Sudando. pinguem vitiis albumque neque oftrea,
Nec fcarus, aut poterit peregrina juvare lagoïs.
* Vix tamen eripiam, pofito pavone, velis quin
Hoc potius quam gallina tergere palatum ;
Corruptus vanis rerum: quia veneat auro
Rara avis, et picta pandat spectacula cauda :
Tamquam ad rem attineat quidquam. Num vef-
ceris ista,

Quam laudas, pluma? coctove num adeft honor idem ?

Carne tamen quamvis diftat nihil hac, magis illa;
Imparibus formis deceptum te patet, efto.

Unde datum fentis, lupus hic, Tiberinus an alto
Captus hiet pontefne inter jactatus, an amnis
Oftia fub Tufci? laudas, infane, trilibrem

Mullum; in fingula quem minuas pulmenta neceffe eft

Ducit te fpecies, video. quo pertinet ergo

Proceras odiffe lupos ? quia fcilicet illis

Majorém natura modum dedit, his breve pondus.
Jejunus raro ftomachus vulgaria temnit.

Porrectum magno magnum spectare catino

Vellem, ait Harpyiis gula digna rapacibus. At vos, → Praefentes Auftri, coquite horum opfonia: quam

VER. 26. Hog barbecu'd, etc.] A West Indian term of gluttony, a hog roasted whole, stuffed with spice, and basted with Madeira wine.

*Preach as I pleafe, I doubt our curious men

Will chufe a pheasant still before a hen;

Yet hens of Guinea full as good I hold,

Except you eat the feathers green and gold, 1Of carps and mullets why prefer the great. Lord can eat)

(Tho' cut in pieces ere my

Yet for fmall Turbots fuch efteem profess?

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Because God made these large, the other lefs.
"Oldfield with more than Harpy throat endu'd, 25
Cries "Send me, Gods! a whole Hog barbecu'd !"
Oh blaft it, South-winds! till a ftench exhale
Rank as the ripeness of a rabbit's tail.

By what Criterion do you eat, d'ye think,

If this is priz'd for sweetness, that for ftink? 3.

VER. 27. O blaft it, South-winds !] This has not the force, Bor gives us the pleasant allufion in the original, coquite.

Putet aper rhombufque recens, mala copia quando

Aegrum follicitat ftomachum; cum rapula plenus

Atque acidas mavult inulas. ° necdum omnis abaƐta

Pauperies epulis regum: nam vilibus ovis

Nigrifque eft oleis hodie locus. Haud ita pridem

Galloni praeconis erat acipensere menfa

Infamis. quid? tum rhombos minus aequora alebant ?

▸ Tutus erat rhombus, tutoque ciconia nido, Donec vos auctor docuit praetorius. ergo

• Si quis nunc mergos fuaves edixerit assos, Parebit parvi docilis Romana juventus.

• Sordidus a tenui victus distabit, Ofello

Judice: nam fruftra vitium vitaveris iftud
Si te alio pravus
detorferis. Avidienus,

* Cui Canis ex vero ductum cognomen adhæret,

VER. 42. Bedford-bead;] A famous Eating-house. VER. 43. Or ev'n to crack live Crawfi] There is force and humour in edixerit and parebit, which the imitation does not reach.

When the tir'd glutton labours thro' a treat,
He finds no relish in the fweetest meat,

He calls for fomething bitter, fomething four,
And the rich feast concludes extremely poor :
Cheap eggs, and herbs, and olives still we fee; 35
Thus much is left of old Simplicity!

P The Robin-red-breaft till of late had reft,

And children facred held a Martin's neft,

Till Becca-ficos fold fo dev'lifh dear

To one that was, or would have been, a Peer. 40
Let me extol a Cat, on oifters fed,
I'll have a party at the Bedford-head;
Or ev❜n to crack live Crawfish recommend i
I'd never doubt at Court to make a friend.

¡ 'Tis yet in vain, I own, to keep a pother
About one vice, and fall into the other:
Between Excefs and Famine lies a mean;
Plain, but not fordid; tho' not fplendid, clean.
Avidien, or his Wife (no matter which,

t

For him you'll call a dog, and her a bitch)

45

50

VER. 5. For him you'll call a dog, and her a bitch.] Our Poet had the art of giving wit and dignity to his Billingsgate, which Horace feems not to have learnt.

Quinquennes oleas eft, et, fylveftria corna;

" Ac, nifi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum; et Cujus odorem olei nequeas perferre (licebit Ille repotia, natales, aliofque dierum

Feftos albatus celebret) cornu ipfe bilibri Caulibus inftillat, veteris non parcus aceti.

Quali igitur victu fapiens utetur, et horum Utrum imitabitur? hac urget lupus, hac canis, aiunt. y Mundus erit, qua non offendat fordibus, atque In neutram partem cultus mifer. a Hic neque fervis Albuti fenis exemplo, dum munia didit,

b

Saevus erit; nec fi ut fimplex Naévius, unctam Convivis praebebit aquam: vitium hoc quoque mag

num.

Accipe nunc, victus tenuis quae quantaque fecum Afferat. In primis valeas bene; nam variae res Ut noceant homini, credas, memor illius escae, Quæ fimplex olim tibi federit. at fimul affis Mifcueris elixa, fimul conchylia turdis;

Dulcia fe in bilem vertent, stomachoque tumultum Lenta feret pituita. Vides, ut pallidus omnis Cena defurgat dubia? quin corpus onuftum Hefternis vitiis animum quoque praegravat una, Atque affigit humo divinae particulam aurae.