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Or two centvries of epigrammes. Written by William Gamage
Gamage, William
  
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To his friend, and familiar W. Gamage of his Epigrams.
  
To my lo. friend W. Gamage in the praise of his Epigrams.
  
Another of the same.
  
The Author to the Praisers of his booke.
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THE FIRST CENTVRIE.
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THE SECOND CENTVRIE
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Epig. 1. To his worthy Ho: Patronesse, Catherine, Lady Mansell.
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Epig. 2. On our vulgar Pie-Poets.
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Epig. 3. To the learned Divine Mr Francis Sydney
 4. 
Epig. 4. On the Mercilesse Nigard,
 5. 
Epig. 5. To his lo: friend Mr M. Hopkins.
 6. 
Epig. 6. The Naturalized Dutchman.
 7. 
Epig. 7. On the worldlings Avarice.
 8. 
Epig. 8. Agriculture.
 9. 
Epig. 9. To one, declining vnder the yoke of Affliction.
 10. 
Epig. 10. Babilon Metamorphosed.
 11. 
Epig. 11. On Sir Phill: Sidneys Arcadia.
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Epig. 12. To his lo: friend Mr M. Hop: for the loane of Dod, and Cleaver on the Decalogue.
 13. 
Epig. 13. On the monstrous sin of drunkennesse
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Epig. 14. To the hopefull, and courteous Courtier, young Sr Edw. Lewis,
 15. 
Epig. 15. Worm'shead.
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Epig. 16. Christ, and Apollo.
 17. 
Epig. 17. On our curious questionists.
 18. 
Epig. 18. To his lo. fr. Mr VV. Awbrey, an ingenious Anagrammatist, late turned a Minister.
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Epig. 19. Pengwin, the eight wonder of the world.
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Epig. 20. To the courteous Gent. M. Arth. Mansell.
 21. 
Epig. 21. The Ile of the Crosse.
 22. 
Epig. 22. On curious Damætas.
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Epig. 23. Iesus College in Oxford, speaking to King Iames.
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Epig. 24. Mors, Sceptra ligonibus æquat.
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Epig. 25 To the most famous, and Heroike Ladie Mary, L. Wroth.
 26. 
Epig. 26. The Canaries.
 27. 
Epig. 27 Goddesse fortune.
 28. 
Epig. 28. Hispana, in Hispanos.
 29. 
Epig. 29. On Terhernes Sepulture.
 30. 
Epig. 30. On the feminine Supremacie.
 31. 
Epig. 31. To the right worshipfull and most courteous knight, Sir Lewis Mansell, of his ho: mariage.
 32. 
Epig. 32. On Cottulus the vnconstant Professor.
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Epig. 33. To his Antiquious Academian friend Mr William Ie.
 34. 
Epig. 34. On the beloved Gossips, Læna, and Larga.
 35. 
Epig. 35. The Picture of a Paramour.
 36. 
Epig. 36. To the gastly Ghost of Terherne.
 37. 
Epig. 37. Coed Franke.
 38. 
Epig. 38. Of the lamentable Deaths, of H.3. and H.4. the french kings, murthered by a brase of Fryars.
 39. 
Epig. 39. To his Sickloe friend.
 40. 
Epig. 40. To Reverend vida, the filching Preacher.
 41. 
Epig. 41. To plaine Io: the versificator.
 42. 
Epig. 42. To Battus, the Catechiser.
 43. 
Epig. 43. On Mistresse Wag-taile.
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Epig. 44. Lex Talionis, on Rot, the Tyrant.
 45. 
Epig. 45. The Cacademons Epitaph.
 46. 
Epig. 46. Socrates.
 47. 
Epig. 47. To his honest kinde friend Mr Edw: Andrewes, of the Epithit, Honest.
 48. 
Epig. 48. An Anothomy for Husbandry.
 49. 
Epig. 49. To the worthie and famous Earle of Notingham, high Admirall of England.
 50. 
Epig. 50. The flushing fray.
 51. 
Epig. 51. Omnium rerum vicissitudo est.
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Epig .96. Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.
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Epig. 53. To faire fac'd Margaret.
 54. 
Epig. 54. The voluble wheele of fortune.
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Epig. 55. To the worthy Gent. M. Rawley Bussie, involving the earthly Globe, & tossing of the Tenis ball, most expert.
 56. 
Epig. 56. To Mistris Lightfoot.
 57. 
Epig. 57. Uincit, qui patitur.
 58. 
Epig. 58. To his fragile firtree staffe.
 59. 
Epig. 59. On Stephen, the bloody Persecutor.
 60. 
Epig. 60. To the worthy Knight, Sr Ro. Wroth, of his house call'd Durance.
 61. 
Epig. 61. On our Popish Fugitiues.
 62. 
Epig. 62. Mother B's Translation.
 63. 
Epig. 63. Licentia Poetica.
 64. 
Epig. 64. On the Popes Holinesse.
 65. 
Epig, 65. To the Paracelsian Empericke.
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Epig. 66. Of H. I. king of England, whose invenomed braine, being dead, kill'd his owne Physitian.
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Epig. 67. To M. Monoculus, the Sagittarie.
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Epig. 68. To Zantippa, the Scold.
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Epig. 69. The Epitaph of his deerely beloued Scoole-master, M.VV. Edwards:
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Epig. 70. To Rome, with her Romish brood.
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Epig. 71. To Gill: the fingring Lawier, and ambodexter.
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Epig. 72. A new forme of finding out Petigrees.
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Epig. 73. Tom of Christ Church in Oxford.
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Epig. 74. God, and the Pope.
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Epig. 75. To glorious Mopsa, of her stolen feathers.
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Epig. 76. On Cornutus, the Monster.
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Epig. 77. Quævis terra alit artem.
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Epig. 78. To his Cosin Lieftenant William Watkins, of flushings Scituation.
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Epig. 79. On Nic: Herberts Posie, (Lley Kymero.)
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Epig. 80. To the right Reverend father, Io: King, Bishop of London, a most persuasiue Preacher.
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Epig. 81. Tobaccho.
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Epig. 82. A paire Royall of Clerkes.
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Epig. 83. Of the Ambitious.
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Epig. 84. To Sir Humfrey the Recorder.
 85. 
Epig. 85. To Morus, the Baulepate.
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Epig. 86. Cupid, the blind God.
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Epig. 87. To Cæcus, the painefull Preacher, of our Dumbe Dogges.
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Epig. 88. To his loving friend Io: Spencer, skilfull in Arithmeticke, of Mounsier Mutilus.
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Epig. 89. On bibbing Belgicus.
 90. 
Epig. 90. On Del Lucifer.
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Epig. 91. The Imparatiue Moode.
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Epig. 92. To the ingenious Poet, Mr William Herbert of his booke intituled the Prophesie of Cadwalader.
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Epig. 93. To the snarling censurer.
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Epig. 94. On Montanus, the Bibber.
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Epig. 95. On Simon Magus, the Roman,
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Epig. 96. On Luke-warme loue.
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Epig. 97. Tempus edax rerum.
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Epig. 98. On Iudeas, the Usurer.
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Epig. 99. To the Readers of his Epigrams.
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Epig. 100. To the Printer, of Detractors.
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Epig. 24. Mors, Sceptra ligonibus æquat.

Alluding to the death of the most renowned H. Fredericke, Prince of Wales.

O fatall death, can none escape thy Dart?
O gastly Ghost, must all obey thy Hest?
Must Princes, as the beggar feele thy smart?
Must great ones die, sans mercy, as the least?
Henry was young, therefore thou might'st him spare;
Henry was sage, then should'st his life prolong:
Henry was warlike, touch him how could'st dare?
Henry was learned, death thou hast vs' wrong.
Mavors farewell, and learned Mercury,
Since Henry left too soone our company.
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