"Ara infidebit fanguine imbutus ferox

"Mars auribus tenus.

Et illud M. Antonii fublimi et horribili prorfus modo bellum civile prædicentis:

Ingenfque Julii umbra fpirantis minas "Ultricis iræ, focia cui lateri furens "Harebit Ate, missa tartareo specu, "Ad arma voce provocabit regia,

"Ad arma Martis concitans rabidos canes !

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Vividiffima etiam est ista in Coriolano Volumnia

oratio ipfa vi imaginandi filium defcribentis ;

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"Audire tympana videor fortis viri,
"Et cernere ipfum crine raptantem Ducem
"Tullum; ferocem Volfca gens fugiunt, uti
Urfam furentem pavida puerorum cobors!
"Videre videor arva calcantem pede,
"Et increpantem voce raucifona fuos,

Ergo agite focii, quid fubit mentes timor? ×

"The mailed Mars fhall on his Altar fit
"Up to the Ears in Blood.

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HENRY IV. Part I.

Cæfar's Spirit, ranging for Revenge,
"With Ate by his Side, come hot from Hell,
"Shall in these Confines, with a Monarch's Voice,
Cry Havock, and let flip the Dogs of War.

J. CÆSAR. * Methinks, I hither hear your husband's Drum: "I fee him pluck Aufidius down by th' Hair: "As Children would a Bear, the Volfci fhunning him: "Methinks, I fee him stamp thus-and call thusCome on, ye Cowards.

CORIOLANUS.

Quinetiam patet ex fequentibus imagines etiam humiles, modo fatyricæ fint, et contemptus caufa adhibitæ, fæpius ipfam tragediam ac fublimes descriptiones admittere :

Ceffante Martis opere jam tandem gravi, ▾ "Ut ipfe feffus confiiti, toftus fiti,

Languidus, anbelus, enfe fubnixus meo, "Accurrit elegans Nobilis quidam, nitens, Sponfoque fimilis troffulo; recens gena Refecata agellum, messe jam facta, refert. Unguenta redolet ipfe fericarius "Non fic pufillus: pixidem manu ferens Hauft fubinde naribus odorem fuis.

-Diftorfit ora rifibus, multum loquax "Blateravit; ac dum milites cadavera

y

"Humeris tulerunt, increpans, "hem! vos, ait,

But I remember, when the Fight was done,
"When I was dry with Rage, and extreme Toil,
"Breathless, and faint, leaning upon my Sword;
"Came there a certain Lord, neat, trimly dress'd,
"Fresh as a Bridegroom, and his Chin, new-reap'd,
"Shew'd like a Stubble-land at Harveft-home.
"He was perfumed like a Milliner;

"And 'twixt his Finger and his Thumb, he held
"A Pouncet-box, which ever and anon

"He gave his Nofe

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-And ftill he fmil'd and talk'd:

"And

Agitis agreftes-mene noviftis? procul "Quin ifta ferte corpora immunda afpici”— "Me multa multis inde blanditiis rogat,

Tandemque captos prælio, juffu tuo

"Rex magne pofcit—egomet impatiens, dolens
« Vulnere rigente, pfittaci nugas ferens
Molefte, quid refponderim cautus parum,
Nolo, voloque; quippe vexabat mihi
"Homulus adulans, nitidus, et mofchos olens,
"Et quid valerent quæritans, feu ancillula
Tormenta, bombardæque.

"And as the Soldiers bare dead Bodies by,
"He call'd them untaught Knaves, unmannerly,
"To bring a flovenly, unhandfome Coarfe
"Betwixt the Wind, and his Nobility.

"With many holiday and lady Terms

"He question'd me: Amongst the rest, demanded "My Prifoners, in your Majefty's Behalf.

"I then, all smarting with my Wounds, being cold, "Out of my Grief, and my Impatience

"To be fo pefter'd with a Popinjay,

"Answer'd, neglectingly, I know not what ;
"He fhould, or fhould not; for he made me mad,

"To fee him fhine fo brifk, and smell fo fweet,
"And talk fo like a waiting Gentlewoman,
"Of Guns, and Drums, and Wounds.

HENRY IV. Part I.

"At

"At fuimus ambo liberi nati, puto;
Vefcimur eodem Brute, quo Cæfar, cibo;
Eque patientes hyemis infance fumus.
"Olim procellis horrido fævis die,

"Cum tumuit æftus Tiberis ad ripam furens, Audefne mecum, Cæfar infultans ait,

"Tentare Caffi turbidos fluctus maris,

Iftamque metam petere nando ?—protinus "Memet in profundum gurgitem faltu dedi; "Cæfar fecutus; flumen horrendum fremit; "Undas torofis brachiis contundimus, "Et corda anhelantes avida certaminis, Undique tumentes frangimus ulnis "At feffus artus Cæfar invalidos, prius

aquas.

Quam

z “I was born free as Cæfar, fo were you ;
"We both have fed as well; and we can both
"Endure the Winter's Cold, as well as he.
"For once upon a raw and gusty Day,
"The troubled Tyber chafing with his Shores,

"Cæfar fays to me, " dar'ft thou, Caffius, now
"Leap in with me into this angry Flood,

"And swim to yonder Point ?".

-Upon the Word, "Accoutred as I was, I plunged in,

"And bid him follow; fo, indeed, he did.
"The Torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it
"With lufty Sinews; throwing it aside,
"And stemming it with Hearts of Controversy.
"But ere we could arrive the Point

propos'd, "Cæfar cry'd, " help me, Caffius, or I fink."

"Quam conftitutum fecimus nantes iter,
Exclamat, adfis, adfis O Caffi mihi,
"Submergar undis-qualis Æneas pater
"Ardente Troja debilem Anchisen fenem
Geftavit humeris, Cæfarem fic languidum
Ipfe ex fonoris fluctibus falvum tuli—
-Quin apud Iberos febre decubuit gravi;
Tremuit, notavi, fractus, impatiens
fui;
"Crede mihi, tremuit ifte terrarum Deus!
"Oris ruborem pallor exanguis fugat ;

Quorumque nutus omnia imperiis regit Languefcit oculis ignis; ingemuit mifer, Illaque ftupidum voce qua populum jubet "Notare tabulis dicta quæ fundit fagax,

"Ab!

"I, as Æneas, our great Ancestor,

"Did from the Flames of Troy upon his Shoulder
"The old Anchifes bear, fo, from the Waves of Tyber
"Did I the tired Cæfar.

"He had a Fever when he was in Spain,

"And when the Fit was on him, I did mark

"How he did fhake: 'Tis true, this God did flake; "His coward Lips did from their Colour fly,

"And that fame Eye, whofe Bend doth awe the World, "Did lofe its Luftre; I did hear him groan :

Aye, and that Tongue of his, that bad the Romans

"Mark