Hæres patruelis Antiquo gentis fuæ et titulo et patrimonio fucceffit. Alteram Ifabellam, honore à patre derivato, de Deindè celfiffimi principis ducis de Grafton viduam dotariam: Alteram Elizabetham Thomæ Foulkes de Barton in Com. Suff. armigeri Filiam et hæredem. Inter humanitates ftudia felicitèr enutritus, Omnes liberalium artium difciplinas avidè arripuit, Quas morum fuavitate haud leviter ornavit. Poftquam exceffit ex ephebis, Continuò inter populares fuos famâ eminens, Et comitatûs fui legatus ad Parliamentum miffus, Ad ardua regni negotia per annos prope triginta fe accinxit: Cumque apud illos ampliffimorum virorum ordines Non minus integritatis quam eloquentiæ laude Æquè omnium, utcunque inter fe alioqui diffidentium, Annoque demum M.DCC.XIII. regnante Annâ, Communi Senatûs univerfi voce defignatus eft: Cum nullo tempore non difficile, Tum illo certè, negotiis Et Et variis et lubricis et implicatis difficillimum, Honores alios, et omnia quæ fibi in lucrum cederent Ut rei totus inferviret publicæ ; Et fide in patriam incorruptâ notus. Ubi omnibus, quæ virum civemque bonum decent, officiis fatisfeciffet, Paulatim fe à publicis confiliis in otium recipiens, Inter literarum amoenitates, Inter ante-actæ vitæ haud infuaves recordationes, Et bonis omnibus, quibus chariffimus vixit, Hic, juxta cineres avi, fuos condi voluit, et curavit PARAPHRASE of the above EPITAPH. By Dr. JOHNSON *. THOU who furvey'ft these walls with curious. eye, Pause at his tomb were HANMER's afhes lie; His various worth through varied life attend, And learn his virtues while thou mourn'ft his end. His force of genius burn'd in early youth, With thirst of knowledge, and with love of truth; This Paraphrafe is inserted in Mrs. Williams's Miscellanies. The Latin is there faid to be written by Dr. Freind. Of the person whofe memory it celebrates, a copious account may be feen in the Appendix to the Supplement to the Biographia Britannica. His learning, join'd with each endearing art, Thus early wife, th' endanger'd realm to aid, In business dext'rous, weighty in debate, Thrice ten long years he labour'd for the State; In ev'ry fpeech perfuafive wifdom flow'd, In ev'ry act refulgent virtue glow'd: Sufpended faction ceas'd from rage and strife, To hear his eloquence, and praife his life. Refiftlefs merit fix'd the Senate's choice, Who hail'd him Speaker with united voice. Illuftrious age! how bright thy glories fhone, When HANMER fill'd the chair-and ANNE the throne ! Then when dark arts obfcur'd each fierce debate, When mutual frauds perplex'd the maze of ftate, The moderator firmly mild appear'd Beheld with love with veneration heard. - This task perform'd-he fought no gainful poft, Age call'd, at length, his active mind to reft, Delighted Delighted ftill to please mankind, or mend, To Mifs HICKMAN*, playing on the Spinnet. When old Timotheus ftruck the vocal ftring, Thefe lines, which have been communicated by Dr. Turton, fon to Mrs. Turton, the Lady to whom they are addreffed by her maiden name of Hickman, must have been written at leaft as early as the year 1734, as that was the year of her marriage at how much earlier a period of Dr. Johnson's life they may have been written, is not known. PARA PARAPHRASE of PROVERBS, Chap. VI. Verfes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. "Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard." TURN on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes, How long fhall Sloth ufurp thy ufelefs hours, Amidft the drowfy charms of dull delight, HORACE, Lib. IV. Ode VII. tranflated. THE fnow, diffolv'd, no more is seen, The fields and woods, behold! are green; The changing year renews the plain, The rivers know their banks again; The fprightly nymph and naked grace The mazy dance together trace; * In Mrs. Williams's Mifcellanies, but now printed from the original in Dr. Johufon's own hand-writing. The |