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+The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love, by
+Henry Fielding, Edited by Claude E. Jones
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+Title: The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love
+
+
+Author: Henry Fielding
+
+Editor: Claude E. Jones
+
+Release Date: January 21, 2010  [eBook #31036]
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+Language: English
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+***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LOVERS ASSISTANT, OR, NEW ART
+OF LOVE***
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+E-text prepared by Sankar Viswanathan, Delphine Lettau, Joseph Cooper, and
+the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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+                     The Augustan Reprint Society
+
+
+                           _HENRY FIELDING_
+
+              THE LOVERS ASSISTANT, OR, NEW ART OF LOVE
+
+                                (1760)
+
+
+                           Edited, with an
+                           Introduction by
+                           Claude E. Jones
+
+
+                        Publication Number 89
+
+
+
+                William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
+
+                       University of California
+
+                             Los Angeles
+
+                                 1961
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+GENERAL EDITORS
+
+
+Richard C. Boys, _University of Michigan_
+Ralph Cohen, _University of California, Los Angeles_
+Vinton A. Dearing, _University of California, Los Angeles_
+Lawrence Clark Powell, _Clark Memorial Library_
+
+
+ASSISTANT EDITOR
+
+W. Earl Britton, _University of Michigan_
+
+
+ADVISORY EDITORS
+
+Emmett L. Avery, _State College of Washington_
+Benjamin Boyce, _Duke University_
+Louis Bredvold, _University of Michigan_
+John Butt, _University of Edinburgh_
+James L. Clifford, _Columbia University_
+Arthur Friedman, _University of Chicago_
+Louis A. Landa, _Princeton University_
+Samuel H. Monk, _University of Minnesota_
+Ernest C. Mossner, _University of Texas_
+James Sutherland, _University College, London_
+H.T. Swedenberg, Jr., _University of California, Los Angeles_
+
+CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
+
+Edna C. Davis, _Clark Memorial Library_
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+
+The publishing history of this translation has been sketched by Cross,
+in his _History of Henry Fielding_, and may simply be summarized here.
+The first edition, entitled _Ovid's Art of Love Paraphrased and
+Adapted to the Present Time_ (or _Times_) was first issued in
+February, 1747, and was advertised in the _Gentleman's_ and _Scots_
+Magazines in that month. During March, further advertisements appeared
+in the _London Magazine_ and the _St. James Evening Post_. The most
+extensive notice ran, however, in Fielding's own _Jacobite Journal_
+(No. 15), where it served as basis for a detailed comparison between
+the art of love and the art of Jacobitism. Of this 1747 anonymous,
+original edition no copy is known.
+
+In 1759, the work was reissued in London and Dublin, under the title
+_The Lover's Assistant_, and again in London in 1760. Meanwhile,
+advertisements for the original edition, as by Henry Fielding, had
+been run by the publisher, Andrew Millar, in 1754 and 1758. Inasmuch
+as Millar apparently still had unsold sheets in 1758, the 1759 edition
+may comprise these sheets with new title pages and prefatory matter
+necessary because of Fielding's death in 1754. At any rate, the
+"modern instances" referred to by the author of the 1759 Preface are
+not too modern to have been written in 1747. There has been no reprint
+since 1760.
+
+The present text is printed from the 1760 edition, collated with a
+copy of the 1759 issue. The Latin text, which in the original faces
+the English, is omitted. Notes keyed by letters and asterisks appear
+in the original; it will be noted that Fielding's notes combine
+scholarly and facetious remarks; he frequently used footnotes for
+comic effect, especially in the translation of the _Plutus_ of
+Aristophanes in which he collaborated.
+
+Literature affords few pleasures so satisfying as translations done by
+those who are not only expert in the languages concerned, but who also
+are of the same spirit as the authors they translate. Some examples
+come readily to mind: Pope's Horace, Dryden's Juvenal and Persius,
+Smollett's LeSage, Lang's _Aucassin and Nicolette_, and Pound's
+translations from Provençal. Such a felicitous combination appears in
+Henry Fielding's translation of Book I of Ovid's _Ars Amoris_.
+
+Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English
+translators of the classics abounded, including Marlowe, Jonson,
+Chapman and Sandys; Roscommon, Waller, Denham, Cowley and Dryden. By
+1700, the major kinds of translation had been differentiated,
+described, evaluated and practised.
+
+To summarize, Dryden wrote as follows in his Preface to the 1680
+edition of _Ovid's Epistles_, Translated by Several Hands:
+
+     All translation I suppose may be reduced to these three
+     heads:
+
+     First, that of Metaphrase, or turning an Author word by
+     word, and line by line, from one language to another.... The
+     second way is that of Paraphrase, or Translation with
+     Latitude, where the Author is kept in view by the
+     Translator, so as never to be lost, but his words are not so
+     strictly follow'd as his sense, and that too is admitted to
+     be amplyfied, but not alter'd.... The Third way is that of
+     Imitation, where the Translator (if now [i.e. by taking such
+     liberties] he has not lost that name) assumes the liberty
+     not only to vary from the words and sence, but to forsake
+     them both as he sees occasion: and taking only some general
+     hints from the Original, to run division on the ground-work,
+     as he pleases....
+
+Doubtless, he refers to the translation of verse into verse, but
+actually verse-into-prose also falls within Dryden's "third way." When
+the author of the Preface to _The Lover's Assistant_ speaks of it as
+an "undertaking" in translation, he means prose imitation, or
+paraphrase of verse.
+
+Earlier, in the 1743 _Miscellanies_, Fielding had published "Part of
+Juvenal's Sixth Satire Modernized in Burlesque [i.e. Hudibrastic]
+Verse." The modernization, as in his _Art of Love_, was of place
+(England instead of Italy) as well as time, and allowed the author to
+satirize some of his contemporaries, as well as the customs of his own
+age.
+
+When, four years later, he turned to the first book of Ovid's _Artis
+Amatoriae_, he found prose an even better medium for "Imitation," or
+"Modernization." The result is a most enjoyable _pot pourri_ of Roman
+mythology and eighteenth century social customs, combined with some of
+the patriotism left over from Fielding's anti-Jacobinism during the
+Forty-Five. His devotion to, and constant use of, the classics has
+excited comment from every Fielding biographer since his own time. His
+works abound in classical instances, references and imitations; and
+most of his writing includes translations from Greek or Roman authors.
+His library, as Austin Dobson observed, was rich in editions of the
+classics.
+
+Curiously, the sale catalogue lists only one, unidentifiable, Ovid
+item, as contrasted with 5 editions of Horace, 9 of Lucian and 13
+(between 1504 and 1629) of Aristotle. This probably means that, along
+with other unlisted works known to have been in his possession, his
+Ovid was retained by his family or given to a friend. Dryden's
+translation of Book One of the _Ars Amoris_ is included among
+Fielding's books, however, and Cross suggests that Fielding "kept one
+eye" on it. It is surprising how much visualization there is in his
+imitation. Many of the incidents resemble those treated by Hogarth,
+with whom by 1747 Fielding was on excellent terms. There is also some
+resemblance in his contemporaneous materials, or modernization, to
+scenes in Fielding's own later plays, and in his novels.
+
+
+
+
+PREFACE
+
+
+_This Work was begun many Years ago, though altered in some Places by
+the Author, before his Death; as will appear by the modern Instances
+introduced in it. Many of which being so applicable to the present
+Time, is the Occasion of it being now published._
+
+_As to any Exception which may be made to the Impurity of this Work,
+we shall transcribe what was written long ago in its Defence, from the
+Preface prefixed to Mr. _Dryden_'s Translation of this Poem._
+
+'A great many People are mistaken in these Books; and tho' they were
+made use of as a Pretence to drive the Author from the Court of
+_Augustus_, and confine him to _Tomos_ on the Frontiers of the _Getae_
+and _Sarmatae_, yet they were not the true Cause of his Confinement.
+They are very far from being so licentious as the Writings of several
+other Poets, both _Greek_ and _Latin_. However we must own he might
+have been a little more discreet, especially in some Places[A].
+
+[Note A: He means in the other two Books.]
+
+'That which offended the _Romans_ most in this Work, cannot touch us.
+It has always been more dangerous in _Italy_ to converse with Women of
+Honour, and frequent their Houses, than 'tis with us; where there is
+more Liberty, and what in that Country may be an Occasion of
+Debauchery, would not at all be so in ours.
+
+'Notwithstanding all that has been said against these Books _of the
+Art of Love_, by some over-scrupulous Persons, whose Discretion has
+too much of Affectation in it: they are not only necessary for the
+Knowledge of the _Latin_ Tongue, and the _Roman_ History, concerning
+which they contain several Things very particular; but for the noble
+Sentiments we find in them, which the _Gravest_ and _Learnedest_
+Writers have thought worthy to be quoted for _Authorities_.
+
+'In a Word, there's nothing in them that comes near the _Licence_ of
+some _Epigrams_ of _Catullus_, _Martial_, and _Ausonius_, of some
+_Satires_ of _Horace_ and _Juvenal_, and several other Pieces of
+_Ancient_ and _Modern_ Authors, which are read and commented upon; and
+about which even celebrated _Jesuits_ and other religious Persons, as
+eminent for their Piety as their Erudition, have employed their
+Studies. Yet who has condemn'd or complain'd of them? We must confess,
+such Things should be managed with Address; and those of them who have
+meddled with any of the Authors I have named, have shewn that it may
+be done so, by their succeeding so happily in it.
+
+'As for this Treatise of the _Art of Love_, for which the Author has
+also prescrib'd a _Remedy_, as it is liable to be ill interpreted by
+those whose Pens poison every Thing they touch; so it may bear a good
+Construction, by such as know how to turn every Thing to Advantage.
+
+'I will yet say, this _Art_ may be apply'd to those that intend to
+marry. There is nothing sure against Decency in all that. I agree, if
+you will have it so, that it extends so far as to direct one to the
+Means to gain a Mistress. If this was not lawful heretofore in
+_Italy_, on account of the jealous Humour of the _Italians_, we
+cannot, for the same Reason only, say it ought to be forbidden in our
+Country, any more than in several others, provided we could be sure
+the Ladies Modesty would not be offended, before whom Youth should be
+always careful not to exceed the Bounds of the Respect that's due to
+them.'
+
+_To this I may add, that if the Objection of Impurity lies against any
+Part of this Work, it is only against the two latter Books, for in
+that which we have here paraphrased, there is nothing capable of
+offending the nicest Ear._
+
+_With regard to the Merit of this Paraphrase, which is entirely a new
+Undertaking, and might perhaps, if properly encouraged, be carried on
+with other Latin Poets, we shall only observe, that the utmost Care
+hath been taken to preserve the Spirit and true Sense of the Author,
+and where we have been obliged to deviate, we have given the literal
+Translation in the Notes._
+
+_Upon the whole, we cannot suppress, what one of the most learned Men
+of this Age, said upon persuing the Paraphrase_, viz. That he thought
+it would serve better to explain the Meaning of _Ovid_ to a Learner,
+than any other Translation, or all his numerous Commentators.
+
+
+
+
+BOOK I
+
+
+If in so learned an Age as this, when Arts and Sciences are risen to
+such Perfection, there be any Gentleman unskilled in the Art of
+Loving, let him come to my School; where, if he hath any Genius, he
+will soon become an Adept: For I would by no means have any young
+Gentlemen think, that Erudition is unnecessary upon this Occasion. It
+is well known that the [1]Rules of Art are necessary to the Conduct of
+a Ship; for which reason, none but able and experienced Seamen are
+preferred to the Command of one. Rules are necessary even to make a
+good Coachman, as those Gentlemen who have the Ambition to excel this
+way very well know. In the same manner is Art required to drive the
+Chariot of Love well. Now it hath pleased _Venus_ to place me in the
+Coach-Box: what a Captain is to a Ship, or the Driver to his Chariot,
+that am I to Love. I own indeed Master _Cupid_ is a little wild, and
+often stubborn; but he is only a Child, and of an Age to be
+disciplined: And however fierce the Disposition of a Lad may be, a
+judicious Schoolmaster knows very well how to correct it: For many a
+Boy who hath afterwards turned out a Hero, hath when at School very
+patiently submitted to the Lash, and quietly, at the Word of Command,
+held out his Hands to be whipt [2]. Duke _William_ [3] himself, when a
+Lad, very possibly submitted to Correction; and he [4] who was
+hereafter to become the Terror of his Enemies, might in his Youth have
+been afraid of his Tutor. Mr. _Pointz_ was his Preceptor: I am the
+Preceptor of Love. Both these Youths were of a fierce Disposition,
+both elevated [5] in their Birth. But as the stoutest Ox submits
+himself to the Yoke, and the most fiery Horse to the Bridle, so shall
+Love to me. Though he may bend his Bow against my Breast, and shake
+his Torches at me; no matter: nay, the more he pierces me with his
+Arrows, the more he burns me, the more severely will I be revenged of
+him.
+
+But here, Master _Apollo_, I will tell no lies to my Readers. I do not
+pretend to have received any Inspiration from you, any more than from
+Parson _Whitefield_ [6]: And as for Miss _Clio_ [7] and her eight
+Sisters, I never visit them; nor have I even a Cap-Acquaintance with
+them. I write from Experience only; and _Experto crede Roberto_ is my
+Motto. I promise my Readers that I will tell them truth; and if I
+must, for form sake, invoke any Muse, _Venus_ herself shall be the
+Person [8]. Sweet Goddess! then be thou present, and smile at my
+Undertaking. But as for you who cannot smile, I mean you, Prudes, with
+your screw'd Faces, which may be considered as Signs hung forth before
+the Door of Virtue, and which perhaps, like other Signs, promise what
+is not to be found in the House; I desire neither your Favour nor your
+Company. Good-natur'd Girls[9] are all I write to; and such I promise
+them may read my Works without a Blush.
+
+Know then, my good Scholar, that art unexperienced in the Art of Love,
+that this Art consists of three principal Points: First, to select a
+proper Mistress: Secondly, to win her Affections: And, Thirdly, to
+preserve your mutual Affection. Of all these therefore we will treat;
+or, to speak metaphorically, through these three Roads we will drive
+the Chariot we have undertaken to guide.
+
+First then as to the Choice of a Mistress, to whom you may say, _In
+Thee alone my choice is fixed_. Do not believe such a one will fall
+into your Lap. It will become you to look about sharp for her, and
+with all your Eyes, I do assure you. And here my first Instruction
+shall be, where she may most probably be found: For he is a bad
+Huntsman who would beat about the _Royal Exchange_ for a Hare or a
+Fox; and not a much better Gunner or Fisherman, who goes a shooting in
+_Somerset-Gardens_, or attempts to angle in the magnificent Bason
+there. As these all know the Places where their Game resort, so must
+you.
+
+Here then, I by no means advise you to make a long Voyage after a
+foreign Mistress, as _Perseus_ did, who fetched _Andromeda_[10] from
+the _Indies_; or _Paris_, whom nothing would serve but a _Grecian_
+Mistress. Your own Country, my Friend, will produce Women which the
+World cannot equal. Beauties are as plenty in the City of _London_ as
+Apples in[11] _Herefordshire_, or Grains of Wheat[12] in _Hampshire_;
+they are indeed as plenty as Fish in the Sea, or Birds in the Air;
+nay, the Sky hath not more Stars than _London_ hath Beauties: for
+_England_[13], not _Cyprus_, is the Queen of Love's favourite Island.
+Whether you love green Fruit, and which is in the Bud only, or Beauty
+in its fuller Bloom, or that which is arrived to perfect Ripeness;
+nay, if nothing but Wisdom or Sagacity will serve your turn, of these
+too Old _England_ will afford you a sufficient Plenty.
+
+In the pleasant Month of _May_, repair to _Vaux-Hall_[14]. Here take
+your Evening Walk, either round the verdant Scenes, where
+Nightingales, the only Foreigners who give us their Songs for nothing,
+warble their most delicious Notes. When your Limbs demand Repose, you
+may enjoy it in an Alcove, from whence the embattel'd Troops of
+_Venus_ will pass in review before you. Again, the lofty Dome of
+_Ranelagh_ invites your Steps. Whether the illustrious Artist took his
+Model from that House, which as a Reward for their Industry, or for
+some little regard for their Honey, the benevolent Nature of Man hath
+conferred on that laborious Animal the Bee: Or whether a more pious
+Disposition chose this Form from the musical Instrument which summons
+the whole Parish to Church: Or whether the wondrous Force of Genius,
+unassisted by any Model, did not of itself strike out this wondrous
+Architecture; let _Kent_ or _Benson_ inquire. Hither, from every
+Corner of the Town, repair the loveliest Nymphs. Here too thou may'st
+survey them, either walking or reposed on Benches at thy Ease. Nor is
+the _Mall_ to be neglected, where once die brawny Arm of _Charles_
+displayed its Strength, and beat his subtle Courtiers at the Play,
+whence it derives its Name. Nor, _Kensington_, must thy Gardens be
+passed by, once the Delight of mighty _Caroline_, and to the future
+Age a Monument of her Taste. Here the Charmers draw in sweet Air, and
+send it forth again in sweeter Sighs, as Tributes to the loved Memory
+of that mighty Queen. As for the Ring, formerly the Scene of Beauty's
+many Triumphs, it is now become a lonely deserted Place: Brilliants
+and brilliant Eyes no longer sparkle there: No more the heedless Beau
+falls by the random Glance, or well-pointed Fan. The Ring is now no
+more: Yet _Ruckholt_, _Marybone_ and _The Wells_ survive; Places by no
+means to be neglected by the Gallant: for Beauty may lurk beneath the
+Straw Hat, and _Venus_ often clothes her lovely Limbs in Stuffs. Nay,
+the very Courts of Law are not excluded; and the Scenes of Wrangling
+are sometimes the Scenes of Love. In that Hall where _Thames_
+sometimes overflowing, washes the Temple of _Venus Lucy_, the grave
+Serjeant becomes a Victim to the Fair; and he who so well knows how to
+defend others, cannot defend himself. Here the Special Pleader loses
+all Power to Demurr, and finds beyond his Expectation a novel
+Assignment spring up in the Cause. Him _Venus Lucy_[15] laughs at from
+her neighbouring Temple; for the Council is now become the Client, and
+squeezes an empty Hand harder than he ever did a full one. But above
+all, the Theatres are the Place of Sport: for these will be most
+fruitful to your Wishes. Here you will find one Object to love, and
+another to toy with. Some, of whom a single Touch will suffice, and
+others, in whom you will desire a stronger Tenure. Neither do the Ants
+in pursuit of Grain, or the Bees in quest of Flowers, swarm in greater
+Numbers than the Beauties to the Theatres. The variety of Charmers
+here have often distracted my Choice. Hither they come to see, and to
+be themselves seen; and many are the Love-Bargains here made.
+
+And now, Friend, I will tell you a Story. _Romulus_ was the first
+Person who ever made this use of the Theatre, when he ordered his
+Soldiers to fall foul on the _Sabine_ Ladies, whom he invited to a
+Play acted by his Command. Not that I would have you think, that
+Theatre was like the Playhouse in _Convent-Garden_, enriched with
+Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations. To say the truth, it was no
+better than a Barn, or Booth. Here he assembled the _Sabine_ Girls,
+and ordered his _Romans_ to chuse every Man his Miss. They did so, and
+while the poor Girls thought no Harm, those Fellows felt strange
+Emotions within. Now while a certain Dancer, called, _The Ludio_, was
+performing _a Tambourine_, which I suppose took greatly at that time,
+_Romulus_ on a sudden gave the Signal for falling on. This was
+instantly obeyed. They all rushed in, laid their Hands upon the Girls,
+and soon gave them sufficient Tokens of their Purpose.
+
+As the Doves, who are the most timorous of Birds, fly from Eagles; or
+as the young Lamb runs from Wolves, as soon as she sees them, so
+terrified were these Ladies, at the Men rushing upon them, in this
+unlawful manner. The Colour forsook their Cheeks at once. All were
+equally in a Fright, though they discovered their Fear by different
+Symptoms. Some of them tear their Hair, others sit in Amazement,
+Terror strikes some dumb, others call in vain for the Assistance of
+their Mammas. One cries out, another is shocked to death; one stands
+still, another endeavours to get out of the House. But all their
+Endeavours are vain; and perhaps indeed their Blushes heightened their
+Beauty; they were all led off, and those who would not go were
+carried. Methinks, I hear one of their Gallants thus addressing his
+weeping Fair. _Why, my Dear, will you spoil those lovely Eyes with
+Tears? I promise you, you shall be served no worse than your Mother
+hath been before. I will only do to you, what your Father did to her._
+Ah _Romulus! Romulus!_ no General ever better knew how to reward his
+Soldiers; I promise you, that when I hear your Drum beating up for
+Voluntiers, I will enlist under your Command.
+
+Ever since that time, the Theatre hath been consecrated to Love, and
+many a pretty Girl, since the _Sabines_, hath owed the Loss of her
+Maidenhead to it.
+
+Other Places of publick Meeting may likewise be frequented, as Horse
+Races[16] and the Like. And especially public Shews, which never fail
+of Women. Here get upon a crouded Scaffold, and sit next to the Girl
+you like. Squeeze yourself as close to her as you can; for Custom here
+countenances such squeezing whether the pretty Creatures will or no.
+Here find some Opportunity to begin a Discourse; you will not be
+driven to talk upon your Fingers, or by Signs, but may use your
+Tongue[B]. Begin then with News, or the Chitchat of the Town. Nay, the
+Shew itself will afford a Subject: for instance supposing it was my
+Lord Mayor's Shew, you may ask her what Alderman that Coach, or those
+Liveries belong to; and be sure to admire the same with herself: Do
+not omit moreover, to give her an early Intimation of your Gallantry,
+and that you are a Woman's Man. If it should happen that any one of
+the Aldermen should be a greater Cuckold than the rest of his
+Brethren; take care to titter at his Appearance; and while the
+Pageants[17] are passing by, endeavour to find out a Resemblance of
+Horns in some of them. All those Things have a remote Tendency to this
+great point.
+
+[Note B: These Verses are transposed from the Place in which they
+stand in the Original, and this, I think, with Advantage to the
+Connection.]
+
+If a Grain of Snuff should happen to fall on the Lady's Bosom, wipe it
+off with your Fingers; and if none fall, wipe off that none. Take
+every Opportunity to be as officious in her Service as possible. If
+she drop her Fan or Gloves, presently take them up; for this you will
+have sure Reward in the very Fact, for you may at the same time lift
+up her petticoat and see her Legs.
+
+Be careful that the Person who sits behind her doth not press her
+tender Back with his Knee. Small Matters captivate light Minds. Many a
+Man hath drawn considerable Advantage from handing[18] a Lady to
+Coach, by gallanting her Fan, or even by taking up her Clog[19].
+
+Nor will[20] _Tower-hill_, when the Tragic Scaffold is strewed with
+Saw-Dust, be an improper Place to begin your Intrigue: for _Cupid_
+himself always attends, and acts the Part of an Executioner on such
+Occasions; many a poor Man having lost his Heart, while he hath
+attended to another's losing his Head. While the Fair-One carelessly
+laying her Hand on his, argues concerning the Criminal's Guilt, and
+offers to lay a Wager that he will die well; the wounded Lover feels a
+sudden Stroke, and is not better able to bear the Smart without a
+Sigh.
+
+[21]If it was the Custom of _England_ to imitate the _Romans_ in
+insulting over the Conquered, what Spectacles might have formerly been
+exhibited! How many _French_ Youths and Virgins might have followed
+the Chariot-Wheels of our Monarchs! In that Cafe many a poor
+_English_ Heart must have submitted to a _French_ Conquest, and Beauty
+would have been triumphant in Chains. Nay, I prophesy we shall again
+see those victorious Times. Our Mighty GEORGE now meditates new
+Triumphs, and _France_[22] shall be punished as she ought. Rejoice, O
+ye Shades[23], whose Bodies lie buried in the Plains of _Fontenoy_,
+where _British_ Colours were polluted by _Gallic_ Hands. WILLIAM your
+Avenger comes. The General in him shone forth in his first Campaign,
+and while a Youth, he managed War beyond his Years. Let not his Age
+therefore deter us from ranking him among our greatest Commanders. His
+Warlike Genius springs forth and outruns his Years, impatient of the
+sluggish Pace of Time. The _Swedish Charles_[24] was scarce beyond a
+Child when he crushed two mighty enemies at once; _Charles_[25] the
+_German_ Prince, yet but a Youth, what was he when he past the _Rhine_
+and terrified the Host of _France_? Thy Father's Genius, WILLIAM, and
+his Courage, shall inspire thy youthful Arms. With that Genius and
+that Courage shalt thou conquer. Such Beginnings dost thou owe to the
+mighty Name of thy illustrious Sire; that thou who art the Noblest of
+all young Commanders mayst hereafter become the first among the old.
+'Tis time to avenge the Injuries attempted to thy House, and to
+maintain thy glorious Father's Rights. Thy Country's Father and thy
+own, girts on thy Sword, and thy Cause is no less glorious than thy
+Arms. In both is _France_ inferiour, and to both shall yield. I
+prophesy, that thou shalt conquer, and to thy Conquest I dedicate my
+votive Prayers, prepared hereafter to resound thy Praise; when we
+shall see thee, most lovely Prince, returning, thy Glories far
+outshining the Gold in which thou art attired. Thee shall Crouds of
+Youths and beauteous Virgins hail from their crouded Windows as thou
+passest, and universal Joy shall overspread each _British_ Face on
+that Blest Day.
+
+If then, my Scholar, thou shouldst happen to be placed in a Window
+near some lovely Girl, who, fired with the Glories of the young
+Conqueror, should enquire into all his matchless Labours[26], his
+Wound at _Dettingen_; his Danger and Intrepidity at _Fontenoy_; his
+Toils at home, in defiance of Cold and Fatigue; his Pursuit to
+_Carlisle_; his Victory at _Culloden_; and many more which will then
+be as well known; repeat all if thou canst, and if thy Memory fails,
+go on nevertheless: for Invention cannot here outdo the Reality, and
+thy Fictions shall recommend thee equal with Truth to her Ears.
+
+Again, when thou dost sit down at table among the Women, thou may'st
+reap other Pleasures besides those of Wine: For, to speak
+figuratively, _Cupid_ with glowing Cheeks often presses the Horns of
+_Bacchus_ in his tender Arms; and the Wings of the little God of Love
+being wetted with Wine, he is unable to fly off: And if he happens to
+shake his wet Wings, he may possibly sprinkle the Bosom of your
+Mistress with Love.
+
+In more intelligible Language, Wine fills our Minds with Courage, and
+makes them susceptible of other warm Passions. Care flies away, and is
+dissolved in much Liquor. Then comes Laughter, the poor Man becomes
+bold, and Grief and Solicitude, and knitted Brows vanish. Then it is
+that Simplicity, a rare Virtue in our Age, opens our Hearts, Wine
+having divested us of Cunning. At this Season, many a watchful young
+Fellow hath gained the Heart of his Mistress[27]. And Love hath sprung
+from Wine, as the Flame doth from Fire.
+
+However, do not confide too much at this time to the Light of a
+Candle: for Night and Wine obstruct us in forming a true Judgment of
+Beauty. _Paris_ beheld the Goddesses in open Daylight, when he gave
+the Preference to _Venus_. Indeed by Candle-light, and in a Side-Box,
+almost every one is a Beauty: Jewels, Clothes, and Women, are all best
+discerned by the Light of the Sun.
+
+And here if I should recount all the rural Haunts in which a Lover may
+find his Game, I might write more Volumes than _Oldmixon_,
+_Tunbridge_, and _Scarborough_, and _Cheltenham_, and _Holt_, and many
+other Places shall be therefore omitted; but, Bath[28], thy sulphurous
+Waters must not be past by. Hence Master _Dapperwit_ bringing home the
+Wounds made by fair Eyes in his Bosom, cries out, on his Return, _The
+Waters are not so wholesome as they are reported; I have received more
+Harm than Good at the Place_.
+
+Here rises the Temple[29] of the God (CNASH) whose Walls are hung
+round with the Portraits of Beauties. The Apotheosis of this God hath
+cost many a poor Man his Heart.
+
+Thus far, my Scholar, I have endeavoured to instruct thee in what
+Places thou art to hunt for thy Game, and where to spread thy Net. I
+will now proceed to shew thee by what Means Puss is to be taken, when
+you have found her Sitting.
+
+_Mind all_, as my old Schoolmaster used to say; for I assure you my
+instructions will be worthy the Attention of both the Great Vulgar and
+the Small.
+
+My first Lesson then is: Be confident. Believe every Woman is to be
+come at. Do but spread your Net, and I warrant she runs into it.
+
+Sooner shall the Birds be silent in the Spring, or the Frogs in the
+Winter: Sooner shall the Greyhound run away from the Hare, than a
+Woman shall resist the Youth who gently assails her. Though she skrews
+up her Face ever so demurely, she will at length yield to his
+Persuasions.
+
+A dark Corner is as agreeable to a Girl, as to one of us, though we
+cannot so well dissemble our Desires as she can; but if we should once
+enter into a Confederacy against the Sex to leave off courting them,
+they would soon begin to act the Part of Lovers, and come a wooing to
+us.
+
+And what is this but a natural Affection, common to the Females of
+every other Species, who often make love to the Males? And give me
+leave to tell the Ladies, that we are more able to command our
+Affections, nor are our Desires so furious, and exceeding all Bounds,
+as theirs.
+
+The Story of _Byblis_[30] is too well known to be related, who being
+in love with her Brother, punished her Crime with her own Hands, and
+hanged herself in her Garters.
+
+Miss _Myrrha_[31] loved her Papa with an Affection improper for a
+Daughter; for which she was turned into a Tree. I do assure you the
+Story is true; and the Tree now drops continual Tears for her Offence,
+which we use as a Perfume; and they retain the Lady's Name.
+
+In the shady Valleys of _Ida_[32], there was a white Bull, which was
+the Glory of the Farmer to whom he belonged. This Bull had a beautiful
+black Speck between his Horns, all the rest of his Body being as white
+as Milk. With him the _Gnossian_ and _Cydonian_ Heifers were all in
+love, and eagerly longed to be embraced by him in the tenderest manner
+in which Bulls embrace the Fair Sex of Cows. _Pasiphaë_, I am very
+sorry to say it, conceived a Passion worse, if possible, than that of
+Mrs. _Mary Hamilton_, for this Bull. Lady ---- is not more envied in
+the Drawing-Room than was every handsome Heifer by this unfortunate
+Woman. The Story is so well known that there is not a Freethinker[33]
+in the Age who can refuse his Credit to it, though they believe
+nothing which they cannot see and account for. This poor Girl is
+reported to have mowed the sweetest Grass with her own Hands for her
+beloved Bull. She likewise wandered about among the Cows, without the
+least Regard to Mr. Alderman. _Minos_ her Husband; for a Bull had
+totally supplanted him in her Esteem. Alas! _Pasiphaë_, to what
+purpose are the brocaded Petticoats? Your Gallant is not sensible of
+your Finery. Why do you consult your Looking-Glass, in order to pursue
+the Mountain-Herds? Or why with so much Art do you set your _Tête_? If
+you will consult your Glass, let it inform you you are no Heifer. Ah!
+how desirous are you to have those Horns on your own Forehead, which
+you intend to graft on your Husband's! It would be better to preserve
+your Virtue, and be constant to the Alderman, if you can like him: But
+if you must make a Cuckold of him, do it at least with a young Fellow.
+No; nothing but a Bull will suffice. She leaves the Alderman's House,
+and flies away to the Groves and Mountains. To say the truth, I
+believe she used to drink away her Senses; and that is the best Excuse
+for her. Ah! how often hath she cast a jealous Eye on some Heifer! and
+cried out, _Why should that vixen please my Love? Behold, says she,
+how the Slut dances a Minuet on the Grass before him: Let me die, but
+she is silly enough to think her Airs become her in my Love's Eyes._
+At length she resolved to punish her Rivals. One Heifer she ordered
+barbarously to be yoked to the Plough; another she condemned to be
+sacrificed, and held the Entrails of the poor Victim in her Hand with
+all the insulting Triumph of a Rival: _Now_, says she, having the
+Entrails in her Hand, _now go and make yourself agreeable to my Dear_.
+At one time she wishes to be _Europa_[34], at another _Io_: for one of
+these was herself the Wife of a Bull, and the other made her Horse of
+one.
+
+Filled with these Thoughts, she contrived the strangest Method of
+compleating her Desires. She sent for a Joiner of great Ingenuity, and
+ordered him to make her a large Cow of Wood. Into this she conveyed
+herself, and thus deceived Master Bull into her Embraces.
+
+She conceived by this monstrous Coition, and brought forth an
+Offspring, which by his partaking equally of the human and taurine
+Form, betrayed her horrid Passion.
+
+If the _Cretan_ Lady[35] had abstained from the Love of _Thyestes_,
+(O! how Women disdain Constancy to their Husbands!) the Sun had not
+stopt in the middle of his Career, and turned about his Face to the
+East, that he might avoid the bloody Banquet. God be praised! the
+Cuckolds of our Age are not so bloody in their Revenge.
+
+The Daughter of _Nisus_[36], who stole her Papa's Hair, feeds hungry
+Dogs in those Parts which first set her a longing for _Minos_.
+
+_Agamemnon_, after returning safe from so many bloody Campaigns, and
+from the dangerous Seas which he crossed, fell at last a dreadful
+Victim to the Whore his Wife[37].
+
+Who hath not wept at the sad Story of _Creüsa_? consumed by the Flames
+of a Sorceress, who afterwards drenched her Hands in the Blood of her
+own Children[38].
+
+_Phoenix_[39], the Son of _Amyntor_, hath often paid many a Tear for
+his Amours, though he had not the wretched Fate of _Hippolytus_[40],
+to be torn in pieces by wild Horses.
+
+And thou, O _Phineus_[41]! why dost thou indulge that Jade _Harpalice_
+by digging out the Eyes of thy Children? Believe me, Divine Vengeance
+will hereafter inflict the same Punishment on thyself.
+
+All these have been the Effects of Women's raging Desires, which are
+so much more violent and mad than ours.
+
+Come on then, and doubt not the Conquest of any Girl whatever: there
+is not one in a thousand who will deny you.
+
+And even those who will deny you, love to be put to the Question; if
+you are disappointed therefore, your Repulse will be attended with no
+Danger.
+
+But why should you apprehend any Disappointment, when every new Amour
+pleases them, and they all hanker after the Lovers and Husbands of
+other Women?
+
+This I am afraid is too natural in all things. The Corn in our
+Neighbour's Field seems always to flourish beyond our own, and we
+think our own Cow gives less Milk than his.
+
+However, before you attack any Lady, make first sure of her Maid; for
+she will pave the Way to your Addresses.
+
+If the Lady have many Females about her Person, take care to secure
+her who is most in the Confidence of her Mistress; and who will
+faithfully betray to you all her private Conversation.
+
+When you have found this Confidant out, corrupt her with Promises and
+Intreaties; for she can soon bring you to the End of your Desires, if
+she pleases.
+
+Let her watch the Opportunity, (Physicians will tell you the Use of
+attending proper Seasons) when the Mind of your Mistress is easy, and
+apt for your Purpose.
+
+This Season, I apprehend, is when she is in the best Humour; for Love
+then becomes luxuriant in her Mind, as Corn doth in a rich Soil.
+
+When the Heart is full of Gladness, and bound up by no Vexation, it
+is open; and then the Compliments of a Lover will easily find an
+Admission.
+
+Remember, _Troy_ was defended while it remained in a sullen Mood, and
+opened its Gates to the armed Horse, when it was full of Good-Humour,
+and drunk with Joy.
+
+Yet every Vexation should not deter you; for if your Mistress should
+be uneasy at the Falshood of her Husband, then is a proper time to
+attack her, and to assist her in revenging the Injury.
+
+When your Mistress is in this Humour, let _Abigail_ while combing her
+Hair at the Toilette in a Morning, stir her up to Vengeance. This will
+under-hand promote your Voyage; for while you openly manage your
+Sails, she works under the Water with her Oars.
+
+Now let Abigail with a soft Sigh mutter to her self: _Ah! poor Lady, I
+am afraid it is not in your power alone to revenge your Husband's
+Perfidy!_
+
+Then let her introduce a Discourse of you; let her say something in
+your Favour, and swear that you are gone distracted and dying for
+Love.
+
+But no Time must be lost; lest the Passions she hath raised should
+again subside; and Resentment intervene by Delay, and freeze up her
+Love as Ice doth Water.
+
+And here perhaps you will ask a Question, Whether it is prudent to
+kiss the Agent herself. This is not easy to answer: for it is a mere
+Cast of the Dye, whether you succeed the better of the worse for it.
+
+One Woman is by Enjoyment made a more industrious Solicitor, another
+becomes just the reverse. One thinks of procuring the Pleasures she
+hath tasted for her Mistress, another of securing them herself.
+
+The Event is doubtful; and though she may be easy enough to be had, my
+Advice is, abstain from the Confidant; for I will not imitate the
+Empyric in striking bold Strokes; nor will I lead my Scholars over a
+Precipice. I give no Advice but what is safe, nor shall any Youth by
+following my Precepts run himself into _Rosamond's Pond_.
+
+If therefore the Girl who goes between you and your Mistress, pleases
+you in her Person as well as in her Diligence; enjoy the Mistress
+first, and the Maid falls of course; but never begin with the latter.
+
+One thing however I must admonish you, (if my Art deserves any
+Credit, and my Words are to be regarded as any thing better than Wind)
+EITHER NEVER ATTEMPT THE CONFIDANT, OR GO THOROUGH STITCH WITH HER:
+for by making her _particeps criminis_ you take away her Evidence.
+
+This Doctrine you may learn from all other Sportsmen: for if a Bird
+escapes with Birdlime on his Wings, or a Boar breaks through the
+Toils, or a Fish gets off from the Hook; they are all sure to alarm
+their Companions, and spoil the Sport of the Fowler, the Hunter, or
+the Fisher. If once therefore you attempt her, press her to it with
+all your Vigour, and never leave her till you have enjoyed her.
+
+For when once she is involved in the same Guilt with yourself, you are
+sure she will not betray you. Nay, you may be assured further, that
+she will betray every Word and Action of her Mistress to you.
+
+But take particular care not to blab any of the Secrets she discloses
+to you: for while her Mistress hath no Suspicion of her Confidant, she
+will be able to lay her entirely open to your Knowledge.
+
+And now, to resume that Matter, believe me, he is deceived, who thinks
+that none but the Farmer and Mariner are obliged to regard the Season:
+for as it is not proper at all times to commit the Corn to the
+fallacious Fields, nor to trust your Vessel at all times to the green
+Ocean; so neither is it always safe to attack a tender Girl, for she
+will be taken at one time who will resist at another. If it be for
+instance her Birth-day[42], perhaps, her Grandmother hath instructed
+her to be particularly cautious on that day; so if it be the Day of
+the Week on which _Childermas_ hath happened to fall that Year; or
+King _Charles's_ Martyrdom: defer the attack at all such Seasons. For
+to speak in Sea-Language, then is dirty Weather[43], then it blows a
+Hurricane; and if you weigh Anchor at that Season, you will be scarce
+able to keep your keel downwards.
+
+Above all avoid your Mistress's Birth-day; nor will it be more prudent
+in you to visit her first on the Morning of _Valentine's_ Day[44], you
+will pay more for being her Valentine than it is worth. Indeed all
+Seasons which give them any Hint of receiving Presents should be
+carefully avoided: for be never so cautious and sneaking, have it of
+you she will. They all very well know the Art of squeezing a Lover who
+longs to squeeze them.
+
+Mr.[C] _Deards_ will make his Appearance in his Silk Night-Gown, and
+unbundle his Packet in your Presence. The Lady will then desire you
+to look over his Trinkets, (she can do no less, you know, in
+Compliment to your Taste:) then she will make you a Present of a Kiss,
+and afterwards desire you to buy it.
+
+[Note C: An eminent Joyner in _London_.]
+
+"I promise you, my Dear," says she, "if you will but buy me this
+single Jewel, I will not ask another of you the Lord knows how long;
+but I have really a present Occasion for this, and besides it is the
+cheapest Thing I ever saw."
+
+If you pretend to have no Money about you, the Answer is, O, my Dear,
+you may give your Note: Mr. _Deards_ will take your Note. So that you
+may repent having learnt to write your Name. Then she adds, _O la, I
+had almost forgot, it is my Birth-day, I am sure you will make me a
+Present on my Birth-day_: for they can be born every Day in the Year
+to serve their Purpose. Or else she pretends to have lost a Drop from
+her Ear-Ring; this Loss makes her miserable, and sure, says she, _if
+you loved me, you would repair that Loss_.
+
+Nay, some are not so honest as to desire a Present, they only borrow;
+but they are sure never to restore. By this Means you lose the Thing,
+without having the Merit of bestowing it.
+
+In short, if I had ten Mouths, with ten Tongues in each, all would not
+suffice to display all the Arts by which Harlots pick the Pockets of
+their Cullies.
+
+Begin then your Amour with an Epistle; let that break the Ice for you,
+and make the first Discovery of your Flame.
+
+In this you may insert all your little Blandishments, and Expressions
+of Fondness, nor be ashamed, however high your Quality is, to add the
+strongest Entreaties.
+
+Remember that many a Rebel's Son hath had his Life spared at the
+Supplication of his Father; nay, the Wrath of Heaven itself is often
+averted by Prayer.
+
+It is moreover my Advice to you, to be liberal of your Promises; for
+what Injury can you receive by Promising? This is a Treasure in which
+any Man may be rich.
+
+Nor can your Mistress complain that she is absolutely cheated, if you
+can bring her to believe your Promises. A lifely Faith hath supported
+many a Man for a long Time: For though our Faith may sometimes deceive
+us, it is however a great and commodious Virtue.
+
+Beware of giving: For when once your Mistress hath the Present in her
+Clutches, she may answer jilting you to her Prudence. She hath gained
+at least what she is in possession of, and cannot be said to have lost
+any thing by the Bargain.
+
+On the contrary, keep her still in Expectation. Seem always about to
+give, but never part with a Shilling: For in this Manner doth a barren
+Soil often deceive its Owner. Thus, that he may not be a Loser, the
+Gamester pushes on his ill Luck, and one flattering Throw makes him
+eager to have the Box again in his Hands.
+
+Indeed the great Business is to enjoy your Mistress before she hath
+touched you. If she once yield to you gratis, she will continue to
+bestow her Favours still gratis, in Hopes of being at last rewarded
+for all her past Favours.
+
+Epistolize therefore first; flatter and sooth her with tender Lines.
+Let these probe her Mind, and open the Way for your Addresses.
+
+You know the Story of _Cydippe_[45], who was outwitted by a Letter
+inclosed in an Apple; by which Means she was made to speak Words she
+never intended.
+
+I would advise the young Gentlemen of the _Temple_, to study the Arts
+of Persuasion, on other Accounts, besides that of defending
+Sheep-stealers at an Assizes: For a pretty Girl may be as easily
+captivated by Eloquence, as a Judge or Jury; and surely she is a much
+nobler Prize.
+
+But here conceal your Art, and do not carry your Eloquence in your
+Face: And above all Things, beware of hard Words; for who but an empty
+Coxcomb ever made a verbose Declamation to his Mistress? By such
+Methods you may raise her Abhorrence more probably than her Love.
+
+Let your Passion appear credible, and disclose it in easy and common
+Language; it may be as tender and warm as you please; but preserve the
+Stile of Conversation.
+
+If she should not receive your Letter, but send it back unopened, hope
+for better Success another Time, and maintain your Purpose.
+
+Time brings the Stubborn Steer to bend his Neck to the Yoke, and the
+Horse to endure the Bridle.
+
+Iron Bonds and Ploughshares are worn out by constant Use. What is
+harder than a Rock? or what is softer than Water? And yet hard Rocks
+are hollowed by soft Water.
+
+_Penelope_ herself in Time might have been conquered. You see _Troy_,
+though it defended itself so long, was however taken at last.
+
+If she reads your Letters, but is unwilling to answer them, do not
+attempt to compel her. If she but reads your Fondness, it is
+sufficient.
+
+If she will read, in Time she will answer what she reads. All these
+Matters will be brought about in their own good Time.
+
+Perhaps the first Answer she sends you will be a cruel one, and may
+desire you to quit all future Solicitations.
+
+She fears to be taken at her Word, and hopes you will not grant her
+Request. Follow her, and in Time you will obtain your Wishes.
+
+If you meet her Chair, and the Curtains should be drawn, approach it
+as it were by Accident; and when you discover her there, whisper
+something tender in her Ear; but whisper softly, lest the Chairman, or
+any other impertinent Person, should over-hear you.
+
+When she walks in the _Mall_, dangle after her, and interrupt her Walk
+with your Conversation.
+
+Here you will have an Opportunity of seeing her Shape, and shewing her
+yours, by sometimes walking behind, and sometimes before her.
+
+But for the most Part keep even pace with her, whether she trips along
+briskly, or only saunters.
+
+Sometimes she will take a longer Walk, as far perhaps as the second or
+Third Stone. Hither follow her, and take every Opportunity of getting
+up close to her Side.
+
+Never let her go to the Play without attending her: No Matter what the
+Play is, she will bring sufficient Entertainment for you with her.
+
+Here keep your Eyes always intent on her only, and admire every Thing
+about her. By your Eyes, and by Signs, you may inform her of many
+Things.
+
+Be sure to applaud greatly any amorous wanton Dance; and be no less
+favourable to those Scenes where the Business of Love is transacted,
+and almost brought to a Conclusion on the Stage: Many of which occur
+in _Congreve_, _Vanbrugh_, and _Wycherly_.
+
+If she rises between the Acts, rise also; if she sits, as sometimes
+Ladies do, to express their Contempt for the Audience, do you likewise
+keep your Seat. In a Word, conduct yourself entirely according to her
+Example and Pleasure.
+
+Now with regard to your Person: Do not imitate some finical _Petit
+Matre_ in his _Toupet_, much less in more detestable Effeminacies.
+
+Tuck your Hair rather under your Hat, like the rough Fox-hunter, who
+traverses Hill and Dale to the Musick of the Horn.
+
+A careless Air in Dress becomes a Man. Colonel _Theseus_[46] carried
+off Miss _Ariadne_ in a Campaign Wig without a single Curl in it.
+
+In the same Manner did Captain _Hippolytus_ march off with Miss
+_Phaedra_, though his Shock Head of Hair never had any Powder in it:
+nay, Lady _Venus_ herself chose young _Jack Adonis_ in a Jockey Coat
+and Buckskin Breeches.
+
+Cleanliness however is agreeable: Let your Face be burnt with the Sun;
+but let your Cloaths be well made, and without a Spot on them.
+
+Wash your Mouth, and clean your Teeth often; let your Beard be close
+shaved, and your Nails short and free from Dirt.
+
+Observe these Documents, and leave all other Niceties to the Women,
+and to Men who desire to supply their Places.
+
+But now _Bacchus_ summons his Poet. He likewise assists Lovers, and
+favours the Flame which warms himself.
+
+The _Cretan_ Lady having jumped out of Bed in a raving Fit, wandered
+on the foreign Shore of _Dia_. She had nothing on but a loose wrapping
+Gown, without Stockings or Cap: and her Hair hung dishevelled over her
+Shoulders. She complained of the Cruelty of _Theseus_ to the deep
+Waves, whilst an unworthy Shower of Tears ran down her Cheeks. She
+wept, and lamented aloud, and both became her; nor did her Tears
+diminish her Beauty. Once, and again, she beat her delicious Breasts
+with her Hands, and cried aloud, _The perfidious Man hath abandoned
+me; What will become of poor _Ariadne_? What will become of poor
+_Ariadne_?_ On a sudden a vast Multitude was heard, while many Kinds
+of strange Instruments, like those of the miserable Masons,
+accompanied the Voices. The poor Lady sunk with Fear; and suppressed
+her last Words; nor did the least Blood remain in her Countenance. And
+now behold the _Bacchanalian_ Women, with their Hair about their Ears,
+and the light Satyrs, who are always Forerunners of the God. Behold
+old Master _Silenus_[47] as drunk as a Piper, riding on an Ass, which
+he is hardly able either to sit or guide. The old Gentleman,
+endeavouring to follow the _Bacchanalians_, who fly from him and
+towards him, sets Spurs to his Ass, which being a vicious Beast,
+kicked up, and threw him over his Ears: upon which all the Satyrs set
+up a loud Shout, crying out, _Rise, Father, rise and be d----nd to
+you_. And now the God himself, high mounted on his Four-Wheel Chaise,
+the Top of which was adorned with Grapes, and which he drove himself,
+flung his Golden Reins over the Backs of his Pair of Tygers. Poor
+_Ariadne's_ Colour forsook her Cheeks, and _Theseus_ and her Voice at
+once deserted her Lips. Thrice she attempted to fly, and thrice being
+retained, she grew stiff with Fear, and stood trembling as Corn waves
+in the Field, or Reeds on the River Bank, when fanned by the Wind. To
+whom the God; _Behold, Madam, a more faithful Lover at your Feet: Fear
+nothing, Lady fair, you shall be the Wife of _Bacchus_. The Sky shall
+be your Dowry, where shining in a bright Constellation, by the Name of
+_Ariadne's_ Crown, you shall often direct the doubtful Mariner's
+Passage._ He said; and leaping from his Chariot, lest _Ariadne_ should
+be afraid of the Tygers, the Sand sunk under the Weight of his Feet;
+and catching her instantly in his Arms, he carried her, who was
+incapable of scratching, directly off; (for every Thing, we know, is
+in the Power of a Deity:) And now, whilst Part of his Train sing the
+_Hymenaeum_, and other cry _Evie Evoe_, two very mysterious Words, and
+full of Masonry, the God and his new-ravished Bride go together,
+between a Pair of sacred Sheets.
+
+Whenever therefore you happen to be in Company with a pretty Girl over
+a Bottle, pray heartily to _Bacchus_, and invoke his nocturnal Rites,
+that the Wine may not get into your Head. You may now take an
+Opportunity to toast some Nymph by a fictitious Name, of whom you may
+say an hundred amorous Things; all which, with the least Assistance,
+she will readily apply to herself. Double Entendres likewise may be
+used. You may moreover draw certain Figures in Wine on the Table; and
+after having spoken of your Mistress in the third Person, you may take
+this Method of writing her Name, and convincing her, that she herself
+is the Goddess.
+
+But let your gloating Eyes inform her of your Passion: for an
+expressive Countenance often finds both Words and Utterance.
+
+When she drinks, receive the Cup from her; and let her see you
+industrious to find out the Place before pressed by her Lips; and then
+drink eagerly at the same.
+
+And whatever Part of the Meat she shall touch with her Fingers, do not
+fail to give the Preference to that: if in catching at it, you touch
+her Hand into the Bargain, it is the better.
+
+But above all Things, let it be your Endeavour to please her Keeper,
+if she have any: For to make a Friend of him will be very useful to
+you both.
+
+When you are at Table, let him be always helped first, and to the most
+elegant Tid-Bit; and when you drink together, offer him always the
+Place of Toast-maker; whether he be your Inferiour or your Equal, let
+him always choose before you, and be not ashamed to trowel him well
+over with Flattery.
+
+It is a safe and common Way to deceive under Pretence of Friendship; I
+must own, however safe and common it is, it is not altogether
+blameless.
+
+This is indeed a Dishonesty not very unlike that of a Major Domo, who
+under the Colour of Friendship empties your Cellars of your Wine, by
+pushing the Bottle further than is necessary.
+
+Now to fix a certain Stint to your Cups, I allow you never to drink
+till your Head becomes giddy, and your Feet begin to totter.
+
+Beware of Quarrels, which are often occasioned by Wine. Let not your
+Hands be too ready to strike in your Cups.
+
+Remember the old Story of the Wedding of _Pyrothous_[48] and many more
+where drunken Fools by being quarrelsome in their Liquor have come
+short home. A Drinking Bout is in Reality a properer Scene for Joke
+and Mirth, than for Fighting.
+
+I proceed to other Lessons[49]. If you have a Voice, then sing; if you
+have handsome Legs, cut Capers, or slide into the Minuet Step. In
+short, endeavour to please your Mistress, by exerting those Talents in
+which Nature hath given you to excel.
+
+Now, as real Drunkenness may be hurtful to you, so you may sometimes
+reap Advantages by pretending yourself in Liquor, by Stammering or
+Lisping a little slyly: For then if you should descend to some
+Expressions of the grosser Kind, it will be imputed to your having
+taken a Cup too much.
+
+Drink Bumpers to the Health of your Mistress, and of the Gentleman
+with whom she is obliged to sleep; but I do not insist on your being
+extremely sincere on this Occasion: for you may heartily wish him
+hanged at the same Time, if you please.
+
+When the Company rises to go away, there is always a Confusion in the
+Room, of which you may take Advantage. You may then creep close up to
+your Mistress, may perhaps palm her, and gently tread on her Toes.
+
+Whenever you have an Opportunity of speaking to her privately, be not
+bashful like a Country Boobily Squire. Remember Fortune and Love both
+favour the Bold.
+
+I do not intend to lay down any Rules for your Oratory on this
+Occasion. Do but begin boldly, and you will be Eloquent of course: Set
+this only before you, that you are to act the Part of a Lover, to talk
+of Wounds and Darts, and Dying and Despair, and all that, as Mr.
+_Bayes_ says: For if you can once make her believe you are in Love,
+your Business is done. To create therefore this Faith in her, you
+must employ every Art of which you are Master.
+
+Nor is this indeed so difficult a Task: For every Woman believes
+herself to be the Object of Love; be she never so ugly, she is still
+amiable in her own Eye.
+
+Sometimes indeed no Deceit is in the End put on the Woman, for her
+pretended Lover becomes often a real one, and is the very Creature
+which he before personated.
+
+And by the Way, young Ladies, let me tell you this is no small
+Encouragement to you, to countenance such Pretences; for if you manage
+well, you may often inspire a Man with Love in Earnest, while he is
+endeavouring to impose a fictitious Passion upon you.
+
+But to return to my Scholars. Flatter with all your Might: for the
+Mind is taken as it were by Stealth, by Flattery, even as the Bank
+which hangs over a River is undermined by the liquid Waves.
+
+Never be weary therefore of commending her Face, or her Hair; her
+taper Arm, or her pretty little Foot.
+
+The chastest Matrons are fond of hearing the Praises of their Beauty;
+and the purest Virgins make the Charms of their Persons at once their
+Business and their Pleasure.
+
+What else is meant by that ancient Fable of _Juno_ and _Pallas_, whom
+the _Greek_ Poets represent as yet ashamed of the Conquest obtained by
+_Venus_.
+
+This Vanity seems to extend itself to Animals, in many of which we may
+observe some Traces of it.
+
+The peacock, if you seem to admire her, spreads forth her Golden
+Plumes, which she never displays to an indifferent Spectator.
+
+The Race-Horse, while he is running for a Plate, enjoys the Beauties
+of his well-combed Mane, and gracefully turned Neck.
+
+Secondly, to Flattery, add Promises, and those not timorous nor
+sneaking ones. If a Girl insists upon a Promise of Marriage, give it
+her, and bind it by many Oaths[D]; for no Indictment lies for this
+sort of Perjury.
+
+The Antients vented horrid Impieties on this Occasion, and introduced
+_Jupiter_ shaking his Sides at the Perjuries of Lovers, and ordering
+the Winds to puff them away: Nay, he is said to have forsworn himself
+even by _Styx_ to _Juno_: and therefore, say they, he encourages Men
+to follow his Example.
+
+[Note D: This is the most exceptionable Passage in the whole Work. We
+have endeavoured to soften it as much as possible; but even as it now
+stands, we cannot help expressing Detestation of this Sentiment, which
+appears shocking even in a Heathen Writer.]
+
+But though a Christian must not talk in this Manner, yet I believe it
+may be one of those Sins which the Church of _Rome_ holds to be
+venial, or rather venal.
+
+I would here by no Means be suspected of Infidelity or Profaneness. It
+is necessary there should be a God; and therefore we must believe
+there is; nay, we must worship him: For he doth not possess himself in
+that indolent State in which the Deities of _Epicurus_ are depictured.
+If we live innocent Lives, we may depend on the Care of his
+Providence.
+
+Restore faithfully whatever is deposited in your Hands: Be just in all
+your Contracts: Avoid all Kind of Fraud, and be not polluted with
+Blood. A wise Man will be a Rogue only among the Girls: For in all
+other Articles a Gentleman will be ashamed of breaking his Word.
+
+And what is this more than deceiving the Deceivers? The Sex are for
+the greatest Part Impostors; let them therefore fall in the Snares
+which they have spread for others.
+
+Perhaps you have never read the Justice of _Busiris_; when Egypt was
+burnt up Nine Years together for want of Rain, one _Thrasius_ a
+Foreigner came to Court, and being introduced to the King by
+_Clementius Cotterelius_, he acquainted his Majesty, that _Jupiter_
+was to be propitiated by the Blood of a Stranger. The King Answered
+him, _Then thou thyself shalt be the first Victim, and with thy
+foreign Blood shalt give Rain to Egypt_.
+
+To the same Purpose is the Story of _Phalaris_, who roasted the Limbs
+of _Perillus_ in his own Bull: Thus making Proof of the Goodness of
+the Work by the Torments of the unhappy Maker.
+
+Now there was great Justice in both these Examples; for nothing can be
+more equitable than that the Inventers of Cruelty should perish by
+their own Art.
+
+To apply this to our present Purpose: As there is no Deceit or Perjury
+which Women will stick at putting in use against us, let them lament
+the Consequence of their own Examples.
+
+Thirdly, Tears are of great Service. The Proverb tells you, _Tears
+will move Adamant_. If you can bring it about therefore, let your
+Mistress see your Cheeks a little blubbered upon Occasion.
+
+If Tears should refuse to come (as they sometimes will) an Onion in
+your Handkerchief will be of great use.
+
+Fourthly, Kisses. What Lover of any Sense doth not mix Kisses with his
+tender Expressions! Perhaps she will not give them easily: No Matter,
+take them without her Leave.
+
+Perhaps she will scratch, and say you are rude: Notwithstanding her
+Scratches, she will be pleased with your getting the better.
+
+Do this, however, in so gentle a Manner, that you may not hurt her
+tender Lips; nor let her complain of being scrubbed with your Beard.
+
+Now when you have proceeded to Kisses, if you proceed no farther, you
+may well be called unworthy of what you have hitherto obtained. When
+you was at her Lips, how near was you to your Journey's End! If
+therefore you stop there, you rather deserve the Name of a bashful
+'Squire than of a modest Man.
+
+The Girls may call this perhaps Violence; but it is a Violence
+agreeable to them: For they are often desirous of being pleased
+against their Will: For a Woman taken without her Consent,
+notwithstanding her Frowns, is often well satisfied in her Heart, and
+your Impudence is taken as a Favour; whilst she who, when inclined to
+be ravished, hath retreated untouched, however she may affect to
+smile, is in reality out of Humour.
+
+Ravishing is indeed out of Fashion in this Age; and therefore I am at
+a Loss for modern Examples; but antient Story abounds with them.
+
+Miss[50] _Phoebe_ and her Sister were both ravished, and both were
+well pleased with the Men who ravished them.
+
+Though the Story of _Deidamia_ was formerly in all the _Trojan_
+News-Papers, yet my Reader may be pleased to see it better told.
+
+_Venus_ had now kept her Word to _Paris_, and given him the Beauty she
+had promised, not as a Bribe, but as a Gratification for his having
+made an Award in her Favour, in the famous Cause between _Juno_ and
+others against _Venus_, in _Trover_ for a Golden Apple; which was
+referred to him at the Assizes at _Ida_.
+
+_Paris_, every one knows, no sooner had received Mrs. _Helen_, than he
+immediately carried her off to his Father's Court.
+
+Upon this the _Grecians_ entered into an Association; and several
+Noblemen raised Regiments at their own Expence, out of their Regard to
+the Public: For Cuckoldom was a public Cause, no one knowing whose
+Turn it would be next.
+
+Lieutenant-General _Achilles_, who was to command a large Body of
+Grenadiers, which the _Greeks_ call _Myrmidons_, did not behave
+handsomely on that Occasion, though he got off afterwards at a
+Court-Martial by pleading, that his Mother (who had a great deal in
+her own Power) had insisted on his acting the Part he did; for, I am
+ashamed to say, he dressed himself in Women's Clothes, and hid himself
+at the House of one _Lycomedes_, a Man of good Fortune in those parts.
+
+_Fie upon it, General, I am ashamed to see you sit quilting among the
+Girls; a Sword becomes your Hands much better than a Needle._
+
+_What can you mean by that Work-Basket in a Hand by which Count
+_Hector_ is to fall? Do you carry that Basket with you to put his Head
+in?_
+
+_For Shame then, cast away your Huswife, and all those effeminate
+Trinkets from a Fist able to wield _Harry_ the Fifth's Sword._
+
+It happened, that at the same Time when the General, at the House of
+'Squire _Lycomedes_, performed this Feat, Miss _Deidamia_, one of the
+Maids of Honour, was visiting at the same Place. This young Lady soon
+discovered that the General was a Man; for indeed he got her
+Maidenhead.
+
+He ravished her, that is the Truth on't; that a Gentleman ought to
+believe, in Favour of the Lady: But he may believe the Lady was
+willing enough to be ravished at the same Time.
+
+When the General threw away his Needle, and grasped the Armour, (you
+must remember the Story, for it was in the _Trojan Alamain_) the young
+Lady began to change her Note, and to hope he would not forsake her
+so.
+
+_Ah! little _Mia_! is this the Violence you complained of? Is this the
+Ravisher you are afraid of? Why with that gentle Voice do you solicite
+the Author of your Dishonour to stay with you?_
+
+To come at once to the Moral of my Story; as they are ashamed to make
+the first Advances, so they are ready to suffer whatever a pushing Man
+can do unto them.
+
+As for those pretty Master-Misses, the _Adonis's_ of the Age, who
+confide in their own Charms, and desire to be courted by the Girls;
+believe me, they will stay long enough before they are asked the
+Question.
+
+If you are a Man, make the first Overtures: Remember, it is the Man's
+Part to address the Fair; and it will be her's to be tenderly won.
+
+Be bold then, and put the Question; she desires no more than to have
+the Question put; and sure you will not deny your own Wishes that
+Favour.
+
+_Jupiter_ himself went a courting to the Heroines of old: For I never
+heard of any Girl who courted him.
+
+But if you find Madam gives herself any immoderate Airs at your
+Proposal, it will then be good to recede a little from your
+Undertaking, and to affect to sheer off: For many of them, according
+to the Poet,
+
+    _Pursue what flies, and fly what doth pursue._
+
+A short Absence will soon cure her Disdain.
+
+It may be proper likewise to conceal your intentions a little at
+first, and make your first Advance under the Pretence of _Platonic_
+Friendship.
+
+I have known many a Prude taken under these false Colours; and the
+_Platonic_ Friend hath soon become a happy Lover.
+
+And now as to your Complexion; for believe me, this is a Matter of
+some Consequence: Though I would not have you effeminate, yet I would
+have you delicate.
+
+A fair Complexion in a Tar is scandalous, and looks more like a
+Borough Captain or one of those fresh-water Sailors, who have so much
+dishonoured our Navy. The Skin of a Seaman ought to be rough, and well
+battered with Winds and Waves.
+
+Such likewise ought to be the Face of a Fox-hunter, who ought not to
+fear Rain or Easterly Winds: And the fame becomes the Soldier.
+
+But let the Soldier of _Venus_ look fair and delicate; nay, if your
+Complexion inclines to Paleness, so much the better; for this will be
+imputed by every young Girl to Love.
+
+Young _Orion_[51] with a pale Countenance wandered through the Groves,
+being sick with the Love of Lyrice: And the same Effect had the Love
+of _Naïs_ upon the Countenance of _Daphnis_[52]; two Lovers very
+famous in Antiquity.
+
+Leanness is another Token of a Lover; to obtain which, you need not
+take Physick; sitting up all Night; and writing Love-Letters, will
+bring this about.
+
+Be sure to look as miserable as possible; so that every one who sees
+you, may cry, _There goes a Lover_.
+
+And here shall I lament the Wickedness of Mankind, or only simply
+observe it to you? But in Reality all Friendship and Integrity are
+nothing more than Names.
+
+Alas! It is dangerous to be too prodigal in the Praises of your
+Mistress, even to your Friend; for if he believes you, he becomes your
+Rival.
+
+It is true there are some old Stories of faithful Friends: _Patroclus_
+never made a Cuckold of _Achilles_; and _Phaedra's_ Chastity was never
+attempted by _Pirithous_.
+
+_Pylades_ loved _Hermions_, who was his Friend's Wife; but it was with
+the pure Love of a Brother: And the same Fidelity did _Castor_
+preserve towards his Twin-Brother _Pollux_.
+
+But if you expect to find such Instances in these degenerate Days, you
+may as well have Faith enough to expect a Pine-Apple from a Pear-Tree,
+or to hope to fill your Bottle with _Burgundy_ from the River.
+
+I am afraid we are grown so bad, that Iniquity itself gives a Relish
+to our Pleasures; and every Man is not only addicted to his Pleasures,
+but those are the sweeter, when season'd with another's Pain.
+
+It is in short a terrible Case, that a Lover ought to fear his Friend
+more than his Enemy. Beware of the former, and you are safe.
+
+Beware of your Cousin, and your Brother, and your dear and intimate
+Companions. These are the Sort of Gentry, from whom you are to
+apprehend most Danger.
+
+Here I intended to have finished; but one Rule more suggests itself.
+
+You are to note then, that there is a great Variety in the Tempers of
+Women; for a thousand different Women are to be wooed a thousand
+different Ways.
+
+Mr. _Miller_ will tell you, that the same kind of Soil is not proper
+for all Fruits. One produces good Carrots, another Potatoes, and a
+third Turneps. Now there is as great a Variety of Disposition in the
+human Mind, as there are Forms in the World: For which Reason a
+Politician is capable of accommodating himself to innumerable Kinds of
+Tempers: Not _Proteus_ could indeed diversify himself more Ways than
+he can.
+
+Nay you may learn this Lesson from every Fisherman; for some Fish are
+to be taken with one Bait, and some with another; others will scarce
+bite at any, but are however to be drawn out of the Water by a Net.
+
+One good Caution under this Head, is to consider the Age of your
+Mistress: Old Birds are not taken with Chaff; and an old Hare will be
+sure to double.
+
+Again, consider Circumstances. Do not frighten an ignorant Woman with
+Learning, nor a poor Country Girl with your fine Cloathes; for by
+these Means you will create in them too great an Awe of you. Many a
+Girl hath run away frighted from the Embraces of the Master, and
+afterwards fallen into the Clutches of his Footman.
+
+And here we will now cast our Anchor, having finished the first Part
+of our intended Voyage.
+
+_FINIS_
+
+
+
+
+FOOTNOTES
+
+
+[Footnote 1: Here _Ovid_ uses the Examples of _Automedon_, who was the
+Coachman of _Achilles_; and of _Tiphys_, who was Pilot or Steersman to
+the _Argonauts_.]
+
+[Footnote 2: This is a literal Translation; by which it appears this
+barbarous Custom of whipping Boys on the Hands, till they look as if
+they had the Itch, was used by the _Roman_ Schoolmasters as well as by
+ours.]
+
+[Footnote 3: The Original introduces _Achilles_, who was the pupil of
+_Chiron_.]
+
+[Footnote 4: In the Original,--_held forth at his Master's Commands
+those Hands to be whipt, which_ Hector _was hereafter to feel_. The
+Indelicacy of which Image we have avoided applying to our _British_
+Hero.]
+
+[Footnote 5: _Both born of a Goddess._]
+
+[Footnote 6: This is transferred, we hope not improperly from _Roman_
+to _British_ Superstition. The _Latin_ alludes to Augury, and very
+justly ridicules the Folly of Divination by the Flight of Birds.]
+
+[Footnote 7: _Nor were_ Clio _or her Sisters seen by me, while I
+tended a Flock in the Valleys of Ascra._ This _Ascra_ was a Valley
+near the _Helicon_, which was the Residence of the Parents of
+_Hesiod_. Now _Hesiod_ was fabled, whilst he was keeping his Father's
+Sheep, to have been led by the Muse to the Fountain _Hippocrene_; and
+being, I suppose, well ducked in that Water, commenced Poet.]
+
+[Footnote 8: This whole Passage is a manifest Burlesque on the
+Invocations with which the Ancients began their Poems. Not very
+different is that Sneer at the Beginning of the _Metamorphosis_,
+
+    ---- _Dii, caeptis_, (NAM VOS MUTASTIS ET ILLAS)
+    _Adspirate_ ----
+
+But the strongest Piece of Burlesque of this kind is the Invocation to
+_Venus_ at the Beginning of _Lucretius_: For what can be more so than
+a solemn Application to a Deity for her Assistance in a Work, the
+professed Intention of which is to expose the Belief of any Deity at
+all; and more particularly of any Concern which such superior Beings
+might be supposed to take in the Affairs of Men. For my own part, I
+must confess, I cannot perceive _that graceful Air of Enthusiasm_
+which a noble Author observes in the Invocation of the Antients; many
+of them indeed seem to have been too apparently in jest, to endeavour
+to impose on their Readers, and in reality to apply to the Muses with
+less Devotion than our modern Poets, many of whom perhaps believe as
+much in those Deities as in any other.]
+
+[Footnote 9: _Ovid_ would here insinuate, that the Courtezans only
+were the Subjects of the ensuing Poem; and in his _Tristibus_ he cites
+these Lines, and pleads them in his Defence: But he is not over-honest
+in his Profession; for in many Parts it appears, that his Instructions
+are calculated for much more than _concessa furtia_.]
+
+[Footnote 10: _Andromeda_ was the Daughter of _Cepheus_ King of
+_Aethiopia_ and of _Cassiope_. Her Mother having offended the
+_Nereids_, by contending with them for Superiority in Beauty,
+_Neptune_, at their Petition, sent a Sea-Monster, which greatly
+annoyed the _Aethiopians_. Upon this they consulted the Oracle of
+_Jupiter Ammon_, who ordered them to expose one of the Progeny of
+_Cepheus_ and _Cassiope_ to be devoured by the Monster. _Andromeda_
+was accordingly ty'd to a Rock, where she was espied by _Perseus_, who
+killed the Monster, and rescued the Lady; for which he received her at
+the Hands of her Parents as his Reward. The Story is told in the 4th
+Book of the _Metamorphosis_.]
+
+[Footnote 11: _Bunches of Grapes in _Methymna__; a City of _Lesbia_,
+the Wine of which Country was famous among the Ancients.]
+
+[Footnote 12: _Ears of Corn in _Gargara__; which was in _Mysia_, a
+Province of the _Hellespont_.]
+
+[Footnote 13: The Original is, _And the Mother of _AEneas_ resides in
+the City of her Son._ _AEneas_, from whom the Romans derived their
+Original, was the Son of _Venus_ by _Anchises_.]
+
+[Footnote 14: The Original, rendered as literally as possible, is as
+follows: _Walk at your ease under the _Pompeian_ Shade, when the Sun
+enters the _Herculean_ Lion; or where the Mother hath added her
+Benefactions to those of her Son; a work rich in foreign Marble: Nor
+avoid that Portico adorned with ancient Pictures, which is called
+_Livia_, from the Name of its Founder: nor that adorned by the Statues
+of the _Belides_, who attempted the Lives of their unfortunate
+Cousins; and where you see the cruel Father standing with his drawn
+Sword: Nor pass by the Temple of _Venus_ and her lamented_ Adonis;
+_nor omit the Seventh-Day Festivals of the _Jews_; nor the _Egyptian_
+Temples of the _Linnen-clad_ Heifer: She makes many Women to be that
+which she herself was to _Jupiter_._
+
+To explain these several Particulars to an _English_ Reader, it must
+be known, that the Portico's in _Rome_ were the publick Walks; and
+here Persons of both Sexes used to assemble. Among these was one built
+by _Pompey_. The second Portico mentioned, is by the best Commentators
+understood of the _Octavian_, which was built by _Octavia_, Sister to
+_Augustus_, and Mother to _Marcellus_; and this adjoined to a Temple
+built by the same _Marcellus_. The third Portico was built by _Livia_
+the Wife of _Augustus_, and called from her Name. The fourth, where
+the Picture of the _Belides_ was, is to be understood of the Portico
+of _Apollo Palatinus_, in which were the Statues of the fifty
+Daughters of _Danaus_ and Grandaughters of _Belus_. These being
+married to the fifty Sons of their Uncle _AEgyptus_, every one, by her
+Father's Command, slew her husband on the first Night, save only
+_Hypermnestra_. For this they were punished in the lower World, by
+being obliged to fill a Barrel full of Holes with Water. _Scaliger_
+and others have here made a mistake, supposing the Picture of the
+_Belides_ was here hung up: But the contrary appears by many
+Authorities, particularly by this in _Qv. Trist. 3_.
+
+    _Signa peregrinis ubi sunt alterna columnis,
+        Belides, & stricto barbarus ense pater._
+
+It appears that the Number of Pillars was equalled by the Number of
+Statues. 5thly, The Temple of _Venus_, in which she was worshipped,
+together with _Adonis_, after the _Assyrian_ manner. This _Adonis_ was
+the Son of _Cinyras_ King of _Cyprus_, begotten by him on his own
+Daughter _Myrrha_. The Fame of his Beauty, and the Passion which
+_Venus_ bore towards him, are well known. 6thly, The _Jewish_
+Synagogues. The _Jews_ having been encouraged by _Julius Caesar_, were
+very numerous in _Rome_ at that time; and the Strangeness and Pomp of
+their Ceremonies inviting the Curiosity of the _Roman_ Ladies, their
+Synagogues became famous Places of Intrigue. 7. The Temple of _Isis_.
+This Goddess, when a Woman, was called _Io_. She was the Daughter of
+_Inachus_; and being beloved by _Jupiter_, was by him, to preserve her
+from his Wife's Jealousy, turned into a Heifer, _Juno_ suspecting the
+Fact, obtained this Heifer of her Husband, and set Argus to watch over
+her. _Jupiter_ wanting to visit his old Friend, sent _Mercury_ to kill
+_Argus_; in revenge of which, _Juno_ ordered a Gad-Bee to sting the
+poor Heifer; which thereupon growing mad, ran to _Egypt_, where she
+was again restored to the Shape of a Woman, and married to _Osiris_.
+The Feast of _Isis_ was celebrated in _Rome_ ten Days together by the
+Women, and was a time of Carnival among them.]
+
+[Footnote 15: In _Caesar's Forum_, which was built on the _Appian_
+Way, was the Temple of _Venus Genetrix_.]
+
+[Footnote 16: Races were run at _Rome_ in _April_ in the _Circus
+Maximus_, which was likewise the Scene of many other public Exercises
+and Shews.]
+
+[Footnote 17: _And when the Procession shall pass on with the Ivory
+Deities, do you applaud most the Statue of _Lady_ Venus._ Thus the
+Original. The Paraphrase preserves the same Sense, though in other
+Circumstances. These Statues were carried in Procession on many
+Occasions, particularly at the _Maegalesian_ Games.]
+
+[Footnote 18: _Adjusting her cushion._]
+
+[Footnote 19: _Putting a Foot-stool under her._]
+
+[Footnote 20: The Original mentioned the Fights of the _Gladiators_.
+The Paraphrase comes as near as our Customs admit; for the _British_
+Ladies never attend to see Men kill one another in jest.]
+
+[Footnote 21: _Augustus Caesar_ among other rich Shews, with which he
+entertained the People, exhibited to them a Sea-Fight in a Place dug
+on purpose near the banks of the _Tyber_. The Poet takes this occasion
+of introducing many Compliments to the Grandson of this Prince. We
+have done little more than altered Names in this Place; and as we are
+assured all here said is as properly applicable to the noble Person to
+whom we have transferred it, the learned Reader will admire that any
+Passage in an antient Author can be so apposite to the present Times,
+and the true _English_ Reader will be no less delighted to see _Ovid_
+introduced as singing forth the Praises of the _British Hero_.]
+
+[Footnote 22: _Parthia._]
+
+[Footnote 23: The _Crassi_.]
+
+[Footnote 24: _Hercules._]
+
+[Footnote 25: _Bacchus._]
+
+[Footnote 26: The Original here described the many Nations who are led
+Captives.]
+
+[Footnote 27: Here we have inverted the Original; but sure the Sense
+upholds us in so doing.]
+
+[Footnote 28: _Baiae_, a Place not far from _Naples_, famous for
+wholesome as well as pleasant Baths. It is described very largely by
+_Diodorus_; and _Horace_ mentions it as the pleasantest Place in the
+World.]
+
+[Footnote 29: In the Original, the Temple of _Diana_ in the Suburbs.
+It stood in a Grove not far from Rome. The next Line, _Partaque per
+gladios, &c._ alludes to a very singular Custom, by which the Priests
+of this Temple succeeded to each other, _viz._ by Conquest in single
+Combat, for which every Slave or Fugitive was admitted to contend, and
+the Victor was rewarded with the Priesthood. This Practice was renewed
+every Year, and was, as _Strabo_ informs us, originally taken from the
+_Scythians_.]
+
+[Footnote 30: _Byblis_ fell in love with her Brother _Caunus_; and
+upon his rejecting her Addresses, hanged herself. The Poets feign she
+was afterwards turned into a Fountain. See _Metam._ IX.]
+
+[Footnote 31: _Myrrha_ was the Daughter of _Cinyras_, who being in
+love with her Father, took an Opportunity, while her Mother was
+employed in the Sacrifices to _Ceres_, to supply her Place. Her Father
+discovering the Imposture, ran after her with a drawn Sword to kill
+her: But she escaped by means of the Night, and fled into _Sabeaea_.
+She was changed into the Myrrh-Tree. The Story of which is in _Metam._
+X. But though the Poets have subjoined Fable to this Fact, it is
+related by _Pliny_ as a true History.]
+
+[Footnote 32: _Pasiphaë_ was the Daughter of the Sun, married to
+_Minos_ King of _Crete_. The Poets feign that being in love with a
+Bull, she employed _Daedalus_, a famous Artist, to make her a wooden
+Cow, into which she conveyed herself, in order to enjoy her monstrous
+Desires. From this unnatural Coition sprung the _Minotaur_, a Monster
+half Man and half Bull, which was enclosed in a Labyrinth, and
+afterward destroyed by _Theseus_.]
+
+[Footnote 33: The Original alludes to the _Cretans_, who were famous
+among the Antients for the Vice of lying.]
+
+[Footnote 34: _Europa_ was the Daughter of _Agenor_ King of _Cydon_,
+beloved by _Jupiter_, and by him run away with in the Shape of a
+Bull.]
+
+[Footnote 35: _AErope_ was the Wife of _Atreus_. She committed
+Adultery with her Husband's Brother _Thyestes_, by whom she had two
+Sons, whom _Atreus_ caused to be killed, and served up to his
+Brother's Table. To avoid this Sight, the Sun is said to have gone
+backward.]
+
+[Footnote 36: _Scylla_ the Daughter of _Nisus_, King of the
+_Megarensians_, fell in love with _Minos_, while he was besieging her
+Father's City. She stole away her Father's Hair, on which the Fate of
+the City depended, and carried it to _Minos_; for which Fact she was
+rewarded by her Lover with Contempt only. She is by some said to have
+been changed into a Lark: But _Ovid_, who here seems to confound two
+Stories together, makes her Transformation to have been into a Rock,
+which lies between _Sicily_ and _Italy_; where the dashing of the
+Waves against the Rock representing the Sound of the Barking of Dogs,
+gave rise to the Fable which is here hinted at.]
+
+[Footnote 37: _Clytemnestra_, the Wife of _Agamemnon_, who in the
+absence of her Husband committed Adultery with _AEgysthus_, and with
+him afterwards murdered _Agamemnon_, at his Return from _Troy_.]
+
+[Footnote 38: _Creüsa_ was the Daughter of _Creon_ King of _Corinth_,
+and second Wife to _Jason_; to whom _Medea_, enraged with _Jason_, who
+had forsaken her, sent a Casket in which Wild-Fire was inclosed, and
+by which she was burnt as soon [as] it was opened. This _Medea_
+afterwards, on account of the same Anger with _Jason_, tore to pieces
+her two Sons which she had bore to him.]
+
+[Footnote 39: This _Phoenix_ having incensed his Father, by lying with
+a Woman who was beloved by the latter, fled to the Protection of
+_Peleus_ the Father of _Achilles_, and was by bim [_sic_] Preceptor of
+that young Hero.]
+
+[Footnote 40: _Hippolytus_ being beloved by his Stepmother _Phaedra_,
+and refusing to gratify her Desires, was by her falsely accused to his
+Father _Theseus_; upon which account he was obliged to fly, and the
+Chariot Horses being frighted by Sea-Calves, dashed the Chariot
+to-pieces, and him also.]
+
+[Footnote 41: _Phineus_ King of _Arcadia_, having repudiated his Wife
+_Cleopatra_, married _Harpalice_; by whose Instigation he put out the
+Eyes of his Sons: for which he was afterwards punished by Divine
+Vengeance with the Loss of his own.]
+
+[Footnote 42: The _Romans_ paid a Religious Regard to their Birth-Day,
+as appears from many Passages in their Poets. At this time they used
+to receive Presents from their Relations and Acquaintance. We have
+here given the Sense of the Original, only varying the Customs
+(_Kalendae Martii_.) _Ovid_ advises the Lover to abstain from visiting
+his Mistress in the Kalends of _March_. At which time the _Matronalia_
+were celebrated to _Juno Lucina_, and the Husbands used to pray to
+that Goddess to protect the Chastity of their Wives. _Horace_ likewise
+Lib. III. Ode 8. hints that this was not the proper Season for
+Batchelors to give a Loose to their Gaieties. (_Sive erit ornatus
+Circus_, &c.) A third Caution _Ovid_ gives, is not to visit on those
+Days when the Wealth of the _Roman_ Conquests were exposed to the
+_Circus_, in admiring which, as _Mycellus_ observes, the Girls were
+too much taken up, to attend to the Desires of their Lovers. To say
+the truth, some Custom seems to be alluded to here, which is not
+sufficiently preserved from the Ruins of Antiquity.]
+
+[Footnote 43: _Then the _Pleiades_ are at hand. Then the Goat is
+merged in the Sea_, _viz._ in the Month of _October_ and _November_.]
+
+[Footnote 44: The Original points at the Day in which the _Romans_
+were overthrown by the _Gauls_ on the Banks of the River _Allia_. This
+was the 15th of the Kalends of _August. A. U. C._ 363, and it was
+marked as a black Day in their Kalendar. As this Nation is too happy
+to produce any such Day, we have been obliged to give it a different
+Turn in our Paraphrase.]
+
+[Footnote 45: _Cydippe_ was a beautiful virgin of the island of
+_Delos_. She was celebrating the Rites of _Diana_ when she was seen by
+_Acontius_, who falling in love with her, and not daring openly to
+declare his Passion, contrived to drop an Apple at her Feet, in which
+were inclosed these two Lines:
+
+    _I swear to you by the mystical Rites of _Diana_,
+    That I will attend you as a Companion, and become your Bride._
+
+_Cydippe_ took up the Apple and read the Lines; by repeating which
+words they became her own; and she was ignorantly betrothed to her
+Lover: For it was a Law, that whatever any persons said in _Diana_'s
+Temple, they were obliged to perform.]
+
+[Footnote 46: _Ariadne_ was the Daughter of _Minos_ King of _Crete_.
+She fell in Love with _Theseus_, and with a Clew of Thread helped him
+out of the Labyrinth into which he went to kill the _Minotaur_. He
+afterwards basely deserted the poor Lady, of which our Poet will
+presently tell the Story.]
+
+[Footnote 47: _Silenus_ was the Pedagogue of _Bacchus_, and his
+Foster-Father: He was likewise his Companion on all Occasions; and is
+often introduced in his drunken Mood by our Poet.]
+
+[Footnote 48: At this Wedding _Eurytion_ the _Centaur_ getting drunk,
+attempted to ravish _Hippodamia_ the Bride of _Pyrithous_, but
+_Theseus_ knocked his Brains out with a Bowl. Upon this a Battle
+ensued between the _Centaurs_ and the _Lapithae_, who defending the
+Cause of their Prince _Pyrithous_, destroyed almost all the
+_Centaurs_. _Horace_ Lib. I. Ode 18. mentions this Story likewise, as
+a Caution to Men not to be quarrelsome in their Cups.]
+
+[Footnote 49: Here and in many other Places, we have been obliged to
+supply that Connection, which is greatly wanting in the Original.]
+
+[Footnote 50: _Phoebe_ and _Ilaira_ were two pretty Girls, the
+Daughters of _Leucippus_, and by their Father betrothed to two
+Brothers _Idas_ and _Lynceus_; but before the Celebration of their
+Nuptials, were ravished by _Castor_ and _Pollux_. This ended in the
+Death of _Castor_, by the Hands of _Lynceus_; and of _Lynceus_, by
+_Pollux_, whose Death while _Idas_ was attempting to revenge, he was
+struck dead by Thunder at the Feet of _Pollux_.]
+
+[Footnote 51: _Orion_ the _Theban_ was in Love with _Merope_ the
+Daughter of _AEnopian_; but who this _Lyrice_ was, is not so plain, no
+Mention being made of her in any other Place.]
+
+[Footnote 52: _Daphnis_ was the Son of _Mercury_; for his Love for
+this _Naïs_, we have here _Ovid_'s Authority.]
+
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+39. Thomas Warton's _A History of English Poetry_.
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+40. Edward Bysshe's _The Art of English Poetry_ (1708).
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+41. Bernard Mandeville's _A Letter to Dion_ (1732).
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+45. John Robert Scott's _Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine Arts_.
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+49. Two St. Cecilia's Day Sermons (1696-1697).
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+50. Hervey Aston's _A Sermon Before the Sons of the Clergy_, (1745).
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+51. Lewis Maidwell's _An Essay upon the Necessity and Excellency of
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+52. Pappity Stampoy's _A Collection of Scotch Proverbs_ (1663).
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+53. Urian Oakes' _The Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence_ (1682)
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+54. Mary Davys' _Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady_ (1725).
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+55. Samuel Say's _An Essay on the Harmony, Variety, and Power of
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+
+56. _Theologia Ruris, sive Schola & Scala Naturae_ (1686).
+
+57. Out of print.
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+58. Eighteenth-Century Book Illustrations.
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+59. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. I, Comedies, Part I.
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+60. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. I, Comedies, Part II.
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+64. _Prefaces to Three Eighteenth-Century Novels_ (1708, 1751, 1797).
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+65. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. II, Histories, Part I.
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+66. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. II, Histories, Part II.
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+72. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part II.
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+75. John Joyne, _A Journal_ (1679).
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+76. André Dacier, _Preface to Aristotle's Art of Poetry_ (1705).
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+<h1>The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love, by
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+<p>Title: The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love</p>
+<p>Author: Henry Fielding</p>
+<p>Editor: Claude E. Jones</p>
+<p>Release Date: January 21, 2010  [eBook #31036]</p>
+<p>Language: English</p>
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+<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LOVERS ASSISTANT, OR, NEW ART OF LOVE***</p>
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+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<hr class="full" />
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+
+<h3><span class="smcap">The Augustan Reprint Society</span></h3>
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+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+
+<h2><i>HENRY FIELDING</i></h2>
+<h1>THE LOVERS ASSISTANT, OR, NEW ART OF LOVE</h1>
+  <h3>(1760)</h3>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h3>Edited, with an<br />
+Introduction by</h3>
+<h2>Claude E. Jones</h2>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h3>Publication Number 89</h3>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h3>William Andrews Clark Memorial Library<br />
+University of California<br />
+Los Angeles<br />
+1961</h3>
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h4>GENERAL EDITORS</h4>
+<p class="center">Richard C. Boys, <i>University of Michigan</i><br />
+Ralph Cohen, <i>University of California, Los Angeles</i><br />
+Vinton A. Dearing, <i>University of California, Los Angeles</i><br />
+Lawrence Clark Powell, <i>Clark Memorial Library</i></p>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+
+<h4>ASSISTANT EDITOR</h4>
+<p class="center">W. Earl Britton, <i>University of Michigan</i></p>
+<h4>ADVISORY EDITORS</h4>
+<p class="center">
+Emmett L. Avery, <i>State College of Washington</i><br />
+Benjamin Boyce, <i>Duke University</i><br />
+Louis Bredvold, <i>University of Michigan</i><br />
+John Butt, <i>University of Edinburgh</i><br />
+James L. Clifford, <i>Columbia University</i><br />
+Arthur Friedman, <i>University of Chicago</i><br />
+Louis A. Landa, <i>Princeton University</i><br />
+Samuel H. Monk, <i>University of Minnesota</i><br />
+Ernest C. Mossner, <i>University of Texas</i><br />
+James Sutherland, <i>University College, London</i><br />
+H.T. Swedenberg, Jr., <i>University of California, Los Angeles</i><br />
+</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h4>CORRESPONDING SECRETARY</h4>
+<p class="center">Edna C. Davis, <i>Clark Memorial Library</i></p>
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[i]</a></span></p>
+<h2>INTRODUCTION</h2>
+
+
+<p>The publishing history of this translation has been sketched by Cross,
+in his <i>History of Henry Fielding</i>, and may simply be summarized here.
+The first edition, entitled <i>Ovid's Art of Love Paraphrased and
+Adapted to the Present Time</i> (or <i>Times</i>) was first issued in
+February, 1747, and was advertised in the <i>Gentleman's</i> and <i>Scots</i>
+Magazines in that month. During March, further advertisements appeared
+in the <i>London Magazine</i> and the <i>St. James Evening Post</i>. The most
+extensive notice ran, however, in Fielding's own <i>Jacobite Journal</i>
+(No. 15), where it served as basis for a detailed comparison between
+the art of love and the art of Jacobitism. Of this 1747 anonymous,
+original edition no copy is known.</p>
+
+<p>In 1759, the work was reissued in London and Dublin, under the title
+<i>The Lover's Assistant</i>, and again in London in 1760. Meanwhile,
+advertisements for the original edition, as by Henry Fielding, had
+been run by the publisher, Andrew Millar, in 1754 and 1758. Inasmuch
+as Millar apparently still had unsold sheets in 1758, the 1759 edition
+may comprise these sheets with new title pages and prefatory matter
+necessary because of Fielding's death in 1754. At any rate, the
+"modern instances" referred to by the author of the 1759 Preface are
+not too modern to have been written in 1747. There has been no reprint
+since 1760.</p>
+
+<p>The present text is printed from the 1760 edition, collated with a
+copy of the 1759 issue. The Latin text, which in the original faces
+the English, is omitted. Notes keyed by letters and asterisks appear
+in the original; it will be noted that Fielding's notes combine
+scholarly and facetious remarks; he frequently used footnotes for
+comic effect, especially in the translation of the <i>Plutus</i> of
+Aristophanes in which he collaborated.</p>
+
+<p>Literature affords few pleasures so satisfying as translations done by
+those who are not only expert in the languages concerned, but who also
+are of the same spirit as the authors they translate. Some examples
+come readily to mind: Pope's Horace, Dryden's Juvenal and Persius,
+Smollett's LeSage, Lang's <i>Aucassin and Nicolette</i>, and Pound's
+translations from Proven&ccedil;al. Such a felicitous combination appears in
+Henry Fielding's translation of Book I of Ovid's <i>Ars Amoris</i>.</p>
+
+<p>Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English
+translators of the classics abounded, including Marlowe, Jonson,
+Chapman and Sandys; Roscommon, Waller, Denham, Cowley and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[ii]</a></span> Dryden. By
+1700, the major kinds of translation had been differentiated,
+described, evaluated and practised.</p>
+
+<p>To summarize, Dryden wrote as follows in his Preface to the 1680
+edition of <i>Ovid's Epistles</i>, Translated by Several Hands:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>All translation I suppose may be reduced to these three
+heads:</p>
+
+<p>First, that of Metaphrase, or turning an Author word by
+word, and line by line, from one language to another.... The
+second way is that of Paraphrase, or Translation with
+Latitude, where the Author is kept in view by the
+Translator, so as never to be lost, but his words are not so
+strictly follow'd as his sense, and that too is admitted to
+be amplyfied, but not alter'd.... The Third way is that of
+Imitation, where the Translator (if now [i.e. by taking such
+liberties] he has not lost that name) assumes the liberty
+not only to vary from the words and sence, but to forsake
+them both as he sees occasion: and taking only some general
+hints from the Original, to run division on the ground-work,
+as he pleases.... </p></div>
+
+<p>Doubtless, he refers to the translation of verse into verse, but
+actually verse-into-prose also falls within Dryden's "third way." When
+the author of the Preface to <i>The Lover's Assistant</i> speaks of it as
+an "undertaking" in translation, he means prose imitation, or
+paraphrase of verse.</p>
+
+<p>Earlier, in the 1743 <i>Miscellanies</i>, Fielding had published "Part of
+Juvenal's Sixth Satire Modernized in Burlesque [i.e. Hudibrastic]
+Verse." The modernization, as in his <i>Art of Love</i>, was of place
+(England instead of Italy) as well as time, and allowed the author to
+satirize some of his contemporaries, as well as the customs of his own
+age.</p>
+
+<p>When, four years later, he turned to the first book of Ovid's <i>Artis
+Amatoriae</i>, he found prose an even better medium for "Imitation," or
+"Modernization." The result is a most enjoyable <i>pot pourri</i> of Roman
+mythology and eighteenth century social customs, combined with some of
+the patriotism left over from Fielding's anti-Jacobinism during the
+Forty-Five. His devotion to, and constant use of, the classics has
+excited comment from every Fielding biographer since his own time. His
+works abound in classical instances, references and imitations; and
+most of his writing includes translations from Greek or Roman authors.
+His library, as Austin Dobson observed, was rich in editions of the
+classics.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[iii]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Curiously, the sale catalogue lists only one, unidentifiable, Ovid
+item, as contrasted with 5 editions of Horace, 9 of Lucian and 13
+(between 1504 and 1629) of Aristotle. This probably means that, along
+with other unlisted works known to have been in his possession, his
+Ovid was retained by his family or given to a friend. Dryden's
+translation of Book One of the <i>Ars Amoris</i> is included among
+Fielding's books, however, and Cross suggests that Fielding "kept one
+eye" on it. It is surprising how much visualization there is in his
+imitation. Many of the incidents resemble those treated by Hogarth,
+with whom by 1747 Fielding was on excellent terms. There is also some
+resemblance in his contemporaneous materials, or modernization, to
+scenes in Fielding's own later plays, and in his novels. </p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></span></p>
+<h2>PREFACE</h2>
+
+
+<p><i>This Work was begun many Years ago, though altered in some Places by
+the Author, before his Death; as will appear by the modern Instances
+introduced in it. Many of which being so applicable to the present
+Time, is the Occasion of it being now published.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>As to any Exception which may be made to the Impurity of this Work,
+we shall transcribe what was written long ago in its Defence, from the
+Preface prefixed to Mr. </i>Dryden<i>'s Translation of this Poem.</i></p>
+
+<p>'A great many People are mistaken in these Books; and tho' they were
+made use of as a Pretence to drive the Author from the Court of
+<i>Augustus</i>, and confine him to <i>Tomos</i> on the Frontiers of the <i>Getae</i>
+and <i>Sarmatae</i>, yet they were not the true Cause of his Confinement.
+They are very far from being so licentious as the Writings of several
+other Poets, both <i>Greek</i> and <i>Latin</i>. However we must own he might
+have been a little more discreet, especially in some Places[A].</p>
+
+<p>[Note A: He means in the other two Books.]</p>
+
+<p>'That which offended the <i>Romans</i> most in this Work, cannot touch us.
+It has always been more dangerous in <i>Italy</i> to converse with Women of
+Honour, and frequent their Houses, than 'tis with us; where there is
+more Liberty, and what in that Country may be an Occasion of
+Debauchery, would not at all be so in ours.</p>
+
+<p>'Notwithstanding all that has been said against these Books <i>of the
+Art of Love</i>, by some over-scrupulous Persons, whose Discretion has
+too much of Affectation in it: they are not only necessary for the
+Knowledge of the <i>Latin</i> Tongue, and the <i>Roman</i> History, concerning
+which they contain several Things very particular; but for the noble
+Sentiments we find in them, which the <i>Gravest</i> and <i>Learnedest</i>
+Writers have thought worthy to be quoted for <i>Authorities</i>.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span></p><p>'In a Word, there's nothing in them that comes near the <i>Licence</i> of
+some <i>Epigrams</i> of <i>Catullus</i>, <i>Martial</i>, and <i>Ausonius</i>, of some
+<i>Satires</i> of <i>Horace</i> and <i>Juvenal</i>, and several other Pieces of
+<i>Ancient</i> and <i>Modern</i> Authors, which are read and commented upon; and
+about which even celebrated <i>Jesuits</i> and other religious Persons, as
+eminent for their Piety as their Erudition, have employed their
+Studies. Yet who has condemn'd or complain'd of them? We must confess,
+such Things should be managed with Address; and those of them who have
+meddled with any of the Authors I have named, have shewn that it may
+be done so, by their succeeding so happily in it.</p>
+
+<p>'As for this Treatise of the <i>Art of Love</i>, for which the Author has
+also prescrib'd a <i>Remedy</i>, as it is liable to be ill interpreted by
+those whose Pens poison every Thing they touch; so it may bear a good
+Construction, by such as know how to turn every Thing to Advantage.</p>
+
+<p>'I will yet say, this <i>Art</i> may be apply'd to those that intend to
+marry. There is nothing sure against Decency in all that. I agree, if
+you will have it so, that it extends so far as to direct one to the
+Means to gain a Mistress. If this was not lawful heretofore in
+<i>Italy</i>, on account of the jealous Humour of the <i>Italians</i>, we
+cannot, for the same Reason only, say it ought to be forbidden in our
+Country, any more than in several others, provided we could be sure
+the Ladies Modesty would not be offended, before whom Youth should be
+always careful not to exceed the Bounds of the Respect that's due to
+them.'</p>
+
+<p><i>To this I may add, that if the Objection of Impurity lies against any
+Part of this Work, it is only against the two latter Books, for in
+that which we have here paraphrased, there is nothing capable of
+offending the nicest Ear.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>With regard to the Merit of this Paraphrase, which is entirely a new
+Undertaking, and might perhaps, if properly encouraged, be carried on
+with other Latin Poets, we shall only observe, that the utmost Care
+hath been taken to preserve the Spirit and true Sense of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span> Author,
+and where we have been obliged to deviate, we have given the literal
+Translation in the Notes.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>Upon the whole, we cannot suppress, what one of the most learned Men
+of this Age, said upon persuing the Paraphrase</i>, viz. That he thought
+it would serve better to explain the Meaning of <i>Ovid</i> to a Learner,
+than any other Translation, or all his numerous Commentators.</p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p>
+<h2>BOOK I</h2>
+
+
+<p>If in so learned an Age as this, when Arts and Sciences are risen to
+such Perfection, there be any Gentleman unskilled in the Art of
+Loving, let him come to my School; where, if he hath any Genius, he
+will soon become an Adept: For I would by no means have any young
+Gentlemen think, that Erudition is unnecessary upon this Occasion. It
+is well known that the <a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a>Rules of Art are necessary to the Conduct of
+a Ship; for which reason, none but able and experienced Seamen are
+preferred to the Command of one. Rules are necessary even to make a
+good Coachman, as those Gentlemen who have the Ambition to excel this
+way very well know. In the same manner is Art required to drive the
+Chariot of Love well. Now it hath pleased <i>Venus</i> to place me in the
+Coach-Box: what a Captain is to a Ship, or the Driver to his Chariot,
+that am I to Love. I own indeed Master <i>Cupid</i> is a little wild, and
+often stubborn; but he is only a Child, and of an Age to be
+disciplined: And however fierce the Disposition of a Lad may be, a
+judicious Schoolmaster knows very well how to correct it: For many a
+Boy who hath afterwards turned out a Hero, hath when at School very
+patiently submitted to the Lash, and quietly, at the Word of Command,
+held out his Hands to be whipt <a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a>. Duke <i>William</i> <a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> himself, when a
+Lad, very possibly submitted to Correction; and he <a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> who was
+hereafter to become the Terror of his Enemies, might in his Youth have
+been afraid of his Tutor. Mr. <i>Pointz</i> was his Preceptor: I am the
+Preceptor of Love. Both these Youths were of a fierce Disposition,
+both elevated <a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> in their Birth. But as the stoutest Ox submits
+himself to the Yoke, and the most fiery Horse to the Bridle, so shall
+Love to me. Though he may bend his Bow against my Breast, and shake
+his Torches at me; no matter: nay, the more he pierces me with his
+Arrows, the more he burns me, the more severely will I be revenged of
+him.</p>
+
+<p>But here, Master <i>Apollo</i>, I will tell no lies to my Readers. I do not
+pretend to have received any Inspiration from you, any more than from
+Parson <i>Whitefield</i> <a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a>: And as for Miss <i>Clio</i> <a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> and her eight
+Sisters, I never visit them; nor have I even a Cap-Acquaintance with
+them. I write from Experience only; and <i>Experto crede Roberto</i> is my
+Motto. I promise my Readers that I will tell them truth; and if I
+must, for form sake, invoke any Muse, <i>Venus</i> herself shall be the
+Person <a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a>. Sweet Goddess! then be thou present, and smile at my<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span>
+Undertaking. But as for you who cannot smile, I mean you, Prudes, with
+your screw'd Faces, which may be considered as Signs hung forth before
+the Door of Virtue, and which perhaps, like other Signs, promise what
+is not to be found in the House; I desire neither your Favour nor your
+Company. Good-natur'd Girls<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> are all I write to; and such I promise
+them may read my Works without a Blush.</p>
+
+<p>Know then, my good Scholar, that art unexperienced in the Art of Love,
+that this Art consists of three principal Points: First, to select a
+proper Mistress: Secondly, to win her Affections: And, Thirdly, to
+preserve your mutual Affection. Of all these therefore we will treat;
+or, to speak metaphorically, through these three Roads we will drive
+the Chariot we have undertaken to guide.</p>
+
+<p>First then as to the Choice of a Mistress, to whom you may say, <i>In
+Thee alone my choice is fixed</i>. Do not believe such a one will fall
+into your Lap. It will become you to look about sharp for her, and
+with all your Eyes, I do assure you. And here my first Instruction
+shall be, where she may most probably be found: For he is a bad
+Huntsman who would beat about the <i>Royal Exchange</i> for a Hare or a
+Fox; and not a much better Gunner or Fisherman, who goes a shooting in
+<i>Somerset-Gardens</i>, or attempts to angle in the magnificent Bason
+there. As these all know the Places where their Game resort, so must
+you.</p>
+
+<p>Here then, I by no means advise you to make a long Voyage after a
+foreign Mistress, as <i>Perseus</i> did, who fetched <i>Andromeda</i><a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a> from
+the <i>Indies</i>; or <i>Paris</i>, whom nothing would serve but a <i>Grecian</i>
+Mistress. Your own Country, my Friend, will produce Women which the
+World cannot equal. Beauties are as plenty in the City of <i>London</i> as
+Apples in<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> <i>Herefordshire</i>, or Grains of Wheat<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> in <i>Hampshire</i>;
+they are indeed as plenty as Fish in the Sea, or Birds in the Air;
+nay, the Sky hath not more Stars than <i>London</i> hath Beauties: for
+<i>England</i><a name="FNanchor_13_13" id="FNanchor_13_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a>, not <i>Cyprus</i>, is the Queen of Love's favourite Island.
+Whether you love green Fruit, and which is in the Bud only, or Beauty
+in its fuller Bloom, or that which is arrived to perfect Ripeness;
+nay, if nothing but Wisdom or Sagacity will serve your turn, of these
+too Old <i>England</i> will afford you a sufficient Plenty.</p>
+
+<p>In the pleasant Month of <i>May</i>, repair to <i>Vaux-Hall</i><a name="FNanchor_14_14" id="FNanchor_14_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a>. Here take
+your Evening Walk, either round the verdant Scenes, where
+Nightingales, the only Foreigners who give us their Songs for nothing,
+warble their most delicious Notes. When your Limbs demand Repose, you
+may enjoy it in an Alcove, from whence the embattel'd Troops<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> of
+<i>Venus</i> will pass in review before you. Again, the lofty Dome of
+<i>Ranelagh</i> invites your Steps. Whether the illustrious Artist took his
+Model from that House, which as a Reward for their Industry, or for
+some little regard for their Honey, the benevolent Nature of Man hath
+conferred on that laborious Animal the Bee: Or whether a more pious
+Disposition chose this Form from the musical Instrument which summons
+the whole Parish to Church: Or whether the wondrous Force of Genius,
+unassisted by any Model, did not of itself strike out this wondrous
+Architecture; let <i>Kent</i> or <i>Benson</i> inquire. Hither, from every
+Corner of the Town, repair the loveliest Nymphs. Here too thou may'st
+survey them, either walking or reposed on Benches at thy Ease. Nor is
+the <i>Mall</i> to be neglected, where once die brawny Arm of <i>Charles</i>
+displayed its Strength, and beat his subtle Courtiers at the Play,
+whence it derives its Name. Nor, <i>Kensington</i>, must thy Gardens be
+passed by, once the Delight of mighty <i>Caroline</i>, and to the future
+Age a Monument of her Taste. Here the Charmers draw in sweet Air, and
+send it forth again in sweeter Sighs, as Tributes to the loved Memory
+of that mighty Queen. As for the Ring, formerly the Scene of Beauty's
+many Triumphs, it is now become a lonely deserted Place: Brilliants
+and brilliant Eyes no longer sparkle there: No more the heedless Beau
+falls by the random Glance, or well-pointed Fan. The Ring is now no
+more: Yet <i>Ruckholt</i>, <i>Marybone</i> and <i>The Wells</i> survive; Places by no
+means to be neglected by the Gallant: for Beauty may lurk beneath the
+Straw Hat, and <i>Venus</i> often clothes her lovely Limbs in Stuffs. Nay,
+the very Courts of Law are not excluded; and the Scenes of Wrangling
+are sometimes the Scenes of Love. In that Hall where <i>Thames</i>
+sometimes overflowing, washes the Temple of <i>Venus Lucy</i>, the grave
+Serjeant becomes a Victim to the Fair; and he who so well knows how to
+defend others, cannot defend himself. Here the Special Pleader loses
+all Power to Demurr, and finds beyond his Expectation a novel
+Assignment spring up in the Cause. Him <i>Venus Lucy</i><a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a> laughs at from
+her neighbouring Temple; for the Council is now become the Client, and
+squeezes an empty Hand harder than he ever did a full one. But above
+all, the Theatres are the Place of Sport: for these will be most
+fruitful to your Wishes. Here you will find one Object to love, and
+another to toy with. Some, of whom a single Touch will suffice, and
+others, in whom you will desire a stronger Tenure. Neither do the Ants
+in pursuit of Grain, or the Bees in quest of Flowers, swarm in greater
+Numbers than the Beauties to the Theatres. The variety of Charmers
+here<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span> have often distracted my Choice. Hither they come to see, and to
+be themselves seen; and many are the Love-Bargains here made.</p>
+
+<p>And now, Friend, I will tell you a Story. <i>Romulus</i> was the first
+Person who ever made this use of the Theatre, when he ordered his
+Soldiers to fall foul on the <i>Sabine</i> Ladies, whom he invited to a
+Play acted by his Command. Not that I would have you think, that
+Theatre was like the Playhouse in <i>Convent-Garden</i>, enriched with
+Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations. To say the truth, it was no
+better than a Barn, or Booth. Here he assembled the <i>Sabine</i> Girls,
+and ordered his <i>Romans</i> to chuse every Man his Miss. They did so, and
+while the poor Girls thought no Harm, those Fellows felt strange
+Emotions within. Now while a certain Dancer, called, <i>The Ludio</i>, was
+performing <i>a Tambourine</i>, which I suppose took greatly at that time,
+<i>Romulus</i> on a sudden gave the Signal for falling on. This was
+instantly obeyed. They all rushed in, laid their Hands upon the Girls,
+and soon gave them sufficient Tokens of their Purpose.</p>
+
+<p>As the Doves, who are the most timorous of Birds, fly from Eagles; or
+as the young Lamb runs from Wolves, as soon as she sees them, so
+terrified were these Ladies, at the Men rushing upon them, in this
+unlawful manner. The Colour forsook their Cheeks at once. All were
+equally in a Fright, though they discovered their Fear by different
+Symptoms. Some of them tear their Hair, others sit in Amazement,
+Terror strikes some dumb, others call in vain for the Assistance of
+their Mammas. One cries out, another is shocked to death; one stands
+still, another endeavours to get out of the House. But all their
+Endeavours are vain; and perhaps indeed their Blushes heightened their
+Beauty; they were all led off, and those who would not go were
+carried. Methinks, I hear one of their Gallants thus addressing his
+weeping Fair. <i>Why, my Dear, will you spoil those lovely Eyes with
+Tears? I promise you, you shall be served no worse than your Mother
+hath been before. I will only do to you, what your Father did to her.</i>
+Ah <i>Romulus! Romulus!</i> no General ever better knew how to reward his
+Soldiers; I promise you, that when I hear your Drum beating up for
+Voluntiers, I will enlist under your Command.</p>
+
+<p>Ever since that time, the Theatre hath been consecrated to Love, and
+many a pretty Girl, since the <i>Sabines</i>, hath owed the Loss of her
+Maidenhead to it.</p>
+
+<p>Other Places of publick Meeting may likewise be frequented, as Horse
+Races<a name="FNanchor_16_16" id="FNanchor_16_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> and the Like. And especially public Shews, which never fail
+of Women. Here get upon a crouded Scaffold, and sit next<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> to the Girl
+you like. Squeeze yourself as close to her as you can; for Custom here
+countenances such squeezing whether the pretty Creatures will or no.
+Here find some Opportunity to begin a Discourse; you will not be
+driven to talk upon your Fingers, or by Signs, but may use your
+Tongue[B]. Begin then with News, or the Chitchat of the Town. Nay, the
+Shew itself will afford a Subject: for instance supposing it was my
+Lord Mayor's Shew, you may ask her what Alderman that Coach, or those
+Liveries belong to; and be sure to admire the same with herself: Do
+not omit moreover, to give her an early Intimation of your Gallantry,
+and that you are a Woman's Man. If it should happen that any one of
+the Aldermen should be a greater Cuckold than the rest of his
+Brethren; take care to titter at his Appearance; and while the
+Pageants<a name="FNanchor_17_17" id="FNanchor_17_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a> are passing by, endeavour to find out a Resemblance of
+Horns in some of them. All those Things have a remote Tendency to this
+great point.</p>
+
+<p>[Note B: These Verses are transposed from the Place in which they
+stand in the Original, and this, I think, with Advantage to the
+Connection.]</p>
+
+<p>If a Grain of Snuff should happen to fall on the Lady's Bosom, wipe it
+off with your Fingers; and if none fall, wipe off that none. Take
+every Opportunity to be as officious in her Service as possible. If
+she drop her Fan or Gloves, presently take them up; for this you will
+have sure Reward in the very Fact, for you may at the same time lift
+up her petticoat and see her Legs.</p>
+
+<p>Be careful that the Person who sits behind her doth not press her
+tender Back with his Knee. Small Matters captivate light Minds. Many a
+Man hath drawn considerable Advantage from handing<a name="FNanchor_18_18" id="FNanchor_18_18"></a><a href="#Footnote_18_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a> a Lady to
+Coach, by gallanting her Fan, or even by taking up her Clog<a name="FNanchor_19_19" id="FNanchor_19_19"></a><a href="#Footnote_19_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a>.</p>
+
+<p>Nor will<a name="FNanchor_20_20" id="FNanchor_20_20"></a><a href="#Footnote_20_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a> <i>Tower-hill</i>, when the Tragic Scaffold is strewed with
+Saw-Dust, be an improper Place to begin your Intrigue: for <i>Cupid</i>
+himself always attends, and acts the Part of an Executioner on such
+Occasions; many a poor Man having lost his Heart, while he hath
+attended to another's losing his Head. While the Fair-One carelessly
+laying her Hand on his, argues concerning the Criminal's Guilt, and
+offers to lay a Wager that he will die well; the wounded Lover feels a
+sudden Stroke, and is not better able to bear the Smart without a
+Sigh.</p>
+
+<p><a name="FNanchor_21_21" id="FNanchor_21_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_21_21" class="fnanchor">[21]</a>If it was the Custom of <i>England</i> to imitate the <i>Romans</i> in
+insulting over the Conquered, what Spectacles might have formerly been
+exhibited! How many <i>French</i> Youths and Virgins might have followed
+<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>the Chariot-Wheels of our Monarchs! In that Cafe many a poor
+<i>English</i> Heart must have submitted to a <i>French</i> Conquest, and Beauty
+would have been triumphant in Chains. Nay, I prophesy we shall again
+see those victorious Times. Our Mighty GEORGE now meditates new
+Triumphs, and <i>France</i><a name="FNanchor_22_22" id="FNanchor_22_22"></a><a href="#Footnote_22_22" class="fnanchor">[22]</a> shall be punished as she ought. Rejoice, O
+ye Shades<a name="FNanchor_23_23" id="FNanchor_23_23"></a><a href="#Footnote_23_23" class="fnanchor">[23]</a>, whose Bodies lie buried in the Plains of <i>Fontenoy</i>,
+where <i>British</i> Colours were polluted by <i>Gallic</i> Hands. WILLIAM your
+Avenger comes. The General in him shone forth in his first Campaign,
+and while a Youth, he managed War beyond his Years. Let not his Age
+therefore deter us from ranking him among our greatest Commanders. His
+Warlike Genius springs forth and outruns his Years, impatient of the
+sluggish Pace of Time. The <i>Swedish Charles</i><a name="FNanchor_24_24" id="FNanchor_24_24"></a><a href="#Footnote_24_24" class="fnanchor">[24]</a> was scarce beyond a
+Child when he crushed two mighty enemies at once; <i>Charles</i><a name="FNanchor_25_25" id="FNanchor_25_25"></a><a href="#Footnote_25_25" class="fnanchor">[25]</a> the
+<i>German</i> Prince, yet but a Youth, what was he when he past the <i>Rhine</i>
+and terrified the Host of <i>France</i>? Thy Father's Genius, WILLIAM, and
+his Courage, shall inspire thy youthful Arms. With that Genius and
+that Courage shalt thou conquer. Such Beginnings dost thou owe to the
+mighty Name of thy illustrious Sire; that thou who art the Noblest of
+all young Commanders mayst hereafter become the first among the old.
+'Tis time to avenge the Injuries attempted to thy House, and to
+maintain thy glorious Father's Rights. Thy Country's Father and thy
+own, girts on thy Sword, and thy Cause is no less glorious than thy
+Arms. In both is <i>France</i> inferiour, and to both shall yield. I
+prophesy, that thou shalt conquer, and to thy Conquest I dedicate my
+votive Prayers, prepared hereafter to resound thy Praise; when we
+shall see thee, most lovely Prince, returning, thy Glories far
+outshining the Gold in which thou art attired. Thee shall Crouds of
+Youths and beauteous Virgins hail from their crouded Windows as thou
+passest, and universal Joy shall overspread each <i>British</i> Face on
+that Blest Day.</p>
+
+<p>If then, my Scholar, thou shouldst happen to be placed in a Window
+near some lovely Girl, who, fired with the Glories of the young
+Conqueror, should enquire into all his matchless Labours<a name="FNanchor_26_26" id="FNanchor_26_26"></a><a href="#Footnote_26_26" class="fnanchor">[26]</a>, his
+Wound at <i>Dettingen</i>; his Danger and Intrepidity at <i>Fontenoy</i>; his
+Toils at home, in defiance of Cold and Fatigue; his Pursuit to
+<i>Carlisle</i>; his Victory at <i>Culloden</i>; and many more which will then
+be as well known; repeat all if thou canst, and if thy Memory fails,
+go on nevertheless: for Invention cannot here outdo the Reality, and
+thy Fictions shall recommend thee equal with Truth to her Ears.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Again, when thou dost sit down at table among the Women, thou may'st
+reap other Pleasures besides those of Wine: For, to speak
+figuratively, <i>Cupid</i> with glowing Cheeks often presses the Horns of
+<i>Bacchus</i> in his tender Arms; and the Wings of the little God of Love
+being wetted with Wine, he is unable to fly off: And if he happens to
+shake his wet Wings, he may possibly sprinkle the Bosom of your
+Mistress with Love.</p>
+
+<p>In more intelligible Language, Wine fills our Minds with Courage, and
+makes them susceptible of other warm Passions. Care flies away, and is
+dissolved in much Liquor. Then comes Laughter, the poor Man becomes
+bold, and Grief and Solicitude, and knitted Brows vanish. Then it is
+that Simplicity, a rare Virtue in our Age, opens our Hearts, Wine
+having divested us of Cunning. At this Season, many a watchful young
+Fellow hath gained the Heart of his Mistress<a name="FNanchor_27_27" id="FNanchor_27_27"></a><a href="#Footnote_27_27" class="fnanchor">[27]</a>. And Love hath sprung
+from Wine, as the Flame doth from Fire.</p>
+
+<p>However, do not confide too much at this time to the Light of a
+Candle: for Night and Wine obstruct us in forming a true Judgment of
+Beauty. <i>Paris</i> beheld the Goddesses in open Daylight, when he gave
+the Preference to <i>Venus</i>. Indeed by Candle-light, and in a Side-Box,
+almost every one is a Beauty: Jewels, Clothes, and Women, are all best
+discerned by the Light of the Sun.</p>
+
+<p>And here if I should recount all the rural Haunts in which a Lover may
+find his Game, I might write more Volumes than <i>Oldmixon</i>,
+<i>Tunbridge</i>, and <i>Scarborough</i>, and <i>Cheltenham</i>, and <i>Holt</i>, and many
+other Places shall be therefore omitted; but, Bath<a name="FNanchor_28_28" id="FNanchor_28_28"></a><a href="#Footnote_28_28" class="fnanchor">[28]</a>, thy sulphurous
+Waters must not be past by. Hence Master <i>Dapperwit</i> bringing home the
+Wounds made by fair Eyes in his Bosom, cries out, on his Return, <i>The
+Waters are not so wholesome as they are reported; I have received more
+Harm than Good at the Place</i>.</p>
+
+<p>Here rises the Temple<a name="FNanchor_29_29" id="FNanchor_29_29"></a><a href="#Footnote_29_29" class="fnanchor">[29]</a> of the God (CNASH) whose Walls are hung
+round with the Portraits of Beauties. The Apotheosis of this God hath
+cost many a poor Man his Heart.</p>
+
+<p>Thus far, my Scholar, I have endeavoured to instruct thee in what
+Places thou art to hunt for thy Game, and where to spread thy Net. I
+will now proceed to shew thee by what Means Puss is to be taken, when
+you have found her Sitting.</p>
+
+<p><i>Mind all</i>, as my old Schoolmaster used to say; for I assure you my
+instructions will be worthy the Attention of both the Great Vulgar and
+the Small.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>My first Lesson then is: Be confident. Believe every Woman is to be
+come at. Do but spread your Net, and I warrant she runs into it.</p>
+
+<p>Sooner shall the Birds be silent in the Spring, or the Frogs in the
+Winter: Sooner shall the Greyhound run away from the Hare, than a
+Woman shall resist the Youth who gently assails her. Though she skrews
+up her Face ever so demurely, she will at length yield to his
+Persuasions.</p>
+
+<p>A dark Corner is as agreeable to a Girl, as to one of us, though we
+cannot so well dissemble our Desires as she can; but if we should once
+enter into a Confederacy against the Sex to leave off courting them,
+they would soon begin to act the Part of Lovers, and come a wooing to
+us.</p>
+
+<p>And what is this but a natural Affection, common to the Females of
+every other Species, who often make love to the Males? And give me
+leave to tell the Ladies, that we are more able to command our
+Affections, nor are our Desires so furious, and exceeding all Bounds,
+as theirs.</p>
+
+<p>The Story of <i>Byblis</i><a name="FNanchor_30_30" id="FNanchor_30_30"></a><a href="#Footnote_30_30" class="fnanchor">[30]</a> is too well known to be related, who being
+in love with her Brother, punished her Crime with her own Hands, and
+hanged herself in her Garters.</p>
+
+<p>Miss <i>Myrrha</i><a name="FNanchor_31_31" id="FNanchor_31_31"></a><a href="#Footnote_31_31" class="fnanchor">[31]</a> loved her Papa with an Affection improper for a
+Daughter; for which she was turned into a Tree. I do assure you the
+Story is true; and the Tree now drops continual Tears for her Offence,
+which we use as a Perfume; and they retain the Lady's Name.</p>
+
+<p>In the shady Valleys of <i>Ida</i><a name="FNanchor_32_32" id="FNanchor_32_32"></a><a href="#Footnote_32_32" class="fnanchor">[32]</a>, there was a white Bull, which was
+the Glory of the Farmer to whom he belonged. This Bull had a beautiful
+black Speck between his Horns, all the rest of his Body being as white
+as Milk. With him the <i>Gnossian</i> and <i>Cydonian</i> Heifers were all in
+love, and eagerly longed to be embraced by him in the tenderest manner
+in which Bulls embrace the Fair Sex of Cows. <i>Pasipha&euml;</i>, I am very
+sorry to say it, conceived a Passion worse, if possible, than that of
+Mrs. <i>Mary Hamilton</i>, for this Bull. Lady &mdash;&mdash; is not more envied in
+the Drawing-Room than was every handsome Heifer by this unfortunate
+Woman. The Story is so well known that there is not a Freethinker<a name="FNanchor_33_33" id="FNanchor_33_33"></a><a href="#Footnote_33_33" class="fnanchor">[33]</a>
+in the Age who can refuse his Credit to it, though they believe
+nothing which they cannot see and account for. This poor Girl is
+reported to have mowed the sweetest Grass with her own Hands for her
+beloved Bull. She likewise wandered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> about among the Cows, without the
+least Regard to Mr. Alderman. <i>Minos</i> her Husband; for a Bull had
+totally supplanted him in her Esteem. Alas! <i>Pasipha&euml;</i>, to what
+purpose are the brocaded Petticoats? Your Gallant is not sensible of
+your Finery. Why do you consult your Looking-Glass, in order to pursue
+the Mountain-Herds? Or why with so much Art do you set your <i>T&ecirc;te</i>? If
+you will consult your Glass, let it inform you you are no Heifer. Ah!
+how desirous are you to have those Horns on your own Forehead, which
+you intend to graft on your Husband's! It would be better to preserve
+your Virtue, and be constant to the Alderman, if you can like him: But
+if you must make a Cuckold of him, do it at least with a young Fellow.
+No; nothing but a Bull will suffice. She leaves the Alderman's House,
+and flies away to the Groves and Mountains. To say the truth, I
+believe she used to drink away her Senses; and that is the best Excuse
+for her. Ah! how often hath she cast a jealous Eye on some Heifer! and
+cried out, <i>Why should that vixen please my Love? Behold, says she,
+how the Slut dances a Minuet on the Grass before him: Let me die, but
+she is silly enough to think her Airs become her in my Love's Eyes.</i>
+At length she resolved to punish her Rivals. One Heifer she ordered
+barbarously to be yoked to the Plough; another she condemned to be
+sacrificed, and held the Entrails of the poor Victim in her Hand with
+all the insulting Triumph of a Rival: <i>Now</i>, says she, having the
+Entrails in her Hand, <i>now go and make yourself agreeable to my Dear</i>.
+At one time she wishes to be <i>Europa</i><a name="FNanchor_34_34" id="FNanchor_34_34"></a><a href="#Footnote_34_34" class="fnanchor">[34]</a>, at another <i>Io</i>: for one of
+these was herself the Wife of a Bull, and the other made her Horse of
+one.</p>
+
+<p>Filled with these Thoughts, she contrived the strangest Method of
+compleating her Desires. She sent for a Joiner of great Ingenuity, and
+ordered him to make her a large Cow of Wood. Into this she conveyed
+herself, and thus deceived Master Bull into her Embraces.</p>
+
+<p>She conceived by this monstrous Coition, and brought forth an
+Offspring, which by his partaking equally of the human and taurine
+Form, betrayed her horrid Passion.</p>
+
+<p>If the <i>Cretan</i> Lady<a name="FNanchor_35_35" id="FNanchor_35_35"></a><a href="#Footnote_35_35" class="fnanchor">[35]</a> had abstained from the Love of <i>Thyestes</i>,
+(O! how Women disdain Constancy to their Husbands!) the Sun had not
+stopt in the middle of his Career, and turned about his Face to the
+East, that he might avoid the bloody Banquet. God be praised! the
+Cuckolds of our Age are not so bloody in their Revenge.</p>
+
+<p>The Daughter of <i>Nisus</i><a name="FNanchor_36_36" id="FNanchor_36_36"></a><a href="#Footnote_36_36" class="fnanchor">[36]</a>, who stole her Papa's Hair, feeds hungry
+Dogs in those Parts which first set her a longing for <i>Minos</i>.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p>
+
+<p><i>Agamemnon</i>, after returning safe from so many bloody Campaigns, and
+from the dangerous Seas which he crossed, fell at last a dreadful
+Victim to the Whore his Wife<a name="FNanchor_37_37" id="FNanchor_37_37"></a><a href="#Footnote_37_37" class="fnanchor">[37]</a>.</p>
+
+<p>Who hath not wept at the sad Story of <i>Cre&uuml;sa</i>? consumed by the Flames
+of a Sorceress, who afterwards drenched her Hands in the Blood of her
+own Children<a name="FNanchor_38_38" id="FNanchor_38_38"></a><a href="#Footnote_38_38" class="fnanchor">[38]</a>.</p>
+
+<p><i>Phoenix</i><a name="FNanchor_39_39" id="FNanchor_39_39"></a><a href="#Footnote_39_39" class="fnanchor">[39]</a>, the Son of <i>Amyntor</i>, hath often paid many a Tear for
+his Amours, though he had not the wretched Fate of <i>Hippolytus</i><a name="FNanchor_40_40" id="FNanchor_40_40"></a><a href="#Footnote_40_40" class="fnanchor">[40]</a>,
+to be torn in pieces by wild Horses.</p>
+
+<p>And thou, O <i>Phineus</i><a name="FNanchor_41_41" id="FNanchor_41_41"></a><a href="#Footnote_41_41" class="fnanchor">[41]</a>! why dost thou indulge that Jade <i>Harpalice</i>
+by digging out the Eyes of thy Children? Believe me, Divine Vengeance
+will hereafter inflict the same Punishment on thyself.</p>
+
+<p>All these have been the Effects of Women's raging Desires, which are
+so much more violent and mad than ours.</p>
+
+<p>Come on then, and doubt not the Conquest of any Girl whatever: there
+is not one in a thousand who will deny you.</p>
+
+<p>And even those who will deny you, love to be put to the Question; if
+you are disappointed therefore, your Repulse will be attended with no
+Danger.</p>
+
+<p>But why should you apprehend any Disappointment, when every new Amour
+pleases them, and they all hanker after the Lovers and Husbands of
+other Women?</p>
+
+<p>This I am afraid is too natural in all things. The Corn in our
+Neighbour's Field seems always to flourish beyond our own, and we
+think our own Cow gives less Milk than his.</p>
+
+<p>However, before you attack any Lady, make first sure of her Maid; for
+she will pave the Way to your Addresses.</p>
+
+<p>If the Lady have many Females about her Person, take care to secure
+her who is most in the Confidence of her Mistress; and who will
+faithfully betray to you all her private Conversation.</p>
+
+<p>When you have found this Confidant out, corrupt her with Promises and
+Intreaties; for she can soon bring you to the End of your Desires, if
+she pleases.</p>
+
+<p>Let her watch the Opportunity, (Physicians will tell you the Use of
+attending proper Seasons) when the Mind of your Mistress is easy, and
+apt for your Purpose.</p>
+
+<p>This Season, I apprehend, is when she is in the best Humour; for Love
+then becomes luxuriant in her Mind, as Corn doth in a rich Soil.</p>
+
+<p>When the Heart is full of Gladness, and bound up by no Vexation,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> it
+is open; and then the Compliments of a Lover will easily find an
+Admission.</p>
+
+<p>Remember, <i>Troy</i> was defended while it remained in a sullen Mood, and
+opened its Gates to the armed Horse, when it was full of Good-Humour,
+and drunk with Joy.</p>
+
+<p>Yet every Vexation should not deter you; for if your Mistress should
+be uneasy at the Falshood of her Husband, then is a proper time to
+attack her, and to assist her in revenging the Injury.</p>
+
+<p>When your Mistress is in this Humour, let <i>Abigail</i> while combing her
+Hair at the Toilette in a Morning, stir her up to Vengeance. This will
+under-hand promote your Voyage; for while you openly manage your
+Sails, she works under the Water with her Oars.</p>
+
+<p>Now let Abigail with a soft Sigh mutter to her self: <i>Ah! poor Lady, I
+am afraid it is not in your power alone to revenge your Husband's
+Perfidy!</i></p>
+
+<p>Then let her introduce a Discourse of you; let her say something in
+your Favour, and swear that you are gone distracted and dying for
+Love.</p>
+
+<p>But no Time must be lost; lest the Passions she hath raised should
+again subside; and Resentment intervene by Delay, and freeze up her
+Love as Ice doth Water.</p>
+
+<p>And here perhaps you will ask a Question, Whether it is prudent to
+kiss the Agent herself. This is not easy to answer: for it is a mere
+Cast of the Dye, whether you succeed the better of the worse for it.</p>
+
+<p>One Woman is by Enjoyment made a more industrious Solicitor, another
+becomes just the reverse. One thinks of procuring the Pleasures she
+hath tasted for her Mistress, another of securing them herself.</p>
+
+<p>The Event is doubtful; and though she may be easy enough to be had, my
+Advice is, abstain from the Confidant; for I will not imitate the
+Empyric in striking bold Strokes; nor will I lead my Scholars over a
+Precipice. I give no Advice but what is safe, nor shall any Youth by
+following my Precepts run himself into <i>Rosamond's Pond</i>.</p>
+
+<p>If therefore the Girl who goes between you and your Mistress, pleases
+you in her Person as well as in her Diligence; enjoy the Mistress
+first, and the Maid falls of course; but never begin with the latter.</p>
+
+<p>One thing however I must admonish you, (if my Art deserves<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> any
+Credit, and my Words are to be regarded as any thing better than Wind)
+EITHER NEVER ATTEMPT THE CONFIDANT, OR GO THOROUGH STITCH WITH HER:
+for by making her <i>particeps criminis</i> you take away her Evidence.</p>
+
+<p>This Doctrine you may learn from all other Sportsmen: for if a Bird
+escapes with Birdlime on his Wings, or a Boar breaks through the
+Toils, or a Fish gets off from the Hook; they are all sure to alarm
+their Companions, and spoil the Sport of the Fowler, the Hunter, or
+the Fisher. If once therefore you attempt her, press her to it with
+all your Vigour, and never leave her till you have enjoyed her.</p>
+
+<p>For when once she is involved in the same Guilt with yourself, you are
+sure she will not betray you. Nay, you may be assured further, that
+she will betray every Word and Action of her Mistress to you.</p>
+
+<p>But take particular care not to blab any of the Secrets she discloses
+to you: for while her Mistress hath no Suspicion of her Confidant, she
+will be able to lay her entirely open to your Knowledge.</p>
+
+<p>And now, to resume that Matter, believe me, he is deceived, who thinks
+that none but the Farmer and Mariner are obliged to regard the Season:
+for as it is not proper at all times to commit the Corn to the
+fallacious Fields, nor to trust your Vessel at all times to the green
+Ocean; so neither is it always safe to attack a tender Girl, for she
+will be taken at one time who will resist at another. If it be for
+instance her Birth-day<a name="FNanchor_42_42" id="FNanchor_42_42"></a><a href="#Footnote_42_42" class="fnanchor">[42]</a>, perhaps, her Grandmother hath instructed
+her to be particularly cautious on that day; so if it be the Day of
+the Week on which <i>Childermas</i> hath happened to fall that Year; or
+King <i>Charles's</i> Martyrdom: defer the attack at all such Seasons. For
+to speak in Sea-Language, then is dirty Weather<a name="FNanchor_43_43" id="FNanchor_43_43"></a><a href="#Footnote_43_43" class="fnanchor">[43]</a>, then it blows a
+Hurricane; and if you weigh Anchor at that Season, you will be scarce
+able to keep your keel downwards.</p>
+
+<p>Above all avoid your Mistress's Birth-day; nor will it be more prudent
+in you to visit her first on the Morning of <i>Valentine's</i> Day<a name="FNanchor_44_44" id="FNanchor_44_44"></a><a href="#Footnote_44_44" class="fnanchor">[44]</a>, you
+will pay more for being her Valentine than it is worth. Indeed all
+Seasons which give them any Hint of receiving Presents should be
+carefully avoided: for be never so cautious and sneaking, have it of
+you she will. They all very well know the Art of squeezing a Lover who
+longs to squeeze them.</p>
+
+<p>Mr.[C] <i>Deards</i> will make his Appearance in his Silk Night-Gown, and
+unbundle his Packet in your Presence. The Lady will then desire<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> you
+to look over his Trinkets, (she can do no less, you know, in
+Compliment to your Taste:) then she will make you a Present of a Kiss,
+and afterwards desire you to buy it.</p>
+
+<p>[Note C: An eminent Joyner in <i>London</i>.]</p>
+
+<p>"I promise you, my Dear," says she, "if you will but buy me this
+single Jewel, I will not ask another of you the Lord knows how long;
+but I have really a present Occasion for this, and besides it is the
+cheapest Thing I ever saw."</p>
+
+<p>If you pretend to have no Money about you, the Answer is, O, my Dear,
+you may give your Note: Mr. <i>Deards</i> will take your Note. So that you
+may repent having learnt to write your Name. Then she adds, <i>O la, I
+had almost forgot, it is my Birth-day, I am sure you will make me a
+Present on my Birth-day</i>: for they can be born every Day in the Year
+to serve their Purpose. Or else she pretends to have lost a Drop from
+her Ear-Ring; this Loss makes her miserable, and sure, says she, <i>if
+you loved me, you would repair that Loss</i>.</p>
+
+<p>Nay, some are not so honest as to desire a Present, they only borrow;
+but they are sure never to restore. By this Means you lose the Thing,
+without having the Merit of bestowing it.</p>
+
+<p>In short, if I had ten Mouths, with ten Tongues in each, all would not
+suffice to display all the Arts by which Harlots pick the Pockets of
+their Cullies.</p>
+
+<p>Begin then your Amour with an Epistle; let that break the Ice for you,
+and make the first Discovery of your Flame.</p>
+
+<p>In this you may insert all your little Blandishments, and Expressions
+of Fondness, nor be ashamed, however high your Quality is, to add the
+strongest Entreaties.</p>
+
+<p>Remember that many a Rebel's Son hath had his Life spared at the
+Supplication of his Father; nay, the Wrath of Heaven itself is often
+averted by Prayer.</p>
+
+<p>It is moreover my Advice to you, to be liberal of your Promises; for
+what Injury can you receive by Promising? This is a Treasure in which
+any Man may be rich.</p>
+
+<p>Nor can your Mistress complain that she is absolutely cheated, if you
+can bring her to believe your Promises. A lifely Faith hath supported
+many a Man for a long Time: For though our Faith may sometimes deceive
+us, it is however a great and commodious Virtue.</p>
+
+<p>Beware of giving: For when once your Mistress hath the Present in her
+Clutches, she may answer jilting you to her Prudence. She hath gained
+at least what she is in possession of, and cannot be said to have lost
+any thing by the Bargain.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>On the contrary, keep her still in Expectation. Seem always about to
+give, but never part with a Shilling: For in this Manner doth a barren
+Soil often deceive its Owner. Thus, that he may not be a Loser, the
+Gamester pushes on his ill Luck, and one flattering Throw makes him
+eager to have the Box again in his Hands.</p>
+
+<p>Indeed the great Business is to enjoy your Mistress before she hath
+touched you. If she once yield to you gratis, she will continue to
+bestow her Favours still gratis, in Hopes of being at last rewarded
+for all her past Favours.</p>
+
+<p>Epistolize therefore first; flatter and sooth her with tender Lines.
+Let these probe her Mind, and open the Way for your Addresses.</p>
+
+<p>You know the Story of <i>Cydippe</i><a name="FNanchor_45_45" id="FNanchor_45_45"></a><a href="#Footnote_45_45" class="fnanchor">[45]</a>, who was outwitted by a Letter
+inclosed in an Apple; by which Means she was made to speak Words she
+never intended.</p>
+
+<p>I would advise the young Gentlemen of the <i>Temple</i>, to study the Arts
+of Persuasion, on other Accounts, besides that of defending
+Sheep-stealers at an Assizes: For a pretty Girl may be as easily
+captivated by Eloquence, as a Judge or Jury; and surely she is a much
+nobler Prize.</p>
+
+<p>But here conceal your Art, and do not carry your Eloquence in your
+Face: And above all Things, beware of hard Words; for who but an empty
+Coxcomb ever made a verbose Declamation to his Mistress? By such
+Methods you may raise her Abhorrence more probably than her Love.</p>
+
+<p>Let your Passion appear credible, and disclose it in easy and common
+Language; it may be as tender and warm as you please; but preserve the
+Stile of Conversation.</p>
+
+<p>If she should not receive your Letter, but send it back unopened, hope
+for better Success another Time, and maintain your Purpose.</p>
+
+<p>Time brings the Stubborn Steer to bend his Neck to the Yoke, and the
+Horse to endure the Bridle.</p>
+
+<p>Iron Bonds and Ploughshares are worn out by constant Use. What is
+harder than a Rock? or what is softer than Water? And yet hard Rocks
+are hollowed by soft Water.</p>
+
+<p><i>Penelope</i> herself in Time might have been conquered. You see <i>Troy</i>,
+though it defended itself so long, was however taken at last.</p>
+
+<p>If she reads your Letters, but is unwilling to answer them, do not
+attempt to compel her. If she but reads your Fondness, it is
+sufficient.</p>
+
+<p>If she will read, in Time she will answer what she reads. All<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> these
+Matters will be brought about in their own good Time.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps the first Answer she sends you will be a cruel one, and may
+desire you to quit all future Solicitations.</p>
+
+<p>She fears to be taken at her Word, and hopes you will not grant her
+Request. Follow her, and in Time you will obtain your Wishes.</p>
+
+<p>If you meet her Chair, and the Curtains should be drawn, approach it
+as it were by Accident; and when you discover her there, whisper
+something tender in her Ear; but whisper softly, lest the Chairman, or
+any other impertinent Person, should over-hear you.</p>
+
+<p>When she walks in the <i>Mall</i>, dangle after her, and interrupt her Walk
+with your Conversation.</p>
+
+<p>Here you will have an Opportunity of seeing her Shape, and shewing her
+yours, by sometimes walking behind, and sometimes before her.</p>
+
+<p>But for the most Part keep even pace with her, whether she trips along
+briskly, or only saunters.</p>
+
+<p>Sometimes she will take a longer Walk, as far perhaps as the second or
+Third Stone. Hither follow her, and take every Opportunity of getting
+up close to her Side.</p>
+
+<p>Never let her go to the Play without attending her: No Matter what the
+Play is, she will bring sufficient Entertainment for you with her.</p>
+
+<p>Here keep your Eyes always intent on her only, and admire every Thing
+about her. By your Eyes, and by Signs, you may inform her of many
+Things.</p>
+
+<p>Be sure to applaud greatly any amorous wanton Dance; and be no less
+favourable to those Scenes where the Business of Love is transacted,
+and almost brought to a Conclusion on the Stage: Many of which occur
+in <i>Congreve</i>, <i>Vanbrugh</i>, and <i>Wycherly</i>.</p>
+
+<p>If she rises between the Acts, rise also; if she sits, as sometimes
+Ladies do, to express their Contempt for the Audience, do you likewise
+keep your Seat. In a Word, conduct yourself entirely according to her
+Example and Pleasure.</p>
+
+<p>Now with regard to your Person: Do not imitate some finical <i>Petit
+Matre</i> in his <i>Toupet</i>, much less in more detestable Effeminacies.</p>
+
+<p>Tuck your Hair rather under your Hat, like the rough Fox-hunter, who
+traverses Hill and Dale to the Musick of the Horn.</p>
+
+<p>A careless Air in Dress becomes a Man. Colonel <i>Theseus</i><a name="FNanchor_46_46" id="FNanchor_46_46"></a><a href="#Footnote_46_46" class="fnanchor">[46]</a> carried
+off Miss <i>Ariadne</i> in a Campaign Wig without a single Curl in it.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>In the same Manner did Captain <i>Hippolytus</i> march off with Miss
+<i>Phaedra</i>, though his Shock Head of Hair never had any Powder in it:
+nay, Lady <i>Venus</i> herself chose young <i>Jack Adonis</i> in a Jockey Coat
+and Buckskin Breeches.</p>
+
+<p>Cleanliness however is agreeable: Let your Face be burnt with the Sun;
+but let your Cloaths be well made, and without a Spot on them.</p>
+
+<p>Wash your Mouth, and clean your Teeth often; let your Beard be close
+shaved, and your Nails short and free from Dirt.</p>
+
+<p>Observe these Documents, and leave all other Niceties to the Women,
+and to Men who desire to supply their Places.</p>
+
+<p>But now <i>Bacchus</i> summons his Poet. He likewise assists Lovers, and
+favours the Flame which warms himself.</p>
+
+<p>The <i>Cretan</i> Lady having jumped out of Bed in a raving Fit, wandered
+on the foreign Shore of <i>Dia</i>. She had nothing on but a loose wrapping
+Gown, without Stockings or Cap: and her Hair hung dishevelled over her
+Shoulders. She complained of the Cruelty of <i>Theseus</i> to the deep
+Waves, whilst an unworthy Shower of Tears ran down her Cheeks. She
+wept, and lamented aloud, and both became her; nor did her Tears
+diminish her Beauty. Once, and again, she beat her delicious Breasts
+with her Hands, and cried aloud, <i>The perfidious Man hath abandoned
+me; What will become of poor </i>Ariadne<i>? What will become of poor
+</i>Ariadne<i>?</i> On a sudden a vast Multitude was heard, while many Kinds
+of strange Instruments, like those of the miserable Masons,
+accompanied the Voices. The poor Lady sunk with Fear; and suppressed
+her last Words; nor did the least Blood remain in her Countenance. And
+now behold the <i>Bacchanalian</i> Women, with their Hair about their Ears,
+and the light Satyrs, who are always Forerunners of the God. Behold
+old Master <i>Silenus</i><a name="FNanchor_47_47" id="FNanchor_47_47"></a><a href="#Footnote_47_47" class="fnanchor">[47]</a> as drunk as a Piper, riding on an Ass, which
+he is hardly able either to sit or guide. The old Gentleman,
+endeavouring to follow the <i>Bacchanalians</i>, who fly from him and
+towards him, sets Spurs to his Ass, which being a vicious Beast,
+kicked up, and threw him over his Ears: upon which all the Satyrs set
+up a loud Shout, crying out, <i>Rise, Father, rise and be d&mdash;&mdash;nd to
+you</i>. And now the God himself, high mounted on his Four-Wheel Chaise,
+the Top of which was adorned with Grapes, and which he drove himself,
+flung his Golden Reins over the Backs of his Pair of Tygers. Poor
+<i>Ariadne's</i> Colour forsook her Cheeks, and <i>Theseus</i> and her Voice at
+once deserted her Lips. Thrice she attempted to fly, and thrice being
+retained, she grew stiff<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> with Fear, and stood trembling as Corn waves
+in the Field, or Reeds on the River Bank, when fanned by the Wind. To
+whom the God; <i>Behold, Madam, a more faithful Lover at your Feet: Fear
+nothing, Lady fair, you shall be the Wife of </i>Bacchus<i>. The Sky shall
+be your Dowry, where shining in a bright Constellation, by the Name of
+</i>Ariadne's<i> Crown, you shall often direct the doubtful Mariner's
+Passage.</i> He said; and leaping from his Chariot, lest <i>Ariadne</i> should
+be afraid of the Tygers, the Sand sunk under the Weight of his Feet;
+and catching her instantly in his Arms, he carried her, who was
+incapable of scratching, directly off; (for every Thing, we know, is
+in the Power of a Deity:) And now, whilst Part of his Train sing the
+<i>Hymenaeum</i>, and other cry <i>Evie Evoe</i>, two very mysterious Words, and
+full of Masonry, the God and his new-ravished Bride go together,
+between a Pair of sacred Sheets.</p>
+
+<p>Whenever therefore you happen to be in Company with a pretty Girl over
+a Bottle, pray heartily to <i>Bacchus</i>, and invoke his nocturnal Rites,
+that the Wine may not get into your Head. You may now take an
+Opportunity to toast some Nymph by a fictitious Name, of whom you may
+say an hundred amorous Things; all which, with the least Assistance,
+she will readily apply to herself. Double Entendres likewise may be
+used. You may moreover draw certain Figures in Wine on the Table; and
+after having spoken of your Mistress in the third Person, you may take
+this Method of writing her Name, and convincing her, that she herself
+is the Goddess.</p>
+
+<p>But let your gloating Eyes inform her of your Passion: for an
+expressive Countenance often finds both Words and Utterance.</p>
+
+<p>When she drinks, receive the Cup from her; and let her see you
+industrious to find out the Place before pressed by her Lips; and then
+drink eagerly at the same.</p>
+
+<p>And whatever Part of the Meat she shall touch with her Fingers, do not
+fail to give the Preference to that: if in catching at it, you touch
+her Hand into the Bargain, it is the better.</p>
+
+<p>But above all Things, let it be your Endeavour to please her Keeper,
+if she have any: For to make a Friend of him will be very useful to
+you both.</p>
+
+<p>When you are at Table, let him be always helped first, and to the most
+elegant Tid-Bit; and when you drink together, offer him always the
+Place of Toast-maker; whether he be your Inferiour or your Equal, let
+him always choose before you, and be not ashamed to trowel him well
+over with Flattery.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>It is a safe and common Way to deceive under Pretence of Friendship; I
+must own, however safe and common it is, it is not altogether
+blameless.</p>
+
+<p>This is indeed a Dishonesty not very unlike that of a Major Domo, who
+under the Colour of Friendship empties your Cellars of your Wine, by
+pushing the Bottle further than is necessary.</p>
+
+<p>Now to fix a certain Stint to your Cups, I allow you never to drink
+till your Head becomes giddy, and your Feet begin to totter.</p>
+
+<p>Beware of Quarrels, which are often occasioned by Wine. Let not your
+Hands be too ready to strike in your Cups.</p>
+
+<p>Remember the old Story of the Wedding of <i>Pyrothous</i><a name="FNanchor_48_48" id="FNanchor_48_48"></a><a href="#Footnote_48_48" class="fnanchor">[48]</a> and many more
+where drunken Fools by being quarrelsome in their Liquor have come
+short home. A Drinking Bout is in Reality a properer Scene for Joke
+and Mirth, than for Fighting.</p>
+
+<p>I proceed to other Lessons<a name="FNanchor_49_49" id="FNanchor_49_49"></a><a href="#Footnote_49_49" class="fnanchor">[49]</a>. If you have a Voice, then sing; if you
+have handsome Legs, cut Capers, or slide into the Minuet Step. In
+short, endeavour to please your Mistress, by exerting those Talents in
+which Nature hath given you to excel.</p>
+
+<p>Now, as real Drunkenness may be hurtful to you, so you may sometimes
+reap Advantages by pretending yourself in Liquor, by Stammering or
+Lisping a little slyly: For then if you should descend to some
+Expressions of the grosser Kind, it will be imputed to your having
+taken a Cup too much.</p>
+
+<p>Drink Bumpers to the Health of your Mistress, and of the Gentleman
+with whom she is obliged to sleep; but I do not insist on your being
+extremely sincere on this Occasion: for you may heartily wish him
+hanged at the same Time, if you please.</p>
+
+<p>When the Company rises to go away, there is always a Confusion in the
+Room, of which you may take Advantage. You may then creep close up to
+your Mistress, may perhaps palm her, and gently tread on her Toes.</p>
+
+<p>Whenever you have an Opportunity of speaking to her privately, be not
+bashful like a Country Boobily Squire. Remember Fortune and Love both
+favour the Bold.</p>
+
+<p>I do not intend to lay down any Rules for your Oratory on this
+Occasion. Do but begin boldly, and you will be Eloquent of course: Set
+this only before you, that you are to act the Part of a Lover, to talk
+of Wounds and Darts, and Dying and Despair, and all that, as Mr.
+<i>Bayes</i> says: For if you can once make her believe you are in Love,
+your Business is done. To create therefore this Faith in her,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> you
+must employ every Art of which you are Master.</p>
+
+<p>Nor is this indeed so difficult a Task: For every Woman believes
+herself to be the Object of Love; be she never so ugly, she is still
+amiable in her own Eye.</p>
+
+<p>Sometimes indeed no Deceit is in the End put on the Woman, for her
+pretended Lover becomes often a real one, and is the very Creature
+which he before personated.</p>
+
+<p>And by the Way, young Ladies, let me tell you this is no small
+Encouragement to you, to countenance such Pretences; for if you manage
+well, you may often inspire a Man with Love in Earnest, while he is
+endeavouring to impose a fictitious Passion upon you.</p>
+
+<p>But to return to my Scholars. Flatter with all your Might: for the
+Mind is taken as it were by Stealth, by Flattery, even as the Bank
+which hangs over a River is undermined by the liquid Waves.</p>
+
+<p>Never be weary therefore of commending her Face, or her Hair; her
+taper Arm, or her pretty little Foot.</p>
+
+<p>The chastest Matrons are fond of hearing the Praises of their Beauty;
+and the purest Virgins make the Charms of their Persons at once their
+Business and their Pleasure.</p>
+
+<p>What else is meant by that ancient Fable of <i>Juno</i> and <i>Pallas</i>, whom
+the <i>Greek</i> Poets represent as yet ashamed of the Conquest obtained by
+<i>Venus</i>.</p>
+
+<p>This Vanity seems to extend itself to Animals, in many of which we may
+observe some Traces of it.</p>
+
+<p>The peacock, if you seem to admire her, spreads forth her Golden
+Plumes, which she never displays to an indifferent Spectator.</p>
+
+<p>The Race-Horse, while he is running for a Plate, enjoys the Beauties
+of his well-combed Mane, and gracefully turned Neck.</p>
+
+<p>Secondly, to Flattery, add Promises, and those not timorous nor
+sneaking ones. If a Girl insists upon a Promise of Marriage, give it
+her, and bind it by many Oaths[D]; for no Indictment lies for this
+sort of Perjury.</p>
+
+<p>The Antients vented horrid Impieties on this Occasion, and introduced
+<i>Jupiter</i> shaking his Sides at the Perjuries of Lovers, and ordering
+the Winds to puff them away: Nay, he is said to have forsworn himself
+even by <i>Styx</i> to <i>Juno</i>: and therefore, say they, he encourages Men
+to follow his Example.</p>
+
+<p>[Note D: This is the most exceptionable Passage in the whole Work. We
+have endeavoured to soften it as much as possible; but even as it now
+stands, we cannot help expressing Detestation of this Sentiment, which
+appears shocking even in a Heathen Writer.]<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>But though a Christian must not talk in this Manner, yet I believe it
+may be one of those Sins which the Church of <i>Rome</i> holds to be
+venial, or rather venal.</p>
+
+<p>I would here by no Means be suspected of Infidelity or Profaneness. It
+is necessary there should be a God; and therefore we must believe
+there is; nay, we must worship him: For he doth not possess himself in
+that indolent State in which the Deities of <i>Epicurus</i> are depictured.
+If we live innocent Lives, we may depend on the Care of his
+Providence.</p>
+
+<p>Restore faithfully whatever is deposited in your Hands: Be just in all
+your Contracts: Avoid all Kind of Fraud, and be not polluted with
+Blood. A wise Man will be a Rogue only among the Girls: For in all
+other Articles a Gentleman will be ashamed of breaking his Word.</p>
+
+<p>And what is this more than deceiving the Deceivers? The Sex are for
+the greatest Part Impostors; let them therefore fall in the Snares
+which they have spread for others.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps you have never read the Justice of <i>Busiris</i>; when Egypt was
+burnt up Nine Years together for want of Rain, one <i>Thrasius</i> a
+Foreigner came to Court, and being introduced to the King by
+<i>Clementius Cotterelius</i>, he acquainted his Majesty, that <i>Jupiter</i>
+was to be propitiated by the Blood of a Stranger. The King Answered
+him, <i>Then thou thyself shalt be the first Victim, and with thy
+foreign Blood shalt give Rain to Egypt</i>.</p>
+
+<p>To the same Purpose is the Story of <i>Phalaris</i>, who roasted the Limbs
+of <i>Perillus</i> in his own Bull: Thus making Proof of the Goodness of
+the Work by the Torments of the unhappy Maker.</p>
+
+<p>Now there was great Justice in both these Examples; for nothing can be
+more equitable than that the Inventers of Cruelty should perish by
+their own Art.</p>
+
+<p>To apply this to our present Purpose: As there is no Deceit or Perjury
+which Women will stick at putting in use against us, let them lament
+the Consequence of their own Examples.</p>
+
+<p>Thirdly, Tears are of great Service. The Proverb tells you, <i>Tears
+will move Adamant</i>. If you can bring it about therefore, let your
+Mistress see your Cheeks a little blubbered upon Occasion.</p>
+
+<p>If Tears should refuse to come (as they sometimes will) an Onion in
+your Handkerchief will be of great use.</p>
+
+<p>Fourthly, Kisses. What Lover of any Sense doth not mix Kisses with his
+tender Expressions! Perhaps she will not give them easily:<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> No Matter,
+take them without her Leave.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps she will scratch, and say you are rude: Notwithstanding her
+Scratches, she will be pleased with your getting the better.</p>
+
+<p>Do this, however, in so gentle a Manner, that you may not hurt her
+tender Lips; nor let her complain of being scrubbed with your Beard.</p>
+
+<p>Now when you have proceeded to Kisses, if you proceed no farther, you
+may well be called unworthy of what you have hitherto obtained. When
+you was at her Lips, how near was you to your Journey's End! If
+therefore you stop there, you rather deserve the Name of a bashful
+'Squire than of a modest Man.</p>
+
+<p>The Girls may call this perhaps Violence; but it is a Violence
+agreeable to them: For they are often desirous of being pleased
+against their Will: For a Woman taken without her Consent,
+notwithstanding her Frowns, is often well satisfied in her Heart, and
+your Impudence is taken as a Favour; whilst she who, when inclined to
+be ravished, hath retreated untouched, however she may affect to
+smile, is in reality out of Humour.</p>
+
+<p>Ravishing is indeed out of Fashion in this Age; and therefore I am at
+a Loss for modern Examples; but antient Story abounds with them.</p>
+
+<p>Miss<a name="FNanchor_50_50" id="FNanchor_50_50"></a><a href="#Footnote_50_50" class="fnanchor">[50]</a> <i>Phoebe</i> and her Sister were both ravished, and both were
+well pleased with the Men who ravished them.</p>
+
+<p>Though the Story of <i>Deidamia</i> was formerly in all the <i>Trojan</i>
+News-Papers, yet my Reader may be pleased to see it better told.</p>
+
+<p><i>Venus</i> had now kept her Word to <i>Paris</i>, and given him the Beauty she
+had promised, not as a Bribe, but as a Gratification for his having
+made an Award in her Favour, in the famous Cause between <i>Juno</i> and
+others against <i>Venus</i>, in <i>Trover</i> for a Golden Apple; which was
+referred to him at the Assizes at <i>Ida</i>.</p>
+
+<p><i>Paris</i>, every one knows, no sooner had received Mrs. <i>Helen</i>, than he
+immediately carried her off to his Father's Court.</p>
+
+<p>Upon this the <i>Grecians</i> entered into an Association; and several
+Noblemen raised Regiments at their own Expence, out of their Regard to
+the Public: For Cuckoldom was a public Cause, no one knowing whose
+Turn it would be next.</p>
+
+<p>Lieutenant-General <i>Achilles</i>, who was to command a large Body of
+Grenadiers, which the <i>Greeks</i> call <i>Myrmidons</i>, did not behave
+handsomely on that Occasion, though he got off afterwards at a
+Court-Martial by pleading, that his Mother (who had a great deal in
+her own<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> Power) had insisted on his acting the Part he did; for, I am
+ashamed to say, he dressed himself in Women's Clothes, and hid himself
+at the House of one <i>Lycomedes</i>, a Man of good Fortune in those parts.</p>
+
+<p><i>Fie upon it, General, I am ashamed to see you sit quilting among the
+Girls; a Sword becomes your Hands much better than a Needle.</i></p>
+
+<p><i>What can you mean by that Work-Basket in a Hand by which Count
+</i>Hector<i> is to fall? Do you carry that Basket with you to put his Head
+in?</i></p>
+
+<p><i>For Shame then, cast away your Huswife, and all those effeminate
+Trinkets from a Fist able to wield </i>Harry<i> the Fifth's Sword.</i></p>
+
+<p>It happened, that at the same Time when the General, at the House of
+'Squire <i>Lycomedes</i>, performed this Feat, Miss <i>Deidamia</i>, one of the
+Maids of Honour, was visiting at the same Place. This young Lady soon
+discovered that the General was a Man; for indeed he got her
+Maidenhead.</p>
+
+<p>He ravished her, that is the Truth on't; that a Gentleman ought to
+believe, in Favour of the Lady: But he may believe the Lady was
+willing enough to be ravished at the same Time.</p>
+
+<p>When the General threw away his Needle, and grasped the Armour, (you
+must remember the Story, for it was in the <i>Trojan Alamain</i>) the young
+Lady began to change her Note, and to hope he would not forsake her
+so.</p>
+
+<p><i>Ah! little </i>Mia<i>! is this the Violence you complained of? Is this the
+Ravisher you are afraid of? Why with that gentle Voice do you solicite
+the Author of your Dishonour to stay with you?</i></p>
+
+<p>To come at once to the Moral of my Story; as they are ashamed to make
+the first Advances, so they are ready to suffer whatever a pushing Man
+can do unto them.</p>
+
+<p>As for those pretty Master-Misses, the <i>Adonis's</i> of the Age, who
+confide in their own Charms, and desire to be courted by the Girls;
+believe me, they will stay long enough before they are asked the
+Question.</p>
+
+<p>If you are a Man, make the first Overtures: Remember, it is the Man's
+Part to address the Fair; and it will be her's to be tenderly won.</p>
+
+<p>Be bold then, and put the Question; she desires no more than to have
+the Question put; and sure you will not deny your own Wishes that
+Favour.</p>
+
+<p><i>Jupiter</i> himself went a courting to the Heroines of old: For I never
+heard of any Girl who courted him.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>But if you find Madam gives herself any immoderate Airs at your
+Proposal, it will then be good to recede a little from your
+Undertaking, and to affect to sheer off: For many of them, according
+to the Poet,</p>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0"><i>Pursue what flies, and fly what doth pursue.</i><br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<p>A short Absence will soon cure her Disdain.</p>
+
+<p>It may be proper likewise to conceal your intentions a little at
+first, and make your first Advance under the Pretence of <i>Platonic</i>
+Friendship.</p>
+
+<p>I have known many a Prude taken under these false Colours; and the
+<i>Platonic</i> Friend hath soon become a happy Lover.</p>
+
+<p>And now as to your Complexion; for believe me, this is a Matter of
+some Consequence: Though I would not have you effeminate, yet I would
+have you delicate.</p>
+
+<p>A fair Complexion in a Tar is scandalous, and looks more like a
+Borough Captain or one of those fresh-water Sailors, who have so much
+dishonoured our Navy. The Skin of a Seaman ought to be rough, and well
+battered with Winds and Waves.</p>
+
+<p>Such likewise ought to be the Face of a Fox-hunter, who ought not to
+fear Rain or Easterly Winds: And the fame becomes the Soldier.</p>
+
+<p>But let the Soldier of <i>Venus</i> look fair and delicate; nay, if your
+Complexion inclines to Paleness, so much the better; for this will be
+imputed by every young Girl to Love.</p>
+
+<p>Young <i>Orion</i><a name="FNanchor_51_51" id="FNanchor_51_51"></a><a href="#Footnote_51_51" class="fnanchor">[51]</a> with a pale Countenance wandered through the Groves,
+being sick with the Love of Lyrice: And the same Effect had the Love
+of <i>Na&iuml;s</i> upon the Countenance of <i>Daphnis</i><a name="FNanchor_52_52" id="FNanchor_52_52"></a><a href="#Footnote_52_52" class="fnanchor">[52]</a>; two Lovers very
+famous in Antiquity.</p>
+
+<p>Leanness is another Token of a Lover; to obtain which, you need not
+take Physick; sitting up all Night; and writing Love-Letters, will
+bring this about.</p>
+
+<p>Be sure to look as miserable as possible; so that every one who sees
+you, may cry, <i>There goes a Lover</i>.</p>
+
+<p>And here shall I lament the Wickedness of Mankind, or only simply
+observe it to you? But in Reality all Friendship and Integrity are
+nothing more than Names.</p>
+
+<p>Alas! It is dangerous to be too prodigal in the Praises of your
+Mistress, even to your Friend; for if he believes you, he becomes your
+Rival.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>It is true there are some old Stories of faithful Friends: <i>Patroclus</i>
+never made a Cuckold of <i>Achilles</i>; and <i>Phaedra's</i> Chastity was never
+attempted by <i>Pirithous</i>.</p>
+
+<p><i>Pylades</i> loved <i>Hermions</i>, who was his Friend's Wife; but it was with
+the pure Love of a Brother: And the same Fidelity did <i>Castor</i>
+preserve towards his Twin-Brother <i>Pollux</i>.</p>
+
+<p>But if you expect to find such Instances in these degenerate Days, you
+may as well have Faith enough to expect a Pine-Apple from a Pear-Tree,
+or to hope to fill your Bottle with <i>Burgundy</i> from the River.</p>
+
+<p>I am afraid we are grown so bad, that Iniquity itself gives a Relish
+to our Pleasures; and every Man is not only addicted to his Pleasures,
+but those are the sweeter, when season'd with another's Pain.</p>
+
+<p>It is in short a terrible Case, that a Lover ought to fear his Friend
+more than his Enemy. Beware of the former, and you are safe.</p>
+
+<p>Beware of your Cousin, and your Brother, and your dear and intimate
+Companions. These are the Sort of Gentry, from whom you are to
+apprehend most Danger.</p>
+
+<p>Here I intended to have finished; but one Rule more suggests itself.</p>
+
+<p>You are to note then, that there is a great Variety in the Tempers of
+Women; for a thousand different Women are to be wooed a thousand
+different Ways.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. <i>Miller</i> will tell you, that the same kind of Soil is not proper
+for all Fruits. One produces good Carrots, another Potatoes, and a
+third Turneps. Now there is as great a Variety of Disposition in the
+human Mind, as there are Forms in the World: For which Reason a
+Politician is capable of accommodating himself to innumerable Kinds of
+Tempers: Not <i>Proteus</i> could indeed diversify himself more Ways than
+he can.</p>
+
+<p>Nay you may learn this Lesson from every Fisherman; for some Fish are
+to be taken with one Bait, and some with another; others will scarce
+bite at any, but are however to be drawn out of the Water by a Net.</p>
+
+<p>One good Caution under this Head, is to consider the Age of your
+Mistress: Old Birds are not taken with Chaff; and an old Hare will be
+sure to double.</p>
+
+<p>Again, consider Circumstances. Do not frighten an ignorant Woman with
+Learning, nor a poor Country Girl with your fine Cloathes;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> for by
+these Means you will create in them too great an Awe of you. Many a
+Girl hath run away frighted from the Embraces of the Master, and
+afterwards fallen into the Clutches of his Footman.</p>
+
+<p>And here we will now cast our Anchor, having finished the first Part
+of our intended Voyage.</p>
+
+<h3><i>FINIS</i></h3>
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span></p>
+<h2>FOOTNOTES</h2>
+
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> Here <i>Ovid</i> uses the Examples of <i>Automedon</i>, who was the
+Coachman of <i>Achilles</i>; and of <i>Tiphys</i>, who was Pilot or Steersman to
+the <i>Argonauts</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> This is a literal Translation; by which it appears this
+barbarous Custom of whipping Boys on the Hands, till they look as if
+they had the Itch, was used by the <i>Roman</i> Schoolmasters as well as by
+ours.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_3_3" id="Footnote_3_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> The Original introduces <i>Achilles</i>, who was the pupil of
+<i>Chiron</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_4_4" id="Footnote_4_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> In the Original,&mdash;<i>held forth at his Master's Commands
+those Hands to be whipt, which</i> Hector <i>was hereafter to feel</i>. The
+Indelicacy of which Image we have avoided applying to our <i>British</i>
+Hero.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_5_5" id="Footnote_5_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> <i>Both born of a Goddess.</i></p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_6_6" id="Footnote_6_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> This is transferred, we hope not improperly from <i>Roman</i>
+to <i>British</i> Superstition. The <i>Latin</i> alludes to Augury, and very
+justly ridicules the Folly of Divination by the Flight of Birds.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_7_7" id="Footnote_7_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7_7"><span class="label">[7]</span></a> <i>Nor were</i> Clio <i>or her Sisters seen by me, while I
+tended a Flock in the Valleys of Ascra.</i> This <i>Ascra</i> was a Valley
+near the <i>Helicon</i>, which was the Residence of the Parents of
+<i>Hesiod</i>. Now <i>Hesiod</i> was fabled, whilst he was keeping his Father's
+Sheep, to have been led by the Muse to the Fountain <i>Hippocrene</i>; and
+being, I suppose, well ducked in that Water, commenced Poet.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_8_8" id="Footnote_8_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8_8"><span class="label">[8]</span></a> This whole Passage is a manifest Burlesque on the
+Invocations with which the Ancients began their Poems. Not very
+different is that Sneer at the Beginning of the <i>Metamorphosis</i>,
+</p>
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">&mdash;&mdash; <i>Dii, caeptis</i>, (NAM VOS MUTASTIS ET ILLAS)<br /></span>
+<span class="i0"><i>Adspirate</i> &mdash;&mdash;<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+<p>
+But the strongest Piece of Burlesque of this kind is the Invocation to
+<i>Venus</i> at the Beginning of <i>Lucretius</i>: For what can be more so than
+a solemn Application to a Deity for her Assistance in a Work, the
+professed Intention of which is to expose the Belief of any Deity at
+all; and more particularly of any Concern which such superior Beings
+might be supposed to take in the Affairs of Men. For my own part, I
+must confess, I cannot perceive <i>that graceful Air of Enthusiasm</i>
+which a noble Author observes in the Invocation of the Antients; many
+of them indeed seem to have been too apparently in jest, to endeavour
+to impose on their Readers, and in reality to apply to the Muses with
+less Devotion than our modern Poets, many of whom perhaps believe as
+much in those Deities as in any other.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_9_9" id="Footnote_9_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9_9"><span class="label">[9]</span></a> <i>Ovid</i> would here insinuate, that the Courtezans only
+were the Subjects of the ensuing Poem; and in his <i>Tristibus</i> he cites
+these Lines, and pleads them in his Defence: But he is not over-honest
+in his Profession; for in many Parts it appears, that his Instructions
+are calculated for much more than <i>concessa furtia</i>.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span></p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_10_10" id="Footnote_10_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10_10"><span class="label">[10]</span></a> <i>Andromeda</i> was the Daughter of <i>Cepheus</i> King of
+<i>Aethiopia</i> and of <i>Cassiope</i>. Her Mother having offended the
+<i>Nereids</i>, by contending with them for Superiority in Beauty,
+<i>Neptune</i>, at their Petition, sent a Sea-Monster, which greatly
+annoyed the <i>Aethiopians</i>. Upon this they consulted the Oracle of
+<i>Jupiter Ammon</i>, who ordered them to expose one of the Progeny of
+<i>Cepheus</i> and <i>Cassiope</i> to be devoured by the Monster. <i>Andromeda</i>
+was accordingly ty'd to a Rock, where she was espied by <i>Perseus</i>, who
+killed the Monster, and rescued the Lady; for which he received her at
+the Hands of her Parents as his Reward. The Story is told in the 4th
+Book of the <i>Metamorphosis</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_11_11" id="Footnote_11_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11_11"><span class="label">[11]</span></a> <i>Bunches of Grapes in</i> Methymna; a City of <i>Lesbia</i>,
+the Wine of which Country was famous among the Ancients.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_12_12" id="Footnote_12_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12_12"><span class="label">[12]</span></a> <i>Ears of Corn in</i> Gargara; which was in <i>Mysia</i>, a
+Province of the <i>Hellespont</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_13_13" id="Footnote_13_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13_13"><span class="label">[13]</span></a> The Original is, <i>And the Mother of </i>AEneas<i> resides in
+the City of her Son.</i> <i>AEneas</i>, from whom the Romans derived their
+Original, was the Son of <i>Venus</i> by <i>Anchises</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_14_14" id="Footnote_14_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14_14"><span class="label">[14]</span></a> The Original, rendered as literally as possible, is as
+follows: <i>Walk at your ease under the </i>Pompeian<i> Shade, when the Sun
+enters the </i>Herculean<i> Lion; or where the Mother hath added her
+Benefactions to those of her Son; a work rich in foreign Marble: Nor
+avoid that Portico adorned with ancient Pictures, which is called
+</i>Livia<i>, from the Name of its Founder: nor that adorned by the Statues
+of the </i>Belides<i>, who attempted the Lives of their unfortunate
+Cousins; and where you see the cruel Father standing with his drawn
+Sword: Nor pass by the Temple of </i>Venus<i> and her lamented</i> Adonis;
+<i>nor omit the Seventh-Day Festivals of the </i>Jews<i>; nor the </i>Egyptian<i>
+Temples of the </i>Linnen-clad<i> Heifer: She makes many Women to be that
+which she herself was to </i>Jupiter<i>.</i>
+</p><p>
+To explain these several Particulars to an <i>English</i> Reader, it must
+be known, that the Portico's in <i>Rome</i> were the publick Walks; and
+here Persons of both Sexes used to assemble. Among these was one built
+by <i>Pompey</i>. The second Portico mentioned, is by the best Commentators
+understood of the <i>Octavian</i>, which was built by <i>Octavia</i>, Sister to
+<i>Augustus</i>, and Mother to <i>Marcellus</i>; and this adjoined to a Temple
+built by the same <i>Marcellus</i>. The third Portico was built by <i>Livia</i>
+the Wife of <i>Augustus</i>, and called from her Name. The fourth, where
+the Picture of the <i>Belides</i> was, is to be understood of the Portico
+of <i>Apollo Palatinus</i>, in which were the Statues of the fifty
+Daughters of <i>Danaus</i> and Grandaughters of <i>Belus</i>. These being
+married to the fifty Sons of their Uncle <i>AEgyptus</i>, every one, by her
+Father's Command, slew her husband on the first Night, save only
+<i>Hypermnestra</i>. For this they were punished in the lower World, by
+being obliged to fill a Barrel full of Holes with Water. <i>Scaliger</i>
+and others have here made a mistake, supposing the Picture of the
+<i>Belides</i> was here hung up: But the contrary appears by many
+Authorities, particularly by this in <i>Qv. Trist. 3</i>.
+</p>
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0"><i>Signa peregrinis ubi sunt alterna columnis,</i><br /></span>
+<span class="i4"><i>Belides, &amp; stricto barbarus ense pater.</i><br /></span>
+</div></div>
+<p>
+It appears that the Number of Pillars was equalled by the Number of
+Statues.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> 5thly, The Temple of <i>Venus</i>, in which she was worshipped,
+together with <i>Adonis</i>, after the <i>Assyrian</i> manner. This <i>Adonis</i> was
+the Son of <i>Cinyras</i> King of <i>Cyprus</i>, begotten by him on his own
+Daughter <i>Myrrha</i>. The Fame of his Beauty, and the Passion which
+<i>Venus</i> bore towards him, are well known. 6thly, The <i>Jewish</i>
+Synagogues. The <i>Jews</i> having been encouraged by <i>Julius Caesar</i>, were
+very numerous in <i>Rome</i> at that time; and the Strangeness and Pomp of
+their Ceremonies inviting the Curiosity of the <i>Roman</i> Ladies, their
+Synagogues became famous Places of Intrigue. 7. The Temple of <i>Isis</i>.
+This Goddess, when a Woman, was called <i>Io</i>. She was the Daughter of
+<i>Inachus</i>; and being beloved by <i>Jupiter</i>, was by him, to preserve her
+from his Wife's Jealousy, turned into a Heifer, <i>Juno</i> suspecting the
+Fact, obtained this Heifer of her Husband, and set Argus to watch over
+her. <i>Jupiter</i> wanting to visit his old Friend, sent <i>Mercury</i> to kill
+<i>Argus</i>; in revenge of which, <i>Juno</i> ordered a Gad-Bee to sting the
+poor Heifer; which thereupon growing mad, ran to <i>Egypt</i>, where she
+was again restored to the Shape of a Woman, and married to <i>Osiris</i>.
+The Feast of <i>Isis</i> was celebrated in <i>Rome</i> ten Days together by the
+Women, and was a time of Carnival among them.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_15_15" id="Footnote_15_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_15_15"><span class="label">[15]</span></a> In <i>Caesar's Forum</i>, which was built on the <i>Appian</i>
+Way, was the Temple of <i>Venus Genetrix</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_16_16" id="Footnote_16_16"></a><a href="#FNanchor_16_16"><span class="label">[16]</span></a> Races were run at <i>Rome</i> in <i>April</i> in the <i>Circus
+Maximus</i>, which was likewise the Scene of many other public Exercises
+and Shews.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_17_17" id="Footnote_17_17"></a><a href="#FNanchor_17_17"><span class="label">[17]</span></a> <i>And when the Procession shall pass on with the Ivory
+Deities, do you applaud most the Statue of </i>Lady<i> Venus.</i> Thus the
+Original. The Paraphrase preserves the same Sense, though in other
+Circumstances. These Statues were carried in Procession on many
+Occasions, particularly at the <i>Maegalesian</i> Games.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_18_18" id="Footnote_18_18"></a><a href="#FNanchor_18_18"><span class="label">[18]</span></a> <i>Adjusting her cushion.</i></p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_19_19" id="Footnote_19_19"></a><a href="#FNanchor_19_19"><span class="label">[19]</span></a> <i>Putting a Foot-stool under her.</i></p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_20_20" id="Footnote_20_20"></a><a href="#FNanchor_20_20"><span class="label">[20]</span></a> The Original mentioned the Fights of the <i>Gladiators</i>.
+The Paraphrase comes as near as our Customs admit; for the <i>British</i>
+Ladies never attend to see Men kill one another in jest.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_21_21" id="Footnote_21_21"></a><a href="#FNanchor_21_21"><span class="label">[21]</span></a> <i>Augustus Caesar</i> among other rich Shews, with which he
+entertained the People, exhibited to them a Sea-Fight in a Place dug
+on purpose near the banks of the <i>Tyber</i>. The Poet takes this occasion
+of introducing many Compliments to the Grandson of this Prince. We
+have done little more than altered Names in this Place; and as we are
+assured all here said is as properly applicable to the noble Person to
+whom we have transferred it, the learned Reader will admire that any
+Passage in an antient Author can be so apposite to the present Times,
+and the true <i>English</i> Reader will be no less delighted to see <i>Ovid</i>
+introduced as singing forth the Praises of the <i>British Hero</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_22_22" id="Footnote_22_22"></a><a href="#FNanchor_22_22"><span class="label">[22]</span></a> <i>Parthia.</i></p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_23_23" id="Footnote_23_23"></a><a href="#FNanchor_23_23"><span class="label">[23]</span></a> The <i>Crassi</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_24_24" id="Footnote_24_24"></a><a href="#FNanchor_24_24"><span class="label">[24]</span></a> <i>Hercules.</i><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span></p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_25_25" id="Footnote_25_25"></a><a href="#FNanchor_25_25"><span class="label">[25]</span></a> <i>Bacchus.</i></p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_26_26" id="Footnote_26_26"></a><a href="#FNanchor_26_26"><span class="label">[26]</span></a> The Original here described the many Nations who are led
+Captives.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_27_27" id="Footnote_27_27"></a><a href="#FNanchor_27_27"><span class="label">[27]</span></a> Here we have inverted the Original; but sure the Sense
+upholds us in so doing.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_28_28" id="Footnote_28_28"></a><a href="#FNanchor_28_28"><span class="label">[28]</span></a> <i>Baiae</i>, a Place not far from <i>Naples</i>, famous for
+wholesome as well as pleasant Baths. It is described very largely by
+<i>Diodorus</i>; and <i>Horace</i> mentions it as the pleasantest Place in the
+World.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_29_29" id="Footnote_29_29"></a><a href="#FNanchor_29_29"><span class="label">[29]</span></a> In the Original, the Temple of <i>Diana</i> in the Suburbs.
+It stood in a Grove not far from Rome. The next Line, <i>Partaque per
+gladios, &amp;c.</i> alludes to a very singular Custom, by which the Priests
+of this Temple succeeded to each other, <i>viz.</i> by Conquest in single
+Combat, for which every Slave or Fugitive was admitted to contend, and
+the Victor was rewarded with the Priesthood. This Practice was renewed
+every Year, and was, as <i>Strabo</i> informs us, originally taken from the
+<i>Scythians</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_30_30" id="Footnote_30_30"></a><a href="#FNanchor_30_30"><span class="label">[30]</span></a> <i>Byblis</i> fell in love with her Brother <i>Caunus</i>; and
+upon his rejecting her Addresses, hanged herself. The Poets feign she
+was afterwards turned into a Fountain. See <i>Metam.</i> IX.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_31_31" id="Footnote_31_31"></a><a href="#FNanchor_31_31"><span class="label">[31]</span></a> <i>Myrrha</i> was the Daughter of <i>Cinyras</i>, who being in
+love with her Father, took an Opportunity, while her Mother was
+employed in the Sacrifices to <i>Ceres</i>, to supply her Place. Her Father
+discovering the Imposture, ran after her with a drawn Sword to kill
+her: But she escaped by means of the Night, and fled into <i>Sabeaea</i>.
+She was changed into the Myrrh-Tree. The Story of which is in <i>Metam.</i>
+X. But though the Poets have subjoined Fable to this Fact, it is
+related by <i>Pliny</i> as a true History.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_32_32" id="Footnote_32_32"></a><a href="#FNanchor_32_32"><span class="label">[32]</span></a> <i>Pasipha&euml;</i> was the Daughter of the Sun, married to
+<i>Minos</i> King of <i>Crete</i>. The Poets feign that being in love with a
+Bull, she employed <i>Daedalus</i>, a famous Artist, to make her a wooden
+Cow, into which she conveyed herself, in order to enjoy her monstrous
+Desires. From this unnatural Coition sprung the <i>Minotaur</i>, a Monster
+half Man and half Bull, which was enclosed in a Labyrinth, and
+afterward destroyed by <i>Theseus</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_33_33" id="Footnote_33_33"></a><a href="#FNanchor_33_33"><span class="label">[33]</span></a> The Original alludes to the <i>Cretans</i>, who were famous
+among the Antients for the Vice of lying.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_34_34" id="Footnote_34_34"></a><a href="#FNanchor_34_34"><span class="label">[34]</span></a> <i>Europa</i> was the Daughter of <i>Agenor</i> King of <i>Cydon</i>,
+beloved by <i>Jupiter</i>, and by him run away with in the Shape of a
+Bull.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_35_35" id="Footnote_35_35"></a><a href="#FNanchor_35_35"><span class="label">[35]</span></a> <i>AErope</i> was the Wife of <i>Atreus</i>. She committed
+Adultery with her Husband's Brother <i>Thyestes</i>, by whom she had two
+Sons, whom <i>Atreus</i> caused to be killed, and served up to his
+Brother's Table. To avoid this Sight, the Sun is said to have gone
+backward.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_36_36" id="Footnote_36_36"></a><a href="#FNanchor_36_36"><span class="label">[36]</span></a> <i>Scylla</i> the Daughter of <i>Nisus</i>, King of the
+<i>Megarensians</i>, fell in love with <i>Minos</i>, while he was besieging her
+Father's City. She stole away her Father's Hair, on which the Fate of
+the City depended, and carried it to <i>Minos</i>; for which Fact she was
+rewarded by her Lover with Contempt only.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> She is by some said to have
+been changed into a Lark: But <i>Ovid</i>, who here seems to confound two
+Stories together, makes her Transformation to have been into a Rock,
+which lies between <i>Sicily</i> and <i>Italy</i>; where the dashing of the
+Waves against the Rock representing the Sound of the Barking of Dogs,
+gave rise to the Fable which is here hinted at.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_37_37" id="Footnote_37_37"></a><a href="#FNanchor_37_37"><span class="label">[37]</span></a> <i>Clytemnestra</i>, the Wife of <i>Agamemnon</i>, who in the
+absence of her Husband committed Adultery with <i>AEgysthus</i>, and with
+him afterwards murdered <i>Agamemnon</i>, at his Return from <i>Troy</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_38_38" id="Footnote_38_38"></a><a href="#FNanchor_38_38"><span class="label">[38]</span></a> <i>Cre&uuml;sa</i> was the Daughter of <i>Creon</i> King of <i>Corinth</i>,
+and second Wife to <i>Jason</i>; to whom <i>Medea</i>, enraged with <i>Jason</i>, who
+had forsaken her, sent a Casket in which Wild-Fire was inclosed, and
+by which she was burnt as soon [as] it was opened. This <i>Medea</i>
+afterwards, on account of the same Anger with <i>Jason</i>, tore to pieces
+her two Sons which she had bore to him.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_39_39" id="Footnote_39_39"></a><a href="#FNanchor_39_39"><span class="label">[39]</span></a> This <i>Phoenix</i> having incensed his Father, by lying with
+a Woman who was beloved by the latter, fled to the Protection of
+<i>Peleus</i> the Father of <i>Achilles</i>, and was by bim [<i>sic</i>] Preceptor of
+that young Hero.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_40_40" id="Footnote_40_40"></a><a href="#FNanchor_40_40"><span class="label">[40]</span></a> <i>Hippolytus</i> being beloved by his Stepmother <i>Phaedra</i>,
+and refusing to gratify her Desires, was by her falsely accused to his
+Father <i>Theseus</i>; upon which account he was obliged to fly, and the
+Chariot Horses being frighted by Sea-Calves, dashed the Chariot
+to-pieces, and him also.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_41_41" id="Footnote_41_41"></a><a href="#FNanchor_41_41"><span class="label">[41]</span></a> <i>Phineus</i> King of <i>Arcadia</i>, having repudiated his Wife
+<i>Cleopatra</i>, married <i>Harpalice</i>; by whose Instigation he put out the
+Eyes of his Sons: for which he was afterwards punished by Divine
+Vengeance with the Loss of his own.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_42_42" id="Footnote_42_42"></a><a href="#FNanchor_42_42"><span class="label">[42]</span></a> The <i>Romans</i> paid a Religious Regard to their Birth-Day,
+as appears from many Passages in their Poets. At this time they used
+to receive Presents from their Relations and Acquaintance. We have
+here given the Sense of the Original, only varying the Customs
+(<i>Kalendae Martii</i>.) <i>Ovid</i> advises the Lover to abstain from visiting
+his Mistress in the Kalends of <i>March</i>. At which time the <i>Matronalia</i>
+were celebrated to <i>Juno Lucina</i>, and the Husbands used to pray to
+that Goddess to protect the Chastity of their Wives. <i>Horace</i> likewise
+Lib. III. Ode 8. hints that this was not the proper Season for
+Batchelors to give a Loose to their Gaieties. (<i>Sive erit ornatus
+Circus</i>, &amp;c.) A third Caution <i>Ovid</i> gives, is not to visit on those
+Days when the Wealth of the <i>Roman</i> Conquests were exposed to the
+<i>Circus</i>, in admiring which, as <i>Mycellus</i> observes, the Girls were
+too much taken up, to attend to the Desires of their Lovers. To say
+the truth, some Custom seems to be alluded to here, which is not
+sufficiently preserved from the Ruins of Antiquity.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_43_43" id="Footnote_43_43"></a><a href="#FNanchor_43_43"><span class="label">[43]</span></a> <i>Then the </i>Pleiades<i> are at hand. Then the Goat is
+merged in the Sea</i>, <i>viz.</i> in the Month of <i>October</i> and <i>November</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_44_44" id="Footnote_44_44"></a><a href="#FNanchor_44_44"><span class="label">[44]</span></a> The Original points at the Day in which the <i>Romans</i>
+were overthrown by the <i>Gauls</i> on the Banks of the River <i>Allia</i>. This
+was the 15th of the Kalends of <i>August. A. U. C.</i> 363, and it was
+marked as a black Day<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> in their Kalendar. As this Nation is too happy
+to produce any such Day, we have been obliged to give it a different
+Turn in our Paraphrase.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_45_45" id="Footnote_45_45"></a><a href="#FNanchor_45_45"><span class="label">[45]</span></a> <i>Cydippe</i> was a beautiful virgin of the island of
+<i>Delos</i>. She was celebrating the Rites of <i>Diana</i> when she was seen by
+<i>Acontius</i>, who falling in love with her, and not daring openly to
+declare his Passion, contrived to drop an Apple at her Feet, in which
+were inclosed these two Lines:
+</p>
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0"><i>I swear to you by the mystical Rites of</i> Diana,<br /></span>
+<span class="i0"><i>That I will attend you as a Companion, and become your Bride.</i><br /></span>
+</div></div>
+<p>
+<i>Cydippe</i> took up the Apple and read the Lines; by repeating which
+words they became her own; and she was ignorantly betrothed to her
+Lover: For it was a Law, that whatever any persons said in <i>Diana</i>'s
+Temple, they were obliged to perform.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_46_46" id="Footnote_46_46"></a><a href="#FNanchor_46_46"><span class="label">[46]</span></a> <i>Ariadne</i> was the Daughter of <i>Minos</i> King of <i>Crete</i>.
+She fell in Love with <i>Theseus</i>, and with a Clew of Thread helped him
+out of the Labyrinth into which he went to kill the <i>Minotaur</i>. He
+afterwards basely deserted the poor Lady, of which our Poet will
+presently tell the Story.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_47_47" id="Footnote_47_47"></a><a href="#FNanchor_47_47"><span class="label">[47]</span></a> <i>Silenus</i> was the Pedagogue of <i>Bacchus</i>, and his
+Foster-Father: He was likewise his Companion on all Occasions; and is
+often introduced in his drunken Mood by our Poet.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_48_48" id="Footnote_48_48"></a><a href="#FNanchor_48_48"><span class="label">[48]</span></a> At this Wedding <i>Eurytion</i> the <i>Centaur</i> getting drunk,
+attempted to ravish <i>Hippodamia</i> the Bride of <i>Pyrithous</i>, but
+<i>Theseus</i> knocked his Brains out with a Bowl. Upon this a Battle
+ensued between the <i>Centaurs</i> and the <i>Lapithae</i>, who defending the
+Cause of their Prince <i>Pyrithous</i>, destroyed almost all the
+<i>Centaurs</i>. <i>Horace</i> Lib. I. Ode 18. mentions this Story likewise, as
+a Caution to Men not to be quarrelsome in their Cups.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_49_49" id="Footnote_49_49"></a><a href="#FNanchor_49_49"><span class="label">[49]</span></a> Here and in many other Places, we have been obliged to
+supply that Connection, which is greatly wanting in the Original.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_50_50" id="Footnote_50_50"></a><a href="#FNanchor_50_50"><span class="label">[50]</span></a> <i>Phoebe</i> and <i>Ilaira</i> were two pretty Girls, the
+Daughters of <i>Leucippus</i>, and by their Father betrothed to two
+Brothers <i>Idas</i> and <i>Lynceus</i>; but before the Celebration of their
+Nuptials, were ravished by <i>Castor</i> and <i>Pollux</i>. This ended in the
+Death of <i>Castor</i>, by the Hands of <i>Lynceus</i>; and of <i>Lynceus</i>, by
+<i>Pollux</i>, whose Death while <i>Idas</i> was attempting to revenge, he was
+struck dead by Thunder at the Feet of <i>Pollux</i>.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_51_51" id="Footnote_51_51"></a><a href="#FNanchor_51_51"><span class="label">[51]</span></a> <i>Orion</i> the <i>Theban</i> was in Love with <i>Merope</i> the
+Daughter of <i>AEnopian</i>; but who this <i>Lyrice</i> was, is not so plain, no
+Mention being made of her in any other Place.</p></div>
+
+<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_52_52" id="Footnote_52_52"></a><a href="#FNanchor_52_52"><span class="label">[52]</span></a> <i>Daphnis</i> was the Son of <i>Mercury</i>; for his Love for
+this <i>Na&iuml;s</i>, we have here <i>Ovid</i>'s Authority.</p></div>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2><a name="PUBLICATIONS_OF_THE_AUGUSTAN_REPRINT_SOCIETY" id="PUBLICATIONS_OF_THE_AUGUSTAN_REPRINT_SOCIETY"></a>PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY</h2>
+
+
+<p>First Year (1946-47)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Numbers 1-6 out of print.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Second Year (1947-1948)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>7. John Gay's <i>The Present State of Wit</i> (1711); and a section on Wit
+from <i>The English Theophrastus</i> (1702).</li>
+
+<li>8. Rapin's <i>De Carmine Pastorali</i>, translated by Creech (1684).</li>
+
+<li>9. T. Hanmer's (?) <i>Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet</i> (1736).</li>
+
+<li>10. Corbyn Morris' <i>Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
+etc.</i> (1744).</li>
+
+<li>11. Thomas Purney's <i>Discourse on the Pastoral</i> (1717).</li>
+
+<li>12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
+Krutch.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Third Year (1948-1949)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), <i>The Theatre</i> (1720).</li>
+
+<li>14. Edward Moore's <i>The Gamester</i> (1753).</li>
+
+<li>15. John Oldmixon's <i>Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley</i>
+(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's <i>The British Academy</i> (1712).</li>
+
+<li>16. Nevil Payne's <i>Fatal Jealousy</i> (1673).</li>
+
+<li>17. Nicholas Rowe's <i>Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
+Shakespeare</i> (1709).</li>
+
+<li>18. "Of Genius," in <i>The Occasional Paper</i>, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719);
+and Aaron Hill's Preface to <i>The Creation</i> (1720).</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Fourth Year (1949-1950)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>19. Susanna Centlivre's <i>The Busie Body</i> (1709).</li>
+
+<li>20. Lewis Theobold's <i>Preface to The Works of Shakespeare</i> (1734).</li>
+
+<li>21. Out of print.</li>
+
+<li>22. Samuel Johnson's <i>The Vanity of Human Wishes</i> (1749) and Two
+<i>Rambler</i> papers (1750).</li>
+
+<li>23. John Dryden's <i>His Majesties Declaration Defended</i> (1681).</li>
+
+<li>24. Out of print.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Fifth Year (1950-1951)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>25. Thomas Baker's <i>The Fine Lady's Airs</i> (1709).</li>
+
+<li>26. Charles Macklin's <i>The Man of the World</i> (1792).</li>
+
+<li>27. Out of print.</li>
+
+<li>28. John Evelyn's <i>An Apologie for the Royal Party</i> (1659); and <i>A
+Panegyric to Charles the Second</i> (1661).</li>
+
+<li>29. Daniel Defoe's <i>A Vindication of the Press</i> (1718).</li>
+
+<li>30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper's <i>Letters Concerning
+Taste</i>, 3rd edition (1757), &amp; John Armstrong's <i>Miscellanies</i> (1770).</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Sixth Year (1951-1952)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>31. Thomas Gray's <i>An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard</i> (1751);
+and <i>The Eton College Manuscript</i>.</li>
+
+<li>32. Prefaces to Fiction; Georges de Scud&eacute;ry's Preface to <i>Ibrahim</i>
+(1674), etc.</li>
+
+<li>33. Henry Gally's <i>A Critical Essay</i> on Characteristic-Writings
+(1725).</li>
+
+<li>34. Thomas Tyers' <i>A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson</i>
+(1785).</li>
+
+<li>35. James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster. <i>Critical
+Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Mallock</i>
+(1763).</li>
+
+<li>36. Joseph Harris's <i>The City Bride</i> (1696).</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Seventh Year (1952-1953)</p>
+
+
+<ul>
+<li>37. Thomas Morrison's <i>A Pindarick Ode on Painting</i> (1767).</li>
+<li>38. John Phillips' <i>A Satyr Against Hypocrites</i> (1655).</li>
+<li>39. Thomas Warton's <i>A History of English Poetry</i>.</li>
+<li>40. Edward Bysshe's <i>The Art of English Poetry</i> (1708).</li>
+<li>41. Bernard Mandeville's <i>A Letter to Dion</i> (1732).</li>
+<li>42. Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Eighth Year (1953-1954)</p>
+
+
+<ul>
+<li>43. John Baillie's <i>An Essay on the Sublime</i> (1747).</li>
+<li>44. Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski's <i>The Odes of Casimire</i>, Translated by G. Hils (1646).</li>
+<li>45. John Robert Scott's <i>Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine Arts</i>.</li>
+<li>46. Selections from Seventeenth Century Songbooks.</li>
+<li>47. Contemporaries of the <i>Tatler</i> and <i>Spectator</i>.</li>
+<li>48. Samuel Richardson's Introduction to <i>Pamela</i>.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Ninth Year (1954-1955)</p>
+
+
+<ul>
+<li>49. Two St. Cecilia's Day Sermons (1696-1697).</li>
+<li>50. Hervey Aston's <i>A Sermon Before the Sons of the Clergy</i>, (1745).</li>
+<li>51. Lewis Maidwell's <i>An Essay upon the Necessity and Excellency of Education</i> (1705).</li>
+<li>52. Pappity Stampoy's <i>A Collection of Scotch Proverbs</i> (1663).</li>
+<li>53. Urian Oakes' <i>The Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence</i> (1682)</li>
+<li>54. Mary Davys' <i>Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady</i> (1725).</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Tenth Year (1955-1956)</p>
+
+
+<ul>
+<li>55. Samuel Say's <i>An Essay on the Harmony, Variety, and Power of Numbers</i> (1745).</li>
+<li>56. <i>Theologia Ruris, sive Schola &amp; Scala Naturae</i> (1686).</li>
+<li>57. Out of print.</li>
+<li>58. Eighteenth-Century Book Illustrations.</li>
+<li>59. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. I, Comedies, Part I.</li>
+<li>60. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. I, Comedies, Part II.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Eleventh Year (1956-1957)</p>
+
+
+<ul>
+<li>61. Elizabeth Elstob's <i>An Apology for the Study of Northern Antiquities</i> (1715).</li>
+<li>62. <i>Two Funeral Sermons</i> (1635).</li>
+<li>63. <i>Parodies of Ballad Criticism</i> (1711-1787).</li>
+<li>64. <i>Prefaces to Three Eighteenth-Century Novels</i> (1708, 1751, 1797).</li>
+<li>65. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. II, Histories, Part I.</li>
+<li>66. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. II, Histories, Part II.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Twelfth Year (1957-1958)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>67. Henry Fielding's <i>The Voyages of Mr. Job Vinegar</i> (1740).</li>
+<li>68. Elkanah Settle's <i>The Notorious Impostor</i> (1692) and <i>Diego Redivivus</i> (1692).</li>
+<li>69. <i>An Historical View of the ... Political Writers in Great Britain</i> (1740).</li>
+<li>70. G.W., <i>Magazine</i>, or <i>Animadversions on the English Spelling</i> (1703).</li>
+<li>71. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part I.</li>
+<li>72. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part II.</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Thirteenth Year (1958-1959)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>73. Samuel Johnson's <i>Notes to Shakespeare</i>. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part III.</li>
+<li>74. <i>Seventeenth-Century Tales of the Supernatural</i>.</li>
+<li>75. John Joyne, <i>A Journal</i> (1679).</li>
+<li>76. Andr&eacute; Dacier, <i>Preface to Aristotle's Art of Poetry</i> (1705).</li>
+<li>77-78. David Hartley, <i>Various Conjectures on the Perception, Motion, and Generation of Ideas</i> (1746).</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Fourteenth Year (1959-1960)</p>
+
+
+<ul>
+<li>79. William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke's <i>Poems</i> (1660).</li>
+<li>80.  [P. Whalley's] <i>An Essay on the Manner of Writing History</i> (1746).</li>
+<li>81. Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters <i>The Graces</i> (1774).</li>
+<li><i>The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette</i> (1776).</li>
+<li>82. Henry Fuseli's <i>Remarks on the Writings and Conduct of J. J. Rousseau</i> (1767).</li>
+<li>83. <i>Sawney and Colley</i> (1742) and other Pope Pamphlets.</li>
+<li>84. Richard Savage's <i>An Author To Be Lett</i> (1729).</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+<p>Fifteenth Year (1960-1961)</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>85-86. <i>Essays on the Theatre from Eighteenth-Century Periodicals.</i> Selected,</li>
+<li>with an introduction, by John Loftis. [double issue]</li>
+<li>87. Daniel Defoe, <i>Of Captain Misson and his Crew</i> (1728). Introduction by</li>
+<li>Maximillian E. Novak.</li>
+<li>88. Samuel Butler, <i>Poems</i>. Selected, with an introduction, by Alexander C. Spence.</li>
+<li>89. Henry Fielding, <i>Ovid's Art of Love</i> (1760). Introduction by Claude E. Jones.</li>
+<li>90. Henry Needier, <i>Works</i> (1728). Selected, with an introduction, by Marcia Allentuck.</li></ul>
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+<ul>
+<li>Samuel Butler, <i>Poems</i>. Selected, with an introduction, by Alexander
+C. Spence.</li>
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+<li>Daniel Defoe, <i>Of Captain Misson and his Crew</i> (1728). Introduction by
+Maximillian E. Novak.</li>
+
+<li><i>Eighteenth-Century Illustrations to The Faerie Queene.</i> Introduction
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+
+<li><i>Essays on the Theatre from Eighteenth-Century Periodicals.</i> Selected,
+with an introduction, by John Loftis. [double issue]</li>
+
+<li>Henry Fielding, <i>Ovid's Art of Love</i> (1760). Introduction by Claude E.
+Jones.</li>
+
+<li>Francis Hutcheson, <i>Reflections on Laughter</i> (1729). Introduction by
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+<li>Henry Needier, <i>Works</i> (1728). Selected, with an introduction, by
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+The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love, by
+Henry Fielding, Edited by Claude E. Jones
+
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+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
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+Title: The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love
+
+
+Author: Henry Fielding
+
+Editor: Claude E. Jones
+
+Release Date: January 21, 2010  [eBook #31036]
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+***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LOVERS ASSISTANT, OR, NEW ART
+OF LOVE***
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+E-text prepared by Sankar Viswanathan, Delphine Lettau, Joseph Cooper, and
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+
+                     The Augustan Reprint Society
+
+
+                           _HENRY FIELDING_
+
+              THE LOVERS ASSISTANT, OR, NEW ART OF LOVE
+
+                                (1760)
+
+
+                           Edited, with an
+                           Introduction by
+                           Claude E. Jones
+
+
+                        Publication Number 89
+
+
+
+                William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
+
+                       University of California
+
+                             Los Angeles
+
+                                 1961
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+GENERAL EDITORS
+
+
+Richard C. Boys, _University of Michigan_
+Ralph Cohen, _University of California, Los Angeles_
+Vinton A. Dearing, _University of California, Los Angeles_
+Lawrence Clark Powell, _Clark Memorial Library_
+
+
+ASSISTANT EDITOR
+
+W. Earl Britton, _University of Michigan_
+
+
+ADVISORY EDITORS
+
+Emmett L. Avery, _State College of Washington_
+Benjamin Boyce, _Duke University_
+Louis Bredvold, _University of Michigan_
+John Butt, _University of Edinburgh_
+James L. Clifford, _Columbia University_
+Arthur Friedman, _University of Chicago_
+Louis A. Landa, _Princeton University_
+Samuel H. Monk, _University of Minnesota_
+Ernest C. Mossner, _University of Texas_
+James Sutherland, _University College, London_
+H.T. Swedenberg, Jr., _University of California, Los Angeles_
+
+CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
+
+Edna C. Davis, _Clark Memorial Library_
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+
+The publishing history of this translation has been sketched by Cross,
+in his _History of Henry Fielding_, and may simply be summarized here.
+The first edition, entitled _Ovid's Art of Love Paraphrased and
+Adapted to the Present Time_ (or _Times_) was first issued in
+February, 1747, and was advertised in the _Gentleman's_ and _Scots_
+Magazines in that month. During March, further advertisements appeared
+in the _London Magazine_ and the _St. James Evening Post_. The most
+extensive notice ran, however, in Fielding's own _Jacobite Journal_
+(No. 15), where it served as basis for a detailed comparison between
+the art of love and the art of Jacobitism. Of this 1747 anonymous,
+original edition no copy is known.
+
+In 1759, the work was reissued in London and Dublin, under the title
+_The Lover's Assistant_, and again in London in 1760. Meanwhile,
+advertisements for the original edition, as by Henry Fielding, had
+been run by the publisher, Andrew Millar, in 1754 and 1758. Inasmuch
+as Millar apparently still had unsold sheets in 1758, the 1759 edition
+may comprise these sheets with new title pages and prefatory matter
+necessary because of Fielding's death in 1754. At any rate, the
+"modern instances" referred to by the author of the 1759 Preface are
+not too modern to have been written in 1747. There has been no reprint
+since 1760.
+
+The present text is printed from the 1760 edition, collated with a
+copy of the 1759 issue. The Latin text, which in the original faces
+the English, is omitted. Notes keyed by letters and asterisks appear
+in the original; it will be noted that Fielding's notes combine
+scholarly and facetious remarks; he frequently used footnotes for
+comic effect, especially in the translation of the _Plutus_ of
+Aristophanes in which he collaborated.
+
+Literature affords few pleasures so satisfying as translations done by
+those who are not only expert in the languages concerned, but who also
+are of the same spirit as the authors they translate. Some examples
+come readily to mind: Pope's Horace, Dryden's Juvenal and Persius,
+Smollett's LeSage, Lang's _Aucassin and Nicolette_, and Pound's
+translations from Provencal. Such a felicitous combination appears in
+Henry Fielding's translation of Book I of Ovid's _Ars Amoris_.
+
+Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English
+translators of the classics abounded, including Marlowe, Jonson,
+Chapman and Sandys; Roscommon, Waller, Denham, Cowley and Dryden. By
+1700, the major kinds of translation had been differentiated,
+described, evaluated and practised.
+
+To summarize, Dryden wrote as follows in his Preface to the 1680
+edition of _Ovid's Epistles_, Translated by Several Hands:
+
+     All translation I suppose may be reduced to these three
+     heads:
+
+     First, that of Metaphrase, or turning an Author word by
+     word, and line by line, from one language to another.... The
+     second way is that of Paraphrase, or Translation with
+     Latitude, where the Author is kept in view by the
+     Translator, so as never to be lost, but his words are not so
+     strictly follow'd as his sense, and that too is admitted to
+     be amplyfied, but not alter'd.... The Third way is that of
+     Imitation, where the Translator (if now [i.e. by taking such
+     liberties] he has not lost that name) assumes the liberty
+     not only to vary from the words and sence, but to forsake
+     them both as he sees occasion: and taking only some general
+     hints from the Original, to run division on the ground-work,
+     as he pleases....
+
+Doubtless, he refers to the translation of verse into verse, but
+actually verse-into-prose also falls within Dryden's "third way." When
+the author of the Preface to _The Lover's Assistant_ speaks of it as
+an "undertaking" in translation, he means prose imitation, or
+paraphrase of verse.
+
+Earlier, in the 1743 _Miscellanies_, Fielding had published "Part of
+Juvenal's Sixth Satire Modernized in Burlesque [i.e. Hudibrastic]
+Verse." The modernization, as in his _Art of Love_, was of place
+(England instead of Italy) as well as time, and allowed the author to
+satirize some of his contemporaries, as well as the customs of his own
+age.
+
+When, four years later, he turned to the first book of Ovid's _Artis
+Amatoriae_, he found prose an even better medium for "Imitation," or
+"Modernization." The result is a most enjoyable _pot pourri_ of Roman
+mythology and eighteenth century social customs, combined with some of
+the patriotism left over from Fielding's anti-Jacobinism during the
+Forty-Five. His devotion to, and constant use of, the classics has
+excited comment from every Fielding biographer since his own time. His
+works abound in classical instances, references and imitations; and
+most of his writing includes translations from Greek or Roman authors.
+His library, as Austin Dobson observed, was rich in editions of the
+classics.
+
+Curiously, the sale catalogue lists only one, unidentifiable, Ovid
+item, as contrasted with 5 editions of Horace, 9 of Lucian and 13
+(between 1504 and 1629) of Aristotle. This probably means that, along
+with other unlisted works known to have been in his possession, his
+Ovid was retained by his family or given to a friend. Dryden's
+translation of Book One of the _Ars Amoris_ is included among
+Fielding's books, however, and Cross suggests that Fielding "kept one
+eye" on it. It is surprising how much visualization there is in his
+imitation. Many of the incidents resemble those treated by Hogarth,
+with whom by 1747 Fielding was on excellent terms. There is also some
+resemblance in his contemporaneous materials, or modernization, to
+scenes in Fielding's own later plays, and in his novels.
+
+
+
+
+PREFACE
+
+
+_This Work was begun many Years ago, though altered in some Places by
+the Author, before his Death; as will appear by the modern Instances
+introduced in it. Many of which being so applicable to the present
+Time, is the Occasion of it being now published._
+
+_As to any Exception which may be made to the Impurity of this Work,
+we shall transcribe what was written long ago in its Defence, from the
+Preface prefixed to Mr. _Dryden_'s Translation of this Poem._
+
+'A great many People are mistaken in these Books; and tho' they were
+made use of as a Pretence to drive the Author from the Court of
+_Augustus_, and confine him to _Tomos_ on the Frontiers of the _Getae_
+and _Sarmatae_, yet they were not the true Cause of his Confinement.
+They are very far from being so licentious as the Writings of several
+other Poets, both _Greek_ and _Latin_. However we must own he might
+have been a little more discreet, especially in some Places[A].
+
+[Note A: He means in the other two Books.]
+
+'That which offended the _Romans_ most in this Work, cannot touch us.
+It has always been more dangerous in _Italy_ to converse with Women of
+Honour, and frequent their Houses, than 'tis with us; where there is
+more Liberty, and what in that Country may be an Occasion of
+Debauchery, would not at all be so in ours.
+
+'Notwithstanding all that has been said against these Books _of the
+Art of Love_, by some over-scrupulous Persons, whose Discretion has
+too much of Affectation in it: they are not only necessary for the
+Knowledge of the _Latin_ Tongue, and the _Roman_ History, concerning
+which they contain several Things very particular; but for the noble
+Sentiments we find in them, which the _Gravest_ and _Learnedest_
+Writers have thought worthy to be quoted for _Authorities_.
+
+'In a Word, there's nothing in them that comes near the _Licence_ of
+some _Epigrams_ of _Catullus_, _Martial_, and _Ausonius_, of some
+_Satires_ of _Horace_ and _Juvenal_, and several other Pieces of
+_Ancient_ and _Modern_ Authors, which are read and commented upon; and
+about which even celebrated _Jesuits_ and other religious Persons, as
+eminent for their Piety as their Erudition, have employed their
+Studies. Yet who has condemn'd or complain'd of them? We must confess,
+such Things should be managed with Address; and those of them who have
+meddled with any of the Authors I have named, have shewn that it may
+be done so, by their succeeding so happily in it.
+
+'As for this Treatise of the _Art of Love_, for which the Author has
+also prescrib'd a _Remedy_, as it is liable to be ill interpreted by
+those whose Pens poison every Thing they touch; so it may bear a good
+Construction, by such as know how to turn every Thing to Advantage.
+
+'I will yet say, this _Art_ may be apply'd to those that intend to
+marry. There is nothing sure against Decency in all that. I agree, if
+you will have it so, that it extends so far as to direct one to the
+Means to gain a Mistress. If this was not lawful heretofore in
+_Italy_, on account of the jealous Humour of the _Italians_, we
+cannot, for the same Reason only, say it ought to be forbidden in our
+Country, any more than in several others, provided we could be sure
+the Ladies Modesty would not be offended, before whom Youth should be
+always careful not to exceed the Bounds of the Respect that's due to
+them.'
+
+_To this I may add, that if the Objection of Impurity lies against any
+Part of this Work, it is only against the two latter Books, for in
+that which we have here paraphrased, there is nothing capable of
+offending the nicest Ear._
+
+_With regard to the Merit of this Paraphrase, which is entirely a new
+Undertaking, and might perhaps, if properly encouraged, be carried on
+with other Latin Poets, we shall only observe, that the utmost Care
+hath been taken to preserve the Spirit and true Sense of the Author,
+and where we have been obliged to deviate, we have given the literal
+Translation in the Notes._
+
+_Upon the whole, we cannot suppress, what one of the most learned Men
+of this Age, said upon persuing the Paraphrase_, viz. That he thought
+it would serve better to explain the Meaning of _Ovid_ to a Learner,
+than any other Translation, or all his numerous Commentators.
+
+
+
+
+BOOK I
+
+
+If in so learned an Age as this, when Arts and Sciences are risen to
+such Perfection, there be any Gentleman unskilled in the Art of
+Loving, let him come to my School; where, if he hath any Genius, he
+will soon become an Adept: For I would by no means have any young
+Gentlemen think, that Erudition is unnecessary upon this Occasion. It
+is well known that the [1]Rules of Art are necessary to the Conduct of
+a Ship; for which reason, none but able and experienced Seamen are
+preferred to the Command of one. Rules are necessary even to make a
+good Coachman, as those Gentlemen who have the Ambition to excel this
+way very well know. In the same manner is Art required to drive the
+Chariot of Love well. Now it hath pleased _Venus_ to place me in the
+Coach-Box: what a Captain is to a Ship, or the Driver to his Chariot,
+that am I to Love. I own indeed Master _Cupid_ is a little wild, and
+often stubborn; but he is only a Child, and of an Age to be
+disciplined: And however fierce the Disposition of a Lad may be, a
+judicious Schoolmaster knows very well how to correct it: For many a
+Boy who hath afterwards turned out a Hero, hath when at School very
+patiently submitted to the Lash, and quietly, at the Word of Command,
+held out his Hands to be whipt [2]. Duke _William_ [3] himself, when a
+Lad, very possibly submitted to Correction; and he [4] who was
+hereafter to become the Terror of his Enemies, might in his Youth have
+been afraid of his Tutor. Mr. _Pointz_ was his Preceptor: I am the
+Preceptor of Love. Both these Youths were of a fierce Disposition,
+both elevated [5] in their Birth. But as the stoutest Ox submits
+himself to the Yoke, and the most fiery Horse to the Bridle, so shall
+Love to me. Though he may bend his Bow against my Breast, and shake
+his Torches at me; no matter: nay, the more he pierces me with his
+Arrows, the more he burns me, the more severely will I be revenged of
+him.
+
+But here, Master _Apollo_, I will tell no lies to my Readers. I do not
+pretend to have received any Inspiration from you, any more than from
+Parson _Whitefield_ [6]: And as for Miss _Clio_ [7] and her eight
+Sisters, I never visit them; nor have I even a Cap-Acquaintance with
+them. I write from Experience only; and _Experto crede Roberto_ is my
+Motto. I promise my Readers that I will tell them truth; and if I
+must, for form sake, invoke any Muse, _Venus_ herself shall be the
+Person [8]. Sweet Goddess! then be thou present, and smile at my
+Undertaking. But as for you who cannot smile, I mean you, Prudes, with
+your screw'd Faces, which may be considered as Signs hung forth before
+the Door of Virtue, and which perhaps, like other Signs, promise what
+is not to be found in the House; I desire neither your Favour nor your
+Company. Good-natur'd Girls[9] are all I write to; and such I promise
+them may read my Works without a Blush.
+
+Know then, my good Scholar, that art unexperienced in the Art of Love,
+that this Art consists of three principal Points: First, to select a
+proper Mistress: Secondly, to win her Affections: And, Thirdly, to
+preserve your mutual Affection. Of all these therefore we will treat;
+or, to speak metaphorically, through these three Roads we will drive
+the Chariot we have undertaken to guide.
+
+First then as to the Choice of a Mistress, to whom you may say, _In
+Thee alone my choice is fixed_. Do not believe such a one will fall
+into your Lap. It will become you to look about sharp for her, and
+with all your Eyes, I do assure you. And here my first Instruction
+shall be, where she may most probably be found: For he is a bad
+Huntsman who would beat about the _Royal Exchange_ for a Hare or a
+Fox; and not a much better Gunner or Fisherman, who goes a shooting in
+_Somerset-Gardens_, or attempts to angle in the magnificent Bason
+there. As these all know the Places where their Game resort, so must
+you.
+
+Here then, I by no means advise you to make a long Voyage after a
+foreign Mistress, as _Perseus_ did, who fetched _Andromeda_[10] from
+the _Indies_; or _Paris_, whom nothing would serve but a _Grecian_
+Mistress. Your own Country, my Friend, will produce Women which the
+World cannot equal. Beauties are as plenty in the City of _London_ as
+Apples in[11] _Herefordshire_, or Grains of Wheat[12] in _Hampshire_;
+they are indeed as plenty as Fish in the Sea, or Birds in the Air;
+nay, the Sky hath not more Stars than _London_ hath Beauties: for
+_England_[13], not _Cyprus_, is the Queen of Love's favourite Island.
+Whether you love green Fruit, and which is in the Bud only, or Beauty
+in its fuller Bloom, or that which is arrived to perfect Ripeness;
+nay, if nothing but Wisdom or Sagacity will serve your turn, of these
+too Old _England_ will afford you a sufficient Plenty.
+
+In the pleasant Month of _May_, repair to _Vaux-Hall_[14]. Here take
+your Evening Walk, either round the verdant Scenes, where
+Nightingales, the only Foreigners who give us their Songs for nothing,
+warble their most delicious Notes. When your Limbs demand Repose, you
+may enjoy it in an Alcove, from whence the embattel'd Troops of
+_Venus_ will pass in review before you. Again, the lofty Dome of
+_Ranelagh_ invites your Steps. Whether the illustrious Artist took his
+Model from that House, which as a Reward for their Industry, or for
+some little regard for their Honey, the benevolent Nature of Man hath
+conferred on that laborious Animal the Bee: Or whether a more pious
+Disposition chose this Form from the musical Instrument which summons
+the whole Parish to Church: Or whether the wondrous Force of Genius,
+unassisted by any Model, did not of itself strike out this wondrous
+Architecture; let _Kent_ or _Benson_ inquire. Hither, from every
+Corner of the Town, repair the loveliest Nymphs. Here too thou may'st
+survey them, either walking or reposed on Benches at thy Ease. Nor is
+the _Mall_ to be neglected, where once die brawny Arm of _Charles_
+displayed its Strength, and beat his subtle Courtiers at the Play,
+whence it derives its Name. Nor, _Kensington_, must thy Gardens be
+passed by, once the Delight of mighty _Caroline_, and to the future
+Age a Monument of her Taste. Here the Charmers draw in sweet Air, and
+send it forth again in sweeter Sighs, as Tributes to the loved Memory
+of that mighty Queen. As for the Ring, formerly the Scene of Beauty's
+many Triumphs, it is now become a lonely deserted Place: Brilliants
+and brilliant Eyes no longer sparkle there: No more the heedless Beau
+falls by the random Glance, or well-pointed Fan. The Ring is now no
+more: Yet _Ruckholt_, _Marybone_ and _The Wells_ survive; Places by no
+means to be neglected by the Gallant: for Beauty may lurk beneath the
+Straw Hat, and _Venus_ often clothes her lovely Limbs in Stuffs. Nay,
+the very Courts of Law are not excluded; and the Scenes of Wrangling
+are sometimes the Scenes of Love. In that Hall where _Thames_
+sometimes overflowing, washes the Temple of _Venus Lucy_, the grave
+Serjeant becomes a Victim to the Fair; and he who so well knows how to
+defend others, cannot defend himself. Here the Special Pleader loses
+all Power to Demurr, and finds beyond his Expectation a novel
+Assignment spring up in the Cause. Him _Venus Lucy_[15] laughs at from
+her neighbouring Temple; for the Council is now become the Client, and
+squeezes an empty Hand harder than he ever did a full one. But above
+all, the Theatres are the Place of Sport: for these will be most
+fruitful to your Wishes. Here you will find one Object to love, and
+another to toy with. Some, of whom a single Touch will suffice, and
+others, in whom you will desire a stronger Tenure. Neither do the Ants
+in pursuit of Grain, or the Bees in quest of Flowers, swarm in greater
+Numbers than the Beauties to the Theatres. The variety of Charmers
+here have often distracted my Choice. Hither they come to see, and to
+be themselves seen; and many are the Love-Bargains here made.
+
+And now, Friend, I will tell you a Story. _Romulus_ was the first
+Person who ever made this use of the Theatre, when he ordered his
+Soldiers to fall foul on the _Sabine_ Ladies, whom he invited to a
+Play acted by his Command. Not that I would have you think, that
+Theatre was like the Playhouse in _Convent-Garden_, enriched with
+Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations. To say the truth, it was no
+better than a Barn, or Booth. Here he assembled the _Sabine_ Girls,
+and ordered his _Romans_ to chuse every Man his Miss. They did so, and
+while the poor Girls thought no Harm, those Fellows felt strange
+Emotions within. Now while a certain Dancer, called, _The Ludio_, was
+performing _a Tambourine_, which I suppose took greatly at that time,
+_Romulus_ on a sudden gave the Signal for falling on. This was
+instantly obeyed. They all rushed in, laid their Hands upon the Girls,
+and soon gave them sufficient Tokens of their Purpose.
+
+As the Doves, who are the most timorous of Birds, fly from Eagles; or
+as the young Lamb runs from Wolves, as soon as she sees them, so
+terrified were these Ladies, at the Men rushing upon them, in this
+unlawful manner. The Colour forsook their Cheeks at once. All were
+equally in a Fright, though they discovered their Fear by different
+Symptoms. Some of them tear their Hair, others sit in Amazement,
+Terror strikes some dumb, others call in vain for the Assistance of
+their Mammas. One cries out, another is shocked to death; one stands
+still, another endeavours to get out of the House. But all their
+Endeavours are vain; and perhaps indeed their Blushes heightened their
+Beauty; they were all led off, and those who would not go were
+carried. Methinks, I hear one of their Gallants thus addressing his
+weeping Fair. _Why, my Dear, will you spoil those lovely Eyes with
+Tears? I promise you, you shall be served no worse than your Mother
+hath been before. I will only do to you, what your Father did to her._
+Ah _Romulus! Romulus!_ no General ever better knew how to reward his
+Soldiers; I promise you, that when I hear your Drum beating up for
+Voluntiers, I will enlist under your Command.
+
+Ever since that time, the Theatre hath been consecrated to Love, and
+many a pretty Girl, since the _Sabines_, hath owed the Loss of her
+Maidenhead to it.
+
+Other Places of publick Meeting may likewise be frequented, as Horse
+Races[16] and the Like. And especially public Shews, which never fail
+of Women. Here get upon a crouded Scaffold, and sit next to the Girl
+you like. Squeeze yourself as close to her as you can; for Custom here
+countenances such squeezing whether the pretty Creatures will or no.
+Here find some Opportunity to begin a Discourse; you will not be
+driven to talk upon your Fingers, or by Signs, but may use your
+Tongue[B]. Begin then with News, or the Chitchat of the Town. Nay, the
+Shew itself will afford a Subject: for instance supposing it was my
+Lord Mayor's Shew, you may ask her what Alderman that Coach, or those
+Liveries belong to; and be sure to admire the same with herself: Do
+not omit moreover, to give her an early Intimation of your Gallantry,
+and that you are a Woman's Man. If it should happen that any one of
+the Aldermen should be a greater Cuckold than the rest of his
+Brethren; take care to titter at his Appearance; and while the
+Pageants[17] are passing by, endeavour to find out a Resemblance of
+Horns in some of them. All those Things have a remote Tendency to this
+great point.
+
+[Note B: These Verses are transposed from the Place in which they
+stand in the Original, and this, I think, with Advantage to the
+Connection.]
+
+If a Grain of Snuff should happen to fall on the Lady's Bosom, wipe it
+off with your Fingers; and if none fall, wipe off that none. Take
+every Opportunity to be as officious in her Service as possible. If
+she drop her Fan or Gloves, presently take them up; for this you will
+have sure Reward in the very Fact, for you may at the same time lift
+up her petticoat and see her Legs.
+
+Be careful that the Person who sits behind her doth not press her
+tender Back with his Knee. Small Matters captivate light Minds. Many a
+Man hath drawn considerable Advantage from handing[18] a Lady to
+Coach, by gallanting her Fan, or even by taking up her Clog[19].
+
+Nor will[20] _Tower-hill_, when the Tragic Scaffold is strewed with
+Saw-Dust, be an improper Place to begin your Intrigue: for _Cupid_
+himself always attends, and acts the Part of an Executioner on such
+Occasions; many a poor Man having lost his Heart, while he hath
+attended to another's losing his Head. While the Fair-One carelessly
+laying her Hand on his, argues concerning the Criminal's Guilt, and
+offers to lay a Wager that he will die well; the wounded Lover feels a
+sudden Stroke, and is not better able to bear the Smart without a
+Sigh.
+
+[21]If it was the Custom of _England_ to imitate the _Romans_ in
+insulting over the Conquered, what Spectacles might have formerly been
+exhibited! How many _French_ Youths and Virgins might have followed
+the Chariot-Wheels of our Monarchs! In that Cafe many a poor
+_English_ Heart must have submitted to a _French_ Conquest, and Beauty
+would have been triumphant in Chains. Nay, I prophesy we shall again
+see those victorious Times. Our Mighty GEORGE now meditates new
+Triumphs, and _France_[22] shall be punished as she ought. Rejoice, O
+ye Shades[23], whose Bodies lie buried in the Plains of _Fontenoy_,
+where _British_ Colours were polluted by _Gallic_ Hands. WILLIAM your
+Avenger comes. The General in him shone forth in his first Campaign,
+and while a Youth, he managed War beyond his Years. Let not his Age
+therefore deter us from ranking him among our greatest Commanders. His
+Warlike Genius springs forth and outruns his Years, impatient of the
+sluggish Pace of Time. The _Swedish Charles_[24] was scarce beyond a
+Child when he crushed two mighty enemies at once; _Charles_[25] the
+_German_ Prince, yet but a Youth, what was he when he past the _Rhine_
+and terrified the Host of _France_? Thy Father's Genius, WILLIAM, and
+his Courage, shall inspire thy youthful Arms. With that Genius and
+that Courage shalt thou conquer. Such Beginnings dost thou owe to the
+mighty Name of thy illustrious Sire; that thou who art the Noblest of
+all young Commanders mayst hereafter become the first among the old.
+'Tis time to avenge the Injuries attempted to thy House, and to
+maintain thy glorious Father's Rights. Thy Country's Father and thy
+own, girts on thy Sword, and thy Cause is no less glorious than thy
+Arms. In both is _France_ inferiour, and to both shall yield. I
+prophesy, that thou shalt conquer, and to thy Conquest I dedicate my
+votive Prayers, prepared hereafter to resound thy Praise; when we
+shall see thee, most lovely Prince, returning, thy Glories far
+outshining the Gold in which thou art attired. Thee shall Crouds of
+Youths and beauteous Virgins hail from their crouded Windows as thou
+passest, and universal Joy shall overspread each _British_ Face on
+that Blest Day.
+
+If then, my Scholar, thou shouldst happen to be placed in a Window
+near some lovely Girl, who, fired with the Glories of the young
+Conqueror, should enquire into all his matchless Labours[26], his
+Wound at _Dettingen_; his Danger and Intrepidity at _Fontenoy_; his
+Toils at home, in defiance of Cold and Fatigue; his Pursuit to
+_Carlisle_; his Victory at _Culloden_; and many more which will then
+be as well known; repeat all if thou canst, and if thy Memory fails,
+go on nevertheless: for Invention cannot here outdo the Reality, and
+thy Fictions shall recommend thee equal with Truth to her Ears.
+
+Again, when thou dost sit down at table among the Women, thou may'st
+reap other Pleasures besides those of Wine: For, to speak
+figuratively, _Cupid_ with glowing Cheeks often presses the Horns of
+_Bacchus_ in his tender Arms; and the Wings of the little God of Love
+being wetted with Wine, he is unable to fly off: And if he happens to
+shake his wet Wings, he may possibly sprinkle the Bosom of your
+Mistress with Love.
+
+In more intelligible Language, Wine fills our Minds with Courage, and
+makes them susceptible of other warm Passions. Care flies away, and is
+dissolved in much Liquor. Then comes Laughter, the poor Man becomes
+bold, and Grief and Solicitude, and knitted Brows vanish. Then it is
+that Simplicity, a rare Virtue in our Age, opens our Hearts, Wine
+having divested us of Cunning. At this Season, many a watchful young
+Fellow hath gained the Heart of his Mistress[27]. And Love hath sprung
+from Wine, as the Flame doth from Fire.
+
+However, do not confide too much at this time to the Light of a
+Candle: for Night and Wine obstruct us in forming a true Judgment of
+Beauty. _Paris_ beheld the Goddesses in open Daylight, when he gave
+the Preference to _Venus_. Indeed by Candle-light, and in a Side-Box,
+almost every one is a Beauty: Jewels, Clothes, and Women, are all best
+discerned by the Light of the Sun.
+
+And here if I should recount all the rural Haunts in which a Lover may
+find his Game, I might write more Volumes than _Oldmixon_,
+_Tunbridge_, and _Scarborough_, and _Cheltenham_, and _Holt_, and many
+other Places shall be therefore omitted; but, Bath[28], thy sulphurous
+Waters must not be past by. Hence Master _Dapperwit_ bringing home the
+Wounds made by fair Eyes in his Bosom, cries out, on his Return, _The
+Waters are not so wholesome as they are reported; I have received more
+Harm than Good at the Place_.
+
+Here rises the Temple[29] of the God (CNASH) whose Walls are hung
+round with the Portraits of Beauties. The Apotheosis of this God hath
+cost many a poor Man his Heart.
+
+Thus far, my Scholar, I have endeavoured to instruct thee in what
+Places thou art to hunt for thy Game, and where to spread thy Net. I
+will now proceed to shew thee by what Means Puss is to be taken, when
+you have found her Sitting.
+
+_Mind all_, as my old Schoolmaster used to say; for I assure you my
+instructions will be worthy the Attention of both the Great Vulgar and
+the Small.
+
+My first Lesson then is: Be confident. Believe every Woman is to be
+come at. Do but spread your Net, and I warrant she runs into it.
+
+Sooner shall the Birds be silent in the Spring, or the Frogs in the
+Winter: Sooner shall the Greyhound run away from the Hare, than a
+Woman shall resist the Youth who gently assails her. Though she skrews
+up her Face ever so demurely, she will at length yield to his
+Persuasions.
+
+A dark Corner is as agreeable to a Girl, as to one of us, though we
+cannot so well dissemble our Desires as she can; but if we should once
+enter into a Confederacy against the Sex to leave off courting them,
+they would soon begin to act the Part of Lovers, and come a wooing to
+us.
+
+And what is this but a natural Affection, common to the Females of
+every other Species, who often make love to the Males? And give me
+leave to tell the Ladies, that we are more able to command our
+Affections, nor are our Desires so furious, and exceeding all Bounds,
+as theirs.
+
+The Story of _Byblis_[30] is too well known to be related, who being
+in love with her Brother, punished her Crime with her own Hands, and
+hanged herself in her Garters.
+
+Miss _Myrrha_[31] loved her Papa with an Affection improper for a
+Daughter; for which she was turned into a Tree. I do assure you the
+Story is true; and the Tree now drops continual Tears for her Offence,
+which we use as a Perfume; and they retain the Lady's Name.
+
+In the shady Valleys of _Ida_[32], there was a white Bull, which was
+the Glory of the Farmer to whom he belonged. This Bull had a beautiful
+black Speck between his Horns, all the rest of his Body being as white
+as Milk. With him the _Gnossian_ and _Cydonian_ Heifers were all in
+love, and eagerly longed to be embraced by him in the tenderest manner
+in which Bulls embrace the Fair Sex of Cows. _Pasiphae_, I am very
+sorry to say it, conceived a Passion worse, if possible, than that of
+Mrs. _Mary Hamilton_, for this Bull. Lady ---- is not more envied in
+the Drawing-Room than was every handsome Heifer by this unfortunate
+Woman. The Story is so well known that there is not a Freethinker[33]
+in the Age who can refuse his Credit to it, though they believe
+nothing which they cannot see and account for. This poor Girl is
+reported to have mowed the sweetest Grass with her own Hands for her
+beloved Bull. She likewise wandered about among the Cows, without the
+least Regard to Mr. Alderman. _Minos_ her Husband; for a Bull had
+totally supplanted him in her Esteem. Alas! _Pasiphae_, to what
+purpose are the brocaded Petticoats? Your Gallant is not sensible of
+your Finery. Why do you consult your Looking-Glass, in order to pursue
+the Mountain-Herds? Or why with so much Art do you set your _Tete_? If
+you will consult your Glass, let it inform you you are no Heifer. Ah!
+how desirous are you to have those Horns on your own Forehead, which
+you intend to graft on your Husband's! It would be better to preserve
+your Virtue, and be constant to the Alderman, if you can like him: But
+if you must make a Cuckold of him, do it at least with a young Fellow.
+No; nothing but a Bull will suffice. She leaves the Alderman's House,
+and flies away to the Groves and Mountains. To say the truth, I
+believe she used to drink away her Senses; and that is the best Excuse
+for her. Ah! how often hath she cast a jealous Eye on some Heifer! and
+cried out, _Why should that vixen please my Love? Behold, says she,
+how the Slut dances a Minuet on the Grass before him: Let me die, but
+she is silly enough to think her Airs become her in my Love's Eyes._
+At length she resolved to punish her Rivals. One Heifer she ordered
+barbarously to be yoked to the Plough; another she condemned to be
+sacrificed, and held the Entrails of the poor Victim in her Hand with
+all the insulting Triumph of a Rival: _Now_, says she, having the
+Entrails in her Hand, _now go and make yourself agreeable to my Dear_.
+At one time she wishes to be _Europa_[34], at another _Io_: for one of
+these was herself the Wife of a Bull, and the other made her Horse of
+one.
+
+Filled with these Thoughts, she contrived the strangest Method of
+compleating her Desires. She sent for a Joiner of great Ingenuity, and
+ordered him to make her a large Cow of Wood. Into this she conveyed
+herself, and thus deceived Master Bull into her Embraces.
+
+She conceived by this monstrous Coition, and brought forth an
+Offspring, which by his partaking equally of the human and taurine
+Form, betrayed her horrid Passion.
+
+If the _Cretan_ Lady[35] had abstained from the Love of _Thyestes_,
+(O! how Women disdain Constancy to their Husbands!) the Sun had not
+stopt in the middle of his Career, and turned about his Face to the
+East, that he might avoid the bloody Banquet. God be praised! the
+Cuckolds of our Age are not so bloody in their Revenge.
+
+The Daughter of _Nisus_[36], who stole her Papa's Hair, feeds hungry
+Dogs in those Parts which first set her a longing for _Minos_.
+
+_Agamemnon_, after returning safe from so many bloody Campaigns, and
+from the dangerous Seas which he crossed, fell at last a dreadful
+Victim to the Whore his Wife[37].
+
+Who hath not wept at the sad Story of _Creusa_? consumed by the Flames
+of a Sorceress, who afterwards drenched her Hands in the Blood of her
+own Children[38].
+
+_Phoenix_[39], the Son of _Amyntor_, hath often paid many a Tear for
+his Amours, though he had not the wretched Fate of _Hippolytus_[40],
+to be torn in pieces by wild Horses.
+
+And thou, O _Phineus_[41]! why dost thou indulge that Jade _Harpalice_
+by digging out the Eyes of thy Children? Believe me, Divine Vengeance
+will hereafter inflict the same Punishment on thyself.
+
+All these have been the Effects of Women's raging Desires, which are
+so much more violent and mad than ours.
+
+Come on then, and doubt not the Conquest of any Girl whatever: there
+is not one in a thousand who will deny you.
+
+And even those who will deny you, love to be put to the Question; if
+you are disappointed therefore, your Repulse will be attended with no
+Danger.
+
+But why should you apprehend any Disappointment, when every new Amour
+pleases them, and they all hanker after the Lovers and Husbands of
+other Women?
+
+This I am afraid is too natural in all things. The Corn in our
+Neighbour's Field seems always to flourish beyond our own, and we
+think our own Cow gives less Milk than his.
+
+However, before you attack any Lady, make first sure of her Maid; for
+she will pave the Way to your Addresses.
+
+If the Lady have many Females about her Person, take care to secure
+her who is most in the Confidence of her Mistress; and who will
+faithfully betray to you all her private Conversation.
+
+When you have found this Confidant out, corrupt her with Promises and
+Intreaties; for she can soon bring you to the End of your Desires, if
+she pleases.
+
+Let her watch the Opportunity, (Physicians will tell you the Use of
+attending proper Seasons) when the Mind of your Mistress is easy, and
+apt for your Purpose.
+
+This Season, I apprehend, is when she is in the best Humour; for Love
+then becomes luxuriant in her Mind, as Corn doth in a rich Soil.
+
+When the Heart is full of Gladness, and bound up by no Vexation, it
+is open; and then the Compliments of a Lover will easily find an
+Admission.
+
+Remember, _Troy_ was defended while it remained in a sullen Mood, and
+opened its Gates to the armed Horse, when it was full of Good-Humour,
+and drunk with Joy.
+
+Yet every Vexation should not deter you; for if your Mistress should
+be uneasy at the Falshood of her Husband, then is a proper time to
+attack her, and to assist her in revenging the Injury.
+
+When your Mistress is in this Humour, let _Abigail_ while combing her
+Hair at the Toilette in a Morning, stir her up to Vengeance. This will
+under-hand promote your Voyage; for while you openly manage your
+Sails, she works under the Water with her Oars.
+
+Now let Abigail with a soft Sigh mutter to her self: _Ah! poor Lady, I
+am afraid it is not in your power alone to revenge your Husband's
+Perfidy!_
+
+Then let her introduce a Discourse of you; let her say something in
+your Favour, and swear that you are gone distracted and dying for
+Love.
+
+But no Time must be lost; lest the Passions she hath raised should
+again subside; and Resentment intervene by Delay, and freeze up her
+Love as Ice doth Water.
+
+And here perhaps you will ask a Question, Whether it is prudent to
+kiss the Agent herself. This is not easy to answer: for it is a mere
+Cast of the Dye, whether you succeed the better of the worse for it.
+
+One Woman is by Enjoyment made a more industrious Solicitor, another
+becomes just the reverse. One thinks of procuring the Pleasures she
+hath tasted for her Mistress, another of securing them herself.
+
+The Event is doubtful; and though she may be easy enough to be had, my
+Advice is, abstain from the Confidant; for I will not imitate the
+Empyric in striking bold Strokes; nor will I lead my Scholars over a
+Precipice. I give no Advice but what is safe, nor shall any Youth by
+following my Precepts run himself into _Rosamond's Pond_.
+
+If therefore the Girl who goes between you and your Mistress, pleases
+you in her Person as well as in her Diligence; enjoy the Mistress
+first, and the Maid falls of course; but never begin with the latter.
+
+One thing however I must admonish you, (if my Art deserves any
+Credit, and my Words are to be regarded as any thing better than Wind)
+EITHER NEVER ATTEMPT THE CONFIDANT, OR GO THOROUGH STITCH WITH HER:
+for by making her _particeps criminis_ you take away her Evidence.
+
+This Doctrine you may learn from all other Sportsmen: for if a Bird
+escapes with Birdlime on his Wings, or a Boar breaks through the
+Toils, or a Fish gets off from the Hook; they are all sure to alarm
+their Companions, and spoil the Sport of the Fowler, the Hunter, or
+the Fisher. If once therefore you attempt her, press her to it with
+all your Vigour, and never leave her till you have enjoyed her.
+
+For when once she is involved in the same Guilt with yourself, you are
+sure she will not betray you. Nay, you may be assured further, that
+she will betray every Word and Action of her Mistress to you.
+
+But take particular care not to blab any of the Secrets she discloses
+to you: for while her Mistress hath no Suspicion of her Confidant, she
+will be able to lay her entirely open to your Knowledge.
+
+And now, to resume that Matter, believe me, he is deceived, who thinks
+that none but the Farmer and Mariner are obliged to regard the Season:
+for as it is not proper at all times to commit the Corn to the
+fallacious Fields, nor to trust your Vessel at all times to the green
+Ocean; so neither is it always safe to attack a tender Girl, for she
+will be taken at one time who will resist at another. If it be for
+instance her Birth-day[42], perhaps, her Grandmother hath instructed
+her to be particularly cautious on that day; so if it be the Day of
+the Week on which _Childermas_ hath happened to fall that Year; or
+King _Charles's_ Martyrdom: defer the attack at all such Seasons. For
+to speak in Sea-Language, then is dirty Weather[43], then it blows a
+Hurricane; and if you weigh Anchor at that Season, you will be scarce
+able to keep your keel downwards.
+
+Above all avoid your Mistress's Birth-day; nor will it be more prudent
+in you to visit her first on the Morning of _Valentine's_ Day[44], you
+will pay more for being her Valentine than it is worth. Indeed all
+Seasons which give them any Hint of receiving Presents should be
+carefully avoided: for be never so cautious and sneaking, have it of
+you she will. They all very well know the Art of squeezing a Lover who
+longs to squeeze them.
+
+Mr.[C] _Deards_ will make his Appearance in his Silk Night-Gown, and
+unbundle his Packet in your Presence. The Lady will then desire you
+to look over his Trinkets, (she can do no less, you know, in
+Compliment to your Taste:) then she will make you a Present of a Kiss,
+and afterwards desire you to buy it.
+
+[Note C: An eminent Joyner in _London_.]
+
+"I promise you, my Dear," says she, "if you will but buy me this
+single Jewel, I will not ask another of you the Lord knows how long;
+but I have really a present Occasion for this, and besides it is the
+cheapest Thing I ever saw."
+
+If you pretend to have no Money about you, the Answer is, O, my Dear,
+you may give your Note: Mr. _Deards_ will take your Note. So that you
+may repent having learnt to write your Name. Then she adds, _O la, I
+had almost forgot, it is my Birth-day, I am sure you will make me a
+Present on my Birth-day_: for they can be born every Day in the Year
+to serve their Purpose. Or else she pretends to have lost a Drop from
+her Ear-Ring; this Loss makes her miserable, and sure, says she, _if
+you loved me, you would repair that Loss_.
+
+Nay, some are not so honest as to desire a Present, they only borrow;
+but they are sure never to restore. By this Means you lose the Thing,
+without having the Merit of bestowing it.
+
+In short, if I had ten Mouths, with ten Tongues in each, all would not
+suffice to display all the Arts by which Harlots pick the Pockets of
+their Cullies.
+
+Begin then your Amour with an Epistle; let that break the Ice for you,
+and make the first Discovery of your Flame.
+
+In this you may insert all your little Blandishments, and Expressions
+of Fondness, nor be ashamed, however high your Quality is, to add the
+strongest Entreaties.
+
+Remember that many a Rebel's Son hath had his Life spared at the
+Supplication of his Father; nay, the Wrath of Heaven itself is often
+averted by Prayer.
+
+It is moreover my Advice to you, to be liberal of your Promises; for
+what Injury can you receive by Promising? This is a Treasure in which
+any Man may be rich.
+
+Nor can your Mistress complain that she is absolutely cheated, if you
+can bring her to believe your Promises. A lifely Faith hath supported
+many a Man for a long Time: For though our Faith may sometimes deceive
+us, it is however a great and commodious Virtue.
+
+Beware of giving: For when once your Mistress hath the Present in her
+Clutches, she may answer jilting you to her Prudence. She hath gained
+at least what she is in possession of, and cannot be said to have lost
+any thing by the Bargain.
+
+On the contrary, keep her still in Expectation. Seem always about to
+give, but never part with a Shilling: For in this Manner doth a barren
+Soil often deceive its Owner. Thus, that he may not be a Loser, the
+Gamester pushes on his ill Luck, and one flattering Throw makes him
+eager to have the Box again in his Hands.
+
+Indeed the great Business is to enjoy your Mistress before she hath
+touched you. If she once yield to you gratis, she will continue to
+bestow her Favours still gratis, in Hopes of being at last rewarded
+for all her past Favours.
+
+Epistolize therefore first; flatter and sooth her with tender Lines.
+Let these probe her Mind, and open the Way for your Addresses.
+
+You know the Story of _Cydippe_[45], who was outwitted by a Letter
+inclosed in an Apple; by which Means she was made to speak Words she
+never intended.
+
+I would advise the young Gentlemen of the _Temple_, to study the Arts
+of Persuasion, on other Accounts, besides that of defending
+Sheep-stealers at an Assizes: For a pretty Girl may be as easily
+captivated by Eloquence, as a Judge or Jury; and surely she is a much
+nobler Prize.
+
+But here conceal your Art, and do not carry your Eloquence in your
+Face: And above all Things, beware of hard Words; for who but an empty
+Coxcomb ever made a verbose Declamation to his Mistress? By such
+Methods you may raise her Abhorrence more probably than her Love.
+
+Let your Passion appear credible, and disclose it in easy and common
+Language; it may be as tender and warm as you please; but preserve the
+Stile of Conversation.
+
+If she should not receive your Letter, but send it back unopened, hope
+for better Success another Time, and maintain your Purpose.
+
+Time brings the Stubborn Steer to bend his Neck to the Yoke, and the
+Horse to endure the Bridle.
+
+Iron Bonds and Ploughshares are worn out by constant Use. What is
+harder than a Rock? or what is softer than Water? And yet hard Rocks
+are hollowed by soft Water.
+
+_Penelope_ herself in Time might have been conquered. You see _Troy_,
+though it defended itself so long, was however taken at last.
+
+If she reads your Letters, but is unwilling to answer them, do not
+attempt to compel her. If she but reads your Fondness, it is
+sufficient.
+
+If she will read, in Time she will answer what she reads. All these
+Matters will be brought about in their own good Time.
+
+Perhaps the first Answer she sends you will be a cruel one, and may
+desire you to quit all future Solicitations.
+
+She fears to be taken at her Word, and hopes you will not grant her
+Request. Follow her, and in Time you will obtain your Wishes.
+
+If you meet her Chair, and the Curtains should be drawn, approach it
+as it were by Accident; and when you discover her there, whisper
+something tender in her Ear; but whisper softly, lest the Chairman, or
+any other impertinent Person, should over-hear you.
+
+When she walks in the _Mall_, dangle after her, and interrupt her Walk
+with your Conversation.
+
+Here you will have an Opportunity of seeing her Shape, and shewing her
+yours, by sometimes walking behind, and sometimes before her.
+
+But for the most Part keep even pace with her, whether she trips along
+briskly, or only saunters.
+
+Sometimes she will take a longer Walk, as far perhaps as the second or
+Third Stone. Hither follow her, and take every Opportunity of getting
+up close to her Side.
+
+Never let her go to the Play without attending her: No Matter what the
+Play is, she will bring sufficient Entertainment for you with her.
+
+Here keep your Eyes always intent on her only, and admire every Thing
+about her. By your Eyes, and by Signs, you may inform her of many
+Things.
+
+Be sure to applaud greatly any amorous wanton Dance; and be no less
+favourable to those Scenes where the Business of Love is transacted,
+and almost brought to a Conclusion on the Stage: Many of which occur
+in _Congreve_, _Vanbrugh_, and _Wycherly_.
+
+If she rises between the Acts, rise also; if she sits, as sometimes
+Ladies do, to express their Contempt for the Audience, do you likewise
+keep your Seat. In a Word, conduct yourself entirely according to her
+Example and Pleasure.
+
+Now with regard to your Person: Do not imitate some finical _Petit
+Matre_ in his _Toupet_, much less in more detestable Effeminacies.
+
+Tuck your Hair rather under your Hat, like the rough Fox-hunter, who
+traverses Hill and Dale to the Musick of the Horn.
+
+A careless Air in Dress becomes a Man. Colonel _Theseus_[46] carried
+off Miss _Ariadne_ in a Campaign Wig without a single Curl in it.
+
+In the same Manner did Captain _Hippolytus_ march off with Miss
+_Phaedra_, though his Shock Head of Hair never had any Powder in it:
+nay, Lady _Venus_ herself chose young _Jack Adonis_ in a Jockey Coat
+and Buckskin Breeches.
+
+Cleanliness however is agreeable: Let your Face be burnt with the Sun;
+but let your Cloaths be well made, and without a Spot on them.
+
+Wash your Mouth, and clean your Teeth often; let your Beard be close
+shaved, and your Nails short and free from Dirt.
+
+Observe these Documents, and leave all other Niceties to the Women,
+and to Men who desire to supply their Places.
+
+But now _Bacchus_ summons his Poet. He likewise assists Lovers, and
+favours the Flame which warms himself.
+
+The _Cretan_ Lady having jumped out of Bed in a raving Fit, wandered
+on the foreign Shore of _Dia_. She had nothing on but a loose wrapping
+Gown, without Stockings or Cap: and her Hair hung dishevelled over her
+Shoulders. She complained of the Cruelty of _Theseus_ to the deep
+Waves, whilst an unworthy Shower of Tears ran down her Cheeks. She
+wept, and lamented aloud, and both became her; nor did her Tears
+diminish her Beauty. Once, and again, she beat her delicious Breasts
+with her Hands, and cried aloud, _The perfidious Man hath abandoned
+me; What will become of poor _Ariadne_? What will become of poor
+_Ariadne_?_ On a sudden a vast Multitude was heard, while many Kinds
+of strange Instruments, like those of the miserable Masons,
+accompanied the Voices. The poor Lady sunk with Fear; and suppressed
+her last Words; nor did the least Blood remain in her Countenance. And
+now behold the _Bacchanalian_ Women, with their Hair about their Ears,
+and the light Satyrs, who are always Forerunners of the God. Behold
+old Master _Silenus_[47] as drunk as a Piper, riding on an Ass, which
+he is hardly able either to sit or guide. The old Gentleman,
+endeavouring to follow the _Bacchanalians_, who fly from him and
+towards him, sets Spurs to his Ass, which being a vicious Beast,
+kicked up, and threw him over his Ears: upon which all the Satyrs set
+up a loud Shout, crying out, _Rise, Father, rise and be d----nd to
+you_. And now the God himself, high mounted on his Four-Wheel Chaise,
+the Top of which was adorned with Grapes, and which he drove himself,
+flung his Golden Reins over the Backs of his Pair of Tygers. Poor
+_Ariadne's_ Colour forsook her Cheeks, and _Theseus_ and her Voice at
+once deserted her Lips. Thrice she attempted to fly, and thrice being
+retained, she grew stiff with Fear, and stood trembling as Corn waves
+in the Field, or Reeds on the River Bank, when fanned by the Wind. To
+whom the God; _Behold, Madam, a more faithful Lover at your Feet: Fear
+nothing, Lady fair, you shall be the Wife of _Bacchus_. The Sky shall
+be your Dowry, where shining in a bright Constellation, by the Name of
+_Ariadne's_ Crown, you shall often direct the doubtful Mariner's
+Passage._ He said; and leaping from his Chariot, lest _Ariadne_ should
+be afraid of the Tygers, the Sand sunk under the Weight of his Feet;
+and catching her instantly in his Arms, he carried her, who was
+incapable of scratching, directly off; (for every Thing, we know, is
+in the Power of a Deity:) And now, whilst Part of his Train sing the
+_Hymenaeum_, and other cry _Evie Evoe_, two very mysterious Words, and
+full of Masonry, the God and his new-ravished Bride go together,
+between a Pair of sacred Sheets.
+
+Whenever therefore you happen to be in Company with a pretty Girl over
+a Bottle, pray heartily to _Bacchus_, and invoke his nocturnal Rites,
+that the Wine may not get into your Head. You may now take an
+Opportunity to toast some Nymph by a fictitious Name, of whom you may
+say an hundred amorous Things; all which, with the least Assistance,
+she will readily apply to herself. Double Entendres likewise may be
+used. You may moreover draw certain Figures in Wine on the Table; and
+after having spoken of your Mistress in the third Person, you may take
+this Method of writing her Name, and convincing her, that she herself
+is the Goddess.
+
+But let your gloating Eyes inform her of your Passion: for an
+expressive Countenance often finds both Words and Utterance.
+
+When she drinks, receive the Cup from her; and let her see you
+industrious to find out the Place before pressed by her Lips; and then
+drink eagerly at the same.
+
+And whatever Part of the Meat she shall touch with her Fingers, do not
+fail to give the Preference to that: if in catching at it, you touch
+her Hand into the Bargain, it is the better.
+
+But above all Things, let it be your Endeavour to please her Keeper,
+if she have any: For to make a Friend of him will be very useful to
+you both.
+
+When you are at Table, let him be always helped first, and to the most
+elegant Tid-Bit; and when you drink together, offer him always the
+Place of Toast-maker; whether he be your Inferiour or your Equal, let
+him always choose before you, and be not ashamed to trowel him well
+over with Flattery.
+
+It is a safe and common Way to deceive under Pretence of Friendship; I
+must own, however safe and common it is, it is not altogether
+blameless.
+
+This is indeed a Dishonesty not very unlike that of a Major Domo, who
+under the Colour of Friendship empties your Cellars of your Wine, by
+pushing the Bottle further than is necessary.
+
+Now to fix a certain Stint to your Cups, I allow you never to drink
+till your Head becomes giddy, and your Feet begin to totter.
+
+Beware of Quarrels, which are often occasioned by Wine. Let not your
+Hands be too ready to strike in your Cups.
+
+Remember the old Story of the Wedding of _Pyrothous_[48] and many more
+where drunken Fools by being quarrelsome in their Liquor have come
+short home. A Drinking Bout is in Reality a properer Scene for Joke
+and Mirth, than for Fighting.
+
+I proceed to other Lessons[49]. If you have a Voice, then sing; if you
+have handsome Legs, cut Capers, or slide into the Minuet Step. In
+short, endeavour to please your Mistress, by exerting those Talents in
+which Nature hath given you to excel.
+
+Now, as real Drunkenness may be hurtful to you, so you may sometimes
+reap Advantages by pretending yourself in Liquor, by Stammering or
+Lisping a little slyly: For then if you should descend to some
+Expressions of the grosser Kind, it will be imputed to your having
+taken a Cup too much.
+
+Drink Bumpers to the Health of your Mistress, and of the Gentleman
+with whom she is obliged to sleep; but I do not insist on your being
+extremely sincere on this Occasion: for you may heartily wish him
+hanged at the same Time, if you please.
+
+When the Company rises to go away, there is always a Confusion in the
+Room, of which you may take Advantage. You may then creep close up to
+your Mistress, may perhaps palm her, and gently tread on her Toes.
+
+Whenever you have an Opportunity of speaking to her privately, be not
+bashful like a Country Boobily Squire. Remember Fortune and Love both
+favour the Bold.
+
+I do not intend to lay down any Rules for your Oratory on this
+Occasion. Do but begin boldly, and you will be Eloquent of course: Set
+this only before you, that you are to act the Part of a Lover, to talk
+of Wounds and Darts, and Dying and Despair, and all that, as Mr.
+_Bayes_ says: For if you can once make her believe you are in Love,
+your Business is done. To create therefore this Faith in her, you
+must employ every Art of which you are Master.
+
+Nor is this indeed so difficult a Task: For every Woman believes
+herself to be the Object of Love; be she never so ugly, she is still
+amiable in her own Eye.
+
+Sometimes indeed no Deceit is in the End put on the Woman, for her
+pretended Lover becomes often a real one, and is the very Creature
+which he before personated.
+
+And by the Way, young Ladies, let me tell you this is no small
+Encouragement to you, to countenance such Pretences; for if you manage
+well, you may often inspire a Man with Love in Earnest, while he is
+endeavouring to impose a fictitious Passion upon you.
+
+But to return to my Scholars. Flatter with all your Might: for the
+Mind is taken as it were by Stealth, by Flattery, even as the Bank
+which hangs over a River is undermined by the liquid Waves.
+
+Never be weary therefore of commending her Face, or her Hair; her
+taper Arm, or her pretty little Foot.
+
+The chastest Matrons are fond of hearing the Praises of their Beauty;
+and the purest Virgins make the Charms of their Persons at once their
+Business and their Pleasure.
+
+What else is meant by that ancient Fable of _Juno_ and _Pallas_, whom
+the _Greek_ Poets represent as yet ashamed of the Conquest obtained by
+_Venus_.
+
+This Vanity seems to extend itself to Animals, in many of which we may
+observe some Traces of it.
+
+The peacock, if you seem to admire her, spreads forth her Golden
+Plumes, which she never displays to an indifferent Spectator.
+
+The Race-Horse, while he is running for a Plate, enjoys the Beauties
+of his well-combed Mane, and gracefully turned Neck.
+
+Secondly, to Flattery, add Promises, and those not timorous nor
+sneaking ones. If a Girl insists upon a Promise of Marriage, give it
+her, and bind it by many Oaths[D]; for no Indictment lies for this
+sort of Perjury.
+
+The Antients vented horrid Impieties on this Occasion, and introduced
+_Jupiter_ shaking his Sides at the Perjuries of Lovers, and ordering
+the Winds to puff them away: Nay, he is said to have forsworn himself
+even by _Styx_ to _Juno_: and therefore, say they, he encourages Men
+to follow his Example.
+
+[Note D: This is the most exceptionable Passage in the whole Work. We
+have endeavoured to soften it as much as possible; but even as it now
+stands, we cannot help expressing Detestation of this Sentiment, which
+appears shocking even in a Heathen Writer.]
+
+But though a Christian must not talk in this Manner, yet I believe it
+may be one of those Sins which the Church of _Rome_ holds to be
+venial, or rather venal.
+
+I would here by no Means be suspected of Infidelity or Profaneness. It
+is necessary there should be a God; and therefore we must believe
+there is; nay, we must worship him: For he doth not possess himself in
+that indolent State in which the Deities of _Epicurus_ are depictured.
+If we live innocent Lives, we may depend on the Care of his
+Providence.
+
+Restore faithfully whatever is deposited in your Hands: Be just in all
+your Contracts: Avoid all Kind of Fraud, and be not polluted with
+Blood. A wise Man will be a Rogue only among the Girls: For in all
+other Articles a Gentleman will be ashamed of breaking his Word.
+
+And what is this more than deceiving the Deceivers? The Sex are for
+the greatest Part Impostors; let them therefore fall in the Snares
+which they have spread for others.
+
+Perhaps you have never read the Justice of _Busiris_; when Egypt was
+burnt up Nine Years together for want of Rain, one _Thrasius_ a
+Foreigner came to Court, and being introduced to the King by
+_Clementius Cotterelius_, he acquainted his Majesty, that _Jupiter_
+was to be propitiated by the Blood of a Stranger. The King Answered
+him, _Then thou thyself shalt be the first Victim, and with thy
+foreign Blood shalt give Rain to Egypt_.
+
+To the same Purpose is the Story of _Phalaris_, who roasted the Limbs
+of _Perillus_ in his own Bull: Thus making Proof of the Goodness of
+the Work by the Torments of the unhappy Maker.
+
+Now there was great Justice in both these Examples; for nothing can be
+more equitable than that the Inventers of Cruelty should perish by
+their own Art.
+
+To apply this to our present Purpose: As there is no Deceit or Perjury
+which Women will stick at putting in use against us, let them lament
+the Consequence of their own Examples.
+
+Thirdly, Tears are of great Service. The Proverb tells you, _Tears
+will move Adamant_. If you can bring it about therefore, let your
+Mistress see your Cheeks a little blubbered upon Occasion.
+
+If Tears should refuse to come (as they sometimes will) an Onion in
+your Handkerchief will be of great use.
+
+Fourthly, Kisses. What Lover of any Sense doth not mix Kisses with his
+tender Expressions! Perhaps she will not give them easily: No Matter,
+take them without her Leave.
+
+Perhaps she will scratch, and say you are rude: Notwithstanding her
+Scratches, she will be pleased with your getting the better.
+
+Do this, however, in so gentle a Manner, that you may not hurt her
+tender Lips; nor let her complain of being scrubbed with your Beard.
+
+Now when you have proceeded to Kisses, if you proceed no farther, you
+may well be called unworthy of what you have hitherto obtained. When
+you was at her Lips, how near was you to your Journey's End! If
+therefore you stop there, you rather deserve the Name of a bashful
+'Squire than of a modest Man.
+
+The Girls may call this perhaps Violence; but it is a Violence
+agreeable to them: For they are often desirous of being pleased
+against their Will: For a Woman taken without her Consent,
+notwithstanding her Frowns, is often well satisfied in her Heart, and
+your Impudence is taken as a Favour; whilst she who, when inclined to
+be ravished, hath retreated untouched, however she may affect to
+smile, is in reality out of Humour.
+
+Ravishing is indeed out of Fashion in this Age; and therefore I am at
+a Loss for modern Examples; but antient Story abounds with them.
+
+Miss[50] _Phoebe_ and her Sister were both ravished, and both were
+well pleased with the Men who ravished them.
+
+Though the Story of _Deidamia_ was formerly in all the _Trojan_
+News-Papers, yet my Reader may be pleased to see it better told.
+
+_Venus_ had now kept her Word to _Paris_, and given him the Beauty she
+had promised, not as a Bribe, but as a Gratification for his having
+made an Award in her Favour, in the famous Cause between _Juno_ and
+others against _Venus_, in _Trover_ for a Golden Apple; which was
+referred to him at the Assizes at _Ida_.
+
+_Paris_, every one knows, no sooner had received Mrs. _Helen_, than he
+immediately carried her off to his Father's Court.
+
+Upon this the _Grecians_ entered into an Association; and several
+Noblemen raised Regiments at their own Expence, out of their Regard to
+the Public: For Cuckoldom was a public Cause, no one knowing whose
+Turn it would be next.
+
+Lieutenant-General _Achilles_, who was to command a large Body of
+Grenadiers, which the _Greeks_ call _Myrmidons_, did not behave
+handsomely on that Occasion, though he got off afterwards at a
+Court-Martial by pleading, that his Mother (who had a great deal in
+her own Power) had insisted on his acting the Part he did; for, I am
+ashamed to say, he dressed himself in Women's Clothes, and hid himself
+at the House of one _Lycomedes_, a Man of good Fortune in those parts.
+
+_Fie upon it, General, I am ashamed to see you sit quilting among the
+Girls; a Sword becomes your Hands much better than a Needle._
+
+_What can you mean by that Work-Basket in a Hand by which Count
+_Hector_ is to fall? Do you carry that Basket with you to put his Head
+in?_
+
+_For Shame then, cast away your Huswife, and all those effeminate
+Trinkets from a Fist able to wield _Harry_ the Fifth's Sword._
+
+It happened, that at the same Time when the General, at the House of
+'Squire _Lycomedes_, performed this Feat, Miss _Deidamia_, one of the
+Maids of Honour, was visiting at the same Place. This young Lady soon
+discovered that the General was a Man; for indeed he got her
+Maidenhead.
+
+He ravished her, that is the Truth on't; that a Gentleman ought to
+believe, in Favour of the Lady: But he may believe the Lady was
+willing enough to be ravished at the same Time.
+
+When the General threw away his Needle, and grasped the Armour, (you
+must remember the Story, for it was in the _Trojan Alamain_) the young
+Lady began to change her Note, and to hope he would not forsake her
+so.
+
+_Ah! little _Mia_! is this the Violence you complained of? Is this the
+Ravisher you are afraid of? Why with that gentle Voice do you solicite
+the Author of your Dishonour to stay with you?_
+
+To come at once to the Moral of my Story; as they are ashamed to make
+the first Advances, so they are ready to suffer whatever a pushing Man
+can do unto them.
+
+As for those pretty Master-Misses, the _Adonis's_ of the Age, who
+confide in their own Charms, and desire to be courted by the Girls;
+believe me, they will stay long enough before they are asked the
+Question.
+
+If you are a Man, make the first Overtures: Remember, it is the Man's
+Part to address the Fair; and it will be her's to be tenderly won.
+
+Be bold then, and put the Question; she desires no more than to have
+the Question put; and sure you will not deny your own Wishes that
+Favour.
+
+_Jupiter_ himself went a courting to the Heroines of old: For I never
+heard of any Girl who courted him.
+
+But if you find Madam gives herself any immoderate Airs at your
+Proposal, it will then be good to recede a little from your
+Undertaking, and to affect to sheer off: For many of them, according
+to the Poet,
+
+    _Pursue what flies, and fly what doth pursue._
+
+A short Absence will soon cure her Disdain.
+
+It may be proper likewise to conceal your intentions a little at
+first, and make your first Advance under the Pretence of _Platonic_
+Friendship.
+
+I have known many a Prude taken under these false Colours; and the
+_Platonic_ Friend hath soon become a happy Lover.
+
+And now as to your Complexion; for believe me, this is a Matter of
+some Consequence: Though I would not have you effeminate, yet I would
+have you delicate.
+
+A fair Complexion in a Tar is scandalous, and looks more like a
+Borough Captain or one of those fresh-water Sailors, who have so much
+dishonoured our Navy. The Skin of a Seaman ought to be rough, and well
+battered with Winds and Waves.
+
+Such likewise ought to be the Face of a Fox-hunter, who ought not to
+fear Rain or Easterly Winds: And the fame becomes the Soldier.
+
+But let the Soldier of _Venus_ look fair and delicate; nay, if your
+Complexion inclines to Paleness, so much the better; for this will be
+imputed by every young Girl to Love.
+
+Young _Orion_[51] with a pale Countenance wandered through the Groves,
+being sick with the Love of Lyrice: And the same Effect had the Love
+of _Nais_ upon the Countenance of _Daphnis_[52]; two Lovers very
+famous in Antiquity.
+
+Leanness is another Token of a Lover; to obtain which, you need not
+take Physick; sitting up all Night; and writing Love-Letters, will
+bring this about.
+
+Be sure to look as miserable as possible; so that every one who sees
+you, may cry, _There goes a Lover_.
+
+And here shall I lament the Wickedness of Mankind, or only simply
+observe it to you? But in Reality all Friendship and Integrity are
+nothing more than Names.
+
+Alas! It is dangerous to be too prodigal in the Praises of your
+Mistress, even to your Friend; for if he believes you, he becomes your
+Rival.
+
+It is true there are some old Stories of faithful Friends: _Patroclus_
+never made a Cuckold of _Achilles_; and _Phaedra's_ Chastity was never
+attempted by _Pirithous_.
+
+_Pylades_ loved _Hermions_, who was his Friend's Wife; but it was with
+the pure Love of a Brother: And the same Fidelity did _Castor_
+preserve towards his Twin-Brother _Pollux_.
+
+But if you expect to find such Instances in these degenerate Days, you
+may as well have Faith enough to expect a Pine-Apple from a Pear-Tree,
+or to hope to fill your Bottle with _Burgundy_ from the River.
+
+I am afraid we are grown so bad, that Iniquity itself gives a Relish
+to our Pleasures; and every Man is not only addicted to his Pleasures,
+but those are the sweeter, when season'd with another's Pain.
+
+It is in short a terrible Case, that a Lover ought to fear his Friend
+more than his Enemy. Beware of the former, and you are safe.
+
+Beware of your Cousin, and your Brother, and your dear and intimate
+Companions. These are the Sort of Gentry, from whom you are to
+apprehend most Danger.
+
+Here I intended to have finished; but one Rule more suggests itself.
+
+You are to note then, that there is a great Variety in the Tempers of
+Women; for a thousand different Women are to be wooed a thousand
+different Ways.
+
+Mr. _Miller_ will tell you, that the same kind of Soil is not proper
+for all Fruits. One produces good Carrots, another Potatoes, and a
+third Turneps. Now there is as great a Variety of Disposition in the
+human Mind, as there are Forms in the World: For which Reason a
+Politician is capable of accommodating himself to innumerable Kinds of
+Tempers: Not _Proteus_ could indeed diversify himself more Ways than
+he can.
+
+Nay you may learn this Lesson from every Fisherman; for some Fish are
+to be taken with one Bait, and some with another; others will scarce
+bite at any, but are however to be drawn out of the Water by a Net.
+
+One good Caution under this Head, is to consider the Age of your
+Mistress: Old Birds are not taken with Chaff; and an old Hare will be
+sure to double.
+
+Again, consider Circumstances. Do not frighten an ignorant Woman with
+Learning, nor a poor Country Girl with your fine Cloathes; for by
+these Means you will create in them too great an Awe of you. Many a
+Girl hath run away frighted from the Embraces of the Master, and
+afterwards fallen into the Clutches of his Footman.
+
+And here we will now cast our Anchor, having finished the first Part
+of our intended Voyage.
+
+_FINIS_
+
+
+
+
+FOOTNOTES
+
+
+[Footnote 1: Here _Ovid_ uses the Examples of _Automedon_, who was the
+Coachman of _Achilles_; and of _Tiphys_, who was Pilot or Steersman to
+the _Argonauts_.]
+
+[Footnote 2: This is a literal Translation; by which it appears this
+barbarous Custom of whipping Boys on the Hands, till they look as if
+they had the Itch, was used by the _Roman_ Schoolmasters as well as by
+ours.]
+
+[Footnote 3: The Original introduces _Achilles_, who was the pupil of
+_Chiron_.]
+
+[Footnote 4: In the Original,--_held forth at his Master's Commands
+those Hands to be whipt, which_ Hector _was hereafter to feel_. The
+Indelicacy of which Image we have avoided applying to our _British_
+Hero.]
+
+[Footnote 5: _Both born of a Goddess._]
+
+[Footnote 6: This is transferred, we hope not improperly from _Roman_
+to _British_ Superstition. The _Latin_ alludes to Augury, and very
+justly ridicules the Folly of Divination by the Flight of Birds.]
+
+[Footnote 7: _Nor were_ Clio _or her Sisters seen by me, while I
+tended a Flock in the Valleys of Ascra._ This _Ascra_ was a Valley
+near the _Helicon_, which was the Residence of the Parents of
+_Hesiod_. Now _Hesiod_ was fabled, whilst he was keeping his Father's
+Sheep, to have been led by the Muse to the Fountain _Hippocrene_; and
+being, I suppose, well ducked in that Water, commenced Poet.]
+
+[Footnote 8: This whole Passage is a manifest Burlesque on the
+Invocations with which the Ancients began their Poems. Not very
+different is that Sneer at the Beginning of the _Metamorphosis_,
+
+    ---- _Dii, caeptis_, (NAM VOS MUTASTIS ET ILLAS)
+    _Adspirate_ ----
+
+But the strongest Piece of Burlesque of this kind is the Invocation to
+_Venus_ at the Beginning of _Lucretius_: For what can be more so than
+a solemn Application to a Deity for her Assistance in a Work, the
+professed Intention of which is to expose the Belief of any Deity at
+all; and more particularly of any Concern which such superior Beings
+might be supposed to take in the Affairs of Men. For my own part, I
+must confess, I cannot perceive _that graceful Air of Enthusiasm_
+which a noble Author observes in the Invocation of the Antients; many
+of them indeed seem to have been too apparently in jest, to endeavour
+to impose on their Readers, and in reality to apply to the Muses with
+less Devotion than our modern Poets, many of whom perhaps believe as
+much in those Deities as in any other.]
+
+[Footnote 9: _Ovid_ would here insinuate, that the Courtezans only
+were the Subjects of the ensuing Poem; and in his _Tristibus_ he cites
+these Lines, and pleads them in his Defence: But he is not over-honest
+in his Profession; for in many Parts it appears, that his Instructions
+are calculated for much more than _concessa furtia_.]
+
+[Footnote 10: _Andromeda_ was the Daughter of _Cepheus_ King of
+_Aethiopia_ and of _Cassiope_. Her Mother having offended the
+_Nereids_, by contending with them for Superiority in Beauty,
+_Neptune_, at their Petition, sent a Sea-Monster, which greatly
+annoyed the _Aethiopians_. Upon this they consulted the Oracle of
+_Jupiter Ammon_, who ordered them to expose one of the Progeny of
+_Cepheus_ and _Cassiope_ to be devoured by the Monster. _Andromeda_
+was accordingly ty'd to a Rock, where she was espied by _Perseus_, who
+killed the Monster, and rescued the Lady; for which he received her at
+the Hands of her Parents as his Reward. The Story is told in the 4th
+Book of the _Metamorphosis_.]
+
+[Footnote 11: _Bunches of Grapes in _Methymna__; a City of _Lesbia_,
+the Wine of which Country was famous among the Ancients.]
+
+[Footnote 12: _Ears of Corn in _Gargara__; which was in _Mysia_, a
+Province of the _Hellespont_.]
+
+[Footnote 13: The Original is, _And the Mother of _AEneas_ resides in
+the City of her Son._ _AEneas_, from whom the Romans derived their
+Original, was the Son of _Venus_ by _Anchises_.]
+
+[Footnote 14: The Original, rendered as literally as possible, is as
+follows: _Walk at your ease under the _Pompeian_ Shade, when the Sun
+enters the _Herculean_ Lion; or where the Mother hath added her
+Benefactions to those of her Son; a work rich in foreign Marble: Nor
+avoid that Portico adorned with ancient Pictures, which is called
+_Livia_, from the Name of its Founder: nor that adorned by the Statues
+of the _Belides_, who attempted the Lives of their unfortunate
+Cousins; and where you see the cruel Father standing with his drawn
+Sword: Nor pass by the Temple of _Venus_ and her lamented_ Adonis;
+_nor omit the Seventh-Day Festivals of the _Jews_; nor the _Egyptian_
+Temples of the _Linnen-clad_ Heifer: She makes many Women to be that
+which she herself was to _Jupiter_._
+
+To explain these several Particulars to an _English_ Reader, it must
+be known, that the Portico's in _Rome_ were the publick Walks; and
+here Persons of both Sexes used to assemble. Among these was one built
+by _Pompey_. The second Portico mentioned, is by the best Commentators
+understood of the _Octavian_, which was built by _Octavia_, Sister to
+_Augustus_, and Mother to _Marcellus_; and this adjoined to a Temple
+built by the same _Marcellus_. The third Portico was built by _Livia_
+the Wife of _Augustus_, and called from her Name. The fourth, where
+the Picture of the _Belides_ was, is to be understood of the Portico
+of _Apollo Palatinus_, in which were the Statues of the fifty
+Daughters of _Danaus_ and Grandaughters of _Belus_. These being
+married to the fifty Sons of their Uncle _AEgyptus_, every one, by her
+Father's Command, slew her husband on the first Night, save only
+_Hypermnestra_. For this they were punished in the lower World, by
+being obliged to fill a Barrel full of Holes with Water. _Scaliger_
+and others have here made a mistake, supposing the Picture of the
+_Belides_ was here hung up: But the contrary appears by many
+Authorities, particularly by this in _Qv. Trist. 3_.
+
+    _Signa peregrinis ubi sunt alterna columnis,
+        Belides, & stricto barbarus ense pater._
+
+It appears that the Number of Pillars was equalled by the Number of
+Statues. 5thly, The Temple of _Venus_, in which she was worshipped,
+together with _Adonis_, after the _Assyrian_ manner. This _Adonis_ was
+the Son of _Cinyras_ King of _Cyprus_, begotten by him on his own
+Daughter _Myrrha_. The Fame of his Beauty, and the Passion which
+_Venus_ bore towards him, are well known. 6thly, The _Jewish_
+Synagogues. The _Jews_ having been encouraged by _Julius Caesar_, were
+very numerous in _Rome_ at that time; and the Strangeness and Pomp of
+their Ceremonies inviting the Curiosity of the _Roman_ Ladies, their
+Synagogues became famous Places of Intrigue. 7. The Temple of _Isis_.
+This Goddess, when a Woman, was called _Io_. She was the Daughter of
+_Inachus_; and being beloved by _Jupiter_, was by him, to preserve her
+from his Wife's Jealousy, turned into a Heifer, _Juno_ suspecting the
+Fact, obtained this Heifer of her Husband, and set Argus to watch over
+her. _Jupiter_ wanting to visit his old Friend, sent _Mercury_ to kill
+_Argus_; in revenge of which, _Juno_ ordered a Gad-Bee to sting the
+poor Heifer; which thereupon growing mad, ran to _Egypt_, where she
+was again restored to the Shape of a Woman, and married to _Osiris_.
+The Feast of _Isis_ was celebrated in _Rome_ ten Days together by the
+Women, and was a time of Carnival among them.]
+
+[Footnote 15: In _Caesar's Forum_, which was built on the _Appian_
+Way, was the Temple of _Venus Genetrix_.]
+
+[Footnote 16: Races were run at _Rome_ in _April_ in the _Circus
+Maximus_, which was likewise the Scene of many other public Exercises
+and Shews.]
+
+[Footnote 17: _And when the Procession shall pass on with the Ivory
+Deities, do you applaud most the Statue of _Lady_ Venus._ Thus the
+Original. The Paraphrase preserves the same Sense, though in other
+Circumstances. These Statues were carried in Procession on many
+Occasions, particularly at the _Maegalesian_ Games.]
+
+[Footnote 18: _Adjusting her cushion._]
+
+[Footnote 19: _Putting a Foot-stool under her._]
+
+[Footnote 20: The Original mentioned the Fights of the _Gladiators_.
+The Paraphrase comes as near as our Customs admit; for the _British_
+Ladies never attend to see Men kill one another in jest.]
+
+[Footnote 21: _Augustus Caesar_ among other rich Shews, with which he
+entertained the People, exhibited to them a Sea-Fight in a Place dug
+on purpose near the banks of the _Tyber_. The Poet takes this occasion
+of introducing many Compliments to the Grandson of this Prince. We
+have done little more than altered Names in this Place; and as we are
+assured all here said is as properly applicable to the noble Person to
+whom we have transferred it, the learned Reader will admire that any
+Passage in an antient Author can be so apposite to the present Times,
+and the true _English_ Reader will be no less delighted to see _Ovid_
+introduced as singing forth the Praises of the _British Hero_.]
+
+[Footnote 22: _Parthia._]
+
+[Footnote 23: The _Crassi_.]
+
+[Footnote 24: _Hercules._]
+
+[Footnote 25: _Bacchus._]
+
+[Footnote 26: The Original here described the many Nations who are led
+Captives.]
+
+[Footnote 27: Here we have inverted the Original; but sure the Sense
+upholds us in so doing.]
+
+[Footnote 28: _Baiae_, a Place not far from _Naples_, famous for
+wholesome as well as pleasant Baths. It is described very largely by
+_Diodorus_; and _Horace_ mentions it as the pleasantest Place in the
+World.]
+
+[Footnote 29: In the Original, the Temple of _Diana_ in the Suburbs.
+It stood in a Grove not far from Rome. The next Line, _Partaque per
+gladios, &c._ alludes to a very singular Custom, by which the Priests
+of this Temple succeeded to each other, _viz._ by Conquest in single
+Combat, for which every Slave or Fugitive was admitted to contend, and
+the Victor was rewarded with the Priesthood. This Practice was renewed
+every Year, and was, as _Strabo_ informs us, originally taken from the
+_Scythians_.]
+
+[Footnote 30: _Byblis_ fell in love with her Brother _Caunus_; and
+upon his rejecting her Addresses, hanged herself. The Poets feign she
+was afterwards turned into a Fountain. See _Metam._ IX.]
+
+[Footnote 31: _Myrrha_ was the Daughter of _Cinyras_, who being in
+love with her Father, took an Opportunity, while her Mother was
+employed in the Sacrifices to _Ceres_, to supply her Place. Her Father
+discovering the Imposture, ran after her with a drawn Sword to kill
+her: But she escaped by means of the Night, and fled into _Sabeaea_.
+She was changed into the Myrrh-Tree. The Story of which is in _Metam._
+X. But though the Poets have subjoined Fable to this Fact, it is
+related by _Pliny_ as a true History.]
+
+[Footnote 32: _Pasiphae_ was the Daughter of the Sun, married to
+_Minos_ King of _Crete_. The Poets feign that being in love with a
+Bull, she employed _Daedalus_, a famous Artist, to make her a wooden
+Cow, into which she conveyed herself, in order to enjoy her monstrous
+Desires. From this unnatural Coition sprung the _Minotaur_, a Monster
+half Man and half Bull, which was enclosed in a Labyrinth, and
+afterward destroyed by _Theseus_.]
+
+[Footnote 33: The Original alludes to the _Cretans_, who were famous
+among the Antients for the Vice of lying.]
+
+[Footnote 34: _Europa_ was the Daughter of _Agenor_ King of _Cydon_,
+beloved by _Jupiter_, and by him run away with in the Shape of a
+Bull.]
+
+[Footnote 35: _AErope_ was the Wife of _Atreus_. She committed
+Adultery with her Husband's Brother _Thyestes_, by whom she had two
+Sons, whom _Atreus_ caused to be killed, and served up to his
+Brother's Table. To avoid this Sight, the Sun is said to have gone
+backward.]
+
+[Footnote 36: _Scylla_ the Daughter of _Nisus_, King of the
+_Megarensians_, fell in love with _Minos_, while he was besieging her
+Father's City. She stole away her Father's Hair, on which the Fate of
+the City depended, and carried it to _Minos_; for which Fact she was
+rewarded by her Lover with Contempt only. She is by some said to have
+been changed into a Lark: But _Ovid_, who here seems to confound two
+Stories together, makes her Transformation to have been into a Rock,
+which lies between _Sicily_ and _Italy_; where the dashing of the
+Waves against the Rock representing the Sound of the Barking of Dogs,
+gave rise to the Fable which is here hinted at.]
+
+[Footnote 37: _Clytemnestra_, the Wife of _Agamemnon_, who in the
+absence of her Husband committed Adultery with _AEgysthus_, and with
+him afterwards murdered _Agamemnon_, at his Return from _Troy_.]
+
+[Footnote 38: _Creusa_ was the Daughter of _Creon_ King of _Corinth_,
+and second Wife to _Jason_; to whom _Medea_, enraged with _Jason_, who
+had forsaken her, sent a Casket in which Wild-Fire was inclosed, and
+by which she was burnt as soon [as] it was opened. This _Medea_
+afterwards, on account of the same Anger with _Jason_, tore to pieces
+her two Sons which she had bore to him.]
+
+[Footnote 39: This _Phoenix_ having incensed his Father, by lying with
+a Woman who was beloved by the latter, fled to the Protection of
+_Peleus_ the Father of _Achilles_, and was by bim [_sic_] Preceptor of
+that young Hero.]
+
+[Footnote 40: _Hippolytus_ being beloved by his Stepmother _Phaedra_,
+and refusing to gratify her Desires, was by her falsely accused to his
+Father _Theseus_; upon which account he was obliged to fly, and the
+Chariot Horses being frighted by Sea-Calves, dashed the Chariot
+to-pieces, and him also.]
+
+[Footnote 41: _Phineus_ King of _Arcadia_, having repudiated his Wife
+_Cleopatra_, married _Harpalice_; by whose Instigation he put out the
+Eyes of his Sons: for which he was afterwards punished by Divine
+Vengeance with the Loss of his own.]
+
+[Footnote 42: The _Romans_ paid a Religious Regard to their Birth-Day,
+as appears from many Passages in their Poets. At this time they used
+to receive Presents from their Relations and Acquaintance. We have
+here given the Sense of the Original, only varying the Customs
+(_Kalendae Martii_.) _Ovid_ advises the Lover to abstain from visiting
+his Mistress in the Kalends of _March_. At which time the _Matronalia_
+were celebrated to _Juno Lucina_, and the Husbands used to pray to
+that Goddess to protect the Chastity of their Wives. _Horace_ likewise
+Lib. III. Ode 8. hints that this was not the proper Season for
+Batchelors to give a Loose to their Gaieties. (_Sive erit ornatus
+Circus_, &c.) A third Caution _Ovid_ gives, is not to visit on those
+Days when the Wealth of the _Roman_ Conquests were exposed to the
+_Circus_, in admiring which, as _Mycellus_ observes, the Girls were
+too much taken up, to attend to the Desires of their Lovers. To say
+the truth, some Custom seems to be alluded to here, which is not
+sufficiently preserved from the Ruins of Antiquity.]
+
+[Footnote 43: _Then the _Pleiades_ are at hand. Then the Goat is
+merged in the Sea_, _viz._ in the Month of _October_ and _November_.]
+
+[Footnote 44: The Original points at the Day in which the _Romans_
+were overthrown by the _Gauls_ on the Banks of the River _Allia_. This
+was the 15th of the Kalends of _August. A. U. C._ 363, and it was
+marked as a black Day in their Kalendar. As this Nation is too happy
+to produce any such Day, we have been obliged to give it a different
+Turn in our Paraphrase.]
+
+[Footnote 45: _Cydippe_ was a beautiful virgin of the island of
+_Delos_. She was celebrating the Rites of _Diana_ when she was seen by
+_Acontius_, who falling in love with her, and not daring openly to
+declare his Passion, contrived to drop an Apple at her Feet, in which
+were inclosed these two Lines:
+
+    _I swear to you by the mystical Rites of _Diana_,
+    That I will attend you as a Companion, and become your Bride._
+
+_Cydippe_ took up the Apple and read the Lines; by repeating which
+words they became her own; and she was ignorantly betrothed to her
+Lover: For it was a Law, that whatever any persons said in _Diana_'s
+Temple, they were obliged to perform.]
+
+[Footnote 46: _Ariadne_ was the Daughter of _Minos_ King of _Crete_.
+She fell in Love with _Theseus_, and with a Clew of Thread helped him
+out of the Labyrinth into which he went to kill the _Minotaur_. He
+afterwards basely deserted the poor Lady, of which our Poet will
+presently tell the Story.]
+
+[Footnote 47: _Silenus_ was the Pedagogue of _Bacchus_, and his
+Foster-Father: He was likewise his Companion on all Occasions; and is
+often introduced in his drunken Mood by our Poet.]
+
+[Footnote 48: At this Wedding _Eurytion_ the _Centaur_ getting drunk,
+attempted to ravish _Hippodamia_ the Bride of _Pyrithous_, but
+_Theseus_ knocked his Brains out with a Bowl. Upon this a Battle
+ensued between the _Centaurs_ and the _Lapithae_, who defending the
+Cause of their Prince _Pyrithous_, destroyed almost all the
+_Centaurs_. _Horace_ Lib. I. Ode 18. mentions this Story likewise, as
+a Caution to Men not to be quarrelsome in their Cups.]
+
+[Footnote 49: Here and in many other Places, we have been obliged to
+supply that Connection, which is greatly wanting in the Original.]
+
+[Footnote 50: _Phoebe_ and _Ilaira_ were two pretty Girls, the
+Daughters of _Leucippus_, and by their Father betrothed to two
+Brothers _Idas_ and _Lynceus_; but before the Celebration of their
+Nuptials, were ravished by _Castor_ and _Pollux_. This ended in the
+Death of _Castor_, by the Hands of _Lynceus_; and of _Lynceus_, by
+_Pollux_, whose Death while _Idas_ was attempting to revenge, he was
+struck dead by Thunder at the Feet of _Pollux_.]
+
+[Footnote 51: _Orion_ the _Theban_ was in Love with _Merope_ the
+Daughter of _AEnopian_; but who this _Lyrice_ was, is not so plain, no
+Mention being made of her in any other Place.]
+
+[Footnote 52: _Daphnis_ was the Son of _Mercury_; for his Love for
+this _Nais_, we have here _Ovid_'s Authority.]
+
+
+
+
+PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
+
+
+First Year (1946-47)
+
+Numbers 1-6 out of print.
+
+
+Second Year (1947-1948)
+
+7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on Wit
+from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702).
+
+8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
+
+9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
+
+10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
+etc._ (1744).
+
+11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717).
+
+12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
+Krutch.
+
+
+Third Year (1948-1949)
+
+13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720).
+
+14. Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753).
+
+15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_
+(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712).
+
+16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673).
+
+17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
+Shakespeare_ (1709).
+
+18. "Of Genius," in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III, No. 10 (1719);
+and Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_ (1720).
+
+
+Fourth Year (1949-1950)
+
+19. Susanna Centlivre's _The Busie Body_ (1709).
+
+20. Lewis Theobold's _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).
+
+21. Out of print.
+
+22. Samuel Johnson's _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and Two
+_Rambler_ papers (1750).
+
+23. John Dryden's _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681).
+
+24. Out of print.
+
+
+Fifth Year (1950-1951)
+
+25. Thomas Baker's _The Fine Lady's Airs_ (1709).
+
+26. Charles Macklin's _The Man of the World_ (1792).
+
+27. Out of print.
+
+28. John Evelyn's _An Apologie for the Royal Party_ (1659); and _A
+Panegyric to Charles the Second_ (1661).
+
+29. Daniel Defoe's _A Vindication of the Press_ (1718).
+
+30. Essays on Taste from John Gilbert Cooper's _Letters Concerning
+Taste_, 3rd edition (1757), & John Armstrong's _Miscellanies_ (1770).
+
+
+Sixth Year (1951-1952)
+
+31. Thomas Gray's _An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard_ (1751);
+and _The Eton College Manuscript_.
+
+32. Prefaces to Fiction; Georges de Scudery's Preface to _Ibrahim_
+(1674), etc.
+
+33. Henry Gally's _A Critical Essay_ on Characteristic-Writings
+(1725).
+
+34. Thomas Tyers' _A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson_
+(1785).
+
+35. James Boswell, Andrew Erskine, and George Dempster. _Critical
+Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Mallock_
+(1763).
+
+36. Joseph Harris's _The City Bride_ (1696).
+
+
+Seventh Year (1952-1953)
+
+37. Thomas Morrison's _A Pindarick Ode on Painting_ (1767).
+
+38. John Phillips' _A Satyr Against Hypocrites_ (1655).
+
+39. Thomas Warton's _A History of English Poetry_.
+
+40. Edward Bysshe's _The Art of English Poetry_ (1708).
+
+41. Bernard Mandeville's _A Letter to Dion_ (1732).
+
+42. Prefaces to Four Seventeenth-Century Romances.
+
+
+Eighth Year (1953-1954)
+
+43. John Baillie's _An Essay on the Sublime_ (1747).
+
+44. Mathias Casimire Sarbiewski's _The Odes of Casimire_, Translated by
+    G. Hils (1646).
+
+45. John Robert Scott's _Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine Arts_.
+
+46. Selections from Seventeenth Century Songbooks.
+
+47. Contemporaries of the _Tatler_ and _Spectator_.
+
+48. Samuel Richardson's Introduction to _Pamela_.
+
+
+Ninth Year (1954-1955)
+
+49. Two St. Cecilia's Day Sermons (1696-1697).
+
+50. Hervey Aston's _A Sermon Before the Sons of the Clergy_, (1745).
+
+51. Lewis Maidwell's _An Essay upon the Necessity and Excellency of
+    Education_ (1705).
+
+52. Pappity Stampoy's _A Collection of Scotch Proverbs_ (1663).
+
+53. Urian Oakes' _The Soveraign Efficacy of Divine Providence_ (1682)
+
+54. Mary Davys' _Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady_ (1725).
+
+
+Tenth Year (1955-1956)
+
+55. Samuel Say's _An Essay on the Harmony, Variety, and Power of
+    Numbers_ (1745).
+
+56. _Theologia Ruris, sive Schola & Scala Naturae_ (1686).
+
+57. Out of print.
+
+58. Eighteenth-Century Book Illustrations.
+
+59. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. I, Comedies, Part I.
+
+60. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. I, Comedies, Part II.
+
+
+Eleventh Year (1956-1957)
+
+61. Elizabeth Elstob's _An Apology for the Study of Northern
+    Antiquities_ (1715).
+
+62. _Two Funeral Sermons_ (1635).
+
+63. _Parodies of Ballad Criticism_ (1711-1787).
+
+64. _Prefaces to Three Eighteenth-Century Novels_ (1708, 1751, 1797).
+
+65. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. II, Histories, Part I.
+
+66. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. II, Histories, Part II.
+
+
+Twelfth Year (1957-1958)
+
+67. Henry Fielding's _The Voyages of Mr. Job Vinegar_ (1740).
+
+68. Elkanah Settle's _The Notorious Impostor_ (1692) and _Diego
+    Redivivus_ (1692).
+
+69. _An Historical View of the ... Political Writers in Great
+     Britain_ (1740).
+
+70. G.W., _Magazine_, or _Animadversions on the English Spelling_ (1703).
+
+71. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part I.
+
+72. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part II.
+
+
+Thirteenth Year (1958-1959)
+
+73. Samuel Johnson's _Notes to Shakespeare_. Vol. III, Tragedies, Part III.
+
+74. _Seventeenth-Century Tales of the Supernatural_.
+
+75. John Joyne, _A Journal_ (1679).
+
+76. Andre Dacier, _Preface to Aristotle's Art of Poetry_ (1705).
+
+77-78. David Hartley, _Various Conjectures on the Perception, Motion, and
+       Generation of Ideas_ (1746).
+
+
+Fourteenth Year (1959-1960)
+
+79. William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke's _Poems_ (1660).
+
+80. [P. Whalley's] _An Essay on the Manner of Writing History_ (1746).
+
+81. Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters _The Graces_ (1774).
+_The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette_ (1776).
+
+82. Henry Fuseli's _Remarks on the Writings and Conduct of
+    J. J. Rousseau_ (1767).
+
+83. _Sawney and Colley_ (1742) and other Pope Pamphlets.
+
+84. Richard Savage's _An Author To Be Lett_ (1729).
+
+
+Fifteenth Year (1960-1961)
+
+85-86. _Essays on the Theatre from Eighteenth-Century Periodicals._
+        Selected, with an introduction, by John Loftis. [double issue]
+
+87. Daniel Defoe, _Of Captain Misson and his Crew_ (1728). Introduction by
+    Maximillian E. Novak.
+
+88. Samuel Butler, _Poems_. Selected, with an introduction, by
+    Alexander C. Spence.
+
+89. Henry Fielding, _Ovid's Art of Love_ (1760). Introduction by
+    Claude E. Jones.
+
+90. Henry Needier, _Works_ (1728). Selected, with an introduction, by
+    Marcia Allentuck.
+
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+Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org) public repository for
+eBook #31036 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31036)