The
ODES
of
CASIMIRE

Translated by
_G. H._

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LONDON,

Printed by _T. W._ for _Humphrey Moseley_,
at the signe of the Princes Armes in
_Pauls_ Church-yard, _1646_.

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The
ODES of
CASIMIRE

_Translated by_
G. H.

_Printed for _Humphrey Moseley_ at the Princes-Armes
in Pauls Churchyard 1646. W. M. sculp:_

[Decoration]

_Od. 1. Lib. 1._

Cum infestae Thracum Copiae Pannonia excessissent.

[Decoration]

Od. 1. Lib. 1.

When the hatefull forces of the Thracians departed out of
_Pannonia_.

Jam minae saevi cecidere belli:
Jam profanatis male pulsa terris
Et salus, & pax niveis revisit
Oppida bigis:
Iam fides, & fas, & amaena praeter
Faustitas, laeto volat arva curru:
Iam fluunt passim pretiosa largis
Saecula rivis.
Candidi soles veterisq; venae
Fontibus nati revocantur Anni:
Grandinat Gemmis, riguoq; Coelum
Depluit Auro.

The threats of cruell Warre now cease:,
In stead of them safety and peace,
Banish'd th'unhallowed earth, doe please
'Returne in their white Waine;
Faith joyn'd with Truth, and Plenty too
O're pleasant fields doe nimbly goe;
The precious Ages past, doe flow
With liberall streames againe.
Cleare dayes, such yeares as were of old
Recalled are, o'th' ancient mold,
The Heavens hayle Pearles, and molten Gold
Doth raine down-right in showres;

Meq; veraci cecinisse plectro
Inter Octobreis, tua festa, pompas,
Prisca _Saturni_ rediisse saecla,
Approbat Orbis.
Aurei patrum niveiq; mores,
Exul & sera procul usq; Thule,
Candor, & pulchro remeare virtus
Audet _Olympo_.

Whilst I with my Prophetique string
Thy Winter feastivalls doe sing,
The whole world doth with Ecchoes ring
Old _Saturn's_ age is ours.
Our Fathers pure and golden rule
Exil'd as farre as farthest Thule,
Justice from bright _Olympus_ schoole
Comes boldly back againe.

Lactis, & fusi per aprica mellis
Garruli Campos secuere rivi:
Et superfuso tumuere plenae
Nectare ripae.
Laetior vulgo seges inquietis
Fluctuat culmis, titubantq; frugum
Uberes Campi, nec avara sulcis
Invidet aestas.
Pastor Erranteis comitatus Hoedos
Provocat raucas calamo c