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Works of John Taylor the Water Poet not included in the folio volume of 1630

Taylor, John (1580-1653)

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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST COLLECTION.

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SECOND COLLECTION

THE Suddaine Turne of ffortunes wheele;

The Fearefull Summer:

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Drinke and welcome:

[Thou shalt be from disease and weaknesse free]

Here followeth, a laborious and effectuall discourse, in praise of the Element of all Waters fresh and salt, with their opperation; with a touch of the causes of all sorts of weather, faire and foule.

Iohn Taylors last Voyage, AND ADVENTVRE, PERFORMED from the twentieth of Iuly last 1641. to the tenth of September following.

Heads of all Fashions.

MAD VERSE, SAD VERSE, GLAD Verse and Bad Verse.

REBELLS Anathematized, And Anatomized:

THE EXALE-TATION OF ALE The ancient Liquor of this REALME

EPIGRAMMES, Written on purpose to be read: WITH A PROVISO, That they may be understood by the READER; Being Ninety in Number: Besides, two new made Satyres that attend them.

THE CERTAIN TRAVAILES of an uncertain JOURNEY, Begun on Tuesday the 9. of August, and ended on Saturday the 3. of September following, 1653.

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THIRD COLLECTION

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FOURTH COLLECTION

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FIFTH COLLECTION

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76. Brave resolution.

Will is all heart, and like a Hart can run,
He's wise in Battle, that can danger shun:
If strong hands cannot victory attain,
Yet light and nimble heeles may safety gain.