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CANTABRIGIANA. 
NO. CLXXXVII.—STATUE OF CERES. 
ERES, as every body knows, was 
the goddefs of corn, among the Gre- 
cians: and her worfhip was performed 
with peculiar folemnities.. She had both 
her lefs ard her greater my@eries, the 
latter being accompanied with the mol 
awful and fignifcant rites. Many temples 
were erected to her honour through Greece, 
but that at Eleufis exceeded them all in 
extent and magnificence; and the coloflal 
ftatue ereéted there, the workmanfiup cf 
Praxiteles, was one of the pronudelt {pe- 
cimens of Grecian fculpture. It was a 
figure three times bigger than hfe, 
the majeftic height of which, witha Me- 
dufa on the breafi, ffruck ihe bebolders 
with aftoniikment; as the embkms of her 
divinity and ufeful difcoveries, the holy 
bafket, with ears of corn and fruits, on 
her head,’ affeéted them. with delight: fo 
that what Tryphicdorus fays of the Tyo- 
jan horfe, may be almoft faid of this fur 
prifing ftatue : . 
——- efecparle pobw uot RaAREL GroAAw 
Eupus Dundes.” Tryphiedori Due Adwoss. 
«¢ Broad o’er the fhoulders, and of won’drous 
height, 
It look’d terrific, tho’ in beauty bright.” 
Neither the Saracens nor the Chriftians, 
amidft all their religious rage, were able 
to deftrcy thefe ftupendous monuments of 
ancientart. They have, indeed, much de- 
faced them, but the rvins of both fill re- 
._ main. Thefe ruins have been deferibed 
by different travellers; but the honour of 
bringing the buft of the Coloffus trom 
Eleufis to Cambridge, was le!t for Dr, 
Clarke and Mr. Cripps, of Jefus College. 
Tt is now ereéted at the foot ct the pub ic 
library, and not unaptly 3 for as the fruits 
of the earth fupport the body of man, fo 
do philofophy and books his mind. 
This buft—'or only the butt remains —is 
compoled of fine white marble, much bat 
tered and disfigured. Tne features are 
quite defaced, but there are fiill che vef- 
tiges of exyuifite workmanfhip. The 
breadth ef -:he fhoulders is five feet and a 
half, and the befket, which it has on the 
head, is more than two feet deep. On 
the cutide are ears of wheat,. poppies, 
and rofes, and in the middie is the lohage 
of cak. ‘There isa girt about her waitt, 
and a belt acro!s the breafts. Some have 
fuppofed that it is a beft cf one of the 
Canephorz, young women who. carr-ed 
bafkets in religious proceflions ; but there 
is {uficient evidence of its being a buft 
Cantabrigiana. 
(Jan. 1, 
of the goddefs herfelf, and of that very 
coloffal fatue which adorned the great 
temple at Eleufis, from which fhe was 
called Eleufineaa Ceres. 
ALUATED, priya Yas, 
GOXUTPODE, WHAUIATe 
OuAve, 
Callimachus. ** 
—— tsa P eadapmer yoy ev Pearle, 
Ovcey EAsurives 
No. CLXXXVIII.—COPIED FROM A MA- 
NUSCRIPT IN THE PUPLIC LISRARY: 
John Lydgate, fpeaking of Cantabres 
going to Athens, fays, in reference te 
Cambridge— 
‘¢ All his witts he greatlye did applie 
To have acquaintance, by great affection, 
With folke experte in philofophie. 
From Athenes he brought with him downe 
Philofophers, moft fovereigne of renowue, 
Unto Cambridge. Playnlye, this is the cafe : 
Anaximander and Anaxagoras, 
With many other myne authours doth fare 
To Cambridge faft gan: him hym fpede 
With philofophers, and let for no coft fpare 
In the {choles to ftuddie and toreede. - | 
Of whoes teachyng great profit that gan 
{pread, 
And great increafe refe of his do&trine. 
tus of Cambridge the name gan fir fhyne, 
As chieffe f{choole and Univerfitie 
Unto this time from the days it began, 
By clere reporte in many a far countre, 
Unto the reigne of Caffibellan, 
A woorthie prynce and full knightlie man, 
As fayne Chronicles, who, with his migh 
hand, 
Let Julius Cafar to arryve in this land. 
Five hundreth year full thertie yere and 
twentie 
Fro Babylon’s tranfmigracion, ‘ 
That Caffibelan reigned in Britaine, 
Which, by his notable dilcrecon, 
To increafe that ftuddie of great attention, 
} mean of Cambridge the Univerfitie, 
Franchized with manye a 1ibertie. 
By the meane of his royal! favor, 
From countries about many one 
Divers fchollers, by diligent labour, 
Made their reforte of great affection, 
‘Tothat fteodie great pleaty there cam downe 
To gather fruits of wifdom and fcience, 
And funsrie howers of fugred eloquence, 
And as it is put eke in memorie, 
How Julius Cefar entring this region, 
On Caifibeilan, after his vidterye, 
Tooke with him clarks of famous renowre 
Fro Cambridge, and tedd them to Rome 
towne. 
Thus by procefle remembered heretoforne, 
Cambridge was founded long or Chrift was 
borne, ; 
Five hundreth yere, thertie, and eke nyne ; 
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