Horace
Lib.
I.
Epist.
IX
.
Septimius
,
Claudi
,
nimirum
intelligit
unus
,
Quanti
me
facias
:
&c.
Imitated
.
To
the
Right
Honorable
Mr.
HARLEY
.
Dear
Dick
,
how
e'er
it
comes
into
his
Head
,
Believes
,
as
firmly
as
He
does
his
Creed
,
That
You
and
I
,
Sir
,
are
extremely
great
;
Tho'
I
plain
Mat
,
You
Minister
of
State
.
One
Word
from
Me
,
without
all
doubt
,
He
says
,
Wou'd
fix
his
Fortune
in
some
little
Place
.
Thus
better
than
My
self
,
it
seems
,
He
knows
,
How
far
my
Interest
with
my
Patron
goes
;
And
answering
all
Objections
I
can
make
,
Still
plunges
deeper
in
his
dear
Mistake
.
From
this
wild
Fancy
,
Sir
,
there
may
proceed
One
wilder
yet
,
which
I
foresee
,
and
dread
;
That
I
,
in
Fact
,
a
real
Interest
have
,
Which
to
my
own
Advantage
I
wou'd
save
,
And
,
with
the
usual
Courtier's
Trick
,
intend
To
serve
My
self
,
forgetful
of
my
Friend
.
To
shun
this
Censure
,
I
all
Shame
lay
by
;
And
make
my
Reason
with
his
Will
comply
;
Hoping
,
for
my
Excuse
,
'twill
be
confest
,
That
of
two
Evils
I
have
chose
the
least
.
So
,
Sir
,
with
this
Epistolary
Scroll
,
Receive
the
Partner
of
my
inmost
Soul
:
Him
you
will
find
in
Letters
,
and
in
Laws
Not
unexpert
,
firm
to
his
Country's
Cause
,
Warm
in
the
Glorious
Interest
You
pursue
,
And
,
in
one
Word
,
a
Good
Man
and
a
True
.