[ee] Si magna Asturii cecidit domus, horrida mater: Pullati proccres,-- [ff] --Jam accurrit, qui marmora donet, Conferat impensas: hic &c. [gg] Hic modium argenti. Meliora, ac plura reponit Persicus orborum lautissimus-- [hh] Si potes avelli Circensibus, optima Sorae, Aut Fabrateriae domus, aut Frusinone paratur, Quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum. Hortulus hic-- Vive bidentis amans et culti villicus horti; Unde epulum possis centum dare Pythagoreis. [ii] --Possis ignavus haberi Et subiti casus improvidus, ad coenam si Intestatus eas.-- [Transcriber's note: There is no Footnote [jj]] [kk] Ebrius, ac petulans, qui nullum forte cecidit, Dat poenas, noetem patitur lugentis amicum Pelidae.-- [ll] --Sed, quamvis improbus annis, Atque mero fervens, cavet hunc, quem coccina lae [Transcriber's note: remainder of word illegible] Vitari jubet, et comitum longissimus ordo, Multum praeterca flammarum, atque aenca lampas, [mm] Nec tamen hoc tantum metuas: nam qui spoliet te, Non deerit, clausis domibus, &c. [nn] Maximus in vinclis ferri modus, ut timeas, ne Vomer deficiat, ne marrae et sarcula desint. [oo] Felices proavorum atavos, felicia dicas Saecula, quae quondam sub regibus atque tribunis Viderunt uno contentam carcere Romam. [pp] His alias poteram, et plures subnectere causas: Sed jumenta vocant-- [qq] --Ergo vale nostri memor et, quoties te Roma tuo refici properantem reddet Aquino, Me quoque ad Helvinam Cererem vestramque Dianam Convelle a Cumis. Satirarum ego, ni pudet illas, Adjutor gelidos veniam caligatus in agros. [A] Queen Elizabeth, born at Greenwich. [B] The invasions of the Spaniards were defended in the houses of parliament. [C] The licensing act was then lately made. [D] _Our silenc'd._ [E] The paper which, at that time, contained apologies for the court. [F] H--y's jest. [G] And what their armies lost, their cringes gain [H] And _gain_ a kick. [I] The Spaniards at this time were said to make claim to some of our American provinces. [J] This was by Hitch, a bookseller. Justly observed to be no picture of modern manners, though it might be true at Rome. MS. note in Dr. Johnson's hand-writing. [K] And, while thy _beds_. [L] And _plants_ unseen. [M] A cant term in the house of commons for methods of raising money. [N] The nation was discontented at the visits made by the king to Hanover. [O] _Sustain'd_ the _balance_, but _resign'd_ the sword. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES; IN IMITATION OF THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL.