Ludicra, quid, plaufus, et amici dona Quiritis? ► Qui timet his adversa, fere miratur eodem I nunc, argentum et marmor vetus, aeraque et artes VER. 22. Whether we joy or grieve, the fame the curse, Surpriz'd at better, or furpriz'd at worse.] 'The elegance of this is fuperior to the Original. The curse is the fame (says he) wbetber qwe joy or grieve. Why so? Because, in either cafe, the man is furprized, hurried off, and led away captive. (The good or bad to one extreme betray This happy advantage, in the imitation, arifes from the ambiguity of the word furprize. VER. 30. Procure a TASTE to double the furprize.) This is one of those superior touches that most ennoble a perfect piece. He Orf Popularity? or Stars and Strings? The Mob's applauses, or the gifts of Kings? 15 If weak the pleasure that from these can spring, Whether we joy or grieve, the fame the curse, Go then, and if you can, admire the state 20 25 And gaze on m Parian Charms with learned eyes: 30 speaks here of false tafte, as appears by his directions how to get it, and how to use it when got. Procure a taste, says he. That is, of the Virtuosi; whose science you are to buy for that purpose: for true tafte, which is from nature, comes of itself. And how are you to use it? Not to cure you of that bane of life, admiration, but to raise and inflame it, by doubling your furprize. And this a falfe taste will always do; there being none so given to raptures as the Virtuoso-Tribe: whereas the Man of true tafte finds but few things to approve and those he approves with moderation. VOL. II. H : Suspice: cum gemmis Tyrios mirare colores: Gaude, quod spectant oculite mille loquentem: Gnavus mane forum, et vespertinus pete tectum; Ne plus frumenti dotalibus emetat agris Mutus et (indignum; quod fit pejoribus ortus) Hic tibi fit potius, quam tu mirabilis illi. * Quicquid fub terra est, in apricum proferet aetas; Defodiet condetque nitentia.t cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae, et via te confpexerit Appî; Ire tamen restat, Numa quo devenit et Ancus. * Si latus aut renes morbo tentantur acuto, 35 41 Be ftruck with bright Brocade, or Tyrian Dye, * Rack'd with Sciatics, martyr'd with the Stone, Will any mortal let himself alone? See Ward by batter'd Beaus invited over, The case is easier in the Mind's disease; 50 55 There all Men may be cur'd, whene'er they please. 1 Quaere fugam morbi. * vis recte vivere? quis non ? Si virtus hoc una potest dare, fortis omissis.. Hoc age deliciis. virtutem verba putes, et Lucum ligna? cave ne portus occupet alter: Ne Cibyratica, ne Bithyna negotia perdas : ■ Mille talenta rotundentur, totidem altera, porro et Tertia fuccedant, et quae pars quadret acervum. Scilicet uxorem cum dote, fidemque, et amicos, Et genus, et formam, regina Pecunia donat; Ne fueris hic tu. & chlamydes Lucullus, ut aiunt, |