Saturn in Thirty Years his Ring Compleats, Which Swiftest Jupiter in Twelve repeats; Mars Three and Twenty Months revolving spends, The Earth in Twelve her Annual Journey Ends. Venus thy Race in twice Four Months is run, For his Mercurius Three demands. The Moon Her Revolution finishes in One. If all at Once are Mov'd, and by one Spring, Why so Unequal in their Annual Ring?" Here again the sensitive soul, anxiously pondering, asks, Are students of astronomy prone to infidelity, and does this last question mean to convey the faintest shadow of a doubt? If not, why that "Why"? We gladly pass on to another topic, hoping that Nathan was not damned for skepticism. "N. B.--The paper Mill mentioned in last year's almanack (at Milton) has begun to go. Any person that will bring Rags to D. Henchman & T. Hancock, shall have from 2d. to 6d. a pound according to their goodness." "Begun to go." I like that word. "Commenced operations," "started in business": how new and poor those great three-syllabled words seem! "Begun to go"--that is good. In 1731 he tells us: "Ready money is now the best of Wares." "Some gain & some loose." Dear, dear, how bad! Almost, not quite so miserable, as to-day--all lose now. Then he informs us officially what salutes are to be fired at Castle William, as follows: March 1 Queen's Berthday 21 guns. May 29 Restoration of K. Ch. II. 17 " June 11 K. George II. accession 21 " Oct. 11 K. G. II. coronation 33 " Oct. 30 K. G. II. Berthday 27 " Nov. 5 Powder Plot 17 " Jan. 19 Prince of W. Berthday 21 " In 1732 the Native of New England (if it be Nathan Bowen of Marblehead) takes hold again and breaks into song: Indulge, and to thy Genius freely give; For not to live at Ease is not to live. Death stalks behind thee, and each flying Hour Does some loose Remnant of thy Life devour. Live while thou livest, for Death shall make us all A Name of Nothing, but an Old Wife's Tale. Speak: wilt thou AVORICE or PLEASURE Chuse To be thy Lord? Take One & One Refuse.--_Perseus_. We begin to fear indeed that Nathan is little better than one of those wicked Epicureans himself. _Avorice_ or _Pleasure_. Take one? Must we indeed? Pleasure? It looks as if Nathan was a very naughty man.