[ 52 J 



Enough if from the learn'd applaufe be won : 

 Who doat on random praifes, merit none. 



^7 Nature's fympathetic Power, we fee, 

 As is the Parent, fuch the Progeny : 

 Ev'n Artifts, bound by. her inftin&ive law, 63 5- 



In all their works their own refemblance draw : 



, 



Learn then " to know thyfelf," that precept fage 



Shall beft allay luxuriant Fancy's rage, 



Shall point how far indulgent Genius deigns 



To aid her flight, and to what point reftrains. 640 



But as the blufhing Fruits, the breathing Flowers, 



Adorning Flora's and Pomona's bowers., 



When forcing fires command their buds to fwell, 



Refufe their dulcet tafte, their balmy fmell ; 



Nam qui parte fua fperat bene pofl'e mereri 

 Multivaga de plebe, nocet fibi, nee placet ulli.. 

 LXIV. C unique opere in proprio foleat fe pingere pid:or, 45 ^ 



Nofce teipAim 



(Prolem adeo fibi ferre parem natura fuevit) 



Proderit imprimis pidori ^vu 

 Ut data quae genio colat, abflineatque negatis. 

 Fruftibus utque fuus nunquam efl fapor, atque venuflas 

 Floribus, infueto in fundo, prajcoce fub anni 460, 



Tempore, quos cultus violentus & ignis adegiti 



