talk ; But all of God; they still shall have to say, But make him All in All, their Theme, that day; That happy day that never shall see night! In his humanity! to hear him preach The safety of our souls and forfeit breath! Adopt us heirs by grace, who were of those Himself so un-informed of his elect, The smallest fibre of our flesh; he can Each line, as it were graphic, in the face. And to that form lent two such veins of blood, As nature could not more increase the flood Of title in her! all nobility But pride, that schism of incivility, She was in one a many parts of life; Whom her Redeemer, &c.] The Apotheosis sages which Milton has adopted from it, and abounds in scriptural allusions, which I have which his editors have as usual overlooked, left to the reader: as well as the numerous pas-while running after Dante and Thomas Aquinas. Of piety and private holiness. She spent more time in tears herself to dress For her devotions, and those sad essays Of sorrow, than all pomp of gaudy days; And came forth ever cheered with the rod Of divine comfort, when she had talked with God. Her broken sighs did never miss whole sense; Nor can the bruised heart want eloquence: In frequent speaking by the pious psalms She To clothe the naked, feed the hungry. By sure election and predestined grace! All this by faith she saw, and framed a plea, In manner of a daily apostrophe, Jesus, the only-gotten Christ! who can, Hath given wholly to the Son (the rather As being the son of man) to shew his power, His wisdom, and his justice, in that hour, The last of hours, and shutter up of all; Where first his power will appear, by call Of all are dead to life; his wisdom show In the discerning of each conscience so; And most his justice, in the fitting parts, And giving dues to all mankind's deserts! In this sweet extasy she was rapt hence. Who reads, will pardon my intelligence, That thus have ventured these true strains upon, To publish her a saint. MY MUSE IS GONE! In pietatis memoriam quam præstas Venetiæ tuæ illustrissim. Hanc 'АпоДQEIN, tibi, tuisque sacro. THE TENTH, BEING HER INSCRIPTION, or Crown, IS LOST. Leges Convivales. LEGES CONVIVALES.] Nothing can be more pure and elegant than the latinity of these 40 'Laws." In drawing them up, Jonson seems to have had the rules of the Roman entertainments in view; as collected with great industry by Lipsius. As Whalley printed the old translation of these Rules, I have retained it. The poetry, however, has little merit, and the original is not always correctly rendered; but there is no better a version somewhat anterior to this appeared in a volume of Songs and other Poems, by Alex. Brome, London 1661. LEGES CONVIVALES. 13 ERUDITI, URBANI, HILARES, HONESTI, ADSCISCUNTOR, 4 NEC LECTÆ FŒMINÆ REPUDIANTOR. 5 IN APPARATU QUOD CONVIVIS CORRUGET NARES NIL ESTO. I NEMO ASYMBOLUS, NISI UMBRA, HUC 6 EPULÆ DELECTU POTIUS VENITO. SUMPTU PARANTOR. QUAM 2 IDIOTA, INSULSUS, TRISTIS, TURPIS,,7 OBSONATOR ET COQUUS CONVIVARUM 1 Apollo of the Old Devil Tavern.] The modern 1766.-Andrews parted with it to Mess. Child, in revolutions of this tavern, as far as they are June 1787 for 2800l. By these gentlemen the known, have been kindly transmitted to me by Devil Tavern was pulled down soon after they J. Dent, Esq., one of the principal partners in bought it, and the present buildings in Child's the banking-house of Child and Co. "Mr. Place erected on its site. In this tavern was Taylor, of the parish of St. Bride's London, Esq. the room known by the name of the Apollo, in appears by indenture October 1734, to have been which was held the APOLLO CLUB established the owner of the two messuages or tenements by the celebrated Ben Jonson. Over the door close to the east of Temple Bar, of which the in gold letters on a black ground were painted one known by the name of St. Dunstan's, or the his verses beginning "Welcome all," &c. and old Devil Tavern, was then in the occupation of above them was placed a bust of the poet-both John Goostrey.-Taylor sold this property to these are still in the possession of Messrs. Child: ! Richard Andrews of St. Dunstan's parish, July'-the Rules of the club, said to have been en 8 DE DISCUBITU NON CONTENDITOR. MUTI, A POCULIS, IO VINA PURIS AURITI ET CELERES 16 ADMISSO RISU, TRIPUDIIS, CHOREIS, OMNI GRATIARUM FESTIVITATE 17 JOCI SINE FELLE SUNTO. TOR AUT VAPULET HOSPES. II MODERATIS POCULIS PROVOCARE SO DALES FAS ESTO. 12 AT FABULIS MAGIS QUAM VINO VE LITATIO FIAT. 13 CONVIVÆ NEC MUTI NEC LOQUACES SUNTO. TANTOR. NULLA RECI 19 VERSUS SCRIBERE NULLUS COGI TOR. 20 ARGUMENTATIONIS 21 14 DE SERIIS AC SACRIS POTI ET SA-22 TURI NE DISSERUNTO. 15 FIDICEN, NISI ACCERSITUS, NON VE NITO. IV. 8 Let's have no disturbance about taking places, To shew your nice breeding, or out of vain pride. 9 Let the drawers be ready with wine and fresh glasses, Let the waiters have eyes, though their tongues must be ty'd. V. IO Let our wines without mixture or stum, be all fine, Or call up the master, and break his dull noddle. II Let no sober bigot here think it a sin, To push on the chirping and moderate bottle. VI. 12 Let the contests be rather of books than of wine. 13 Let the company be neither noisy nor mute. 14 Let none of things serious, much less of divine, When belly and head's full, profanely dispute. PITUS ABESTO. TOTIUS STRE AMATORIIS QUERELIS, AC SUSPIRIIS LIBER ANGULUS ESTO. LAPITHARUM MORE SCYPHIS PUG- VII. graved on black marble, and fixed up in the same about the year 1796; the bar of this tavern room, were no longer there, (a) when Messrs. being now part of their kitchen. The original Child had possession given them of the pre-sign (still in existence) of the banking-house, mises. The other tenement above alluded to, was the full blown marigold exposed to a mewas called the King's Arms and Civet Cat, ridian sun, with this motto round it, Ainsi mon William Wintle, tenant-this was added to Ame."-J. D. 1816. the present premises of Messrs. Child and Co (a) They were probably removed by Andrews. The Apollo, of which a print was published in 1774, appears to have been a handsome room, large and lofty, and furnished with a gallery for 1 Al. CONVIVE NON MULTI. music. It was frequently used for balls, &c., and here Dr. Kenrick gave, about 1775, his Lectures on Shakspeare. 23 QUI FORAS VEL DICTA, VEL FACTA 24 NEMINEM REUM POCULA FACIUNTO. ELIMINET, ELIMINATOR. FOCUS PERENNIS ESTO. XI. 23 Whoever shall publish what's said, or what's done, Be he banished for ever our assembly divine. 24 Let the freedom we take be perverted by none, To make any guilty by drinking good wine. VERSES PLACED OVER THE DOOR AT THE ENTRANCE INTO THE APOLLO. Welcome all who lead or follow, all the poor hop-drinkers, Cries old SIM, the king of skinkers ;1 He the half of life abuses, That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us; 1 Cries old Sim, the king of skinkers.] Old Sim means Simon Wadloe, who then kept the Devil tavern; and of him probably is the old catch, beginning, Wine it is the milk of Venus, 2 O RARE BEN JONSON! Old Sir Simon the king.-WHAL. Wine it is the milk of Venus.] From the Greek Anacreontic, Οινος γαλα Αφροδίτης.-WHAL |