fatisfyfither , is not in the nature ofthismn
a mere modern w it can like not
I fear nojudg es (0 little as onh befmolt fenfible of the w eig ht ofdidtheWorfi, w hatev er they {hall plmay g ive me fome concern 33 6
men, but none as they are mhligw as g uided in this tt anfiation b
y
3 9‘
that the flrong efl antipathy in the world
fools to men ofw it . Mr . Addifon w as
hofe adv ice determined me to undertake
w bo w as pleafed to w rite to me uponin fuch terms, as I canaet repeat
I w as ob lig ed to Sir Richafd
ear ly recommendation ofmy ltu
publiclt . D r . Sw ift promoted myw armth w ith w hich he alw aysThe humanity and frank nefs ofare w hat I nev er knew w antingI mufialfo acknow ledg e w ithmany friendly oflices, as w el l
ofMr . Cong rev e, w ho had led
flating fome parts ofHomer . Ithe names ofMr .Row e and Dr . Parnell ,(hall take a further opportunity ofdoingthe lafi, w hofe g ood
- nature (to g iv e i tneg yriclt ) is no lefs extenfiv e than hisThe favour of thefe g entlemen is not
ne w ho bears them(0 trueBu t w hat can I fay ofthe honour (o
the Great hav e done me, w hile thefirflthe ag e appear as my fnbfcribers, and
difiing nifhed patrons and ornaments ofchiefeneoerag ers. Among thefe
'
pleafure tome to find, that'
myare to fueh w ho hav e done
to the name ofPoet'
: That hisGraceBuck ing ham w as not difpleafed I
1 0 0 4
H O M E R’S I L I A D. 393
in g it know n that he w as pleafed to promote thisaffair. The particu lar z eal ofMr . Harcourt (the[on ofthe late Lord Chance llor ) g av e mehow much I amhonoured in a flg re ofhis
(h ip. I mutt attribute to the fame motiv e that of
fev eral others ofmy friends, to w hom all acknow
ledgments are rendered unnecefi'
ary by the priv ileg es ofa familiar correfpondence And I am(3tid
'
y’
d I can no w ay bet ter oblig e men ofotheir
turn , than bymyfilence .
In Ibort, I hav e foundmore patrons than ever
w ould hav e thoug ht himfelfe fame favou r at Athens
,that
by its learned rival, the Uni
And I can hardly envy him5 honours he receiv ed after death ,on the enjoyment of(0 many ag ree5,and eafy friendfhips, w hich make
of life . Th is diflinét ion is themoreas it is fhew n to one Wholhd the prejudiceso articular
fparticu lar mm. Whatever1 {b all nev er repent of an
w hich I hav e experienced the can
clfh ip of(0 many perfons ofmerithope to pafs fome ofthof
'
e years of
g enerally loft in a circle offollies,
er neither w holly unufeful to others,ble to myfelf.
$ 0 3»
P R E
T O T H E
Works of SH A K E S P E A K»
T is not my delig n to enter into a'
crifisfimu
‘gon th is author , tho to do
perficially, w ou ld be the bell:anyjufiw riter could take, to formand
'
tafie ofour nation . For of all
Shakefpear muPt be eonfefi'
ed to be the fa’
irefiandfulleft fubjeé t for criticifm, and
his w orks, at1d the difadvantag es under w hich
they hav ebeen tranl'
mitted to us. We {hall here
by extenuatemany fau lts
P R E F A C E'
T O, etc . 395
I cannot how ev er butmention fome ofhis prineipe l and charaéterifiic excellencies, for w hich
(notw ithftamding h is defeas) he is juftly and 11115v erfally elev ated abov e allother dramatie‘lrWriters.
Not that th is is the proper place ofpraifing him, but
becaufe I w ou ld not omit any occafion ofdoing it.
Ifev er any au thor deferved the name ofan Griz
g ind l, it w as Shakefpear . Homer himfel’fdrew
not his art (0 immediately from the fountams of
Nature it proceeded thro E g yptian (trainers
and channels, and came to h imnot w ithout (0
t inctu re ofthe learning , or fome call oft he atdels, ofthofe before h im. The poetry ofShake?fpear w as infpiration indeed he is not fomuch anImitator
,as an Infirument, ofNature ; and
’
tis not
In juf’t to fay that he {peaks fromher, as that fhc
(peaks thro’
h im.
H is Cbar afier s are (0 much Nature herfelf,a fort of injury to call them by (0 dillantas copies ofher Thofe ofother Poets
confiant refemblance, w h ich fhew s that
another, and w ere
each piétnre
clt - rainbow is but the refiexion ofa re
Bu t ev eryfing le character ia Shakefpeareh an indiv idual, as thofe in o life itfelf;
ible tofind any tw o alike ,and fuch
relation or affinity in any refpeét apbe tw ins
,w il l upon comparifon be
ably dillinét. To this life and van
WOR K S OF SHAK E'
S PEAR . 397
of each motiv e depends .
froma man ofno ednexperience in thofe g reat and publickl ife w hich are nfually
- the fnbjefi“of his
80 that he feems'
to hav e know n the
intuition,to hav e looked
'
thro’
humanone g lance, and to b e the only author
g round for a v ery new opinion, Thateven theman of the w orld
,
as w ell as th e poet.ow ned that w ith all thefe g reat ex
eefléneies, he has almofias g reat defects ; and thataé iheé has certainly written better, (0 he has per
n any other . But I thinkfome meafure account for thefe defeéts,
m fev eral caules and accidents ; w ithou t w hich
h 1—3 hard to imag ine that (0 lar gi: and (o enme
en d a mind could ev er hav e been fufceptihle of
them. That all thefe conting encies {hould unite tohis
i”d1fitdv an tag e feems to me almofias fing nlarly
nnlheky, as that (0 many v arious (nay contrary)M mou ldmeet in one man
,v1fas happy ancI
d tmbrdmary.
I t mufi be allow ed that Stag e- poetry of alf
filter , is more arly lev elled to pleafe the
M ae, and its 11‘
nmed“
at¥ely dependifig upon the One cannot therca
for‘eWonder,
having at hisfirft appea
lrance no other aim in his writing s than to pm
c ure a fubfifience, direé'
ted h is endeavours (olely
398 P R E F A C E TO TH E
to hit the tafie and humour that then peevafld .
The audience w as
meaner ibrt of people , anamm rommswoflife w ere to be draw n from tho£e of étheir own
rank :a ccording ly w e find, that not pnn anfiofisonly , but almd ’t all the old comediesM eflheir
fcene among Tradtfm andMM h : Aadeven
pie. In Trag edy, nothing w as fofitre tofiamand caufe adrmratian, as the mofifirazng e, unex
and incidents , the molt exag g erated thoughts 5the mofiv erbofe and bombafl expr
emon ; themail
bufii onry, v ile ribaldry, and unmannedy jefis offools and clow ns . Yet eveni n thefe , onr auther
’
s
w it buoys up, and is born above his fnbjeé t : hi
g enius in thofe low parts is lik e fome paince ofaremance in the difg u ife of afilepherd or paw ;
a certain g reatnefs and fpirit now and then beet le
out, w hich manifeft his h ig her extraction and,
qualities.
I t may be added, that not only the commonaudience had no not ion of the rules of w riting ,
but few ev en ofthe better fort piqued themfelmupon any g reat deg ree ofknow ledg e or nicety thatw ay ;
’
till Ben Johnfon, g etting pofl'
efiion of the
w oaxs OF SHA KE SPEAR.
’
399
Rag e, broug ht critical learning into v og ue : And
that this w as not done w ithout difficulty, may appear from thofe frequent M om (and indeed ah
moft dec lamations) which he w as forced to prefixto his firfiplays, and put into the mouth ofhisaé tors, the Great, Cborm, . etc . to remov e the pre
je dices , and inform the jndgment of his heaters.’Till then
,our au thors had no thoug hts ofw rit
ing on themodel of the ancients : their Trag ediesw ere only hifiories in dialog ue ; and their comedies fol low ed - the thread ofany nov el as they foundit, no lefs implicitly than if it had been true hitl
tory.
rules, is like trying a man by the law s of one
country , w ho aCted under thofe ofanother . He
w rit to the people ; and w rit at firft w ithout patronag e from the better fort, and therefore w ithout
ahns of pleating them : w ithou t aflifianee or adv ice from the learned, as w ithout the advantag e
ofedwcat ion or acq uaintance among them : w ith
out that know ledg e of the befl:models, the anci
ents, to infpire him w ith an emulation of themin a w ord, w ithou t any v iew s of reputation, and
ofw hat poets are pleated to call immortality : Someor all ofw hich hav e encourag ed the v anity, or animated the ambition
,ofother w riters.
Yet it mutt be obferv ed, that w hen his perfor.manees had merited the protection ofhis prince
,
and w hen the encourag ementofthe court had fue
WORK S OF SHAKESPEAR . 40 1
But in reality (how ev er it has
there nev er w as amore g roondlefs tethe contrary of w hich there are moreev idences . As the Comedy of the
w hich he entirely new
VI . w hich w as firfl:Yor k
and that of Henry V. extreme
that of Hamlet en larg ed to almofi:as atfirft, and many others. I be
opinion ofhis w ant of learningmig ht
could concern but
am {och as are not
defeéts, but fuperfit tations 5 ahd strife
w ant of learning or reading , but from‘
think ing or judg ing : or rather (to heto our Author ) from a compliance toin others . As to a w rong choice of
a w rong condmft of the incidenm,
forced expreflions, etc . ifthefemafcribed to the forefaid accidenml reamufibe charg ed upon the poet himfelf,
and there i8'
no help for it . Bu t I think the tw o
Wantag e'
s w hich I hav e ment ioned (tohc obliged to pleafe the low efiofpeople
,and to keep the
company ) ifthe confideration b’
e extend
as it reafonably may, w ill appear fuflid J
I D d
PR E Tfifi f
em tomilleadon earth" lNfuoh a 0 118 is
of fubmittijig
Bu t‘
w tohismmWag s itmybe nt{ 111-y to fay l
’
omcflthing moée z Tw ibfifiiflma: difference between‘ Teaming M WlHow far he w as ig norai
'it bfthe law wpwdetermine 30 Mt
’
tis plain he had mWrfififim iffiu'
y‘ w ill not eall' it -lw ntng i’ me
any g reatmatter , ifather he has
Nothing is more ev ident than that he had‘
a’
i
of natural philofophy, meéhan'
ifis, afiéient “
Wefind himand manners of antiq uity. InWthe Romans a
difiiné tion is ihow o,Romans in the time of the former , and oft heter . His reading in the ancient hiihb riansfii
let'
s confpicuous, in many references to partim
pafl'
ag es : and the fpeeches copied fromPltmia CM M M may, I think , as w ell he mostinihanc e of his learning , as thofe mp romcero g in Cati/ifl e, ofBen Jolmfon
’s t The mm
ofother nations in g eneral,
Liens , French, cmare draw n
AKE SPEA|
R. 40 3
or braneh of (eicnee,it is alw ays w ithedg e : h is de
3 are ftill exaét all his metaphors approand remarkably draw n from .the true na
inherent q ualities ofeach fubjeét . Whenof ethic or politic, w e may conftant lyw onderfu l juflnefs ofdifiinétion , as w ellof comprehenfion . No one is more athe poetical fiory, or hasmore frequentthe v arious parts of it : Mr Wal ler
r this lafiparticular )this w ay than Shake
hav e tranflations fromOv id publiihed
among thofe poems w hich pals forfor fome of w hich w e hav e undoubted
(being publilhed by himfelf, and dedi
is noble patron the Earl ofSouthampton z)alfo to hav e been conv erfant in Plau tus ,
has taken the plot of one of his
w s the Greek authors, and partiPhryg ius, in another : (altho
’
I w illfay in w hat lang uag e he read them. )talian w riters ofnovels he w as mani
and w emay conc lude him(am: w ith the ancietl ts ofhisthe ufic he has made ofChawCr gfida , .
and in the Twonobkbe his, as there g oes a t ra
ccd it has little refemhlanccxD d a
WORK S OF SHAKE SPEAR . 40 3
introduced upon the flag e, and
encourag ed, by Shakefpear . And
that Author w rites To thememoryMr .William Shakefpear, w hich
fr ie‘ndlh ip had continued thro’ life.
find any thing imidim}bu t
'
w ooderMr Drydeneiralts himnot only abov ebtit abov e Chancer and
notallow tobe g reatw
enoq g h
ranked w ith hint and challmg é s the
of Sophoc les, Euripides, and
allGreece and Rome at once , to eq ual h im 5
opennefs, an
(lifting nil es,“
4“
d z
(sheim£0 1 ?(f‘ gtfit “
ii; 1 {r s
mthe contrary yepon‘ IbeWid) M %
’l(131 6Lb "ifl
their Mods s t maytho
'
their M ir: and'
tails '
até
hav e be
firfiPublifhesstheir lg ndranca
thing 53 more
53 as bad
fpclling : Their v
DION
WORK S OF S'
H AKESPEAR. 40 7
any man w ho had theylealt tinélure of a fch ool,
or the leafl conv esfat ionuw ith (itch as had.L Ben
(whomthey,w ill np g think. partial w him)leaft to.h
°
ave ,hsdf0me -Latin; w hich
e thefe.
mama w ho had h et {O mchm r ead any
in any lang uag e ; fomuld not bé Shake'
j. I {hall now lay before the reader: 1mofihofealthofiinnumerab le errors
, w hich hav e rifen from
qnefource, the 1g norance ofthe players, both as hisrs
,and as his editors . When the nature and
ds of thefe are enumerated and confidered, I
dare to fay that not Shakefpear only, but A'
r iftotle
0 1: Cicero, had their w ork s underg one the fame
fate, mig ht hav e appeared to w ant feni'
e as w ellas
l ningt is not certain that any one of h is plays w as
by himfelf. During the .time ofhis emih the Theatre , fev ers]of11 13 pieces w erefeparately in q uarto. What makes me
that moftqfthefe.were not publiflt ed by hin 1 , .
e excefliv e carelefl'
nefs of the prefs ev ery:1s (0 foandaloufly falfmfpelled, and almoft
tall
learned or unufiial w ords fo intolerably maul ;
, that it’
s. plain there geither w as noocort eéltot tonthe ptefs at all, or . onc small)? il literate Jfany.
w ere fuperv ifed by himfelf, I {hou ldfancy the tw oD d 4.
w orms on SHAKESPEAR . 409
MWM fihw thd’
e qum'
s
or had itok n {tom their months in
g reat number of .the mean
low (cenes ofMebs, Plebeians1 and
beautiful . Epafting le a litions,
as it ifeerns'
w ithout any other
w illing txefs’
1mm {ewe
0 11fireséhing x'
an Au thorwmunaficfit for theirlfiag eu u u in
edition is faid t0 1be1printedlfronmhemrg 1.
1 . I believ e they n ta nt thofeow hid tf had
Wheel from time to‘ctih te ’
oradded to,
for their mm‘
e,; aresr 1111
The Plays hm
é ll'Wi‘ltbre thereI
fl “? thoug htfitfake Ofmfilfick
' i
mifq tjSometimes the (cenes
h @kw afd 1 1
Othfl ’
w ife happen, butft paratc and piece-meal
fig fié .fl
1
111111 1111111111
s omehhalraétet‘g
w ps s s OF SHAKEsPM R . w
m lfofWant Oi 3 WM. Thssfn. 01 thc suam,
editian ofA&N. fihakefpear 111
a kind ofMafier ofthe reve lsmi lled Phipat t is
King Lear . This towmahes
e g romptcr'
s hanks were w hat
ta g overning
g of [orne favourite
it from the unw ora
from verfe they did not .know , and . they .
g ly‘ printed one for the other throug hout
forced tofay fomuch ofthe playug ht injuftice to remark , . that the
as w ell 13 8 ,
henfar inferior tow hat 1t is in our daymbell playhonfes w ere innsand tav erns
the Hope, the Red Bull, the Fortune ,
top ofthe profeflion w ere then meer
not ng entlemen of the Rag e ?"They V1 ere
the buttery by’the fiew ard, not,placed at
the lord 8 table, or lady’
s toilette : and cont ne tstlv
WORK S OF SHAKE S PEAR . 41 3
terwardsdid Shakefpeal'
the jafiice .to rejeé t thofee ig ht piays in their edition ; tho th ey w ere then
printed ih his name, in M y body s hands, and
aé’
ted w ith fome applaufe , (as w e learn fromw hat
Ben Johnfon fays of Pa id “ in his Ode on 1131:
ciafs I amthe rather induced to believe , byfiadingthe fame Author openly exptefs his coh
tennptof 1t
in 1116MW): to Bwr tbolemm - Fmr , in the year1 614, w hch Shakefpear w as yet living . And
there is no better authority for thefe latter fort,than for the former,Which w ere eq ually publifhed
Ifwe g ive into this opin ion, how many low and
v ié iousparts and pafl'
ag esmig ht no long er reflefl:
upon this g reat g enius, but appear unw oi th ilycharg ed upon him? And ev en in thofe w hich are
really his, how many faultsmay hav e been uninitly laid to his account from arb itrary additions, ex
pnnfiions, ~tranfpofitions offcenes and lines, .oon
fgfion ofcharaéters and petfons, w rong applicationoffpeechcs, cormpt ions of innumerable pafi
'
ag es
by the ig norance, and m g correétions ofthem
$51! by the imped inefice of his firfieditors ?
romone or othee of thcfe oonfidm tions, I emv enly perfnhded, that the g reatefi
’
and the g rofi'
efl'
.
pai'
t ofw hat are thoug ht his errors w ould v anilh,
ahd leav e his charaé ter in a lig h t v ery difl'
erent
from that difadv antag eous one, in Which it now
appears to us.
w ithottt haVi
ev er makihkimpofiible tb hetifiutdo mbth
'
i ime'ha
’
s"
risk are tciti1 few. 111rather g iven a pr
fife, than’ofmy em
I ‘hav e'
difeharg ed the
to my belt judgment,I expcfi thanks
,w ith 11
Of’
all inhosii tion,aridWi
thken in this edition Will thew itfei
retding s aieifairly put iii
one may cothpare them and
d intothemm'
are'
conflantiy6 11 au thority . The alteré tions
Shikcfpear’
h imfelfmade; ate fabthey oocttr .
‘
Sbrm: pifi(1 (add reem
idfet te'
ci that orie cs
thefts w itheut any chafm,or deficit
text ) are deg tadeci to th ebottomof
an fifter‘iflc referr ing t'
o the places ofThe feches are inarked fo
’
diftinffl]mm i ofplhce is fpecify
’
d w hich
[3 17 111 this Author than any oth er,
WQRKS OF SHAKE SPEAR . 41 5
performing the better halfof
w ith g eneralWlaq/h , orthe tail ofthexm There is
ofthofe firft editions bypart ofthe v arious reading s anti
pafiil g es are author ifed (molt.of
0
carry their ow n eyidence alongT
’
hefe'
editions now held the placethémflymeteyials left to re
or reflore thereon upted fenfeI c
i
an oniywith that a g reetet 11111311a g reater
,
Were ev er publifhgci) mayby a feare
.
more fucg efsful thanbetter accom
'glimment oflthis end .
lude by {swing of Shakefpear, theta,its, andWith 1111 th
one may look upon his
