Transcriber's Note. Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently repaired. Original spelling has been retained. A list of unresolved printer errors can be found at the end of the book. Formatting and special characters are indicated as follows: _italic_ [Illustration] [Illustration] _CLASSICAL ENIGMAS_, ADAPTED TO EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR, COMPOSED FROM THE ENGLISH AND ROMAN HISTORIES, HEATHEN MYTHOLOGY, AND NAMES OF FAMOUS WRITERS: Meant to amuse Youths of all Ages, and at the same Time exert their Memories, by calling to mind what they have read at different Times. BY A LADY. LONDON: PRINTED BY W. DARTON, 58, HOLBORN-HILL. 1811. CLASSICAL ENIGMAS, _&c._ [Aries] Name the _Queen_ of Old England, whose bigotted zeal, Made her subjects the terrors of Popery feel, Then that glorious example of goodness and grace, The last _Sovereign_, who reign'd, of the true Stuart race. The _King_, who unjustly the sceptre to gain, Had his friends, and his kindred most cruelly slain. Next _him_, whom the puritan party dethron'd, And whose faults, by the loss of his head was atton'd. Now name that bold _King_, who threw off the yoke Treating the Pope, and his Bulls as a joke: Who not from religion, but whimsey of passion, Declar'd, that the Bible should come into fashion. Place these Monarchs together, the first letters take, When a Month in the year, they'll certainly make. A. R. [Illustration] [Sagittarius] That _Monster of Rome_, who no equal can claim, For the crimes that for ever, have blacken'd his name. _Augustus's sister_, great Anthony's wife, Whom he left for that beauty, who cost him his life. The _Emperor_, who thought it improper to lay, When death call'd his soul from his body away, Determin'd the summons undaunted to meet, And was plac'd by his courtiers erect on his feet. That _Prince_ whom the Romans delighted to name, As first of their race, tho' from Venus he came. That _Emperor_ gigantic, who for his ring chose A bracelet, the wrist of his wife could enclose. The harsh _Roman Father_, who sternly sat by To condemn, and behold, his own children die. The _conquer'd_, whom first Cincinnatus did doom To pass through the yoke, for contending with Rome. Last one of the _Twins_, who was nurs'd by a goat, Yet founded old Rome, that great city of note. Now take the _initials_, and put them together, They'll tell you a month, that has often wet weather. A. R. [Libra]