BOOK II. SATIRE II. To Mr. BETHEL. WHAT, and how great, the Virtue and the Art To live on little with a cheerful heart; b (A doctrine fage, but truly none of mine) Turns you from found Philofophy afide; Hear Bethel's Sermon, one not vers'd in schools, 10 Your Q UAE virtus & quanta, boni, fit vivere parvo, < Verum hic impranfi mecum difquirite. Cur hoc ? i Your wine lock'd up, your Butler stroll'd abroad, * Preach as I please, I doubt our curious men Militia affuetum graecari) feu pila velox, k Vix tamen eripiam, posito pavone, velis quin Hoc potius quam gallina tergere palatum ? Corruptus vanis rerum: quia veneat auro Rara avis, et picta pandat spectacula cauda: 15 20 Of Tamquam ad rem attineat quidquam. Num vefceris ifta, Quam laudas, pluma? coctove num adest honor idem? Carne tamen quamvis diftat nihil hac, magis illa; Imparibus formis deceptum te patet, esto. Unde datum fentis, lupus hic, Tiberinus an alto 1 Of carps and mullets why prefer the great, (Though cut in pieces ere my Lord can eat) Yet for fmall Turbots fuch efteem profess? Because God made these large, the other lefs. m Oldfield, with more than Harpy throat endued, Cries, "Send me, Gods! a whole Hog barbecued!" 25 Oh blaft it, n South-winds! till a ftench exhale By what Criterion do you eat, d'ye think, Cheap eggs, and herbs, and olives, still we see; Thus much is left of old Simplicity! Captus hiet? pontefne inter jactatus, an amnis 30 35 The Mullum; in fingula quem minuas pulmenta neceffe est. Ducit te fpecies, video. quo pertinet ergo Proceros odiffe lupos ? quia fcilicet illis Majorem natura modum dedit, his breve pondus. Jejunus raro ftomachus vulgaria temnit. m Porrectum magno magnum spectare catino Vellem, ait Harpyiis gula digna rapacibus. At vos, n Praesentes Auftri, coquite horum opfonia; quamquam Putet aper rhombufque recens, mala copia quando Aegrum follicitat ftomachum; cum rapula plenus Atque acidas mavult inulas necdum omnis abacta P The Robin-red-breast till of late had rest, Till Baccaficos fold fo dev'lish dear To one that was, or would have been, a Peer. 40 9 Let me extol a Cat, on oifters fed, 'Tis yet in vain, I own, to keep a pother 45 50 One Pauperies epulis regum : nam vilibus ovis Nigrifque eft oleis hodie locus. Haud ita pridem Infamis. quid? tum rhombos minus aequora alebant? r Sordidus a tenui victus diftabit, Ofello Judice: nam fruftra vitium vitaveris iftud, Si te alio pravus detorferis. s Avidienus, t Cui Canis ex vero ductum cognomen adhaeret, Quinquennes oleas eft, et fylveftria corna; One half-pint bottle ferves them both to dine, And is at once their vinegar and wine. But on fome lucky day (as when they found 55 A loft Bank bill, or heard their fon was drown'd) Is what two fouls fo generous cannot bear : y He knows to live, who keeps the middle state, b Now hear what bleffings Temperance can bring: (Thus faid our friend, and what he faid I fing) u Ac, nifi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum ; et 60 65 First Quali igitur victu sapiens utetur, et horum Utrum imitabitur! hac urget lupus, hac canis, aiunt, y Mundus erit, qua non offendat fordibus, atque In neutram partem cultus mifer. Hic neque fervis Albuti fenis exemplo, dum munia didit, Saevus erit: nec fic ut fimplex a Naevius, unctam Convivis præbebit aquam : vitium hoc quoque magnum, b Accipe nunc, victus tenuis quae quantaque fecum |