(b) To VIRTUE only, and her friends a Friend, And HE, whofe lightning pierc'd th' Iberian lines, (k) Envy must own, I live among the great, No pimp of pleasure, and no spy of state, Scilicet (b) UNI EQUUS VIRTUTI ATQUE EJUS À MICIS. (i) Quin ubi fe a vulgo et fcena in fecreta remorant Quidquid fum ego, quamvis NOTES. Ver. 129: And E, whofe lightning, etc.] Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough, who in the year 1705 took Barcelona, and in the winter following, with only 280 horse, and 900 foot, enterprised and accomplished the conquest of Valentia. With eyes that pry not, tongue that ne'er repeats, Fond to fpread friendships, but to cover heats; 136 To help who want, to forward who excel; 140 This, all who know me, know; who love me, tell; Diffentis. (7) nifi quid tu, docte Trebati, T. (m) Equidem nihil hinc diffingere poffum Sed tamen ut monitus caveas, ne forte negoti Incutiat tibi quid fanctarum infcita legum : (n)" Si mala condiderit in quem quis carmina, "jus eft Judiciumque," 66 NOTES. Ver. 146. A man was hang'd, etc.] $i mala condiderit---The Baron de Montefquieu explains this manner very truly. "L'Ariftocratie eft le gouvernement qui profcrit le plus le ouvrages fatiriques. Les magiftrats yfont de petits fouverains, "qui ne font pas affez grands pour meprifer lefinjures. Si dans "la monarchie quelque trait va contre le Monarque, il eft f "haut que le trait n'arrive point jufqu a lui; un Seigneur Ariftocratique en eft perce de part en part. Aufli les de"cemvirs, qui formoient une Ariftocratie, punirent-ils de mort les ecrits fatiriques." De L'efprit des Loix, 4, xii. c. 13. G 2 See See libels, fatires---here you have it---read. F. Indeed? The cafe is alter'd---you may then proceed; (p) In fuch a caufe the plaintiff will be hifs'd, 155 My lords the judges laugh, and you're difinifs'd. H. Efto, fiquis (o) mala. fed bona fi quis Judice condiderit laudatus CESARE? fi quis Opprobriis dignum laceraverit, integer ipfe? T.) Solventer rifu tabulæ : tu miffus abibis. 規規 THE To live on little with a cheerful heart; (b) (A doctrine fage, but truly none of mine), Let's talk, my friends, but talk (c) before we dine. (e) Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from found philofophy afide; SATIRA II, 5. U virtus et quanta, boni, fit vivere parvo, Qe music fermo, fed que præcepit Ofellus, Rufticus, (d) abnormis fapiens, craffaque Minerva), Difcite, (e) non inter lances menfafque nitentes; *The fame to whom feveral of Mr Pope's letters are addreffed, woj. wie G 3 Not Not when from plate to plate your eye-balls roll, And the brain dances to the mantling bowl. Hear BETHEL's fermon, one not vers'd in fchools, (d) But ftrong in fenfe, and wife without the rules. (b) Go work, hunt, exercife! (he thus began) Then fcorn a homely dinner, if you can. (i) (Your wine lock'd up, your butler ftroll'd abroad, Or fish deny'd the river yet unthaw'd ;) If then plain bread and milk will do the feat, 15 The pleafure lies in you, and not the meat. (k) Preach as I please, I doubt our curious men Will chufe a pheasant still before a hen; Cun itupet infanis acies fulgoribus, et cum (e) Verum hic impranfi mecum difquirite. Cur hoc? Yet |