LANCASTER COUNTT. 105 



"Whereas, Daniel Feire, Junior, of tlK) county of 

 Lancaster and province of Pennsylvania, yoeman, and 

 Mary Carpenter, daughter of Henry Carpentex of the 

 county and province aforesaid, spinster, Imving made di»e 

 publication of their intention of marriage as the law 

 directs : — ^These are therefore to certify all whom it may 

 concern that on the first of May, Anno Domini, 1739, 

 before me Emanuel Carpenter, one of his Majesty's 

 justices of the peace for the said county, they, tlie said 

 Daniel Fiere and Mary Carpenter appeared in a public 

 and solemn assembly for that purpose appointed and 

 meet together at the dwelling house of the aforesaid 

 Hemy Carpenter, where he the said Daniel Fiere did 



Providus in morem formicae ahmenta reponit 



Rusticus hiberni frigoris usque memor, 

 Aesth'O reputans quodumque laborc lucratur, 



Quae mox insequitur, longa vorabit hymens. 



Stramine tecta replet Cerealibus horrea donis 

 Impeger, et curat condere quicquid habet: 



Despicit exoticas que dapes, vestesque superbas, 

 Contentus modicis vivere,pace suis. 



Esuriens dulces epulas depromit inemptas, 



Et proprio vestis vellere texta placet, 

 Parva huinilisque domus, latos quae prospicit agros^. 



Parta vel empta, sibi sufficet atque suis. 



Utilis est illi, si non opulenta supella; 



I\es sapiens omnes utilitate probat. 

 Q ! mihi si liceat sylvas iiabitare beatus, 



Et modico victu, non sine pace, frui. 



TRANSLATION. 



The farmer, provident, amidst his cares, 

 For winter, like the prudent ant, prepares ; 



Foreknowing^ all that summer doth produce, 

 Is only for consuming winter's use. 



