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BOOKS Published by the _AUTHOR_ of this _Discourse_
1. The _French Gard'ner_, III. _Edition_, _Twelves_, with Mr. _Rose_'s Vineyard.
2. _Fumi-fugium_: Or, A _Prophetic Invective_ against the _Smoke_ of _London_. _Quarto._
3. _Silva_: Or, A _Discourse of Forest-Trees_, &c. the IVth _Edition_, very much _improv'd_. _Folio._
4. _Kalendarium Hortense_, both in _Folio_ and _Octavo_. The Xth _Edition_, much _augmented_.
5. _Sculptura_: Or, The _History_ of _Chalcography_ and _Engraving_ in _Copper_, the _Original_ and _Progress_ of that _Art_, &c. _Octavo._
6. The _Parallel_ of _Architecture_, being an Account of _Ten_ famous _Architects_, with a _Discourse_ of the _Terms_, and a _Treatise_ of _Statues_. _Folio._ 2d _Edition_.
7. The _Idea_ of the _Perfecting_ of _Painting_. _Octavo._
8. _Navigation_ and _Commerce_, their _Original_ and _Progress_.
_Octavo._
9. _Publick Employment_ and an _Active Life_, prefer'd to _Solitude_ and its _Appanages_, &c. _Octavo._
10. _Terra_: Or, A _Philosophical_ Discourse of _Earth_, the IIId _Edition_. _Folio_ and _Octavo_.
11. _Numismata_, a _Discourse_ of _Medals_; to which is added, A _Digression_ concerning _Physiognomy_. _Folio._
12. _Acetaria_: Or, A Discourse of _Sallets_. 2d _Edition_.
_Naming_ the last Discourse (save one) I take this Opportunity to acquit my self of some _Omissions_ and _Mistakes_, left out in the _Errata_ of _Numismata_; but, upon discovery, immediately after, notify'd, and reform'd in the next _Philosophical Transactions_ of that Month.
Amico carissimo _Johanni Evelyno_, Armigero,
e Societate Regali Londini, J. Beale, _S.P.D._ _In_ Silvam.
Fare age quid causae est quod tu _Silvestria_ pangis, Inter _Silvanos_, capripedesque _Deos_?
Inter _Hamadryadas_ laetus, _Dryadasque_ pudicas, c.u.m tua _Cyrrhaeis_ sit _Chelys_ apta modis!
Scilicet hoc cecinit numerosus _Horatius_ olim, _Scriptorum Silvam_ quod _Chorus Omnis amat_.
Est locus ille Sacer _Musis, & Apolline_ dignus, Prima dedit summo _Templa_ sacranda _Jovi_.
Hinc quoque nunc Pontem _Pontus_ non respuit ingens, Stringitur _Ocea.n.u.s_, corripiturque Salum.
Hinc novus _Hesperiis_ emersit mundus in oris,{cii:1} Effuditque auri flumina larga probi.
Hinc exundavit distento _Copia cornu_, Qualem & _Amalthaeae_ non habuere sinus.
_Silva_ tibi curae est, grata & _Pomona_ refundit Auriferum, roseum, purpureumque _nemus_.
Illa famemque sitimque abigens expirat odores, Quales nec _Medus_, nec tibi mitt.i.t _Arabs_.
Ambrosiam praebent modo cocta _Cydonia_. Tantum Comprime, Nectareo _Poma_ liquore fluunt.
Progredere, _O Saecli Cultor_ memorande futuri, Felix _Horticolam_ sic imitere Deum.
FOOTNOTES:
{cii:1} Gen. 1. _c._ 2.
n.o.bilissimo Viro _Johanni Evelyno_, Regalis _Soc. Socio dignissimo_.
Ausus laudato qui quondam reddere versu, aeternum & tentare melos, conamine magno _Lucreti_ nomenque suum donaverat aevo: Ille leves atomos audaci pangere musa Aggreditur, variis & semina caeca figuris, Naturaeque vias: non quae Schola garrula jactat, Non quae rixanti fert barbara turba _Lyaeo_: Ingentes animi sensus, & pondera rerum, Grandior expressit Genius, nec scripta minora _Ev'linum_ decuisse solent.
Tuque per obscuros (victor _Boylaee_) recessus, Naturae meditaris opus, qua luce colores{ciii:1} Percipimus, quali magnus ferit organa motu _Cartesius_, quali volitant primordia plexu Ex atomis, _Ga.s.sende_, tuis; simulacraque rerum Diffugiunt tacito vastum per inane meatu: Mutato varios ment.i.tur lana colores Lumine; dum tales ardens habet ipse figuras Purpura, Sidonioque aliae tinxere veneno: Materiam a.s.siduo variatam, ut _Protea_, motu Concipis, hinc formae patuit nascentis origo, Hinc hominum species, & vasti machina caeli:{ciii:2} Ipse creare deus, solusque ostendere mundum _Boylaeus_ potuit, sed nunc favet aemula virtus, (Magne _Eveline_) tibi, & generosos excitat ignes: Pergite, _Scipiadae duo_, qui vet mille _Marones_ Obruitis, longo & meriti la.s.satis honore.
Tu vero dilecte nimis! qui stemmate ab alto Patricios deducis avos, cerasque parentum _Wottonicae_{civ:1} de stirpe domus; virtutibus aequas Nunc generis monumenta tui, post taedia ponti Innumerasque errore vias, quid _Sequana_ fallax, Hostilis quae _Rhenus_ agit, quae _Tibris_, & _Ister_, Nota tibi: triplici quid perfida _Roma_ corona Gessit, & _Adriaca Venetus_ deliberat arce, Qualiaque _Odrysias_ vexarunt praelia lunas.
Hic qui naturae interpres & sedulus artis Cultor, qui mores hominum cognovit, & urbes: Dum _Phbo_ comes ire parat, mentemque capacem Vidit uterque polus, nec _Grajum_ cana vetustas Hunc latuit; veterum nunc prisca numismata regum Eruit, & _Latias_ per mystica templa ruinas: aestimat ille forum, & vasti fundamina Circi, c.u.mque ruinoso _Capitolia_ prisca theatro, Et dominos colles altaeque palatia _Romae_: Regales notat inde domos, ut mole superba Surgat apex, molles quae tecta imitantur _Ionas_,{civ:2} Qualia _Romulea_, _Gothica_ quae marmora dextra, Quicquid _Tuscus_ habet, mira panduntur ab arte.
O famae patriaeque sacer! vel diruta chartis Vivet _Roma_ tuis; te vindice, laeta _Corinthus_ Stabit adhuc, magno nequiquam invisa _Metello_.
Nunc quoque _ruris_ opes dulcesque ante omnia curas Pandis ovans; tristes maneat quae cura _Decembres_; _Pleiades_ haec _Hyadesque_ jubent, haec laeta _Bootes_ Semina mandat humi, atque ardenti haec _Sirius_ agro Cpit ut aestiva segetes torrere favilla, Hoc _Maii_ vernantis opus, dum florea serta Invitant Dominas ruris, dum vere tepenti Ridet ager, renovatque suos _Narcissus_ amores.
Haud aliter victrix divinam _aeneida_ vates Lusit opus, simul & gracili modulatus avena, Fata decent majora tuos, _Eveline_, triumphos, aeternum renovatur honos, te nulla vetustas Obruet, atque tua servanda volumina cedro Durent, & meritam cingat tibi laurea frontem Qui vitam _Silvis_ donasti & _Floribus aevum_.
R. Bohun.
FOOTNOTES:
{ciii:1} _Libro de coloribus._
{ciii:2} _De origine formarum._
{civ:1} _De Wotton in agro Surriensi._
{civ:2} _Consule librum Auctoris de Architectura._
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