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Sudando. pinguem vitiis albumque neque oftrea,
Nec fcarus, aut poterit peregrina juvare lagoïs.
* Vix tamen eripiam, pofito pavone, velis quin
Hoc potius quam gallina tergere palatum;
Corruptus vanis rerum: quia veneat auro
Rara avis, et picta pandat spectacula cauda:
Tamquam ad rem attineat quidquam. Num vel-
ceris ifta,

Quam laudas, pluma? cotove num adeft honor idem?

Carne tamen quamvis distat nihil hac, magis illa ¡
Imparibus formis deceptum te patet, esto.

Unde datum fentis, lupus hic, Tiberinus, an alto
Captus hiet? pontesne inter jactatus, an amnis
Oftia fub Tufci1laudas, infane, trilibrem

Mullum; in fingula quem minuas pulmenta neceffe eft

Ducit te fpecies, video. quo pertinet ergo
Proceros odiffe lupos ? quia fcilicet illis

Majorem natura modum dedit, his breve pondus,
Jejunus raro ftomachus vulgaria temnit.

TM Porrectum magna magnum spectare catino

Vellem, ait Harpyiis gula digna rapacibus. At vos, "Praefentes Auftri, coquite horum opfonia: quam, quam

VER. 26. Hog barbecu'd, etc.] A Weft Indian term of glut tony, a hog roafted whole, ftuffed with fpice, and bafted with Madera wine.

* Preach as I please, I doubt our curious men Will chufe a pheasant still before a hen; Yet hens of Guinea full as good I hold,

Except you eat the feathers green and gold. 'Of carps and mullets why prefer the great, (Tho' cut in picces ere my Lord can eat)

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Yet for fmall Turbots fuch efteem profess?
Because God made these large, the other lefs.
"Oldfield with more than Harpy throat endu'd, 25
Cries" Send me, Gods! a whole Hog barbecu'd!"
Oh blaft it, South-winds! till a stench exhale

Rank as the ripeness of a rabbit's tail.

By what Criterion do ye eat, d'ye think,

If this is priz'd for sweetness, that for stink?

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VIR. 27. Ob blaft it, South-winds!] This has not the force Aor gives us the pleasant allufion in the original, coquite,

Putet aper rhombufque recens, mala copia quando

Aegrum follicitat ftomachum; cum rapula plenus

Atque acidas mavult inulas. necdum omnis abacta Pauperies epulis regum: nam vilibus ovis

Nigrifque eft oleis hodie locus. Haud ita pridem

Galloni praeconis erat acipensere mensa

Infamis. quid? tum rhombos minus aequora alebant? Tutus erat rhombus, tutoque ciconia nido,

Donec vos auctor docuit praetorius. ergo

Si quis nunc mergos fuaves edixerit assos, Parebit pravi docilis Romana juventus.

Sordidus a tenui victus diftabit, Ofello

VER. 42. Bedford-head;] A famous Eating-houfe.

VER. 43. Or ev'n to crack live Crawfish] There is force and humour in edixerit and parebit, which the imitation does not reach.

When the tir'd glutton labours thro' a treat,
He finds no relish in the sweetest meat,

He calls for fomething bitter, fomething four,

And the rich feaft concludes extremely poor:

Cheap eggs, and herbs, and olives ftill we fee; 35 Thus much is left of old Simplicity!

P 'The Robin-red-breaft till of late had reft,
And children facred held a Martin's neft,

Till Becca-ficos fold fo dev'lish dear

To one that was, or would have been, a Peer.
9 Let me extol a Cat, on oifters fed,
I'll have a party at the Bedford-head;
Or ev❜n to crack live Crawfish recommend,
I'd never doubt at Court to make a friend.

"Tis yet in vain, I own, to keep a pother

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About one vice, and fall into the other:

Between Excefs and Famine lies a mean;

Plain, but not fordid; tho' not fplendid, clean.
Avidien, or his Wife (no matter which,

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For him you'll call a dog, and her a bitch)

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VER. 50. For him you'll call a dog, and her a bitch.] Our Poet had the art of giving wit and dignity to his Billingsgate, which

Quinquennes oleas eft, et, sylvestria corna;
Ac, nifi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum; et
Cujus odorem olei nequeas perferre (licebit
Ille repotia, natales, aliofque dierum

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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 Albutî fenis exemplo, dum munia didit,

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Saevus erit; nec fic ut fimplex Naevius, undam Convivis praebebit aquam: vitium hoc quoque magnum.

Accipe nunc, viêtus tenuis quae quantaque fecum Afferat. In primis valeas bene; nam variae res Ut noceant homini, credas, memor illius efcae,

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Quæ fimplex olim tibi federit. at fimul affis

Mifcueris elixa, fimul conchylia turdis;

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Dulcia fe in bilem vertent, ftomachoque tumultum Lenta feret pituita. Vides, ut pallidus omnis Cœna defurgat dubia? quin corpus onuftum Hefternis vitiis animum quoque praegravat una, Atque affigit humo divinae particulam aurae.