Orion
Orion rises with Aries: quick, busy, and everyone in town is their friend.
[p. 57] But when Orion on the left doth rise,Orion ¹⁰the large Portion of the Skies;At whose appearance Day the Night invades,And frighted Darkness folds her Gloomy Shades:One fit for Business, quick of Mind is wrought,Of Body nimble, and of Active Thought:As if he were the ¹¹People, all the TownHe shall inhabit, every House his own:And one Salute, when ¹²Morning peeps, extendThrough every Street, to All a Common Friend,
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¹⁰ Orion is a very large and bright Constellation, and deserves this pompous Description. (Creech’s note, 1697)
¹¹ Instar erit Populi: This is one of Manilius's bold Expressions, which my English cannot reach. (Creech’s note, 1697)
¹² Alluding to the officious Salutations, which the Clients amongst the Romans carried early every Morning to their Patrons. (Creech’s note, 1697)
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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).