There was then alſo leſs expenſive Grandure, but far more true State; when Conſuls, great Stateſmen (and ſuch as atchiev'd the most renown'd Actions) ſup'd in their Gardens; not under coſtly, gilded, and inlaid Roofs, but the ſpreading Platan; and drank of the Chryſtal Brook, and by Temperance, and healthy Frugality, maintain'd the Glory of Sallets, Ah, quanta innocentiore victu! with what Content and Satisfaction! Nor, as we ſaid, wanted there Variety; for ſo in the moſt bliſsful Place, and innocent State of Nature, See how the firſt Empreſs of the World Regal's her Celeſtial Gueſt:
[123]With ſav'ry Fruit of Taſte to pleaſe
True Appetite, —— and brings
Whatever Earth's all-bearing Mother yields
——Fruit of all kinds, in Coat
Rough, or ſmooth-Rind, or bearded Husk, or Shell.
Heaps with unſparing Hand: For Drink the Grape
She cruſhes, inoffenſive Mouſt, and Meaches
From many a Berry, and from ſweet Kernel preſt,
She temper'd dulcid Creams.——