THE
ART
of
POLITICKS
,
In
Imitation
of
HORACE's
ART
of
POETRY
.
By
the
Reverend
Mr.
Bramston
.
Humano
capiti
cervicem
pictor
equinam
Jungere
si
velit
,
&
varias
inducere
plumas
,
Undique
collatis
membris
;
ut
turpiter
atrum
Definat
in
piscem
mulier
formosa
superne
:
Spectatum
admissi
,
risum
teneatis
,
amici
?
Credite
,
Pisones
,
isti
tabulae
fore
librum
Persimilem
,
cujus
,
velut
aegri
somnia
,
vanae
Fingentur
species
.
—
Pictoribus
atque
Poetis
Quilibet
audendi
semper
fuit
aequa
potestas
;
Scimus
,
&
hanc
veniam
petimusque
damusque
vicissim
;
Sed
non
ut
placidis
coëant
immitia
,
non
ut
Serpentes
avibus
geminentur
,
tigribus
agni.
IF
to
an
human
face
sir
James
shou'd
draw
A
horse's
mane
,
and
feathers
of
maccaw
,
A
lady's
bosom
,
and
a
tail
of
cod
,
Who
could
help
laughing
at
a
sight
so
odd
?
Just
such
a
monster
,
Sirs
,
pray
think
before
ye
,
When
you
behold
one
man
both
Whig
and
Tory
.
Not
more
extravagant
are
drunkards
dreams
,
Than
Low-church
politicks
with
High-church
schemes
.
Painters
,
you'll
say
,
may
their
own
fancies
use
,
And
free-born
Britons
may
their
party
chuse
:
That's
true
,
I
own
:
but
can
one
piece
be
drawn
For
dove
and
dragon
,
elephant
and
fawn
?
Incoeptis
gravibus
plerumque
&
magna
professis
Purpureus
,
late
qui
splendeat
,
unus
&
alter
Assuitur
pannus
;
cum
lucus
,
&
ara
Dianae
,
Aut
properantis
aquae
per
amoenos
ambitus
agros
,
Aut
flumen
Rhenum
,
aut
pluvius
describitur
arcus
.
Sed
nunc
non
erat
his
locus
:
&
fortasse
cupressum
Scis
simulare
quid
hoc
,
si
fractus
enatat
exspes
Navibus
,
aere
dato
qui
pingitur
?
amphora
coepit
Institui
;
currente
rota
cur
urceus
exit
?
Denique
sit
quidvis
,
simplex
duntaxat
&
unum
.
Speakers
profess'd
,
who
gravity
pretend
,
With
motly
sentiments
their
speeches
blend
;
Begin
like
patriots
,
and
like
courtiers
end
.
Some
love
to
roar
,
the
constitution's
broke
,
And
others
on
the
nation's
debts
to
joke
;
Some
rail
,
(
they
hate
a
commonwealth
so
much
,
)
Whate'er
the
subject
be
,
against
the
Dutch
;
While
others
,
with
more
fashionable
fury
,
Begin
with
turnpikes
,
and
conclude
with
Fleury
.
Some
,
when
th'
affair
was
Blenheim's
glorious
battle
,
Declaim'd
against
importing
Irish
cattle
:
But
you
,
from
whate'er
side
you
take
your
name
,
Like
Anna's
motto
,
always
be
the
same
.
Decipimus
specie
recti
;
brevis
esse
laboro
,
Obscurus
fio
;
sectantem
levia
nervi
,
Deficiunt
animique
;
professus
grandia
,
turget
,
Qui
variare
cupit
rem
prodigaliter
unam
.
Delphinum
sylvis
appingit
,
fluctibus
aprum
.
In
vitium
ducit
culpae
fuga
,
si
caret
arte
.
Aemilium
circa
ludum
faber
imus
&
ungues
Exprimet
,
&
molles
imitabitur
aere
capillos
;
Infelix
operis
summa
,
quia
ponere
totum
Nesciet
;
hunc
ego
me
,
si
quid
componere
curem
.
Non
magis
esse
velim
,
quam
pravo
vivere
naso
Spectandum
nigris
oculis
nigroque
capillo
.
Outsides
deceive
,
'tis
hard
the
truth
to
know
,
Parties
from
quaint
denominations
flow
,
As
Scotch
and
Irish
antiquaries
show
.
The
low
are
said
to
rake
Fanaticks
parts
,
The
high
are
bloody
Papists
in
their
hearts
.
Caution
and
fear
to
highest
faults
have
run
;
In
pleasing
both
the
parties
,
you
please
none
.
Who
in
the
house
affects
declaiming
airs
,
Whales
in
Change-alley
paints
:
in
Fish-street
bears
.
Some
metaphors
,
some
hankerchiefs
display
,
These
peep
in
hats
,
while
those
with
buttons
play
,
And
make
me
think
it
Repetition
day
;
There
knights
haranguing
hug
a
neighb'ring
post
,
And
are
but
quorum
orators
at
most
.
Sooner
than
thus
my
want
of
sense
expose
,
I'll
deck
out
bandy-legs
with
gold-clock'd
hose
,
Or
wear
a
toupet-wig
without
a
nose
.
Nay
,
I
would
sooner
have
thy
phyz
,
I
swear
,
Surintendant
des
plaisirs
d'Angleterre
.
All
Mr.
Heydegger's
letters
come
directed
to
him
from
abroad
,
A
Monsieur
,
Monsieur
Heydegger
,
surintendant
des
plaisirs
d'Angleterre
.
Sumite
materiam
vestris
,
qui
scribitis
aequam
Viribus
;
&
versate
diu
,
quid
ferre
recusent
,
Quid
valeant
humeri
:
cui
lecta
potenter
erit
res
,
Nec
facundia
deseret
hunc
,
nec
lucidus
ordo
.
Ordinis
haec
virtus
erit
&
Venus
,
aut
ego
fallor
,
Ut
jam
nunc
dicat
,
jam
nunc
debentia
dici
,
Pleraque
differat
,
&
praesens
in
tempus
omittat
.
Dixeris
egregie
,
notum
si
callida
verbum
Reddiderit
junctura
novum
;
si
forte
necesse
est
Indiciis
monstrare
recentibus
abdita
rerum
Fingere
cinctutis
non
exaudita
Cethegis
Continget
dabiturque
licentia
sumpta
pudenter
.
Et
nova
fictaque
nuper
habebunt
verba
fidem
,
si
Graeco
fonte
cadant
.
Ye
weekly
writers
of
seditious
news
,
Take
care
your
subjects
artfully
to
chuse
,
Write
panegyrick
strong
,
or
boldly
rail
,
You
cannot
miss
preferment
,
or
a
goal
.
Wrap
up
your
poison
well
,
nor
fear
to
say
What
was
a
lye
last
night
is
truth
to-day
.
Tell
this
,
sink
that
,
arrive
at
Ridpath's
praise
,
Let
Abel
Roper
your
ambition
raise
.
To
lie
fit
opportunity
observe
,
Saving
some
double
meaning
in
reserve
;
But
oh
!
you'll
merit
everlasting
fame
,
If
you
can
quibble
on
Sir
Robert's
name
.
In
state-affairs
use
not
the
vulgar
phrase
,
Talk
words
scarce
known
in
good
queen
Besse's
days
,
New
terms
let
war
or
traffick
introduce
,
And
try
to
bring
persuading-ships
in
use
.
Coin
words
:
in
coining
ne'er
mind
common
sense
,
Provided
the
original
be
French
.
—
Licuit
,
semperque
licebit
Signatum
praesente
not
a
producere
nomen
.
Ut
sylvae
foliis
pronos
mutantur
in
annos
:
Prima
cadunt
,
it
a
verborum
vetus
interit
aetas
.
Debemur
morti
nos
nostraque
;
sive
receptus
Terrâ
Neptunus
,
classes
aquilonibus
arcet
,
Regis
opus
;
sterilisve
diu
palus
aptaque
remis
Vicinas
urbes
alit
,
&
grave
sentit
aratrum
;
Seu
cursum
mutavit
iniquum
frugibus
amnis
Doctus
iter
melius
:
mortalia
facta
peribunt
,
Nedum
sermonum
stet
honos
,
&
gratia
vivax
:
Multa
renascentur
quae
jam
cecidere
,
cadentque
Quae
nunc
sunt
in
honore
vocabula
,
si
volet
usus
,
Quem
penes
arbitrium
est
&
jus
&
norma
loquendi
.
Like
South-sea
stock
,
expressions
rise
and
fall
:
King
Edward's
words
are
now
no
words
at
all
.
Did
aught
our
predecessors
genius
cramp
?
Sure
every
reign
may
have
its
proper
stamp
.
All
sublunary
things
of
death
partake
;
What
alteration
does
a
cent'ry
make
?
Kings
and
comedians
are
all
mortal
found
,
Caesar
and
Pinkethman
are
underground
.
What's
not
destroy'd
by
Time's
devouring
hand
?
Where's
Troy
,
and
where's
the
may-pole
in
the
Strand
?
Pease
,
cabbages
,
and
turnips
once
grew
,
where
Now
stands
New
Bond-street
,
and
a
newer
square
;
Such
piles
of
buildings
now
rise
up
and
down
,
London
itself
seems
going
out
of
town
.
Our
fathers
cross'd
from
Fulham
in
a
wherry
,
Their
sons
enjoy
a
bridge
at
Putney-ferry
.
Think
we
that
modern
words
eternal
are
?
Toupet
and
Tompion
,
Cosins
,
and
Colmar
Hereafter
will
be
call'd
,
by
some
plain
man
,
A
wig
,
a
watch
,
a
pair
of
stays
,
a
fan
.
To
things
themselves
if
time
such
change
affords
,
Can
there
be
any
trusting
to
our
words
?
Res
gestae
regumque
ducumque
,
&
tristia
bella
Quo
scribi
possent
numero
,
monstravit
Homerus
,
Versibus
impariter
junctis
querimonia
primum
,
Post
etiam
inclusa
est
voti
sententia
compos
.
Quis
tamen
exiguos
elegos
emiserit
auctor
,
Grammatici
certant
,
&
adhuc
sub
judice
lis
est
.
To
screen
good
ministers
from
publick
rage
,
And
how
with
party
madness
to
engage
,
We
learn
from
Addison's
immortal
page
.
The
Jacobite's
ridiculous
opinion
Is
seen
from
Tickell's
letters
to
Avignon
.
But
who
puts
Caleb's
Country-Craftsman
out
,
Is
still
a
secret
,
and
the
world's
in
doubt
.
Musa
dedit
fidibus
Divos
puerosque
Deorum
,
Et
pugilem
victorem
,
&
equum
certamine
primum
,
Et
juvenum
curas
,
&
libera
vina
referre
.
Not
long
since
parish
clerks
,
with
saucy
airs
,
Apply'd
king
David's
psalms
to
state
affairs
.
Some
certain
tunes
to
politicks
belong
,
On
both
side
drunkards
love
a
party-song
.
Descriptas
servare
vices
operumque
colores
Cur
ego
si
nequeo
ignoroque
,
poeta
salutor
?
Cur
nescire
,
pudens
prave
,
quam
discere
malo
?
If
full
across
the
Speaker's
chair
I
go
,
Can
I
be
said
the
rules
o'
th'
House
to
know
?
I'll
ask
,
nor
give
offence
without
intent
,
Nor
through
mere
sheepishness
be
impudent
.
Versibus
exponi
tragicis
res
comica
non
vult
:
Indignatur
item
privatis
,
ac
prope
socco
Dignis
carminibus
narrari
coena
Thyestae
.
Interdum
tamen
&
vocem
Comoedia
tollit
,
Iratusque
Chremes
tumido
dilitigat
ore
.
Telephus
&
Peleus
,
cum
pauper
&
exsul
uterque
Projicit
ampullas
&
sesquipedalia
verba
.
In
acts
of
Parliament
avoid
sublime
,
Nor
e'er
address
his
Majesty
in
rhyme
;
An
Act
of
Parliament's
a
serious
thing
,
Begins
with
year
of
Lord
and
year
of
King
;
Keeps
close
to
form
,
in
every
word
is
strict
,
When
it
would
pains
and
penalties
inflict
.
Soft
words
suit
best
petitioner's
intent
;
Soft
words
,
O
ye
petitioners
of
Kent
!
Non
satis
est
pulchra
esse
Poemata
,
dulcia
sunio
.
Ut
ridentibus
arrident
,
ita
flentibus
adsunt
Humani
vultus
:
si
vis
me
stere
,
dolendum
est
Primum
ipse
tibi
:
nunc
tua
me
infortunia
laedent
.
Telephe
,
vel
Peleu
,
mole
si
mandata
loquêris
,
Aut
dormitabo
,
aut
ridebo
.
Whoe'er
harangues
before
he
gives
his
vote
,
Should
send
sweet
language
from
a
tuneful
throat
.
Pultney
the
coldest
breast
with
zeal
can
fire
,
And
Roman
thoughts
by
Attick
stile
inspire
;
He
knows
from
tedious
wranglings
to
beguile
The
serious
house
into
a
cheerful
smile
;
When
the
great
patriot
paints
his
anxious
fears
For
England's
safety
,
I
am
lost
in
tears
.
But
when
dull
speakers
strive
to
move
compassion
,
I
pity
their
poor
hearers
,
not
the
nation
:
Unless
young
members
to
the
purpose
keep
,
I
fall
a
laughing
,
or
I
fall
asleep
.
Format
enim
natura
prius
nos
intus
ad
omnem
Fortunarum
habitum
,
&c.
Post
effert
animi
motus
interprete
linguâ
.
—
tristia
moestum
Vultum
verba
decent
,
&c.
Si
dicentis
erunt
fortunis
absona
dicta
Romani
tollent
equites
peditesque
cachinnum
.
Can
men
their
inward
faculties
controul
?
Is
not
the
tongue
an
index
to
the
soul
?
Laugh
not
in
time
of
service
to
your
God
,
Nor
bully
,
when
in
custody
o'
th'
rod
;
Look
grave
,
and
be
from
jokes
and
grinning
far
,
When
brought
to
sue
for
pardon
at
the
bar
:
If
then
you
let
your
ill-tim'd
wit
appear
,
Knights
,
citizens
,
and
burgesses
will
sneer
.
Intererit
multum
Davusne
loquatur
,
an
Heros
:
Mercatorne
vagus
,
cultorne
virentis
agelli
;
Colchus
,
an
Assyrius
;
Thebis
nutritus
,
an
Argis
.
For
land
,
or
trade
,
not
the
same
notions
fire
The
city-merchant
,
and
the
country-'squire
;
Their
climes
are
distant
,
tho'
one
cause
unites
The
lairds
of
Scotland
,
and
the
Cornish
knights
.
Aut
famam
sequere
,
aut
sibi
convenientia
finge
,
Scriptor
honoratum
si
forte
reponis
Achillem
,
Impiger
,
iracundus
,
inexorabilis
,
acer
,
Jura
neget
sibi
nata
,
nihil
non
arroget
armis
;
Sit
Medea
ferox
invictaque
,
flebilis
Ino
,
Perfidus
Ixion
,
Io
vaga
,
tristis
Orestes
.
To
likelihood
your
characters
confine
;
Don't
turn
Sir
Paul
out
,
let
Sir
Paul
resign
.
In
Walpole's
voice
(
if
factions
ill
intend
)
Give
the
two
universities
a
friend
;
Give
Maidstone
wit
,
and
elegance
refin'd
;
To
both
the
Pelhams
give
the
Scipio's
mind
;
To
Cart'ret
learning
,
eloquence
,
and
parts
;
To
George
the
second
,
give
all
English
hearts
.
Si
quid
inexpertum
scenae
committis
,
&
audes
Personam
formare
novam
,
servetur
ad
imum
Qualis
ad
incepto
processerit
,
&
sibi
constet
.
Sometimes
fresh
names
in
politicks
produce
,
And
factions
yet
unheard
of
introduce
;
And
if
you
dare
attempt
a
thing
so
new
,
Make
to
itself
the
flying
squadron
true
.
Difficile
est
proprie
communia
dicere
:
tuque
Rectius
Iliacum
carmen
deducis
in
actus
,
Quam
si
proferres
ignota
indictaque
primus
.
Publica
materies
privati
juris
erit
,
si
Nec
circa
vilem
patulumque
moraberis
orbem
.
Nec
verbum
verbo
curabis
reddére
fidus
Interpres
;
nec
desilies
imitator
in
arctum
,
Unde
pedem
proferre
pudor
vetet
,
aut
operis
lex
.
To
speak
is
free
,
no
member
is
debarr'd
;
But
funds
and
national
accounts
are
hard
:
Safer
on
common
topicks
to
discourse
,
The
malt-tax
,
and
a
military
force
.
On
these
each
coffee-house
will
lend
a
hint
,
Besides
a
thousand
things
that
are
in
print
.
But
steal
not
word
for
word
,
nor
thought
for
thought
,
For
you'll
be
teaz'd
to
death
,
if
you
are
caught
.
When
factious
leaders
boast
increasing
strength
,
Go
not
too
far
,
nor
follow
every
length
:
Leave
room
for
change
,
turn
with
a
grace
about
,
And
swear
you
left
'em
,
when
you
found
'em
out
.
Nec
si
incipies
,
ut
scriptor
Cyclicus
olim
,
"
Fortunam
Priami
cantabo
&
nobile
bellum
.
"
Quanto
rectius
hic
,
qui
nil
molitur
inepte
,
"
Dic
mihi
Musa
virum
,
captae
post
tempora
Trojae
,
"
Qui
mores
hominum
multorum
vidit
&
urbes
.
With
art
and
modesty
your
part
maintain
;
And
talk
like
Col'nel
Titus
,
not
like
Lane
.
The
trading
knight
with
rants
his
speech
begins
,
Sun
,
moon
,
and
stars
,
and
dragons
,
saints
,
and
kings
:
But
Titus
said
,
with
his
uncommon
sense
,
When
the
exclusion-bill
was
in
suspence
,
I
hear
a
lion
in
the
lobby
roar
;
Say
,
Mr.
Speaker
,
shall
we
shut
the
door
And
keep
him
there
,
or
shall
we
let
him
in
To
try
if
we
can
turn
him
out
again
?
Non
fumum
ex
fulgore
,
sed
ex
fumo
dare
lucem
Cogitat
—
Some
mighty
blusterers
impeach
with
noise
,
And
call
their
private
cry
,
the
publick
voice
.
Quid
dignum
tanto
feret
hic
promissor
hiatu
?
Parturiunt
montes
,
nascetur
ridiculus
mus
.
From
folio's
of
accounts
they
take
their
handles
,
And
the
whole
ballance
proves
a
pound
of
candles
;
As
if
Paul's
cupola
were
brought
to
bed
,
After
hard
labour
,
of
a
small
pin's
head
.
Nec
reditum
Diomedes
ab
interitu
Meleagri
,
Nec
gemino
bellum
Trojanum
orditur
ab
ovo
;
—
&
quae
Desperat
tractata
nitescere
posse
,
relinquit
;
Atque
ita
mentitur
,
sic
veris
falsa
remiscet
,
Primum
ne
medium
,
medio
ne
discrepet
imum
.
Some
Rufus
,
some
the
Conqueror
bring
in
,
And
some
from
Julius
Caesar's
days
begin
.
A
cunning
speaker
can
command
his
chops
,
And
when
the
house
is
not
in
humour
,
stops
;
In
falsehood
probability
imploys
,
Nor
his
old
lies
with
newer
lies
destroys
.
Tu
,
quid
ego
&
populus
mecum
desideret
,
audi
;
Si
plausoris
eges
aulaea
manentis
,
&
usque
Sessuri
donec
cantor
,
Vos
plaudite
,
dicat
:
Aetatis
cujusque
notandi
sunt
tibi
mores
Mobilibusque
decor
naturis
dandus
&
annis
.
If
when
you
speak
,
you'd
hear
a
needle
fall
,
And
make
the
frequent
hear-hims
rend
the
wall
,
In
matters
suited
to
your
taste
engage
,
Rememb'ring
still
your
quality
and
age
.
Thy
task
be
this
,
young
knight
,
and
hear
my
song
,
What
politicks
to
ev'ry
age
belong
.
Reddere
qui
voces
jam
scit
puer
,
&
pede
certo
Signat
humum
,
jestis
paribus
colludere
,
&
iram
Colligit
ac
ponit
temere
,
&
mutatur
in
horas
.
When
babes
can
speak
,
babes
should
be
taught
to
say
King
George
the
second's
health
,
huzza
,
huzza
!
Boys
should
learn
Latin
for
Prince
William's
sake
,
And
girls
Louisa
their
example
make
.
Imberbis
juvenis
,
tandem
custode
remoto
,
Gaudet
equis
canibusque
,
&
aprici
gramine
campi
;
Cereus
in
vitium
flecti
,
monitoribus
asper
,
Utilium
tardus
provisor
,
prodigus
aeris
,
Sublimis
cupidusque
,
&
amata
relinquere
pernix
.
More
loves
the
youth
,
just
come
to
his
estate
,
To
range
the
fields
,
than
in
the
house
debate
;
More
he
delights
in
fav'rite
Jowler's
tongue
,
Than
in
Will
Shippen
,
or
Sir
William
Yonge
:
If
in
one
chase
he
can
two
horses
kill
,
He
cares
not
two-pence
for
the
land-tax
bill
:
Loud
in
his
wine
,
in
women
not
o'er
nice
,
He
damns
his
uncles
if
they
give
advice
;
Votes
as
his
father
did
when
there's
a
call
,
But
had
much
rather
never
vote
at
all
.
Conversis
studiis
,
aetas
animusque
virilis
;
Quaerit
opes
&
amicitias
,
inservit
honori
;
Commisisse
cavet
quod
mox
mutare
laboret
.
We
take
a
different
turn
at
twenty-six
,
And
lofty
thoughts
on
some
lord's
daughter
fix
;
With
men
in
pow'r
strict
friendship
we
pursue
,
With
some
considerable
post
in
view
.
A
man
of
forty
years
to
change
his
note
,
One
way
to
speak
,
and
t'other
way
to
vote
;
Careful
his
tongue
in
passion
to
command
,
Avoids
the
bar
,
and
speaker's
reprimand
.
Multa
senem
circumveniunt
incommoda
;
vel
quod
Quaerit
,
&
inventis
miser
abstinet
,
ac
timet
uti
.
Dilator
spe
longus
,
iners
,
avidusque
futuri
;
Difficilis
,
querulus
,
laudator
temporis
acti
Se
puero
,
censor
castigatorque
minorum
.
Multa
ferunt
anni
venientes
commoda
secum
,
Multa
recedentes
adimunt
;
ne
forte
seniles
Mandentur
juveni
partes
,
pueroque
viriles
;
Semper
in
adjunctis
aevoque
morabimur
aptis
.
In
bags
the
old
man
lets
his
treasure
rust
,
Afraid
to
use
it
,
or
the
funds
to
trust
;
When
stocks
are
low
he
wants
the
heart
to
buy
,
And
through
much
caution
sees
them
rise
too
high
;
Thinks
nothing
rightly
done
since
seventy-eight
,
Swears
present
members
do
not
talk
,
but
prate
:
In
Charles
the
second's
days
,
says
he
,
ye
prigs
,
Tories
were
Tories
then
,
and
Whigs
were
Whigs
.
Alas
!
this
is
a
lamentable
truth
,
We
lose
in
age
,
as
we
advance
in
youth
:
I
laugh
when
twenty
will
like
eighty
talk
,
And
old
Sir
John
with
Polly
Peachum
walk
.
Aut
agitur
res
in
scenis
,
aut
acta
refertur
.
Segnius
irritant
animos
demissa
per
aures
,
Quàm
quae
sunt
oculis
subjecta
fidelibus
,
&
quae
Ipse
sibi
tradit
spectator
.
Quodcunque
ostendis
mihi
sic
,
incredulus
odi
.
Now
as
to
double
,
or
to
false
returns
,
When
pockets
suffer
,
and
when
anger
burns
;
O
thing
surpassing
faith
!
knight
strives
with
knight
When
both
have
brib'd
,
and
neither's
in
the
right
,
The
bailiff's
self
is
sent
for
in
that
case
,
And
all
the
witnesses
had
face
to
face
.
Selected
members
soon
the
fraud
unfold
,
In
full
committee
of
the
house
'tis
told
;
Th'
incredible
corruption
is
destroy'd
,
The
chairman's
angry
,
and
th'
election
void
.
Neve
minor
,
neu
sit
quinto
productior
actu
Fabula
,
quae
posci
vult
,
&
spectata
reponi
;
Nec
Deus
intersit
,
nisi
dignus
vindice
nodus
Inciderit
;
nec
quarta
loqui
persona
laboret
.
Those
who
would
captivate
the
well-bred
throng
,
Should
not
too
often
speak
,
nor
speak
too
long
:
Church
,
nor
church-matters
ever
turn
to
sport
,
Nor
make
St.
Stephen's
chapel
,
Dover-court
.
Actoris
partes
Chorus
officiumque
virile
Defendat
:
neu
quid
medios
intercinat
actus
,
Quod
non
proposito
conducat
&
haereat
apte
:
Ille
bonis
faveatque
,
&
concilietur
amicis
,
Et
regat
iratos
,
&
amet
peccare
timentes
;
Ille
dapes
laudet
mensae
brevis
;
ille
salubrem
Justitiam
,
legesque
,
&
apertis
otia
portis
;
Ille
tegat
commissa
,
Deosque
precetur
&
oret
,
Ut
redeat
miseris
,
abeat
fortuna
superbis
.
The
speaker
,
when
the
commons
are
assembled
,
May
to
the
Graecian
chorus
be
resembled
;
'Tis
his
the
young
and
modest
to
espouse
,
And
see
none
draw
,
or
challenge
in
the
house
:
'Tis
his
old
hospitality
to
use
,
And
three
good
printers
for
the
house
to
chuse
;
To
let
each
representative
be
heard
,
And
take
due
care
the
chaplain
be
preferr'd
;
To
hear
no
motion
made
that's
out
of
joint
,
And
when
he
spies
his
member
,
make
his
point
.
Tibia
non
,
ut
nunc
Orichalcho
vincta
,
tubaeque
Aemula
,
sed
tenuis
simplex
foramine
pauco
Aspirare
,
&
adesse
choris
erat
utilis
,
&c.
Postquam
coepit
agros
extendere
victor
,
&
urbem
Latior
amplecti
murus
,
&c.
Accessit
numerisque
modisque
licentia
major
;
Sic
etiam
fidibus
voces
crevere
severis
,
Et
tulit
eloquium
insolitum
facundia
praeceps
:
Utilium
sagax
rerum
&
divina
futuri
Sortilegis
non
discrepuit
sententia
Delphis
.
To
knights
new
chosen
in
old
time
would
come
The
country
trumpet
,
and
perhaps
a
drum
;
Now
when
a
burgess
new
elect
appears
,
Come
trainbands
,
horseguards
,
footguards
,
grenadeers
;
When
the
majority
the
town-clerk
tells
,
His
honour
pays
the
fiddles
,
waits
,
and
bells
:
Harangues
the
mob
,
and
is
as
wise
and
great
,
As
the
most
mystick
oracle
of
state
.
Carmine
qui
tragico
vilem
certavit
ob
hircum
,
Incolumi
gravitate
jocum
tentavit
,
eo
quod
Illecebris
erat
&
grata
novitate
morandus
Spectator
,
functusque
sacris
,
&
potus
,
&
exlex.
When
the
duke's
grandson
for
the
county
stood
,
His
beef
was
fat
,
and
his
october
good
;
His
lordship
took
each
ploughman
by
the
fist
,
Drank
to
their
sons
,
their
wives
,
their
daughters
kiss'd
;
But
when
strong
beer
their
free-born
hearts
inflames
,
They
sell
him
bargains
,
and
they
call
him
names
.
Thus
it
is
deem'd
in
English
nobles
wise
To
stoop
for
no
one
reason
but
to
rise
.
Effutire
leves
indigna
Tragoedia
versus
,
Ut
festis
matrona
moveri
jussa
diebus
,
Intererit
Satyris
paulum
pudibunda
protervis
.
Election
matters
shun
with
cautious
awe
,
O
all
ye
judges
learned
in
the
law
;
A
judge
by
bribes
as
much
himself
degrades
,
As
duchess-dowager
by
masquerades
.
Non
ego
inornata
&
dominantia
nomina
solum
,
Verbaque
,
Pisones
,
Satyrorum
scriptor
amabo
;
Nec
sic
enitar
Tragico
differre
colori
,
Ut
nihil
intersit
Davusque
loquatur
,
&
audax
Pythias
,
emuncto
lucrata
Simone
talentum
:
An
custos
famulusque
Dei
Silenus
alumni
.
Try
not
with
jests
obscene
to
force
a
smile
,
Nor
lard
your
speech
with
mother
Needham's
stile
:
Let
not
your
tongue
to
Ωλδφιελδισμυς
run
,
And
Κιββερισμυς
with
abhorrence
shun
;
Let
not
your
looks
affected
words
disgrace
,
Nor
join
with
silver
tongue
a
brazen
face
;
Let
not
your
hands
,
like
tallboys
be
employ'd
,
And
the
mad
rant
of
tragedy
avoid
.
Just
in
your
thoughts
,
in
your
expression
clear
,
Neither
too
modest
,
nor
too
bold
appear
.
—
Ut
sibi
quivis
Speret
idem
,
sudet
multum
,
frustraque
laboret
.
Others
in
vain
a
like
success
will
boast
,
He
speaks
most
easy
,
who
has
study'd
most
.
Ne
nimium
teneris
juvenentur
versibus
unquam
,
Aut
immunda
crepent
ignominiosaque
dicta
:
Offenduntur
enim
quibus
est
equus
,
&
pater
&
res
,
Nec
si
quid
fricti
ciceris
probat
,
&
nucis
emptor
,
Aequis
accipiunt
animis
,
donantve
corona
.
A
peer's
pert
heir
has
to
the
commons
spoke
A
vile
reflection
,
or
a
bawdy
joke
:
Call'd
to
the
house
of
lords
,
of
this
beware
,
'Tis
what
the
bishops'
bench
will
never
bear
.
Among
the
commons
is
such
freedom
shown
,
They
lash
each
other
,
and
attack
the
throne
;
Yet
so
unskilful
or
so
fearful
some
,
For
nine
that
speak
there's
nine-and-forty
dumb
.
At
nostri
proavi
Plautinos
&
numeros
&
Laudavêre
sales
;
nimium
patienter
utrumque
,
Nec
dicam
stulte
,
mirati
;
si
modo
ego
&
vos
Scimus
inurbanum
lepido
seponere
dicto
,
Legitimumque
sonum
digitis
callemus
&
aure
.
When
James
the
first
,
at
great
Britannia's
helm
,
Rul'd
this
word-clipping
and
word-coining
realm
,
No
word
to
royal
favour
made
pretence
,
But
what
agreed
in
sound
and
clash'd
in
sense
.
Thrice
happy
he
!
how
great
that
speaker's
praise
,
Whose
ev'ry
period
look'd
an
hundred
ways
.
What
then
?
we
now
with
just
abhorrence
shun
The
trifling
quibble
,
and
the
school-boy's
pun
;
Tho'
no
great
connoisseur
,
I
make
a
shift
Just
to
find
out
a
Durfey
from
a
Swift
;
I
can
discern
with
half
an
eye
,
I
hope
,
Mist
from
Jo
Addison
;
from
Eusden
,
Pope
:
I
know
a
farce
from
one
of
Congreve's
plays
,
And
Cibber's
opera
from
Johnny
Gay's
.
Ignotum
Tragicae
genus
invenisse
Camoenae
Dicitur
,
&
plaustris
vexisse
poëmata
Thespis
,
Quae
canerent
agerentque
peruncti
faecibus
ora
Post
hunc
personae
pallaeque
repertor
honestae
Aeschylus
,
&
modicis
instravit
pulpita
tignis
,
Et
docuit
magnumque
loqui
,
nitique
cothurno
.
Successit
vetus
his
Commoedia
,
non
sine
multa
Laude
:
sed
in
vitium
libertas
excidit
,
&
vim
Dignam
lege
regi
:
lex
est
accepta
,
chorusque
Turpiter
obticuit
sublato
jure
nocendi
.
When
pert
Defoe
his
saucy
papers
writ
,
He
from
a
cart
was
pillor'd
for
his
wit
:
By
mob
was
pelted
half
a
morning's
space
,
And
rotten
eggs
besmear'd
his
yellow
face
;
The
Censor
then
improv'd
the
list'ning
isle
,
And
held
both
parties
in
an
artful
smile
.
A
scribbling
crew
now
pinching
winter
brings
,
That
spare
no
earthly
nor
no
heav'nly
things
,
Nor
church
,
nor
state
,
nor
treasurers
,
nor
kings
.
But
blasphemy
displeases
all
the
town
;
And
for
defying
scripture
,
law
,
and
crown
,
Woolston
should
pay
his
fine
,
and
lose
his
gown
.
Nil
intentatum
nostri
liquêre
Poëta
;
Nec
minimum
meruêre
decus
,
vestigia
Graeca
Ausi
deserere
,
&
celebrare
domestica
facta
:
Nec
virtute
foret
clarisve
potentius
armis
,
Quàm
linguâ
,
Latium
,
si
non
offenderet
unum
-
quemque
Peëtarum
limae
labor
&
mora
.
It
must
be
own'd
the
journals
try
all
ways
To
merit
their
respective
party's
praise
:
They
jar
in
every
article
from
Spain
;
A
war
these
threaten
,
those
a
peace
maintain
:
Tho'
lie
they
will
,
to
give
them
all
their
due
,
In
foreign
matters
,
and
domestick
too
.
Whoe'er
thou
art
that
would'st
a
Postman
write
Enquire
all
day
,
and
hearken
all
the
night
.
Sure
,
Gazetteers
and
writers
of
Courants
Might
soon
exceed
th'
intelligence
of
France
:
To
be
out-done
old
England
should
refuse
,
As
in
her
arms
,
so
in
her
publick
news
:
But
truth
is
scarce
,
the
scene
of
action
large
,
And
correspondence
an
excessive
charge
.
Ingenium
miserâ
quia
fortunatius
arte
Credit
,
&
excludit
sanos
Helicone
Poëtas
Democritus
,
bona
pars
non
ungues
ponere
curat
,
Non
barbam
—
Nanciscetur
enim
pretium
nomenque
Poëtae
,
Si
tribus
Anticyris
caput
insanabile
nunquam
Tonsori
Licino
commiserit
.
There
are
who
say
,
no
man
can
be
a
wit
Unless
for
Newgate
,
or
for
Bedlam
sit
;
Let
pamphleteers
abusive
satire
write
,
To
shew
a
genius
is
to
shew
a
spite
:
That
author's
work
will
ne'er
be
reckon'd
good
,
Who
has
not
been
where
Curll
the
printer
stood
.
—
O
ego
laevus
,
Qui
purgor
hilem
sub
verni
temporis
horam
:
Non
alius
faceret
meliora
poëmata
,
verum
Nil
tanti
est
:
ergo
fungar
vice
cotis
,
acutum
Reddere
quae
ferrum
valet
,
exsors
ipsa
secandi
;
Munus
&
officium
,
nil
scribens
ipse
,
docebo
;
Unde
parentur
opes
,
quid
alat
formetque
Poëtam
:
Quid
deceat
,
quid
non
:
quò
virtus
,
quò
ferat
error
.
Alas
poor
me
!
you
may
my
Fortune
guess
:
I
write
,
and
yet
humanity
profess
:
(
Though
nothing
can
delight
a
modern
judge
,
Without
ill-nature
and
a
private
grudge
)
I
love
the
king
,
the
queen
,
and
royal
race
:
I
like
the
government
,
but
want
no
place
Too
low
in
life
to
be
a
justice
I
,
And
for
a
constable
,
thank
God
,
too
high
:
Was
never
in
a
plot
,
my
brain's
not
hurt
;
I
politicks
to
poetry
convert
,
Scribendi
recte
,
sapere
est
&
principium
&
fons
:
Rem
tibi
Socraticae
poterunt
ostendere
chartae
,
Verbaque
provisam
rem
non
invita
sequentur
.
Qui
didicit
,
patriae
quid
debeat
,
&
quid
amicis
,
Quo
sit
amori
parens
,
quo
frater
amandus
,
et
hospes
,
Quod
sit
conscripti
,
quod
judicis
officium
,
quae
Partes
in
bellum
missi
ducis
;
ille
profectò
Reddere
personae
scit
convenientia
cuique
.
A
politician
must
(
as
I
have
read
)
Be
furnish'd
,
in
the
first
place
,
with
a
head
:
A
head
well
fill'd
with
Machiavelian
brains
,
And
stuff'd
with
precedents
of
former
reigns
:
Must
journals
read
,
and
magna
charta
quote
;
But
acts
still
wiser
,
if
he
speaks
by
note
:
Learn
well
his
lesson
,
and
ne'er
fear
mistakes
;
For
ready-money
ready-speakers
makes
.
He
must
instructions
and
credentials
draw
,
Pay
well
the
army
,
and
protect
the
law
:
Give
to
his
country
what's
his
country's
due
,
But
first
help
brothers
,
sons
,
and
cousins
too
.
He
must
read
Grotius
upon
war
and
peace
,
And
the
twelve
judges'
salary
increase
.
He
must
oblige
old
friends
and
new
allies
,
And
find
out
ways
and
means
for
fresh
supplies
.
He
must
the
weavers
grievances
redress
,
And
merchants
wants
in
merchants
words
express
.
Respicere
exemplar
vitae
morumque
jubebo
Doctum
imitatorem
,
&
veras
hinc
ducere
voces
.
Fabula
,
nullius
veneris
,
sine
pondere
&
arte
,
Valdius
oblectat
populum
,
meliusque
moratur
,
Quam
versus
inopes
rerum
,
nugaeque
canorae
.
Dramatick
poets
that
expect
the
bays
,
Should
call
our
histories
for
party
plays
;
Wickford's
Embassador
should
fill
their
head
,
And
the
State-trials
carefully
be
read
:
For
what
is
Dryden's
muse
and
Otway's
plots
,
To
th'
earl
of
Essex
or
the
queen
of
Scots
?
Graiis
ingenium
,
Graiis
dedit
ore
rotundo
Musa
loqui
,
&c.
Romani
pueri
longis
rationibus
assem
Discunt
in
partes
centum
diducere
.
Dicat
Filius
urbani
,
si
de
quincunce
remota
est
Uncia
,
quid
superest
?
poteras
dixisse
,
triens
.
Eu
!
Rem
poteris
servare
tuam
.
—
redit
uncia
,
quid
fit
?
Semis
.
Ad
haec
animos
aerugo
&
cura
peculî
Cum
semel
imbuerit
,
speramus
carmina
fingi
Posse
linenda
cedro
,
&
laevi
servanda
cupresso
?
'Tis
said
that
queen
Elizabeth
could
speak
,
At
twelve
years
old
,
right
Attick
full-mouth'd
Greek
;
Hence
was
the
student
forc'd
at
Greek
to
grudge
,
If
he
would
be
a
bishop
or
a
judge
.
Divines
and
lawyers
now
don't
think
they
thrive
,
'Till
promis'd
places
of
men
still
alive
:
How
old
is
such
a
one
in
such
a
post
?
The
answer
is
,
he's
seventy-five
almost
:
Th'
archbishop
and
the
master
of
the
rolls
?
Neither
is
young
,
and
one's
as
old
as
Paul's
.
Will
men
that
ask
such
questions
,
publish
books
Like
learned
Hooker's
,
or
chief
justice
Coke's
?
Quicquid
praecipies
,
esto
brevis
;
ut
cito
dicta
Percipiant
animi
dociles
,
teneantque
fideles
;
Omne
supervacuum
pleno
de
pectore
manat
.
On
tender
subjects
with
discretion
touch
,
And
never
say
too
little
or
too
much
.
On
trivial
matters
flourishes
are
wrong
,
Motions
for
candles
never
should
be
long
:
Or
if
you
move
in
case
of
sudden
rain
,
To
shut
the
windows
,
speak
distinct
and
plain
.
Unless
you
talk
good
English
,
downright
sense
,
Can
you
be
understood
by
serjeant
Spence
?
Ficta
voluptatis
causâ
,
sint
proxima
veris
:
Nec
,
quodcunque
volet
,
poscat
sibi
fabula
credi
;
Neu
pransae
Lamiae
vivum
puerum
extrahat
alvo
.
New
stories
always
should
with
truth
agree
,
Or
truth's
half
sister
,
probability
:
Scarce
could
Toft's
rabbits
and
pretended
throes
On
half
the
honourable
house
impose
.
Centuriae
seniorum
agitant
expertia
frugis
;
Celsi
praetereunt
austera
poëmata
Rhamnes
.
Omne
tulit
punctum
qui
miscuit
utile
dulci
,
Lectorem
delectando
,
pariterque
monendo
.
Hic
meret
aera
liber
Sosiis
,
hic
&
mare
transit
,
Et
longum
noto
scriptori
prorogat
aevum
.
When
Cato
speaks
,
young
Shallow
runs
away
,
And
swears
it
is
so
dull
he
cannot
stay
:
When
rakes
begin
on
blasphemy
to
border
,
Bromley
and
Hanmer
cry
aloud
—
to
order
.
The
point
is
this
,
with
manly
sense
and
ease
T'
inform
the
judgment
,
and
the
fancy
please
.
Praise
it
deserves
,
nor
difficult
the
thing
,
At
once
to
serve
one's
country
,
and
one's
king
.
Such
speeches
bring
the
wealthy
Tonsons
gain
,
From
age
to
age
they
minuted
remain
,
As
precedents
for
George
the
twentieth's
reign
.
Sunt
delecta
tamen
,
quibus
ignovisse
velimus
;
Non
semper
feriet
quodcunque
minabitur
arcus
:
Verum
ubi
plura
nitent
in
carmine
,
non
ego
paucis
Offendar
maculis
,
quas
aut
incuria
fudit
.
Aut
humana
parum
cavit
natura
.
Quid
ergo
est
?
Ut
scriptor
si
peccat
idem
librarius
usque
,
Quamvis
est
monitus
,
venia
caret
:
&
Citharaedus
Ridetur
,
chordâ
qui
semper
oberrat
eâdem
:
Sic
mihi
,
qui
multùm
cessat
,
fit
Choerilus
ille
,
Quem
bis
terque
bonum
,
cum
risu
miror
:
&
idem
Indignor
qnandoque
bonus
dormitat
Homerus
:
Verum
opere
in
longo
fas
est
obrepere
somnum
.
Is
there
a
man
on
earth
so
perfect
found
,
Who
ne'er
mistook
a
word
in
sense
or
sound
?
Not
blund'ring
,
but
persisting
is
the
fault
;
No
mortal
sin
is
Lapsus
Linguae
thought
:
Clerks
may
mistake
;
considering
who
'tis
from
,
I
pardon
little
slips
in
Cler.
Dom.
Com.
But
let
me
tell
you
I'll
not
take
his
part
,
If
ev'ry
Thursday
he
date
Die
Mart
Of
sputt'ring
mortals
,
'tis
the
fatal
curse
,
By
mending
blunders
still
to
make
them
worse
.
Men
sneer
when
—
gets
a
lucky
thought
,
And
stare
if
Wyndham
should
be
nodding
caught
.
But
sleeping's
what
the
wisest
men
may
do
,
Should
the
committee
chance
to
sit
till
two
.
Ut
pictura
Poësis
erit
;
quae
,
si
propius
stes
,
Te
capiet
magis
:
&
quaedam
,
si
longius
abstes
.
Haec
amat
obscurum
,
volet
haec
sub
luce
videri
;
Haec
placuit
semel
,
haec
decies
repetita
placebit
.
Not
unlike
paintings
,
principles
appear
,
Some
best
at
distance
,
some
when
we
are
near
.
The
love
of
politicks
so
vulgar's
grown
,
My
landlord's
party
from
his
sign
is
known
:
Mark
of
French
wine
,
see
Ormond's
head
appear
,
While
Marlb'rough's
face
directs
to
beer
and
beer
;
Some
Buchanan's
,
the
Pope's
head
some
like
best
,
The
Devil
tavern
is
a
standing
jest
.
O
major
juvenum
—
hoc
tibi
dictum
Tolle
memor
,
certis
medium
&
tolerabile
rebus
Recte
concedi
—
—
Mediocribus
esse
Poëtis
Non
homines
,
non
Dii
,
non
concessêre
columnae
.
Sic
animis
natum
inventumque
Poëma
juvandis
Si
paulum
a
summo
decessit
,
vergit
ad
imum
.
Whoe'er
you
are
that
have
a
seat
secure
,
Duly
return'd
,
and
from
petition
sure
,
Stick
to
your
friends
in
whatsoe'er
you
say
;
With
strong
aversion
shun
the
middle-way
;
The
middle-way
the
best
we
sometimes
call
,
But
'tis
in
politicks
no
way
at
all
.
A
Trimmer's
what
both
parties
turn
to
sport
,
By
country
hated
,
and
despis'd
at
court
.
Who
would
in
earnest
to
a
party
come
,
Must
give
his
vote
not
whimsical
,
but
plumb
.
There
is
no
medium
;
for
the
term
in
vogue
,
On
either
side
is
,
honest
man
,
or
rogue
.
Can
it
be
difficult
our
minds
to
shew
,
Where
all
the
difference
is
,
yes
,
or
no
?
Ludere
qui
nescit
,
campestribus
abstinet
armis
:
Indoctusque
pilae
,
discive
,
trochive
,
quiescit
,
Ne
spissae
risum
tollant
impunè
coronae
;
Qui
nescit
,
versus
tamen
audet
fingere
.
—
—
Quid
ni
?
Liber
&
ingenuus
praesertim
census
equestrem
Summam
nummorum
,
vitioque
remotus
ab
omni
.
Membranis
intus
positis
,
delere
licebit
Quod
non
edideris
:
nescit
vox
missa
reverti
.
In
all
professions
,
time
and
pains
give
skill
;
Without
hard
study
dare
physicians
kill
?
Can
he
that
ne'er
read
statutes
or
reports
,
Give
chamber
counsel
,
or
urge
law
in
courts
?
But
ev'ry
whipster
knows
affairs
of
state
,
Nor
fears
on
nicest
subjects
to
debate
.
A
knight
of
eighteen
hundred
pounds
a
year
—
Who
minds
his
head
,
if
his
estate
be
clear
?
Sure
he
may
speak
his
mind
,
and
tell
the
house
,
He
matters
not
the
government
a
louse
.
Lack-learning
knights
,
these
things
are
safely
said
To
friends
in
private
,
at
the
Bedford-head
;
But
in
the
house
,
before
your
tongue
runs
on
,
Consult
sir
James
,
lord
William's
dead
and
gone
.
Words
to
recall
is
in
no
member's
power
,
One
single
word
may
send
you
to
the
Tower
.
Sylvestres
homines
sacer
interpresque
Deorum
Caedibus
&
victu
foedo
deterruit
Orpheus
.
—
Fuit
haec
sapientia
quondam
,
Publica
privatis
secernere
,
sacra
profanis
:
Concubitu
prohibere
vago
,
dare
jura
maritis
;
Oppida
moliri
,
leges
incidere
ligno
.
—
Dictae
per
carmina
sortes
,
Et
vitae
monstrata
via
est
,
&
gratia
regum
Pieriis
tentata
modis
:
ludusque
repertus
Et
longorum
operum
finis
:
—
ne
forte
pudori
Sit
tibi
Musa
lyrae
solers
,
&
cantor
Apollo
.
The
wrong'd
to
help
,
the
lawless
to
restrain
,
Thrice
ev'ry
year
in
ancient
Egbert's
reign
,
The
members
to
the
Mitchelgemot
went
,
In
after-ages
called
the
Parliament
;
Early
the
Mitchelgemot
did
begin
T'
inroll
their
statutes
on
a
parchment
skin
:
For
impious
treason
hence
no
room
was
left
,
For
murder
,
for
polygamy
,
or
theft
:
Since
when
the
senate's
power
both
sexes
know
From
hops
and
claret
,
soap
and
callico
.
Now
wholsome
laws
young
senators
bring
in
'Gainst
goals
,
attorneys
,
bribery
,
and
gin
.
Since
such
the
nature
of
the
British
state
,
The
power
of
parliament
so
old
and
great
,
Ye
'squires
and
Irish
lords
,
'tis
worth
your
care
To
be
return'd
for
city
,
town
,
or
shire
,
By
sheriff
,
bailiff
,
constable
,
or
mayor
.
Natura
fieret
laudabile
carmen
,
an
arte
,
Quaesitum
est
;
ego
nec
studium
sine
divite
venâ
,
Nec
rude
quid
profit
video
ingenium
:
alterius
sic
Altera
poscit
opem
res
,
&
conjurat
amice
.
Some
doubt
,
which
to
a
seat
has
best
pretence
,
A
man
of
substance
,
or
a
man
of
sense
:
But
never
any
member
feats
will
do
,
Without
a
head-piece
and
a
pocket
too
;
Sense
is
requir'd
the
depth
of
things
to
reach
,
And
money
gives
authority
to
speech
.
Qui
studet
optatam
cursu
contingere
metam
,
Multa
tulit
fecitque
puer
;
sudavit
&
alsit
,
Abstinuit
venere
&
vina
.
—
Nunc
satis
est
dixisse
,
Ego
mira
poëmata
pango
:
Occupet
extremum
scabies
,
mihi
turpe
relinqui
est
,
Et
,
quod
non
didici
,
sane
nescire
fateri
.
A
man
of
bus'ness
won't
till
ev'ning
dine
,
Abstains
from
women
,
company
,
and
wine
:
From
Fig's
new
theatre
he'll
miss
a
night
,
Tho'
cocks
,
and
bulls
,
and
Irish
women
fight
:
Nor
sultry
sun
,
nor
storms
of
soaking
rain
,
The
man
of
bus'ness
from
the
house
detain
:
Nor
speaks
he
for
no
reason
but
to
say
,
I
am
a
member
,
and
I
spoke
to-day
.
I
speak
sometimes
,
you'll
hear
his
lordship
cry
,
Because
some
speak
that
have
less
sense
than
I
.
Assentatores
jubei
ad
lucrum
ire
Poëta
,
Dives
agris
,
dives
positis
in
foenore
nummis
.
Si
vero
est
unctum
qui
recte
ponere
possit
,
Et
spondere
levi
pro
paupere
,
&
eripere
atris
Litibus
implicitum
,
mirabor
,
si
sciet
inter
-
noscere
mendacem
verumque
beatus
amicum
.
Tu
seu
donaris
,
seu
quid
donare
voles
cui
,
Nolito
ad
versus
tibi
factos
ducere
plenum
Laetitiae
:
clamabit
enim
,
Pulchre
,
bene
,
recte
!
—
si
carmina
condes
,
Nunquam
te
fallant
animi
sub
vulpe
latentes
.
The
man
that
has
both
land
and
money
too
,
May
wonders
in
a
trading
borough
do
:
They'll
praise
his
ven'son
,
and
commend
his
port
,
Turn
their
two
former
members
into
sport
,
And
,
if
he
likes
it
,
satirize
the
court
.
But
at
a
feast
'tis
difficult
to
know
From
real
friends
an
undiscover'd
foe
;
The
man
that
swears
he
will
the
poll
secure
,
And
pawns
his
soul
that
your
election's
sure
,
Suspect
that
man
:
beware
,
all
is
not
right
,
He's
,
ten
to
one
,
a
corporation-bite
.
Quintilio
si
quid
recitares
,
corrige
,
sodes
,
Hoc
,
aiebat
,
&
hoc
:
melius
te
posse
negares
,
Bis
terque
expertum
frustra
,
delere
jubebat
.
Si
defendere
delictum
,
quam
vertere
,
malles
,
Nullum
ultra
verbum
,
aut
operam
sumebat
inanem
,
Quin
sine
rivali
teque
&
tua
solus
amares
.
Alderman
Pond
,
a
downright
honest
man
,
Would
say
,
I
cannot
help
you
,
or
I
can
:
To
spend
your
money
,
sir
,
is
all
a
jest
;
Matters
are
settled
,
set
your
heart
at
rest
:
We've
made
a
compromise
,
and
,
sir
,
you
know
,
That
sends
one
member
high
,
and
t'other
low
.
But
if
his
good
advice
you
would
not
take
,
He'd
scorn
your
supper
,
and
your
punch
forsake
,
Leave
you
of
mighty
interest
to
brag
,
And
poll
two
voices
like
sir
Robert
Fag
.
Ut
mala
quem
scabies
aut
morbus
regius
urguet
,
—
dicam
,
Siculique
Poëtae
Narrabo
interitum
—
Nec
semel
hoc
fecit
,
nec
si
retractus
erit
,
jam
Fiet
homo
,
&
ponet
famosae
mortis
amorem
.
Indoctum
doctumque
fugat
recitator
acerbus
.
Quem
vero
arripuit
,
tenet
,
occiditque
legendo
,
Non
missura
cutem
,
nisi
plena
cruoris
,
hirudo
.
Parliamenteering
is
a
sort
of
itch
,
That
will
too
oft
unwary
knights
bewitch
.
Two
good
estates
sir
Harry
Clodpole
spent
;
Sate
thrice
,
but
spoke
not
once
,
in
parliament
;
Two
good
estates
are
gone
—
Who'll
take
his
word
?
Oh
!
should
his
uncle
die
,
he'd
spend
a
third
;
He'd
buy
a
house
his
happiness
to
crown
,
Within
a
mile
of
some
good
borough-town
;
Tag
,
rag
,
and
bobtail
to
sir
Harry's
run
,
Men
that
have
votes
,
and
women
that
have
none
;
Sons
,
daughters
,
grandsons
,
with
his
honour
dine
;
He
keeps
a
publick-house
without
a
sign
.
Coblers
and
smiths
extol
th'
ensuing
choice
,
And
drunken
taylors
boast
their
right
of
voice
,
Dearly
the
free-born
neighbourhood
is
bought
,
They
never
leave
him
while
he's
worth
a
groat
:
So
leeches
stick
,
nor
quit
the
bleeding
wound
,
Till
off
they
drop
with
skinfuls
to
the
ground
.