Her Husband; firft more loudly bauling, A perfon not of the best fame, And Miftrefs Cooler was her name. "Now, Goffip, why fhould the come thither? 2220 2225 Many a thump was given the breast, 2230 "And fhe, oh, fhe fhould never rest! "She strait would heigh her to the wood, "And he'd repent it-that he fhould." With eager hafte away fhe moves, Never regarding scarf or gloves: Into the grotto foon the creeps, eyes 2235 And to her there did appear Two prints of bodies-that was clear: "And now. (fhe cries) I plainly fee 2240 "How time and place, and all agree: "But here's a covert, where I'll lie, "And I fhall have them by and by." 'Twas noon; and Cephalus, as last time, Heated and ruffled with his paftime, 2245 Came to the very felf-fame place And T And then he fung, and then he hum'd, Saw what device was took to fool her, He thought fome beast had made the bustle. 66 here :" "You kept a fmall Girl in this wood." Quoth Ceph, ""Tis pity thou fhould'st die For 'tis a paffion that does move "Too often from excefs of love." But, when they fought for wound full fore, The petticoat was only tore, 2250 2255 2265 And she had got a lufty thump, Which in fome measure bruis'd her rump. 2270 Neither had reafon to repent. Their following years pafs'd in content; } And Criffy made him the best wife For the remainder of his life. 2275 The Mufe has done, nor will more laws obtrude, Left fhe, by being tedious,. fhould be rude. Unbrace Unbrace Love's fwans, let them unharness'd stray, Give liberty to every Paphian Dove, 2280 And let them freely with the Cupids rove. But, when the Amazonian trophies rife With monuments of their paft victories; With what difcretion and what art they fought; An An incomparable ODE of MALHERBE's, written by him when the Marriage was on foot between the King of FRANCE † and ANNE of AUSTRIA. Tranflated by a great Admirer of the Eafinefs of French Poetry. Cette Anne fi belle, This Anna fo fair, So talk'd of by fame, Indeed, fhe's to blame! Of her charms, as they fay; What excufe can fhe make For not coming away? If he does not poffefs, He dies with despair; Let's give him redress, And go find out the Fair. *The Tranflator proposed to turn this Ode with all imaginable exactnefs; and he hopes he has been pretty juft to Malherbe: only in the fixth line he has made a fmall addition of thefe three words, " as they fay;" which he thinks is excufable, if we confider the French Poet there talks a little too familiarly of the king's paffion, as if the king himself had owned it to him. The Tranflator thinks it unore mannerly and refpectful in Malherbe to pretend to have the account of it only by hearfay. KING. + Lewis the Fourteenth. THE THE FURMETARY; A VERY INNOCENT AND HARMLESS POEM*, IN THREE CANTO'S. First printed in 1699. PREFACE. HE Author of the following Poem may be thought THE to write for fame, and the applause of the town: but he wholly difowns it; for he writes only for the public good, the benefit of his country, and the manu、 facture of England. It is well known, that grave Senators have often, at the Palace-yard, refreshed themfelves with Barley-broth in a morning, which has had a very folid influence on their counfels; it is therefore hoped that other perfons may use it with the like. fuccefs. No man can be ignorant, how of late years Coffee and Tea in a morning has prevailed; nay, Cold Written to please a Gentleman, who thought nothing fmooth or lofty could be written upon a mean fubject; but had no intent of making any reflection upon "The Difpenfary," which has defervedly gained a lafting reputation. KING. 1 |