1 Of carps and mullets why prefer the great, 25 Oldfield, with more than Harpy throat endued, By what Criterion do you eat, d'ye think, 30 He calls for fomething bitter, fomething four, Cheap eggs, and herbs, and olives, ftill we fee; 35 Thus much is left of old Simplicity! The Captus hiet? pontefne inter ja&tatus, an amnis Mullum; in fingula quem minuas pulmenta neceffe eft. Proceros odiffe lupos? quia fcilicet illis Majorem natura modum dedit, his breve pondus. Jejunus raro ftomachus vulgaria temnit. Porrectum magno magnum fpectare catino Vellem, ait Harpyiis gula digna rapacibus. At vos, The Robin-red-breast till of late had reft, And children facred held a Martin's neft, Till Beccaficos fold fo dev'lish dear To one that was, or would have been, a Peer. 'Tis yet in vain, I own, to keep a pother Pauperies epulis regum: nam vilibus ovis Nigrifque eft oleis hodie locus. Haud ita pridem 40 45 50 One Infamis. quid? tum rhombos minus aequora alebant? Sordidus a tenui victus diftabit, Ofello t Cui Canis ex vero ductum cognomen adhaeret, Quinquennes oleas eft, et fylveftria corna; NA 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 fon was drown'd), X Is what two fouls fo generous cannot bear: y He knows to live, who keeps the middle ftate, 55 60 65 Now hear what bleffings Temperance can bring: (Thus faid our friend, and what he said I fing) "Ac, nifi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum; et Firft 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. z Hic neque Albutî fenis exemplo, dum munia didit, fervis Saevus erit: nec fic ut fimplex Naevius, unctam Convivis praebebit aquam: vitium hoc quoque magnum. Accipe nunc, victus tenuis quae quantaque fecum 70 Firft Health: The ftomach (cramm'd from every dish, Remembers oft the School-boy's fimple fare, How pale, each Worshipful and Reverend gueft 75 f On morning wings how active springs the Mind That leaves the load of yesterday behind! How eafy every labour it pursues ! How coming to the Poet every Muse! 80 Not Afferat. In primis valeas bene; nam variae res d Dulcia fe in bilem vertent, ftomachoque tumultum Membra dedit, vegetus praefcripta ad munia furgit. Not but we may exceed, fome holy time, Or tir'd in fearch of Truth, or fearch of Rhyme; i Our fathers prais'd_rank Ven'fon. You fuppofe, Than eat the sweetest by themselves at home. Why had not I in those good times my birth, Ere coxcomb pyes or coxcombs were on earth? Unworthy he, the voice of Fame to hear, That fweeteft mufic to an honeft ear; 85 ge 94 100 (For Seu recreare volet tenuatum corpus: ubique Imbecilla volet. Tibi quidnam accedet ad iftam, i Rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant: non quia nafus Illis nullus erat; fed, credo, hac mente, quod hofpes Tardius adveniens vitiatum commodius, quam Integram edax dominus confumeret. k hos utinam inter Heroas natum tellus me prima tuliffet. 1 Das aliquid famae, quae carmine gratior aurem Occupet humanam? grandes rhombi, patinaeque Grande ferunt una m cum damno dedecus, adde |