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PHOSEON Lib. VII.
Omnia confundit;fummisque immifcuit ima.
Ecce vetus calido verfatus ftipes aeno
Pit viridis pnmo: nec longo tempore fron-
dem .28°
Indmti & fubiib gravidis oneratur olivis.
At quacumque cavo [pumas ejecit aeno
Ignis, & in terr am guttae cecidere calentesf
Vernat humus: ftoresque, & mollia pabula
furgunt.
Quodftmul acviditiftnBo Medea recludit2%^
Enfe fenis jugulum : veteremque exirecruorem
Pajfa, reflet fuccis. quos poftquam combibit
Aefon
Aut ore accept os, autvulnere-, barb a comaeque
Canitie poftta nigrum rapuere colorem.
Pulfafugit macies: abeunt pallor que fit us-
que ; 200
Adjeffoque cavae fupplentur fanguine venaei
Membraque luxuriant. Aefon miratur, &
olim
Ante quater denos hunc fe reminifcitur annos.
Viderat ex alto tanti miracula monfiri
Liber: & admomtus juvenes nutricibus an-
nos 295
Tojfe fuis reddipetit hoc Aeetida mums.
Jsfeve doli cejfent, odium cum conjuge falfum
Thafias adfimulat: Peliaeque adliminafupplex
Confugit. atque illam (quoniam gravis ipfe
feneBa )
Excipiunt natae. quas tempore callida par-
vo goo
Colchis amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit.
Dumque refert , inter meritorum maxima,
demtos
Aefonis ejfe fitus ,• atque hac in parte moratur$
Spes ejl virgimbus Pelia fub 'jetta creatis,
Arte fuum parili revirefcere pofe paren-
tem. 305'
Jamque petunt: pretiumque jubent fine fine
pacifci.
Ilia brevt fpatio filet ; & dubitare videtur:
Sufpenditque animos ficla gravitate rogmtes.
Mox ubi pollicita eft, Quo fit fiducia major
Muneris hujus, ait: qui veftras tmnxmm
aevo eft 310
Dux gregis inter oves, agnus medic aminefiet.
Protinus innumeris efoetus laniger annis
Attrahitur,ftexo circum cava tempora cornu:
Cujus ut Haemonio marcentia guttura cultro
Fodit, & exiguo maculavit fanguine fer-
rum:
Mem-
■PHOSES. Book VII. 221
Green Leaves at firft the perifh'd Plant furround,
Which the next Minute with ripe Fruit were
crown'd.
The foaming Juices now the Brink o'er-fwell;
The barren Heath, where e'er the Liquor fell,
Sprang out with vernal Grafi, and all the Pride
Of blooming May — When this Medea fpy'd,
She cuts her Patient's Throat ;th' cxhaufted Blood
Recruiting with her new inchanted Flood;
While at his Mouth, and thro' his op'nmg Wound,
A double Inlet her Infufion found.
His feeble Frame refumes a youthful Air,
A glofly Brown his hoary Beard and HairT;
The meager Palenefs from his Afpeet fled ,
And in its Room (prang up a florid Red,
Thro' all his Limbs a youthful Vigour flies, ~)
His empty'd Art'ries fwcll with freih Supplies: y
Gazing Spectators fcarce believe their Eyes. \
But ALfon is the moil furpriz'd, to find
A happy Change in Body, and in Mind •
In Senfe and Conftitution the fame Man,
As when his Fortieth active Year began.
Bacchus, who from the Clouds this Wonder
view'd,
Finding his Nudes' Age might be renew'd,
Once more her Charms to try, the Queen implor'd:
She Kindly to the Nymphs their Youth reftor'd.
Thus far obliging Love imploy'd her Art j
But now Revenge muft act a tragic Part j
Medea feigns a mortal Quarrel bred
Betwixt her, and the Partner of her Bed j
On this Pretence to Pelias Court (he flies,
Who languilliing with Age and Sicknefs lies.
His thoughtlefs Daughters, with inveigling Wiles,
And well-diflembled Friendfliip, fhe beguiles:
The ftrange Atchievements of her Art fhe tells,
With ALforis Cure, and long on that flie dwells,
Till them to firm Perfwafion foe has won,
The fettic for their old Father may be done:
For him they court her to imploy her Skill,
And put upon the Cure, what Price Hie will.
At ferft llie's mute, and with a grave Pretence
Of Difficulty, holds Win Sufpenfe -y
Then promifes, and bids 'em, from the Fold
Choofe out a Ram, the moll infirm and old;
That fo by Fact their Doubts may be remov'd,
And firft, on him, the Operation prov'd.
A wrcath-horn'd Ram is brought, fo far o'er-
grown
With Years, his Age was to that Age unknown;
Of Senfe too dull the piercing Point to feel,
With fcarce fufiicient Blood to ftain the Steel.
E c 3 His
Omnia confundit;fummisque immifcuit ima.
Ecce vetus calido verfatus ftipes aeno
Pit viridis pnmo: nec longo tempore fron-
dem .28°
Indmti & fubiib gravidis oneratur olivis.
At quacumque cavo [pumas ejecit aeno
Ignis, & in terr am guttae cecidere calentesf
Vernat humus: ftoresque, & mollia pabula
furgunt.
Quodftmul acviditiftnBo Medea recludit2%^
Enfe fenis jugulum : veteremque exirecruorem
Pajfa, reflet fuccis. quos poftquam combibit
Aefon
Aut ore accept os, autvulnere-, barb a comaeque
Canitie poftta nigrum rapuere colorem.
Pulfafugit macies: abeunt pallor que fit us-
que ; 200
Adjeffoque cavae fupplentur fanguine venaei
Membraque luxuriant. Aefon miratur, &
olim
Ante quater denos hunc fe reminifcitur annos.
Viderat ex alto tanti miracula monfiri
Liber: & admomtus juvenes nutricibus an-
nos 295
Tojfe fuis reddipetit hoc Aeetida mums.
Jsfeve doli cejfent, odium cum conjuge falfum
Thafias adfimulat: Peliaeque adliminafupplex
Confugit. atque illam (quoniam gravis ipfe
feneBa )
Excipiunt natae. quas tempore callida par-
vo goo
Colchis amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit.
Dumque refert , inter meritorum maxima,
demtos
Aefonis ejfe fitus ,• atque hac in parte moratur$
Spes ejl virgimbus Pelia fub 'jetta creatis,
Arte fuum parili revirefcere pofe paren-
tem. 305'
Jamque petunt: pretiumque jubent fine fine
pacifci.
Ilia brevt fpatio filet ; & dubitare videtur:
Sufpenditque animos ficla gravitate rogmtes.
Mox ubi pollicita eft, Quo fit fiducia major
Muneris hujus, ait: qui veftras tmnxmm
aevo eft 310
Dux gregis inter oves, agnus medic aminefiet.
Protinus innumeris efoetus laniger annis
Attrahitur,ftexo circum cava tempora cornu:
Cujus ut Haemonio marcentia guttura cultro
Fodit, & exiguo maculavit fanguine fer-
rum:
Mem-
■PHOSES. Book VII. 221
Green Leaves at firft the perifh'd Plant furround,
Which the next Minute with ripe Fruit were
crown'd.
The foaming Juices now the Brink o'er-fwell;
The barren Heath, where e'er the Liquor fell,
Sprang out with vernal Grafi, and all the Pride
Of blooming May — When this Medea fpy'd,
She cuts her Patient's Throat ;th' cxhaufted Blood
Recruiting with her new inchanted Flood;
While at his Mouth, and thro' his op'nmg Wound,
A double Inlet her Infufion found.
His feeble Frame refumes a youthful Air,
A glofly Brown his hoary Beard and HairT;
The meager Palenefs from his Afpeet fled ,
And in its Room (prang up a florid Red,
Thro' all his Limbs a youthful Vigour flies, ~)
His empty'd Art'ries fwcll with freih Supplies: y
Gazing Spectators fcarce believe their Eyes. \
But ALfon is the moil furpriz'd, to find
A happy Change in Body, and in Mind •
In Senfe and Conftitution the fame Man,
As when his Fortieth active Year began.
Bacchus, who from the Clouds this Wonder
view'd,
Finding his Nudes' Age might be renew'd,
Once more her Charms to try, the Queen implor'd:
She Kindly to the Nymphs their Youth reftor'd.
Thus far obliging Love imploy'd her Art j
But now Revenge muft act a tragic Part j
Medea feigns a mortal Quarrel bred
Betwixt her, and the Partner of her Bed j
On this Pretence to Pelias Court (he flies,
Who languilliing with Age and Sicknefs lies.
His thoughtlefs Daughters, with inveigling Wiles,
And well-diflembled Friendfliip, fhe beguiles:
The ftrange Atchievements of her Art fhe tells,
With ALforis Cure, and long on that flie dwells,
Till them to firm Perfwafion foe has won,
The fettic for their old Father may be done:
For him they court her to imploy her Skill,
And put upon the Cure, what Price Hie will.
At ferft llie's mute, and with a grave Pretence
Of Difficulty, holds Win Sufpenfe -y
Then promifes, and bids 'em, from the Fold
Choofe out a Ram, the moll infirm and old;
That fo by Fact their Doubts may be remov'd,
And firft, on him, the Operation prov'd.
A wrcath-horn'd Ram is brought, fo far o'er-
grown
With Years, his Age was to that Age unknown;
Of Senfe too dull the piercing Point to feel,
With fcarce fufiicient Blood to ftain the Steel.
E c 3 His