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Strophe 3.

Nam te Roüfius fui
Optat peculi, numeróque jufto
Sibi pollicitum queritur abeffe,
Rogatque venias ille cujus inclyta
Sunt data virûm monumenta curæ :
Téque adytis etiam facris

Voluit reponi, quibus & ipfe præfidet
Eternorum operum cuftos fidelis,
Quæftorque gazæ nobilioris,
Quàm cui præfuit lön

Clarus Erechtheides

· Opulenta dei per templa parentis, Fulvofque tripodas, donaque Delphica, -Lön Actæâ genitus Creusâ.

Ergo tu vifere lucos

Mufarum ibis amœnos,

Antiftrophe.

Diamque Phœbi rurfus ibis in domum,

Oxoniâ quam valle colit

Delo pofthabitâ,

Bifidóque Parnaffi jugo:

Ibis honeftus,

Poftquam egregiam tu quoque fortem

Nactus abis, dextri prece follicitatus amici.

Illic legéris inter alta nomina

Authorum, Graiæ fimul & Latinæ

Antiqua gentis lumina, & verum decus.

Epodos.

Vos tandem haud vacui mei labores,
Quicquid hoc fterile fudit ingenium,
Jam ferò placidam fperare jubeo
Perfunctam invidiâ requiem, fedefque beatas
Quas bonus Hermes

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Et tutela dabit folers' Roüfi,

Quo neque lingua procax vulgi penetrabit, atque longè Turba legentum prava faceffet;

At ultimi nepotes,

Et cordatior ætas

Judicia rebus æquiora forfitan
Adhibebit integro finu.
Tum livore fepulto,

Si quid meremur fana pofteritas fciet
Roüfio favente.

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Ode tribus conftat Strophis, totidémque Antistrophis, unâ demum Epodo claufis, quas, tametfi omnis nec verfuum numero, nec certis ubique colis exactè refpondeant, ita tamen secuimus, commodè legendi potiùs, quàm ad antiquos concinendi modos rationem fpectantes. Alioquin hoc genus rectiùs fortaffe dici monoftrophicum debuerat. Metra partim funt xarà Cxéow, partim amAv. Phaleucia quæ funt, Spondæum tertio loco bis admittunt, quod idem in fecundo loco Catullus ad libitum fecit.

Ad CHRISTINAM Suecorum Reginam nomine
Cromwelli*.

Ellipotens Virgo, feptem Regina, Trionum,
Chriftina, Aratoi lucida ftella poli,

Cernis quas merui dura fub caffide rugas,

Utque fenex armis impiger ora tero;
Invia fatorum dum per veftigia nitor,
Exequor et populi fortia juffa manu.

Aft tibi fubmittit frontem reverentior umbra ;
Nec funt hi vultus Regibus ufque truces.

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Thefe verfes were fent to Chriftina, Queen of Sweden, with Cromwell's picture, and are by fome afcribed to Andrew Marvel, as by others to Milton: but I should rather think they were Milton's, being more within his province as Latin fecretary, Newton.

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Mr. SAMUEL HARTLIB.

Written about the Year 1650..

Mr. HARTLIB,

Am long fince perfuaded, that is to fay, or do ought worth memory and imitation, no pur

pofe or respect should fooner move us, than fimply the love of God, and of mankind. Never-thelefs to write now the reforming of education, tho' it be one of the greatest and nobleft defigns that can be thought on, and for the want whereof this nation perishes, I had not yet at this time been induced, but by your earnest intreaties and ferious conjurements; as having my mind for the prefent half diverted in the purfuance of fome other affertions, the knowledge and the use of which cannot but be a great furtherance both to the enlargement of truth, and honeft living, with much more peace. Nor fhould the laws of any private

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