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A65112 The works of Virgil containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis : adorn'd with a hundred sculptures / translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden. Virgil.; Virgil. Bucolica.; Virgil. Georgica.; Virgil. Aeneis.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. 1697 (1697) Wing V616; ESTC R26296 421,337 914

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Dunbar 261 42 Coun. Dow. of Northampton 263 Aeneid 3d. Page 43 Earl of Darby 267 44 Bp. of Durham 270 45 Bp. of Ossery 276 46 Dr. John Mountague 279 47 Dr. Brown 286 48 Dr. Guibbons 293 Aeneid 4th 49 Earl of Exeter 296 50 Lady Giffard 298 51 Lord Clifford 303 52 John Walkaden Esq 307 53 Henry Tasburgh Esq 318 54 Mrs. Ann Brownlow 326 Aeneid 5th 55 Duke of St. Albans 327 56 Earl of Torrington 332 57 Anth. Hamond Esq 340 58 Henry St. Johns Esq 345 59 Steph. Waller Dr. of Laws 347 60 Duke of Glocester 349 61 Edmond Waller Esq 359 Aeneid 6th 62 Earl of Denbigh 362 63 Sir Tho. Dyke Bar. 370 64 Mrs. Ann Bayner 371 65 John Lewknor Esq 374 66 Sir Fleetwood Shepherd 378 67 John Poultney Esq 380 68 John Knight Esq 382 69 Robert Harley Esq 394 Aeneid 7th 70 Earl of Rumney 400 71 Anthony Henley Esq 404 72 George Stepney Esq 407 Page 73 Coll. Tho. Farringdon 416 74 Lady Mary Sackvill 420 75 Charles Fox Esq 432 Aeneid 8th 76 Earl of Ailesbury 434 77 The Hon. Mr. Robert Bruce 447 78 Christopher Rich Esq 450 79 Sir Godfry Kneller 458 Aeneid 9th 80 Earl of Sunderland 464 81 Thomas Foley Esq 468 82 Col. Geo. Cholmondley 476 83 Sir John Percivall Bar. 481 84 Col. Christoph Codrington 486 85 Mr. John Closterman 494 Aeneid 10th 86 Ld. Visc Fitzharding 498 87 Sir Robert Howard 511 88 Sir John Leuson Gore Bar. 517 89 Sir Charles Orby 531 90 Tho. Hopkins Esq 536 Aeneid 11th 91 Duke of Shrewsbury 538 92 Sir Walter Kirkham Blount Bar. 541 93 John Noell Esq 546 94 Marquiss of Normanby 549 95 Lord Berkley 569 96 Arthur Manwareing Esq 573 Aeneid 12th 97 Earl of Chesterfield 578 98 Brigradier Fitzpatrick 585 99 Dr. Tho. Hobbs 595 100 Lord Guilford 611 101 Duke of Ormond 618 The Names of the second SUBSCRIBERS A. LOrd Ashley Sir James Ash Bar. Sir James Ash Bar. Sir Francis Andrew Bar. Charles Adderley Esq Mrs. Ann Ash Edw. Ash Esq Mr. Francis Atterbury Sam. Atkins Esq Tho. Austen Esq Ro. Austen Esq B. Earl of Bullingbrook Sir Ed. Bettenson Bar. Sir Tho. Pope Blount Bar. Sir John Bolles Sir Will. Bowes Will. Blathwayt Esq Secretary of War Will. Barlow Esq Peregrine Bertye Esq Will. Bridgman Esq Orlando Bridgman Esq Will. Bridges Esq Char. Bloodworth Esq The Hon. Henry Boyl Esq Rich. Boyl Esq Chidley Brook Esq Will. Bromley Esq of Warwicksbire Mich. Bruneau Esq Tho. Bulkley Esq Theoph. Butler Esq Capt. John Berkeley Mr. Jo. Bowes Prebend of Durham Mr. Jeremiah Ball. Mr. John Ball. Mr. Richard Banks Mrs. Elizabeth Barry Mr. Beckford Mr. Tho. Betterton Mrs. Catharine Blount Mr. Bond. Mr. Bond. Mrs. Ann Bracegirdle Mr. Samuel Brockenbo-rough Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Mr. Moses Bruche Mr. Lancelton Burton C. Earl of Clarendon Lord Hen. Cavendish Lord Clifford Lord Coningsby Lord Cutts Lady Chudleigh of the West The Hon. Char. Cornwallis Son to the Lord Cornwallis Sir Walt. Clarges Bar. Sir Ro. Cotton Sir Will. Cooper The Ho. Will. Cheyney James Calthorp Esq Charles Chamberlayn Esq Edmond Clifford Esq Charles Cocks Esq Tho. Coel Esq Tho. Coke Esq Hugh Colville Esq Jo. Crawley Esq Courtney Crocker Esq Henry Curwyn Esq Capt. James Conoway Mr. Will. Claret Mr. John Clancy Mr. Will. Congreve Mr. Henry Cook Mr. Will. Cooper Mrs. Elizabeth Creed D. Dutchess of Devonshire Paul Docmenique Esq Mountague Drake Esq Will. Draper Esq Mr. Mich. Dahl Mr. Davenport Mr. Will. Delawn Mrs. Dorothy Draycot Mr. Edward Dryden E. Earl of Essex Sir Edw. Ernle Will. Elson Esq Tho. Elyot Esq Thomas Earl Major General F. Sir Edm. Fettiplace Bar. Sir Will. Forester Sir James Forbys Lady Mary Fenwick The Ho. Colon. Finch The Ho. Doctour Finch The Ho. Will. Fielding Rich. Francklin Post-master Esq Charles Fergesen Esq Com. of the Navy Doctor Fuller D. of Lincoln Henry Farmer Esq Tho. Finch Esq Tho. Frewin Esq Mr. George Finch G. Sir Bevill Granville Bar. Oliver St. George Esq Tho. Gifford Esq Rich. Goulston Esq Richard Graham Esq Fergus Grahme Esq Will. Grove Esq Dr. Gath M. D. Mr. George Goulding Mr. Grinlin Guibbons H. Lord Archibald Hamilton Lord Hide Sir Richard Haddock Sir Christop Hales Bar. Sir Tho. Hussey Rob. Harley Esq Rob. Henley Esq Memb. of Parl. Will. Hewer Esq Roger Hewett Esq He. Heveningham Esq John Holdworthy Esq Matt. Holdworthy Esq Nath. Hornby Esq The Ho. Bern. Howard Craven Howard Esq Mansel Howe Esq Sam. Hunter Esq Mr. Edward Hastwell Mr. Nich. Hawksmore Mr. Whitfeild Hayter Mr. Peter Henriques Mr. Ro. Huckwell J. John James Esq William Jenkins Esq Sam. Jones Esq Mr. Edw. Jefferyes K. Jos Keally Esq Coll. James Kendall Dr. Knipe Mr. Mich. Kinkead L. Sir Berkeley Lucy Ba. Lady Jane Leveson-Gower Tho. Langley Esq Patrick Lamb Esq Will. Latton Esq James Long of Draycot Esq Will. Lownds Esq Dennis Lydal Esq Mr. Char. Longueville M. Char. Mannours Esq Tho. Mansell Esq Bussy Mansel Esq Will. Martyn Esq Henry Maxwell Esq Charles Mein Esq Rich. Minshul Esq Ro. Molesworth Esq The Ho. Henry Mordaunt Esq George Moult Esq Christoph Mountague Esq Walter Moyl Esq Mr. Charles Marbury Mr. Christoph Metcalf Mrs. Monneux N. Lord Norris Henry Nevile Esq William Norris Esq Mr. William Nicoll O. Ro. Orme Esq Dr. Oliver M. D. Mr. Mich. Owen P. The Right Hon. Charles Earl of Peterborough Sir Henry Peachy Bar. Sir John Phillips Bar. Sir John Pykering Bar. Sir John Parsons Ro. Palmer Esq Guy Palmes Esq Ben. Parry Esq Sam. Pepys Esq James Petre Esq Will. Peysley Esq Craven Peyton Esq John Pitts Esq Will. Plowden of Plowden Esq Mr. Theoph. Pykering Prebend of Durham Coll. Will. Parsons Captain Phillips Captain Pitts Mr. Daniel Peck R. Dutchess of Richmond Earl of Radnor Lord Ranelagh Tho. Rawlins Esq Will. Rider Esq Francis Roberts Esq Mr. Rose S. Lord Spencer Sir Tho. Skipwith Bar. Sir John Seymour Sir Char. Skrimpshire J. Scroop of Danby Esq Ralph Sheldon Com. Warw. Esq Edw. Sheldon Esq John Smith Esq James Sothern Esq The Ho. James Stanley Esq Ro. Stopford Esq The Hon. Major Gen. Edw. Sackville Col. J. Stanhope Col. Strangways Mr. James Seamer Mr. William Seeks Mr. Joseph Sherwood Mr. Laurence Smith Mr. Tho. Southern Mr. Paris Slaughter Mr. Lancelot Stepney T. Sir John Trevillion Bar. Sir Edm. Turner Henry Temple Esq Ashburnam Toll Esq Sam. Travers Esq John Tucker Esq Maj. Gen. Charles Trelawney Maj. Gen. Trelawney Col. John Tidcomb Col. Trelawney Mr. George Townsend Mr. Tho. Tyldesley Mr. Tyndall V. John Verney Esq Henry Vernon Esq James Vernon Esq W. Ld. Marquiss of Winchester Earl of Weymouth Lady Windham Sir John Walter Bar. Sir John Woodhouse B. Sir Francis Windham James Ward Esq William Wardour Jun. Esq Will. Welby Esq Will. Weld Esq Th. Brome Whorwood Esq Salw. Winnington Esq Col. Cornelius Wood. Mrs. Mary Walter Mr. Leonard Wessel Ec. 1. l. 1 To the Right Hon ble John Lord Sommers Baron of Eresham L d High Chancell r of England c. Virgil's Pastorals The
in a quiet state Fearless of Fortune and resign'd to Fate And happy too is he who decks the Bow'rs Of Sylvans and adores the Rural Pow'rs Whose Mind unmov'd the Bribes of Courts can see Their glitt'ring Baits and Purple Slavery Nor hopes the People's Praise nor fears their Frown Nor when contending Kindred tear the Crown Will set up one or pull another down Without Concern he hears but hears from far Of Tumults and Descents and distant War Nor with a Superstitious Fear is aw'd For what befals at home or what abroad Nor envies he the Rich their heapy Store Nor with a helpless Hand condoles the Poor He feeds on Fruits which of their own accord The willing Ground and laden Trees afford From his lov'd Home no Lucre him can draw The Senates mad Decrees he never saw Nor heard at bawling Bars corrupted Law Some to the Seas and some to Camps resort And some with Impudence invade the Court. In foreign Countries others seek Renown With Wars and Taxes others waste their own And Houses burn and houshold Gods deface To drink in Bowls which glitt'ring Gems enchase To loll on Couches rich with Cytron Steds And lay their guilty Limbs in Tyrian Beds This Wretch in Earth intombs his Golden Ore Hov'ring and brooding on his bury'd Store Some Patriot Fools to pop'lar Praise aspire By Publick Speeches which worse Fools admire While from both Benches with redoubl'd Sounds Th' Applause of Lords and Commoners abounds Some through Ambition or thro' Thirst of Gold Have slain their Brothers or their Country sold And leaving their sweet Homes in Exile run To Lands that lye beneath another Sun The Peasant innocent of all these Ills With crooked Ploughs the fertile Fallows tills And the round Year with daily Labour fills From hence the Country Markets are supply'd Enough remains for houshold Charge beside His Wife and tender Children to sustain And gratefully to feed his dumb deserving Train Nor cease his Labours till the Yellow Field A full return of bearded Harvest yield A Crop so plenteous as the Land to load O'recome the crowded Barns and lodge on Ricks abroad Thus ev'ry sev'ral Season is employ'd Some spent in Toyl and some in Ease enjoy'd The yeaning Ewes prevent the springing Year The laded Boughs their Fruits in Autumn bear 'T is then the Vine her liquid Harvest yields Bak'd in the Sun-shine of ascending Fields The Winter comes and then the falling Mast For greedy Swine provides a full repast Then Olives ground in Mills their fatness boast And Winter Fruits are mellow'd by the Frost His Cares are eas'd with Intervals of bliss His little Children climbing for a Kiss Welcome their Father's late return at Night His faithful Bed is crown'd with chast delight His Kine with swelling Udders ready stand And lowing for the Pail invite the Milker's hand His wanton Kids with budding Horns prepar'd Fight harmless Battels in his homely Yard Himself in Rustick Pomp on Holy-days To Rural Pow'rs a just Oblation pays And on the Green his careless Limbs displays The Hearth is in the midst the Herdsmen round The chearful Fire provoke his health in Goblets crown'd He calls on Bacchus and propounds the Prize The Groom his Fellow Groom at Buts defies And bends his Bow and levels with his Eyes Or stript for Wrestling smears his Limbs with Oyl And watches with a trip his Foe to foil Such was the life the frugal Sabines led So Remus and his Brother God were bred From whom th' austere Etrurian Virtue rose And this rude life our homely Fathers chose Old Rome from such a Race deriv'd her birth The Seat of Empire and the conquer'd Earth Which now on sev'n high Hills triumphant reigns And in that compass all the World contains E're Saturn's Rebel Son usurp'd the Skies When Beasts were only slain for Sacrifice While peaceful Crete enjoy'd her ancient Lord E're sounding Hammers forg'd th' inhumane Sword To William Walsh of Abberley in Worcester-shire Esq Geo 2. l. 760. E're hollow Drums were beat before the Breath Of brazen Trumpets rung the Peals of Death The good old God his Hunger did asswage With Roots and Herbs and gave the Golden Age. But over labour'd with so long a Course T is time to set at ease the smoaking Horse The Third Book of the Georgics The Argument This Book begins with an Invocation of some Rural Deities and a Compliment to Augustus After which Virgil directs himself to Mecaenas and enters on his Subject He lays down Rules for the Breeding and Management of Horses Oxen Sheep Goats and Dogs And interweaves several pleasant Descriptions of a Chariot-Race of the Battel of the Bulls of the Force of Love and of the Scythian Winter In the latter part of the Book he relates the Diseases incident to Cattel and ends with the Description of a fatal Murrain that formerly rag'd among the Alps. THY Fields propitious Pales I reherse And sing thy Pastures in no vulgar Verse Amphrysian Shepherd the Lycaean Woods Arcadia's flow'ry Plains and pleasing Floods 5 All other Themes that careless Minds invite Are worn with use unworthy me to write Busiri's Altars and the dire Decrees Of hard Euristheus ev'ry Reader sees Hylas the Boy Latona's erring Isle And Pelop's Iv'ry Shoulder and his Toil For fair Hippodamé with all the rest Of Grecian Tales by Poets are exprest New ways I must attempt my groveling Name To raise aloft and wing my flight to Fame I first of Romans shall in Triumph come From conquer'd Greece and bring her Trophies home With Foreign Spoils adorn my native place And with Idume's Palms my Mantua grace Of Parian Stone a Temple will I raise Where the slow Mincius through the Vally strays To the most Noble and Illustrious Prince Charles Duke of Richmond and Lenox Earl of Marsh and Darnley Baron of Siterington Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Geo 3 l 1 Where cooling Streams invite the Flocks to drink And Reeds defend the winding Waters Brink Full in the midst shall mighty Caesar stand Hold the chief Honours and the Dome command Then I conspicuous in my Tyrian Gown Submitting to his Godhead my Renown A hundred Coursers from the Goal will drive The rival Chariots in the Race shall strive All Greece shall flock from far my Games to see The Whorlbat and the rapid Race shall be Reserv'd for Caesar and ordain'd by me My self with Olive crown'd the Gifts will bear Ev'n now methinks the publick shouts I hear The passing Pageants and the Pomps appear I to the Temple will conduct the Crew The Sacrifice and Sacrificers view From thence return attended with my Train Where the proud Theatres disclose the Scene Which interwoven Britains seem to raise And shew the Triumph which their Shame displays High o're the Gate in Elephant and Gold The Crowd shall Caesar's Indian War behold The Nile shall flow beneath and on the side His shatter'd Ships on Brazen Pillars ride Next him Niphates with inverted Urn And dropping Sedge