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Epigrams theological, philosophical, and romantick

Six books, also the Socratic Session, or the Arraignment and Conviction, of Julius Scaliger, with other Select Poems. By S. Sheppard
Sheppard, S.

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The Language Of The Frontispeice.
  
To Mr. Sheppard on His Epigrams.
  
To the Author on his exquisite Epigrams and other Poems.
  
To the Author on his Epigrams.
  
To my much honoured Friend the Author, on his most Excellent Epigrams.
  
A due Encomium on the Author and his Ingenious Epigrams.
  
To the Author on his excellent Epigrams.
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EPIGRAMS
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The First Book
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The Second Book.
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THE THIRD BOOK.
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THE FOVRTH BOOK.
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THE FIFTH BOOK.
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THE SIXTH BOOK.
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Epig. 1. Uirgula Divina.
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Epig. 2. To Wil. Drosse the upstart Gallant.
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Epig. 3. To Tatam.
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Epig. 4. To Mr. Giles Granvert .
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Epig. 5. Aristotle.
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Epig. 6. Epitaph on Mahomet the Second, Emperour of Turkes, Anno Dom. 1450 .
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Epig. 7. To the brave and beautious Lady, the Lady I. G.
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Epig. 8. Silvesters Translation of Du-Bartas, His Divine Weeks, and Works.
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Epig. 9. On the pollution of a well known Temple.
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Epig 10. The celebration of a Health to my jovial Friend, James Gort Esquire.
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Epig. 11. Defacing of Images
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Epig. 12. To the Pamphleters of these times.
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Epig. 13. To John Taylor (commonly called) the Water-Poet.
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Epig. 14. Modest, Martha .
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Epig. 15. Lactantius, his strange opinion of that Text of Scripture, Gen. 6. 2. Then the Sonnes of God saw the Daughters of Men that they were faire, and they took them Wives, &c.
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Epig. 16. My Imprisonment in Whittington for Writing Mercurius Elencticus .
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Epig. 17. In Memory of our Famous Shakespeare .
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Epig. 18. Pimponello, Flambello, A Dialogue.
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Epig. 19. To Mr. James Ford, his Medalls being Miraculously preserved from fire.
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Epig. 20. Our Blessed Redeemer (in scorne) by the Cursed Jewes, cloathed in White Rayment.
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Epig. 21. Mortimer, and Queene Isabel ,
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Epig. 22. To the hopefull and excellently Ingenious, Mr. John Quarles.
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Epig. 23. On Mr. Chapmans Incomparable Translation of Homers Workes.
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Epig. 24. Epitaph on Mr. Flood .
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Epig. 25. To Mr. E. G.
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Epig. 26. Epitaph on Mr. James Gourd a singing-man.
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Epig. 27. To the Parliament of England .
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Epig. 28. To Mr. Edward Gosling pittying my want of Books.
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Epig. 29. A Paralell.
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Epig. 30. To Mr. John Sob, of these times.
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Epig. 31. The Character of an accomplisht Man.
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Epig. 32. To his Excellency, the Lord Generall Cromwell .
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Epig. 33. To the profoundly Learned, and unparalleld Antiquary, John Selden Esquire.
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Epig. 34. Not to wonder at the Monstrositie of these times.
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Epig. 35. To Mall my Wife.
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Epig. 36. The Conclusion.
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The SOCRATICK SESSION,
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A MAUSOLEAN MONUMENT, ERECTED By a Sorowfull Sonne over His Deceased Parents: With Three Pastorals. Two of them alluding to some Late Proceedings between Parties. By S. Shepard.
  
To the Reader on the Errors of the Presse.

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Epig. 8. To Mr. John Sands, on his excellent Water-Worke called the Chaos .

Friend, thou the Chaos hast in every part
So well expressed by the power of Art,
That when I saw't I wonder'd, and I find
In that rude masse, thy well digested mind:
Nor is that all, but when I do behold
Thy whirling Orbes, how they about are rol'd,
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The Earth replenish'd, and the Heavens cleare,
More quaintly then in Archimedes Spheare,
And then our Grandsyre Adam in his blisse,
(The same I think Arabia felix is)
His fearefull fall in height of all his pride
[Tempted by her was taken from his side]
Then other Stories to thy matter fit,
Not feign'd, but borrowed out of holy Writ,
Performed by Pigmeis of thy own Creation,
Who seem to walke, and talke in pretty fashion,
I then to learned Rhasis do adhere,
That great and wonderfull Philosopher,
And do conceit, one may so play his part,
As to make little living men by Art:
But to conclude, for I abhorre to be
Guilty of tedious Prolixitie:
Thy show shall more and more in Fame encrease,
And ever shall be stil'd Arts Master-peice.
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