How art thou fall'n from thine old Renown!
But our Camilli did but plainly fare,
No Port did oft triumphant Serran bear:
Therefore ſuch Hardſhip, and their Heart ſo great
Gave Rome to be the World's Imperial Seat.
But as theſe were the Senſual and Voluptuous, who abus'd their Plenty, ſpent their Fortunes and ſhortned their Lives by their Debauches; ſo never did they taſte the Delicaces, and true Satisfaction of a ſober Repaſt, and the infinite Conveniences of what a well-ſtor'd Garden affords; ſo elegantly deſcrib'd by the [119]Naturaliſt, as coſting neither Fuel nor Fire to boil, Pains or time to gather and prepare, Res expedita & parata ſemper: All was ſo near at hand, readily dreſt, and of ſo eaſie Digeſtion; as neither to offend the Brain, or dull the Senſes; and in the greateſt Dearth of Corn, a little Bread ſuffic'd. In all Events,
Panis ematur, Olus, Vini Sextarius adde
Queis humana ſibi doleat natura negatis.
Bread, Wine and wholſome Sallets you may buy,