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Colchester, Nov. 28, 1700.

SUSAN HANDLEY do folemnly declare, and am ready to make Oath, That I know of no other Reason for "this fevere Sentence to be pronounced against me by the "within-named Jofeph Huffey and others, but that I fet "my Hand to a Paper, wherein I obliged myself not to 66 marry to any one, but who should be believed to be of "the fame Society, and thereby leaving the Congrega❝tion."

Subfcribed by SUSAN HANDLEY,
in the Prefence of me,

Jos. POTTER, Mayor.

APPENDIX.

Part of the First Canto of the First Book of HUDIBRAS tranflated into LATIN DOGGREL by a Gentleman formerly (I think) of Pembroke-Hall.

Duplicem fcivit Ufum Charte
Tantâ ut nullus alter Arte,

Mercurio doctus tam, quam Marte;
Pugnavit Nemo fortiùs, neque
Confcripfit brevitèr quifquam æquè;
Clarus in Bello, in Pace quoque
Et Jure, Cæfar ex utroque :
(Sic Victum Sorices, ut ferunt,
Utroque Elementó quærunt.)
Sed multus Auctor Litem gerat,
An fortior, an prudentior erat:
Hi illud, illi hoc defendunt:
Sed, licet acritèr contendunt,
Tam parva fuit Differentia,
Vix, et ne vix vicit Prudentia.
Hinc habuerunt illum multi
Aptum perfungi Vice Stulti.
Montaignum etiam fic ludentem
Cum Fele, Tempus conterentem,
Ferunt, putâffe et vereri
Se Feli Afinum videri.

At quid meherculè cenferet,
Thrafonem noftrum fi videret?
(Nam fic fe nofter appellavit,
In Martem fi quis provocavit.)
Sed fic qui putant, putant malè ;
Nam nofter erat nihil tale.
Quod, fi Ingenio fuit lautus,
De Ufu fuit perquàm cautus:
Perrarò quidem fecum ferat;"
Nam metuit, ne forfan terat:
Sic multi pictas induunt Veftes
Non nifi in Diebus feftis.
Prætereà, Græcè bene fcivit ;
Sed Nemo eum erudivit :
Sic Facultate naturali
Grunnitum faciunt Porcelli,
Latinè Nemo fcivit meliùs;
Vix Aves concinunt faciliùs,
Utroque pollens, cuique egeno
Diffudit Copiam Cornu pleno.
Hebræas etiam Radices,
In Solo fterili felices,

Tot habuit, ut plerique eum
Curtum crediderent Judæum :
Et forfan fuit Veneris ergò
Judæus factus à Chirurgo.
In Logicâ emunctæ Naris;
In Analyticâ præclarus :

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Ingenia

Ingenio fuit tam fubtili,
Difcrevit Pofitionem Pili;
Ut, fi quâ Horâ difputaret
Cui Parti magis inclinaret,
Utramque tueretur, quæque
Affirmat, mox infirmat æquè :
Oftendit, cum fufcepit Litem,
Quòd Vir & Equus non funt idem;
Avem non effe Buteonem
Probet, et Satrapam Bubonem,
Et Anferem Jufticiarium,
Cornicem Fidei Commissarium ;
Deberet Difputationę,

Et folveret cum Ratione.
Hæc omnia faceret, et plura,
Perfecto Modo, et Figurâ.
Rhetoricâ fi fuit Opus
Dictis occurrit frequens Tropus
Et medium rupit fi Sermonem-
Tuffis, exagitans Pulmonem,
Ampullas protulit monftrare
Quâ fecit Regulâ, et quare:
Nam metuit, ne Fors putetur,
Quòd Plebis Phrafi uteretur ;
Et ftrenuè cavet, ne credatur
Se loqui ut intelligatur :
Rhetorices nam Documenta
Nil docent nifi Inftrumenta.
Oratio fuit nunc, fi voluit,

Suavis, nunc gravidè quiddam fonuit,
Locutio fuit perturbata,
Dum Babel ftetit, ufurpata.
Sublimes quidem erant Logi,
Quales affectant Pædagogi.
Anglo-Latino-Græca fuit
Lingua, quæ tantâ Copiâ fluit,
Et tam promifcuè, ferè diftinguas
In uno Ore trinas Linguas :
Hinc quoties voluit effutire,
Putaret quifque fe audire
Tres Babylonios Colonos
Confufos edidiffe Sonos,
Aut ipfum Cerberum quam clarè
Ex Ore triplici latrare.

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PREFACE.

TH

HOUGH fomewhat has already been faid in the way of Preface, by the writer of Mr. Butler's Life; yet it may not be amifs, to give the Reader a fhort account of the purport and defign of thefe Notes.

They are chiefly Historical, and Explanatory, with a fmall mixture of Critical ones by my Friends. The laft are defign'd to illustrate some few of the Poetical Beauties of Hudibras, and to prove, that it is at least equal to the most celebrated Poems in the English Language: and it's conformity, in fome refpects, to Epic Poetry will be evinc'd, and comparisons here and there drawn from Homer, Virgil, and Milton.

But these are so few, that it is much to be lamented, that the Poet has not yet met with an Addifon, a Pribr, a Pope, or a Swift, to do him juftice in this refpect.

The Historical and Explanatory Notes are intended to clear up the Hiftorical Parts of the Poem; which have in a great measure been pass'd over in the former Annotations.

And the Reader 'tis hop'd, will better apprehend, and relish the Satire couch'd in this Poem, when he is acquainted with the Perfons and Tranfactions, at which it is levell'd.

Though Hudibras has pafs'd many Editions, the Real Perfons, fhadow'd under borrow'd and fictitious Names, have never yet been difcover'd in any of them: This has engaged the generality of Readers, to think, that thofe Renown'd Champions, Crowdero Orfin, Talgol, Magnano, Cerdon, Colon, and the Brave

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Heroine

Heroine Trulla, were only Imaginary Perfons; from whence many have concluded thefe Adventures to be Romantic and Fabulous, instead of True Hiftory: But in the course of these Notes, I fhall endeavour to obviate that Error; and hope to prove that the greatest part of the Poem contains a Series of Adventures that did really happen: all the real Perfons fhadow'd under fictitious Characters will be brought to view from Sir Roger L'Eftrange, who being perfonally acquainted with the Poet, undoubtedly received the Secret from him.

Under the Person, whom he calls Hudibras, whom he makes the Hero of this Poem, the Author gives us the true Character of a Prefbyterian Committee-man and Justice of the Peace, who notwithstanding they themselves were guilty of all forts of Wickedness, yet pretended to be so scrupulous, that they could not in Confcience permit the Country People to use the Diverfions they were fometimes accuftom'd to, of Danceing round a May-pole, Bear-baitings, Riding the Skimmington, and the like.

The Character therefore of the Knight might fuit many of thofe bufy, meddling, pragmatical Fellows, who were put into Committees then fet up in every County, and the Commiffions of the Peace, that they might oppress all fuch as were believed to be Friends to the King, and the Ancient Government in Church and State; and who acted like fo many pettyTyrants in all Parts of the Nation: However, we can hardly doubt, but the Author had one particular Perfon in view, whofe Adventures he gives us under the Name of Hudibras, who actually endeavour'd to fupprefs a Bear-baiting, and fet a Fidler in the Stocks, and was on that occafion vilified, and abus'd by the Mob. It has been fuggefted by a reverend and learned Perfon, to whom I fhall acknowledge my obligations, before I finish this Preface; That notwithstanding Sir Samuel Luke of Wood-End in the Parish of Cople, in Bedfordshire, has generally been reputed the Hero of