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74 ' P, OVIDII METAMOR-
Conflitit ante domum, (neque enim fuccedere
tefiis
Fas habet) & pojles extrema cuspide pulfat.
Concuffae patuere fores. <videt intus edentem
Viper e as carries, vitiorum aliment a Quorum,
Invidiam: vifaque oculos aver tit. at ilia J JO
Surgit humo pigra: femefarumque relinqmt
Corpora ferpentum; pajfuque incedit inerti.
XJtque Deam vidit formaque armisque de-
cor am ,
Ingemuit: vultumque ima ad fufpiria duxit.
Pallor in orefedet: macies in corpore toto: Jj*j
Nusquam reft a acies: livent rubigine dentes :
Peffora felle virent: lingua eft fujfufa veneno.
Rifus abefii mfi quern vifi movere dolores.
Nec fruitur fomno, vigilacibus excita cur is:
Sedvidet ingratos,intabefcitquevidendo, 780
Succeffus hominum: carpitque &* carpitur una.
Suppliciumque fuum ejl. quamvis tamen ode-
rat illam,
l^alibus adfata ejl breviter 'Tritonia diffis:
Infice tabe tua not arum Cecropis unam.
Sic opus ejl. Aglauros ea ejl. baud plura lo-
cuta 7^5
Fugit; & impreffa tellurem repulit haft a.
Ma Deam obliquo fugientem lumine cernens i
Murmur a parva dedit; fucceffurumque Mi'
nervae
Indoluit: baculumque capiti quod fpinea totum
Vincula cingebant : adopertaque nubibus
atris, 79°
Quacumque ingreditur,forentia proterit arva,
Exuritque herb as, &fumma cacumina carpit:
Adfatuque fuo populos , urbesque, domosque
Polluit: & tandem Tritonida confpicit arcem,
Ingeniis , opibusque , & fejla pace viren-
tem: 795
Vixque tenet lacrimas > quia nil lacrimabile
cernit.
Sedpoftquam thalamos intravit Cecrope natae,
Juffa facit: peclusque manu ferrugine tinffa
Tangit: & hamatis praecordiafentibus imp let ,•
Infpratque nocens virus : piceumque per
off a 800
Diffpat, & medio fpargit pulmone venenum.
JSleve mali fpatium cauffae per latius errent,
Germanam ante oculos, fortunatumque fororis
Conjugium , pulchraque Deum fub imagine
ponit.
Cuntlaque magna facit , quibus irritata ,
dolore 805
Cecropis
P.OVID'S METAMOR-
A pois'nous Morfel in her Teeth (he chew'd,
And gorg'd die Flelli of Vipers for her Food.
Minerva loathing turn'd away her Eye •,
The hideous Monfter, rifing heavily,
Came ftalking forward with a fuflen Pace,
And left her mangled Offals on the Place.
Soon as ftie faw the Goddefs gay and bright,
She fetch'd a Groan at fuch a chearful Sight.
Livid and meagre were her Looks, her Eye
In foul diftorted Glances turn'd awry ;
A Hoard of Gaft her inward Parts poffefs'd ,
And fpread a Greennefs o'er her canker'd Bread;
Her Teeth were brown with Ruft, and from her
Tongue,
In dangling Drops, the ftringy Poifbn hung.
She never fmiles but when the Wretched weep,
Nor lulls her Malice with a Moment's Sleep,
Reftlefs in Spite: while watchful to deftroy,
She pines and fickens at Another's Joy j
Foe to her felf, diftrefling and diftreft,
She bears her own Tormentor in her Breaft.
The Goddefs gave (for flie abhorr'd her Sight)
A fhort Command : ,, To Athens fpeed thy Flight;
„ On curft Aglauros try thy utmoft Art,
„ And fix thy rankeft Venoms in her Heart.
This faid, her Spear flie pufli'd againft the Ground,
And mounting from it with an adtive Bound,
Flew off to Heav'n: The Hag with Eyes askew
Looked up, and mutter'd Curies as me flew •,
For fore flie fretted, and began to grieve
At the Succefs which flie her felf muft give.
Then takes her Staff, hung round with Wreaths
of Thorn,
And fails along, in a black Whirlwind born,
O'er Fields and flow'ry Meadows: Where flie fleers
Her baneful Courfe, a mighty Blaft appears,
Mildews and Blights j the Meadows are defae'd,
The Fields,the Flow'rs,and the whole Year laid wafte:
On Mortals next, and peopled Towns flie falls,
And breathes a burning Plague among their Walls.
When Athens {he beheld, for Arts renown'd ,
With Peace made happy, and with Plenty crown'd.
Scarce could the hideous Fiend from Tears forbear,
To find out nothing that deferv'd a Tear.
Th' Apartment now flie enter'd, where at Reft
Aglauros lay, with gentle Sleep oppreft.
To execute Minerva's dire Command,
She ftroak'd the Virgin with her canker'd Hand,
Then prickly Thorns into her Breaft convey'd,
That flung to Madnefs the devoted Maid:
Her fubtleVenom flill improves the Smart,
Frets in the Blood, and feflers in the Heart.
To make the Work more fure,a Scene flie drew,
And plac'd before the dreaming Virgin's View
Her Sifter's Marriage, and her glorious Fate:
Th' imaginary Bride appears in State;
The
Conflitit ante domum, (neque enim fuccedere
tefiis
Fas habet) & pojles extrema cuspide pulfat.
Concuffae patuere fores. <videt intus edentem
Viper e as carries, vitiorum aliment a Quorum,
Invidiam: vifaque oculos aver tit. at ilia J JO
Surgit humo pigra: femefarumque relinqmt
Corpora ferpentum; pajfuque incedit inerti.
XJtque Deam vidit formaque armisque de-
cor am ,
Ingemuit: vultumque ima ad fufpiria duxit.
Pallor in orefedet: macies in corpore toto: Jj*j
Nusquam reft a acies: livent rubigine dentes :
Peffora felle virent: lingua eft fujfufa veneno.
Rifus abefii mfi quern vifi movere dolores.
Nec fruitur fomno, vigilacibus excita cur is:
Sedvidet ingratos,intabefcitquevidendo, 780
Succeffus hominum: carpitque &* carpitur una.
Suppliciumque fuum ejl. quamvis tamen ode-
rat illam,
l^alibus adfata ejl breviter 'Tritonia diffis:
Infice tabe tua not arum Cecropis unam.
Sic opus ejl. Aglauros ea ejl. baud plura lo-
cuta 7^5
Fugit; & impreffa tellurem repulit haft a.
Ma Deam obliquo fugientem lumine cernens i
Murmur a parva dedit; fucceffurumque Mi'
nervae
Indoluit: baculumque capiti quod fpinea totum
Vincula cingebant : adopertaque nubibus
atris, 79°
Quacumque ingreditur,forentia proterit arva,
Exuritque herb as, &fumma cacumina carpit:
Adfatuque fuo populos , urbesque, domosque
Polluit: & tandem Tritonida confpicit arcem,
Ingeniis , opibusque , & fejla pace viren-
tem: 795
Vixque tenet lacrimas > quia nil lacrimabile
cernit.
Sedpoftquam thalamos intravit Cecrope natae,
Juffa facit: peclusque manu ferrugine tinffa
Tangit: & hamatis praecordiafentibus imp let ,•
Infpratque nocens virus : piceumque per
off a 800
Diffpat, & medio fpargit pulmone venenum.
JSleve mali fpatium cauffae per latius errent,
Germanam ante oculos, fortunatumque fororis
Conjugium , pulchraque Deum fub imagine
ponit.
Cuntlaque magna facit , quibus irritata ,
dolore 805
Cecropis
P.OVID'S METAMOR-
A pois'nous Morfel in her Teeth (he chew'd,
And gorg'd die Flelli of Vipers for her Food.
Minerva loathing turn'd away her Eye •,
The hideous Monfter, rifing heavily,
Came ftalking forward with a fuflen Pace,
And left her mangled Offals on the Place.
Soon as ftie faw the Goddefs gay and bright,
She fetch'd a Groan at fuch a chearful Sight.
Livid and meagre were her Looks, her Eye
In foul diftorted Glances turn'd awry ;
A Hoard of Gaft her inward Parts poffefs'd ,
And fpread a Greennefs o'er her canker'd Bread;
Her Teeth were brown with Ruft, and from her
Tongue,
In dangling Drops, the ftringy Poifbn hung.
She never fmiles but when the Wretched weep,
Nor lulls her Malice with a Moment's Sleep,
Reftlefs in Spite: while watchful to deftroy,
She pines and fickens at Another's Joy j
Foe to her felf, diftrefling and diftreft,
She bears her own Tormentor in her Breaft.
The Goddefs gave (for flie abhorr'd her Sight)
A fhort Command : ,, To Athens fpeed thy Flight;
„ On curft Aglauros try thy utmoft Art,
„ And fix thy rankeft Venoms in her Heart.
This faid, her Spear flie pufli'd againft the Ground,
And mounting from it with an adtive Bound,
Flew off to Heav'n: The Hag with Eyes askew
Looked up, and mutter'd Curies as me flew •,
For fore flie fretted, and began to grieve
At the Succefs which flie her felf muft give.
Then takes her Staff, hung round with Wreaths
of Thorn,
And fails along, in a black Whirlwind born,
O'er Fields and flow'ry Meadows: Where flie fleers
Her baneful Courfe, a mighty Blaft appears,
Mildews and Blights j the Meadows are defae'd,
The Fields,the Flow'rs,and the whole Year laid wafte:
On Mortals next, and peopled Towns flie falls,
And breathes a burning Plague among their Walls.
When Athens {he beheld, for Arts renown'd ,
With Peace made happy, and with Plenty crown'd.
Scarce could the hideous Fiend from Tears forbear,
To find out nothing that deferv'd a Tear.
Th' Apartment now flie enter'd, where at Reft
Aglauros lay, with gentle Sleep oppreft.
To execute Minerva's dire Command,
She ftroak'd the Virgin with her canker'd Hand,
Then prickly Thorns into her Breaft convey'd,
That flung to Madnefs the devoted Maid:
Her fubtleVenom flill improves the Smart,
Frets in the Blood, and feflers in the Heart.
To make the Work more fure,a Scene flie drew,
And plac'd before the dreaming Virgin's View
Her Sifter's Marriage, and her glorious Fate:
Th' imaginary Bride appears in State;
The