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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46448	The vvish, being the tenth satyr of Juvenal, peraphrastically rendered in pindarick verse by a person, sometimes fellow of Trin. Col. Dublin.; Satura 10. English	Juvenal.; Wettenhall, Edward, 1636-1713.	1675 (1675)	Wing J1295; ESTC R16717	17,235	44

chair No Fasces or High Courts of Justice in that place What had become of 's spleen Had he one of our Praetors seen Mounted on his chariot pro●●● Fly through the Circus in a dusty cloud Clad in the coat that 's worn by none beside But Livery Jove and onely then When in his Temple he appears to men In 's Holyday-clothes in his Divinity pride 11. O're this the wight from head to heel spreads down A Garment which might be For breadth and for Embroidery A piece of Tyrian tapestry As if he were not clad but hung with Gown To which he adds a Crown of State Made for his head indeed but of such weight 'T is fitter for the Porter whom it makes to sweat And lest the Consul shou'd be over jolly Or in himself be too much pleas'd He 's by a Partner eas'd A Slave goes half in all his pomp and folly Does with him in the Chariot ride And to correct his wanton pride Points at the d whip and bell that hang below The onely things worth looking at in all the show And begs his worship now and then Not to forget that he 's like other men The Eagle that before him flies Does on an Ivory Scepter rise And lest the Antick shou'd be mist by some Cornets sound where it does come And for the sight the numerous troops make room Next to his Horse attends a train of tools That all stand candidates for fools That are ridiculous for pay Peculiar friends of his bought for that gawdy day 12. The Sage ne're saw such sights Yet laugh'd at his own Abderites He never an occasion of mirth mist He never met a man But met a subject of a jest And to demonstrate that he thought all vain He laugh't at all the Vulgar's cares Laugh't at their laughter ay laught at their very tears Which shews that Worthies who example give To th' wiser world in dullest climes may live He slighted Fortune when most discontented When she did fret To shew how much he scorn'd the pet To cure her passion halters he presented He laugh'd at her and made her more Ridiculous than she made men before More to disease her When ever she began to pout He thrust his middle finger out Did in derision point at and caldeez her 13 In vain therefore most men straingely in vain Beg or complain They but abuse the Deities In pawning e waxed prayers to their thighs Or if 't is not in vain 't is to their ruin Th' effect's either their folly or undoing Some men are ruin'd by their being great Envy still attends on state Many men indited are Ev'n by the honours that they beare For many times A crowded page of titles proves a bill of crimes Then down the Statues go The innocent Statue's punisht for the Lord 'T is dragg'd with hempen cord The Chariot suffers too The f harmless horses that can't sin or feel Are broken on and with the chariot wheel 14. But hark the furnace works the bellows play Hark what the pratling sparkles say The head ador'd by all the crowd The head to which all men but Caesar bow'd The great Sejanus burns The fire that very face Which in the world supply'd the second place To frying pans basins pots and platters turns Crown all thy posts offer a bull to Jove A g white one such as he dos love Carry 't to th' Capitol lay it at his feet Seest not Sejanus dragging through the street The rout is mad for joy one cryes Look at his face another mark his eyes A third you may read halters ev'ry where A fourth if e're I lov'd this man I am not here 15. Who found him out how came His guilt to this deserved shame What circumstances who informers are For that they neither ask nor care In that they 're silent all the while But will you know Caesar wrote from the Isle Is' t so enough But if that 's all what say the people to 't The silly rout Is always tun'd to Fortune's strains They 're learned by their Tyrants brains Condemned men they do Condemn because they 're so And whom they do condemn they still think guilty too Yet that 's not all the miserable's fate For whom the fools condemn they always hate Think not Sejanus worse for that For had but h Nur●●in's grace Smil'd on her countreyman that he had caught Our i napping fox and him to ruine brought Remus his hopeful race Had at this hour cry'd may Sejanus live Rome's fondest Gods a nobler Caesar cou'd not give 16. Since suffrages have ceased to be sold Publick thoughts aside are lay'd None care's who this or that is made Because they are not paid That mighty Roman people which of old Made Kings Consuls and Generals Dispos'd of all was great Now such unlimited pow'r recalls They but two wishes crave But those they 're earnest for those they must have A little sport a little meat They 're Princes give 'um but a play and treat 17. Listen the rumour of the Town Is that Sejanus must not dye alone The greedy furnace in Tiberius brest The wolf i' th fable there Cannot be satisfi'd I fear With the morsel of a man It whets him 't is the prologue to a Feast Brutidius I at Mars's Altar met Methought the place Was ominous his face Was wan and his presaging eyes Like Suns declining seem'd in blood to set He look'd all over like an appall'd Sacrifice 18. I fear our k Ajax jealous that his cause Meets not applause In 's rage on every one will fall Worry Sheep Shepherds and all l Away let us with speed to Tybur run Before the Corps be gone Away let 's hye Whilst on the bank the coarse does lye Let 's trample on great Caesar's enemy But let our servants see us do the feat Lest they of treason us accuse That o're the dead t' insult we did refuse We had as good ne're kick if they don't see 't 19. Oh! how the people comment on his fate Wou'd you say they be courted at the rate He was to be Sejanus have his whole estate Be possess'd of all his graces Dispose all Martial and all Civil places Be Tutor to the Prince that keeps his Court In you Imperial Cliffe where none resort Except his Gypsies the Chaldaean band Great Artists who foretel the murders they command Wou'd you be General of horse and foot And Captain of the brave Lifeguard to boot And why not one may wish 't was in his power Although he never wou'd devour 'T is fine to rule but Grandeur's such a cheat The ills that thence ensue All prosperities outdo Great men are more unhappy than they can be great 20. Would'st thou that great man's fate put on For to be murder'd in a purple Gown Hadst thou not better to avoid Court plots To Gabii or Fidenae go What though th' inhabitants are few There wou'd be less deceit if there were none And you 'd be Governour still of the

The Southsay'r privy Counsellor of fate Attends brib'd to pronounce 'em fortunate Pray' will you speak one word for to direct his cari'age 55. You 'd think such things as these shou'd not be known Alas lust seldom goes alone Impudence is it's old companion Grown bold it scorns to do the thing it will not own 'T will act in form and to defend the cause 'T will both corrupt the d Judges and the Laws Pray speak she does command him with her eye He must obey or instantly must dye Such small hopes has he of to morrow's sight If he obeys not he shall ne're see candle light She 's Empress Silius why shan't you obey Wed her 't is the safest way But if you will prolong your life one day The e Emperor is the remoter doom First it must be known to Rome To him that 's most concern'd shame last does come If one night's life and pleasure you prefer Silius obey you her But choose which bad you will Death stands at either door ' Cause fair you 're miserable still Both horns of fate alike do gore That neck that looks like snow turn'd into wax To morrow shall be sever'd by the fatal Ax. 56. Things going thus you will be apt to say Why then we must not pray Since ruine springs from our most holy cares What becomes then of Heav'n and all it's train Either there 's no such place or 't is in vain We may as well want Gods as have no pray'rs 'T is true but you of both may make fit use If good advice you don't refuse Ask not for friv'lous things or if you do Be not concern'd your wishes don't ensue Leave your pray'rs to the Gods and they will pray for you 57. Heav'n keeps a ballance 't is a sign Does in a constellation shine In this all humane pray'rs are weigh'd The weighty granted light aside are lai'd If you always idly pray You and the Gods still fling those pray'rs away They know our wants better than we Better our necessities see We ask for things in which we most delight But they won't grant because we ask not right Those things onely they bestow Which they both good and useful know They wise and kind inhabitants above Love men better than men themselves can love With blind impulse of soul which we ne're heed At unawares We stumble on our pray'rs First from the Gods a wife we crave Then beg increase of breed Which many times we wou'd not do If what we did desire we knew They know what kind of wife and children we shall have 58. Worship the Gods with a religious vow Unto their holy Temples go Be just unto the Deities Pay 'em the tribute of due sacrifice And if to pray'r you are inclin'd Pray you may I 'le tell you how For a sound body pray and for as sound a mind Pray for a Soul that 's truly stout Wou'd neither let death in nor keep it out But entertain it's live's just end With such concern and looks as 't wou'd a friend And 'till that bears all griefs Nature can send Beg a ferene and happy breast One wherein no base passions rest As free from anger as from fear That all damages can bear So far from wishing things another's be It can put losses out to Usury That Hercules his griefs and pain Wou'd more willingly sustain Than all f Sardanapalus's luxury Prises 'em more than his delicious cheats More than his women or his meats More than his beds of Down that were as soft as he 59. I tell you things you to your self may give Wou'd you live happy you must vertuous live In short be prudent and the whole is done Make wisedom yours the Gods are all your own But we blind fools no wholesom counsel take Blind as her to whom we bow The true Gods can't suffice We number Fortune ' mongst the Deities We a Heav'n to her allow And worship her whom we our selves a Goddess make NOTES a THough the chests of the rich were kept in the Forum yet the particular place there was some Temple in Foro Augusti in Mars his Temple till rob'd as mentioned Sat. 14. Then in Foro Romano in the Temple of Castor and Pollux b Democritus of Abdera in Thrace and Heraclitus the Ephesian Philosopher c Praetexta Trabeae those Garbs partly consisted of purple and the first of them properly belonged to Consuls and young Noblemen the other to peculiar great Officers d For an allay to the vain glory and pride of their Triumphs it was usual to hang behind the triumphal Chariot a Whip and a Bell the emblems and instruments of the vilest punishments to which the publick Servant who carried the masty Crown before spoken of still pointed minding the triumphing Person of the vicissitudes of Fortune e The Ancients in a Tablet or some other thing fastned their Petitions by wax to the thighs of the statue of some God looking on those parts because procreative as the most propitious to mankind which Petitions till granted they left there as engagements and witnesses to such returns as were therein specified and when granted they took them away and paid their Vows or acknowledgments f The Horses that were part of the Statue g In that shape Europ● was stole h A Goddess of Tuscany where Sejanus was born i Secura senectus Principis of Tiberius k Tiberius compared to Ajax who grown mad is reported to have slain cattle taking them from the Grecians after his disappointment of Achilles his Armour Sheep stand for the Commons Shepherds as is very usual for Grandees or Governours Agamemnon in Homer is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l The peoples discourse represented by Juvenal as in their persons m Three poor Villages Gabii and Vlubrae of the V●sci●●● Fid●nae of the Sabines n Vasa minora frangere o Julius Caesar murder'd in the Senate-house p Demosthenes q Barbarus Induperator The Greeks called all men except themselves Barbarians whereupon Plautus several times his Scenes lying in Greece calls the Romans so nay more than once he puts the word Barbarus alone for a Roman 'T is the observation of Laelius Bistiola that in Demosthenes his time and somewhat before by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they understood the Persian King and when the Romans came into power and that the Arts flourished amongst them they had the same esteem of the rest of the world as the Greeks had and express'd themselves accordingly r Conquests in Civil Wars were allowed no Triumphs as Lucan testifies complaining That when the Romans might have enlarged their Dominions and their Captains have received the particular graces of Conquest they waved it and fell at variance amongst themselves as he sayes Bella geri placuit nullos abihtura triumphos s The wild fig-tree here is supposed as the nature of it allows to grow out of the monument of one of these Conquerors t The Western and Eastern parts of Africa in both which there were store of