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14 Erasmus Jupiter himself, Divum Pater atque Hominum Rex, the Father of Gods and Men; at whose single beck, as heretofore, so at present, all things Sacred and Prophane are turn’d topsie turvy. According to whose Pleasure War, Peace, Empire, Counsels, Judgements, Assemblies, Wedlocks, Bargains, Leagues, Laws, Arts, all things Light or Serious—I want breath—in short, all the publick and private business of mankind, is govern’d; without whose help all that Herd of Gods of the Poets’? making, and those few of the better sort of the rest, either would not be at all, or if they were, they would be but 4such as live at home and keep a poor house to themselves. And to whomsoever hee’s an Enemy, ’tis not Pallas her self that can befriend him: a: on the contrary he whom he favours may lead Jupiter and his Thunder in a string. ‘This is my father ? and in him I glory. Nor did he produce me from his brain, as Jupiter that sowre and ill-look’d Pallas; but % of that lovely Nymph call’d Youth, the most beautiful and galliard of all the rest. Nor was 1 olkdortar. * Hujus me glorior esse. * ex Neotete Nympha.
