isor.] 



Londiniana, 



24 r 



Ni's patriot virti'.f, and a powci-ful ftimn- 

 ]!int to his fiiccelVors to eniiilate liis glory. 

 .Some, like iiie Delpliir, oracles, n>ay 

 be interpreted in a double I'twle. Tims 

 Sclu Ndillilits Virtus, (V ntuc is tlie i'ole 

 iSJobility,) may be tianilated v.iih equal 

 accuracy, Aobility is his folc '\'irtue. — 

 Ait&m, Ltdntr ipj'c Voliiptui, (J.Mbour it- 

 iell'is a Pleaiure,) however ajijjl c;\ble to 

 its fii'li holder, may, to an cilemiaate 

 lordiing who comes alter liiiii, be ex- 

 plained, rieaCiue iifclt'.s a J.aboiir. 



Several, by a tiitling a'tcrulioii, may be 

 totally perverted : uj?, Noh SiOi, Jlj'pu- 

 tria, (Not Cor Ilirafelf, liut his Country,) 

 aptly apiiiicd to the u'Cat and lauienled 

 \\ iUiani Pitt, may, by an obvious iranl- 

 p.><ition, he tv\iiied into Non l*uhid', fed 

 mi'i, (\ot for his Coantry, but Himleif!) 



Some are juere quibbles on the hold- 

 rr's name : as l^ord Onllovv's Fcjiinu 

 lenle, (On How ;) — Mr. Rofe's FU»eui 

 R'lfa, (May the Rofc lU.anlh !) — and 

 Lord Tensple's motto, from the Pfrdms, 

 Tcttipla (luam dileRa ! (How dcliy;litfui 

 are Thy i'emples !) which 3nay be ealily 

 traveilied into, What a iirtcious Set are 

 the Tem))les ! — A f'ubordinate motto of 

 Lord >.\ifuu comes mider this d^lcrip- 

 tion, Fit Honoa a Nilo, dloiiour fprings 

 from the I\i!e,) but which is a comet to, 

 Signifying alfo, Honour fprings fi'om No- 

 thino;. — Laltly, to this clais may be affign- 

 «d Mr. Alexander Trotter's J)i-rl fp,ed 

 the Hiiidmojl ! under the cred of a tivt- 

 tingc-horfe ! 



Jn tlie affumption of mottoes, the 

 founders of f;uiiilics fliould avoid the 

 a.hove rock, as well as of taking thofe of 

 which their heirs may prove unworthy. 

 Thus it would ill become the puny off- 

 fpring of a heroic anccllor to cany, 

 Ao« gciierant Aqullte Columhaa, (liagles 

 do not generate Doves ;) — a coward, 

 Amino Forti, (With a courageous Spi- 

 rit ;) — an infidel, Fn Dieu eft ma Fiance, 

 (In God is my Truft ;) — or the minion of 

 a corrupt court, Pi'o Luhertute et JMtiinui 

 Chiniu, (For Liberty and the Great 

 Charter.) 



As it frequently happens that men 

 rifen from an humble itution to wcalih 

 and a caniatie, are at a lols for fuitable 

 mottoes, I (b;ill, for the acconniiodation 

 01 fuch gentlemen, mentiui a few, wliich 

 may be applicable to different yrofeilious 

 or lituations in life. 



For a lawyer, Cwifcs Produce Efl'irls ; 

 or, The glorioua Unci rtvintii of't/ic Iacu' ! 

 — a tailor, Jlic7( and ]\Iriil'urcs ; — a ilioc- 

 makcr, Hulur ullia Crepidum, (Tlie Slu.ie- 

 jnuucr beyond h.is Lati ;) — a dilUller, T/te 



Monthly Mag. No. 148. 



Spirit movetli Me ; — a (lave-trader, 

 Jilxuk Bvj/s get Yellow Bui^s ; — an Eatl- 

 India nabob, Ciirrit ud Indox, Fuupcri' 

 em J'l/gieni, (He runs to the Indies to flee 

 Poverty ;; — a connniUary, 27ie King's 

 Chuff is better than other Mens' Corn ;•*-• 

 a bankrupt, Viv ta iiojlru voco, (I can 

 fcarcely call thcfe my own.;) — a coair 

 merchant, I have Ivuclied the Cole ; — ^ 

 card-maker, iUj/ Curds have turned up 

 Trumps ; — a parfon, Upero meiioru, (JL 

 hope for preferment ;) — a fub-dignitai'y 

 of the churcli, Xoit Fjiifcupuri, (I won't 

 be a Biiliop ;J — a bilhop, Invitam fequi~ 

 tur Ho-io^, (Honours flow on me agaiuH 

 liiy W'ld ;) — an arclibiiliop, Comp/elum 

 eft, (It is accmnplilhed ;) — an under- 

 taker. Mors ejl mihi Lucrum, (Death is 

 to me great GH-ia.) 



1 rtiail conclude this chapter of mot» 

 toes with two Ihort auecd<ites. A toi^ 

 bacconill having feC up his thariot, was 

 advifed, by way of anticipating the jeers 

 of his neighbours, to take for a motto. 

 Quid rides '< (Why do you iaiigh ?) Two 

 failoi-s paiVmg it, who liad bougist many a 

 quid at the old gentleman's Ihop, the one 

 sUkcd his compiiuiiju tlie meaning of ib.is 

 motto : " Wby you fool, (anfwend 

 .lack,) can't you read ? It is plam Eu- 

 ghlh, Quid r'idesy 



A poor Scotchman having Lecii word- 

 ed in a law-fuit he had brought before 

 the Court of Seffion againft his lich land- 

 lord, as he was coming out of the Ps.lia- 

 nicnt Houfe obferved the City of Ldin- 

 b'jrgh'ii Arms then infciibe«l over the 

 gate, Nifi Domiuuifriifiu, (Wiii)out the 

 Lord it is in vain,) (hook his licad, and 

 laid, " \'ery true ; Vnlefs tfou he a Lciird 

 it is in ruin to conic here." 



I am, \-c. Geneolcgv-;, 



For the Moiith/t/ ^Tti!:ozine. 



LO.SDLXIAAA. 



^o. VI. 



ST. savio-ir's, solthwark. 



IN this church, an)oi>g innumentblc 

 others, is the f.jl'owing epiutph on a 



monument for Richard Humblf, luj wife, 



and two ciiildreu. 



Like to thcdum.iflce rofe you fee. 



Or l:ke the LilofTum i n the tree. 



Or like ihc dainty flower of May, 



Oi like the morriing or' the dj\ ; 



Or like the fun, or like t'nc rtiacie. 



Or like the gourd wl.ich (oiias luj. 

 J'.ven lb is man, wliolt- tlir.e.iO is fpun, 

 D'awn out and cut, and \p is''oiK'. 



Ti^.e role withers ; t e biolTum blaltcth ; 



Tl>e flower fades ; tlie morning haftcth } 



The fun fets ; the fhadow flics j 



The giiuid Lonfumes ; and man lie ilcs. 



H U lOwty. 



