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A36624	Examen poeticum being the third part of miscellany poems containing variety of new translations of the ancient poets, together with many original copies by the most eminent hands.	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Fracastoro, Girolamo, 1478-1553. Syphilis.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.	1693 (1693)	Wing D2277; ESTC R122	135,928	614

have procur'd some Stock to proceed upon I will give Publick Notice of it And I hope the Gentlemen who approve of this Design will promote it by sending such Copies as they judge will be acceptable Your very humble Servant JACOB TONSON THE CONTENTS THE First Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden Page x The Golden-Age 8 The Silver Age. 10 The Brazen Age 11 The Iron Age. Ibid. The Gyant 's War 13 The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel 39 The Transformation of Io into a Heifar 49 The Eyes of Argos Transform'd into a Peacocks Train 58 The Transformation of Syrinx into Reeds 60 The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe from the Ninth Book of the Metamorphoses Englished by Mr. Dryden 70 The Fable of Acis Polyphemus and Galatea from the Thirteenth Book of the Metamorphoses Englished by Mr. Dryden 84 On Mr. Hobbs By the Earl of Mulgrave 99 On the Death of the Learned Mr. John Selden 104 Against Immoderate Grief To a young Lady weeping An Ode in imitation of Casimire By Mr. Yalden 111 To the Returning Sun By J. H. 114 Against the Fear of Death By a Person of Honour 117 The Dream Occasioned by the Death of the most Noble and Vertuous Lady Elizabeth Seymour Mother to his Grace the Duke of Somerset By Mr. J. Talbot 121 A Hymn to the Morning In Praise of Light An Ode By Mr. Yalden 127 A Hymn to Darkness By Mr. Yalden 132 AEneas his meeting with Dido in the Elvsian Fields being a Translation of the Sixth Book of Virgil's AEnids By Mr. Wolsley 138 Out of the Italian of Fulvio Testi to Count Montecuccoli Against Pride upon sudden Advancement 143 Catullus Epig. 19. By the same Hand as the former 148 Out of the Greek of Menage By the same Hand as the former 150 Invitation into the Country In imitation of the 34th Epig. of Catullus By the same Hand as the former 151 On Mrs. Arabello Hunt Singing A Pindarique Ode By Mr. Congreve 153 To a Person of Honour Upon his Incomparable Incomprehensible Poem By Mr. Waller 159 On the same by Dr. S 162 Another on the same By Mr. Mat. Clifford 164 On the same By the Ld. V. 165 On two Verses out of the same By the Duke of Buckingham 166 To the Prince and Princess of Orange upon their Marriage By Nat. Lee. 168 Against Sloath. When the King was at Oxford 175 What art thou Love By Mr. J. Allestry 178 Verses spoken before the Duke and Dutchess of York and Lady Anne in Oxford Theatre By the Ld. S. and Mr. C. 181 Humane Life suppos'd to be spoken by an Epicure in imitation of the second Chapter of the Wisdom of Solomon A Pindarique Ode Inscribed to the Lord Hunsdon By Mr. Yalden 188 To Mr. Waller Upon the Copy of Verses made by himself on the last Copy in his Book 197 Elogy Occasion'd by the Reading and Transcribing Mr. Edmund Waller's Poem of Divine Love since his Death By Mr. J. Talbot 199 Moschus Idyl 1st Done into English by Mr. J. R. 201 Against Enjoyment By Mr. Yalden 204 Priam's Lamentation and Petition to Achilles for the Body of his Son Hector Translated from the Greek of Homer By Mr. Congreve 207 The Lamentations of Hecuba Andromache and Helen over the dead Body of Hector Translated from the Greek of Homer By Mr. Congreve 215 Paraphrase upon Horace Ode 19. Lib. 1. By Mr. Congreve 227 Horace Lib. 2. Ode 14. Imitated by Mr. Congreve 229 An Ode in Imitation of Horace Ode 9. Lib. 1. By Mr. Congreve 234 To the Dut hess on her Return from Scotland in the Year 1682. By Mr. Dryden 239 A Song for St. Cecelia's Day 1687. Written by John Dryden Esquire and Compos'd by Mr. John Baptist Draghi 242 To Mr. Dryden By Mr. Jo. Addison 247 To Mr. Dryden on his Translation of Persius By Mr. B. Higgons 250 To Sir Godfrey Kneller drawing my Lady Hides Picture By Mr. B. Higgons 253 Song on a Lady indispos'd By Mr. Higgons 254 Song to a Fair young Lady going out of the Town in the Spring By Mr. Dryden 255 A Song by my Ld. R. 258 A Song by my Ld. R. 259 A Paean or Song of Triumph on the Translation and Apothesis of King Charles the Second By my Ld. R. 260 Out of Horace By my Ld. R. 262 To a Lady who Raffling for the King of France's Picture flung the highest Chances on the Dice By Mr. B. Higgons 264 On my Lady Sandwich's being stay'd in Town by the immoderate Rain By Mr. B. Higgons 266 Ovid's Love-Elegies Bock 1. Eleg. 7. To his Mistress whom he had beaten By Henry Cromwell Esq 268 Ovid's Love-Elegies Book 1. Eleg. 8. Of Love and War By Henry Cromwell Esquire 273 Ovid's Love-Elegies Book 1. Eleg. 10. To his Mercenary Mistress By Henry Cromwell Esquire 277 Ovid's Love-Elegies Book 1. Eleg. 15. Of the Immortality of the Muses Inscrib'd to Mr. Dryden By Henry Cromwell Esquire 282 Ovid's Love-Elegies Book 3. Eleg. 2. To his Mistress at the Horse-Race By Henry Cromwell Esquire 286 Ovid's Love-Elegies Book 3. Eleg. 3. Of his Perjur'd Mistress By Henry Cromwell Esq 291 To the Lady Castlemain upon her incouraging his first Play By Mr. Dryden 295 Prologue to the University of Oxford 1681. By Mr. Dryden 299 Prologue by Mr. Dryden 302 Considerations on the Eighty Eighth Psalm By Mr. Prior. 305 Veni Creator Spiritus Translated in Paraphrase By Mr. Dryden 307 The Curse of Babylon Paraphras'd from the Thirteenth Chapter of Isaia A Pindarique Ode By Tho. Yalden 310 Out of Horace Lib. 2. Ode 3. 321 The Grove 325 Love but One. 326 To the Author of Sardanapalus upon that and his other Writings 328 Of my Lady Hide Occasion'd by the sight of her Picture By Mr. George Granville 329 An Imitation of the second Chorus in the second Act of Seneca's Thyestes By Mr. George Granville 331 Amor omnibus idem Or the Force of Love in all Creatures being a Translation of some Verses in Virgil's third Georgick from verse 209. to verse 285. 335 To Mr. Congreve An Epistolary Ode Occasion'd by his Play From Mr. Yalden 343 On his Mistress drown'd By Mr. S 349 To the Pious Memory of the Accomplisht young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew Excellent in the two Sister-Arts of Poesie and Painting An Ode By Mr. Dryden 351 To the Earl of Carlisle upon the Death of his Son before Luxemburgh 364 The Insect Against Bulk By Mr. Yalden 370 Written in a Lady's Advice to a Daughter 373 Written in a Lady's Waller 375 Written in the Leaves of a Fan 377 An Incomparable Ode of Malherb's Written by him when the Marriage was a foot between the King of France and Anne of Austria Translated by a Person of Quality a great Admirer of the easiness of the French Poetry 378 On the Dutchess of Portimouth's Picture 380 A Song By the Earl of Rochester 381 Song for the King's Birth Day 383 A Song 387 A Song 389 Song 391

Song 393 To the King In the Year 1686. By Mr. George Granville 394 Harry Martvn's Epitaph by himself 396 To his Friend Captain Chamberlain in Love with a Lady he had taken in an Algerine Prize at Sea In allusion to the 4th Ode of Horace Lib. 2. By Mr. Yalden 397 A Song By a Lady 401 Written by a Lady 403 Paraphras'd out of Horace the 23d Ode of the 2d Book By Dr. Pope 405 Love's Antidote 407 Anachreon Imitated 409 Anachreon Imitated 411 Anachreon Imitated 412 From Virgil's First Georgick Translated into English Verse by H. Sacheverill Dedicated to Mr. Dryden 413 A French Poem With a Paraphrase on it in English 418 419 A Song by Sir John Eaton 422 Another Song in imitation of Sir John Eaton's Songs By the late Earl of Rochester 424 A Song By Sidny Godolphin Esquire on Tom Killigrew and Will Murrey 425 Rondelay By Mr. Drvden 429 In a Letter to the Honourable Mr. Charles Montague By Mr. Prior. 431 An Ode By Mr. Prior. 433 To a Lady of Quality's Playing on the Lute By Mr. Prior. 437 An Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore By Mr. Dryden 441 An Epitaph on Sir Palmes Fairborne's Tomb in Westminster-Abby By Mr. Dryden 442 To the Reverend Dr. Sherlock Dean of St. Paul's on his Practical Discourse concerning Death By Mr. Prior. 444 On Exodus 3. 14. I am that I am A Pindarique Ode By Mr. Prior. 449 The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache From the Sixth Book of Homer's Iliads Translated from the Original by Mr. Dryden 456 Syphilis ult THE FIRST BOOK OF Ovid's Metamorphoses Translated into ENGLISH VERSE BY Mr. DRYDEN THE FIRST BOOK OF Ovid's Metamorphoses OF Bodies chang'd to various Forms I sing Ye Gods from whom these Miracles did spring Inspire my Numbers with Coelestial heat Till I my long laborious Work compleat And add perpetual Tenour to my Rhimes Deduc'd from Nature's Birth to Caesar's Times Before the Seas and this Terrestrial Ball And Heav'ns high Canopy that covers all One was the Face of Nature if a Face Rather a rude and indigested Mass A lifeless Lump unfashion'd and unfram'd Of jarring Seeds and justly Chaos nam'd No Sun was lighted up the World to view No Moon did yet her blunted Horas renew Nor yet was Earth suspended in the Skye Nor pois'd did on her own Foundations lye Nor Seas about the Shoars their Arms had thrown But Earth and Air and Water were in one Thus Air was void of light and Earth unstable And Waters dark Abyss unnavigable No certain Form on any was imprest All were confus'd and each disturb'd the rest For hot and cold were in one Body fixt And soft with hard and light with heavy mixt But God or Nature while they thus contend To these intestine Discords put an end Then Earth from Air and Seas from Earth were driv'n And grosser Air sunk from AEtherial Heav'n Thus disembroil'd they take their proper place The next of kin contiguously embrace And Foes are sunder'd by a larger space The force of Fire ascended first on high And took its dwelling in the vaulted Skie Then Air succeeds in lightness next to Fire Whose Atoms from unactive Earth retire Earth sinks beneath and draws a numerous throng Of pondrous thick unweildy Seeds along About her Coasts unruly Waters roar And rising on a ridge insult the Shoar Thus when the God what ever God was he Had form'd the whole and made the parts agree That no unequal portions might be found He moulded Earth into a spacious round Then with a breath he gave the Winds to blow And bad the congregated Waters flow He adds the running Springs and standing Lakes And bounding Banks for winding Rivers makes Some part in Earth are swallow'd up the most In ample Oceans disimbogu'd are lost He shades the Woods the Vallies he restrains With Rocky Mountains and extends the Plains And as five Zones th'AEtherial Regions bind Five Correspondent are to Earth assign'd The Sun with Rays directly darting down Fires all beneath and fries the middle Zone The two beneath the distant Poles complain Of endless Winter and perpetual Rain Betwixt th'extreams two happier Climates hold The Temper that partakes of Hot and Cold. The Feilds of liquid Air inclosing all Surround the Compass of this Earthly Ball The lighter parts lye next the Fires above The grosser near the watry Surface move Thick Clouds are spread and Storms engender there And Thunders Voice which wretched Mortals fear And Winds that on their Wings cold Winter bear Nor were those blustring Brethren left at large On Seas and Shoars their fury to discharge Bound as they are and circumscrib'd in place They rend the World resistless where they pass And mighty marks of mischief leave behind Such is the Rage of their tempestuous kind First Eurus to the rising Morn is sent The Regions of the balmy Continent And Eastern Realms where early Persians run To greet the blest appearance of the Sun Westward the wanton Zephyr wings his flight Pleas'd with the remnants of departing light Fierce Boreas with his Off-spring Islues forth T' invade the frozen Waggon of the North. While srowning Auster seeks the Southern Sphere And rots with endless Rain th'unwholsom year High o're the Clouds and empty Realms of wind The God a clearer space for Heav'n design'd Where Fields of Light and liquid AEther flow Purg'd from the pondrous dregs of Earth below Scarce had the Pow'r distinguish'd these when streight The Stars no longer overlaid with weight Exert their Heads from underneath the Mass And upward shoot and kindle as they pass place And with diffasive Light adorn their Heav'nly Then every void of Nature to supply With Forms of Gods he fills the vacant Skie New Herds of Beasts he sends the plains to share New Colonies of Birds to people Air And to their Oozy Beds the finny Fish repair A Creature of a more Exalted Kind Was wanting yet and then was Man design'd Conscious of Thought of more capacious Breast For Empire form'd and fit to rule the rest Whether with particles of Heav'nly Fire The God of Nature did his Soul Inspire Or Earth but new divided from the Skie And pliant still retain'd the AEtherial Energy Which Wise Prometheus temper'd into paste And mixt with living Streams the Godlike Image cast Thus while the mute Creation downward bend Their Sight and to their Earthy Mother tend Man looks aloft and with erected Eyes Beholds his own Hereditary Skies From such rude Principles our Form began And Earth was Metamorphos'd into Man The Golden Age. The Golden Age was first when Man yet New No Rule but uncorrupted Reason knew And with a Native bent did Good pursue Un-forc'd by Punishment un-aw'd by fear His words were simple and his Soul sincere Needless was written Law where none opprest The Law of Man was written in his Breast No suppliant Crowds before the Judge appear'd No Court Erected yet nor Cause was hear'd But all was safe for Conscience was their Guard The