THE DOCTOR,
Reading edition
&c.
VOL. VI.
LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS. 1847.
LONDON: PRINTED BY W. NICOL, PALL-MALL.
PREFACE.
INVENIAS ETIAM DISJECTI MEMBRA POETÆ.
In the distribution of the lamented Southey's literary property, the History of the Brazils, his much treasured MS. History of Portugal, the Doctor, &c. and the MS. materials for its completion, fell to the share of Edith May Warter, his eldest child, and, as he used to call her, his right hand,—to whom he addressed the Dedication of the Tale of Paraguay, and to whom he commenced a little Poem of which the lines following are almost the last, if not the very last, he ever wrote in verse.
O daughter dear, who bear'st no longer now Thy Father's name, and for the chalky flats Of Sussex hast exchanged thy native land Of lakes and mountains,—neither change of place Condition, and all circumstantial things, Nor new relations, and access of cares Unfelt before, have alienated thee Nor wean'd thy heart from this beloved spot, Thy birth place, and so long thy happy home!
The present Volume is drawn up from the MS. materials alluded to, as nearly as possible in the order the Author had intended, and the seventh and concluding volume is in the press and will shortly be published.
The whole of the MS. sheets, previous to being sent to the press, were cautiously examined by his no less amiable and excellent, than highly gifted Widow, who, at the time, was staying with us on a visit at West-Tarring. Had the lamented Southey continued the work, it was his intention, in this volume, to have advanced a step in the story,—and the Interchapters, no doubt, would have been enlarged, according to custom. His habit was, as he said, “to lay the timbers of them, and to jot down, from time to time, remarks serious or jocose, as they occurred to him.” Full readily would this holy and humble man of heart have acceded to the truth conveyed in these lines from Martin Tupper's Proverbial philosophy,—and none the less for their dactylic cadence.
There is a grave-faced folly, and verily a laughter loving wisdom; And what, if surface judges, account it vain frivolity? There is indeed an evil in excess, and a field may lie fallow too long; Yet merriment is often as a froth, that mantleth on the strong mind: And note thou this for a verity,—the subtlest thinker when alone, From ease of thoughts unbent, will laugh the loudest with his fellows: And well is the loveliness of wisdom mirrored in a cheerful countenance, Justly the deepest pools are proved by dimpling eddies; For that, a true philosophy commandeth an innocent life, And the unguilty spirit is lighter than a linnet's heart; Yea, there is no cosmetic like a holy conscience; The eye is bright with trust, the cheek bloomed over with affection, The brow unwrinkled with a care, and the lip triumphant in its gladness.1
1 Of Ridicule, 1st Series. On my acquainting Mrs. Southey with my intention of quoting these lines, she wrote me word back: “That very passage I had noted, as singularly applicable to him we knew so well,—whom the world, the children of this generation,—knew so little!”
The only liberty taken with the original MS. is the omission of, now and then a name, or even a paragraph, which might have given pain to the living. Such passages were thrown off playfully, and were, as Mrs. Southey can testify, erased by the author continually. It was no custom of Southey to cast “fire-brands, arrows, and death,” and to say, “Am I not in sport?” (Proverbs, xxvi. 18, 19.)
It only remains to add that the Editor has carefully verified all references,—that he is responsible for the headings of the chapters (some few excepted,)—for the Mottoes to cc. clxxx. and clxxxi.,—and for the casual foot notes.
JOHN WOOD WARTER.
Vicarage House, West-Tarring, Nov. 25th.
PRELUDE OF MOTTOES.
Two thyngys owyth every clerk To advertysyn, begynnyng a werk, If he procedyn wyl ordeneely, The fyrste is what, the secunde is why. In wych two wurdys, as it semyth me The Foure causys comprehendyd be Wych as our philosofyrs us do teche, In the begynnyng men owe to seche Of every book; and aftyr there entent, The fyrst is clepyd cause efficyent: The secunde they clepe cause materyal, Formal the thrydde; the fourte fynal. The efficyent cause is the auctour, Wych aftyr hys cunnyng doth hys labour To a complyse the begunne matere, Wych cause is secunde; and the more clere That it may be, the formal cause Settyth in dew ordre clause be clause. And these thre thyngys, longyn to what, Auctour, matere and forme ordinat, The fynal cause declaryth pleynly Of the werk begunne the cause why; That is to seyne what was the entent Of the auctour fynally, and what he ment. OSBERN BOKENAM.
Look for no splendid painted outside here, But for a work devotedly sincere; A thing low prized in these too high-flown days: Such solid sober works get little praise. Yet some there be Love true solidity. And unto such brave noble souls I write, In hopes to do them and the subject right. I write it not to please the itching vein Of idle-headed fashionists, or gain Their fond applause; I care for no such noise. I write it only for the sober sort, Who love right learning, and will labour for't; And who will value worth in art, though old, And not be weary of the good, though told Tis out of fashion By nine-tenths of the nation. I writ it also out of great good will Unto my countrymen; and leave my skill Behind me for the sakes of those that may Not yet be born; but in some after day May make good use Of it, without abuse. But chiefly I do write it, for to show A duty to the Doctor which I owe. THOMAS MACE.
Physicians are many times forced to leave such methods of curing as themselves know to be the fittest, and being overruled by their patient's impatiency are fain to try the best they can in taking that way of cure, which the cured will yield unto: in like sort, considering how the case doth stand with this present age, full of tongue and weak of brain, behold we yield to the stream thereof: into the causes of goodness we will not make any curious or deep inquiry; to touch them now and then it shall be sufficient, when they are so near at hand that easily they may be conceived without any far removed discourse. That way we are contented to prove, which being the worse in itself, is notwithstanding now, by reason of common imbecility, the fitter and likelier to be brooked.
HOOKER.
Qui lit beaucoup et jamais ne medite, Semble à celuy qui mange avidement, Et de tous mets surcharge tellement Son estomach que rien ne luy profit. QUATRAINE DE PIBRAC.
thus englished by Sylvester,
Who readeth much and never meditates, Is like a greedy eater of much food, Who so surcloys his stomach with his cates That commonly they do him little good.
Je sçay qu'en ce discours l'on me pourra reprendre, que j'ay mis beaucoup de particularitez qui sont fort superfluës. Je le crois: mais, je sçay, que si elles desplaisent à aucuns, elles plairont aux autres: me semblant, que ce n'est pas assez, quand on louë des personnes, dire qu'elles sont belles, sages, vertueuses, valeureuses, vaillantes, magnanimes, libérales, splendides et très-parfaites. Ce sont loüanges et descriptions genérales, et lieux-communs empruntez de tout le monde. Il en faut specifier bien le tout, et descrire particuliérement les perfections, afin que mieux on les touche au doigt: et telle est mon opinion.
BRANTOME.
Non sai se l'arte, o il caso abbia fornita Cosi bell' opra, o siano entrambi a parte; Perocchè l'arte è tal che il caso imita, E'l caso è tal che rassomiglia all' arte: E questo a quella, e quella a questo unita, Quanto può, quanto sa, mesce e comparte. Un la materia al bel lavor dispose, L'altra meglio adornolla, e poi s'ascose. METASTASIO.
Tous ceux qui ont quelquesfois pesé le grand travail et le labeur de l'imagination, l'ont jugé pour le plus grand qui se puisse trouver, et ont eu raison; d'autant que celuy lequel veut et desire en contenter plusieurs, doit aussi chercher des moyens differens, afin que ce qui est ennuyeux à l'un, l'autre le trouve doux et agreable; car de le donner à tous, il est impossible; veu, qu' entre trois personnes seulement que l'on aura conviées, il se trouvera une grande diference de gouts, ainsi que l'a dit Horace, luy, dis-je qui l'avoit si bien experimenté: par ainsi il n'est pas possible qu'en une si longue histoire que celle dont je vay traictant, que je ne donne de la peine par la diversité des chapitres. Toutetfois si le jugement s'en faict par des personnes privees et libres de toute passion, ils diront que c'est le vray moyen d'entretenir les esprits curieux.
L'HISTOIRE DU CHEVALIER DU SOLEIL.
Be rather wise than witty, for much wit hath commonly much froth; and 'tis hard to jest and not sometimes jeer too; which many times sinks deeper than was intended or expected; and what was designed for mirth, ends in sadness.
CALEB TRENCHFIELD. (probably a fictitious name.) RESTITUTA.
In some passages you will observe me very satirical. Writing on such subjects I could not be otherwise. I can write nothing without aiming, at least, at usefulness. It were beneath my years to do it, and still more dishonourable to my religion. I know that a reformation of such abuses as I have censured is not to be expected from the efforts of an author; but to contemplate the world, its follies, its vices, its indifferences to duty, and its strenuous attachment to what is evil, and not to reprehend, were to approve it. From this charge, at least, I shall be clear; for I have neither tacitly, nor expressly flattered either its characters or its customs.
COWPER.
Nemo eo sapientius desipuisse, nemo stultius sapuisse videtur.
Said of Cardan by I know not who.
Il y en a qui pensent que les lecteurs reçoivent peu d'instruction, quand on leur représente des choses qui n'ont pas esté achevées, qu'eux appellent œuvres imparfaites; mais je ne suis pas de leur advis; car quand quelque fait est descrit à la verité, et avec ses circonstances, encor qu'il ne soit parvenu qu' à mychemin, si peut-on tousjours en tirer du fruict.
LA NOUE.
Authors, you know of greatest fame, Thro' modesty suppress their name; And would you wish me to reveal What these superior wits conceal? Forego the search, my curious friend, And husband time to better end. All my ambition is, I own, To profit and to please unknown, Like streams supplied from springs below Which scatter blessings as they flow. DR. COTTON.
Thus have I, as well as I could, gathered a posey of observations as they grew,—and if some rue and wormwood be found amongst the sweeter herbs, their wholesomeness will make amends for their bitterness.
ADAM LITTLETON.
This worthy work in which of good examples are so many, This orchard of Alcinous, in which there wants not any Herb, tree, or fruit that may mans use for health or pleasure serve; This plenteous horn of Acheloy, which justly doth deserve To bear the name of Treasury of Knowledge, I present To your good worships once again,—desiring you therefore To let your noble courtesy and favour countervail My faults, where art or eloquence on my behalf doth fail, For sure the mark whereat I shoot is neither wreaths of bay, Nor name of author, no, nor meed; but chiefly that it may Be liked well of you and all the wise and learned sort; And next, that every wight that shall have pleasure for to sport Him in this garden, may as well bear wholesome fruit away As only on the pleasant flowers his retchless senses stay. GOLDING.
Doubtless many thoughts have presented, and are still presenting themselves to my mind, which once I had no idea of. But these, in I believe every instance, are as much the growth of former rooted principles, as multiplied branches grow from one and the same main stem. Of such an inward vegetation I am always conscious; and I equally seem to myself to perceive the novelty of the fresh shoot, and its connexion with what had been produced before.
ALEXANDER KNOX.
The extensive argument and miscellaneous nature of the work led him to declare his sentiments on a multitude of questions, on which he thought differently from other writers, and of course, to censure or confute their opinions. Whole bodies of men, as well as individuals of the highest reputation, were attacked by him, and his manner was to speak his sense of all with freedom and force. So that most writers, and even readers, had some ground of complaint against him. Not only the free-thinkers and unbelievers, against whom the tenour of his book was directed, but the heterodox of every denomination were treated without much ceremony, and of the orthodox themselves, some tenet or other, which till then they had held sacred, was discussed and reprobated by him. Straggling heresies, or embodied systems, made no difference with him; as they came in his way, no quarter was given to either, “his end and manner of writing,” as Dr. Middleton truly observed, “being to pursue truth wherever he found it.”
HURD'S LIFE OF WARBURTON.
Thou art like my rappee, here, a most ridiculous superfluity; but a pinch of thee now and then is a more delicious treat.
CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE.
Yea—but what am I? A scholar, or a schoolmaster, or else some youth? A lawyer, a student, or else a country clown? A brumman, a basket-maker, or a baker of pies? A flesh, or a fishmonger, or a sower of lies? A louse, or a louser, a leek or a lark, A dreamer, a drommell, a fire or a spark? A caitiff, a cut-throat, a creeper in corners, A hairbrain, a hangman, or a grafter of horners? A merchant, a maypole, a man or a mackarel, A crab or a crevise, a crane or a cockerell? APIUS AND VIRGINIA.
It may appear to some ridiculous Thus to talk knave and madman, and sometimes Come in with a dried sentence, stuft with sage. WEBSTER.
Etsi verò, quæ in isto opere desiderentur, rectiùs forsan quàm quivis alius, perspiciam; et si meo planè voto standum fuisset, id, in tantâ, quæ hodie est librorum copiâ, vel planè suppressissem, vel in multos annos adhuc pressissem; tamen aliquid amicis, aliquid tempori dandum; et cum iis qui aliquid fructus ex eo sperant, illud communicandum putavi. Hunc itaque meum qualemcunque laborem, Lector candide, boni consule; quod te facilè facturum confido, si eum animum ad legendum attuleris, quem ego ad scribendum, veritatis nimirum aliisque inserviendi cupidum.
SENNERTUS.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER CLXXII.
DESCARTES' NOTION CONCERNING THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE. A SICILIAN PROPOSAL FOR BREEDING UP CHILDREN TO BE IMMORTAL. ASGILL'S ARGUMENT AGAINST THE NECESSITY OF DYING.
O harmless Death! whom still the valiant brave, The wise expect, the sorrowful invite; And all the good embrace, who know the Grave A short dark passage to eternal light. SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT.
CLXXIII.
MORE CONCERNING ASGILL. HIS DEFENCE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, HIS EXPULSION, FARTHER SPECULATIONS AND DEATH.
Let not that ugly Skeleton appear! Sure Destiny mistakes; this Death's not mine! DRYDEN.
CLXXIV.
THE DOCTOR INDULGES IN THE WAY OF FANTASTIC AND TYPICAL SPECULATION ON HIS OWN NAME, AND ON THE POWERS OF THE LETTER D., WHETHER AS REGARDS DEGREES AND DISTINCTIONS, GODS AND DEMIGODS, PRINCES AND KINGS, PHILOSOPHERS, GENERALS OR TRAVELLERS.
My mouth's no dictionary; it only serves as the needful interpreter of my heart.
QUARLES.
CHAPTER CLXXV.
THE DOCTOR FOLLOWS UP HIS MEDITATIONS ON THE LETTER D. AND EXPECTS THAT THE READER WILL BE CONVINCED THAT IT IS A DYNAMIC LETTER, AND THAT THE HEBREWS DID NOT WITHOUT REASON CALL IT DALETH—THE DOOR—AS THOUGH IT WERE THE DOOR OF SPEECH.—THE MYSTIC TRIANGLE.
More authority dear boy, name more; and sweet my child let them be men of good repute and carriage.—
LOVE'S LABOUR LOST.
CHAPTER CLXXVI.
THE DOCTOR DISCOVERS THE ANTIQUITY OF THE NAME OF DOVE FROM PERUSING JACOB BRYANT'S ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY.—CHRISTOPHER AND FERDINAND COLUMBUS.—SOMETHING ABOUT PIGEON-PIE, AND THE REASON WHY THE DOCTOR WAS INCLINED TO THINK FAVOURABLY OF THE SAMARITANS.
An I take the humour of a thing once, I am like your tailor's needle; I go through.
BEN JONSON.
CHAPTER CLXXVII.
SOMETHING ON THE SCIENCE AND MYSTERY OF NUMBERS WHICH IS NOT ACCORDING TO COCKER.—REVERIES OF JEAN D'ESPAGNE, MINISTER OF THE FRENCH-REFORMED CHURCH IN WESTMINSTER, AND OF MR. JOHN BELLAMY.—A PITHY REMARK OF FULLER'S AND AN EXTRACT FROM HIS PISGAH SIGHT OF PALESTINE, TO RECREATE THE READER.
None are so surely caught, when they are catch'd As wit turn'd fool: folly, in wisdom hatch'd Hath wisdom's warrant, and the help of school, And wit's own grace to grace a learned fool. LOVE'S LABOUR LOST.
CLXXVIII.
THE MYSTERY OF NUMBERS PURSUED, AND CERTAIN CALCULATIONS GIVEN WHICH MAY REMIND THE READER OF OTHER CALCULATIONS EQUALLY CORRECT—ANAGRAMMATIZING OF NAMES, AND THE DOCTOR'S SUCCESS THEREIN.
“There is no efficacy in numbers, said the wiser Philosophers; and very truly,”—saith Bishop Hacket in repeating this sentence; but he continues,—“some numbers are apt to enforce a reverent esteem towards them, by considering miraculous occurrences which fell out in holy Scripture on such and such a number.—Non potest fortuitò fieri, quod tam sæpe fit, says Maldonatus whom I never find superstitious in this matter. It falls out too often to be called contingent; and the oftener it falls out, the more to be attended.”
CHAPTER CLXXIX.
THE SUBJECT OF ANAGRAMS CONTINUED; A TRUE OBSERVATION WHICH MANY FOR WANT OF OBSERVATION WILL NOT DISCOVER TO BE SUCH, VIZ., THAT THERE IS A LATENT SUPERSTITION IN THE MOST RATIONAL OF MEN.—LUCKY AND UNLUCKY—FITTING AND UNFITTING—ANAGRAMS, AND HOW THE DOCTOR'S TASTE IN THIS LINE WAS DERIVED FROM OUR OLD ACQUAINTANCE JOSHUA SYLVESTER.
Ha gran forza una vecchia opinione; E bisogna grand' arte, e gran fatica, A cavarla del capo alle persone. BRONZINO PITTORE.
CHAPTER CLXXX.
THE DOCTOR'S IDEAS OF LUCK, CHANCE, ACCIDENT, FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE.—THE DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE'S DISTINCTION BETWEEN CHANCE AND FORTUNE WHEREIN NO-MEANING IS MISTAKEN FOR MEANING.—AGREEMENT IN OPINION BETWEEN THE PHILOSOPHER OF DONCASTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER OF NORWICH.—DISTINCTION BETWEEN UNFORTUNATELY UGLY, AND WICKEDLY UGLY.—DANGER OF PERSONAL CHARMS.
Ἔστι γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἐπίφθεγμα τὸ αὐτόματον, ἀνθρώπων ὡς ἔτυχε καὶ ἀλογίστως φρονούντων, καὶ τὸν μὲν λόγον αὐτῶν μὴ καταλαμβανόντων, διὰ δὲ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς καταλήψεως, αλόγως οἰομένων διατετάχθαι ταῦτα, ὧν τὸν λόγον ἐιπεῖν ὀυκ ἔχουσιν.
CONSTANT. ORAT. AD SANCT. CÆT. C. VII.
“Deformity is either natural, voluntary, or adventitious, being either caused by God's unseen Providence, (by men nick-named, chance,) or by men's cruelty.”
FULLER'S HOLY STATE, B. iii. C. 15.
CHAPTER CLXXXI.
NO DEGREE OF UGLINESS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.—FIDUS CORNELIUS COMPARED TO A PLUCKED OSTRICH.—WILKES' CLAIM TO UGLINESS CONSIDERED AND NEGATIVED BY DR. JOHNSON, NOTWITHSTANDING HOGARTH'S PORTRAIT.—CAST OF THE EYE À LA MONTMORENCY.—ST. EVREMOND AND TURENNE.—WILLIAM BLAKE THE PAINTER, AND THE WELSH TRIADS.—CURIOUS EXTRACT FROM THAT VERY CURIOUS AND RARE BOOK, THE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF HIS OWN PICTURES,—AND A PAINFUL ONE FROM HIS POETICAL SKETCHES.
“If thou beest not so handsome as thou wouldest have been thank God thou art not more unhandsome than thou art. 'Tis His mercy thou art not the mark for passenger's fingers to point at, an Heteroclite in nature, with some member defective or redundant. Be glad that thy clay cottage hath all the necessary forms thereto belonging, though the outside be not so fairly plaistered as some others.”
FULLER'S HOLY STATE, B. iii. C. 15.
CHAPTER CLXXXII.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE FORM OF THE HUMAN LEG SUGGESTED BY A PHYSICIAN. THE DOCTOR'S CURE OF A BROKEN SHIN AND INVENTION OF A SHIN-SHIELD.
Res fisci est, ubicunque natat. Whatsoever swims upon any water, belongs to this exchequer.
JEREMY TAYLOR. Preface to the Duct. Dub..
CHAPTER CLXXXIII.
VIEWS OF OLD AGE. MONTAGNE, DANIEL CORNEILLE, LANGUET, PASQUIER, DR. JOHNSON, LORD CHESTERFIELD, ST. EVREMOND.
What is age But the holy place of life, the chapel of ease For all men's wearied miseries? MASSINGER.
CHAPTER CLXXXIV.
FURTHER OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING OLD AGE. BISHOP REYNOLDS. OPINION OF THE DOCTOR CONCERNING BEASTS AND MEN. M. DE CUSTINE. THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US. WORDSWORTH. SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
In these reflections, which are of a serious, and somewhat of a melancholy cast, it is best to indulge; because it is always of use to be serious, and not unprofitable sometimes to be melancholy.
FREEMAN'S SERMONS.
CHAPTER CLXXXV.
EVOLVEMENTS. ANALOGIES. ANTICIPATIONS.
I have heard, how true I know not, most physicians as they grow Greater in skill, grow less in their religion; Attributing so much to natural causes, That they have little faith in that they cannot Deliver reason for: this Doctor steers Another course. MASSINGER.
CHAPTER CLXXXVI.
LEONE HEBREO'S DIALOGI DE AMORE.—THE ELIXIR OF LIFE NO OBSTACLE TO DEATH.—PARACELSUS.—VAN HELMONT AND JAN MASS.—DR. DOVE'S OPINION OF A BIOGRAPHER'S DUTIES.
There's a lean fellow beats all conquerors!
OLD FORTUNATUS.
CHAPTER CLXXXVII.
VAN HELMONT'S WORKS, AND CERTAIN SPECIALITIES IN HIS LIFE.
Voilà mon conte.—Je ne sçay s'il est vray; mais, je l'ay ainsi ouy conter.—Possible que cela est faux, possible que non.—Je m'en rapporte à ce qui en est. Il ne sera pas damné qui le croira, ou décroira.
BRANTÔME.
INTERCHAPTER XX.
ST. PANTALEON OF NICOMEDIA IN BITHYNIA—HIS HISTORY, AND SOME FURTHER PARTICULARS NOT TO BE FOUND ELSEWHERE.
Non dicea le cose senza il quia; Che il dritto distingueva dal mancino, E dicea pane al pane, e vino al vino. BERTOLDO.
ARCH-CHAPTER.
CHAPTER CLXXXVIII.
FOLLY IN PRINT, REFERRED TO, BUT (N.B.) NOT EXEMPLIFIED. THE FAIR MAID OF DONCASTER. DOUBTS CONCERNING THE AUTHENTICITY OF HER STORY. THEVENARD, AND LOVE ON A NEW FOOTING. STARS AND GARTERS, A MONITORY ANECDOTE FOR OUR SEX, AND A WHOLESOME NOVELTY IN DRESS RECOMMENDED TO BOTH.
They be at hand, Sir, with stick and fiddle, They can play a new dance, Sir, called hey, diddle, diddle. KING CAMBYSES.
CHAPTER CLXXXIX.
THE DOCTOR'S OPINION OF LATE HOURS. DANCING. FANATICAL OBJECTION OF THE ALBIGENSES; INJURIOUS EFFECT OF THAT OPINION WHEN TRANSMITTED TO THE FRENCH PROTESTANTS. SIR JOHN DAVIES AND BURTON QUOTED TO SHOW THAT IT CAN BE NO DISPARAGEMENT TO SAY THAT ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE, WHEN ALL THE SKY'S A BALL-ROOM.
I could be pleased with any one Who entertained my sight with such gay shows, As men and women moving here and there, That coursing one another in their steps Have made their feet a tune. DRYDEN.
CHAPTER CXC.
DANCING PROSCRIBED BY THE METHODISTS. ADAM CLARKE. BURCHELL'S REMARKS ON THE UNIVERSALITY OF THIS PRACTICE. HOW IT IS REGARDED IN THE COLUMBIAN PHILOSOPHY.
Non vi par adunque che habbiamo ragionato a bastanza di questo? A bastanza parmi, rispose il Signor Gasparo; pur desidero io d'intendere qualche particolarità anchor.
IL CORTEGIANO.
CHAPTER CXCI.
A SERIOUS WORD IN SAD APOLOGY FOR ONE OF THE MANY FOOLISH WAYS IN WHICH TIME IS MIS-SPENT.
Time as he passes us, has a dove's wing, Unsoil'd, and swift, and of a silken sound; But the World's Time, is Time in masquerade! Their's, should I paint him, has his pinions fledged, With motley plumes; and where the peacock shews His azure eyes, is tinctured black and red With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, And spades, the emblem of untimely graves. COWPER.
CHAPTER CXCII.
MORE OF THE DOCTOR'S PHILOSOPHY, WHICH WILL AND WILL NOT BE LIKED BY THE LADIES, AND SOME OF THE AUTHOR'S WHICH WILL AND WILL NOT BY THE GENTLEMEN. THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO COUNT CASTIGLIONE, AND TO SIR JOHN CHEKE.
Ou tend l'auteur à cette heure? Que fait-il? Revient-il? Va-t-il? Ou s'il demeure? L'AUTEUR. Non, je ne reviens pas, car je n'ai pas été; Je ne vais pas aussi, car je suis arrété; Et ne demeure point, car, tout de ce pas même Je pretens m'en aller. MOLIERE.
CHAPTER CXCIII.
MASTER THOMAS MACE, AND THE TWO HISTORIANS OF HIS SCIENCE, SIR JOHN HAWKINS AND DR. BURNEY. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE OLD LUTANIST AND OF HIS “MUSIC'S MONUMENT.”
This Man of Music hath more in his head Than mere crotchets. SIR W. DAVENANT.
CHAPTER CXCIV.
A MUSIC LESSON FROM MASTER THOMAS MACE TO BE PLAYED BY LADY FAIR:—A STORY, THAN WHICH THERE IS NONE PRETTIER IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.
What shall I say? Or shall I say no more? I must go on! I'm brim-full, running o'er. But yet I'll hold, because I judge ye wise; And few words unto such may well suffice. But much—much more than this I could declare; Yet for some certain reasons I'll forbear. But less than this I could not say; because, If saying less, I should neglect my cause, For 'tis the Doctor's cause I plead so strong for, And 'tis his cause compleated that I long for, And 'tis true doctrine certainly I preach, And 'tis that doctrine every priest should teach. THOMAS MACE, TO ALL DIVINE READERS.
CHAPTER CXCV.
ANOTHER LESSON WITH THE STORY AND MANNER OF ITS PRODUCTION.
Οὐδεὶς ἐρεῖ ποθ᾽, ὡς ὑπόβλητον λόγον, ———ἔλεξας, ἀλλὰ τῆς σαυτῦ φρενός. SOPHOCLES.
CHAPTER CXCVI.
FURTHER ACCOUNT OF MASTER THOMAS MACE,—HIS LIGHT HEART, HIS SORROWS, AND HIS POVERTY,—POORLY, POOR MAN, HE LIVED, POORLY, POOR MAN, HE DIED—PHINEAS FLETCHER.
The sweet and the sour, The nettle and the flower, The thorn and the rose, This garland compose. SMALL GARLAND OF PIOUS AND GODLY SONGS.
CHAPTER CXCVII.
QUESTION PROPOSED, WHETHER A MAN BE MAGNIFIED OR MINIFIED BY CONSIDERING HIMSELF UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES, AND ANSWERED WITH LEARNING AND DISCRETION.
I find by experience that Writing is like Building, wherein the undertaker, to supply some defect, or serve some convenience which at first he foresaw not, is usually forced to exceed his first model and proposal, and many times to double the charge and expence of it.
DR. JOHN SCOTT.
CHAPTER CXCVIII.
PETER HOPKINS' VIEWS OF ASTROLOGY. HIS SKILL IN CHIROMANCY, PALMISTRY, OR MANUAL DIVINATION WISELY TEMPERED.—SPANISH PROVERB AND SONNET BY BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA.—TIPPOO SULTAN.—MAHOMETAN SUPERSTITION.—W. Y. PLAYTES' PROSPECTUS FOR THE HORN BOOK FOR THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE SIGNS OF SALVATION.
Seguite dunque con la mente lieta, Seguite, Monsignor, che com' io dico, Presto presto sarete in su la meta. LUDOVICO DOLCE.
CHAPTER CXCIX.
CONCERNING THE GREAT HONOURS TO WHICH CERTAIN HORSES HAVE ATTAINED, AND THE ROYAL MERITS OF NOBS.
Siento para contarlas que me llama El á mi, yo á mi pluma, ella á la fama. BALBUENA.
CHAPTER CC.
A CHAPTER OF KINGS.
FIMBUL-FAMBI heitr Sá er fatt kann segia, That er ósnotvrs athal. Fimbul-fambi (fatuus) vocatur Qui pauca novit narrare: Ea est hominis insciti proprietas. EDDA, Háva Mál.
INTERCHAPTER XXI.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
Le Plebe è bestia Di cento teste, e non rinchiude in loro Pur oncia di saper. CHIABRERA.
INTERCHAPTER XXII.
VARIETY OF STILES.
Qualis vir, talis oratio. ERASMI ADAGIA.
INTERCHAPTER XXIII.
A LITTLE ADVICE BESTOWED UPON THE SCORNFUL READER IN A SHORT INTERCHAPTER.
No man is so foolish, but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he will take no other counsel but his own.
BEN JONSON.