XVIII. Thefe heapes of ftones, these old wals, which ye fee, Were first enclofures but of falvage foyle; 240 And these brave pallaces, which mayftred bee Of Time, were fhepheards cottages fomewhile. Then tooke the fhepheards kingly ornament And the ftout hynde arm'd his right hand with fteele : 245 Eftfoones their rule of yearely Presidents Grew great, and fixe months greater a great deele ; Which, made perpetuall, rofe to fo great might, power 250 Doth fhew that all things turne to their first being. XIX. All that is perfect, which th' heaven beautefies; All that's imperfect, borne belowe the Moone; All that doth feede our fpirits and our eies; And all that doth confume our pleasures foone; All the mishap, the which our daies outweares, All the good hap of th' oldeft times afore Rome, in the time of her great ancesters, 260 Like a Pandora, locked long in store. Caried to heaven, from finfull bondage lofed: But their great finnes, the caufers of their paine, Under these antique ruines yet remaine. XX. 265. No otherwise than raynie cloud, first fed ...came, 271 With his great bellie fpreds the dimmed world, fhade, 275 Uprising by degrees, grewe to fuch height, XX. 13. vade,] Vanish. Lat. vado. See alfo F. Q. i. v. 15, iii. ix. 20, &c. And fee Cotgrave, "To vade, Se flestrir, fe faner." VOL. VII. TODD. To fhew that all in th' end to nought shall The fame, which Pyrrhus and the puiffaunce. Of Afrike could not tame, that fame brave Citie, Which, with ftout courage arm'd against mifchaunce, Suftein'd the fhocke of common enmitie; Long as her fhip, toft with so manie freakes, 285 Had all the world in armes against her bent, Was never feene, that anie fortunes wreakes Could breake her courfe begun with brave intent. But, when the obiect of her vertue failed, Doth in the port it felfe his veffell rive. XXII. When that brave honour of the Latine name, Which mear'd her rule with Africa, and Byze, With Thames inhabitants of noble fame, And they which see the dawning day arize; ; XXII. 2. mear'd] Divided. See the uote on meare, F. Q. iii. ix. 46. TODD. Her nourflings did with mutinous uprore Shall in great Chaos wombe againe be hid. O warie wifedome of the man, that would That Carthage towres from spoile should be forborne, ..: 310 To th' end that his victorious people should Through idlenes would turne to civill rage, 315 Ambition is engendred eafily; As, in a vicious bodie, grose disease Soone growes through humours fuperfluitie. 320 That came to paffe, when, fwolne with plenties pride, Nor prince, nor peere, nor kin, they would abide. XXIV. 325 If the blinde Furie, which warres breedeth oft, That, each to other working cruell wrongs, brew'd? 330 Was this (ye Romanes) your hard deftinie? dure Upon the fame to fet foundation fure? XXV. 335 O that I had the Thracian Poets harpe, To quicken, with his vitall notes accord, 341 See my note on this And fee also the note |