[475] “Gourmand. A glutton, gormand, bellie-god, greedy-gut.”—Cotgrave.

[476] Juvenal was a native of Aquinum: hence Aquinians = satirists.

[477] There was a game at cards called “one-and-thirty.”

[478] ἑνὶ δὴ λόγῳ ἐκ τῶν ὁμοίων ἐνεργειῶν αἱ ἕξεις γίνονται . Arist. Eth. Nicom. ii. 1, 7.

[479] Use.

[480] I.e., maintain the thesis for the occasion.

[481] See note, [p. 269.]

PROEMIUM IN LIBRUM SECUNDUM.

I cannot quote a mott[482] Italionate,
Or brand my satires with some Spanish term;
I cannot with swoll’n lines magnificate
Mine own poor worth, or as immaculate
Task others’ rhymes, as if no blot did stain,
No blemish soil, my young satiric vein.

Nor can I make my soul a merchandise,
Seeking conceits to suit these artless times;
Or deign for base reward to poetise,
Soothing the world with oily flatteries.    10
Shall mercenary thoughts provoke me write—
Shall I for lucre be a parasite?