The great Dog
The great Dog, the scorching Dog Star: fury, rage and a burning temper.
[p. 63] What Constellations rise with the Lion
But when the Lion's gaping Jaws aspire,The Dog appears, and foams unruly Fire,In Caves scorcht Neptune mourns contracted Floods,Herbs dye, and Beauteous Greenness leaves the Woods;To other Climates Beasts and Birds retire,And Feverish Nature burns in her own Fire.So vast the Heat, such Flames increase the Sun,As if all Heaven's great Fires were joyn'd in one.Air's turn'd to Dust, the Earth's low Entrails burn,And dying Nature fears one common Urn.
When this appears, his rising Beams presageUngovern'd Fury, and unruly Rage;A flaming Anger, universal HateWith Jealousie make up his Births unhappy Fate:Each little Cause doth scorching Thoughts inspire,Their Soul's inflam'd, and Words break out in Fire:Yet crowd so fast, they justle as they rise,And part flies out in Sparkles through their Eyes.Their Tongue's on Foam, and with their Teeth they breakTheir Words, and Bark when they design to Speak.
Besides, excess in Wine inflames their Fire,And Bacchus makes their Fury blaze the higher.They fear no Rocks, nor Woods, but love to GoreThe furious Lion, and the Foaming Boar;They dread no Beasts, but with blind Warmth engageAnd to their natural strength infuse their Rage:Nor is it strange that from his Beams should riseSuch Tempers; for above through yielding SkiesAverse to Peace, he cuts his furious way,And hunts the Hare, intent upon his Prey.
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The text is Thomas Creech's 1697 verse translation, checked word by word between three scans of the same type (the 1697 printing, the 1700 printing and a third copy). The long s is printed as s; every other spelling is Creech's. Pages are cited as the 1697 printing numbers them. The portrait is William Marshall’s engraving of Lilly from the front of the 1659 printing (Wellcome Library, public domain).