i

Nunc mihi, nunc alii. quocirca vivite fortes,

Fortiaque adverfis opponite pectora rebus.

NOTES.

preffion well describes the furprize an heir must be in, to find himself excluded by that Inftrument which was made to secure his fucceffion. For Butler humourously defines a Jointure to be the act whereby Parents

turn

Their Childrens Tenants, e're they're born.

And Hemsley, once proud Buckingham's delight, Slides to a Scriv❜ner or a city Knight.

"Let lands and houses have what Lords they will,

Let Us be fix'd, and our own masters still. 180

NOTES.

VER. 187. proud Buckingham's etc.] ingham.

Villers Duke of Buck

P.

VER. 189. Let lands and houses etc.] The turn of his imitation, in the concluding part, obliged him to diverfify the sentiment. They are equally noble: but Horace's is expreffed with the greater force.

THE

FIRST EPISTLE

OF THE

FIRST BOOK

O F

HORA CE.

H 2

EPISTOLA I.

RIMA dicte mihi, fumma dicende camena,

PRIMA

b Spectatum fatis, et donatum jam rude, quaeris,

Maecenas, iterum antiquo me includere ludo.

C

Non eadem eft aetas, non mens. Veianius, armis

Herculis ad poftem fixis, latet abditus agro;

Ne populum extrema toties exoret arena.

* Eft mihi purgatam crebro qui perfonet aurem;

Solve & fenefcentem mature fanus equum, ne

Peccet ad extremum ridendus, et ilia ducat.

NOTES.

VER. 3. Sabbath of my days?] i. e. The 49th year, the age of the Author.

VER. 8. Hang their old Trophies o'er the Garden gates,] An