Vestrum misertus ille Salmasius Eques XI. GALLI ex concubitu gravidam te, Pontia, Mori, 5 10 XII. APOLOGUS DE RUSTICO ET HERO. RUSTICUS ex malo sapidissima poma quotannis Mota solo assueto, protinus aret iners. Possem ego avaritiam frænare, gulamque voracem: 5 10 10 Cubito] 'Quoties ego vidi patrem tuum cubito emungentem.' Sueton. vit. Horat. p. 525. Warton. XIII. AD CHRISTINAM SUECORUM REGINAM, BELLIPOTENS virgo, septem regina trionum, 5 1 regina] There is a close resemblance between the two first lines of this address, and the opening of Nic. Heinsius's Verses to Christina, p. 53. 'Belligeros virgo quæ temperas alma Triones,' &c. and 'Sidus inocciduum, septem Regina Trionum Faxque Lycaonice clarior igne facis.' p. 139. and p. 140, Regina victrix, germen acre Bellonæ, Arctoa Pallas!" 2 poli] Resembles a line in his tutor A. Gill's verses, p. 91. Inclyta Carolides, qui nunc moderatur Adolphus, Pene sub Arctoi sidere regna poli. 4 Utque] Var. Lect. ' sicque.' 'ora fero.' ver. 7, at tibi. Todd.— Toland first printed these lines in his Life of Milton, p. 123, and ascribes them indecisively to Milton or Marvell; consult Warton's note, ed. Todd, vi. 267. I wish Mr. Warton had, by a few minutes' application of his fine poetical genius, secured these lines against the attempt of other versifiers; but as he has passed them unnoticed, I shall venture to give my translation. Christina! warrior-maid, who rul'st alone; Thou star-bright queen of all the Polar zone ! Exequor et populi fortia jussa manu. SYLVARUM LIBER. IN OBITUM PROCANCELLARII, MEDICI. ANNO ÆTATIS 17. PARERE fati discite legibus, Manusque Parcæ jam date supplices, Iäpeti colitis nepotes. Vos si relicto mors vaga Tænaro Per tenebras Stygis ire certum est. Si destinatum pellere dextera Nessi venenatus cruore, Emathiâ jacuisset Oetâ: Nec fraude turpi Palladis invidæ 11 Nessi] Hor. Epod. xvii. 31. 'Atro delibutus Hercules Nessi cruore.' Warton. 5 10 Quem larva Pelidis peremit Ense Locro, Jove lacrymante. Si triste fatum verba Hecatëia Fugare possint, Telegoni parens Telegonive parens.' Lib. xlii. c. 3. Verba 18 Telegoni] Ov. Ep. Pont. iii. i. 123. Absyrtus is called Ægialius' by Justin. H. Hecateia' is from Ov. Metam. xiv. 44. Hecateia carmina miscet.' Warton, Todd. 29 Tuque, O alumno] The 'O' is wrongly left open in this verse. 29 Apolline] Certainly read Apollinis.' Warton. · 31 Cirrha] The third line of the Alcaic ends with two dissyllables, 'Cirrha luget,' which can be defended but by very few examples from Horace. The accent ought also to be on the fifth or sixth syllable. At fila rupit Persephone tua, Succoque pollenti, tot atris 40 45 IN QUINTUM NOVEMBRIS. ANNO ETATIS 17. JAM pius extrema veniens läcobus ab arcto, 43 caltha] See Prolusiones, p. 76. 4 Anglica] Vowel made short before Sc. 5 10 |