English poem
In Burlesque
by John Evelyn (1620–1706)
Together with a short SUPPLEMENT to the Fop-Dictionary: Compos'd for the use of the Town Beaus.
Prisca juvent alios; Ego me nunc denique natum, Gratulor haec aetas moribus apta meis. Non quia nunc terra lentum subducitur aurum Lectaque diverso littore Concha venit. Sed quia cultus adest, nec nostros mansit in Annos, Rusticitas Priscis illa superstes avis.