Sedulitas autem ftulte, quem diligit, urget; Difcit enim citius, meminitque libentius illud m Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur. Nil moror" officium, quod me gravat: ac neque fict In pejus vultu proponi cereus ufquam, Nec prave factis decorari verfibus opto: The Zeal of Fools offends at any time, But most of all, the Zeal of Fools in rhyme. That when I aim at praife, they fay " I bite. There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. (Like Journals, Odes, and fuch forgotten things 410 415 EPISTOLA II. LORE, bono claroque fidelis amice Neroni, FLO Si quis forte velit puerum tibi vendere natum Tibure vel Gabiis, et tecum fic agat: "Hic et "Candidus, et talos a vertice pulcher ad imos, "Fiet eritque tuus nummorum millibus octo; "Verna minifteriis ad nutus aptus heriles; "Litterulis Graecis imbutus, idoneus arti "Cuilibet: argilla quidvis imitaberis uda: "Quin etiam canet indoctum, fed dulce bibenti. "Multa fidem promiffa levant, ubi plenius aequo "Laudat venales, qui vult extrudere, merces. "Res urget me nulla: meo fum paupere in aere. "Nemo hoc mangonum faceret tibi: non temere a 66 me NOTES. VER. 4. This Lad, Sir, is of Blois :] A Town in Beauce, where the French tongue is spoken in great purity. VER. 15. But, Sir, to you, with what would I not part?] |