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Atque peregrines alio deferre penates 

 Maluit, excifis vic\um quam quaerere fylvis. 

 HOJC ubi jam nemorum reverentia tanta, bipennes 

 Ut teneat ? noftros ubi grandior ulla per agros 

 Quercus ad annofam, ferri fecura, fene&em 

 Durat ? inacceffis nifi confca montibus, ipfo 

 Se defenfa loco tueatui : fi qua fuperfimt 

 A patribus nemora ad feros tranfnufTa nepotes, 

 Ilia nee asftivo frondent impervia foli, 

 Nobile nee ccelo caput abdunt, qualia quondam 

 Vulgus adorabat truncis procera verendis. 

 Sed veteri de ftirpe, novo furgentia ramo, 

 Et quatuor poft luftra nigros vifura caminos. 

 Vis lepori hofpitium praebent, fylveftribus olim 

 Quae timidas latebris damas urfofque tegebant. 

 Ecquis honos ruris, nemorum fi gratia defit ; 

 Obfeflufque domi maneas, cum Sirius ardens 

 Debacchatur agris ? viridique fub ilicis umbra 

 Irriguo poffis nee aftivos ramorum frigore foles 

 Frangere, nee taciti per arnica lilentia luci, 

 Multifonos avium concentus inter, ad aptos 

 Sponte fua veniens numeros, contexere carmen *. 



As it is thus a general complaint that noble 

 trees are rarely to be found, we muft feek 

 them where we can ; and confider them when 

 found, as matters of curibfity j and pay them 

 a due refpeft. 



And yet I fhould fuppofe they are not fo 

 frequently found in a ftate of nature, as in 



* Pned. rufticum, lib. v. 



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