Poematia latine partim reddita partim scripta a VBourne . a?n,Pulvere me Comitum condat amica manus. JEquo animum imperio &c. XIX. Me nil folicitat, faxone an cefpite figner,Nominet an tumulus me, fileatne, meus. Mille ubi tranfierint anni, quee tanta fequetur Gloria, fi forfan litera bina legar ? JEquo animum imperio &c. XX. Si * Precor integrd Qim mente nec turpem feneclam Degere, nec cithard carentem. Hor. • The Poet prefumes he fhall have a very fliort andmodeft Epitaph, if any; only the two firft Letters ofiis Name, [ 40 ] xx/ Yet one Wifh I add, for the fake of thofe a fewWho in reading
Poematia latine partim reddita partim scripta a VBourne . a?n,Pulvere me Comitum condat amica manus. JEquo animum imperio &c. XIX. Me nil folicitat, faxone an cefpite figner,Nominet an tumulus me, fileatne, meus. Mille ubi tranfierint anni, quee tanta fequetur Gloria, fi forfan litera bina legar ? JEquo animum imperio &c. XX. Si * Precor integrd Qim mente nec turpem feneclam Degere, nec cithard carentem. Hor. • The Poet prefumes he fhall have a very fliort andmodeft Epitaph, if any; only the two firft Letters ofiis Name, [ 40 ] xx/ Yet one Wifh I add, for the fake of thofe a fewWho in reading thefe Lines any Pleafure fhall take ;May I leave a good b Fame, and a fweet-fmelling Here an End of my Wishes I make. C H 0 R U S. May I govern my Paffion with an abfolute Sway,And grow wifer and better, as my Strength wears away;Without Gout or Stone, by a gentle Decay. Sweet * Nont ut me miretur turba3 laboro, Contentus paucis Lecloribus. * QH* P°ft ^ata venit Gloria, fera 1enit. MarLTho Fame will not concern me, after I am dead,. [ 4» ] XX. S: tamen hos Verfus, fiquem legiffe jwvabit, Hoc addo optatisy & fuperaddo nihil:Dulcis honor Virtutum, & odorte gratia Fama, Votique & Vitce terminus efo mece. C H O R U S. JEquo animum imperio fubigam, prudentior ufu,Ut carptim attenuor, Rex Dominufque Mei. Nec Podagrce, nec Lithiafs cruciatibus urar,Sed fcnjitn extinilus devehar ad tumulum. yet I wiih for it, becaufe it will be a Plcafure to myfurviving Friends. Siquos JupereJ/e <volunt Dii. I do not (vvhich has happened to many old Men)out-live all my Friends.
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