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sweet opportunities of recess, their domos sifoae^ as we 

 read, 2 Reg. 7. 2. which were thence called Houses of 

 Royal Refreshment, or as the Septuagint, O'/KOVC Spvpov, 

 not much unlike the lodges in divers of our noble- 

 mens parks and forest-walks ; which minds me of his 

 choice in another poem, 



1 In lofty towers let Pallas take her rest, 

 Whilst shady groves 'bove all things please us best. 



And for the same reason Maecenas 



2 Chose the broad oak 



And as Horace bespeaks them, 



3 Me the cool woods above the rest advance 



Where the rough satyrs with the light nymphs dance. 



And Virgil again, 



4 Our sweet Thalia loves, nor does she scorn 

 To haunt umbragious groves 



Or as thus expressed by Petrarch, 



5 The Muse her self enjoys 



Best in the woods, verse flies the city noise. 



So true is that of yet as noble a poet of our own : 



1 Pallas quas condidit arces, 



Ipsa colat, nobis placeant ante omnia silvae. 



Eclog. 2. 

 2 Maluit umbrosam quercum 



3 Me gelidum nemus 



Nympharumque leves cum satyris chori, 

 Secernunt populo 



4 Nostra nee erubuit silvas habitare Thalia. 



5 Silva placet musis, urbs est inimica poetis. 



