First Quarter, 2d, 9 Aft Full Moon, 10th, 2 Aft Laft Quarter, 17th, 8 Mo

New Moon, 24th, 3 Aft.

Sun enters w 21d. 2h. 27m. 39.
E. T. Equa. + im. 8f.th. 21d. 2h.
28 m. 47f. Ap. T.
Sun's mean
Anom. 5. 210. 14. 20.58'".
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1 S Sun rifes 7h. 57m. fets 4h. 3m. Day 8h. 6m. long 11 A5c 2G Advent San Barriage goes out till 13th Jan. 11 3 MH. W. Lon. B. 8 A. 18. L. W. Gravef i M. 18 Morn. 4T Barbara. Moon Souths 7 A. 2

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Ple. So. 10A 38
[Sun fafi 8m 22 4 IC

6T Nicol. Bp. of Myra in Lycia.
7F Day-br. 5, 56, Deer 8, 39
8 S Conception of the Bleffed Virgin Mary
9G2 Sunday in Advent.
10 M Sun 6 min. 14 f. faft

Moon Souths 11 A. 28

Sun rifes Sh. 5. fets 3h. 55m. D. 7, 50, N.16.1 12W Day-break 5h. 58m. Day decreas'd 8h. 46min. 13 Tiny, V. & M. H. W. Lon. B. 4 M 51. L. W. F Maca Souths 3 M. 16. [at Gravefend 9 M. 51 51 S Sun rifes 8 h. 6 m. fets 3 h. 54 m. O Sapientia.

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166 Sunday in Advent.

17 Mxford and Cambridge Terms End. [3m. 421
18 TLOUIS A, Queen of Denmark Born
19W Ember Week. Moon Souths 7. M. 35

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20 T Day-br. 6h. 1m. Dec. 8, 51. Sun r. 8, 8, fets 3,5 3
21 FSt. Thomas, Apoftle and Martyr. Shorteft Day
22 S Greatest Decr. of a Dag at Lond. is 8 bo. 51 min.
23 G4 Sunday in Advent. Sun and Clocks go together
24 M Meon Souths o A.

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CHRISTMASS-DAY.

W St. STEPHEN, F. M. Proto-Martyr 27 T St. JOHN, Apoftle and Evangelift.

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28 Finnocents Day; or, Herod's Murthering the Infants 8 29 SH. W. Lon. B. 5 A. 52. L. W. Gravef. ro A. 529 38 S. after Chriftmals, Day-br. 5, 59. Incr. 4m. 10 31 31MSylvefter B. of Rome, Mocn Souths 5 A 6.

II 3 xii. Ye Lovers of innocent Amusement, fuffer not the Pernicious Practice of Gaming to stain you with the Guilt of Avarice; nor throw your Time away in the Shuffling of a Pack of Cards: For the Good thou haft in thy Power to do, being left undone for the Evil thou preferreft, will bring thee to Shame and Mifery.de

I. Ænigma Latinum ab Juveni.

SUM

UM nondum dirâ confectus morte fepultus,
Haud urna, baud faxum, non humus ulla tegit;
Et loquor, et fapio, et vitalibus abdicor arvis,
Meque cupit vivus, meque vebit tumulus.

II. Enigma Latinum ab Eodem.
Quale animal, dic, effe putes, quod mobile totum,
Eft oculus, neque pars præterea ulla manet ;
Quotidie gignit natum fine matre creatum,
Qui tamen una ipfa bac interit ipfe die ;
Cujus item foror abfente eft genitore creata,
Partita imperium fratris et interitum.

III. Ænigma Latinum, ab Amico.
Fox mibi rauca aures radit, fum garrula linguâ,
Ulva fub fterili mollia regna colo:

Vitaque vere novo rediviva recurrit in artus;
Candida avi, gracili cruribus, efca petor.

NEW ENIGMAS (for the Exercife and Improvement of the Invention and Judgment) to be answer'd in next Year's DIARY.

I. Ænigma 351. by Nichol. Dixon, of Blackwel.

J.

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E pretty young Laffes, that trip o'er the Plain,
Ye that thine on the First Day of May;

To you I'm a Slave, and fhall ever remain,
Both Morning and Night I obey.

2. Without my Affiftance, ye very well know,
And which to your Sorrow you'll find,
On many a fleeveless Errand you'll go,
If ye happen to leave me behind.

3. My Body is flender, and rough as a Bear,
With two bunching Horns on my Head,
Which make a frange Figure-Thefe daily I wear,
And they ftand me in very good stead.

4. And, like to the Cyclops, I have but one Eye,
Which (like Argus) is plac'd in my Tail;
And daily my Cunning, and Stratagems try
To conquer the lufty Female.

5. Altho' I'm no Justice, I never repine,
Or Confiable when on my Errand :
Yet I have a full Pow'r to take and confine
Some Captives, without Writ or Warrant.
6. Nor Lady, nor Betty, nor Colley I fpare,
Whilft from them fome Profit I find,

And the Way that I take them will make ye to ftare,
For I follow them flily behind.

7. Being once within Reach, then ftrait, without fail,
1 coil myself round as I run,

And fuddenly clapping my Head in my Tail
I catch them as fure as a Gun,

8. Being now in Poffeffion, I'make them pay down A Ransom, before we do part,

9.

And then they're releas'd, and their Liberty foon
I grant them, without further Smart.

I'll tell you my Pedigree, tho' it will make

You think me too hard and fevere:

From the very fame Tribe that I Prisoners take
I'm lineally defcended I'll fwear.

II. Ænigma 352. by Ralph Ridler Efq.
I ever with Honour or Shame do abound,
In Lady's and Gentleman's Diary am found;

There, ye Fair ones, I fpeak to your Honour and Praife,
Tho' often Afperfions elsewhere do I raise.

Have Regard for your Conduct, take Care whom you marry,
I'm fure to divulge it, if you should miscarry.

For Fables inventing, than fop more fam'd,
I'm a MONSTER, yet not, and a Female am nam'd,
And if you would know how and whence I had Birth,
I was got, in Revenge, by the Titans of Earth;
Whereupon I now ftand, as my Head props the Skies,
Tho' a Pigmy first born, foon a Typhon I rife.

Homer, Virgil, and Ovid have told you fine things,
And my Character fhew'd you, as painted with Wings;
And from their own Records it plainly appears,

Thousand Mouths I have got, piercing Eyes, open Ears. Can fo clear found a Trumpet, the Notes fome will tell ye, Far exceed the foft Airs of ador'd Faranelli.

For my Fav'rites a Manfion I've built in the Air,
And Friend MASON has oft with Applaufe enter'd there,
But whene'er I take pet, as one quite void of Grace,
Him I always belie, whom I coax to his Face;
And how oft do we find Men deceitful and bafe?

When the Parliament fits, then I thither réfort,
And declare what is known, or tranfacted at Court;
For, like Proteus, I can affume any Shape,
Nor the Living or Dead do my Cenfures efcape.

III. Ænigma 353. by Mr. Ralph Hulse.
From Foreign Parts, ye British Fair, I come
A Stranger yet, pray ufe me well at Home;
For by my Habit I appear to be

As fmart a Fellow as e'er crofs'd the Sea.
1 English fpeak incomparably well,
And many a Tale and pretty Story tell :
Train'd for the Ladies, I at School was bred,
But am the Sport of many a Loggerbead.
I own, like you I'm not with Reason fraught,
Or ten to one I had been better taught,
Tho' I attempt to reafon and difpute,
I, like a serious Student, oft fit mute:
Yet ape the Noify, Frivolous, and Vain!
And, Wrangler like, can Impudence maintain.
One Hint I'll add- I bear a Chriftian Name,
Tho' born a Pagan, who do ye think I am?

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IV. Ænigma 354 by Iris.

As direful Omens oft portend
The Fall of Kingdoms and their end,
So THAT which ftill prefages me
Is to reverse their Destiny.
Yet I, unmindful of Alarms,
Rove daring on, with threatning
I make the touteftHero yield [harms,
And, with Regret, foon quit the field;
Whole Legions from my Wrath retire,
With haft feek refuge from my Ire!
For foon as I begin to frown,

I'm dreaded then in Camp andTown;

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I with a thoufand Darts out-falley
Impetuous at one fingle Volley ;'
Armour against me ne'er was proof,
For I affail thro' Coats of Buff.
no Refpect to Greatness shew,
To Country Clown, or City Beau;
But dauntlefs traverfe o'er the Plain,
Nor Day, nor Night, my Courfe re-
Until my rapid Fury's paft, [ftrain,
(Which is difpell'd but with a Blaft)
Then all is blithfom, young and gay,
And buxom Nature feems to play.

V. Ænigma 355. by Mrs Elisha Titley, of Marbury.
Fair Ladies, I beg you my Name will explore,

Tho' I ne'er did adorn your fine Diary before;
From Eden's fair Garden I challenge my Birth,
When Adam was taken from old Mother Earth;
When the Serpent beguil'd our Great Grandmother, the
My Luftre firft faw in the midst of a Tree:
In Solomon's Temple great Numbers were seen,
There I was admir'd by Sheba's fair Queen.
To Plays, with the Ladies, I often refort,
And mostly I'm feen in the midst of the Sport.

Of the innocent Nymph, whofe Charms fhine fo bright,
I can heighten the Bloom, and am Flora's Delight.
With new Riddles from City to Town I am fent,
And to please the Gay Fair much concerns my Intent.
When thrice they have feen me, my Charms are no more;
And never the fame, if they fee me a Score.

VI. Enigma 356. by XporovμovovπÚCAIXO.
Not far from St. Paul's a Dependant on Trade,
To a GRANDEE of Credit, his Homage he paid;
A Scholar was he, and of Learning profound,
And the Gentleman much in his Words did abound.
His Friend, with a Nod, having call'd him more near,
And whisper'd him Something, not proper to hear,
He Bowing march'd off when at taking a Glafs,
I afk'd who that complaifant Vifitor was?

His Friend paus'd awhile- then reply'd, "Sir, that Man
"Is Commander in Chief of a Numerous Clan:

"Tho' I can with a Look, you fee, keep him in awe,
"I'll affure you to fome he's Viceroy, or Bafhaw.
"His Origin's Dutch, as his Title difplays,
"Like the States, o'er his Vaffals defpotic he fways:
"And without any Trial, in paffionate Sallies,
"Sends Hundreds together faft bound to the Gallies:
"Having learnt long ago the chief Art of a Sov'reign,
"As Machiavel taught him, Distribute and Govern.
"Add to which, in his Honour he's nice to a Point,
"And can scarce bear a Word that is plac'd out of joint ; ́
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"Still

"Still full of his Knowledge, impos'd on the Crowd, "And no Man in Europe more things e'er avow'd. "To hear him, you'd fwear he could execute Wonders, "Yet no Man alive is fo guilty of Blunders.

Nay more

when the Wbim he takes into his Head, "The Living he quits to converfe with the Dead. "Therefore, when you meet him, I'd have you be civil, "For I can affure you he deals with the Devil; "Whom he fometimes lets loofe, as was evident late, "When his Myrmidons threaten'd the Gallican State. "Such repeated deep Wounds in Blood Red did appear "As, ftill fresh to be feen, will to heal take a Year." I, who always defpis'd little Meannefs of Pride, And to fuffer ill Ufage have ever defy'd!

To his Friend thus rejoin'd-Sir, have Patience a little, I'll correct all his Faults, never fear, to a Tittle.

VII. Ænigma 357. by Alifpia.

1. Ye Mechanics, I'm found, moftly taking my Round, Before you can quit your Employ;

For the first Part of Day, when the Farmer makes Hay,
He generally fees me with Joy.

2. If my Countenance fhines, then I fuit his Defigns,
And alfo his Slaves at Command;
While I am his Gueft, they commonly reft,
With a Luncheon and Pitcher in Hand.
3. But, if I refort to the NOBLES at Court,
A fuperior Behaviour I fee;

Our Sov'reign don't taste of his fplendid Repast,
Till after he's parted with me.

4. When Ladies are dreft, in their richest and best,
I not often prefume to make one;

5.

Unless with a Bride, when the Knot is just tied,
It's improper that I fhould be gone.

There my Limits are fet, which I never regret,
Juft a Witness I'm made to the Bond;

My two Names-fakes and Friends, on each Side me

As the laft of them ftands, I abfcond.

6. One fix'd Moment I keep, for a National Sleep,
Tho' different Voices proclaim

My Arrival aloud, and impofe on the Crowd,
By falfly recounting my Name.

[attends,

7. In all Cities I'm feen, and on each pleasant Green,
Where the Fair Ones approve of my Pow'r;
From August to May, all with me to stay,
Tho I cannot fo long as an Hour.

VIII. Enigma 358. by Matilda:

In Gold I'm rob'd, or Silver gay am seen,
And have delighted both a King and Queen.
Erect, for Ufe and Ornament I'm made,
And bound with Ribbands make a grand Parade.
Curious my Shape, fmooth, lovely, and genteel,
From me the Sexes fecret Rapture feel