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Hon,

\ Dar&e’llung dcs ‘Plans.

nde

rant

lbY\C,,

Bey der gegenwirtigen Menge von

{pe&,

Schriften, welche in jedem Fache ge-

fchrigben werden, wird es beynahe je-

Zu zeis

dem Schriftiteller zur Pflicht,

gen, dafs feine Schrift nicht zu den

tiberflifligen gehore,

1ch hofle die Dar-

legung des Plans, den ich mir bey ge-

genwirtigem Werke gemacht habe foll

Eilr |

jene Vermuthung ganz von mir entfer.

X 2

v

Darflellung des Plans,

nen, und zugleich Lehrern und Lernen-

Pu

den einen deutlichen Begriff von der Ab-

The

ficht geben,

in welcher ich es unter-

Vie

nommen, und in welcher ich wiin{chte,

We

dafs es gebraucht wiirde

In wie fern

mf

ich glaube, dafs es fich von andern &hn-

nd

l1rhen Lehrbiichern unterfchelde

will

Keir

ich gleichfalls gelegenheitlich anfiihren,

ben,

der

Ich nenne dies Werk eine Reihe gu-

£

ter Mulfter,

Das Wort Reihe f{chlieft

Dee

den Begrilf von {yftematifcher Ordnung

anf

in f{ich

den man nicht nothwendiger

Ba

weife mit dem Wort Sammlung verbin-

hab

det: denn die Auffize folgen in demfel-

§en,

ben fo auf einander

dafs immer der

Anf;

leichtere vor dem fchwereren vorher geht

nk

So nothig diefes Erfordernifs zum Unter-

ey

icht befonders ftudirender Jiinglinge ift,

ey

fo wird man doch finden,

dafs diefer

dan

¥

¥

Dasfiellung des Plans.

16

Pun& in mehreren Sammlungen zum

Ab

Theil fehr vernachlifligt worden ift.

et

Viele derfelben fangen zum Beifpiel mit

chite,

weitlduftigen Erz'aihhmgen, oder gar

forn

mit philofophifchen Betrachtungen an,

ihn

und die Herausgeber derfelben fcheinen

wil

keine Riikficht darauf genommen zu ha-

e

ben, dafs dem Anfinger die Erlernung

der Sprache fehr erfchwert wird, wann

gl

er neben der Bedeutung der Worter, der

lieft

Declination und Conjugation, auch gleich

nung

anfanglich feine Aufmerkfamkeit auf den

figer

Bau der Perioden' richten mufs,

Ich

hin

habe daher zur Erléichterung derjeni-

gen, die diefe Sprache ftudiren, den

L['el""

det

Anfang mit kurzen Sizen gemacht, die

?h to

in keiner Verbindung mit einander fte-

hen,

und nach und nach verwickelter

ter-

lﬂf)

werden, Auf diefe folgen kurze, als-

oft

dann lan.gere Erzihlungen, weil der hi-

3

S,

Vi

Darftellung des Plans.

ftorifche Stil immer der leichteﬁe ifts und

dati

fo folgen auch die iibrige Gattungen des

gen

Red

Stils einander, immer die fghwerere der

leichtéren.

it

i

Es

Manhiéfaltigkeit des Stils ift Aye'in an-

(at

deres Erfordernifs, das um fo mehr in

Betrachtung gezogen zu werden. ver-

den

dient, als die Bediirfniffe derjenigén

hogl

Ich

ver{chieden find, die die englifche Spra-

che erlernen.

Anfinglich waren es

laf

/mei{’cens Kaufleute, die fich dem Studio

N

diefer Sprache widmeten,

Daher find

o

hin

mehrere Sammlungen nur fiir diefen

Stand beftimmt; allein izt wird die eng-

giey

lifche Sprache fiir die meiften Stande

{oh

wo nicht Bediirfnifs, doch Modeftudium,

fun

Auch in diefer Ritkficht glaube ich, dafs

Th;

meine Sammlung einen Vorzug vor den

bil

meiften andern Verdieqt. - Man findet

VII

| _Dérﬁellung dés Plan;,

s und

darinn Erzﬁhlungen", Reifehefchreibun-

0 des

gen, mehrere Gattungen von Briefen,

re det

Reden, Abhandlungen, Gefprache‘, Auf-

tritte aus Luft{pielen und Trauer{pielen,

und menrere Gattungen derfDichtkunf’c.

if Ate

Es verfteht fich von f{elbft, dafs jede

eht in

Gattung des Stils nur kurz beriihrt wer-

Ve

den kounte, fonft wiirde der Preis zu

hoch fiir ein Lehrbuch geworden feyn,

1igen

Ich nahm daher aus Trauer{pielen und

Spta

)

Luft{pielen nur einige Auftritte, die im

tudio

Zufammenhang ftunden, und liefs theils

¢ fnd

ganze Aultritte, theils einzelne Stellen

hinweg , die zur Befriedigung der Neu-

efen

gierde nicht uhumg‘émglich nothwendig

eng

inde

{chienen, und durch derep HinWeg]a{L

un

fung der Zufammenhang desjenigen

Theils,

aus welchem ich ein Ganzes

Aafs

bildete, mich nicht zu leiden diinkte,

den

det

VIIL

Darﬁelldﬂg des Plans,

. Die Namen der Schriftfteller ﬁehén

el

fet

mpiﬁens. unter den Auflizen oder an

der Spize derfelben.

Hieraus lifst fich

ten

Ton

‘die ‘Wahl, der Stiikke leicht beurtheilen.

‘Wer jemals dle englifche Sprache

e

ftudirt hat, wird mir zugeftehen, dafs

fing

die Ausfgrache fiir den Anfanger wohl

fren

Um

die meiften Schwiirigkeiten hat.

ol

diefe Zu‘,érleichtern, habe ich daher das

e

ganze Werk, die lezten Bogen ausge-

W

nommen, mit Accenten verfehen, . Den

Gebrauch derfelben will ich hier deut-

W

‘lichy erkliren,

g4

my

Der allgemeine "Endzwek der Ac-

i

cente ift: die Sylbe zu bezeichnen, auf

die

welcher der Ton des “Wor’ts ruht, Schon

bey

diefes ift fiir Anfanéér fiufer[tkfchwer s

ver

noch lfchwerer fiir diejenigen, die vorher,

o

Dasfellung des Plans. |

IX

hen

‘welches meiﬁer;s der Fall i{’c‘, franzo-

an

fifch gelernt haben: denn in den Wor-

fich

ten franzofifchen Urfprungs liegt der

e,

Ton meiftens auf einer andern Sylbe als

im Franzofilchen, z B. poffible, impof-

ache

fible &c, Regeln wiirden hier den An-

s

finger nur verwirren, oder ihn wenig-

woll

ftens langfamer zum Zwek fiihren; auch

Um

laffen fich Wenige Regeln mit Beftimmt-

dss

heit angeben.

Es ift dalier befler, ihn

2=

wenigftens anfanglich diefe Sache durch

Den

die ﬂeb}mg Zu le/hren,' und ihm erft,

Jeut

wann er ginige Uebung hat’, nach Maas-

gab feiner Fihigkeit oder feiner Beftim-

mung die Regeln zu {agen, die man hier

mit Gewifsheit feftfezen kan.

Um nun

Ac

auf

diefen Endzwek zu etreichen p habe ich

hon

beynahe das ganze Werk mit Accenten

verfehen, und da, wo ich einigen Zwei-

P

el

p.4

barﬂellung des Plans,

fel hatte, die befte Lexica zu Rath ge-

zogen und mit einander verglichen,

Die richtige Sezung des Tons ift al-

fo der erfte Endzwek, den ich durch

die Accente zu erreichen fuchte: allein

ich bemiihte mich auch die Aus{prache

der Vocalen und Diphthongen fo viel als

moglich durch diefelben auf folgende

Art zu er‘leichtem,

Bekanntlich hangt die Ver{chieden-

heit diefer Ausfprache groftentheils da-

von ab, ob der Vocal als lang oder als

kurz angefehen wird.

Man giebt in

Riikficht auf die Ausfprache jedes ein-

zelnen Vocalen, in fo fern fie von der

Linge oder Kiirze deflelben abhé'ngt; , fol- ;

-

gende Regéln an;

Da&jief!ung des Plans.

Xk

g8

a, wenn es lang ift, wird ausge-

fprochen wie

eh

- wenn es kurz ift

@

t e

¢, wenn es lang ift, wird ausge-

nreh

{prochen wie

b

Jein

== wenn es kurz ift

ache

i, wenn es lang iﬁ:, Wifd ausge-

| 1ls

fprochen wie

(4

ende

- wenn es kurz ift

0, wenn es lang ift, wird ausge-

ob

fprochen wie

den

— wenn es kurz ift, wie ein Mit-

{1

telton zwilchen

a und 0

als

#, wenn es lang ift, wird ausge-

n

fprochen wie

10-

Jub

— wenn es kurz ift

3

et

fol

Y, wenn es lang ift, wird ausgg.

{prochen wie

(1]

3

e wenn es kurz ift

XI1I

- Davftellung des Plans.

e

Nun entfteht aber die ganz natiirli-

Ul

che Frage: in welchen Fullen hat jeder

una in wel-

102

diefer Vocalen die lange,

de

chen Fillen hat er die kurze Ausfpra-

che? Auch hievon laffen fich allgemeine

Regeln angeben, Allein um die Sache

S

anfchaulicher und leichter zu machen,

il

und den Anfanger ﬁicht in die Nothwen-

be

digkeit zu fezen, fich wenigftens nicht

de

bey« jedem Vocalen auf die Regel zu be-

I

finnen, habe ich auf die Vocalen, auf

|

welche der Ton des Worts fillt, wenn

fie lang ausgefprochen werden , | den

g

Gravem ('), und wenn fie kurz ausge-

e

”fprochen' werden, den Acutum (') ge-

il

fezt.,

Auf diefe Art denke ich kann der

of

Lehrling mit einer kleinen Aufmerkfam.

)

keit ine weit kiirzerer Zeit die rechte

Ausfprache lernen, als wenn man ihm ﬁ |

bey jedem Voc;alen\ dic Regel wie

%

\C

€

Ddrﬁellué;g des Plang,

XIII

tli

holt, Hat man ihm einmal die lange

der

und kurze Ausfprache erklirt, fo darf

el

man dann in den meiften F é’llén nur auf

den Accent deuten,

ra

o1ne

Durch diefe Anordnung iﬁ nun eine

chie

Schwiirigkeit erleichtert » aber noch

11y

weit grofsere Schwiirigkeiten zeigen fich

ell

cht

bey den Diphthongen; denn diefe wer-

den oft ohne Riikficht auf Linge und

be

Kiirze, oder fonft eifien auf eine hin-

wuf

lingliche Anzahl von Fillen paffenden

ens

Grund, auf eine ver{chiedene Art‘ aus-

Jen

gefprochen,

Diefem neuen Hinderniffe

der Erlernung der Ausfprache habe ich

nun einigermafen gleichfalls durch die

et

1

obigen Accente auf folgende willkiihrli-

che Art abzuhelfen gefucht,

P

te

m%‘

Im Allgemeinen ift die 'Bemerkuﬁg

vorau;zufchiékén, dafs, wenn die Aus-

y

B oo

X1iv

Davfellung des Plans,

fprache fcharf ift, der Acutus auf dem

al

Diphthong, wenn aber die Ausfprache

au

gedehnt ift, der Gravis auf demfelben

{teht,

Beede Accente ftehen immer auf

w

demjenigen der beyden Vocalen, deffen

einzevlner Laut am meiften gehort Wird.

f

{S

Dicjenige Diphthongen , bey wel-

chen mir wegen ihrer vielfsltigen Aus-

[

fprache, die willkiihrliche Unterfchei-

(e

dung deffelben durch die Accente vor-

zliglich nothwendig {chien , {ind fol-

gende:

ea, ei, it, 00, Oy OW, Ul

b

Bey diefen wird die verfchiedene Aus-

(e

fprache auf fb]geude Art durch die Ac-

cbnte bezeichnet,

da

Wenn ez’ wie 7b ausgelprochen wird,

de

a

dann ﬁ:eht der Gravis auf dem ¢; wenn

es wie ein gewdhnliches deutfchcs ¢

a

Darﬁelluﬂg des Plans,

XV

lem

ausgelprochen wird, i’ceht der Acutus

che

auf eben demfelben Vocal_.

bea

Wenn e wie 7h ausgelprochen wird,

ot

dann fteht der Gravis auf dem e wenn

effen

es wie ¢ ausgelprochen wird , dann

itd,

fteht eben der Accent auf dem ; s wenn

vel

es wie e ausgefpréchen wird, -z, B. in

Yits

either, neither, fteht der 4mms auf

el

demv ls

4

jor

- Wenn e wie b ausgefproéllen wifd.,

ol

z. B.in field, yietd, dann fteht der Gra-

vis auf dem ¢; wenn es wie ¢i ausge-

{prochen wird, dann fteht eben der Ac-

us

cent auf dem 7,

A\

Wenn oo wie ub ausge{‘prochen wird,

dann fteht der Gravis auf einem der bey-

1 d;

den o; ‘wird es ausnahmsweife wie o

ol

ausgefprochen, dann fteht der Aewrus

§ ¢

auf eben dem Vocal,

XVi

Davyfrellung des Plans,

Wenn ox wie au ausgefprochen wird,

€

dann fteht der Gravis auf dem o; wird

fch

es wie ob ausgelprochen, z. B. in cour?,

fgr:

joil, dann fteht eben der Accent auf

die

dem u; ‘Wird es wie a ausgefprochen,

€l

;

z. B. in dem Wort céunzry, dann fceh?

der Acutus auf dem o,

gl

thor

Wenn ow wie au ausgefprochen wird,

iy

dann fteht der Gravis auf dem o3 wenn

Ien:

gar kein Accent darauf {’ceht, wird es

i

b

wie ob ausgefprc?chen.

‘Wenn ui wie ub ausgefprochen wird,

Ay

z. B, in fidit, [uit, dann fteht der Gra-

fehy

v‘is auf demu; wenn es wie ausgefpro-

feh

chen wird, z. B. in build, builz, dann

e

fteht der Acutus auf dem 7z

of

Bey denjenigen Diphthongen, in wel«

der

tin

chen ein e oder»z' vo;‘kommt , kann man

€S

Davflellung des Plans.

XVII

itd,

€s dem”Anfﬁhger noch bequemer und an-

yird

{chaulicher machen, wenn mah die Aus=

fithy

fprache eines folchen Diphthongen auf

R

die Ausfprache diefer beyden Vocalen

chen,

einzeln betrachtet z‘urﬁkfﬁhrt,\ und ihm

fagt, dafs der andre Vocal gar nicht aus-

fteh?

gefprochen werde, weil in diefen Diph-

thongen wirklich nur die lange oder kur-

W'lfds

ze Ausfprache eines diefer beyden Voca-

yenn

len gehort wird, z, B, éar, (ihr) éavl, ( erl)‘

] e

conceit, (kanfiht) [arisfied, (fitisfeid)

build, (bild) field, (Ghd).

Dafs durch Sezung der Accente die

i,

e

Ausfprache fehr erleichtert werde, haben

{chon lingft mehrere Kenner der engli-

)0

fchen Sprache eingefehen, Man hat da-

ann

her eine accentuirte Ausgabe des Ficar

of Wakefield, die aber f{ehr felten gewor=

ele

den ift, Auch hat Herr Profeffor Breyef

an

einige Bogen feiner Sammlung accentuirt;

e

XX

&

T

qsted

Dmﬁei]ng des Plans,

allein \ffenigé accentuirte Bogen {cheinen

au

mir nicht hinlinglich zur Erlernung det

il

Ausfprache; auch haben jene Accente

de

nicht den ausgedehnten Gebrauch, den

de

ich mit denfelben verbunden, und wo-

al

durch ich einigen Schwiirigkeiten mehr

el

abgeholfen za habén glaube,

e

Durch die unten beygefiigte Anmer-n

k

kungen fuchte ich folgende Abfichten zu

)

erreichen:

~ Sie erkliren dem Anfinger nicht nut

Wt

den Sinn der Worte des Texts, und er-

fparen ihm das befchwerliche Aufichla-

gen in einem Worterbuche, folnderln‘ fie

I

geben ihm auch zugleich mehrere Bedeu-

|

tungen eines Worts an.

- Gemeiniglich

{;

ftehen auch bey den abgeleiteten Worten

ihre Stammworte, und bey diefen die ab-

geleitete oder zunachft mit ihm verwand-

te, Auf diefe Art bekommt der Anfinger

A

Darflellung des Plans,

XX

1nen

auf eine leichte und unyermerkte Art mit

der

einem Worte zugleich mehrere andre in

ente

den Kopf, die ihm durch die Affociation

dea

der Ideen weit mehr eingeprigt werden,

| {70~

ndio

rlo

als durch das zweklofe Auswe

i i

l

rnen

neht

einer Menge von Worten Wodm h das

Gedachtnifs auf Kolten der Beurtheilungs-

N

kraft mehr befchwert als gefcharft wird,

1 2

Der Anfinger wird dadurch auch mit dem

Genius der Sprache bekannt, indem er die

nuf

verfchiedenen Ableitungsarten derfelben

| of

Da er gemeinl=

immer vor Augen hat

lae

glich {chon vorher andere Sprachen er-

fie

lernt hat, aus welchen die englifche theils

!u.

Worté, theils ganze Redensarten entlehnt,

ch

fo leitet ihn der Anblick derfelben zur

el

Orthographie, deren Regeln er fich durch

b

einiges Nachdenken felbft abfirahiren

J

kann,

wenn ihm der Lehrer nur eine

ol

klemen Wink gtebt Zum Theil find auch

X 2

cxh e,

XX

Dayflellung des Plans,

{elbft in diefen Anmerkungen Regeln der

Pls

Orthographie gelegenhelthch angebracht,

We

Der Anfanger trifft gleichfalls in diefen

Pu

Bemerkungen befondere Regeln und Aus.-

ol

nahmen der Aus{prache an, die feiner

al

Aufmerkfamkeit weniger entgehen, weil

fi

fie gleich unter den Beyfpielen ftehen,

I

folghch auch feinem Gedichtniffe auf eine

il

leichtere Art eingeprigt werden

als

fChw

wenn fie ihm gleich anfanglich alle auf

¢he

einmal aufgedrungen wiirden,

eth

Auf eben diefe gleichfam fpielende Art

e

werden ihm nach und nach alle Regeln

Ul

der Grammatik beygebracht, die er un-

€

ter ihren Beylpielen angezeigt findet,

|

Schwere Conftrutionsarten werden ihm

m

erliutert, eigene Conftruétionsarten her-

ausgehoben, zuweilen uberfezt, und mit

$

g

anderen deutfchen von eben dem Sinn,

€l¢

aber von verfchiedenem Ausdruk, vergli-

chen.

A

Diefes kann zu gleicher Zeit eine

fe

Anleitung ftir ihn werden, um felbft aus

I

dem Deutfchen in das Englifche zu iiber-

{ezen,

n

Diefen hier nur ganz kurz dargelegten

£

XXI

Darjigllzmg des Plans,

et

Pian hatte ich, als ich das nachftehende

ch

f

Werk begann, Ihn zur Zufriedenheit des

el

£n

Publikums und derjenigen, die diefe'Spra-

USe

che lernen, auszufiihren, gab ich mir

einet

alle erdenkliche Miihe, Dafs deffen Aus.

wel

fihrung mit vielen Befchwerlichkeiten

hen,

und mit vieler Arbeit verkniipft fey, wird

¢l

16

mir, wie ich hoffe, jeder Kenner der engli-

als

{chen Sprache einrdumen, Von einem fol-

af

chen werde ich daher auch Verzeihung

erhalten, wenn er hie und da Unvollkom.

At

menheiten bemerken follte, und Beleh-

eln

rungen mit vielem Danke annehmen: denn

un

es ift mein Wunfch, nicht nur felbft mej-

]d(?tt

ne Kenntniffe zu erweitern, fondern auch

fm

meinen Schiilern das Studium diefer

Of'«

Sprache leichter zu machen , als es mire

it

geworden ift, indem ich meiftens mein

1,

eigener Lehrmeifter war, und nur die

Ji«

Ausfprache , die fich freylich nicht vom

16

felbft lernen Idfst, von gebohrnen Eng-

Uindern lernte,

J§

fla

- Mir ift keine Sammlung bekannt, wor=

inn alle hier aufgézihlte Endzweke vers

ffinigt waren; vielleicht blgibt mir alfo:

XXIL

Dayfiellung des Plans:

#

wenigftens das Verdienft, einen Verfuch

von der Art gemacht zu haben,

Drukfehler konnten an einem Orte nicht

vermieden werden, wo das gegenwurtige,

das erfte englifche Buch ift, das die Preffe

verlafst, und wo ich felbft nicht gegen-

wirtig war., Die hauptfachlichften, wel-

L/

che den Sinn oder die Ausfprache ver-

oy

unftalten, find hinten angemerkt,

Eben diefer Umitand, dafs diefes das

das in diefer

y!

erfte englifche Werk ift,

Druckerey erfcheint, veranlafste die Un-,

b1

bequemlicbkeit, dafs die Buchftaben m,

3‘

6

yund » am Ende eines Bogens immer aus

einer andern Schrift gefezt werden mufs-

I

ten, weil fie in der englifchen Sprache

haufiger vorkommen, als in der franzofi-

fchen, lateini{chen oder italienifchen, und

8]

daher nicht {o viele in der Schrift vorhan-

o1

den waren, in wglcher das Werk gedrukfc

10

wurde,

11

| Stutgart den 6t Februar ’17q2,

12

Der' Verfaffer,

n,

“

‘fudi

icht

figg,

The Contents.

Prefle

20l

el

*

¥ Short Sentences

st

=~

ver

2, E)\;amples of virtne and vice drawn

-

P

from hiftory

23

i

-

=

]

3 Tales

67

jelet

4. Fables in profe

I0L

Une,

ny

5. Anecdotes

104

6., Lives

I1t

£ aus

nuls

7s Letters

A, Familias

che

153

B. Commercial

173

e

nd

8. Travels

-

186

anle

9. Moral Effays

2i5

ik

10. Parliamentary Speeches

-

225

-

11. Jeft or fmart fayings

239

12. Menexenus a Dialogue of Plato

246

13, Scenes‘fmm the f{chool of {candal

289

~

XX1V

The Coutents.

-t

14 .Si:yie of Chancery v

315, Scenes from Julius Caefar a tragedy

of Shakefpeare

)

336

16. The Choice of Hercules

[

399

17. Some paffages from Miltons paradife

loft

=]

)

416

18. A Ballad

oy

o

428

Y

19. The Court of death a Fable

435

L4

o

&

20, Epigram}s

438

21, Epitaphs

-

i 4

439

a2+ To Sleep, an Elegy

am

440

23. A Panegyric on Great Britain

443

=

-

24, A Hymn |

451

J

€

Y

fi

U

ki

I

)

0

it

(

t

f

Short

Ve

A=

A=

Sooy==s

2

336

R

(@) Short (‘?)‘fént-enccs.

]

i)

%)T 4ke heed d) of fpéaking, e) when ‘yoi‘s‘

435

sre f) angry,

%

438

43

Paffion is g) a fort of féver in the mind,

oo

440

s

43

fentence, ein Saz,

a) Short, kurz, b) fentences, plur, von

4!

Der Pluralis wird in dep

englifchen Sprache bey den Subfantivis for-

wmirt, indem man dem Subftantivo ein s, oder

'wenn ‘es die Ausfprache erfordert ein es hinza

fiigt,

) take heed, der lmperativus von to

take heed, fich in Acht nehmen.

d) of fpea-

king das Gerundium von fo fpeak, fprechen,

imperf. fpoke oder [pake, fupinum fpoken,

€) when, ein Adverbium, wann.

£) angry,

Zornig,

g) a fort — mind, eine Art von

Fieber in der Seele,

Man findet hier die bey-

den Artikel g und #/e.

Die Abficht beyder ift,

die Sache von der man fpricht zu beftimmen,

odet ihren Umfang einzufchrinken,

Der Ar-

tikel' a deutet an, dafs die Sache von der man

fpricht in der Einheit genommen werde. ohne

Jedoch diefe Sacl'lé felbﬁ‘ naher zu beftimmen,

it

T

2

Shore [fentences,

that h5 always i) leaves us k) weaker, 1) than

m) it n) finds o) us,

X

’

)

e,

To be angry, is p) to rev}énge‘the q) fahlts

of r) Others upbn s) ourfélves,

¢

d

7

Der Artikel the beftimmt gkénau‘ welche .éiﬁzely

ne Sache, oder wenn es mehrere find, welche

Sachen es feyen, von denen man fpricht. Se

bald von Gattungen oder Arten die Rede ift,

ohne eins oder mehrere von denfelben heraus

ih

zu heben, fo pflegt man dem Wort gar keinen

hoct

Artikel vorzufezen, h) always, immer, i)

Tiehy

leaves , 3, perf, preef, ind.

Diefe hat bey allen

fo wohl regulairen als irregulairen verbis ein

i

5 am KEnde.

to leave, verlaffen,

k) weaker,

X) §

Der Com-~

fir

comparatives von weak {chwach.,

muf

parativus wird der Regel nach bey allen ein-

dois

fylbigten Wértern wie im Deutfchen formirt.

1) tham, als, folgt immer auf den Comparati-

10 ¢

vum,

m) if, es; ein pronomen perfonale,

Dot

n) finds, Siehe nota i, to fiwd, finden, im-

ol

bt

perf. et fupin, found.

0) #s, uns,

p) to

oy

revenge fome thing upom ome, etwas an einem

rachen

q) fault, Fehler, von dem franzofi=

{chen Wort faute., 1) others, andre, hat hier

ein 5 im Plurali, weil es als Subftantivum ge-

braucht wird,

Y

braucht, fo bekommt es keins,

Wird es als Adjetivum ge-

1

8) ourfelves,

uns feibft ; fingularis ourfelf. Diejenigen W ér-

ff(

ter die fich mit einem £ endigen, verwandeln der

bo

Regel nach das f im Plyraliin ein v und fezen noch

¥

@

_Sborf [entences,

3‘“&

thay

“The t) héight of u) good bredding is

v) fhown, w) rather x) in néver giving offén=

alts

ce, than in y) doing obliging things.

z) He, that Will not a) héar, b) cinnot

¢) 'jﬁdge, and he that céynn’ot d) béar contrie

dition, may with all his e) wit f) mifswhig(

gle

g mgrk.

Iche

So

if

rals

25 hinzu. ) height, die Hohe, der Gipfel, high

inet

hoch, u) good breeding, Anftand, gute Er-

)

ziehung, von to breed, erziehen,

v) to fhow,

Jen

[howed, [hown, zeigen,

w) rather, vielmehr,

elmn

X) in never - offence.

Eine Participialcon~

kefy

ftruion, die man im Deutfchen umichreiben

om

mufs: darinn, dafs man nicht beleidigt.

y)

el

doing , obliging , zwei Participia preefentis von

mifh

to do thun, und Zo oblige, verbinden.

Alle

bl

Participia prefentis fo wohl regulairer als irre-

lleo

ulairer Zeitworter endigen fich auf ing.

z)

=

he that, derjenige weleher,

Das leztere Pro-

to

nomen wird fo wohl von Perfonen als von

E

em

Sachen gebraucht,

fia

jet

a) to hear, imperf, et fup. fheard, horen,

Ioe

b) canuot, kan nicht, zufammengezogen von

(%

can und not, ) to judge, urtheilen, von dem

]

franzdfifchen Wort juger.

d) to bear, bore,

born, tragen, von dem niedet{achfifchen bah-

et

yen.

e) wit, Wiz.

f ) to mifs, verfeblen, von

ch

N

g) ma;f‘k, Ziel‘

dem deutfchen Wort mi{{f

2

4

Short fentencess

a

- Socrates h) beéing 4fked . who i’ was the

k) wifeft man, 1, answered, he that m) offinds

P

n) :léai’c.

o) If you have p) érred. q) perfevére not

{

in it; r) thivk it no s) fhame, t) to fub@ie

b heing afted. partic. praefent. paﬁ?vi. von fo a/k;

fragen welcher gefragt wumide .

i who. wer,

k - wifeft. der weifefte,

Siehe Nota k. pag. 2,

) answeved ivperf von to answer, antwor-

ten. . Das 'myerfettum wird der Regel n:ch

v

aus dem Infinitivo fo formirt, dafs man dima

felben, wenn er fich auf ein e endiget, nur ein

d

d anhidngt; endiget er fich aber auf einen Con-

\

{fonanten, fo fligt man diefem ed hinzu

Aus-

nahmsweife wird diefer Confonant Cfters ver=

doppelt.

m) offends; to offend, beleidigen,

von dem franztiifchen Wort offenrfer. n) leaft,

am wenigften. ein irregulirer “uperlativus von

little wenig ; Comparativus /+fs weniger. 0)ifs

wenn; wisd gebraucht, wenn es eine Bedine

S e S s O

gung anzeigt, da hingegen w’en Nota-e. pag. I.

gebraucht wird, wenn man eine Zeit andeuten

will ; gerade fo wie wenn und wawnn im Deut-

fchen,

oder fi und guard im Franzofifchen,

p) to ery. irren,

q) to per/éveve beharren,

von dem Franzififchen per/everer.

Faft bey

allen franzélifchen Zeitwrtern von . der erften

Conjugation . welche in das Englifche ilerge-

wirft man nur das # firale

tragen werden,

binweg,

t) to thivk. thought. derken,

So

pald es mit dem Acculativo confuruirt wird,

-

1

‘Sb’ort [entences,

5

the

€ u) trith, but rither v) fejbice, that you

nds

have found it,

w' There is x) nb 'y) excéfs in the z) world

ot

fo a) comméndable, b) as an excéfs of griti-

it

tude.

He is c) rich d) enbugh, that e) neé&s

f) néither g) to flitter nor h) to bdrrow and

foaﬂh

Vel

traly rich, that is i) fétisﬁed’.

S0

(f«

liei(’c es dafiir halten, ) Shame, Schand@

vch

von dem deut{chen Wort Schaam.

t) to /ub-

M

mit to, {ich etwas oder einem unterwerfen, von

el

dem franzéfifchen Wort foumettre.

u) trath,

one

Wahrheit, #rue, wahr: truly, wahrhaftig,

\use

V) to rejoice, lich freuen, joy, Freude, joy-

Vet

ful Py freﬁ dig‘

W ' .there is und um plur. there

190y

are, es ift, es giebt,

'‘Ganz das franzofifche

ki

ey

$/ y a, nur dafs jenes nicht wie diefes im Plu-

fol

rali gebrauchlich ift,

X) no, nicht. keines.

)

'Y) exce/s, Vebermaas, von dem Franzulifchen

f

L 4

dine

excé;.' z) warld , Welt.

Gl IO

et

a) commendrble, lobenswiirdig.

b) as,

wie, als,

it

{chen" viche.

¢) rich, reich, von dem Franzifi-

el

Eine andere Herleitungsart aus

efly

dem Franzofifchen, wobei man das ¢ finale

hinweg wirft,

d) enough, genug, wird aus-

ey

gefprochen (ihnahff).

‘e) to wneed , bediirfen,

et

is

reglert den Accufativum.

f) weither . wor,

e

weder, noch,

g) to flatter , das franzofifche

50

Wort flatter , eine Ausnahme von der Nota q.

dy

pﬂg; 4e h) to borrow , entlehuen, 1) fatis-

|

6

Short [entences.

He that k) overcOmes his paffion 1) cone

quers his gréateft m) énemies.

n) Crielty is fo cOntrary to o) himan ni-

v

s

fied s Sulpinum von to fatisfy, befi'iedige-n.' Al-

le Verba, welche fich in y endigen, verwan-

deln bey Formirung des Imperf, et Supini das

'y in 4, undfezen ed hinzu; wobey in Riikficht

b

der Ausfprache die Regel zu merken, dafs wenn

!

'das y im Infinitivo wie ¢i ausgefprochen wur-

de, das jed auch wie eid ausgefprochen werde;

wurde aber das y im Infinitivo wie 7 ausge-

fprochen,

fo mufs man das j¢ im Imperfecto

und Supino auch {o ausfprechen, k) to over-

come , uberwinden,

Es ift nach der deut{chen

(:;E

Analogie zufammengefezt von over, tiber, und

20 come, kommen, und wird auch nach der

deutfchen Analogie conjugirt,

wie {iberhaupt

beinahe alle englifche Verba, die vom Deut-

fchen abgeleitet find, Impetf. overcame, Su~

pinum, overcome.

1) to comquer , beliegen,

von dem Franzofifchen cenquérir.

m) ene-~

mies , Feinde,

Der Pluralis von ememy; wo-

bei die Regel zn merken, dafs alle Subftantiva,

M s S et e ARG A Wl e b

die fich in y endigen, um den Pluralem zu for«

miren, das

in 7 verwandeln, und noch es

hinzufezen,

n) cruelty, Graufamkeit, von

dem franzofifchen Wort cruel.

o) human,

menfchlich,

von dem Franzéfifchen humain,

r.wo‘von auch lmmam,. leutfelig, abgelejte;‘ ift,

i

7

; Shors [fentences.

Otte

ture, th#t it p) is diftinguifhed q) by r) that

s) fcAndalous ndme inhumanity,

N3

Trie t) devotion is the fource of u) re-

pofe; it fupports us in v) life, and w) fwée-l

tens x) déath,

- The y) care of religion and of z? oﬁr

Ale

/A

p) is diftinguif hed » aus‘gezeichnet wird, Man

028

ficht

raucht das Verbum #o pe im Englifchen, um

yent

das Paffivum damit zu conjugiren,

gerade fo

yur

wie im Frauzofifchen das Verbum étre.

Fran-

zofen, welche die englifche Sprache lernen,

rde;

diirfen daher nur zur Erleichterung der Con-

J4od

¢to

jugation des Paflivi, jedes Tempus nach dem

ey

Franzififchen formiren, q) by, durch. r)that,

he

jener, this, diefer, Pluralis thofe, jene , thefe,

und

diefe.

s) feamdalous, {chandlich, anftoflig;

von dem Franzoéfifchen fcandalenx.

Die Ab-

et

upt

leitungsregel ift hier diefe, dafs alle Adjeétiva,

if«

welche im Franzofifchen fich auf eux endigen,

e

bey ihrer Uebertragung in das Englifche die En-

dung ous bekommen,

t) ‘devotion, Andacht,

nn’

Gottesfurcht,

u) repofe,

Ruhe.

von dem

)=

v) life. das Leben, to

live , leben,

Franzvfifchen répos.

In dem erften Wort wird das §

fy

e

wie ei,

in dem lezten wie i ausgefprochen.

W) fo fweeten, verfiflen, von [fwe:t, {iifs,

)

daher auch fweetnefs, Sifligkeit, fieet - meats,

ol

Confeét,

X) death, der Tod, dead, todt,

th

T

V) care, die Sorge, to take care of ete. Sors

ge tragen fur etwas,

f

der unfrigg,

z) our ,uanfer, a.;,;,,,

8

Short [entencess’

>

2) fouls'is the one thing néceflary, ~ He that

b) neglétts the férvice of the ¢) almighty,

d) dies e) witholt dding that, for f) which

be was g) made h) to live.

fi

He, who mikes a i) jeft of the k) frail-

ties' of human nature, 1) u

p

pbraids the. god of

nature,

t

m) Old 4ge is n) too vénerable for riils

lery and fhould be o) réverenced,

The p) unfOrtunate are Objefts of coms

A

péffion not of riillery.

i

W

a) /Zml, die Seele. b) #o ﬁegieﬁ’, verfitts

\

men, von dem Franzofifchen négliger. c) ale

‘anighty, allmichtig, von afl und

mighty,

allen Worten,

In

werden, wirft man ein / weg

die mit al zufammen gefezt

allein die Aus-

bR/

{prache des doppelten / bleibt.

d) dies, von

to die fterben,

e) without, ohne, wird alle-

mal mit dem Participio conftruirt.

f) which,

welches, wird gebraucht, wann man von leb-

lofen Dingen fpricht, anftatt dafs man das Pro-

nomen relativam w/o nur von lebenden Din-

gen gebrancht,

g) to make, made , machen,

h) he, who, derjenige, welcher.

Siehe Noe

ta z. pag. 3.

i) feft, Spafs, Scherz,

k) frail-

ties, von frailty,” Gebrechlichkeit,

Siehe Noa

ta m. pag. 7,

1) to upbraid, tadeln,

m) old

age, das Alter,

n) teo, zu fehr,

O) lo re=

wrenfe,, verehren, | P) #nfortunate , ungliks

Short [entences:

9

that

Fléttery‘ is a fort of q) bad m/6ney, to

hty,

which our vanity r) gives clrrency,

hich

- If we s) did net flatter ourfélves, the

flittery of Others could do us t)little u) hirm,

talle

d of

A v) bealt w) drefled out is as the x)ecin-

namon tree, the y) bark is more z) worth

ke

than the a) body,

b) None more impﬁtiently ¢) fhffer injue

Oms

~

_aa

Yich. q) fad, fchlimm, worfe, fchlimmer,

woyft, {chlimmfte,

r) to give currency, W™

Alle

Umlauf bringen.

s) did - flatter.

Das erftere

(13

ift das Imperfettum von #o do thun,

Diefes

In

Verbum wird im Prefenti und Imperfetto be=

bzt

fonders bey fragenden und verneinenden Re-

J§=

densarten andern Verbis hinzugefiigt, und ift

von einer alten deutfchen Art zu reden, her-

o

{7

genommen, welche nun bey uns in Abgang

by

gekommen ift,

t) little, klein, wenig, lefs,

ho

weniger, Jjeaff, am wenigiten,

w) harm,

Je

Schaden, das deutfche Wort Harm. (v)a beaus

[l

ein Stuzer,

In diefem Wort wird das ea#, das

i

fonft wie iu ausgefprochen wird, wie o ausgea

fprochen.

w) to drefs out,

herauspuzzen.

X) cinnamon tree,

Zimmetbaum,

y) the

bark, die Rinde,

z) worth, werth,

a) the body, der Korper,

%

mand, keiner.

c) to fuffer, leiden, Lo

19

" Shovt [entences.

ties, than d)i thofe that are moft e) fc’)rwgrd

in doing them,

v)

A f) fine g)coat 1s h) but a livery, whes

bu

the pérfon who i) wéars it, k) difcovers no

higher fénfe than that of a 1) féotman,

X

Thbfe who'- are‘ incapable of gréat crimes

me

do not m) réadily fufpéct Others of them.

p(

n) Cuftom is the o) plague of wife fhen,'

and the p) idol of q) fodls,

Ufe mikes évery pofture r) familiar, to

the body, and évery opinion to the s) mind,

=2

—

—r

-

Jouffrir. d)thofe. Siche Nota r. pag.v, e) for-

ward , bereitwillig,

fiirwizig, zudringlich.

f) fine, fchon,

g) coat, Rock.

h) but,

nur, i) to wear, tragen, wird nur von de-

nenjenigen Sachen gebraucht, die man auf dem

Leibe trigt zum Unterfchied von fto bear, er-

Lo T Pt OO o Ve o e o

tragen, to bear up, aufrichten.

k) to difco-

ver, entdeken, von dem Franzofifchen décou-

vrir,

1) a footman, ein Bedienter.

m) rea-

dily , bereitwillig.

n) cuflom, Gewohnheit,

Gleichbedeutende Worte find, ufe, habit. o) the

plague,

die Peft,

pP) idol/, ein Guizenbild,

von dem Franzofifchen idole.

q)

ool , ein

Thor, von' fo_u, t) familiar, leicht, s) mind,

Short fentences.

b § 4

yard

Our t) humour has more .fahlts, ‘than our

) underftinding,

hes

Familidrity, it is true, v) breéds contémpt,

but l6ve is not to be w) gained witholt

5 10

x) fome degrée of it,

The y) beft phildfophy is to ftudy i) man’s

itmes

mortality , and to a) m

[

upbn déath,

édifate b) fréqqently

e,

Our ¢) infancy is' full of ignorance and

o

lﬂdo

die Seele.

t) humour, Laune, w) wsder-

Janding , Verftand, to underftand, verftehen,

V) to breed , erzeugen, to breed up, erziehen,

bred up, erzogen.

W) ¢o gain, gewinnen,

erhalten, von dem franzvfifchen Wort gaguer,

for

gain, Gewinn,

X) fome, im Singulari, irgend

ch

einer; im Plurali, einige.

Y) good, better,

beft, wird eben fo irregulair comparirt wie im

i

Deutfchen,

3

z) mawn’s, der Genitivus von

el

man , der Menfch,

Der Apoftroph unterfchei-

gl

det ihn von dem s finali des Pluralis,

[co-

o

a) to meditate upon fomething, tiber etwas

nachdenken,

b) frequently, oft, von dem

o

eito

franzofifchen Wort fréquent.

Sehr oft wird

th

im Englifchen das Adverbium aus dem Adje-

&ivo formirt,

indem man lezterem die En-

i

i

dungsfylbe /y hinzuftigts

c) infancy, Kind-

h

beit, von dem Ilateinifchen Wort infans,

12

Shor? ﬁﬁteme:.

d) feirs, our e yohth of £) fin, our age of

%

i

g forrow, and our whole life of h) din-

ger

3

Néver- thitk (youf fotil.fin’ a gbod chfe

as' long as you i) are afraid to think of

Fé:r may 1) keép a man out of dinger,

but cOurage m) Only can n) fuppOrt him

in it.

li

When a man /0) 6ywn’s himfelf to be in an

il

D

érror, he does butp tell you in Other words,

i,

that he is wifer, than he was.

Ye

i

It is not q) uncommon r) to fee §) de=

i\

d) fear. Yurcht, to fear, firchten, e) yout)r,

die Jugend, ein Jingling, young, jung, ft) fin,

Sunde, fo fin, fundigen, finmer, ein Sunder.

é

g [orvow, Kummer, i am forry, es thutmir

leid. h) danger, Gefahr, dangerous, gefihr-

Yich.

i) to be afraid to do fomething, fich

fiirchten etwas zu thun; to be afraid of fome-

2hing, lich vor etwas fiirchten,

k) dying,

Partic. von to dye, oder to die, fterben,

b te

keep, kept, halten, behalten, to keep from, be-

wahren var.

m) only . 2llein, nur,

n) to

Sfupport, untesftiizen, erhalten, von dem fran

zblitchen fupporter.

0) to own,

geitehen,

p) ta teil, told, fagen, erzihlen,

q) uncqm-

Shosz. [entences,

I3

e of

jé&ed t) cotntenances in ) gilt v) claches,

Al

and w) mérry fices x behind *them,

'The y) fight cfa z. driinkard is a bétter

a) férmon b) agiinfk that vice, than the beft

cile,

that ever was c) préached upbn that 1ibject,

k of

There are véry d) féw, ) who {, know

huw to be g idle and mnocent

gety

him

mon , ungemein,

Man braucht das #» im Eng=-

lifchén wie im Deutfchen,

um die Negation

1 it

auszudri ken,

r

to

(€€ o

/aw Jeen

fehen,

s) dej-tled,

medergefch agen.

t

counvieravi~

rrds,

e, Blick,

u' grit, vergiidet,

von to gild,

wverginden.

Gemeiniglich wird bey den Verbis,

die ich in d endigen, dased im imperfeéto und

des

Supino in ¢ zufsmmen gezogen,

vV coach.

eine Kutfche, coachnan, ein Kutfcher, car-

rioge , Fohrwerk, M uggon, Wagen, waggo-

wer, Fohrmann,

W meryy . Juftig.

x) be=

hind , hinter

v) fight, Anblick

z) drum-

wth

kard ,

Trurkenbold, von to arznk dranks

fty

el

drzmk trinken,

iy

I«

) fermon. eine Predigt, zum Unterfchied

ch

von /peech .

eine Rede

b agaivft, gegen,

6=

C

to preach,

predigen,

d) frw, wenig,

e) who- to be.

welcke wiflen wie man feym

Jy

fo

kan, ein Angliciin us

£ to kmow,

kvew,

3

known, wifien

Beinah alle Verba

welche

f0

fich auf ow cder o endigen, verwandeln, uvm

Ja

das lmperfe¢tum zu formiren, das o oder a in

Iy

¢, und um das ‘upinun: zv machen, fezen fie

jo

nur ein ¢ an den Infinitivum,

g, idle, mif-

14

Short ﬁmem'eﬁ

I

h) By dding nbthing, we 1) léarn to do

k) ill,

The pléafure of the bbdy is

i

: cérﬁmohly the

¢)

”l) poifon of the mind,

of

m) Ufe n) ftidy for o) delight p) &rna-

)

ment and q) ability, and r) labour if not for

‘!

_g) food , for t) phyfick,

and

tve,

~ Sdlomon u) notes, that from idlex;e{'s and

A

v) {1oth come W) pbverty'férvitgde, x)frlit-

~

Wig

tef|

'Sﬁg, idlene/s, Mifliggang, Féujlheit. | h) by

o

doing wothing , dadurch dafs wir nichts thun,

1) to learm, learnt, lernen,

‘Eine Zufammen-

‘ziehung des ed in ¢,

k) ill, bofes.

1) poi-

{0

m) to ufe, gebrauchen, u/e, Ge=-

7]

brauch, #ufage, Behandlung,

n) fludy, das

¢

Studiren, to fludy, ftudiren,

Q) delight, Ver-

g

guigen, fto delight, ergozen,

p) ornament,

Uhy

Zierde, Schmuk, von dem franzodfifchen Wort

Yor

OVHer

zieren.

q) ability, Fihigkeit, Thi.

h

r) to labour , arbeiten,

tigkeit, Ausbildung,

labour ,

Arbeit

ein Arbeiter,

fCh(

labourer

Yo

s) food, Nahrung, to feed, fed, nihren,

e

‘t) phyfick, Arzney,

u) to wmote, bemerken,

0

siote, Bemerkung, von dem franz. Wort noter.

fic

v) /loth, Yaulheit,

w) poverty, Armuth,

dy

wvon dem franz,

anvre ; pooy, arm,

X) fruit-

lg/s, fruchtlos, - Eben die Zufammenfezung

fi

5

15

Short ﬁm‘eme;;

y b

lefs y) wifhes and def

»

i?es, hﬁnger z)"bég.

p

gary déath,

An a) habit of idlenefs or inapplication of

ythe

mind b) contriéts a c) ftagnation of humours,

d) nimnefs of the e) joints and f) dilnefs

(N3

of the g) brain, }3) hardly or néver fco be

t for

i) clred,

Sthdy and k) léarning 1) refine our

inindé

and ménners, make a man thinking, m)attén-

tive, mn) indiftrious and o) wary, -an old

s ond

frilt

man p) chéarful and refélyed:% they are an

e

wie im Deutfcﬁen. “ y) wifh, Wunfch; fo

will,

winfchen,

z) beggary, Bettelftand,

)y

von o beg, bitten, peggar, ein Bettler,

chumy

2) habit, Gewohnheit, Fertigkeit, ) fo

1m€l{'

contralt, bewerkftelligen, verurfachen. ¢) flag=

wnation , Stillftand.

d) numbnefs, Stumpfheit,

(e

e) joint,

Gelenk.

f)-dutne/s, Dummbheit,

s

g) brain, Gehirn,

h) hardly, keum.

i) to

Jer

cure, heilen,

enty

k) learning, Gelehrfamkeit,

o1t

von fo learn, lernen. Siehe Nota i, pag. 13.

e

1) 2o refine, verfeinern, von dem franzofi-

fchen raffiner.

‘m) attentive,

aufmerk{am,

tefl,

von dem franzofifchen Wort attentif.

Alle

tef)

diejenigen englifchen Adjetiva, die von fran-

refhy

zolifchen - Adjettivis abgeleitet find, welche

ety

fof's

fich auf £ endigen, verwandeln gewohnlich

thy

das £ in ve,

n) induflrious, arbeitfam, fleif-

fig; induftry, Fleifs,

o) wary, vorfichtig,

i

98

g) chearful, hgite-r, to chear, aufhei;erx1.

-~

D —

16

Short ﬁfifﬂm)‘.‘\A

drnament in profpérity ; a reflige in advérfity,

an entertainment q) abréad, a compinion at

home, they chear in {Slitude and prifon, and

P

moOderate our péﬁiops in the’ héight of fore

tune,

Religion will béar a man vup in all eftites

:

and Accidents, make his thoughts virtuous, his

v

words ‘difcréet, 4ctions prudent and life r) bla-

\f

melefs; as s) 4iming Only at the glory of

god, and doing all the good he can’

.to him-

felf and Others,

When you have found a friend be t) faith~

ot

ful, u) difcreét and fincére, béar his little

en

v) failings, and, w) fo fir as confifts with

it

Hi

hoénour and a good cOnfeience, cultivate his

be

friendfhip x) left it expire;

y) Yyet néither

fe

I

afk nor z) grant him 4ny thing ;’mjuf-’c or

fa

L]

Ei

€

o

q) abroad, auswirts, at ’bomé-,’ zu Haus,

[

x) blamelefs, tadellos, von dem franzofifchen

U

Wort blamer ; to blame, tadeln; blame, Tadel,

$) to aim at a thing,

nach etwas {treben,

t) faithful, treu, faith, die Treue, u) dis-

te

creet, befcheiden, von difcret. , v) failings,

b

Fehler, von to fail, fehlen,

aweit,

W) ,/.0 ﬁ?i"’ fo

nicht,

X) left, aus Furcht es mOchte, damit

¥) wet, doch,

z) to gramt, verwil-

ligen,

%

a) evil,

5

Short fentences:

17

ity

) évii. b) Love him fo, as to c¢) hite his

on a

fatlts, and néver by too gréat familiarity ex-

, and

pofe yourfelf to his d) contémpt.

f fore

A ¢) good nitured man has the f) whole

world g) to be happy out of, h) Whatéver

eftates

good i) befills his k) fpecies, a well 1) defér-

ving pérfon m) promoted, a - moédeft man ad-

s, Lis

) blie

vanced, an n) indigent o) one p) relieved,

)ry’ of

) hifme

2) evil, tbel. b) to love, lieben.

c) to

)fide

hate , haflen,

d) contempt, Verachtung, von

dem lateinifchen Wort contemuere.

e) good

g litte

natured , gutartig, gutherzig. f) whole, ganz,

yith

Hier wird das w nicht ausgefprochen,

g to

Man

e his

be - out of; anftatt, out of which etc.

ngithet

fezt das Pronomen relativaum, wenn es mit ei-

ner Prepofition conftruirt wird, an den An-

oft of

fang der Redensart und die Przepofition an das

Ende derfelben.

Bisweilemrr laft man auch, wie

es hier der Fall ift, das Pronomen relativum

ganz hinweg und fezt blos die Preepofition an

Jauss

das Ende der Redensart;

jenes mufs dann im

chen

‘Ueberfezen f{upplirt werden,

h) Whatever,

adeh

was auch immer, ift eine Nachahmung des la-

shefly

teinifchen quicunque etc.

i) to bl{fa[l, bl,’ff‘”,

dis

befallen, befallen,

k) [pecies,

Gefchlecht,

1) deferving , Part. preef. von to deferve, ver-

15

dienen,

m) to promote, befordern,

n) indi-

fo

lgmif

gent, diirftig.

0) ome. erfezt hier blos die

ik

telle des Subftantivi.

Am Ende eines Perio-

ﬁi wird es befonders hdufig zu diefem End-

ovi

18

Short [entences,

) all this‘ he 16oks upén as a ) remdte

Y

5) bléiﬁng of providence on himfelf; which

f

then t) feéms u) to make him aménds for

m

the v) narrownefs of his own w; fortune,

when it x) doth the fame thing, y)he would

of

have done; had it beén in his z) power:

a) for b) what a ¢) luxlrious man in pé.

17

i

e

———"

bfs

hi

fiy

zweék gebraucht, weil man mit Adje@ivis im

Englifchen keinen Perioden zu fchliefsen pflegt,

)

p) to relieve, helfen, erretten.

q) all - upon,

Eine ahnliche Verfezung wie Nota g. fo look

upon , anfehen,

r) remote , entfernt,

s) blef-

ing , Wohlthat; to ble/s, fegnen, b/ifs, Gluk-

feligkeit.

t) to feem, {cheinen,

u) to make

amends , einen Erfaz geben,

V) narvowne/s,

Geringfiigigkeit, von warrow, eng,

w) for-

tune, Vermigen, Gluksgiiter,

X) dath’ 3

Perf, pref. von o do.

Gegenwirtig braucht

man ftatt des #/ haufiger das s.

y) Hier ift

das Pronomen relativum which ausgelaffen, wel-

ches im Accufativo fehr oft ausgelaflen zu wer-

- T e @ o

den pflegt,

z) power , Macht, von dem fran.

zufifchen Wort pouvoir,

a) for, ift bald eine Prepofition, bald eine

Conjuncttion,

Im erften Fall heift es fur, und

regiert den Accufativom; im zweiten heift es

de%%.

b) what, das was, Pronomen relativom,

©) luxurious, {chwelgerifch, von luxurieux.

g e 4 N en ey epe P ™

Shore [fentences,

19

ot

werty would d) want for e) délicacies, for

hich

£) horfes and g) fébotmen; a good nitured

fot

man wants it for his friend or for the podr.

Ine,

ould

‘A wife man h} maintains the 1) firength

of his body not by délicacies, but by témpe-

et

il

rance, and drinks wine as k) fick men take

phyfick, 1) mérely for m) héalth, Réafon is

his rule,

confcience his n) cobunfellor,

and

his 4tions are ever céntrary to thofe, o) he

finds fault with,

Age rénders him néither

5 1M

p) mordfe, nor q) impérious; his r) know-

egt

oty

Pt

[ook

tf

ik

Siehe Nota s. ,a’g.‘ o d) to want, bediirfen,

make

Mangel haben, brauchen.,

Want, Mangel, Be-

duirfnifs,

e) delicacies, Pluralis von delicacy,

e,

Lekkerbiffen, von dem franzsfifchen delicateffe.

for

f) horfe, ein Pferd; flallion, ein Hengft; ma-

) g,

ve, eine Stute,

g) footmen, ein irtegulairer

cht

Pluralis von footman, ein Bedienter,

Diejeni-

ift

rele

gen Subftantiva, die fich auf an endigen, ver-

7t

wandeln ausnahmsweife, um den Pluralem zu

alle

machen, das ¢ in ¢, h) to maintain, ethalten,

behaupten, von dem Franztfifchen maintenir.

2

i) firemgth, Starke,

rong,

ftark,

k). ﬁfk,

krank, fickne/s , Krankheit,

1) merely, blos.

m) health, Gelundheit, healthy. gefund.

n)

ine

counfellor, Rathgeber , (confeiller), 0) to find

nd

¢

Sfault with @ thing, etwas tadeln, Siehe Nota

My

y. pag. 18. und Nota g.

. I7. P) morofes

o

miirrifch, Q) émperious, bettichfiichtig, r) know-

=

do

Shovt [entences,

ledge s) Influetices and € témpers his mind

b

with all the humanity,

ghodnefs u) calme

nefs ftrength and fincérity of a v) found and

unaffécted phildfopher, and makes his conver=

fation fo w) affable, x) pléafant and y) in«

ftractive. that z) both young and old delight

?

in it and a) improve by his b) céunpils.

d

What c¢) fehlpture is to a d) block of

D

marble, educition is to a hiiman foll,

The

philofopher the faint, the héro, the wife, the

{0

good or the gréat man very oOften e) lie

Vi

f‘) h%d in a plebéian, which a proper educi-

q\

ledge, Kenntnifs, von fo kmow. Siehe Nofa f,

s) to influrnce, einen Einflofs haben; jufluence,

Einflufs.

t) to temper , miligen. u) calmnefs,

Ruhe, von calm, ruhig; Calm. eine Meeres-

ftille,

v) found, gelund, grandlich,

w) af-

fable, gefprichig,

X) wleafaut, angenehm,

gefillig, von dem Franzofifchen plaifant. V) in-

rafiive, unterrichtend,

z) both, beide, fo wohl,

Siehe Nota m, pag, 15,

;

a) to improve by fomething , aus etwas Ny

zen ziehen,

b) council. Rath

C) fcu piure,

Bildhauerey. feuiptor, ein Bildhauer, d) bhlock,

ein Block.

e) to lie, lugen’

lie ,

eine Lii~

8

£) hid, verborgen; to hide, hid, hid=

g

i

a3

- Shore fentence!.

nind

tion might have g) difinterred and have

lIme

brought to h) light,

and

Vel

When 1 look upbn the i) tombs of the

) 1o

gréat, fays Mr Addifon, every k) emotion

lght

of 1) énvy dies in me; When Iréad the m) épi-

taphs of the n) beautiful, every inordinate

defire goes out; when I o) méet with the

of

p) grief of parents upon a tOmbftone, my

The

héart melts with compaffion ; when 1 fee the

the

tomb of parents themfelves, I confider the

) lie

vanity of grieving for thofe, whom we muft

e

vq) quickly follow; when I fee kings lying

r) by thofe who depofed them; when I con-

fider rival wits, placed fide by fide, or the

ofaf.

ity

(e

iy

dem, verbergen,

g) to difintey, entdeci{en.

f

h) fight . Licbt; to light, anziinden; /lighte-

Bhrﬂt

aing , ein Bliz; to enlighten , aufkliren,

i)

i

tombs, Grabmiler; tombstone, Grabftein; to

19

entomb, begraben. k) emotion, Regung. 1) envy,

Neid; ¢o envy, beneiden.

m) epitaph, Grab-

{chrift,

n) beantiful, {chén; beauty , Schon-

heit.

0) to meet one oy with one, einem be-

U

;flr

gegnen, einen antreffen,

p) grief, Schmer-

%..'

zen; ‘to gvieve. trauern,

Q) quickly, Adv.

I

fchnell ; guick, Adj. quickuefs, Sublt, to qui-

i

cken, Verbum, befchleun?gen. r) by, neben,

22

Short [entences.

8) holy men, that divided the world wfth

their t) cOntefts and difpites: 1 u) reflé&

with forrow and v) afténifhment on the litte

le competitions, fictions and debates of mén-

kind ;

when I read the {éveral dates of the

tombs of fome that died as w) yéfterday,

and fome fix hundred yeéars x) agl, I confi-

der that great day, when we {hall all of us

tr

be y) cotémporaries and z) make an appéa-

rance togecther,

o

W

f)

s) holy, heilig.

t) comteft, Streitigkeit. u)to

sefleff , nachdenken,

von dem franzofifchen

Wort sefléchiv. wveflexion, das Nachdenken,

V) aftoni/hment, das Erftaunen,

to aftonifh,

erftaunen.

W) yefierday, geltern; pefore ye-

Sfterday, vorgeftern,

X) ago, vor. Wird im-

mer hinter das Subftantivum gefezt, zu dem

es gehort, z, E, a year ago, vor einem Jahr,

three days ago, vor drei Tagen,

y) cotem-

§

poraries, von dem Franzaofifchen contemporain.

Das Adjeétivom wird hier ftatt des Subftantivi

W

gebraucht,

z) make - together , mit einander

V(

auftreten,

Lo

4

n

P

e‘

!

/3

a3

vit

i

Examples of virtue and vice drawn

litte

from real life,

e

f the

: Patérnalvléve.

1daf)

2) A}m()ng the incrédible nfimber of pérfons,

onfie

f g

who were b) profcribed Gnder the f{écond

tritmvirate of Rome, were the c) célebrated

o

Orator Cicero and his d) bréther Quintus,

When the €) néws of the profcription was

f3 brought to them théy g) endé;avoured h) to

)

make théir efcipe to i) Brutus in Mécedon.

chen

ken,

m'[ hy

Y-

j im-

a) among, zwifchen, unter,

' Es unter-

{fcheidet {ich darinn von den Worten letween

dem

und beiwixt ,

Jiht

dafs diefe beyde nur bei zwei

-

Sachen,

jenes aber bei mehreren gebraucht

!iﬂ‘

wird,

b) to profcribe, in die Acht erklaren,

ivi

von dem Lateinifchen pro/cribere.

c) celebra-

fer

ted , beriihmt, von dem franzufifchen célehre.

d) brother, Bruder im Plurali, brethren und

byothers.

e) mews, Neuigkeit.

Wird nur im

Plurali gebraucht,

aber fo conftruirt, als ob

es im Singulari ftiinde.

f) to bring , brought,

nach der deutfchen Analogie.

g to endeavour,

fich bemithen; endeavour, Subft. Bemithung,

h) to make - efcape , fich zu flichten,

i) Bru-

TUS.

Der Gebrauch der Artikel ift Not. g. p. 1.

angeggben worden, ‘Bei den Nominibus pro-

L]

24 Examples of virtue énd vice

Theyk) trivelled togéther fome time, 1) mi<

tually condoling théir bid firtune; but as

their m) departure had béen véry n) precipi=

tate and they were not furnifhed with méney,

and Other néceffaries for their vbyage, it was

NP S R 3 P R

o) agréed that Cicero p) fhotld mike what

hafte hé conld to the féa-{ide to fechre}their

paffage, and Quintus retirn home, to make

But as in moft

more ample q) provifion,

ti

houfes there were r) as mény informers 4s

o

doméfticks, his retlirn wis immédiately kndwn

I

and the houfe s) of courfe filled with fdldiers

f

and affaffins,

Quintus concealed himfelf {&

efféétually, that the {Oldiers could not find

him; enrdged at their difappointment, they,

—

priis werden fie deswegen nicht angewendet,

weil diefe fchon {o beftimmt f{ind, dafs fie kei-

ner genauveren Beftimmung mehr bediirfen,

k) to travel, reifen; traveller, ein Reifender,

V) mutually,

wechfelsweife.

m) departure,

Abreife, von dem Franzofifchen départ, n) pre-

cipitate , ubereilt,

o) to agree, ubereinkoma-

men, befchliefien,

p) fhouid make what hafte

he could, follte fich beeilen fo fehr er kénnte,

q) provifion, Vorrath. r)as many - domeflicks,

eben {o viele Angeber als Bediente,

As, wenn

es zweimal auf einander kommt, heift das er=-

ﬁe mal, eben fo viel' s das zweite mal, als,

25

drqwn frqm real life,

hig

put his fon to the tdrture, in Order to make

it a8

him difcOver the place of his fathers concéal-

Cipie

ment; but filial afféction t) was proof in the

oney

yoing ROman againft the mOft éxquifite tor-

LW

ments, An involuntary {igh, and {6metimes

what

a déep u) groan was all that could be ex-

th

elf

torted from the génerous youth, His v)égo-

make

nies were incréafed, but with amizing for-

noft

titude he w) flill perfifted in his refolition

s 18

of not x) betraying his father, Quintus was

10wl

not far off, and the réader may imagine, bét«

) dies

ter than can be expréflfed, how the heirt of

olf 10

the father muft hive béen affééted with the

find

fighs and groans of a fon y) expiring in tore

tures to {ave his life,

He could béar it no

they

longer; bt quitting thé plice 6f his concéal-

ment, he prefénted himfelf to the affiffins,

bégging with a fléod of téars z) to put him

ety

to déath and dismifs the innocent child, whofe

kel

génerous behaviour the triumvirs themfélves

feno

del"

)

prré

omme

s)’ of courfe, dem zu folge. t) to be proof

ift

againft, es eushalten gegen,

u) groan,

ntes

fchluchzen, ichzen,

V) agonies, Schmerzen,

Sing. agony, Angft,

w). ftill, immer, noch.

sy

X) to betray, verrathen,

Y) to expire, fter-

Al

g

ben, von dem franzofifchen expirer,

;) 1]

put to death, umbringen,

o

26

Examples of virtue and vice

if informed of the faét would jidge wérthy

of the higheft approbition and a rewéard.

q

Bt the inhiman ménfters. without béing the

W

léaft affééted with the téars either of the fa-

hi

ther or the fon, anfwered that théy both muft

die; the father, becaufe he was profcribed,

and the fon beciufe he hid concealed his fa-

¢

b

ther,

Thén a new conteft’ of téndernefs

b) arofe, who fhould die the firft; but this

fi

the afléffins foon decided by c) behéading them

both at the fime time,

fCh\:

The béauties of hiftory by L. M, Stretch,

Hiy

Ity

lep

bely

The coOnduét of young Appius during the

Laﬁ

profcription ab6ve méntioned d) renéwed the

k),

(%)

example of the piety of Aenéas, and with

un

the like fuecefs,

His father Appius 4ged and

du,

Rl

e) infirm féeing himfelf profcribed, did not

5

think, that, what remdined of a languif hing

Ver

life was worth the pains of preférving, and

Jem

Wif

thy

L)

6

A

of

a) reward, Belohnungs fo veward, belohnen.

b) to arife, arofe, arifen, entftehen. «¢)to behead,

A

enthaupten, von /ead, das Haupt.

d) to

ko

tur

yenew , ernguern, von new , nev, e) ?nﬁrm,

drawn. from real life,

was willing to f) wéit for thé mubrderers

thy

id,

quletly in his own holfe.

He could not ho-

the

wéver refift the préfling infrances and zéal of

fie

his fon, who took him in his Thoulders and

K\\l{t

g) loaded with this précious h) blirden i) went

lbedy

k) thrdugh the city 1) unknown to fome and

fi

comminding the réfpet of éthers by the

nefs

béauty of fo comméndable an m) aétion, As

this

foon as they n) got out of Rome, the fon

e

fchwach, gebrechlich,

£) to wait for fome

glethy

thing , auf etwas warten; to wait on one, ei~

nem f{eine Aufwartung machen,

'g) loaded,

eladen, von to load,

h) burden, burtheu,

the

Laft, i) went,lmperfeCtum von o go, gehen,

k) through, durch, correfpondirt in der Be-

the

deutung mit dem franzvfifchen 4 trquvers, und

yith

unterfcheidet fich von by, welches ebenfalls

durch heift, darinn, dafs diefes nur in dem

and

Fall gebraucht wird, wenn fich die Dinge,

10t

welche es verbindet, wie Urfach und Wirkung

verhalten.

ng

D) wunkuown to fome, ohne dafs es

nd

jemand wufste, unkuown, mit dem Dativo, un-~

wiflend., m)

4

o an aflion.

Bei den Verglei-

chungs-Partikeln /o, as, how, fo,to0 und den Ad-

jectivis fuch und many fezt man den Artikel

zwiflchen die Partikel und das Subftantivum,

oM

oder zwifchen das Adjeftivim und Subftanti-

vum. n) to get, got, gotten, kommen, be-

’d'

kommen,

Dies find die allgemeinfte Bedeu-

{0

tungen diefes Worts, das noch eine Menge

i

28

Examples of vivtue and vz’c{

0) fc.)me-'timés aflifting his father p) to.wﬁlk,

and fome - times, q) carrying him, when the

fatigue was too gréat, condléted him to the

E

féa, and ry convéyed him s) fife to Sicily.

[

The péople preférved the remémbrance of this

affetionate coOnduét,

and on his return to

Rome, A4fter the tritmvirs had t) put a ftop

to the profcription, all the u) tribes v) uni-

le

nimously w conclirred in x) rdifing him to

the acdilefhip.

Bot the goods of his father

Ve

héaving béen confifcated, he had not méney

ma

to y) defray the expénces of the z) {hows

to

b

k

N ebenbedeutuﬁgen hat.

o) fome times, bis-

wweilen

p) to walk, gehen, fpazierengehen,

q) to carvy, tragen, in dem Verftande, wenun

man eine Laft trigt.

Siehe Nota d und i pag

I

3. und 10. 1 {0 convey, geleiten, dasGeleit geben,

4

s) /afe, ficher, von dem franzdififchen Wort

li

Jauf.

t) to put a ftop, Einhalt thun, einftel-

)

lefh

u) tribe, Stamm, Zunft, von dem latei-

o

nifchen Wort tribus.

V) unanimously, ein-

€l

ftimmig,

von dem franzoiifchen wunanime,

w) to comcur , iibereinkommen, von dem la-

teinilchen comcurrere. Gleiche Bedeutung hat

iy

das Wort to agree.

X) to raife, erheben,

l

(Verbum aftivam), to #i/e, emporkommen,

{teigen, (Verbum neutrum).

beftreiten.

V) #o defray,

h

z) fhows, Schau

fpjele s Yon fa

fhow, Siehe Note v, pag, 3.

29

dramwn from biffory.

V}(llkg

belonging to that 6ffice: on which accéunt

the

the artificers b, chirged néthing for their -

the

bour, and the people tixing themfélves wil-

ilys

lingly, eich c) according to his d) ability,

2

s

not 6nly enabled him to defray the expences

1 10

of the uifual e) fports, bt to f) plrchate an

fhop

g) eftate h) twice the value of that, which

he had loft,

s

una

m {o

Valerius Maximus i' likewife k) relites a

athet

véry {ingular fact upén this fabjeft. A woa-

10ney

man of illGftrious birth had been condémned

fows

to be ftrangled.

The réman praetor 1; deli»

vered her up to the triimvir, wh;‘: m caufed

RS

,\ bis

geheﬂo

a) to belong , gehbren. ; b) to charge , an-

weat

rechnen,

¢) accoraing , nach, regiert immer

;p@&

den Dativam d, ability, Fahigkeit . Gelchik-

ohen,

Vort

lichkeit; ahle, fahig; to enable . f.hig machen,

e) [ports, Luftbarkeiten, Schauipiele,

f, to

ftel-

vurchaje , kaufens purchale, Kauf; purchafer,

atei-

ein Kiufer. g) effate, Landguth, Vermigen,

eln-

jimes

h) ouce, twice, thrice, ein- zwei- dreimal,

Bei den iibrigen Zahlen driikt man das ma/ mit

1 2

times aus,

1) likewife , gleichfalls,

k to re-

y hat

late, erzahlen.

1) to detiver up, ausliefern,

ében,

ety

m) caufed her to be; et her dic; [uffeved

Dies {ind die drei verfchiedene

her - to fee.

rifs

Arten,

wie man im Englifchen das deutiche

n 10

dajjen ausdrikt, je nachdem man einen Begriff

80

Exdmpl"e:v of wirtue anrd vice

her to be cirried to ptifon n)in order to her

f]

béing,: put to déath, The o) gacler who was

Ordered to éxecute her,” was p) ftrick with

=

{0

compaflion, and could not refGlve to q) kill

her,

He r) chofe therefore to let her die

L

s) of hiinger,

Defides which he fuffered her

diughter to fée her in prifon, tiking cire

however that {he bréught her néthing t) to

eit,

As this continued miny diys, he was

th

u) furprized that the prifoner lived fo léng

for

without eating; and v) fufpéting the diugh-

the

(he

damit verbindet,

In erfterer Redensart liegt

der Begriff einer wiirkenden Urfache, in der

L)

zweiten der einer Zulafflung, in der dritten

der einer Erlaubuifs,

n) in ovder to - death.

um fie umzubringen,

Eine ganz eigene eng-

i

lifche Participial-Conftruétion. o) gaoler, Ker-

kermeifter.

Das go wird in diefem Wort wie

Jiy

e

o ausgefprochen,

p)

ruck, dahingeriffen;

Supinum von to firike, fchlagen; [firoke, ein

€l

i

Schlag. q) fo kill, todten. r) to chufe, chofe,

chofen , wahlen; choice, Wahl,

Die deutiche

s) to die of

I

hunger

vor Hunger fterben,

i

Preepofition wor, wird, wenn fie einen der

hier befindlichen Bedeutung ahnlichen Sinn hat,

)

gemeiniglich im Englifchen durch den Geniti-

vum ausgedriikt,

t) to eat, ate, eaten, ellen,

d

u) furprized, erftaunt, Supinum von #

0 fur-=

prize, [urprize, da; Erftaunen,

V) to fufpeit,

74

)

/

)

3t

drvawn from biffory,

he

ter, upbn w) witching her, difcovered, that

was

fhe néurif hed her méther with her own milk

x) Amazed at fo plous and at the fime time

yith

kill

fo y) ingenious an invéntion, he told the fa&

to the tritimvir, and the tridmvir to the praé-

' die

¢ bt

tor, who beliéved the thing z) mérited rela-

it

ting in the afflémbly of the people. The cri-

minal was pirdoned, a decrée was piffed that

) to

was

the méther and diughter fhotld be fubfifted

for the reft of their lives at the expénce of

16ng

ugh

the pliblic, and that a témple facred to piety

{hould bé 'erééted neir the prifon,

Cénfcience,

fiegt

A a) jéweller, a man of good chiratter

der

and confiderable b) wealth ¢, hiving occéﬁon

pitten

dfﬂt/’o

enge

im Verdacht haben, von dem franzbﬁfchen

Kere

Jufpell. [ufpicion, der Verdacht.

w) to watch,

bewachen; watch, eine Talchenuhr ; watchman,

e

ein Nachtwachter

{fens

x) amazed, erftaunt, Su-

0y e'm

pinum von fo amaze. erftaunen; amaze, das

[hofh

Erftaunen,

y ) ingenious, linnreich, von dem

franzolilchen ingduieux. gemius, das Genie,

it 9

z) merited relating, erzihlt zu werden (eine

tlche

y der

Erzihlung) verdiente.

Eine eigene engliiche

] hﬂ'tr

Conftruétion,

wo das Partic pref, die Stelle:

onifle

des Subftantivi oder des Infinitivi vertritt, -

flete

a) jéweller, ‘ein Juwelier; jewel, Juwdé,

Jire

b) wealth, Vermogen, Reichthum, ' c, iaving

f‘%;e’

3¢ Examples of virne and vice

in the 'wﬁy of his bifinefs to trivel at fome

of

diftance from the plice of his d) abode, took

€) aléng with him a férvant, in-Order to take

he

Hé had with him

his

care of his portmanteau,

fome of his béft jéwels and a large {um of

§)

th

mbney, to which his férvant was likewife

£) privy.

The mafter hiving eoccafion to

0b

ma

g) difmdunt on the h)road, the férvant wit-

ching this opportlnity, took a piftol from

prd

his mafters i) faddle, and k) fhot him déad

Tt

on the 1) {p6t; then m) rifled him of his je-

o

wels and moéney and n) hinging a large ftone

to his neck, he o) thréw him into the nea-

-

)

o

3

‘ocmﬁbn-tmvel, indem er in Handelsgefchéif-

by

ten eine Reife machen mufste.

to have orca-

jon, heift bedirfen, nothig haben, miuflen,

d) abode, Wohnung.

e) along with him , mit

b

fich, f) tobe privy to fome thing , um etwas

wiflen, ~ g) to difmount, abfteigen. Ein gleich-

2

bedeutendes Wort ift to alight.

h) wado der

‘Weg, die Landftrafle.

i) faddle, ein Sattel,

k

k) to fhoot, f[hot, fchiefen.

1) fpot, Plaz,

'm) to rifle one of fome thing, einen einer Sa-

q

~che berauben.

n) to hang, hung, hingen,

to houg ome to a tree,

einen an einem Baum

aufhingen,

to hang a flone to ome’s meck,

einen Stein an eines Hals héngen.

0) to

throw, threw, thrown, werfen. Siehe Nota f,

g

?) booty,

< =

drawn. from veal life.

33

foms

reft canal,

With this p) booty he q) made

took

off to a diftant part of the céuntry, whére

| téke

he had reafon to beliéve, that neither he nér

his mafter wére kndwn. Thére he r) begin

him

m of

§) to trade in t) a véry low wiy at firft,

cewife

that his ob{clrity might wu) fcréen him frém

on f0

obfervition, and in the courfe of v) a good

Wils

many years feémed to rife by the nitural

progrefs of bufinefs into wéalth and confide-

from

L déad

ration; {o that h‘,i\s good fortune appéared at

s e

bnce the effé& and reward of in‘duﬁry‘and

0

fine

e e

p) booty, Beute. q) zo make off to, fich ent-

fernen an, nach, in,

r) to begin, began, be-

gun, anfangen ; beginner, Anfanger,

s) to

ofchi

trade , handeln;

trade, Handel ;

tradesman,

orfk

ein Handelsmann,

t) in a very low way, fehr

u) to fcreem from, vor etwas ver-

it

gering.

it

bergen.

Eine andere Art das deutfche o aus-

zudritken, wenn folches eine Entfernung oder

et\.\'as

Abwendung von etwas anzeigt

V) a good

g\emh

many years, ziemlich viel Jahre, Eigentlich

Tdc dEf

Gt

kan der Artikel ¢ nur im Singulari gebraucht

Plﬂl.

werden,

Siehe Nota b. pag. 1.

Dies leidet

»r Sﬂ‘

aber eine Ausnahme befonders bei den Worten

ew und many,

die jedoch nur fcheinbar ift,

ngeﬂ.

denn man verfteht alsdann darunter eine grofe

Baum

oder kleine Anzahl von Dingen colleétivifch

mt‘ﬁ y

) 10

genommen, welches diefem Plurali dann doch

otd fo

wieder den Begriff eines Ganzen oder der Ein~

C

0oty

=

34 .Examples of virtue and vice

virtue, OF théfe he w) cotmterfeited ‘the ap-

péarance fo well, that he x) gréw into great

2

crédit, mirried into a good fimily, and by

bl

the

y)laying out his z (ldden 2) ftores d lcreedy,

as he fiw occifion, and joining to all an

do

univérfal b) affability,

he w.s admitted to a

*

{i

¢) {hare of the gbvernment of the town, and

rofe from éne poft to'anéther, d) till at laft

I

In this 6ffice

he was chofen chi¢f magiftrate,

0

he maintained a e) fair charatter and conti-

1)

nued to fill it by né fmall applaufe, both as

the

gévernor and a judge; till bne day, as he

o Vi

f) fat on the g)bench with fome of his bré-

felf

thren a criminal was brought before him, who

i

was accifed of hiving h) murdered his ma-

of

fter, The i). évidence cime out full, k) the

h:

heit giebt.

w) to tountef/eit, nachmachen,

i

X) to grow, grew ,grown, wachfen. werden,

de

Siche Nota f, p. 13. growth, Wuchs,

y)to

lay, loy, lain, legen. z) fudden, plozlich,

ba

I¢

ohy

a) ftores, Vorrath,

b) affability, Gefpras

chigkeit, Leutfeligkeit, von affahle, gefprachig,

I

¢) Jhare, ein Theil; to fhare, theilen, d) ¢ill,

ley

bis 3 untii, bis,

e) fair, fchon, gut, fair, die

0y

Melle (grofer Markt).

f) to Jeat, [at, fizen.

f)

¢) bench, eine Bank.

h) to murder, ermor-

bl

murder .

mord ;

murderer

den s

Magrder,

b)

i) evidence, Beweis, Zeugnis,

")

35

drawn ﬁﬁ’um biffory,

*

3 hp.

jhfy broight in their 1) vérdict, that the

prifoner was m) guilty, and the whéle aflém-

gtta*

d by

bly waited the féntence of the préfident of

el

Iy,

the court (which n) he hippened to be that

Al an

day) with gréat fufpénfe,

0) Meanwhile he

d10 8

appeired to be in untfual diforder and agité-

p, and

tion of mind, his célour changed dften; p) at

it |

il

length he q) aréle from his féat, and coming

gffice

down from the bench, placed himfelf juft

fi

oot

r) by the unfortunate man at the s) bar, to

oth 8

the no fmall afténifhment of all préfent,

25 1

. You fee befére you, {aid he, addréfling him-

g bre

felf to thofe, who had fat on the bench with

him, a ftriking inftance of the juft t) awirds

vho

y M

of héaven, which u) this day after thirty

)

the

yéars V) concéalment prefénts to you a gréa=

e,

die Gefchworne,

ch

1) verdif¥ , der Ausfpruch

den

der Gefchwornen, m) guilty, fchuldig, firaf-

y)to

bar, regiert den Genitivum; guilt, das Ver-

b,

brechen.

n) which he happened - day, wel-

ches er zufilliger weife diefen Tag war, 7o

0) Meawwhile , mitt-

fpri

happen, fich zutragen.

chigs

lerweile, p) at length, zulezt. (atlaft.) q)te

)t

l

arife s arofe , arifen , fich erheben, entipringen.

die

1) by;

neben. s) bar, die Schranken eines Ge-

1760

richts.

t) award, Urtheil, richterlicher Spruch.

0!

W) this day - years, heut vor dreifsig Jahren,

dere

V) concealment | Velrberg.‘u

ng, VOn to conceals

%

ulh

-

36

Examples of virtue and wice

ter criminal, than the man jult now foﬁna‘?

guilty,

Sl . e

Then he made an ) 4mple conféffion -of

his guilt and of all its aggravations,

Nor

can 1 feel, continued he, any relief from the

sgonies of an x) awdkened cOnfcience, but

by requiring that juftice be y) forthwith done

agiinft me in the moft public and {Glemn

P

manner,

é

¢

We may eifily fuppdfe the améizement of

al

all the affémbly and z) efpécially of his a) fel-

h

low judges.

Howéver they procéeded npon

i

his conféffion b) to pafs {éntence upbn him,

and he died with all the c) fymptoms of a

S il

;:

fich verbergen, W) ample , Weitléuftig; X) to

awaken, erwachen,

y) forthwith , fogleich,

z) efpecially , vorziiglich.

pli

ol

Kamerad‘ Diefes Wort wird mit Vie-

a) fellow,

um eine Gleich-

Ten Wortern zufammengefezt,

heit des Standes oder der Befchiftigung anzu-

zeigen,

wie das Wort mit im Dent{chen,

Z

E hier,

Mit- Richter, Collegen.

Es hat auch

eine verachtliche Bedeutung, und entfpricht in

diefem Fall dem Wort Kerl #m Deutichen,

b) 1o pafs [emtence upon one, einem das Ur-

el PARSN Ftige ennsy’ e

theil {prechen.

c) fymptoms , Kennzeichen,

37

dramn from biftory.

ind

pénitent mind, Dr. Fordyce in his dialégues

vpon education fays, the abbve is a true

ftory, and hippened in a d)néighbour

nof

pot many years ago.

Y

ing/ ftate

Yot

m the

Benéficence,

, bt

A cértain cardinal by the multitude of his

y done

génerous aétions gave occifion for the world

o

il

to call him the patron of the poor,

This

ecclefifftical prince had a coOnftant chftom,

e) once a week to give public dudience to

all indigent péople in the f) hall of his pa-

@fd

lace, and to reli¢ve évery one accOrding to

npun

i,

their various necéffities, or the motions of

his Own g) bounty, One day a poor widow

3 of 8

encotiraged by the fame ot his botinty, came

into the hall of this cardinal,

with her only

diughter, a beautiful maid about fifteén yéars

L

of 4ge, When her h) turn came to be héard

gle\(‘,hs

ambng a i) crowd of petitioners, the cardinal

obférving the marks of an extradrdinary moé-

{yie

eich

izl

d) neighbouring , benachbart ; neighbour, Nach-

bar; seighbourhood, Nachbar{chaft,

e) once

quch

a week, einmal i der Woche ; week, die Wo-

ht 18

che.

f) hall, eine Halle, ein grofer Saal,

hiet

g) bounty, Gite,

h) turn, Reihe; by turus,

)it

wechfelsweife, 1) crowd J eine Menge,

Jigty

38

Examples of virtue and vice

defty in her fice and k) carriage as alfo in

tue

yo

her diughter, encburaged her to tell her

and

wants 1) freely.

She m) blifking and not

ma

without n, téars o) thus addréffed herfelf to

him:

the

My lord, I p) owe for the q) rent of

Wi

my houfe five r) crowns,

and fuch is my

In

misfortune,

that I have s) no way left to

pay it,

t) fave what would u) bréak my

g

glvi

héart, (and my lind lord v) thréatens to for-

to 1

ce me to it) that is w) to proftitute this my

five

only diughter, whom I have hitherto with

¢)o

gréat care éducated in the x) piths of vir-

thoy

—

and

i,

k) carriage, das Betragen, die Manieren, 1)

nf

Wi

veely, frei, (Adverbium) ; free, frei ( Adjettiv.);

to free, befreien, freemafon, Freimaurer,

m) to

to

blufh, errdthen. n) tear, eine Thrane; fo tear,

tore, torn, zerreiflen, o) thus, alfo, p)fo owe,

fchuldig feyn. q) remt of the hou/e, Hausmie-

the, r) crown, Krone, ein Laubthaler. s) #o

ri‘ih‘

bid

way left, kein Mittel tibrig; left ift das Supi-

Dig

num von to leave, Vverlaflen,

Siehe Nota i,

pag. 1. t) fave, (Adverb.) ausgenommen, u)to

break . broke, brokem, brechen,

Die Verba in

eak, find auf eine dhnliche Art irregulir und

be

machen das Imperf, in oke, und das Supinum.

Jo

in oken.

Pa

V) to threatem, bedroben; thyeate-

ning , Drohung.

w) to proftitute , entehren,

!

x) path, Fosweg, Plad. y) moved with, ge-

Ne

4

drawn fiom biftory.

39

fo n

tue. What I beg of your éminence is, that

you would pléafe to interpdfe your authérity,

| Det

1 not

and protéct us from the violence of this criel

man, - till by héneft induftry we can prociire

of to

the money for him.

‘The cirdinal y) moved

ent of

with admiration of the woman’s virtue and

1 my

médeft requéft z' bid her be of good coura-

eft

to

ge: then he immediately a) wrote 2 billet and

k my

giving it into the woman's hand, Go,faid he

) for

to my b) ftéward and he f{hall deliver thee

is my

five crowms to pay thy rent.

The widow

) WI

th

c) overjoyed and retrning the cardinal d) a

f Vi

thoufand thanks, went diréctly to the ftéward,

and gave him the note.

When he had réad

She aft6-

it, he e) pulld out fifty ctOwns.

nifhed at the f)méaning of it, and not kno-

0, )

&W)y

wing what the cirdinal had wrote, refufed

mh

to take above five crownbs',. faying fhe g)mén-~

wary

010ty

mie

riihrt von; to move. bewegen‘, rihren. 2) t>o

bid, bade , bidden , befehlen;

to forbid, ver-

) 10

up!

bieten,

ta Ly

)t

a) to write, wrote , written ov *9rote, {chrei-

a 10

ben

b) fleward, Haushofmeifter.

c) over-

und

d) a thoufand. Siehe Nota v.

joyed, entziikt,

nu

pag. 27. e) to pull out, herausziehen. f) the

lt

meaning , die Meynung,

von to mean, mey-

fefh

g

nen, g) -to‘mention\, Meldung thun, anfiih‘ren.

%

40 Examplek of vivtue and vice

tioned no more to his éminence and fhe was

fureit was fome h miftike, On the other hand the

ftéward i) infifted on his mafter’s order, not

But all

k) daring 1) to call it in quéftion.

the arguments, he could ufe were infufficient

m) to prevail on her, to take any more than

five crowns;

n) Wherefore to end the con-

trover{y, he offered to go o) back with her

to the cardinal and p) refér it to him, When

they came before that q) munificent prince,

and he was fully informed of the bafinefs, It

is true, fays he,

I miftéok in writing fifty

crowns, give me the phper, and 1 will r ré-

Je

(l

&ify it.

Up6n which he wrote agéin {aying

¢l

h) miﬁa')‘ée, Irrtﬁum; to miftake, fich irren,

i) to infift on fomething, auf etwas beftehen,

k) to dare, fich untezftehen, 1)to call in que-

m; o

Stion, in Zweifel zichen, bezweifeln,

prevail on one, einen uberreden,

n) wheye-

ore,

weswegen,

o) back, zurik;

back ,

(Subft,) der Ruken, der hintere Theil von et-

Was.

p) to refer to, verweifen, lich bezie~

hen, q) munificent , freygebig.

r) to relify,

berichtigen ,

von dem franzofifchen wefiifier.

Die Art der Uebertragung derjenigen franzofi-

{chen Zeitworter ins Englifche, die fich auf fier

gnc;ligen » ift diefe, dafs diefc Endung fichin /y

dvawn from bifforys

41

wah

to the wbéman: fo much s) cindour and vir-

Here 1 have or-

d the

tue deférve a récompence,

, 1ok

dered you five hundred crowns; what you

tall

can fpare of it, t) lay up as a n) dowry te

ent

give with your diughter in marriage.

e than

o0le

Indolence.

h het

Theodofius, the roman émperor, had beent

hen

ufed, when a v) child to fign all the afts,

1ince,

which were brought to him by his minifters,

s, It

without réading them; and he was fo indo-

ity

£ 16

lent and thoughtlefs as to continue the fame

chftom after he was married, His fifter Pul-

hying

cheria, to w) apprize him of the evil confe-

quences, that might attend it, ciufed an alt

ot

to be driwn up, whereby he x) yiélded to

her for ever the émprefs Eudocia as her y){la-

ety

ve.

This aét the émperor figned as ufual

?eheﬂ.

que

m, 0

’

heres

bﬂtk )

verwandelt,

8) candour, Redlichkeit,

t) ta

)i et‘

w) dowry, Heurathsgut,

,ezie-

lay up , zurik legen.

iy

Avusftener, Witthum, von dem franzéfifchen

douaire.

v) child, eiu Kind, im Plurali chil-

if

dren. childhood. Kindheit.

W) to apprize one

bl

of fome thing . eien von etwas belehren, X) e

fit

oy

yield , weichen, abt_retten.‘ 19! /lrave , Sklave,

42

Extamplés of virtue and vice

without z) perifing it, or even aj enquiring

swhat it conthined, Some fhort time after his

fifter prefénted him with the 2, and defired

the would réad it

He did, but was {o b)a-

fhimed of bis ‘P_,fa{‘t indolence and negléét, that

he néver after figned any papers, till he had

éither atténtively réad them himfelf, or was

well inform d what they contained,

Univerfal hiftory, Val, XVI,

i

‘Flattery.

Aﬁ‘tinchu’s_» ‘Sidetes king of Syria was 2

¢

p’rincev éftimable for many good qualities, As

a prOof of his c¢) wisdom he detéfted flattery.

One day having loft himfelf d) a hinting,

and being alone, be e) rode up to the f) cét-

~

”Sk‘laviﬁn.l z) to pevufe , durchlefen.

a) to enquire, for{chen, nachfragen; enquiry

Unterfuchung, b, to be afhamed of /omething,

fich einer Sache f{chidmen,

c) wisdom, Weis-

heit , von wife, weife

d) a hunting , im Ja-

gen,

Ver Artikel a wird bisweilen ftatt der

Prépolfitionen in, of, o, on, into gebraucht, fo

hunt, jagen’s huuter, ein Jager; hunt’sman, ein

Jager, Jagerburfche, von dem angelfiichfifchen

huntian, von welchem auch das deutfche Wort

Huni-abgeleitet ift. e) tovide, rode, reiten,

£) cottage, Hutée, von dem angel{%chii{chen

- drawn Jrrom biftory.

43

ing

his

tage of a poor fimily, who recéived him in

the beft manner, g) they could, without

red

kndwing him, At fapper having himfelf tor-

)%

ned the converfation upén the coOnduét and

that

chiratter of the king, they faid, that he was

fiad

in évery thing h) elfe a good prince, but

o

that his too gréat piffion for hinting made

him negléét the affiirs of the kingdom and

A

i) repofe too much coOnfidence in his k) couir-

tiers, whofe 4¢tions did not always correfpond,

with the gbodnefs of his inténtions; Antio-

chus'made no anfwer at that time,

The next

% 4

A

day upOn the 1) arrival of his m) train at

fery.

the cottage, he was known, He repéated to

:ings

his atténdants, what had pafled the n) évening

cot-

before, and told them by way of reproach:

»Since 1 have tiken you into my férvice, I

have not héard a trith, concérning myfelf,

till o) yéfterday,

1y

Plutarch in bis spophth, p, 185

?:é,’n

s

‘Wort cot, eine Hiitte; cottager, Hiittenbewoh-

ot

ner,

fo

which.

g) Hier ift darunter zu verftehen, in

n

h) elfe, fonft; elfewhere, anderswo,

efl

i) to repofe, fezen, legen, k) courtier , Hof-

it

mann. 1) agrrival, Ankunft, von dem fran-

Iy

zofifchen arriver.

m) train, Gefolge,

n)

i}

evening , der Abend (eve).

0) yefterday, ge-

44

Examples of virtue and vice

Niele, bifhop of Lincoln and And'rews

bifhop of Winchefter, being at dinner with

king James in public, James in this fituation

had the imprudence to propdfe p) aldud this

quéftion, q) whéther he might not take his

fubjet’s méney without confént of r) parlia=

ment 2 The s) {ycophant Niele replied: ,, God

forbid, you fhould not, for you are the

t) bréath of our u) noéfirils! Andrews v)de-

elined anfwering the quéftion, faying he was

not w) fkilled in parliamentary cafes,

On

the kings x) tUrging him he ' y) pléafant-

ly replied; ',,I think your méajefty has an

Ly, O e gmmy o

-

ftern,

p) aloud, laut, von Joud und a als

Prepofition zufammen gefezt. q) whether , ob.

t) parliament.

In diefem Wort wird das 7 in

der Mitte nicht ausgefprochen,

s) [ycophant,

ein Schmeichler, Speichelleker,

t) breath, der

Athem, vom angelfdchfifchen brathe , nieder-

fachfifch bradem, u)uoftril, Nafenloch, v)¢o

decline, ablehnen, fich weigern, declined ans-

wering , ein Anglicifmus, wo das Participium

ftatt des Infinitivi gebraucht wird.

W) /killed,

gelchickt; umfkilled, ungefchickt; /kill, die Ge-

ichickiichkeit, = x) to wrge ome, in einen drin-

gen Yy ,'«pcﬁm[antlu, {cherzhaft (fr. pla;fant)‘

’

i]mmn from biffory,

45

ewd

m&d&nb‘ted z) right to 'mg bro'thetf Niele's

\

yith

money, “

Hon

Life _Qf Andrews bifhop of Winf'heﬁer,-

this

¢ 1

Genero/fity.

;%irlia-

A\efch'ines and Demofthenes were the two

(God

gréateft 6rators, which a) Gréece or perhips

the

any other nation ever produced. The former

)de-

having b) drawn up an accufation aghinft one

Was

Ctefiphon or rather agiinft Demofthenes, a

(n

No

time was fixed for héaring the c) trial.

ante

ciufe ever excited fo much curibfity, nor

a0

was d) pléaded with {fo much pomp, Péople

e) flocked to it from all parts, fays Cicero

and they had gréat réafons for fo doding; for

what fight could be nobler, than a ) cOnflick

between two 6rators, éach of them éxcellent

48

in his way, both formed by nature improved

b,

pin

by grt, and énimated by perpétual diffénfions,

ufmt,

der

der

)t

z) right, Recht; .he is in the right, er hat

pis

recht,

i

Sheiland.

M’

a) Greece, Gr

b) to draw up,

(e

entwerfen,

¢) trial, Procefs.

d) to plead,

einen Procefs fuhren (fr. plaider).

e) to flock

fir

to fomething , haufenweife fich be

etwas ver-

1t

fa’mmlen\, von flock, die Heerde, f) conﬂi&,

46 | Examples of virtue and vice

and an g) infuperable h) jéaloﬁf}/! The difpo-

{ition of the péople and the i) jinlture of the

times feemed to favour Aefchines; k) néver-

thelefs he loft his caufe and was juftly 1) fén-

tenced to be m) binifhed for his rafh accu-

{ation, He n) thereupén went and o) fettled

e —————

at Rhodes, whete he Opened a {chool of élo-

quence, the fame and glory p) of which con-

tinued fo many 4ges.

He begin his q) léCtue

i

res with the two orations,

which had occa-

m

fioned his banifhment, - Gréat r) encomiums

Je

were given to that of Aefchines; but when

0

they héard that of Deméfthenes, the s) plau-

1

dits and acclamations were redolbled;

and it

t

was then, ke fpoke thofe words Ifo gréatly

o

Kampf. g) z'n{upera?)le, untiberwindlich. h) jéa-

loufy, (t/chellufi) Eiferfucht (fr.

jaloufie). 1) jun-

1l

Fure - times , ZLeitumftande.

k) neverthele/s,

deffenunerachtet

1) to femtemce, verurtheilen,

von fentence , ein Spruch. m) to bani/h, ver-

bannen.

n) therewpon , hierauf,

0) to [fettle,

fich hauslich niederlafien,

p) of which, deren,

Which , im Genitivo wird immer dem

omi-

nativo nachgefezt, anftatt dafs der Genitivus

von who dem Nominativo voraus geht. q) /e-

fures, Vorlefungen

r) emcominm , Lobrede,

(ift aus dem griechifchen abgeleitet), &) plan-

B S e o BT e T e i

dramwn ﬁ‘oin biftory.

47

B

t) lﬁudable in the u) mouth of an énemy.;

the

,yBut what applaufes wouid you have beftd-

jefs

wed, had you héard -Demé&henes fpéuk it

o0

himfelf!

000

The vifor likewife made a good ufe of

for the inftant Aefc ines left

ffled

the cénquett,

Athens, in order to v) embérk for Ricdes,

"¢lo.

con

Demofthenes w) ran after Jim, and foiced

fite

him to accépt of a purfe of méney; which

muft fave obliged zim fo much the more as

oithe

s

he x) had lefs room to expétt fuch an offer,

On this occafion Aefckines cried out; ,, How

plien

will it‘b»e péifible for me to y) regrét a _cémiy-

[au=

d it

try, in which ) léave an enemy more géne-

rous, than ] can hope to find friends in any

atly

part of the world,

)

. Honour,

<

The {panif hiftorians relate a mémorable

o

infrance of As6nour and regird to trith,

A

I

45y

el

dit, Beyfall, aus dem lateinifchen, t}"laudab[é,-

eI

lobenswiirdig, von dem lateini(cien laudabilis,

fby

u) mouth, Mund, Miindung. by way of moutl,

ne

ET‘I.

miundlich, v)to embark, fich einfchiffen (em=

barquer). w) to vum , van, run, lavfen; fo

us

12

run after one, einem nachlaufen, X) had lfs

e

room, weniger Urfache hatte; woom, Raum,

ﬂo

ein Zimmer, y) to regret, ‘bedauern, (fr, re-

\

48

Examples of virtue and vice

fpénifth cavalier in a 2) flidden quérrel a) {lew

a moorifh géntleman and b) fled. His ¢ pur-

flers foon d) loft fight of him, for he had

f

e) unpercéived' thrown himfelf over a garden

wall, The Owner a moor héppening to be in

was addréflfed by the fpaniard

h

his garden,

on his knées, who f) acquiinted him with

Ct

his cafe and implored concéalment, ,, Eat this*

o

faid the moor, ,giving him g) half a h) peach,

had

firft

Slou now know, that you may i) confide in

p——

Jean

N

it

hPH

gretter). Z) [udde?z q;mrrel , ein plozlicher

0ne

Streito

his

a) flew, Imperf; von io ftay, [lew, [lain,

dey

todt {chlagen,

b) to flee, fled, fliechenj von

dem aungelfichiifchen flean,

Der Infinitivus

von diefem Verbo wird oft unrichtigerweife

diefes heift aber fliegen, und

fly gefchrieben ;.

hat im Imperfeto nicht fled, fondern flew.

c) purfuer,

" Verfolger, von to purfue, verfol-

f

ren.

d) to lofe fig

ht of ome, einen aus dem

£

Geficht verlieren, e) u-nperceived ,anvermerkt,

il

£) to acquaint one with Jomething, einen von

€l

etwas benachrichtigen; acquaintance, Bekannt-

(g

fi

fchaft, Bekannter. g) half a, ‘Wie bei den Ad-

&ivis die einen Grad der Vergleichung an-

bt

je

C

hen fie und dem Sub-

zeigen der Artikel zwif

ftantivo gefezt wird, fo gefchieht dies auch

bei den Worten a/f und hal .

h;

each, ein

€l

Pferfich, von dem franzélichen péche. 1) to con-

li

de

dvawn from hz’ﬂory:

49

ey

my protéction.® He then k) 1ocked him up

in his garden 1) apirtment, telling him, as

pur-

had

foon as it was night, he would m) provide

den

for his n) efcipe to a place of gréater {afety,

e {0

The moor then went into his houfe,

where

aiard

he had but juit féated himfelf, when a great

with

crowd with louid acclamations came to his

this"

gite, bringing the o) cérpfe of his fon, who

ach,

had juft been killed by a Spiniard. When the

e in

firft p) fhock of furprife was a little over, he

learnt from the defcription given, that the

fatal q) déed was done by the r) very perfon

then in his power., He méntioned this to no

Nighes

one;

but as foon as it was dark retired to

his garden, as if to griéve alone, giving or-

/Zam.

Then

R (]

ders that néne {fhould follow him.

pitivo

i

iyt

7

N

flr

nff()l

Vde in fomething, fich auf etwas Verlaﬂ'én.

k) to lock up, einfechlieflen; Jock. ein Schlofs;

dem

padlock, ein Vorleg-Schlofs.

L apavtment,

lel'kto

ein Zimmer,

auch eine Reihe von Zimmern

yon

m) to provide for fomething,

qnnk

(appartement).

n) efcape, Flucht;

oA

fur etwas beforgt feyn.

to efcape , flichen (échapper). 0) corpfe, Leich-

0 a

nam. (corps). P) fhock, Anfall, von to /hock,

1 Q!]b‘

ftofsen, angreifen, q) deed, That, Handfchrift,

.aufh

ein offentliches Inftrument, Urkunde, Wirk-

y

el

(¥

lichkeit, Daher,indee_l%, in der That, 1) very,

jvdf

50 ‘E‘xm'n‘ple: of virtue and vice

s) al:cé&‘ing the Spaniard, he faid , ,» Chriftian,

the perfon, you have killed is my fon, his

body is now in my houfe.

You ought to

6a

fuffer, but you have éaten with me, and I

j

have given you my faith, which muft not

be broken. He then led the afténifhed Spa-

niard to_his t) ftibles, and mounted him on

fi

one of his u) fléeteft horfes, and faid, ,fly

it

far, white the night can cover you, you will

{h

be fafe in the mOrning,

You are indéed guil-

tol

ty of my fon’s blood: but god is juft and

the

good, and I thank him', I am innocent of

A0

yours; and that my faith given is preférved,

18

This point of hoénour is moft religioufly

t

obférved by the Arabs and Saracens,

from

whom it was v) adbpted by the Moors of

Africa and by them was brought into Spain,

the effé€ts of which remaiin to this day.

One

inftance of {panifh hbénour cannot but flill be

w) frefh in the mémory of many living #nd

lie

fii

deférves to be x) handed dc‘)w/n to the lateft

et

poi’cﬁérity.

—

lad¢

(Adjettiv.) eben derfelbe. ) fo cccoft, anre-

den (fr. accofter). t) flable, Stall, (fr. étable)

fe

to ftgble, in den Stall einfperren.- u) fleet,

biL

fchnell. V) to adopt, an Kindesftatt annehmen,

fe

aufnehmen, w) frefh, frifch, von dem angel-

By

fichfifchen Wort frefe. X) to hand down, iiber<

Q

f

dramn from biftory.

5I

A,

In the yéar 1746, when we were in y) hot

hig

war with Spain, the Elifabeth of London,

to

captain William Edwards coming through the

i1

gulph from Jamaica richly z) laden, met with

ot

a moft violent ftorm, in which the f hip

Sp

a) fprung a léak, that obliged them for the

i}

faving of their lives to run into the Havin-

nﬂy

nah, a fpanifh port,

The captain went on

wi

I

fhore, and diréttly waited on the gévernor,

il

told the occifion of his b) phtting in, and

and

that he c) furréndered the fhip as a d) prize,

t of

and himfelf and his men as prifoners, only

Vedo

requéfting good e) quérter, »No Sir%, replied

oully

the gévernor, ,,if we had taken you in f) fair

from

war at fea, or approaching our coaft with

s of

g) hoftile inténtions, your {hip would then

Spal

(ne

1l be

liefern; o hand, einhindigen, i)ei der Hand

dnd

teft

dem niederfachfi{chen Zet.

fuhren. y) hot. heifs, hizig, wolliiftig; von

Z, to iade, laden,

Jaden,

a) to fpring a leak, lech werden ,‘ das Wa-

N

fer hinein laffen, von, /leak,

ein Rifs.

b to

1)

put in, einlavnfen,

c) to furrender, uberlie-

Jothy

fern, fich ergeben (fr. /e reunire..

d) prize,

nefly

Prife, Beute im Krieg (fr. prife)

€) quarter,

¢l

Quartier, Wohnung.

£) in fair war, in of-

Jia

fenem Kriege, g) hq/iz'g ,zfe?ndfelig (vom la-

52

Examples of virsue and vice

have been a prize, and your péople prifoners;

but when h) diftréffed by a témpeft you come

into our ports, for the fafety of your lives,

ne

we the énemies,

beéing men, are bound as

hiy

fuch by the laws of huminity, to afford re-

th

lief to diftréfled men,

who afk it of us.

€!

We cannot even aghinft our énemies take ad-

vintage of an aft of god, You have i) léa-

ve therefdre to unload your fhip, if that be

nl

néceffax‘y to ftop the léak; you may k) refit

Wit

her here,

and 1) -traffick fo far as fhall be

eett

r_iéceﬁhry to pay the m) chirges; you may

fim

then depart and I will give you a pafs to be

U)

in force, till you are n) beyénd Bermuda: if

104

after that you are taken, you will then be

wh

alawful prize; but now you are only a ftran-

e

ger, and have a ftringer’s right to fafety and

2l

prqté&ion. 6

‘The {hip accordingly departed

le

»

and arrived fafe in London,

Humanity.

When Quintus Cecilius Metellus, the ro-

Udg

Wi

du

éein. hoftilis). ~ h) difiréfled, ungliicklich;

diftréfs , Ungliik, Elend,” 1) leave, Erlanbnifs.

¢l

k) to refit, ein Schiff ausbeffern.

fe

1) to traffick,

die

einen Handel treiben; trafick, Handlung,

Joi

m) ‘c.’lfarg»es ; U:nkoi’cen. n) beyond , jenfeit,

Joi

b

?frdwn /fram biftory.

53

efs)

man procénful had o) in#éﬁed Nertobrigia,

ome

a chief lord of the céuntry named Rhetoge-

Ves)

nes, came out of the place, and furréndered

himfelf to the Romans; but as he had left in

g a8

q 18

the city his wife and children, the inhfbitants

f 18,

enrdged at his defértion, placed them in the

{4 ide

p) bréach, which the q) légionaries were to

mount, r) Hereupén the good natured géne-

| Jea

ut be

ral, finding, he could not attick the city

) § eii‘t

without -s) fpilling their blood, abindoned a

Il be

cértain cénqueft and raifed the t) fiege, The

may

fame of an at of fuch huminity, being {oon

to be

u) fpréad thrdugh all Terracénian Spain, the

inh#bitants of the revélted cities v) ftrove,

gt i

en De

who fhould fitft fubmit to him,

Metellus re-

ferane

céived them and améng the reft the Nertobri-

gians into an alliance with Rome, and at

y nt

length recévered the whole country.

p fel

Univérfal hiftory Vol, XII, p. .387‘.

e 10

iiber etwas hinaus,

0) to inveft a town, ei-

ne Stadt berennen,

p) breach, Brefche, eine

durch das Gefchiiz gemachte Oeffnung (fr Asé-

lichs

che). q) tegionaries, die Soldafen der romi-

fchen Legionen.

r) Hereupon, hierauf; eben

bnir&

di¢ Znfammenfezung wie im Ueutichen, s) to

1%[/3,

}ll]ng'

Jpill, vergieffen. t) fiege, Belagerang, w) to

Jpread, [pread, ausbreiten, fich verbreiten,

eity

54 Examples of virsue "rmd vice

\ Magnanimity.

c\

u‘

Subrius Flavius the rdman tribline, being

w) impéached, x, for having confpired agdinft

N

the life of the émperor Nero, mnot only

y) Owned the charge, but gloried in it. Updn

4

the émperor’s afking him, what provocation

he had given him to z) plot his déath? ,, be=

caufe 1 a) abhérred thee*, faid Flavius, ,,though

there was not in the whole army one more

)

zéaloufly attiched to thee, than [, as long

as thou didft mérit affétion; but 1 begin to

hate thee, when thou becimeft the miirderer

fi

of thy mother, the murderer of thy brother

iy

and wife,

a b) chariotéer, a comédian,

an

(

V) to ﬁrive, firove, - fich bemiihen.

w) to

impeach , anklagen (fr, empecher), Es wurde

ehemals auch in der Bedeutung des franzofi-

fchen Worts empecher gebraucht, diefe Bedeu-

tung ift aber izt veraitet, impeachment, An-

klage, x) for haviug confpired, weil er fich

ver{chworen habe,

Das wegen, weil, dafs im

Deutfchen wird 6fters im Englifchen fehr {chun

~durch Participial - Conftrutionen ' ausgedriikt.

y) to own, geftehen, bekennen.

z) to plot,

fich verfchwéren ,

heimlich berathfchlagen,

durchzutreiben fuchen; plot, Verfchworung.

a) to abhor , verabfcheven; abhéyvence, V érf,-

abi:cheuang.

b) chariotesr , Fuhrmann, wird

i£

dramn from biftory.

55

¢) incéndiary }a.nd a tyrant,* - Tacitus a tells

eing

us that the whele confpiracy afforded nothing,

1

nft

which proved fo bitter and d) pungent to

on

Nero as this reproach,

He Ordered Flavius

ly

U

pln

to be immédiately put to déath, which he

vt

jon

faffered with amizing intrepidity, When the

execltioner defired him to e) ftretch out his

bt

oigh

f) neck viliantly, ,,1 wifh*, replied he,

mote

» thou mayft ftrike as viliantly,

Jong

One of the favourites of king Hehry ‘the

;(m 0

having been

rderet

fifth, when prince of Wales,

g) indifted for fome h) misdeméanour was

other

an

condémned i) notwithftdnding all the intereft

he could make in his fivour; and he was fo

W

)0

yurde

i

ol

nur von Streitwagén oder bei einem Wettren-

nen gebraucht,

c) imcendiary,, Mordbrenner,

An

(vom latein. incendiarius).

d) pungent . fte.

!

ich

fs 10

chend, {pizig.

e) to firetch out, ausftrecken,

f) weck , der Hals, der Bufen eines Frauenzim-

{chin

mers ; necklace , Halsband ; meckeloth , Halstuch,

drik

A

g) to indif¥, endif¥ oder indite , {chriftlich vor

) pmh

indif¥ment , eine von den

Gericht verklagen;

]]agell.

Gefchwornen fur giiltig erkannte Klage ; iber-

Ing

haupt auch eine Anklage oder Befchuldigung,

h) misdemeanour , Verbrechen, Misbrauch ei-

{/er

qlfd

nes Offentlichen Amtes, 1) notwithﬁandz’ng,

56

Examplér of virtue and vice

k' incénfed at the 1) iffue of the trial, that

he ftruck the judge on the bench.

This ma-

giftrate, whofe name was Sir William Gafcoign

E

4éted with a {pirit becOming his charatter,

h\

He inftantly Ordered the prince to be comit-

ted to prifon, and young Henry by this time

{énfible of the infult, he had Offered the laws

of his country, fOffered himfelf to be quietly

condiifted to m) gaol by the Officer of jufti-

;

ce, The king, (Henry the fourth) who was

an excellent judge of minkind, was no foo-

Pé

ner informed of this tranfaction, when he

o

cried out in a tranfport of joy: ,, Hippy is

e

the king, who has a migiftrate n) pofléffed

)

of céurage to éxecute the laws, and ftill more

hippy in hiving a fon who will fubmit to

fuch o) chaftifement,

{E

Continence.

In the réign of Charles the fécond, when

mit dem Accufativo, unerachtet, k) z'hcm/a,

erbittert. 1) i/fue, Ausgang,

m) gaol, Ker-

ker (ft. geole). Man {chreibt es auch jai/ und

- e e _ N g

fpricht es aus (d/chihi).

a thing,

etwas belizen.

n) fo be pofjeffed of

o) chaftifement ,

Ziichtigung ; to chaftife, ziichtigen (fr, chatier).

Ten.

drawn from biffory, /

57

that

P) iicénﬁoufnefs was at its héight in Britain,

m

a q) yéoman of the guards refufed the miftrefs

ign

of a king.

Thé lady, who was diffatisfied

tef,

with her noble lover, had fixed her eyes

i

upon this man, and thought, fhe had no

time

more to do than fpéak her pléafure,

He got

Jaws

out of her way.

He refufed to underftand

etly

her, and when {he prefled him, firther, faid,

ifti-

I am married,

The ftory réached the king

with all its circumftances : but they, who ex~

W‘AS

foo-

péted an extrivagant r) laugh upon the oc-

He fent for the

1 he

cafion were s) difappointed,

yis

pérfon; he found him a géntleman, / though

fled

t) redliced to that mean ftation, and, u),6dds

note

fifh, man“, fays he, ,,though I am not ho-

I value

£ 10

neft enbugh to be virtuous myfelf,

them that are. He gave him an appointment

and refpétted him for life,

hen

p) licentionfuefs, Ausgelaffenheit.

Q) yeoman

of the guard, Ein Gemeiner von der Leibgarde,

r) laugh , das Gelachter, von to laugh, lachen,

t[e d’

s) dilappointed, getiufcht ;

difappointment,

(et

Tiaofchung.

t) to reduce, bringen, herabfe-

ond

zen, gerathen (fr, reduire).

u) odds fifh, ein

f

englifcher Schwur, den man nach Belieben in

iy

)

einen deutfchen tibertragen kann, etwan Mei-

58

Examples of virtue and vige

Difintereftednefs,

t

When Brefle was tiken by ftorm from the

Venétians, the chevalier Bayard fived a houfe

from plunder, whither he had retired to have

a dangerous wound v) dreft,

which he re-

I:f

céived in the fiege, and fecured the miftrefs

of the fimily and her two daughters, who

were hid in it, At his depérture the lady, as®

a mark of her grititude, Offered him a w)c4-

0

fket, contiining two thohfand five hundred

to

diicats, which he x) ébftinately refufed, But

hi

obférving that his refufal was véry difpléafing

fh

to her, and not ciring to léave her diffitis-

|

fied, he confénted to accépt of her préfent,

and calling to him the two young lidies to

take his léave of them, he prefénted éach of

them with a thoufand dicats, to be 4dded to

their portion, and left the remaining five

hundred to be diftributed among the inhibi-

)

tants that had been plt’mdered.

¥

Vie dﬁ‘ chevalier Bayard,

ner fechs. V) to dvefs a wound, eine Wunde

wverbinden,

w) cafket, ein Kaftchen,

X) ob-

ﬁinately,‘ hartnakig, vom lateip, obftinatus ;

R R R B XL NI ) el s 30

&

59

dvawn from real | life.

. A poor man, who was y) door-keeper

to a z) boarding houfe in Milan, found a

the

oufe

purfe with two hundred crowns in it;. \Thé

man, who had loft it, informed by a public

ave

a) advértifement came to the houfe, and gi-

6 18

ving good proof that the purfe belonged to

iftrels

him, the door-keeper b) reftored it to him,

who

‘The dwner, full of joy and grititude, éffe-

, 88

red his benefictor twenty crowns, which the

) e

other 4bfolutely refufed. He then came down

\dred

to ten, and afterwards to five, but finding

But

him ftill ¢) inéxorable, he throws his purfe upon

aling

the ground, and in an angry tone, ,,1 have

ﬂ}iti&

loft nothing ¢

fays he, ,, nothing at all,

if

font,

you thus refufe me to d) accépt of 4ny thing.s

o5 10

The doodrkeeper then accépted five crowns,

chof

Jed 10

five

i

obftinacy .

Hartnackigkeit,

y) door - keeper,

Thurhuter.

z) boarding - houfe, ein Kofthaus,

'vop board, der Tif?h, und figurlich die Koft,

d,

a) advertifement, suter Rath, offentliche

Ankiindigung (fr, gquertiflement). b) toreftore,

wieder geben, erfezen.

c) imexoyable, uner-

bittlich,

d) to accept, gernt annehmen, zum

Unterfchied von seceive.

welches annehmen

gnde

iiberhaupt heift.

Es wird gewdhnlich mit dem

)oé

fsy

Accofativo, zuweilen aber auch wie z, E, hier

6o

Examples of vivrue and vice

which he immédiately diftributed among thq

poor,

i}

‘Prodigality.

]

The €) prodigility of the emperor Helio-

gibalus was as boundlefs, as his f) luft; for

in the fhort time of his réign he is faid to

have rediiced almoft to béggary all the {ab-

jefts of his émpire, and to have left the

g) exchéquer quite h) émpty, He fiffered

th

n6thing to appéar at his table; but what was

pe

brought from the moft diftant countries at an

n(

imménfe expénce,

His pélace, his chamber,

an

and his beds were all firnifhed with cloth of

)

gold. When he went abroad, all the way

\

betwéen his chamber and the place, where

his chariot waited for him, was i) ftréwed

with gold duft, for he thought it benéath

him to k) tréad upln the ground like other

men, All his tibles chefts, 1) chairs and fuch

T s Sl SRl L S T L

mit dem Genitivo 'conftruirt. e) [érodigalify,

Verfchwendung,

£) luft, Wollutt, g) excig-

quer , die Schazkammer,

h) empty, leer; to

empty , leeren; ewmptine/s, Leere, 1) to flrew,

ftreuen.

k) to twvead, trod, trodden, treten,

1) chair, cin Seflel wit einer Lehne, zum Un-

;iramn ﬁ’om" biﬂo@. |

61

the

m) véflels, a8 wer‘e“ déftined for the méanefk

Ufes, were of pure gold, Though his cl_othés

were excéedingly coftly and n) befét with

jéwels and précious ftones, he is faid never

B

dlioe

to have worn one o) fuit twice,

nor éver

for

put on agiin a ring, which he had once Ufed,

d to

He was cénftantly ferved in gold plate; but

fih-

every night after {{ipper prefénted to bis guefts

the

and atténdants, what had been made ufe of

oted

that day,

He often diftributed amobng the

i

people and p) {oldiery, not only corn and

an

money, as other émperors had done, but gold

and filver plate, jéwels, précious ftones, and

1het,

hof

q) tickets r) intitling t/em to imménfe fums,

yay

which were immédiately paid. He caufed zis

hete

fifh s) ponds to be filled with water diftilled

el

/

/

Jath

her

ich

terfchied von flool, ein beweglicher Siz ohne

Lehne,

m) vefl+!, Gefchirr, Gefafs.

n) befet,

befezt, vou to befet, befezen, einfchlieffen,

umringen,

0) fuit, ein ganzer Anzug; law-

Juit, ein Procefs.

p) foldiery, Kriegsvolk,

von /oldier , ein Soldat.

q) ticket, ein Loos,

1y

ein Billet, das bei Offentlichen Schaufpielen aus-

i

getheilt wird, um eingelaffen zu werden, ein

f0

Zettel.

r) to iutitle ome to fomething , einen

Wy

zu etwas berechtigen, von title, ‘Titel, Recht,

[y

;]n

s,)\pmd,'ein_ Teich; fi/h-pond, ein Weyher,

62

Examples of virtue and vice

from rofes, and the t) naumachia, ‘\}:Vhere the

u) fea- fights were exhibited with wine His

banquets and entertiinments were expénfive

an

almoft beyond belief, his favourite v) dif/es

1

being w) téngues of x)peacocks and y) nigh-

i

tingales, and the brains of z) parrots and

fic

a; phéafants,

He b) fed 4is dogs with the

of

c) livers of d) geefe, hkis korfes with e) rai-

il

fins and his lions and other wild f) beafts

b

with g) partridges and phéafants,

In {hoert

£ve

the whole wéalth of the roman émpire was

Ving

e

fcarce fufficient to fupply the extr:iva‘gance of

Qne man,

Vit

of

1)

t) naumachia , ein lateinifches Wort; das eng-

lifche heift maumachy, der Plaz,

wo die ‘ee-

{i

gefechte bei den Romern gegeben wurden,

de

u) /ea-fights, Seegefechte, vonto fight, fought,

n

fechten. v difli. ein Gerichte, eine Schiffel,

eine Schale (angelf. di/c und latein. difcus).

Vi

Zunge.

X) peacock,

ein Pfau,

fo

w ) tongue,

gl

y) mightingale ,

eine Nachtigall; z) parrot,

N

ein Papagey.

)

a

a) pheafant, ein Faf

n (fr. fai/an).

b) to

feed, fed. futtern,

daker food, Nahrung

de

c) liver, die Leber.

d) geee, ein irregulairer

v

} luralis von goo/e, eine Gans. - e rajfins. Ro-

e

ki

finen, f) beaft, ein Vieh (fr. béte). “g) par-

I3

dmzvé from biftory,

63

Religiono

e

1is

Mr, Addifon fo deférvedly célebrated for

ve

an uncOHmmon #ccuracy in thinking and réafo-

o8

ning, /Zas given abundant procf of /is %) be-

ol

lief of chriftianity and his i) zéal againft in-

and

fidels of all kinds,

in his évidences of the

tie

chriftian religion,

All &is vvritings on reli-

ol

gious fubjetts difcéver a ftrong méfculine and

afts

k) ftéady piety; and his 4miable cénduét in

ort

évery part of his life gives us tie moft con-

vincing proof, that what fhe wrote ere

yas

o

the génuine {éntiments of /is mind,

But Zis

virtue 1) fhone out m) brigiteft at tie point

of déath; for after a long and mihly but vain

n) &rugble- with his o) diftémpers, fe dis-

-

tridge , ein Reblu/n (fr. \p?rdm‘xj. k) belief,

efly

der Glaube, von to believe, glauben,

Es ift

Dht,

im Englifchen gewdhnlich aus den meiften

2

el

Verbis, die fics auf ve endigen, Subftantiva

$).

fo zu formiren, dafs das v in ein £ verwan.

fall.

delt und das e hinvveg geworfen wird,

i) zeal, Eifer (fr, zéle).

r0fy

k) fieady, ftandhaft,

1) fhone, Imperfet. von to fhine, glinzen,

m) bright, (altdeutlch, brecht) hell, glinzend,

) 10

deutlic, Davon find abgeleitet, to brighten,

ng

Verb, brightifh, Adj. brightly, Adv. bright-

ref

wefs, Subft. n) flruggle, Kampf; to fruggle,

{0

kampfen; flruggler, Kimpfer,

0) diftemper,

i3

64

Examples of vivtue and vice _

miffed his phyficians and with them all hopes

of life: but with his hopes of life he dismif-

ti

fed not his p) concérn for the living, but

h

fent for a youth kéarly q) related and finely

b

accomplifhed, but not abéve beéing the better

for good impréffions from a dying friend, He

came, but life now glimmering in the r) {6-

cket, the dying friend was {ilent, After a

décent and proper paufe the youth faid ,,Déar

i

Sir, you fent for me, I believe and hope you

have {6me commandsy 1 {hall hold them moft

Wit

ficred.* May diftant ages not only héar, but

feel the reply! Forcibly s) grifping the youth’s

the

hand, he {Oftly faid, See in what péace a

i

chriftian can die,

He fpoke with difficulty

fix

1l

and foon expired, Through divine grace icw

gréat is man! through divine mércy how

t, ftinglefs déaﬂﬂ who could not thus expire?

Conjéctures on eriginal difpofitio@

:

b

“wvon dis und temper . eine ungleiche Mifchung

der Theile, Unpafslichkeit. p)concern, Theil-

nehmung, Wichtigkeit,

Kummer,

qQ) »élated

%o ome, mit jemand verwandt.

Alle Adjettiva,

welche eine Verwandfchaft anzeigen. werden

das

fe

mit dem Dativo conftruirt.

r. focket,

]

Rohrlein, worauf ein Licht gefteckt wird. /.ife

fi

mow glimmers iy the focket,

das Lebenslicht

6

giimmert nur noch ein wenig,

s) to gra/p,

greifen, ergreifen; grafp, der Griff, t) fling-

(f

le/s,

e

T,

65

drawn ﬁ"qr‘n l[?iﬁoify.

Sir Tf’a';ic Néwton, univérfally ack’n(){VIe&,

hopes

ismife

ged to be the ableft philofopher and mathema-

but

tician, that this or perhips any éther. nation

has prodiced, is alfo well kndown to have

nely

bettet

been a firm beliévet‘ and a férious . chriftian,

0, He

His difcéveries concérning the frame and {y-

ftem of the univerfe were applied by him to

1) fo-

fler 4

demonftrate the béing of a god, and to il

et

firate his pbwgr and Wisdom_ ‘in the credtion,

Pe yO“

il mCﬁ

This gréa-t man gppﬁea himfelf Tikewife

éﬁf, but

with the utmoft~attéfition to the fitdy of

=

the holy feriptures, and confidered the féveral

outs

géace b

parts of them with uncémmon ex4€tnefs; parf

ﬂlc\m

ticularly as to the Order of time, and the fé-

ries of préphecies and évents reliting to the

e fiow

y how

M eﬂiah.

UpOn which héad he left behind

him an eliborate difcourfe, to prove that the

i}

ol

thmous prophecy of Daniel’s weeks, which

has been fo indﬁ&riously‘ pgryéfted by the

huog

[ heil

i

givay

fefs, ftachellos von fting, der Stachel. ) fra-

(dEﬂ

me, Gebiude, Rabm, Gehdufe, Geriift; #o

das

Jif

Sfrawe , bauen, bilden, entwerfen,

V) dis-

glicht

conr/

e, ein Gefprich, eine Rede, Abhandlupg

'f ﬂ/f”

(fr, di/cour;). i

g

B

JofSs

e

66 Examples of vivtue and vice ¢,

deifts of our times, was an expréfs pr6phecy

of the coming of the Mefﬁah

and fulfilled

in Jeéfus Chrift,

View of his philé{ophy,

t%l

e

dré

mi

1ne

tol

a

CC

te

Wi

B

lg

i

[

W

07

heey

filed

Exémplary jiftice of a pérfian s_ﬁltan‘

-

ly.

As a ‘pérfian faltan lay encéﬁped on the plainvs

of Avala a cértain gréat man of the army én-

tered by force into a b) péafants houfe, and

finding his wife very hindfome, tirned the

good man out of his c¢) dwelling and went

to bed to her,

The péafant complained: the

next moérning to the filtan and defired d) re-

dréfs, but was not able to point out the cri-

minal, , The émperor, who was very much

incénfed at the injury done to the poor man,

told him that prébably the offénder might

give his wife another vifit, and if he did,

commanded him immeédiately to repiir to his

tent and acquaint him with it.

Accbrdingly

within two or three days the 6fﬁcer éntered

agiin the péafants houfe, and turned the Ow-

ner out of doors; who thereupén applied

himfelf to the impérial cout, as he was orde-

% g

a) Tale, eine kurzweilige Erzihlung, ein

Mahrchen,

b) péafant, ein Bauer; von pai-

¢) dwelling , Wohnung , von to dwell,

wohnen, "é) redrefs , Iiillfe, Vergiitung,

>

68

Tales,

red

The faltan went in pérfon with his

b

guards to the poor man’s houfe, where he

of

arrived about midnight,

As the atténdants

A

cirried éach of them a flambeau in their hands;

be

the filtan after having Ordered all the lights

to be put out, gave the word to enter the

houfe, find out the criminal and put him to

This was immédiately éxecuted and

déath.

the corps laid out upon the e) floor by the

]

€émperors commind,

He then bid évery one

of

light his flambeau ,

and ftand abcut the déad

fo:

bédy, The faltan apprdached it, locked upon

ther

the face and immédiately fell upon his knees

in prayer.

that

Upon his rifing up, he Ordered

0t

the péafant to fet befbre him whatéver food

1

he had in the houfe,

The péafant brought

out a great deal of cdarfe f) fare, of which

the émperor eat very héartily,

The péafant

feeing him in very good humour, prefimed

&

1

to afk him why he had ordered the flambeaus

D

to be put out, before he had commanded the

di

ka

addilterer to bfz {lain 2 ‘\«Vhy g, upon their

i

e —t—

i

de

e) flooy, (angelfachfifch flor, dGUffch flur) der

W

Fusboden in einem Haufe

£) fere. Speife,

&

b

Kofk; a bill of fare, ein Kiichenzettel, g) upon-

an

again, beift: Wiederanziinden, Es ift eine Ei-

fi

le.e.fo

69

| his

e lie

‘being léghted again , he looked upon the face

of the déad bédy, and fell down in prayer?

fants

And why, 4fter this he had ordered méat to

nds

be fet befdre him,

of which he now éat fo

hohts

héartily 2 The faltan, being willing to gra-

et {he

tify his hoft, é&nswered him in this manner:

him to

Updn heéaring the gréatnefs of the. offénce,

od and

which had been coritted by one of the irmy,

by the

1 had réafon to think it might have been one

for who elfe would have been

i one

of my f{ons,

> déad

fo audicious and prefiming? 1 gave orders

upon

therefore for the lights to be extinguilhed,

knees

that T might not be h, let aftray by partidlity

dered

or compiffion from doing jhftice to the cri-

food

minal,

Upén lighting the flambeau a fécond

rought

am—

whith

afant

genheit der englifchen Sprache die Preepofitio-

med

nen mit Participien zu conftruiren, welche im

eals

Deutfchen felten, wenigltens in Riikficht auf

die vergangene Zeit nicht nachgeahmt werden

| the

kan, denn die obige Ueberfezung ift nicht

Im Ueberfezen vom Deutfchen

heit

ganz getreu,

in das Englifche ift dies vorziiglich zu merken,

denn da werden meiftentheils in denen Fallen,

wo im Deutfchen Przpofitionen oder Conjun-

&ionen mit grofen Umichreibungen ftehen, im

! det

p(ii{ey

Englifchen weit fchoner und kiirzer Participia

vpﬂﬂ‘

angebracht.

h) to let afiray, verleiten, ver-

Bie

fihren; aftray, abwirts, vom rechten Weg

70

Tales.

time, T looked upbn the face of the déad per-

t

fon, and to my i} unfpéakable joy, found it

ft

il

was not my fon,

It was for this réafon that

I immédiately fell on my knées, and gave

t

thanks to god,

As to my eating héartily of

the food you have fet before me, you will

céafe to k) woénder at it, when you know

that the gréat anxiety of mind, 1) I have

:

been upén this occafion, fince the firft com-

jl

thel

plaints you brought me, has hindered my

éating 4ny thing from that time till this very

0]

moment,

—

a0

Addifon,

pretq

A

UlyS

Sultan Mahmoud and his V'i_‘ﬁer.

fis

Stltan Mahmoud by his perpétual wars ab-

tion

rdad, and by his tyranny at home, had filled

The

his dominions with ruin and defolition and

an

half unpéopled the pérfian émpire, The vifier

for

to this gréat {Gltan whether an humourift or

an enthufiaft, we are not informed, preténded

)%Y(

£

il

entfernt.

i) unfpeakable, unausfprechlich, von

Ll

to [peak fprechen, k) Dies Verbum wird im-

£l

mer mit at conftruirt, fo wie im Deutfchen mit

fe

#ber.

1) Hier ift die Preepofition und das Pro-

W

nomen avusgelaﬁen gz'n whichy ftatt dafs man fonfk

4

Tales.

71

| pete

to have léarned of a cértain dérvife to under-

nd it

ftind the language of birds; fo that there was

that

not a bird that could Open his mouth, m) but

mve

the vifier knew what it was, he faid, As

ity of

he was one évening with the émperor, 1n

0 yil

their retGrn from hinting, they faw a céu-

know

ple of n) owls upén a tree, that grew neéar

an old wall upén a o) héap of rubbiflh,

I

| have

(om

would p) fiin know, fays the fUltan, what

§ my

thefe two Owls are faying to ome anOther;

q) liften to their difcourfe and give me an

ey

account of it, The vifier approached the tree

preténding to be véry atténtive to the two

owls, Upén his return to the {Gltan; ., Sir,

el

fays he, 1 have héard part of their converfa-

tion, but r) dire not tell you what it was.*

15 1

The {Gltan would not be fatisfied with s) fuch

f flld

an 4nfwer, but forced him to repéat word

g and

for word évery thing, the dwls had faid,

yifier

ft or

»» You muft know then, faid the ‘viﬁer, that

\

nded

N

nur das Pronomen éusiulaffen pflegt, m) but,

ausgenommen, n) owl, eine Eule, o) heap,

yon

ein Haufe; to heap, aufhiufen; heapy, in Hav-

i

fen aufgehduft, p) fain (Adv.) gern; to fain,

mit

wilnf{chen, fchmachten,

q) toliften, horchen,

i

1) to dare durft, daved, dirfen, s) fuch ane

)i

SO

72

Tales.

one of thefe Owls has a fon,

and the other

a daughter; betwéen - whom they are now

f

upén a tréaty of marriage.

The fither of

the fon faid to the father of the diughter, in

my héaring, brother, 1 confént to this mir-

§

riage, provided you will fettle wpon vour

diughter fifty rGined villages for her portion,

;

To which the fither of the daughter replied,

inftéad of fifty 1 will give you five hindred,

th

if you pléafe,

God grant a long life to Sil-

tan Mahmoud;

t) whilft he réigns over us,

qre

ha

we fhall never want ruined villages,

of

The ftory. fays, the f{iltan was fo tbuched

his

with the fable that he rebuilt the towns and

A

villages, which had been u) deftroyed, and

from that time férward, conftlted the good

of his p('?ople.

};b

The *) Baf ketxﬁa;ker,

In the midft of the 6cean commonly cal-

led the fouth {¢a lie the v) islands of Solo-

§

Siehe Nota m, p. 27.

t) whilft, wihrend, ;'0

lang als,

U) to deftroy, (vom lateinifchen de-

l

firuere) zerftoren, verwiiften, zu Grund rich-

Z

\

ten, *) bafketmaker , ein Korbmacher, v) isiand

Zales.

73

thet

mon

In the center of 'tho{'e lies one d]’{’canﬁ

oW

from the reft and larger ia proportion,

The

[ Of

prince, who now réigns 4bfolute in this cén-

{

1

tral island has given the name of Sglomons

i

islands to the whole, by the effét of that

vour

wisdom where ‘with he polifhed the manners

f timh

of his péqple°

lied

ired,

A defcéndant of one of the gréat men of

this island,

becoOming rich w) to fuch a de-

Stl»

grée, as to defpife the good qualities, which

18,

had originally x) ennobled his family, thought

of néthing but how to fupport and diftinguifh

his dignity by the pride of an ignorant mind

Icheii

He

ane

and difpofition abandoned to pléafure,

and

had a houfe on the féa-fide, where he {pent

good

a gréat part of his time in hunting and fifhing;

but found himfelf at a lofs in purflit of a

large y) flip of marfh land, overgrc‘)wn with

und isle, Infel, Tn diefen beiden Wortern wird

cal-

das s nicht ausgefprochen, das doch im Engli-

)10

fchen fonft immer ausgefprochen zu werden

pilegt,

W) . to fuch-as to, hier mufs as mit

da/s Uberfezt werden und in diefem Verftande

wird es oft befonders um einen Nachdruk an-

Mo

zudeuten gebraucht und dann immer mit dem

It

Infinitivo conftruirt,

ch

X) to ennoble, adeln (fr,

s

ennoblir). y) a [lip of mar/h land, eine Stre-

4

‘Tn‘le:. |

|

high 2) rééds,‘that lay betwéen his houfe and

the féa: refélving at length, that it bechme

i

not a man of his quility to fubmit to reftraint

i

in his pléafures, for the a) éafe and b) incon-

vénience of an Obftinate ¢) mechinic, and

\

having often endéavoured inviin to buy it of

the dwner, who was an héneft poor bifket-

it

maker, and whofe d) lively hood depénded

on wérking up the e) flags of thofe reeds in

of

a manner peculiar to himfelf; the géntleman

fel

it

took advintage of a very high wind, and

cominded his férvants f) to burn down the

€0]

g) barrier, ‘The bifketmaker, who faw him-

e

felf h) undéne, compliined of ‘the oppréffion

1

in terms more i) fhited to, his fenfe of the

ke fumpfichtes Erdreich,

z) reed , ein Rohr,

Schilfrohr,

/

a) -eafe, Bequemlichkeit,

b) iuconvenience,

;

Befchwerlichkeit, Nachtheil,

c) mechanic, ein

Handarbeiter, Handwerksmann, d) fively hood,

Nahrung.

e) flags, breite lange fchwerdtfor-

mige Blitter; mar/h flag, SumpfSchwertel, ei-

ne Pflanze, die dergleichen Blitter hat,

f) to

burn dowmn, niederbrennen,

g) barrier, Ver-

fchanzung, Schranken, Granzen, jedes Hinder-

nifs tiberhaupt (fr, barriere).

h) undone, zu

Grund gerichtet, von to undo,

1) fuited oder

jutgj Y an;;aﬂ'e’nd, iibereinkommen, von to fuit

Tules.

75

and

injury, than the refpé due to the rank of

Ame

the offénder ; and the reward this imprudence

rant

prociired him, was the additional injuftice of

C0fle

k. blows and reproaches, and all kinds of ill

and

ufage, inftlt, and indiggity. :

Al

t of

There was but one rémedy, and he took

(ke

i

ed

it; for, gbing to the capital, with the marks

of his hard ufage upon him, he threw him-

efs 10

leman

felf at the feet of tke king, and procured a

citation for his oppréffor’s appéarance; who

and

1

he

conféfling the charge, procéeded to juftify his

behaviour by the poor man’s 1) unmindful-

him

{fion

nefs of the fubmiffion due from the vilgar to

géntleman of rank and diftinCtion, But pray,

f i

i

replied the king, what diftinétion of rank had

the grandfither of your father, when being

a m) cléaver of wood in the pilace of my

ol

anceftors,

he was raifed from améng thofe

)

vilgar, you {péak of with fuch contémpts

el

his diftintion was nobler than yours it was

lOOd»

the diftinétion of fou;, not of fbrt?ne! I am

e

3

)

V

oder [ute, tibereinftimmen. ‘k) blow;f, Schlage

l

1) unmindfuine/s, Unachtfamkeit, m) cleaver

of wood , Holzfpalter; to cleave, Imperf, clove,

i

clave oder cleft, Partic, cloven oder cleft, fpal-

er

/mt

ten, zertheilen, (von dem niederfichfifchen

26

Tales.

forry, I have a géntleman in my'kingdoh:;

that

who is n) bafe enOugh to be ignorant,

éafe and diftin&tion of fortune were o) beftd-

t

t

wed on him for any other end,

than that,

being at reft from all cires of providing for

himfelf he might apply his héad, héart and

hand for the public advéantage of éthers.

Here the king discontinuing his fpeech

gé

fixed an eye of indignation, on a f{Gllennefs

which he obférved in the p) hiughty offén-

ang

be

der, who miittered out his q) dislike of the

bt

encOuragement, this way of thinking muft

give to the r) commonalty, whom he confide-

al

fh

red as pérfons of no cénfequence, in compi-

rifon of men, who were born with hénours,

When refléttion is winting, replied the king

with a s) fmile of t; disdiin, men muft find

their defét in the ‘pai}n of their fiifferings,

-

Kléven).

n) bafe, ’niedertréichtig (fr. bas).

0) to befiow fome thing on or upon one, ei-

nem etwas geben,

(deutfch fatten, hollin-

difch beftzden),

P) haughty, tbermiithig, {tolz,

Lhochmuthig (fr. Aant).

q) dislike, Mifsfallen,

r) commonalty, das gemeine Volk (fr, comun-

auté ).

s) fmile, Licheln; to fmile, (Verb.).

t) disdain y Unwillen, Verachtung; zo disdain,

R " i =t B Sl T PR

b

7 al(;’:.

77

o,

Yanhumo , added he, turning to a hhrdy.

that

céptain of his géllies’, u) ftrip the injlired and

eftle

the injurer, and conveying them to one of

the moft remdte parts of the islands, fet them

that,

on {hore in the night, and léave them both

g for

t and

to their fortune,

-~

The place m which they Weré landed wag

eech

a marfh, under cbver of whofe flags 'the

nels

géntleman was in hopes to concéal himfelf,

fi¢n-

and v) give the {lip to his companion, whom

he thought it a disgrice to be found with ;

the

muft

but the lights in the gilley hdving given

(ide-

alirm to the favages, a confiderable bédy of

them came down in the mérning, and difco.

pa

outs:

vered the ftrangers in their hiding places

w) fitting up a difmal yell, they furrdunded

kg

them and advéncing néarer and né'are(r with

] ﬁﬂd

a kind of x) clubs, feem?d detérmined to dis-

1gs

P

m)

verachten (fr, dédaisner).

u) to

el

ausziehen, entbitfen,

v) to giv

ﬁrip' ﬁripfg

€ oue the flip,

[

einem entwifchen, lich heimlich

hin weg {teh-

ol

len.

W) feiting up a difmal yell, indem fig

,“811.

ein erfchreckliches Geheul anfiengen .

difmal,

e

traurig, fchrecklich, vom lateiniichep 4

ies ma-

b))

fus ; yell, Geheule; to yell, heulen,

X) club,

iy

78

Tﬂkf ¢

pitch them without fenfe of hofpltahty or

mércy,

Here the géntleman begin to difcover, that

the fuperiérity of /is blood was imaginarys

for between a cénfciousnefs of {ame and cold

under the nikednefs %e had néver been ufed

to, a féar to the evént from the y) fidércenefs

of the favages,

and the want of méans to

he fell behind

folten or divért their afpérity,

the poor fhirer of Ais calimity, and with an

unminly z) fnéakingnefs gave up tie poft of

i

hbnour , and made a léader of tie véry man,

U

whom he had thought it a disgrice te confi-

der as a companion,

The bifketmaker in the contrary, to

whom the pOverty of kis condition Zad made

nikednefs /abitual,

to whom a life of pain

and mortifichtion, reprefénted déatk as not

dréadful , ‘and whofe remémbrance of /is {kill

in arts, of which thefe {4vages were ignorant

ein Priigel, eine Keule, Streitkolben,

Y) fier=-

cenels , Wuth (fr, ﬁfr)

z) /ueakingnefs, Nie-

dertrac’ tigkeit , kriec/endes Weien, von [uake,

eine Scilange,

T m ™ d T el Spenn

3 T(Ile.fo

79

gave him hopes of becoOming fafe, from de-

y o

monftrating that he could be ufeful, moved

with bolder and more Open fréedom, and fa-

g

ot

ving 2a) plicked a Z4ndful of t/e flags, fat

02ty 3

ddwn withdut emotion, and méking figns,

) C(ﬁdy

that he would f{how them {lmetling wérthy

n Uled

their atténtion, fell to work with {miles and

‘0ene

f

b) nbddings; while the fivages drew néar a’pd

ns 10

gazed in exfpetition of t/e cOnfequence,

el

ind

It was not long before /he fad c) wréatfed

{

an

a kind of d) céronet, of pretty e) wérkman-

{hip, and rifing with refpétt and féarfulnefs,

)ﬂf Of

mat

approached the favage, who appéared the chilf,

onft

and plicing it géntly on Ais héad, fo c{eérmed

and firack /is fOllowers, that they threw

down their clubs, and firmed a dance of wél~

come and congratulition round tke aut/or of

y’ fo

fo furprifing a favour,

made

There was f) not one but {howed the

f pﬂm

marks of /is impatience to be made as fine as

; not

{kil

orant

a) to pluck, pflicken

b) uoddz'%g, Win-

ken, wvon to nod, winken, nicken mit dem

Kopfe,- ¢) to wreathe, winden.

d) coronet,

eine kleine Krone, die der Adel in England

vom Herzog an bis zum Baron tragen darf,

i

(das Diminut vom lateini{chen corona). e)worp=

manfhip , Arbeit, von to work, wrought, ar-

ks

beiten, f) wot oue but, pic/zt einer der nicit,

8o

Tale-fo

his cép1tain; fo the poor baf ketmaker had his

Ve

hands full of employment;

and the fivages

mi

obférving one quite idle, \white the other

my

was fo bafy in their férvice,

took up arms

the

in g) behilf of natural jiftice, and begin to

Vi

lay on arguments in favour of their pirpofe,

“7

t

The balketmakers pity now efficed the

h) remémbrance of his fGfferings, fo he arofe

and fecured his oppréflor by making figns,

he

fol

that he was ignorant of the art; but might

if they thought fit, be ufefully empldyed in

les,

m

waiting on the work,

and i) fetching flags

to his fupply, k) as faft as he fhould want

0D

the

1

thefn.

{8

- This propofition 1) luckily feli in with the

defire, the fz’wages had, to m) keep themfel-

L

her

Va

) beimlf; ( bihahf) balben, von Zdlf, halb,

Rar

Das / vor dem f wird nicht ausgefprochen,

ligp

In my behalf, meinethalben; iu beha f of na-

Dat\

tural juftice, der natirlichen Gerechtigkeit hal-

(&

ben.

h) remembronce, Erinnerung, von ¢

i

yemember . fich erinnern, 1) #o fetch, hohlen,

Ch(

k) as faft as, fo gefchwind als.

icklicherweile ,

von luck,

D) luckily,

Degs

ein gluck:icher

We

ZUfau.

m) io keep - leifure, miflig feyn, der

ky

Weile

T?l éss

8K

4 his

ves at l¢ifure, that they might n) croud and

yages

mark the prégrefs of a work

they took fo

ey

much pléafure in; they left the géntleman

atms

therefore to his duty in the bafketmaker's {ér=

010

vice ; and confidered him from that time f61-

frpole

ward, as one, who was and ought to be tréa-

ted as o) inférior to their beneficor,

ef the

Men, wives, and children from all p) cor-

8 aro{

ners of the island came in q) droves, the men

fgﬂsy

i)

fell to work, r) githered s) boughs and t) po-

les, made a fine u) hut to lédue the bifket-

)sed in

maker, = and brought down diily from the

g fogs

¢ wan

country fuch provifions, as they live upon

themfelves, tiking care to Sffer the imAgined

fervant néthing till his mafter had done éating,

ith te

themfe!

Weile haben

n) to croud,

fich in Menge

herbei driangen.

—

0) infevior to.

Die Adjefti-

Welche einen Grad der

chht oder des

Rangs anzeigen, regieren gieich denen, die ei-

ha bo

nen Grad dEI Vet‘wandtﬁ‘i aft raﬁdmken den

:)Cheno

Dativam,

p) corner, ein Winkel,

eme Eke

0{ e

(fr. cornier).

qQ) a’row, ein Hauffe, von fo

it hal

drive , treiben,

r) to gather

mnme}n abbre-

-on ¢

chen pﬂucken.

s) boug/a. (baul) der Aft ei-

\Ob*e b

nes Baums.

Es unterl"cheldet fich von branch,

wikilh

Welches ein Zw reig von emem Att heift;

t) pa-

iche

le, eine Stange,

u) hut , eine Hitte,

ger

We

82

Tales,

: Three months refléftion in this mortified

an

condition, gave a new and juft turn to our

1

géntlemen’s idéas; in fo much, that lying

gi

awike one night, he thus conféflfed his fénti-

th

ments in favour of the bifketmaker,

1 have

fo

been to blame and wanted jidgment to di-

ftinguifh between éxcellency and 4ccident,

When I fhould have v) méafured nature, I

|

but 1doked to vanity. The préference, which

fortune gives, is but w)émpty and imiginary;

]

and 1 percéive too late, that only things of

I am afhamed,

Ind

ufe are naturally hénourable.

her

when I compire my malice to remémber your

it

humanity ;

but if the gods fhould pleafe to

call me to a repofféffion of my rank and hap-

9)

As

pinefs, I would divide all with you in x) ato-

tl

nemeng of my jaftly panifhed y, drrogance,

tl

He prémifed and z) perfc‘);‘med his prémife;

for the king foon after fent the ciptain, who

had 1ainded them, with préfents to the fava-

ges; and Ordered him to bring both back aghin:

Joi

de

ho

leer;

V) to meafure, meflen (fr, mefurer). W) empty,

Leere,

Sa

to empty,

leeren;

emptinefs ,

X) atonement , Erfaz , Schadloshaltung, y) ar-

de

"

rogance, Hochmuth, 2z) to perform, ausfiih-

ren.

2l

Ve

83

’ Tales.

Ortified

and 'it continues to this day a clftom in that

to ont

island, to degride all géntlemen who cannot

t lying

give a better réafon for their pride, than that

§ {éntie

they were born to do n6thing; and the word

] have

for this punilhment is: fend him to tfze bafket-

to i

maker,

jecident,

iture, |

The efféct of goo& niture, a a) fa‘tir}-

, whith

tale,

ginatyy

There was in my cbuntry a widow, who

ings of

had two diughters: the éldeft was juft like

Timec)

her mother, b) crofs, c¢) farly and proud;

)t \']Oﬂf

but the youngeft, a béautiful girl, was all

pléafe fo

d) méeknefs, cOmplaifance and good nature,

and 1y

As péople however are génerally fond of

their own e) likenefs,

the mother defpifed

ogﬂﬂC?w

this pretty young créature, and obliged her

to f) driidge in the g) kitchen, whilft her

comile;

1, \Vhﬂ

4

p {ave

a) a8 faiiy-—tale, ein Feen-Midhrchen, von

_ aghiﬂ:

Sfairy, eine Fee, eine Nymphe, b) ¢rofs, wun-

unbiegfam,-

e

derlich, eigenfinnig

C) f%rlyg

hochmiithig , trozig, miirrifch

d) meckne/s,

ool

Sanftmuth, von meek, {anftmiithig,

e) like-

Leef 7]

nefs, Ebenbild, ) to drudge, (von dem nie-

der(ichfifchen ¢recken, welches {chleppen oder

J)

i

ziehen heift) fchwere und verachtliche Arbeit

gus

ve;ricllten > drudge, eié

{unge , ein Sklave,

-

7 ales,

84

fhvéurite , the éldeft fat h) primed up in the

W

thy

i) parlour, and was indllged in évery thing,

but

b

As this little girl was obliged to do all

ftc

the houfholdwork, it was her biifinefs améng

other things, to go twice évery day to a

k) well, néar two miles from the houfe, to

pl

draw water,

One day juft as fhe was going

to fill her 1) pitcher,

there came to her a

Wa

ken

poor woman, and begged that fhe would let

her drink.

Oh, ah m) goody, with all my

{ee

héart, fays the and accordingly n) rinced her

pitcher, took fome of the cléareft water and

9t

held it up to her mouth, that f{he might

and after the pit-

fiay

drink with the more éafe;

e

cher was retirned, o) drépped her a fine

P

courtely, notwithftanding fhe was fuch a

poor p) tigged woman, and éiked ‘if fhe

W

it

Pe

o) kitchen, die Kiiche.

h) primed, gepuzt,

]

von prime, vornehm, ,vortrefﬂich.

1)

ar=

lour , ein Gefellfchaftszimmer, Sprachfaal, von

wi

k) well, ein Ziehbrunnen,

dem fr, parioir.

1) pitcher, einirrdener W afferkrug. m goody,

meine Gute, eine Art Weiber von geringem

Stande anzureden,

n) to rince,

oder rinfe,

o) to drop a courte/y. lich neigen.

far

fpiihlen,

p) ragged , verlumpt, rags, Lumpen,

Ve

Zales.

35

in th

would pléafe to have any more? ,,No, I

thing,

thank you, my prétty dear, {aid the woman,

but fince you are fo good natured

and be-

hive with {fuch good méanners, I cinnot help be-

do all

fiowing a blefling on you; and from hénceforth,

among

gy {0 8

whenéver you fpéak, there {/all come out of

i

0

your mouth éither a flower, or a jéwel, or

a piéce of gold.«

For you muft know, tis

g going

er 8

was a faity all the wlile, who had only ta-

id et

ken the form of a poor céuntry woOman, to

fee 4Ow this little girl would behave.

ny

cef fit

W/hen {he came /fdme her mother began

fer 108

) to fcold at ker ftdying \fo long; ,, Where

mlghf

have you been all this time, r) hifly? fays

he pi

{le.

Déar mama fays the girl,

I beg your

g fie

pardon for ftaying fo long, for fhe néver told

fuch 8

a lie, but 1 met with¢ — and was going on

if fhe

with the frory,

when inftantly flew out of

her mout/z two rofes,

two s) pinks, two

péarls, two diamonds and t/ree piéces of gold.

Blefs me, fays her mother quite aftoniffed

puZ

ewhat do 1 fee! rofes and pinks and péarls and

plﬂ

, voB

nnells

ro()d Ih

gem

» to feold , {chelten, zanken.

1) hufly, (7u-

ﬂll/"

fammen gezogen aus huswife ) eine fdzmuzwe

)l(TenO

verichtliche Weibsperfon,

s) pink , eine Nelk

36

Zules,

diamonds, and gold come out of the gitl’s

the

mouth, How happens this, child2¢ The prét-

dré

ty girl told Zer mother the whole ftory, du-

ring whick time there dropped from fer mouth

ik

fuch a variety of flowers, picces of gold and

kn

précious ftones, that the houfe was t) firéwed

ai

from one end to the Ot/er,

,, Blefs my eyes

th

faid the mobther 1 muft fend my child thither;

A

Finny come /ither and fee what drops from

b

your fifters mouth, when fhe {péaks.

Take

d03

not

the pitcher and go you for fome water, my

déar and obtiin the fame bléfling, ¢

Yes, I

i

will u) warrant you fays the ill bred v) minx,

drink

it would be a fine fight indéed to fee me

draw water.¢¢

You f{sall go, nifly, faid the

mother, and this minute, So awiy fhe went,

te)

pa

but ) grimbled and x) growled all the ways

and inftead of the pitcier, took the beft fil~

gi

ver y) tankard in the Zoufe,

¢

I

t) to ﬁi‘ew, ftrenen, u) to warrant ,' fur et-

was gut fte/en,

v) minx, ein garftiges unfla-

2)

tiges Menf{ch,

w) to grumble, murren; to

i

fich tber etwas be-

ma

grumble at [omething ,

{chweren,

X) to grew/, murren, brummen,

T

(von dem niederficififcien Wort

1’018%)0

Ing

y) tankard, eine Kaqpe mit einem Deckel,

per

7 ale:.‘

87

gitli

As foon as fhe arrived at the fountain,

there came out of the wood juft by,

a lady

e et

/

du

dréfled with the moft fpléndid ménner, and

mouth

afked léave to drink,

This was, you muft

14 and

know the fame fairy, who had now tiken the

air and drefs of a princefs, to fee /ow far

rrgped

Iy ¢S

the girl’s pride and ill nature would carry her,

Am 1 come hither z) quoth the a) faucy

it

from

b) flut, to férve you with water? Pray what

Téke

do you tike me for, c)a whiting maid? I did

not bring the f{ilver tankard here for your la-

r,

\CH

dyfhip, as 1 know of: but howéver you may

drink, if you will,

foe me

You are not over and abéve mannerly,

id the

replied the fhiry, withdut phtting herfelf in a

et

paffion, and fince you are firly and-disobli-

e W)

ging,

whenéver you {péak a word hereifter,

eﬂ’ fﬂ'

d) a fnake or a €) toad {fall fly out of your

As foon as the moéther faw her co-

mi‘)lith.

2) quoth, vonto quote, citiren, anfﬁhren@ Es

r et

wird mit dem ¢k am Ende blos gebraucht, wenn

éa

1‘nﬂ

f

man die eigene Worte einer Perfon anfii/rt,

be

a) faucy, frech.

b) [lut, ein unflitiges

Thier. c¢) a waiting maid, eineMagd, dy a

melh

/make, eine Schlange; rattie [nake, eine Klap-

jon)

kel

perSchlange. e) toad, eine Kr&e; & toad-

28

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ming home , fhe cried out, Well d4dughter!

Wl

Well mother! anfwered the f) pert hifly, and

Wi

out of her mouth g) léaped two h) vipers

flo

and a toad.

O mércy, cried the méther,

!m

what do 1 fee! All this is occifioned by the

di

i) witch her fifter; but fhe fhall pay for it;

ti

and immediately ran to béat her, but the poor

il

child fled away, and hid herfelf in a foreft,

€l

that was in the néighbourhood,

din

v

The kings fon being on hié 'retiirn from

pine

hinting, accidéntally caft his eye on this fair

virgin, and being enchanted by her griceful

thof

fue

features, 4fked her what {he did there alone,

it

and why fhe cried? She told what had hap-

ks

pened, and faid her mama’s rage was fo gréat,

The

il

that fhe was afraid to retGrn home,

young prince feeing {o miny brilliant dia-

'\7

fg

monds drop from her mouth which were

{

€qualled in brightnefs by néthing but her eyes,

W

promifed her his royal protétion; condtéted

€1

her to his fathers court, and having obtiined

his permiffion, mirried her the next day, and

eater, ein Schmarozer,

£) pert. gefchwizig,

To

unver{chamt.

g) to leap .,

P

{pringen, hitpfen.,

h) viper, eine Otter,

i) witch, eine Hexe;

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39

ohter!

suilt for her a k) ftitely pélace, the front of

yy and

which was overldiid with plre gold, the

ipers

floors 1) paved with péarls ‘and the m) cie-

Gther

lings and walls n) bedécked with the richeft

by the

diamonds, The turf in her garden béars a con-

for 1t

tinual vérdure, the moft delicious fruits bow

e poot

down their labouring branches to falute the

forefl

enchinted eye and the odoriferous never fa-

ding flowers pay an etérnal tribute to her

virtue and good nature, In this ftate of hép-

- from

pinefs fhe fiffers none to approach her, but

is i

thofe, who are eftéemed for their piety, vir-

;r‘acefu\

tue and good manners; and pérfons of évery

] ﬂm)ﬂey

ftate and condition,

who come thus recom-

ad e

ménded are admitted.

Sheis bléfled with a

h gféﬂ[r

numerous 6fffpring, who all inhérit her 4miable

The

virtues, and évery thing préfpers in the hou-

ot die

fe and in the ftite,

'The prince her hiisband,

were

thinks himfelf bleffed abéve all men in the

: e)’eSy

world, and fhe is the hippieft woman upon

fi6ted

éarth,

vtﬁiﬂed

7 and

to bewitch, bezaubern,

k) flately, fattlich,

prichtig,.

1) paved, gepflattert ( fr, pave e

il

m) cieling , Tafelwerk an der Decke eines Zim-

upfen.

Jexe

mers, die Decke felbft, n) fo bﬂedeck, {chmii-

- Tales.

Qo

But how different of this was the fate of

ha

dec

her fifter! She by her pride and ill niture at

laft réndered herfelf difagréeable éven to her

red

fuc

méther, who being finable to o) béar with

her intélerable témper p) tGrned her off; and

ot

n

feeing herfell thus defpifed and hated by all

mankind ,

{he retired into-a wood to avoid

ar

being feen and was there q)torn in pieces by

Jae

a wolf,

the

g

him

Bozaldab

of

an

éaftern tale.

V)@

hin

‘Bozél‘d-ab, ciliph of Egypt had dwelt fe-

i

curely for miny years in the r) filken s) pa-

el

and had évery moérning

vilions of pléafure,

of

t) anointed his héad with the oil of glidnefs,

b)

when his o6nly fon Aboram, for whom he

)

ken, von to deck, decken, {chmiicken,

0) to

pr

bear, wird fo wohl mit dem Accufativo als

1ng

mit der Prazpofition with counfiruirt,

p) to

gh

turn off, den Abfchied geben, hinaus ftoffen,

to

q) to tear, tore torm, zerreiffen. Die meiften

Verba, welche auf ear fich endigen, formiren

z\

iy

das Imperf. und Sup. auf diefe Art.

1) filken,

~von Seide; filk, Seide. 's) pavilion, ein Zelt,

t) o amoint, falben (vom franz, oiudre).

3

e S

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Tales.

ate of

had. erdwded his tréafures with gold, exté-n-

ure a

ded his dominions with conquefts, and feclt-

to her

red them with u) imprégnable fortrefles, was

with

fiiddenly wounded as he was hunting with an

s and

4rrow from an unkndwn hand and expired

in the field.

Boz4ldab in the distrd&ion of

by ol

| aV(‘)fd

gri¢f and defpiir refufed to retfirn to his pa-

lace, and retired to the glodmieft grétto in

0es by

the néighbouring mountain: he there rolled

himfelf in the v) duft, tore awdy the hairs

of his w) hoary béard, and x) dafhed the

y) cup of confolation, that patience Gffered

him,

to the ground.

He faffered not his

ot fe-

minftrels to approach his préfence; but lifte-

) e

ned to the z) feréams of the mélancholy birds

)tning

of midnight, that 2) flit through the félitary

Eldnefs,

b) vaults and échoing chimbers of the pyra-

om he

NSRS

uniberwindlich (vom fr. im=

/

u) z'm[oreghable s

Staub; fo duft, ftaubicht

prenable). V) duft,

RL

machen,

den Staub ausklopfen,

W) hoary,

o als

grau, x) to dafh, zerfchmettern, zerbrechen ;

p) f0

to dafli to the grouwnd, zu Boden werfen,

)ﬂ‘(?ﬂ.

y) cup, ein Becher, Kelch (vom fr. coupe.)

iften

) [cream, das Gefchrey, Wehklagen; to fcreans,

nirel

fchreyen, wehklagen,

Ikt

a) flit, flichen, flattern (verwandt wmit fleets

Zdto

h

'fchneﬂ). b) vault, Gewolbe (von dem fr,

Q2

Tales.

mids, Can that god be benévolent he cried,

who thus wounds the foul, as from an

bind ,

¢) ambufh with unexpétted {Orrows and

§ery

d) crifhes his créatures in a mément with

fudde

irremediable calimity? Ye lying Imans, e) pra-

throt

te to us no more of the juftice and the kind-

than

nefs of all-dirééting and all-16ving prévi-

inl

:

dence! He whom you preténd doth reign in

and

héaven, is fo far from protétting the mife-

hand

rable fons of men, that he perpétually delights

afton,

£) to blaft the fweeteft flowers in the garden

file

of hope, and like a malignant g) giant, to

béat down the ftrongeft towers of hippinefs

)

with the iron mace of his anger.

If this being

M&

lo

pofléfled the gbodnefs and the power, with

which flattering priefts have invéfted him, he

would doubtlefs be inclined and enibled to

0

banifh thofe évils,

which rénder the world

th

a h) dingeon of diftréfs, a vale of vinity

9

al?c‘,l' woe, — 1 will continue in it no longer,

Ker

k)

vouté}. ¢) ambufh, Hiﬂtefha]t’(vﬁom fr. eme

hin

buche).

d) to crufh, zerquetfchen, niederdrii-

{en

ken, iiberwaltigen, wvernichten,

e) to prate.

plaudern, fchwazen.

f) to blaft, durch Hize

lem

ne

welk machen, verfengén, vereiteln. g) giant,

fohy

ein Riefe (vom fr. gdaunt).

h) dung'eozz , ein

iy

/

-

e,

Tokes,

93

et

At that 'mbment he furiously riifed his

m 4l

hand, which defphir had 4rmed Wlth a i)dig-

s and

ger,

to ftrike deep into his borom,

VVLGIK

t with

fiddenly thick k) flafhes of lightning fhot

through the cavern,

and a being of more

1&

1e klﬂd

than human beauty and magnitude,

arrayed

in 1) azure robes, erowned with m) amarinth,

pr oV

1o 10

and n) waving a branch of palm in his right

hand

e mife

arréfted the arm of the trémbling and

eligh

afténithed . caliph

and faid with a majéftic

garden

{mile, féllow me to the top of this mduntain,

i, 10

,, Look from hénce, % faid the idwful con-

P;me{s

1S bemg

dtétor, ,,1 am Caloc, the ingel of péace,

look from hénce into the valley.«

)

N ith

Bozaldab oOpened his eyes,

and behéld =

hmh b

bled 1

0) birrena a p) filtry and félitary island, in

the midft of which fat a pale méager and

f yinity

g) ghéftly figures it was a mérchant juft pée

i

Jongety

ey

-—/

Kerker (fr. domjon),

i) dagger, ein Dolch,

k) fla/h, eine plozliche Flamme,

D) azure,

himmelblau,

m) gmaranth, Amaranth, Tau-

fr, om

{end{chon

n) to wave, {chwingen, eine wel-

derdfll

lenformige Bewegung machen, von wave, ei-

) W

ne Welle

0) barrem, unfruchtbar,

P) Ju itrys

h Hi

{chwiihl,

todtenblafs, einem Geifk

qQ) ghaftly.

) M[Jﬂtl

dhnlich (wahr{cheinlich von gho/t , €in Gexﬁ).

iy em

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| Tales.

rifhing with fimine, and laménting, that he

fif

could find néither wild r) bérries, nor a fing-

of

le s) fpring in this t) forlorn uninhAbited

ob

u) défert; and bégging the protéction of héa-

Ve

ven agiinft the tigers that would now cér-

tainly deftroy him, fince he had confumed

the laft v) flel he had colléCted to make

tt

nightly fires to w) affright them.

He then

caft a cifket of jéwels on the fand, as trifles

”

of no ufe; and x) crept féeble and trémbling

)

to an éminence, where he was accliftomed to

mir

held

{it every évening to watch the fétting fun,

and to give a fignal to 4ny {hip that might

they

and

y) haply apprf)ach the island,

\efs

a

y

v) berries , Beere, Plur.von berry. s) [pring,

eine Quelle,

t) forlorn, verlaffen, hiilflos,

0

einfam (eigentlich das Participium eines veral-

teten angelfichfifchen Verbi forleoran, verlie-

la

ren, u) defert, eine Eindde (wenn man den

Ver

Accent auf die erfte Sylbe legt);

verlafien,

(wenn man den Accent auf die zweite Sylbe

by

legt).

v) fuel , zunder,

w) te affright, er-

W

fchreken.

X) tocreep, crept, kriechen,

Die-

A\

jenigen Verba, die fich auf ¢ep endigen, {ind alle

leg

auf eine dhnliche Art irregulair, indem fie das

¢)

Imperf. und Supinum in ept formiren,

Y) haply,

dey

or ungef'ahr‘; hap, ein Zufall; o hap, fich

)

74

Zales.

95

» Inhjbitant of héaven, cried; Bozéldaﬁ,

hat be

fiffer not this seretch to périfh by the fury

a fing-

of wild beéafts,

Péace, faid the 4ngel, ,,and

yihited

f hea-

obférve.

‘He looked agiin, and behold a

véflel arrived at the z) défolate isle,

What

W g

yofimed

words can paint the a) répture of the b) ftir-

- ving mérchant, when the céptain éffered to

0 mit

He then

transport him to his nitive céuntry, if he

would rewird him with half the jéwels of his

s trifles

fmbling

c) cifket,

No fooner had this pitilefs com-

mander recéived the ftipulated fum, than he

med {0

held a confultition with his d) crew, and

ng ﬁm)

they agréed to e) feize the remiining jéwels,

- might

and léave the unhippy éxile in the fame help-

lefs and lamentable condition in which they

difcbHvered him,

He f) wept and trémbled

g;) intréated and implored invhin,

ity

hﬁlﬂO&

zutragen; to happen, fich zutragen.

Z) defo-

et

late, unbewohnt, ode, troftlos; ¢o

defolate,

yetlie

verheeren,

an den

fl

aﬁeﬂ.

a) rapture , das Entziiken, b)to ﬁarﬁ, ver=

Sylbe

hungern, hungern,

c) cafket, (das Diminuti-

7ht' e

vum von ca/k, ) ein Kiftchen, - befonders ein

" Die

Schmukkiéftchen; #o cafket, in ein Kiftchen

legen, verfchlieflen, d) crew, das Schiffsvolk,

d olle

e) to feize, ergreifen,

fich bemichtigen (von

fie das

dem fr. faifir).\

£) to we

vl

g) to emireat, bitten,

ep, wept, weinen,

fic

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96

Will héaven petmit fuch injhftice to be

Ve

goo

pra&tifed crled Bozaldab., ,,Look aghin, ¢ faid

the angel,

»and behdld the véry fhip in

el

diffe

which h) fhort fighted as. thou art, thou

wilhedft the mérchant might embérk, dafhed

eye

in piéces on a rock: doft thou not hear the

cries of the finking f2ilors? Prefume not to

P

diréct the gdévernor of the univerfe in his

fh

i) difpofal of évents,

The man whom thou

of

haft pitied Chall be tiken from this k) dréary

of §

folitude, but not by the method thou wouldft

firy

His vice was 4varice, by which

preferibe,

3l]d |

he becime not only abominable but wretched;

Varie

he fincied fome mighty charm in wéalth,

0 §

which like the 1) wand of Abdiel, would

of |

gratify évery wifh and Obviate évery féar,

thy

This wéalth he has now been tdught not only

to defpife, but abhér: he caft his jéwels upén

the fand and conféfled them to be ufelefs; he

2l

Offered part of them to the m) mariners, and

T

percéived them to be pernicious ; he has now

tepl

s

wh

Aeapemoae

4

had

Wh

h) [hort fighted, Kurzfichtig, i) difpofal, An-

ordnung . Regierung.

k) dreary, {chrecklich,

furchterlich.

1) wamnd, Spizgarte, Zauberru-

)

viniers).

§es

.the, m) mariners, Seeleute fr, ma

n) wory.

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97

to be

1éarnt that they are réndered Ufeful or wvain,

good or evil only by the fituition and tem-

fud

per of the pofféflor,

Happy is he whom

hip in

diftréfs has taught wisdom!

But turn thine

tho

hed

eyes to andther and more interéfting fcéne, %

oar the

The caliph inftantly behéld a magniﬁcenf

o ot 10

péilace, adérned with the ftatues of his ance-

] in lis

flors wrought in jafper; the n) ivory doors

m thod

of which tOrning on o) hinges of the gold

dréary

of Golconda, difcHvered a throne of diamonds

vouldf

furrounded, with the Rajahs of fifty nations

hich

and with ambifladors of many cdéuntries in

etched;

various habits and of different compléxions;

Wéﬂ]f}b

on which {at Aboram, the much laménted fon

Y ould

of Bozaldab, and by his fide a princefs fairer

than a Houri,

1y fen

pot ot

s upon

»» Gricious Alla! it is my fon, cried Bo-

zaldab ,, Oh let me hold him to my héart! ¢

el e

Thou canft not grafp an unfubftintial vifion,

i ad

replied the éngel: .»1 am now {hewing thee,

s 10w

what would have been the déftiny of thy fon,

had he continued longer on the éarth.* , And

why, ¢ retirned Bozaldab, , was he not per-

il AF

eCkHCh'

n) fvory, von Elfenbein ({r. ivoire), 0©) hin-

nhe®

ges, die Angein einer Thir (von to hang,

nitrs)

)it}

é’ ales.

93

mit’t’ed to continue 2 Why was T not fiffered

{he

wal

to be a witnefs of fo much felicity and po-

wer ? ¢ ,,Confider the féquel,*“ replied he,

Bozaldab

s that dwells in the fifth Aéaven, ¢

vid

looked éarneftly, and faw the countenance of

on which he had been ufed to be<

frc

his fon,

hé

hold the placid fmile of fimplicity,

and the

ac

p) vivid blafhes of héalth, now q) diftorted

tha

with rige, and now fixed in the infenfibility

of driinkennefs:

it was agiin 4nimated with

5

disdain, it became pale with apprehénfion, and

dore

appeared to be r) withered by intémperance;

%!

his hand's were s) fthined with blood, and he

been

trémbled by turns with fury and terror: the

Y) e

pilace fo lately fhining with oriéntal pomp,

LR

chinged fuddenly into the cell of a dingeon,

LI

where his fon lay firetched out on the cold

ted

t) gigged and bound with his

pavement,

eyes put out.

Soon after he percéived the

favourite fultana, who before was féated by

Ven

his fide lenter ‘with a bowl of Pdlfon , which

kg

Wil

erf

hangen). p) vivid, IeBhaft. q) difiorted, ver-

)

dreht, entftellt (vom latein. diftorius).

r) to

g

wither , verwelken,

s) to ftain, beflecken, be-

{udeln,

t) gag

9

S

i

aed, gels?lebelt, yon fo gag,

Tales.

99

el

fhe compélled Aboram to drink, and After-

nd po-

wards mérried the fuccéflor to hi§ throne,

ed he,

.y Happy, ¢ faid Calbc, ,»is he whom pré=

Sozaldab

mace of

vidence has by the angel of déath u) fnatched

from guilt! from whom that power is v) with-

d to b

and te

héld, which if he had pofféfled, would have

accimulated upbn himfelf yet gréater mifery

diﬁérrﬁd

than it could bring upon others, ¢

Al

of ith

,, It is.enéugh,* cried Bozaldab, ,,1I é-

ofly nd

dore the w) infcrutable fcheme of omnifcien-

gemnce;

ce! From what dréadful évil has my fon

o be

been x) refched by a déath which I rafhly

o 1

y) bewailed as unfortunate and z) jremature!

al pomh

a déath of innocence and péace, which has

dingenh

bléffed his -mémory upbn éarth and transmit-

the old

ted his fpirit to the fkies,

W)'f}I his

a) Caft awhy the digger, replied the héa-

‘Ve.d the

ted by

venly méflenger, which thou b) waft prepa-

which

e

knebeln, ) te fnaich from, entreiflen, v)¢o

withhold , vorenthalten

W) inf/erutable , un-

erfor{chlich,

x) to refcue, erretten, befreien,

gd’ Ver‘

y) to bewail, beklagen. beweinen.

Z) pre-

L

mature , frilhzeitig, unzeitig ( vom lat. prae-

maturus).

ety be

f gﬂgf

a) to caft away, hinweggwe:_fen. b) waft

Tales,

100

ring to plunge into thine own héart. "Ex-

change complaint for filence, and doubt for

adoration,

Can a mortal look down without

c) giddinefs and d) ftupefattion, into the vaft

abyfs of etérnal wisdom? ' Can a mind, that

fees not infinitely, perféctly comprehénd any

te

thing améng an infinity of ébjets mutually

be

rélative? Can the channels which thou com-

Ch

mhndei’c to be cut to recéive the annual in-

to |

unéitions of the Nile, contain the waters of

hitnf

the Ocean? Remémber, that pérfect hippinefs

cannot be conferred on a créature; for pérfect

the o

nd

hippinefs is an Attribute as incommunicable,

as pérfe€t power and etérnity, ¢

All}

Mg

The 4ngel, while he was fpéaking thus

tay

" firetched out his e) pinions to fly back to the

Q

f) empyreum; and the flutter of his wings

be

was like the rashing of a g) cz’z’tara&.

th

-

o

Ein Vérbum,

preparing , im Begriff warft,

ph\

das eine Handlung ausdriiken foll, die man

1o

eben thut oder thun wollte, mufs immer im

Particip. praef ftehen und im erften Fall dem

Precfenti von to pe, imm zweiten dem [mperfetto

c) giddinefs,

von to be, beigefugt werden.

Schwindel, Unbefonnenheit (von giddy,{chwind-

licht,

d) flupefaition , Betiubung.

€) pinions,

(v

Schwingen,

) empyrenm , die hochite Region

Ji

des Himmels,

g) cataraf¥, ein Wallerfall,

Iy

PN

ieil

|

Ex.

bt for

Fibles in ptofe'.

pithout

e vaft

The a) Mifgr.

g, thet

A mifer be¢ing déad and fairly intérred, came

nd fny

to the banks of the river Styx, defiring to

itualy

be b) férried over aléng with the other ghofts.

I come

Charon deminds his c) fare, and is furprifed

ol e

to fee the mifer,

rather than pay it throw

aters of

himfelf into the river, and d) fwim over to

;ippinefs

the other fide, notwithftinding all the clamour

pérfe&

and oppofition, that could be made to him.

icable,

All hell was in an e) tproar; and each of the

judges was méditating fome plnif hment f) fui-

g thus

table to a crime of fuch dingerous cOnfe-

Shall he

to it

quences to the inférnal revénues,

: wingi

be chained to the rock albng with Prome-

theus? Or tremble below the précipice, in

cémpany with the Danaides? Or aflift Syfi-

oty

phus in rolling his ftone? No, fays Minos,

none qf théfe, we muft ipvént fome fevérer

) man

et i

| dem

yfell0

fingf

a) mifer, ein Geizhals.

b) o Jerry over,

mit einem Bot tiberfahren,

¢) fare, Fuhrlohn

wind-

(vom deutfchen Wort fahren),

d) to fwim,

o1

Jwam , [wom , {chwimmen.

{egjon

e) uproar, “Au_f-

lHu

ruhr, 1) fuitable, angeme.v'en,

102

Fabies.

)

!

pﬁnif11meni;.~ Let him be fent -back to the

inju

{here

éarth, to fee the ufe, his héirs are making of

fer 1¢

his riches,

his ¢

Avarice and the éarth,

dam

g

Our old mother éarth once lbdged an in-

{he

di&ment\agﬁin& 4varice before the court of

of

Jupiter, for her g) wicked and malicious coun-

the

fel and advice, in témpting inducing and per-

the |

fudding and tréitorously-’fédhcing the children

of the h) pliintiff, to commit the detéftable

fom,

tion

crime of parricide upén her, and i) méngling

filloy

her body, k) ranfack her very 1) bowels for

That

hidden tréafure,

The indiftment was véry

Auy

long and m) verbofe;

but we muft omit a

and

gréat part of the repetitions and {ynOnimous

fto

terms, not to tire our réader too much with

our tile,

Avarice being chlled to 4nfwer to

this chirge had not much to fay in her own

defénce., The injury was clearly proved upon

her, The fact indéed was notérious, and the

n)

o

y

g) wicked , lafterhaft, bofe,

h) plaintiff, det

Cli

Kliger oder Kldgerinn,

i) to mangle, zerreif-

Be

fen, verftiimmeln,

k) to rawm/ack, pliindern,

ab(v

1) bowels, die Eingeweide, (Wird nur im Plu-

rali gebraucht, )

‘m) verbofe, weitlanftig.

au§

T,

Fi (lb]&f ¢

108

\

injury had' been fréquently’ repéated, When

to the

therefore the plaintiff demanded jiftice, Jupi-

g of/

ter réadily gave féntence in her favour; and

his decrée was to this plrpofe, , that fince

dame Avarice, the n) deféndant, had thus

griévously injured dame Earth, the pliintiff,

J a1 ite

{he was hereby ordered to take that tréafure,

cottt of

of which fhe had o) feloniously p) rébbed

15 Coute

the éarth, by rinfacking her béfom, and in

nd pere

the fame manner as before, opening her bo-

hildren

fom, reftdre it back to her without diminii-

téfable

tion or reténtion, From this {éntence it {hall

g

follow, fays Jlpiter to the by ftanders, —

yels o

That in all future 4ges, the q) retainers of

s Vel

Avarice Thall 1) bliry and concéal their riches,

omit 4

and reftore to the Earth, what\ they took

nimodé

from her,

‘ch with

fer t0

¢ oWl

j ool

nd the

;1) defendant, der éder die

Beklagte. 0) feld-

niously, auf eine gottlofe

treulofe Art;

von

p) robbed, Sup. von

felon, ein Verbrecher,

to 9‘017,

ftehlen ( fr, dérober ).

‘q) wetaiver,

Client, Diener,

) to bury, begraben; burial,

f de

Begribnifs,

In diefem Wort und denen davgon

ool

abgeleiteten wird das # ausnahmsweile wie &

mdefﬂo

3

o Plo

ausgef] prochgn,

iuftige

104

-

Anecdotes,

itk

It was of the ditke of Montague that the fol-

ang

lowing #necdote ufed to be related.

When

at his villa at Richmond, a man one day ca-

To

he

me to the houfe,

and deminded to fee the

duke; his s) grace Being engiged with eoms=

ack

lis

pany, the férvants told the man he could not

be feen; the man however infifted on féeing

pérfo

a con

him, and bid the férvant tell the duke, that

it was a relation, who wanted to fpeak with

bing

by

the

him,

The duke foon made his appearance,

and afked the man, who féemed deranged in

fuid

t

what he wanted and how he

the &

his faculties,

was related to him 2 The man 4nfwered, ,,I

n i

the

am your grace’s brother: your grice knows

we are all brothers and fifters from Adam,

30111

had

His grace feeing the t) drift of this infwer

et

gave the poor man half a guinea, #4dding,

This

that if he got as much from all his brothers

and fifters, he would be a richer man than

feﬂdJ

himfelf,.

don,

Self

é) grace, ift ein Titel, den mén in England den

Herzogen und Erzbilchoffen giebt, und der dem

At

dentichen, lhr Gnaden, entfpricht, t) drift,

¢l

e

Anecdotes.

10§

Singular anecdote of Paul Jones.

After Jonef’s crew had linded at Lord Sel-

he fol

kirk’s,

and ftripped the houfe of the plate,

and tiken it on board, the {hip lay to, while

When

day o

Jones wrote a letter to his Lordfhip, which

he fent on {hore

In this letter he candidly

fee the

acknb6wledged

that he méant to have féized

i com

his pérfon,

and to have detained him as a

ould 10

pérfon of much cénfequence to him in cafe of

n feeng

thet

a conteft; but difclaimed any concérn in ti-

king away his plate, which he faid was déne

f with

by the crew infpite of his reménftrances; who

1ance

faid they were detérmined to be repiid for

nged in

the hard{ hips and dangers they had encountered

how Be

in attémpting to fet fire a few days before to

red, nI

the t) {hipping in the harbour of Whitehaven,

knovs

Jones however informed his lordfhip that he

Adim,*

had fectred all the plate, and would cértainly

fofwer

retlirn it to him at a convénient opportinity,

dding

This he afterwards plnétually performed by

rothess

fending it to Lord Selkirk’s béinkers in Lon-

i thit

don

This faét has been authénticated by Lord

Selkirk himfelf,

London Chrénicle for the year 1701,

e

ynd &t

Abficht (von to drive , trexben)

t) ﬂupmnga

or dem

eine Flotte, ein V orxath von Schiffsmaterialien;,

dri

100

Anecdotes.

Wénderful »longévity.}

e

Mt Jonathan Hartop now living at the

R00

village of Aldbotough néar’ Bbroughbridge,

por

York{hire, has atthined to the amazing age

the

G

of 137 .yéars,

hiving been born in 1653,

His father and mother both died of the plague

{o

and

td

at their houfe in the Minoties.in 1666,

he pérfettly remémbers the gréat fire of Lon-

m

ver

don, ‘He is fThort in fthture has been married

five times, and has now alive {éven children,

rece

\Was

He can réad without fpéctacles, and plays at

u) cribbage with pérfect recolléction,

Laft

mon

amg

Chriftmasday he walked nine miles to dine

with one of his gréat grand children,

He

1

remémbers Charles the fécond pérfettly welly

and once frivelled from London to York

He éats but

with the facétious Killigrew,

iittle and drinks néthing but milk; he enjoys

alfo an uninterriipted flow of fpirits.

The

ft

to

third wife of this véry extradrdinary old man

was an illegitimate ddughter of Oliver Crom-

lag

Wi

e

fo

u) cribbage, der Name eines englifchen Kar-

16

tenfpiels zwifchen zwei Perfonen.

V) face-

tious, luftig, drollig (vom lateinifchen face-

tMS)o

Sy,

Anecdotes.

107

well, who gave with her a pdrtion of about

he

500. 1, fterl,

He has in his pofféflion a fine

hridge,

pOrtrait of the uftirper by Cooper, for which

ng 4ge

the late Mr Hollis éffered him 3001, but was

refufed. Mr Hartop lent the gréat Milton 50 1.

n 1653

o plage

foon fter the reftoration, which the bard re-

tirned him with honour, thouch not without

y() ) ﬂﬂd

f Lon

much difficulty, as his circumftances wete

véry low,

Mr Hartop would have declined

mipied

hildren,

recéiving it aghin, but the pride of the poet

was équal to his génius, and he fent the

ays at

Lak

mobney with an 4ngry letter, which is extant

améng the curious pofléffions of thxs véne-

o ine

rable man,

4

Be

London Chronicle for the year 1790,

y N2

York

The Highlander.

5 bt

The Englifh atticked in 1747 the fpanifh

enjoys

féttlement of St. Auguftin, but were obliged

Th

to raife the fiege.

A party of footch high-

| mai

landers, who attémpted to céver their retréat,

fom

were w) routed and cut to pieces,

A fér-

jeant alone was {pared by the Indians, who

fought under-the banners of Spain, and was

| Kﬂf

reférved for that x) lingering déath, to which

fut

¥

fm

w) to rout, eine Armee fchlagen,

x) linge=~

108

Anecdotes.

thofe fivages ‘devoted their prifonets

This

hat

man, when he behéld the inftruments of the

app(

cruel torture that awaited him, is faid to ha-

éale

ve addréffed the fangumary tribe in ‘thefe

Ty

terms,

of

pr

,, Heroes and patriarchs of the new world

it}

you were not the énemies, I fought to meet:

£a)

you have however gained the viftory. Make

The fate of

Tem

what ufe of it, you think fit

proo

war has delivered me into your hands;

and

But fince it is the

{ence,

1 difpute not your right

ciftom of my féllow citizens to offer a ran-

fom for their lives,

liften to a propofition,

which is not to be rejécted

fs

{ifi

Know then, brave Américans! that in the

Ve

country , which gave me birth, there are cér-

10!

tain men endowed with fupernitural knéw-

1Edgeo

One of 'thefe fages, who was allied

be

to me bv blood, gave me, when I became

plr

g

ay) foldier a charm which was to render me

inv filnerable,

You faw how I efcaped all

fl"l

he

your darts ; ‘without that enchintment was it

pofﬁble I f{hould have furvived the miny

chy

1B

rwg ¥ langfa m,

y) Joldier , wird ausgefpro-

chen' fohd/eher,

1)

109

‘ 'Aﬂecdaté:,

Thie

hard blows, with which you affiiled me? [

of the

appéal to your vilour, Did I éither féek for

to ha-

éafe or fly from danger? It is not fo much

thefe

my life, that 1now beg of you, as the gicry

of revealing a fecret of importance to your

prefervation, and of réndering the moft Va-

worl

liant nation of the world immértal,

Only

0 meeh

léave one of my hands at liberty, for the cé-

Make

remonies of the enchantment,

I will give a

fute of

proof of its pdwer upbn myfelf in your pré-

)

and

fence,

is the

4 120

The Indians héarkened with avidity to a

olition,

{peech, that équally fuited their wirlike difpo-

{ition and their inclinition téwards the z) mir-

vellous.

After a fhort deliberation they un-

in the

e offe

lodfed one of the prifoners arms. The fc6tch-

man requéfted that his broad fword {hould

fnaw-

| aﬂied

be given to the moft alért and moft vigorous

pérfon, in the aflémbly; and laying bare his

ecame

neck , after he had ribbed it dver with mégic

s me

figns and muttered a few inarticulate words,

e il

he called out with a loud’ voice, and a

WaS it

i

chéerful air: Behold now ye fage Indians an

incontéftable évidence of my fincérity,

You

l,{‘Pm'

z) mérvellous, wunderbar.

110

dmcdotg:. |

witrior who grafp the inftrument of déath,

firike with your whole force; You are not

énly {Ginable to fevere my héad from my body

b}u/t éven to piérce the fkin of my neck,

He had {circely prondunced thefe words,

Chr

when the Indian fétching a moft dréadful

relat

blow, made the héad of the férjeant fly to the

I ow

diftance of twénty yards,

The afténifhed f4-

i,

o g

vages ftood immoveable. They looked at the

blbody chrcafe, and then caft their eyes upon

il

themfelves, as if to reprdach one anéther for

(il

their ftpid credility, Admiring however the

iy

firstagem employed by the firanger to fhorten

jul

his déath, and to avoid the torments that

tl

were prepared for him, they grinted to his

v

corpfe the fimeral hénours of their cOuntry.

From Abbé Resnal's kiftory of the Indies,

f{z(

dic

I

Tl

foig

“

K

al

M

K|

ay

g

g

lep

11X

dtath,

are 1ot

"‘L‘IVes.

y body

L PYEe

Ck.“

- gords,

Chrii’copher Pitt, of zéhom whatéver 1 {hall

dréadful

relite more than has been alréady plblifZed,

yto the

1 owe to the kind comunicition of Dr Wir-

the {fon

(hed fi

ton, was born in 1699 at Blanford,

J ot the

of a phyfician muc/ eftéemed,

He was in

5 0pol

1714 recéived as a fchblar into Weftminfter

her for

College, where he was diftinguif’ed by éxer-

and at /is re-

et the

cifes of uncémmon élegance;

horten

moval to new College in 1719 prefénted to

ts that

the eléftors, as the product of his private and

o I

voéluntary fthdies, a compléat vérfion of Lu-

H]ntf%

o Jndie

* Lebensbefchreibungen, Da ich zu vermu-

then Urfacke habe, die Lehrlinge werden durcs

die von mir in den vorigen Bogen beobachtete

Met/ode bereits eine ziemlicke Copiam verbo

rum {ick erworben haben; fo werden fick die

folgende Bemerkungen nur nock auf die Ey-

klirung der etwan vorkommenden Kunft- oder

fehr feltener Worter, vorziglich aber auf Er-

klirung {chwerer Conftruétionen, Hinweifun

auf Eigenjeiten der Englifcien Spracke, Rew

geln des Syntaxes und befondere Abweichun-

gen von der

ken,

gewahnﬁchen Ausfpracie beziee

112

- Lives.

fcaﬁ’-s. poem , which ke did not then know to

have been translited by Rowe,

ety

fore

This is an inftance of éarly diligence,

whe

which well deférves to be recorded.

The

ced

fuppréffion of fuch a work, recomménded by

el

fuch uncémmon circumftances, is to be re-

it

grétted, 1t is indéed cllpable; to load libra-

of

¢ies with fupérfluous books; but incitements

Je

to éarly éxcellence are néver fupérfluos, and

degn

from this example the dénggt is not gréat of

bene)

many imitations,

pafe

too

" When he had refided at his céllege thrée

,{yéars, he was prefénted to the rétory of Pin-

to

ern in Dorfetfhire ( 1722) by his relation,

Mr Pitt of Stratfieldfea in Hampfhire; and re-

P

figning his féllow{hip, continued at Oxford

1

two yeéars longer, till he bech@e mafter of

to

arts (1724)s

b

He prébably about this time ﬂtranslhted Vi-

i

das art of poetry, which Triftrams {pléndid

edition ad then made pépular, In this trans-

lation he diftinguil hed himfelf, both by its

géneral élegance, and by the killful adaptation

he

of his niimbers, to the images expréffed; a

be

€S

béauty which Vida has with gréat ardour en-

forced and exémplified,

He

< N

Trimy

Lives

113

00y 10

He then retired to his a) rl'iving, a place

yery pléafing by its fituation, and there-

fore likely to excite the imagination of a poet,

figen,

where he pafled the reft of his life, réveren-

¢

The

ced for his virtue, and beléved tor the {6ft-

ded by

nefs of his témper,

and the éafinefs of his

0 be tee

mainners,

Before firangers he had fomething

ad Jibyge

of the fcholar's timidity or diftrift but when

itements

he becime familiar, he was in a very high

o5,

degrée chéarful and enterthining. His géneral

éat of

bepévolence proclured géneral refpéft; and he

pafled a life hénourable 'and plicid,

néither

: )

too gréat for the kindnefs of the low, nor

tao low for the nétice of the gréat,

of bie

‘rel‘ation,

At what time he compdfed his mifcellany,

; and 1&

publifhed in 1727, it is not eafy nor néceffa-

(xfod

ry to know: thofe which have dates appéar

after 0

to have been very éarly produétions,

and [

have not obférved that 4ny rife above medi6-

ed Ve

crity.

Joni

transe

by its

a-j living , kommt von #o live, leben, und

heift feiner urfpriinglichen Bedeutung nach Le-

ptﬁtiOﬂ

bensunterhalt ; die entferntere aber, in welcher

Jed; #

es hier genommen wird, heift ein Landgut,

|ur eﬂ‘

Es heift auchA ein Pfarrdientt,

H

He

114

Lives.

"I‘ he faccefs of his Vida 4nimated him to

ly bt

a higher undertiking, and in his thirtieth yéar

CITors

he publif hed a- vérfion of the firft-book of

peth

the Eneid. This being, 1 fuppdfe comménded

1éads

by his friends , he fome time afterwards added

and

three or four more;

with an advértifement,

cont

in which he reprefénts himfelf as translating

that

with gréat indifference, and with a prégrefs

1y of

of which himfelf was hardly confcious. This

glée

can hardly be true, and if trqe, is nothing to

petifal

the réader,

len

{en thy

At laft without any firther conténtion

with his modefty or any awe of the name of

He

t\nsg‘

Dryden, he gave us a compléte énglifh Eneid,

Yl §

which 1 am férry not to fee joined in the

a fto

late publichtions with his other poems: It

would have been pléafing to have an oppor-

tunity of compiring the two beft translitions,

that perhips were éver prodiiced by one na-

tion of the fame author.

Pitt engiging as a rival with Dryden, né-

turally obférved his fiilures and avoided them,

and as he wrote after Pope’s Iliad, he had an

example of an exift, eéquable, and fpléndid

verfification,

With thefe advantages, fecOn-

ded by gréat diligence, he might fuccéfsful-

i

, Lives.

11§

hit to

ly labour particular pifiages, and efcipe miny

h yeut

€rrors.

1f the two vérfions are compired,

ook of

perhips the refult would be, that Dryden

mended

léads the réader forward by his géneral vigour

s adid

and fprightlinefs, and Pitt often ftops him to

ifement,

3

contemplate the éxcellence of a fingle cbuplet

2

nslating

that Dryden’s faults are forgOtten in the hiir-

rdgrel

ry of delight, and that Pitt’s béauties are ne-

! This

glééted, in the languor of a cold and liftlefs

ing {0

perufal; that Pitt pléafes the criticks and Dry-

den the péople; that Pitt is quoted

den réad.

‘and Dry;

thotion

He did not long enjoOy the reputition which

e of

this gréat work deférvedly conférred; for he

b neiy

left the world in 1748, and lies biiried under

in the

a ftone at Blandford, on which is this infeription,

st |

In, mémory, of.

oppor

Chr, Pitt. clerk, "M, ‘A.

/éflbﬂ’y

pe Véry'o éminent.

1e e

Jfor. his tilents, in. poetry,

.and, yet. more,

for. the. univérfal. cindour, of,

1 né’

his, mind, and. the, primitive,

themm,

fimplicity. of, his. manners,

had 4t

He. lived. innocent,

lléﬂdld

.and, died, beloved,

g

Apr. 13, 1748,

ffl

Jged. 48.

re

H

£

116

Lives.,

b) Admiral Blake;

200

At a time when a nation is engiged in a

wit

war with an énemy whofe infllts rivages and

it

barbarities have long called for véngeance, an

account of fuch énglifh commanders, as have

Ox

mérited the acknéwledgments of poftérity, by

Wi

exténding the power and riifing the hénour

of their céuntry, feem to be no imprOper en-

by

tertainment for our réaders.

We fhall there-

dify

fore attémpt a fuccinét narrition of the life

ol ]

of Admiral Blake,

in which we have n6-

!

00!

thing farther in viéw', than to do juftice to

the e

Wher

his bravery and cénduét without inténding

any parallel between his atchiévements ‘and

thofe of our préfent idmirals,

W

Robert Blake ‘was born at Bridgewater in

his father

A

Sommerfetfhire in Aunguft 1508,

B

being a mérchant of that place who had ac-

d

an

quired a confiderable fortune by the {pénifh

bo

fehy

-.trade. ¢) Of his f’aarlieﬁ yéars we have no

Yty

T

b) Tn dem Wort admiral wird das d nicht aus-

wit

gefprochen,

c¢) Die eigenthiimliche englifche

che

Conftruction leidet nicht, dafs der Genitivus

4oy

oder Accufativus den Anfang einer Redensart

We

mache ; indeffen finden doch auch Inverfionen

reg

wie im Deutfchen ftatt, In dergleich,en Fillen

Co

1eg

e,

Lives.

117

account and therefbré can amhfé the réader

dins

with none of thofe prognéfticks of his fiture

6 and

4&ions fo often d) met with in memoirs,

1C€l. i

ys Tve,

In 1615 he éntered into the univérfity of

Oxford, where he continued till 1623 though

ity by

honout

without being much countenanced or caréfled

per et

by his fupeériors, for he was more than once

there-

difappointed in his endéavours after académi-

cal preférments,

It is obférvable that Mr,

he life

re 10

Wood (in his Athenz Oxonienfes, afcribes

the reptlfe he met with at Wadham College,

fice 10

where he was compétitor for a e) féllow{hip,

fending

s 4

wird dann der vorangehende Genit, oder Accuf.

gafed 1

zufammen als eine Conjunétion oder als eine

Parenthelis betrachtet, und die Redensart fingt

is fthe

dann gleichfam dennoch mit dem Nominativo

f]gd ace

an; diefer darf wenigftens nicht nach dem Ver-

rpz’mifh

bo ftehen.

1n diefem Beifpiel heift es im Deut~

ye 10

{chen:

Von [einen friheften Sahren haben

wir. Nach der englifchen Conftruétion heift es:

et

Von [einen friiheften ajahren wir haben. d) met

with, angetroffen,

Die Praepofition, mit wel-

ht 805

cher ein Verbum gewohnlich conftruirt zo wer-

Jifche

den pflegt, wird dem Verbo oft beigefezt,

\itivos

wenn gleich nichts da ift, das von derfelben

jensit

regiert wird,

e) fellowfhip, die Stelle eines

.ﬁonen

Collegiaten auf englifchen Univerfititen, Col-

Fillen

legiatus,

118

Lives,

éither to want of léarning or of ftiture. With

It

fegard to. the firft ob]eétxon the fame writer

gewal

had before infdrmed us that he was an darly

fecot

#Yer and fludious, though ke fometimes reli¢ved

bifho

his ftudies by the amufements of fowling and

fon

fithing. As it is highly prébable that he did

Whi

not want capicity, we may therefore conclude

upén this conféffion of his diligence, that he

cotf

could not fail of being léarned at léaft in the

ted f

degree réquifite to the enjoyment of a féllow-

Qeclay

{hip; and may fafely afcribe his difappointment

to his want of ftature,

it being the cGftom

mn,

ad g

of Sir Hénry Sivil

then f) warden of that

céllege

to pay much regard to the Outward

Vety,

1

appearance of thofe, who fblicited preférment

wh

in that fociety, So much do the gréateft évents

owe {6metimes to 4ccident or f6lly. He after

wards retired to kis native place, where ,, ke

]

lived“ fays Clirendon ,, witkdut 4ny appéaran~

10

ce of ambition, to be a gréater man, than je

o

was ,

but g) invéighed with gréat fréedom

for

aghinft the licence of the times, and pdwer of

tifo

the court

vaw

tloy

) 'mrdm Vorfteher eines Collegii.

g) to in-

tadein,

veigh againft jomethmg , etwas mit Bifterkeit

h)

N

‘

Livef.

119

, With

In 1640 he was chdfen burgefs for Brid-

Writet

gewater by Lhe puritan pérty, to whom he had

0 darly

recommeénded himfelf by his disapprobation of

telieved

bifsop Laud’s violence and fevérity, and his

ling and

non compliance with thofe new céremonies,

which he was then endéavouring to introduce,

it be di

conclté

When the civil war broke out, Blake, in

that be

conformity with his avowed principles decla-

f in the

red for the i) pirliament; and thinking a bare

fellow-

declaration for right not all the duty of a good

ntment

man, raifed atroop of dragoons for Ais party,

ciftom

and appéared in the field with {o much bra-

of that

very, that he was in a fhort time advanced,

utward

without meeting 4ny of thofe obftraétions

Sérment

which he had encountered in the umivériity,

fk évents

He dfter

In 1635 he was gévernor of Thunton,

when the lord Goring came before it with

}Jﬁf 3 u}‘e

J00CO men

The town was ill fortified, and

pearate

unfupplied with almoft évery thing néceflary

Hhan e

cedom

for fupporting a fiége. The ftate of this gir-

et of

rifon encéuraged Célonel Wind/iam , who was

acquainted with Blake to propofe a capitula-

tion, which was rejéted by Blake with in-

o e

In diefem Wort wird das g

ferkelt

k) parliament,

\

nic/it ausgefproc/en,

Y20

Lives.

-

dignition and contémpt, nor were éithet mé-

on

naces or perfuafions of any efféét, for ke

ture

maintained the place under all its disadvanta-

ffte

ges, till the fiége was raifed

wh

army,

\by the parliament’s

m

pr

He c«gntinued on mény other occhfions to

Pt

give proofs of an infuperable courage, and a

ftéadinefs of refolution not to be fhiken;

by

i

and as a proof of his firm ad/érence to the

pirliament , joined with the i) bérough of

and

theee

Taunton in retirning thanks for their refolii-

tion to make no more k) addréffes to the

alt

the

king. = Yet 1) was /e fo far from approving the

déath of Charles the firft, that he made no

byt

fcrﬁplek of declaring, that ke would vénture

his life to fave him,

as willingly as ke had

e

déne to ferve the pirliament,

tl

In Fébruary 1648 -9 ke was made a co-

i

miffioner of the nivy, and appointed to ferve

E

T

Y

i) borough, (vom deutf‘chén 'ng) eine Stadt

v

mit einer biirgerlicken Obrigkeit; ein Flekken,

Marktflekken,

k) addre/s, eine Schrift, die

{

man einem Hélern iibergiebt,

1) was he, eine

Conftruétion,

die im Englifchen feir unge-

gwohnlich, und nicht nacszumachen ift, indem,

t

pur in fragenden Sdzen der Nominativus nach

it

dem Verbo ftesen foll, fonﬂ‘ aber nicit,

Ic

) Li’ve.fo

121

et mt-

on that élement, for which he {éems by ni-

for e

ture to have been defigned.

He was {oon

advintse

ffterwards fent in purfuit of prince Rupert,

lments

whom he fhut up in the hirbour of Kinfale

in Ireland for féveral months,

till want of

fions 1o

provifions, and defphir of reliéf excited the

prince to make a daring éffort for his efcipe,

, and 8

fiken;

by forcing through the pérliaments fleet: this

defign he éxecuted with his ufual intrepidity

to the

and fuccéeded in it, though with the lofs of

gh of

three {hips, He was purfued by Blake to the

efolie

coaft of Partugal where he was recéived into

o the

the Tagus, and tréated with gréat diftinétion

ng the

by the Pértuguefe,

ade 10

Blake céming to the mouth of that riVer,M

venture

fe M

fent to the king a méflenger, to infarm him,

that, the fléet in his port belénging to the

4 C0

plblick énemies of the cémmon - wéalth of

England, he demanded léave to fall upén it,

ferve

po—

This béing refufed, "ghbugh the refufal was in

very foft terms, and accémpanied with decla-

Stadt

ritions of eftéem and a préfent of provifions,

ken,

fo exéafperated the 4dmiral, that withdut 4ny

: die

hefitition he fell upon the pértuguefe fleet,

| el

unge:

then retlirning from Bréfil, of which he took

ndem

{éventeen {hips and burnt three,

It was to

gach

no piirpofe that the king of Portugal, alirmed

122

Lives.

at fo unexpééted a deftriftion, ordered prince

yeir

Rupert to retake the brafil {hips, Blake car-

cely

ried home his prizes without moleftition, the

fore

prince not hiving force enéugh to purfie him

had

and well pléeafed with the opportiunity of

the

quitting a port, where he could no longer be

ced

protécted,

an(

pé

Blake foon fﬁppiied his fleet v'{rith‘:'pfovi-

)

fions and recéived Orders to mike m) reprizals

Rupe

upén the French , who had fuffered their

port

n) privatéers to moléft the énglifh trade; an

venal

injury which in thofe days was always im-

gig

médiately refénted, and, if not repaired cér-

el

tainly putnif hed,

Sailing with this comiffion,

0

he took in his way a french man of war,

hay

valued at a million,

How this fhip hippe-

thy

ned to be fo rich, we are not informed ; but

fes

as it was a criifer, it is prébable, the rich

lading was the accimulated plinder of many

prizeé. Then following the unfortunate prine

to.

ce Rupert, whofe fléet by fidrms and battles

was now reduced to five fhips, into Cartha-

th

gena, he deminded léave of the {panifh go6-

0)

de

Cl

m) reprizais; Repreflalien, n) prz'bateer, ein

¥

Kaper - Schiff,

de

123

Lives.

peinge

wvernor to attick him in the hirbour ,/ but re-

ke cil-

ceéived the fame &nfwer, which had been be-

n, the

fore retirned by the Portuguefe: that they

le him

had a right to protéé all fhips that came into

ty of

their dominions; that if the 4dmiral were for-

ced thither, he fhould find the {ime fecurity;

nget bo

and that he required him not to violate the

péace of a neutral port,

Blake wyithdréw

povi

up6n this anfwer into the mediterranean; and

;riza!s

Rupert then léaving Carthagena éntered the

theit

port of Malaga, where he burnt and funk fé-

ey a0

veral énglith mérchant Thips, Blake, o) jid-

ging this to be an infringement of the neu«

S ife

d cére

trality proféffed by the Spaniards, now made

iffion,

no feruple to fall upbn Rupert’s fleet in the

f wa

hirbour of Mélaga, and hiving deftroyed

ippee

three of his fhips, obliged him to quit the

d; but

féa, and tike finftuary at the {panilh court,

p tich

In Fébruary 1650 Blake, fill continuing

miny

to cruife in the mediterrinean,

met a french

prin-

ttles

fbip of confiderable foree, and c@mm,énded!.

tthae

. <5

| g()-

o) judging - neutrality, der dies fiir einen Bruch

p—

der Neutralitit hielt,

Im Englifchen der Ac-

cufativus cum Infinitivo, der in diefer Sprache

hiufig gebraucht wird, nm das da/s oder fir

J

¢l

der Deutfchen kiirzer auszudriikken,

\

124

Lives.

Hall

the cAptain to come on board, there béing no

Oppe

war declared betweéen the two nations, The

ciptain, when he came was ifked by him,

not

the

whéther he was willing to lay down his fword

lany

and yiéld, which he gallantly refiifed, though

W

in his énemy’s power. Blake fcorning to take

the

advintage of an artifice, and detéfting the ap-

fpe

pearance of tréachery, told him, ,,that he

Vér

'was at liberty to go back to his fhip, and de-

with

fénd it as long as he could,*

The captain

willingly accépted his 6ffer, and after a fight

fuper

me o

of two hours conféffed himfelf cénquered,

kiffed his fword and furréndered it,

eXpen

thout

0t 3

In 1652 broke out the mémorable war be-

tween the two cémmon - wéalths of England

Tkig

and Holland, ‘in which the gréateft admirals,

beh

that perhips 4ny f4ge has produced, were en-

ag

gaged on éach fide, in which néthing lefs

A

was ‘contéfted than the dominion of the {éa,

ang

and which was cdrried on with vigour, ani-

con

méfity, and refolution, proportioned to the

fity

importance of the difpute,

The chiéf com-

2

manders of the dutch fleets were van Trump,

E

de Ruyter and de Witt, the moft célebrated

names of their own nitions,

and who had

been perhips more renowned, had they been

)

oppofed by iny other énemies, The ftates of

125

tLives.

Hélland having carried on their trédé withdut

ing 10

oppofition and almOft without competition,

The

not énly during the initive réign of James

y him,

the firft, but during the commotions of Eng-

fword

land had arrived to that héight of naval po-

thbugh

wer, and that iffluence of wéalth, that, with

o take

the arrogance of which along continued pro-

the

{périty néturally prodices, they begin to in«

thit be

vént new cldims,

and to tréat Other nitions

and de-

with infolence, which néthing can defénd but

céptafn

fuperibrity of forces,

They had for fome ti-

fight

me made uncémmon preparations at a vaft

need,

expénce, and had equipped a large fleet, wi-

thout any Aapparent dinger thréatening them,

or 4ny avowed defign of atticking their

jat bé‘

fnglind

neighbours,

This unufual irmament was not

behéld by the Englifh without fome jéaloufy,

dninly

yere ¢

and care was tiken to p) fit out fuch a fleet,

as might fecure the trade from interriiption,

e {2,

and the coafts from infults: of this Blake was

conftituted admiral for nine lmonths.

In this

, ani-

to the

fituation the two nations remained, kéeping

com-

a watchful eye upbn eéach Other, without

4ting hoftilities on éither fide, till the rgth

Tomp

3brated

p) to fit out ’a fleet , eine Flotte éusriii’cen,

j heen

65 of

126

Lzves.

of May 1652, when van Trump appédared in

thar

boat

the déwns with a fléet of 45 men of war,

Blake who had then but twénty fhips, upbn

pétl

wit]

the approach of the dutch 4dmiral faluted him

the

with thrée fingle fhots, to require that he

loc

fhould , by ftriking his flag fhew that refpéct

Bl

to the Englifh, which is due to évery nation

in their own dominions: to which the Ditch-

lar

bes

man Anfwered with q) a broad fide; and

Blake percéiving that he inténded to difpute

Dutcl

gl

the point of hénour, advanced with his own

fhips before the reft of his fleet, that, if it

tieulo

fot ¢

were poflible, a géneral battle might be pre-

vénted, But the Dutch, inftéad of admitting

1ot g

may 1

him to tréat, fired upon him from their whole

fleet, without 4ny regird to the caftoms of

the |

gar , or the law of nations,

Blake for fome

dcm;

time ftood alone agiinft their whole force, till

the refe of his fquidron coHming up, the fight

with‘

was continued from betwéen four and five

in the 4fternoon till nine at night, when the

whic

1) b

Dutch retired with the lofs of two {hips, ha-

in tf

virfg not defcrbyed a fingle vellel, nor more

Vete

RUy

q) a broad fide, die ganze Lage, welche aus

den Kanonen auf der einen Seite des Schiffs ge-

WY’

geben wird ?‘ eine Lage.

P

Lives,

X127

ted in

than fifteen men,

moft of which were on

board the #Admiral,

who as he wrote to the

i waly

parliament, was himfelf engaged for four hours

o

of him

with the main body of the dutch fleet, béing

hat e

the mark at swhich they dimed; and, as Whit-

reped

lock relites, recéived abéve a thoufand fhot,

pition

Blake in his letter acknOwledges the particu-

lar bléffing and prefervation of god and afcri=

Diltche

bes his faccefs to the juftice of the ciufe, the

. ond

Dutch hiving firft atticked him upén the

it

s 0w

énglifh coaft.

1t is indéed little lefs than mi-

riculous that a thoufand gréat fhot fhould

|t, .ﬁ it

not do more execution; and thoie who will

be pre

not admit the ‘interpo'fition of providence,

mitting

¢ yhol

may draw at léaft this inference from it, that

the braveft mam is mot dlways in the gréateft

Ofms of

danger,

of fone

o1ee il

In July he met the‘; dutch fifhery fleet

pe gt

with a cénvoy of twelve men of war, all

o five

shich he took, with 100 of their hérring

en the

r) bufles, And in September, being ftitioned

)Sy h

in the downs with about {ixty fail, ke difcé-

ot

vered. the dutck A4dmirals De Witt and De

'Ru"yt’,er with néar the fame nGmber, and ad-

he 418

r) bufs, ein kleines Fahrzeng,

fls Se‘

Tives.

128

i

Va’;ﬁced t6Wat'<is them but the Dutch Being

fiex

rel]

obliged by the nature of their coaft and {hil-

lownefs of their rivers, to build their fhips

in fuch a manner, that they require lefs depth

to"i

Cou

of water than the énglifh veflels, took ad-

ged

véntage of the form of their fhipping, and

W)

{heltered themfelves behind a s) flat called

ént

kentiflh knock ; fo that the Englifh finding {c-

vili

me of their Thips t) aground, were obliged

to alter their courfe, but percéiving éarly the

next morning that the Hollanders had for{aken

lénge(

their ftation they purfied them with all the

e wit

fpéed that the wind, which was weak and

mote

uncéi:tain, alldowed but found themfelves tn-

fnen

able to réach them with the bulk of their

i

flicet and therefore detiched fome of the ligh-

the

teft frigates to chafe them, = Théfe came fo

me

néar, as to fire upén them about three in the

aga

his

4fter noon ; but the Dutch inftéad of ) técking

about, v) hoifted their fails, ftcered towards

Upa

their own coaft, and finding themfelves the

Wit

the

two

denj

s) flat, ein feichter Ort in der See, t) aground,

(wann von Schiffen die Rede ift) geﬁrandet.

that

u) to tack about, das Schiff wenden, lavieren,

(ein SchiffsTerminus),

V) to hoift the [ails,

die Seegel aufziehen.

»

V)

next

Lives.

12Q

| Being

fiext dav f8llowed by the whole énglifh fleet,

] bl

retired into Goree,

The fhilors were éager

¢ {hips

to attick them in their own bartours; but a

s depth

council ‘'of war béihg‘ convéned, it .was jid-

00k 4=

ged imprident to hdzard the fleet upén the

2, and

w) fhoals, of to 'engage in ény important

t calld

énterprize, without a frefh {upply

Xo‘f pror-l

ding fo-

viiipns.

obliged

rly the

Tfuat in this eng’ﬁgement the viftory be.

orfaken

l6nged to the Englifh is beyénd difpite, fin-

il the

ce without the ’ofs of one fhip, and with no

more than forty men Kkilled they drove the

énemy into his own ports, took the réar 4d-

Jyes U

of fhel

miral and anOther véffel, and fo difcOuraged

the dutch dadmirals, who had not agréed in theix

ihe g

méafures, that De Ruyter, who had declared

. came b

aghinft hizarding a battle , defired to refign

his comiffion, and De Witt, who had infifted

tickitg

upén fighting, fell fick, as it was fuppofed,

et

with vexition,

But how gréat the lofs of

ves {he

the Dutch was is not cértainly known; that

two {hips were taken,

they are too wife to

deny, but affirm , that thofe two were all

rgmldn

that were deftroyed, 'The Englif h on <he

f

randeto

i,

iviere

-

' /ai/.ff

w) fheals, feichte Oerter in dexr See,

I

gext

130

L?’Uff PN

other fide affirm that three of their veflels

fate

were difabled at the firft encounter, that their

and

nimbers on the fécond day were vifibly di-

attés

fenf

minifhed, and that on the laft day they faw

ic

three or four {hips ﬁn}k in their flight,

1

De Witt béing ndw difchirged by the Hol-

the

landers as unfortunate and the chiéf command

ter,

reftdored to van Trump, gréat prepardtions

(tio

were made for retriéving their reputition,

tant

and repairing their 16fles,

Their endéavours

were aflifted by the Englifh themfelves, now

Bl

made factious by f{uccefs; the men, x) who

tichmy

fill n

were intriilted with the civil adminiftration béing

jéalous of thofe, whofe militiry commands

10en ¢

had procured fo much hénour, left they who

Dles

rhifed them fhould be eclipfed by them, Such

ther

is génerally the revolition of affiirs in évery

tath

fed

vau

x) who — admz'm'ﬂraﬁon, welchen die biirger-

liche Verwaltung anvertraut war,

Dergleichen

Conftruétionen mit dem Paflivo kommen im

Englifchen oft vor, welche im Deutfchen mit

flf

Man

dem Acttivo gegeben werden miuffen,

e ¢

mufs fich dies vorziiglich merken, wann man

aus dem Deut{chen ins Englifche iiberfezen will,

indem es fehr weitfchweifig und iibel klingen

wiirde dergleichen deutfcieActiv-Conftruétionen

im Englifchen wieder mit dem Ativo zu geben.

if

Lives,

13t

yeffek

frate; dinger and diitréfs produce unanimity

t theit

and bravery, virtues, which are fé¢ldom un-

bly die

atténded with {Geceefs

but {Gccefs is, the pa-

rent of pride, and pnde of jéaloufy and fa-

ey fi

£,

étion ; fdétxon mikes way for calamity, and

hippy is that natlon whofe calimities renéw

the Hok

their unanimity.

Such 1s the rotation of in-

omman{

terefts, that équally tend to hinder the deftra-

aations

tion of a péople, and to obftrict an exdrbi-

oy

tant incréafe of power,

déavours

Blake had weéakened his fleet by many de-

yes, 1OV

x) who

tichments, and lay with no more than forty

fail in the y) Downs, very ill provided with

on being

mmands

men and ammunition, and expéting néw fup.

plies from thofe, whofe animofity hindered

Y Wit

them from providing them, and who chofe

m, Sul

rather to {ée the trade of their céuntry diftréf-

in evety

fed, than the féa - Officers exalted by a new

—

acquifition of honour and influence,

bilrge!

Jeichen

Van Trump defirous of diftinguif hing him.

nen 10

felf at the refmption of his command by fo-

en il

Man

me remarkable aftion, had affémbled eighty

klinget

)

down, eine Diine, ein Sandhiigel an der

ione?

Ki

ue.

; gEbeu'

1

%

132

Lives.

{hips of war and ten firefhips, and ftéered

b) b

towards the Downs, where Blake, with who-

feffa

fe condition and ftrength he was prébably ac-

pui

quainted was then ftationed

Blake not able

well

to reftrain his nétural érdour, or perhaps not

the

fully informed of the fuperibrity of his éne-

and

mies, put out to encéunter them

thovgh his

G

fleet was fo wéakly minned

that half of his

briy

{hips were obliged to lie idle without engging

byt

for want of failors,

TI'he force of the whole

the @

dutch fleet was therefore fuftiined by about

lidve

twénty two fhips

Two of the énglifh fri-

) (b

gates named the Vénguard and the viftory

béatiy

after hiving for a long time ftdod engiged

and I

amidft the whole. dutch fleet

broke through

nor did the Enolifh

only

without much injury,

Qe

lofe any fhips till the évening, when the Gir-

Not

land carrying férty guns was boarded at-once

Not

by two gréat fhips, z) which were oppdfed

they

by the Englifh,

till they had fcircely 4ny

bloy

men left to defénd the a) decks;

then, reti-

thev

froo

ring into the lower part of the veffel

}aVe

z) Eine abermahge Pafliv-Conftru€tion, die im

Deuatfchen mit dem Aétivo gegeben whtdda

b)

mufs,

Siehe Nota x. p. 130.

bley

ch

2) deck, das Verdeck eines Schiffes,

Sch

i,

Lz'vef.

,133

tected

b) bléw up their decks, which were now pof-

who

{éffed by the énemy, and at length were over

ly ac¢

plwered and tiken, The Bonaventure a ftout

o able

well built merchant fhip, going to reliéve

s ot

the girland was atticked by a man of war,

s nee

and after a ftout refiftance,

in which the

captain,

who defénded her with the tutmoit

agh s

"of his

bravery, was killed, was likewife cirried off

iging

by the Dutch. = Blake in the Tritmph feeing

whole

the Garland in diftréfs, préfled férward to re~

btk

lieve her, but in his way had his foremaft

ifh fis

¢) fhattered,

and was himfelf boarded;

but

yictory

beating oft the énemies he disenghged himfelf,

and retired into the Thames with the lofs of

ngéged

rough

only two fhips of force, and four fmall fri-

gates, but his whole fleet much fhétteregi.

Rl

e Git

Nor was the vittory ghined at a chéap rate,

notwithftéinding the unbfual disproportion of

at onee

oppbfed

ftrength ; for of the dutch fliglhips one was

blown up, and the other two disibleds a

Jy dny

; fetl-

proof of the énglifh, bravery, whieh fhould

they

have induced Van Trump, to have \fpared the

b) to blaw’ up, in die Luft fpfengen. Imperf;

jie Im

blew , Sup. blown,

c) fhattered , tibel zuge-

erdes

richtet, zer{chmettert

, wird vorziiglich von

Schiffen | gebraucht,

Lives.

134

infolence of carrying a d) broom at his e) tép-

To

of |

maft in his triumphant paffage through the

channel ,

which he inténded as a declaration,

erim

that he would f) fweep the féas of the éng-

mof

lith {hipping;

this , which he had little réa-

the

fon to think of accOmplifhing, he foon after

toc

the

périfhed. in atFémpting.

the

There are,f()rhetimes obfervations and en-

the ;

quiries,

which all hiftorians feem to decline

him

by agréement, of which this 4€tion may afford

can e

us an example: nbthing appéars at the firft

méntig

viéw more to demind our curidfity or afford

5ty

matter for examinition, than this wild en-

to the

counter of twénty two f{hips with a force,

eed 4

according to their accounts, who favour the

of

Dutch, three times fupérior.

Néthing can

iy

juftify a commander in fighting under fuch

gié

disadvantages, but the impoffibility of retréa-

Detr

ting,

But what g) hindered Blake from re-

terpr

for

tréating as well before fhé f ight, as ﬁfter it?

s

d) broom , ein Befen. =€) topmaft, der obere

Maft tiber dem Maftkorbe. (fr, pevroquet ).

£) to fweep, mit einem Befen kehren, fegen.

@) to hinder wird immer mit der Preepofition

h) |

Jrom confir Pir t,

hen

A,

Live:.‘

135

) tope

To fay he was h) ignbrant of the ftrength

oh the

of the dutch fleet is to impute him a very

ration,

criminal degrée of négligence; and at léaft it

S

muft be conféfled that, from the time he faw

them, he could not but know that they were

e e

on aftet

too powerful to be oppdfed by him, and éven

then there was time for retréat,

To urge

the 4rdour of his failors is to divéft him of

nd ete

the authérity of a commander, and to charge

him with the moft reproachful wéaknefs that

Jecline

g oftd

can enter into the chiraller of a géneral. To

b Bt

méntion the impetuélity of his own cburage,

is to make the blame of his temérity équal

i o

Wﬂd 513

to the praife of his valour; which {eems in-

déed the moft gentle cénfure that the truth

g forcey

of hiftory will allow.

We muit then admit,

out fe

hing &9

amidft our ¢ulogies and applaufes, that the

gréat, the wife, and the viliant Blake was once

pr foch

rettéae

betrayed to an incon{iderate and défperate en-

terprize, by the refiftlefs drdour of his own

m fe

et 1t

fpirit, and a noble jéaloufy of the hénour of

his c/éuntry.

ober¢

)

f elh

h) Die Adjettiva, die eine Kenntnifs oder Un-

ofition

kenntnifs anzeigen, regieren den Genitivum,

136

Zz’ves‘ A

It was not long, befdre he had an oppor-

ath

Vel

thnity of revinging his lofs, and reftriining

the infolence of the Duteh,

On the 1&th of

L

nj

Fébruary 1652, Blake being at the héad of

eighty fail, and aflifted at his own requéft

an

by Célonels Monk and Dean efpied Van Trump

in

with a fleet of abOve 100 men of war, as

Clarendon relites, -of 70 by their own piiblic

accounts, and 0o mérchant fhips vnder his

fil

cénvoy. The Englifh with their ufual intre-

pidity advanced téwards them; and Blake in

cony

thwa

the Triamph, in which he #&lways led his

figy

fleet, with twelve fhips more came to an

eg

engagement with the main bédy of the dutch

tay

fleet, and by the difparity of their force was

e

reduced to the laft extrémity, hiving recéi-

Or

ved in his. i) hull no féwer than 700 fhots,

when Lawfon in the Fairfax came ta his affi-

P

france

The reft of the énglifh fleet now ca-

me in, and the fight was continued with the

€0

Vi

ttmoft degrée of vigour and refolution, till

the night gave the Dutch an opportunity of

(0

an

retiring with the lofs of one flagfhip, and fix

it

i

i) lull, der Korper eines Schiffes.

Es ift ver-

P

muthlich eine Verwechslung mit dem Wort

tc

hulk, welches eben diefe Bedeutung hat,

&

S,

Live Y

137

Oppote

6ther men of war,

The Englith had many

On board

riining

veflels dimaged but none loft,

4th of

Lawfons {hip were killed wo men, and as

éd of

miny on board Blake’s, who loft his captain

requel

and {{cretary, and himfelf recéived a wound

Tromp

in the thigh,

jat, 8

pie

‘Blake hiving fet afhore his wounded ﬁxen,

Jer his

fiiled in purfuit of Van Trump, who fent his

| intre

convoy before, and himfelf retired fighting

lake 11

towards Bulloign,

Blake ordered his light

o his

frigates to fOllow the mérchants, fill conti-

to o

nued to héirrafs Van Trump, and on the third

,' dutch

day the 2cth of Fébruary, the two fleets ca-

e W

me to anGther battle, in which Van Trump

g; reféi‘

once more retired before the Englifh, and

) {hotsy

miking ufe of the peculiar form of his {hip-

yis ol

ping, fecured himfelf in the fhdals, The ac-

oW 8

counts of this fight, as of all the éthers, are

th the

vAarious;

but the dutch writers themfelves

il

conféfs, that they loft ¢ight men of war,

ity of

and more than twénty mérchant fhips, and

nd fix

it is ;prc‘)bable , that they fiffered much more

‘than they are willing to alldw, for thefe re-

péated deféats provoked the cémmon péople

b ver

to riots and infurrétions, and obliged the

fort

‘ﬁe‘a.tes, to afk, though ineffétually for péace,

138

Lives:

In April féllowing the form of gbvern;,

ment in England was changed, and the fu-

and

préme authOrity affumed ‘by Cromwell ; updn

wit

which . occafion Blake with his afféciates de-

Wit

clared that notwithftanding the change in the ad-

the

miniftration, they fhould ftill be réady to dis-

Th

charge their truft and to defénd the nation

Tr

from k) infults injuries and encroachments.

der

5 It is not,* fays Bldke, ,,the bafinefs of a

but

féaman to mind ftate affairs, but to hinder

dexty

foreigners from fooling us,

This was the

idmir

principle from which he néver déviated, and

hitho

which he lways endéavoured to inciilcate in

in fh

the fleet as the fureft foundation of unanimity

Uhn

,, Diftirb not one anéther

and ftéadinefs,

affl

with doméftic difputes, but remémber that

we are Englifh, and our énemies are foreig-

ners, ¢

Enemies! whom, let what party fo

ot ¢

éver previil it is dlways the intereft of our

the

céuntry to humble and rei’créin. 4

fl

-

feg

{hiy

tot

k) infult, hat zweierlei Bedeutungén, Zuerft

heift es das Auffpringen auf etwas, und in die-

fem Verftande hat es den Accent auf der lez-

ten Sylbe. Hernach heift es eine Beleidigung

mit Worten oder Handiungen,

und in diefer

D

ggdeutung hat es den Ton auf der erften Sylbe,

fich

P

Lives,

139

)VEftle

After the 3oth of April 1653 Blake, Monk

he {o

and Dean, failed cut of the énglifh harbours

updn

with 100 men of war, and finding the Dutch

& e

with féventy fail on their own coafts, drove

e af

them to the Texel and took fifty 1y doggers,

to dis

Then they failed nérthward in purfuit of Van

nation

Trump, who hiving a fleet of mérchants un-

ments,

der his cénvov, durft not énter the channel

s of 3

but ftéered téwards the Sound, and by gréat

hindet

¥

dextérity and addréfs efcaped the three énglifh

gs the

4dmirals, and brought all his {hips into their

and

hiarbour; then knowing that Blake was ftill

cate 10

in the north

came before Dover, and fired

upbdn that town, but was driven off by the

qnimty

et

caitle,

of ha

foreig

Monk and Dean fthtioned themfelves again

at the mouth of the Texel

and blécked up

qﬂ:y [0

f our

the Dutch in their own ports with eighty

fail; but héaring that Van Trump was at Go-

ree with 120 men of war, they drdered ali

fhips of force in the river and ports to repair

to them,

perf

die

Jeze

ung

1) doggers, eine Art kleiner Schlﬁ"e, deren man

hefer

ﬁch Zum Flfchen bedient,

y}beo

Lives.

140

.

On Juﬁeagd the two fleets came to an en-

mitt]

been

gagement in the beginning of which Dean

was cérried off by a cinnon ball; yet the

|

they

ges,

fight continued from about twelve, to fix

in the afternoon, when the Dutch gave way,

tial

excl

and retreated fighting,

Var

On the 4th in the 4fternoon, Blake came

Wit

up with éighteen frefh fhips and procured

men

the Englifh a compléte vi€tory ; nor could

and g

the Dutch 4ny otherwife preférve their fhips

natury

than by retiring once more into the flats and

fhéllows, where the largeft of the énglifh

The

Engi

veffels could not approach.

mifte

In this battle Van Trump bbard;d vice

‘Admiral Pen; but was béaten off, and himfelf

1

boarded, and redliced to blow up his decks,

Cro

of which the Englifh had gotten pofléffion,

feer

He was then éntered at once by Pen and an6-

Ved

ther; nor could péflibly have efciped, had

bein;

not De Ruyter and De Witt arrived at that

the

%n{’cant and refche@ him,

I

Howéver the Dutch may endéavour to

by

exténuate their lofs ig this batf:le, m) by ad-

m) by admitting - taten. Eiue Paftici pial-Con-

Infy

firuttion vereinigt mit dem Accufativo cum

ftey

Lives.

141

l

an efls

mitting no more than' éight fhips to have

been taken or deftréyed, it is évident, that

| Dem

they muit have recéived much gréater dima-

et the

to fix

ges, not only by the accounts of more ‘impérw-

tial hiftorians,

but by the remoénftrances and

& Wayy

exclamations of their 4dmirals themfelves,

Van Trump decliring before the States, that

ke came

withdout a nlumerous reinfdrcement of large

procixred

men of war he could ferve them no more;

ot could

and de Witt crying out before them with the

ir {1ips

nitoral warmth of 4is charatter, ,, Why,fhould

afs and

1 be filent before our lords and méfters? tie

éng\i{h

Englifs are our mafters and by cénfequence

mafters of the {éa

od VI

| hinkl

In November 1654 Blake was fent 'by

is dels

Cromwell into the Mediterrinean. with a pd-

werful fleet,

and may be faid to Zave recéi-

offefions

d an0-

ved the homage of all that part of the world,

being équally courted by the hhughty Spaniards,

, bud

the farly Dutch, and the latvlefs Algerines,

t that

In March 1656 hiving forced Algiers to

out fo

fubmiffion, Ze éntered the harbour of Tunis

by ads

e

Infinitivo, durch weléhe die-deufﬂrhe Con-

J-Con-

o cum

ftrution auf eine doppelte Art abgekiirzt wird,

©

Lives.

142

and deminded teparition for the robberies

0)

fire

practifed upén the Englilh by the pirates of

that place, and infifted that the captives of

X

Zis nation {fould be fet at liberty

The go-

fiv

vernor having planted bétteries aléng the {ho-

the

re, and drawn up his {4ips under the ciftles

Fr

fent Blake an fhaughty and infolent anfwer,

2

There are our ciftles of Golletta and Porto

To

Ferino,* faid ke, ,, upbn which you may do

Fiy

with

your sworft; ¢ 4dding Gther ménaces and in-

fults, and méntioning in terms of ridicule the

kind

count

inequélity of a fight betwéen fhips and caftles,

Blake %ad likewife deminded léave to tike in

fatly

water,

which was refufed /Aim

Fired with

mh |

tsis initiman and infolent tréatment

he

the

fai

n) chrled kis whifkers, as was his chftom,

when he was angry,

and éntering Porto Fe-

eff

rino with his gréat fhips difcharged his {hot

fo faft upon the bétteries and caftles, that in

two hours the guns were dismounted, and the

works forfaken, thongh he was at firft expo-

I‘Elg

fed to the fire of fixty cannon.

He then or-

froy

dered his 6fficers to fend out their long boats

e

well manned to féize nine of the piratical {Zips

A\

n) he cuvled his whifkers, er kraufelte feinen

Scinurrbart,

(da

=,

Ll.ve.-fc

43

bbeties

o) lying in. the road, himfelf coﬁtinuing to

ates of

fire upén the ciftle. This was fo bravely

ives of

éxccuted that with the lofs of 6nly twénty-

[lie go-

five men killed and férty - éight wounded, all

the fhoe

the fhips were fired in the f{ight of Tunis,

i ctls

From thence failing to Tripoli /e conclided

et

a peace with that nation,

then retirning to

Tunis /4e found no6thing but fubmiffion, And

d Porto

may do

fucs indéed was his reputation that ke met

with no farther oppofition, but collééted a

and i

ale the

kind of tribute from the princes of thofe

cﬁm@c

céuntries, his bafinefs béing to demind repa-

thke in

ration for all the injuries offered to te Enga

lif2 during the civil wars,

He exiaéted from

of with

ot he

the duke of Tufcany 60coo 1, and, as it is

faid, fent fome fixty {hips laden with the

cﬁﬁOmy

010 fe

efléCts, which he had recéived from féveral

ftates.

Jis fhot

that in

The refpétt with which he oblige& all fé-

and the

expl-

reigners to tréat his céuntry men, appéars

from a ftory related by bifiop Burnet, Wien

en 0

y boats

he lay before Malaga in a time of péace wits

Spain, fome of Ais failors went affiore, and

i

—

' feine?

0) lying in the road, welche auf der Riede

(das ift vor Anker) laggn; r\oozd, die Riede,

Fives.

144

méeting a procéffion of the p) hoft, t;ot bnly

bif

fng

refufed to pay 4ny refpéct to it, but laughed

at thofe who did.

The péople being-put by

poy

kng

one of the priéfts upén refénting this indig-

nity , fell up6n them and béat them fevérely,

pu

the

When they returned to their {hip they com-

pliined of their ill tréatment, upbn which

{3

Blake fent in to Demind the priéft who had

dy

procured it. The vicerdy Anfwered, that hi-

the

ving no authOrity over the priefts, he could

and

not fend him: to which Blake replied,

that

Engl

he did not enquire into the extént of the vi-

bnd |

ceroys authoérity, but that if the priéft q) were

not fent within three hours, he would burn

the tOwn,

The viceroy then fent the priéft

a0y

to him, who pléaded the provocition given

fiy

nt

by the féamen, Blake bravely and ritionally

anfwered, that if he had compliined to him,

Of

he would have plnifhed them fevérely, for

he ivould not have his men aﬂ’rgnt the efti-

blif hed

1 f

We

Rty

) ¢

p) hoft, die Hoftie;

q) were, das Tmperfeét.

egy

Conjunttivi von ¢o e, welches jedoch nicht

g

oft vorkommt,

indem man meiftens auch da,

fege

wo im Deutfchen der Conjunétivus fteht, das

Jire

Imperfect, im lndic. I was, gebraucht,

({

Li'vef *

145

t bl

blifhed religion of any place; but that he was

4ngry that the Spédniards would affime that

l‘aughed

it by

power, for r) he would have all the world

infge

know , , that an Englif hman was (mly,tc) be

'e\"efei}'.

ptnifhed by an Englithman, So having ufed

the priéft civilly, he fent him back, béing

3}7 (0

1 which

{stisfied that he was in his power. This cén-

duét fo much pléafed Cromwell, that he réad

oo had

hat ba

the letter in council with gréat fatis’ﬁi&idn”’

and faid he hoped to make the name of an

, could

that

Englithman as gréat as €ver that of a Roman

had been,

he Vie

) wete

" In 1656 the protéétor I;éving declired war

§ bum

againft Spain,

detiched Blake with twénty

five men of war to s) inféft their coafts, and

p givel

intercépt their {hipping,

In purfuance of thefe

ol

orders he t) cruifed all winter u) abdut the

to him,

/, for

S

) eﬁé-

pifhed

1) hé would — know, Er wolle, dafs die ganze

Welt wiffe; wieder der Accuf, mit dem Infi-

o

nitivo,

um das deutfche da/s zu vermeiden,

s) to infeft their coafts, ihre Kiften zu ver

heeren,

t) to cruife, kreuzen, ein Schiffsters

erfels

minus, der dig Bedeutung hat;

hin und her

u) about ihe

h nicht

fegeln um Beute zu machen,

ich i

fiveights, beim Eingang des mittellindifchen

it 15

Meeres ; fireight, eine Meerenge, ein enger Pafs,

146

Lives,

ftréights , and then lay at the méuth of the

the

hirbour of Cales

where he recéived intélli-

{hi

gence that .v) the fpénilh plite fleet lay at

10

4nchor in the bay of Santa Cruz in the isle

Wi

of ''éneriffe,

On the 13th of April 1657 he

th

depirted from Cales, and on the 2cth arrived

Vi

at Santa Cruz, where he féund fixteen {pa-

to

nifh véflels,

The bay was defénded on the

pl

north fide by a ciftle well mounted with

cor

cinnon, and in Sther parts. with féven forts

lofs

with cinnon proportioned to the bignefs, all

whil

united by a line of communicition minned

Asi

with mufquetéers, The {panifh ddmiral drew

tlon

up his {fmall (hips under the cinnon of the

ang

ciftle, and ftationed fix gréat gilleons with

their broadfides to the féa: an advintageous

and prudent difpofition but of little efféct

againft the Englifh comminder who' detér-

mined to attick them, ordered Stayner to én-

1n¢

Wi

ter the bay with his fquadron; then pofting fo-

ot

me of his largeft Thips to play upOn the for-

tifications , himfelf atticked the galleons which

ung

the

4fter a ghllant ref ftance were at length abin-

W

dyo‘ned'by tl}e Spéniards , though the l¢aft of

th

e

W]

V), the fpanifl plate- fleet, dvie {panifche Silber-

30

flotte,

l‘ag

LT,

Lizfaf.

147

of the

them was bigger than the biggeft of Blake’s‘

Intel

{hips,

The forts and fmaller véflels béing

ay at

now { hattered and forfzken, the whole fleet

the isle

was fet on fire, the gilleons by Blake and

7 be

the fmalleft veflels by Stiyner, the énglifh

aived

véflels béing too much fhittered in the fight

oen fp

to bring them away.

Thiis was the whole

on the

plate - fleets deftroyed, and the Spéniards, ac-

g with

cording to Réipins remirk, - fuftiined a gréat

on forls

lofs of fhips, mobney, men and mérchandize

,»ﬁ', 81[

while the Englifh giined néthing but glory,

nﬁnned.

As if he, that incréafes the military reputa-

drew

tion of a péople did not encréafe their power,

of e

and he that weéakens his' énemy in effé&t

ns \Vith

firéngthens himfelf,

tageots

o el

The whole aftion fays Clarendon, was fo

g delit

incrédible that all men, who knéw the place,

fo €1

wondered that any {ober maun,

with what

ng fo-

céurage fo éver endied, wonld éver have

e for«

undertiken it, and /they could hardly perfuade

which

themfelves to beliéve what they had, done:

abin-

while the Spiniards comforted themfelves with

att of

the belief, that they were dévils and not men

P

who had deftrdoyed them in fuch a ménner,

So much a firong refolution of bold and cou=

Gilher*

)

thgeous men can bring to pafs, that no re-

K 2

148

.ZI.'UC | A

fiftance or advéntége of ground can difappoint

U

them ; and it can hardly be imagined how {mall

i

a lofs the Englifh fuftiined in this unparalle-

gui

led 4tion, not one fhip being left behind,

nfy

and the killed,

and wounded not excéeding

a8

200 men; when the flaughter on board the

it

fpanifh fhips and on fhore was incrédible,

{a

The géneral cruifed fome time 4fterwards

by

with his viftérious fleet at the mouth of Ca-

les, to intercépt the {panifh fhipping; but

finding his conftitution broken by the fatigue

dy b

of the laft three yeéars, detérmined to retiirn

tame

home, and died before he came to land.

Qared

S

His bédy was embalmed and hiving liin

his

was

fome time in ftate at Gréenwich houfe,

Cla

w)btried in Henry VII. chipel, with all the

ma

faneral folémnity dlie to a man fo famed for

att

his bravery, and fo fpétlefs in his intégrity;

He

nor is it without regrét that I am obliged to

con

relite the tréatment, his body met a yéar

beer

after the X) reftoration, when it was tiken

dife

to fi

w) to bury, begraben,

In diefem Wort und

feinen derivatis wird das # ausnahmsweife wie

0 ausgefprochen,

Kon

x) the refloration, die Pe-

Schy

riqde der Wiedereinfezung Karls des zvfzeiten,

gen

e,

149

: ‘Lz'v.:r,’:.

ppoint

up by expréls commind, and buried in a pit

{mall

in St, Margaret’s churchyard,. Had he béen

jirale-

guilty of the marder of Charles the firfk, to

behind,

infalt his bédy had béen a méan revénge; but

ceeding

as he was innocent, it was at léaft inhuma-

ard the

nity, and perhips ingrititude.

,» Let no man,

e

{ays the oriéntal préverb,* pull a déad lion

eryands

by the ‘béard.

of Cae

SR ITRERERS Rt

7; i

dy has béen paid to his better remains, his

fatigue

setiirn

name and his mémory.

Nor has any writer

,

dared to deny him the praife of intrepidity,

hénei’ty, contémpt of wéalth, and love of

no lan

his country,

»» He was the firft man,% {ays

Clarendon, ,,that declined the old track, and

, Wi

) ol te

made it apparent, that the {ciences might be

attiined in lefs time than was imAgined, —

e fot

He was the firft man, that brought {hips to

i

contémn ciftles on fhore,

which had éver

gged {0

been tiught to be véry fOérmidable, but ‘were

) yéar

taken

difcobvered by him to make a noife 6nly, and

to fright thofe who could rirely be hurt by

th und

Konigs von England wird Voni den englifchen

ife wie

fie Pes

Schriftftellern per ex

cellentiam , ¢/e reyiara;iam

genannt,

%reitelh

150

Lives.

g N W e

miny

proportion of céurage into féamen, by miking

yet |

them fee by expérience, what mighty things

and

they could do if they werte ref6lved, and

Jeft 1

taught them to fight in fire as well as upén

pérf

the water; and though he has been véry well

cirel

imitated and f6llowed, was the firft that gave

ofte

the example of that kind of naval céurage,

him

and bold and réfolute atchiévements,‘

ténde

quent

Officer

To this atteftition of hi; military éxcel-

to the

lence, it may be préper to fubjoin an account

that

of "his moral charaéter from the author of Li-

£t ¢

ves englifl and foreign. , He was jéalous,*

fays that author of the liberty of the fUbject,

and the glory of his nation; and as he made

Ufe of no mean artifices to riife himfelf to

Mmay

of |

thé higheft command at {éa, fo he néeded no

intereft but his mérit to fuppdrt him in it,

the

\’iéw

He f{corned néthing more than méney, which

as faft, as it came in,

was laid out by him

the {

in the férvice of the ftate, and to fhow that

a B

give

he was 4nimated by that brave plblick fpirit,

which has fince been réckoned rather romin-

fol 1

tic than herdic.

And he was {o disinterefted

that, though no man had more opportunities

to enrich himfelf than he, \’V%IO had tékeg fo

9)

=Ly,

Lives,.

5%

d the

mény millions from the énemies of England,

nking

yet be threw it all into the pablic tréafury,

things

and did not die 500 l.-richer than his father

J, and

left h1m ; which the Author y) avérs from his

3 Upin

perfonal knéwledge of his fimily and their

circumftances, hiving béen bred up in it, and

Y wel

11t gave

often héard his brother give this account of

Guragey

him

He was religious according to the pre-

ténded purity of thofe times, but would fré-

quently alldw himfelf to be mérry with his

6fficers, and by his téndernefs and generélity

feel

to the {éamen had fo endéared himfelf to them,

pccoutt

that when he died they laménted his lofs as

e of L

that of a cémmon father,

Jous,

U‘D}eai

Inftéad of more téftimonies his charalter

o mae

may be properly conclided with one incident

el (0

of his life,

by which it appéars how much

ded 10

the fpirit of Blake was fupérior to all private

i th

Views,

His bréther in the laft 4étion with

which

the Spaniards, having not done his duty, was

7 him

at Blake's defire difcirded, and the fhip was

- that

given to anOther; yet was he not lefs regird

fpmt,

ful to him as a bréther,

for when he died,

mal

e

refted

nities

il fo

) to aver, behaupten,

- Lives,

152

‘he left him his eftite, knowing him well

qualified, to adorn or enjoy a private fortu-

ne, though he had found him unfit to ferve

his country in a piliblic chirater, and had

therefore not fuffered to rab it,

N

méth

high

fimg

Was

i

W1

d:

Ce

of

I

Co

1§

tr

b

ﬁn

m

A

153

wel

Ort

Letters.

ferve

A. Familiar,

bad

Lady Cravenjto his Serene Highnefs the

Margrave of Brandebourg Anfpach

and Bareith,

Avignon July 30, 1785,

N 6thing can be more delightfol than my laf¥

I have had

méthod of travelling by water,

high and coOntrary winds; but the Rhone's

famed rapidity, that [ had héard fo much of,

was néither furprifing nor térrifying; the

fhores on éach fide were rocks interfpérfed

with vineyards and chftles. 1 linded the firfk

day at Comdrieux, where I bought fome éx-

cellent wine for 25 fols a bottle, the growth

of that place.

About a léague from thence

is la montagne Tupain belonging to Mr de Iz

Condamine, where the beft Cote - rotie wine

is to be had; that word fignifies réally and

trily roafted coaft; the grapes being almoft

broiled by the fun. The wine is of a red and

firong kind, réckoned véry fine, but like

many 6ther fine things I did not rélifh it,

A little farther on the left is /Hermitage a

/

154

Letteys.

fpot fo called beciufe formerly a hérmit lived

upén that hill, the wine of which is too much

i

is fi

known for me to fay 4ny thing about it

I gave three livres a bottle for it, but found

the white fo much better than the red, . that

1 ordered fome to be fent to Marfeilles, from

{ifk

LI

whence 1 fhall haYe it {hipped for England,

4

”

1

1§

v

.‘Theré is a fine tOwn called ienme that

has a fine gothic cathedral, which I went on

fhore to look at, togéther with a2 mOnument

th

¢

belénging to the Moutmorin fimily W}ll éxg-

15 €9

“cuted‘.

Celye

h&t l

1 féw {éveral people on the banks of the

b

Rhone fifting gravel ; théy find it améng litt-

Wi

e bits of folid gold, walhed down from the

Y

mountains, a moft hérrid employment in this

hot weéather, 1 {hould think;

but what will

not poor mortals do for gold, fince the rich

are often {laves to that which Fhéy dught to

be mifters of, |

Ma'ntéh'mart is a caftle from \Whence I am

told three kingdomsi _are feen and. féven pro-

vinces,

I did not ftop /to fee this or any

(fther,\;of the mény caftles, I pafled by

ieﬂ evs,

155

Lived

The fhotes 13ofe all their beality néar

much

Avignon, which I could not fee, beciufe it

it 1

is furrounded by a high tarreted wall,

found

Madame de Branmcas the Déc de Crillons

et

fifter, was véty civil to me.

1 dined with

, fiom

L —d; whofe héalth is much impadired, and

ghnd

1 hope this climate will do him féme goods

y thot

— Adiel1 déar Sir} , yours,

nt on

PS.

I am told by {éme one who knows

ment

the Duc de Crillon véry well, that his fifter

£X¢

is exiftly like him; which 1 can éafily. con-

ccive, for fhe has as many préjeéts about

her girdens and houfes, as her bréther had

of the

about the tiking of Gibraltar; I hope they

0 Jite

will fuccéed better than his have, for fhe is

om the

a very good hhmoured-lﬁdy.

in this

¢ wil

13 l'iCh

gt 0

eIam

fl pré"

4

Lesters.

156

tive

Ladyf Craven to his feréne higﬁnefs yth’e

abyf

Margrave of Anfpach and Bareith,

alo

Marfeilles Auguft. 5. 1785.

Dear Sir, I thought it unnéceflary to give

{id

you 4ny defcription of Avignon, becaufe you

for

have been there, but as you did not tike

év

the fame z) road to it, as I did in cOming

and

from it, I will endéavour to give you fome

lave

faint idéa of a nitural curiéfity, that I have

2 mi)

feen, and which pléafed me véry highly, the

chear

much famed fontaine de Vauclufe.

Hivet

11 fet dut from Avignon in the middle of

there

the day ‘and arrived at a town called Lille,

1ot

where 1 took a french poft-chaife, and went

péa

in it by the fide of the Sorgue’s cléar fireéam,

till the rdad was too narrow for the carriage

péy

to procéed; I then wilked in a nirrow path

hdy

winding round the imménfe récky mountains

to the left with the ftréam rapidly flying by

me to the right' about a mile, till a civern

prétty much in the fhape of thofe, which

2 |

fiy.

lions come out of, in an Opera, prefénted

ik}

Sp;

it‘felf to my view, and from that flows the

un

ebs

z) iéad , der Weg, eine andere Bedeutung als

W

P {4so ota, o,

il

Letters,

157

5 the

viver, a) I am told it is an unféthomable,f

ith,

abyfs,

Why it is called a fomtaine, 1 am at

a lofs to guefs,

1785

Monftrous rocks rife Over and on éach

0 nge

fide of this b) craggy arch; thefe féem to bend

ufe yoU

forward, to meet or crufh the curious, Which

10

f ke

éver way I tirned my eyes, 1 faw gigantic

coming

and fantiftic {hapes, which niture feems to

7 fome

have placed there to aftonifh the gizer with

[ have

a mixture of the mélancholy, térrible, and

) the

chéarful ; for the cléarnefs and rapidity of the

river makes it a lively 6bjett, and where

e of

there is a flat place on the banks, though

3d Liﬂl,

not above a few féet in circimference, the

i wett

péafants have planted trees or fowed girdens

freim

— you lift up your eyes and fee the moft

pérfet contrifts to them — the birds, which

it

hévered téwards the Gpper part of the rocks

ntains

=

ng by

cg’wern

a) I am>told , man fz{gt mif, Wieder eine Paf.

i

fiv-Conftruttion, die man im Deutfchen mit

man umfchreiben mufs, und die der englifchen

eftated

Sprache ganz eigen ift. Siehe Notax. pag

. lgo.

V) the

und Nota z, pag, 132.

b) craggy,

rauh, yp-

—

eben, = Es ftammt von dem alten brittifchen

Wort ¢rag, ab, welches einen

)

jahen F elfen,

g i

oder eine Klippe anzeigt,

\

158

Lerteys.

were f{circely percéptible,

In looking into

whi

the

the civern, it appéars horrible and gloomy ;

I could almdft have fancied

the river ran

pmk

thus faft

rejoiced to quit the minfion from

de

whence it {prung.

No wonder Petrarchs fong

c) ¢

if he courted his mufe this

1

was plaintive,

feéne perpétually before his eyes; love and all

Iy

1d

his liughing train muft fly the human imagi-

nation,

Jeilk

where nature displays her féatures in

the majéftic and térrible ftile, and I was véry

Vfr/ f

glad to find fo good an excufe as this fitna-

tion for Petrarch’s etérnal complaint till now

I

WOR;

‘I was phzzled to guefs how a man of his

mead

fenfe could pafs the gréateft part of his life in

éternizing a lady’s contémpt of -a faithful paf-

£X08

{ou

ﬁon — but I now beliéve there was no Laura

“L ‘or if there exifted one, he found in éither

cafe his imaginition particularly ttrned to

e

poetry, and that of the mélancholy kind;

m

1 who

0n |

this prébably his fimmer réfidence,

th

10¢

you know — and have as playful a mife as

8iveg

éver fmiled upon mbrtal fat exiAmining the

aftonifl hing picture before me with a {ilent re-

veréntial fort of admiration, — and {hould

if I had not

0) ¢

have remained there till night

n R

been informed that it grew véry late and I

dem

Org

muft fee the piftures of Petrarch and Laura

fen

in the chateanw of the marquis de Chamont,

T,

‘Leﬂ'ﬂ‘m".

159

g info

which s a miferable héufe a féw fteps from

the fontaime. Thefe piCtures are véry mbdern

Jomy;

g 1all

probably as like you, as the pérfons they were

drazon for,

) from

1 retGrned to Lille and éat

c¢) craw-fif4 and d) trout, the moft éxcellent

bs fong,

1 ever tifted, which abdund in the Sorgue,

Wfe tis

gl

I pafled tirough Aix to come to this place,

imagle

I did not ftop, as 1 expélted a letter at A7gs-

Seilles ,

the contén

pores 10

§

ts of wﬁi,c/z interéfted me

véry much,

5 véty

fitnae

I faw mény p]a‘ntétions of canes, whics 1

| now

woOnder, we do not chltivate in our e) water=

of his

méadows in England — and I bought ver

life i

éxcellent mélons- out of tie fields for five

fol pe

fous a piéce,

o Lo

in cie

A céuntry ﬂowing wif/z wine and oll, aﬁd

med

where f) figs and mélons are to be githered

nd;

on éach fide of t/e road, may be a véry fine

i who

thing; but a want of vérdure and fine tréeg

ife 98

gives it a moft uncoOmfortable Wand ungéntle-—_

ng the

1ent l:e:

{ hould

¢) eraw-fifli, eine Art kleiner Krébf‘e. die ﬁ;h

in Backen auflalten.

Dies Wort frammt von

ad 30

dem franzofifchen ecreviffe ab, d) trout, eine

Forelle.

e water - meadows

3ﬁﬂdl

» lumpfic/ite Wie-

| Laurd

fe’n,’ f) figs, Feigen,

:aiﬂﬂﬂtl

160

Lettew.

minlike appéarance,

When I compired Eng-

hir

roc

land and the fcene before me togéther, 1 could

almoft have fancied,

1 had the maladie du

and

all

pays upén me, fo much I did wifh to fee a

greén g) carpet under my feet and fome of

cal

our beautiful féliage over my héad.

te

Adieu déar Sir: how é6ften 1 wifh to be

with you, 1 léave the jlftice of your héart

Y

to detérmine,

I remain yours moft afféctio-

then

nately,

Jou

P, S. 1 forgét to tell you, that while I

this §

was changing horfes at Lille Italked to Cap-

foung

tain B —a failor, who lives with his wife and

Ve,

two children in that néighbourhood. He vé-

it

ry civilly invited me to pafs the evening in

his houfe, talked abdut my bréther G — and

informed me that the fource of the Sorgue

was at this time reméarkable low ; and I found

by the marks, the térrent had left, on the

tocks, when at its héight, that it muft be at

léaft forty feet lower now than when it ti-

kes it, winter-courfe, As I faw it, it creeps

himbly

g) carpet, ein Teppich; figlirlich ein bunter

ebener Bodeén,

-

Letters.

161

d Epe

htimbly from the cavern under part of the

[ conld

rock and becémes ripid as it finds its' lével

die dy

and forms a river;

whereas,

when it is in

0 fee a

all its glotry, it tumbles over the rock, a wild

fome of

cafcade, which muft add confiderably to its

terrific bealities,

(h to bt

1 was informed by the inh4bitants of =

e heart

clufe, that péople, who are tired of life fling

(itfto-

hemfelves into the cavern,

where as I told

you before the water is unfithomable, upén

this information, 1 4fked if bddies were Often

Whlel

found there; I was anfwered in the Affirmati=

to Cap

ve, and that they were chlefly the bodies of

fife and

e v&

priefs,

Adieu,

B il

Sorgh

] found

on the

} be &

it B

- creeps

fmbly

/

puy

-

162

Leffﬂ'.fo

Thomion to his fifter,

"h

€l

Hagley in Worcefterfhire

&0

to

Ottober the 14th 1747.

i

My déar fifter,

P

I thought you had known me better than to

i

intérpret my filence into a decay of afféction,

th

efpécially as your behaviour jas always been

s

léﬂg

fuch ,

as ratfer to incréafe than diminiff it,

it

Don’t imé4gine, becaufe 1 am a bad correfpén-

fiad {

dent, that I can éver prove an Gnkind friend

and brétler,

i

10

I muft do myfelf the jaftice to

Bu

£

tell you that my afféttions are niturally véry

and if T %ad éver réafon

10ng¢

fixed and coOnftant

‘i\l\\u

to compliin againft you (of which by the bye

hoy

1 lave not the leaft {hidow) 1 am confcious

h) as difpofe

wh

of fo miny defélts in myfelf

of

me to be not a little c/iritable and forgiving,

th

di

It gives me the trieft héartfelt fatisfiCtion

to héar, you have a good, kind hiisband, and

iy

are in éafy conténted circumitances; but were

a

they Otherwife, that would oniy awiken and

Ji

i

10

an

h) as, wird oft fur das Pronomen, welc/et,

welche, welches gebmucht

befonders, want

it

man einen Nac/druk damit andeuten will,

1)

ST,

&/

Letteys,

103

As Our

"heigthen my téndernefs towards you

hite

good and ténder héarted pirents did not live

il

to receive any matérial téftimonies of t

higheft human grititude, 1 owed them; (than

whicl néthing could /ave given me é&qual

pléafure) the Only retirn I can make them

han 10

now is by kindnefs to thofe, they left be/ind

éction,

them: would to God poor Lizy /ad lived

s beel

longer, to have béen a farther witnefs of the

il 1

truth of what 1 fay, and that 1 miglt have

el

had the pléafure of féeing once more a fifter

fiad

who fo trly deférved my eftéem and love,

e 10

But {%e 1s happy, while we muft toil a little

| Ve]‘y

16nger here below ; let us Lowéver do it cléar-

stafon

fully and gratefully, fupported by tie pléafing

e e

hope of meeting yet agiin on a fifer {J ore,

nfciod

where to recollétt the ftorms and difficulties

gt

of life will not perhips be inconfiftent wits

g

that blifsful ftate, You did right to call yout

diughter by het nhme; for you muft néeds

1&1011

have fiad a particulat ténder friénd(Aip for one

| and

ere

anOther endéared as you were by, Y nitare ,

by

having paffed the afféCtionate years of your

and

gout/ together

and by that gréat {Oftner

.

and engager of Aéarts; mutnal hard(ip, That

Jchefi

it was in my poier to éafe it a little s I acs

wﬁﬂn

count one of the moft éxquifite plCﬂﬁlE{S of

3

La°

Letters.

164

my life, — But enéugh of this mélancholy,

fa

bt

though not unpléafing firain,

ye

I eftéem you for your fénfible and disine

2e

terefted advice to Mr Bell, as you will fee

th

by my letter to him: as I apprbvé entirely

A

of his mirrying, you may readily afk me,

f;

why [ don’t mirry at all, My circumftances

W

have hitherto been fo vériable and uncértain

this

in this flictuating world, as indice to keep

fron

me from enghging in fuch a ftate: and now

liof

though they are more féttled, and of late

my

(which yo'u' will be glad to héar) confiderably

l‘mﬁl;

improved, I begin to think myfelf too far

advanced in life for fuch youthful undertékings,

not to méntion fome Gther pétty réafons, that

are apt to ftartle the délicacy of difficult old

batchelors.

1 ah howéver not a little fu-

fpicious that, was I to pay a vilit to Scot-

land (which 1 have a thought of doing foon)

1 might péifibly be témpted to think of a

thing not éaﬁly repaired if done i) amifs, I

i) amifs, ﬁhrecht, iibel, Es ift immer ein Ad«

verbiom und darf dem Subftantivo nie vorge-

fezt werden, ob es gleich bisweilen mit einem

Adjettivo im Deutfchen Gberfezt werden mufs,

e

Letters,

165

}]OIY)

have ilways been of opinion, that none make

better wives than the ladies of Scétland, and

yet who more forfaken than they, while the

disite

géntlemen are continually running abroad all

il fee

the world over? Some of them, it is true

You

aiey

are wife enéugh to retGrn for'a wife,

b mey

fee, 1 am beginning alréady to make intereft

frances

with the fcotch lidies, — But no more on

)

this infétious fubject, —

Pray let me hear

ofrtiin

0 heth

from you now and then; and though 1 am

| now

mot a régular correfpéndent, yet perhips I

;f Iate

may mend in that refpect,

Remémber me

etably

kindly’to, your hiisband, and beliéve me to be

00 far

Your moft afféctionate broﬁher

Akings

James Thomfon,

s, i

ol old

fle fo

; §oot

foon)

of{i

%

o Ad

orge*

inett

muiﬁo

166

Letters,

f0n

Fromk Mr Gay to Mt e

h )

Jo

Stanton - Harcourt 9thI Auguﬁ: 1718.

1y

be

The 6nly néws, you can expéét to have

from me hére, is néws from héaven; for I

ab4

th

am quite Out of the world, and there is fcirce

4ny thing, can reéach me excépt the nodife of

th

b

thinder, which undoubtedly you hive héard

téo.

We have héard in old authors, of high

00y

towers lévelled by it to the ground, while

be b

ity

the himble valleys have efciped; the énly

thing, that is proof agiinft it, is the laurel,

as |

of tf

which howéver 1 take to be no gréat feci-

rity to the briins of médern authors,

But

Vet

tha

to let you fee, that the céntrary to this often

hzppens , I muft acquaint you, that the high-

mj

eft and moft extrivagant héap of towers in

ha

the Univerfe, which is in this néighbourhood,

1t

ftands ftill undeficed while k) a cock of bar-

fo

ley in our next fiéld has been confumed to

of

afhes.

Would to God that this héap of bir-

W

ley had béen all that périfhed! for unhippily

Ve

benéath this little fhelter fat two much more

conftant lévers, than éver\w.ere found in a

D

B

}() ‘a/ coek of barley, ein Haufen Gerfte,

Sa

0)

£y

Lettevs.

167

gomance under the fhade of a l) béech - tree‘

\

John Heéwit was a well fet man of abdut

1718

Sarah Drew might rather

five ant twénty;

be cilled m) comely than beautiful, and was

0 have

for 1

about the {fame 4ge; they had paffed through

s foarce

the various labours of the year togéther with

the gréateft fatisfaction;

if The milked 'twas

nlile of

his mérning and évening care to bring the

i hiad

of high

cows to her hand

It was but laft fair, that

W hile

be bought her a préfent of gréen filk for her

firaw - hat; and the pé4fey on her filver ring

» dnly

Jaore

was of his chufing. Their 16ve-was the talk

t fect

of the whole néighbourhood; for {cindal né-

ver affirmed, that they bad 4ny other viéws,

'

But

i Often

than ' the lawful pofléffion of éach Other in

It was that véry mbrning that he

he g

mirriage

had obtained the confént of her parents, and

owers 1

it was but till the next week, that they wére

outhood

to swait to be happy. Perhips in the interval

of ba

of their work they wére now talking of their

med t0

wédding cloaths, and John was n) fuiting {é-

of bar

veral o) pOppies and fiéld - flowers to her

mpplly

1 more

d 10 8

eine

D) beech ~ tree,

oder auch beech allein,

—

Buche,

m) comely .

angenehm,

n) to [uit,

Sachen wvon einer (’qttuno zufammen le(re

o) poppy, Plur, pop”es, Mohn,

168

Letrers.

comi)léxion, to chufe her a ‘knot for the

1eft

While they were thus biified,

al

wédding day.

(it was on the laft of July, betwéen two and

0%

three in the 4fternoon) the clouds grew black,

W

and fuch a ftorm of lightning and thinder

¢l

enflied, that all the labourers made the beft of

f

their way, to what fhélter the trées and héd-

Sarah was frighten'd and fell

al

ges afférded,

down in a {fwdon on a héap of barley; John,

f

who never {éparated from her,

tior

fat down by

her fide, héving p) riked togéther two or

isa

three heéaps, the bétter to fecure her from the

frorm, Immédiately there was héard fo loud

a crack, as if héaven had {plit afiinder, évery

one was folicitous for the féfety of his néigh-

bour, and called to one anéther throughout

the field. No 4nfwer béing retirned to thofe,

who called to our lévers, they ftept to the

place where -they lay; they percéived the wir-

ley all in a fmoke, and then fpied this fAith-

i

ful pair, John with one arm about Sarah’s

{a

neck,

and the Other held over her,

as to

o

fcréen her from the lightning,

They wére

both ﬁr_ka in this génder pé#ure, Sarahig

P) to rake, zufammen rechen,

169

Letters,

for the

left eye - brbw was {inged, and there applared

bified,

a black {pot on her bréaft, her 16ver was all

70 ang

over black, but not the léaft figns of life

7 black,

wére found in éither, Atténded by their mélan-

{hinder

choly compinions, they wére conveyed to

el of

the town, and the next day intérred in Stan-

ang hids

ton Hircourt churchyard, My Lord Hércourt

and £l

at Mr Pope's and my requéft, has caufed a

; Joh,

ftone to be rlaced over them,

upbn condi=

tion that we fhould firnifh the épitaph, which

oy by

o O

is as follows,

rom e

When éaftern 16vers feed the flneral fire,

fp loud

On the fame pile the faithful pair expires

Hére pitying héaven that virtue mitual found,

, Vel

- néighe

And blafted both that it might néither wound,

Héarts fo fincére, th'almighty faw well pléafed,

oughbﬂf

2 thol

Sent his own lightning, and the vittims

0 the

{eiz'd,

But my lord is apprehénfive , the céuntry

Je bt

: fiithe

Péople will not underftand this; and Pope

fays', h’ell make one with {omething of fcri-

Caral's

28 fo

pture in it, and with as little péetry, as Hép-

e

s

kips and Sternhold, 1’ am etc,

Gatal s

i

170

-

Letters.

,King Charles the firft to the Lords for

to

refpiting the execution of Lord

orfy

Strafford, *)

his

if

‘My Lords.

offe

{ort

| did yéfterday fatisfy the.njl’l{’cice of the kinga

it}

dom, by piffing the bill of q)attiinder aghinft

the éarl of Strafford: but mércy being as in-

his|

be 4

hérent in, r) and inféparable from a king, as

jafticc I delire, at this time in fome méafure

phop

I

fo me

T

#) Ich riike diefen Brief theils als ein Beifpiel

g

flon:

einer befondern Gattung von Briefen ein, {ol-

cher nehmlich, bei welchen ein gewifles Cere-

fen

moniel wegen Unterfchied des Rangs beobach-

mo

tet werden mufs, theils aber auch fiir Liebha-

ber der Gelchichte,

weil er mir den Charalter

feri

diefes ungliiklichen Konigs in ein helles und

0]

vortheilhai'tes Licht zu fezen {cheint,

fur

Q) bill of attainder,

eine Bill dafs jemand ei-

mo;

nes Verbrechens fiir tiberwiefen zu erklaren,

of

r) Die zwei Preepofitionen iz und from geho-

fho

ren hier zu' dem Subftantivo. king, welches um

Wiederholung zu vermeiden,

bei der erften

fO]

hinweg gelaflen und erft bei der zweiten gefezt

HEL

das hier ftatt findet,

weil beide Prae-

pofitionen eben denfelben Cafum regieren, Es

Sprache mit der deutfchen gemein hat,

ift diefes eine Abkiirzung, welche die englifche

5)

j

e

sy,

| Lerters,

171

ds for

to fhow that likewife, by fGffering that un-

1

fortunate man to fulfill the nitural courfe of

his life in a clofe imprifonment; "yet o that,

if éver he make the léaft offer to efcipe, or

Offer diréétly or indiréttly, to meddle in 4ny

e Kinge

fort of plblic bifinefs, efpécially with me,

éither by méflage or letter, it fhall coft him

agink

his life without further précefs, This, if it may

g2 ite

ng, %

be done without the disconténtment of my

people, will be an unfpéakable conténtment

néafite

to me,

s

VTo‘ which end, as in the firft pléce, Iby

this letter do éarneftly defire gyour approbi-

Beifpd

tion; and to endéar it the more, have chd-

1, fole

g Cetes

fen him to céirry it, that of all your houfe is

eobicl

moft déar to me. So I defire, that by a con-

[ jesae

ference , you will endéavour to give the

haralet

houfe of cobmmons conténtment ; likewife af-

Jes W

furing you, that the exercife of mérey is no

ynd e«

more pléafing to me, than to fee both houfes

c[iren.

of parliament confént,

for my fake that I

eht-

{fhould mdderate the fevérity of the law irn

es um

fo important a cafe,

erﬁfeﬂ

eert

Pre-

I will nqt fay, that ydur! s) compiying

, B

s) complying with me, Uebereinflimmung mit

;lifche

mir,

Die Participia werden in der englifchen

-

-

Lettevs.

172

with me in this my inténded mércy, f{hall

make me more willing, but cértainly it will

make me more chéarful

in granting your

but if no lefs than his life

juft griévances:

Sui

can fatisfy my péople, I muft fay, fiat juftitin.

oW

Thus, agiin recomménding the confideration

1

of my inténtions to you I reft

Ter

Your unalterable and affé€tionate

(]}

friend

Whitehall the 1ith of May

ate th

1641,

fl

VEr

Charles R,

Vet ¢

]

P, S, If he muft die, it were charlty t) to

repneve him till faturday,

€S,

The parliamentary and conftitu-

any

tional hiftory of England

20y,

Wik

Sprache fehr oft als Subftantiva gebrancht, ei-

rung

ne Conftruction, welche fehr fchon ift und {ebr

2N

t) to

ich

viel zur Kiirze des Ausdruks beitragt.

ung

reprieve a malefattor, die Hinrichtung eines

We

Verbrechers auffclueben,

Was

R W,

Letters,

173

y Tl

it will

B, Cpmmércial. o

g Y(}llf

Trieﬁ.

bis e

Suffic:ieﬁt expér:ienée and prt’)perty\ of my

o

own, {vitable to my undertéking, intitle me,

[esition

I prefume, to tike part in commércial occiir=

rvences, and inform you of the fétting up my

Aoty

houfe, and my fignature.

The principal ébjeé‘ts of my negotiéti’ém

are the plirchafe and fale of iron, fteél, quick-

filver, copper, pbdt-alh _and grain or whaté-

ver elfe the trade of our place may éffer,

Hetewith I transmit “y’ou the clrrent pri-

1ty t) a?

ces, and intréat your Orders, in cafe you find

fny thing therein, for an opportunity,

Hé-

ponfit

nour me with your friendfhip : I will endéa-

;lﬂﬂdo

*) Ich habe hier zum Anfang einen Brief gea

wihlt, worinn die Nachricht von der Etabli.

rung eines neuen Handelshaufes gegeben wird,

zu den folgenden Briefen aber habe ich abficht«

7hto el

o Jet

lich eine fortgefezte Correfpondenz {iber einen

£ 1

und eben denfelben Gegenfrand genommen,

weil Lehrlinge darinnen beinahe alles finden,

was Kaufleute einander zu fagen hgben.

-

174

Ketters.

vduf to mérit' it; 'with the fame férvour I .

fubfcribe myfelf,

B0

Your moft obédient

il

for

humble{ {érvant,

Orléans,

Yo

Mr — = in Amfterdam has commimicated

acee

to us the addréls of your houfe, with the

aflurance, that we can beft procure polifh

mp

Wax

wax from you,

g

%

Till now we hive wrote for that article

el

from Hambro’; but as it is prébable, you

fut

may be in a préferable fituation in your céun-

ot

try, to ferve us with advintage, we were

encOuraged by a trial to convince outfelves,

how far out fuppbfition is or is not, well

20

grounded,

Therefore pléafe to fend

)

Re

1, calk with 2000 1B, wt.

for our rifk to M{lrs in Hambro'; and to éxe-

Cf}el

die

cute this order fo, that we may be encéura-

lng

ged to chirge you with gréater,

Our wax-

ty,

bléaches are véry confiderable: we need an-

fcgé

nually 50 cafks; and will willingly transfét

Dey

you our Orders, in this irticle, in cafe we

fche

find account in your mérchandife,

m'()g

e

Lepters,

175

vout |

Be fo obliging to pick us out no éther than

good, cléan wax, fitteft for the bleéach,

On

jent

fénding them you can draw upén our crédit

i

for the vialue, on above méntioned friends in

Himburgh

u) and make {ure account of

your bills being hénoured

Inieated

We wait your dnfwer. Tt would be véry

accéptable, if you add therein, a {6mewhat

iith the

ample account, of the minner, in which the

r pohfb

wax trade is carried on améngft you, that we

may make prévious refléétions thereén,

We

tticle

prefcribe you no price, hodping you will re-

tirn our cénfidence, by your mteomtv in the

g, YO

1t (ot

performance

e We

"Tis known, véry much Gaftinois fiffron

DHAL)

goes from our prévince to Silefia,

Poffibly

\

und fich fichere

0) and make — honoured

Rechnung auf die Annahme ihrer Wechfel ma-

chen,

Abermals eine Participial - Conftruétion,

0 €t

2

die von dem Subftantivo' gccosut regiert wird

courd

und im Deutfchen am beften mit dem Subftan-

tivo uberfezt wird,

1m Rikiiberfezen. in das

« ax

Englifche ift diefe Participial- Canftrattion viel

ed 4

fchdner und der englifchen Spre;che angemeffe-

ranSfel'

ner,

als wenn man es w 1cder wie im Deut-

fchen mit dem Subftantivo, gab/e welches auch

ofe W

moglich wire,

176

Lettevss

note

you employ yourfelves in this trade too,

bléa

Should our fuppofition be right, we beg your

thet

chirges; a traffic might thereby arife between

latiy

us, in which préfit could accrue on both fi-

des,

The price of faffron ftands ndw fo low,

as vou will find here under noted

that one

tait

ce

may with jiftice excite one’s friends to {pé-

culate therein,

This juntture will prébably

Wit

foon vanifh

{peculators having alréady be-

]

gin to make advantage of it

Hénour us

fion ¥

with your commands the fooner the better;

verthe

we will affiduously endéavour to prove that

nbtice

we a&ually are,

Your ete,

Anfwer to the precéding,

W)

vor

Breslaw,

meh

e

v) The mére we are obliged to our mutuoal

Ikal

Subj

friend Mr of Amfterdam, for procuring us the

enty

bénefit of your acquaintance, the more is our

ferne

duty to juftify by fatls, the favourable préju-

we §

We have made

die ¢

dice, you entertiin for us,

fenu

s

altet

arty

v) The,

in diefer Verbindung wird das erfte

étlor

fezt,

mal mit je und das zweite mal mit defto ubera

finit

Letters.

177

note to éxecute youtr drder for one cafk of

o too,

bléach - wax, beft quality,

Our next will

60 }’Olll'

therefore contiin w) invoice of fame with re«

ghyeen

Iative advices,

i fie

Your opinion, that the féreigher ean ob=

o low,

fhat o1

thin wax with bettet advintage from our pla=

ce than from Hambré

1o fye

pérfectly coincides

w}th experience,

probbly

gy bes

If in this trade the difference on a divi-

nofr 0

fion x) be of no gréat fignification, yet ne-

ette!;

verthelefs in cipital orders it deférves y) being

ve that

noticed; and the more as it, dirééts itfelf ac

e

w) Die Z\Veiﬁualige Hinweglaﬁhng des Artikels

¢

vor dem Wort invoice, und vor fame ift hier

mehr eine vom Converfations-Stil hergenom=

mene Freiheit, als dafs fie fich auf eine gramma-

x) be, das Prefens

tikalifche Regel griindete,

r mi]fﬂﬂl

Subjunétivi, von fo be.

Man fagt nehmlich

entweder I may be,

thon mayft be ,

und fo

r 1s the

ferner , oder fratt deffen I be, thou be, he be,

'~ Es kommt zwar eben

js oUf

we be, you be , they be.

die Art zu canjugiren auc

h zuweilen im Proe=

, prejie

{enti Indic. von to e vor, allein diefe ift ver.

e made

altet und keineswegs nachzuahmen,

y) Das

Participium ftatt dem Infinitiv

0, eine Conftrii-

AN

&tion , die nicht oft vorkommt, indem der in=

2 ot

finitivus in diefen Fillen {chiklicher ift,

1 Uper

M

-

178

Lettevs,

cording to the fmall or gréat importation, and

fen

caufes alterations in the piirchafe prices, which

bou

are more or lefs Welghty, in proportxon to

of !

the circumiftances,

buf

yel

Anéther foundation which is almdft to be

z) re lied on, blafes the advantage- ihll more

e

to our fide,

up

el

By virtue of the engigements which the

peri

neighbouring Péland is accuftomed to enter-

Wan

tain with Breslaw, the moft fruitful prbévin-

ferye

ces of that exténfive kingdom,

render us

their prédutts ; améng which

wax is the

moft confiderable,

Podolia and the Ukrain

ligh

are famous in this,

T'he bléachers find their

Pl

bénefit in it

and the Hamburghers themfel-

Wi

ves give us ‘from time to time commiffions

ch

therein; whereby it is véry plain that they

01

prefér our wax to what comes to their own

el

market , thro’ the baltic,

n;

fto

The trade in polifh prodhétions is conféf-

fedly in the hands of Jews.

Thofe péople

-

Z) to rely on fometing , fich auf etwas ver=

lafien,

Auch im Paffivo wird dies Vetrbum mit

W

diefer Przepoﬁtlon confcrulrt ; wovon hier el

Vi

Beifpiel ift,

de

il

Letters.

179

1, a1d

fend us wax hither ; and’ from them it is

which

bought for réady méney through the hands

don o

of a Jew broker,

Now it is the

mérchant’s

forts,

mn

bufinefs,

to f{éparate ‘the different

yellow, middle and high red; to

divide the

ft to be

ufeful from the ufelefs and refufe,

and pack

il more

up Only the firft for his friends.

This bufi-

nefs fuppofes a kndbwledge , founded on ex-

ich the

périence, “We hope a) proving, that b) we are

enfer-

wanting néither in prittice not defign, to

tovine

ferve out friénds in the beft way.

der 1S

1]

s the

To make our future accounts mote ’intéi-

ligible, than they would be without an ex-

Tiraice

4 thei

planition, we muft inform you that our

weight differs from that of Hémburgh, They

Yo

charge you for the wax per pound; but we

qifions

at e

on the cc’)ntrar‘y are acciftomed to b‘uy and

fell it by the ftone,

Five ftone and a half

i OW!

make one hundred wéight at 132 1B, ¢ach

{tone c‘onthining 24 of our pdunds,

onfél-

e

péopfe

/

a) Wiederum das Partic,. ftatt des Infinitivi,

wie Notay, nur dafs hier das Verbum in Actis

g yers

b) we are —

m ﬂ}lf

vo und dort im Paflivo fteht.

ol

defion, dafs es uns weder an Erfahrong n

¢

y

-

pch

an Einfichten fehlt,

12

180

Letters,

Our books are kept in rixdollars, (filver

grofhes and deniers

One rixdollar contains

thirty filver grofhes, and one filver grofh

twelve deniers.

Our courfes of exchange are

réckoned in bank pounds, grofhes and deniers;

K

but they are as évery where elfe, {abjett to

changes, Three livres and three quarters tour-

nois may be on an c) average, réckoned as

one of our dollars;

or which is all one,

16l

eight filver grofhes, as value one livre,

If

ther

you would fpare tédious calculations, and

ouy

prefér footing on a cértain ‘to an uncértain

400 |

one, we Offer to take éight filver grofhes for

Teqn

one livre as a d) ftindard

and’' to manage

e

our acceunts in future concérns accordingly,

L

This is what we have to reply to your

efteemed of — — which will probably be

fufficient for your information,

We conclude with the affurance of béing

|

with the moft particular refpét.

Yours,

Be

[

et

fo

4

¢) average, heift hier gleicke odcr verhiltnifs-

mifige Vertheilung.

d) flandard, Maasftab,

hier eine angenommene Munze nach der man

rechnet,

i

ST,

&?fﬂ"o

185

)

{llver

ntaing

- Séquel to the formgr.

gtofhy

| to Berlin,

Breslaw.

e ot

We have fhipped here yefterday by céptain

Jeniers;

Kofchel 1. Cafk mirked and nimbered as per

hjet 0

margin; — — freight free.

15 foure

oned

Pléafe to fee them well recéived, and,

Il oney

reimbirfing the ciptain his juft expénces, fur-

e I

ther them withdut lofs of time for our ac-

J

and

count to M{lrs — ~= = in Hambro’ on whom

cbrtain

you can draw for your e) disburfements the-

168 for

reén. We beg advice of what pafles and ha-

ve the h6nour to be

nnagt

ingly)

A continuition of the fame corre-

to }’Oﬂf

{pondence,

ably

to Hambﬁrgh. |

Breslaw.

{ being

We have fent off a few dags agd to Mr in

Berlin one cafk of wax,

mirked and niim-

bered as per margin, with Orders diréétly to

forward it to you, with account of its dis-

é‘ltniés-

gasﬁab’

@) disburfement Erhblung, (ein kaufminni-

fcher Terminus).

182

Lettevs,

birfements, Pléafe duly to recéive fame, and

yefte

obférve therewith the further Orders of Meflrs

ink

in Orleans,

We doubt not but {aid friends

in

for

will have préperly infiricted you, in what

concérns the blifinefs in guéftion, and credited

To

us with you for amount,

In this expetti-

per

for

tion, we have this day drawn upbdn you for

L. 820 banco at 14% Sch, banco, at five

- "weeks , to' the 6rder of Mr — =

We promife ourfelves a ré’ady accéptance of

this draught, and pray you f) to fettle about

Pl

it with faid gentlemen in Orleans,

bmg\

We fubfcribe with the moft particular "re,-e

fpéct

el

Further Correfpéndence theredn,

pof

to Orleans,

mn

Bres!aw.

byi

We refér to dur laft, and inclofe you invoi-

apc

ce ‘of

i)

f

1, Cafk of wax, with mark and nimber

We |

as per margin, which we fent the day before

0}

f) ‘to fettle about it - gmé[emm , lich mit den

befagten Herrn dariiber zu verftehen,

Aber-

g)

mals eine Ka

ufminnifche eigen§ Art zu f?}fes

bep

chen,

€1n

,sfln«,

. Lettevs,

'

183

e, and

yefterday by the way of Betlin, to Meflrs, — —

Mefls

in Hamburgh for your further order.

Pléafe

fiiends

in conformity to faid invoice, to ‘erédit us

for

rixdollars 1076-7 - 6 priffian ciarrency,

] what

ordlifed

To

]iquidate this drticle, we draw this day

xpeEti-

per

cqntra,k up6n faid friénds in Hamburgh,

ol for

for your account at 13i3 per Cent.

q five

L. 820 Banco at 413 Sch,

P

or,

Rixd. 708, 46, Sch, Hamb, banco, at 5

tanve»(?f

) shout

weéeks.,

Pléafe to acquiint faid géntlemen in Ham-

burgh therewith, and by fréquen\tr commiffions

lar g

prefént us occafion to redpen your account,

In our laft we forgét to anfwer your pro-

ot

pofal about faffron. But as we have no tréffic

in this article we are not able to g) bénefit

by your oOrders,

We will howéver h) make

a point of doing évery thing poffible, to pro-

in\(oi‘.

mote your intereft therein,

For this purpofe

we have moft firénuously recomménded your

fimbet

>

houfe, to one of our frignds Mr, - - in - - -

L 4

pefore

it den

g) to}benefit by your orders, ﬂ;re Auftriige zu

Abete

benuzen., h) make a point, fich Muhe geben,

e

einen Verfuch mac“‘nven_,

e

184

Letters.

We

probably he will apply to you in future, with

orders of this fort.

We wifh it the more,

per

0C(

as he is a man with whom you can carry

on the moft confiderable correfpbéndence, wi-

we will let no

thout rifk,

To conclude,

opportinity f{lip of téftifying how entirely

we are

Yours,

[

to Breslaw.

Hamburgh

libe

bear

In reply to yours of — — —, we will take

fuch

timely care of the one cafk of wax, i) you

Cm

have Ordered us thro’ Berlin and comply with

the diréétions of Mﬁ'rs. — — — In Orleans

fhe

i

concérning it,

th

The L. 820, at 413 Sch, Banco drawn on

us,

will préfit due hénour when prefénteds

but as we have from faid correfpbndents no

particular Orders about this yet, the accéptan-

ce will énly be for your, the drawer’s account,

¥l

and we will fo long reférve your guarantde,

till thofe friends {hall farther authorize us,

—

k\

i) das fie uns uiber Betlin fpedirt haben,

i

=,

Letters,

185

, Wil

We k) doubt not, but this will fhortly hap-

> More,

pen.

Priying you to fivour us with your

occafional commiffions, we are totally,

) caty

08y Wi

Yours,

| Jet no

enttly

A letter of recommendaition for

a mérchant

Leipfig,

Iﬂatter myfelf, you will take kindly this

|

liberty of making you acquainted with the

béarer Mr N — — He- traffics confiderably in

1l take

fuch articles as you manufiéture; and his cir-

) o

cumftances are fo fituated, that you can wia

thout feriple indertake commiffions from him,

yvi

Otleans

I rank him améng the niimber of my wbr—

thxefc friends,

gy 01

Pray endéavour to make his ftay améng

fEnted!

you, as agréeable as poffible,

nts 10

You will find him a man of more than

ceptaﬂ

coOmmon mérit, and wérthy your cdnfidence,

ooduth

T have the hoénour to be,

ranteds

e SR PSS ST

76 U

k) auf das Verbum to doubt folgt immer die Con-

gun&mn but,

186

vinTie aovier ] sk $)ass

put

{elef

Of the ndture of the tirkifh gévern.

litic:

ment, and of the grand fignior’s

9

,I

»pro‘cﬁéﬁiqn to the mofqg«?.

Ne

The gc’:vernrﬁent here is intirely in the hands

,an

The grand fignior, with all

of the army,

hor

his 4bfolute power is as much a flave as 4ny

fi

of his ffibjets, and trémbles at a janizaries

€0

b

frown. Here is indéed a much gréater appea-

with

rance of {bjection than amongft us,

A mi-

filtan

nifter of ftate is not {poke* to but upén the

ted o

knee,

Should a refléétion on his cénduct be

\

and

‘dropt in a coffechoufe, (for they have fpies

“You

évery where) the houfe would be razed to

mof

1o

the gr6u11d, and» Per héps the whole company

oy

) R,eifebefchreibungen, Sie find zwar auéh

ther

aus Briefen genommen , allein da bei denfelben

die Form des Briefes und tiberhaupt griftentheils

that

der Briefftyl nicht beobachtet ift, fondern blos

erzihlt wird; = {o verdienen fie als eine eigene

it

to

Gattung des Styls bebandelt zu werden, ~1In

der Befchreibung des Bergs Aetna insbefondere,

nift

die weiter unten vorkommen wird, “herricht

ganz der eigene aber fehr {chone Stil eines er-

zﬁhlenden Reifenden,

’

an|

A

Travels.

187

put to the térture, No hiizzaing mobs , {én-

felefs pamphlets and tivern ’difphtes about po-

Vel e

litics, -

i

s

s» A confequéntial ill that fréedom draws:

,.,A bad efféét, but from a noble caufe.

None of our harmlefs chlling names! but when

o fands

a minifter here difpléafes the people, in thrée

ith il

hours time he is drigged éven from his ma-

2 1y

fters arms,

‘They cut off his hands héad and

pizales

féet, and threw them before the pilace gite

e+

with all the refpéét in the world; while the

A e

filtan (to whom they all proféfs an unlimi-

ted adorition) fits trémbling in his apartment

dut be

and dares ncither defénd nor avénge his fa-

vourite,

ve fpls

This is the bléfled condition of the

7ed 10

moft 4bfolute ménarch upon ¢arth, who owns

mpany

rno law but‘his will,

I cﬁnﬁot he]p‘ within in the léyalty of

my héart, that the parliament would fent hi-

auch

ther a fhip load of our piffive obédient men,

elben

that they might fee drbitrary gévernment in

thells

its cléareft and firbngeft light, where it is hard

1 blos

epe

to jhdge, whéther the prince, péople or mi-

:igl

in

nifters, are moft miferable,

1deres

it

1 went yéfterday along wi)th the french

5 o

.ambﬁﬁ'adrefs; to fee the grand fignior in his

Travels.

188

£ g

?pﬁﬂ”age to the mofque, He wasd precéded by

coff

with vaft

{ily

a numerous guard of janizaries,

white féathers on their héads, as alfo by the

foot and horfe guards, and the rOyal garde-

VA

ners, who are a very confiderable body of

Tan

men, dréffed in different habits of fine lively

re

célours, fo that at a diftance they appeared

the

like a parterre of tulips. After them the aga

et

of the janizaries, in a robe of purple vélvet,

appe

1) lined with filver tifflue, his horfe led by

forty

two flaves richly dréffed.

Next to him the

count

chié¢f guirdian of the frrag/lio - /adjes in a déep

He b

yéllow cloth (which fited very well to his

kwe?

black face lined with m) fables.

Laft of all

Rt

came his {ublimity himfelf, arrayed in green,

thy

lined with the n) fur of a black mufcovite

fox, which is fuppofed worth a thoufand

pounds fterling, and mounted on a flne horfe

with furniture embroidered with jéwels, Six

more horfes gichly o) capirifoned were led

after him, and two of his principal courtiers

l

W

bore, one his gold, and the éther his filver

n

L]

1) lined with filver ti[ﬁ;e, mit Silbef-Stoff be-

{ezt,

m) /fable, Zobelpelz.

n) fur, ein Pelz,

p)

an

n) ¢o caparifon, mit einer Schabracke belegen.

{

o

189

vael_:;

cided by

ééﬁ‘ee-pot on a p) ftaff, Anéther cirried a

filver ftool on his héad for him to {it on,

ith val

1t would be too tédious te, defcribe fhe

) by the

] gude-

vérious drefles and tarbans,

by which theie

by of

rank is diftinguifhed; but they were all ex-

e ey

trémely rich and gay, to the number of fome

' aypéafed

thoufands; fo that perhaps there cannot be

e ogt

{éen a more beautiful procéffion,

‘The fGltan

p Véh’eb

appéared to us a hindfome man of about

Jed by

forty, with {6mething howéver fevére in his

him the

countenance,, and his eyes were full and black,

1 4 d‘eep

He héppened to ftop tGinder the window where

] to li

we ftood, and (I fuppdfe being told who we

&& Of 3‘]

wére) 1doked upén us véry atténtively, fo

that we had full léifure to confider him,

in gréeﬂ;

ilorie

Lady Montague.

it

Of the pérfons and manners of the

e i

'CIS' Six

tarkifh ladies,

ol

In this céuntry it is furprifing to fee a'young

wdman that is not véry handfome, They have

i

naturally the moft beautiful compléxion in the

world and génerally black eyes,

I can with

off e

p) flaff, der weife Stab eines kiniglichen Be.

i Pelz

amten oder Mar{challs,

pelege

7i ravelf.

100

gréat trutli aﬁ'ért\;‘ that the court of /Engllz‘i“nd',

led

(though 1 believe it the faireft’ in Chriften-

dom) does not conthin fo miny beauties as

el

m

are Gnder our protétion here, They génerally

18

Thave ftheir eyebrows, and ‘both Greeks and

lit

Turks have the ciftom of pltting round theit

/eylés a black tinCture, that at a diftance, or

by candle light, adds véry much to the black-

or

ot

nefs of them, I fincy miny of our ladies

would be overjoyed to know this fécret; but

and

their

it is too vifible by day. They dye their nails

a q) rofe célour; but I own 1 cannot en()ugh

OR!

sae

whal

accaftom myfelf to this fifhion to find .z’my

beauty in it.

1§ ¢

1l

Their hiir hangs at its fuil length behind,

10

divided into tréffes, r) braided with péarl or

¢

I

ibbon, which is ilways in gréat quantity.

{0

néver faw in my life fo miny fine héads of

fo

hiir. In one lady’s T have counted one htnd-

red and ten of the tréffes all natural, but it

muft be owned, that évery kind of bealty is

Car

more cémmon here than with us.

g

)

by

Q) Hier‘ it die Praepc)ﬁtion with hinweggelaflen,

welches in diefer Verbindung ofters zu gelches

Y)

lin

hen pﬂegt‘ 1) to braid, flechten,

B

o

Twzvelﬁ

nglénd,

The héad 'drefs is compdfed of cap cals

which is in winter of fine vél-

hriften

led talpock,

vet embroidered with péarls of diamonds, and

tes 25

faenlly

in {Gmmer of alight fhining filver ftuff. This

is fixed on one fide of the héad, hinging a

dhs 0

nd tht

little wdy down, with a gold s) tiffel, and

bound on éither fide with a circle of diamonds,

nee, O

e Dlicke

or a rich embroidered hz’mdkerchief.

On the

Other fide of the héad the hair is Iiid flats

it lidis

and here the ladies are at liberty to fhow

t; bl

i nails

their fincies, fome pitting flowers, 6thers a

t) Aph'lme of u) héron’s féathers, and in fhort,

m{)\l'?}'\

md '&ﬂy

what they plé(afe,; but the moft géneral fafhion

is a large bouquet of jéwels, made like nitu-

ral flowers, that is the v) buds of péarl, the

1 be}u'nd;

rofes of different cOlour'd rlbies, the jéffami-

péafl o

nes of diamonds, and the jonquils of topizes,

fo well fet and w) enimelled that it is hard

il !

héﬂds 0{

to imé4gine iny thing of the kind fo bealitiful,

g hin

bt it

As to their morality or good cOnduét, I

ity

can fay like Ha;'lequin, that it is juft as it is

o5

" et

8) mﬂki, eine Schnur. t) plume, ein Feder-

bufch,

u) herons feathers , - Reigerfedern,

ol

v) buds, die Knofpen,

w) enamelled , email-

eloe*

lirt s mit Schmelzwerk geziert,

€92

Travels.

with yéu; 'aﬁé the tarkifh adies don’t comis

dow

mit one fin the lefs x) for not being Chri-

Iy

ftians,

Now that T am a little acquainted

wh

Thi

with theit ways, y) I cinrot forbéar admi-

ring éither the éxemplary difcrétion, or exs

fin

tréme ftupidity of all the writers that have

10

given accounts of them, It is véry éafy to

is

fee, they have in réality more liberty, than

filk,

we have.

No woman of what rank fo éver

this

z) is permitted to go into the ftreets without

tiftn

two marlins, one that cévers her face, all

It is

a) but their eyes, and anOther that hides the

to kr

whole drefs of her héad, and hangs half way

nn

down

fhre

i s

x) for: ;wt bei

ng Chriftians, weil fie keine

tir

Chriften find,

Wieder eine Participial-Conftru-

&ion, um eine Conjunétion zu vermeiden.

th

fe]«

Die Prapofition for insbefondere, wird meiften~

theils mit dem Participio conftruirt. y) / can-

an

not forbear

admiring .

ich kann nicht umhin

zu bewundern,

Auf diefes Verbum und das

Verbum fo help, wenn es eben die Bedeutung

e

hat, mufs immer das Participium folgen. z)is

‘Abermals eine

b)

ermitted, hat die Erlaubnifs,

de

Paffiv-Conftrution, auf welche ich fchon mehr-

malen aufmerkfam gemacht habe, und die im

281

Deutfchen mit dem Attivo gegeben werden.

()

mufs,

Da

a;

2) but, ausgenommen,

p—

Travels.

193

t o

by her bucks # Eheirsfhiped. atealle: whik

y Chit

ly concéaled by a thing they call a firigee,

mininted

which no woman of 4ny fort appéars withdut,

1 admis

This has b) ftrait {léeves that reach to their

of 6%

fingers ends, and it c) laps all round them,

b v

In winter it

not unlike a d) riding hood.

-y

is of clothy and in {Gmmer of pliin ftuff or

g, {0

filk,

You may guefs then how efféttually

fo évet

this disguifes them; {o that e) there is' no

ithout

diftingnifhing the gréat lady from her flave,

ey ﬂ”

It is impOffible for the moft jéalous hisband

des the

to know his wife, when he meéts, and no

If wey

man dare touch or follow a woman in the

down

ftreet,

—

This perpétual méifquerade gives them en-

ﬁe kﬂ'ﬂe

tire ifberty of féllowing their inclinations wi=

The gréat ladies

(onfre

thout danger of difcovery,

e

feldom let their gallants know, who they are:

metfer

)

[ oo

and it is fo difficult to find it out, that they

il

hin

und das

jentung

¢ AL

b) firait fleeves, enge Ermel, c¢) o lap, be-

a]s eine

deken, verbergen,

d) riding hood, ein kur-

zer weiblicher Mantel mit einer Kappe,

e) theve

e In

is no diftinguifhing, es ift kein Unterfchied,

et

wer

Das Participium Praefentis wird hier wieder fiyr

das Subftantivum genommen,

N

194

Tvavels.

can véry féldom f) guefs at her name, whom

afe

they have correfponded with g) for above

h)

€X

half a yeéar togéther,

You may eafily imagi-

ne, the nimber of faithful wives véry {mall

JbY

in a country,

where they have néthing to

th

féar from a lover's indifcrétion, fince we fee,

fo miny have the céurage to expofe them-

f

felves to that in this world, and all the thréa-

fe

tened plnifhment of the next, which is ne-

ver preached to the turkifh damfels.

Néither

flot

have they much to apprehénd from the refént-

Wou

ment of their husbands;

thofe ladies that are

ot

tich hiving all the méney in their own hands,

fRor

Upén the whole T look upbdn the turkifh

fee

women as the Only' free péople in the em-

it

pire.

The véry divan pays refpéét to them;

and the Grand fignior himfelf when a Baffa is

éxecuted, néver violates the privileges of the

harem, or women’s apirtment, which remains

unféarched and entire to the widow.

They

th

£) to guefs at [omething ,

etwas errathen,

g) Die Prep. for, wird thl im Deutfchen gar

nicht ausgedritkt;

im Englifchen aber pﬂeqt

maun fie immer zu {ezen, wenn man wie hiet

eine gewille Reihe von ZeitAbfizen anzeigen

will, dureh welche eine Sache for tgedauert hat,

-~ N S =

- Zvavels.

195

whom

are quéens of their {lives, whom the hl’lsﬁand

above

h) has no permiffion fo much as to look upbn,

imégie

excépt it be an old woman or two that his

y fuall

lady chufes,

1t is true their law permits

hing f0

them folr wives; but there is no inftance of

we

a man of quality that mikes Ufe of this liber-

o them

ty, or of a woman of rank that would fGf-

e thrés-

fer it,

) is 0ee

Thus you fee the minners of minkind do

Neithes

not differ fo widely, as our voyage - writers

pefént-

would make us beliéve.

Perhips it would be

hat are

more entertdining, to add a few firprifing ct-

hands

ftoms of’my own invéntion, but nothing

ol

feems to me f{o agreéable as truth and I be-

he eme

liéve noéthing fo accéptable to you,

) thern

Lady Mo:_ntague.

fafla

- Of an entertiinment given by the

of the

~

%

mains

Grand Vizier's lady,

They

At Adrianople I was invited to dine with

—

the Grand Viziér's | lady, and it was with a

0 g

plet

h) has wo kermz‘/]ion fo much as to look upon,

) I]i@f

nicht einmal die Erlaubnifs hat anzufehen,” S

pigel

much, wenn eine Negation vorher geht und gs

nachfolgt, wird mit zicht einmal iberfezt,

ot

2

1

196

Travels.

fin

gréat deal of pléafure; I prepired myfelf fof

an entertiinment, which was néver before gi=

the

fof

ven to 4ny Chriftian,

1 thought, I fhould

me

very little fatisfy her curiéfity (which 1 did

not doubt was a confiderable métive to the

fri

invitition) by going in a drefs; {he was Ufed

1y

{u

to fee, and therefore dréfled myfelf in the

court-habit of Viénna, which is much more

h

bl

magnificent than ours, Howéver, I chofe to

ber

go incognito to avdid dny difpltes about cé-

remony, and went in a tirkifh coéach, attén-

pénﬁ

told

ded Only by my woman, that held up my

fpew

i) train, and the gréek lady who was my ins

térpretefs,

tleg

g

1 was met at the colirt door by het black

1t

eunuch, who helped me out of the eoach

{h

with gréat refpéft, and condiéted me through

de

{éveral rooms, mwhere her k) fémale { IHVes?

w0

-

for

am

jl

i) train, die Schleppe an einem Frauenzimmer-

Kleid.

k) female [laves, Sklavinnen,

Eine

Art das Geichlecht im Englifchen auszudriiken

durch Hinzufezung eines Adjeétivi,

Bisweilen

dritkt man es durch Hinzufezung eines Subftan-

tivi aus, zuweilen durch die Endung ¢fs oder

ix,

und endlich auch durch ein ganz andres.

£, Fetade Sem=2

Wort,

F

Travels,

197

finely dréffed, were ringed on éach {ide. In

If fo

e

the innermoft I found the lady fitting on her

{houl

fofa, in a {able veft. She advanced to méet

me. and introduced me to haif a dozen of her

b dd

to the

friends with gréat civility,

She {éemed a ve-

1 was

j 1

ry good woman, néar fifty years old

{urprized to obférve fo little magnificence in

o the

h more

her houfe the farniture béing all véry moéde-

rate, and excépt the hibits and nGmber of

hofe

her {laves, noéthing about her appeared ex-

out 6

atten

pénfive,

She guéflfed at my thoughts, and

told me,

fhe was no lénger of an age to

)p my

fpend éither her time or méney in {uperflui-

ny

ties; that her whole expénce was in charity

and her whole employment priying to god

f b aCk

I'here was no affeCthtion in this {péech, Both

fhe and her hisband are entirely given up to

o el

devotion,

He néver looks vpon any Gther

hrolg)

{lavesy

woman and what is much more extraérdinary,

touches no 1) bribes, notwithftanding the ex-

ample of all his predecéffors,

He is {o feru-

m) he would not ac-

pulous on this point

jmer

e—_

Fine

iken

D) bribes, Beﬁechungen,

m) Hier ift die Con-

/ellen

junétion that hinweggelaflen, welche im Eng-

frap:

lifchen iiberhaupt forgfaltig vermieden, und bald

odes

durch ein Participium, bald gar nicht ausgedriikt

ndres

wird,

198

Travels.

cépt Mr. W—s préfent ,‘ till he had been af-

fou

{fured Over and oOver,

that it was a f{éttled

hay

pérquiﬁte of his place at the éntrance of évery

we

ambaflador.

She entertiined me with all kind

eat

of civility till dinner came in, which was f{ér-

ha

ved one difh at a time,

to a vaft nimber,

Vi

all finely dréffed fter their manner, which I

Wi

do not think fo bad, as it h’as fometimes been

ma

reprefénted,

~

med

tbis |

I am a véry good jidge of their eating

having lived three weeks in the houfe of an

Play

|

ouiar

Efféndi at Belgrad, who gave us véry. magni-

ficent dinners dréflfed by his own cooks, The

me {

0 (

firt week they pleafed me extrémely; but I

own 1 then begin to grow weary of their

it R

thn

Jeay

table, ‘and defired our own cook might add

a difh or two after our own manner,

But [

attribute this to ciftom, and am véry much

inclined to beli¢ve,

that an Indian zvho had

néver tafted of éither, would prefér their coo-

kery to ours,

Their fauces are véry high,

and all the roaft n) véry much done -

They

The

ufe a gréat deal of véry rich o) fpice,

L

D)

dag

Dsg

>n) very much done

]m;

, fehr gut au..sgebravten.~ 0) [pi=

pile

€e, Gewiirzt

fe

Trvavels,

199

eet ol

foup is férved for the laft difh, ‘and they

fettled

have at léaft as gréat a varie_:ty of ragouts as

f tvery

we have,

I was véry férry, 1 could not

al Kind

¢éat of as mény, as the good lady p) would

s fite

have had me, who was véry éarneft, in fér-

n{miet

ving me of évery thing. The tréat concluded

ohih |

with coffee and perfumes, which is a high

two flaves knéeling perfu-

mes beel

mark of refpéét;

med my hair, clothes and hindkerchief, After

this céremony fhe commanded her {laves to

- gitng

play and dance, which they did with their

s of 0

guitars in their hands; and fhe excufed to

V(magﬂi'

me their want of {kill, f{aying fhe q) took

5, T

I re-

no care to accomplifh them in that art,

hut |

of thel

tirned her thanks and {oon ﬁf'tgr took my

léave,

1gh£ il

Lady Montague,

it |

y i

‘,}ho hﬁd

ir cot

/ high,

They

The

p) wounld -'n'ze, Der Accﬁf. cum Inﬂhitivé,

das Verbum ift aber hinweggelaflen.

q) took,

Das Imperf. Ind, das im Deutfchen mit dem

Imperf, Conjunét, gegeben werden mufs, Sonft

o

pflegt man es im Englifchen mit dem Imper-

fecto von to do auszudriiken,

200

vael:.

b

A viéw of the ftars and rifing fun

from mount Aetna,

W

The afcént for {ome time was not i’réep; and

as the furface of the fnow funk a little, we

\l

had tblerable good fdoting 5 but as it foon be~

gin to grow ftéeper, we found Our labour

gréatly incréafe,

Howéver we detérmined to

perfevére, calling to mind in the midft of dur

libour, that the émperor Adrian, and the‘p'hi-.

J

16fopher Plato had undergéne the fame; and

{il

from the fame mobtive too,

to fee the rifing

At

fun from the top of Aetna,

After incrédible

W

labour and fatigue, but at the fame time mi-

-\ 4

xed with a gréat deéal of pléafure, we arrived

i

befc‘)f'e dawn at the rlins of an ancient ftri-

ture, called il torre del filofofo, fuppodfed to

have been built by the phil6fopher Empedo-

cles, who tock up his habitation here, the

better to ftady the nature of mount Aetna, By

6thers it is {fuppofed to be the riins of a

temple of Vulcan,

whofe fhop,

r) all the

world knows,

(where he.tufed to make éx-

cellent thunderbolts a’nd celéftial armour, as

) i—lier ift die Conjunétion as hinweggelaflen,

Travels,

201

fun

well as nets to catch his wife,

when f{he

went aftriy 5 was éver kept in mount Aetna.

Here we réfted ourfelves for fome time, and

p; ond

made a frefh application to our liqueur bottles

le, we

which I am perfuaded both Vulcan and Empedo-

00n bee

cles, had they been here, would have gréatly

r Jabout

s) approved of, 4fter fuch a march,

nined 10

of out

1 found the mércury had fillen to 20. 6.

he pi

We had ndw time to pay our adoritions in a

filent cbntemplition of the fublime ébjeéts of

e n

natutre.

The {ky was cléar, and the immeénfe

o g

redible

vhult of the héavens appeared in awful mi-

We found ourfelves more

me

jefty and fpléndour.

ftruck with admiration than below,

and at

arived

firft were at a lofs to know the caufe;

till

ot ﬁfﬁ

we obf{érved with afténifhment, that the niim-

;bfed 0

(e

ber of ftars feemed to be infinitely incréafed

and the light of éach of them appéared brigh-

:J:j pei

ter than ufual.

The whitenefs of the milky

}a.

;

of 8

way was like a pure flame that fhot acréfs

3]1 the

the héavens; and with the niked eye we could

obférve clifters of ftars that were invifible in

e &5

#

the régions below,

We did not at firfy at-

,

8) to approve of a thing, etwas b.ﬂligen,

Jifens

202

Travels,

-

ténd to the ciufe, nor recollétt that we had

18

now piflfed through ten or twelve thoufand

ly

a

féeet of grofs vapour, that blunts and confu-

fes évery ray, before it reaches the firface of

the éarth,

We were amazed at the diftinct-

nefs of vifion and excliimed togéther,

what

a olorious fituation for an obférvatory!

Had

Empedocles bad the eyes of Galileo, what

!'f;

difcOHveries muft he not have made

We re-

Cl

grétted that Jupiter was not vifible, as I am

mo

perfuided, we might have difcévered fome of

had

or at léaft

his fatelhtes with the niked eye,

ted

with a fmall g

glafs, which I had in my pécket,

S

We obferved a light a gréat way below us

of

on the mountain ,

which {éemed to move

i

amo6ngft the forefts, but whether an ignis fa-

tuus, or what it was, 1 {hall not preténd to

fay

We likewife took ndtice of {éveral of

thofe méteors called falling ftars, which ftill

appeared as much élevated abéve us, as when

{¢en from the plain; fo that in all probability,

thofe bodies move in régions much beyénd

|

the bounds, that f{ome philéfophers have af-

{figned to our atmofphére.

After contemplating thefe Objets for fome

time, we fet.off and foon after arrived at the

foot of the gréat ¢rater of the mountain, This

203

\ Tyravels.

had

is of an exAét conical figure, and rifes equal-

fand

ly on all {ides, It is'comefed {Olely of 4f hes

nf-

and Other burnt matérials, difcharged from the

mouth of the volcano, which is in its center,

e of

tindt-

This cdnical mduntain is of a gréat {ize.

Its

wht

circumference cinnot be lefs than then miles,

Heére we toock a {écond reft,

as the gréareft

Had

what

part of dur fatigue flill remained,

The mér-

cury had fillen to 20. 43

We found this

o 1

[ am

mountain * excéllively fteep ;

and although it

had appéared black, yet it was likewife cove-

o of

aft

red with fnoow, but the furface (luckily for

?keto

us) was fpréad over with a prétty thick layer

of 4fhes, thrown out from the crater.

Had

y U

nove

it not béen for this,

we néver {hould have

g foe

been able to get to the top, as the fnow was

évery whére frozen hard and {6lid from the

id 10

ol of

pidreing cold of the éi‘r.

il

rhen

In abdut an héurs climbing we arrived at

a place where there was no fnow, and where

llty1

énd

a warm and comfortable vipour iffued from

g

the mountain , which induced us to make ang-

ther halt, Hére I found the. méreury at (9, 63

The thermometer was fallen three degrées

me

below the “point of copgelation; and before

the

we left the fiimmit of Aetna it fell two degrées

his

| Tvavels.

204

more, viz to27. From this fpot it was énly

he

abc‘mtathgée hindred yards to the highefc {fims«

m

mit of the mountain, where we atrived in

full time to fee the moft wbnderful‘and moft

%

fublime fight in nature,

lef

But here defeription muft éver fall fhott,

for no imaginition has dired to torm fo glo-

gi

rious an idéa of fo glorious and fo magnifi-

dir

cent a {céne,

Néither is there on the ftrface

ning

of this globe 4ny one pdint, that unites fo

fepar

miany 4dwful and fublime ébjeéts, — The im-

‘ménfe elevation from the {Grface of the éarth,

the {

0y

drawn ‘as it were to a fingle point, without

fron

any néighbouring for the {énfes and imagina-

fhe

tion to reft upén, and recéver from their

N

afténifhment in their way déwn to the wotld,

fi

This point or t) pinnacle, raifed on the brink

en

of a bottomlefs gulph as old as the world,

€X

6ften difcharging rivers of fire, and throwing

th

out blrning rocks, with a ndife that {hikes

his

the whole island. .Add to this the unbounded

Al

extént of the p1‘6fpeét, comprehénding the

o

gréateft divérlity, and the moft beaiitiful fcé-

vr\}

e

t) pinnacle, die S

pize, Zinne, der Gipfel eines

Gebaudes,

D

h;

ﬂ(twlf ®

205

) on}y

nery in niture, with the rifing fun adviancing

{oms

in the éaft, to illiminate the wbndrous {cene,

ed 0

The whole itmofphere by degrées kindled

§ of

up, and {howed dimly and faintly the bound-

lefs profpeét around

Both fea \and land

(ho

1ooked dark and confufed

as if only emeér-

g

ging from their original chaos, and light and

darknefs féemed ftill undivided

till the mor-

gl fi

firface

ning by degrées advéncing, completed the

)

feparation,

The ftars are extinguifhed and

o 111

the fhades disappear,

The fOrefts, which but

alth,

ndw féemed black and béttomlefs gulphs,

thov

from whence no ray was reflétted

to {how

a;}ma

their form or coélours, appear a new crestion

&

rifing to the fight

catching life and beauty

The {céne ftill

wOf]ﬂt

from évery increafing beam,

) br J]k

enlirges, and the horizon {eems to widen and

expand itfelf on all fides; till the fun like

QoG

the gréat creator appears in the eaft, and with,

hikes

his u) pnﬁ.lc rhy completes the nughty {cene,

\I]ﬂded

All appéars enchintment, and it is with diffi.

g e

culty we can belicve we are ftill on éarth,

The fénfes unacciftomed to the fublimity of

] fee

\

s

-

eints

u) ;nlﬂ/hc, bildend, pla/hck, Subft, die Bild=

hauerkunft,”

Travels,

200

fuch a {céne, 4re bewildered and confounded

to

and it is not till After fome time, that they

are cipable of féparating and jhdging of the

Cl

tt

6bjets that compofe it, — ‘The bbdy of the

fun is féen rifing from the 6cean, imménfe

i

the

tracks both of {éa and land intervening;

islands of Lipari, Panari, Alicudi, Strombolo

t

and Volcano,

with their fmoking {Gmmits,

a8

appéar tinder your feet; and you look down

18l

on the whole of Sicily as on a map, and can

of

trace évery river through all its windings

The viéw is

thoy

from its fource to 1its mouth

if y

abfolutely ~boundlefs on évery {ide; nor is

Wo

there any one G&bjett

within the circle of

Vi

vifion to interrdpt it; fo that the fight is

I

gvery whére loft in the imménfity : and I am

be

perfuaded it is 6nly from the imperféttion of

that the coOafts of Africa,

and

th

our organs,

dven of Greéece are not difcévered,

as they

are cértainly abéve the horizon,

The cir-

I8

cumferenc

o of the vifible on the top of Aetna,

St

cannot be lefs than 2000 miles.

At Malta

1t

which is néar 200 miles diftant, they percéive

1

all the ertiptions from the fécond région, and

ty

that 1sland is 6ften difcOvered from about one

half the elevation of the mountain; fo that at

the whole elevition , the hérizon muft exténd

)

v,

Tvavels,

207

nded;

to néar double that diftance, or 4oo miles,

they

which makes oo for the diameter of the

f the

circle, and 2400 for the circimference,

But

of the

this is by much too vaft for dur fénfes, not

ménle

inténded to grafp fo boundlefs a fcene,

g the

I find indéed by fome of the Sicilian au-

ombolo

immitsy

thors, particularly Mafia, that the 4frican coaft

as well as that of Naples, with miny of its

- down

islands, have been difcOvered from the top

nd cat

of Aetna,

Of this howéver we cinnot boaft,

ndings

though we can véry well beliéve it, Indéed

e 1§

not 18

if we knew the héighth of tie mountain, it

would be éafy to calculate the extént of its

e of

vifible hérizon; and vice verfa, if its vifible

13

It

hérizon were exitly afcerthined, it would

1d an

be an éaly matter to calculate te heéights of

o o

the mountain,

1y ﬂﬂd

s they

But the moft beautiful part of the fcéne

he ¢

is cértainly the mountain itfelf; the island of

Sicily and the numerous islands lying round

Aetndy

Malta

it. All thefe by a kind of mégic vifion, that

1 am'at a lofs v) to account for, feem as if

they were brought cidfe round the w) { kirFs

1, ﬂﬁd

it 0

£t

o

V) to account for [omething, etwas erklaren,

24 eﬂd

w) [kirt, das auiferfte, die Granze,

Travels.

208

of Aetna, the diftances appéafing tedliced to

i)

né6thing,

Perhéps this fingular efféét is pro=

pof

diiced by the'rays of light palling from a ra-

mo

rer medium into a denfer, which x) from a

Va

well known law in 6pticks.) to an obférver

in the rare medium, appéars to lift up the Ob-

iefts that are at the bittom of the denfe one,

de

W

as a piéce of moOney pliced in a bafon appéars

be

lifted up as foon as the bafon is filled with

tain

water,

nof

The regione deferta or the frigid zdne of

0 Teq

Aetna, is the firfk ébject that calls our attén-

It i

tion,

It is mirked out by a circle of fnow

L

which exténds on all {ides to the

and ive,

by

In the cénter

diftance of about eight miles,

July

of this circle, the gréat crater of the moun-

fere

tain réars its blrning héad; and the régions

i)

of inténfe héat, féem for éver to be united

€X(

in the fame point. On the north fide of the

tne

fnowy région, they affute us, there are fé-

ted

veral fmall lakes, that 4re néver thiwed; and

fand;

that in miny plices, the inow mixed with

0fp<

the af hes and falts of the mountain, is accls

ot

mula=

Dy

Lo

+

x) from’ fteht hi?l‘ fir according to,

tire

i

Tvavels. ‘

209

oed 1

mulated to a vaft depth,

And indéed T fup-

s ptos

pofe,

the quart ty of falts contiined in this

4 4.

mountain, is one gréat réafon of the prefer:

from

wvaticn Qf its {hows,

obfervet

The vegione ‘dgfygrm 1s immédiately fuccée-

the 0

ded by the Julvofa or the woody region,

nfe ong

which forms a circle or girdle of the moft

appeas

beautiful gréen, which furrdunds the mdun-

o Wi

tain on all Tides and is cértainly one of the

moft delightful fpots on éarth, This prefénts

e of

a remarkable contrift with the défert région,

qttene

It is not fmooth and éven like the gréateft

of fnow

part of the latter; but it is finely variegited

by an infinite nimber of thofe beattiful little

o CE0eS

mountains that have been formed by the dif-

ferent ertGptions of Aetna,

All thefe have

i Mo

now acquired 2 wadnderful degrée of fertility,

excépt a véry few, that are but néwly for=

be mﬁted

jo of e

med; that is, within théfe five or fix hiind-

red years; for it cértainly requires fome thou-

fp 16 f-

fands to bring them to their gréateft degrée

wed ; ol

of perf’é&ion,’ We looked down into the cra<

ol i

ters of théfe and attémpted but in viin to

f el

nimber them,

5\

ke

The circiimference of this zone ot gré_af

circle of Aetna is not lefs than féventy or

]

o

210

Travels

gighty miles, It is évery whete fuccceded by

f1vi

the vineyards, 6rchards, and corn- fields that

Cho

compofe the regione culta or the fertile région,

wi

This laft zone is much broader than the éthers,

1e

and exténds on ull fides to the foot of the

mountain,

Its whole circlimference according

11

to Recupero is 183 miles,

It is likewife cé=

A

vered with a nimber of little conical and

fr

i‘phmcal mountains and exhibits a woénderful

By

variety of forms and cOlours and mikes a de-

time

hghtful contraft wu:h the two Other régions,

of A

1t is bounded by the féa to the fouth and

fouth eaﬁ

and on all its 6ther {ides by the

tiver Semetus and Alcantara, which run al-

The whole courfe of thefe

tig

moft round it

16l

rivers is leen at once,

and all their beantiful

of

windings through théfe fértile valleys y) 160-

Ul

ked upon as the fivourite pofléffion of Ceres

hetfelf, and the Very fecene of the rape of her

daughter Proferpine,

0

Caft your eyes a little farther and you

embrace the whole island and fee all its cities,

14

0

e

L

t

y) Das Verbum fo /ook erd {fo wohl iwm Aéti-

vo als im Paflivo immer mit der Praepofition

sspon conftroirt,

z\

Travels.

21¢t

ded by

rivers and mountains, delineated in the great

ds thab

chart of nature: all the adjacefit islands, the

Teglon;

Gthers,

whole coaft of Italy, as far as your éye can

réach for it is no where bounded, but évery

; of the

On the fun’s firft

where loft in the fpace,

000t

rifing ,

the fhidow of the moduntain exténds

wile 00

acrofs the whole island

and makes a large

yeal 1

track vifible éven in the {féa and in the air,

dnderfl

By degrées this is {hértened, and in a little

65 2

time is confined Only to the neighbourhood

¢ 01§

of Aetna,

i aod

by the

We now had time to eximine a fourth

fun &

région of this wonderful mountain véry diffe-

f thel

rent indéed from the Others’ and produ&lve

of wvery different fenfitions; but which has

el

undoubtedly given béing to all the teft; I

e

méan the région of fire,

of (e

sofhe

The préfent crater of this imménfe Volca=

no is a circle of about three miles and a half

in circamference.

It goes z) Thélving down

j you

citiesy

on ach fide, and forms a régular héllow like

a vaft amphitheatre,

From mény plices of

—

thxs fpace, iffue vélumes of fu:phureous fmoo-

Al

)ﬁ 08

%) [helving , abhangig,

B

03

=N

2123

?mvei&.

of

ke, which béing much héavier than the cirs

cumambient air,

inftéad of rifing in it,

a8

ce

ifs

fmoke génerally does immédiately on its get-

Va

ting out of the crater, rolls down the fide

of the mountain like a torrent

till céming

n

'l

to that part of the atmofphere of the fame

di

{pecific gravity with itfelf, it fhodts off ho-

rizbntally , and forms a large tralt in the air,

according to the diréction of the wind; which

€X]

Loy

bappily for us cérried it exdétly to the fide

éppofite to that where we were placed

it

forr

#r The crater is fo hot, that it is véry dan-

gerous if not impéifible to go down ihto its

befldes the fmoke is véry incommodious and

o

there

in many places the farface is fo foft,

B

have been inftances of péople finking down

b

in it and paying for their temérity with their

{!

lives,

Neéar the cénter of the crater is the

b

gréat mouth of the Polcano ; that treméndous

gulph fo célebrated in all 4ges looked upOn as

18

the térror and fcourge both of this and an6=

all

ther life and équally ufeful to ancient poets,

th

when the mufe or

or to moédern divines

]

when the {pirit infpires

We behéld it with

W

twe and with hérror, and were not furprized

that it had been confidered as the place of the

damned

When we refléCt on the imméniity

Travels,

213

e i

of its depth, the vaft cells and civerns, when-

ce fo miny lavas have iffued; the force of

£, o

S gete

its intérnal fire, to riife up thofe lavas to fo

e fide

vaft a héigth, to fupplrt them, as it were,

and éven to force them. over the

odming

in the air,

véry fammit of the crater,

with all their

e fame

f hoe

dréadful accémpaniments; the poiling of the

the

e aify

matter,

the {hakin

fs]

g of the mountain,

yhich

explofion of fliming rocks, etc.; we muft al-

Iow . that the moft entbufiiftic imagination,

1 ide

in the midit of all its térrors,

hardly éver

!

formed an idéa of a hell more dréadful.

Y ite

ito ity

It was with a mixfure both of pléafqre

15 and

and piin, that we quitted this Awful fcéne.

there

But the wind had arifen véry high, and clouds

begin to ghther round the mountain.

In a

; dovt

h gl

{hort time they formed like andther héaven

gy the

below us, and we were in hopes of féeing

a thunder-ftorm Under our feet:

a {cene that

bndous

is not uncémmon in thife ‘exilted régions,

péﬂ 2

gno-

and which I have alréady f{éen on the top of

But the clouds were foon

pbetS’

the high Alps,

e Ot

difpélled aghin by the force of the wind, and

i

We‘wefe difappbié‘ted in our expeltations,

)riZEJr

1 had 6ften béen told of th\e gréat effélt

o the

nitf

px‘odhceé by difcharging a gun on the tg»p of

Travels,

214

high mduntains, I ‘tr‘xed it here, ‘when we

were a good déal furprized to find, that in-

ftéad of incréafing the found, it was almoft

rediiced to nOthing,

The report was not

équal to that of a pocket piftol, We compa-

red it to the ftroke of a ftick on a door: and

furely it is confiftent with réafon, that the

dr

thinner the air is, the lefs its impréffion muft

be on the ear; for in a vacuum there can be

tio

no noife, and the nearer the approach to a

aj

Citey

vacuum, the impréffion muft always be the

fmaller,

Where thofe gréat effécts have been

infir

{han

prodhced, it muft have been 4am6ngft a nlim-

ber of mountains, where the found is rever.

fing

(oY

berated from one to the ‘Other.

g

Brydone,

T

of

ph

Th

by

wh

1o

1)

da

i

215

1 We

t in-

Moéral Effa,ys.n

Imp&

not

On éntrance into life and the cdéndué

mpie

of éarly manhood.

qnd

it the

There Eféems to be a pecliliar propriety in, ad-

dréffing. méral précepts to the rifing genera-

) muf

tion,

Befides that, like trivellers éntering on

an be

there are

to 4

a journey,

they want diréction;

7

circumftances, which render it prébable, that

o the

infirGétion will be more efficicious in youth,

heen

num

than at a maturer périod. Long hébits of bua

finefs or pléafure, and an indifcriminate inter-

eyele

courfe with mankind, Often fuperindiice a

gréat degrée of infenfibility; and the'a) batte-

red véteran at laft confiders the admonitions

of the méralift as the vain babbling .of a {0-

phift, and the declamition of a fchoolboy,

The keen edge of méral percéption is blinted

by long and reiterated collifion; and to him

who has loft the finer fenfibilities,

it is no

lefs ffﬁitlefs to addréfs a'm(’wral difcourfe, than

2) battered wveteran, ein alter ausgedienter Sol-

dat; {o batter, durch den Gebrauch abniizen,

battered , {tumpf, -

16

Mardl Eﬁy&.

to reprefént to the déaf

the charms of mé-

kin

e

lody, or to the blind the beauties of a picture,

ten

But vouth pofiéffes fenfibility in perfé&tion;

aft

and unléfs education has been totallv neglé.

W

Cted ,

or erroneuusly purfiied

its hibits are

Furnifhe

with a nétural

ufvally wvirtuous.

fufceptibility , and free from acquired impédi-

el

ment

the mind is then in the moft favourable

g

ftate for t/e admiffion of inftriaétion, and for

gre

léarning sow to live,

e

Wi

I will then fuppofe a young man préfent.

T

who has pafled thrdough the forms of a liberal

=8

education at fckool, and w/o is juft éntering

on the ftage of life, to aft /Zis part accérding

{

to Ais own judgment,

1 will addre{'s him

wit all the afféétion and imcenty of a pirent,

in the following méinner,

You have ‘violent piffions implinted in

{

you by naturc for the accomplifiment of her

fi

purpofes ;

but conclude not as many jfave

i

done to their riin, that beciufe they are vio-

lent

they are”irrefiftible.

I'he fame nature,

which gave you paffions, gave you alfo réa-

fon and a love of order.

Rehglon idded to

the light of nature and the experience of min-

1

217

Morval Effays,

of mée

kind

has conclirred 1n eftibliffing it as an

ceure,

unquéftionable trith, that the irrégular.or in-

témperate indalgence of the péifions is always

(ction;

atténded wits pain in fome mode or Otler,

neglé

which gréatly excéeds its pléafare,

DS 418

nitunl

Your péffions will be éafily reftrained from

endrmous excefs, if you really wifh and 46-

imptd

ouable

neftly endéavour. to reftrain them.

But the

and for

greater part of young men ftidy to inflame

their fury,

and give them a degree of force,

which they pofféfs not in a fitate of nature,

refent,

Tlhey run into temptition and defire not to

iheral

be delivered from évil

They knowingly and

ntering

willingly facrifice to mowentary gratificitions

edratng

the comfort of all, whick {jould {wéeten the

remainder of life,

Begin then wits moft fin-

ifs fim

cérely wﬂ'hmg to' conquer thofe fibtle and

parem,

powerful énemies, whom you carry in your

bofom.

Pray for divine affiftance,

Avodid

ed 10

folitude the firft mément, a loofe thought in-

finuates itfelf

and /Zaften

of I

to the cémpany of

thofe, whom you refpéct

b) Convérfe not

Jive

Vi

on fubjetts which léad to

impure idéas,

Ha-

mtlll'e,

*-—-—_.,____,

) 1

ed fo

b) to converfe on fometlzmg. mit etwas um

hen, fich mit etwas unterhalten,

ge-

mall*

218

Moral Effayts

boa

- ve céurage to decﬂ_;le réading imméral books,

even when they fall into your hands,

If, at

wit

to

a proper age, you form a ftrong attic/ment

It is

i

A

to a virtuous wbdman, dare to mirry.

better to be poor than wicked, Chérifli the

thy

ébjett of your éatly love, Be indGfttious and

by

truft in prévidence,

t]

Thus {fall you avdid the perpétual térments

of unriily affé€tion the moft ldatifome of dis-

fire

éafes and tZe thoufand pénalties of {Elfifs cé-

0r el

libacy, Thus you fhall pléafe god, and your

Bl

own féart if it is a good one,

and difpléafe

flane

none, but an ill-jhdging and wicked world,

thoe

and per/idps a fow of your covetous relitions,

they

itk

,» But réally you Zave not fo much to fear

from the violence of the concupifcible affé-

oY

&ions,, when unafflifted by véluntary complian-

pul

ce, as from vanity. The pervérfe ambition of

jl

¢) arriving at the chitaéter of a man of fpirit

fre

by vicious audicity, #has of late univérfally

Ty

prevailed, and fas rdined the gréater part of

dis

the britifs youth, I have known miny young

U

ll

men proud of the impureft of @iﬁémpers, and

é) to am\'ive at fomething , Z0 etwés gelangen,

dV

P

210

Moval Effays,

boafting of misfortunes which ate atténded

00k,

If, a

ith the gréateft pain and miflery, and dught

Far more Jave

fment

to be accémpanied wit/ {hame,

It is

tZken piihs to fhine amidft the little circle of

b

their vicious acquaintance, in the chiraéter of

i

gay libertines tZun to acquire ufeful quahtxes,

the eftlem of tie good.

fnenfs

From métives of vianity, héalth an péace

of dis

are {icrificed, fortunes lavifhed without crédit

) ce

or enjoyment, €very relative and pérfonal duty

your

neglééted

and religion boldly d) fet at de-

[¢afe

fiance, To be admitted into the cémpany of

)oﬂﬁ

thofe, who disgrace the family title which

tions

they inhérit, thoufand plinge into debanchery

0 fear

without paffion, into drlinkennefs withdut

convivial enjoyment, into gaming without the

) JUlp

méans or inclination for play

Old age ri-

phan

pidly advances,

on of

When vianity at length re-

tréats from infult and from mortificition, 4va-

(pmt

fally

rice {uccéeds; and meannefs, and diséafe, and

disgrace and poverty, and difcontent and des-

it of

pair diffufe clouds and darknefs dver the évea

yung

ning of life,

Such is the lot of thofe, wha

and

T—

d) to fet at defiauce, verachten,

elly

N

220

: M GT/‘ﬂi E,%y: ®

héan

glory in their {hime, and are afhimed of

revi

!:hgir glory,

Have fenfe and refolhtioﬁ enéugh theretore

to give up all preténfions to thofe titles of a

fol

fine féllow, a rake or whatéver vilgar name

{e

!Et

the témporary e) cant of the vicious beftéws

all

on the diftinguifhed libertine,

Preférve your

ha

principles, and be ftéady in your cénduct, And

fto

though gour éxemplary behiviour may bring

bas

gro

on you the infilting and ir6nical appellation

of a faint a piiritan, or éven a méthodift,

dion

I

perfevére in réctitude.

It will be in gour

ot

I

power foon, not indéed to inflt but to pity.

hi

Have fpirit and display it. But let it be that

Yo

fort of fpirit, which Urges you to procéed in

are

the path, in which you were placed by the

0y

faithful guide of gour infancy,

Exhibit a

het

noble fuperiority in diring to disregard the

artful and malicious reproaches of the vain,

éve

who liabour to make you a f) conwért to f6l-

you

ly, in order to keep them in countance. They

Yoy

gwill laugh at"ﬁrﬁ;, but eftéem you in their

and

e

&) cant, die einer gewiflen Men{chenklafle ei-

°

mit

gene Sprache, Kunfi{prache,

f) convert, ein

bez

Neubekehrter, Profelyt,

Tot

TN

Jiﬁﬁﬂi’t?l .lZZ?ﬁiglt.

22%¢

ned of

héarts, éven while they laugh, and in the end

revere your yirtue,

refore

Let that génerous cdéurage, which céne

s 0f 4

fcious réétitude infpires, enable you, to defpis

! e

fe and negléct the affaults of ridicule, When

all 6ther modes of attick have failed, ridicule

beftoss

e Jout

has fuccéeded, The biilwpark of virtue which

L Ao

ftood firmly againft the weéapons of argument,

has tottered ‘on ‘its bafis, or fallen to the

j hrtng

JJtior

ground

on the {lighteft tbuch of migic ri-

dicule

In the {chool, in the céllege, in the

odift

your

world at large, it is the powerful éngine,

ephich is Ufed

Jplu

to lével an exalted chiraéter,

e the

You will infallibly be atticked with it, if you

oted

are in any refpélts fingular; and {ingular in

miny relpéts you muft be, if you are émi-

by te

it

nently virtuous,

10 i

Love truth and dire to fpeak it at all

o Vally

events

The man of the world will tell 4o,

0 fo

you muft diffémble; and g) fo you mufk, if

your Gbjetts and purfuits are like his, méan

They

) thelr

and {élfih

But your piirpofes are génerous;

@) fo yout muft , das muft du. Das, wenn es

mit Nachdruk auf etwas vorhergehendes fich

fle e

‘bezieht , wird im Engh{chen nicht mit dem Proe

t’ e

nomen, fondern mit fo ausgedrikt,

222

MOWIZ Ef yfo

and youtr méthods of obtaining them are the-

refdre undifgtifed. You méan well

Avow

your méaning, if hénour requires the h) avd-

wal and fear néthing,

You will indéed do

"

right, to wifh to pléafe; but you will be

anxious to pléafe the worthy énly, and none

c]

but wérthy Attions will efféét that phrpofe,

With refpéét to that art of pléafing, which

requires the facrifice of your fincérity , defpife

g

it, as the bafe quility of flitterers, {ycophants,

fu

chéats and i) fcoundrels, An habitual lyar;

fi

befides that he will be known and marked

fin

with infamy, muft pofféfs a poor and pufil

Wi

l4nimous héart; for lying k) originates in co-

wardice

it oricinates alfo in friud, and a liar

4l

whatéver may be his ftation, would cértainly,

if he were fure of fecrecy, be a thiéf, Sorry

am I to fay, that this habit is véry common

in the world, éven ambng thofe, who make

b

a figure, in the réalms of diffipation; thofe,

whofe hénour would compél them, | to ftab

you to the héart, if you were to tell them

V

l)

h) avowal, Geftindnifs,

1) feoundrel, ein

Schurke,

&

k) to originate in a thing, aus et=

I

was entfprmgen, feinen Grund in etwas haben,

A,

Moral Effays

223

plamly the mortifying truth, that you conviét

thee

them of a lie,

\vow

Wlth all your good quaht1es unite the hu~

270

4 do

m;htv of a chriftian, .

Be not morodfe,

Be

cautions of over valuing yourfelf,

Make al-

il be

gone

1owances for the vices and érrors which you

will daily fee,

Remémber that all have not

pole

hieh

had the bénefit of méral infiriftion; that a

delpit

gréat part of minkind are in efféét Orphans,

tirned loofe into the world

without one

hants,

faithful friénd to give them advice;

left to

1}” ’

find theit own way in a dark and rigged

atked

wildernefs, with fnares and 1) gquickfands and

puﬁ\

m) chafms ardund them,

Be candid therefore

in ¢

and amoéng all the improvements of educition

i1

and refinements of manners, let the bealtiful

gt

chriftian graces of meéeknefs and benévolence

Sory

{hine moft confpicious, Where éver you can,

hmmot

relieve diftréfs, prevént mifchief, and do good

) make

but be néither oftentations, nor cenférious,

thofe,

Be cheerfol and gratefully enjdy the good

o fiob

| them

which providence has n) beftéwed upén you,

1) quickfand, Sand, der einem unter den Fiflen

weicht,

m) chafm , eine Spalte, Kluft,

Ab-

grund,

[ et

n) to beftow /amethmg upon om, Eie

s &

nem etwas geben,

fabese

e

N

284

Moval Effays.

But be moderate,

Moderition is the law of

enjoyment, All beybnd , is néminal pléafure

.

and real pain,

§p

I will not ‘mfdtipfy my précepts,

Chide

Ad-

good books and féllow their diréétion,

Opt religious, virtuous, ménly principles. Fix

them deéeply in your bofom, and let them go

with you unloofened and undltered to the

grave,

]ﬂt

fion,

If you follow fuch advice as from the

meft;

pure motive of férving you moft efléntially,

did n

1 have given you, 1 will not indéed prémife

Y

that you {hall not be unfortunate, according

Tax

to the cémon idea of the word;

but I will

Ve

confidently affure you, that you { hall not be

fid

unhé.ppy.

I will not prémife you worldly

COl

fhccefs, but I will engige, that you fhall

nif

deférve it and {hall know how to béar its

e

ébfen?e.

g

L

ob

£

g

thy

£y

Yo

el

by

225

aw of

éafure

Parliamentary Spéeches.

Speech of king Charles the firft at the

Chi

dlﬁomuon of the parliament

, Al

es, fig

1n 1628.

fiem g0

¥

My Lords,

to the

I néver cime hére at f{o unpleafling an occa-=

fion, it béing for the diffolution of the pirlia«

m the

inent; therefore miny may wonder, why I

atially

did not rather chufe to do this by commiifion;

promlte

it being a géneral mixim of kings, to lay

pootding

harfh commands by their minifters

themfel-

1w I

ves only executing plealing things

But con-

[ goth

fidering that juftice is as well 4nfwered in

iy

comménding and re\vardmg of thue, as pu-

oll fhan

mfhmo‘ of vice,

1 thought it néceflary to co-

béar 18

me hére this day;

to declare to youmyv lords

and all the world

that it was Only the dis-

obedient carriage of th

lower houfe

that

has ciaufed this diflolution at this time;

and

that you, my lords,

ate fo far from béing

taufers of it, that I have as much ¢émfort in

your lordfhips cirriage towards me, as] hav

chufe to diftdfte their proceeding

Yet, that

1 muft neéeds

} may be clearly Gnderfiood

p

.

226

Pirliamentavy Spéeches,

fay' that they do miﬁéke me wonderfully, that

think I lay the fault équally upén all the lo-

Sp

wer houfe; for as 1 know there are as mény

as dutiful and 10yal {Objeéts as 4ny are in the

world; fo 1 know that it was Only fome

vipers améngft them, that had caft this mift

of difference before their Syes; although there

were fome améngft them, that would no be

inféCted with this contigion; infomiich, that

bi

ies

fome by their fpéaking (which indéed was

the géneral fault of the hdufe on the laft day)

jeby

did fhow their obedience.

the

To conclide my

lords, as thofe évil affétted pérfons muft look

1ty

of

for their rewards, f{o you that are here of

the higher houfe, may jiftly cliim from me

be

that protéétion and favour, that a good king

owes to his 16yal and faithful nobility. And

tl

now my Lord keeper Y dq what I have com-

manded you,

€]

il

Then the ‘Lord Keeper difl6lved the par-

liament.in the kings name with the ufual foe

ac

1émnities,

{\

{

/

vairlz'amenmry kSp'éec‘bes;

227

Yy that

Spééch of the fpéaker of the houfe of

the 19-

5 many

commons at the opening of th}é

i the

parliament 1640,

y fome

his mit

Moft gracious {6vereign,

h there

| 10 be

My proféffion has thuglt me, that from the

higheft jadge and higheft {éat of juftice, there

, that

| wis

lies no writ of error, no appéal,

Your ma-

jefty in full pdrliament, has been pléafed by

dzy)

, my

the mouth of the Lord Kéeper to declire yout

réyal jidgment in affirmition of the elétion

Jook

te of

of your houfe of cémmons, whereby I am

become their fpéaker, and their {érvant, What

m me

} king

is there therefore left unto me, but in the

firft place devoutly to beféech almighty god,

- And

the author and finifher of all good works, to

> (0«

enible me by his bléffing

to difcharge h6-

neftly and efféCtually, fo gréat a tafk, fo gréat

l Pé{o

a truft. And, in the next place, himbly to

] foe

acknéwledge, as 1 do the gréat grace and

favour, that is done unto me by your mAje-

fty ; and réadily to conform myfelf to your

good pléafure and command, to which I now

{ibmit with all péffible chéarfulnefs; left elfe

my too much diffidence to Gndertake the f{ér-

viqe might add a further disadvintage to my

P2

228

Pivliamentary Splechess

performance, than peradvénture would arife

out of my other imperféctions,

molt

{ove

Two énemies 1 might féar, the cémmon

to ¢

énemies of fuch férvices, expefidtion and jéa-

fer

loufy: 1 am not worthy of the former, and

Time that tries truth,

e

1 contémn the latter,

hin

{hall let the whole world fee and know, that

Toy

I am and will be found an équal fréeman;

1ioh

zéalous to ferve my gracious king, and zta-

left to ferve my déareft cOuntry,

T

Updn

Mobnarchy rbyal and lieréditary, is of all

fifteer

forts of gévernments the moft compléte and

éxcellent ; whether we regird the glory, the

b

gove

You

wealth or the fafety of the gbdvernor or of

etk

the péople, or of botl,

And 1 hope there

are not of this nation any, that are of anti-

this

imonirchical {pirits or refolutions, no nor dis-

pofitions, nor friénds to fuch, as are fo; if

there be,

I wifh no gréater Liénouf to this

parliament,

than to difcOver them;

and by

A

all méans pbifible to affift your gracious mi-

Goy

jelty , to fuppréls them’ ‘of to confound them,

i

You are a gréat king at all times, but {it«

nef

ting now attended by your prélates, your

i

lords and péople in free parliament, are in the

el

Ligheft flate of mijefty al?d glblfy.

1y

220

Pirliamensary Spéecéefg

| arife

I remémber well T héard your méjeflty’s

moft-réyal and léarned fither, Yur late déar

mmott

févereign king James of facred mémory, {péak

to that pirpofe of himfelf and of kings in gé-

d jiae

neral; his méijefty {itting then in parliament

and

upén that throne, which by defcént from

) tf l[h,

him and from innumerable royal dnceftors, 1s

;V, h&t

now become your mijelty’'s lawful feat and

semal

right inhéritance,

d zéie

To behdld you thus in péace and {afety,

upén this gréat and good occifion, After full

of all

fifteen yéars expérience of your moft péaceful

¢ and

gévernment, yiélds moft compléte joy to all

s the

your mijefty’s lbyal and well affétted {ub-

ot of

jects; who cinnot but conclir with me in

3 ther&'{

this defire,

f anil

Serus in coelum vedeas, diuque

0! dis

o; 1

Lactus interfis populo britanno.

) this

England is your féat of réfidence, mnot

«“zf

made a province, nor géverned by a viceroy.

M-

God open all dur éyes and underftandings, to

hefs

difcérn and vilue the gréat bléffings and bé-

tf

te

nefits, we enjoy by your mijefty’s gracious

préfence and immédiate influence of life and

yom‘

chéarfulnefs to all the phrts of thefe your

) the

nobleft kingdoms!

230

Pavliamentavy Spéeches.

Scotland ' is your birthélace, and therein

then

has advantageé of your Other réalms; god ma-

pros

ke them and keep them éver {¢nfible and wér-

A

thy of that hénour,

fily

Treland begins a pace to {mitate England

in a gréat and quick progréffion in civility

eI

of ménners and converfation; by mény fédu-

for

lous plantitions and improvements of the foil ;

i,

by their recéiving and eniéing of the more

the

wholefome laws and ftitutes of this kingdom;

flfe

and by miny dGther good effééts and fruits of

to

e

peace and bléfled gévernment,

ficred

France is ftill an atténdant to your réyal

(lmy

file and title,

/

(raw

1\

and

The prerégative of a king is as néceflary

€O

as it is gréat,

Without it, he would want

RN

that pdwer and mijefty which is, and dught

by

to be inféparable from the crown and fcepter,

of

Nor can there 4ny dinger ref(lt from fuch

a

prerégative in the king, to the liberty of the

EX¢

fabject; fo long as both of them admit the

thi

témperament of law and jiftice: efpécially

under fuch a king as your mijefty, who to

iy

your immortal glory ambng your printed laws,

of

have piblifhed this to the whole world for

th

it

your méxim, The {z‘bu;{y of the péople fiyeng-

Parliamentary Spéeches,

231

thereln

thens the king’s previgative, and the king's

od ma

prerogatwe is to defénd the péople’s bberty.

d war

A mixim like apples of gold in pi€tures of

filver,

Englond

Kings, as they are kings, are néver faid to

civilty

err, Only the beft may be abiifed by misin-

1y fid

formation,

The higheft point of prerégative

he {ol

If therefore by

the king do no wrong.

e mofe

the fiibtlety of misinformers, by the fpécious

1gdomm,

falfe preténces of piiblic good, by ciinning and

uits of

clofe contrivance of their ways to feduce; the

facred réyal pérfon fhall, at 4ny time be cir-

cumvénted or f{urprifed, or Overwrought and

¢ 1oyl

draiwn to command things céntrary to law,

and that the fame be done accordingly : thefe

commands will be void,

and the king inno-

bty

4 want

cent, éven in his véry pérfon, béing defénded

néverthelefs the authors

| ught

by his prerégative

eptes

of fuch misinfOrmations, and A€ors in thofe

abufes, will ftand liable and expofed to firict

| fuch

of the

examination and juft cénfure; as hiving ng-

thing to defénd themfelves but the cblour of

t the

cially

2 v0id command, made void by juft preroga-

tive, and by the fundaméntal and true réafon

ho 10

Jaws,

of ftate and ménarchy: and what difference is

there, or can be in law, betwéen a void com.

j for

74

mand, and no command at all 2

232

Pirliamentary Spéeches,

If religion jaftice and mérey, all happily

mott

affémbled and graciously lédged togéther in

of g

alm)

your rdyal bréalt, may give to your well af-

fected fibjetts a good hope of a good fhccels

eftd

of this parliament ; I know not why we

abl

fhould not,

all of us expéct it with much

wh

confidence,

Some few particulars pertaining

yir

to théle géneral héads, 1 humbly beg, of your

con

and

majefty, that without offénce of your ficred

ears ,

I may have léave to méntion and ob-

ténd;

{érve, for the farther comfort of myfelf and

to th

all that héar me,

T

What prince of thxis land was éver known

thrta

to keep the hours and times fet for priyer and

by

for the f{érvice of almighty god with that re-

giv

gularity and cOnftancy as’ your méjelty? Niy

30

more, have you not éver fince your accéfs to

ma

the crown, had one day in évery week, be-

the

fides the lords day dédieated and applied to

I

préaching and devotion? T may not ftay here,

fo

there is andther particular équalling nay much

excélling both the former: and that is your

mijefty’s gréat care to e¢ducate thofe plédges

to

of cOnjugal and moft abundant mitual love,

by

that is betwéen gyour majefty and your moft

W

gracious cOnfort, the beft queen and woman,

Jaf

and the foundition of our future hopes, the

pe

Pivliamentavy Spéeches.

233

ippily

moft illiftrious prince Chayles and the reft

et it

of your rbyal prégeny, in the true religion of

|| of

almighty god

piblicly proféfled and by law

ficeels

eftiblifhed in this kingdom: What téngue is

hy we

able to expréfs the gréat joy and cémfort,

1 moch

which all your mijefty's moft 16yal and 16-

hing

ving {abjefts do derive unto themfelves,

in

f out

contemplation’ of your mijefty's gréat pxety

ficred

and prudence in this one a&t expréffed,

eX=

d ob

ténding itfelf not Only to the préfent time, but

f and

to the good of fuccéffion in all after - ages,

-

Tolching juftice, there is not 4ny more

(oW

cértain fign to difcérn an équal jadge, than

get ad

by his patience to be well informed befdre he

at e

give his {éntence; and I may boldly fay, all

Ny

your jadges throughout all your kingdoms,

cels t0

may take example by your mijefly, and léarn

. bee

their duty, from your pritice in this kind,

jed

1 myfelf have often been witnefs of it to my

no little admiration and contént,

fetey

much

From your patient héaring let me pafs on

yOUf

dges

to your righteous judgment, and therein bring

but one inftance, but it {hall be a gréat one

lovey

Ty SUN———

moft

When your lords and your péople in your

laft pérliament prefénted to your mijefty a

)msz

h

petition , concérning divers rights and liberties

234

Farliamentavy Spleches.

of your {ubjefts; the petition béing of no

fo

fmall weight and impdrtance, as by the {ame

to

may well appéar, your méjefty ifter meet de-

s

liberation, in few but efféétual words, (foit

pe

droit fait comme il eft defiré) made them fuch

of

an anfwer,

as fhall renown you for juft

jl’ldgment, in this age and to all poftérity,

1

I

T make hafte to come to your mércg whe-

reof I cinnot but have need again and aghin,

feo

before 1 have finif hed that/férvice, to which

I am enjoined, and am not Altogether in de.

thin;

hay

fpair of obtaining it: néverthelefs the mércy

which I méan to célebrate, is not 6nly con-

mof

{in

cérning fingle or particular pérfons, but who-

th

le nitions; that unexampled mércy and clé-

mency, which (in your royal wisdom and

ablindant goodnefs, happily met togéther) your

th

majefty voucbfafed to fhow to us and all your

g

kingdom; in not drawing your {fword of ja-

th

ftice the laft {immer, againft your péople of

40

Scétland , though your armies were much the

tir

better and firénger,

b

It féems, your méjefty remémbéred with

‘

D

more téndernefs of héart than they do, that

they were Chriftians and your ffibjeéts, and

i

that your power was poffe et nolle nobile, What

i

ST,

Parliamentary Sbéecbgf.i

235

of 10

fo éver might be the rule that iqc]ine;i you

fame

to mércy, 1 am fure the bénefit redounds to

t de-

us and ours; who by thefe méans are ftill in

(i

peace and tranquillity, not without good hope

fuch

of long continuance; a bléfling peradvénture

undervalued by us, we have had fo much of

t ik

ity

it, under your méjei’cy’s moft gracious father’s

réyal gbvernment,

) whee

agity

I have yet no inftri&ions from your hou-

fe of commons, therefore can propdund né-

vhich

1 des

thing as by warrant from them: but if 1 may

have léave to prefént to your méjefty my own

méry

moft hiimble and moft héarty wifhes and de-

y cole

fires, they may be dirééted to religion, and

f wbo'

nd cle

chiyglny, gémmerce, jaftice and Unity,

il ﬂﬂd

That this périiament may be fimous for

the care and conténtment of god's true reli-

) your

[l yous

gion in this world and that to come, and to

of jie

that purpofe that the moft réverend prélates,

Je of

your mijefty’s 4rchbifhops and bifhops, {it-

h the

ting on the right hand of your throne, will

be therein moft férward, to whom it is moft

proper.

with

That the lords témporal, girt with their

that

and

fwords in their creation as more fp'écially re-

What

warded, or defigned for 4ltions military;

236

Pavliamentary Spleches.

:would ,‘call to r«ﬁind the moft noble and the

on!

moft wvaliant of their Anceftors whofe lands

che

and hénours they inhérit; and how fimous

all

this land has been at home and abroad,

for

ter

deeds of arms and ats of chivalrv; and to la-

bour to reftore it , by all méans to its ancient

glory. The beft way to preférve péace is to

be réady prepited and well fitted for war,

Us

or

That your méjefty would be pléafed to

héa

eommand, that your grave and réverend jlid-

fireg

ges,

whofe obfervations f{hould excéed all

fight

éther men’s, though they be but affiftants in

endés

this férvice; to contribute the beft and Gtmoft

&y

they can,

to expliin,

to execute,

to ad-

all

véance Our good old laws;

and togzpropdund

08

fuch things for the enaéting of wholefome

ang

and plain néw fiitutes, that évery fabject of

fior

this réalm may be enibled to know and dGnder-

of

ftand bimfelf cléarly, both what he has to do,

of ¢

and what he may pofféfs, and what not,

{01

There are no confiderable mines royal in this

viil

kingdom: trade and cémmerce, the exporta-

tion of our wools in manufa&ures, and natj-

té\m

ve commbdities, is that which firnilhes us

with gold and filver,

the matérials of qur

i

monies ; and has the 6nly poOwer to enible us

téq

to fupply your mijefty, for the defénding of

Iy

e,

Pivliamentavy Spéeches,

237

the

ourfelves, and offénding of éthers, That mér-

ands

chants and tradesmen therefore {hould have

mous

is a moft fpec1al in=

all meet encout‘agement

for

tereft of this island

Ly

0l

But were we néver fo valiant nevef f{o

neient

15 10

wéalthy, if love and unity be not améngft

Jafy

us, what good will our wéalth do ourfelves,

or to your mijefty? He that commands a

o 0

héart in love, he, and he only comminds af-

]ud

furedly the purfe to pay,

and the hands to

fight

g all

L pray god therefore that we may all

nts 1

endéavour to knit {uch a knot of true affé-

emof

&ion, betwixt the héad and mémbers ;

that

fo &

11 jefuited féreign #tates, who look perchin<

¢e with énvious and malignant ¢yes upén us;

]pUUﬂd

and would be glad to rejdice in owur dlvw

)]e{(]me

fions, may fee themfelves loft and deféafed

]ect of

of all their fubtle plots and combinations, and

UﬂdeA

of all their wicked hopes and expeftations,

0 doy

to rénder us, if their endéavours might pre-

not,

th

viil a people inconfiderable at home, and com-

jotfas

témptible abréad

ki

Religion téaches us, Si Deus wobisctm

g US

quis coutra nos? And expérience, I hope will

f auf

téach us, Si fumus infepavabiles y [fumus ins

hle 1S

1t was wont to bey and I hope

Juperabiles,

ng Of

P

238

Paivliamentavy Spéeches.

it éver will be, the ténet and pofition of your

houfe of cémmons, that the good of the

king and of the péople cinnot be fevered:

lif

and curfed be évery one that {hall go about

to d1V1de them.

tc

-1 féar I have véntured too far on your

1

réyal patience, though yet I conféfs, I néver

b

knéw it wéaried

néverthelefs I will here

i

conclide,

Ouly firft I beféech your grdcious

Th

mijefty, in the name and right of the whole

knoy

houfe of eé6mmons,

~that in your jiftice you

fle

would be pléeafed

to grant and confirm to

them, for their better encOburagement to pro-

i)

ceed in their oréat bifinefs, théfe their ancient

and juft liberties, which time out of mind,

hig

of

they have rightfully enjoyed

of

be

a

Was

he

[

0)

duy

/“l“‘

239

yout

Jefts or {mart fayings,

f the

A notorious thiéf, béing to be tried for his

jered ;

| ﬁbéut

life conféffed the rébbery, he was charged

with,

The jidge hereupén dirécted the jury

to find him guilty upén his own conféffion,

i \‘ yous

The jury having laid their héads togéther,

[ névet

brought bim in wot guiity,

And when the

Il here

judge 4fked the réafon, the foreman replied,

ieions

There is réafon enéugh, my lord, for we all

know him to be o

whole

ne of the gréatei’g \liars in

the world,

e Y?‘l

om0

A fénator who was not déemed the wifeft

o pie-

man in the houfe, has a ciftom of { haking

ncien

his héad, when anéther fpeaks ; which giving

f it

offence to a particular pérfon, he compliined

of the indignity,

Hereupén one who had

beerr acquiinted with the firft géntleman from

a child, as he told the houfe affured them it

was 6nly the effé& of an ill habit; for, fays

he, though he often {hakes his héad, there

is néthing in it,

A drﬁﬁken féllow hiving o) made away

0) to make away wiz}/'z one’s money, fein Geld

durchbringen,

240 Fefts and ﬁnaﬁ [2yings.

with all his goods, excépt his féather bed,

ywas at length obliged to part with that too;

wh

fon

for which béing reproved by fome friénds,

do

,Phoo, fays he, I am véry well, thank héa-

ven, and why fhould p) 1 kéep my bed?2¢

A fcholmafter 4fked one of his boys in a

de

bl

{harp winter-mérning what was litin for

Ju

cold? The boy héfilating a little, the méfter

{aid,

,, What , Sarah, can’t you tell?¢ ,, Yes

lor

Sir, « fays the boy, 5,1 have it at my q) fin=

gers end %

yours

bar ¢

' King Charles the fécond in coémpany with

the lord Roéchefter and fome 6thers of the

i

Lin

nobility, had been drinking the beft part of

the night; when Killigrew came in, ,, Now,

¢

the

fays the king, we f{hall hlar of dur faults.*

wNo« quoth Killigrew, ,,1 néver trGuble my

kn

héad with that, wh-ich all th¢ town talks of,

you

Coamm———

ﬁ)m(

p) Die Zweideutigkeit liegt in dem Wort keep,

Was

to keep heift behalten und to keep his bed heift

fein Bette hiiten; oder krank feyn. q) fo have

Prot

fome thing at the fingers end, heift nach dem

buchftdblichen Sinn etwas an den Spizen der

1w

Finger haben.

Zugleich aber heift nach einer

) d

fpruchwortlichenn Redensart :

1 have it at my

Jingers eund; es liegt mir auf der Zunges

Ver

p——

Fefts and ﬁnrzrtfa‘jiizg:. u

241

A country fquire 4fked a 1) mérry-dndrew,

et bed

at £00;

why he pIéy’d the fool? ..for the fame réa-

fon, faid he, as you do, out of want; vou

friénds,

do it for want of wit, 1 for want of méney.

ok héas

bed 1

A s) dyer in 2 cdurt of juftice béing Or-

dered to hold up his hand, which was all

07 ina

black; ,,take off your glove friend,“ faid the

hin fot

jidge to him, ,, Put on your fpéétacles, my

g il

lord, “ 4nfwered the dyer,

i Ves

gl

An t) arch prifoner, who had an unfia

vourable countenance, béing brought to the

bat to be tried for horfe- ftéaling the judge

‘ly \Vith

immediately cried, ,,Oh! here is a noted vil-

of the

lain, I’'m {ure, why firrah, 1 can fee the ro-

pt of

gue in his face® ,,Aye,* my lord,

. fays

i Now;

the féllow, I wonder at that,

for 1 did not

| f;}lllfi.“

know , that my face was a lookingglafs, till

uble

your lérdfhip {'a/w yourfelf in it.

1Jks of

A fool kept by king James the firft, ;upép

—

féme offénce -done by him to a géntleman,

was told that his fool’s coat {hould be no

it keefy

prqté&ion to bhim, for he cértainly would

P hel

fo ot

ch det?

iZéU ef

Y) mervy andrew , ein Spafsmacher, Harlequin,

h eivd

s) dyer, Farber von fo dy

3

€, farbenj t) avchy

verichlagen,

L

Q

7

242

Fefts and finare [dyings.

beéat his héad off, if éver he did the like again,

packe

The fool ran openmouth’d to the king with

orant

who bid him not be afraid

his complaint,

to h

for if the géntleman f{hould kill Aim, he

al |

would hang him the day after,

u) , 1 had

foun

much rather, ¢ replied the fool

you would

King

hang him the day before

Was

Teo!

Some pérfons pleading their caufe before

the lord chancellor, and fhowing as it were,

cell

the

the

the boundaries and limits of their land

council on one faid

we lie on this fide my

M W hﬂ

fon

lord; and the council on the éther fide f3id

. We lie on this {ide,*

The lord chincellor

”p ER{

Tony

arofe and fdld, SAL VoD V) lie on both fides,

pray which would you have me beli¢ve? ¢

Wi

‘Upbn the ‘hippy rvetirn of king Charles

Wit

the fecond one Bull

who had loyal]y and

léarnedly maintdined his méijeftys rights, was

e

It ]

prefénted by the king wit/ ‘a grant for a very

confiderable bénefice;

but before the phtent

bad

his

was {ealed

my lord chéncellor Hyde had

difpofed of it to anéther

The parfon hiving

Iour

that

fpent all his moéney, put his hand into his

u) I had much rather,

es wire mir lieber,

V) to lie, heift liegen und ligen,

V)

€lng

S,

Fefts and fmars fzijz'ﬁg:.

243

ag’diﬂ»

pécket and finding nbthing but the kings

yith

grant there, with his hand to it, went boldly

afraid,

to his mijefty jand told him, he had loft

1, be

all his méney out of his pocket, and he

1 Ind

found none but his méjeftys band there, The

would

king {miled,

and afked him,

if his bufinefs

was done: He replied, no; and he was the-

rebn immeédiately recomménded to the chin-

o hefle

cellor Hyde, to put him Into bufinefs,

Says

£ wese

the chancellor knowing him to be a wit,

1 the

» What’s your name?“ ,,Bull®“ fays the pir-

de my

e faid,

fon., ,,Whére are your horns 2 fays my lord,

» Pléafe your lordfhip, replied the pérfon, the

ncellor

horns always go aléng with the w) Hyde,

b {ide

el

When the army of Léwis XIV of France

was encamped in Flanders, diring his wars

; (has

with the conféderates, the king Ufed fometi-

ally

mes to refide. at the héad quarters himfelf,

hts, WS

1t hippened, that a very fine horfe which he

o verf

ha’d lately putchafed, was exercifed befdre

his' tent, and améng Gthers who had githered

rlde bﬁd

round him was a ciporal, who héving béen

) g

that afternoon too free with agua vitae, was

ito 18

P il

y fiebet

iv) Hyde, als der Name des Kanilers und /Zyde,

eine Haut,

Q2

344

Fofts and finart [iyingss

He

become as gréat a man as his majefty.

whic

had firolled up to the fpot, and gétting wi-

Ving

thin the circle, put himfelf into an attitude

be i

of cénfequence,

and after having {ome time

{ hm

made his obfervation with the air of a pro-

oin

found cénnoiflfeur, he trufts a quit of tobacco

W

into his mouth,

and f{wore it was as fine

the

a creature as he éver faw,

and as well bro-

pi

ke; then téttering up to the gréoom, who had

cof

been riding it, and juft dismOunted, ifked

he y

him, who was the owner?

At this moment

('Jnly |

the king came out from his tent, and over-

man,

héaring the corpotals quéftion, with whom

horf

\

he had alréady been divérted told him colir-

fele

teously, that the horfe was his; the corporal

thi

made his mijefty a f{light cémpliment by mo-

wh

ving his hat, and then {étting his arms x) a

ha

kimbo, told him that his réafon for ifking

dr

was, that he had a liking to the horfe, and

fél

was inclined to buy i,

The king faid, he

ho

bhad no inténtion to fell it, but if it would

hi

oblige him, he would tréat with him on the

fame -{pot the next moérning,

The corporal

thrafting out’his hand, cried y¥) a match; to

-~

X) a kimbo, iiber das Kreuz, iiber einénder.

y) a match, Top, es bleibt dabei,

e,

'f}'zﬁr dﬂdﬁnqrt Sayings.

245

He

which the king confénted and rode off ,

gi-

g Wie

ving private orders that no ptnif hment {hould

tifude

be infli¢ted upén the corporal, but that he

e time

fhould be brought before him the next mér-

4 pro-

;iing,‘ In the mérning, when the poor féllow

obicco

was told what had pafled and conduéted to

s fine

the king's tent, he was {éized with a dréadful

| bro

pinic left his infolence and drinkennefs might

0 had

coft him his life,

Into the préfence howéver

ilked

he was cirried;

and the king who inténded

ment

Only {6me {port,

afked him,

if he was the

Vel

man, that would laft night have bought his

‘hom

hoife? No an't pléafe your méijefty, fays the

COUte

fellow , that man went away at three o'clock

>rp0ral

thisc'mérning.“

Did he fo, fays the king,

ymé

who (Gnderftood that at three o'clock fleep

L

had fubftituted a {ober man for one that was

(king

drunk, I am véry glad, that'I have got fo

and

‘i‘énﬁble and décent a pérfon in his ftéad, and

he

hope he will néver come back ; for if ] fee

ould

him, I fhall cértainly refént his behaviour,

the

)ol’ﬂl

{0

el

246

f

Dialogues.

* Menexenus, a dialogue of Plato,

Socra.tes . Mfenexenus.

Soc. W hénce come you, Menexenus? from

the Forum 2

Men, From the Forum, Socrates and from

the f{énate - houfe.

T

Soc., What particular bifinefs called you to

I

the {énate - houfe? I fuppofe, moft wonder-

j\

ful young man, that imigining yourfelf ar-

sived to the higheft pitch of léarning and

-

pjt]iléfophy , and évery way fufficiently qu4li-

{

A

* Der grofte Theil diefes Dialogs befteht zwar

eigentlich in einer Rede, von welcher Afpafia

g

als die Verfaflerinn angegeben wird ; allein ich

waufte kein {chéneres Mufter von einem Dialog

i)

zu geben als diefes; zu gleicher Zeit ift auch

I

diefe Rede zu merkwtirdig und zu gut, als dafs

;

nicht jeder Lefer iiber die Hinweglaflung der-

felben ungehalten gewefen wire, Beide Stiike

U

aber von einander zu trennen und die Rede un-

0

ter den Artikel Spéeches zu {ezen, wiare um

ds

ihres Zufammenhangs willen unfchiklich gewe-

il

fen,

|

ds

P i N

Uy,

Menesemus. A Dialogue of Plato. 247

fied, z) you are pirpofing to turn yourfelf

to affairs of ’gréater impOrtance, and that

we may néver want a fupply of mégiftra-

Aty

tes out of your fimily, you yourfelf are

thinking, a) young as you are, of gover-

ning us old féllows.

Men

Indeed, Socrates, I fhould moft réadi-

7 from

ly enterthin fuch an ambition ,- enciﬁuraged

by your permiffion and advice; but éther-

d from

wife I would by no meéans think of it

The occafion of my gbing to the fénate-

fo

yO\l

houfe was b) the hiving héard that they

yonge

inténded to make choice of the drator, who

ofelf ot

flf

g il

Iy quah

z) Tom are purpofing, du haft eben im Sinn,

Das Particip, praef. in Verbindung mit dem Ver-

bo to be zeigt an, dafs die Sache gerade in der

WAL

Zeit gethan wird, da man davon {pricht.

Afpafls

a) young as you are, fo jung du auch bift,

~

el ich

Diele zwei eigene Redensarten im Deut{chen

Dialog

und Englifchen entfprechen einander, b) /e

ft aue

having heard. Hier wird das Participium pree-

fentis ganz fiir ein Subftantivum genommen

et

und fo gar der Artikel vorgefezt, welches nicht

, Stk

oft vorkommt,

Es ift dies eine {ehr abkirzen-

de Redensart, die befonders bei der vergange-

ede 17

jre U

nen Zeit im Deutfchen nic

‘ht nachgeahmt wer-

r gCWe

den kan,

248

Menexenus,

c)» is to fpéak the fineral orition in hé-

nour of thofe, who were {liin in the fér-

vice of the céuntry. For preparations, you

o O =3

know , are now making to célebrate their

ébfequies at the publick expénce,

Soc

Véry true,

Pray, whom have they

chofen ?

Men, No bddy as yet. They h;we adjolir-

ned that confideration till to mbrrow : but

th

1 fuppofe éither Dion or Archinus will be

appointed,

o

a

Soc. Sure, Menexenﬁs, it muft nleds be a

fine thing for a man to’die in battle; for

¥

Y

j\

be he éver {o poor and inconfiderable, he

will have the good fértune at leaft to be

bhried with pomp and fpléndor, and to have

his prifes fet forth by wife and ingénious

¢) Das Verbum #o e in Verbindu\ng mit dem

Infinitivo eines andern Verbi deutet immer ein

Sollen , eine Nothwendigkeit, doch keine ab-

sfolute Nothwendigkeit an, in welchem lezte-

rem es {ich von dem Imperf. Conj, I ought,

welches auch mit dem Infinitivo eonftruirt

wird , unter{cheidet, d) be he ever fo poor, er

fei auch noch fo arm,

Wiederum zwei eigene

in beeden Sprachen ein

ander entfprechende Re-

densart.eg.

)

iy

{

A bz’alogue of Plazos

249

in hde

men; not in crude and éxtémporar_y pane-

e {rs

gyricks, but in difcolirfes well confidered

and prepired for a long time before.

And

%, ou

te thel

indéed fo magnificent, fo cépious, and éven

exlberant upén évery tbpick, and fo beau~

tifully variegited with fine names and words

ve tey

are the pinegyricks which our oOrators give

b

us upén thefe oceafions, that they e) s it

ad}Oﬁt'

were bewitch our fouls, and what with

Ve but

yill be

the encomiums, which they fo pléntifully

pour dut upbdn the city , upbn thofe, who

have at 4ny time dled in battle, upén the

; be 2

whole féries of our anceftors, éven to the

for

remoteft 4ges, and what with thofe, which

Me, he

they beftéw upén the udience, I myfelf,

to b

Menexenus bave often been Animated with

t0 e

a génerous pride, and liftening in a kind of

1gén30\19

éxtaly to their flatteries have for the time

/

imagined myfelf grown gréater, more noble

and more illiftrious, and have fincied not

t dem

énly, that I myfelf appéared more confide-

.

et €l

rable in the eyes of thofe firangers, who

ne ab-

at 4ny time accoOmpanied me upén thofe

Jezte

occafions, but that they alfo were afféted

otigl_”’

in the fame ménner; and perfuided by the

01’y ¢

igené

de Ree

e) as it were, gleichfam,

250

Menexenuz,

L4

érator , to look updn me and Atiens. with

more admirdtion than before, And this fenfe

of my own dignity and impdrtance hat’

often remained upoén me f) for more than

three days.

Nay with fo powerful a charm

has the difcourfe and éven the voice of the

fpéaker funk into my éars, that for four or

five days I have fcarce been 4ble to recol-

166t myfelf

or know in what part of the

world [ was but iméigined myfelf {ometi-

mes an inhabitant of the fortunate xslands.

So déxtrous are our Srators!

N

Men. Socrates, you are always rillying the

Y

Orators

Howéver I am afraid the pérfon,

they fhall now pitch upén, will not come

off fo well; for as he will be appointed on

a {Gdden,

he will be necéffitated to fpéak

|

without 4ny preparation.

S r:

Soc. How fo, my good friend? This fort of

péople have orations always réady prepa-

red,

Befldes, it is no difficult matter to

£) for more than three days, Uber drei Tage

Dies /ang im Deutfchen, welches die

lang.

ununterbrochene Dauer einer ‘Sache wihrend ei-

nes gewiflen Zeitraumes ausdriikt,

wird im

Englifchen mit dem Wortchen for gegeben,

o

?

‘A Dialogue of Plato,

251

5, with

fpéak, ex tempore upbn fuch topicks, Was

s fenfe

a man required to célebrate theipraifes of

¢ hath

the Athénians, in an aflfembly of Pelopon-

e than

néfians, or of the Peloponnéfians in an af-

) chatm

{émbly of Athénians, he muft be an éxcel-

of the

lent 6rator indéed to ghin the affént and

fou of

approbation of his auditory.

But when a

) tecol

man is to perform befdre an andience, g)

of the

whofe priifes are the fibject of his difconir-

ometi=

fe, it féems to be no difficult matter to

Jands,

make a good fpeech,

Men, Is that your opinion, Socrates 2

h

ng e

Soc, 1 protéft, it is,

pérfon,

Men, Do you beliéve, that you youtfelf

come

fhould be 4ble to make a fpeech, fupp&ﬁng

tted 00

the {énate {fhould néminate you 2

Soc, If I fhould, Menexenus, it would be

) fpéﬂk

no gréat wonder, confidering I have been

fort of

inftriéted by a miftrefs, who is fo fir

. from being contémptible in Rhetérick, that

reph

e 0

fhe has made méiny good érators, one in

Toge

) audiénce, whofe. Ein Nomen Col].e&iifum,

6§ di?

das eine Anzahl von Perfonen in fich begreift,

3nd el

wird in Riikficht auf das Genus betrachtet, als

wite es eine Perfon.

Daher wird hier das Pro-

1 i

nomen relativum who nicht which gebraucht,

91

Menexenus,

252

parficular, who excélled all the Gfeeks,

Pericles the fon of Xauthippus.

len. What miftrefs do you fpéak of? I fup-

-

pofe you méan A/fpafia.

Soc,

I méan her, and Conwus the fon of Me-

trobius alfo, For thefe two are rmy mafter’s 1

he in h) mifick, {he in rhetbrick, That a

man thus éducated Thould be a good fpéa-

ker is not very farprifing, fince it is not

impoliible éven for a {chélar of Lam;arz'm

or Autivhon, who i) éither for mufick or

Ne

rhetérick are much inférior to my mafters;

I fay it is not impéifible éven for fuch a

%

one to gain the good opinion of the Athé-

nians, if he makes their priifes ‘the theme

of his oration,

Men. And pray, what would you fay, were

gyou to {péak?

o P

Soc

From my own ftock perhips little or

néthing, But yéfterday k) I héard 4fpafia

»

/

h) Das Wort maufick, deutet hier nicht die Ton-

an.

kunft, fondern blofs den Wohlklang der Worte

i) either, or heift hier fo wohl als auch,

k) I heard prowounce, ich horte ausfprechen,

Sonft braucht man in diefen Fillen lieber das

Particip. preefentis, z. B, Ich fah ihn laufen, 7

Jaw him mnm’ug etc.

=3

A Dialogue of Plato,

253

eeks,

prondunce a faneral oratlon upbn the {iib-

je€t of thefe véry pérfons, for fhe had juft

héard what you tell me, that the Athénians

fup

were gding to- chufe an érator for the oc-

Wi

cafion: upén which f{he immédiately ran

ter's

dver to me the topicks, that were préper

at 4

to be infifted upén; and what fhe had for-

fpa

merly made rife of

when fhe compofed

il

the faneral orition fpoken by Pericles, out

#ils

of the feraps of which, I iméigine (he pat—

ched up this difcourfe,

Of

Men.

‘mb,

Can you remémber what {he f2id?

Soc

Elfe 1 fhould be much to blime,

for

cha

1th by

fhe tock the piins to téach it me herfelf

and refréfhed my bemory with a few boxes

Eme

on the ear, whenéver I forgtt dny thing,

Men, What then hinders your repéating it 2

et

Soc

Poffibly my mifkrefs will be offénded, if

1 make her difcotrfes piblick.

e Of

Men, Not in the leaft, 1 dare fays Howéver

711/ ]

Socrates, oblige me {e fir as to {péak, what

Afpafin faid, if you pléafe or dny thing elfe,

no matter what, 1) {o you swiil but fpéak

on

tte

ICho

e

D fo you will th [peak, wann du nur fpricht,

das

Wiederum zwei eigene einander in beiden Spra-

chen ent{precnende Redensarten,

Menexenus.

254

Soc, But you will laugh at me perhips for

it

playing the fool in ‘'my old age.

Men,

Not at all, Socrates:

spéak, I ;m’féhg

you by all méans,

of

Soc. Well: Ifind, I muft grétify you, though

you fhould éven order me to fall m)a dan-

ol

Befides we are aldne,

Atténd then,

fc

cing.

0

She came diréétly to the point, and began

th

T

her orations as 1 remémber, with méntio-

ning thetdecéafed, in the féllowing manner:

det

tbeﬁ

#) Whatéver was réquifite to be dénme for

win

thefe braive men has been performed on dur

the

oy

ticy

lon

th

m) a da;umg, a ift hier nicht der Artikel,

fondern die verkiirzte Praepofition at, welche

RS- S,

0]

vor Hauptworter und Participia preefentis gefezt

b

wird, wann diefe leztern eine noch nicht voll-

endete Handlung anzeigen.

Es wird im lez-

i

tern Fall im Deutfchen durch 2u, oder gar nicht

Ju

e

ausgedrﬁkt. ‘

n

a'

*) Zum befleren Verftindnifs und zur befle-

JUK

ren Beurtheilung diefer ganzen Rede wird es

den Lefern nicht unangenehm feyn, wann ich

t()g

eine ganz kurze Befchreibung des Gebrauchs

(e

anfiihre, wie man bej den Athenienfern das An-

&

th

denken und die Leichenbegingniffe derjenigen

Biirger feierte, die in der Schlacht gefallen wa-

fi

ren, Sie ift aus dem Thuy

cydides in das Engli-

Clf

fche durch /7% iiberfezt,

Iy

- A Dialogue of quto.

255

paft: They have recéived their dies and are

s for

now proceeding on their fated johrnéy, dis-

|

trea

In the fame winter (namely in the firft year

hough

of the peloponnefian war) the Athenians, in

g dan

obedience to the laws of their country, per-

formed at the publick expence, the obfequies

1 fh@ﬂo

of thofe citizens, who firft loft their lives in

begat

this war; the manner of which is as follows.

ﬂénfl()'

Three days before that appointed for the fu~

neral, they ereft a pavilion, underneath which

npers

they lay out the bones of the deceafed, allo-

» for

wing to their refpetive friends and relations

OUr

the liberty of bringing rwhatever they judge

proper to add, by way of {howing their par-

ticular concern or regard for thofe, who be-

longed to them. On the day of the interment

there are brought in waggons (or herfes) fo

h‘tlkefﬂ

many chefts (or coffins) made of Cyprefs,

welCh?

olett

one for every tribe, in whick are put the

bones of the deceafed, each man according to

] ‘oﬂ

his tribe, Befides thefe there is an empty bier,

il Jes

properly cover’d in honour of thofe,

whofe

picht

in order ‘for their interment,

bodies could not be found and brought away

In tZe funeral

proceflion who fo ever is difpos’d, whether e

beﬁ‘tiv

be a citizen ot a foreigner, /as leave to march,

i1 €8

together with the female kindred of the de-

n 1Ch

ceafed, who affift at the fepulcire, making

quchs

great lamentations,

After this they depofite

g5 Al

the bones in the public churci-yard, which is

enigen

fitnated in the moft beautiful fuburb of t/e

of 110

city ; and /iere they have always been accufto-

Eﬂgh

med to bury all, who fall in battle thofe only

Menexenus,

256

miffed with thele pablick Abnours, paid to

and

them as well by the whole ftate as by their

motk

But to make

own fimilies and friénds.

ceffc

thefe hénours compléte, {émething remains

find

to be faid; which not only the laws require

whe

to be réndered to them, but reafon alfo,

tho

For an éloquent and well fpoken ordtion

the

impréffes on the mind of the audience a la-

the

fting admirition of gréat and virtuous

noy

4&ions,

But the préfent occafion deminds

an oration of a particular kind: an oration

to it

that may at one and the fame time do ji-

ftice to the déad, A4nimate and {odtZe the

nécef

Ay

living ;/ excite the children and bret/ren of

the decéafed to an imitation of their virtues;

Vithy

and

Vit

the

e

their

excepted ,

| who wete flain at Marathon, to

bYe

whom as to men O

f diftinguif/ed and unco-

aDpe:

formed their obfequies in

mon virtue, they per

8 ¢

the very place where t

hey loft their lives. As

{foon as the remaint are

buried in the ground,

then,

{ome Athenian eminent as we

1l for his wis=

dom as his dignity, is appointed by the ftate

ble oration in 4onéur of

Vent

to

ronounce 2 {uita

Whe

the dead. After which the whole company de-

part this cufto

m they conftantly obferve in

livig

as often as the cafe /appens,

n

every war ,

tr) :

conformity

to a law enatled for that purpofe.

mot}

257

A Dialogue of Flato.

piid to

and adminifter coOmfort to the fathers and the

and whoéver of their remoter 4n-

)y thet

mothers,

) make

ceftors is yet alive,

And where fhall we

femalns

find an Orator équal to fuch a talk? or with

equie

what tépick f{hall we begin the praifes of

fon 4,

thofe brive men, who when living made

\

oratlon

their friénds hippy by their virtues, and with

106 2 J

their déaths ptrchafed the fifety of all, who

now furvive?

yirtuots

deminds

\

oration

As they,were in fomg méaflure inciébted

to nature for their virtue, it is in my opinion

o ji

néceffary to begin their pinegyrick with an

the the

account of their original: For that they were

fven of

virtuous was owing to their béing fprung of

yirtues;

virtuous 4nceftors,

Let us then célebrate in

ad

the firft place their noble birth, in the {écond

their nlrture and educations;

and afterwards

by exhibiting their aftions to view, make it

&bﬂ ”

{0

appéar that #lefe allo were virtnous, and fuch

d uned*

;uies i

as correfpénded to all thofe advintages Firfy

(2]

then, as to the nobility of their defcénts They

;rouﬂ y

are {prung from a race of dnceftors, not ad-

1'15 wiS‘

ventiticus , not transplanted from 1 know not

o Jtt

10u! 0

where , but uatives of the foil, dwélling and

any %

living réally and préperly in their own céun-

rge I

try; nirfed not like Other nations by a ftep-

s i

‘urpofe'

mother but a parent,

the véry land which

R

Nicnexenus.

2%

tﬁey inh4bited ; in which they now lye biried;

pa

fle

the foil which bred, which ntrfed them, and

al

on

which as their own has agiin recéived them

of |

jinto her béfom.,

It is highly réafonable thé-

con

refore to beft6w fome encomiums on this

15 1

mother; and the rather, becaufe the nobi]ity

my

of thefe her children will at the fame time,

for

and in the fame propértion be illuftrated and .

1t ]

adOrned,

This country indeéd deférves to be

fo

célebrated by all minkind, not 6nly by us

ber

her children, and that upbén miny accounts;

5

nouy

but principally, becaufe fhe is a favourite of,

héaven,

of which the rivalry of the gods,

The

who conténded for her, and the decifion that

by

mot}

fbllowed therenpdn is a clear éyidence. And

{he

how can #ny mértal réafonably preténd to re-

and

fufe pr?xife to that céuntry, which the gods

have vouchf{afed to hénour ? Anéther tépick

mat

of

of panegyrick is this, that at the véry time

PH‘M

when the éarth bred and prodiced animals of

all kinds both wild and tame, n) this céun-

For

|

try of Ours preférved her purity; refufed to

bring forth fivage béafts; and among all 4oi-

g

{he

mals - chofe to prodhce‘ man 6nly, who fur.

gén«

n) this country of our's, wieder ein Anglici-

fmus, anfiatt this our country, dies unfer Land,

o))

nich

e

A Dialbgue of Plato,

{tied

pvéﬁ'es the reft in underft4nding; and who

1, and

alone has inftituted laws for the obferviation

| them

of jiftice and the worfhip of the gods,© To

le the-

confirm what 1 here advénce, that this éarth

on {his

is the génuine‘ parent of our forefathers, 1

oty

muft obférve, that évery thing that brings

i time,

forth is provided with nburifhment for what

fed and

s to be

it has prodlced; and that a woman is proved

to be réally and in faét a méther o) from

by s

her being fupplied with native fountains of

junts;

néurifthment for the flftenance of the child.

ite of

The like {ubftintial évidence of her having

gods

brought forth man has this our céuntry and

yn thet

mother; for fhe alone at the fame time,. and

ol

fhe firft produced the Ufeful griin of whéat

| tofe:

and barley,

the préper and the beft food of

o 308

man; fo that it is évident {he was the pirent

ik

of this fpécies of 4nimals;

and to her théfe

1y me

proofs hold more ftréngly than to a woman,

als of

For this gréat méther did not moft cértainly

coune

in bréeding and producing cé'py after her

ed 0

daughters,

but they after her;

néither did

l

| hole

but

fhe gridge the world thefe her friits,

o fir

génerously difpénfgd them to Other nations,

]Q"!Cl

o) from heift hier durch,

Eine Bedeutung, die

]:ﬂ!]d¢

‘n?cht oft vorkommt,

R 2

-

ﬁ‘,ﬁﬁf&%‘

2?0

Mefzexenm‘.

For her c’hﬂdren {he in the next place prodi=

nam

ced the Olive, the fupport of toil; and after

i

fhe had thus nburifhed and réared them up

We

to manhood,

fhe brought them déities for

Wit

tedi

their gbvernors and inftractors; whofe name

gér

it is unnéceffary to méntion in this plice,

We all know who farnifhed us with the né-

bef

ceffaries and fecurities of life, who inftraéted

Upo

us in the arts réquifite to our daily fupport;

who ¢ive us and who tinght us the ufe of

obfer

Our

advin

Arms for. the defénce of our céuntry,

anceftors thus born and thus brought up, frh-

{H\;Ceﬂ(

med a gbvernment,

of which it may not be

chajcg

imprgper to {péak a féw words. For gbvern-

Was

ment is the nirfe of men; a good one of

the

virtuous men,

a bad one,

of wicked men.

of |

That thofe who went before us were éduca-

€qu

ted Under a2 good gévernment is néceflary to

Con

fhow; for indéed it was Owing to the ad-

dff

vantage of béing bred under a good gévern-

Iney

ment, that both they and their defcéndants

n

the f4thers of the decéafed becime virtuous.

ﬂ‘;e 4

The, form of the gbvernment then was as it

a5 )

now is, an Ariftécracy < Under this form of

bor

gévernment we ftill live, and for the moft

be

part have done fo from that time tc; this.

On

Let Others call it a Demécracy, or by what

birt

261

' Dinlogie of Phite:

nime they pléafe:

It is 'in truth an Arifie-

ptoe

d ditet

eracy founded on the 'good will of the péople.

e 0

We have always had migiftrates invéftod

ties for

with kingly power, fome of whom were hé-

(e name

reditary, Gthers elective: but the people were

5 e,

génerally the moft powerful, and they always

the né«

beftéwed the authority and pdwer of the flate

ftedfeed

upén thofe whom they jhdged moft worthy.

No man was excilided for the méannefs, the

uppirt;

obfeurity , or the péverty ‘of his family nor

e of

advanced for the céntrary qualifications of his

QOut

D fra«

dnceftors, as is prictifed in 6ther ftates. | Their

Whoéver

ot be

choice was limited to one point..

hyerne

was efteémed to be wife and good, he had

%

one of

the authority, and he the power.

The chufe

of this équal gévernment améng vs was the

o mel,

equélity of our original. For éther fates are

gduce

compofed of men of évery céuntry and of

fary 10

different extrictions;

whence their gévern-

the -

ments are unequal; Fyranmies -or Oligdrchies

frenn-

dants

in which one part of the péople look wupon

{ouss

the Gther as their {lives, and they upbn them

as their mafters, But we, who are all bréthren

5 18 i

born ‘of one and the fame vérent, disdain to

i of

be the f{laves or the lords of one anéther,

> m(\)ﬁ

On the céntrary the nitural equility of owur

i

yhet

births compélled us to feck after a legal equi-

262

Mmexeims‘.

lity in dur gévernment , and forbade us to

¢Xp

yi¢ld any fubjéttion amdng ourfelves, excép-

Hence

poe

ting 6nly to the wife and virtuous.

tice

it came to pafs, that all our anceftors the

Obl

fathers of the dectafed, and they themfelves

the

being thus nobly born, thus nérfed up in li-

Wi

berty,

exhibited in all their cénduét as. well

an

private as piiblick,

a nimber of gréat and

of

glorious aétions for the férvice of minkind;

Wh

thinking it their duty as well to protéét

the ,

Grécions againft Grécians, as to maintain the

e |

géneral liberty of Gréece agiinft all féreign

firf p

invaders.

How they repélled the invafions of

to be

Eumolpus ,

of the Amazons,

and of Other

énemies before them,

and in what manner

per |

that

they defénded the 4rgives aghinft the Thebans,

fub]

and the Heracleides againft the 4rgives the

The

time will not permit me fully to relate: befi-

oW

des their virtues hiving been finely célebra-

Pér

ted by the poets in their melddious fongs, the

br)

world has alréady been made acquainted with

1 |

them, fo that we {hould but disgrice ourfel-

ang

ves in attémpting the fame fibjects in fimple

hig

profe.

For thefe réafons therefore [ think

linj

proper to pafs over thefe métters,

Jaftice

4

has been déne to their mérits,

But I think

maft

myfelf ob]igedy to recall the mémory of thofe

g

TN

A Dz’élogue of Plﬂfo.

263

) s o

exploits, which, wérthy as they were, the

xcep

poets have not thought wérthy of their né-

Hence

tice,

and which are now almoft biried in

ors {hie

oblivion; that by fétting forth the praifes of

omfelves

1 may

the gréat men who performed them,

p it [

woo the poets to admit them into their fongs

g5, el

and verfes,

The chief of thefe are the d¢tions

éat and

of cur forefathers, ‘the children of -this 1il,

okinds

who held the hands of thofe lords of Afia,

proté&

the Pérfians, when they attémpted to enfla-

iin the

whofe virtue thérefore in the

ve Europe;

foreign

firlt place deférves to be commémorated and

ons of

to. be prhifed,

To give their mérits-its pro-

f Othet

per luftre we ought to tzke a view of it in

manne!

that period of time, when all Afia was in

Theans

fubjéétion to the third king of the pérfian race,

i fe

The firft of thefe was Cyrus, who by his

own gréat abilities freed his cOuntrymen the

o1 bll

Pérfians, enflaived the Medes his mifters, and

cElebrie

brought dnder his dominion the reft of Afia,

'gs’ tbe

d with

as far as Egypt.

His fon f{ubdied Egypt,

outlel

and as much of Libya as was accéffibie, by

fimple

his arms,

Darius the third king exténded the

limits of his émpire by bis landforces as far

fhiok

as Scythia, and by his fléets made himfelf

J it

mafter of the féa and of the islands;

in {o

thiok

thofe

much that no one durft ftand up in oppofi-

{f;

S

264

Menexenus.

tion to hinll.l The véry opinions of all min-

the

kind feem to have been fubdued; fo miny fo

dot

powerful,

and fo warlike were the nations,

pat

which were bound to the péifian yoke. This

ye

Darius acclifing us and the Zretrians of an

attémpt upén Surdis made that a preténce for

by

fénding an army of five hundred thoufand

(Y1

men on board his fhips and trénsports, and

th

a fleet of three hundred f3il,

over which he

wit

appointed Datis to be géneral Ordering him,

fety

under the forféiture of his héad,

to bring

form

back the Zretrigus and Athemians ciptive.

Tnep

Daiis fiiling to Eretria aghinft a nition,

tiong

which of all the Greeks had at that time the

0((

gréateft reputation for vélour, and was more-

phi

over véry numerons, fubdied them in three

y

days; and' that mone of them might efcdpe,

the

he tock this méthod of féarching the whole

th

island,

Caufing his troops to march to the

ty

utmoft limits of the Erétrians and exténd

2

themfelves from féa ta féa, ‘he ordered them

of

to join their hands, and fwéep the céuntry,

1’0;

that he might be able to affure the king, that

Wi

not a man had efcaped him,

With the like

fi

defign he pafled from Zietria to Marathon,

th

imdgining, he had nothing to do but to clap

Y

the fame inévitable yoke upén the neck of

&

A Dialogue of Plato.

263

| mén.

the Athénians, and cirry them off, ‘as he had

iny fo

done the Zrétrians. Diring thefe transattions

ations,

part of which were accomplifhed, and part

, This

yet. in execltion,

no nation of the Gréeks

of a1

offered to ftir to the affiftance éither of the

nce for

Eretrians or the Athenians, excépt the La-

houfand

cedemonians , and they did not join wus till

5, a0d

the day- ifter the battle,

The reft ftruck

hich be

with terror, andv‘preférrinsr their préfent {3-

i Jim,

fety, kept quiet at home,

By this one may

) hﬂﬂ%

form a jhdgment of the brivery of thofe

’éptj 1)

men, who recéived ‘the attick of the Barba-

nation

viaus at Marathon, chaftifed, the 4drrogance

me the

of dfia, and were the firft who eréted tré-

S more:

phies for their viGtory over a birberus éne-

in three

my; by their example inftriicting Others that

the power of Perfia was not invincible; and

eliph

o ok

that wéalth and nGmbers mufy yield to vir-

fo the

tue. [ call thefe men thétefore not 6nly odur

natural but our civil fathers alfo, the fithers

extéﬂd

| them

of our liberty and of ‘the liberty of all Zy-

untrf

rope. For the Grécians, furvéying this day’s

work, were taught by their Marathonian ma-

if that

fters to hizard new battles in the defénce of

e ke

Vﬂ[,llmlﬂ

their cbuntry,

Upon thefe thérefore, dught

we in réafon to beftéw the firft palm, and

) CJ&p

give the fécond to them, who Afterwards

o of

266

Menexenus,

The

fought and cénquéred in the féa- tights ‘at

Salamis and Artemifinm.

He who would

Gr(%

go over the {éveral 4¢tions of thefe brave

ati

La

men, en(imerate the miny difficulties théy

had to ftruggle with,

both by f{éa and land

pat

and tell, how they furmdunted them, would

af

fo

have much to fay.

But I fhall only méntion

what appéars to me to be the gréateft exploit

by

after that of Marathon.

For by that viétory

f

the Greeks had been only tiught that upOn

fill

land it was pOffible for a {mall nimber of

himf

Grécians to overcome a multitude of Barba-

vadiy

rians; but that at féa they were able to effé&t

g

The

who

the fame thing, was not yet évident,

Pérfians had the reputation of béing invincible

and

at féa, by the fuperidrity of their nimbers,

1o

their riches ,

their naval {kill and ftrength..

tha!

Now what is moft praif’ewéfthy in thofe bra-

thy

ve men, who fignalized themfelves at féa is,

th

that they did théreby, as it were loofen thofe

at

bands of térror, which had held the Grécians

-

{o faft bound, and caufed them no lénger to

ftand in awe of numbers,

whether of fhips

)

or men,

From thefe two 4aétions this of Sa-

le

fe

lamis and that of Marathon, all Gréece was

inftricted and accuftomed not to be afrdid of

P

the Barbariaus Either ?\by fea or by land.

gl

1

P

26y

4 {)i;zlogue of Plato.

hits ot

The third gréat exploit for the deliverance of

would

Gréece as well in oOrder as in degrée is the

brave

altion of Plataea, in the glory of which the

s they

Lacedemonians and Athenians had an équal

nd Jand

part,

This gréat this arduous énterprize was

\yould

atchiéved, 1 fay, by thefe two nations and

méntion

for this their mérit are they now célebrated

by us and will be by our poftérity to the

epl

pictory

Iateft times,

After this many ftites of Gréece

upon

[

ftill {ided with the Barbarian, and the king

er of

himfelf was reported to have a defign of in-

b

vading Greece once more,

It would then be

highly dnjuft not to take nétice of thofe alfo,

effelt

’1 Le

who compléted the work of their forefathers,

ncible

and p) put the finifhing hand to our delive-

rance, by q) feduring the féas of évery thing

mbers;

that had the name of Barbarian, and driving

gngfh,

them within their own limits,

r) Thefe were

) brde

they, « who were enghged in the nival fight

b 18,

thofe

at Eurymedon in the expeditipns to Cyprus,

cjans

-

»

of 10

p) to put the finifhing haund to a

| work, die

hips

lezte Hand an ein Werk legen.

q) to feour,

St

fegen.

1) Diefe waren es, fo fagt man im

a8

Deutfchen, im Englifchen mufs das leztere

4§ of

Pronomen dem erftern im Genere und Numerg

.

and.

gleich fegn.

/

268

Menexenus.

to Egypt and miany other pi%aces. Thefe ought

Gr

eC

we thérefore t0 commémorate and to acknéw-

they

ledge Our obligations to them for hiving taught

after

the gréat king to féar; to atténd to his own

mon;

fafety, and not to be plétting the overthrow

mnt)

of Gréece,

This wiar againft the Barbarians

hech

did our cOmmonwealth with ker own fOrces

at

for ler

ésly ,

draw out to the véry dregs,

qui

own fecurity, and that of her illies,

Péace

thi

béing made and Atliens beéing now in fer

their

higheft glory, there fell upén . fher, what is

foner

moft commonly the lot of the {uccéfsful, firft

g

a rivalry in fome Other ftates of Greece , and

Doue

from t/ence jéaloufy,

which dréw her,

tha'

the"m‘

unwilling into war agiinft Grecians:

upéa

Wit

the bréaking cut of which war the Athénians

a0

fought a battle witk the Lacedemonians at

ter

Tho'

Tanagra for the liberties of BOotia.

W

the iflue of that battle was doubtful .=t the

tef

following aétion proved décifive: for {Ome

e

of the 4llies of the Bbotiams hiving deféried

thofe, to whofe afliftance they came, our

céuntrymen Aaving on the third day after ob.

Y

thined a victory, we recévered to a fenfe of

Le

thofe,

by

their duty,

who withéut réafon fad

fillen OFf from it.

Ve

Theéfe brive men hé‘\fing

Di

fought agdinft Grécians for the liberties of

bei

ba

\

269

| A Dialogue of Plaso.

ought

Grécians ,

and delivered tZofe,

whole eiufe

00\-

they had undertiken to defénd, were the firfk

taught

after the pérfian wir, updn whom the coHm.

§ OWD

monwealth conférred the hbnour to be bliried

rthiow

in this pablick cdemetery. After this the wir

harians

becime more géneral; all Gréece fell upén us

forees

at once, and rivaged our céuntry,

ill s) re-

for fet

quiting the fivours, they had recéived from

Peace

this city,

But the Atlénians siving deféated

"l') et

their énemies in a féa- fight,

and tiken pri-

hat 18

foners in the island of Sphafleria their 1a-

ders the Lacedemonians , when it was in their

\, firf

e, 0f

power to have put them to déath, fpared

'

th

their t) lives, forgive them .and made péace

with them;

i

thinking that altzo’ in a gwar

fenians

againft Barbarians néthing lefs than their Gt-

ter thin f/ould be u) himed at, get that in a

jans

1w

war betwéen Grécians and Grécians, the cén-

of tle

teft {Lould be carried on as far as vi&ory in-

déed, but that tie common intereft of Gréece

{ome

féried

our

r o

s) to requite, vergelten, t) Das Subftantivum

Leben hat im Deutfc/en keinen Pluralem, wo/l

e of

aber im Englifc/en.

u) to aim wird im A&i-

vo immer mit der Praepofition a¢ conftruirt,

nv /Zf'ld

1ying

Diefe Praepofition belalt es auck im Paflivo

bei, fo wie folckes die meiften englifchen Ver-

g5 Of

ba thun,

Menexenus.

270

fad

6ugli;c not to be facrificed to any particular

in t

reféntment,

Are not thefe brave men tliére-

affif

fore worthy to®be praifed, who were engaged

cou

in that war, and who now lie buried fere?

Lec

They,

who made it appear, if indéed it was

X)

a quéftion w/idther in the firft pérfian war

for

andther nition was not at léaft équal to the

ang

Athénianss they, I fay, who made it appéar

Oyt

hat fuch a quéftion was entirely groundlefs,

came

‘Thefe men made the fuperiérity of the Athé-

mode

nians fufficiently évident, by their coming off

vittérious in that war,

in which all Gréece

priile

in o

took part againft them, >and v) wériting in

UI(? Hé

battle with the forces of Athens o6nly, thofe

in qng

who had fet themlelves up for the chitfs of

Greece, tho' they could w) preténd to no

fyled

Cufe

more than an équal {hare with the Athénians

their

in their viftories gained over tie Barbarians.

fo

After the place arofe anbther hérrible and un-

and

expélted war, in which many brave men fell,

Upor

who hére lie blried, Some of thefe erééted

miny tréplies in Sicily; to which céuntt'? they

X)

Sty

V) to worft one, einen iiberwinden,

w) to pre-

LN

ben

tend to fome thing, auf etwas Anfpruch ma-

my

chen,

.

A Dialogue of Plato.

278

Jad failed in order to protélt the Léontines

tieu!

in their liberties,

whom we were bound to

thére

affit by f{6lemn treaties,

But before tzey

[waged

could arrive, the piflage béing long,

the

| fere?

Leontines were reduced to extrémities,

and

1788

x) disabled from gielding them 4ny afliftance;

jan At

for which reafon they gave over tie attémpt

| to fie

and were unfortunate ;

though it muft be

ppear

owned t/eilr énemies, thofe againft whom they

Umﬂela.

came to fight

belhaved with fuch virtue and

Atie

-

moderation ,

that they deférved far gréater

wng Off

praife, than fome who were 6n jj conféderates

Jxebce

in that war,

Others fignalized themfelves in

L,UQ; W

the Hellespont by

taking all t/e énemy’s /i ips

ol

in one day, and by {éveral 6ther viftories,

1

itfs of

ftyled this a hérrible and unexpéted war be-

to 10

chufe {6me of the ftites of Gréece y) cérried

thenns

their énmity to this city {o far, as to prefume

bariats

to fend an émbally to the king of Pérfia, their

nd U

and our moft invéterate énemy, to invite

of fe

upén their own particular views, that Barbarian

ricted

y they

x) to be disabled from doing a thing, aufler

Stand gefezt werden, etwas zu thun,

_ﬂ to car-

vy a thing [o far asto, eine Sache fo weit trei-

ben, dafs etc,

Das Verbum, welches folgt,

foprt

mu('s im Infinitivo fte/en,

o

242

Menexenus.

fote

into Greece, whom for the cémmon chufe, théy

Jiad formerly joined with us to drive out of

put

cons

Europe; thus uniting in a léague againft Athens

ow

all the Greeks and Barbarians,

Upén which

occafion the ftrengt/ and valour of this ftate

‘v'm‘

For Our énemies,

qui

became moft confpicuous,

tra

looking upon At/ens as alréady vanquifked,

Wi

and faving ftized fome of dur {hips at Mity-

bro

lene, thefe gillant men (for fo tfey confélfedly

man,

were) whom we ndW commémorate, went to

i

Ien

their rellef with fixty fail, and bodarding the

%

iy

énemy’s {lips, gained a viftory over them,

and delivered tleir own allies,

but met with

Othery

mieh

a lot unyorthy of their valour., for their

p%ople

bodies were not, as they dught to have been,

1

taken up out of the féa, but had their burial

there, - And furely they deférve to be remém-

and A\

alide

bered éver with praife and /onour.

For by

cont

their valour we came off viftorious not in that

All

engagement only but tiroughout, the whole

war; and through their bravery z) was it, that

tha

firm

our commonyealts gained the reputation of

tefop

béing invincible, though atté}cked by the united

forces

Who

s

but

then

z) Wie im Deutfc/en, Befier aber ift es, wann

gy

man das Pronomen ¢ vor dem Verbo fezt,

g

A Diaslogue of Platos

273

forces of all mankind

Néither has thi

Te-

X

‘Yor we were

ot of

putation been falfified in fact.

conquered not by our énemies; but by our

Atfens

own dilléntions.

As to them we remain in-

ik

vincible even to this day

But w

nave

7“11"

1S ﬁu[e

quifhed, have fubdued ourfelve

After thefe

,nemse\

transattions a calm enfiing and a péace bet

qlllfhEda

a civil

wixt us-and all 6ther nations,

war

t Mty

broke out

wvhich was carried on in fuch a

edly

manner,

that

if by

the de

’rcub

of héaven

ent ¢

difféntions muft mceﬂarny arife , a man would

gt

pray that Zis cOuntry might be fo and not

tliemy

For how éafil b

how

btherwife diftémpered,

[ W lt!l

much like fri¢nds and féllow citizens, d1d the

)Y £

people of the Piraeus, and thofe of the city;

1o beely

fun into a reconciliation witl

ach

other!

bum}

and with how much moderation did they lay

fell

afide their hoftility againft thofe of Al

for b

contrary to the expeltatiobs of

1

Gréece!

i that

All which is to be afcribed to no Gther chufe

il

than their confanguinity;

the natural bafis of

at

t,th

firm and real friéndf{hip

We ought not thé-

on of

refore to pafs Over in filenceé even thofe;

umted

who in this war were {lain on ¢ither {ide;

foroes

but as far as in us lies

*"dmvom to reconcile

them to éach other;

{icr muncr

praying and

apon ‘thefe occaﬁons to thoie daemons Wwho

wand

S

el

Menexenus.

274

nd diréCtion over themn

riang

have the comnand

in as much

s we outfelves are reconciled

dem

For they did not attick 2ach Other a) out of

fefs

hitred and milice but from the malignity of

the

..,.

!”

tl

et

10

rtune,

Of this we outfelves are li-

nefs

vine évidences; who beéing of the fame com-

diat

fnon Ol

Jina

with them

hav

forgiven eéach

wi

her both what we did and what we fiffe=

the

and en=

ted.

After this the city had reft

the

joyed a profound peace, ¢afily pardoning the

A cof

Barbarians, who hiving been ill enéugh trea-

Argi

ted by this fiste, retarned it but as they

plied

u'Tt 03¢

But {he could not help refénting the

the g

behaviout of the Greeks, when fhe called to

?EY 9

and the

mind the bénefits they had recéived

a8 1

retrib’:ition they made,

by uvniting with the

quat

Batbarians ,

depriving us of our fhips, to

deft

which tiey formetly owed their own dehve-

An

rance, and pulling down our wills, in retirn

thir

for having {aved theirs from rdin,

~ The city

paf

then having taken the refolution not to give

Wor

for the future Any afliftance to the Greeks

whéthe

oppréfled by Grécians or by Barba«

b) f

b e am——

chey

Perf;

a) ou# of, und from find in diefem Fall eirl=

ander

oY

4.’

eich und konnen eins fur das andré

ey

dag

gelezt werden,

kle

ey,

A Dialogue of Plate.

275

¢t thefn

rians, remiined quiet: upén which the Lace-

oncled

demonians, imagining that Athens the patro=

nefs of liberty was fallen; and that ndw was

) out ot

the time for them to purfie their own bifi-

1gn V0

o 1te |

nefs, the enflaving of éthers,

b) fet imme-

me Cott

diately about it

I need not enlarge upén

en ¢

what followed

Thofe transitions are néi-

e [l

ther of an Ancient date,

nor p oxple\ed by

and

the variety of i¢tors

We all know in what

a confternition the chief ftates of Greece the

mﬂg 1

ofy tred

ﬂrqwes, the Bootians, the Corintlians ap—

g they

plied to this city for fuccéur;

and what was

i {he

the gréateft miracle of all that the kmg of

{0

Pérfia himfelf was redliced to fuch a ﬁramht’

led

and f}]@

as to have no hopes of {afety from any 6ther

yith

quarter but from this véry c) city, whofa

deftriétion he had fo d) eagerl}, purfued

1Sy

{0

And indéed if Athens can be accifed of any

| delive

nfe i

thing, it is of having been always too com-

piffionate, too much inclived to falve the

b

e city

wounds of the affli¢ted

For at this véry

o g

Greeks

Barhs

b) to Jet about Jomething , fich an etwas ma-

chen,

©) city whofé,

das Wort city it hier

perfonificirt,

deswegen fteht hier das Prono.

men who.

d) eageriy, 1u diefem Wort wird

111 eﬁl

das g ausnahmswexfe wie ein deutfches g ges

an!

k €11,

Sa

276

Menexenus.

{

the

tlme {'he was not able to peffevere and to

keep to her refollition, of not affifting thofe

péa

we

in the

pexfe\ eration of their liberties, who

had maliciously and defignedly injured her,

i

She vielded

{he aflifted them,

and by that

th

affiftance refcied them from flavery, and

ol

th

gave them their liberty till they {hould

think fit to enflive themfelves again,

She

il

had not indéed the affrance to att fo pre-

wi

s

pofterous a patt as to fend the king of Perfia

king

an) fuccdurs,

fhe e) bore too gréat a réves=

rence to the tréphies of Marathon of Salamis

{Ome

and Plataea: yet by conniving at the alffi-

Ai g|

france given him by flgitives, and fuch as

il

at

yoluntarily’ éntered into his fErvice, {he was

st

conftffedly the caufe of his preurvthon. At

this time fhe repdired her fortifications and

e

het fléets, and prepared agiin for war; fin-

Wi

th

ding herfelf under the necéflity. of éntering

into one with the Lacedemonians, for the

lef

The king of Pér-

of

proteéhon of the Parians,

fia on his part,

as {oon as he faw the Lace-

fo

demonians had given over all thoughts of

e

il

carrying on a war by fea, took imbrage at

Wi

\

e) to bear a veverence to owe , Achtung fui 614

nen haben,

f),

A4 Dialogue of Flato.

277

the Adthenians;

And refélving to bréak the

and 1

g thole

péace demanded thofe grécian ftates which

P

were upin the Cdnti

id

ent (of Afia) to be de-

- who

livered up to him (thofe wvéry ftates which

o het,

the Lacedemonians had formerly confénted to

by that

give up) as the condition of his continving

I 0t

the Amity with us and our 4llies.

This de-

[foud

mind he did not imigine would be compiied

A She

with, and he made it Only that he might upén

fo pree

its béing rejécted have a fair preténce for brea-

f et

king the treaty.

But he was miftiken as to

] 1Eves

{fo6me of the allies;

for the Coriuthions the

alomis

e a{\"\-

Argives and the Rootians detérmined to com-

uch #

ply with his demind, and €ven éntered into

a trgpty with him which they confirmed by

he wis

¥

ath, to give up the Greeks upén the conti-

on, A

nent of Afia, provided ke would farnifh them

s 0

with méney. But we and we alone had not

i fm‘

the affurance to abindon thofe ftates, much

pfeni]

le(s to fweéar to fuch a tréaty.

That the city

or. the

of Athens is fo fpirited, {o frank, fo cOnftant,

f pet-

fo héarty in the cémmon caufe, and as it

Lace-‘

were by nature {o avérfe to the Barbarian,

ht

of

muft be afcribed to her béing wholly Greek,

gt I

without én\y mixture of féreign f) alloy,

-

i o

£) alloy, geringeres Metall , die Legie\rung, ein

R,

Menexenus,

278

For none of your féreign heroes, Pefops Cad-

The

MUS

et (e

Foyotus Danaus a

nd many éthers, who

Temt

tho’ living under grécian lhws,

were Barba<

fu

L

!

rians by extriction; none of thefe, I fay are

of the number of our citizens

We are g¢-

me!

nuine Greeks,

no Half - Barbarians,

Hence

pl

proceeds the genume and unad(iterated énmity

of Athens to all Barbarians.

Wherefore we

1

the

were once more left aldone for refufing to do

(&

nd

an dction, fo infamous and fo impious as

Inore

that of delivering up Grécians into the hands

of Pérlians

Chlim

But béing reftdred to what we

ahts

had been deprived of in the former war

by

thirg

he' afliftance of héaven we profecuted this

béay

with more flccefs

For becéming once aghin

exh

mafters of a fl¢

biving rebuilt our walls

quit

and recévered out

colonies ,

we were {oon

fréed from a war,

which owur énemies were

Plag

Ac

véry glad to get rid of.

In this war we loft

indéed miny gillant men,

fome at Corinth,

by the disadvintage of their fitudtion, Gthers

”]ﬂ

]

i

at Lechasum by tréachery,

Nor were they

mof}

els gillant who fived the king of Perfia and

drove the Lacedemonians

But

out of the feas,

Yoy

e

E

-

-

8oiy

ger in

om

gerer Zufaz uberhau;t Vermmderung der

bm;e.

left

P

e

A Dmlrfmq of Plato.

79

s (o

Thefe are sthe men 1 would recall to you.

remémbrance and in hénouring and priifing

5, Who

Batbae

fuch as thefe it becomes all of you ta join,

fay are

Such were the exploits of thofe brave

e gt

men who here lie buaried

fuch were the ex-

Hence

pldits of thofe éthers alfo, who, though un-

nmity

hippily deprived of btrial

died like them in

ore We

the f{érvice of their cOuntry;

exp oits m ny

gm {0

and gréat indced

as has been relaied

but

o 2

more and ftill gréater yet remain untocid

to

hands

en(imerate all which miny whole days and

it W

ights would f{carce f{liffice

1t is th

duty

, by

thérefore of all and évery particular man to

of (his

béar thefe things in mind, and as in bat

le to

g A

exhort the children of

thofe fathers not to

it W JJS’

quit their rank, in which their 4nceflfors have

1 foon

placed them, by 2 bafe and cowardly retréat,

o5 (E0

Accordingly, 1 myfelf, O ye fons of virtuous

and as long as [

Jofe

men

do now exhort vou,

[grj iy

fhall remain améng vou will néver céafe re-

your ut=

fers

minding and exhoérting you to ul

o they

moift endéavours to f{urpals them in wvirtue,

fia ilIld

But upén this occafion it is my duty to tell

fm'

you what your fathers, when they were

going to expdfe their lives for their co'wtry

Y

commanded us to {ay

to thole,

whom they

mg der

left behind, in cafe any Zaccident {hould befall

280

Me;zexe_nut.

N

themfelves. T will repéat ;‘o.yo‘u what T héard

Pl

from their own mouths, and what, if: [ may

il

jadge from the difcouirfe they then held, they

» ]f

would now glidly fay to you themf{elves,

G

were it in their power,

Imigine thérefore

yl

you heéar them fpeaking,. Thefe were their

!

WOl'dS :

-

!

ol

v 0 chil&ren! That you are fons of vir-

)

»tuous fithers is évident from our préfent

s W

» circimftances,

For l‘l‘éving it in dur éptioﬂ

[ thr |

s to live with dishonour, we have génerously

il

somade it our choice to die, rather /th_an bring

» @,’0\]

pourfelves and our poftérity into disgrace,

2L

Wi

€Ct

spand refl

infamy back upén our parents

i

wand forefathers; perfudded as we were that

!

» the life of one who dishénours his fimily,

9 {

ssis not worth living, and that fuch a man

y |

s ¢an have no friénd éither hére upén éarth

9§

s amoéng. minkind, or amdéng the gods here-

] tf

o After in the réalms belOw.

[t behoves you

% i

o thérefore to béar thefe our words in re-

ng

s mémbrance to the end that all your under.

!

s takings may be accémpanied with virtue;

9\

»affuring vourfelves,

that without virtue

pl

»évery acquifition, évery purfuit is bafe and

2 infamous.

nh

For wéalth can add no dignity

ok

o an unminly mind,

The riches of _‘fuch‘

=Y

281

A Dialogue of Plato,

¢ 1h

£ale

,-an one are for gthers not vfcr himfelf; N¢i-

[ma

,» ther are beatty and firength of bédy, when

|

;\

d, the

» joined with bafenefs and cowardice, to be

1m.E\\ ()

s, déem’d ornaméntal, but disgraceful rathers

I3

thérelc

1e!

o fince, if they make a man more confpicuous

61

{hel

s they at the fame time make the bifenefs of

s his fodll confpicuous alfo. Wisdom in like

s manner {éparated from jiftice, and the reft

of VIt

5, of the virtues, is not wisdom but clnning.

prf efll

» Wherefore in the firft plice and in the 1afk

on

opt

» throughout the whole cotirfe of your lives

erous

»it is incliimbent updn you to libour with il

i

bin

»your faculties to furpifs us and your progé-

h‘g‘ 2C€;

sy Nitors in glory,

Otherwife be affired, that

enis

pi\l

,,in this contelt of virtue, if we remain vi-

Ke]‘ﬂ Lid

]1

» Ctorious, the vittory will cOver us with

[a Llrm \'

» confufion, which in the céntrary, if obtai-

4 il

s Ded by you, will make us hippy. The moft

i e fh

» efféCtual way for you to {urpifs us, and ob-

is here-

s tain this vittory, is {o to &érder your codn-

es YOU

»duft, as néither to ablfe nor wafte the

in 16

3 glory left you by your dnceftors.

For can

ndee

» 4ny thing be more ignominious for a man,

e

vl

s» Who would be thought {6mething, than to

VI

ftie

»Tecéive hénour not from bis own mérit,

» but from the-reputition of his forefathers,

ale il

dﬂTﬂlfy

» Heréditary hénoqr is indéed a. noble and

of fuch

28%

Metzexgnztf.

s {pléndid pétrin/lon.y. But to enjoy a fair

s I

neftite éither in fime or méney, and for

» PL\

., want of a préper fupply of wdalth and glory

ol

4 Of your own, not to be able to transmit

y Il

., it to your poftérity, is infamous and un-

b} ni

4 minly.

1f you g) endéavour 4fter thefe

nl

,,things, you will be wélcome to us, and we

!

»to you , whenéver your réfpetlive fates

!

,»Thall condiét you to us in the world bes

I de

510w ¢ but if you disregard them and becéme

) 1&t1

. profligate, mnot one of us fhall be willing

ylior

,',tO reCéiVe you.

Thus much be {piken to

yDin

., Our children: but to our fathers and our

T

» mothers, if any of them {hould furvive, and

nby

;,it fhould be thought néeceflary, to adminia

W

., fter comfort to them, fay that it is their

utl

., duty, patiently to béar misfortunes, when-

1 bf

s, 6ver they happen and not to h) give them-

3 U

Lfelves up to grief: Otherwife they will né-

] e

,ver be without {6rrow; for the Ordinary

)

soccurrences of life will dfford {ufficient mat-

1] WI'J

,, ter for affliction, They {hould feck to héal

9 ¢

»and mitigate their trdubles in the remém-

P

R

1 t_O

g) to endeavour after fomething, nach etwas

itreben,

e

h) to give oue

Jelf up to grief, fich

vom Schmerzen hipreiﬂ'e‘n laflen,

)k

AT,

A Dialogue of Plato,

283

it

s brance,

that 2as to the moft confiderable

| for

]

s pOInt

the gods have héard their prayers,

olor

» For they did not pray that- their children

mSH‘ t

, might be immdrtal

but virtuous and re-

d un

5 DOWned

il

And this the gréateft of all bléf-

1

i

»» fings they have obtdined

1t is not éafy for

od e

ymértal man to have évery thing fall out

ﬂws

ssaccording to his wilhes in this life,

Befi-

1d bes

»»des by béaring their misfortunes with refo-

come

» lution and fortitude they will ghin the opi-

Jing

smion of béing the génuine pirents of mag-

n {0

» Dinimous children, and of béing themfelves

| ot

,men of céurage and magnanimity; whéreas

£ m\d

» by finking {Gnder their {érrows, they will

dain

yriife a fufpicion of their not béing odur fa-

o thers,

or thofe,

who f{hall priife us will

S t}wr

et

» be thought to have moft gréfsly flattered

{hen

18}

néither of which things Ought to come

» to pafs,

They themfelves rather fhould

ill B8

B;dl nf

1

;1) béar chief téftimony to our praife, fhe-

ot o

;’

o wing by their ations that they are indéed

s THEND,

and the fathers of men,

The old

fo Dol

ol

» proverb, Z%t tao much of dny thmg , ftems

»to be well faid, and in falt it is fo,

Fog

=

~

ehwts

f jic

i) to bear teflimony, Zeugnifs ablegen,

=

284

Mmexemzf.

N

5 who has within himfelf ‘all that is \néceﬁhr_f}

) am

» to héppimfs , or néar-the matter and who

] be

,sdoes not fo depénd upén Sther men, as to

',? 0

,, have himfelf and his affairs in a perpétual

b)ly

,, flutudtion, according to their good or ill

il

»eonduct, he 1 fay, is beft provided for this

',,t(

o life; fie is moderate, he is prudent, he is a

oyl

whéther

99 MAI 5

and he upbn all occalions,

e

,, he obtdins or lofes an eftite or children,

yth

,» will pay the gréateft regird to-this préverb:

,,for placing all his cénfidence in himfelf, he

., will néither be too much élevated with joy,

o nor depréfled with {érromw.

Such men we

51

M they

,»Thould think wérthy to be our fathers; fuch

oo

,swe wilh them'to be, as they; and fuch we

5,“\(

paffirm they are; fuch likewife are we now

v

,sproved to be, by néither mirmaring nor

»0

,, trémbling at déath, tho’ we were to meet

!

., it this ipftant.

And this fame ftite of mind

3 C

,do we recomménd to our fathers and to

9 h<

4y 0ur mothers , -intréating them to make ufe

95l

,,of fuch féntiments as thefe to. the remiining

Pt

»» part of their lives; and to be merfuaded that

i ——

b

., they will do us the gréateft pléafure by not

i pi‘l

,,weeping and lam¢énting for us; that if the

r

,,déad bave any knbwledge of what pifles

renf

4y aMONG thle living, their affli¢ting themfelves,

th

ey,

285

A Dialogue of 4‘ Plato.

éoefary

yand béaring their misfortunes héavily wlll

d who

3

be véry unaccéptable to us, whéreas on tie

, 25 10

s, cOntraty , their béaring their afflictions light-

el

»ly and with moderition will be meft plea-

dor il

s ling,

Our lives and 4€tions are now/going

for this

s,to have an end, but fuch an end as améng

leist

s, ten is déemed moft glérious, which thére-

£

whether

,, fore ought rhther to be griced with hénour,

childeer,

o than fhllied with lamentations,

By tiking

roven!

, care of our wives and children; by éduca-

elf, be

s ting the latter, and tirning themfelves and

i joy

s their minds wholly to fuch like employments,

en Wwe

s they will the more réadily forgét their mis-

Y fich

s, fortunes; and 1éad a life more exémplary

uch e

»mote agréeable to reafon and more accép-

ge. 100

,» table to us,

Let this faffide to be fpoken

mg 70r

,on our part to our refations and friénds,

to e

s, To the céommonwealth we recomménd the

of mind

s Care of our pirents'and children; beféeching

ﬂﬂd to

»her to give thefe an hénourable education,

e ife

,,and to chérilh thofe in their old age, ina

But we are {én=

jining

3 RANNEr w(')rtlzy of them.

§ that

,,fible that without this recommendition, all

-y proper care ipill be tiken of both.®

y not

if the

Thefe things, o ye children, and ye pa-

pa’ﬁks

rents of the decéafed , have they given me it

el

¢harge to fay to you on their part; and I have

T

a8h

M’em yenul,

ihoft willingly and to the beﬁ: of my pdwet

pielt

€xecuted tleir commands

On my own part

our

and for their {akes 1 befeec/'z you ye fous; to

emp

imitate your fathers; you fathers to take cOm-

ful

fort for the lofs of thefe your fons; affuring

am

yourfe]ves that bot% in our piblick and in duf

flot

private capicities se will take care of you, and

out

cherilh your old age, as the réfpeftive duties

hot

and relations of évery one of us may require;

fy

Ye gourfelves iwell know what provifions the

fer ¢

cémmongwealts fas made;

that by expréfs

thhate

13ws fhe has ordered care to be tiken of th

telatio

children and parents of thofe, who die in

James

battle ; and /as given it in charge to the ehief

“uﬁm

migiftrate, to take tZem abéve all Others into

fupok

his particular protéftions; that the latter may

of fy

be guirded from all injuries and the former

prot

not be fénfible of their érphan ftate, nor féel

thir

the want of a father;

whole place the cém-

Qe

monwealtl fupplies, by aflifting in the care

f e:]ef

of their educition while they are clildren and

dis=

fitto

when they are grown up to mankood

Jou g

imiffing them to their {éveral vocitions with

—

tie \

an #hoénourable préfent of a compléte fuit of

armour,

And this {he does not 6nly with a

view of intimating to thém and reminding

them of the occupitions of their futhers by

b ¢

fimyg

e,

»,

A Dialogue of Platos

287

pﬂw&

prelénting them with thofe implements of vi=

lour,

oy part

which their fithers fhad {o olortousy

{ous; to

em

nld

£

i rlU

B

’Ylﬂd 0

but alfo tiat being arrived to t/e

ke cli

full {herw

d farnifled with the Yrmout of

- afling

a man, when they firft k) go to take pofléf=

and in o0t

fion of their houlekold gods, they may fet

out with a good cmen,

o, ul

Moredver, {Ze fails

ive dute

not 'from time to time to pay thefe annivér-

fary hbnouts to the decealed

taking updn

y feqm&

fons th

her to perform in géneral with reghrd to tiZem

exprefs

whatéver is due to eacs from their réfpetive

1 of the

relations ,

nd to compléte all by ex/libiting

; dle

games of different kinds, equéftrian and gyme

naftick,

{he efféctual

e ehict

mifical and poétical

{upplies the Office of fons and leirs to fit/ersg

jers {0t

of futhers to {on

and tZat of guirdians and

e )

protéttors to their pirents and kindred

dis=

ot

charging at all times all and évery part of the

éng to all,

e €Ol

duties that beld

Léarn t/érefore by i

fe ot

refléCting upOn théle things, to béar your afs

el ﬁfd

fli€ions with more pitience, fot by fo doing

you will alt the moft friéndly part as well to

, 0

'

the dead as to the living

and be better able

to nge and recéive comfort,

to chérils and

fut of

it A

mindi%g

k) co to iake [gngjﬁan, eine franzosfifche Cong

et

frruttion,

P

P

b

)

)

f

i

2 =)

238 Ménexeizm. A Di(zlogue of Plato.

aﬂ'i{’c’ each O6ther,

And ndw lAving jbiht]y

puid the tribute of your {6rrow to the decéa-

fed , as the law dirélts, you may all depart,

)

This Menéxenus is the fpeech of A/}{Jaﬁd

the Miléfian,

Men. 1In trith, Socrates, Afpafia is a hippy

woman , if f/e can indéed make fuch fpée-

ches as thele,

Soct, If you doubt of it, come albng with

Sir

me, and vou f{/all heéar fier herfelf.

ol

Men, I have been Often in her coOmpany, and

Chare,

véry well know what f/e is.

lo

Soct, Well then, don’t you admire fer and

S'\W T(

are you not obliged to fer for this oration ?

Coe

Men, I am gréatly obliged, Socrates, éither

to fer or to him, who éver was the aut/ot

My

of it, but ‘more particularly to you who

Roy

have repéated it to me.

Soct. Véry well: but remémbet not to fpéak

My

of it, that I may fhereifter be at liberty to

i

‘ communicate to you fome more of ker fine

Ty ip

political difcotirfes.

Men. You may depénd upén my not betrhying

you. Be you énly as good as your word,

)

-

laum

Socr, 1 will not fail,

Auch

0 e

Y

iy

Scenes

fech|

s

It

289

"we

o jont

e deria

Scénes frdm Comedies.

dep;i‘rt.

4

il

i

*)Some Scenes from the fchool of

{candal,

§4

Lirn

0oy

foch Ipe

Per fons.

’Sir Oliver Surface, a rich nibob.

6*

[3{]0‘ Wil

Sofeph Surface, a vile diffémbler,

Al i

Charles , brother to the former, a libettine, in

love with Maria,

et and

Sir Toby Bumper; )

tion’?

Sc

om;;{mions of Chatles,

Carelefs,

3 gither

Mofes, a Jew,

}'OU il

Rowley,

Maria,

‘t to fpéﬁ“‘-

Siy Peter Teazle, and Lady Teazle.

h’beﬂ/ /10

Trip.

et fiﬂe

g

* k Die folgende Auftritte find nicht allein fehr

wol‘d;

launifch und voll guter Moral, fondern fie find

auch in Riikficht des guten Converfationsftyls

zu empfehlen,

Der Name des Autors, es ift

Sheridan, wird diefe Behauptu

ng hinl‘angii{:h

rechtfertigen,

'l‘

Sceﬁfs

Scénes from Comedies.

00

Scéne, Sir Charles’s houfe.

th

the

\Charlés; Carele/s, Sur T;)éy, and gentlemen

1) difcovered drinking,

pe

0f

Char[es. Ha, ha, ha! < by héaven you ate

Sy

in the right' ~— the degéneracy of the age

is aftonifhing;

there are many of our ac-

quaintance ,

who are men of wit genius

o

and fpirit, but then they m) won’t drink.

i

Carel, True Charles, but then they fink into

Jo

the more fubftantial lixuries of the table,

A

bim

and quite negléct the bottle.

of b

Cha. Right, - befides foclety fuffers by it fo

ey

inftéad of the mirth and huimour, that Ufed

thing

to n) mantle over a bottle of fo-rgundy,‘

Geﬁtf.

il

Chg.

1) Dies Wort wird in der deutfchen Uebetfea

zung nicht ausgedriikt.

m) wow't, eine Ab=

e

kit zung ftatt will not.

Es kommen in dem

Converfationsityl fehr viele Abkiirzungen vor,

Man mufs die-

Ctm

die ich immer erklidren werde,

Ve

felbe nicht nur verftehen lernen, fondern fich

Cla,

auch diefelbe fo bekannt machen, dafs man die

00

gewObnliche zu rechter Zeit felbft anbringt,

indem es affectirt ift im Englifchen immer alles

auszulprechen wie ‘es in Biichern fteht,

Ja

man wird dadurch der gewOhnlichen Claffe fo

gar unverftandlich, n) to mantle, {chiumen,

0) '

Db

feine Fliigel ausbreiten;, ruhen,

R,

Scénes from Come dies,

291

their converfation is becéme as infipid,

25

lemet

the Spa water they drink , which has all the

pértnefs of Champfugn

‘without 'its fpmt

or flavour.

o afe

Sir Toby.

But what will you fa) to thofe,

he age

who prefér play to the bottle? o) There's

g

Harry, Dick and Carelefs himfelf, who are

gemls

under a hazard remmen

drink

Cha.

Pfha! no fuch thing — What, would

k1010

you trhin a hotfe for the courfe by kéeping

table,

him from corn ? Let me throw updn a bottle

of burgundy, and I néver lofe;

at leaft I

b fot

néver feel my lofs and p) that's the fime

t ufed

thing, -

glmd) j

Gentl,

True befides q) ’tis wine, that detel..

mines, if 2 man be réally in love,

Cha

So it is — fill up a dézen blimpers to

a dbzen beauties, and fhe that floats at the

petes

¢ Ab

top, is the gitl that has bewitched you,

) detm

Carel

But come Charles, you have not gi-

YOIy

ven us yout real favourite,

N

5 die

il hd

Cha.

Faith

1 have withhéld her Only in

il d]e

compaffion to you, for if 1 give her, you

) [;5[

L

r ol

i

li

fle 10

0) There's anftatt there is, es ift,

oder da 1ﬂ:.

mel)

p) that's, anftatt that is.

q) ’tzs, anﬁatt it is,

T2

502

Scénes from Comedies.

muft r) toaft a round of her peers; which

Cor

is impoffible (/ighs) on ‘éarth,

Carel.

s) We'll toaft fome héathen déity, or

Cha

Tr

celéftial goddefs to match her,

Cha,

Well then bampers — bumpers all a-

Co

round — Here’s Maria — Maria, — (sighs)

1. Geuntl.

Maria — pfha, glve us her fir-

name.

Cl

i

Cha.

Pfha — Hang her ﬁrname, that’s too

formal to be regiftered on love’s cilendar,

to

el

1. Gentl

Maria then — t) Here’s Maria,

Maria — Come, here’s Maria,

Sir Toby.

Trip enters and whifpers Charles,

W

it

Cha

Géntlemen, I muft beg your pirdonm,

fis,

(rifing) 1 muft léave you upén bifinefs —

A {en

Carelefs take the chair

fes

Carel.

What ’tis is fome wench — but we

Mol

won't lofe you for her,

(o

Cha. No, upén my hénour — It is only a

e

jew and a broker that are come upon ap-

Sty

pomtment

&

)

r) to toaﬁ, Gefundhelt trinken,

s) We'll ans

flatt we will,

t) Here's anftatt here is,

i

—

S,

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293

Carel.

which

A jew and a broker! We'll have

u) ’em in,

1]

i

fy o

Cha.

Fhen v) defire Mr Mo/es to walk m,

Trip. And little Premium too, Sir,

l

Carel. Aye Mofes and Premium. (exit Trip)

(szgus)

Charles, we'll give the rifcals fome géne-

rous burgundy,

hes

No hang it — wine draws but forth

Cha

the nitural qualities” of a man’s héart, and

af’s b

to make them drink

would dnly be to

endﬂrt

2

wet their knavery

(18

Enter Sir Oliver and Mofes,

Walk in gentlemen,

walk in;

Trip,

give

$i

chairs ; fit down Mr. Premium, fit ddwn Mo-

{es,

Glafles Trip; come Mofes, 1’1l give yon

pard(]ﬂ,

a {éntiment

s Here's flccefs to ufury. Mo-

e =

fes fill the géntleman a blmper.

Mofes.

s Hére's {lccefs to ufury.*

AL

Carel

True, Charles, ufury is induftry and

deférves to {uccéed

only 4

Then hére’s all the fuccefs it de-

Sir Oliv.

on &

{érves.

R

u) ’em anfiatt them.

v) defire, wird hier und

in dhnlichen Fallen durch laflen ausgedriikt;

;ﬂl e

defire him to walk in, lafs ihn herein kommen,

294

Scénes ﬁom Comedies.,

Cavel, Ch, démme, Sir, that won’t do; you

‘demfr to the toaft, and {hall drink it in a

pint bumper at léaft.

Mofe

ftr

Mofes, Oh, pray Sir, confider Mr Premium

for

is a géntleman,

thi

Carel, And thérefore lves go?jd wine, and

Cha,

w) 1’1l fee juftice déne to the bottle, —

Mo

Fill Mofes a x) quart,

litt

Cha. Pray confider , géntlemen, Mr, Premium

ma

is a ftranger,

gint

Sir 06, 1 Wifh,,: l-was out of their! cém=

mong

pany. (aside)

Qent

Carel. Come aléng my boys, if they won't

lend

- drink with us, we’ll not fray with them;

ot

the dice are in the next room — y) You’ll

1

to us,

fettle your bifinefs Charles,,f and come

It

ur

Cha., Ay, aye — But Carelefs, you muft be

fo

réady, perhﬁpsA‘I may have occalion for

i

you,

Carel, Aye, aye z) bill,

bonAd_\ or annhitya

'tis all the fame to me,

X

Cha,

Sir (

(Exit with the reft.)

11

\vj I’l] anftatt 7 wz/l X) a quart, eine Maas,

Y) Zon 'll anftatt you will. z) bill ein Wech-

fel zum Unterfcheid von bond ein Schuld{chein,

Y

l

295

Scénes fvohi Comedies.

do; you

-

Mofes, Sir Oliver and Charles,

kit ing

Mofes. Mt Premium is a géntleman Qf the

ftricteft honour and fécrecy and always per-

Dreminm

forms, what he underthkfs. ~ Mr, Premium,

this is — (formally)

vine, ad

Cha. Prha! hold your téngue — My friénd

bottle, =

Mofes, Sir is a véry héneft fellow, but a

little flow at expréflion — 1 fhall cut the

. Dreniin

matter Véry {hort; — a) I’'m an extrava=

gant young féllow, that wants to borrow

it o

E S

méney; and you, as I take it, are a pru-

dent old féllow who has got money to

y won't

lend — L am fuch a fool- as to give fifty

h them;

per cent rather than go withdut it; and you

y) Yorl

I fuppofe are rogue. endbugh tg take ‘an

nd come

hindred, if you can get it,

And now we

underftind one andther,

and may proceed

to bifinefs withdut forther céremony,

o ¢

Sir Oliver, Excéeding frank upén my word

— 1 fee you are not a man of cémpliments,

¢ apuif

Cha.

No Sir.

Sir Oliver. Sir, 1 like you the better for it

— Howéver you are miftdken in one thing

2

1 have go méney to lend’, but I beliéve,

%

e

?ing Mﬂﬂ&

i il WEC]]"

a) I ’m anftatt I am.

1]d[€h€iﬂc

/4

206

Scénes f}oné Cémedies.

I could procure you; fome from a friénd;

Ch

but then he is a damn’d uncénfcionable dog;

is he not Mofes ?

Mojes. Yes, but you b) can’t help that,

Sis

Oliver. And then he has not the moéney by

Ch

~ him, but muft fell ftock at a gréat lofs, muft

he not Mofes ?

Mofes. Yes indéed — You know I ilways

S

fpeak the truth and fcorn to tell a lle,

Ui

Cha. Aye, thofe who fpéak truth ufually

Ve

c¢) do — And Sir, I muft pay the differen~

Ju

ce, I fuppdfe — Why look ye d) Mr Pre-

pef

mium, I know that méney is not to be

Sir (

had without paying for it,

il

Sir Qliver. Well — but what feclirity could

you give! — You have

'not 4ny land, I

fupp(‘)fe?

Che

e

1

b) can’t anftatt cannot.

¢) Das Verbum au-

xiliare fo do wird im Englifchen theils dazu ge-

braucht, einem andern Verbo einen Nachdruk

Ch

zu geben, theils auch fiir ein anderes gefezt,

um deflen W iederhohlung zu vermeiden, Lez-

teres ift hier der Fall,

d) ye oder you ift der

M

Nominativus Pluralis des Pronomens der aten

tik, wenn man

Perfon, Es ift €in Fehler gegen die Gramma-

ye als den Accufativum fir yon

braucht,

)

Scénes from Cémedies.

297

riénd;

Charles. Not a molehill nor a twig, but

e dogy

what grows in bow ~— pots oOut at the

windows,

af,

Sir Oliver.

‘Nor any ﬁock, I prefume,

ey by

Cha.

Néne but live ftock, But pray Sir, ate

5, mit

you acquiinted with 4ny of my conné-

¢tions ?

Sir Oliver. To fay the trith, I arﬁ.

\

alwags

18

Cha, Then you muft have héard, that I ha-

il

ve a rich old Gncle in India Sir Oliver Sur-

ifferens

face, from whom 1 have the gréateft ex-

Ir Pre-

pettations,

o be

Sir Oliver,

That you have a wéaithy uncié,

I have héard; but hdw your expettitions

y could

will tarn out,

is more,

I beliéve,

than

land; I

" you can tell.

Cha.

O yes, I'm told I am a ménfirous fa-

vourite; and that he inténds léaving me

évery thing,

Sir Oliver,

Indéed! this is the firft time, I

jm 40

éver héard of it,

70 86

Cha. Yes, yes, he inténds miking me his

chdt:

heir — Does he not Mofes ?

gefez

b

Lez

Mofes. O yes, €) 1’ll tdke my odath of that,

Iﬂj et

of ofet

g

iy

e) I'll anﬂﬁtt 1 will,

293

Scénes from Comedies.

Sir Oliver.

(aside) Egad

they ’ll petfuade

Che

me préfently, that I ’m at Bengal

Cha

Now what I propofe, Mr Preminm, is

to give you a poff obit on my uncle's life,

Though indéed my uncle f) Noll has been

and upén my {foul,

I

S

véry kind to me,

{hall fincérely be férry to héar 4ny thmg

has happened to him.

Sir Oliver.

Not more than I fhould, I aﬁure

()

you,

But the bond you 6ffer me hippens

to be the worft fecurity, zmou could é6ffer

bir

me, for 1 might live tc be an hundred and

(g

néver recéver g) the principal

\ SW

Cha. O yes, you would, for the moment he

0y

dies, you come upbn me for the mdney

A(

Sir Oliver.

Then'1 belidve, I Thould be the

(ha

moft unwélcome dun, you éver had in your

1

< Yife,

g

Cho

What you are qfrmd my little Premlum,

tnat my uncle is too good a life,

Sir

Sir Oliv,

No indéed, 1 am not;

though I

ke

have héard he’s as héal and as héarty,

ag

Ye

any man of his yéars in- Chriftendom

Mo

Si

v

i ) ZVo/Z oder Nol, eine Abkurzung des Namens

Qliver, ) the priucipal, das Capital,

)

Scénes from Comedies,

2909

nade

Cha. O there you are misinféormed, No no,

The

poor uncle Oliver! he bréaks a pace

1, 18

climate Sir has hurt his conftitution, and T

am told he is fo much altered of late, that

lifey

b

ol

his neareft reldtions don’t know him.

Sir Oliv

No!

ha ha ha!

fo much altered

U\\ I

fing

of late that his néareft relitions would not

know him,

Ha ha, ha that’s droll h) egad

aﬁ It

Cha,

What, you are pléafed to héar, he is

\

ppes

on the decline, my little Premium,

it

8ir Oliver,

No, 1 am not, ~ no, no, no.

Cha

{ and

Yes, you are, for it mends your chince,

Sir Oliv, But]am told Sir Oliver is céming

nt he

over — Nay {6me fay, he is actually arri-

ved

ney

be te

Cha. Oh there you are misinformed agdin —No—

no fuch thing — he is this mOment at Ben-

n JOUr

oal

What ¢

I muft cértainly know better

than you

miltty

Sir Oliver,

Véry true as you fay, you muff

know better than I; though 1 have it from

gh |

a(

véry good authobrity — Have I not Mofes‘l

MO/éSo

Moft undoubtedly,

Siy Oliv.

But,

Sir,

as 1 underftind

you

mess

h) egad, wahrlich

300

Scénes from Comedies.

want fome hundreds imeédiately, 1is there

Sir

néthing, that you would difpofe of ?

Cha. How do you méan?

Ch

Sir Oliver.

For inftance now ¢ T have héard

(

your father left behind him a gréat quéntit‘y

of mifly old plate,

Si

Cha. 'Yes, but that is géne long agh — Mo-

fes ean inform you how, better than I can.

(h

8

Sir Oliver. (aside) Good lack! all the f4-

Cla,

mily race cups, and corporation bowels g6-

md

ne

It was alfo fuppofed that his library

was one of the moft viluable and com-

Si?‘ 0

»

Wi

pléte,

Cha. Much too large and véluable for a pri-

S

bl

vate géntleman; for my part, I was always

of a communicative difpofition, and thought

Cha

it a pity to keep fo much knéwledge to

myfelf,

it

Sir Oltver.

Mércy on me! knéwledge that

has run in the fimily like an heir-loom

f?

(aside) And pray how may they have been

difpofed of ?

b

Cha. O! you muft afk the aultioncer that,—

I dént believe éven Mofes can dirétt you

there,

(

HMofes. No i 1 név(%f meddle with books.

Scenes from Comedies

jor

- there

Sir Olivers

The profligate!

(aside) And is

there néthing you can difpofe of ?

Cha

Néthing — finlefs you have a tafte for

] hsard

old family pittures

I have a whole room

full of anceftors abdéve ftairs,

ity

Sir Oliver.

Why, f{ure you would not feII

¢ your relations ?

= o

Cha.

Every foul of them to the beft bidder,

[ can

Sir Oliv,

Not your gréat uncles and Aunts?

the ff

Cha. Aye, and my grandfathers and grand

Is g0

mbthers,

braty

Sir Oliv. (aside) 1’1 néver forgive him this,

com

Why? — What — do you tike me for

Shylock in the play, to raife méney from

a i

me on your own flefh and blood!

s

Cha. Nay, don’t be in a paffion my little Pre--

hough

mium; what is it to you if you have your

:vdge

méney’s worth ?

Sir Oliver. ‘That’s véry true, as you fay —

e that

Well, well, I believe, I can difpofe of the

Joom

family cinvas, (aside) 1’1l néver forgive

heen

him this,

Euter Carelefs,

lato

you

Care!

Come Charles, what the dévil are you

doing fo long with the broker — We are

ks

waiting for you,

302

Scenes from Comedies.

Cha, Oh! Carelefs, you are juft come in ti-

Sir

me, we are to have a fale aboéve ftairs —

1 am gding to fell all my anceftors to little

Premium,

Carel,

Burn your anceﬂ:ors !

Chao

Ch

No, no, he may do that afterwards, if

he will

But Carelefs, you {hall be the

auétioneet

Sl

Careleﬁ‘.

With all my héart — I handle a

40

hammer as well as a dice box — a going

(ha,

— 2 going,

Cha.

Bravo ! = And Mofes, you {hall be the

fon

ot

appraifer if we want one,

i)

Mofes. Yes, 1’1l be the appraifet

10

Sir Oliver,

(aside) Oh the préfligate.

Cha. What’s i) the matter my little Premium ?

te

A

you k) don’t feem to relifh it,

e

Sir Oliver, (Afféiting to langh) Oh yes T do,

Sip

véiftly ha ha ha, I — (aside) Oh the pré=

digal!

Its

i,

Cha.

Véry true; for when a man wants

money ,

who the dévil can he make free

whs

dn

with

if he can’t with his own relations,

(Exit,)

By

1) What’s anftatt what is,

What’s the mai-

1) fo

tery nun, wie ftehts2 . k) down’t fur do wots

1Chk(

o

Scenes from Comedjess

303

i fr

Szr Olivers (followmor) I'll" néver forgwe

him,

1§ =

0 ltte

Enter Carelefs, Sir Oliver, Charles and

MO{QS‘

Charles»

Walk in géntlemen walk in;

hére

th

they are — the fimily of the Surfaces up

e the

to the conqueft

Sir Olivers

And in my opinion a géodly

andle

colléttion,

goig

Cha.

Aye,

there they are done in the triie

fpirit and ftyle of poOrtrait.— phinting , and

he the

not like our médern Raphaels, who will

make your pitture independéntly of yourfelf:

no .the gréat mérit of thefe are;

the invé=

terate 1) likenefs they béar to the original,

iitn?

All #iff and Sukward as they were and hke

nothing in hlman nhature befides,

(10

Siv Oliver,

Oh we Thall néver fee fuch fious

e pl’O

res of men aciin,

Cha.

I hope not, —~ You fee Mr, Premium

wants

what a2 doméftic man T am; hére I fit of

free

an évening furrdunded by my Anceftors —

To

TiliEd

But come let us proceed to bafinefs,

1) to bear a likenefs to fomething, eine Aelifis

) v

lichkeit mit etwas haben,

ioh

o

304

Scenes from Comediess

Sir

your pilpit Mr autionéer =— Oh here is a

gréat chair of my father’s, that feems fit for

&

Care

néthing elfe,

Carele/s. The Véfy thing — m) but what {hall

no

1 do for a hammer, Charles? An auétionéer

au

is néthing without a himmer,

Clmo

Si

Che

A hammer! (looking round) Let’s fee,

what have we here — Sir Richard,

heir

ne

to Robert — a genealogy in full egad =

du

Here Carelefs, gyou fhall have no cémmon

t

bit of mahogény; here’s the fimily trée, and

0r 1

now you may n)knbdbck down my 4nceftors

with their own o) pé(}igree.

g 1

Sip

Why

M,

i, V

m) what [hall I do for a hammer , Was foll ich

000

zum Hammer nehmen, n) #o knock down hat

foff

hier einen Doppelfinn,

Eigentlich heift es nie-

derwerfen, todtfchlagen.

Hier bezieht es fich

i 0l

aber auf die Gewohnheit, die in England bei

S |

dafs der Auttionier mit

Auétionen herrfcht,

i

dem Schlag eines Hammers anzeigt, wann eine

(ha

Sache verkauft ift,

Die verkaufte Sache ift

alfo fiir die tibrige bei der Auétion anwefende

(ol

Gefellfchaft todt, das ift nimmer im Commerz,

weil fie das Eigenthum eines Einzelnen gewor-

i!

den ift, Diesift die Gelegenheit zu dem Dop-

elfinn, indem hier die verkauften Dinge Ab-

DG

bildungen von Perfonen find,

0) pedigreey

0ty

Stammbaum , Gefchlechtsregifter,

&

Scénes from Comedies,

305

Sir Oliver.

f 16 4

What an unnitural rogue be is !

fit ot

— An expért fafto parricide. (aside)

Carel, p) Gad, Charles, this is lucky; it will

(bl

not 6nly fe’rvie for a himmer but a catalo-

oneet

gue too, if we {hould want it,

Cha, True — Come, hére's my gréat uncle

ots )

Sir Richard Ravelin, a marvellous good gé-

neral in his day ~- He férved im all the

d, bt

duke of Marlborough's wars and got that

egad -

cut over his eye at the battle of Malplaquet

gmmon

¢, and

— He is not dréfled out in féather’s like

our médern ciptains, but enveloped in wig

ceftors

and regiméntals, as a géneral {hould be =

What fay you Mr Premium,

| Sir

Mofes, Mr Premium would have you fpéak,

Cha. Why, ybu fhalk\have him for ten

pounds, and I’'m fure, that’s cheéap for‘a

; {0” ih

ftaff officer,

o 2

o5 18

Sir Oliv. Héaven deliver me! his gréat uncle

t 65 fi

jind b?i

Sir Richard going for ten pdunds, — (afide)

— Well, Sir, I take him at that price,

jor 1l

Cha,

Carelefs, knock down my uncle Richard,

on ¢le

jche !

Carel, Going, going — a going — géne’

’mmeﬂy

eyor

i DOD

p) Gad, eine AbkiirZung von’Egad.

Siehi¢

06 Ab‘

Nota b, p. 299,

ﬁlgi’ﬂi

U

300

Scénes from Comedies.

Che

Cha., Thisis a maiden fifter of his, my gréat

4unt Deborah,

déne by Kneller,

thought

to be one of his beft pi¢tures, and eftéemed

a véry formidable likenefs

There {he fits,

Si

as a {hépherdefs feeding Her flock — You

fhall have her for five pounds,

q) ten,

C

C

1’m fure the fheep are worth the méney.

Sir Oliver.

(aside) Ah poor Aunt Deborah!

a woman that fet fuch a vilue upon her-

felf going for five pounds, ten, — Well

Sir,

r) fhe’s mine,

i

Cha. Knock down my aunt Deborah

Ca-

Sir

relefs,

&

Carel,

Goéne,

f¢

Cha.

Here are two cdufins of theirs == Moe

Cle

fes, thefe pitures were done, when beaux

(o

wore périwigs and ladies their own hair,

Sir Oliver.

Yes truly — Héad dréffes feem

Cl

to have been fome what' lower in thofe

. days.

Cha

Here’s a grand father of my méther’s,

a judge well known on the weftern cir=

cu1t

What will you give for him ?

Four guineas!

Mofes.

9

q) ten, Z°hn nehm

de

fur f he is,

lich Schillinge,

r) fhe's

li

d

S,

Scénes from Comedies.

354

Cha, - Why you don’t bid the price of his wig,

¥ g1t

hough

Premium , you have more refpeé‘t for the

woolfack ; do let me knock him down at

fteemed

be fits

fifteeng

Sir Oliver. By all ‘méans,

/

~ You

Cavel,

Gone,

q)

Here are two bréthers William and

money.

Cha.

Walter Blunt Efquire, both members of par-

eborah!

and what’

on et

liament,

and gréat {peakers;

véry extraérdinary, I beliéve this is the

_ el

firft time they were éver bought or {old

Sir Oliver.

That's véry extradrdinary in-

, G

deed!

1°1l tike them at your own price,

for the hénour of parliament,

Cha

Well {aid, Premium,

- Jlow

heaux

Carels 1’11 knock them down at forty pounds,

— s) Going — a going. — goine,

i,

Cha. Hére's a jolly pértly féllow; 1 don’t

5 e

know what relation he is to the fimily;

fio

but he "was formerly mayor at Norwich

her's

. t) let’s knock him down at éight pounds,

Sir Oliver, No, I think fix is enbugh for a

1 Cir

mayor.

s) Going = a going

- JOUEL,s

Dies entfprlcht

dem Ausruf, der bei un

fern Autionen gewohn.

lich ift ; zum erften, zum zZweiten, und zZum

Jrs

dritten mal,

t) let’s fur let us,

308

Scénes from Comedies.

Cha.

Come , come, make it guineas, and I'll

€9

throw you the two aldermen into the bar~

al

gain,

Sir Oliver,

They are mine.

Sir

Cha

Knock down the mayor and ildermen,

Carel.

Gobne,

Cha.

But hang it, we fhall be all day at this

rate;

come come give me three hundred

:t

pounds ; and tjke all on this ide the room

n) in a lump, — that will be the beft Way.

Cla

be«

Sir Oliver.

Well ,

well, .

any thing to ac-

cOmmodate youj;

they are mine, — But

pid

there’s one pértrait, you always péffed over.

1

Carel

W hat

that ill looxing féllow oOver

it 0

the fettee,

fi

Sir Oliver.

Yes fir

tis what I méan but

Bu

1 don't think him fo ill 1ookmg a fellow

fh

by any méans,

Ch

Cha.

That’s the pitture of my uncle Sir Oli-

ver — Before he went abroad, it was do6-

ne, and is eftcemed a véry gréat likenefs, |

li

Carel

That your uncle Oliver! Then in my

Sip

opinion you will néver be friénds, for he

is one of the moft ftern looking rogues I

{

A

W) in a lwmp, auf einmal, oder wie man fonft

zu fagen pflegt, per Baufch und Bogen,

Ch

\

309

Scénes from Comedies.

and [l

éver behéld; he has an unforgiving eye,

he bare

and a damn'd disinhériting countenance.

i

Don’t you think fo Mr Premium ?

Sir Oliver .

Upén my foul 1 do not Sir; I

detmen,

think it as héneft a looking face as any in

the room, déad or alive. — But I fuppofe

ot ths

your uncle Oliver goes with the reft of the

hundred

lumber,

1t 100

Cha. No, hang it, the old géntlemanvhas

ft i

to A

been véry good to me, and 1’1l keep his

piture as long as ] have a room to put

But

| over

it in,

r ovet

Sir Oliver. (aside) The régue is my néphew

4fter all — 1 forgive him évery thing. —

an but

But Sir 1 have {fome what taken a fancy to

that picture.

fellow

Cha. 1 am {6rry for it, Mafter brbker, for

What the

i Ol

you cértainly won’t have it.

s do-

'dévil have you not got enéugh of the fi-

16{50 "

mily ?

) my

Sir Oliver. (aside) 1 forgive him évery

ot be

thing, — Look ye Sir, 1 am a firange fort

of a féllow , and when I take a whim in

s |

my héad I dont vélue moéney: 1’7 give

—

you as much for that as for_ all the reft,

(ool

‘Clm. Pry thee don’t bé tréuble fome 54 1

\

310

Scénes from Comedies,

Sir

tell you, I won’t part with it, and v) the-

(ha,

re’s an end w) on’t,

Sy

Sir Oliver,

How like his father the dog is

d

— I did not percéive it before, but 1 think

I néver faw fo ftrong a refémblance, (asde)

Well Sir, here’s a draft for your fum. (gi-

(.

ving a bill) You’ll not let Sir Oliver go

theno

Cha.

O

No, I tell you once for all

Sir Oliver.

Then néver mind the difference,

we’ll balance that fome 6ther time — But

f%ej

e

give me your hand; (prelles it) you are a

damn’d héneft fellow,

Charles — O lord

(7%

k

felh

I beg pardon Sir for being fo free — Come

aléng Mofes,

Juls

de

Cha. But hark ye Premium, you’ll prowde

good 16dgings for thefe géntlemen, (going)

’9(

Che

Sir Oliver,

I1’ll {fend for them in a day or

two.

Cha.

And pray let it be a Genteel convéyan-

(hy

ce, for I affire you moft x) of’em have

been ufed to ride in their own cirriages,

(g

Sir Oliver.

I will for all but Oliver,

t

Cha. For all but the little Nabob

ti

}\

V) there’s fir theve is,

w) on’t fir on i,

x) of ‘em fir of theus,

Ao,

Scines from Cémedies,

31K

Siy Olivey

You are fixed on that,

y) the

Cha,

Peremtorily

Sir Oliver.

(aside) -Ah the déar extrivagant

dop 1§

| think

dog! — Good day Sir, Come Mofes, =

Now let me fee who dares call him préfli-

(wit)

gate, ([Exit with Mofes.)

um, ({

Carel

Why Charles, this is the véry prince

fiver g0

of brokers,

Chll s

1 wonder where Mofes got acquainted

with fo hbdneft a féllow, — But Carelefs

Ferens,

ftep into the cémpany, 1’ll wait on you

~ Bt

préfently, 1 fee 0ld Rowley cOming,

] ate 4

Carel

don’t let that

But hark ye Chatles,

) lord!

féllow make you part with any of that

Come

Tri-

méney to difcharge mu{’:y old debts,

desmen you know are the moft 1mpertment

pronde

péople in the world,

(go’ﬁg)

Cha. True, and paying them would only be

diy 0

encduraging them,

Carel,

Well

fettle your bifinels and make

ey atl

what hafte you can, (Exit.)

1. fave

Cha

Eight hundred pounds! Two thirds of

1068

this are mine by right — Five hundred and

thirty odd pounds! Gad, I néver knew till

now, that my 4nceftors were {uch valuable

acquiintance, — Kind ladies and géntlemen,

and moft

ol ih

T-am vour véry much obliged

gaiy

312

Scénes from Comedies.

~ griteful humble férvant, (bowing to the

ley

plétures )

ho

Rou

Enter Rowley

be

Ah

Rowley, you are juft come in time

Cha

to tike leave of your 0ld acquaintance

{

Row!ley.

Yes Sir,

I héard they were going

— But how can you fuppdrt fuch fpmts

/

under all your misfortunes?

t

Cha

That's the caufe, mafter R()wley,

my

Fow,

misfortunes are fo many, that I can’t afford

(la,

to part with my {pirits

0!

Rowley.

And can you réally take léave of

gy

your 4nceftors with fo much Gnconcern,

0

Cha. Uncorcern! what! I fuppdfe, you ére

furprized, that 1 am not more forrowful at

16fing the cémpany of fo many wérthy

friénds,

It is véry diftréfling to be fure;

M

but you fee they néver move a mulcle,

then why the dévil {hould I!

iy

Rowley

Ah dear Charles!

Cha

But come, I have no time for trifling;

— here take this bill and y) get it chinged

My

and carry an hundred pounds to poor Stan-

e,

7)

y) get heift hier laffen,

che

We

'

Scénes from Comedies,

313

to the

ley, or we fhall have fome body call that

has a better right to it,

Rowley. Ah, fir, I wifh you would remém-

ber the préverb, —

2 {0 tim

Cha,

Be juft before you are ge’mraas-—Why

Ance

if I could,

fo 1 would,

but jaftice is an

1e g0

old, lame, hébbling z) béldam, and 1 can’t

b fins

get her, to kéep pace with generoﬁty for

the foul of me,

Do, déar Sir, refléét

y; By

Rowley

- afford

Cha.

That’'s véry true,

as you fay — But

Rowley, while 1 have, by héaven’s 1’ll

ave of

give — {o damn your morility, and away,

ettl,

to old Stanley with the méney, (Exeunt)

o e

il

Enter Sir Oliver and Mofes,

ity

8 fres

Mofes, - Well Sir, 1 think, you have féen Mr

Charles in ill his glory — ’tis gréat pity,

e

he’s fo extrivagant,

Sir Oliver,

True — but he would not felt

my pitture, —

flin

Mofes.

And Ioves wine and Wémen fo much

anged,

Stan

z) beldam, ein altes Mitterchen im verichtli-

chen Verﬁande, vom franzofifchen belle dame,

welches ehedem eine alte Frau bezewhnete.

314

Scéﬂé; ﬁom Cémedies,.

Sir Oliver. But he would not fell my pitu-

e,

Mofes. And games fo déep.

Sir Oliver. . But he would not fell my pictu-

o

re, =~ Oh here comes Row]ey.

Ed

Se

Enter ;Réwley.

Rowley. Wéll Sir, 1 tind you have made a

oY

purchafe,

tr:

Siv Oliver,

Yes our youﬁg rake has parted

10¢

with his anceftors like cld tipeftry,

but

ROW!B_Z/o

And he has commifficned me to re-

Sur

tirn you an hindred pounds of the purcha-

Y\cy

fe — moéney, but under your fictitious cha-

118

rater of old Stanley,

1 faw a taylor and

[

two hofiers a) dincing atténdance, who I

know will go unpdid, and the hundred

t

pounds would juft fatisfy them.

¢

Sir Oliver. Well, well, I'll piy his debts

‘and his benévolence tdo., — But now I’'m

f;

no more a broker, and you fhall introduce

me to the élder br(‘)the_r as old Stinley,

St

2) to dance attendance, mit Demuth warten;

¢o dance ift hier ein’(\/:grbum altivom,

D)

v

Scenes from Cémedies.

3135

) pid

Scene, Jofephs furface’s apirtments.

Enter Jofeph and a Sérvant,

Sefeph. Mr Stinley!— why {hould you think

) pify

I would fee Mr Stanley! you know well

enéugh, he comes entréating for fome thing

Servant, They let him in before 1 knéw: of

it; and dld Rowley is with him,

I am fo dis=-

made 4

cyofeph.

Pfha gyou bléckhead ;

tricted with- my own misfortunes, 1 am

not ‘in a humour to fpéak to 4ny one —

parted

but Thew the féllow up. ( Exit Sérvant)

to te

Sure fortune néver played a man of my pé-

gmcha

licy fuch a trick before — my charater riie

us (f

ned with Sir Peter — my hopes of Maria

lo il

loft — I'm in a prétty humour to liften to

poor relations truly, — ®) 1 fhan’t be able

\1h0 [

el

to beftbw éven a benévolent féntiment on

old Stanley,- Oh here he comes; 1'll retlrg,

(eb

and endéavour to put a little chérity in my

face howéver, (Exit)

) ['m

oduce

Enter Sir Oliver and, Rowley

[

Sir Ofiver,

What does he ayoid us!

That

was him, was 1t not,

ptells

b) I fhaw't fir I fhall not.

216

Scénes from Cémedz’e::

Roulléy. Yes Sir; buf his nerves are too weéak

to béar the fight of a poor relation: I

oY

e

ter to himo

fhould have come firft, to bréak the mat-

ley

Sir Oliver, A plague of his nér;res e yet

St

this is he, whom Sir Peter extols as a man

Jo

of a moft benévolent way of thinking.

Rowley. Yes - he bas as much {péculative

Sir

benévolence as éany man in the kingdom,

(

though he is not fo fénfual as to indilge

o

himfelf in the éxercice of it,

Sy Oliver.

ou

Yet he has a ftring of féntiments,

Jou

I foppofe, at his finger’s end,

o

Rowley.

And his favourite one is, That cha-

§ir0

rity begins at home,

Sir Oliver.

Iy

And his,

1 prefume is of that

W

doméftic fort, which never ftirs abroad at all,

fo

Rowley. Well Sir, I'll léave you to introdu-

oy

ce yourfelf as dld Stanley; I muft be here

t

again to annodunce you in your real chi-

fi

raéter,

i

Sir Oliver. True and you’ll dfterwards meet

th

me at Sir Péter’s.

Rowley. Without lbﬁng‘ a moment,

Sy

Rowley.)

cae

Sir Oliver.,

Here he cémes — I don’t like the

by

complaifance of his features,

Scezze: ﬁ'om Cémetlz'e\:f

317

) weak

Enter Jofeph,

on: |

oYofeph. Sit your moft obédient; I beg pir-

e tat-

don for kéeping you a moment — Mr Stan-

i

ley 1 prefume,

Sir Olwer.

- yet

At your férvice, Sir,

5 4 0

&yofeph. Pray, be {éated Mr Stanley, I intréat

ng,

0

you, Sir,

colaive

Sir Oliver. Déar fir, there's no occafiom,

ingdom,

(asiude) Too ceremonious by hilf,

indilge

&yoleph,

Though I have not the pléafure of

your acquaintance, I am véry glad to fee

ments,

you look fo well, — [ think Mr Stanley

you were unearly related to my méther,

% chae

Sir Oliver. 1 was, fir; fo néarly that I féar,

my préfent péverty may do diferedit to her

of [I il

weéalthy children; elfe 1 would not preflime

3d i a”o

to tréuble you now.

&Jofeph. Ah fir, don’t méntion that — For

introdh'

e et

the man who is in diftréfs has always a right

] e

to claiim kindred with the wéalthy; I am

fure, 1 with, 1 was of that nimber, or

¢ meet

that it was in my power to afford you éven

a {fmill reliéf,

(B

Sir Oliver. 1f your uncle Sir Oliver was here,

1 fhould bhave a friénd.

Jofeph. 1 wifh, he was firy you fhould not

o te

want an ddvocate with him, believe me,

813‘

Scenes from Cémedies.

Sir Olivei. 1 Thould not néed oné, my dis-

it

_tréfles would comménd me But I imagi-

ned, his bounty had endbled you to be the

Q

dgent of his’ charities,

Sofeph. Ah fir, you are miftaken; Avarice,

avarice is the vice of dge; to be fure, it

has been fpréad abroad that he has been véry

Sis

bountiful to me, but withdut the lgaft foun-

dition, though I néver chufe to contr:adi&

5

the report,

i

Szr Oliver. And has he néver remitted you

/ pén

¢) billion, d) rupees or pagodas ?

of

Sofeph. Oh déar Sir, no fuch thing, I have

i )

indded recéived fome trifling préfents from

oty

him, fuch as {hiwls, avadavat’s, and indian

Dby

crackers ; noOthing more Sir,

o g

Siy Oliver. (astde) Thete’s grititude‘fof twel-

jou

ve thoufand pounds! Shawls avadayats and

e

indian crackers !

Sip

y M;' Stan-

orofephs Then theré’s my brother,

(b

ley ; one would fcarce beliéve what 1 have

c%/e?

done for that unfortunate young man,.

nj

Sir Oliver, (aside) Not I for one.

e

BRI

it

Ch

€) bullion, ein Gold- oder Siiberklumpen, Ufle

verarbeitetes Silber ‘oder Gold.,

d) rupees or

.p?gédas ’ Namen indianifcher Minzen,

Scenes from Cémedies,

319

my dis

oyo/eph, Oh

the fums [ have lent him ! =~

imag]

Well

t was an amiable weéaknefs — [ muft

be the

OWH 3

T .can’t defénd it

though it appéars

more ‘blameable at préfent,

as 1t prevénts

Avatice

me from f{érving you Mr Stanley, as my

fire, 1

héart direéts.

gen V)

Sir Oliver. (aside) Diffémbler! w Then yon

>af foun

cannot aflift ‘me,

o

e ofeph

I am very unhappy to fay ’tis net

in my power at préfent; but you may de-

fed 4OV

+ pénd vpon héaring from me when I can be

of dny fervice to you,

[ have

Sir Oliver, Sweet fir, you are too good

g from

¢/ofeph. Not at all Sir; to pity without the

4 indian

power to relieve is fill more painful, than

to afk and be denjed

Indéed Mr Stanley

o

you have déeply afféted me,

Sir your moft

s ol

devoted ; I wif'h you héalth and fpirits.

Sir Oliver, Your éver griteful and perpétual

e S

(bowing low) humble {érvant,

| hatt

o/ ofeph

1 am extrémely {orry, Sir for your

misfortunes .— Here, open the door — Mr

I

Stanley, .your moft devoted,

Sir Oliver.

Your moft obliged férvant, =

Charles, you are my héir,

efly

i

(aside and exit,)

320

Cor

#*) Style of Chancery,

1638

ma

The Petition of Right.

mo

ey

71 he petition exhivited to his mdjefly by the

16y

fords [pivitual and témporal, and Commons in

A

this prdfent parvliament affémbled, concérning

bif

divérs vights aud liberties of the [#bjelt.

it

To the king’s moft éxcellent majefty,

aJty

Hambly fhow tnto dur {évereign lord the

liame

the lords fpiritual and témporal, and

By

Q{ing 5

Cbm-

f0m

Ied

#) Um derjenigen willen, welyche die eng-

will

frn

Yifche Kanzlei-Sprache zu kennen und verftehen

wiinfchten, habe ich einige Beifpiele des Kanz-

of

leiftils in diefe Sammlung aufgenommen, und

be

dazu einige der wichtigften Aktenftiike aus det

englifchen Conftitution und Gefchichte genom-

e

men, Die eigene Bedentung, in welcher fonft

g

PRIt

bekannte Worter hier gencmmen werden, die

0t

befondere Wendung und das Schleppende ma-

and

chen diefen Stil befonders fchwer.

Ich endige

daher mit demfelben die Mufter des profaifchen

tha

Stils, und laffe auf denfelbigen einige Scenen

but

aus einem Trauerfpiele Shakefpeare'’s folgen, n

welchen zum Theil fchon ein gewiffes Metrum

tha

herrfcht, mit welchen alfo,

wie mich dunkt,

e

am f{chiklichften der Uebergang zur Poelie ge-

macht wird,

Style' of Chincery,

321

Commons , in parliament affémbled, that whé-

i

reas it is declired and enitted, by a fitute

made in the reign of king Edward I, c6ém-

monly called fiatutum de Tallagio mon comces

dendo , that no tillage or aid {hall be l3id or

] Iy fi

lévied, by the king or his heirs in this réalm,

ot it

without the good will and aflént of the arch-

edig

bifhops, bifhops, éarls, barons, knights, bur-

s

gefles and 6ther the fréemen of the cémmon-

;em '

alty of this réalm: and by authérity of para

Jord the

liament, holden in the 25th year of king

al y and

Edward III, it is declared and enaéted, that

Com

from thenceforth no perfon fhall be compél-

-

led to make 4ny loans to the king aghinft his

wiil, becaufe fuch 1dans were againft the

: 619 engJ

franchifes of the land,

And by Other laws

verﬁeheﬂ

of this réalm it is provided, that none {hould

gos oo

men, L

be charged by ﬁny\ charge or impofition cal-

ke 48 et

led a benévolence, mnor by fuch like chzirge;

e genom'

againft the ftitutes before méntioned, and the

pet fo1

Other the good laws and ftatufes of this réalm,

fefty dle

and your {abjetts have inhérited this fréedom,

[y €0

lig

Ofal{Ch

¢l

that they {hould not be compélled to contri-

Qoenet

bute to any tax, tallage aid, or Other like

charge not fet by cémmon confént in parlias

g Memm

ment 3

j di

)(\e

fi

¢ J¥

X

322

Style of Clrdﬂ&evy.

Vet néverthelefs of late divérs commiffions,

itis

diré&ed to findry commiffioners in féveral

may

counties, with inftractions, have iffued, by

of i

(pretéxt) means whereof your péople have

from

been in divérs places afiémbled, and required

mnany

to lend cértain fums of méney upto your

of h

mijeflty, and many of them upén thelr tefii-

A

{al {o to do,

have had an (unlawful ) oath

adminiftred unto them,

not warrantable by

Bdw

the laws and ftatutes of this réalm, and have

anth,

been confitrained to becéme bdund to make

effite

and give atténdance before your

appearance ,

of his

privy council; and in 6ther places; and Sthers

=

inprfy

of them have thérefore been imprifoned, con-

Wiyt

!,

fined and f{indry other ways moléfted and

W of

and divérs other charges have

disquieted :

been laid and 1évied upén your péople in fé-

Ne

veral counties; by Lords Lieatenants, Com~

fhtut

teg of

miffioners for méfters, jdftices of péace and

6thers, by commind or diréétion from your

Vets

mijefty, or your privy council, agiinft the

Prifon

Wheg

laws ar}d free cuftoms of thisr réalm,

b*‘ﬂ)tﬁ

And e) whéreas alfo by the ftitute called

o

the gréat Cbhrles of the liberties of England

tely,

kée;

thei

e) whereas heift im Kanzleiftil fintemalen,

that

Style of Chincery

323

)iﬁons,

it is declared and enitted

hat no’ freeman

feveral

or be disféized

may be tiken or imprifoned

ed, by

of his fréeholds or liberties,

or his free ca-

6 have

ftoms, or be outlawed or exiled

68 te i any

equited

manner deftroyed, but by the lawful jidgment

0 Vou

of his peers, or by 'the law of the land

it fefl

| Gath

And in the 28th year of the teign of kin

ng

Edward 111,

ble by

it was declired and enitled by

authérity of parliament, that no man of what

od ave

0 mk

eftate ot condition he be, fhould be put out

fe ¥ out

of his lands ot ténements ,

not tiken,

nor

Gthers

lmpmfoned nor dishérited ,

nor put to déath,

4, con

without béing brought to aaner by due prl-

cefs of law:

of 1l

g vt

]

Néverthelefs againft the ténor of the faid

e

ftatutes ,

and éther the good laws and ftatu-

g (om

tes of your réalm

to that end provided, di-

vérs of your flbjetts have of late been im-

m youl

prifoned

without any

aufe {howed

and

inft the

when for their deliverance they were brought

before your jiftices, by your mijefty’s writs

of Habeas Corpus, there to tGndergo and re-

¢ Cﬂ]] d

réive as the court {hould order,

and their

Eng]ﬂﬂ

kéepers commanded to cértify the caufe of

——

their detiiner,

no caufe was cértified

but

that they were detiined by your mijefty

efly

X 2

324

Style of Cba‘ﬂ;eryo‘

fpécial command, fignified by the lords of

by

your privy coeuncil; and yet were retfirned

eV

back to féveral prifons, without béing char-

you

ged with 4ny thing, to which they might

by

make anfwer by due précefs of law,

an

And whéreas of late, gréat c()rhpanies of

auf

dit

{oldiers and mariners have been dispérfed into

divers counties of the réalm and the inhibi-

{ol

fon

tants, againft their wills have been compélled

to recéive them into their houfes and t/ere

énﬁ

to fuffer them to foiolirn,

againft tie laws

autr

fuch

and ciftoms of this réalm, and to the gréat

griévance and vexation of the péople,

ble

time

And whéreas alfo, by authobrity of par=-

liament' in the 25th year of the reign of

ey

Ciufe

king Edward IlI, it is declired and eniéted,

that no man f{hall be forejudged of life or

ﬂing

limb againft the form of the gréat charter,

and Other the laws and ftitutes of this réalm:

i

and by the faid gréat charter and éthers the

i

laws and ftatutes of this your réalm, no man

by

ought to be adjlidged to déath but by the

def

laws eftiblifhed in this your réalm, éither by

lfy

the ciftoms of the fime réalm or by aéts of

Degy

parliament: and whéreas no offénder of what

kind foéver, is exémpted from the procéedings

ofl;

to be ufed, and plnifhments to be inflicted

e

Style of dekcery.

325

otds of

by the laws and ftitutes of this your réalm:

ffted

néverthelefs of late divérs commiffions, under

i

your mijefty's gréat feal, have iffued forth,

| nﬁght

by which cértain pérfons have been afligned

and appointed commilfioners with pdower and

authOrity to procéed, within the land, accor-

anies of

{ed info

ding to the juftice of martial law aghinft fuch

foldiers and mariners,

or éther diffolute pér-

inhadie

fons joining with them,

as {hould commit

)mpélled

any murder, rébbery, félony, muting or éther

d the

e faws

outrage or misdeméanor whatsoéver and by

fuch fammary colrfe and order, as is agrée-

o great

able to martial liw, and is Ufed in irmies in

time of war, to procéed to the trial and con-

of pi

demnation of fuch offénders,

and them to

cign of

enieh

caufe to be éxecuted and put to déath acgc‘n’.

ding to the martial law,

f loor

By pretéxt whereof fome of your mijefty’s

charet

g téalm;

fiibjetts have been by fome of the faid com-

miffionersput to déath;

when and where, if

s the

by the laws and ftitutes of the land they had

10 Mat

deférved déath, by the fame ldws and ftatutes

by the

thet }f

ilfo they might and by no 6ther ought to have

been adjidged and éxecuted:

ofts f

And ilfo, fandry grievous, offénders by

f e

sedings

célour thereof cliiming an exémption, have

i

efciped the pianifhment dlie to them by the

Style of Chdncery

320

laws and ftitntes of this rour réalm; by réae

to

fon that divérs of your éfficers and minifters

that

or forborn to

of juftice hav

unjuit'y refufed

time

procéed agiinft fuch offenders, according to

miff

the fame laws and {tatotes

uphHn preténce

fev

that the faid offénders were punifhable Only

Ot

by martial law , and by authérity of fuch com-

iny

miffions as aforefaid;

which commifiions,

and

cif

all others ‘of like nature, are w holly and di-

of

re&y céntrary to the izud laws and {titutes

put ¢

of this your réalm,

chifes

They do therefore humhlj pray your moft

Al

éxcellent méijefty, that no man hereafter f) be

moft

compélled to make or yield 4ny gift, loan,

libertig

benévolence, tax, or fuch like charge without

I thi

common confént by att of parliament

and

Ifo

that none be calledﬂ to make Anfwer

or take

domg

fuch oath, or to give atténdance, or be con-

Your

fined

or 6therwife moléfted or disquieted

ot

concérning the fame,

or for refufal théreof

eXa

And that no fréeman in 4ny fuch manner as

llo

is before méntioned

be imprifoned or detai-

and

ned; And that your mijefty will be pleafed

10y

afore

£) be compelled, der Comun&lvus.

Man kan

fery

Zuweilen

nehmlich fagen /7 may be und [ be,

tes

braucht man auch 7 42 im Preef.

1:1(‘1("1t1VI,

aber dies ift obfolet befonders im Smgularh

of ¥

kmg(

&

Style of Chancery,

327

by téa

to remove the faid f{oldiers and miriners, and

inifers

that your péople may not be fo birdened in

ot 1o

time to come

and that the aforefaid com-

{ing

miifions for procteding by martial law may be

elence

revoked and anntlled

and that hereffter no

le 01y

commiffions of like niture may iffue forth to

ch com

any pérfon or pérfons whatsoéver to be éxe-

1S ‘(md

cuted as aforefaid, left by colour of them any

‘md dt

of your mijefty’s fabjefts be deftroyed or

fritutes

put to déath, céntrary to the laws and fran-

chifes of the land.

moft

“All which they moft humbly pray of your

f)he

moft éxcellent majefty,

as their rights and

liberties ,

10an,

according to the laws and ftatutes

of this réalm

and that your majefty would

ithou

1t, Ell”d

alfo vobuchfafe to declare,

that the awards,

of

ke

doings and procéedings, to the préjudice of

your péople, in iny of the prémiffes, f{hall

(0N

Bl

not hereifter| be draiwn into cOnfequence or

qmeled

and that your majefty would be

(el

example

1 8§

alfo griciously pléafed

for the future fafety

e

y

and cémfort of your people fo declare vour

plea

o

réyal will and pléafure, that in the things

afOrefaid, all your 6fficers and minifters {hall

ferve you,

according to the laws and ftatu-

g b0

tes of this réalm, as they tender the hbonour

el

of your mijefty,

and the profpérity of this

oot

Jﬂno

kingdom,

328

Style of Chincery.

A proclamation piblifhed by king foharles

Ar

the firft for difi6lving the parliament, da-

dy cc

ted the 2d of March, 1628,

de, 1r

uth {

Whéreas we for the géneral good of our

ditious

kingdom caufed our high colirt of parliament

fons o

to affémble and méet by prorogition on the

0 e

ooth of January laft paft,

fince which time

been f

the fame has been continued: and although in

e ¢

this time by the malévolent difpofitions of

il

fome ill affected pérfons of the houfe of com-

Inte e

mons, We have had findry juft caufes of

offénce and dislike of their procéedings; yet

Where

il

we ref6lved with patience to try the atmoft;

fie |

which We rather did,

for that we found in

fent

that houfe a gréat number of {ober and grave

ma

pérfons, well affécted to religion and gbvern-

the

ment,

and defirous to preférve unity and

ge

peace in all parts of our kingdom : and thére-

all

fore, on the five and twéntieth day of Fébrua-

A

ry laft, by the uniform advice of our privy

hay

eduncil, We caufed both houfes to be adjour-

ned Until this préfent day; hoping in the

méan time that 'a better and more right un-

derftinding might be begbtten between us

8)

and the mémbers of that houfe; whereby

to

fre

this parliament might bave a hippy end and

iffue,

Im;

Ieg|

A

329

Style of 'Clyémery/.

Chatles

And for the fame intént we did again this

day commind the like adjolirnment to be ma-

i ‘da-

de, Until the tenth day of this month; yet it

hath {o héppened, by the disobédient and fe-

d of ot

ditious carriage of thofe faid ill afféted pér-

peliament

fons of the houfe of cémmons, that we and

p on e

our régal authérity and commindment have

ich time

been fo highly contémned, as our kingly 6ffi-

hough it

ce cinnot béar, nor 4ny former age can pi-

itons o

rallel,

And thérefore it is our full and 4bfo-

of chne

lute refolution to diffblve the faid pirliament

jufes ol

whereof we thought fit to give nétice dnto

L

all the lords fpiritual and témporal, and to

itmott;

the knights citizens and biirgeffes of this pré-

found

fent parliament, and to all éthers whom it

md gra\’é

may concérn; that they may depart about

| gbvem-

their néedful affairs without atténding 4ny 16n-

oty 8

ger hére, Néverthelefs se will that they and

all Others {hall take nétice,

that we do and‘

id thete

1 Fébrua.

éver will diftinguifh betweéen thofe, who

1 privy

have g) fhowed good afféCtion to religion

adjoﬁr-

—

in the

ght W

g) Selten braucht man das Partic. Paffivi von

wéeﬂ ]

to [how in diefer regulairen Form, fondern mej-

yhe]

ftens in der irregulairen [hown.

Hingegen das

Imperfeftum von #o fhow wird immer in der

regulairen Form gebraucht.

330

Style of Chincery.

and gévernment, and thofe that have given

from

themfelves Over to faction, and to work dis-

Vet re

tirbance to the peace and good orde

to wi

F' of our

kingdom,

¢

fence

Given at our court at Whitehall,

this

hall ¢

{écond day of March, in the fourth yéar

of th

of our réign of Gréat Britain, France and

hour

1reland,

Aftert

/

And

wirta)

and fél«

The warrant for éxecuting Charles the-

firft king of Gréat- Britain,

this n}

JOu in

At the high colrt of juftice for the trying

and

and jGdging of Charles Sthart, king of

To

England Jinuary 29, Anno Domini 1648.

: , Whéreas Charles Stuart, king of England

is and h) ftindeth convitted, atthinted and,

Ic

comdémned, of high tréafon and other high

crimes,

and {éntence upén fiturday laft was

prondunced agiinft him by this court to be

,pu't to déath, by §he féveritng of his héad

h) Tm feietlichen Sgil pflegt man in der 3teri

Perfon Preefentis Indicativi das ¢/ beizubehalten,

da man fonft im gewohnlichen Stil ftatt deflel-

ben das s braucht,

cell

Style of Chancery,

331

0 given

from his bbdy, of which fentence exectition

otk dis-

yet remaineth to be déne; thefe dre thérefore

of ot

to will and require you, to fee the faid fén-

tence éxecuted in Open ftréet, before W hite-

Il, this

hall upén to mérrow béing the thirtieth day

ith e

of this inftant month of January, betwéen the

ance and

hours of ten in the morning and five in the

4fternoon of the fime day with full efféét,

And for fo doing this {hall be your fufficient

wiarrant,

And thefe are to require all Officers

s the

and foldiers,

and Gther the good péople of

this nation of England,

to be aflifting Gnto

you in this férvice.‘ Given tnder our hands

> trying

and feals,

Fing of

To Colonel Francis Hacker, Colonel Huncks,

ni 1048

and Lieutenant — Colonetl Phayre, and

to évery of them,

Engfﬂnd

ted {mdl

Jo. Bradfhaw, prefident,

etC¢ e G

e igh

Tho. Grey.

i v

- fp be

The préamble to anl aff for the atthinder

$ hiéad

of {éveral pérfons guilty of the hérrid

S e

murder of his mijelty king Charles the

firft,

:hﬂken!

In all humble manner {nto your» moft éx-

| deﬁd

cellent majefty, fhow your méjei’ty’§ moft dutiful

-

332

S‘;yle of Chincery.

and 16yal fiibjeéts the Lrds ond. commons in

powet

parliament afiémbled , that the hérrid and éxe-

did de

crable marder of your mijefty’s réyal father,

the i

our late moft gracious f{bvereign Charies the

tréaty

firft, of éver bléfled and glorious mémory,

femo

hath been committed by a party of wretched

for {

men défperately wicked and hardened in their

pérfo

impiety; who hiving firft plétted and contri-

to th

ved the rhin and deftriiétion of this éxcellent

and

monarchy, and with it, of the true reformed

gronn

préteftant religion, which had béen {o long

commo

protéted by it, and flurifhed under it, found

bers, {

it néceflary, in oOrder to the chrrying on of

Wt a fy

their pernicious and trditorous defigns, to

(mt g

throw down .all the bhlwarks and fénces of

{hete |

law, and to fubvért the véry béing and con-

e the

ftitution' of pariiament, that fo they might at

nd i

laft make their way Open for 4ny flrther at-

Wa I

témpts updn the ficred pérfon of his majefty

intge

himfelf;

and that for the more eafy effééting

pofe

thereof, they did firft fedlice fome part of

A roy

the then army into a compliance, and then

they [

kept the reft in fubjéftion to them, partly for

of h'\z

hopes of preférment, and chiéfly for féar of

f0 1

13fing their employments and arréars, fntil by

ﬂ@Oi

thefe and éther more odious arts and devices,

them

they had fully firéngthened themfelves both in

tej

-~

Style of Chdncery.

333

s 1

power and fittion 3 which béing done, they

ala exe

did declare againft all manner of tréaties with

al father,

the pérfon of the king, éven then,

when a

jarls the

tréaty by advice of both houfes was in béing;

§ MEMONY)

remonftrate aghinft the houfes of parliament

wieched

for fuch proceedings; f{eize upén his réyal

pérfon, while the commiffioners were retiirned

4 in the

\ﬂd (on

to the houfe of parliament with his infwer,

bcellen

and when his concéffions had béen voted a

ground for peace,

refirmed

feize updn the houfe of

commons, feclide and imprifon fome mém-

{o long

found

bers, force out Gthers, and there béing left

i 0n 0

but a {mall rémnant of their own créatures,

(not a tenth part of the whole) did féek to

s y U)

fonees O

fhelter themfelves by this weéak preténce, un-

and o

der the name and authérity of a pirliament

and in that name laboured to préfecute what

, mlgw 3[

other

was yet. behind and unfinifhed of their long

s il

inténded tréafon and cénfpiracy :

to this plr-

pofe they prepared an ordinance for erécting

effechng

a prodigious and unhéard of tribunal,

which

pd ther

they called an high cout of juttice, for trial

of his ma]e{’ty, and hiving eéafily prociired it

»?UHJ fo

to pafs in their houle of cémmons, as it then

foar 0

ftood moulded

Lmﬁl b;

véntured to fend it up {from

devic®s

thence to the peers then fitting, who totally

rejéfted it; whéreupon their rage and firy

o o

I

Lo

34

Style oj Chdncery,

incréafing, they prefume to pafs it aldne as

the

an. act of the cémmons, and in the name of

treaf

and

he commons of England, and hiving ghined

the preténce of law, made by a power of

moff

their own making puxfue it with all péfiible

ther

lent

force and cruelly, until at laft

upbn the

i

goth day of Janudry 1648, his facred mijefty

was brought unto a fcaffold, and there piiblicly

and

ther

mirdered before the gates of his own royal

mon.

pa]ace.

out o

And bechufe by this hérrid 4ction the pré=

o 1

te{’cant religion hath recéived the gréateft

Whatso

wound and reproach, and the péople of Eng-

10 haye

land the moft infoppértable {hame anc infamy,

{ the

that it was péffible for the énemies of god

fet vin

whilft the

and tke king to bring upon us,

59 )

fanitic rage of a few 1) mifcreants (who were

Expté

as far from béing triie préteftants as they

Villai

were from béing true fiibjetts) {tands impu-

befe

ted by out ddverfaries to the whole nation:

fhay |

We thérefore, your majefty’s faid dutiful and

—~

k) fo

16yal fiibjefts, the lotds and cémmons in par-

liament affémbled, do hereby rendunce, abd-

gen

minate, and protéft aghinft that impious aft,

angeg

e

twerd

Gefe

1) miscreant, ein Ungliubiger, ein Abtriinni

¢h |

ger,

VOT}]Q

infs)

P

Style of Clyzmcery.

335

one 2

the éxecrable murder and moft, unpéralleled

tréafon ,

committed againft the facred pérfon

name of

and life of our late {Overeign, your majefty’s

g grined

pver of

moft royal father, and all procéedings ténding

thereunto;

1 efice

and do beféech your moft éxcel-

]

i

lent majefty, that it may be declared

and be

opon ¢

it thereby declared

that by the undoubted

o ey

e pibley

and fundaméntal laws of this kingdom

nci-

ther the peers of this réalm, nor the cém-

i 1oy

mous ,

nor both togéther,

in parhament or

out of parliament, nor the péople colle@:xvely

e pro

or reprefentatively, nor 4ny &ther pérfons

oreateﬁ

whatsoéver, éver had, have, hath, or ducht

of Eng

to have any coércive power over the pérfons

} ntam)

of the kings of this réalm,

And for the bet-

5 0f 0

—

and

ter vindication of ourfelves to poftérity

Jhilt ¢

as a lafting ménument of our Gtherwife in-

\ hO e

expréflible deteftation and abhorrency of this

villainous and abéminable faét, we do furthes

18 s

s 1mp

beféech your moft éxcellent majefty, that it

may be k) enalted, etc,

fi 416

k) to enalt, ein Gefez geben,

Es wird hiemit

10 pak

ausgedrukt, dafs das]emge, was in dem vori-

gen als der Wille der beiden Patlamentshaufer

£y “M

angegeben wurde, nun als ein Gefez angefehen

Om ﬁt[!

werden {oll,

Es folgt hierauf die Form des

et

Gefezes, worinn alles vorige wiederhohlt wird,

Ich habe es daher weggelafien,

weil ich die

vorhergehenden Beifpiele des Kanzleiftils fir

o

hmlanghch halte¢

336

%) Scenes from Julius Cefar

a Tragedy of Shikefpeare,

Pérfons reprefénted.

Sutius Caelar,

Caf

ORavius Caefar

Triumvirs Aafter the

Bfl

M. Antony

death of Julius Caefar.

0y

M, Aemilins Lgpz‘dzzs

B

Brutus, |

:})

Caffiuss

Cafca,

Trebonius,

Confpirators againft

uf

Ligarius,

Julius Ceefar,

Decius Brutus, |

Metellus Cimber,

Cinna,

J

drtermidords, a fophift of Cnidos.

a Soolhfayer.

il CHN

Calphurnia, Wife to Czfar,

B

ke,

#) .Ich habe Auftritte aus diefeﬁ 'ffaﬁerfpiel

deswegen zum Mufter gewahlt, weil der Stoff

zu demfelben eine merkwiirdige Begebenbeit

ausder Gefchichte enthalt, die den jungen Leu-

ten zugleich dadurch wieder in das Gedachtnifs

)¢

gebracht wird,

A,

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

337

fir

Scéne

A ftreet in Rome,

Brutus,

Caffius,

Cafl. W;ll you go fee the drder of the courfe

Bru,

Not 1.

fre the

s Cil

Caffs

I pray you, do,

.Bi"uo

I am not gamefome; I do 1) lack {6-

me part

Of that quick fpirit that is in Antony,

Let me not hinder Caffius your defires;

I°1l leave you,

agam&

CafJ. Brutus, I do obférve you ndw of lite,

B{&Yo

I have not:from your eyes that géntle.

nefs

And fhow of love, as I was wont t(')

have:’

You béar too fiibborn and too ﬂ;range a

hand,

Over your friend that loves you,

Brw.

Caffius,

Be not decéiv’d:

look,

If T have véil'd my

gl ptel

et 308

sebentel

geﬂ LV\I

eddch ol

1) to lack, mangeln, bedtrfen,

v

W

33

Scenes from Fulins Caefar.

I turn the tréuble of my countenance

Bru

Mérely upén myfelf, Vexed I am

Of late with piffions of fome difference,

Concéptions ¢nly préper to myfelf,

i (1

Which give fome {oil

perhaps, . to my

m) behaviours

But let not thérefore my good friends be

- griev'd;

Ambng which number, Caffius , be you

one,

Nor CQn{’crue any firther my negléét,

“Than that poor Brutus, Wlth h1m(’elf at

WA,

A

Forgets the f hows of love to Gther men,

I have much miftook

it

Cafl.

Then Brutus,

your piflion;

this bréaft of mine

By

By meéans whereof

hath buried

Thoughts of gréat vilue,

6rthy cogi-

-

tations,

0

Tell me, good Brutus, can you fee your

face ?

I

m) behaviours wird hier auf eine etwas feltene

Art im Plurali genommen und heilt nicht wie

fonit das Betrag)en, fondern die Minen, die Ge-=

berden,

e

7

nes from Fulius Cacfay,

339

jnce

Brus No Caflivs; for the eye fees not itfelf,

But by refléxion; by fome other thmgs.

1e0ce)

Caf.

"Tis ufts

l[q

And it is véry much laménted Brutus,

0 0

That you have no fuch mirrors; as will

turn

ends be

Your h1dden worthinefs into your eye,

That you might’fee your fhadoW.

)

he you

have héard,

Where many of the beft refpéét in Rome,

féty

( Except immottal Coefar s) -ipéaking of

n[bf i

Brutiis,

And ‘groaning Gnderneath this 4ge’s yoke,

¢ (el

Have wifh'd, -that noble Brutus Had his

eyes

iftook

Bru, - Into what dangers would you lead me,

Caffius,

of it

That you would have me feek {nto myfelf

For that whichis not in me ?

) Cogt

Caf, Thérefore, good Brutusy: -be prepar’d

to héat¢

And fince you'know you' cannot fee

yourfelf

So well as by trefléétion; I your glafs,

Will mbdeftly difcéver.to -yourfelf

fe

Jteot

That of yourfelf , which yet you know

h[ i

i

not oOf,

fo ¢

Flourifl and fhout,)

g

340

Scénes from Fulius: Caefay.

Bru

What meéans this {honting? I do féar,

. the people

Chufe Caefar for thelr king,

Caff.

Ay, do you féar it% .

Then muft I think, you would not have

it fo,

Bru.

I would not, Caffius; yet 1 love him

well ¢

But wherefore do you hold me here fo

. long ?

What is it that you would 1mpar’c to

me ?

b

If it be aught téward the géneral good

Sét honour in one eye and déath i’ the

other,

And ‘I will look on-both indifferently,

For let the gods fo fpéed me, as I love

The name of hénour,

more than [ fear

. déath,

Caff, 'k know that V1rtue to be in you, Bru-

tus,

As well as I do know your outward

favour

Well, hénour is the {iibjeft of my ftory.

1|

n)t

I cinnot tell

what vou and o6ther men

L'

te

Think of this life;

for, my fingle

0)

{elf,

ey

al

ey,

341

- Scdnes from Sulius Caefar,

do féar,

]'iwad as n) lief not be, as live to be

In dwe of fuch a thing as I myfelf,

1 was born free ‘as Cefar; fo were you

We both have fed as well; and we cag

ot have

bath »

Endyre the winter’s cold, as well as he,

For énce upbn a raw and ghfty day,

ve him

The tréubled Tyber o) chafing wit;h’; hig,

{hores,

ere fo

Cefar {ays to me, ,, dar'ft thou, Caffius,

ypat 0

now

s Leap in with me into this angry fléod,

And fwim to ydnder point2% Updn the

good,

1 the

word,

Accdutred as 1 was, I plinged in,

et

‘And bid him féllow: fo indéed, he did,

The térrent rdard, and we did p) bif-

§ | Jove

fet it

p |t

With Mty finews; thréwing it alide

, Broe

And ﬁemming it with héarts of céntrq-

verfy,

;utwﬂfﬂ

e

n) to have licf, lieb haben, lieber wollen,

; forsh

I had as lief mot to be, as live to be, ich woll-

te eben fo lieb nicht exiftiren, als leben etc,

p e

0) to chafe, wirmen, an einander reiben, ei-

, ﬁggle

nen etziirnen, entriiftet feyn, p) fo buffet, mit

Fauften fchiagen,

-

342 ,,§‘céms from _‘}’ulz'ufcaeﬁm

_B_ut‘ere we could arrive the point pr

Qe

pos’d,

jor I ﬁnk.“

Cafar cry’d ,, help me, Caffius,

I, as Aeneas, our gréat 4nceftor,

’Did‘ from the flaimes of Troy upén his

fhoulder

The old Anchifes béar; fo from the wa-

ves of Tyber

Did I the tired Ceefar: and this man

Is now becéme a god; and Caffius is

A wretched creature, and muft bend his

~ body,

If Cefar CEirelesly but nod on him,

B,

He had a féver , when he was in Spain,

And, when the fit was on him., I‘fiid

mark

How he did fhake: ‘’tis true this god

(af,

did {hake:

His coward lips did from their g) célour

13

And 1tixai_: fame ‘e

ye, whife bend doth

awe the world,

pid io,fe IES luftre's

I did hégr him grban;

PPN

q) colour ; die Farbe, und zugleich die Fahne,

)

Shakefpeare zielt mit diefer Redensart auf die

Ing

af

doppelte Eedeu_tung diefes W’orts‘

=%

Scémes from: Fulivs Caelar,

343

it pro

Ay, and that tongue of his, that bade thé

Romans

Mark him, and write his fpseches in their

[ fink,%

baoks,

pan i

Alas! it cry’d — ,, give me {ome drirk,

Titinius ¢ —

e i

As a fick girl,

Ye gods, it doth amaze

me,

a0

A msn of fich a faeble témper fhould

So r) get the ftirt of the majéftick world,

1S 48

bend b

And béar the palm aldne,

( Shout, Flourifh, ) |

Bru, Anéther géneral {hout!

ly

1 do beli¢ve, that thefe applanfes are

nours that are heéap’d

1

ST For fome néw hé

on Caxefar,

Caﬁ", Why, man, he doth beftride the }nﬁr-

g ol

row world

Like a Coléflus; and we pétty men

cglot

huge legs, and péep

Walk upnder his

‘about

I doth

To find durfelves dishOnourable graves.

Men at f6me time are méfters of their

grbaﬂ

fates :

) to get the ftart of ome, einem 2uvor kom-

Fﬁhﬂ?o

men ,

einen tber{pringen,

of g

Eine "Anf;pielu’ng

auf die olympifché Spiele,

344

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

The fault

déar Brutus,

Is not in our

ftars,

But in outrfelves, that we are tinderlings,

Brutus and Ceefar!

what {hould be in

that Caefar?

Why {hould that name be founded more

than your'’s ?

Write them togéther,

yours is as f3ir a

i

name;

Sound them,

it doth becoOme the mouth

e

as well

Wéigh them, jt is as héavy ; coOnjure

i\

with s) ’em,

Brutus will ftart a {pirit, as foon as Czefar,

Now in the names of all the gods at once,

B,

Upén what meat does this our Ceefar féed

That he is grown fo gréat? Age thou

art Thaim’d:

Rome thou haft loft the bréed of noble

bldods

When went there by an 3ge, fince the

gréat fléod

t)In

der §

But it was faim'd with more than with

beids

one man?

che

V)n

den

truy

§) ’em anftatt them,

dif;

Woyf

S

- Scénes from ﬁl@izy Caefar. 345

b ot

ay, till ndw, that tilk’d

When ‘could'they f:

of Rome,

derlings,

T Bat her wide _wélls encOmpafs’d but one

d e in

man?

Now is it t) Rdme indéed; and room

led more

enbugh ;

When there is in it but one 6nly man,

s fait 8

Oh! you and I have héard our fathers

*

{ay,

e moith

There was a Brutus éncee,

that would

have u) brook’d

conjire

The’ etér'nél d‘é@il

to kéep his ftite in

Rome,

S Caefar,

A éafily as a king.

5 9t 006

Bru., That you do love me, T am V) né-

el fid

thing jéalous;

1 fho

W)v What would you work me to, I

have fome aim,

of ool

s

noe the

£ Tn diefer Zeile ift ein Wortfpiel mit Rome,

der Stadt diefes Namens und »oom, Raum, weil

beide Worter im Englifchen einerlei Ausfpra-

a il

che haben,

u) to brook, ertragen, erdulden,

V) mothing wird hier fiir not gebraucht gegen

den Sprachgebrauch, vermuthlich nm des Me-

trums willen,

w) Die Conftruétion ift hier

diefe: I fave fome aim to what you would

waork me.

346 Scenes from Foilius C;zef)r.

How 1 have thbught of this, and of thefe

G

times,

I fhall recdunt herefter; for this pré-

fent, x)

fo 'with love 1 might

an

1 vkvould"not‘, B

entfeat you,

Caefe

Be any vfﬁrther mo

v’d. What you haye

An,

faid

1 will bonf ider; what you have to fay,

Caef,

I will with patience héar, and find a

time

"Both z) ‘méet to héar, and Anfwer fuch

high things,

¥

Till then my noble fricnd, a) chew upén

this

Brutus had rather be a villager, -

A,

Than'to repute himfelf a fon of Rome

Under fuch hard conditions, as this time

(ny

Is like to lay upég us,

SR

x) fe, time, welches Wort hier um des Me-

trums willen hinweg gelaflen ift,

y) /o fteht

hier fur if.

z) meet, ein Adj, fuglich, be~

P

quem, {chicklich,

a) to ehew upon fome thing heii’cv eigentlich

auf etwas beiflen, im figiirlichen Verftande aber,

worinn es hier genommen wird, uber etwas

N

b)}

nachdenken.

tlig

P

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

347

d of thek

Caf. 1 am glad that my weak words

Have ftruck buth thus much fhow of

fire from Brutus.

his e

Enter Caefar and his train.

o | miglt

Bru, The gimes are done, and Cefar is re-

turning,

Antonius !

oo ve

Caefar.

Aut.

Coefar !

e {0 fm

Caef. (to Ant. apart,) Let me have men abc‘)ut

%

d find ¢

me that are fat ;.

b) Sléek - héaded men, and fuch as f léep

ef fich

a-nights:

Yon Caffius has a léan and hiingty look

W upor

He thinks too much,

Such men are dan-

gerous

Aut,

Féar him not, Czfar, he’s not dange-

rous;

fome

s tmé

He's a noble Roman and well given,

Caefar, c) Would he were fatter; — but I

fear him not:

| Vet if my name were liable to fear,

1 do not know the man, I {hould avoi'd,

os Me

fteht

So foon as that d) fpare Caffius,

He

hy e

réads much;

renthfh

13 406y

ery

b) fleek - headed , glatt kopiigt

c¢) I ift hier

elidirt

d) /pare, Adj, mager,

348

Scénes from Fulius Caefay,

He is a gréat obférver; and he looks

He

Quite through the déeds of men

Eifey

l6ves no plays,

As thou doeft Antony;

he hears no

mulick :

(af.

Séldom he fmiles;

and {miles in fuch a

{6 I‘t

As if he mo6ck’d himfelf, and fcorn’d hls

{pirit,

B,

That could be movd to fmile at dny

thing,

K

Such men as he be néver at héart’s eafe,

Whﬂﬁ: they behold a gréater than them-

felves;

Gl

And thérefore are they véry dan‘erous

I rather tell thee what is to be féar’d,

B

Than what I féar; for always I am Ce-

far,

Come on my right hand, for this éar is

déaf,

And tell me truly, what thou think’ft of

By,

him,

Cafl

(Exeunt Caefar and his train.)

B,

(aff

By

S,

Scenes from Fulius. Cuaefar,

349

looks

Scéne Brutus’s garden,;

en, - He

Euter Caﬂ' us, Cafca, Decms Cinna Metellm

and Trebonius.

heats 00

Cafl. 1 think. we are too. bold upon your “

i fuch 8

reft,

Good morrow: ~Brutus :

do we trouble

or'd b

you?;

Brﬂo

1 have been: up this h()ur ; awake all

le ot

night

Know I thefe men, that come along with

~you?

s éil

o them

(afide,)

Caff; Yes évery man of .them, and no man

here,

ngeTOUS

But honouts you 5

‘and évery one' doth

opf d

wifh,

[ m (2

You had but: that opinion of yourfeff,

Which évery ndble Roman béars of you,

s r ¥

This is Twrebowius.

B”u‘

He is wélcome -hither

fink o

Cafl

This, Decius Brutus.,

Bru,

He is wélcome too,

o)

CaJl.

This Cafca

this Cinna;

And this Metellus Cimber,

Br e

They are all wélcome,

What watchful cares do mterpofe themﬂ

{elves

350

Scenes from SFulius Cae}?zr:

Between your eyjes ‘and night 2

Caﬂ" Shall 1 entreat a word ? ([ hey w’n/' re1)

Bru;

Give me }our bhands all over one by

01’18

Cafl. And let. us: fwear our refolution,

Bru.

No not an oath.

If not the face of

P

men

The fufferance of our fouls, the t1me§

¥

abufe =

If thefe be métives weéak , break oﬂ’ be-

times,

Th

And évery man hence to his idle bed;

So let high fighted tyranny range on,

g

But if

Till 'each man drop by léttery,

thefe,

The

As - I am fure they do, béar fire endugh

No

To kindle cowards,

and to fteel with

valout

The meltlng {pitits of woémen; then coun=

trymen,

‘What need we any {pur, but our own

caufe,

€) To prick us to redréfs? ~What othet

f) to

bond’

ot

eln A

liedey

i

et

8) to prick, ftechen, antteiben, ermuntern,

,/ﬂ&'«b

| Scén‘e's | ’7'1',0?72 ?uiz'ui‘ Cuejar. 33:.

Than fécret Romans, that have fpbl;e the

word, -

whiloe)

[ e by

An@ ‘will not f)p

él_ter? And whai; (?ther‘

oOath,

~

%

i

Than héne'ﬁy to honefty engig’d,

o fige of

That {hall be, or we will fall for it?

Swiear priefts and cowards, and/ men cau-

¢ timel

telous

Old feeble g) cérrions ,-and fuch fﬁﬂ‘eﬁng

k of b¢

fouls:

That wélcome wrongs tnto bad chqfes,

B

bed;

{weéar

ony

Such créatures as men doubt: but do not

fthin

Bt i

The ‘éven virtue of our énterprize,

: en'jUgh'

Nor the infuppréffive ) mettle of dur

J it

{pirits,:

To think that or our chufe or c‘)urp‘per;..’

formance,

1 ont

Did néed an dath;

when évery drop of

it O

bléod,

e,

¢ gthel

£) to palter; x;icht \aufrichtig‘ hand'e.ln,~ fein.

Wort zuritkziehen.

g) carrion, befler carion,

ein Aas, figiitlich, wie hier, eine verachtliche

liederliche Weibsperfon, ein Rabenaas.

Es wird

nur in den niedrigen Sprecharten gebraucht, hj

mettle, Metall, Munterkeit, Muths

erﬂ}

352

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

That évery Roman béars, and nobly bears,

Is guilty of a féveral baftardy,

If he doth bréak the {milleft particle

Of any prémife that hath paft from him.

Decius,

Shall no man elfe be tbuch’d but

6nly Ceefar ?

Caf. Decms well Grg’d; — I think, it

is not méet,

Mark Antony, fo well bel6v’d of Cae{'ar,

Should 'outhve Czefar:

we fhall find of

him

L

Af hrewd contriver ; ; and you know, his

means,

An

1f he lmprove them ,

may well ftretch

i

fo far,

Ar

As to i) annoy us all: which to prevént,

Let Antony and Cexfar fall togéther

Bru,

Our courfe will {éem too bléody, Caius

Caffius,

To cut the héad off,

and then hack the

limbs 3

Like wrath in déath and énvy 4fterwards;

For Antony is but a limb of Ceefar

Let us be f{4crificers,

but not bitchers,

Cajus ;

N

i) fo anmoy, fchaden,

Y

L]

Scenes from Fuiius Caefar.

353

bl bets

We all ftand up aghinft the fpirit of Cae-

far;

ticle

And in the fpirit of man there is no blbod:

om

O, that we then could céme by Caefar’s

jch'd o

{pirit

And not dismémber Caefar! but alis!

Caefar muft bléed for it!

hink

And gentle

friénds,

(et

k) Let’s kill him boldly , but not writh-

] find of

fully

Let’s carve him as a difh fit for the gods,

0w, 1S

Not héw him as a carcafe fit for hounds ¢

And let dur héarts as fabtle mafters do,

| firetch

Stir up their férvants to an aét of rage,

And after {féem to chide them. This fhall

| prevw

make

Our plrpofe néceffary, and not énviouss

fie,

Which fo appearing to the cémmon eyes,

g Gt

We {hall be call’d purgers,

not mirde-

rers

Jck fh

And for Mark Antony, think not of him;

For he can do no more than Caefars

rwafd

arm,

£

When Caefar’s héad is off,

ches

o

k) let’s ftatt let us,

354 = Scenes from Fulins Caefars

Caﬂ' Yet I féear him}

For in the ingrafted love he bears to Cae-

far, —

Bru.

Alas, good Caffius,

do not think of

him:

If he love Caefar, all that he can do

Dec

Is to himfelf;

take thought, and die for

Caefar :

And that wete much, he { hould for he

is given

To {ports, to wildnefs and much cém-

pany.

L

Tfﬂbo

There is no féar in him¢ let him not

But

die ;

He

For he will live, and laugh at this here«

after.

L

Bru. Péace, count the clock, (Clock firikes.)

Caf. The clock hath 1) ftricken three,

Treb

'Tis time to part

Gaf,

Cajl. But it is doubtful yet,

Whether Caefar will come forth to day,

By,

or not!

For he is fuperftitious grown of lite;

Citng

Quite from the miin opinion he held 6nce

Met,

1) ftricken, fur fruck, ein ungewuhnhches

art, Pall, von o firike, fchlagen,

T

Scénes from 7ulz'm Caejar.

355

Of fantaly, of dréams, and céremoniess

tsto Cree

It may be, thefe appirent prédigies,

The unaccGftom’d térror of this n}ght,&

ik of

And the perfuafion of his augurers,

May/ hold him from the cipitol to day,

an 00

Decins, Néver féar that: if he be fo refolv’d

nd-di fo

I can o’ersway him: for he léves to

" héar,

That Unicorns may be betray’d with trées,

d; for e

And béars with glaffes, élep‘hants with

¢h cone

holes,

Lions with toils and men with flitterers,

im ot

But xwhen I tell him, he hates ,ﬂétterers,

He fays he does; béing then\/moﬂ: ﬂit..

s Dete

tered,

Let(mé work: forI can give his humout

the trlie bent;

{ ﬂr},é:s,)

And 1 will bring him to the cipitol,

[66)

Caff. Nay, we will all of us be there to

fetch him,

IS that the {ltq

fo &1f

Bru, By the éighth hour,

termoft ?

Be that the Gttermoft, and fail not

ate

Cz’nnaf

then,

Jd on

Met, Cajus Ligarius doth béar Caefar hard,

Who rated bim for fpeaking well of Poém-

pey s

it

Z’z-

356

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

1 wonder none of you have thought of

him,

.B Ve

Ndow good Metellus go aldéng to him ¢

He léves me well; and 1 have given him

réafons

Coef

Send him but hither ,

and I ’1l fafhion

him,

Caf. The mbrning comes upén us,

We ’ll

ldave you Brutus: —

And friends! difpérfe yourfelves: but all

remémber

What you have f4id, and fhew yourfel-

S,

ves true Romans,

(e

Bru. Good géntlemen look frefh and mér-

Ar

rily 3 5

S,

Let not our looks put on our purpofes,

But béar it, as our roman attors do,

(al,

With untir’d fpirits and formal cénftancy.

And fo good mérrow to you évery one,

(Exeunt,)

e

m))

flop

ley |

Scénes from ’}ulzus Caefar.

357

ugh

The {céne chinges to Caefars p:ilace.

Thunder and llghtnlng Enter

0 i

iven bit

Julius Caefar.

Cae/.

m) Nor héaven,

nor éarth have been

I A

at péace to night;

Thrice hath Calphurnia in her f{léep cry’d

out,

\V!

brlltUS '

v Help, ho! they mirder Caefar® Who’s

within 2

ot

Enter a [ervaut

youtfe

Serv, My Lord?

108,

Caef. Go, bid the priefts do prefent ficrifice,

nd mete

And bring me their opinions and fuccéfs,

Sgl’vo

I will my Lord,

(Exit,)

purp0[55!

Enter Calphurnia,

5 dO;

Cﬂlo

What meéan you Caefar 2 Think you to

walk forth 2

gofhncy

You fhall not ftir out of your houfe to

re[y 1)1

day

Caef. Caefar fhall forth.

The things that

thréatened me,

in) Man {'arrt im En@hfchen e1gent]1ch uéither,

wuor , W« de1 , noch, ahem um des Metrums wil-

len ftch: hier zweimal 1OV,

358

Scénes from Fulius Caefar,

Ne’er 100k’d but on my back; when they

{hall fee

The face of Caefar, they are vanifhed

Cal,

Caefar, I néver ftood on n) céfemonies,

Yet now they fright me,

There is one

within,

Coe

Bef ides the things that we have heard

and feen,

Recounts moft hérrid {ights féen by the

watch,

A honefs hath o) wélped in the ftréets;

(a,

And grives have }a\vn’d and yielded up

their déad

Fierce flery warriors fight upén the

clouds,

In ranks and fquadrons and right form of

e/

war

‘Which p) drizzled bléod upén the Capi~

tol s

The noife of battle hirtled in the air;

-

n) Unter ceremonies wird hier der Aberglaube

verftanden , mittelft deffen man zufillige Bege-

benheiten fiir iible Bedeutungen halt,

Oben

pag. 334, verfteht man darunter Verfohnopfer.

S

©) to whelp, gebahren, wird nur von Thieren

gebraucht

p) to drzzzle , tropfeln,

AT

Scénes from: Fulins Cacfar,

359

hen they

Horfes did néigh and dying men did groan,

And ghofts did {hrigk

and fqueal -about

aifhed,

the firéets,

O Caefar! thefe things are beyond all ufe,

femonies,

g1t 18 00¢

And 1 do féar them.,

Caef. What can:be'avoided,

ave héird

Whofe end is plrpos’d by the nntrhty

gods ?

by

Yet Caefar {hall go forth: for thefe pre-

- di¢tions

fheeets;

Are to the world in géneral as to Caefar,

Cal.

When béggars die, there are no comets

Ided g

{éen:

The héavens themfelves blize forth the

oo

déath of princes,

Cae/ Cowards die miny times before their

fmof

N

déaths s

The valiant néver tafte of déath but dnce.

he 4

Of all the wonders that I yet have héard,

It féems to me moft ftringe that men

ay

fhould féar:

Séeing that déath a néceflary end

Will come when it will come,

Joube

Eunter a [érvant,

o Bege

What fay the augurers?

(hen

Serv. They would not have you to ﬁ:n’ forth

mgpfef ]

to day,

hiereh

360

Scénes from Fulius Caefar,

Plicking the éntrails of an éffering forth,

L

They could not find a héart within the

(w|

beéaft,

( Exit [ervant.)

Caef.

The gods do this in {hame of cowar-

dice :

Caefar {hould be a béaft withdut a

héart,

Di,

If he {hould i’cay at home to day for

.féar,

No, Caefar fhall not: danger knOWS full

(e

‘well,

i}

Tﬁat Caefar is more dingerous than he,

Ar

We were two lions q) litter’d in one day,

And I the elder and more térrible;

And Caefar fhall go forth,

Cdl»

Alas! my lord

Your wisdom is confum’d in cénfidence

Do not go forth to day : call it my féar;

Ca

That kéeps you in the houfe, and not

Cae

yvour own,

We °’ll fend Mark Antony to the fénate-

houfe;

And he will fay, you ate not well te

day 3

De

q) to litter , Junge werfen

¢

361

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

ng forh

Let me upén my knée prevail in this,

hin the

Caef. Mark Antony fhall fay, I am not well;

And for thy humour I will ftay at home.

i

Enter Decius.

Here’s Decius Brutus, he fhall tell them

f coat

fo,

g héart

Dec. Caefar all hall' Good mérrow wérthy

day for

- Caefar;

I come to fetch you to the fénate-houfe,

oy fll

Cae/. And you are céme in véry hippy time,

To béar my greeting to the f{énators,

o heo

And tell them that I wlll not céme to

da

one ﬂ%

7

Cannot is falfe, and that 1 dare not falu

{er:

I will not céme to day

Tell them[fe

fidence

Decius,

Cal.

Say, he is fick,

) fear

d 1ot

Caef. Shall Caefar fend a lye?

Have I in cénqueft ﬁretchd mine arm fo

fir,

Enate

To be afraid to tell grey-béards the

truth? —

d to

Decius, go tell them, Caefar will not

céme;

Dec, Mokt mighty Caefar, let me know fome

caufe,

%

E

362

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

Left I be laugh’d at, when T tell them fo

-

Cae/,

The caufe is in my will

1 will not

céme;

That is endugh to fitisfy the {énate,

But for your private fatisfittion,

Becaufe I love -you, I will let you

know,

Calphurma here, my wife, fthys me at

!

home‘

She dréamt laft night, fhe faw my ftitue,

D”o

Whlch like a fountain with an hindred

fpouts,

D1d tun pure blood; and miny luﬂ:y Ro-

mans

T

Came {miling and did bathe their hands

:

in it

And thefe The does apply for warnings

and porténts,

And evils 1rnmment and on her knée

Hath beggd that T will ftay at home to

day,

Dec, This dréam is all amifs intérpreted

It was a vifion fair and fOrtunate:

Your ftitue fpouting blood in miny pi-

pes,

>

In which fo miny {miling Romans

bath’d,

&/

i

363

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

Il them

Sionifies, that from you gréat Rome fhall

] will no

fuck

Reviving blood; and that gréat men {hall

{emte

prefs

)

For tinftures, ftains, rélicks, and cogni-

[ Jet yoo

fance,

'Jhxs by Calphurnia’s dréam is {ignify’d,

) e 4

Ca¢/- And this way have you well expouna

ded it,

oy ftue;

Dec,

I have, when you have héard

what

1 Hindred

I can fay;

And know it now ; the {¢énate have con-

cluded

ifty Ro

To give this day a crown to mlghty

Caefar.

eit had

If you fhall fend them wdrd you will

not céme,

oS

Their minds may change,

Beflides it were

a mock

knee

home {0

Apt to be réndered for fome one to fay,

Bréak up the {énate till anbther time,

;

When Caefar’s wife fhall méet with béts

ter dréams,

oy i

It Caefar hide himfelf, fhall they not

whifper,

onal$

L Lo Caefar is afraid!

Pardon me Caefar, for my deaf, dear lovg

Scénes from Fulius Caefar,

364

To your proceeding bids me tell you

Cag)

this;

And réafon to my love is liable,

Caef. How foolifh do your féars {éem now,

Se

Calphurnia ?

1«

1 am afhimed, I did yiéld to them,

Give me my robe, for I will go,

Ant,

Gy,

Enter Brutus, Ligarius,

Metelius, Cajca, Trebowius, Cinna and

Publins.

And look where Publius is come to fetch

Ih

me,

Good mérrow Caefar,

Re

Publ

Be

Caef. Welcome Publius, —

What Brutus are you ftirr'd {o éatly

Treh,

too 2 —

Good mérrow Cafca, — Cajus Ligarius,

Caefar was né’er fo much your énemy,

As that fame ague which hath made you

Coy

lean, ==

¥) What is 't o’ clock ?

Bru. Caefar ’tis s) ftricken eight,

Bry,

) What is t o clock ? fﬁr What is it of the

clock 2 Wie viel Uhr ift es?

s) ftricken, ein

ungewothnliches Part, Pafl, ,

von to firike,

fchlagen; das gewohnhche ift firuck,

U

U

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

365

tell you

Ca.ef I thank you for your pains and cotir-

tely,

t,

Enter Auntony,

féem 10W,

See Antony, that révels long t) o’ nights

Is notwithftanding up:

Good mérrow,

them,

Antony.,

g

Aut,

So to moft ndoble Caefar,

Cae/. Bid them prepire within:

V

I am to blame to be thus; waited for

1 o

Now Cinna; — now Metellus: — What

Trebonius!

2 fo fetch

—

I have an hour’s talk in ftore for you;

Remémber, that you call on me to day:

Be néar me, that I may remémber you,

Treb,

Caefar, 1 will, — (aside) and fo néar

fo @ty

will 1 be,

That your beft friénds {hall wifh, I had

Ligarthy

béen fhrther,

eﬂemy'

Caef. Good frlends‘ go in and tafte fome

age JOb

wine with me,

And we like friends, will go ftraight Way

togéther.

Bru, That évery like is not ‘the fame, o

Caefar,

l oftzé

m el

) f Nﬁf;

%) o wights fiir on nightss

366

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

9he héart of Brutus u) yerns td think

mt

upén!

Wi

(Exeunt,)

féng

: The Seene changes to a

fireet néar the Ciapitol,

Enter Artémidorusm réading a paper,

‘Cae{'ar, bewire of Brutus; take héed of Caf-

fins ; come not near Cafca; have an eye to

3

Cinna; truft not Trebonius; mark well Me-

*

tellus Cimber ; Decius Brutus loves thee not

y

If

thou haft wrong’'d Cajus Ligarius,. There

is but one mind in all théfe men, and it is

v) bent againft Caefér. ‘ _If kthou'be ft not

\

Y

u) to yem, befler yearn, Mitléiden haben,

v) bent, zufammengezogen VoD bended. Man

Decy

kan fiiglich alle englifche Conjugationen in drei

I

Klaffen eintheilen.

Zur erften gehvren alle re-

gulaire Verba, nebft denjenigen die blos durch

Contraétion irregulair werden, wie das gegen-

wirtige Verbum to bend. Zur zweiten gehd-

Cﬂefar

ren diejenige, deren Imperfetta und Part, Pafl,

Soot)

fich auf git endigen,

Das Kennzeichen der

A,

dritten Klaffe ift, dafs die in derfelben enthal-

Duii

tenen' Verba im Tmperfe€to den Vocal oder

Diphthong in einen kiirzern verwandeln, und

ihz: Part, Pafl, fich auf en endigen,

Sy,

¢

Scénes from Fulins Caefars

367

to think

iminc)rtal s look about you; feciirity gives

way to confpiracy,

The mighty gods de-

)

fénd thee!

Thy lover Artemidox;us“.

|!o

Heére will T frand, till Caefar pafs ai]éné,

And as a fhitor will I give him this.

»5pef. (

My héart laménts, that virtue cinnot live

el of (4

Out of the téeth of emulition,

n g

If thou réad this, o Caefar, thou mayft

weH J

live,

thee 1ot

If not the fites with triitors do contrive,

- There

(Exit,)

and it §

et 20t

Scéne, a firéet before the Cdpitol,

The Cdpitol; the [énate [itting,

Fléﬁrif ,h; Enter Caefar, Brutﬁs; Caffius, Cafca,

Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Cinna s An-

, e

tony , Lepidus, Artemidorus, and a

] glletee

Soothfager,

s it

eg@ﬂ'

Caefar. The ides of March are come,

i geho-

Sooth,

Ay, Caefar, but not gbne,

ﬂft0 Paﬁ'

Art

Hail, Caefar! réad this fchedule,

Cheﬂ def

o ns

Decius.. Trebonius doth defire you to o ’er

gl 0 ff

réad

Joy W

At your beft Léifure, this his humble fiit,

e

368

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

O Caefar, réad mine firft; for mine's 3

DM

Art

fuit

That tduches Laefar néarer, Réad it gréat

Bru,

Caefar,

Cace/,

What tbuches us ourfelf, {hall be laft

Cinne

ferv'd

.drto

Deldy not Caefar; reéad it inftantly,

Cf

What, is the féliow mad?

Caef.

Caﬂi

What, urge you your petltlons in the

M,

ftréet 2

Céme to the Capitol,

I

(Cacfar enters the cdpitol, the reﬁ fol-

lowing.)

dn

C’aﬂ Cafca be fGdden, for we fear prevén-

G, 1

- tion,

l\t

The

Brutus, what fhall be -w) done? If this

MI |

be known,

A

Caffius or Caefar néver {hall turn back,

Int

For 1 will flay myfelf,

BV“.

Caffius, be cénftant,

To

Caf,

Trebonius knows his time}

for, look

‘you, Brutus,

T

He driws Mark Antony out of the way,

X)g

W) dowe Teeht eigentlich fiir doen und gehort

nach

alfo zur dritten Conjugatxon»

Siehe Nota v

it |

P-3

i g

P e

'

Scénés ﬂ&m Fulius Caefér.

369

mie’s s

Dec. Where is Metellus Cimber 2 Let Efm gvo}

And préfently prefér his fUit to Caefar,

ditgréa

Bru, Heis x) addréft; prefs néar, 'and {é-

cond him,

il be b

you are the firft, that réar

Cinna. ‘.Cafca ’

your hand,

antly

Caef. Are we all réady

2 What is now amifs,

That Caefar and his {énate muft redréfs 2

s i e

Met, Moﬂ: high, moft mighty, and moft

ptiffant Caefar,

Metellus Cimber throws before thy féat

wﬂ fil

(kneeling)

An humble héart: —

] prev‘en-

Caef. 1 muft prevént thee, Cimber.

Thefe céuchings and thefe l16wly clirtefies

) i

Might fire the blood of érdinary men;

And turn predrdinance and firft decrée

Into the y) lane of children,

Be not

m it

fond,

To think, that Caefar béars fuch rébel

Blood,

w

f, Jook

That will be thaiw’d from the trlie quility

Wb

X) addreft fteht hier fiir ready.

y) laue {oll

nach Johnfons Meinung /aw heiffen.

Diefe Les-

| gehi')ft

art hat wenigftens einen beffern Sinn,

Lama

ota Y

ift ein enger Durchgang,

370

Scénes from Fulius Caefjar,

With that which mélteth fools;

I méan

T

{weet words,

Low crooked cﬁrt fies, and bafe 2z) {ph-

~ niel - fawning,

(g}

Thy bréther by decrée is b4nifhed :

s

1f thou doft bend and pray , and fawn

for him,

B

I fpurn thee like a a) cur out of my way.

Know, Caefar doth not wrong ; nor thh-

out caufe

Will he be fatxsﬁed

Tt

Met.

Is there no voice more worthy than

Th

my own,

To found more fweetly in gréat Caefar’s

Th

For the repealing of my banifhd brother ?

B

Bm, 1 kifs thy hand,

but not in flittery,

Caefar 3

§

~ Defiring thee, that Publius Clmber may

Have an immeédiate fréedom of repeal

C'aef What Brotos!

Cafl. Pardon, Caefar; Caefar, pardon:

Y

As low as to thy foot doth Caffius fall

Th

et

\

z) fpaniel, ein Wachtelhurd ; f;oamel - fawning

fchmeicheln, wie die Wachtelhunde

a) cur,

ein Bauer nhund,

ein {chlechter Menich,

em

Schurke,

b) fa

W g

e 3

Scenes from 7ulzur Caeﬁzr.

7k

I mby

- beg enfranchlfemernt for Publius Cime

ber

1) foh

Caef; 1 could be well mov’d, if I were as,

d fawn

5 TH could pray to 1 move, priyers would

move me

But I am con{’cant as the northern ﬁar,

y \VﬂYo

Of whofe true, b) fixt, and rdhng qui~

it with

hty,

There is no féllow in the f irmament,

than

The fkles are piinted \mth unmxmber’d

f] p’xrks,

fars

They are all fire, and évery one detli

{hine;

pother

But there’s but one in all .doth hdld his

place ;

fitterf)

So in the world,

tis farnifh'd weH W1th

men,

or MY

And men are flefh-and bléod, and appre.

ol

hénfive;

Yet in the ntmber, I do kunow but one

‘That unaﬁallable holds on his tank,

fll

Unfhik'd of motion , and that 1 am he,

Let me a little fhow it, éven in this;

g

) i

b) fixt, zufammengezogen von ﬁxed gehort

o

zur erfien Conjugation, Siehe Nota v, p, 366

Aaa

=

A

372

Scénes from 7ulzus' Caefar,

That I was cbnﬁant,

Cimber fhould be

banifh'd ;

By,

And cénftant do remain to kéep hlm fo.

1l

Cinna.

O Caefat, —

Cae/. Hence! Wilt thou lift. up Olympus?

Ar

Dec.

Gréat Caefar. —

Caef. Doth not Brutus c) boot lefs kneel?

(.

Cafca, Spéak hands for me, ( They ﬁab Cae-

Jar)

C

Caef FEt tu Brute 2 — Then fall Caefar! ( Dies)

Bry,

Cinna. Liberty! Fréedom! Tyranny is déad!

So

Run hence, procliim, cry it about the

ftreets,

(Hxs

Caﬂ Sotne: to the cobmmon pilpits, and cry

' out,

An¢

sLiberty, fréedom, and enfranchifement! ¢

Bru

Péople, and fénators! be not affrighted ;

Y

Fly not, ftand ftill Ambition’s debt is

paid,

T

(Eunter Trebonius.)

Cafl. Whexes Antony ?

Treb

Fled to his houfe amaz'd

Men, WlVGS and children, frare; cry dut

L

and run

©)bootlefs, vergeblich von boot, der Nuzem,

d) lio

PP e

]

Scenes from Fuiius Caefar.

373

(hould b

As it were d) dooms - day.

Bru, Fates! we will know your pléafures: —

him {0,

That we fhall die,

we know ;

tis but

the time,

yeops!

And drawing days out, that men ﬁand

upén,

kneel!

Cuﬂ' Why, he that cuts off twénty yéars

fah (e

of life,

Cuts off fo miny yéars of fearing déath,

Bru,

Grant that, and then is déath a bénefits

! (D)

dead! =

So are we Caefar’s friénds

that have

yout the

abridg’d

His time of féaring déath, — Stoop, Ro-

and cry

mans, ftoop;

And let us bathe our hands in Caefar’s

et

i

blood

it

Up to the €lbows y and besmear our

el

{fwords 3

Then walk we forth éven to the maxket-.

place,

And, wiving our red wéapons o ’er out

héads,

ny bl

Let's all ery, ,,Péace! Fréedom! and Li-

berty !

(Dtppmg their fwords in Caefar’s blood,)

&

v

d) dooms~ day, Gerichtstag, der jlingfte Tag,

,,,,,

374

Scéne; from Fulius C'qejb‘r.'

Enter> Autony,

.

i

But here comes Antony, — W élcbme

i

Mark Antony,

]

I

Ant. O mighty Caefar! doft thou lie fo low?

Areiall thy coOnquefts, glories, triumphs,

fpoils,

i

e) Shrun_k to ‘this little méafure?2 ,—-\\,Farg

thee well. s

I know not géntlemen, what you inténd,

Who elfe muft be let bléod, who ,.v,elf'e.is

f) rank:

)

|

As

1f I myfelf, there is no hour fo fit

The

As Caefar’s déath’s hour nor}nq"'inftm-

ment

Br,

The

Qtf half that worth as thofe your {words,

made rich

As

e) Shrunk, Part. Pafl. von to fhrink, eingies

hen, einfchranken.

Es gehort zur dritten Con-

jugation, wenn es gleich nicht auf en ausgeht,

indem das ex abgefchnitten worden.

Auf diefe

Art ift das en bei poch mehreren Participiis

Paflivi weggeworfen worden, fung, [unk,

Jprung. Dals diefe Bemerknng richtig fei, zeigt

die deutfche Analogie, pach welcher diefe Par-

ticipia gebildet worden, wnnd bei welchen das

en in obigen Part. beibehalten ift, nehmlich

Pyt S e, S

gefungen, gefunken, gefprungen. . ) rank,

tiberreif, zu yiel Friichte tragend,

Hier heift

es zp michtig,

==y

Scenes from Fulius Caefay,

375

Wlth the moft noble blood of all this

Télcome,

‘

world,

I do befeech you, if ye béar me hard,

0 low?

“Now whilft your purple hands do reek

triumphs,

and fmoke,

? - fin

Fulﬂll your pléafure,

Live a thoufand

yéars,

on futéd

I fhall not find myfelf fo apt to die:

‘No place WIH pléafe me fo, no méan of

1o elle 8

déath,

As here by Caefar, and by vou cut off,

fit

nftru

Yhe choice and mafter {pirits of this 2ge,

Bru. O Antony beg not your déath of us,

fyord

Though now we muft appéar bléody and

cruel

As by odur hands,

and this our préfent

"

act,

You fee, we do;

pingle:

yet fee you but odur

n ot

hands,

And this the bléeding bufinefs, they have

usgel

uf diee dzef

done

i

Our héarts you fee not, they are pmful

ik

j 26t

And pity to the géneral wrong of Rome

fe fur

(As fire drives out fire, {o pity, plty)

e 0

Hath done this déed on Caefar,

For your

i

part,

¢ e

To you odur {words have léaden pdints,

Mark Antony

376

Scénes from Fulius Caefar,

Our arms in Pcrengigh of 'mélice, and dur

héarts,

Of brother’s temper, do recéive you in

‘With all kind love, good thdughts, and

réverence,

Caﬂl Your voice fhall be as firong as 4ny

man’s

In the difpofing of new dignities

Bru. Only be patient, till we have appéas’d

befide themfelves with

The multitude g)

féar ;

If

And then we'will deliver you the caufe,

Sha

I

'Why & that did love Caefar, when I

h) ftrook him,

To!

Procéeded thus,

Sty

1

‘Ant. 1 doubt not of your wisdom,

b

Let éach man render me his bléody hand,

Firfc 5 Marcu§ Brutus, will I {hike with

you ; —

Next, Cajus Caffius do I tike your hand;

Now Decius Brutus, yours ; — now yours,

I

Metellus 3 =

Yours, Cinna; — and, my véliant Cafga,

l

{

\

yog}'s 3 =

g) befide thémfelws with féar, aufler ﬁcl% Vbr

Furcht,

h) ftrook fir firuck, Imp, und Sup,

von to firike, Siche Nota s. pag, 364,

1) ao

P i

J

Scénes from Fulius' Caefar.

377

y g oue

Tho’ laft, not léaft in love, yours, good

Trebonius,

2 You 10

Géntlemen all ; — alds; what (hall T fay ?

ghts, nd

My crédit now ftands on fuch flippery

ground,

'.lhat one of two bad ways you muﬁ

g 45

conceéit me,

§

Elther a coward or a flitterer, =

*tis

¢ appes

That I did l6ve thée, Caefar, oh

Iyes yih

true

If then thy fpirit look upon us now,

the cill

Shall it not grigve thee, déarer than thy

déath

whea |

To fee thy Antony miking his péace,

Shaking the bloody fingers of thy foes,

Moft noble !

in the préfence of thy

1) corfe?

oy bt

Had I as many eyes, as thou haft wounds,

ik ¥l

Weeping as faft, as they firéam forth

thy bléod

i hand’

yyours

It would becéme me better , than to

clofe

Cafcw,

In terms of friéndfhip with thine éne-

mies,

ch vot

d Sop

i) corfes fur corpfe, Leichnam,

378

Scénes from. Fulins Caefars

Pardon, me, Julius! s Here wa{r’c""tlbmu

A

k( bay'd, brave 1) hart;

Here didft thou fall, and here thy hénters

ftand

o n

Sign'd in thy fpdil, and crimfon in thy

m) lethe,

O world! thou waft the féreft to "this

hart;

And this indéed, o world the héart of

thee.

By,

How like a deer, firicken byva{éﬁy prin-

ces,

Déﬂt thou here lie

2

T

Caﬂ:‘ Mark Antony =

Anz. Phrdon/ me, Cajus Caffius :

dnt

~ The ¢nemies of Caefar {hall fay this;

~ Then, in a friénd, it is cOld médefty.

Cafl. 1 blame you not for praifing Caefar fo;

But what compiét méan you to have

with us ?

\prick'd in m'lmber of our

By

Will you be n

friénds ?

Caf

k) to pay, mit bellenden Hunden hezen, jagen,

1) hart, Hirfch,

m) lethe, it ein veraltetes

Wort, welches Tod und Zerftorung bezeich.

net,

n) to prick, ftechen,

to prick names,

Namen ftechen ader zei

zeichnen,

chnen, glfq hier ein.

Seénes from Fulius Caefar.

379

ft thos

Or fhall we on, and not depénd on you?

Ant,

Thérefore 1 took your hands, but, was

]) har

indéed,

hinters

Swiy’'d from the pdint by looklng down

on Caefar,

infly

Frxend am 1 ‘with you all and lve yon

all;

his

Upon this hope that you f hall give me

réafons,

hear

Why, and wherein Caefar was dingerous.

Bru. Or elfe this were a {ivage fpectacle,

prif

Our réafons are fo full of good regard,

~ That were you, Antony,: the fon of

Caefar,

You {hould be fatisfied,

Ant. That’s all 1 feek:

I

And am more over fuitor, that I may

fiy.

Produce his body to the market-place:

it fo;

" And in the pulpit, as becémes a friénd,

haye

Spéak in the order of his fineral,

;

Brw. You fhall, Mark Antony, -

ont

Caf. Brutus, a word with you, — (afi de.)

You know not what you, do, do not

coufént,

1g€ﬂ.

That Antony fpéak in his funeral

fetes

ich

Know you, how much the people may

be mov’d

sy

ol

By that, which he will Gtter ¢

380

Scettes from Fulius Caefar,

Em.

By your pardon,

Brw,

I will myfelf into the pulplt firft,

And fhow' the réafon of our Caefat’s

déath

4nt,

What Antony fhall {péak, T will protéft

He fpeaks by léave and by permiffions

And that we are conténted Caefar {hall

Have all due rites, and lawful céremo-

nies:

It fhall advintage more than do us wrong.

I like it

Ca_ﬂ“ 2 know not what may fall:

not,

Byu, Mark Antony, here tike you Caefar’s

— -~y

bbdy

You fhall not'in your flineral fpéech bla-

me us,

But fpeak all good you can devife of

Caefar ;

And fay’ yﬁu o) do’t by our permiffion,

Elfe {hall’ you not have 4ny hand at all

About his: fitneral.

And you {hall fpeak

In the fame pilpit whereto I am gomg,

After my«fpeech is ended,

Ant,

Be it fo;

I do defire no more,

Di

e,

Ve

0) do’t fur do i,

ke

e

Sceﬂes from Fulius. Cagfar.

38t

Bru, Prepare the bédy then, and féllow us,

(Exennt Can/pzratars )

]

Taefat's

Mamt Antony.

dnt, O piu‘don me , thou bléeding piece of

pro ft

éarth,

That I am méek and gentle with thefe

o1y

(hall

- biitchers,

Thou art the rains of the nobleft man,

gty

That éver lived in the p) tide of times,

Woe: to the hand that fhed this coftly

oy

blood !

Jike 8

Over thy wounds now «do I préphely, —

efat’s

Which like' dumb mouths, do ope their

raby lips,

h bl

To beg the voice and Gtterance of my

téngue; —

A curfe { hall light upbn the limbs of

o of

men j

Doméftick fary and ﬁerce civil ftrife,

Wi

e e TR

all

Shall q) ciimber all the various parts of

]taly s

fpeak

Bléod and deftrliétion fhall be fo in ufe,

10§

And dréadful ébjeéts fo familiar,

p) tide fteht hier fUr courfe; in the tide of ti-

mes, in dem Laufe der Zeiten,

q) to cumber,

verwitren , in Befchwerde oder Gefahr verwi-

keln,

382

Scém: Jrom Gulius Caefar.

That mbthers {hall but fiile, when they

7

behold

b

Thexr xnfants quarter’d with the hands of

war ;

And plty chbakd with clftom of fell

déeds:

And Caefar’s {pirit ranging for revénge,

Wlth Ate b Y his flde, come hot from

Pl

~.

hell,

B,

Shall in thefe cbnﬁnes, with a ménarch’s

voice,

m

Cry hévock “and let {lip thé dogs of war,

That this foul déed fhall fmell abdve the

A

éarth

il

With cérrion men, groaning for brrial,

Wi

it

(Exit Antony)

tl

The [cene changes into

The Forum.

Enter Brutus and Caffius with the

Plebéians,

Pleb. We will be fitisfied ;

let us be fitisfied,

Bru. Then follow me and give me audlence

;‘

friénds,

Caffius go you into the 6ther firéet

And part the nGmbers, —

1

Thofe that will héar me fpéak, let em

anffy

Itte

ftay hére;

e

&

S,céimﬁom ,fi’uéim ‘ .‘Cﬂejdf. 333

follow Caffius

¥ ’leQfe that will

n il

. orhim;

‘, go with

{0)

Aﬁd-pﬁbiik' réaf

ns 4 halll be réndefed

1ds of

Of Caefar’s “déath.

of el

(Exit Caffius, with fome of the ple-

béians , Brutus goes into the yo-

Jrrums)

g6

Pleb. The ndble Brutus is afcénded 5 silence

from

Bru.,

Be patient till the laft,

Romans , céduntrymen, and I()vers! héar

narch’s

me for my caufe; and be Tilent, that you

may héar, Beliéve me for mine hénour;

Wt

and - have refpéét ‘to unine hénour, that

e the

you may beliéve,

Cénfure me in your

wisdom ; and awake your fenfes, that you

il

may the better jidge. 1f there be 4ny in

)

this aflémbly, 4ny déar friénd of Caefar’s,

to him 1 fay, that Brutus’s love to 'Cae-

far was no lefs than his,

If then that

friénd demind, why Brutus r)rofe agiinft

Caefar, this is my 4nfwer: «— Not, that

1 16ved Caefar lefs, but that T loved Ra-

fied,

ine more,

Had you rather Caefar were

ence

living, and die all }fliwes; than that

o

1) raofe, Pa’rt; Pafl, von to rife, wvofe, rifen,

auffteben, fich emporen; ein Beifpiel von der

ot

- dritten Conjugation, Siehe No'f, Vo P 360,

N

384

Scenes from:Fulius Caefar,

Caefar were déad, to live all frée men ®

{

As Caefar lov'd me, I weep for him; as.

he was fortunate, I rejoice ‘at‘ity: “as he

was valiant,

1 hénour him;

“but as he

was ambitious, I flew him,

There are

§

téars, for his love; joy for his fortune;

hénour for his valour; and déath for his

;1

ambition,

Who is hére fo bafe,

that

Al

would be a bénd ~man? If 4ny, {peak ;

1 Pl

for him 1 have offénded,

Who is here

fo riude, that would not be a Roman?

2 P

If 4ny, fpéak; for him have I offénded.

$ P

Who is here fo vile, that will not love

4 Ppeh

S

his céuntry? If 4ny, fpéak; for him have

T offénded

I paufe for a reply,

B,

All,

Nbne, Brutus, ndne,

% Pl

Bru.

Then néne have 1 offénded,

Bru,

I have dbne no more to Caefar, than you

fhall do to Brutus,

The quéftion of his

déath is enrdlled in the cépitol; his glory

not exténuated, wherein he was wérthy;

nor his offénces enfOrced

for Whlch he

fhffered déath.

Enter Marvk Antony with C’ae/ar s

bédy.

Hére comes his body molirned by Mark

91

Antony : who, though he had no hand in

Pey

Wel

bis

e

}

Scenes from yulim Caefzr‘ 385

his déath, Chall recéive the bénefit of his

o8 men!

him;

dying, a place in the commonwéalth; as

s) which of you fhall not? With this

a8 B

but 4s e

I depart; that as I {léew my beft 16ver

for the good of Rome, I have the fame

Thete aro

- fortue;

digger for myfelf, when it fhall pléafe

my country to need my déath,

h for i

e, fi

4.

"Live, Brutus , live! live!

1. Pleb. Bring him with triomph home into

I fpé&k,

his houfe,

) 1§ hete

n, Pleb, Give him a ftatue with his énceﬂors

Qoman?

fféﬂdedo

3. Pleb. Let him be Caefar,

4. Pleb. Caefar’s better parts

ot love

Shall be crown’d in Brutus

m have

Bru,

My cdéuntry men —

2, Pleb. Peéace! filence! Brutus {péaks

.Bz"M.

Good céuntrymen let me depart aldne,

And for my fake ftay here with Antonys

han J0U

Do grace to Caefar’s cérpfe,

and grice

pof b

his fpéech

s gloy

Tending to Caelar’s glories; which Mark

'Ol‘thy y

Antony

I

ch 1o

By our permiffion is allbw’d to make,

s) which fir who, welches leztere nur von

ik

Perfonen, das erftere nur von Sachen gebraucht

n

werden foll.

od

Bb

i

386

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

1 do intréat you, not a man depart,

Save 1 alone till Antony have {poke,

(Exit.)

I. P[eb0

Stay ,

o' ‘and let us héar Mark An-

tony.

3‘ Pllbo

Let hlm 00 up into the plblic chair,

We’ll héar him, Noble Antony go Sp

Ant

For Brutus fake I am t) beholden to

you

:

4. Pleb.

What does he {ay of Brutus?

3. Pleb. He fays, for Brutus fake

He t#inds himfelf beholden to us all,

So

Cor

4 Pleb.

u) "T'were beft he fpéak no harm of

Brutus here.

He

I, Plebo

This Caefar was a tyrant

30 Ple&¢

Nay, that’s cértain,

Bt

Ax

We are bleft, that Rome is rid of h1m

2. Pleb,

Peace; let us heéar,

what Antony

can fay,

Aunt

You gentle Romans, —

Al

- Péace, ho! let us héar him,

Di

ﬂm‘. Frlends ROmans , céuntrymen, lend me

your éars,

A

t) beholdem, von einem veralteten Zeitwort #o

behold, das von dem deutf{chen falten abftammt;

verpflichtet. gefaiten.

Es wird mit dem Datjp

Y) by

Yo coni’cruu't

u) ’twere fur it were,

1) 2

387

Scénes from' Fulius Caeﬁzr.

iif

I come to blry Caefar} not to praife him,

ke,

The évil that men do, lives ifter thems

Latk Ane

The good is oft intérred with their bdnes;

So let it be with Caefar! The nble Bru-

tus

i chai

Hath tdld you, Caefar was ambitious:

o i

den t0

1f it were fo, it was a griévous fault;

And griévously hath Caefar 4dnfwered it,

51

Here under léave of Brutus, and the reft,

(For Brutus is an h(’)nourable man,

A

So are they all, all hénourable men)

Come I to fpéak in Caefar’s fiineral,

it of

He was =y friénd, faithful and juft to

. me:

But Brutus fys, he was ambitious;

And Brutus is an bénourable man

him

He hath V) brought miny ciptives home

g

Antory

to Rome,

Whofe ronfoms did the géneral coffer

- fill;

Did this in Caefar feem ambitious?

ot

When' that the poor have cry'd, ‘Caefar

hath wept :

Ambition fhould be made pf ftérner fcuﬁ‘:

;mmtj

Dt

v) brought, Part. Pafl, von to bring, gehort

zZur zweite‘n Conjugation, Siehe Nota v, p, 366.

Bb 2

388

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

Yet Brutus fayg, he was ambitious;

And Brutus is an hénourable man,

You all did fee, that, on the Lupercal,

1 thrice prefénted him a kingly crown,

Which he did thrice refufe,

Was this

1

ambition 2

Yet Brutus fays, he was ambitious;

4 |

And, fure, he is an hénourable man,

1 fpeak not to w) disprove, what Bru-

tus {poke,

But hére I am to fpéak,

what 1 do

L f

know

Yaqu all d1d love him once not Wlthéut

30

caufe :

What caufe withholds you then to mourn

%P

for him,

O judgment, thou art x) fled to brutifh

&

beéafts,

it

And men have loft their réafon!

Beéar

with me,

W) to disprovz, zufammengezogen von fo dis-

approve.

x) flec, zufammengezogen von fi fleed,

geoort alfo zur erften Conjugation Not. v, pag.

366. Infinitivus fo flee, flichen,

Es darf nicht

verwechielt werden. m1t to ﬂy, ﬂew, flown,

fliegen,

S,

s,

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

389

5

My héart is in the Offin here with Cae-

ar,

4

And I muft paufe,

till it come back to

prea)

foy,

me,

1. Pleb.: Methinks,

there is mueh réafon in

VaS g

his fayings,

1s;

e, Pleh, Mark’d ye his words? he would not

take the crown ;

ma,

Thérefore ’tis cértain,

he was not ambi-~

ht B

tious,

X PIQ

If it be found fo, fome will dear abla

it 1

de it

3. Pl

Poor {oul!

his eyes are red as ftire

yithout

with weeping

2+ Pl

There’s not a nobler man in Rime

mou

than Antony

NOW mark him, he begins to fpeak.

4. Pl,

il

Ant. But yéfterday the word of Caefar might

Have ftood againft the world

ROw ligs

| B

he there,

And néne {o poor to do him réverence,

O mafters! If I were drsposd ta {¥ir

Your héarts and minds to miitiny and

age,

od-s‘

nﬁ?f )

1 fhould do Brutus wrong and Cail

L g

picht

wrong,

Who, you all know, are hénourable

fowth

men,

Ly

\

390 Scénes’ froﬁ ?uliw Caefar. -

theni wron

I will not do

- chufe

g; 1 rather

To wrong the déad, to wrong myfelf

and you,

Than I will wrong {uch hénourable men,

But hére’'s a parchment, With the feal of

Caefar,

¥ fSund It-Sn his eldfet; 'ts: his wills:

Let but the commons héar this téftament,

4P

(Which pardon me I do not médn to

réad;

And they would go and kifs déad Caefar’s

A,

wounds,

And dip their nipkins in his facred bléod;

Yéa beg a'hair of him for mémory,

And dying, méntion it within their wills,

Bequeathing it as a rich légacy,

&

Udte their iffue,

4]

4 Pleb., We’ll héar the will : Réad it Mark

4l

Antony.

All, The will, the will: — We will héar

Caefar’: will,

Ant. Have patience, gentle friénds, 1 muft

L4

v

not réad it;

It is not méet, you know how Caefar

lov'd you,

You are not wood, you are not ftones,

but men;

P

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

391

het

And béing men, hearing the will of Cae-

ar,

myle

It will inflime you, it will make you

ma

le men,

*Tis good, you know not that you are

foal of

his héirs ;

For if you {hould, o what would come

yill

of it?

famen

4. Pleb. Read the will ,

we will hear 1t

edn {0

Antony ;

You f{hall réad us the will;

Caefar's wills

hefir’s

Ant.,

Will you be patient? will you ftay a

while 2

ldod

I have o’erfhot myfelf, to tell you of i

f

I féear, I wrong the hénourable men,

yil

Whofe dag ers have ftibb’d Caefar: I do

féar it,

4. Pl

They were traitors: Hénourable men!

All,

The will! the téftament!

/

Yk

2. P/, They were villains, murderers

The

hea

will !

Réad the will!

Ed

mff ¢

Ant,

You will compél ‘me then to read the

will 2

elat

Then make a ring about the corpfe of

Caefar,

1168

And let me fhow you him that made the

will,

392

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

Shall T defcénd? and will you give me

leave 2

All., Come down,

(He cémes dewen from the

2, Pl Defcénd.

pélgit)

You fhall have léave

3. Pl

40 Plo

A ring, ftand round,

1.‘Pl. Stand from the y) héarfe ftand from

the b6dy.

Aut.. ¥ you have tiars, prepire to fhed

them now.

You all do know this mantle: I remém-

ber

The firft time éver Caefar put it on;

*Twas on a {immers évening, in his tent,

That day he overcame the Nervii, —

Look! in this plice, ran Caffius digger

through ¢

See what a rent the énvious Cafca made:

Through this the well beloved Brutus

ftabb’d,

And, as he pliick’d his curfed fhéel away,

Mark how the bléod of Caefar féllow’d

3t 4

Y) hearfe, die Babrel

oo,

Scérze: from Fulius Caefar.

393

give me

‘As rif hmg out of dbors to be refolv’ d,

If Brutus fo uukindly knock’d, or no;

For Brutus, as you know, Was Caefars

angel ;

fromth

Jbdge, o you gods! how dearly Caefar

lov’d him!

This was the moft unkindeft cut of all

For when the noble Caefar faw him {tab,

and from

Ingratitude more ftrong than traxtors

arms,

{

to fhed

Quite vinquifh’d him: then burft his

femeit-

mighty héart:

And in his mantle muffling vp his face,

on;

Even as the bafe of Pompeys ftatue,

Which all the while ran blood

gréaf

s

Caefar fell,

i, =

O, what a fall was there, my country-

g

men!

Then 1 and 'you and all of us fell ddwn,

Whilft bloody tréafon fléurifh’d over us,

i

O now you weep; and, I percéive, you

feel

| i)

The dint of pity : thefe are gricious

v’

drops.

Kmd fouls, what, weep you, when ym:a

but behold

Qur Caefar’s véfture wuunded‘? Look yom

cre !

s

304 Scénes fz?oin Fulius Cae!ézr.

'Here is himfelf, marr'd as you fee, by

traitors,

1. Pl. O piteous fpettacle

o Pl

O noble Caefar

o]

v

Pl, O woeful day!

:

Pi,

O traitors, villains!

1.

Pl O moft bloody fight!

2.4

Pl

We will be revéng’d: revénge: about,

— féek, burn - « fire, - - kill, z) flay

- - let not a traitor live,

.

Aut

Stay Cbuntrymen, —

1. Pl. Peéace there, héar the noble Agtonly.

Fo

2. P, We’ll héar him, we’ll follow him,

we’ll dle with him,

A

Ant, Good friénds, fywoet friends, let me not

ftir you up

| To fuch a {idden

fléod of miiting, '

»

They , that have déne this déed are hé-

N

nourable :

What privatg griéfs they have, alds, [

know not,

That made them do it; they are wife and

hénourable,

—

z) to flay, umbringen;

Tmperf, /leL& s Part,

Pafl, flain, fur /layen ode

borum.

t flaien , gehort aifo

zur dritten Klafle der Ver

P

cenes from Guiius Caciar.

395

And wﬂl no doubt Wlth réafons anfwer

fie, by

you.

I cbme not, friénds, to ftéal away your

héarts ;

1 am no é6rator as Brotus is:

1

But, as you know me all, a plain blunt

man,

pe! abol

That love my friénd ; and that they know

full well

7)1l

That give me publick léave to fpéak of

him,

Antony,

For I have néither writ nor words, nor

worth,

w him,

A&mn nor utterance, nor the power of

him

{péech,

e 00

To fiir men’s blood; I énly fpeak right

on

J

I tell -you that

hich you yourfelves

gte bo

do know;

Show you f{weet Caefar’s wounds, poor,

is [

poor, dumb mouths !

And bid them fpéak for me, But were I

o and

Brutus,

And Brutus Antony, there were an An-

tony

Would ruffle up your fpirits and put 2

Parf.

tongue

¢ al

e

396

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

In évery wound of Caefar,

that {hould

9 Pl

move

A,

The fténes of Rome to raife and mutmy,

4

All

We 'll mitingy —

A, |

3. Pl,

We’ll burn the houf’e of Brutus.

3. P/, Away then, come féek the confplra-.

tors,

Ant

Yet héar me céuntrymen, yet héar me

{peak,

All. Péace, ho! Heéar Antony, moft m‘)ble

Antony,

Ant

Why, friends, you go to do, you know

To

not

what,

Her

Wherem hath Caefar thus deférv’d Vour

16ves?

1P

Aljs , you know not.

I muft tell you

then, —

"You have forgot the will, I tdld you of,

All, Moft triie; — the will, — a) let’s ftay,

and héar the will

%P

LAnt,

Here is the will

and under Caefar’s

3P

féal

4P

To évery Roman citizen he gives

To évery féveral man twénty five drach-

mas

Ant

a) let’s fur Jet ws,

P

7

if

Scénes from Fulius Caefar.

397

Moft noble Caefar!

t {houl

o, Pl.

Ant,

Héar me with patlence.

§ mutio

All,

Péace, ho!

Ant. More oOver, he hath left yon all his

11

Walks,

Lo

His private arbours, and new planted

“Orchards,

On this fide Tiber:

he hath left them

heat me

you,

noft a8

And to your heirs for éver; cémmon

pléafures,

ot know

To walk abroad, and récreate yourfelves,

Here was a Caefar:

When comes {uch

"4 your

anOther ?

¢

P!

Néver, néver: come, awiy, awiys

- tell oo

‘We’'ll burn his bady in the holy place,

And with the brands fire all the triitor’s

g you ol

houfes,

Tiake up the bbdy.

et's 10

il

Wi

ll

2. Pl

Go, fetch fire

Pluck down benches

ao{ar §

3. P

4 Pl

Pluck down forms, windows, 4ny

thing,

(Exeunt Plebeians with the body.)

4 dh(:h

Ant

Now let it work :

Mischief thou art

a féot

Take thou what colirfe thou wilt !.— How

now , féllow?

e

398

Scenes from Fulius Caefar,

Enter a fervant.

Serv, OCavius is alr€ady come to Rome

Ant

Where is he 2

Serv.

He and Lepidus are at Caefar’s houfe,

Ant, And thither will I firaight,

to vifit

N

him

The

He cémes upén a wilh,

Fortune is

Stey

meérry,

Wher

And in this mood will give us any thing,

Serv, T héard him fay , Brutus and Caffius

Int

Are rid, like midmen, through the gates

Or vice

of Rome,

Ant. Behkﬁ: they had fome nétice of the

Ot

people,

By o

How I had mbv’d them,

Bring me to

Summ

O&avius,

Yout

(Exeunt,)

As

For

Reti

Sep f

Mg

HlS W

Fay

T

399

ome

(T he ;.chbice of Hercules,

s houle,

to vi

Now héd fhe fon of Jove méture, attaiﬁ’d

The joyful prime: when youth, elate and gay,

tone 1

Steps into life; and follows unreftrain’d

Where paffion leads, or prudence_ points ‘th'e

Uy thiﬂg'

\Vazlo

Cafins

In the pure mind, at thofe ambiguous years,

be itts

Or vice, rgnk weed, firft ftrikes her poistous

‘root;

of e

Or héply virtues op'ning bud appears

By juft degrees, fair bloom of faireft fruits

Summer {hall ripen what the Spring began;

;mek‘

Youth’s generous fires will glow more con=

ftant in the man,

As on a day, reflefting on his age

For higheft deeds now ripe, Aicides {ought

Retirement ; nurfe of contemplation fage;

Step following ftep, and thought fucceeding

thought,

Mufing with fteady pace the youth purfu'd

His walk ; and loft in meditation ftay’'d

Far in a lonely vale with {olitude

4Co

The choice of Hevculesi

Converfing ; while intent his mind furvey’d

Hes

The dubious path of life: Before him lay

A vef

Here, virtuous rough afcent, there pleafure’s —

flow'ry way,

Aug

Setene

~ Much did the view lelde his wavermg mmd'

Now glowd his breaft with generous thirft of

Stil

fame;

Now ]ove of eafe to fofter thought inclin’d

More

Ple

H1s y1eld1ncr foul

and quench’d the rifing

flame,

Majett

When lo! far off two female forms he fpies,

Direft to him their fteps they feem to b)bear:

The 4

Both large and tall exceeding human fize,

Both far exceeding human beauty, fair.

Bll bo

And

Graceful, yet each with different grace they

moves:

The

This ﬁnkmg facred awe; that fofter winning

1ove.

Al

Ligh

The firfk in native dignity furpafs’d ;

Th

Artlefs and unadorn’d {he pleas’d the more:

Helgh

Health

P il

b) to bear, bore, boren oder abgekiirzt born,

e) 1)

gehort zur dritten Conjugation “nach Not. Ve

Yoty

rJQ 3669

Uty

The choice of Hevcules,

401

rveyd

‘Health o ’er her looks a genuine luftre caft;

) Iy

A veft more white than new fall'n fnow fhe

Alites=

c) wore,

Augufc {he d) trod, gyet modeft was her

air ;

Serene her eye, yet darting heav’nly fire,

ing i

s ti of

- Still The drew near;

and nearer {till more

fair,

it incnd

More mild_,appéar’dz yet fuch as might,infi)ire

Pleafure corretted with an awful fear;

he il

Majeﬂically fweet, and amiably fevere.

he fpieS;

b beat:

" The other dame feem’d ev’n of. féirer hue;

afi ﬁze,

i

But bold her mien; unguarded lov’d her eye:

And her flufhd cheeks confefs’d at neare,

il ty

view

The bofrow’d bluf hes

of an artful dye,

; i}

All foft and delicate with airy {wim

Lightly fhe danc’d along; her robe betray’d

Thro’ the clear texture every tender limb,

nofeé:

Height’'ning the charms it\ only feem’d to {hade;

-

Heaﬁh

€) wear, wove, woren s or wWorn, wie in der

Zt bm’ﬂ!

vorigen Note,

d) to tread, trod, trodden,

No{, i

treten, gehort wieder zur dritten Conjugation,

Ce

402

The choice of Hevcules.

s

And as it flow’d adown, fo loofe and thin,

Her ftature {hewd more tall

more {nowy-

Rov

white her {kin,

Smoot

W

Oft with a fmile fhe view’d hérfelf afkance;

Leave

Ev'n on her fhade a confcious look fhe

threw ;

Then all around her caft a carelefs glance,

To mark what gazing eyes her beauty drew.

Th

As they came near before that other maid

Approaching decent eagerly {he prefs’d

All th

With hafty ftep; nor of repulfe afraid

The wondring’ youth with freedom bland ad-

drefs’d :

Al

W1th winning foftnefs on his neck fhe

hyng ;

To &

Th

Sweet as the honey -dew flow’d her enchan-

ting tongue,

Fitt

Dear Hercules, whence this unkind delay?

The

Dear youth

what doubts can thus diftract

thy mind ?

e

Secure]} follow , where [ lead the ways;

And range thro’ wilds of pleafure unconfin'd.

Joy

With me retire from noife, and pain and

care;

The chosce of Hevcules,

403

and thi,

Embath’d in blifs, and wrapt in endlefs eafe:

Rough is the road to fame, thro’ blood and

e Tnowy

war 3

1,

Smoo';h is my way, all my paths are peace,

With me retire from toils and perils free;

ol ey

Leave honour to the wretch! Pleafures were

ook {k

made for thee,

glantt

ity drevs

Then will I grant thee all thy foul’s de-

et i

{ire;

(!

All that may charm thine ear, and pleafe thy

id,

fight

and ade

All that thy thought can frame, or wifh

require,

veck [

To fteep thy ravifh'd fenfes in delight,

The fumptuous feaft, enchanc’d with mufic’s

el

'

found; -

Fitteft to tune the melting foul to love:

Rich odours breathing choiceft {weets arounds

The fragrant bow’r cool fountain, f{hady

delay?

grove:

fifrft

Frefh flowers,

to ftrew - thy couch and

crown thy head,

way j

Joy {hall attend thy fteps, and eafe {hall {mooth

oufl

thy bed,

in 4

Cc 2

The choice of Hevcules,

404

Thefe will I freely conftantly fupply:

Heed

Sta

Pleafures not earn’d with toil, nor mix’d with

WOE

Tob

Far from thy reft repining want h hall fly;

Nor labour bathe in fweat thy careful brow.

Mature the copious harveft fhall be thine

Let the firong hind fubdue the ftubborn foil :

Leave the rafh {foldier fpoils of war to

win ;s

By

(She

Won by the foldier thou fhalt' fhare the

Co

fpoil :

- Thefe fofter cares my bleft allies employ,

Wich

to wifh and to

New pleafures to invent;

enjoy,

Ty

The youth her winning voice attentive

Promi

caught :

He gaz'd 1mpatlent on the fmiling maid;

WV

then her name be-

Stlll gaz'd and liften'd :

fought

Noy

fhe

R

My name, fair youth, is Happinefs ¢,

{aid.

Thy

Well can my friends: this envy’d truth

maintain ¢

they beft can fpeak

s They fhare, my blifs

my praife ;

5 ¥ho' { lander call me Sloth — detraéhon

Vam !

&)y

len

P

i

Zhbe choice of Hevcules.

405

Ji

Heed not what flander vain detrattor fays;

xd with

~Stander ftill prompt true merit to defame;

TO blot the brighteft worth, and blaft the

hl

faireft fame,**

A

e thine,

o foll;

war

By this arriv’d the fair majeftic maid

(She all the while with the fame modeft pace,

hare

Compos’d advanc'd.)

Know, Hercules,

{he faid

plO}’,

With manly tone,

sthy birth of heavn’ly

and to

race ;

that

lov’d infiruétion’s

Thy tender age,

voice,

brave and

tentve

Promis’d thee generous,

patient

wife;

When manhood fhould confirm thy glorious

id;

choice

jme be

Now expeftation waits to fee thee rife,

Rife, youth! exalt thyfelf and me; approve

fhe

Thy high defcent from heav’n, and dare be

worthy e) Jove,

fruth

[tk

Hier ift um des Metrums wil-

afthIl

e) worthy syove.

len die Praepofition of hinweg gelafien,

The choice ‘of H’;arcules.

406

In

But what truth prompts, my"tongué{f hall

not disguife

Jor he

Thef fteep afcent muft be with toil fubdu’d:k

Watchings and cares muft win the lofty

prize,

Propos’d by héav’n; true blifs and real good.

We

Honour rewards the brave and bold alone;

She fpurns the timorous, indolent and bafe:

Danger and toil ftand ftern before her throne;

In at

Fit

And guard, ({fo Jove commands) the facred

place,

To ex

Who f{eeks her, muft the mighty coft fui’cain.,

The

And pay the price of fame; labour and care

T yat

and pain,

Con

Seorcl

Th

s Wouldft thou e;ngag.ez the gods peculiar

care 2

Vlg

0‘ Hercules, th'immortal powers adore !

With a pure heart, with facrifice and

pray’r

Attend their altars: and their aid implore,

Or wouldft thou gain thy country’s loud

applaufe,

(4

Lov'd as her father, as her god ador’d?

\

Be thou the bold affertor of her caufe;

Her voice in council; in the fight, her fwotd,

Tu

2

4

The choice of Hevcules.

407

In peace in war, purfue thy country’s

gue {1l

good :

ubdo'd

For her bare thy bold breaft

and pour thy

gen’rous blood

fe oty

] ool

Wouldft thou, to quell the prond and lift

d alone,

th’oppreft

d bal

In arts of war and matchlefs firenoth excel 2

to

throne;

Flr{’c conquer thou thyfelf,

To eafe,

e ficred

reft,

’Io each foft thought of pleafure bid farewel

foftain,

The night alternate due to {weet repofe,

gnf (e

In watches wafte; in painful march the day:

Congeal’d amidft the rigorous winter's fnows;

Scorch’d by the {fummers thirft - inflaming ray.

Thy harden’d limbs fhall boaft fuperior

mights

pecuhar

Vigour fhall brace thine arm, refiftlefs in the

fight, ¢

¢ and

Hearft thou what monfters then thou muft

7]

engage ;

{oud

( Abrupt fays {loth,) , What toils {he bld’s

thee pxove

What endlefs toils 2

Tl fit thy tender age

Tumult and war; fit age for joy and love

W()fdo

403

The choice of Hevcules.

To

Turn gentle youth, to me, to love and joy!

To thefe | lead ;: no monfters here {hall ftay

Hles £

for

Thine ealy courfe; no cares thy peace annoy;

| | lead to blifs a nearer {moother Way,

Nor {

Short is my way; fair eafy, {mooth and

Tk

plain !

Turn gentle youth ! with me eternal pleafures

In du

reign, ¢

The

From

s» What pleafures, wvain miftaken wretch ate

thine !

( Virtue Wlth fcorn reply'd) ,,who f ]eepfc in

eafe

Fron

,,Inf‘enfate whofe foft limbs the toil decline

Tlows

That feafons blifs, and makes enjoyment pleafe,

Ay

Draining the copious bowl

ere thirft re-

i

quire ;

Sley

Feafting ere hunger to the feaft invite:

Whofe taftelefs joys anticipate defire;

Whom luxury f{upplies with appetite:

Hu

Yet nature loaths;

and thou employﬂ: in-

vain

Varlety and art to conquer her disdain

F

To

The fparkling neftar, coold with fummer

F

fDOWS,

Rej

The dainty board, with choiceft viands fpre %,

ST,

/

The choice of Hevcules,

409

nd jo

To thee are taftelefs all! Sincere repofe

[ oy

Flies from thy flow’ry couch, and downy bed

oy,

For thou art only tir'd with indolence:

Nor f{leep with felf - rewarding toil haft bought;

i and

Th’imperfect {leep,

that lulls thy Ianguxd

fenfe

Jeafires

In dull oblivious interval of thought:

That kindly {teals th’inaétive hours away

From the long ling'ring fpace that lengthens

out the day,

h ate

:epft in

From bounteous nature unexhaufted ftores

decline

Flows the pure fountain of fincere delights

pleaf&

Averfe from her, gyou wafte the ‘joylefs

it e

hours;

Sleep drowns thy days,

and riot rules thy

night

Immortal though thou art, indignant Jove

Hurld thee from heaven, th’ 1mmortals bhfsful

fin

place;

For ever banifh’d from the realms above,

To dwell on earth

with man’s degenerate

race :

Fitter abode! On earth alike disgrac’d;

mine

Re]e&ed by the wife and by the foo/ emb-

rac’d,

1621

The choice of Hercules.

410

Fond wretch, that vainly weeneft all delight

@

To gratify the fenfe referv’d for thee!

Yet the moft pleafing objett to the fight

They

Thine own fair aétion never didft thou fee.

Tho' lullld with fofteft founds thou lieft

along;

B

Soft mufic, warbling voices, melting lays

Neer didft thou hear, more figeet than {wwee-

Me,

teft fong

Charming the foul,

thou ne’er didft hear thy

Re

Al

praife,

No — to thy revels let the fool repair

Cor

To fuch, go fmooth thy fpeech;

and {pread

thy tempting fnarc.

In upj

Ny

The

Vaft happinefs enjoy thy gay allies!

A youth of foliies; an old age of cares

The

Young yet enervate; old yet never wife;

Vice waftes their vigour, and their mind im-

*

pairs,

Vain idle delicate, in thoughtlefs eafe,

N

Referving woes for age, their prime they

L

fpend ;

Hunl

All wretched hopelefs , in the evil days,

L

With forrow to the verge of life they tend.

Sy

S,

The choice of Hevcules.

411

| delih

Griev’d with the prefent ;

of the paft

I

af ham’d

i

They live and are defpis’d: they die, nor more

00 1664

are nam’'d

oo fed

[

But W1th the gods, and god-like men [

Jus

dwell ;

an fiet

Me, his fupreme delight, th’almighty Sire

feat th

4

|

Regard’s well pleas’d Whatever works excel

All, or divine, or human, I infpire,

Counfel with ftrength

and induftry with

all

art,

fyrend

In union meet conjoin’d, with me refide:

1€

My dittates arm, inftruct and mend the

heart,

The fareft policy the wifeft guide,

Wxth me true friend{hip dwells: fhe deigns

to bend

()

Thofe generous fouls alone, whom I before

W I{Ie )

have join'd

nd im

b

Not need my friends the wvarious coftly

feaft ;

e (he

Hunger to them th'effelts of art fupplies:

Labour prepares their weary limbs to reft

dﬂ lSy

Sweet is their {leep ; light, chearful firong they

% tend

rife,

L3

The choice of Hevcules,

412

Thlo health thro’ joy,

thro pleafule and

Th

renown,

They tread my paths, and by a foft defcent,

Swe

At length to age all gently finking down,

The

Look back with transport ‘on a life well fpent:

Throt

In which no hour flew unimprov’d away;

Slot

In which fome generous deed diftinguifh’d

Unve

every day.

Fa

So fi

And when. the defcm’d term at length com-

pleat,

Their afhes reft in peace; eternal fame

No

Sounds wide'their praife:

i 4 rmmphant over

fate,

Mafks

In facred fong for ever lives their name,

This, Hercules, is happinefs! Obey

Leay

My voice and live,

Let thy celeftial birth

Lift and enlarge thy thoughts,

Behold the

v ¢

ks

way,

That leads to fame, and raifes thee from earth

Her W

Wi

Immortal ! Lo! I gunide thy fteps. Arife,

Purfue the glorious path

and claim thy na-

tive f{kies,*

And

W

Her words breathe fire celeftial and impart

NOW

New vigour to his foul; that fudden caught

T,

The choice of Hevcules.

413

e and

The generous flame; With great intent his

heart

defoent,

Swell full ; and labours with exalted thought:

down,

The mift of error from his eyes dispell’'d, «

I fenk

Through all her fraudful arts in cleareft light

J away

Sloth in her native form he now be}}eld

nguith

Unveild fhe ftood confeft before his fight ;

Falfe Siren! — All her vaunted charms,

that {hone

So frefh erewhile and fair;

now wither’d

h com

pale and gone,

| ovet

No more the rofy bloom in {weet disguife

Mafks her diffembled lcoks:

each borrowd

grace

[+

Leaves her wan cheeks ; pale hcknefs clouds

her eyes

b

Livid and funk, and paffions dim her face

d te

As when fair Iris has a while display’d

earth

Her watry arch, with gaudy ‘painture gay;

While yet we gaze,

the glorious colours

ife

1%

fade,

And from our wonder gently fteal away:

Where { hone the beautous phantom erft fo

bright,

Now low rs the low - hung cloud; all gloomy

;par {

to the fight,

it

414

Zhe choice of Edevcules,

But virtue more engaging all the while,

He f

Disclos’d new charms;

more lovely, more

{erene;

Ty

. Beaming {weet influence.

A milder {mile

Soften’d the terrors of her lofty mien,

(tow:

Lead goddefs, I am thine! (transported

cry'd

Alcides ;) 4, O propitious pow’r thy way

Teach me! pqﬂ'efs my foul; be thou my

guide:

From thee, o never let me ftray !

While ardent thus the youth his vows ad-

dreft;

With all the goddefs fill'd already glow’d his

breaft,

The heav’nly maid, with ftrength diving

endu’d

there all her pow’rs com-

His daring foul;

bin’d:

‘Firm conftancy , undaunted fortitude,

Enduring patience ;-arm’d his -mighty mind,

Unmov’d in toils in dangers undismay’d,

By many a hardy deed and bold emprize,

From fierceft monfters , thro’iher pow’rful

aid,

P N

f’ be choice of Hevcules.

418

hiley

He freed the earth:

thro’ her he gain’dr the

- mote

{kies,

’Twé§ virtue plac’d

him in the blefs'd aboa

{nile

de;

Crown’d with eternal youth: among the gods,

nsported

a god,

yay

hou 1

fs ads

‘V"d his

{iyine

CoMm*

'md~

i

76;

il

Some

416

b 2

i

The

Can 1

Some paffages of Milt‘()t‘l’;s‘

What

paradife loft.

And

A Tpéech of Satan from the firft book,

Who

Is this the }region, this the f;oil, the clime,

Ve |

Said then the loft f) archangel, this the feat

Hete

That we muft change for heaven, this mourn-

Here

ful gloom

To 1

Better

For that celeftial light? Be it {o, fince he

Who now is fov’rgign'c,an/ difpofe and bid

What {hall be right: fartheft from him is beft,

!

Whom reafon equall’d, force hath made fu-

preme

Above his equals, Farewell happy fields,

Hail

Ot ¢

Where joy for ever dwells! Hail horrors!

hail

1\*1ay

Infernal world, and thou profoundeft hell

And

Receive thy new poffeflor; one who brings

) D

A mind not to be chang’d by place or time,

The

Bl‘fgh

KA

Of he

o

Who

f )'archangel , in diefem Wort wird dés ch

ausnahmsweife wie £ ausgefprochen, fo wie

beinahe in allen Wortern griechifcher Abftam-

musg,

8 d

Some paﬁ?yges of lez'on’s pnma’ ife loﬂ 417

The mind is its own place and in itfelf

ons

Can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heaven,

What matter where, if I be fill the fame,

And what I {hould be, all but lefs than he

ft b

Whom thunder hath made greater? here at

leaft

' Cllme;

We fhall be free; th’almighty hath not buxlt

Here for his envy, will not dtive us hence ¢

he fa

5 mout

Here we may feign fecure; and in my choice

To reign is worth ambition tho' in hell ;

¢ e

Better to treign in hell than ferve in heaven,

| bid

is beft

An addrefs to light from the third

book,

node f

Hail holy light, offfpring of heavn firftboin,

eld

Or of th’eternal coeternal beam

foro!

May 1 exprefs thee unblamd? fince god is

S

light,

Jell

And never but ih unapproached hghﬁ

brings

-

¢) Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee,

e

Bright effluence of bright effence increate,

The

Or hearft thou father putre effential ftream,

Whofe fountam who fhall tell 2 before the

{un,

i 0

‘ 0 W]C

pplap

g) dweit , fur dwelled, Siehe Nota v, p, 366;

Dd

418

Some paffages out of

Before the heav’'ns thou wert

and. at the

i) on

voice

Of god as with a mantle didft inveft

Thee,

The mhng world of waters dark and deep

That

Won from the void and formlefs mﬁmte.

Thee I revifit now with bolder wing

Night

Efcap’d the ftygian pool, though long detam d

Thofe

In that obfcure fojourn: while in my flight

S0 w

ThrouOh utter and through middle darknefs

Bling

born

And

With othér notes than to th’ orphean lyre

Then

I fumr of Chaos and eternal night,

Harmo

h) lauoht by the heav’'nly mufe to venture

Sings ¢

i

down

Tuneg

The datk defcent, and up to reafcend,

Tho* hard and rare,

Thee 1 revifit fafe,

Seafo

And feel thy fov'reign vital lamp: but thou

Day,

Revifit'ft not thefe eyes, that woll in vain

Or §

To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn;

Or {

So thick a drop ferene hath quench’d their

By

orbs,

Surtg

Or dim f{uffufion veil’d

Yet not the more

Ceafe 1 to wander, where the mufes haunt,

Clear {pring or {hady grove, or funny hill

1) [

h) taught, Part, Pafl. von to teach, nach der

Inity,

Von ¢

zweiten Conjugation,

Miltons paradife loff,

419

| ot dhe

i) Smit with the love of facred fong: but

chief

Thee, Sion, and the flow'ry brooks beneath

deep

That wafh t;hy hailow’d feet, and warblin

1]

flow

b

o

Nightly I vifit: nor fome

times“ forget

tiin'

Getain

Thofe other two equal'd with me in fate,

/ ﬂlght

So were I equal'd with them in renown,

atlaels

Blind Thamyris and blind Maconides,

And Tirefias, and Phineus , prophets old,

Iyre

Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move

Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful birds

renture

Sings darkling, and in {hadieft covert hid

Tunes he}' notturnal note, "I‘hps with the

year

Seafons return, but not to me returns

e,

it foo

Day, ot the {weet approach of ev’n or morn,

Or fight of vernal bloom ) or fummet’s rofe,

yan

damn;

Or flocks, or herds, or human face divines

i thei

But cloud inftead, and ever -during dark

Surrounds me; from th"é chea'rful ways of

men

016

i

il

i) fmit, oder fwitten, das Part, Pafl, von #o

Jmite, {chlagen; to be fmitten with fome thing,

von etwas eingenommen feyn,

g 06t

Ddo

|

Some paffages out of*

429

Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair

He fo

Prefented with an univerfal blank

His fa

Of nature’s works, to me expung’d and ras'd

Ablolp

And wisdom at one entrance guite {hut out,

Round

So much the rather thou celeftial light

Cluftri

Shine inward

and the mind through all her

She 25

powers

Her

Irradiate 3

there plant eyes,

all mift from

leShe\h

thence

7

ds the

Purge and difperfe; that I may: fee and tell

Subied

Of things invifible to moral fight

And by

Vielded

Defcription of our firft parents in their

And W

Nor o

ftate of innocence and Satans reflettions thereon,

from the fourth book

Then W

0f g

I'wo of far nobler! {hape ereft and tall

Sm b]‘e(

Godlike ereft; with native honour clad

In naked majefty feem'd lords of all,

Wity

And worthy feem’d; for in their looks divine,

The image of their glorious maker {hone,

A by

S”ﬂpl (it

‘Truth, wisdom, fan&itude fevere and pure,

Severe, but in true filial freedom plac'd

| fs'

Whence true authority in men

though both

Not egual, as their fex not equal feemd

0 god

b hag

For contemplation he and valour form’d

For foftnefs fhe and fweet attraftive grace;

Thy

leton’f pavadife lof?

421

oe fur

He for god only {he for god in him,

His fair large front and eye fublime declard

d s

Abfolute rule; and hyacinthine locks

it out,

Round from hlS parted forelock manly hung

1A

Cluftring , but not beneath his fhoulders broad,

She as a veil, down to the {lender waift

gll bet

Her unadorned golden trefles wore,

} from

Difshevel'd but in wanton ringlets wav'd,

As the vine curls her tendrils, which lmply’d

it

Subjection, but reqmrd with gentle fyay,

And by her yielded, by him beft receiv’d,

Yielded with coy {ubmiilion , modelt pride,

And f{weet relutant amorous delay,

fieit

Nor thofe my&emous parts were then' con-

hereofh

ceal’d }

Then was not guilty {hame, dlshoneﬁ £hame

Of nature’s works; honour dishonourable

\]'

Sin - bred ! how have ye troubled all mankind

With {hows inftead, mere {hows of feeming

pure,

qiviney

And banifh*d from man’s life bis happreﬁ life,

17

Simplicity and {potlefs innocence ?

)6y

nor {hunn'd the

So pafs’d they naked on,

1mnt

Of god or angel, fot they thought no ill:

| both

;

60 hand in hand they pals'd,

the lovelieft

p?lll‘

That ever fince in love’s embraces-met ;

(6

422

Some paffages out off

Adam the goodlieft man of men fince born

To 1

His fons, the faireft of her daughters Eve,

Under a tuft of fhade, that on‘a green

Hb

Infiny

Stood whifp'ring foft, by a frefh fountam

fide

His b

Gave

They fat them down: and after no more toil

Of their {weet gard'ning labour than fuffic'd

(ouc

‘and made eafe

To recommend cool ‘Zephyr,

More eafy, wholfome thirft and appetite

OY bl

Decl

More grateful , to their fupper fruits they fell,

Ne@arine fruits, which the compliant boughs

To tf

OF hea

Vielded them, fide - long as they fat reclined

On the foft downy bank, damaf k’d Wlth ﬂo-

When

\VEI,‘S.

e

The favoury pulp they chew, and in the rind

Still as they thirfted fcoop the brlmmmg

fiream }

Nor gentle purpofe, nor endearing fimiles

Tako

Wanted nor youthful dalliance as befeems

Crey

Fair couple, link’d in happy mutual league,

Not

Alone as they,

About frif king play’d

All beafts of th'earth

fince wild, and of all

LItUe

Wi

chafe,

In wood or wildernefs, foreft er den.

I th

Sporting the lion ramp’d, and in his paw

Dandled the kid; bears tigers, ounces, pards,

The

Gambol’d before them , th'unwieldy elephant

R | Ahg

P Y

Milton’s pavadife loff

423

horn

To make them mirth us’d all his m:ght and

wreath’ d

Eive,

0

His lithe probofcis; clofe the ferpent fly

"

ountain

Infinuating . wove wi‘h gordian twine

His braided train, and of his fatal guil

ote tol

Gave proof unheeded: others on the grafs

Couch’d, and now fill'd with palture, gazing

oficd

o elle

fat,

'

fe

Or bedward ruminating: for the fun

clin’d was hafting now with prone career

oy Tell

houohs

To th'ocean isles, and in th’afcending fcale

Of heav’n the ftars that ufher evening rofe:

oclined

When Satan ftill in gaze, as firft he ftood

th flo

Scarce thus' at length fail'd fpeech recover’d

{ad,

Yo find

i

O hell what do mine eyes with guef be-

hold!

s

Into our room of blifs thus hmh advanc'd

ems

Creatures of other mold earth-born perhaps,

9008

Not fpirits, yet to heav'nly {pirits bright

Little inferior; whom my thoughts purfue

of t

With wonder,

and could love,

{o lively

{hines

In them divine refemblance, and {fuch grace]

W

The hand that form’d them on their {hape hath

pard5$

pour’d.

Phaﬂﬁ

Ah gentle pair, ye little think how mgh

424

Some paflages out of

Your change approaches

when all thefe de-

el

lights

Honor

Will vanifh, and deliver you to woe

By o

More woe,

the more your tafte is now of

Joy

To q

Happy , but for fo happy ill fecur’d

Long to contmue, and’ this high feat your

heav'n

Mo

11 fenc'd for heav’'n, to keep out fuch a foe

As now is enter'd: yet no purpos’d foe

Thefe

Alm s

To you, whom T could pity thus forlorn,

Though I unpitigd. League with you I feek

Thus

And mutual amity {o firait, fo clofe,

That [ with vou muft dwell

or you with

Lnfpeak

me

TO U8

Henceforth : my dwelling haply may not pleafe

In the

Like this fair paradife, your fenfe, yet fuch

Thy [

Accept your maker’s work; he gave it me,

Which I as freely give: Hell fhall unfold

Speal

To entertain you two, her wideft gates,

Angg

And fend forth all her kmgs' there will be

And

Cire

room,

!

Not 11ke thefe narrow hrmts to receive

On 8

Hin

Your numerous offfpring : if no better place,

Thank him who puts me loath to this revenge

Faire

On you, whao wrong me not for him who

wrong’d,

If b

Sure

And fhould I at your harmlefs innocence

S,

Milton’s pavadife loft,

4

£

3

hele doe

Melt, as 1 do, Vet public reafon Juﬁ:

Honour and empire with revenge enlargd

By conqu’ring this new world

compels' me

0y of

now

To do what elfe, though damn’d.I fhould

abhor

yout

Morning — prayer of our firft parents,

ch a foo

Thefe are thy glorious works, parent of good !

foe

Almighty! thine this univerfal frame;

Jorn,

Thus wondrous fair

thyfelf how Wondrous

[ feck

then!

Unfpeakable! who fitft above thefe heav’ns,

o with

To us invifible, or dimly feen

In thefe thy loweft works: yet thefe declare

it ple

fih

Thy goodnefs beyond thought

and pow’r

divine,

f 06,

HfOlds

Speak ye who beft can tell, ye fons of light

Angels! for ye behold him, and with fongs

b5

vill be

And choral {fymphonies, day without night

Circle ‘his throne rejoicing: ye in heav’n

On earth join all ye creatures to extol

ye

Him firfk, him laft

bim midft and W1thout

plaC&

end!

N

evengd

Faireft of ftars, laft in the train of night

1 Whﬂ

If better thou belong not to the dawn,

Sure pledge of day, that crown'ft the fmlhng

06

morp

At

426

Some pzfﬂ?zges ot of

With thy bright circlet

pra1fe him in thy

Orv

fphere

Rifin

While day arifes, that {weet hour of prime,.

Hl.s p

Thou fun of this great world both eye and

. foul,

Breal

Acknowledge him thy greater, found his pralfe

In thy eternal courfe, both when thou climbft,

With

Foup

And when high noon haft gain'd, and when

“thoun fall'ft,

Melod

Noon that now meet'ft the orient fun, now

Join

fly ft,

That

fix’d in their orb that

Wlth the fix’d ftars,

Bear ¢

flies ;

And ye five other wand ring fires, that move

Ye

In myftic dance not without fong, refound

'Ihe |

His praife, who out of darknefs call'd up light

Witn

Air, and ye elements, the eldeft birth

To}

Of nature’s - womb that in quaternion run

Made

Perpetual circle, multiform, and mix

Hail

And nourifh all things, let your ceafelefs

To§

change

Haye

Vary to our great maker ftill new praife,

DISpe

Ye mifts and exhalations that now rife

From hill or fteaming lake, dufky or gray,

Till the fun paint our fleery (kirts with gold

In honour to the world’s great author rife;

Whether to deck with clouds th’uncolour’d

fky

P

J—

Milton’s pavadife loft

27

in thy

Or wet the thirfty earth with falling {howers,

Rifling or falhqg ftill advance his praife,

iy

His praife, ye: Wmds, that from four quarters

blow

ye

Breathe foft or loud; and wave your tops ye

5 prm

pines,

Jimbft,

With every plant, in {ign of worfhip wave,

when

Fountains and ye, that warble, as ye flow,

Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praife,

now

Join voices, all ye living fouls, ye birds,

That finging up to heaven gate afcend,

) tha

Bear on your wings and in your notes his

praife,

move

Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk

LOUFd

‘The earth, and ftately tread, or lowly creeps

plgd

Witnefs if I be filent, morn or even,

To hill or valley, fountain, or frefh fhade

i

Made vocal by my fon

and taught his praife,

Hail univerfal lord! be bounteous ftill

alees

To give us only good; and if the night

Have gather’d ought of evil or conceal’d

Disperfe it, as now light dispels the dark,

1y

g

b

rile

ourd

ST

428

9

A Bl

y Ja0

% Turn, gentle hermit of the ééle,

,» And guide my lonely way,

» But

,» To where yon taper cheers the yale

2

)

s With bhofpitable ray,

oA fc

b

., For here, forlorn and loft I tread,

,» With fainting ftep and {low ;

Then

,,Wh:eré wilds immeafurably fpread,

4

[l Man i

» Seem Iengthening as I go,

) N‘

5 Forbear my; fon , ¢ the hermit cries,

,» To tempt the dangerous gloom;

Soft ag

Hi

,, For yonder faithlefs phantom flies

The ¢

» 10 lurle thee to thy doom,

,»Here to the houfelefs child of want,

» My door is open ftill;

Far It

s And tho’ my portion is but fcant,

A f

1 givfe\ it with good will, "

» Then turn to night, an;i freely {hare

No ¢

» What e’er my cell beftows,

s My rulhy couch and frugal fare,

The \

s My bleffing and r.epf)feg

T,

429

4 Ballad, .

,» No flocks, that range the valléy free,

,s To flaughter T condemn :

5 Taught by that power that pities me,

I learn to 'pity them,

» But from the mountains grafly ‘ﬁde',

»» A guiltlefs feaft T bring,

» A fcrip with herbs and fruits fupply’d

;s And water from the fpring.

Then pilgrim turn, thy cares forego;

All earth - born cares are wrong

o Man wants but little here below,

» Nor wants that little long, ¢

Soft as the dew from heav’n defcends,

His gentle accents fell;

The modeft ftranger lowly bends,

And follows to the cell,

Far in a Wildefnefs obfcure

The lonely manfion lay,

A refuge to the neighbouring poof

And firangers led aftray,

Nb ftores beneath its humble thatch

Requir'd a mafter’s care;

The wicket opening with a latch,

Receiv’'d the hafmle()s pair,

439

Al

And now when bufy cro‘v.fds retire

To take their evening reft,

o An

The hermit trimm'd his little fire,

And cheer'd his penfive. gueﬁ;

And fpread his vegetable ftore, s

y Ang

And gaily preft and {mil'd

And {kill'd in legendary lore,

Al

The lingering hours beguil’d,

Around in {ympathetic mirth

o A

Its tricks the kitten tries,

.

The cricket chirraops, in the hearth}

Y On €4

The crackling faggot flies,

]

But nothing could a charm impart

9 For f

To footh the firangers woes;

yt

For grief was heavy at his heart,

Bﬂt, 1

And tears began to' flow,

His #i6inz chres. the-Hernis S

Surpn

With anfwering care oppreft :

§

lee (

And, ,, whence unhappy you’th , ¢ he cry'd

The forroz‘ezs of thy breaft?

s FrOm better habitation {purn’d

The

»s Reluétant doft thou rove;

»Or grieve for friend{hip uoreturn'd,

The !

4 Or unregarded love?

A Ballad.

43t

» Alas, the joys that fortune brmgs,

» Are trifling and deca_/,

3 And thofe who prize the paltry thmgs,

s More tuﬂmg ftill than they.-

ss And zhat is friend{hip but a name,

s»» A charm that lulls to fleep;

y A fhade, that follows wealth or fame,

» But leaves the wretch to weep 2

s And love is ftill an' emptier found

» The modern fair one’s jeft

5»On earth unfeen, or only found

» 10 warm the turtle’s neft

s For fhame, fond youth, thy fortows hush

» And fputn the fex,* he faid}

But, while he fpoke, a filing blufh

His love lorn gueft betray’d

Surpriz’d he fees new beauties rife

Swift mantling to the view,

Like colours o’er the morning {Kkies,

yd

As bright, as tranfient too,

The bashful look, the rifing breaft

Alternate fpread alarms,

The lovely ftranger ftands confef}

A maid in all her charms,

432%

A Ballad

And, ,,ah forgive a {tranger rude,

”

The

A wretch forlorn {he ery'd

y1h

Whofe feet unhallow'd thus intrude

y Conle

,»» Where heaven and gou refide,

y 10

But let a maid thy pity {hare,

The de

Whom love has taught to ftray;

Wit

»» Who feeks for reft, but finds defpair

Their

/

s Compamon of her way.

The;

,,My father liv'd befide the Tyne,

F()i' fh

s A wealthy lord was he;

Impc

oy And all his wealth was mark’d as mine,

And wj

s» He had but only me,

I [t

»» To win me from his tender arms,

il qui

,s Unnumber’d fuitors came;

He 1e

s Who prais’d me for imputed charms,

] And f

» And felt or feign'd a flame:

”hl

But

, Each hour a mercenary crowd

» With richeft proffers ftrove:

% A

, Among the reft young Edwin bow'd

I

4» But never talk’d of love,

) Am

5o In humble fimpleft habit ¢lad

nlnd

s»s No wealth nor power had he;

sl

he had

«s Wisdom and worth were all

!s)] \ig

s But thefe were all to me,

" Al

s The

W,

A Ballac].

439

,» The i)loffoﬁl opening to the day

» The dews of heaven refin’d,

,, Could nought of purity display,

,» To emulate his mind,

The dew, the bloffom on the tree,

With charms inconftant {hine;.:

f

Their charms were his, but woe to tng,

Their conftancy was mine,

For ftill T try’d each fickle art,

Importunate and vain;

g

And while his paffion touch’d my heart,

1 triumph’d in his pain,

Till quite dejetted with my fcorn,

He left me to my pride;

,,And fought a folitude forlorn,

. In fecret* where he died,

But mine the forrow, mine the fault,

s, And well my life Thall pay,

s I’ll {feek the folitude, he fought,

‘,,And firetch me where he lay, == =

,y And there forlorn defpairing hid,

» 1’1l lay me down and die:

y»’Twas fo for me that Edwin did,

-

+»» And fo for him will L%

Ee

¥

434

A Ballad,

,, Forbid it, heaven,¢ the hermit cry’d,

~ And clafp’d her to his breaft:

The wondring fair one turn'd to chide,

'Twas Edwin felf, that préi’c;

» Turn Angelina ever dear,

,» My charmer turn to fee,

Death

In all

5 Thy own thy long loft Edwin hete,

Th"atte

' Reﬁor’d to love and thee

Difeaf

s Thus let me hold theé to my heart,

Crowd

', And ev’ry care refign:

A voie

4 And fhall we never, never part,

This

Let ey

s My ,er e my rall that’s mine?

Merit

,s No never, from this hour to patt,

Al ot 4

,» We'll live and love fo true;

Fever -

,,The figh that rends thy conftant heart,

Advan

” Shall break thy Edwin’s too,*

Ttot

Let 1}

QOn ¢

Wlth ;

Nex

Pleags

From

Ang |

Sl

Ay

e

435

|d,

de,

Th"e court of death:

a Fable,

Death on a folemn night of ftate,

In all his pomp of terror fate,

)

Thattendants of his gloomy reign,

Difeafes dire, a ghaftly train!

Crowd the wvaft court,

With hollow tone,

A voice thus thunder’d from the throne s

This night our minifter we name,

Let every fervant fpeak his claim}

Merit {hail bear this ebon wand,

All at the word firetch’d forth their hand,

Fever with burning heat pofleff’d

Al

Advanc'd and for the wand addrefl’d,

1 to the weekly bills appeal,

Let thofe exprefs my fervent zeal,

On ev'ry {light occafion near,

With violence I perfevere,

Next gout appear’d with limping pace,

Pleads how he {hifts from place to place;

From head to foot how fwift he flies,

And ev’ry joint and finew plies

Still working when he feems fuppreft,

A ‘moft tenacious ftubborn gueft,

Kea

The court of death.

436

A haggard {peftre from the crew

yloreg

Crawls forth and thus afferts his due

*

*

yliten

,’'Tis I, who taint the fweeteft joy,

oHe {

, And

s And in the f h\ape of love deftroy

» My fhanks, funk eyes and nofelefs face

”The

,» Prove my pretenfions to the place,

L) Whe

Stone urg’d his ever growing force;

And next confumptions meagre corfe,

With feeble voice, that {carce was heard,

Broke with -{hort coughs, his fuit preferr’d:

4 Let none objett my lingring way,

» 1 gain like Fabius by delay;

s Fatigue and weaken every foe

» By long attack, fecure tho’ { low.

Plague 1‘epfefents his rapid power,

Who thinn’d a nation in an hour,

All fpoke their claim and hop’d the wand.

Now exfpettation hufh'd the band,

‘When' thué the monarch from the throne,

,» Merit was ever modeft known.

,» What no phyfician fpeak/ his right 2

,» None here 2 but fees their toils requite,

,, Let then intemp’rance take the wand,

»» Who fills ‘with gold their zealous hand,

s» You fever, gout, and all the reft,

s» Whom wary men as foes deteft,

e,

The cours of death.

437

» FOtego your 'é_]aim , O mére pretend,

,» Intemp'rance is efteem’d a friend;

»He Thares their mirth their focial joys,

e

-

,»And as a courted gueft deftroys,

face

,, The charge on him muft juftly fall,

»s Who finds employment for you all,

eatd,

efert d:

W Q[‘d,

)il

Udo

-

438

Eprgrams

On Snow that melted on a ladys breaft,

Or

Thofe envious flakes, which came in hafte,

To prove her breaft fo fair;

Natu

Grieving to find themfelves furpafl’d

God

Difiolved into a tear,

To a lady ftung by a bee,

To heal the wound a bee had made,

App

Upon my Delia’s face

'Tis ]

Its honey to the part fhe ldid,

That

And bid me kifs the place

Rind)

Pleas'd 1 obey’d and from the wound

Tha

Suck’d both the fweet and fmart;

Tha

The honey on my lips I found -

Con

The fting within my heart,

And

Who

On the marriage of an old maid,

\

Ang

Caelia, a coqﬁette in her prime,

. The vaineft fickleft thing alive;

Whe

Behold the firange effetts of time,

Wi

Marries and dotes at forty five,

Thus weather cocks that for a while,.

Have turn'd about with every blaft;

Grown old and deftituteof oil,

Ruft to a point and fix at laft,

P

439

Epdtephm

breah

On Sir lfaac Newton by Mr, Pope

n of

Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in migh

God {faid

ylet Newton be, and all was

light,

On the {ame.

Approach ‘ye wife of foul with awe divine,

*Tis. Newtons fame that confecrates this {hrine!

That fun of knowledge, whofe meridian ray

Kindled the gloom ‘of nature into day

That foul of fcience, that unbounded mind

nd

That genius, which ennobled human kind !

Confefl’d fupreme of men, his country’s pride;

And half efteem’d an angel till he dy’d:

Who in the eye of heav'n like Enoch ftood,

a!dt

An& .through the paths of knowledge walkd

Wlth god;

Whofe fame exten’ds a fea without a f hore,

Who but forfook one world,

to know the

laws of more,

)

ft;

440

And

But o

ToiSE e o

Yorlo

An Elegy

From

0 fleep thou flatterer of happy minds,

Bu

‘How foon a troubled ‘ breaft thy falfehood

finds!

But

Thot

Thou common friend, officious in thy aid

Where no diftrefs is fhown, nor want be-

tray’d;

Forg

But oh, how fwift, how fure thou art to { hun

{ oy

For ¢

The wretch, by Fortune or by love undone!

Where are thy gentle dews, thy fofter pow’rs,

And

Ty

Which us’d to wait upon my midnight hours 2

Why dofc thou ceafe thy hov’ring wings to

An

Wi

fpread,

With frlendly {hade around my reftlefs bed?

For

The

Can no complainings thy compaffion move?

Is thy antipathy fo ftrong to love?

Ang

Fac

O no! thou art the profp’rous lovers friend

And doft uncall'd his pleafing hours attend

W;

An

With equal kindnefs, - and with rival charms,

T'hy flumbers lull him in his fair One’s arms;

Or from her bofom he to thine retires,

Let

Where footh’d with ea{'e,

the panting

youth

refpires,

No

Th

Till foft repofe reftore his drooping fenfe,

#

TO Sleep.

441

And rapture is reliev’d by indolence,

But oh what fortune does the lover bear,

Forlorn by thee, and haunted by defpair!

From racking thoughts by no kind {lumber

freed,

ds,

alfehood

But pamful nights his joylefs days fucceed,

But why, dull god, do T of thee complain,

Thou didft not caufe nor canft thou eafe my

] aid

pain,

yant b

Forgive what my diftratting grief has faid;

1 own, unjuftly T thy floth upbraid.

to fimn

For oft 1 have thy proferr’d aid repell’d,

indone!

And my reluttant eyes from reft with - held;

POVt

Implor'd the mufe to break thy gentle chams,

hous?

And fung with Philome! my nightly ftrains

ngs 0

With her T fing, but ceafe not: with her fong

For more enduring woes my days prolon

of!

The morning lark to mine accords his no

move?

And tunes to my diftrefs his warbling

Ao

Each fetting and each riling fun I mourn

jond

Wailing alike his abfence and return

nd,

And all for thee — What had 1 w

ji{1Sy

{aid 2

1S

Let me not name thee,

thou /too ct

maid

qouth

No — as the wing'd muficians of the

Th’affociates of my melody and love,

b

442

Zo Slee*[é.

In moving fouhd”s alone relate. their pain;

¥

And not with voice articolate complaim;

So fhall my mufe my tuneful forrows fing,

And lofe in air her name from whom they

{pring,

O may no wakeful thoughts her mind moleft,

Hy

Soft be her f lurnbers ; ‘and {incere her refty

Infpie

Walk

For her o fleep, thy balmy fweets prepare,

The peace I lofe for her, to her transfer,

And

Hufhd as the falling dews, whofe noifelefs

Ric

fhow’rs

Thy f

Impet] the folded leaves of ev'ning flow’rs,

Unmg

Steal on her brow ; and as thofe dews attend,

Till warn'd by waking day to re-afcend;

With

So ‘wait thou for her morn; then gently rife,

And to the world reftore the day-break of

Bleg

| her eyes,

Bell

Ben

Ag;

Tby

Axg

Ple;

An

P

443

et

hif;

A Panegyric on Great Britain

ys g,

om they

j f(om Thomfon’s S‘ea{o‘ns,

d mole

S

Happif Britanm'a ! where the Queen of drt.;',

i

Infpiring vigour, Liberty abroad

teft

fepare

Walks, unconfin’d, even to thy fartheft cotts,

sfer,

And fc.atters plenty with ’unfpari“ng hand,

noielel

Rich is thy foil, and merciful thy clime;

Thy ftreams unfailing in the fummer’s drought §

W,

Unmatch’d thy‘ guardian - oaks; thy valleys

attend,

., float

nd;

With golden waves: and on thy mountains

tly 1

flocks

Bleat numberlefs ;

while roving round

break of

N

’ their

-fides,

Bellow the blackening herds in lufty droves,

Beneath thy meadows glow and rife unquell'd

Againft the mower's fcythe.

On every hand

Thy villas {hine,

Thy country teems with

wealth ;

And property affures it to the {wain,

Pleas’d and unwearied, in his_“‘guarded"toi‘l.

F\ﬁll are thy cities with the fons éf art

And trade and joy' in every bufy freet,

A

444 A Panegyvic on Gveat - Britains

Mingling are heard: even drudgery himfelf,

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As at the car he fweats, or duﬂ'y hews

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The palace ftone looks gay,

Thy crouded

And

por ts,

53

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Comt

With labour burn, and echo to the Thouts

Of hurried failor, as he hearty waves

And

His laft adieu, and loofening every {heet

With

Refligns the fpreading veflel to the wind

Name

On bay

Bold firm, and graceful are thy generous

That 4

youth,

By bardfhip finew’d, and by danger fir'd

?

and

And ot

QcattermtT the nations, where they go

Who v

- ficdt

Withtk

Or on the lifted plain, or ftormy feas,

Like

Mild are thy glories too, as o’er the plans

Like 3

Of thriving peace thy thoughtful fires pre-

A da

fide;

Frog,

In genius, and fubftantial learning high ;

A

For every virtue, every worth, renown’d ;|

Sincere, plain hearted, hofpitable, kind

And

Vet like the muftering thunder when pro-

vok’d

They

The dread of tyrants, and the fole refource

Of thofe that wnder grim oppreffion groan,

The

By,

iy

A Panegyric on Great Britain. 445

el

Thy fons of glory many! Alfred thine,

s

In whom the fplendor of heroic war,

wouded

And more heroic peace,

‘when govern’d

well,

7’

& »e‘-i

Combine;

whofe hallowed name the virtues

{hout

{aint,

§

And his own mufes love; the beft of kmgst

hee

With him thy Edwards and thy Henrys { hine,

ind,

Names dear to fame; the firft who deep im-

prefl’d

On haughty Gaul the terror of thy arms,

engrons

That awes her genius fill.

In ftatesmen

thou

14,

And patriots fertile

Thine a fteady More,

0} dlld

Who with a generous tho miftaken zeal

Withftood a brutal tyrant’s ufeful rage,

Like Cato firm

like Ariftides juft

pfava

Like rigid Cincinnatus nobly poor

A dauntlefs foul ere¢t, who {mil’d on death,

re, P

Frugal and wife a WValfingham is thine;

A Drake,

who made thee miftrefs of the

'0;

deep,

And bore thy name in thunder round the

world,

\ ?YO

Then flam’d thy fpirit high: but who can

ireé

fpeak

"The numerous worthies of the maiden veign 2

A

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446 A Panegyvic on Great Britain,

Tn Raleigh mark their every glory mix’d,

Bing

Ralezgh the fcourge of Spain! whofe breaft

with all

The g

The faO'e the patriot and the hero burn’d.

With

Norifunk his vigout, when a coward - reigh

The warrior fettered and at laft refign’d

Stain’

Aimis

To glut the vengeance of a vanquifh’d foe,

Then ative ftill and vnreftrain’d, his mind

In lo

His 1

Explor'd the vaft extent of ages paft,

And with his

prifon - hours enrich’d the

world

0f hi

Yet found no times in all the long refearch

By anc

OF ang

So glorious, or fo bafe, as thofe he prov’d

In which he ' conquer’d and in which he

bled

In av

Nor can the mufe the gallant Siduey pafs,

Soon

Her

The plume ()f War'

with early laurels

crown’d,

Thing

Unfit

The lovers myrtle and the poets bay,

A Hamden too is thine, illuftrious land

And

Wife

ftrenuous, firm, of unf{ubmitting foul

Wi

Who fiem’d the torrent of a downward age

To 4

To {lavery prone, and bade thee tife again,

In all thy native pomp of freedom bold:

King

Bright,, at his call thy age of men effulg’d

Of men on whom late time a kindling eye

Shall turn, and tyrants tremble while they read,

at

h

A Panegyvic on Great Britain, 447

X,

Bring every fweeteft flower, and let me

&

b breaf

ftrew -

(4

The gra;f,e, where Ry

/ lies; whofe temper'd

i,

blood,

J. 1

With calmeft chearfulnefs for thee reyﬁgn"d,

Stain’d the fad annals of a giddy reign;

'd,

" foe,

Aiming at lawlefs power, tho’ meanly funk

mind

In loofe inglorious luxury. With him

His friend, the *) Britifh Caffius fearlefs

bled;

hd the

Of high determin’d {pirit, roughly brave,

By ancient ledrning to th’enlightened love -

eatch,

ovd,

Of ancient freedpm warm’d, Fair thy re~

nown

ich he

In awful fages and ‘in noble fards ;

Soon as the light of dawning fcience fpread

pafs,

Her orient ray, and wak'd the Mufes’ fong,

el

Thine is a. Bacon ; haplefs in his choice,

Unfit to ftand the civil ftorm of ftate,

And thro the fmooth barbarity of courts,

)

With firm but plianc virtue , forward fill

4 {oub

To urge -his courfe; him for the i’cudious_

age

{hade

g’c\iﬁ,

3

Kind ' néture form’d , deep, comprehenfive,

clear,

[g’d,

e

yf@‘

. Zlg;rnan Sidney.

g

248 A Panegyvic on Great Britaim

Who

Exact and elegant, in' one rich foul

Plato, the Stagyrite, and Tully join’d

Let &

To m

The great deliverer he! who from the gloom

Of cloifter’d monks,

and jargon - teachmg

From

In, all

{chools,

Led forth the true philofophy, there long

Creati

Thro

Held in the magic chain of words and forms,

And definitions void : he led her forth

I no

Daughter of heaven!

that {low - afcending

ftill

Ts no

Of ¢l

Inveftigating fure the chain of things,

With radiant finger points to heaven again,

A gen;

Aftonif

The generous *) Afhley thine, the friend of

man ;

VAN

Not

Who {cann’d his mnature with a brother’s eye,

His weaknefs prompt to {hade, to raife his

The

aim,

Who

To touch the finer movements of the mind,

O'et

Not

And with the moral beauty charm the heart,

Why need 1 name thy Boyle,

whofe pious

Chay

fearch

We

Amid the dark recefles of his works,

Of t

The great creator fought

And why thy

Locke,

Brit:

Who

The

Ang

Sha

¥) dAutony Afhiey Cooper , ear! of Shaftesbury.

Wi

i

A Panegyvic on Great Britam. 449

Who made the whole internal wotld his own?

)

Let Newton, pure intelligence, whom God

To mortals lent, to trace his boundlefs works

tloom

From laws fublimely fimple, {peak thy fame

phing

For lofty fenfe,

In, all philofophy.

Creative fancy, and infpection keen

ong

Thro’ the deep windings of the human heart,

d forms,

Is not wild Shake/peare thine,

and nature’s

b

boaft?

[cending

s not each great, each amiable Mufe

Of claffic ages in thy Milton met ?

A genius univerfal as his theme

igﬂ i

end of

Aftonifhing as Chaos, as the bloom

Of blowing Eden fair, as heaven fublime,

Nor fhall my verfe that elder bard forget,

er's e

The gentle Spencer, fancy’s pleafing fon;

il

Who like a copious river, pour’d his fong

O’er all the mazes of enchanted ground:

mind,

Nor thee, his ancient mafter, langhing fage,

et

Chaucer, whofe native manners - painting vetfe,

pwus

Well - moraliz’d {hines thro’ the Gothic cloud

Of time and language o’er thy genius thrown,

May my fong foften, as thy daughters I

Britannia, hail! for beauty is their own,

The feeling heart, fimplicity of life,

yio

And elegance and tafte: the faultlefs form,

Shap’d by the ‘hand of harmony, the cheek,

g

‘W here the live crimfon, thre’ the native white

Ff

.

450 - A Panegyric on Great Britain,

Soft fhootig, o’er the face diffufes bloom,

¥,

Roug

And every namelels grace; the parted lip,

Like the red rofe-bud moift with morning-dew,

Wi

TWhil

Breathing dehght and, under flowing jet,

That

Or funny ringlets, or of c1rc1mg brown,

Who

The neck {light {haded and the fwelling breaft}

Aud

The look reliftle(s, piercing to the foul,

Still

And by the foul inform’d. when dreft in, love

She fits high fmﬂmg in the confcious eye,

I{land of blifs! amid the fubjett feas,

That thunder round thy rocky coafts, fet up,

At once the wonder terror and delight

Of diftant natiens; whofe remoteft {hores

fr

Can foon be fhaken by thy mnaval arm;

Not. to be fhook thyfelf, but all affaults

' Thefe,

Baffling , as thy hoar cliffs the loud fea-wave,

Are

O Thown! by whofe almighty #od the fcale

Is full

Of empire rifes, or alternate falls,

Thy |

Wide

Send forth the faving wvirtues round the land,

In bright patrol: white peace and focial fove

Bele

And

The tender — looking charity intent

On gentle deeds,

and f{hedding tears thro

Th

€N

Wit

1l

- {miles;

Undaunted #ruth and , dignity of mind ;

Shag

Ay

Courage compos’d and keen ; found tempemme

Healthful in heart and look; clear chaftity,

Ang

With blufhes reddening as fhe moves along,

By §

Disordered at the deep regard fhe draws

Thy

Satlaiinas

it

A Panegyvic on Gveat Britain, 451

bloo,

Rough induftry ; altivity untir'd

iy

g deryy

With copious life inform’d, and ali awakes

While in the radiant front, f{uperior {hines

]g i

That firft paternal virtue pubzzc zeal ;

WL,

1 e

Who throws o’er all an equal wide furvey,

Aund ever mufine on the common weal

Ul

Still labours glorious with. {fome

at deflign,

in love

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fes

from Thomfon s Se fens.

ltg

Thefe as they change almighty father, thele

Are but the various ood, The rolling vear

-\Wa

Is full of thee

Forth in the pleafing {pring

he [l

I'hy beauty waiks

Thy tendernefs and love

Wide flufh the fields; the foftening air is balm

¢ ]and;

Echo the mountains round, the foreft fmiles;

| fove

And every fenfe and every heart is joy,

Then comes”thy glory in the fummer months,

thto

With light and heat refulgent

Then Thy fon

Shoots' full perfection thro the fwelling year:

And oft Thy voice in dreadful thunder ipm‘*s,

L

1

And oft at dawn

deep noon or falling eve

iy

By brooks and groves, in hollow whifpering

)]

gales,

Thy bountv {hines, in automn unconfip’d,

Ffz

452

A Hymu.

And fpréads a common feaft for all that lives,

In s

In Winter awful TVhown ! with clouds and fforms

One

Around Thee thrown, tempeft o’er tempeft

Brea

roll'd,

Majeftic darknefs! on the whirlwind’s wing,

Oh

Riding fublime thou bidft the world adore,

Wi

And humbleft nature with thy northern blafk,

Fill

An

Myfterious round! what f{kill, what force

“divine,

W

Deep felt, in thefe appear | a fimple f:rai‘n,;

Yet fo delightful mix’d with fuch kind art,

Thi

Such beaqty and beneficence -combin’d ;

Shade unperceiv'd, fo foftening into {hade;

His p]

And all fo forming an harmonious whole;

That, as they ftill fucceed, they ravifh ftills

Ad

But wandering oft with brute unconfcious gaze,

Vet

Man marks not 7%ee, marks not the mighty

Ye i

hand,

Al

That ever bufy, wheels the filent {pheres;

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Works in the fecret deep; fhoots, freaming,

Sot

thence

The fair profufion, that o’erfpreads the fpfing:

O

Flings from the fun dire€t the flaming day;

Sof

Feeds every creature; hurls the tempeft forth:

And, as on earth this grateful cha}lge revolves,

In

With transpott touches all the fprings of life,

W

Nature, attend! join every living foul,

Bquath the fpacious temple of the fky,

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453

Tt Lives,

In adoration join j and ardent raife

it forms

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t tnpel

Breathe foft,

whofe fpirit in your frefhnefs

breathes ;

's it

Oh talk of Him in folitary glooms!

| gdore,

Where o’er the rock, the fcarcely waving pine

etn Hafl

Fills the brown fhade with a religious awe,

it fors

And ye, whofe bolder note is heard afar,

Who {hake th’aftonifh’d world

lift high to

teainy

heaven

nd art

Thimpetuous fong, and fay from whom you

rage,

His praife, ye brooks, attune, ye tremblmg

hades

hole;

rills ;

And let me catch it-as I mufe along,

\{h ﬁl”

IS 0 Ze;

Ye headlong torrents, rapid, and profound

Ye fofter floods

that lead the humid maze

Along the vale; and thou, majeftic main,

A fecret world of wonders in thyfelf

efeS

eauilfy

Sound His ftupendous praife; whofe greater

Voice

prmg

Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall,

Soft roll your mcenfe , herbs and fruits and

oy

{orth

flowers,

In mingled clouds to Him ; whofe fun exalts,

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pamtm

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Ttie

Breathe yotrr ftill fong into the reapet’s heart

At o

As home he goes beneath the joyous moon,

And,

Ye that keep watch in heaven, as earth afleep

In on

Unconfeious lies, effufe your mildeft beams,

Or if

Ye conftellations, while your angels firike,

-

And

Amid the fpangled fky, the fylver lyre,

Ther

Great fource of day' beft image here below

The 1

of thy creator, ever pouring wide,

Sti

From world to world, the vital ocean round

For 1

On nature write with every beam His praife,

Whet}

The thunder rolls; be hufh’d the profirate

world; |

Ruffets

Or wi

While cloud to cloud returns the {olemn hymn,

Bleat out afrefh, ye hills; ye mofly rocks,

Be my

Ang,

Retain the found: the broad refponfive lowe,

Ye valleys raife; for the great Shepherd reigns,

And his unfuffering kingdom yet will come,

Ye woodlands all awake: one boundlefs fong

0f t

Burft from the groves! and when the reﬁlefs

day,

Rivg

Expiring, lays the warbling world afleep,

Sweeteft of birds ! {weet Philomela, charm

Gilds

Mame

The liftening {hades, and teach the night His

Smce

praife,

Ye chief, for whom the whole creation fmiles,

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Ang

At once the head, the heart, and tongue of all

Crown the great hymn ! in fwarming cities vaft

Whey

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beams,

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firke,

e,

And find a fane in every facred grove;

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roftate

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Suftaining all yon orbs, and all their fons;

From feeming evil fill educing good,

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Myfelf in Him, in light ineffable ;

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