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Horace his arte of poetrie, pistles, and satyrs Englished and to the Earle of Ormounte by Tho. Drant addressed.; Selections. English
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Horace.; Drant, Thomas, d. 1578?
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1567
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wyth suche trashe and pelfe wyll better perceaue suche thinges whych be sauerye and sappye If there be such hardnes as is sayd to be in thys booke to me it is not hard nor through me it is not hard Whether it be throughe Horace hys diffuse speache or vnknowne knowledge or through the Readers suspected ignoraunce let it there rest and to theim be applyed To impropriate it to me it were neither honestye norwysedom For of truth ther is no such cause Why. Certainelye Horace hymself is hard and very hard neyther any mā which can iudge can iudge it one y e like laboure to trāslate Horace and to make and translate a loue booke a shril tragedye or a smothe and plat leuyled poesye Thys can I trulye say of myne own experyence that I can soner translate twelue verses out of the gréeke Homer then sixe oute of Horace Prayse I seke not for nor except I be a foole I care not for To doo that whych I doo is and shal be to me recompence sufficiente I neuer harde tell of anye man that was great gayner by poesies and the better the poet is the more commonlye is he hated Homer was so contenmed that beggerye was hys best lyfe and so hated of a many of trewands that Zoilus for verye rancoure fell a whippinge of hys Image Uirgill for his goulden verses was recompenced wyth a certayne od cast of bread Horace had his tillage grounde taken from hym Seneca was dun to deathe by his tyrante scholler Nero Sophocles was accused of dotage by his owne children It is a kynd of people whych ought muche to be loued and no one kynd more enuyed The cause and date of their hatred are both in these two verses contey ned Vrit enim fulgore suo qui pregrauat artes Infra se positas extinctus amabitur idem Of the Arte of Poetrye A Paynter if he shoulde adioyne vnto a womans heade A longe maires necke and ouerspred the crops in euerye steade With sondry feathers of straunge huie the whole proportioned so Without all good congruitye the nether partes do goe Into a fishe on hye a freshe Welfauord womans face My frinds let in to sée this sighte could you but laugh a pace Pisoes truste me that booke shal be muche lyke vnto this same Whole fancies lyke a sickemans dreames so rudelye hange in frame That heade and féete do square from th whole Poets and painters aye Haue had lyke charter to attempte all kynde of worke you saye I know I craue this libertie and geue the lyke also But not that matters wilde and mylds without reason should goo Blended as one seynge Poets may this leaue they do not fynde Serpents with byrds Tyger with lambes to ioyne againste their kinde To bigge beginnings and vauntynge otte tymes a purple clowte Of words impertinente is brought to helpe the matter oute When wooddes Temples or riuers course which hastely doth gly de When rushing Rhemus is descriude or rayne bowes painted pride Such babble God wote néeded not but sum of that sorte be There common place and theame is still vpon the Cypresse trée If that sum man would haue strange things and geson geare depainted Howcan he earne ought in such case that is with nowghte acquainted Let things be formall of one kinde and do not chop it vp To make tone part a gallon potte and tone a prittie cup. The more deale of vs Poets both the olde and younge most parte Are ofte begylde by shewe of good affectinge to muche arte I laboure to be verye breife it makes me verye harde I followe flowinge easynes my style is clearely marde For lacke of pith and sauerye sence Write loftie thou shalte swell He créepes by the grounde to lowe afrayde with stormie vayne to mell He that in varyinge one pointe muche would bringe forth monstruouse store Would make the dolphin dwell in wooddes and in the flud the bore The shunning of a faulte is such that now and then it will Procure a greater faulte if it be not eschewde by skill Our blacke smith Imus oftentimes in brasse will vndertake The nales and hayres of sundrie men righte conninglye to make A much vnhappie workmanship which neuer cums to ende If euer I should take in hande eyther to make or mende Er I would do such parcell acts and nowght to full ende bringe Erste would I weare a croked nose or in the same a ringe Picke out such matter ye that wryte that 's méetest for your strengthe Trye well your backs what theie wil beare or what not beare at lengthe He that hath chewsde his matter suche as he can well assayle Nor ticklinge eloquence nor him shall lightsum order fayle This is of order as I iudge the vertewe and the grace Sumtimes to speake sumtyme to leaue and passe bye for a space That one might speake and caste it of vntill a further tyme. Let him with choyse chewse and refuse that would set forth a ryme Thou must be suttle and warye in placing of thy geare By wittie composition its excellente to heare A knowne worde straunged hansumlye If we haue neade to shewe Newe wordes for things which things them selues are now inuented new Wordes neuer vsde of other men is beste for to deuise Licence is graunted if it be vsed in shamfaste wyse And nouell words inuented late shall better credit bringe If sparinglye not violentlie They sourde from gréekishe springe The Romans to Cecilius and Plautus leaue to faigne Why should they geue and from Uirgil and Uarye it detaine T'inuente a fewe wordes if I can why should they so me hate Since Ennius and Catos toungue our mother toungue of late Inritchde and brought vp nouell termes it is and euer shall Be lefull to geue kame to that that hath no name at all As wooddes are made debayre of leaues by turnyng of the yeare The oldest fall So antique age of words away do weare As lusty youths of cresciue age doe florishe freshe and grow And crepe in creditt and conceit whiche whilom were full lowe And we and ours are due to death hauens and creakes the grounde Nowe tamde with plough which heretofore vnfruitfull hath bene founde Attempts of kings which were deuisde for wealth of nations then Shall perish all and perish shall the facts of mortall men Much lesse of speaches longe can lyue the honour and the grace Ful manie a worde that now is dashd shall ryse gain in space As these in space muste féele theire fal if vse do lyke them ill Who hath to iudge autorish reule all maner speache at will The facts the seats of kings and dukes and baylful battailes sad What kynde of verse is beste for them In Homer maye be had In rymes vneauen at first complaints and after in that kynde Were written fansies dumpes and all affections of the mynde But who the prittie Elegies fyrst on their féete did set Grammarians stryue and that case is in controuersie yet Rage armed
Strikes not with tooth nor wolfe with hele â–ª strong poyson vsde this foâ—…e So he and they the good and lewde theyr weapons haue by kynde And vse the same to worke theyr wealet the gyftes therfore of mynde Shall be my beste artillerie For whether quiet age Abydeth me or blacke wyngde death encompasse me in rage Come wealth or want â–ª at home or els perchaunce an exilde man I will not fayle to write my state if possiebly I can Trebarâ—… My sonne if that thou write to sharpe no doubt thou shalt not liue Some one or other wil to the Thy fatall wounde ygeue Why Lucill lyude who euer vsde all fayners to detecte Horace With Satyres sharpe and quippies rounde of death he neuer reckt But blamed those which ontwardly do geue a shyning shoe And inwardly are chargde with sinne that vnnethes they can goe Good Lelie did not hate his witte not he that got renowne For pollecie and pruice too For beating Carthage downe I say they were not miscontent That lewde Metellus once And lowtishe Lupus were reformde with Satyres for the nonce He would not spare the officers nor priuate men to blame A frende to none saue honestie and those that vse the same With doughtie stoute duke Scipio and Lelie learnde and wise He woulde ieste very iocondlye and franckly in his guise At meales when he sequestred was from the vnlettred sort What so I am though farre I wote from Lueils witte and port Yet enuie selfe cannot denie but I haue ledde my life Amongst the beste though some men thinke me dedicate to strife Me thinks my grounde is good and sure except you frende Trebate By law doo disalowe of it I wil pursue my state Beware beware the warnde may lyue be circumspect and slawe Trebate Leste you by wordes vndoo your selfe â–ª through ignorance of lawe For who that writeth slaundrously we lawyers must amend him Hor. And who that writeth true and well our Cesar must defend him If that a man speake of azeale And blame the bad alone Dispatche your rowles ther is no gaine the Lawyer may be gone ⧠Vnder the Personage of the stoike Ofelsus hee controlleth the gluttonous and riottous he shevveth the variatie of meates them selues not to be so dilectable as they are so made by abstinence and sharpe appitite He commendeth much frugalitie which is chiefly in sparing and thryftie diete The second satire HOwe good it is and laudable to liue but â–ª with a small It passeth me for to discriue Ofellus told it all A rudesbie and vnruly wyse and yet vnlucky man Who neuer could bring to an ende The thinge which he began Learne abstinence O learne of me not when your paunche is full Or when with grosse vpflynging fumes Your syght is maide and dull Or when your luste leanes to the worst and wyll not brooke the beste Come soberly not ouerchargde with intrayls all at reste Some thing to say the wastefull wombe dothe plague and kill the brayne As that iudge dothe his countrey hurt who gapeth after gayne When thou doste trace the hastyng hare or tame the Iennet wylde Or fight in fielde lyke Romayn stoute vnlyke a Grekyshe chyld Or when thou doest at footebal playe or tennice for pastyme Whylste loue of game doth ease thy toyle and helpe awaye the tyme Or when thou slyngest in the ayre with might auoyde the stone What so thou doste do earnestly and when thy toyle is gone Thou shalt haue stomake quick and sharpe that when thou comes to dyne It will not loke for sweete conceites or fragrant friskyng wyne If that the rude and vgly sea do lette the fyshers arte If foode doo fayle of breade and salte to take and eate thy parte Thou wilt be glad Why is it thus Howe soundeth this wyth reason The smell of hoate and smokyng roast though it be deare and geason Doth not delyte of it owne selfe thou makes the culleis good Thy sweate and pyne makes swéete and fyne and sauours all thy food What taste is there yf thou beiste gordgde ne can it well endue In Lampre or in Leueret or choppyn oysters newe Nathelesse I can not thee perswade but yf they both be dreste The Pecocke and the pubble hen the Pecocke tasteth best Begyled wyth apparances because her costly sayle Is rare and that a circled pryde she beareth in her tayle As though that were materiall her feathers dost thou eate So gaye to thee or is she ells in brothe the better meate The fleshe of bothe is muche alike thou loues the pecocke tho Because of gallant gawyshe plumes well lette it then be so The dogge fyshe that from Tyber cums â–ª or streame in Tuscus streete Why is it worse then that from sea where wrastlynge waues doo méete O doting worlde aboue therest they loue the Mullet greate And yet doo mynce her smale andsmalâ—… before they doo her eate Thus may we see the sight is all If sight may things ercell Great Porposes should be in price na sothly I can tell Why they be not this Porpose fyshe with vs is euery where A Mullet for the mincing dames for that is rare and dere The temperate will litle eate and fede of simple chere Some gluttons would eate greater fishe to satisfye their mawes Like hellishe Harpies from a panne with gredie gnawing iawes But you you wastfull southerne windes corrupt their viandes all It endes not much for Bore or Brytte dost tast to them as galle When to much hauocke hath them cloyde then gyn they sore to longe For Rapes and Helicampane roote and do the beggers wrong So kinges to haue their courses iust Reiect not pore mens cates As egges and oyle with such the lyke receaude and vsde of states The Heraulde Gallo for a dishe He vsde vpon a day Was ill rebukde But they to blame for Brtttes fewe durst assay The Brit did scope abrode in seas The Storke did kepe her nest Before paunche pampring Pretorie told how they should be drest If some the rosted Cormoraunt delytefull would report Oure youthe soone taughe to naughtynesse would trye it for a sporte The couetous and sparinge man we must not note for one As ofell sayth if thou percase from one sinne wouldste be gone And therby happe into a worse that were a bootlesse case Canis in whome for his desert that name may well take place Olde Oliues add the dogtree fruicte and lees of chaunged wine And vyle vnpleasaunt greasye oyle to lothesome for a swine If he did feaste his frende at home or kepe his natiue day Or solemnise the time by chaunce in surely rych arraye Abundance of such corrup stuffe Mongst his he would outlaye What dyet shall the wise man then twixt two contraries vse Shal he the trade of couetouse or prodigall refuse Unspotted he that kepes him fre and leanes to neither syde Râ—…plye He shall not be like Albutye who when he doth deuide His houshold charge emongst