Ode, in imitation of Horace. Ode I. Ad Maecenatem. Addressed to his Grace, John Duke of Monagu... To which is subjoined the original ode of Horace / illustrated by a new interpretation, by Sir William Browne.

William Browne

Date:: 1763

Credit: Ode, in imitation of Horace. Ode I. Ad Maecenatem. Addressed to his Grace, John Duke of Monagu... To which is subjoined the original ode of Horace / illustrated by a new interpretation, by Sir William Browne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$14] , Some march in Mars's fanguine train, While mothers curfe th’ imbattled plane, And trumpet’s deadly tone: Some join the Hunter s early crew, And thro’ the cold their game perfuey While wives fuch fports bemoan. Multos cajlra juvant, et lituo tubae Permixtus fonitusy bellaque matribus 25 Det eft at a. manet fub love frigido Venator, tenerae conjugis inmemor \ Seu vifa efl catulis cerva fidelibusy Seu rupit teretes Marfus aper plagas, fola quaeftione, unufquifque, fi velit, fummum agere polii t cum Horatio triumphum: Cur valle -permutem Sabina Divitias operofiores? OD. III. 1. Quam fuaviter autem, quam eleganter, in tali inter otium et operam pugna, infig- niuntur Divitiae epitheto operofiores! Quanta fctenim opera partae, quanta confer- vatae, quanta oftenfae, quanta etiam, denique, vel impenfae ! Lis equidem tota* decreto veritatis pariter ac venuftatis pleno, a fapientiffimo Judice, fic refolvitur.. Beatus ille, qui procul negotiis, Vt prifica gens mortalium, Paterna rura bolus exercet fiuis. Solutus omni foenore: Nec excitatur clafifico miles truci. Nec horret iratum mare : Ferumque vitat, et fiuperba civium Potentiorum limina. &c. EPOD. 2. Haec equidem Rutgerfii fagaciffima diftindtio, nodum Ipfo Deo vindice dignum folvere fcilicet addentis, Bentleio, Criticorum facile Principi, vel potius Regi in- preprium gregem timendo, non uno nomine difplicuit: quod, voces palma et evehit artiffime connedluntur, quas maxime violentum et coadtum effet divellere ; cre¬ deres vel a D. O. M. conjungas, a mortalium nemine diffociandas: quod, palma fiobilis jejuna porro eft, et arida, omnique Venere fpoliata, ni.fi reliqua . fubj unxeris-: quod, verbum evehit imperfonaliter exhiberi haud patienter ferri poteft-, quafiGram- maticum efiet fcelus, in foro Critico, nequaquam ignofeendum : quod, opes for- didae, malorum irritamenta, magis ad impia tartara mittunt, quam evehunt ad Deos. Verum enim vero, pace tanti Viri, edidtis iftis, utut regiis, feliciter fatis obviam ire licebit : quod, palma nobilis, ludorum Olympicorum praemium, adeo omnibus numeris abfoiuta eft, ut reliqui nihil fubjungi aut defideret, aut ferat: quod, accuratiffirfia climace, optimoque jure fententiam claudit, adeoque a verbo evehit divortium facillime admittit : quod,- evehit imperfonaliter exprimi nil vetat, dum fic docent Grammatici $ Nullum fere verbum eft tam perforate, *ut non idem imper- fionalis formam poftit induere nec e diver fio; quod, re certe vera, opes, magis etiam quam$