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7o P. OVIDII METAMOR-
Rure fenex. Bat turn evicinia tot a cvocabant.
Divitis hie faltus herbofaque pascua Neki,
JSlobiliumque greges cufios fervabat equa-
rum. 690
Hum timuit 3 blandaque manu feduxit: &3
Eia3
Quisquises, hospes, alt, fi forte armenta
requiret
Haec aliquis jvidijfe nega. neu gratia fatto
Nulla rependatur nitidam cape praemia
vaccam.
Et dedit. accepta 'voces has reddidit hos-
pes: 695
*Tutus eas. lapis ijle prius tua furta loquatur.
Et lapidem ofiendtt. fimulat Jo<ve natus abire.
Mox redit: &, verfa par iter cum 'voce fi-
gura y
Ruftice , vidifii fi quas hoc limit e, dixit 3
Ire boves , fer opem 3 furtoque filentia de-
me. 700
JunBa fuo pretium dabitur tibi femina tauro.
At fenior3 pofiquam merces geminata, Sub
illis
Montibus , inquit 3 erunt. & erant fub
rnontibus illis.
Rjfit Atlantiades : (tf 3 Me mihi 3 perfide}
prodis ?
Me mihi prodis ? ait. perjuraque peffora
njertit 705
In durum filicem i qui nunc quoque dicitur
Index:
Inque nihil merito vetus eft infamia faxo.
33
P. OVID'S METAMOR-
The Theft an old infidious Peafant view'd,
(They call'd him Battus in the Neighbourhood |
Hir'd by a wealthy Pylian Prince to feed
His fav'rite Mares, and watch the gen'rous Breed.
The thievifh God fulpe&ed him 3 and took
The Hind afide, and thus in Whiipers fpokej
3) Difcover not the Theft, whoe'er thou be,
And take that milk-white Heifer for thy Fee.
Go, Stranger, cries the Clown , fecurely on,
That Stone fhall fooner tell, and fliow'd a Stone.
The God withdrew, but ftrak return'd again,
In Speech and Habit like a Country Swain •,
And cries out, „ Neighbour, haft thou feen a Stray
Of Bullocks and of Heifers pafi this Way ?
In the Recov'ry of my Cattle join,
33 A Bullock and a Heifer fliall be thine.
The Peafant quick replies , „ You'll find em there
„ In yon dark Vale ; and in the Vale they were.
The Double Bribe had his falfe Heart beguil'd:
The God, fuccefsful in the Tryal, fmil'd;
„ And doft thou thus betray my felf to Me ?
„ Me to my felf doft thou betray ? {ays he:
Then to a Touch-fione turns the faithlete Spy,
And in his Name records his Infamy.
33
3»
EXPLICATION OF THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH FABLES.
Tf^Sculapius, being taken from his Mother's Breaft,
jTf 4 was given in charge to Chiron who took care
of his Education. This is what caufed the Mis-
fortune of Ocyrrhoe the Daughter of that Centaur:
But as I fliall have Occafion hereafter to fpeak of
^Efculapius,it will be fufficient, in this Explication,to
fliew who Chiron and his Daughter were.
The Centaurs , thofe Monfters whofe Bodies were
half Man and half Horfe ,* were the firft Horfemen in
Thejfaly, which I fliall prove in the Skirmifli they had
with the Lapithites. Chiron, one of thofe Cavaliers,
was in great Reputation for his Prudence , and the
Knowledge he had acquired in a Place where the
Sciences were fo much neglected. All the Ancients
regarded him as the Inventor of Phyfick , in which
he afterwards inftru&ed his Pupil ^Efculapius. He was
alio efteem'd an excellent Mufician and a good Aftro-
nomer, as we read in Homer, Diodorus Siculus, and
other ancient Authors. Moft of the Heros of that
Age , and amongft others Jafon and Hercules, were
defirous to ftudy under fo able a Mafter: And we may
reafonably believe that a Man of fuch Learning and
Parts was not negligent in cultivating the Wit and Ta-
lents of his Daughter Ocyrrhoe. But as lhe became
curious to dive into the Secrets of Futurity, and would
foretell the Fortune of Young iEfculapius , flie was
faid to be changed into a Mare : A Metamorphofis,
which, in my Opinion, has no other Foundation than
her great Skill and Addrefs in Riding. For, as it is
moft certain that the Horfemen of that Age were ta-
ken for Monfters, half Men and half Horfes, it is not
at all liirprifing to find the Daughter of a Centaur
transform'd into a Mare.
I have faid that Chiron was an able Aftronomer;and
all Antiquity agrees in it. He was generally believed
to be the Perfon, who, in the Voyage of the Argo-
nautes, markt out the Conftellations to help them in
their Navigation. For that Purpofe, and conforma-
ble to the Dispofition of the Heavens, he placed the
Points of the Solftices and the Equinoxes in the Fif-
teenth Degree of thofe Conftellations ; that is to fay
between Cancer and Capricorn , and Aries and Scor-
pio. And his Calender may be reckon'd one of the
ancienteft in the World. By what I have juft faid, we
fee that Chiron lived in the time of the Argonautes,
which, according to the exatleft Computation, was to-
wards the Year 14,20 before Je s u s-Chr 1 s t , more
than 200 Years before the War of Troy. But I fhall
have an Opportunity to enlarge upon the Proofs of
this Chronology in the Hiftory of the Expedition of
the Argonautes.
Fab. XII..
Rure fenex. Bat turn evicinia tot a cvocabant.
Divitis hie faltus herbofaque pascua Neki,
JSlobiliumque greges cufios fervabat equa-
rum. 690
Hum timuit 3 blandaque manu feduxit: &3
Eia3
Quisquises, hospes, alt, fi forte armenta
requiret
Haec aliquis jvidijfe nega. neu gratia fatto
Nulla rependatur nitidam cape praemia
vaccam.
Et dedit. accepta 'voces has reddidit hos-
pes: 695
*Tutus eas. lapis ijle prius tua furta loquatur.
Et lapidem ofiendtt. fimulat Jo<ve natus abire.
Mox redit: &, verfa par iter cum 'voce fi-
gura y
Ruftice , vidifii fi quas hoc limit e, dixit 3
Ire boves , fer opem 3 furtoque filentia de-
me. 700
JunBa fuo pretium dabitur tibi femina tauro.
At fenior3 pofiquam merces geminata, Sub
illis
Montibus , inquit 3 erunt. & erant fub
rnontibus illis.
Rjfit Atlantiades : (tf 3 Me mihi 3 perfide}
prodis ?
Me mihi prodis ? ait. perjuraque peffora
njertit 705
In durum filicem i qui nunc quoque dicitur
Index:
Inque nihil merito vetus eft infamia faxo.
33
P. OVID'S METAMOR-
The Theft an old infidious Peafant view'd,
(They call'd him Battus in the Neighbourhood |
Hir'd by a wealthy Pylian Prince to feed
His fav'rite Mares, and watch the gen'rous Breed.
The thievifh God fulpe&ed him 3 and took
The Hind afide, and thus in Whiipers fpokej
3) Difcover not the Theft, whoe'er thou be,
And take that milk-white Heifer for thy Fee.
Go, Stranger, cries the Clown , fecurely on,
That Stone fhall fooner tell, and fliow'd a Stone.
The God withdrew, but ftrak return'd again,
In Speech and Habit like a Country Swain •,
And cries out, „ Neighbour, haft thou feen a Stray
Of Bullocks and of Heifers pafi this Way ?
In the Recov'ry of my Cattle join,
33 A Bullock and a Heifer fliall be thine.
The Peafant quick replies , „ You'll find em there
„ In yon dark Vale ; and in the Vale they were.
The Double Bribe had his falfe Heart beguil'd:
The God, fuccefsful in the Tryal, fmil'd;
„ And doft thou thus betray my felf to Me ?
„ Me to my felf doft thou betray ? {ays he:
Then to a Touch-fione turns the faithlete Spy,
And in his Name records his Infamy.
33
3»
EXPLICATION OF THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH FABLES.
Tf^Sculapius, being taken from his Mother's Breaft,
jTf 4 was given in charge to Chiron who took care
of his Education. This is what caufed the Mis-
fortune of Ocyrrhoe the Daughter of that Centaur:
But as I fliall have Occafion hereafter to fpeak of
^Efculapius,it will be fufficient, in this Explication,to
fliew who Chiron and his Daughter were.
The Centaurs , thofe Monfters whofe Bodies were
half Man and half Horfe ,* were the firft Horfemen in
Thejfaly, which I fliall prove in the Skirmifli they had
with the Lapithites. Chiron, one of thofe Cavaliers,
was in great Reputation for his Prudence , and the
Knowledge he had acquired in a Place where the
Sciences were fo much neglected. All the Ancients
regarded him as the Inventor of Phyfick , in which
he afterwards inftru&ed his Pupil ^Efculapius. He was
alio efteem'd an excellent Mufician and a good Aftro-
nomer, as we read in Homer, Diodorus Siculus, and
other ancient Authors. Moft of the Heros of that
Age , and amongft others Jafon and Hercules, were
defirous to ftudy under fo able a Mafter: And we may
reafonably believe that a Man of fuch Learning and
Parts was not negligent in cultivating the Wit and Ta-
lents of his Daughter Ocyrrhoe. But as lhe became
curious to dive into the Secrets of Futurity, and would
foretell the Fortune of Young iEfculapius , flie was
faid to be changed into a Mare : A Metamorphofis,
which, in my Opinion, has no other Foundation than
her great Skill and Addrefs in Riding. For, as it is
moft certain that the Horfemen of that Age were ta-
ken for Monfters, half Men and half Horfes, it is not
at all liirprifing to find the Daughter of a Centaur
transform'd into a Mare.
I have faid that Chiron was an able Aftronomer;and
all Antiquity agrees in it. He was generally believed
to be the Perfon, who, in the Voyage of the Argo-
nautes, markt out the Conftellations to help them in
their Navigation. For that Purpofe, and conforma-
ble to the Dispofition of the Heavens, he placed the
Points of the Solftices and the Equinoxes in the Fif-
teenth Degree of thofe Conftellations ; that is to fay
between Cancer and Capricorn , and Aries and Scor-
pio. And his Calender may be reckon'd one of the
ancienteft in the World. By what I have juft faid, we
fee that Chiron lived in the time of the Argonautes,
which, according to the exatleft Computation, was to-
wards the Year 14,20 before Je s u s-Chr 1 s t , more
than 200 Years before the War of Troy. But I fhall
have an Opportunity to enlarge upon the Proofs of
this Chronology in the Hiftory of the Expedition of
the Argonautes.
Fab. XII..