el.l... SPRAT (Thomas) Bp. of Rochester. 1635-1713. 5466. The Plague of Athens, which hapned in the second Year of the Peloponnesian Wane. First described in Greek by Thucy¬ dides ; then in Latin by Lucretius. Now attempted in English, by Tho. Sprat, sm. 4®. Lond., pr, by E. C.for H. Brome, 1665. In verse ; preceded by the description from Thucydides, bk. ii, tr. by Thos. Hobbes, 1629. [8]+6+24-f [2] pp. The first leaf bears the licence dated 1665, the last (E 4, with publisher’s List) is followed in this copy by an Imprimatur dated * Nov. the 9th 1678 ’. This extra leaf is of different paper, is not in the B. M. copy, and evidently does not belong to the pamphlet. The poem appeared in 1659 and, being composed ** after incomparable Dr, Cowley's Pindarick way ”, earned its author the nickname Pindaric Sprat. ” It is his misfortune that. . . his name is better known as a versifier than as a master of English prose ” (D. N. B.). FROM THK I.IBRARY OF SIR WILLIAM OSLER.Bart. OXFORD u F'- E Plague of Athens, Which hapncd in the SECOND YEAR. OF THE Peloponnefian VVarre. Firft defcribed in Qreel^ by Thucydides-, Then in L.atin by Lucretius, attempted in Englifh, By T H o. S p R A T. L 0 D 0 N. Printed by E. Q. for Bmry Brme, at the Gun in lvy4ane^ iddj. 77 ■‘I, #5 •i-»j' J^. ,'■ .K«.J "arb il -m^nn ib}n .7 H fr T/^- /. / ; f 1 * ^ .OTifi'/v' neftennoaol-}'? ™ ;z'=iV;'.Vr5v.;\“y Yc'..‘h^/iV) ni rf'.::-^ 'V;^ . • ' . ~ ■ , i A ;: <: X' If t ' nl rmO sr'j la} 7) .H ycf ■ ■ - .^ddi ^uviV.yyl To my Worthy and Learned Friend, T>r.W alter Pope, late TroBor of the ^Jnherftty of Cxford. SIR, I Know not what pleafure you could take in beftowing your commands fo unprofitably, unlefs it be that for which Nature (bmetimescheriflies and allows Mon- ftcrs,The love ofVarietyi This onely delight you will re¬ ceive by turning over this rude and unpohflit Copy, and comparing it with my excellent Patterns, the Greek and Latin. By this you will fee how much a noble Subjea: is chang’d and disfigured by an ill hand, and what reafon Alexander had to forbid his Figure to be drawn but by fome celebrated Pencil. In Greek Thucydides io well and fo lively exprefles it,that I know not which is more a Poem, his defeription, or that of Lucretius. Though it mull: be faid, that the Hijlorian had a vaft advan cage over the ‘Poef • He having been prefent on the place, and aflaulted by the dileale himfelf, had the horror familiar to his Eyes, and all the (hapes of ih.tmifery ftill remaining on his mind,which muft needs make a great impreffion on his Pen and Fan- A 2 cie. . cie. Whereas the ^Poet was fofc^to allow his foot.ftep? and onely work on that matter he allow’d him. This f peakjOecauleit may in lomemeahiretoo exculemy own defers: For being fo far remov’d from the place where¬ on the difeaieaded its Tragedy; and time having denied usmany of the circumftaniiaS^icui^M^ the^oOSey and other (mall things which be of gre^f die to a« ny one who did intend to be.perfe^ oji theiubiecSt • be- ijdes onely writing by anof that which 1 never yet lavVjnoi caie to fetl_, ('being notofthe humor ofthtl^in- ter in Sir Mp Sidney^ who chruiihiMihlf r ^ u T V <¥ delineateit-J b^v-iitg,! lay,all theie diladvantages, and many more ., for which I mult onely blame my lelf, it cannot be expe^ed I Ihould come near equalling him in whom none Wilbe contrary advantages were wanting. Thus then. Sir fey emboldning me to this rafh attempt, you have given op- portunitie to the and to Triumph over'e^r Mother tongue, \et I would not have the honour of the Countries or Languages engaged in the comparifon, but that the inequality Ihould reach no farthb than the Au- thors. But I have much reafon to fear the juftindigna¬ tion of that excellent Perfon, (the prefent Ornament and onoui of our Nation) whole way of writing I imitate* for he may think himfelf as much injured bymyfoUow- ing him as were the Heavens by that bold mans coumer- reiting the lacred and unimicable noife of Thunder by the found found of Brafs and Horfts hoofs. F Fhall onely % for fov Felt, that I took CKfca s advice, vvho bids us in imitation propole the Nobleft pattern to our thoughts • for fo we niay be fore to be railed above the common Level thoueh we come infinitely ftort of what we aim at. Yet I hope that renowned Poet will have none of my crimes any way refieaonhimfelf; foi it was not any fault in the ^cellenc Mufician, that the weak Bird, indeavouring bv Itraining its throat, to follow his Notes, deftroyed heffelf in the Attempt. Well, Sir, by this, that 1 havechofen ra- ther to expofc my lelf than be diiobedienc^ you may guefs with what zeal and hazard I ftrive to approve my lelf 5 I Your mojl Bumhle and Affectionate SerVa?tty Tho. Spra 'HTi) Thucydides, Lib.2.’ As it is excellently Tranflaced by Mr. Bohhl I N the yery hegimmg of Summer, the r*cloponncfians, 4 mi ^/;«VConfcderates,>^^/> tm thirds oftheir forces,as Before inyaded Attkn,uHder the tonduU of Archidamus, the Jon vf Zeuxidamas,^/«j^ of Lacfcdacmon, and after they had en* camped thtmfelyes^ %ajled the (jountrey about them. They had not been many days in Attic&yrhen the ^la^uefirfi began amongli the Athenians^ ftid alfo to haye fei^^ed formerly on diyers other parts, as about Lemnos, and elfetrhere ^ but fa ^teat a ^la^ue,and Mortality of Men, \tas never remembred to hayehapned in any place before. Foratjirjl, neither Tvere the Fhyficians able to cure it, through ignorance of ivhat it y>as, but diedfajiejl themfelyes,as being the men that mojl approicl/dthe pck,nor any other art of man availed Tyhatfoeyer. M fupplica^ tions to the Gods, and enquiries of Oracles, andTvhatJoeVer o- ther means they ufedof that kind, proved all unprofitable., in* fomuch as fubdued fvith the grtatnejs of the evil, they gave them all oyer* It began {by report) firjl, in that part of i£thio- pia that Uethupon iLgypt, and thence fell dov/n into i£gypt and Afrique, and into thegreatejl part of the Territories of ^*'S* Athens on aJ'udden,and touchedfirjl up- ,VT» V on tkfe thath>elt in Pyrarus, in/omuch as they nportedthai the Pelopannefiaiis had cajipoyfon into their Wells/or Sprinn thery were n^t any m that place. But afterTt^ards it came up fn* to the high Qty^and then they died a great dealfafter. No^ kt evep man>^T/0c^tan^ or other ^ concerning the ground of this thinks able toprce du^fogrhtan alteUiOk, /peak accOrdmg to his om kno^- pm ft will deliver but the manner of it,and lav »/ it: ft fill cfall ctkr/orAir Difeafe,, mofl fm and he ft/M fm- r^ l’dnf.l’M.i>M‘t>‘rned to this ; ,/„oOy,f thlir ftLd ^‘r- “» dtrem acktn . »!flomatm of the Exes. ■ a,id then in tlSik'^it ’ ^’7“'' ‘"s ■ frt/eftif hhody, md •If'lreothmyfmenndiiiija-vory, Ufm.Ws&Ma [nee. ^.’‘zm^.l’tarfttefs,.^^ mtipno ajier\ thepn^fttoeeihei: ftka imhtj (ou^h came down into the href M whei,e„cf it tfts f ed in the Stomach,It caujed Homit, aifd Tf ith xrt^ torment came up afimanner o hiiiouspuroaUotuhaiasat the height,their bodies Trafled not,but reft* fled the torment beyond all expectation, in/omuch as the mofl of them either died of their infrard burning in ^or^ dayes,whilefl they had yerftrength,or iftbey efcaped that, then the difeafe faU ling doTTn into their bellies, andcauftng there great exulceratu ons and imhioderateloojenefs, they died many of them after- 'trards through'k?eaknefs v Fdr the dtfeafe ('Srhich took firfl the ,^ head) 'begdh abo've; andCdme doWn, and paffed through the whole body j and he that overcame the 'srorfl of itflras yet mar¬ ked frith the lofs of extreme parts; for breaking out both at their Privy»members, and at their Fingers and Toes, many ft^ith the lofs of kkefe eJcapM, There fbere alfo fome that lofi ' there Eysjisr many thatprefently upon their recovery frere taken frithfuch an obliVioH of all things fvhatfoever, as they neither knefrthemfelves nor their acquaintance. For this fTas dki/ifQf ficknefs '%>hichfarfurmoutitedall expreflioh.of frords, and h^)tlA exceeded Humane Kature, in the cruelty frhcrefrtthtthandledf each one, and appeared alfo otherfrife to be none of thofe difeafe $ that are bred amongfl us,and that efpecially by thii. For all,both ^ Birds dndBCdfls;thatufe to feed onHumdhe flejhffjougbfiiad ny aFryitd unburkd’, eitlxr'cantdml at tf 7 em,br tajltng B X -■ pcrijhed. ^4;-_ ' .-f M tOHchmi the Birds, »tfe ^Zt'lef P’“’ Jtthe«/eeH,nether ttUthr’'M‘'’^r’ "'«#«»■« fecnmtchckarl. hchTltxflo‘^trO Teastrijtcral Juch as I have and for other ufualfukneges,at that time no man t^as trouhU Wh any. ^o■sv they diid, feme for TVant of attendance ^andjome a^atn tt’ith all the c^mand'^Wid^ that could Y fifed. ]>(or Udoes there any,to fay certain Medicine that f'‘‘>”‘ufhp,e helped thetnjlrtf it harm to another, not any difference of Sody for fldnoth or ^taknefs that Teas able to reftft it. hut it carried aS aTVaj mhat ^llhet d ^‘‘f‘>>‘X''“>tefl miferyofoB tohfrPfZ as found themjelvesieli, min, to he f,ck, (for they ^re-^prefentlydefperate, andoavZZ «/iy?ce) as alfofheir dying thm like She^ynfeaed by mutual Vifitation : For ifmenfof. i “ them for fear then they diedforlorn, Uerehr mam ZT'sl ‘ho died themfehes, and princi- f any the honefiefl men. For out of (home, 'they TvouU nit fpare themfelves,lutj,e«tm unto their friendsJfpeLooafteliZZ come to-this pa/s, that even their Vomeflicks Tveariedteith the ‘‘yyatat'ons of them that Bied,andoVercome’Tvith theireltSs ofthe calamity Tvere no longpr moved theretvith. ^utfhofZht ^ffirccoymi/admch compafimhotbon them that did and Qrk (i on them that lay pck^oi haVtng both knO'fifin the mifery themfehs and noTtf tio more jubjeEi to the like danger : For this difea/e ne» yer took any man the fecond time foot to be mortal, jind theft mm were both by others counted happy ^and they alfo themfelves^ through ixcejs ofprefcnt joy ^conceived a kind of light hope,neyer to die tf any other /tcknefs hereafter, 'Befdes the prefent Bion^the reception of the Countrey people ^ and of theirfubfanee, into the City, oppreffed both them , and much more the people themjelyes that fo came in. For haying no Houfesfut hoeUing at that time of they ear in fifing 'Booths,the Mortality toa^ nola without all form j and dying men lay tumbling one 4pon another in the Streets, and men half dead about eyery Conduit through defire tf ti^ater. The Temples alfo tifherjt they d'^elt in Tents,' ’^ere all full of the dead that died Tt^ithin them; for oppreffed Ti’ii h the yioUnce of the falamity, and not knoloing yohat to do^ Men grelff carelefs, both of Holy and PropKane things alike, ^nd theLayps Ithich they formerly ufed touching Funerals,There all noyy broken • eyery one burying yphere he could find room-, Jnd many for ant of things neceffary,after Jo many Deaths he* fore,ypereforced to become impudent in the Funerals of their Friends. For yphen one had made a Funeral Pile, 4 «or/;er^ef‘. ting before him, yyould throw on his dead, and giye it fire. And "When one Tyas in burning, another y^ould come, and haying cafi thereon him Tyhom he carried,go his "Way again. And the great li~ centioufnefs,"Which alfo in other kinds was ufed in the Cityjbegan at firfi from this difeafe. For that which a man before Would diffewble^ar^ mt aclwo'^edgeto hedomfaryoluptmufnefs, he jurfi Ufmhis gyufueh fikk reyolmm cf the rick ^3i»S i ciiid men irorth noiking inheriting their £• Jhtes j infimiich ns they jufiified a fpeedy fruition of their goods, even for their pleafure, ns Men that thouoht they held mir Lives hut hy the day. As for pains,no mantoas forteard in any aBion of Honour,to take anyfecaufe they thought it uncera tarn tehether they fhoutd die or not,he fore they atchieved it. ^ut' ■»hat any man kneto to he delightful,and to be profitable to plea. fure,that teas made both profitable and hommurahle. Neither th fear of the Gods,nor Lattes of men^tred any man, Notthk former,becaufe they concluded it teas alike to toorfftip or not ^or. fhipfrom feeing that alike they all perifhed : nor the latter be.' cauje no man escpeaed that lives tvouldlafi, till he received pu- mflsmentoflni crmes by Judgement. 'But they thoughtthere' teas no^ over their heads feme far greater Judgement decreed H mil: 'okkn', tkiri oftk. ^kli hrJtn (m(r< it.k ti^k ■M ?.j.T}. i7'\^ 'irM r.jif :f:, 3f 2 T^he Vlame of > . c Ot the whole Worid we call MamkindtVA. Lords; - ,. Flattring oyrfillircs with migiity wordij- ) O Of all things! weitJie MDrttrahsarcj ... .n ,7 And fo we tulcjfand,fi>yvc jdoijnri( 0 cii^oj o' Allpi’cafurcsclfc’about us^hd : I.: : A A tJvAfiod TrodQlrcriiisitt'ithiaiKijijr:^^ , ', Arc laid w^a^Ilifcltawlio-^^- v. u.a. j .5 cj 1 17/; Huge Troops iitr-M.ftadi«s without *!,JO hn.'^ (A grim, a meager, and adccadtnlrui«W:(^l Somefor^^r^eges rtialoe:!c d iQ And with fisrelQowncfedo/hurlBodie^fttke^ .tnt iv a.lT Some with quick violcia?c'ftorm thcTowh^Ks And all in a^n^nt dowu:. tc: n:u \: ^ ... i ;0 . Some I Some one peculiar fort aflai!,' Some by general attempt prevail. Small Herbs,alas, can oncly us relieve^ And fmall is the affiftance they can t:ivc » How can the fading Off fprin^ ot the Field Sure health and fucccut yield What ftrong and Certain remedie ? . What fiiaa and lading lifccanour.s be t ' ^hen that which makes u$ live, doth ev'ry Winter die t II. Nor is this all,we do not oncly breed Within our fclvcs the fata! feed . Of change, and of decrease in ev*ry parr, Head, Bcllic, Stomach, and the Root of Life tJieHcttt; Not onely have our Autumn,whf n we muft , Of our own Nature turn to Duft, When Leavesand Fruit iql; 1I fall$ But are exposed to mighty Teinpeds too, . •' Which do at once what that would floi>»l'c do. Which throw down Fruit and Tree of Life withal# From mine we in vain Our bodies by repair maintafoj Bodies compos’d of ftutf. Mouldring and frail enough s Yet from without as well wc fear A dangerous and dedruaful War^ Brom Heaven,from Earth,from Sea,from Air, We hkechc RmMn Empire fliould decay. And our own force would melt away By the intcdinc jar Of Elephants,which on each other prey^ Jhc C^fars and thc Eewpeys which within we bcac: ' Yet arc (like that) in danger too ■ “ Of forreign Armies, and external foe, ( 3 >^ Sominmzstht Gothijh and the barbarous rage Of Plague,or Peftilence, attends Mans age, Which neither Foree nor Arts aflwage 5 Which cannot be avoided,or withftood, But drowns, and over-runs with unexpected Flood. III. On t/£tbfopU^ and the Southern-fands. The unfrequented Coa(ls,and parched Land, Whither the Sun too kind a heat doth fend, (The Sun,which the worft Neighb^iur is,and the beft Friend) Hither a mojtal influence came, A fatal and unhappy flame, / Kindled by Heavens angry beam. With dreadful frowns the Heavens fcattered here Cruel infeCtioui heats into the Air, Now all their ftorcsof poyfon fent, Thrcatning at oncc.a general doom, Lavifht out all their hate,and meant In future Ages to be innocent, Not to difturb the World for many years to come. Hold I Heavens hold ! Why fhould your Sacred Fire, Which doth to all things Life infpire. By whofe kinde.bcams you bring Each year on every thing, A new and glorious Spring, Which doth th’ Origisal Seed 'Of all things in the Womb of Earth that breed, ; ' . With vital heat and qmck'ning feed. Why (hould you now that heat imp oy, The Earth, the Air, the Fields, the Cities to annoy ? That which before reviv’d, why fhould it now deflroy f IV. Thofe Africk Defarts fttaic weredoublfcDjfafts grown, ,Thcrtv*noos Bcafls were left adoncj? - -p b: ' C The The - -- rav’nous beafts then firft began A old enemy Man, And blam d ^Ik Plaguefor what they would thcmfclvcs have Nor ftay’d the cruel evil there. Nor could be long confin’d onto one Air, Plagues prcfcntlyforfakc The Wildcmcfs which they themfclvcs do make Away the deadly breaths their journey take Dnvenbyamightywind, ^ * They a new booty and freih forrage find. The loaded wind went fwiftly on, Andas It paft was heard to figh and groan. Norcould but by a general mine be appeas’d, in rage back on the South did look, 'h- unhappy ftrolc '’"'■'•‘'“Mnefs (hetook. ” fZIP did now curfc and revi'c Thole very Lands from whence ftte has her Nile • another Ne^reiv Cod ” Another Angels Hand,a fecond yf4reffs Rod. i. 1 ' V. Then on jt goes, and through the Sacfcdland- Ls ai^ry Forces did command. But God did place an Angel there. Its violence to withftand, And turn imo another road the putrid Air . . qmckly'nUiwas wllderneA. ^ . ns.'T Thence ) Thence It did Ptrjid over-run^ And all that Sacrifice unco the Sun; In every Limb a dreadful pain they felt. Tortur’d with fccrct coals did mclc j The PtrfiansaW'd upon their Sun in vain. Their God increas’d the pain. Theylookt up to their God no more, But curie the beams they worlbipped before^ And bate the very fi e which once they did adorCf VI. Glutted with ruinc of the Eaft, She to 'k her wings and down to Athns. paft: J, ft Plaguelwbich doft no parties take, ? Bur G^efce as well as P(r(U fack. While in unmtural quarrels they (Like Frogs and Mice^ each other flay. Thou in thy raven jus claws rook’ft both away. Thither it came and did deftroy the Town, Whilcft all its Ships and Soiildierslookt upon; And now the Pbgue did more Than all the Afi-i/* Force could do before.- Without the Walls the Sparun Aimy fate. The Spartan Army came too late ; For now there was no farther work for fate. They faw the Citic open lay, Aneafie and a bloodlcfs ptcy, They faw the rampircs enaptie ftand. The Flcctjthc Wails,the Forts Uoman'd. No need of crucitie or {laughters n jw The Plague had finilhc what they came to do: They might now unrefifted enter there. Did they not the very. Air, More than fear. ' The Air it (elf to them was wall, and bullwarks too. C a VII. i YIL Unhappy Mhei^s ! it is true, thou wcrt Theproudeft work of Nature and of Art .* Learning and ftrength did thee compofe. As foul and body us t But) cc t hou oncly thcRce art made A nobler prey for Fates t’ invade. Thofe mighty numbers that within thee breath Do onely ferve to make a fatter feaft for Death, * Ucathin the moft frequented places lives tribute from the croud receives ** And though it tot, j figh, and feems to own A ruftick life alone : It loves no Wiidernefs, No fcattred Villages, populous Palacesj throng, the tumult, «nd the town: What ftrange,unheard-of Conqueror is this Which by the forces that refift it doth increafe ! When other Conquerors arc Oblig’d ro make a (lower war. Nay fomciimcs for themTelves may fear wi, P'ocefd with watchful care ’ When thicker troops of'enemies appear •' This ftrenser ft.ll and more fuccclTcful grows- T)ownrooncr all before it throus ^ If greater multuudesof men do it oppofe VIII * The Tyrant firft the haven did fubduc Lately the AibenUns (it knew; Themfclves by wooden walls did fave And therefore firft to them th’infedfion gave Lcatt they new fuccouj thcncc-reccivc ’ Cruel ( 7 ) Cruel PjTdMs I now thou haft undone, The honour thou before hadft wore.* Not all thy Merchandize, Thy wealth,thy treafuries. Which from all Coafts thy Fleet fapplics* Can to atone this crime fufficc. Next o’re the upper Town it fpread, With mad and undifccrr.ed fpeedi In every corner,every ftreer, Without a gu dedid fets its feet, And too familiar every houfc did greet. Unhappy Greece of Greece ! great T^efeus now Did thee a mortal injury do. When firft in walls he did thceclofc. When firft he did thy Citizens reduce, Houfes and Governmcnt,>nd Lawes toufe. It had been better if thy people ftill DJperfed in fome ficld,or hill, Though Salvage,and undifeiplin’d did dwell, T!K}UghbarbarouSyUntam©,and rude. Than by their numbers thus to be fubdu’d 5 To be by their own fwarms anoid> And to be civilized onely to be deftroid. IX. ftarted when flie heard the noife. And dying mens confufed voice. From Heaven in hafte (he came to fee What was the mighty prodigie. Upon the Gallic pinacles Ihe fate* And dat'd not nearer fty, Nor midft fo many deaths to truft her very Deity. With pitying look Ihc faw at every gate Death and de^ruaion wait 5 CSV She wrun^ her Hands, and Call’don J^vt, And all th*' immortal powers above § But though a GoddeCs now did prey, The Heavens refus d^aud turned their ear aivat She brought her Oiivc^and her Shield. Ncuherof thcicAlasl affiftanceykld. She lookt upon Mtduj'itj face, Was angry that flie m * Her fclfol an Immortal Rare, Was angry that her Gorgons head Could not ftnkc her as well as othcisdead* She fate.ind wept awhile, and then away Ac fled A. Now Death began her fword to whet NotalltheCyc/^^. fwear, ’ Nor mighty Anvils could prepare Weapons enough for her. No weapon large enough but all the Air* Men felt the heat within ’um rage Call d fonts help,but th’ Air did them dceciv And aggravate the ills it Aould relieve The Atr no mpre was Vital now. But did a mortal poyfon grow* T^ht Umgi which w-d to ftnnchc heiit. What JodU «f«(h.increas'd ihe fniart. Tt. L* c breath. The chicfcft fign of life, turn’d the caufc of deatf Upon the Head firft the dHeaft, ' As a bold Conqueror doth feire,' . Begins with Mans Metropolis, Secured the CajpitGl,aad thenit kiiew It could at plcafurc wtakcr parts fubduc. Blood darted threugh each eye j The rednefs ofthai Side, Fore- told a temped nigh. The tongue did iow all ore t With dotted Filth and Gore; As doth a Lions whenfome innocent prey He hath devoured and brought away : Hoarrnefs and Tons the throat did hi!, And dopt the paiTagesol fpecch and life s No room was Lft for groans or grief 5 ‘ Too cruel and imperious ill ! Which not content to kill. With tyrannoas and dreadful pain, Dod take from men the Ki y power to complain. XU. Then down it went into the bread. There are all the feats and fliopsof Ifc poffed. Such noifoiffe fraells from thence did come. As if thc’domach wire atombj NbTbod^^ouW there abide, Or if it did, turn’d tothc enemies fide, The very meat new poyfois to the PlagQc fupply’d.- Next to the heart the fires came. The heart did wonder what ufurping flame, What unknown furnace (houM On Us more natural heat intrude. Strait call’d its fpirits up,bat found too well, It was too late now t» rebell. The tainted blood its coutfc began, ; And tarried death where cce it- ran, , ; .Vi K.. I 1 . I which before was Matures nobleft Art, Tnc circulatbn from the hcart. Wasmo!ldcftru(aful no.v. Aid Niturc Cpecdier did undoe, Fortfut the foonerdtd irnpirt The poyfon and the fmart. The infe^ious blood lO’Cvery didant part ^ XHI. The belly felt at laft 1 $ flurc. And all the fubtil labyrinths there Of winding bowels did new M inftcrs bear. Here fevendayes it rul’d and fway'd And oftner kill’d becaufe it death fo long delay’d. But if through ftfcngth and heat of a<»c The body overcame its rage, “ ' The Plague dcparrcd,as the Devil docth When driven by prayers away he eocth. li Prayers and Heaven do him controuL And if he cannot have the foul, Himfclf out of the roof or window throws And will nor all hit; labour lofc, * But takes away with him part of the houfe: bo here thevanquilht evil took from them Who conquci’d it, fomc part, fome limb t Some loft the ufe of hands, or eyes Some armes/ome legs, fome thighs’ 5 ome all their lives before forgot. Their m ndcs were but one darker blot t Thofe various piiaurcs in the head. And all the numerous lhapes were fled; >t And now (he ranfackt memory Langu.ih’din naked poverty, Hid loll its mighty trcafuiy 5 They palt the Lethe X-akc.alihoagh they did not die. XIV. What XIV. Whatever Icffer Maladies men had, They all gave place and vaniflied; Thofe petty tyrants fled. And at this mighty Conqueror fltrunk their head. Fcavers, Agues, PalficSjS .one. Gout,Cholick,and Confumption, And all the milder Generation, By which Man-kind is by degrees undone, Qiiickly were rooted cut and gone j Men faw thcmfelvcs freed from the pain, Rejoyc’djbut all alas, in vain, * fwas an unhappy remedie. Which cur’d 'um thattl ey might both vvorfe and fooncr die, XV. Phyficians now could nought prevail. They the firft fpoils to the proud Vidor fall. Nor would the Plague their knowledge truft, But feared their skill,and therefore flew them firft : So Tyrants when they would confirm their yoke, Firft make the Chiefeft men to feel the ftrokc, The chiefeft and the wifeft head$,leaft they Should foontft difobey,« Should firft rebell, and others learn from them' the way. No aid of herbs,or juyees power. None of Aplie's art could cure, But hclpt tile Plague the fpeedier to devour. Phyfickitfelf wasadifeafe, Phyfick the fatal tortures did increafe, Prcfcriptions did the pains renew, Andty^/culapius to the lick did come. As afterwards to Rome, In form of Serpenr, brought new poyfons with him too. D XVI. The m rii' XVI. The ftreims did wonder,thatfo foon As they were from their Native moantains gone^ They favv themfclves drunk up,and fear Another Xerxes Army near. Some caft into the Pit the Urn, A nd drink it dry at its return 5 Again they drew,again they drank ? At firft the coolnefs of the flrcam did thank Butftrait the more were fcorch’d, the morc’did burn • And drunk with water intheir drinking Tank; ’ That Urn which now to quench their thirfl they ufe Shortly their Aihes (hall inclofe. ^ ’ Others into the Chryftal brook, With faint and wondring eyes did look Saw what a ghaftly fliape themfclves had took. Away they would have fled, but them their Icggs forfook. Some fnach d the waters up, ° Their hands, their mouths the cup ^ They drunk,and found they flam’d the more And oncly added to the burning ftorc. * So have I feen on Lime cold water thrown A Ferment grown, * And hidden feeds of fire together run • u temperate before, S uch as the Finger could indure 5 But when the naoiflures it provoke ‘O d rage, did fwell, did fmokc. Did move, and dame, and burn, and ftrait to a(h« broke. XVII. Soflfong the h^, fo ftro„g ,he torments were ^mighty burden bear * The hghteft covering of Air, . ^ All (w All Sexes and all Ages do invade The bounds which Nature laid, The Laws of modcfty which Nature raade^ The Virgins bluili not, yet uncloath’d appear, Undrefs’d do run about,yet never fear. The pain and the diicafedid now Unwillingly reduce men to That nakednefs once more. Which perfed health and innocence caus’d before* No deep,no peacc,no reft. Their wandring and aftrighted minds pofleft j Upon their fouls and eyes. Hell and Eternal horrour lies, Unufual ihapcs,and images, park pidlurcs,and rcfemblanccs Of things to come, and of the World below, O're their diftempcr’d fancies goe .• Sometimes they curfc, fometimes they pray unto The Gods above, the Gods beneath } Sometimes they cruelties, and fury breath. Not flecp,but waking now was After unto death. xvm. Scattred in Fields the Bodies lay, The earth call’d totbe Fowls to take their Flclhaway. In vain (lie call’d,they come not nigh, Nor would their food with their own ruine buy. But a: full meals, they hunger, pine, and die. The Vultcrs afar off did fee the fcaft, Re)oyc’d,and call'd their friends to tafte. They rallied up their troops in hafte. Along came mighty droves, Forfook their young oncs,and their groves, Each one his native mountain and his neft; They come,but all their carcafes abhor, D a And ri4. And now avoid the dead men more’ Tiian weaker birds did Jiving ni n before. But if feme bolder fowls the ficfli cfliiy, They were deftroy’d by their own prey The Dog no longer baik’t at coming gueft. Repents its being adomcftick Beaft, p.d to the woods asd mountains haftc : The very Owls at Athens are Kit fcldome fecn and rare. The Owls depart in open day, Rather than in infected hy: more to flay,. Alountains of bones and carcafee, The (lrcet<,thc Market- place pofTefs, Threatning to raife a new Acopolis, Her; lies a mother and her child. The infant fuck’d as.yer,and fmil’d. But ftriiit by its own food was kill’d. There parents hugg’d theirchildren Jaft, Here parting lovers laft e nbrac’d. Bur yet not parting neither, They both expir’d and went away rogetheri Here pris’iacrs in the Dungeon diCj And gain a two-fold liberty, —.They meet and thank their pains Which them from double chains Of body and of iron free. Here others poyfon’d by the feent . Which from corrupted bodies went Quickly return the death they did receive’ And death to others give 5 * Thcmfelves now dead the air pollute the more. Eor which they others curs’d before. XX. The friend deth hear his friends laft cries, Parteth his grief for him, and dies, Lives not enough to clofe his eyes. The father at his death Speaks his fon heir with an infedious breath ; I n the fame hour the fon doth take His fathers will, and his own make. The fervant needs not here be ilain,. To ferve his mafter in the other world again^ They languiflaing together lie, Their fouls away t( gciherftie 5 The husband gafp*th and his wife lies by, It muft be her turn next to die, The husband and the wife Too truly now arc one,and live one life. That couple which the Gods did entertain,. Had made their prayer here in vain 5 No fates in death could then divide. They muft without their priviledge togetherboth have dy’di XXI. There was no number now of death, The ftfters fcarcc ftood ftill thcmfclvcs to breath: The fifters now quite wearied In cutting Angle thred, Began at once to part whole looms, One ftroak did give whole houfes dooms 5 Now dy’d the frofty hairs, The Aged ajrd dccrepid years. They fell,and onely beg’d of Pate," ‘Some few months more,but’twas alas too late*’ Then Death,as if alham’d of that, A Conqueft fo degenerate, Cut off the young and lufty too j The young were rcck’ning ore What happy d 3 ycs,what joyes^they had in ftore; But Fare, c’rc they had finilh’d their account, them liew. Thr wretched Ufurcr dyed. And had no time to tell where he his treafures hid. The Merchant did behold His Ships return with Spice and Gold, He faw't, and turn’d afide his head, * Nor thank’d the Gods, but fell amidft his riches dead. XXII. The Meetings and Aflemblies ceafe, no more The people throng about the Orator. No courfeof Jufticedid appear. No noifeof Lawyers fill’d the car. The Senate caftaway The Rebe of Honour, and obey Deaths more rcfiftlefs fvray, Whilefi that with Didfatorian power Doth all the great and lefler Officers devour. No Magiftrates did walk about $ No Purple aw’d the ronr, The common people too A Purple of their own did flicw 5 And all their Bodies o’rc. The ruling colours bore. No Judge,no Legiilators fie Since th s new l>rAc$ came. And haifficr Laws did framed (ifT Laws that like his in blood are writ.' The Benches and the Pleading* place they leave, About the ftrects they run and rave: The madnefs which Great Solon did of late But counterfeit For the advantage of the State, Now his fuccelTors do too truly imitate. XXIII. Up ftarts the Souldier from his bed, He though Deaths fervant is not freed. Death himcalhier’d, 'caufc now his help fire iiid not He that nc’re knew before to yield, fo give back,or lead the Field, Would fain now from himfelf have fled.. He fnatch’d his fword now rufted o'rc, Dreadful and fparkling now no more. And thus in open ftreets did roar: How have I death fo ill dclerv’d of thee. That now thy fclf thou (houldft revenge on me? Have I fo many lives on thee bellow’d ? Have I the earth fo often dy’d in blood f Have I to flatter thee fo many Qain ? And muft / now thy prey remain ? Let me at leift, if/muft dye, Meet iii the Field feme gallant enemy. Send Gods the Perjian troops again No they're a bafe and a degenerate train They by our Women may be flain. Give me great Heavens fome manful foes. Let me my death amidft fome valiant GrtcUns choofe Let ihe furvivc to die ztSjracufe^ Whete my dear Countrey lhall her Glory lofc For you dreat Godsl into my dying mind infufe, U9 (is; What mifcrics, what doom Muft on my Athens fliortly come: My thoughts infpir’d prefage, Slaughters and Battels to the coming Age s Oh ! might / die upon that glorious ftage : (rage Oh iharibut then he grasp’d his fword, & death concludes his’ XXIV. Draw batk,draw back thy fword, O Fate / Left thou repent when ’tis too late, Left by thy making now fo great a waftc. By (pending all Man-kind upon one fcaft. Thou fterve thy fell at laft : What men wilt thou referve in ftorc, Whom in the time to come ihoumayft devour When thou Hialc have deftroyed all before .• * But if thou wilt not yet give o’re, I f yet t hy greedie Stomach calls for more. It more remain whom thou muft kill, * And if thy jawes arc craving ftilL Carry thy fury to the Scjthian coafts. The Northern wildncfs,and eternal frofts / Againft thofe barbrous croudsthy arrows wher Where Arts and Laws arc ftransers vet * Where thou may’ft kdl, and yet the lofs will not be great There rage, there fpread, and there infetfl the Air ^ ^ Murder whole towns and families there ’ Thy worft againft thofe Savage nations dare, Thofe whom Man-kind can fparc Thofe whom rnan-kind it felfdoth fear’* Amidft that dreadful night,and fatal cold ’ There thou may'ft walk unfccn,and bold. There let thy Flames their Empire hold. Unto the fartheft Seas, and Natures ends. Where never Summer Sun its beams extends (ifT Carry thy plagues,thy pains,thy heats; Thy raging fires, thy tortcring fwcats, Where never ray,or heat did come. They will rejoyce at fuch a doom, They’iblcfs thy Peftilentialfirc, Then if that banquet will not thee fufficc. Seek out new Lands where thou tnaift tyrannize} Search every forrcft,tvery hill, , And all that in the hollow mountains dwell; Thofe wild and untame troops devour. Thereby thou wilt t he reft of men fecure, And that the reft of men will thank thee for. Let all thofe humane bcafts be flain, Till fcarcc their memory remain j Thy felf with that ignoble {laughter fill, *Twill be permitted thee that blood to fpill, Mcafure the ruder world throughout, March all the Ocean (hores about. Only pafs by and fpare the Brittfh ijle. Go on, and (what Columbus once flaall do, When dales and time unto their ripenefs grow) Find out new lands, and unknown countries too. Attempt thofe lands which yet arc hid From all Mortalitie befide ; There thou maift ftcal a vidiory. And none of this world bear the cry Of thofe that by thy wounds (hall die 5 No Greek {hall know thy cruelty. And tell it to pofterity. Go, and unpeople all thofe mighty Lands, Deftroy with unrelenting hands} E Go, i ( 2 ® )' Go,and the J/’4;?if4r And think that a new ^4/c4» fell, And brought with him new Anvils, and new hell. Nay and at Atbtns too we give thee up; All that thou find’ll in Field, or camp, or fliop^. Make havock there without controul Of every ignorant and common foul 5 But then kind Plaguc,ihy conquefts flop $ Let Arts, and let the learned there cfctpc, Upon Uintrvo's fclf commit no rape $ Touch nor the (acred throng, And let ^/>fl//tf’S:Pricfts be like him young, Let him he healthful too, and ftrong.. But But ah I too ravenous plague, whilfti Strive to keep off the mifcpy, The learned too as faft as others round me die; They from corruption arc not free, Are mortal though they give an immortality. XXVII. They turn’d their Authors o’re, to try. What help,what cure,what remedy All Natures ftorcs againft this Plague Tupply, And thoughbclides they fliunn’d it every where. They fcarch’dit in their Books,and fain would meet it there. They turn’d the Records of the antient times, And chiefly thofe that were made famous by their crimes % To find if men were punifli’d fo beforCf ' But found not the Difeafe nor cure. Nature alas! was now furpriz'd. And all her Forces feiz’d. Before flic was how to refift advis’d: So when the Elephants did firfl affright The Romans with unufual fight. They many battels lofc. Before they knew their foes, Before they underftood fuch dreadful troops t* oppofe, XXVIIL Nowev’ry different Sc A agrees Againft their common adverfary the difeafe. And all their little wranglings ceafe j The Pjthagerearts from their precepts fwerve. No more their filcncc they obferve. Out of their Schools they run, Lamenr,and cry, and groan; They now dcfir'd their Metempfyehofis} Notonclydo difputc, butwifli Thar they might turn to beafts,or fowls,or fiB. £ a 1 f J If the pUtOttkks had been here^ They would have curs’d their Mafters year. When all things lhall be as they were, When they again the fame difeafe mould bear: And all Philofophers would now. What the great (hall do, Themfelvcs into the watershead-long thrown XXIX. The Stoick felt the deadly fireke, At firft aflault theircourage was not broke, . They call'd to all the^Cobweb aid, Ofrulcsand prccepts, which in ftoce they had, , - ^ They bid their hearts ftand orit, ‘ • * Bid them be calm and ftout j But all the ftrength of precepts will notdo’r. 1 hey cannot the (forms of paflions now a(IwagC;i As common men are angry, gfievt^and rage. The Gods arc called upon invaih,. ' The Gods gave no relcafe unto their pain. The Gods to fear even for themfelvcs begani For now the fick tint© the Temples came. And brought nK>re than a-holy flime,; . Thf re at the Altars made t/icir pray if. They facrific’d and died t here, A facrihee not ften before 5 That Hcavcn,oncly us’d unto the gore Gf Lambs or Bulls,(hould,now loaded with Priefts fee its owrf A'itars tfcio XXX. The woods gave fun’ral piles no more The dead the very fire devour, * And that almighty Conqueror over'poWer. Thcnoblc and the common duft ^ i r Into each others grms arc thrufr,. . " No. “No place U facrdjtnd no tomb; ’Tis now a priyilcd^ to confoDoe j Tbeir afljcs bo dHtindion had 5 ' - too truly ail by death arc equal made, ^ ^ The Ghoftsrot thofcgreat Heroes that had tied Fromlong fince banilhed, y ‘ Now oT©the City hofdcired/p iJ r Thdff anger yielded to their love; ' * ^ ; :oiT T hey left th?!lrnmortjdjoyc$abovci3l ^ So muchtheir yfrto danger did them move, They came to pity and to aid. Buz now alas ! were quite difmay’d. When they beheld the marbles open lay 5I} „ — And poor mcnslsoncs the noblHarns invade: 53ck to the bltlTcd feats they went, And now did thank their baniftiment, Sv which they were to die in forreign Countries fent. XXXI. But what, Great Gods! was worft of all, flpd forih if^ fp’Qi^mWof-Lufta did^alh Nor would it be content With the thick troops of fouls were thither lent j Into the upper world it went, Such guilt,fuch wickednefs. Such irreligion did incrcafe. That the few good who did furvivc. Were angry with the Plague for fuffring them to lye. More for the living than the dead did grieve: Some robb’d the very dead. Though fare to be inhered ere they fled, Though in the very Air fare to be puniihcd. Some Some nor the (brings norteoiptes (parody Nor Godsinor Heavens fear’d. Though fuch examples of their power appear’d.' Vertue was now efteem’d an empty name. And honefty the foolifli voice of fame 5 For having pafs’d thofe cort’ring flames before. 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