Nor shall llic Royal Mi^lroscs bc iiaïu'd

Too ii{;ly, or loo cnsy lo bo blaïu'd ; With whom eat-li rhyming Fool kccpa such a Polhcr, They aro as coniinoii ihat way, a« llie other. Vct sauntcriii}^ Charltt beUveen bis beasily Brare, \ Alects with Dis«€nilin(^ »till in eiiher pUc<\ |

AfTfcted Humour, or a puinlcJ Fucc. /

In Loyal Libcls we havc oftcn told liim, How ooe bas Jilted bim, tbe olher sold bini : How tbat aflTects tu laugb, how tbis lo wcop ; But who can r.iil to lon^r as lie can kccp?... Tbus n — et, purrin{? liko a tbouf^blful Cat, Marriod; but wi»or Pu>8 ne'er tliuugbt or lli:it; And tint bo W(»rricd lier with railinf? Rbynie,... Tben for one ni^^ht «old ail bis Slavisb Life. A teeminjj Widow, bot a b.irrcn Wife ; Swell'd by cnnlart of sucb a fui roui Tivtd. He lufTif'd about the Matrimonial Lond ; Till Fortune bllndly kind a« well as he,

JOHN bRYDEN ET LE THÉÂTRE. lOd

Il csl possible que Dryden, vu ses relations avec Fauteur, ail retouché quelque peu ses inspirations satiriques : c'était là une des charges qu'imposait habituellement aux poètes l'amitié de ces lettrés amateurs. Mais il parait probable que ces vers virent le jour sans son aide, car Mulgrave l'y déclare nettement étranger*, et sa veuve les imprima plus tard dans l'édition complète de ses œuvres *.

Has ill reslor'J hlm io liis Lili rly.

Which he would use in ail hU tucakin; wuv.

Drinking ail Niglit, and dozins; ail llio D.iy...

Aod Unie Sid — y for Simile reiiown'd, Pleasurc lias alwayi touglit, but ncttr fonnd : Tbo* ail bis Tliovghts on Wtne ;ind Womcii U\\, His arc so bad, sare he oe'er lliiiiks at ail, Tbe FIcsh bo llvcs npon \* rank and strung; His Méat and llistreties arc kcpt tou Ion;;... No Nastinest offonds hU skilful Note; Which froin ail Siink cnn with pcculiar Art Eitrai't I*erfume, an i Esscm.-c, froiu a F — / ; Expcctin; Sap|ier it bis grcat Deligbt ; Hc tuils ail Day. but Io be drunk at Ni{,'lit : Thcu o're his Cups thi:» Night-bini chiiping sits, Till he Iakes Hfwel and Jack Hall fur NVits.

BochesUr I d(v<pise for wanl of Wil...

For vvhilo lie Misrliief mcan» to ail Uankind, Hiiii«elf alonc Ibc ill EfTects dues finJ... Fabe arc his Woris, aflbcted is his Wit; So ofton hc does ;'.im, so sellom hit; To c«'ry Face hc cringcs while he r»pcaks. But uhen llio Back n turn'd. Iho Hcad he breaks. Mean in cach Action, \ewi\ in cvcry I.imh, Uanners thcuiselvcs arc nii^hievous iu iiMU... For (thcrc's the Folly Ihat's slill inixt witli Fear) ; CowarJit uiorc BInvvs Ihan any lloro bear.

Of lighting-Spraks (Sparksl. somo |Fanic?J niay h r I*lfa>ure5 ^ay, Dut 'iU a boldor thing t > run avvay. The World may woll forgivt? him ail his III, For ev'ry Faull does provo his Penancc still : Falsly hc falU inio soinc dangcrous Noo^e, Aiid thcn as uicanly labours to gct looso. A Lifo so infamous is bettcr quitting, Spcnt in base Injury, and low suhmittin^', cic.

(lu Essay tipon Snlyr. Ity the Earl of Mulgrave. Pans ,1 Sew Collection of l'oems rclatiug to Slatc AlTair*... M'JCGV, p. 133 et suiv.)