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Homer alamode, the second part, in English burlesque, or, A mock-poem upon the ninth book of Iliads
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And say I n'er intend to come ' In Martial guise for Greece to fight ' Till Hector that same swagg'ring Knight ' Beats up my 54 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Souldiers quarters and ' Knocks down his Foes that they can't stand ' And makes their Lighters light with fire ' But though he comes so nigh or nigher ' As soon as e'r my force he feels ' I 'll warrant you he 'll shew his heels This said they all to part rose up But first took 55 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 farewel of the Cup And having done for malice they When all was out flung the'rest away Though it was 56 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Spic'd and Sugard too Then having now no more to do Away they trug'd jostling ' gainst Wall But ' Lysses he went first of all Patroclus when these Guests were gone Bad Maids make Phoenix's Bed anon They strait 57 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 obey'd and laid on clean Sheets Pillow Rug and Blanquet green And there our Gaffer snoring lay From Nine a Clock until broad-day But stout Achilles 58 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 on a Bench Lay all Night tumbling with his Wench Phorbas his Daughter Moll the pretty Which he had stole from Lesbos City And 59 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vile Patroclus too for both Were Birds of feather I 'll take Oath With Susan lay in Truckle-bed And there on pleasures Oysters fed Her formerly Achilles knowing His Friend like him would fain be doing Did freely give having subdu'd The potent Town of Barnwell rude But after these Legats de latere Were come into Atrides 60 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Buttery The Greeks whose Manners did not fail Gave them a 61 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 plate or two of Alc And catching each by Bawdy-fist Cry'd Sirs you 're welcome pray how is' t But first the King himself thus spake ' Vlysses but a Seat first take ' Tell 's truly does Achilles prove ' Civil and entertain my love ' Or does he still damn curse and roar ' And vent his Passion as before ' To whom Vlysses thus reply'd ' Atrides fam'd both far and wide ' This fellow is a desp'rate Creature ' And rather now 62 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his Passion 's greater ' He scorns you and your gifts he says ' And bids you try all lawful ways ' To keep your paltry Boats from burning ' And he he swears to morrow Morning ' As soon as Sluggards use to peep ' Will launch his Boats into the deep ' And then began us to advise ' And others too to be as wise ' As he imagines his Coxcomb ' In short he would advise us home ' For we he swore thorough and thorough ' Should never take this Trojan Borough ' For Jove of Trojan Squadrons is Chief ' And stirs 'um daily up to mischief ' Thus much he swore I 'll take my Oath ' But if you 'll not believe my troth ' Here are as honest 63 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 men as live ' Can better Information give ' Ajax and both the loud-lung'd Cryers ' But Gaffer Phoenix we 're no Liars ' Being fudled we 've left there a Bed ' Spuing and very light of head ' If he will go with 'um 't is well ' But ' Chilles swears he 'll not compel Thus spake the subtle Knave Vlysses But all the rest stood mute as Fishes Not knowing what to say that stound For he was plaguy 64 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cross they sound But strait the * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bawling-whelp Tydides Thus boldly spoke to Goodman Trides ' O Agamemnon Lord o'th'Host ' I wish'd that I had rul'd the rost ' Then you should ne'r t' Achilles sent ' These Fools with such a Compliment ' For now the Villain sees we lack him ' The thoughts whereof will prouder make him ' And if he vapour'd so before ' Now he will vapour ten times more ' But let him hang or drown or rot ' All 's one to me Faith I care not ' 'T will mad him much to see us scoff him ' Therefore let 's take no notice of him ' But now prepare as I would ha 't ' Our hungry Maws to satiate 65 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ' And dust it hard without this do ' Drink 66 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 makes men wise and valiant too ' But when the Blew-nos'd morn appears ' We 'll fall about the Trojans ears ' Setting our 67 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Horsemen and Redcoats ' In the fore-front to guard the Boats ' And th' rest shall follow having got ' Both Powder Match and Musquet-shot ' And pray no more most Martial wight ' Do you your self go 68 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 last to fight ' At this they all clapt Paws and shouted ' Wondring at saying so redoubted ' And when they'd all well 69 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fudled Nose ' With sleep they did their Sawcers close ' But Chiefs were hard at Venus's game ' While Commons only dream'd the same FINIS Deuteripideuteron THE SECOND PART OF THE Second Part OF HOMER ALAMODE Or A MOCK-POEM ON The Ninth Book OF THE ODYSSES. LONDON Printed in the Year 1681. TO THE READER AFter that of the Iliads read this of the Odysses And see whether more grateful or whether more Modish is But if neither do please you as I 'll hardly swear it When you 've read it quite o're and dislike it forbear it For he that rejects any Book without reading Shews more Malice than Prudence more Humour than Breeding THE Prefashion ULysses you must understand Sailing by Water not by Land From a fair Lady call'd Calipsie Which in plain English was a Gypsie Sailing I say was on a sudden Snatch'd from the very Helm he stood in By his Foe Neptune's Serjeant Tritons Into whose hands when he did light once He was so dows'd and sows'd and beaten He look'd like one that had been eaten Because they did not him empannel But duckt him like a Water-Spaniel That being tost about i'th'Ocean Some eight and forty hours motion Sea-sick and naked he was cast On the Phoenician Land at last Here one Alcinous reign'd whose Scepter And Crown and Robes and Court was kept here Imagine now our man of Fame In this King's house but how he came Thither in troth you may go look For I 'll not tell you in this Book But only how when once they'd din'd The King and Queen had both a mind To hear his story and condition E'r since Troy taken by the Grecian And hereupon our Knight Ulysses 'Gan story in such form as this is But hold I 'll give you first the sum Then to the Speech it self I 'll come THE Ergo-ment ULysses in this Book begins A story of those Woes he reckons Were heap'd upon him for his sins And first how he was catch by th' Cicons And then he