Aulicis infida consilia, Adoptivo amplissima spolia, 13 Paupertatem Populis; Successoribus suis omnes prædandi artes, Sed prædam nullam. Immensas tamen opes licet profuderit, Pectus ejus post mortem apertum est; Mazirini, Quod nec precibus, nec lacrymis, nec injuriis move retur, Diu quæsivimus, invenere medici Cor Lapideum. Quod mortuus ad huc omnia moveat, et administret ne mireris, Stipendia in hunc annum recepit, Nec fraudat post mortem bona fidei : Quo tandem evaserit forsitan, rogas; 13 Cœlum (si rapitur) tenet, si datur meritis, longe abest. Sed abi, Viator et cave; Nam hic tumulus Est Specus Latronis. Readings in another Copy. Galliæ Rex Italicus. * Pacem dedit aliquando, diu distulit. 1 * Ferreum nobis induxit, sæculum sibi * Ex auro nostro aureum fecit. * Quorundam Capitibus, nullins fortunis pepercit. • Plures ei a Cælo mortes erogatæ, 7 Cui Senatus olim unam tantum decreverat. • Vicentinis se arcibus inclusit moriturus. 9 Et quidem apte. 10 Diu cedentem animam retinuit, ægre reddidit, " Constanter tamen visus est mori, quid mirum ? 12 Adoptiva amplissima spolia. 13 Nec fraudat post mortem vir bonus fidei. Extract of a letter from Cowper. March 19, 1793. "Thanks for Mazarine's Epitaph: It is full of witty Paradox, and is written with a force and severity which sufficiently bespeak the author. I account it an inestimable curiosity, and shall be happy, when time shall serve, with your aid to make a good translation of it-But that will be a stubborn business-Adieu." CONTENTS. VOLUME I. Introductory Letter to the Rev. Dr. Johnson, the VOLUME II. Paradise Lost, and the Fragment of a Commentary VOLUME III. A Translation of Andreini's Adamo by Cowper and VOLUME IV. Paradise Regained. Samson Agonistes. Comus, and Chichester: Printed by W. Mason. FINIS. |