To his friend the (lAuthor 7 on this bis Tranjlation. WHat, not a Sibyl or Caflandra left ? A polio ceasd ? Has {harp-fang d Time bereft Us of the Oracles ? Is Dodarwgrow Cut down ? Does ne'er a word proceed from Jove Into the ears of mortals that inherit Tire fias foul, or the great Cachz'sfpirit ? What it become o' th' Augurs that foretold Nature's intents ? Are th'Mzgi dead, that could TeS what was done in every Sphere ? Shall we Not know what's done in the remot'fl Country Without great travel ? Can V we belowt defcry The mindc o th 'gods above ? ^A 11' s done by thee, Agrippa 5 all their Arts lie couch'd in thecs. Th' Art that before in divers heads did lie, Is now collect ini one Monopoly. But all's in vain ; we Uclc'd an Oedi pus, Whofhould interprets meaning unto us : This thou efecl'Jl with fuch dexterity, Adding perhaps what th' Author ne'er did fee ; That we may fay, Thou doll the Art renew : To thee the greater half of th' praife is dues* J. B. CantabrigU, b a To
