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[Halliburton <dec...@en...>]

 a _Sheaperd's_ life, Thro Sheapards ease, and their Divine retreats.
And this is the reason, I suppose, why the solitude of the Country, the
shady Groves, and security of that happy Quiet was so grateful to the
Muses, for thus _Horace_ represents them, {4} The Muses that the Country
Love. Which Observation was first made by _Mnasalce_ the _Sicyonian_ in
his Epigram upon _Venus_ The Rural Muse upon the Mountains feeds. For
sometimes the Country is so raveshing and delightful, that twill raise
Wit and Spirit even in the dullest Clod, And in truth, amongst so many
heats of Lust and Ambition which usually fire our Citys, I cannot see
what retreat, what comfort is left for a chast and sober Muse. And to
speak from the very bottome of my heart, (not to mention the integrity
and innocence of Sheapards upon which so many have insisted, and so
copiously declaimed) methinks he is much more happy in a Wood, that at
ease contemplates this universe, as his own, and in it, the Sun and
Stars, the pleasing Meadows, shady Groves, green Banks, stately Trees,
flowing Springs, and the wanton windings of a River, fit objects for
quiet innocence, than he that with Fire and Sword disturbs the World,
and measures his possessions by the wast that lys about him: _Augustus_
in the remotest East fights for peace, but how tedious were his Voyages?
how troublesome his Marches? how great his disquiets? what fears and
hopes distracted his designs? whilst _Tityrus_ contented with a little,
happy in the enjoyment of his Love, and at ease under his spreading
Beech. Taught Trees to sound his _Amaryllis_ name. {5} On the one side
_Meliboeus_ is forc't to leave his Country, and _Antony_ on the other;
the one a Sheapard, the other a great man, in the Common-Wealth; how
disagreeable was the Event? the Sheapard could endure himself; and sit
down contentedly under his misfortunes, whilst lost _Antony_, unable to
hold out, and quitting all hopes both for himself and his Queen, became
his own barbarous Executioner: Than w