Quodlibets, lately come over from New Britaniola, Old Newfoundland. Epigrams and other small parcels both Morall and Divine ::

Quodlibets, lately come over from New Britaniola, Old Newfoundland. Epigrams and other small parcels both Morall and Divine

The first foure Bookes being the Authors owne: the rest translated out of that Excellent Epigrammist, Mr Iohn Owen, and other rare Authors: With two Epistles of that excellently wittie Doctor, Francis Rablais: Translated out his French at large. All of them Composed and done at Harbor-Grace in Britaniola, anciently called Newfound-Land. By R. H. [by Robert Hayman]

Hayman, Robert

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My humble Muse, desires likewise to kisse your sacred hands.

To my deare Friend and Fellow-Planter, Master Robert Hayman, who with Pen and Person prepares more roome for Christians in the Newfound-World.

To the Facetious Epigrammatist, my louing Kinsman, Mr. Robert Hayman, who composed these quaint Quodlibets at Harbor-grace, in Newfound-Land.

To the Louers of the Muses, vpon these Quodlibets.

An Acrostick-Sonnet. To his learned and welbeloued friend, Mr.

Harm I bare not.

THE FIRST BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS, DONE AND COMPOSED BY THE AVTHOR himselfe.

[THE SECOND BOOKE.]

THE THIRD BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS.

THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS. An vnfinisht Booke.

CERTAINE EPIGRAMS OVT OF THE FIRST FOVRE BOOKES OF THE Excellent Epigrammatist, Master Iohn Ovven:

SEVERALL SENTENTIOVS EPIGRAMS, AND WITTY SAYINGS OVT of sundry Authors both Ancient and Moderne:

A WEAKE APOLOGIE FOR MY WEAKENESSE in these following Translations.

Beauties Excellencie.

The Deuils hospitality.

A Rule for periured lecherous Votaries.

Cares Birth.

A scuruy comfort.

Womens leuity.

To answer him who wrought this in defence of those women who can well enough defend themselues.

To this women may answer.

Froward nature.

In defence of these soft Creatures.

Miserable want.

Impatible wrong.

Law and Fortunes difference.

A miserable Comforter.

A Rule for Trauellers.

Necessary Restitution.

Ranke couetousnesse.

Natures frailtie.

Miserable misery of miseries.

Innocencies Comfort.

Preachers principall properties.

How to end well.

On a pretty Uirgins Uirginall Posie.

Blind Ignorance.

Womens Credit.

That women be not angry with me, nor my Author.

Truths and flatteries effects.

Exemplified.

Refractory nature.

Addition.

Three wilde Coach-horses.

From the frying pan into the fire.

Womens extreme passions.

To reforme this error in this man.

A Citizens Thrift.

Hels Highway.

Coozening knaues.

No penny, no Pater Noster.

A wicked Ubiquitary.

A wise choise.

Customes inconuenience.

As for example.

Nothing new.

A true inquisition.

Painters and Poets properties.

Wicked Women.

Addition.

Perfect patience.

A good womans reward.

In the behalfe of good women, who cannot speake for themselues.

A Churles good.

Light of beliefe.

Sweet Gaine.

Hunger breakes stone walls.

Addition.

Complaints out of Spanish.

Addition.

Virgils Cloza.

A rayling Epistle, written in French by that excellently witty Doctor, Francis Rabalais:

120 Another Epistle of the same witty Author, Francis Rabelais, in praise of a graue Matrone; translated as the former.

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3. To the perpetuall renowne of our learned King Iames, King of Great Britaine, &c. of famous memorie.

Wales, England, Scotland long did disagree,
Yet like a threefold cord accord in Thee,
Such a cord hardly breakes, being wisely twist:
These three combind, may the whole world resist.

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3. To the perpetuall renowne of our learned King Iames, King of Great Britaine, &c. of famous memorie.