Infinitum porro effet grandiloquentiæ, ac imaginum fublimium, apud noftros, exempla proferre. Pauca tamen, quibus affectus feliciter admifcentur, fubjiciemus: ut iftud Othellonis.

Tranquilla mentis pax mihi æternum vale! "Decora plumis militum valeat manus, Bellumque grande, nobilem fama fitim "Clare indicans; fremitus equorum bellicus "Valeat, cavaque martius clangor tubæ ;

"That their Difcharge did ftretch his leathern Coat
"Almoft to bursting; and the big round Tears
"Cours'd one another down his innocent Nofe
"In piteous Chace; and thus the hairy Fool,
"Much marked of the melancholy Jaques,
"Stood in th' extremeft Verge of the fwift Brook,
"Augmenting it with Tears.-

"First, for his weeping in the needless Stream;
"Poor Deer, quoth he, thou mak'st a Teftament

"As Worldlings do, giving thy Sum of more
"To that which had too much. Then being alone,
"Left and abandoned of his velvet Friends;
""Tis right, quoth he, thus Mifery doth part
"The Flux of Company: Anon a careless Herd,
"Full of the Pafture, jumps along by him,
"And never stays to greet him: Ay, quoth Jaques,
"Sweep on, you fat and greafy Citizens,
"'Tis juft the Fafhion; wherefore do you look

"Animum cientis tympani raucus fonus,
"Terribilis aures perfonans litui canor,
Vexilla, magnificaque belli infignia,
"Et quæ fonoro gutture horrifonum Jovis
"Tormenta fulmen æmulantur maximi
"Valeant; boneftus ceffat hinc nofter labor °.

Et fequentia de Richardo Rege;

Adeft Richardus, qualis Eois caput "Sol tollit undis, triftis, et visu ruber, "Si forte clarum viderit nubes diem "Involvere umbris invidas, et fplendidam "Candentis ætheris tegere nimbis viam, “Ut occidentis repetit extremos finus. "At quantus illi regii vultus decor! "Haud aliter oculus igne fcintillans micat "Fundentis aquila ex ore purpureum jubar!

。 "Oh now, for ever

"Farewel the tranquil Mind! Farewel Content!
"Farewel the plumed Troops, and the big War,
"That make Ambition Virtue! oh, farewel!
"Farewel the neighing Steed, and the fhrill Trump,
"The spirit-stirring Drum, th' ear-piercing Fife,
"The royal Banner, and all Quality,

"Pride, Pomp, and Circumstance of glorious War!
“And, oh, you mortal Engines, whofe rude Throats
"Th' immortal Jove's dread Clamours counterfeit,
"Farewel! Othello's Occupation's gone!

P❝See! fee! King Richard doth himself appear,
"As doth the blushing discontented Sun,

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OTHELLO.

"From

Et illa de Duce Lancaftrienfi ac eodem Rege;

Tandem ferocis dux equi tergum premens, Qui vifus eft gaudere noto pondere, "Lente et fuperbe carpit illufiris viam. Vociferat omnis turba, Salve maxime, "Salve Bolinbroki! feneftras crederes, Denfas tot oculis undique afpectantium, Ipfas locutas; devorant homines Ducem "Luminibus avidis; crederes etiam domos, Spiraffe, Salve, maxime, O falve, virûm ! Submiffus ille corpus, et nudus caput, Utrinque blanda voce compellat viros; "Vobis, amici, maximas grates ago.

-Quali, theatro populus ačtorem rudem,
Qui forte carum quendam et infignem excipit,
Spectare tædio folet; faftidio

"Tali Richardum vulgus infidum videt!
« Vox nulla reduci gratulatur principi,
"Vox nulla lætum fonuit exclamans ave! 2 ́

"From out the fiery Portal of the East,
"When he perceives the envious Clouds are bent
"To dim his Glory; and to ftain the Tract

"Of his bright Paffage to the Occident.

"York. Yet looks he like a King: Behold his Eye,

"As bright as is the Eagle's, lightens forth

"Then, as I faid, the Duke, great Bolinbroke
"Mounted upon a hot and fiery Steed,
"Which his afpiring Rider feem'd to know,

RICHARD II.

Ac illa de illuftriffimo Salisburiæ Ducis jam

moribundo:

"Moribundus ille rifit, et capiens manum, Premenfque leviter; Domine mi, verbis, ait, Regem falutes oro magnanimum meis. Converfus inde brachium collo Ducis Cariffimi circum dedit; tunc ofcula Figit labellis; morte fic junctus pari, "Pulchre tenacem fignat expirans fidem '.

Eft

"With flow, but stately Pace, kept on his Course: "While all Tongues cry'd, God fave thee, Bolingbroke! "You wou'd have thought, the very Windows fpoke, "So many greedy Looks of Young and Old

Through Casements darted their defiring Eyes "Upon his Visage; and that all the Walls,

“With painted Imagʼry, had said at once,

Jefu, preferve thee, welcome Bolingbroke! "Whilft he, from one Side to the other turning, "Bare-headed, lower than his proud Steed's Neck, Bespoke them thus; I thank you, Countrymen. "York. As in a Theatre, the Eyes of Men,

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"After a well-grac'd Actor leaves the Stage,

"Are idly bent on him that enters next,

"Thinking his Prattle to be tedious:

"Even fo, or with much more Contempt, Mens Eyes "Did fcowl on Richard: No Man cry'd, God fave him! "No joyful Tongue gave him his Welcome Home.

RICHARD II.

"He fmil'd me in the Face, gave me his Hand,
"And, with a feeble Gripe, fays, dear my Lord,
" Commend my Service to my Sovereign;

" So

Eft etiam ubi omnia horrore abundantia cernere eft; cujufmodi funt ea Johnfoni de Catilina:

Aft ubi fuorum ftrata per campum videt Corpora, facinore certus infigni fcelus Prætexere, iras rabidus attollit, ruit "Medias in acies, Africus qualis leo "Venantibus incurrit; ardentem nihil, "Non tela, non vulnera morantur; fufcitat Ubique cadem-corporum cumuli jacent "Circum;-fuaque denique recubuit ferox Strage, et petita morte claufit lumina".

Atque illa Sh.kefjerii de Marte:

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"So did he turn, and over Suffolk's Neck
"He threw his wounded Arm, and kifs'd his Lips;
"And fo efpous'd to Death, with Blood he feal'd
"A Teftament of noble-ending Love.

"Which Catiline seeing, and that now his Troops

HENRY V.

"Cover'd that Earth they had fought on with their Trunks,

"Ambitious of great Fame, to crown his Ill,

"Collected all his Fury, and ran in,

"Arm❜d with a Glory high as his Despair,

"Into our Battle, like a Lybian Lion

"Upon his Hunters, fcornful of our Weapons,

"Careless of Wounds, plucking down Lives about him,

"Till he had circled in himself with Death:

"Then fell he too, t' embrace it where it lay.

CATILINE.

"Ara