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Parnassi Puerperium

or, Some Well-wishes to ingenuity, in the Translation of Six Hundred, of Owen's Epigrams; Martial de Spectaculis, or of Rarities to be seen in Rome; and the most Select, in Sir Tho. More...
Pecke, Thomas
  
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OWEN'S EPIGRAMS: THE FIRST BOOK.
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1. To the most Illustrious, the Lady Mary Nevill, my ever honoured Patroness.
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2. To the Reader.
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3. To Counsellor Hoskins concerning his Book.
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4. To the Lady Mary Nevill.
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5. To the same.
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6. To her Ladyships Son, Mr. Tho. Nevill.
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7. To her Ladyships Daughter Cæcilia.
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8. Nosce teipsum, upon Harpalus.
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9. To the Lawyer.
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10. Upon John Protus.
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11. Upon Aulus, an ignoble Nobleman.
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12. Upon Hernicus.
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13. Venus.
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14. To Doctor Gilbert.
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15. To the Physicians, and the Lawyers.
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16. O Times! O Reformation!
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17. The Judgment of Paris.
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18. The German Truth.
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19. To Linus.
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20. To a certain young Noble-man.
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21. To a certain poor Medic.
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22. Upon a certain Woman.
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23. Upon Marcus.
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24. Upon the Writers of our times. To the Reader.
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25. Upon Phyllis.
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26. Upon the same.
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27. The impious Atheist.
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28. The Epitaph of the Atheist.
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29. The Optative Mode.
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30. Upon Alanus.
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31. Prophets, Poets.
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32. Upon Life, and Death.
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33. Of Vulcan.
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34. The Grammar in English.
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35. Free Will.
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36. Of Life, and Venus.
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37. The Elysian Fields.
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38. The Cuckold, and Cuckold-maker.
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39. The new Rhetorick.
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40. Upon Cotta, lately turn'd a Monk.
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41. The Arms of Geneva.
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42. Upon the Poet Borbonius his toyes.
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43. Faith.
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44. Upon Paulinus the Physician.
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45. Upon Cottula.
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46. Upon Fabiana.
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47. A Joque, upon the Covetous.
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48. To a Lover of his Countrey.
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49. The World.
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50. Upon Aretine.
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51. Upon Silius.
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52. Upon Atheists.
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53. The Physician.
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54. The Counsellor.
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55. The Courtier.
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56. Upon one-ey'd Marc.
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57. Upon Paul.
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58. A Receipt against Baldness. To Bithynicus.
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59. Upon Theodorus.
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60. Apollo and the Muses.
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61. Upon Alanus now grown old.
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62. New-years-Day.
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63. Upon Pontia.
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64. The Work of Darkness.
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65. You Lie.
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66. Upon an Hypocrite.
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67. Upon an Hermaphrodite.
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68. Venus.
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69. Upon Rivals.
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70. A Woman.
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71. The Relation betwixt Physicians and Lawers.
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72. To Philip concerning Pamphilus.
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73. To Bald-pate.
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74. Nilus in my Eyes, Ætna in my Brest.
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75. If all things be alike. Upon Camilla.
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76. Of Gyants and Dwarfs.
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77. Upon the spurious Off-spring of an Abbot.
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78. To Parsons.
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79. A Participle.
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80. A Cause for the Lawyers.
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81. The Morning.
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82. Of Day.
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83. Of Night.
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84. Upon Marcus.
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85. Death.
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86. To his Friend.
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87. A good Man.
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88. Upon a certain old Man.
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89. Upon Paulinus.
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90. Upon painted Dames.
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91. Upon Cotta.
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92. The Politician.
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93. Upon Venus.
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94. Upon two Masters.
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95. Upon Marc.
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96. To Jo. Hoskins.
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97. Of Death: To Epicharmus.
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98. Upon Phyllis.
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99. Upon Hallus the Grammaticastre.
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100. Of the Load-stone.
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101. Death.
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102. The Client.
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103. Upon Zoilus.
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104. Children and fools tell Truth.
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105. Upon Bald-pate.
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106. To the same.
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107. An Apology for Fortune.
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108. Upon Cotta.
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109. Upon Procillus. A Noble.
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110. To Paul, the Lawyer.
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111. To the same.
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112. To Marinus.
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113. The Chirurgion.
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114. The Venereal Disease.
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115. Calumniators. Flatterers.
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116. Upon Ponticus.
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117. An Herculean labour.
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118. War, Death.
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119. Upon Cynthia.
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120. Upon Gellia.
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121. Upon Albinus.
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122. Upon Claudius, the raw Philosopher.
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123. Upon Bardella, the Mantuan Thief.
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124. Upon lascivious Flora.
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125. Upon Quintil.
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126. To Aulus; concerning old Quintius.
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127. Upon Costus.
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128. An Answer to Cynthia's Letter.
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129. To Sextilianus, A spurious Brat.
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130. Upon Portia, an Hypocrite.
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131. Saturn's three Sons.
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132. Of single-life, to a certain married Man.
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133. Upon Corneus.
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134. Upon Caius.
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135. Upon Pomponia.
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136. Upon Pinotus, sick of the Cholick.
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137. Upon Pomponia.
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138. To H. L.
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139. Venus.
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140. Things of worth, are hard to come by. To Marinus.
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141. Upon Theodorus.
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141. New-years-Day, to Germanicus.
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143. Sara.
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144. To D. T.
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145. Upon Paula, the Atheist.
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146. Vertue consists in a Mean.
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147. Upon Acerra.
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148. To Pinotus.
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149. Upon Quintus, and Quintina.
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150. A Paradox. To his absent Friend.
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151. Upon Paulina.
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152. Upon Gellia.
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153. Upon a certain Woman.
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154. A Riddle.
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155. To Ponticus.
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156. Upon Mr. Calf.
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157. To a certain man, concerning a Dactyl.
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158. Love Descends.
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159. Upon a stammering Woman.
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160. A problem for the Lawyers, concerning Theft.
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161. To Ponticus.
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162. Upon Cerellia, married to Gallus, an Eunuch.
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163. Of Horns: A Problem.
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164. On New-years-Day, to Germanicus.
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165. Christ-Church Colledge in Oxford.
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166. Upon Phyllis.
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167. Of Himself.
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168. To the Reader, concerning himself.
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169. Upon Thraso, the Braggadocio.
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170. Of Himself.
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171. The Court-Musick for two Voices.
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172. To the Reader.
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173. To his Book.
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THE SECOND BOOK.
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THE THIRD BOOK.
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Libellus de Spectaculis:
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Certain Select EPIGRAMS, Translated Out of the Works of that upright Lord Chancellor, and facetious Poet, Sr THO. MORE, &c.
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HEROICK EPIGRAMS, Upon Some choice Passages in the LIVES of the Twelve CÆSARS, And other worthy Subjects.
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Epigrams upon Various Subjects.

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104. Children and fools tell Truth.

The English Proverb, cals such Fools, as tell
The very Truth; a Liar bears the Bell.
Therefore if you speak Truth, to English Men;
You may be for your labour, Fool cal'd, then.
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