been, after allowing for the decrease of value in money, both from the diminution in coin, and the great influx of specie fince that period, nearly double of what they are at present *." 151. De Arte Medendi apud Prifcos Mufices Ope atque Carminum. Epiftola ad Antonium Relhan, M. D. Collegii Medicorum Londinenfis Socium et Cenforem. Editio altera et auctior. 8vo. THIS literary impofition, or jeu d'efprit (for fuch it is), is afcribed to Michael Gafpar, of Marpurg. The former edition (if published) efcaped our notice. To the prefent is prefixed a serious dedication to the Earl of Shelburne, whom the author aptly compares To Nicias, that diftinguifhed patriot, who, when all the Greeks had united against Athens, by joining the party who favoured peace, faved his country. But this writer profeffes obligations to his lordship of a private nature, ftyling him "one of the few Macenafes to the "English, but to foreigners the only "one;" and pretending to have had the honour of his company under his humble roof, where he "divinely dif"courfed, not on government, glory, or "riches, but on learning and true philofophy, a difcourfe which (he adds) "he fhall not even in death forget." The Epiftle is dated from Utrecht + (we fuppofe) Nov. 1, 1765, and is faid to have originated from a recent con verfation between the author and (the Aate) Dr. Relhan at that place. After exemplifying in general the great use of ancient mufic in alleviating and difpelling difeafes in general by fome examples, both in facred and profane hiftory, our Pfeudo Gafpar proceeds to enquire, 1. What effects were produced by phyficians, with mufic or verfe, fong and the dyre, among the ancients? and 2. What are the dictates on this fubject of nature and right reafon? But we pre tend not to detail the learning and humour eminently displayed in this work, and that with fuch adroitnefs that fome, particularly Dr. Burney, have mistaken it for a ferious performance. I. Among the ancient phyficians who cured difeafes by mufic, he reckons Apollo, their father and god (and supposes that the fwan affixed to his ftatues is intended to mean that, "as that bird fings a lit"tle before its death, fo mufic, like "other medicines, is generally follow"ed by death,)" Chiron, Efculapius, Orpheus, Hercules, Achilles, and Thales, as well as Hippocrates, Theophraftus, and Agathemerus, the latter a Lacedæmonian phyfician, contemporary with Auguftus. Then, proceeding to the writers on "medical mufic," and among the hiftorians he produces Herodotus on the Babylonians, &c. Thucydides on the plague of Athens, rather forcing indeed than finding his conclu-. fion, Plutarch, and Elian; among the poets, Homer, Sophocles, Theocritus, Pindar; and of the Romans, Cicero, Pliny, Lucian, A. Gellius, M. Varro, and Macrobius.-That, mufic is hurtful as well as beneficial to mankind, and alfo a narcotic, he produces the teftimony of Apuleius, Virgil, Horace, Propertius, and Tibullus. And from the whole M. Gafpar draws thefe conclufions: 1. "That from the rife of the medicinal art, whoever was the author of it, down to Hippocrates, all phyficians employed mufic, as a medicine, in healing the fick." 2. "That afterwards it was divided into two parties, of which one followed Æfculapius, the other Hippocrates. graveft philofophers, favoured the Æfculá 3. "Not only the poets, but most of the pians. 4. "The fculapians flourished till Macrobius, that is, to the end of the IVth century; but foon after they were abolished, either by the Barbarian conquerors of the Ro man empire, or by the Arabian phyficians." "Hall, in his Chronicle, fol. 104, reports, that this Baftard was a natural fon of the Duke of Orleans, by the wife of the Lord Cawny, conftable of one of the Duke's castles on the frontier towards Artois; and that, upon the death of his parents, the next of kin to the Lord Cawny challenged the inheritance; that, in conclufion, the matter was brought hefore the prefidents of the Parliament of Paris, and there remained in litigation till the boy was eight years of age; when, on a day appointed for a final hearing, the infant hero being afked whofe fon he was, contrary to the leffons and expectations of his mother's friends, boldly replied, My heart giveth me, and my noble courage telleth me, that I am the fon of the noble Duke of Orleans; more glad to be his baftard, with a mean living, than the lawful fon of that cowardly cuckold Cawny, with his four thousand crowns.' A paffage which I have been induced to mention, rather from the refemblance it bears to fome circumftances in Shakspeare's interefting character of Falconbridge, than from any conviction of its authenticity." "TRAJECTI." But there are feveral Trajeda; viz. ad Rhenum, Utrecht; ad Mosam, Maeftricht; ad Maœnam, and ad Oderiam, the two Frankforts, &c. No river is added here. Pro Proceeding next, as was propofed, to authorities from holy writ, the chief ftrefs is laid on the effects of David's harp on the black bile, or melancholy; of Saul, and on the power of medicinal mufic among the Hebrews, as explained by Grotius on that paffage, 1 Sam. x. 5. II. As to the dictates of nature and true philofophy, examining the 4 parts in which Plato has claffed human nature, this author fhews, 1. "The power of mufic on earthly fubfances by the human voice breaking glafs, and even tone and wood, according with fingers, the difeafes and chimæras produced by impreffions on the nerves, the fetting the teeth on edge, &c. 2. "Though no power of mufic is yet apparent on vegetables, it cannot be allowed that ftones are moved by mufic, and not trees; that one fhrub, at leaft, has the fame fenfe, appears in the fenfitive plant: and "mufic," fays Congreve, "has charms to bend the knotty oak."-But 3. "On animals, its effects are visible and THEATRICAL DRURY-LANE. 08. 2. Hamlet-High Life below Stairs. 7. The Conscious Lovers-Comus. 14 Grecian Daugh. All the World's a stage 29. Edw. the Bl. Prince-Who's the Dupe? Nov. 3. Meafore for Measure-Apprentice. 4. Sulpicious Husband-Thomas and Sally 5. Meaf. for Meaf.-Triumph of Mirth. 6. Richard the Third-Thomas and Sally.. 11. Meaf. for Meaf.-Who's the Dupe? 17. New Waytopay Old Debts-Fortunatus. allowed. Witness Shakspeare, in his Mera chant of Venice, "do but mark a wild and wanton herd," &c. Ariftotle, De Animal. ix. 5, Theocritus, Virgil (on bees), the Pfalmift's deaf adder, the Indian charmers of fnakes, the Ægyptian Phylli, a knight of Navarre, mentioned by Bayle, on whom a bagpipe had a ftrange animal effect, and the remedy for the bite of the Tarantula. 4. "The power of mufic on the mind is acknowledged by all, and teftified particu larly by the example of the prophet Elisha, 2 Kings, iii.; by Pindar, Ariftotle, Pythagoras, Xenophon, Cratinus, Shakspeare, Addifon, Dryden's Alexander's Feaf, the warhoop of the Indians, &c." In conclufion, Dr. Relhan is advised, in conjunction with their common friend B-, who is characterised as "an "excellent judge of finging, though no "good finger," to give mufic a share in medicine, nor longer to let it be rejected by the faculty, "to the great prejudice of mankind." REGISTER. 08. 2. Lionel and Clariffi-Retaliation. 6. Macbeth-Choice of Harlequin. 9. The Winter's Tale Rival Knights → 10. Lion. & Clar.-Ditto-Crofs Purposes. 15. Span. Fryar-Riv. Kots.-Tom Thumb, - 24. Maid of Mill-Riv. Knts.-Trift. Shan. 28. Castle of Andalufia.-The Author. 31. A Bold Stroke for a Hufband-Rival Nep. 1. Ditto-Ditto-Wives Revenged. 6. Catt. Andal-Riv. Knts.--St. Pat. Day. 10. Henry VIII-Lord Mayor's Day. 12. Bold Stroke for a Hutb.-Poor Soldier, 14. The Mag'e l'icture-Ditto. 17. K. Henry IV.-Lord Mayor's Day. WHER Grac'd him with martial honours, that ap THE RELIEF OF GIBRALTAR, Oft has this mountain rung with dire a. Oft fhaken with the crash of hoftile arms; What floods of gore have dyed the high- Knows no fuperior in the roll of fame; His victor army from Minorca's walls: Amidst the youthful band, whom glory draws Youth's purple glow, fair honour's open The foe was not defpis'd, tho' nothing fear'd With fteady pace move dreadfully along :. There hidden fire, and lurking forms of death. The fort they seek—yet, gallant youths, forbear; Tempt not your fate-deftruction riots there! They ftil: advance to urge a desperate course. Their murderous heads a thousand cannons And feem'd to vomit glowing orbs of fire. In dire amaze the trembling Spaniards fear Here rage the flames; there ocean's gaping Threatens the horrors of a watery tomb. fhoré, Curfes the war he vainly fwore to wage. But now the fire, with unremitting force, Spreads, where the powder lies, its dreadful courfe : Quick fpreads-and, inftant, thro' the black- fall! Not famine now, the laft refource of Spain, Not famine threatens. O'er the fwellingtide, A wish'd-for fight, thy country's bulwarks ride; On theirtall mafts Howr's standard, waving high, Proclaims the joyful hour of triumph nigh. With truth proclaims-by winds tempestuous tolt, In their own port the hoftile fleet is loft; While, ftrange to tell, conducted by thofe To Calpe fafe the British navy fails. [gales, Nor facts admit of doubt. Struck with the fight, ELIX, nepotum qui fobolem piam Sancti parentis ducis ad ofcula, Et res, avo narrante, prifcas Aure vides cupidâ bibentem? Hærent tenellis peétoribus fenis Præcepta divi, quem, fapientiæ Exemplar antiquæ, capillo Sufpiciunt niveo decorum. Jamjam coronâ cinctus amabili Largis docebit non fine lacrymis, TE, TE moram inftanti senectæ Indomitaque tuliffe morti.. "Tales," trementi voce precabitur, "Tales fuos huic cernere liberos "Detur"-nec amplexu, volentem, Dicere plura fiues repenti. Quas fi parentis mi liceat preces Audiffemolli tunc mihi lumina Nox ingruens condat fopore, Comprimat & pater ipfe dextrâ! MR. URBAN, TAKE the liberty to fend you three Spain cry'd, The elements for England fight. Imitations of three of our most celebrated Here, Gallia, urge thy vain purfuit no more, Thy fleet returning feeks Britannia's shore. Nor arms to Afia the stor'd fhips convey, poets; and am Yours, &c. I. V. Nor tempt thro' unknown seas a dangerous On the early and late blowing of the vernal and way. Expect them here, nor then the battle fhun-But England's warrior, his great fervice done, While Calpe's fons fecure in plenty fleep, Bids his bold fleet its feady paffage keep; Repels the offer'd fight, and safe restoresHis victor comrades to their native fhores. And long thall Britain, wide-extended, autumnal Crocus. ❝ round Yet foon, in love revered, a father's frown, In frantic fit, the voice of reafon braved. thee: Now, now's the time to be for ever free. Thy Jet, fo pliant to thy guiding hand, John train'd a colt, obedient to command, Ere her stiff neck difdain'd it. Stawell's hound, At Reynard wont o'er hill and dale to bound, Now flexible to good, thy tender breast Fresh, at thy birth, did I the cafk import, SEVERAL fugitive poetical pieces, by the author of the above, were inferted in this Magazine near forty-fix years ago. One in particular in vol. VII. p. 376, is a ludicrous triffe upon Small-Beer, written when he was very young, as it was not till two "Seafon fhall follow feafon; day to night +, "Summer to winter, harveft to feed-time, "Heat fhall to cold in regular array, "Succeed:"-heaven-taught, fo fang the years after that he was admitted a fcholar or Hebrew bard‡. HORACE, EP. II. B. I. MODERNISED. By Dr. D―N, of S. W―rmb→→gh, F as a moral Leffen for his Son at (Concluded from p. 606. Į ROM avarice, envy, pride, abhorrent ftart. [heart. Thou doft. The mention pains thy gen'rous Vanatural thefe: with caution ftricter, fhun One failing too congenial to my fon. Though gentler than the waft of zephyr's wing, Thy temper livelier than the blufh of fpring, Gen. ix. 12-17. + Gen. viii, 22. Mofes, probationer fellow of St. John's college, Oxford. His only contributions of this fort, which we can trace with certainty, of late years, are, 1. An Ode of Alcæus paraphrafed, beginning With civic wreaths. II. An Ode of Hor. "Quo, quo, fcelefti," imitated, and applied to the American War. III. An Italian Sonnet, beginning "Rime darne." The only publications hitherto known to be his are, I. "An Address to "the rational Advocates of the Church of "England." It refpects fome proposed improvements in its eftablished forms, for the excellency of which above all others, upon the whole, he strenuously contends. II and III. Two "Vifitation Sermons," breathing the fame fpirit. IV. " An Effay on Hap nefs," a poem, in four books, with ample notes and illuftrations. V. "The Evidence "of Reafon, in proof of the immortality of "the Soul," collected from the MSS. of the late Mr. Baxter, introductory letter of the editor Eri |