སྐ 2 Strangers, who cannot reach thy sense, will throng Rome will confess that thou mak'st Cæsar talk But that which could with richer language dress RICHARD WEST. TO THE MEMORY OF BENJAMIN JONSON. Our bays, methinks, are wither'd, and they look As if (though thunder-free) with envy, strook; While the triumphant cypress boasts to be Design'd, as fitter for thy company. Where shall we now find one dares boldly write, Free from base flattery yet as void of spight? That grovels not in 's satires, but soars high, Strikes at the mounting vices, can descry With his quick eagle's pen those glorious crimes, That either dazzle, or affright the times? Thy strength of judgment oft did thwart the tide O' the foaming multitude, when to their side Throng'd plush, and silken censures, whilst it chose (As that which could distinguish men from clothes, Faction from judgment) still to keep thy bays From the suspicion of a vulgar praise. But why wrong I thy memory whilst I strive, In such a verse as mine to keep't alive? Well we may toil, and shew our wits the rack, Torture our needy fancies, yet still lack Worthy expressions thy great loss to moan; Being none can fully praise thee but thy own. R. MEADE. UPON THE DEATH OF BENJAMIN JONSON. Let thine own Sylla, BEN, arise, and try What are his faults (O envy !)-That you speak That he exposed you, zealots, to make known Fame, write them on his tomb, and let him have Nor think it strange if such thy scenes defy, IN OBITUM BEN JONSONI POETARUM FACILE In que projicior discrimina ? quale trementem Quis nescit, Romane, tuos in utrâque triumphos Utque viam cernas, longosque ad summa paratus; En series eadem, vatumque simillimus ordo. Quis neyet incultum Lucreli carmen, et Enni Deformes numeros, muse incrementa Latina ? IIaud aliter nostri præmissa in principis ortum Gloria et ignoto turgescens musa cothurno! Sed vafer et sapiens cunctator prævia sternit, Huc, precor, accedat quisquis primo igne calentem Ad numeros sua musa vocat, nondumque subacti In rabiem Catilina tuam conversus et artes Celsior incedis nostro, Sejane, cothurno Quàm te Romani, quàm te tua fata ferebant: Hino magis insigni casu, celebrique ruina Volveris, et gravius terrent exempla theatri. At tu stas nunquam ruituro in culmine vates. Despiciens auras, et fallax numen amici, Tutus honore tuo, genitaque volumine fama. 4 Capreis verbosa et grandis epistola frustra Venerat, offenso major fruerere Tonante, Si sic crevisses, si sic, Sejane, stetisses. O fortunatum, qui te, JONSONE, sequutus Contexit sua fila, suique est nominis author. T. TERRENT. VATUM PRINCIPI BEN. JONSONO SACRUM. Poëtarum Maxime! Sive tu mortem, sive ecstasin passus, Jaces verendum et plus quam hominis funus. Sic post receptam sacri furoris gloriam, Cum exhaustum jam numen decorit emerita vales Jugique fluxu non reditura se prodeyit anima, Jacuit Sibyllæ cadaver, Vel trepidis adhuc cultoribus consulendum. Nulli se longius indulsit Deus, nulli ægrius valedirit; Pares testatus flammas, Dum exul, ac dum incola. Annorumque jam ingruente vespere, Pectus tuum, tanquam poeseos horizonta, Non sine rubore suo reliquit: Vatibus nonnullis ingentia prodere; necscire datur: Magnum aliis mysterium, majus sibi, Ferarum ritu vaticinantium Inclusum jactant numen quod nesciunt, Et instinctu sapiunt non intellecto. Tibi primo contigit furore frui proprio, Dum pari luctá afflatibus indicium commisisti, Aliasque musis mutas addidisti, artes et scientias, Qui furorem insania eximens Docuisti, et sobrie Aonios latices hauriri. Qui effrænem caloris luxuriem frugi consilio castigaveris, Ut tandem ingenium sine veniá placiturum Miraretur orbis, Et epigrammata dictas agenda, Facetiasque manibus exprimendas, Adoranda posteris ducis vestigia, et nobis unus es theatrum metari. Non arena spectacula scena exhibuit tua, Nec poemata, sed poesin ipsam parturiit, Populoque mentes, et leges ministravit, Quibus te damnare possent, si tu poteras peccare. Sic et oculos spectanti præstas, et spectacula; Scenamque condis quæ legi magis gestiat quam spectari. Non histrioni suum delitura ingenium, Alii, queis nullus Apollo, sed Mercurius питеп, Quibus afflatus præstant vinum et amasia, Truduntque in scenam vitia, morbo poeta. Quibus musa pagis primisque plaustris apta, Pramoriturum vati carmen, Non edunt, sed abortiunt; Cui ipsum etiam prælum conditorium est, Nováque lucina fraude in tenebras emittuntur authores, Dum poemata sic ut diaria, Suo tantum anno et regioni effingunt, Et vernaculæ nimium Aristophanis facetio Non.extra suum theatrum plausus invenerunt: Tu interim Sæculi spiras quoque post futuri genium. Eternum scribi debuit quicquid æternum legi. Stylo sceptris majore orbem moderari. Cothurno Angliaco sublimiorem quam suis collibus Nec sic excidimus: pars tantùm vilior audit No. Coll. Oxon. Soo. IN BEN. JONSON. Qudd martes Epico tonat cothurno, R. BRIDEOAKE. Ιωνσωνῳ ποτε φύντι παρεστη ποτνια Μοῦσα, Τοῖς δ' επι Μώσα σοφῳ ψιθυρισματι παιδ' εμνησε, Αἷς συ χορηγησων είτ' εμβάδως, είτε κοθόρνους, Ικρι αμειψάμενου μαρμαρων ψαλιδων. GLOSSARY. A ACOP, conical: terminating in a point Acme, used in prologue to" The Staple of News" to express mature age Adalantado, the lord deputy or president of a Spanish province Adrop, azar lapis ipse.-Chem. Dic. Advised, a proverbial phrase, Are you advised, i. e. Have you found out that? Has it struck you? Affects; affections, dispositions Affront, to meet and look another in the face Ajax, Sir, Sir John Harington, author of the treatise called Misacmos or the Metamorphosis of A-jax (a jaques) Alfarez, an ensign or standard-bearer Aludel, in alchemists' language, vi trum sublimatorium, subliming pots without bottoms, fitted into each other without luting Ambre, ambergris Ambree Mary, a celebrated female soldier, who fought at the siege of Ghent Amused, sometimes used for amazed Angel, a gold coin, worth about ten shillings Antimasque, the antimasque was "a foil or false masque," directly opposed to the principal masque. If this was lofty and serious, that was light and ridiculous-GIFFORD Antiperistasis, the opposition of a contrary quality, by which the quality it opposes becomes heightened or intended.-COWLEY, Dict. Apollo, a room in the Devil Tavern in Fleet-street, kept by Simon Wadloe, where Jonson's club met Apprentice at law, a barrister at law, as distinguished from a serjeant Arches, the court of Arches, held in Bow Church, Cheapside, which being as it is said the first church in the city raised on arches of stone, was therefore called Sancta Maria de Arcubus, or Le Bow-GIFFORD Archie, Archibald Armstrong, jester to James I. and Charles I. Arms, to set up, a custom used by foreign princes and ambassadors, and in more recent times by the lords lieutenant of Ireland, to set up their arms and titles in places through which they have passed, or inns where they have lodged Arride, please Arsedine, explained by Mr. Gifford as a yellow paint, composed of orpi- | ment or arsenic; but from a paper in Hone's Every Day Book upon this word, its true signification appears to be the thin plates of yellow metal still used to ornament toys, and known as "Dutch gold" or asidew Assay, to take, to draw a knife along the belly of the deer, beginning at the brisket, to discover how fat he is -WHALLEY Athanor, a digesting furnace, calculated for the retention of heat Bay-leaf, in the mouth. It was a notion of the ancients that a bay-leaf placed under the tongue was conducive to eloquence Bear in hand, to flatter hopes, to keep in expectation Beech coal, charcoal made from beech wood. Benchers, idle sots, sleeping and waking upon ale-house benches Bescumber, a term applied to dogs, when taken out to exercise; to run about snuffing the air Besognoso, a beggar, needy wretch Bezoar stone, supposed to be an antidote to poison Bid-stand, a highwayman Away with, I cannot away with her, I Black fellow, mischievous, malignant cannot endure her B Baal, the prophet; probably one John Bafle, to act with contempt where a vessel was heated through the medium of surrounding water or sand, termed a bath Banbury-man, a puritan; so termed from the prevalence of that persuasion at Banbury Barbican, burh-kenning, a beacon, fortress or watch-tower Barbing gold, clipping it Bartholomew pig, roasted pigs were the chief entertainment at Bartholomew fair Bases, sometimes used for hose or breeches, but strictly a kind of short petticoat like the Highland kilt or the Roman military dress Bason, beat the, when bawds were carted, frying-pans, barber's basons, &c. were beaten before them to increase the clamour Black sanctus, a profane parody on some hyınn in the mass-book Blin, withouten, without ceasing Blue waiter, servants who wore blue livery coats Blue order, i. e. servants Blunt, at the, with the flat side of the sword Bolt's head, a long straight-necked vessel or receiver, gradually rising to a conical figure Bonny-clabber, sour buttermilk Bosom's inn, the Blossom's Inn Brake, this word is applied to three different instruments: firstly, the gear used to make a colt carry his head well; secondly, a peculiar kind of curb; and thirdly, a wooden frame used to confine the feet of a restive horse whilst he is being shod Branched cassock, with detached sleeve |