Chiron, the four-legg'd Bard, had both 130 A Beard and Tail of his own growth; And yet by Authors 'tis averr'd, He made ufe only of his Beard. 66 66 "Perfons of different Sizes in order, as you would a Ring of Bells, or Set of Organ-Pipes; which Entertainment would prove much "more diverting round a Tea-table, than the ufual one of Scandal; "fince the sweetest Mufick is allow'd to proceed from the Guts. "Then that Lady will be reckon'd the most agreeable in converfation, who is the readieft at Reportee; and to have a good report "behind her back, would be allow'd a strong argument of her "merit." Vives makes mention of a Perfon in his time who could f--t in Tune. Montaigne's Effays, book 1. chap. 20. p. 120. edit. 1711. And I have heard of a Master upon the Flute, who upon concluding a Tune, generally founded an octave with his B--k-S--e. See Spectator's Differtation upon the Cat Call, N° 361.. . 129. Chiron the Four legg'd Bard.] * Chiron, a Centaur, Son to Saturn and Phillyris, living in the Mountains, where being much given to Hunting, he became very knowing in the Vertues of Plants, and one of the most famous Phyficians of his Time. He imparted his Skill to Efculapius, and was afterwards Apollo's Governor, until being wounded by Hercules, and defiring to die, Jupiter placed him in Heaven where he forms the Sign of Sagittarius or the Archer." vid. Diodori Siculi Rer. Antiquar. lib. 5. p. 107. Alfedii Thefaur. Chron. P.255. 4; .134. Does raise the Minstrelfy.] See Dr. Plot's Staffordshire, p. 436, for the whole Ceremony. And an account of the Charter for Incorporating the Minstrels. Manley's Interpreter, fee more Spelmanni Gloffarium, edit. 1664. p. 412. The Rhime of Sir Thopas, Ĉhaucer's Works, folio 67. Chaucer's Manciple's Tale, folio 84. Minstrels were not held in fo high esteem in all Ages and Places. For by 4 Hen. chap. 27. 'tis enacted, that to efchew many Diseases and Mischiefs which have happened before this time in the Land of Wales, by many Wailers, Rimers, Minstrels and other Vagabonds, It is ordained, That no Mafter Rhimer, Minftrel nor Vagabond be in any wife fuftained in the Land of Wales. Pryn's Hiftrio- Mastix, part 1. P. 493 (As once in Perfia, 'tis faid, Kings were proclaim'd by a Horfe that neigh'd) 140 By Chance of War, was beaten down, For when a Shin in Fight is cropt, The Knee with one of Timber's propt, 145 Esteem'd more honourable than the other, And takes place though the younger Brother. Next march'd brave Orfin, famous for Wife Conduct, and Succefs in War: A fkilful Leader, ftout, fevere, 66 .137. As once in Perfia 'tis faid— Kings were proclaim'd by a Horfe that neigh'd.] Darius was declared King of Perfia in this manner, as is related by Herodotus, lib. 3. and from him by Dean Prideaux (Connex. fub. ann. 521.) "Seven Princes (of whom Darius was one) having flain the Ufurpers of the Crown of Perfia; enter"ed into confultation among themselves, about fettling of the Go"vernment, and agreed, That the Monarchy should be continued "in the fame manner, as it had been establish'd by Cyrus: and that "for the determining which of them fhould be the Monarch, they "fhould meet on Horseback the next Morning, against the Rifing "of the Sun, at a place appointed for that purpofe; and that He "whofe Horse should first neigh, should be King. The Groom of Da"rius being inform'd of what was agreed on, made use of a Device "which fecured the Crown to his Mafter: for the Night before, having tied a Mare to the place where they were the next Morning to meet; he brought Darius's Horfe thither, and put him to 66 cover the Mare: and therefore as foon as the Princes came thither at the time appointed, Darius's Horfe at the fight of the place "remembering the Mare, ran thither, and neigh'd, whereon He "was forthwith faluted King by the reft: and accordingly placed on the Throne." 66 66 66 . 141, 142. His Leg then broke· Had got a Deputy of Oke.} See Pinkethman's Jefts, p. 98. and Joe Miller's. I have heard of a brave Sea Officer, who having loft a Leg and an Arm in the Service: once order'd the Hoftler upon his Travels, to unbuckle his Leg, 150 Now Marshal to the Champion Bear. With Truncheon tipp'd with Iron Head, The Warrior to the Lifts he led; With folemn March, and stately Pace, But far more grave and folemn Face. 155 Grave as the Emperor of Pegu, Or Spanish Potentate Don Diego. And Plaintiff Dog, fhou'd make an end on't, Leg, which he did; then he bid him unfkrew his Arm, which was made of Steel, which he did, but seemingly furpriz'd: which the Officer perceiving, he bid him unfcrew his Neck: at which the Hoftler fcour'd off, taking him for the Devil. See the Bravery of one of Montrofe's Soldiers upon losing a Leg in the Battle of Aberdeen 1644. Impartial Examinat. of Mr. Neal's 4th vol. of the Hiftory of the Puritans, p. 80. .146. And takes place tho' the younger Brother.] Alluding to the awkard Step a Man with a wooden Leg makes in walking, who always fets it first. (Mr. W.) . 147. Next march'd brave Orfin.] Next follow'd. In the two first editions of 1663. Joshua Gosling, who kept Bears at Paris-Garden in Southwark: however says Sir Roger, he ftood hard and fast for the Rump Parliament. (Mr. B.) See an account of Orfon the Bearward, in Ben Johnson's Masque of Augurs. 4.155. Grave as the Emperor of Pegu.] See Purchase his Pilgrims, vol. 5. b. 5. chap. 4. Mandelfo's and Olearius's Travels. . 156. Or Spanish Potentate Don Diego.] See an account of Spanifh Gravity, Lady's Travels into Spain, part 1. p. 144, 166. 5th edit. . 159, 160. Thus altered in the edition of 1674. Knew when t'engage his Bear Pell-mell, And when to bring him off as well Pell-mell. i.e. Confufedly, without order. Fr. of Pele, Locks of Wool, and Mele mixed together. Do ftave and tail with Writs of Error, . 167. As Romulus a Wolf did rear.] " Romulus and Rhemus were "faid to have been nurfed by a Wolf; Telephus the Son of Hercules, by a Hind; Peleus the Son of Neptune by a Mare; and Egifthus by a Goat: not that they had actually fuck'd fuch Creatures, as "fome Simpletons have imagin'd, but their Nurfes had been of such a Nature and Temper, and infused such into them." Spectator, N° 246. .168. So he was dry-nurs'd by a Bear.] i.e. maintain'd by the diverfion which his Bear afforded the Rabble. (Mr. W.) He might likewife have the Romantic Story of Orfon's being fuckled by a Bear in view. (See Hiftory of Valentine and Orfon, chap. 4.) Mr. Mottraye, (in his Voiages and Travels, vol. 3. 1722. p. 203.) gives fome remarkable inftances of Children expofed by their unnatural Parents, that were nurs'd by Bears, and walk'd on their Hands and Feet, and roar'd like them, and fled the Sight of Men. .172. In military Garden Paris.] In Southwark, fo called from its Poffeffor: it was the place where Bears were formerly baited. See John Field's Declaration of God's Judgment at Paris-Garden: and Mr. Stubbs's Anatomy of Abuses, against Bear-baiting, p. 133, 134, 135. Pryn's Hiftrio-Maftix, part 1. p. 563. 173. For Soldiers heretofore did grow.] This is a Satire on the London Butchers, who form'd a great Body in the Militia. (Mr. W.) .177. For licensing a new Invention] This and the following Lines are fully explain'd in Boccalini's Advertisements from Parnaffus, (Cent.1. Adv. 16. p. 27. edit. 1656.) which begins thus: "Ambaffadors from all the Gardiners in the World are come to the Court, "who have acquainted His Majefty: that were it either from the "Bad Condition of their Seed, the Naughtiness of the Soil, or from "Evil Celestial Influences, fo great abundance of Weeds grew up "in their Gardens, as not being any longer able to undergo the charges they were at in weeding them out, and of cleansing their "Gardens, they fhould be inforc'd either to give them over, or else " to Bred up, where Discipline most rare is, In military Garden Paris. For Soldiers heretofore did grow In Gardens, juft as Weeds do now; 175 Until fome fplay-foot Politicians T' Apollo offer'd up Petitions, 66 For licensing a new Invention Th''ad found out of an antique Engine, "to inhaunce the price of their Pumpions, Cabages, and other "Herbs, unless His Majefty would help them to fome Instrument, "by means whereof they might not be at fuch exceffive charge in keeping their Gardens. His Majefty did much wonder at the Gar"diners foolish Request, and being full of Indignation, answer'd, "their Ambaffadors, that they fhould tell thofe that fent them, "that they should use their accustomed manual Inftruments, their Spades and Mattocks, for no better could be found, or wish'd for; " and ceafe from demanding fuch impertinent Things. The Am"baffadors did then couragiously reply, that they made this Re"queft, being moved thereunto by the great benefit which they "faw His Majefty had been pleas'd to grant to Princes, who to purge their States from evil Weeds, and feditious Plants, which "to the great misfortune of good men do grow there in such abun"dance, had obtain'd the miraculous Inftruments of Drum and "Trumpet, at the Sound whereof Mallows, Henbane, Dog-Caul, "and other pernicious Plants, of unuseful Perfons, do of themselves "willingly forfake the Ground, to make room for Lettice, Burnet, Sorril, and other useful Herbs of Artificers and Citizens; and "wither of themselves and die, amongst the Brakes and Brambles, "out of the Garden, (their Country) the which they did much pre"judice; and that the Gardiners would efteem it a great Happiness, "if they could obtain fuch an Inftrument from his Majefty. To this Apollo anfwered, that if Princes could as easily discern feditious "Men, and fuch as were unworthy to live in this World's Garden, δε as Gardiners might know Nettles and Henbane, from Spinnage "and Lettice, he would have only given them Halters and Axes "for their Inftruments, which are the true Pickaxes, by which the "feditious Herbs (Vagabonds which being but the ufetefs Luxuries "of Human Fecundity, deferve not to eat bread) may be rooted 66 up. But fince all Men were made after the fame manner, fo as the "Good could not be known from the Bad, by the Leaves of Face, "or Stalks of Stature, the Inftruments of Drum and Trumpet were VOL.I. grant H |