LIMAX.

FRONDIBUS, et pomis, herbisque tenaciter hæret
Limax, et secum portat ubique domum.

Tutus in hac sese occultat, si quando periclum
Imminet, aut subitæ decidit imber aquæ.

Cornua vel leviter tangas, se protinus in se

Colligit, in proprios contrahiturque lares.

Secum habitat quacunque habitat; sibi tota supellex;

Solæ quas adamat, quasque requirit opes.

Secum potat, edit, dormit; sibi in ædibus iisdem Conviva et comes est, hospes et hospitium.

Limacem, quacumque siet, quacumque moretur, Siquis eum quærat, dixeris esse domi.

THE SNAIL.

To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall,

The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall,

As if he grew there, house and all

Together.

Within that house secure he hides,

When danger imminent betides

Of storm, or other harm besides

Of weather.

Give but his horns the slightest touch,

His self-collecting power is such,

He shrinks into his house with much

Displeasure.

Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone,

Except himself has chattels none,

Well satisfied to be his own

Whole treasure.

Thus, hermit-like, his life he leads,
Nor partner of his banquet needs,

And if he meets one, only feeds

The faster.

Who seeks him must be worse than blind,

(He and his house are so combin’d)

If, finding it, he fails to find

Its master.

EQUES ACADEMICUS.

CALCARI instruitur juvenis; geminove vel uno, Haud multum, aut ocreis cujus, et unde, refert; Fors fortasse suo, fortasse aliunde, flagello;

Quantulacunque sui, pars tamen ipse sui. Sic rite armatus, quinis (et forte minoris) Conductum solidis scandere gestit equum. Lætus et impavidus qua fert fortuna (volantem Cernite) quadrupedem pungit et urget iter: Admisso cursu, per rura, per oppida fertur: Adlatrant catuli, multaque ridet anus. Jamque ferox plagis, erectâ ad verbera dextrâ Calce cruentatâ lassat utrumque latus. Impete sed tanto vixdum confecerit ille

Millia propositæ sexve novemve viæ,

Viribus absumptis, fessusque labore, caballus

Sternit in immundum seque equitemque lutum

Vectus iter peraget curru plaustrove viator?
Proh pudor et facinus! cogitur ire pedes.
Si, nec inexpertum, seniorem junior`audis,
Quæ sint exiguæ commoda disce moræ.
Quam tibi præcipio, brevis est, sed regula certa;
Ocyus ut possis pergere, lentus eas!

THE CANTAB.

WITH two spurs or one; and no great matter

which,

Boots bought, or boots borrow'd, a whip or a

switch,

Five shillings or less for the hire of his beast,
Paid part into hand;-you must wait for the rest.
Thus equipt, Academicus climbs up his horse,
And out they both sally for better or worse;
His heart void of fear, and as light as a feather;
And in violent haste to go not knowing whither: