Parc.3.Sect.r. Honefl o~jtEis 1j Love. Memb.3.Subf.z. as the Poet faith,ftill to continue one and the fame.Aod where this !one 421 takes place,there is peace and.quietncffe, a true correfpondence, perfect___ amity, a Diapafon of vowes and wilhes , the fame opinions, ~s betwixt o-David and lMatb~n, Dam on and PJihiiU, Py!Ades and Orefles, P Nyfm oHeJoyed and Euryallld,Theftmand PtrithoU4 , q they willliue and dye together, hom •.•he lo; and prolecuu: one another with good turnes. t Nam vinci in amore ~'! hos owne tNrpijimr~m pt~Wit, not onely living, but when their friends arc dead, ,•5• :·.'b~;:.,d with Tombes and monuments,N.enils,Epitaphes,Elcgies,Infcriptions, the loue of Pyramides,Obeli~kes_,S~atues,lmages,Pi~ures, Hill:ories~ Poems, An- ;;:;.~ . .iE.; nales,Fealls,Anmver!anes,many ages after (as Platoes Schollers did) ~ifuperex· they will par;ntart ftiO, omit no good office that may rend to the prefer- ~:=-~~;t:fi:, vauon ofthc1r names,honours, and dernall memory. "1 Hum co!arthm, '"" confeJ!'"' ill11m cer4,i/l,.m .ere. &c.Ht did exprefle hitfriends in colours, ;, lll4.>, in y A mic~ ani· haje,in iv~ry,marble,goldand jilver ,( 3S Pliny. rcpons ofa Citizen in ~~j':;;~':rif. Rome) and m agreat Audttory not longfince, recmtl a mft volnme ofhi& 4.e•p.6. life. In another placc,•fp~aking of m Epigram whichMartia!hadcom- ~od de Pirpofed in p~aife ofhim, t H eg a11e me'" m11ch 114. he might , anti!~J~Ii!tl hauel./}~~~::~~· done mortifhecould: though what can a m•ngwemore thenhonMr,glory, •imdimiJI. •nd eternity? But 1 hat which he !llroteperadvtpttere, wili not continue ,yet~~~:::;. . he rvr.tt it to contin11t: fis all the recompenc.e a poore fcholler can make *JOumarg••· his well-dcfcrving Patron, <Mec.tn~t<, fnend, to memionhiminbis tD(p' auro~Hi works,to dedicate a book to his name,to write his lifc,&c. as all our Po. ets,Orarors,Hiftoriographers haue_ever done , and the greateft revenge fu~h men rake o~ theiradve.rfaries,to perfccutethem with s.aryres, lnve. rorio i• '""'" chves,&c. and us both wa1es ofgreat moment,as t Plato gtUes us to un. de ~ir•ogciur derlland. Pat~llld Iovim in the fourth book. ofrhe life and deeds ofPope liwrum recira; Leo Decim.u_, his noble Patron, concl~des mthefe words;' Becar~[t 1 caa- ~'!;f/;,~~· not honour htm 114 other rtchmtsdot,wtthJtkt endeavo~~r,ajftfltm,ana pi- • Lih.•.ep.6r, tty,J baret untltrtaken to rtrtte ht~lift, jincem1 fortunes will notgive met Prifeo {U• de< leave to make amortfumptrmu mlntlmtNt,l 111illperforme thofo rites to hi& J:t mthtqu.,.. fomdajhes,rvhict.a[mallterh•ps, brtt alibtrA/J wit canajford. But I rove. ~~::,t;!~:J •. Where this true loueis waming,there can be no firme peace, friendfi1ip '"'"'""'P'"" · from teerhoutward,counterfeit,or forfome by refpeets, fo long diffem. ~~=:/f:':1 bled , rill they have fatisfied their own ends , which upon every tmall homl•i da~; o~cafion, break~s out into e?miry, ope?warre , defiance, hearr-bur-~~;e '",:!;: nmgs, wh1fpenng, calumnres, contenuons, and all manner ofbitter ~a,.J erer- - me!anchol y difcontents'. And thofe men which haue no oth~r object of•it<U. their loue , then grfatneffe, wealth , authority, &c. are rather feared;,;,:;.';.": then beloved ; nee am•nt quemq11•m , nee •mant11r ab uUo: and howfoe-feripfit. IUe ver bornewith for a time, yetfot their tyranny and oppreffion,griping t•mcn[eripfll covetoufneffe, currilh hardne!Te, folly ,intemperance, imprudence anJ.f::~;.~, effint · fuch like vices, they are generally odious, abhorred of all,beth G~d & t Lir.., ·J.<k men. N ~".'":or filvum tt vult n~njili~,or~~ntt , ;%~~~1,'t rwm oderunt,- Wife andchildren, ha;,.,,(§,, friends,neighbours, all the world forfakes them, would faine bee rid of' P•~i '""''" them,and arecompdled many times to lay violent hands on them, or~:,:·::;;;,;~- , berl44 vir.e 'j~Um4n:tl fofiepi,(2' poftquamfionptuofo eo rrdtre pr& [trttUIUI non lindtJcxlguoftA fll forte liheralU i»gf~iirnon11.., toeflfanum {antfijJuno cineri foh;enrur. Hltb a clfe
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