Judice condiderit laudatus CAESARE? fi quis Opprobriis dignum laceraverit, integer ipse ? T. Solventur risu tabulae: tu missus abibis. NOTES. VER. 153. F. Indeed ?1 Hor. Some Critics tells us, it is want of Tafte to put this line in the mouth of Trebatius. But our Poet confutes this cenfure, by fhewing how well the fenfe of it agrees to his Friend's Character. The Lawyer is cautious and fearful; but as foon as Sir ROBERT, the Patron both of Law and Gofpel, is Such as Sir ROBERT would approve-- F. Indeed? The Cafe is alter'd---you may then proceed; • In fuch a cause the Plaintiff will be hifs'd, 155 My Lords the Judges laugh, and you're dismiss'd. NOTES. named as approving them, he changes his note, and, in the language of old Plouden, owns, the Cafe is alter'd. Now was it not as natural, when Horace had given a hint, that Auguftus himself supported him, for Trebatius, a Court Advocate, who had been long a Client to him and his uncle, to confefs the Cafe was alter'd? SATIR A II. Q UAE virtus et quanta, boni, fit vivere parvo, (Nec meus hic fermò; fed quae praecepit d Ofellus, Rüfticus, abnormis Sapiens, craffdque Minerva) Discite, * non inter lances menfaque nitentes ; Cum ftupet infanis acies fulgoribus, et cum Acclinis falfis animus meliora recufat : Verum hic impranfi mecum difquirite. Cur hoc? Dicam, fi potero. male verum examinat omnís NOTES. VER. 5, 6.a gilt Buffet's reflected pride Turns you from found Philofophy afile;] More forcibly and happily expreffed than the original, acclinis falfis ; though that be very elegant. |
