Jubilate Agno
Jubilate Agno
by
Christopher Smart
FRAGMENT A
Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and the Lamb.
Let man and beast appear before him, and magnify his name together.
Let Noah and his company approach the throne of Grace, and do homage
to the Ark of their Salvation.
Let Abraham present a Ram, and worship the God of his Redemption.
Let Isaac, the Bridegroom, kneel with his Camels, and bless the hope of
his pilgrimage.
Let Jacob, and his speckled Drove adore the good Shepherd of Israel.
Let Esau offer a scape Goat for his seed, and rejoice in the blessing of
God his father.
Let Nimrod, the mighty hunter, bind a Leopard to the altar, and
consecrate his spear to the Lord.
Let Ishmael dedicate a Tyger, and give praise for the liberty, in which
the Lord has let him at large.
Let Balaam appear with an Ass, and bless the Lord his people and his
creatures for a reward eternal.
Let Anah, the son of Zibion, lead a Mule to the temple, and bless God,
who amerces the consolation of the creature for the service of Man.
Let Daniel come forth with a Lion, and praise God with all his might
through faith in Christ Jesus.
Let Naphthali with an Hind give glory in the goodly words of
Thanksgiving.
Let Aaron, the high priest, sanctify a Bull, and let him go free to the
Lord and Giver of Life.
Let the Levites of the Lord take the Beavers of the brook alive into the
Ark of the Testimony.
Let Eleazar with the Ermine serve the Lord decently and in purity.
Let Ithamar minister with a Chamois, and bless the name of Him, which
cloatheth the naked.
Let Merari praise the wisdom and power of God with the Coney, who
scoopeth the rock, and archeth in the sand.
Let Kohath serve with the Sable, and bless God in the ornaments of the
Temple.
Let Jehoida bless God with an Hare, whose mazes are determined for
the health of the body and to parry the adversary.
Let Ahitub humble himself with an Ape before Almighty God, who is the
maker of variety and pleasantry.
Let Abiathar with a Fox praise the name of the Lord, who ballances
craft against strength and skill against number.
Let Moses, the Man of God, bless with a Lizard, in the sweet majesty
of good-nature, and the magnanimity of meekness.
Let Joshua praise God with an Unicorn -- the swiftness of the Lord, and
the strength of the Lord, and the spear of the Lord mighty in battle.
Let Caleb with an Ounce praise the Lord of the Land of beauty and
rejoice in the blessing of his good Report.
Let Othniel praise God with the Rhinoceros, who put on his armour for
the reward of beauty in the Lord.
Let Tola bless with the Toad, which is the good creature of God, tho' his
virtue is in the secret, and his mention is not made.
Let Barak praise with the Pard -- and great is the might of the faithful
and great is the Lord in the nail of Jael and in the sword of the Son of
Abinoam.
Let Gideon bless with the Panther -- the Word of the Lord is invincible
by him that lappeth from the brook.
Let Jotham praise with the Urchin, who took up his parable and
provided himself for the adversary to kick against the pricks.
Let Boaz, the Builder of Judah, bless with the Rat, which dwelleth in
hardship and peril, that they may look to themselves and keep their
houses in order.
Let Obed-Edom with a Dormouse praise the Name of the Lord God his
Guest for increase of his store and for peace.
Let Abishai bless with the Hyaena -- the terror of the Lord, and the
fierceness, of his wrath against the foes of the King and of Israel.
Let Ethan praise with the Flea, his coat of mail, his piercer, and his
vigour, which wisdom and providence have contrived to attract
observation and to escape it.
Let Heman bless with the Spider, his warp and his woof, his subtlety
and industry, which are good.
Let Chalcol praise with the Beetle, whose life is precious in the sight of
God, tho his appearance is against him.
Let Darda with a Leech bless the Name of the Physician of body and
soul.
Let Mahol praise the Maker of Earth and Sea with the Otter, whom
God has given to dive and to burrow for his preservation.
Let David bless with the Bear -- The beginning of victory to the Lord --
to the Lord the perfection of excellence -- Hallelujah from the heart of
God, and from the hand of the artist inimitable, and from the echo of
the heavenly harp in sweetness magnifical and mighty.
Let Solomon praise with the Ant, and give the glory to the Fountain of
all Wisdom.
Let Samuel, the Minister from a child, without ceasing praise with the
Porcupine, which is the creature of defence and stands upon his arms
continually.
Let Nathan with the Badger bless God for his retired fame, and privacy
inaccessible to slander.
Let Joseph, who from the abundance of his blessing may spare to him,
that lacketh, praise with the Crocodile, which is pleasant and pure, when
he is interpreted, tho' his look is of terror and offence.
Let Esdras bless Christ Jesus with the Rose and his people, which is a
nation of living sweetness.
Let Shallum with the Frog bless God for the meadows of Canaan, the
fleece, the milk and the honey.
Let Hilkiah praise with the Weasel, which sneaks for his prey in craft,
and dwelleth at ambush.
Let Job bless with the Worm -- the life of the Lord is in Humiliation,
the Spirit also and the truth.
Let Elihu bless with the Tortoise, which is food for praise and
thanksgiving.
Let Hezekiah praise with the Dromedary -- the zeal for the glory of God
is excellence, and to bear his burden is grace.
Let Zadoc worship with the Mole -- before honour is humility, and he
that looketh low shall learn.
Let Gad with the Adder bless in the simplicity of the preacher and the
wisdom of the creature.
Let Tobias bless Charity with his Dog, who is faithful, vigilant, and a
friend in poverty.
Let Anna bless God with the Cat, who is worthy to be presented before
the throne of grace, when he has trampled upon the idol in his prank.
Let Benaiah praise with the Asp -- to conquer malice is nobler, than to
slay the lion.
Let Barzillai bless with the Snail -- a friend in need is as the balm of
Gilead, or as the slime to the wounded bark.
Let Joab with the Horse worship the Lord God of Hosts.
Let Shemaiah bless God with the Caterpiller -- the minister of vengeance
is the harbinger of mercy.
Let Ahimelech with the Locust bless God from the tyranny of numbers.
Let Cornelius with the Swine bless God, which purifyeth all things for
the poor.
Let Araunah bless with the Squirrel, which is a gift of homage from the
poor man to the wealthy and increaseth good will.
Let Bakbakkar bless with the Salamander, which feedeth upon ashes as
bread, and whose joy is at the mouth of the furnace.
Let Jabez bless with Tarantula, who maketh his bed in the moss, which
he feedeth, that the pilgrim may take heed to his way.
Let Iddo praise the Lord with the Moth -- the writings of man perish as
the garment, but the Book of God endureth for ever.
Let Nebuchadnezzar bless with the Grashopper -- the pomp and vanities
of the world are as the herb of the field, but the glory of the Lord
increaseth for ever.
Let Naboth bless with the Canker-worm -- envy is cruel and killeth and
preyeth upon that which God has given to aspire and bear fruit.
Let Lud bless with the Elk, the strenuous asserter of his liberty, and
the maintainer of his ground.
Let Obadiah with the Palmer-worm bless God for the remnant that is
left.
Let Agur bless with the Cockatrice -- The consolation of the world is
deceitful, and temporal honour the crown of him that creepeth.
Let Ithiel bless with the Baboon, whose motions are regular in the
wilderness, and who defendeth himself with a staff against the assailant.
Let Ucal bless with the Cameleon, which feedeth on the Flowers and
washeth himself in the dew.
Let Lemuel bless with the Wolf, which is a dog without a master, but
the Lord hears his cries and feeds him in the desert.
Let Hananiah bless with the Civet, which is pure from benevolence.
Let Azarias bless with the Reindeer, who runneth upon the waters, and
wadeth thro the land in snow.
Let Mishael bless with the Stoat -- the praise of the Lord gives
propriety to all things.
Let Savaran bless with the Elephant, who gave his life for his country
that he might put on immortality.
Let Nehemiah, the imitator of God, bless with the Monkey, who is
work'd down from Man.
Let Manasses bless with the Wild-Ass -- liberty begetteth insolence, but
necessity is the mother of prayer.
Let Jebus bless with the Camelopard, which is good to carry and to
parry and to kneel.
Let Huz bless with the Polypus -- lively subtlety is acceptable to the
Lord.
Let Buz bless with the Jackall -- but the Lord is the Lion's provider.
Let Meshullam bless with the Dragon, who maketh his den in desolation
and rejoiceth amongst the ruins.
Let Enoch bless with the Rackoon, who walked with God as by the
instinct.
Let Hashbadana bless with the Catamountain, who stood by the Pulpit
of God against the dissensions of the Heathen.
Let Ebed-Melech bless with the Mantiger, the blood of the Lord is
sufficient to do away the offence of Cain, and reinstate the creature
which is amerced.
Let A Little Child with a Serpent bless Him, who ordaineth strength in
babes to the confusion of the Adversary.
Let Huldah bless with the Silkworm -- the ornaments of the Proud are
from the bowells of their Betters.
Let Susanna bless with the Butterfly -- beauty hath wings, but chastity
is the Cherub.
Let Sampson bless with the Bee, to whom the Lord hath given strength
to annoy the assailant and wisdom to his strength.
Let Amasiah bless with the Chaffer -- the top of the tree is for the
brow of the champion, who has given the glory to God.
Let Hashum bless with the Fly, whose health is the honey of the air,
but he feeds upon the thing strangled, and perisheth.
Let Malchiah bless with the Gnat -- it is good for man and beast to
mend their pace.
Let Pedaiah bless with the Humble-Bee, who loves himself in solitude and
makes his honey alone.
Let Maaseiah bless with the Drone, who with the appearance of a Bee is
neither a soldier nor an artist, neither a swordsman nor smith.
Let Urijah bless with the Scorpion, which is a scourge against the
murmurers -- the Lord keep it from our coasts.
Let Anaiah bless with the Dragon-fly, who sails over the pond by the
wood-side and feedeth on the cressies.
Let Zorobabel bless with the Wasp, who is the Lord's architect, and
buildeth his edifice in armour.
Let Jehu bless with the Hornet, who is the soldier of the Lord to
extirpate abomination and to prepare the way of peace.
Let Mattithiah bless with the Bat, who inhabiteth the desolations of
pride and flieth amongst the tombs.
Let Elias which is the innocency of the Lord rejoice with the Dove.
Let Asaph rejoice with the Nightingale -- The musician of the Lord! and
the watchman of the Lord!
Let Shema rejoice with the Glowworm, who is the lamp of the traveller
and mead of the musician.
Let Jeduthun rejoice with the Woodlark, who is sweet and various.
Let Chenaniah rejoice with Chloris, in the vivacity of his powers and the
beauty of his person.
Let Gideoni rejoice with the Goldfinch, who is shrill and loud, and full
withal.
Let Giddalti rejoice with the Mocking-bird, who takes off the notes of
the Aviary and reserves his own.
Let Jogli rejoice with the Linnet, who is distinct and of mild delight.
Let Benjamin bless and rejoice with the Redbird, who is soft and
soothing.
Let Dan rejoice with the Blackbird, who praises God with all his heart,
and biddeth to be of good cheer.
FRAGMENT B
Let Elizur rejoice with the Partridge, who is a prisoner of state and is
proud of his keepers.
Let Shelumiel rejoice with Olor, who is of a goodly savour, and the very
look of him harmonizes the mind.
Let Jael rejoice with the Plover, who whistles for his live, and foils the
marksmen and their guns.
Let Raguel rejoice with the Cock of Portugal -- God send good Angels to
the allies of England!
Let Zurishaddai with the Polish Cock rejoice -- The Lord restore peace
to Europe.
Let Zuar rejoice with the Guinea Hen -- The Lord add to his mercies in
the WEST!
Let Chesed rejoice with Strepsiceros, whose weapons are the ornaments
of his peace.
Let Hagar rejoice with Gnesion, who is the right sort of eagle, and
towers the highest.
Let Libni rejoice with the Redshank, who migrates not but is translated
to the upper regions.
Let Nahshon rejoice with the Seabreese, the Lord give the sailors of his
Spirit.
Let Helon rejoice with the Woodpecker -- the Lord encourage the
propagation of trees!
Let Amos rejoice with the Coote -- prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Let Ephah rejoice with Buprestis, the Lord endue us with temperance
and humanity, till every cow have her mate!
Let Sarah rejoice with the Redwing, whose harvest is in the frost and
snow.
Let Rebekah rejoice with Iynx, who holds his head on one side to deceive
the adversary.
Let Shuah rejoice with Boa, which is the vocal serpent.
Let Ehud rejoice with Onocrotalus, whose braying is for the glory of God,
because he makes the best musick in his power.
Let Shamgar rejoice with Otis, who looks about him for the glory of
God, and sees the horizon compleat at once.
Let Bohan rejoice with the Scythian Stag -- he is beef and breeches
against want and nakedness.
Let Achsah rejoice with the Pigeon who is an antidote to malignity and
will carry a letter.
Let Tohu rejoice with the Grouse -- the Lord further the cultivating of
heaths and the peopling of deserts.
Let Hillel rejoice with Ammodytes, whose colour is deceitful and he plots
against the pilgrim's feet.
Let Jemuel rejoice with Charadrius, who is from the HEIGHT and the
sight of him is good for the jaundice.
Let Pharaoh rejoice with Anataria, whom God permits to prey upon the
ducks to check their increase.
Let Lotan rejoice with Sauterelle. Blessed be the name of the Lord from
the Lote-tree to the Palm.
Let Dishon rejoice with the Landrail, God give his grace to the society
for preserving the game.
Let Hushim rejoice with the King's Fisher, who is of royal beauty, tho'
plebeian size.
Let Machir rejoice with Convolvulus, from him to the ring of Saturn,
which is the girth of Job; to the signet of God -- from Job and his
daughters BLESSED BE JESUS.
Let Atad bless with Eleos, the nightly Memorialist ελεησον κυριε .
Let Jamim rejoice with the Bittern -- blessed be the name of Jesus for
Denver Sluice, Ruston, and the draining of the fens.
Let Ohad rejoice with Byturos who eateth the vine and is a minister of
temperance.
Let Zohar rejoice with Cychramus who cometh with the quails on a
particular affair.
Let Serah, the daughter of Asher, rejoice with Ceyx, who maketh his
cabin in the Halcyon's hold.
Let Magdiel rejoice with Ascarides, which is the life of the bowels -- the
worm hath a part in our frame.
Let Becher rejoice with Oscen who terrifies the wicked, as trumpet and
alarm the coward.
Let Shaul rejoice with Circos, who hath clumsy legs, but he can wheel it
the better with his wings. --
Let Hamul rejoice with the Crystal, who is pure and translucent.
Let Ziphion rejoice with the Tit-Lark who is a groundling, but he raises
the spirits.
Let Mibzar rejoice with the Cadess, as is their number, so are their
names, blessed be the Lord Jesus for them all.
Let Jubal rejoice with Cascilia, the woman and the slow-worm praise the
name of the Lord.
Let Arodi rejoice with the Royston Crow, there is a society of them at
Trumpington and Cambridge.
Let Areli rejoice with the Criel, who is a dwarf that towereth above
others.
Let Shimron rejoice with the Kite, who is of more value than many
sparrows.
Let Sered rejoice with the Wittal -- a silly bird is wise unto his own
preservation.
Let Elon rejoice with Attelabus, who is the Locust without wings.
Let Jahleel rejoice with the Woodcock, who liveth upon suction and is
pure from his diet.
Let Shuni rejoice with the Gull, who is happy in not being good for food.
Let Ezbon rejoice with Musimon, who is from the ram and she-goat.
Let Barkos rejoice with the Black Eagle, which is the least of his species
and the best-natured.
Let Bedan rejoice with Ossifrage -- the bird of prey and the man of
prayer.
Let Ruth rejoice with the Tumbler -- it is a pleasant thing to feed him
and be thankful.
Let Ram rejoice with the Fieldfare, who is a good gift from God in the
season of scarcity.
Let Bukki rejoice with the Buzzard, who is clever, with the reputation of
a silly fellow.
Let Hur rejoice with the Water-wag-tail, who is a neighbour, and loves
to be looked at.
Let Dodo rejoice with the purple Worm, who is cloathed sumptuously,
tho he fares meanly.
Let Ahio rejoice with the Merlin who is a cousin german of the hawk.
Let Joram rejoice with the Water-Rail, who takes his delight in the
river.
Let Chileab rejoice with Ophion who is clean made, less than an hart, and
a Sardinian.
Let Shephatiah rejoice with the little Owl, which is the wingged Cat.
Let Ithream rejoice with the great Owl, who understandeth that which
he professes.
Let Shammua rejoice with the Vultur who is strength and fierceness.
Let Shobab rejoice with Evech who is of the goat kind which is
meditation and pleasantry.
Let Ittai the Gittite rejoice with the Gerfalcon amicus certus in re
incertâ cernitur.
Let Ibhar rejoice with the Pochard -- a child born in prosperity is the
chiefest blessing of peace.
Let Elishua rejoice with Cantharis -- God send bread and milk to the
children.
Let Chimham bless with Drepanis who is a passenger from the sea to
heaven.
Let Gibeon rejoice with the Puttock, who will shift for himself to the
last extremity.
Let Elishama rejoice with Mylæcos Ισχετε χειρα μυλαιον αλιτριδες . ευδετε
μακρα .
Let Elimelech rejoice with the Horn-Owl who is of gravity and amongst
my friends in the tower.
Let Eliada rejoice with the Gier-eagle who is swift and of great
penetration.
Let Eliphalet rejoice with Erodius who is God's good creature, which is
sufficient for him.
Let Sheva rejoice with the Hobby, who is the service of the great.
Let Elkanah rejoice with Cymindis -- the Lord illuminate us against the
powers of darkness.
Let Ziba rejoice with Glottis whose tongue is wreathed in his throat.
Let Micah rejoice with the spotted Spider, who counterfeits death to
effect his purposes.
Let Rizpah rejoice with the Eyed Moth who is beautiful in corruption.
Let Abiezer, the Anethothite, rejoice with Phrynos who is the scaled
frog.
Let Nachon rejoice with Parcas who is a serpent more innocent than
others.
Let Lapidoth with Percnos -- the Lord is the builder of the wall of
CHINA -- REJOICE.
Let Ahinoam rejoice with Prester -- The seed of the woman hath bruised
the serpents head.
Let Phurah rejoice with Penelopes, the servant of Gideon with the fowl
of the brook.
Let Jether, the son of Gideon, rejoice with Ecchetae which are musical
grashoppers.
Let Hushai rejoice with the Ospray who is able to parry the eagle.
Let Eglah rejoice with Phalaris who is a pleasant object upon the water.
Let Haggith rejoice with the white Weasel who devoureth the honey and
it's maker.
Let Abital rejoice with Ptyas who is arrayed in green and gold.
Let Maacah rejoice with Dryophyte who was blessed of the Lord in the
valley.
Let Adoniram the receiver general of the excise rejoice with Hypnale the
sleepy adder.
Let Pedahel rejoice with Pityocampa who eateth his house in the pine.
Let Ibzam rejoice with the Brandling -- the Lord further the building of
bridges and making rivers navigable.
Let Gilead rejoice with Gentle -- the Lord make me a fisher of men.
Let Zelophehad rejoice with Ascalabotes who casteth not his coat till a
new one is prepared for him.
Let Mahlah rejoice with Pellos who is a tall bird and stately.
Let Tirzah rejoice with Tylus which is the Cheeslip and food for the
chicken.
Let Hoglah rejoice with Leontophonos who will kill the lion, if he is
eaten.
Let Milcah rejoice with the Horned Beetle who will strike a man in the
face.
Let Noah rejoice with Hibris who is from a wild boar and a tame sow.
Let Abdon rejoice with the Glede who is very voracious and may not
himself be eaten.
Let Gera rejoice with the Night Hawk -- blessed are those who watch
when others sleep.
Let Anath rejoice with Rauca who inhabiteth the root of the oak.
Let Cherub rejoice with the Cherub who is a bird and a blessed Angel.
For I bless God whose name is Jealous -- and there is a zeal to deliver
us from everlasting burnings.
For I bless the PRINCE of PEACE and pray that all the guns may be
nail'd up, save such are for the rejoicing days.
For I have abstained from the blood of the grape and that even at the
Lord's table.
For I have glorified God in GREEK and LATIN, the consecrated languages
spoken by the Lord on earth.
For the HOST is in the WEST -- the Lord make us thankful unto
salvation.
For I preach the very GOSPEL of CHRIST without comment and with
this weapon shall I slay envy.
For he that walked upon the sea, hath prepared the floods with the
Gospel of peace.
For the merciful man is merciful to his beast, and to the trees that give
them shelter.
For he hath turned the shadow of death into the morning,the Lord is
his name.
For I am come home again, but there is nobody to kill the calf or to pay
the musick.
For the hour of my felicity, like the womb of Sarah, shall come at the
latter end.
For I shou'd have avail'd myself of waggery, had not malice been
multitudinous.
For there are still serpents that can speak -- God bless my head, my
heart and my heel.
For I bless God that I am of the same seed as Ehud, Mutius Scævola,
and Colonel Draper.
For I have adventured myself in the name of the Lord, and he hath
marked me for his own.
For I bless God for the Postmaster general and all conveyancers of letters
under his care especially Allen and Shelvock.
For my grounds in New Canaan shall infinitely compensate for the flats
and maynes of Staindrop Moor.
For the praise of God can give to a mute fish the notes of a nightingale.
For I have seen the White Raven and Thomas Hall of Willingham and am
my self a greater curiosity than both.
For if Pharaoh had known Joseph, he woud have blessed God and me for
the illumination of the people.
For I pray to give his grace to the poor of England, that Charity be not
offended and that benevolence may increase.
For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to
sea for pearls.
For there is a blessing from the STONE of JESUS which is founded upon
hell to the precious jewell on the right hand of God.
For the nightly Visitor is at the window of the impenitent, while I sing a
psalm of my own composing.
For there is a note added to the scale, which the Lord hath made fuller,
stronger and more glorious.
For I offer my goat as he browses the vine, bless the Lord from
chambering and drunkeness.
For there is a traveling for the glory of God without going to Italy or
France.
For I bless the children of Asher for the evil I did them and the good I
might have received at their hands.
For I rejoice like a worm in the rain in him that cherishes and from him
that tramples.
For I am ready for the trumpet and alarm to fight, to die and to rise
again.
For the banish'd of the Lord shall come about again, for so he hath
prepared for them.
For my hands and my feet are perfect as the sublimity of Naphtali and
the felicity of Asher.
For the names and number of animals are as the name and number of
the stars. --
For I pray the Lord Jesus to translate my MAGNIFICAT into verse and
represent it.
For I bless the Lord Jesus from the bottom of Royston Cave to the top
of King's Chapel.
For I bless the thirteenth of August, in which I had the grace to obey
the voice of Christ in my conscience.
For I bless the thirteenth of August, in which I was willing to run all
hazards for the sake of the name of the Lord.
For I lent my flocks and my herds and my lands at once unto the Lord.
For I pray God to bless POLLY in the blessing of Naomi and assign her
to the house of DAVID.
For I am in charity with the French who are my foes and Moabites
because of the Moabitish woman.
For they have seperated me and my bosom, whereas the right comes by
setting us together.
For Abiah is the father of Joab and Joab of all Romans and English Men.
For they pass by me in their tour, and the good Samaritan is not yet
come. --
For I pray God bless the CAM -- Mr HIGGS and Mr and Mrs
WASHBOURNE as the drops of the dew.
For I pray God bless the king of Sardinia and make him an instrument of
his peace.
For the Fatherless Children and widows are never deserted of the Lord.
For I pray God be gracious to the house of Stuart and consider their
afflictions.
For I give God the glory that I am a son of ABRAHAM a PRINCE of the
house of my fathers.
For I bless God for my retreat at CANBURY, as it was the place of the
nativity of my children.
For I pray God to give them the food which I cannot earn for them any
otherwise than by prayer.
For I pray God bless the Chinese which are of ABRAHAM and the Gospel
grew with them at the first.
For I bless God in the honey of the sugar-cane and the milk of the
cocoa.
For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers
in the world.
For I bless God in the strength of my loins and for the voice which he
hath made sonorous.
For tis no more a merit to provide for oneself, but to quit all for the
sake of the Lord.
For there is no invention but the gift of God, and no grace like the
grace of gratitude.
For grey hairs are honourable and tell every one of them to the glory of
God.
For I bless the Lord Jesus for the memory of GAY, POPE and SWIFT.
For all good words are from GOD, and all others are cant.
For I pray God bless my lord CLARENDON and his seed for ever.
For there is silver in my mines and I bless God that it is rather there
then in my coffers.
For I blessed God in St James's Park till I routed all the company.
For the officers of the peace are at variance with me, and the watchman
smites me with his staff.
For I am the seed of the WELCH WOMAN and speak the truth from my
heart.
For they lay wagers touching my life. -- God be gracious to the winners.
For the piety of Rizpah is imitable in the Lord -- wherefore I pray for
the dead.
For the Lord is my ROCK and I am the bearer of his CROSS.
For I am like a frog in the brambles, but the Lord hath put his whole
armour upon me.
For I am ready to die for his sake -- who lay down his life for all
mankind.
For the son of JOSHUA shall prevail against the servant of Gideon --
Good men have their betters,
For my seed shall worship the Lord JESUS as numerous and musical as
the grashoppers of Paradise.
For the learning of the Lord increases daily, as the sun is an improving
angel.
For I pray God for a reformation amonst the women and the restoration
of the veil.
For beauty is better to look upon than to meddle with and tis good for
a man not to know a woman.
For the Lord Jesus made him a nosegay and blessed it and he blessed
the inhabitants of flowers.
For a faithful friend is the medicine of life, but a neighbour in the Lord
is better than he.
For I am the Lord's builder and free and accepted MASON in CHRIST
JESUS.
For I bless God in all gums and balsams and every thing that ministers
relief to the sick.
For the Sun's at work to make me a garment and the Moon is at work
for my wife.
For tall and stately are against me, but humiliation on humiliation is on
my side.
For I have a providential acquaintance with men who bear the names of
animals.
For they throw my horns in my face and reptiles make themselves wings
against me.
For I fast this day even the 31st of August N.S. to prepare for the
SABBATH of the Lord.
For the bite of an Adder is cured by its greese and the malice of my
enemies by their stupidity.
For I bless God in SHIPBOURNE FAIRLAWN the meadows the brooks and
the hills.
For th adversary hath exasperated the very birds against me, but the
Lord sustain'd me.
For I bless God for my Newcastle friends the voice of the raven and
heart of the oak.
For I bless God for every feather from the wren in the sedge to the
CHERUBS and their MATES.
LET PETER rejoice with the MOON FISH who keeps up the life in the
waters by night.
Let Andrew rejoice with the Whale, who is array'd in beauteous blue and
is a combination of bulk and activity.
Let James rejoice with the Skuttle-Fish, who foils his foe by the
effusion of his ink.
Let John rejoice with Nautilus who spreads his sail and plies his oar, and
the Lord is his pilot.
Let Philip rejoice with Boca, which is a fish that can speak.
Let Thomas rejoice with the Sword-Fish, whose aim is perpetual and
strength insuperable.
Let Matthew rejoice with Uranoscopus, whose eyes are lifted up to God.
Let James the less, rejoice with the Haddock, who brought the piece of
money for the Lord and Peter.
Let Jude bless with the Bream, who is of melancholy from his depth and
serenity.
Let Simon rejoice with the Sprat, who is pure and innumerable.
Let Matthias rejoice with the Flying-Fish, who has a part with the birds,
and is sublimity in his conceit.
Let Stephen rejoice with Remora -- The Lord remove all obstacles to his
glory.
Let Paul rejoice with the Scale, who is pleasant and faithful!, like God's
good ENGLISHMAN.
Let Agrippa, which is Agricola, rejoice with Elops, who is a choice fish.
Let Joseph rejoice with the Turbut, whose capture makes the poor
fisher-man sing.
Let Mary rejoice with the Maid -- blessed be the name of the
immaculate CONCEPTION.
Let John, the Baptist, rejoice with the Salmon -- blessed be the name
of the Lord Jesus for infant Baptism.
Let Mark rejoice with the Mullet, who is John Dore, God be gracious to
him and his family.
Let Barnabus rejoice with the Herring -- God be gracious to the Lord's
fishery.
Let Cleopas rejoice with the Mackerel, who cometh in a shoal after a
leader.
Let Abiud of the Lord's line rejoice with Murex, who is good and of a
precious tincture.
Let Eliakim rejoice with the Shad, who is contemned in his abundance.
Let Azor rejoice with the Flounder, who is both of the sea and of the
river,
Let Sadoc rejoice with the Bleak, who playeth upon the surface in the
Sun.
Let Achim rejoice with the Miller's Thumb, who is a delicious morsel for
the water fowl.
Let Eliud rejoice with Cinaedus, who is a fish yellow all over.
Let Jairus rejoice with the Silver Fish, who is bright and lively.
Let Lazarus rejoice with Torpedo, who chills the life of the assailant
through his staff.
Let Mary Magdalen rejoice with the Place, whose goodness and purity are
of the Lord's making.
Let Simon the leper rejoice with the Eel-pout, who is a rarity on
account of his subtlety.
Let Alpheus rejoice with the Whiting, whom God hath bless'd in
multitudes, and his days are as the days of PURIM.
Let Onesimus rejoice with the Cod -- blessed be the name of the Lord
Jesus for a miraculous draught of men.
Let Joses rejoice with the Sturgeon, who saw his maker in the body and
obtained grace.
Let Theophilus rejoice with the Folio, who hath teeth, like the teeth of
a saw.
Let Bartimeus rejoice with the Quaviver -- God be gracious to the eyes
of him, who prayeth for the blind.
Let Timeus rejoice with the Ling -- God keep the English Sailors clear of
French bribery.
Let Salome rejoice with the Mermaid, who hath the countenance and a
portion of human reason.
Let Zacharias rejoice with the Gudgeon, who improves in his growth till
he is mistaken.
Let Campanus rejoice with the Lobster -- God be gracious to all the
CAMPBELLs especially John.
Let Martha rejoice with the Skallop -- the Lord revive the exercise and
excellence of the Needle.
Let Mary rejoice with the Carp -- the ponds of Fairlawn and the garden
bless for the master.
Let Zebedee rejoice with the Tench -- God accept the good son for his
parents also.
Let Joseph of Arimathea rejoice with the Barbel -- a good coffin and a
tomb-stone without grudging!
Let Simeon rejoice with the Oyster, who hath the life without
locomotion.
Let Jona rejoice with the Wilk -- Wilks, Wilkie, and Wilkinson bless the
name of the Lord Jesus.
Let Nicodemus rejoice with the Muscle, for so he hath provided for the
poor.
Let Gamaliel rejoice with the Cockle -- I will rejoice in the remembrance
of mercy.
Let Agabus rejoice with the Smelt -- The Lord make me serviceable to
the HOWARDS.
Let Rhoda rejoice with the Sea-Cat, who is pleasantry and purity.
Let Elmodam rejoice with the Chubb, who is wary of the bait and thrives
in his circumspection.
Let Jorim rejoice with the Roach -- God bless my throat and keep me
from things stranggled.
Let Addi rejoice with the Dace -- It is good to angle with meditation.
Let Luke rejoice with the Trout -- Blessed be Jesus in Aa, in Dee and in
Isis.
Let Cosam rejoice with the Perch, who is a little tyrant, because he is
not liable to that, which he inflicts.
Let Levi rejoice with the Pike -- God be merciful to all dumb creatures
in respect of pain.
Let Melchi rejoice with the Char, who cheweth the cud.
Let Joanna rejoice with the Anchovy -- I beheld and lo! a great
multitude!
Let Neri rejoice with the Keeling Fish, who is also called the Stock Fish.
Let Janna rejoice with the Pilchard -- the Lord restore the seed of
Abishai.
Let Esli rejoice with the Soal, who is flat and spackles for the increase of
motion.
Let Nagge rejoice with the Perriwinkle -- 'for the rain it raineth every
day.'
Let Anna rejoice with the Porpus, who is a joyous fish and of good
omen.
Let Phanuel rejoice with the Shrimp, which is the childrens fishery.
Let Chuza rejoice with the Sea-Bear, who is full of sagacity and prank.
Let Susanna rejoice with the Lamprey, who is an eel with a title.
Let Candace rejoice with the Craw-fish -- How hath the Christian
minister renowned the Queen.
Let Simon the Pharisee rejoice with the Grigg -- the Lord bring up
Issachar and Dan.
Let Simon the converted Sorcerer rejoice with the Dab quoth Daniel.
Let Joanna, of the Lord's line, rejoice with the Minnow, who is
multiplied against the oppressor.
Let Jonas rejoice with the Sea-Devil, who hath a good name from his
Maker.
Let Alexander rejoice with the Tunny -- the worse the time the better
the eternity.
Let Rufus rejoice with the Needle-fish, who is very good in his element.
Let Matthat rejoice with the Trumpet-fish -- God revive the blowing of
the TRUMPETS.
Let Prochorus rejoice with Epodes, who is a kind of fish with Ovid who is
at peace in the Lord.
Let Nicanor rejoice with the Skeat -- Blessed be the name of the Lord
Jesus in fish and in the Shewbread, which ought to be continually on the
altar, now more than ever, and the want of it is the Abomination of
Desolation spoken of by Daniel.
Let Timon rejoice with Crusion -- The Shew-Bread in the first place is
gratitude to God to shew who is bread, whence it is, and that there is
enough and to spare.
Let Dorcas rejoice with Dracunculus -- blessed be the name of the Lord
Jesus in the Grotto.
Let Tychicus rejoice with Scolopendra, who quits himself of the hook by
voiding his intrails.
Let Trophimus rejoice with the Sea-Horse, who shoud have been to
Tychicus the father of Yorkshiremen.
Let Tryphena rejoice with Fluta -- Saturday is the Sabbath for the
mouth of God hath spoken it.
Let Tryphosa rejoice with Acarne -- With such preparation the Lord's
Jubile is better kept.
Let Simon the Tanner rejoice with Alausa -- Five days are sufficient for
the purposes of husbandry.
Let Simeon Niger rejoice with the Loach -- The blacks are the seed of
Cain.
Let Lucius rejoice with Corias -- Some of Cain's seed was preserved in
the loins of Ham at the flood.
Let Manaen rejoice with Donax. My DEGREE is good even here, in the
Lord I have a better.
Let Sergius Paulus rejoice with Dentex -- Blessed be the name Jesus for
my teeth.
Let Silas rejoice with the Cabot -- the philosophy of the times ev'n now
is vain deceit.
Let Barsabas rejoice with Cammarus -- Newton is ignorant for if a man
consult not the WORD how should he understand the WORK? --
Let Lydia rejoice with Attilus -- Blessed be the name of him which eat
the fish and honey comb.
Let Damaris rejoice with Anthias -- The fountain of the Nile is known to
the Eastern people who drink it.
Let Apollos rejoice with Astacus, but St Paul is the Agent for England.
Let Aquila rejoice with Beemoth who is Enoch no fish but a stupendous
creeping Thing.
Let Gaius rejoice with the Water-Tortoise -- Paul and Tychicus were in
England with Agricola my father.
Let Alexander rejoice with the Sea-Urchin -- The Lord was at Bristol and
blessed the waters there.
Let Sopater rejoice with Elacate -- The waters of Bath were blessed by
St Matthias.
Let Eutychus rejoice with Cnide -- Fish and honeycomb are blessed to eat
after a recovery. --
Let Mnason rejoice with Vulvula a sort of fish -- Good words are of God,
the cant from the Devil.
Let Claudius Lysias rejoice with Coracinus who is black and peculiar to
Nile.
Let Phebe rejoice with Echinometra who is a beautiful shellfish red and
green.
Let Epenetus rejoice with Erythrinus who is red with a white belly.
Let Andronicus rejoice with Esox, the Lax, a great fish of the Rhine.
Let Junia rejoice with the Faber-Fish -- Broil'd fish and honeycomb may
be taken for the sacrament.
Let Urbane rejoice with Glanis, who is a crafty fish who bites away the
bait and saves himself.
Let Stachys rejoice with Glauciscus, who is good for Women's milk.
Let Apelles rejoice with Glaucus -- behold the seed of the brave and
ingenious how they are saved!
Let Persis rejoice with Liparis -- I will magnify the Lord who multiplied
the barley loaves.
Let Hermas rejoice with Lamyrus who is of things creeping in the sea.
Let Philologus rejoice with Ligarius -- shells are all parries to the
adversary.
Let Julia rejoice with the Sleeve-Fish -- Blessed be Jesus for all the
TAYLERS.
Let Nereus rejoice with the Calamary -- God give success to our fleets.
Let Olympas rejoice with the Sea-Lantern, which glows upon the waters.
Let Sosipater rejoice with Cornuta. There are fish for the Sea-Night-
Birds that glow at bottom.
Let Lucius rejoice with the Cackrel Fish. God be gracious to JMs
FLETCHER who has my tackling.
Let Sosthenes rejoice with the Winkle -- all shells like the parts of the
body are good kept for those parts.
Let Chloe rejoice with the Limpin -- There is a way to the terrestrial
Paradise upon the knees.
Let Carpus rejoice with the Frog-Fish -- A man cannot die upon his
knees.
Let Lois rejoice with the Angel-Fish -- There is a fish that swims in the
fluid Empyrean.
Let Achaicus rejoice with the Fat-Back -- The Lord invites his fishers to
the WEST INDIES.
Let Sylvanus rejoice with the Black-Fish -- Oliver Cromwell himself was
the murderer in the Mask.
Let Titus rejoice with Mys -- O Tite siquid ego adjuero curamve levasso!
Let Euodias rejoice with Myrcus -- There is a perfumed fish I will offer
him for a sweet savour to the Lord.
Let Syntyche rejoice with Myax -- There are shells in the earth which
were left by the FLOOD.
Let Clement rejoice with Ophidion -- There are shells again in earth at
sympathy with those in sea.
Let Epaphroditus rejoice with Opthalmias -- The Lord increase the
Cambridge collection of fossils.
Let Justus rejoice with Pagrus -- God be gracious to the immortal soul
of Dr Middleton.
Let Nymphas rejoice with Fagurus -- God bless Charles Mason and all
Trinity College.
Let Linus rejoice with Ozsena who is a kind of Polype -- God be gracious
to Lyne and Anguish.
Let Zenas rejoice with Pecten -- The Lord obliterate the laws of man!
Let Philemon rejoice with Pelagia -- The laws and judgement are
impudence and blindness.
Let Apphia rejoice with Pelamis -- The Lord Jesus is man's judgement.
FOR I pray the Lord JESUS that cured the LUNATICK to be merciful to
all my brethren and sisters in these houses.
For the blessing of God hath been on my epistles, which I have written
for the benefit of others.
For I bless God that the CHURCH of ENGLAND is one of the SEVEN
ev'n the candlestick of the Lord.
For I have the blessing of God in the three POINTS of manhood, of the
pen, of the sword, and of chivalry.
For the nets come down from the eyes of the Lord to fish up men to
their salvation.
For I have a greater compass both of mirth and melancholy than another.
For I bless the Lord JESUS in the innumerables, and for ever and ever.
For the poor gentleman is the first object of the Lord's charity and he is
the most pitied who hath lost the most.
For I am safe, as to my head, from the female dancer and her admirers.
For I pray for CHICHISTER to give the glory to God, and to keep the
adversary at bay.
For I am making to the shore day by day, the Lord Jesus take me.
For I bless the Lord JESUS upon RAMSGATE PIER -- the Lord forward
the building of harbours.
For I bless the Lord JESUS for his very seed, which is in my body.
For I pray for R and his family, I pray for Mr Becher, and I bean for the
Lord JESUS.
For I pray to God for Nore, for the Trinity house, for all light-houses,
beacons and buoys.
For I bless God that I am not in a dungeon, but am allowed the light of
the Sun.
For I pray God for the PYGMIES against their feathered adversaries, as a
deed of charity.
For I pray God for all those, who have defiled themselves in matters
inconvenient.
For I pray God be gracious to CORNELIUS MATTHEWS name and
connection.
For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour -- -for they said,
he is besides himself.
For I pray God for the introduction of new creatures into this island.
For I pray God for the ostriches of Salisbury Plain, the beavers of the
Medway and silver fish of Thames.
For Charity is cold in the multitude of possessions, and the rich are
covetous of their crumbs.
For I wish to God and desire towards the most High, which is my policy.
For the tides are the life of God in the ocean, and he sends his angel to
trouble the great DEEP.
For he hath fixed the earth upon arches and pillars, and the flames of
hell flow under it.
For the grosser the particles the nearer to the sink, and the nearer to
purity, the quicker the gravitation.
For MATTER is the dust of the Earth, every atom of which is the life.
For MOTION is as the quantity of life direct, and that which hath not
motion, is resistance.
For Resistance is not of GOD, but he -- hath built his works upon it.
For the Centripetal and Centrifugal forces are GOD SUSTAINING and
DIRECTING.
For the Life of God is in the Loadstone, and there is a magnet, which
pointeth due EAST.
For the Glory of God is always in the East, but cannot be seen for the
cloud of the crucifixion.
For due East is the way to Paradise, which man knoweth not by reason
of his fall.
For Fire is a mixed nature of body and spirit, and the body is fed by
that which hath not life.
For the Shears is the first of the mechanical powers, and to be used on
the knees.
For if Adam had used this instrument right, he would not have fallen.
For the Skrew, Axle and Wheel, Pulleys, the Lever and Inclined Plane are
known in the Schools.
For the Centre is not known but by the application of the members to
matter.
For I have shown the Vis Inertiæ to be false, and such is all nonsense.
For the Centre is the hold of the Spirit upon the matter in hand.
For I bless GOD in the discovery of the LONGITUDE direct by the means
of GLADWICK.
For the WEDDING GARMENTS of all men are prepared in the SUN
against the day of acceptation.
For the Wedding Garments of all women are prepared in the MOON
against the day of their purification.
For the life remains in its dissolvent state, and that in great power.
For it is neither stone nor metal but a new creature, soft to the ax,
but hard to the hammer.
For it answers sundry uses, but particularly it supplies the place of Glass.
For it attracteth all the colours of the GREAT BOW which is fixed in
the EAST.
For the FOUNTAINS and SPRINGS are the life of the waters working up
to God.
For they are in SYMPATHY with the waters above the Heavens, which
are solid.
For the Fountains, springs and rivers are all of them from the sea, whose
water is filtrated and purified by the earth.
For it will ascend in a stream two thirds of the way and afterwards
prank itself into ten thousand agreeable forms.
For the SEA is a seventh of the Earth -- the spirit of the Lord by
Esdras.
For where it is stinted of air there it will adhere together and stretch
on the reverse.
For the AIR-PUMP weakens and dispirits but cannot wholly exhaust.
For SUCKTION is the withdrawing of the life, but life will follow as fast
as it can.
For there is infinite provision to keep up the life in all the parts of
Creation.
For the AIR. is purified by prayer which is made aloud and with all our
might.
For loud prayer is good for weak lungs and for a vitiated throat.
For a man speaks HIMSELF from the crown of his head to the sole of
his feet.
For all these things are seen in the spirit which makes the beauty of
prayer.
For all whispers and unmusical sounds in general are of the Adversary.
For 'I will hiss saith the Lord' is God's denunciation of death.
For applause or the clapping of the hands is the natural action of a man
on the descent of the glory of God.
For ECHO is the soul of the voice exerting itself in hollow places.
For ECHO cannot act but when she can parry the adversary.
For ECHO is greatest in Churches and where she can assist in prayer.
For a good voice hath its Echo with it and it is attainable by much
supplication.
For the FOICE is from the body and the spirit -- and is a a body and a
spirit.
For HARPS and VIOLS are best strung with Indian weed.
For the GERMAN FLUTE is an indirect -- the common flute good, bless
the Lord Jesus BENJIMIN HALLET.
For the feast of TRUMPETS should be kept up, that being the most
direct and acceptable of all instruments.
For the TRUMPET of God is a blessed intelligence and so are all the
instruments in HEAVEN.
For GOD the father Almighty plays upon the HARP of stupendous
magnitude and melody.
For innumerable Angels fly out at every touch and his tune is a work of
creation.
For at that time malignity ceases and the devils themselves are at peace.
For the strings of the SHAWM were upon a cylinder which turned to the
wind.
For the flames of fire may lie blown thro musical pipes.
For an IGNIS FATUUS is either the fool's conceit or a blast from the
adversary.
For all spirits are of fire and the air is a very benign one.
For it is good to quicken in paralytic cases being the life applied unto
death,
For it is taking the nitre from the lower regions and directing it against
the Infinite of Heights.
For the voice is always for infinite good which he strives to impede.
For the Devil can work coals into shapes to afflict the minds of those
that will not pray.
For the coffin and the cradle and the purse are all against a man.
For the coffin is for the dead and death came by disobedience.
For the cradle is for weakness and the child of man was originally strong
from the womb.
For the purse is for money and money is dead matter with the stamp of
human vanity.
For the adversary frequently sends these particular images out of the
fire to those whom they concern.
For the cradle is for me because the old Dragon attacked me in it and
overcame in Christ.
For the purse is for me because I have neither money nor human friends.
For the Satellites of the planet prove nothing in this matter but the
glory of Almighty God.
For the Lord reviled not all in hardship and temptation unutterable.
For Fire hath this property that it reduces a thing till finally it is not.
For all the filth wicked of men shall be done away by fire in Eternity.
For the furnace itself shall come up at the last according to Abraham's
vision.
For the Convex Heaven of shall work about on that great event.
For the ANTARTICK POLE is not yet but shall answer in the
Consummation.
For the devil hath most power in winter, because darkness prevails.
For the Longing of Women is the operation of the Devil upon their
conceptions.
For the marking of their children is from the same cause both of which
are to be parried by prayer.
For the laws of King James the first against Witchcraft were wise, had
it been of man to make laws.
For there are witches and wizards even now who are spoken to by their
familiars.
For to use pollution, exact and cross things and at the same time to
think against a man is the crime direct.
For stuff'd guts make no musick; strain them strong and you shall have
sweet melody.
For the SHADOW is of death, which is the Devil, who can make false and
faint images of the works of Almighty God.
For every man beareth death about him ever since the transgression of
Adam, but in perfect light there is no shadow.
For all Wrath is Fire, which the adversary blows upon and exasperates.
For SHADOW is a fair Word from God, which is not returnable till the
furnace comes up.
For the ECLIPSE is of the adversary -- blessed be the name of Jesus for
Whisson of Trinity.
For the shadow is his and the penumbra is his and his the perplexity of
the the phenomenon.
For the more the light is defective, the more the powers of darkness
prevail.
For they are together in the spirit every night like man and wife.
For Volcanos and burning mountains are where the adversary hath most
power.
For FROST is damp and unwholsome air candied to fall to the best
advantage.
For in the divine Idea this Eternity is compleat and the Word is a making
many more.
For there is a forlorn hope ev'n for impenitent sinners because the
furnace itself must be the crown of Eternity.
For being desert-ed is to have desert in the sight of God and intitles one
to the Lord's merit.
For things that are not in the sight of men are thro' God of infinite
concern.
For they can go beyond the children of light in matters of their own
misery.
For God will descend in visible glory when men begin to applaud him.
For all STAGE-Playing is Hypocrisy and the Devil is the master of their
revels.
For the souls of the departed are embodied in clouds and purged by the
Sun.
For you must consider the Sun as dodging, which he does to parry
observation.
For he must be taken with an Astrolabe, and considered respecting the
point he left.
For you must do this upon your knees and that will secure your point.
For I bless God that I dwell within the sound of Success, and that it is
well with ENGLAND this blessed day. NATIVITY of our LORD N.S.
1759.
For the Four and Twenty Elders of the Revelation are Four and Twenty
Eternities.
For their Four and Twenty Crowns are their respective Consummations.
For there is no musick in flats and sharps which are not in God's natural
key.
For the old account of time is the true -- Decr 28th 1759-60 -- -- --
For the malignancy of fire is oweing to the Devil's hiding of light, till it
became visible darkness.
For the Life of God is in the body of man and his spirit in the Soul.
For the Scotchman seeks for truth at the bottom of a well, the
Englishman in the Heavn of Heavens.
For there is no profit in the generation of man and the loss of millions
is not worth God's tear.
For this is the twelfth day of the MILLENNIUM of the MILLENNIUM
foretold by the prophets -- give the glory to God ONE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY --
For to worship naked in the Rain is the bravest thing for the refreshing
and purifying the body.
For Tully says to be generous you must be first just, but the voice of
Christ is distribute at all events.
For Kittim is the father of the Pygmies, God be gracious to Pigg his
family.
For the Soul is divisible and a portion of the Spirit may be cut off from
one and applied to another.
For a NEW SONG also is best, if it be to the glory of God; and taken
with the food like the psalms.
For Jacob's Ladder are the steps of the Earth graduated hence to
Paradice and thence to the throne of God.
For SPICA VIRGINIS is the star that appeared to the wise men in the
East and directed their way before it was yet insphered.
For the ACCENTS are the invention of the Moabites, who learning the
GREEK tongue marked the words after their own vicious pronuntiation.
For the GAULS (the now-French and original Moabites) after they were
subdued by Cæsar became such Grecians at Rome.
For the Gaullic manuscripts fell into the hands of the inventors of
printing.
For all the inventions of man, which are good, are the communications of
Almighty God.
For all the stars have satellites, which are terms under their respective
words.
For tiger is a word and his satellites are Griffin, Storgis, Cat and others.
For JOB was the son of Issachar and patience is the child of strength.
For the Names of the DAYS, as they now stand, are foolish and
abominable.
For the Days are the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and
Seventh.
For the names of the months are false -- the Hebrew appellatives are of
God.
For the Time of the Lord's temptation was in early youth and imminent
danger.
For a TOAD can dwell in the centre of a stone, because -- there are
stones whose constituent life is of those creatures.
For a Toad hath by means of his eye the most beautiful prospects of
any other animal to make him amends for his distance from his Creator
in Glory.
For FAT is the fruit of benevolence, therefore it was the Lord's in the
Mosaic sacrifices.
For the very particular laws of Moses are the determinations of CASES
that fell under his cognizance.
For the Devil can make the shadow thicker by candlelight by reason of his
pow'r over malignant fire.
For the Romans clipped their words in the Augustan thro idleness and
effeminacy and paid foreign actors for speaking them out.
For when the weight and the pow'r are equivalent the prop is of none
effect.
For the ends of the world are the accomplishment of great events, and
the consummation of periods.
For the ministers of the Devil set the hewer of wood over the head of
God's free Man.
For this inverting God's good order, edifice and edification, and appointing
place, where the Lord has not appointed.
For the Ethiopian question is already solved in that the Blacks are the
children of Cain.
For the phenomenon of the horizontal moon is the truth -- she appears
bigger in the horizon because she actually is so.
For it was said of old 'can the Ethiopian change his skin?' the Lord has
answered the question by his merit and death he shall. --
For the moon is magnified in the horizon by Almighty God, and so is the
Sun.
For she has done her day's-work and the blessing of God upon her, and
she communicates with the earth.
For when she rises she has been strength'ned by the Sun, who cherishes
her by night.
For man is born to trouble in the body, as the sparks fly upwards in the
spirit.
For man is between the pinchers while his soul is shaping and purifying.
For the ENGLISH are the seed of Abraham and work up to him by Joab,
David, and Naphtali. God be gracious to us this day. General Fast March
14th 1760.
For the Romans and the English are one people the children of the brave
man who died at the altar praying for his posterity, whose death was
the type of our Saviour's.
For the WELCH are the children of Mephibosheth and Ziba with a
mixture of David in the Jones's.
For the Scotch are the children of Doeg with a mixture of Cush the
Benjamite, whence their innate antipathy to the English.
For the IRISH are the children of Shimei and Cush with a mixture of
something lower -- the Lord raise them!
For the Italians are the children of Samuel and are the same as the
Grecians.
For the Spaniards are the children of Abishai Joab's brother, hence is the
goodwill between the two nations.
For the Hottentots are the children of Gog with a Black mixture.
For the Wallachians are the children of Huz. God be gracious to Elizabeth
Hughes, as she was.
For the Germans are the children of the Philistins even the seed of
Anak.
For the Prussians are the children of Goliah -- but the present, whom
God bless this hour, is a Campbell of the seed of Phinees.
For the Hanoverians are Hittites of the seed of Uriah. God save the
king.
For the Saxons are Benjamites, men of great subtlety and Marshal Saxe
was direct from Benjamin.
For the Sardinians are of the seed of David -- The Lord forward the
Reformation amongst the good seed first. --
For the Old Greeks and the Italians are one people, which are blessed in
the gift of Mustek by reason of the song of Hannah and the care of
Samuel with regard to divine melody.
For the Germans and the Dutch are the children of the Goths and
Vandals who did a good in destruction books written by heathen Free-
Thinkers against God.
For the Phenomena of the Diving Bell are solved right in the schools.
For the English are the children of Joab, Captain of the host of Israel,
who was the greatest man in the world to GIVE and to ATCHIEVE.
For TEA is a blessed plant and of excellent virtue. God give the
Physicians more skill and honesty!
For The Lightning before death is God's illumination in the spirit for
preparation and for warning.
For Lavender Cotton is exceeding good for the teeth. God be gracious to
Windsmore.
For the Fern is exceeding good and pleasant to rub the teeth.
For Exaction is the most accursed of all things, because it brought the
Lord to the cross, his betrayers and murderers being such from their
exaction.
For an Ague is the terror of the body, when the blessing of God is
withheld for a season.
For benevolence is the best remedy in the first place and the bark in the
second.
For the letter [ לHebrew character lamed] which signifies GOD by himself is
on the fibre of some leaf in every Tree.
For לis the grain of the human heart and on the network of the skin.
For לis in the veins of all stones both precious and common.
For לis upon every hair both of man and beast.
For the Lord made a Nosegay in the meadow with his disciples and
preached upon the lily.
For the angels of God took it out of his hand and carried it to the
Height.
For a man cannot have publick spirit, who is void of private benevolence.
For the flower glorifies God and the root parries the adversary.
For the flowers have their angels even the words of God's Creation.
For the warp and woof of flowers are worked by perpetual moving
spirits.
For flowers are good both for the living and the dead.
For the right names of flowers are yet in heaven. God make gard'ners
better nomenclators.
For it were better for the SERVICE, if only select psalms were read.
For D is depth.
For E is eternity -- such is the power of the English letters taken singly.
For F is faith.
For G is God -- whom I pray to be gracious to Liveware my fellow
prisoner.
For K is king.
For M is musick and Hebrew [ מHebrew character mem] is the direct figure
of God's harp.
For N is new.
For O is open.
For P is power.
For Q is quick.
For R is right.
For S is soul.
For W is word.
For X [drawn as a backwards G and a G stuck together] is hope -- consisting of two check
G -- God be gracious to Anne Hope.
For Z is zeal.
For in the education of children it is necessary to watch the words, -
which they pronounce with difficulty, for such are against them in their
consequences.
For H is heave.
For K is keep.
For M is meet.
For N is nay.
For O is over.
For P is peace.
For Q is quarter.
For S is save.
For T is take.
For V is veil.
For W is world.
For Action and Speaking are one according to God and the Ancients.
For a man cannot have Publick Spirit, who is void of private benevolence.
For the order of Alamoth is first three, second six, third eighteen,
fourth fifty four, and then the whole band.
For the order of Sheminith is first ten, second twenty, third thirty and
then the whole band.
For the devil works upon damps and lowth and causes agues.
For many a genius being lost at the plough is a false thought -- the
divine providence is a better manager.
For Shaving of the face was the invention of the Sodomites to make
men look like women.
For there are stones, whose constituent particles are little toads.
For the trumpet rhimes are sound bound, soar more and the like.
For the Shawm rhimes are lawn fawn moon boon and the like.
For the harp rhimes are sing ring string and the like.
For the cymbal rhimes are bell well toll soul and the like.
For the flute rhimes are tooth youth suit mute and the like.
For the dulcimer rhimes are grace place beat heat and the like.
For the Clarinet rhimes are clean seen and the like.
For the Bassoon rhimes are pass, class and the like. God be gracious to
Baumgarden.
For the dulcimer are rather van fan and the like and grace place &c are
of the bassoon.
For every word has its marrow in the English tongue for order and for
delight.
For the dissyllables such as able table &c are the fiddle rhimes.
For the relations of words are according to their distances from the pair.
For there be twelve cardinal virtues the gifts of the twelve sons of
Jacob.
For Dan is Clean -- neat, dextrous, apt, active, compact. God be gracious
to Draper.
For Pembroke Hall was founded more in the Lord than any College in
Cambridge.
For mustard is the proper food of birds and men are bound to cultivate
it for their use.
For they that study the works of God are peculiarly assisted by his
Spirit.
For all the creatures mentiond by Pliny are somewhere or other extant
to the glory of God.
For the sound of a cat is in the most useful preposition κατ' ευχην .
For the pleasantry of a cat at pranks is in the language ten thousand
times over.
For Clapperclaw is in the grappling of the words upon one another in all
the modes of versification.
For the Greek is thrown from heaven and falls upon its feet.
For the Greek when distracted from the line is sooner restored to rank
and rallied into some form than any other.
For -- this is a true case -- Cat takes female mouse from the company
of male -- male mouse will not depart, but stands threatning and daring.
For this is as much as to challenge, if you will let her go, I will engage
you, as prodigious a creature as you are.
For bravery and hospitality were said and done by the Romans rather
than others.
For two creatures the Bull and the Dog prevail in the English.
For all the words ending in ble are in the creature. Invisi-ble,
Incomprehensi-ble, ineffa-ble, A-ble.
For the Greek and Latin are not dead languages, but taken up and
accepted for the sake of him that spake them.
For the English is concise and strong. Dog and Bull again.
For there are many intermediate colours, before you come to SILVER.
For the next is GREEN of which there are ten thousand distinct sorts.
For the next is YELLOW which is more excellent than red, tho Newton
makes red the prime. God be gracious to John Delap.
For the blessing of God in colour is on him that keeps his virgin.
For I saw a blush in Staindrop Church, which was of God's own colouring.
For the blessing of God upon the grass is in shades of Green visible to a
nice observer as they light upon the surface of the earth.
For the blessing of God unto perfection in all bloom and fruit is by
colouring.
For from hence something in the spirit may be taken off by painters.
For it is not good to look with earning upon any dead work.
For by so doing something is lost in the spirit and given from life to
death.
For there is the model of every beast of the field in the height.
For they are blessed intelligences and all angels of the living God.
For God, which always keeps his work in view has paited a Bullfinch in
the heart of a stone. God be gracious to Gosling and Canterbury.
For the Pheasant-eyed Pink is under Bull. Blessed Jesus R4NK EL.
For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him.
For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his
way.
For is this done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant
quickness.
For then he leaps up to catch the musk, which is the blessing of God
upon his prayer.
For having done duty and received blessing he begins to consider himself.
For first he looks upon his fore-paws to see if they are clean.
For thirdly he works it upon stretch with the fore paws extended.
For Seventhly he fleas himself, that he may not be interrupted upon the
beat.
For having consider'd God and himself he will consider his neighbour.
For when his day's work is done his business more properly begins.
For he keeps the Lord's watch in the night against the adversary.
For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin and
glaring eyes.
For he counteracts the Devil, who is death, by brisking about the life
For in his morning orisons he loves the sun and the sun loves him.
For he purrs in thankfulness, when God tells him he's a good Cat.
For every house is incompleat without him and a blessing is lacking in the
spirit.
For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of
the Children of Israel from Egypt.
For the dexterity of his defence is an instance of the love of God to him
exceedingly.
For I bless the name of the Lord Jesus that Jeoffry is better.
For the divine spirit comes about his body to sustain it in compleat cat.
For his tongue is exceeding pure so that it has in purity what it wants
in musick.
For he can jump over a stick which is patience upon proof positive.
For I perceived God's light about him both wax and fire.
For the Electrical fire is the spiritual substance, which God sends from
heaven to sustain the bodies both of man and beast.
For his motions upon the face of the earth are more than any other
quadrupede.
FRAGMENT C
Let Gaba rejoice with the Prickly Pear, which the Cochineal feeds on.
Let Bilshan rejoice with the Leek. David for ever! God bless the Welch
March 1st 1761. N.S.
Let Rehoboam rejoice with Folium Montanum. God give grace to the
Young King.
Let Hagabah rejoice with Orchis. Blessed be the name of the Lord Jesus
for my seed in eternity.
Let Siaha rejoice with the Razor-Fish. God be gracious to John Bird and
his wife.
Let Artaxerxes rejoice with Vanelloes. Palm Sunday 1761. The Lord
Strengthen me.
Let Ariel rejoice with Balsam of Peru, which sweats from a tree, that
flowers like the Foxglove.
Let Jarib rejoice with Balsam of Capivi. The Lord strengthen my reins.
Let Ezra rejoice with the Reed. The Lord Jesus make musick of it. Good
Friday 1761.
Let Jozabad rejoice with the Lily-Daffodil. Easter Day 22nd March 1761.
Let Uel rejoice with Lysimachia Loose-strife which drinks of the brook by
the way.
Let Adna rejoice with Gum Opopanax from the wounded root of a species
of panace Heracleum a tall plant growing to be two or three yards high
with many large wings of a yellowish green -- good for old coughs and
asthmas.
Let Bedeiah rejoice with Gum Sagapenum flowing from a species of Ferula
which grows in Media. Lord have mercy on my breast.
Let Ishijah rejoice with Sago gotten from the inward pith of the
breadtree. The Lord Jesus strengthen my whole body.
Let Chelal rejoice with Apios Virginian Liquorice Vetch.
Let Miamin rejoice with Mezereon. God be gracious to Polly and Bess and
all Canbury.
Let Zebida rejoice with Tormentil good for hæmorrhages in the mouth
even so Lord Jesus.
Let Hassenaah rejoice with the White Beet. God be gracious to Hasse and
all musicians.
Let Hachaliah rejoice with Muscus Arboreus.
Let Meah rejoice with Varias, a kind of streaked panther. April 8th
praise the name of the Lord.
Let Geshem (which is Rain) rejoice with Kneeholm. Blessed be the name
of the Lord Jesus for Rain and his family and for the plenteous rain this
day. April 9th 1761. N.S.
Let Shallun rejoice with Mullein Tapsus barbatus good for the breast.
Let Meshezabeel rejoice with Stephanomelis. Old April bless the name of
the Lord Jesus.
Let Halohesh rejoice with Ambrosia, that bears a fruit like a club.
Let Malchiah Son of Rechab rejoice with the Rose-colour'd flow'ring Rush.
Let Rephaiah the Son of Hur rejoice with the Berry-bearing Angelica.
Let Harhaiah of the Goldsmiths rejoice with Segullum, the earth that
detects the mine.
Let Hashabniah rejoice with the Water Melon. Blessed be the manuscripts
of Almighty God.
Let Tamah rejoice with Cainito Star-Apple -- God be praised for this
Eleventh of April o.s. in which I enter into the Fortieth Year of my age.
Blessed. Blessed. Blessed!
Let Tobiah rejoice with Crotolaria. God be praised for his infinite
goodness and mercy.
Let Nahamani rejoice with the May-apple. God give me fruit to this
month.
Let Maaziah rejoice with Chick Pease. God be gracious to Harris White
5th of May 1761.
Let Bunni rejoice with Bulbine -- leaves like leek, purple flower.
For Christ being A and Ω is all the intermediate letters without doubt.
For Eight is good for the same reason and propitious to me Eighth of
March 1761 hallelujah.
For the last link is from man very nothing ascending to the first Christ
the Lord of All.
For the vowell is the female spirit in the Hebrew consonant.
For there are some that have the power of sentences. O rare thirteenth
of march 1761.
For there he heard certain words which it was not possible for him to
understand.
For they are signs of speech too precious to be communicated for ever.
For the Æolians knew something of him in the spirit, but could not put
him down.
For the blessing of Jacob was in the spirit and Esau's for temporal
thrift.
For he was a believer in the true God and assisted in the spirit.
For he play'd upon the harp in the spirit by breathing upon the strings.
For this will affect every thing that is sustaind by the spirit, even every
thing in nature.
For it will be better for England and all the world in a season, as I
prophecy this day.
For I prophecy that they will obey the motions of the spirit descended
upon them as at this day.
For they have seen the glory of God already come down upon the trees.
For I prophecy that the praise of God will be in every man's mouth in
the Publick streets.
For I prophecy that there will be Publick worship in the cross ways and
fields.
For I prophecy that the general salutation will be. The Lord Jesus
prosper you. I wish you good luck in the name of the Lord Jesus!
For I prophecy that they will be cooped up and kept under due controul.
For I prophecy that there will be full churches and empty play-houses.
For I prophecy that they will learn to take pleasure in glorifying God
with great cheerfulness.
For I prophecy that they will observe the Rubrick with regard to days of
Fasting and Abstinence.
For I prophecy that the clergy in particular will set a better example.
For I prophecy that they will not dare to imprison a brother or sister
for debt.
For the very Hebrew letter is fairly graven upon his Seed.
For with diligence the whole Hebrew Alphabet may be found in a parcel
of his seed.
For I prophecy that they will call the days by better names.
For the seventh day is the Sabbath according to the word of God direct
for ever and ever.
For I prophecy that the King will have grace to put the crown upon the
altar.
For I prophecy that the name of king in England will be given to Christ
alone.
For I prophecy that mm will live to a much greater age. This ripens
apace God be praised.
For I prophecy that they will grow taller and stronger.
For degeneracy has done a great deal more than is in general imagined.
For they had degenerated also from the strength of their fathers.
For I prophecy that players and mimes will not be named amongst us.
For the Moabites even the French are in their chastisement for
humiliation.
For I prophecy that the Reformation will make way in France when Moab
is made meek by being well drubbed by the English.
For I prophecy that the Reformation will make great way by means of
the Venetians.
For the Venetian will know that the Englishman is his brother.
For I prophecy that there will not be a meetinghouse within two miles
of a church.
For I prophecy that schismaticks will be detected.
For I prophecy that men will learn the use of their knees.
For every thing that can be done in that posture (upon the knees) is
better so done than otherwise.
For I prophecy that they will understand the blessing and virtue of the
rain.
For it is good to let the rain come upon the naked body unto purity and
refreshment.
For the Devil can work upon stagnating filth to a very great degree.
For in the day of David Men as yet had a glorious horn upon his
forehead.
For this horn was a bright substance in colour and consistence as the nail
of the hand.
For it was broad, thick and strong so as to serve for defence as well as
ornament.
For it brightened to the Glory of God, which came upon the human face
at morning prayer.
For this happened in a season after their return from the Babylonish
captivity.
For their spirits were broke and their manhood impair'd by foreign vices
for exaction.
For I prophecy that the English will recover their horns the first.
For I prophecy that all the nations in the world will do the like in turn.
For I prophecy that all Englishmen will wear their beards again.
For when men get their horns again, they will delight to go uncovered.
For a man should put no obstacle between his head and the blessing of
Almighty God.
For a hat was an abomination of the heathen. Lord have mercy upon the
Quakers.
For the ceiling of the house is an obstacle and therefore we pray on the
house-top.
For the head will be liable to less disorders on the recovery of its horn.
For they have turned the horn into scoff and derision without ceasing.
For we are amerced of the blessed angels, who have their horns.
For when they get their horns again they will put them upon the altar.
For our Blessed Saviour had not his horn upon the face of the earth.
For he has answered me in the air as with a horn from Heaven to the
ears of many people.
For when Man was amerced of his horn, earth lost part of her fertility.
For I pray God be gracious to the Bees and the Beeves this day.
FRAGMENT D
Let Hook, house of Hook rejoice with Sarda a Cornelian -- blessed be the
name of the Lord Jesus by hook.
Let Crook, house of Crook rejoice with Ophites black spotted marble --
Blessed be the name of the Lord Jesus by crook. The Lord enable me to
shift.
Let Lime, house of Lime rejoice with Sandareses a kind of gem in Pliny's
list.
Let Linnet, house of Linnet rejoice with Tanos, which is a mean sort of
Emerald.
Let Hind, house of Hind rejoice with Paederos Opal -- God be gracious to
Mrs Hind, that lived at Canbury.
Let Tyrrel, house of Tyrrel rejoice with Sardius Lapis an Onyx of a black
colour. God speed Hawke's Fleet.
Let Moss, house of Moss rejoice with the Pearl-Oyster behold how God
has consider'd for him that lacketh.
Let Ross, house of Ross rejoice with the Great Flabber Dabber Flat
Clapping Fish with hands. Vide Anson's Voyage and Psalm 98th ix.
Let Fisher, house of Fisher rejoice with Sandastros kind of burning stone
with gold drops in the body of it. God be gracious to Fisher of
Cambridge and to all of his name and kindred.
Let Fuller, house of Fuller rejoice with Perileucos a precious stone with a
white thread descending from its face to the bottom.
Let Alban, house of Alban rejoice with Scorpites a precious stone in some
degree of the creatures.
Let Manly, house of Manly rejoice with the Booby a tropical bird.
Let Fage, house of Fage rejoice with the Fiddlefish -- Blessed be the
name of the Lord Jesus in the fish's mouth.
Let Benning, house of Benning rejoice with the Sea-Egg. Lord have mercy
on the soul of Benning's wife.
Let Singleton, house of Singleton rejoice with the Hog-Plumb. Lord have
mercy on the soul of Lord Vane.
Let Thickness, house of Thickness rejoice with The Papah a fruit found at
Chequetan.
Let Sizer, house of Sizer rejoice with Trichros a precious stone black at
bottom, white atop and blood-red in the middle.
Let Randall, house of Randall rejoice with Guavoes. God give Randall
success.
Let Beeson, house of Beeson rejoice with Pyropus, carbuncle opal. God be
gracious to Masters of Yoke's Place.
Let Bridges, house of Bridges rejoice with Jasponyx, which is the Jasper-
Onyx.
Let Lane, house of Lane rejoice with Myrmecias a precious stone with
little knots in it.
Let Cope, house of Cope rejoice with Centipedes. God give me strength
to cope with all my adversaries.
Let Sutton, house of Sutton rejoice with Cholos a gem of the Emerald
kind.
Let Pelham, house of Pelham rejoice with Callimus in Taphiusio one stone
in the body of another. God bless the Duke of Newcastle.
Let Holies, house of Holies rejoice with Pyriasis a black stone that burns
by friction. The Lord kindle amongst Englishmen a sense of their name.
Let Lister, house of Lister rejoice with Craterites a very hard stone. The
Lord hear my prayer even as I attend unto his commandments.
Let Ash, house of Ash rejoice with Callaica a green gem. God be gracious
to Miss Leroche my fellow traveler from Calais.
Let Egerton, house of Egerton rejoice with Sphragis green but not
pellucid.
Let Reading, house of Reading rejoice with Synodontites found in the fish
Synodontes. 27th July N.S. 1762 Lord Jesus have mercy on my soul.
Let Fellows, house of Fellows rejoice with Syrites a gem found in a Wolf's
bladder.
Let Mowbray, house of Mowbray rejoice with The Black and Blue Creeper
a beautiful small bird of Brazil.
Let Aldrich, house of Aldrich rejoice with the Trincalo or Tricolor, a leaf
without a flower or the flower of a leaf.
Let Catesby, house of Catesby rejoice with Cerites a precious stone like
wax.
Let Fane, house of Fane rejoice with Chalcedonius Lapis a sort of onyx
called a Chalcedony.
Let Pleasant, house of Pleasant rejoice with The Carrier Fish -- God be
gracious to Dame Fysh.
Let Tayler, house of Tayler rejoice with the Flying Mole -- God keep him
from the poor man's garden. God be gracious to William Tayler Sen and
Junr.
Let Grieve, house of Grieve rejoice with Orites a precious stone perfectly
round. Blessed be the name of the Man of Melancholy, for Jacob Grieve.
Let Bowes, house of Bowes rejoice with the Dog Fly. Lord have mercy
upon me and support me in all my plagues and temptations.
Let Howell, house of Howell rejoice with Ostracias a gem like an oyster.
Let Close, house of Close rejoice with Chalcophonos a gem sounding like
brass. O all ye gems of the mine bless ye the Lord, praise him and
magnify him for ever.
Let Marvel, house of Marvel rejoice with Brya a little shrub like birch.
Let Hull, house of Hull rejoice with Subis a bird called the Spight which
breaks the Eagle's eggs.
Let Mason, house of Mason rejoice with Suberies the Capitol Cork Tree.
Lord be merciful to William Mason.
Let Mount, house of Mount rejoice with Anthera a flowering herb. The
Lord lift me up.
Let Cudworth, house of Cudworth rejoice with the Indian Jaca Tree,
which bears large clusters of fruit like apples.
Let Cuthbert, house of Cuthbert rejoice with Phyllandrian a good herb
growing in marshes -- Lord have mercy on the soul of Cornelius Harrison.
Let Ransom, house of Ransom rejoice with Isidos Plocamos a sea shrub of
the Coral kind, or rather like Coral.
Let Ponder, house of Ponder rejoice with Polion an herb, whose leaves
are white in the morning, purple at noon, and blue in the evening.
Let Nason, house of Nason rejoice with Errhinum a medicine to clear the
nose.
Let Bold, house of Bold rejoice with the Hop-Hornbeam. God send me a
neighbour this September.
Let Spriggings, house of Spriggings rejoice with Eon the Tree of which
Argo was built.
Let Bear, house of Bear rejoice with Gelotophyllis an herb which drank in
wine and myrrh causes excess of laughter.
Let Clare, house of Clare rejoice with Galeotes a kind of Lizard at enmity
with serpents. Lord receive the soul of Dr Wilcox Master of Clare Hall.
Let Anstey, house of Anstey rejoice with Eumeces a kind of balm. Lord
have mercy on Christopher Anstey and his kinswoman.
Let Atwood, house of Atwood rejoice with Rhodora with leaves like a
nettle and flower like a rose. God bless all benefactors of Pembroke Hall.
Let Shield, house of Shield rejoice with Reseda herb dissolving swelling,
and imposthumes.
Let Atkins, house of Atkins rejoice with Salicastrum Wild Wine upon
willows and osiers.
Let Pearson, house of Pearson rejoice with the American Aloe. I pray for
the soul of Frances Burton.
Let Hough, house of Hough rejoice with Pegasus The Flying Horse there
be millions of them in the air. God bless the memories of Bsp. Hough
and of Peter.
Let Evelyn, house of Evelyn rejoice with Phu a Plinian shrub sweet-
scented. I pray God for trees enough in the posterities.
Let Wing, house of Wing rejoice with Phlomos a sort of Rush. I give the
glory to God, thro Christ, for taking the Havannah. Septr 30th 1762.
Let Abdy, house of Abdy rejoice with Ecbolia a medicine to fetch a dead
child out of the womb. God give me to bless for Gulstone and Halford.
Let Hoadley, house of Hoadley rejoice with Dryos Hyphear which is the
Oak-Missletoe.
Let Free, house of Free rejoice with Thya a kind of Wild Cypress.
Let Pink, house of Pink rejoice with Trigonum herb used in garlands --
the Lord succeed my pink borders.
Let Somner, house of Somner rejoice with the Blue Daisie -- God be
gracious to my neighbour and his family this day, 7th Octr 1762.
Let Race, house of Race rejoice with Osiritis Dogshead. God be praised
for the eighth of October 1762.
Let Trowell, house of Trowell rejoice with Teuchites kind of sweet rush.
Let Tilson, house of Tilson rejoice with Teramnos a kind of weed. Lord
have mercy on the soul of Tilson, Fellow of Pembroke Hall.
Let Knock, house of Knock rejoice with Condurdon which bears red
flowers in July and worn about the neck is good for scrophulous cases.
Let Case, house of Case rejoice with Coctanum a Syrian Fig. The Lord
cure my cough.
Let Potts, house of Potts rejoice with Ulex an herb like rosemary with a
quality of attracting gold.
Let Tough, house of Tough rejoice with Accipitrina. N.B. The hawk beat
the raven St Luke's day 1762.
Let Balsam, house of Balsam rejoice with Chenomycon an herb the sight
of which terrifies a goose. Lord have mercy on William Hunter his family.
Let Graves, house of Graves rejoice with Cinnaris the Stag's antidote --
the persecuted Christian is as the hunted stag.
Let Tombs, house of Tombs rejoice with Acesis Water Sage -- God be
gracious to Christopher Charles Tombs.
Let Addy, house of Addy rejoice with Crysippea a kind of herb so called
from the discoverer.
Let Bracegirdle, house of Bracegirdle rejoice with Xiris a kind of herb with
sharp leaves.
Let Homer, house of Homer rejoice with Cinnabar which makes a red
colour.
Let Lenox, house of Lenox rejoice with Achnas the Wild Pear Tree. God
be gracious to the Duke of Richmond.
Let Altham, house of Altham rejoice with the Everlasting Apple-Tree.
Let Travell, house of Travell rejoice with Ciborium The Egyptian Bean.
Let Tyers, house of Tyers rejoice with Ægilops a kind of bulbous root.
God give good will to Jonathan Tyers and his family this day. All Saints.
N.S. 1762.
Let Bones, house of Bones rejoice with The Red-Crested Black and Blue
Bird of Surinam.
Let Pownall, house of Pownall rejoice with the Murrion a creature of the
Beaver kind.
Let Fig, house of Fig rejoice with Fleawort. The Lord magnify the idea of
Smart singing hymns on this day in the eyes of the whole University of
Cambridge. Novr 5th 1762. N.S.
Let Acton, house of Acton rejoice with Theangelis an herb used by the
Ancients for magical purposes.
Let Plank, house of Plank rejoice with the Sea Purslain -- God be
gracious to Thomas Rosoman and family.
Let Metcalf, house of Metcalf rejoice with Holcus Wall-Barley -- God give
grace to my adversaries to ask council of Abel.
Let Graner, house of Graner rejoice with Hircules Bastard Nard. The Lord
English Granier and his family.
Let Oram, house of Oram rejoice with Halus an herb like unto Orgament.
Let Sykes, house of Skyes rejoice with Hadrobolum a kind of sweet gum.
Let Otway, house of Otway rejoice with Hippice an herb which being held
in an horse's mouth keeps him from hunger.
Let Conduit, house of Conduit rejoice with Greecula a kind of Rose. God
be gracious to the immortal soul of Sr Isaac Newton.
Let Snipe, house of Snipe rejoice with Hæmotimon a kind of red glass.
Blessed be the name of Jesus for the 29th of Novr.
Let Ready, house of Ready rejoice with Junco The Reed Sparrow. Blessed
be the name of Christ Jesus Voice and Instrument.
Let Bland, house of Bland rejoice with Lacta a kind of Cassia. God be
gracious to Bland of Durham and the Widow George.
Let Adcock, house of Adcock rejoice with Lada a shrub, which has gummy
leaves.
Let Snow, house of Snow rejoice with Hysginum a plant dying Scarlet.
Let Dolben, house of Dolben rejoice with Irio Winter Cresses, Rock Gentle
or Rock Gallant.
Let Oakley, house of Oakley rejoice with the Skink a little amphibious
creature found upon Nile.
Let Owen, house of Owen rejoice with the Shag-green a beast from
which the skin so called is taken.
Let Amos, house of Amos rejoice with The Avosetta a bird found at
Rome.
Let Busby, house of Busby rejoice with The Ganser a bird. God prosper
Westminster-School.
Let Alured, house of Alured rejoice with the Book-Spider -- I refer the
people of both Universitys to the Bible for their morality.
Let Lidgate, house of Lidgate rejoice with The Flammant a curious large
bird on the coast of Cuba. God make us amends for the restoration of
the Havannah.
Let Dawn, house of Dawn rejoice with The Frigate Bird which is found
upon the coasts of India.
Let Arne, house of Arne rejoice with The Jay of Bengal. God be gracious
to Arne his wife to Michael and Charles Burney.
Let Allcock, house of Allcock rejoice with The King of the Wavows a
strange fowl. I pray for the whose University of Cambridge especially
Jesus College this blessed day.
Let Audley, house of Audley rejoice with The Green Crown Bird. The
Lord help on with the hymns.
Let Beacon, house of Beacon rejoice with Amadavad a fine bird in the
East Indies.
Let Blomer, house of Blomer rejoice with Halimus a Shrub to hedge with.
Lord have mercy upon poor labourers this bitter frost Deer 29 N.S.
1762.
Let Merrick, house of Merrick rejoice with Lageus a kind of Grape. God
all-sufficient bless and forward the Psalmist in the Lord Jesus.
Let Jesse, house of Jesse rejoice with the Lawrey a kind of bird. God
forward my version of the psalms thro' Jesus Christ our Lord.
Let Clemison, house of Clemison rejoice with Helix a kind of Ivy. God be
praised for the vision of the Redcap and packet.
Let Oakley, house of Oakley rejoice with Haliphasus a tree with such
bitter fruit that nothing but swine will touch it.
Let Heron, house of Heron rejoice with the Tunal-Tree on which the
Cochineal feeds.
Let Kitcat, house of Kitcat rejoice with Copec the Pitch-Stone. Janry
8th 1763 Hallelujah.
Let Poor, house of Poor rejoice with Jasione a kind of Withwind -- Lord
have mercy on the poor this hard weather. Jan: 10th 1763.
Let Eccles, house of Eccles rejoice with Heptapleuros a kind of Plantain. I
pray for a musician or musicians to set the new psalms.
Let Moseley, house of Moseley rejoice with Spruce -- I bless God for Old
Foundation Day at Pemb. Hall.
Let Pass, house of Pass rejoice with Salt -- The Lord pass the last
year's accounts in my conscience thro' the merits of Jesus Christ. New
Year by Old Stile 1763.
Let Halford, house of Halford rejoice with Siren a musical bird. God
considered thou me for the baseness of those I have served very highly.
Let Ayerst, house of Ayerst rejoice with the Wild Beet -- God be
gracious to Smith, Cousins, Austin, Cam and Kingsley and Kinleside.
Let Decker, house of Decker rejoice with Sirpe a Cyrenian plant yielding
an odoriferous juice.
Let Cust, house of Cust rejoice with Margaris a date like unto a pearl.
Let Usher, house of Usher rejoice with Condurdon an herb with a red
flower worn about the neck for the scurvy.
Let Slingsby, house of Slingsby rejoice with Midas a little worm breeding
in beans.
Let Morris, house of Morris rejoice with Lepidium a Simple of the Cress
kind.
Let Crane, house of Crane rejoice with Libanotis an herb that smells like
Frankinsense.
Let Arden, house of Arden rejoice with Mew an herb with the stalk and
leaves like Anise.
Let Joram, house of Joram rejoice with Meliphylla Balm Gentle God be
gracious to John Sherrat.
Let Odwell, house of Odwell rejoice with Lappago Maiden Lips. Blessed be
the name of Jesus in singularities and singular mercies.
Let Odney, house of Odney rejoice with Canaria a simple called Hound's-
grass.