Quinquennes oleas eft, et fylveftria corna; V Ac, nifi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum; et Cujus odorem olei nequeas perferre (licebit Ille repotia, natales, aliofque dierum W Feftos albatus celebret) cornu ipfe bilibri Caulibus inftillat, * veteris non parcus aceti. Quali igitur victu fapiens utetur, et horum Utrum imitabitur? hac urget lupus, hac canis, aiunt. ▾ Mundus erit, qua non offendat fordibus, atque In neutram partem cultus mifer. Hic neque fervis Albuti fenis exemplo, dum munia didit, a Saevus erit; nec fic ut fimplex b Naevius, un&tam Convivis praebebit aquam: vitium hoc quoque ma gnum. • Accipe nunc, victus tenuis quae quantaque fecum Afferat. In primis valeas bene; nam variae res Ut noceant homini, credas, memor illius efcae, Quae fimplex olim tibi federit. at fimul affis Mifcueris elixa, fimul conchylia turdis; Dulcia fe in bilem vertent, ftomachoque tumultum Lenta feret pituita. f Vides, ut pallidus omnis Sell their presented partridges, and fruits, V One half pint bottle ferves them both to dine, And is at once their vinegar and wine. W But on fome lucky day (as when they found A loft Bank-bill, or heard their Son was drown'd) Is what two fouls fo gen'rous cannot bear : y He knows to live, who keeps the middle state, 55 60 65 Now hear what bleffings Temperance can bring: (Thus faid our Friend, and what he said I fing) First Health: The ftomach (cramm'd from ev'ry dish, A tomb of boil'd and roast, and flesh and fish, e Remembers oft the School-boy's fimple fare, The temp'rate fleeps, and spirits light as air. 70 75 f How pale, each Worshipful and Rev'rend gueft Rife from a Clergy, or a City feast! Coena defurgat dubia? quin corpus onuftum Membra dedit, vegetus praefcripta ad munia furgit. Seu recreare volet tenuatum corpus : ubique Imbecilla volet. ¡ Tibi quidnam accedet ad iftam, *Rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant: non quia nafus Illis nullus erat; fed, credo, hac mente, quod hofpes Tardius adveniens vitiatum commodius, quam NOTES. VER. 80. The Soul fubfides, and wickedly inclines To Seem but mortal, ev'n in found Divines.] Horace was an Epicurean, and laughed at the immortality of the foul. He therefore defcribes that languor of the mind proceeding from intemperance, on the idea, and in the terms of Plato, affigit humo divinae particulam aurae. To this his ridicule is pointed. Our Poet, with more fo briety and judgment, has turned the ridicule, from the Doctrine, which he believed, upon those Preachers of it, whofe fealts and compotations in Taverns did not edify What life in all that ample body, say? • On morning wings how active springs the Mind That leaves the load of yesterday behind? How eafy ev'ry labour it pursues? How coming to the Poet ev'ry Mufe? 1 Not but we may exceed, fome holy time, 80 85 95 * Our fathers prais'd rank Ven'fon. You suppose Perhaps, young men! our fathers had no nose. Not fo: a Buck was then a week's repast, And 'twas their point, I ween, to make it laft; 100 More pleas'd to keep it till their friends should come Than eat the sweetest by themselves at home. NOTES. him and so has added furprizing humour and spirit to the eafy elegance of the Original. VER. 82. On morning wings etc.] Much happier and nobler than the Original. VER. 87. Ortir'd in fearch of Truth, or fearch of Rhyme.] A fine ridicule on the extravagance of human puriuits; where the moft trifling and most important concerns of life fucceed one another, indifferently. 1 Integrum edax dominus confumeret. hos utinam inter Heroas natum tellus me prima tuliffet. m Das aliquid famae, quae carmine gratior aurem Occupet humanam ? grandes rhombi, patinaeque n Grande ferunt una cum damno dedecus. adde • Iratum patruum, vicinos, te tibi iniquum, Et fruftra mortis cupidum, cum deerit egenti 9 Jure, inquit, Traufius iftis Jurgatur verbis: ego vectigalia magna, Cur eget indignus quifquam, te divite? quare Templa ruunt antiqua Deûm? cur, improbe, carae Non aliquid patriae tanto emetiris acervo ? Uni nimirum tibi recte femper erunt res? NOTES. VER. 128. As M**o's was, etc.] I think this light ftroke of fatire ill placed; and hurts the dignity of the |