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A53644	Two essays the former, Ovid De arte amandi, or, The art of love, the first book, the later Hero and Leander of Musaeus from the Greek / by a well-wisher to the mathematicks.; Ars amatoria. Liber 1. English	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Musaeus, Grammaticus. Hero and Leander. English.; Hoy, Thomas, 1659-1718?	1682 (1682)	Wing O697; ESTC R6310	22,912	81

sit behind With their rude Knees her tender Back offend These little Things with that soft Sex prevail Nay the least Offices most seldom fail To some of mighty consequence t' has been T o've plac'd the Cushion well for her to lean Others have gain'd the Point have been the Men For dext'rous menaging the Lady's Fan. Thus far the Circus to th' Amour makes way Or the fam'd Area where the Fencers play Oft Venus's Son has in that Area fought And he who came to see a wound has caught While he talks loud fools with her Hand and smiles And proffers Wagers which the other foils Himself has smarted by a sudden Blow Has born his part in the unhappy Show When Caesar lately his Mock-Sea-fight made And meeting Ships their Waving Flags display'd From all parts Youth and flocking Beauty prest Rome seem'd of all her Vassal World possest But oh who ' scap'd in that unlucky Day What Crowds of Slaves did Beauty lead away New Eagles now their threat'ning Wings display Rais'd to compleat the Universal Sway. The farthest East shall yield to Roman Steel And Parthians our severest Vengeance feel Rejoyce ye Crassi now blest Shades rejoyce Who bravely fell a Noble Sacrifice A Princely Youth comes to revenge your Blood Great 'bove his years and 'bove his Greatness good His tender years with early Honours bloom And grasp at hasting Conquests e'r they come A Godlike Genius and Heroic Mind Attended with this constant proof we find They pass those Stops we make with brave Disdain And seem to wait the slow-pac'd years with pain The Infant Hercules with Serpents strove His very Cradle prov'd his Claim to Jove May thy Great Fathers Fortunes lead thee on And may they ne'r Blest Youth thy Side disown The Conscious Poisons which their Arrows head Shew what ill helps a guilty Cause will need While Justice draws the Nobler Sword you wear And o'r your Standards Right and Truth appear In the nice Ballance of strict Justice weigh'd Their Cause is vanquish'd and thy Pow'r obey'd Methinks I spy Prophetic Poets see Half-form'd Events which in their Causes be I spy the Wreaths on thy Victorious Brow And haste to pay a Loyal Poet's Vow Farewell fond Love and this soft Darling Verse Great Numbers shall thy greater Deeds reherse I 'll draw thee speaking at the Armies Head Confirming Valour and expelling Dread But oh my Thoughts I fear will ill express The Charms the Life the Soul of thy Address I 'll draw thy Romans dreadful to the Sight And Parthians shooting in their scatter'd Flight Base Parthians of your wisht success despair That Form of War does no good Omen bear The day shall come when with thy Vanquisht Prize O Wonder and Delight of all our Eyes Thou shalt return with Honour from the War And Milk-white Steeds draw thy Triumphant Carr Before their great Commanders shall appear Secur'd with Chains from their own Native Fear The Youth shall flock and Ladies bless that day While Lambent Joy shall on all Faces play If thy fair Neighbour prove so curious there T' enquire what Names the Captive Princes bear What Towns those Mystic Pageants represent What Hills or Rivers are by th' other meant Answer to all what she ne'r question'd tell Tho stranger to the things yet know 'em well This is Euphrates with green Sedges crown'd That blew-lockt Tygris for swift Course renown'd Armenians these this Countrey Persis call And this some City in an Eastern Vale. This and this Princes make and Titles name And plausible at least tho false ones frame Much Love too has began at Public Feasts Where more than Wine oft warms th' unguarded Guests When Fumes of Wine have dampt his flagging Plumes The Boy sinks in and settles where he comes He wildly shakes his dropping Wings o'r all But wo the Breasts on which those Drops do fall Wine Courage gives Wine for her Love prepares Wine drowns the Thoughts of all uneasie Cares Mirth revels then poor Men talk loud and great And Grief is banish'd the Free happy State Then Truth in Words and only then is found And Plainness in our Actions does abound The mighty god does all Disguises drown Then Beauty-struck have many Lovers bled While Wine has Love one Flame another fed But Thou with Caution trust the treach'rous Light Suspect those partial Judges Wine and Night Paris by day did the Great Rivals view When he declar'd the Ball to Venus due Night hides all Faults does all Defects conceal And ev'ry Hag has power then to kill Why should I tire thy worn out patience more With Haunts un-nam'd and numberless in store Or to the Bajae or the Bath direct Or the Fam'd Wells which barren Wives affect There some who with them no ill symptoms brought Have by their Curious Folly Feavors caught And ev'ry Morn in vain the Waters blame That quench not but increase a Lover's Flame Thus far my Verse has taught thy Game to find And where to spread thy Toils to take the Hind The next Task is what little Arts to use The doubting tim'rous Creature to seduce I charge ye Lovers all I charge y' attend And all your Wishes your best Wishes lend First In th' Address a good Assurance shew Believe all Mortal and you 'll find 'em so Sooner shall Birds leave chirping in the Spring In Autumn Grashoppers forbear to sing The gen'rous Dog neglect his wonted Prey And tim'rous Hares before him safely play Than Woman once assail'd shall keep the Field Or gently sooth'd by Youth forget to yield She whom you least suspect you know so well You 'd swear for her if press'd you 'll find she will As us those pleasant Stealths do them delight But they best hide the greedier Appetite 'T were well would Men a while forbear to ask How soon would they embrace the needful Task So neighing Mares before their Horses sport And starely Bulls the wanton Females court Our mod'rate Passion claims a gentle Name A lasting Fire yet no Devouring Flame While Byblis do's of Impious Fires complain But a Love Knot ends with her Life the Pain Myrrha too far her Father's Love enjoy'd And now her Blushes her own Barque does hide Hot Scylla stole her Father's Purple Hair And her lewd Lust does Dogs and Monsters wear An hundred Instances I might produce But let One here suffice for present use A Noble Bull once fed near Shady Ide The Envy of the Herds and of those Plains the Pride One Spot alone adorn'd his awful Brow The rest was a continu'd Robe of Snow Cydonian him and Cnossian Heifers please A full Seragl ' of Beauteous Mistresses The Cretan Queen too by his Form subdu'd With Jealous Eyes the Rival Heifers view'd I tell known Truths such as Crete scarce denies Crete fam'd for Cities much but more for Lies She strips fresh Leaves new-mow'd Pastures rakes And her own Hand the welcome present makes She loves t' attend to dwell among the Herds Nor ought her State or Mino's

Venus in that point agree To help the Bold and to advance the Free 'T were vain Set Forms of Eloquence to shew Only begin and all you say are so Here you must act at least the Lovers part Expressing lively to her Sense your Heart Till at each Word she seems to feel the smart Fear not of all an easie Faith to gain For the whole Sex thinks they deserve your pain The most Deform'd Neglected Thing of all Will find ye something she shall Beauty call But oft true Passion does succeed the Cheat And real Love displace the Counterfeit Ye Ladies then to all your Smiles dispence 'T will soon be Love which was at first pretence But Thou thy best Insinuations use All thy prov'd Stock of Flatteries produce Talk of Rich Hair of Precious Darting Eyes Of Snowy Breasts and Heav'nly Fooleries With Joy the Chaste their Beauties praises hear The Virgins strive with pain t' improve their Share Juno her self for Conquest did contend And Virgin Pallas to the Prize pretend The Peacock prais'd displays his painted Plumes But hides his Pride if no Admirer comes Yet spare no Vows false Vows have often done Fear not t' invoke a God to ev'ry one Jove smiling hears the Perjuries of Love And bids the Winds those Senseless Ties remove Himself by Styx to Juno heretofore A thousand little Falsities has swore And favours still the Lover Perjurer 'T is good there should be Gods and thence they are And ' cause they are 't is good that we should fear They sleep not unconcern'd in slothful Ease Keep Innocence the Watchful Numen sees Be true to Friendship and to Heaven sincere Your Hands from Blood or Bribery keep clear But Woman only let your Vows deceive Those Frauds alone just Heaven will forgive You act but as the Instrument of Heaven To punish Those so much to Cheating given 'T is just That Perjur'd Sex with those should meet Whose Falshood may their Perjuries requite Thus the Inventor of the Brazen Bull First bellow'd thence his own Prodigious Soul Just Phalaris who made the Monster 's Heart Season the Horrid Off-spring of his Art And let her see some Tears upon your Eye The strongest Heart could ne'r their Pow'r defie But if like them your Tears you can't command Like them Dissembling feign 'em with your Hand What Novice can that weighty Point omit With Kisses to recruit his falt'ring Wit She 'll strive at first and call you naughty Man But only strives that you may seem to gain Tho struggling often may divide the Bliss Yet snatch the Pieces of the broken Kiss Only be careful lest the present pain Make Her of Rudeness in your Kiss complain Who e'r retreats when he thus far has gone Deserves to lose the Victories h 'as won How almost was He Master of the Town Such Clownish Rudeness no Pretence can frame Such more then-Bashfulness that wants a Name You call it Force but They that Force require And seem unwilling when they most desire She that by Force commits the sweet Offence Pleas'd with the Sin enjoys the good Pretence And She who might be forc'd yet scapes away Is vext within tho She dissemble Joy For instance hear a Love Intrigue of old An Instance not unworthy to be told Venus had paid Prince Paris for his Vote And Helen to the Trojan Court was brought The Grecian Chiefs to Menelaus swore By force to fetch her from the Asian Shore Achilles only the Appointment fail'd While Woman's Cloaths his Blooming Valour vail'd Base Act but that a Mothers Tears prevail'd Fond Prince thy Hands and Distaff ill agree The Weighty Spear much better suits with Thee In the same Room a Royal Virgin lies The Siege much safer and a Nobler Prize She quickly finds the Hero in Disguise Finds him more fit for Storms and Bloody Wars Regardless of a Virgins Crys or Tears 'T is fit we think by Force he won the Field Yet she submitted to that Force to yield How often after when he left her Bed Call'd out betimes where Fame and Danger led How often smiling was he heard to say And will you tempt your Ravisher to stay Can He deserve soft Looks or winning Charms Who by rude Force at first possess'd your Arms. That Fop is strangely fond of his fair Face Who e'r expects that She should ask the Grace No let the Man his best perswasions use She offers fairly if she don't refuse Thus Jove of old the Ladies humbly woo'd But none first courted ev'n that mighty god But if Submission swell her haughty mind With-drawing by degrees may make her kind Some hating what they may at Will obtain Love only what is difficult to gain Yet do not always your lewd Hopes profess Love may gain Entrance under Friendship 's Dress I 've known that Cheat with the severest pass The Friend soon dies and Lover takes his place To look pale too may of Importance be Tho in this Point the Doctors disagree Yet thro the Woods Orion love-sick ran And Daphnis for his Nymph look'd pale and wan And leanness too does Passion well express Joyn'd with neglect unusual in your Dress Late Watchings bring the strongest Body down And Cares and Griefs too well by Lovers known These means may gain your end and pity move When all the World shall say Poor Man you love But here I would a while my Precepts end And some few minutes to complaining lend Friendship and Honour All an empty Name Neglected as the Heads whence first they came Trust not your Passion with the Man you love He 'll be the first your Int'rest to remove Yet Brave Patroclus was to Friendship just And some few more perhaps have kept their Trust But whoe'r hopes the like to find May hope as well to sail against the Wind. Baseness alone we act with Appetite And no man looks beyond his own Delight W' are so ill-natur'd in the base Offence Another's Pain commends it to our Sense In Love an Open Enemy neglect Fear only those whom you could least suspect A Kinsman Brother or a Confident May make your Easie Faith too late repent And now to close up all I shall produce One Constant Rule of Universal Use A Thousand diff'rent Humours you shall meet A Thousand Arts those diff'rent Humours hit One spot of Ground shall luscious Grapes supply The next to Olives only shall agree The Skilful Lover must with Care allot The Vine or Olive to their proper spot Like Proteus must a Thousand Faces wear A Tree an Horse a Lyon or a Bear Be pleasant airy stately or severe Nor the same Snares for diff'rent Ages set The Experienc'd Hunted Hind will spy the Net If to the Bashful Wild Great to the Mean Courtly and Gay to the Ill-bred you seem Each soon of such Accomplishments despairs And lest she should be quickly nauceous fears Hence 't is the Flutt'ring Spark goes often home Out-rivall'd by the duller Brawny Groom THE END Hero and Leander OF MUSAEUS From