The GENTLEMAN and LADY'S

PALLADIUM

For the Year of our Lord 1753;

An IMPROVEMENT of the former PLA N. Containing a Prefatory Map of Mankind; New Enigmas, Queries and Queftions; and Anfwers to the Laft.

Of Feafts and Festivals; the Jewish Year; Chronology of Christ's Paffion; the remarkable Controverfy of Phlegon's Eclipfe at that Time decided; primitive and reformed Chriftianity; the Origin of Popes and Popery. Temple of Folly, a Vifion; a Scheme for promoting National Happiness; and the Philofophy of Manners; with many other Things interefting and curious.

To which is added,

A complete EPHEMERIS, useful for Sea and Land.
For the Pleasure and Service of Both Sexes, and proper for Schools.
The Fifth Number published.

By the AUTHOR of the LADIES DIARY.
1. Great-Britain's Sovereign, abfent for a while,
Returns, with Bleffings, to his favour'd Ifle.

2. His Royal Breaft fill'd with Paternal Care, Peace to promote, ---prevent a future War!

Such Condu& all must love, for who can blame? 3. His People's Happiness his Chiefeft Aim,

4. His Princely Virtues in his Lineage thine!
From NASSAU's Honour to the BRUNSWICK LINE!
WILLIAM the Third preferv'd our happy State,
And WILLIAM fince poftpon'd impending Fate!

LONDON, Printed for J. FULLER, at the Bible and Dove in
Ave-Mary-Lane. MDCC LIII. /

The WORLD is a RIDDLE: A Prefatory MAP
of MANKIND.

Being an Answer to all the Enigmas in laft Year's LADIES
Diary. By HONESTUS.

T

HAT the World is a Riddle has long been agreed,
Who folves it an Oedipus must be indeed!

Where TRICKS and falfe Colours ftill baffle Enquiry,
More than all the Ænigmas contain'd in the Diary:
Thofe will bit it the beft, who can find out each Fault,
And the Riddle's Solution in These must be sought.

But where shall we ftop, when so fertile's the Subject ?`
Or how turn our Eyes to view ev'ry ill Object!
Things fo misreprefented, mistaken, inverted,

That the most Penetrating may be difconcerted:

The BELLS are rung backward,--- and Fame's jarring Trumpet
Sounds the Praise of a ROBBER, or infamous Strumpet.
See a Jofeph ftands fentenc'd, because he refus'd

To confent to the Treach'ry of which he's accus'd:
See a Prætor, like Fame's UNJUST STEWARD of Old,
Teach others to cheat, and himself share the Gold: :
Hear Sceptics, who'd fain be thought Witty and Wife,
(But the Guards of true Wisdom and Virtue defpife!)
Offer INCENSE to th'Idol of vain Self-Conceit,

And exclaim that the Law and the Gospel's a Cheat ;
That their Precepts and Rules are impertinent Trash,
Where VOWELS with Confonants frequently Clafh;
That Religion is Prieftcraft; and, as well as the Law,
By Knaves was invented, to keep Fools in Awe;
And, because that in Thefe they can find out Abuse,
Wou'd explode their Intent, and abolish their Use:
Which if one cou'd be done, thefe Reformers o' the Age
Farther Work wou'd cut out,---find new Foes to engage,
'Till Nothing be left for their Envy or Fury,
And plundering Soldiers fucceed a Pack'd Jury.

Thus, Some whofe ill Habits incline them to fteal,
Take Box-IRON and Heaters, or Yarn on the REEL,
Old SHOES, or Old Cloths, with the Pewter and Brass,
A Punch-Bowl, a CANE,---even PINS, or FLINT-Glass;
(If the Plate and the Money are pilfer'd before)
Then they murder the Owners for having no more.
"Twere endless to go through a tedious Detail

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Of Follies and Vices, which e'er did prevail :
The Soldier's falfe Honour, the Libertine's Rant,

The Rake's Immorality, Hypocrite's Cant;

The Pedant's Mock-Learning, the Courtier's Sincerity;

The Coxcomb's Conceit, the Coward's Temerity;

The Steward's brib'd Friendship, the Mafter's bought Honour,
The Author's vain Pride of his Patron, or Donor;
In fhort, of all Foibles in Fashion to treat,

Such a MAP OF THE WORLD can be ne'er made complete:

For the Field more furvey'd will yet wider appear,
And the Mufe would be tir'd 'of her Stewardship here:
We may fearch long in vain,---we can never come to it;
'Tis more than a Labour Herculean to fhew it.--

Shew the World !---Even a Snail wou'd as foon travel round it,
We therefore must leave it a Riddle as we found it.

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GENTLEMAN and L AD Y's

PALLADIUM;

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For the Year 1753.

I. Enigma Latinum. Ab Amico.
ILIA penniferæ Sylva, levis innatat æquor,
Alvo grande tamen per Mare vectat Onus;
Immanique Sinu Ventis famulatur, et Iras
Neptuni, ridens humida regna fecat.

II. Enigma Latinum. à Henrico Salmon.
Mater me genuit, eadem mox genitur ex me,
Mater me peperit, parit quoque Filia Matrem.
Enigme Françoife. Par Monfieur Randles.

Je parle bien Latin doux Jours de ma
Naillance, quoique je n'ay jamais frequente
Les Ecoles et je fuis pare, en Jaune Couleur
Qui eft favorable de Meffieurs les Fous.

New Enigmas (for the Exercife and Improvement of the
Invention and Judgment) to be anfwer'd in the next Year's
PALLADIUM.

I. ENIGMA 51. By Blowfabella.
IN ancient Times, with ampler Fortune bleft,
I was by Princes, Prelates, Peers carefs'd;
Honours Divine were to my GRANDSIRE paid,
And all my Sifters Goddeffes were made;
Then to my Name fome Rev'rence was allow'd,
And I with Quantum Sufficit endow'd :
But now my Family bears no Esteem,

Our former Grandeur's thought an idle Dream!
Howe'er my Freedom fafe, without Controul,
I generous Precepts pour into the Soul !
Melt down to Pity the most flinty Heart,
Or Joy or Grief, alternately, impart;
And as my Bufinefs Peace of Mind requires,
I feek not Wealth, nor feel Ambition's Fires.

If I the Patriot or the Prince fhould draw,
Take off fome peccant Member of the Law;
The spruce Phyfician, or the Courtier gay,
The pamper'd Prieft, or Puritan pourtray,
The fober Citizen, or Country Squire,
APELLES ne'er produc'd a Likenefs higher.
Nor is my Genius to one Branch confin'd,
With like Success I practise ev'ry Kind,
The Sea-Piece, Landfkip, and Grotesque, I try,
And may for Miniature with WORLIDGE vie !
I toil for empty Fame,---my only Care,
To dress the Opulent, and please the Fair;
And for Materials I'm oblig'd to None,
The Canvas, Colours, Pencils are my own;
Within myself Wares unexhaufted lie,
Which every useful Implement fupply.
So the affiduous Silk-Worm,---Infect small!
From her own Entrails forms the wond'rous Ball
With rich Attire to decorate the Great,
And Furniture provide for Rooms of State.

II. ENIGMA 52. By Belinda Amoretta.
UNFELT I wear the captive Chain,
In Female Bondage led,
May this by ev'ry bleeding Swain,
With equal Truth be faid!
In me, thro' ev'ry Stage of Life
The Ladies find a Friend,

The Maid, the Widow, and the Wife,
Whom Daily I defend.

When Spring alarms the feather'd Choir,

I thro' the Vallies rove,
And oft with Strephon do retire
Within the filent Grove.
Sometimes I trip along the Plain,
The flow'ry Mead pafs o'er;
Sometimes I crofs the watry Main,

And gain the diftant Shore:
But when rude Boreas breaks the Chains,
Impetuous o'er his Bound,

The Gates which lead to my Domains
Fly open round and round.
O think of fome Mens Destiny!
When I'm expos'd to Sight,
The Conflicts that arife thro' me,
Defending Virtue's Right!
My Poft an Under Station is,
Which bravely I maintain;
When my Superior flies from his,
I all the Siege fuftain:
Attack'd before, I rout the Foe,
I keep a Guard behind,
Eluding what they all can do,
And ev'ry Sawcy Wind.

III. ENIGMA

III. ENIGMA 53. By χρονον μονονπυβλικό
GLORY of Grandeur, and the Prop of State,
True Wisdom's Policy, above all Fate,

Is now the Theme,---while duteous Praise infpires
To fing the Guardian, that each Sage admires!
No Matter for our Præfect's Parentage,
The Rules of Virtue did his Youth engage;
Who rais'd by Merit, merits no Difdain,
Nor is of Merit, or Advancement vain ;
But minds the Duties of his Station ftill,
And Other's Happiness employs his Skill.
The offer'd Bribe, th'infinuating Speech,
Please not his Pride,---who hates to be thought rich;
Who Justice more than Intereft regards,
Detects the Traytor, Honefty rewards;
And ftill is found the REPRESENTATIVE

Of each good Quality that can't but thrive.
Fraud and Oppreffion he alike detefts,
And never injur'd Innocence molefts;
Defends the Orphan's and the Widow's Right,
And does no Hurt for Int'reft, or for Spite!
Without Extravagance,---All bounteous He---
Frugal, and yet from felfifb Av'rice free:
His BENEFACTOR loves, nor flights the Poor,
But open ftands his bofpitable Door.

IV. ENIGMA 54. By Mr. BoYCE.
LADIES, I am your humble Slave,
To ferve you I my Being have.

Which from the Earth I claim;

I'll now display my Properties,
That you may tell me if you please,

Next SEASON what's my Name.

An Head, I think, I cannot boaft,
And, but one Eye I bear at most,
Nor have of Sense a Grain;

Yet, to content a curious Fair,
Wit-like, muft bright and fharp appear,
Or else I meet difdain."

My Speed is like the frighten'd Fawn's
Like him, I run thro' flowry Lawns,
And ne'er in Swiftnefs tir'd.
With her who knows to ufe me beft,
I'm always found a grateful Guest,
For the's by all admir'd.
The Maid, in midling State of Life,
Will make an unbecoming Wife,

Who ne'er my Talents knew ;
She must be deeply fraught with Gold,
Or but I think enough is told,
Adieu, ye FAIR, adieu!

V. ENIGMA