The plague of Ahtens [sic], which hapened [sic] in the second year of the Peloponnesian war / First described in Greek by Thucydides; then in Latine by Lucretius. Since attempted in English. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Rochester.

  • Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.
Date:
1709
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Credit: The plague of Ahtens [sic], which hapened [sic] in the second year of the Peloponnesian war / First described in Greek by Thucydides; then in Latine by Lucretius. Since attempted in English. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Lord Bishop of Rochester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Where thou may ft kill, and yet the lofs will not be great, There Rage, there ipread,and there infeft the Aira Murther whole Towns and Families there, Thy worft againft thole Savage Nations dare, Thofe whom Mankind can fpare, Thofe whom Mankind it felf doth fear ; Amidft that dreadful Night andfatal Cold, There thou mayft walk unfeen and bold. There let thy Flames thy Empire hold. Unto the fartheft Seas, and Natures ends. Where never Summers Sun its beams extends, Carry thy Plagues, thy Pains, thy Heats, Thy raging Fires, thy torturing Sweats, Where never ray^orheat did come, They will rejoyce at filch a doom. They’ll blefs thy peftilential Fire, Though they by it expirej They’ll thank the very flames'with which they docbnfame, XXV. ' Then if chat Banquet will not thee fuffice, Seek out new Lands where thou mayft tyrannize $ Search every Forreft, every Hill, And all that in the hollow Mountains dwell $ Thofe wild and untame Troops devour. Thereby thou wile the reft of Men fecure, , And that the reft of Men will thank thee for, Let all thofe Humane Beads be'llain* Till fcarcetheir memory remain j Thy felf with that Ignoble daughter fill, ^Twillbe permitted thee that blood tp fpill, Meafure the ruder World throughout, March all the Ocean ihores about. Only pafs by rand (pare the Bntifo Ifle, Go on, and ( what Golwmhta once ihall do. When days and time unto their ripenefs grow) Find put new Lands, and unknown Countries too. Attempt rhoie Lands which yet are hid From all Mortality beiide: There thou mayft fteal a Vi&ory, And none of this World hear the cry Of thofe that by thy Wounds ihall die $ No Greek ihall know thy cruelty. And tell it to Pofterity*/ Go, and unpeople all thofe mighty Landsa Deftroy with unrelenting Hands 5 Qo, and the Spaniards Swqrd prevents 3 Qof make the Spaniard innocent $