A Medicinable Morall that is, the two Bookes of Horace his Satyres, Englyshed accordyng to the prescription of saint Hierome. The Wailynges of the Prophet Hieremiah, done into Englyshe verse. Also Epigrammes. T. Drant |
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Priscus Grammaticus de Satyra.
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Priscus Grammaticus de Satyra.
Satyra est carmen acerbum, instrumētum mordax. &c,
A satyre
, is a tarte and carpyng kynd of verse,
An instrument to pynche the prankes of men,
And for as muche as pynchynge instrumentes do perse,
Yclept it was full well a Satyre then.
An instrument to pynche the prankes of men,
And for as muche as pynchynge instrumentes do perse,
Yclept it was full well a Satyre then.
A name of Arabique to it they gaue:
For Satyre there, doothe signifye a glaue.
For Satyre there, doothe signifye a glaue.
Or Satyra, of Satyrus, the mossye rude,
Unciuile god: for those that wyll them write
With taunting gyrds & glikes and gibes must vexe the lewde,
Strayne curtesy: ne reck of mortall spyte.
Unciuile god: for those that wyll them write
With taunting gyrds & glikes and gibes must vexe the lewde,
Strayne curtesy: ne reck of mortall spyte.
Shrouded in Mosse, not shrynkyng for a shower
Deemyng of mosse as of a regall bower.
Deemyng of mosse as of a regall bower.
Satyre of writhled waspyshe Saturne may be namde
The Satyrist must be a wasper in moode,
Testie and wrothe with vice and hers, to see bothe blamde
But courteous and frendly to the good.
The Satyrist must be a wasper in moode,
Testie and wrothe with vice and hers, to see bothe blamde
But courteous and frendly to the good.
As Saturne cuttes of tymes with equall sythe:
So this man cuttes downe synne, to coy and blythe.
So this man cuttes downe synne, to coy and blythe.
Or Satyra of Satur thauthors must be full
Of fostred arte, infarst in ballasde breste.
To teach the worldlyngs wyt, whose witched braines are dull
The worste wyll pardie hearken to the best.
Of fostred arte, infarst in ballasde breste.
To teach the worldlyngs wyt, whose witched braines are dull
The worste wyll pardie hearken to the best.
If that the Poet be not learnde in deede,
Muche maye he chatte, but fewe wyll marke his reede.
Muche maye he chatte, but fewe wyll marke his reede.
Lusill, (I wene) was parent of this nyppyng ryme:
Next hudlyng Horace, braue in Satyres grace.
Thy praysed Pamphlet (Persie) well detected cryme
Syr Iuuenall deserues the latter place.
Next hudlyng Horace, braue in Satyres grace.
Thy praysed Pamphlet (Persie) well detected cryme
Syr Iuuenall deserues the latter place.
The Satyrist loues Truthe, none more then he.
An vtter foe to fraude in eache degree.
An vtter foe to fraude in eache degree.
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