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<HEAD>ENGLANDS Sin, and Shame: <HI>In a Paralel between the Degenerate E&s;tate of Old</HI> ROME <HI>&amp;</HI> GREAT BRITAIN. OR, <Q LANG="lat"><BIBL><HI>HOR. Lib.</HI> 3. <HI>Ode</HI> 6.</BIBL> Ad Romanos de Moribus &s;ui &s;aeculi corruptis.</Q> Occa&s;ionally Paraphra&s;ed, and applyed for <DATE>the 30th. of <HI>January</HI> 1672.</DATE> <HI>Being the Anniver&s;ary of the Murder of that Ble&s;&s;ed Martyr King</HI> CHARLES I.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><HI>PRepo&s;t'rou&s;ly,</HI> thou charge&s;t <HI>Crimes,</HI></L>
<L>Vain <HI>Britain!</HI> on thy <HI>Grand&s;ire</HI> Times;</L>
<L>Till thou, the ruin'd <HI>Church</HI> re&s;tore:</L>
<L>It's <HI>Altars,</HI> buried in their <HI>Du&s;t, rebuild;</HI></L>
<L>Pays't all tho&s;e <HI>Duties</HI> it <HI>enjoy'd</HI> before,</L>
<L>And all its <HI>Sacred Rites</HI> reviv'&s;t again;</L>
<L>For &s;till the <HI>more</HI> thou unto <HI>Heav'n</HI> do'&s;t yield,</L>
<L>the <HI>higher</HI> thou wilt <HI>reign.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hence</HI> &s;prings thy <HI>Glory, Hence</HI> thy <HI>Shame;</HI></L>
<L>And 'tis <HI>neglected</HI> Heav'n, has thrown on thee</L>
<L>This ma&s;s of <HI>wretchedne&s;s,</HI> and <HI>mi&s;ery;</HI></L>
<L>Hence <HI>grew</HI> thy <HI>Jealou&s;ies,</HI> and <HI>Fears,</HI></L>
<L>Unhappy <HI>Parents</HI> of thy <HI>CIVIL WARS!</HI></L>
<L>Where <HI>Brother, Brother; Son,</HI> did <HI>Father</HI> wound:</L>
<L>Until thy <HI>Wickedne&s;s,</HI> did know no <HI>bound;</HI></L>
<L>But <HI>mounted</HI> to a <HI>Crime</HI></L>
<L>Ne're known <HI>before,</HI> by <HI>History,</HI> nor <HI>Time;</HI></L>
<L>And which no <HI>Time,</HI> nor <HI>Age</HI> &s;hall <HI>know</HI> again:</L>
<L>The <HI>Lords Anointed</HI> by his <HI>Subjects</HI> &s;lain!</L>
<L>Slain! not by <HI>private Rage,</HI> or <HI>Hate,</HI></L>
<L>But to a publick <HI>Execution</HI> led:</L>
<L>Giving a <HI>Face</HI> of <HI>Ju&s;tice</HI> to his <HI>Fate,</HI></L>
<L>As if the <HI>Feet</HI> were <HI>Soveraigns</HI> o're the <HI>Head.</HI></L>
<L><HI>This</HI> made thee <HI>Slave</HI> to <HI>Arms,</HI> thy <HI>&s;elf</HI> did&s;t <HI>ray&s;e;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Hence</HI> &s;prung <HI>Infections</HI> to <HI>prevent</HI> thy <HI>days;</HI></L>
<L><HI>This</HI> made thy <HI>Ships</HI> to burn; <HI>This</HI> makes thy Cities blaze</L>
<L>And <HI>mighty Nations</HI> far and near,</L>
<L>Who look'd on thee, with wonder, and with fear;</L>
<L>Now <HI>triumphing</HI> on thy <HI>di&s;tractions</HI> gaze.</L>
</LG>
<LG N="2">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L>This Age, thus fertile in all ills,</L>
<L>Had fir&s;t its <HI>general Source</HI></L>
<L>From giving to the <HI>Female Sex</HI> their wills;</L>
<L>Which is of all <HI>flagitious Crimes</HI> the <HI>Nur&s;e:</HI></L>
<L>For where their <HI>feeble Souls</HI> an <HI>Empire</HI> gain;</L>
<L>They Bed, Religion, Stock, and <HI>Honour</HI> &s;tain:</L>
<L>And forward, like an <HI>Innundation</HI> go;</L>
<L>Till they whole <HI>Rcalms,</HI> and <HI>Nations</HI> overthrow.</L>
<L>How much did <HI>Adam's Fall</HI> this <HI>truth</HI> evince?</L>
<L>But, how more <HI>wicked</HI> is that <HI>Sex</HI> grown &s;ince!</L>
<L>The <HI>Virgin yet unripe,</HI> that &s;carcely knows,</L>
<L>To turn her <HI>Finger</HI> in her <HI>No&s;e:</HI></L>
<L>To learn <HI>la&s;civious mea&s;ures,</HI> does delight,</L>
<L>And &s;tudies <HI>artful Po&s;tures</HI> to invite:</L>
<L>E're <HI>Nature calls,</HI> &s;he acts <HI>ince&s;tuous</HI> &s;ins;</L>
<L>And to her <HI>Lu&s;t,</HI> her <HI>&s;hame-fac'd</HI> brother wins:</L>
<L>Soon after, crept up to the <HI>Marriage</HI> bed;</L>
<L>Scarce <HI>warm</HI> within her <HI>Husbands</HI> arms,</L>
<L>She's by <HI>de&s;ires</HI> as <HI>bold,</HI> as <HI>wicked</HI> led!</L>
<L>And all her <HI>Thoughts</HI> imployes, and all her <HI>Charms,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Youthful,</HI> and <HI>&s;trong Adulterers</HI> to find;</L>
<L>Such as be&s;t <HI>plea&s;e</HI> her <HI>lu&s;tful</HI> mind:</L>
<L>Nor <HI>cares</HI> &s;he they her <HI>favours</HI> &s;teal;</L>
<L>Nor <HI>fears</HI> what <HI>Sun-&s;hine</HI> can reveal;</L>
<L>But <HI>an&s;wers</HI> to their <HI>beck</HI> in <HI>open</HI> light,</L>
<L>And <HI>[O &s;hame!]</HI> in her <HI>Con&s;cious</HI> Husbands &s;ight;</L>
<L>Whether &s;ome <HI>Factor</HI> from the <HI>Court</HI> do call,</L>
<L>Or el&s;e &s;ome <HI>hot-reyn'd Gaul,</HI></L>
<L><UNCLEAR>Pay</UNCLEAR> dearly for her <HI>Shame</HI> and his <HI>Delight&punc;</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>Tho&s;e <HI>Youths,</HI> &s;prung not from &s;uch <HI>Adulterous</HI> brood,</L>
<L>Who dy'd the <HI>Holy Land</HI> with <HI>Pagans</HI> blood;</L>
<L>Nor of &s;uch <HI>&s;purious</HI> &s;trains were tho&s;e,</L>
<L>Which made the <HI>Lillies</HI> &s;toop unto the <HI>Ro&s;e:</HI></L>
<L>But Spirits of a Warlike <HI>Race,</HI></L>
<L>Who&s;e <HI>labouring</HI> Fathers did <HI>Cha&s;te</HI> Wives embrace;</L>
<L>And did not teach them <HI>Luxury,</HI> but how</L>
<L>To wield the <HI>Spade,</HI> the <HI>Mattock,</HI> and the <HI>Plow:</HI></L>
<L>Who when the <HI>Glory</HI> of the <HI>War</HI> was done,</L>
<L>And they with <HI>triumphs</HI> were returned <HI>home,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Strove</HI> not to put an idle <HI>&s;ternne&s;s</HI> on:</L>
<L>Forgot the <HI>Pride</HI> of <HI>Feathers</HI> they had worne,</L>
<L>And all the <HI>Trophies</HI> of the War,</L>
<L>And to their <HI>labours</HI> did return,</L>
<L><HI>Out-watcht</HI> the <HI>Sun; Out-ro&s;e</HI> the <HI>Morning Star;</HI></L>
<L>And in that friendly time gives <HI>re&s;t</HI> to all,</L>
<L>If a <HI>&s;everer</HI> Mother did but call,</L>
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<L>Fetcht home tho&s;e <HI>Logs</HI> which they had <HI>cleft</HI> by day</L>
<L>For <HI>Wars,</HI> then taught Men only to obey;</L>
<L>But <HI>Ah!</HI> How <HI>Manners</HI> do with <HI>Time</HI> decay?</L>
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<L>Our <HI>Fathers,</HI> wor&s;e than <HI>theirs,</HI> have brought us forth,</L>
<L><HI>To yield</HI> the World an <HI>Off-&s;pring of le&s;s worth.</HI></L>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD><Q><BIBL><HI>Horat. Lib. 3. Ode VI.</HI></BIBL></Q> Ad Romanos, de Moribus &s;ui Saeculi corruptis.</HEAD>
<L>DElicta Majorum immeritus lues</L>
<L>Romane: donec templa refeceris</L>
<L>Aede&s;que labentes deorum, &amp;</L>
<L>Foeda nigro &s;imulacra fumo.</L>
<L>Diis te minorem quod geris, imperas:</L>
<L>Hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum.</L>
<L>Dii multa neglecti dederunt</L>
<L>He&s;periae mala luctuo&s;ae.</L>
<L>Jam bis Monae&s;es, &amp; Pacori manus</L>
<L>Non au&s;picatos contudit impetus</L>
<L>No&s;tros: &amp; adjeci&s;&s;e praedam</L>
<L>Torquibus exiguis renidet.</L>
<L>Pene occupatam &s;editionibus</L>
<L>Delevit urbem Dacus &amp; Aethiops:</L>
<L>Hic cla&s;&s;e formidatus, ille</L>
<L>Mi&s;&s;ilibus melior &s;agittis.</L>
<L>Foecuuda culpae &s;acula, nuptias</L>
<L>Primum inquinavere, &amp; genus &amp; domos.</L>
<L>Hoc fonte derivata clades</L>
<L>In patriam populumque fluxit.</L>
<L>Motus doceri gaudet Ionicos</L>
<L>Matura virgo, &amp; fingitur artibus</L>
<L>Jam nunc, &amp; ince&s;tos amores</L>
<L>De tenero mediatur ungui.</L>
<L>Mox juniores quaerit adulteros</L>
<L>Inter mariti vina: neque eligit</L>
<L>Cui donet impermi&s;&s;a raptim</L>
<L>Gaudia, luminibus remotis;</L>
<L>Sed ju&s;&s;a coram non &s;ine con&s;cio</L>
<L>Surgit marito; &s;eu vocet in&s;titor,</L>
<L>Seu navis Hi&s;panae magi&s;ter</L>
<L>Dedecorum pretio&s;us emptor.</L>
<L>Non his juventus orta parentibus</L>
<L>In<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ecit aequor &s;anguine Punico;</L>
<L>Pyrrhumque &amp; ingentem cecidit</L>
<L>Antiochum, Annibalem&abque; dirum.</L>
<L>Sed ru&s;ticorum ma&s;cula militum</L>
<L>Proles Sabellis d<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">cta ligonibus</L>
<L>&V;or&s;are glebas, &amp; &s;everae</L>
<L>Matris ad arbitrium reci&s;os</L>
<L>Portare fu&s;tes; &s;ol ubi montium</L>
<L>Mutaret umbras, &amp; juga demeret</L>
<L>Bobus fatigatis, amicum</L>
<L>T<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">mpus agens abeunte curru.</L>
<L>Damuo&s;a quid non imminuit dies?</L>
<L>Aetas parentum pejor avis, tulit</L>
<L>Nos nequiores, mox daturos</L>
<L>Progeniem vitio&s;iorem.</L>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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