.Post hanc Malusque Pyrusque, 
Illustres venere domus, numeroque potentes ; 
Non illas aspernatur vel Citria regum 
Mensa superborum, non aspernantur et illas 
Vel tripedes inopum mens as at terrea vasa. 
SuBSIDIUM VITAS, LUXUSQUE PARATUS EGENAS 
Et non ullius desertrix copia mensis. 
HlNC SIBI VINA PARANT GENTES QUAS IGNE REMOTUS, 
Languidiore fovet non vitibus asquus Apollo. 
Principis illa quidem munusque vicemque liquoris 
Non indigna ferunt; sic curas illa metusque 
PaUPERIEMQUE DOMANT, SIC L/ETITIISQUE jocisque 
Speque nova et liquido perfundunt lumine venas, 
Et pulchrum accendunt Veneris Martisque furorem 
Hoc contenta mero LiETUM Normannia degit 
V lCINASQUE TUENS GaLLORUM HAUD INVIDET UVAS. 
Cowley. Plant: v'., 606-621. 
(c. 1665.) 
“The tribe of Pears and Apples next succeed, 
Of noble families and numerous breed ; 
No monarch’s table e’er despises them, 
Nor they the poor man’s board on earthen dish contemn. 
Supports of life as well as luxury, 
Nor like their rivals a few months supply; 
But see themselves succeeded e’er they die. - 
Where Phcebus shines too faint to raise the vine, 
They serve for Grapes, and make the Northern wine; 
Their liquor for th’ effects deserves that name, 
Love, valour, wit, and mirth, it can inflame ; 
Care it can drown, lost health, lost wealth restore, 
And Bacchus’ potent juice can do no more. 
With Cyder stor’d, the Norman province sees 
Without regret the neighbouring vintages. 
Cowley’s “Six Books of Plants,” 1689. 
Book V. 
