1000000031

( 955 )

JrJli.a.

1 Onll

be f.ved by my huíband; he hath made

rile. Chrifli.n.

LaulIu lot .

Truly the more to blame he; we \Vere

Chrilli,lns enough before, e'en as many as could well live

by one another: this m.kiDg ofChril!

i.ns

\ViII ..ife th.

pri~e

of hogs;

\Ve grow all

be pork eaters, we 01all

Dot

luve a ralher on the coals for money.

J11<rchan"f Vrnicc,

3.ft

BUl

Hudibras gave him a tWltch,

qUlck

lighln¡Dg~

in the breech,

Ju(lln the place ",here honour's lodg'd,

As \Vife phllofophers

h.ve

judg'd

B ecilufc a kick in

thu pan,

more

Huru

hODour,

than deep wounds berare.

udiórl7I

cllnlo

Ludierous

jun~lion

of CmaH thiDgS \Vith gre.t, as of equ.1

importance:

Thi. day

bl.ek

ornens threat the brighten fair

That e'er defcrv'd a watchful fpirit's care:

Sorne dire difaner, or by force, or fiight:

BUl what, or where, the (ate" have wrapt io night :

Whether the n),mph Ihall break O lana's law; •

Or fome

(rall

china jar receive a (Jaw

Or {hin

her honour,

her

new brocade ;

Forget her pray'rs, or mies a mafquerade ;

Or lofe her heart, or necklace,

jiU

a baU ;

Or whether

H~av'n

has doom'd th.. Shock mún fall.

Ra,,<

,he

L.c~,

canta

ii.

101.

Ooe fpeak. the g10ry of the BritiO, Q ueen,

Aod one deferibes a eharming Indiao fcreen.

I~id.

canto

iii.

13.

Thcn Aalh'd the living 1ightning from her eye.,

ADd rcreams

horror rend th'affrighted Ikies.

Not louder Ch;ieks tO pitying heav'n are can,

W hen hulbands, or when lapdogs, brcathe lhcir lan ;

Or when rieh china vdrels . (all'o fro m high,

g1itteriog dun and painted fragmen.. lie !

¡bid. canto

iii.

1;,.

N ot youthful kings in battle feiz'd alive,

No, (cornful yirgins who their

Ch<tfnH

furvivc,

N ot ardeot lov<rs robb'd of all their blif.,

N ot ancient Jadies' wheo ,e(u,'d

kifs,

Nor tynots fierce that uorepeoting die,

Nor Cynthia when her manteau's pinn'd awry,

E'er feh fu ch rage, refentment, and defpair,

A. thou, fad virgio! for thy ravilh'd hair.

l hid.

c~nt.

iv. 3.

Joiniog things that

a?pearaoce are oppofite. As (or

exalJlple, where Sir Roger de Coverley. in the fpeltator,

fpeakiog of his widow,

That .he would have gi "en her a coal.pit to have kept

hcr in clean lioen; and ,hu her finger Ihould haYe fparkled

Wilh

one h ndred of his riche.t acres.

Premlifcs that promire much and perform nothing. Cí–

cero upon this anicle C¡¡ys .

Sed fcitis efr..: notiflimum ridiculi genus, cum aliud ex·

peétamus. aliud dicitur : hic nobirmetipCis

noA.er

error

rifum moyeto

D~D,.a/or~,

c. 63.

Dea/riu.--With

a good

If!g

and a good foot,

?nclc,

• nd mooey enough iD his purre, fueh a m.n lVoulu

\VIO

any

IVoman in the world, if he eould get her good will.

/11uch ad. ah. u/ m ,hing,

Aa.

2.ft.

BUllriu.

h:tye a good eye, uncle,

1 can

fee

ehureh by day.light.

Having

difeu(fed

wit

in the thought, we proeeed to what

is verb,1 only, eommonly ealled

play

'UJDrd,.

Thi.

fort of wit depends. for the rnoll part, upon chufing

\Vord

thu

hath differeDt fignifieation!: by this a({iGee, hocus .po·

cus

tricks

are played

hnguage; and thoughu

phi

and

fimple takc on a very differcDt appearance. Play is necer.·

fary

lor

Olan, in order to refrdh him after labour; and ac–

eordingly m.o loves play: he even reiilhes a play oC word,:

aAd it

happy for us, that words cao be employcd, not

only for ufefu l purpofes, bu, alfo for our amufemeot. Tliis

amuCemeot aecordingly, though humble and low,

rclifh–

ed by fome at all times,

and

all

at fome times, ia arder..

10 unbend the mind.

It is remarkable, that Ihis Jow Cpe ¡es of wit

has, at one

time or oth( r, rnade

figure io rnon civilized natioDs. aDc!

has gradually gone into dirrepute.. So foon a. a

langu.ge

is forrned into a fynem,

and

the

m~aning

of "A'ords is afcer–

u ined with tolerable accuracy, oPg0rtuOlty

affordcd for

expreffions. which, by the double meaning of fome wo,ds,

give a familiar thought the appearanee of being new

aoci

the penetratioo of the reader or hearer is gratified, in de–

telling the true fenfe difguifed uoder the dou!>le meanin/:.

That this (on of wit was iD EnglaDd deemed a reputable

amufement, duriog the reigns of Elifabeth

and

James

l .

vouehed by the works of Shakefpear, )lnd even by the ..,,–

tings of grave dl'vines.

But it cannot have any 10Dg endu–

rance: (or as laoguage ripeos, and the mcaoing of words

more and more afeertained. words held to be fynonymous

diminiCh daily; aod whe.n thoCe ,hat remain have beca

more than once employed. the pleafure vaDiChcth with lhe

novelty.

We proceed to

examplf~,

whieh, as

the former care,

Ihall be diflributed in", difl'<tent

c1,If••.

feemiog refemblaDee from tbe doub!e meaniog of a

word:

B eoeath thi. flone my wife doth lie

Shc's

now at ren, and (o am

f'c'eming contran from the Carne cauCe. termed

a {urSal

anti,h<jíl,

whieb bath no defpieable .fI'ell in ludierous lub–

jetls:

'Vhiln Iris hi. eofmetie \Valh would try

To 0'I2ke ha bloon! revive, and lovers dic .

S ome

alk

for charms, and

oth~rs

philrers chufe,

gain Coriona. and lheir quanans loie.

Dijp<"¡Rry,

canto

And how frail nymph. , oft . by abortion, aim

To lofe:

fubfiance,

preCerve a Dame.

l/Jid.

ca1¡ID

3. •

While nymphs uke treats, or affignarions giyC'.

Rape .f,he L.d.

Orher feeming conncélions from the .{ame cauCe:

Will

you employ your conqu'ring fword,

To break a 6ddle and your word

H udi!Jral, canlD

... .

To whom the knjght with comcly gnce

P ut off his hat 10 l,ut bis cafe.

Hudibr..

lI,

parl

canl-D~

•

Hec'