The Hyades
The Hyades: lovers of a crowd and a riot.
[p. 59] But when the Ram hath doubled Ten Degrees,And joyn'd seven more, then rise the Hyades;Whose Births delight in Tumults, hate soft Peace,Seditions seek, and live averse to Ease:The Desks the ¹⁷Gracchi, Souldiers crowd the TownThey love to see, and scorn the peaceful Gown.They seek Contention, and when none appearsThey heighten Jealousies, and nourish Fears.Or meanly bent, they o're the fruitful PlainTheir Cattel feed, or drive the lazy Wain:Such Minds these give, such Tempers these bestow,Curst Influence! rais'd too high, or bent too low.
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¹⁷ A Family amongst the Romans, famous for their seditious Harangues, which they made to the People of Rome out of the Desks, or Rostra, standing in the Market place. (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).