Sedulitas autem ' ftulte, quem diligit, urget; Difcit enim citius, meminitque libentius illud Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur. Nil moror" officium, quod me gravat: ac neque ficto In pejus vultu proponi cereus ufquam, Nec prave factis decorari verfibus opto: Ne P rubeam pingui donatus munere, et una The Zeal of Fools offends at any time, That when I aim at praife, they fay I bite. There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness; and if lyes, ૧ (Like 9 Journals, Odes, and fuch forgotten things 410 415 EPISTOLA II. LORE, bono claroque fidelis amice Neroni, FLO b Tibure vel Gabiis, et tecum fic agat: "Hic et "Candidus, et talos a vertice pulcher ad imos, "Fiet eritque tuus nummorum millibus octo; "Verna minifteriis ad nutus aptus heriles; "Litterulis Graecis imbutus, idoneus arti "Cuilibet: argilla quidvis imitaberis uda : "Quin etiam canet indoctum, fed dulce bibenti. "Multa fidem promiffa levant, ubi plenius aequo "Laudat venales, qui vult extrudere, merces. "Res urget me nulla: meo fum paupere in aere. "Nemo hoc mangonum faceret tibi: non temere a VER. 4. This Lad, Sir, is of Blois :] A Town in Beauce, where the French tongue is fpoken in great purity. VER. 15. But, Sir, to you, with what would I not part?】 |