TABLE TAL K. Si te fortè meæ gravis uret farcina chartæ Abjicito. HOR. LIB. I. EPIS. 13. A. 7OU told me, I remember, glory built On felfifh principles, is fhame and guilt; The deeds that men admire as half divine, Stark naught, becaufe corrupt in their defign. Strange doctrine this! that without fcruple tears - VOL. I. B Brings Brings down the warrior's trophy to the dust, B. I grant, that men continuing what they are, And never meant the rule should be applied Feats of renown, though wrought in antient days, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds, Unworthy Unworthy of the bleffings of the brave, Is base in kind and born to be a flave. The wretch to nought but his ambition true, Then grace the boney phantom in their ftead With the king's fhoulder knot and gay cockade; Cloath the twin brethren in each other's dress, The fame their occupation and fuccefs. A. 'Tis A. 'Tis your belief the world was made for man, Kings do but reafon on the self same plan, Maintaining your's you cannot their's condemn, Such reas'ning falls like an inverted cone, To catch renown by ruining mankind, Is worth, with all its gold and glitt'ring ftore, To |