Formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin.
---- Deos didici securum agere ævum
Nec si quid miri faciat natura, deos id
Tristes ex alto coeli demittere tecto.
---- ---- Credat Judæus Apella,
Non ego. ----
Ducite ab urbe domum mea carmina ducite Daphnim.
In vain the vulgar shall for vengeance call,
Or move the justices at Hickes's-hall;
In vain grand juries shall be urg'd by law
In his indictment not to leave a flaw.
Ev'n at the bar should NYKY stand arraign'd,
No verdict 'gainst him should be there obtain'd;
Nay, by the laws and customs of the land,
Tho' trembling NYKY should convicted stand,
The candid jury shall be mov'd t'acquit
A gentleman, an author, and a wit:
For liberal minds with candour ever see
The milder failings of humanity!
Smooth-spoken MANSFIELD,[10] with his vacant face,
In softening accents first shall ope his case;
Which to defend, the want of Merlin's cunning
Shall be supplied by that of Grimbald DUNNING.[11]
E'en at th' Old-Bailey they for NYK shall plead;
Where would they not, if they were largely fee'd?
Were NYKY summon'd to the bar below,
Well-fee'd these faithful barristers would go;