But grave Epiftles, bringing Vice to light, Such as a King might read, a Bishop write, The Cafe is alter'd --- you may F. Indeed? 151 you may then proceed; • In such a cause the Plaintiff will be hifs'd, 155 My Lords the Judges laugh, and you're dismiss'd. NOTES. as approving them, he changes his note, and, in the language of old Plouden, owns, the Cafe is altered. Now was it not as natural, when Horace had given a hint that Augustus himself fupported him, for Trebatius, a Court Advocate, who had been long a Client to him and his Uncle, to confefs the Cafe was altered? SATIR A II. Q UAE virtus et quanta, boni, fit vivere parvo, (Nec meus hic fermo; fed quae praecepit Ofellus, Rufticus, abnormis Sapiens, craffaque Minerva) Difcite, non inter lances menfafque nitentes ; Cum ftupet infanis acies fulgoribus, et cum Verum hic impranfi mecum difquirite. Cur hoc? i NOTES. VER. 5. a gilt Buffet's reflected pride-Turns you from found Philofophy afide; More forcibly and happily expreffed than the original acclinis falfis ; tho' that be very elegant, SATIRE II. To Mr. BE THE L. HAT, and how great, the Virtue and the Art WHAT, an To live on little with a chearful heart; (A doctrine sage, but truly none of mine) C Let's talk, my friends, but talk before we dine. * Not when a gilt Buffet's reflected pride Turns you from found Philofophy afide; 5 Hear BETHEL's Sermon, one not vers'd in fchools, But strong in sense, and wife without the rules. 10 h 1 Go work, hunt, exercife! (he thus began) Then scorn a homely dinner, if you can. Your wine lock'd up, your Butler ftroll'd abroad, Or fish deny'd (the river yet unthaw'd) NOTES. VER. 9. BETHEL.] The fame to whom feveral of Mr. Pope's Letters are addreffed. |