. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . wn whole Realms with Louis dOrs,Thence the perlualive Guinea takes its Rife,Bribe of Ambition, Luft, and Toy ! For thee the Virgin Merchant trafiicks, and the Lover mourns jlor thee the Hero lights, the Lawyer Coxcomb drelTcs, and the Soldier bleeds:All by thee are goveriVd here below;To thee even Virtue yields, and Scepterd Monarchsbow. NOTES fo Emblem XXXIIL (i) Chin-—A Counrry of Soufh-yfnjericn, lying beiween Perr^ Mngellainca, on the Coalt of iLeGreat6c/«/^
. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . wn whole Realms with Louis dOrs,Thence the perlualive Guinea takes its Rife,Bribe of Ambition, Luft, and Toy ! For thee the Virgin Merchant trafiicks, and the Lover mourns jlor thee the Hero lights, the Lawyer Coxcomb drelTcs, and the Soldier bleeds:All by thee are goveriVd here below;To thee even Virtue yields, and Scepterd Monarchsbow. NOTES fo Emblem XXXIIL (i) Chin-—A Counrry of Soufh-yfnjericn, lying beiween Perr^ Mngellainca, on the Coalt of iLeGreat6c/«/^5ea, bctAtcnthaCand the ^fides, fruuful in GolJ. (/) yindei — A RiJge of high Mounfains, dividirg Pfru and Partof C/iili froin Pariagr(ay\ La Plata, &c fome of t\\c yoiccW/s. {c) Lahrious midjfthe Fioods — From the Sidts of the ^idesburft fev^rral Torrents, which roiling d( wn inQ the Plains, bear greatQuantity, of Gold Duft foire Seed God with em, which tteInhabitants ger, by waflii/ig and lilcijig the band of Rinrs theyrun in:u. £m»| ( loi ). Emblem XXXIV. Progress of DRAMA. IN Days of Old, when famd [a) Lycean RitesWith Plcaliircs crovvnd the Day, with Winethe Nights,Soon as the bluihing Grapes enrichd the BoughsOf fragrant Vines, the Owner payd his Vows \Rich Fumes of flaming Incenfe hlld the Skies,The Priefls alTemble, and the Vidim dies;A hifly Goat each Hind to Bacchus votive Hymns refound his welcome Praife;With myllic Dance tlie frantic {h) Orgies clofe,.Nature rejoices, and the Vintage grows j G No ( loa ) No nolfome Locuft fpoils the Purple Store,The Plants are facred by the (c) Damons fprung the (d) Tragic Scene thelc RitesrchearsdTo folemn Mufick in Elegiac Verfe,With humble Pomp by painful Thcjpis boreIn tatterd Mummery from Door to Door:Each Aftic Lord the willing Drachma what was facred, dvvindld to a Trade;Mixd Satyr, Wit and Love the Adion gracd,While Tbejpis was the Darling of each Feafl;His moving Theatre
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