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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.
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THE FIRST BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS, DONE AND COMPOSED BY THE AVTHOR himselfe.
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1. Of mine owne Quodlibets.
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2. To my Readers.
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3. To the perpetuall renowne of our learned King Iames, King of Great Britaine, &c. of famous memorie.
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4. Old Lelius to his wise friend Scipio.
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5. Why God giues some Fooles riches, and some wise men none. To a discreet friend.
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6. An old Apothecary made a new Doctor.
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7. God doth all in all.
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8. A worldly Man will haue it by hooke or by crooke.
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9. Thrifty Charity, to a namelesse Friend.
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10. Borrowing on Time, is worse then Bird-lime.
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11. To a kinde Foole.
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12. Trauelling in England.
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13. A perswasion to Humilitie.
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14. Why there are so few Hospitals built.
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15. Lawyers profitable pastime.
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16. The Polycie of the Whore of Babylon.
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17 To Bald-pate.
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18. Worse then naught.
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19. Two filthy fashions.
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20. Fooles are more masters of thier wiues then wise men. Scarce a Paradoxe.
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22. To a Pardon-Bayer.
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22. Worse then a Whore.
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23. Why Kings speake in the Plurall.
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24. The effects of Gods Word.
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25. A Scottish Honest Man. A Londoners Good Man.
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26. How and whereof to iest.
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27. The Worlds Whirlegigge.
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28. On a Good fellow Papist, who makes no bones to eate Flesh on Fasting dayes.
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29. Popories Pedigree.
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30. The Married, to the Chaste.
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31. The Chaste, to the Married.
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32. A Description of a Puritane, out of this part of the Letany, From Blindnesse of Heart, Pride, Vaine glory, &c.
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33. Loue is betwixt Equals.
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34. The difference betwixt good men and bad, is best seene after death.
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35. To Sir Peirce Penny-lesse.
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36 The reward of Charity. To a rich Friend.
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37. Thought vpon, on the preparation of a great Fleet, and may serue for all such actions hereafter.
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38. A Secret of State.
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39. Kings Paramount Subiection.
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40. Why Women are longer attyring of themselues then Men.
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41 Christ and Antichrist.
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42. Wise men may be mistaken. Puritanes ragged Reason of the rag of Popery, and Papists rotten Reason of thread-bare Antiquitie.
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42 Vnrighteous Mammon.
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44. A Dialogue betwixt a Wise King and a good Christian.
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45. Sad-Mens liues are longer then Merry-Mens A Paradox.
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46. Poperies principall Absurdities.
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47. Of those who are too Kinde, too Courteous, &c. Who ouerdoe good things.
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48. Some Mens Testament is not their Will.
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49. Why Wiues can make no Wills.
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50. A iust Retaliation.
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51. A Prayer.
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52. Reuerent Grane Preachers.
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53 Neat, quaint, nimble Pulpit Wits.
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54. Diuers complections, and diuers Conditions.
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55. Our Births, and Deaths, Reioycing, and Mourning.
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56. The Uanity of a Papisticall Shift.
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57. Curious barly Brethren.
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58. A Scriuener on a Trotter.
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59 Womens wise Teares.
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60. To my Reader.
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62. Youths conceit, and Ages knowledge.
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63. Hearbe-grace commonly called Rewe.
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64. To Writers of Hereticall, and Keepers of false Books.
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65. To a Periwiggian, who hopes to gaine by some friends death.
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66. Gossipes and Good-wiues.
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67. A young Saint, an old Deuill, to a Contous old Man.
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68. A mad Wenches Iustice.
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69. Wee are Gods Husbandry, or Gods crop out of a fertile Christian Soule.
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70. To a faire Whore.
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71. Riches is now a dayes the House vpon Mens heads.
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72. Monyes Etymologie.
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73. The Treasure of the Church, or the Popes Exchequor.
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74. A wicked, contentious mans Epitaph.
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75. An Epitaph. On euery well meaning man vndone by his kindnesse.
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76. To one of Fortunes white Sonnes.
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77. Death, and VVarre.
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78. The Popish Legend, The Iewish Talmoud. Mahomets Alcheron.
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79. To an Armenian Canary Bird.
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80. Faith without Works, Works without Faith.
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81. Ungirt, Vnblest.
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82. True Chastity.
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83. From hardnesse of heart, good Lord deliuer vs.
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84. A perswasion to Heauen.
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85. To a namelesse Religious Friend.
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86. To King Iames, King of Great Britaine, &c. of blessed memory.
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87. The most Catholike King of Spaine.
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88. What vse old Moones are put to.
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89. Little Legges, and lesse wit.
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90. Problematically prouing, that the City of Rome is not the seat of Christs Vicar Generall.
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91. I proue it thus.
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92. Two Prouerbs coupled.
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93. Good Counsell, ill Example.
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94. To an Vpstart.
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95. Christ in the middest.
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96. Gods Word is a two-edged Sword.
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97. To the admirably witty, and excellently learned Sir Nicholas Smith, Knight, of Lorkbeare neere Exeter, my ancient friend.
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98. To the right worshipfull William Noy, Esquire, one of the Benchers of Lincolnes Inue, long since of my acquaintance both in Oxford and London.
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99. To the right worshipfull Nicholas Ducke, Esquire, one of the Benchers of Lincolnes Inne, and Recorder of the City of Exeter, my Cousin German.
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100. To the right worshipfull Arthur Ducke, Doctor of the Ciuill Law, and Chancellor of London, Bath and Wells, my Cousin German.
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101. An Epithalamium. On the Marriage of Doctor Arthur Ducke, with one of the Daughters and Coheires of Henry Southworth Esquire.
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102. To the right worshipfull William Hackwell Esquire, one of the Benchers of Lincolnes Inne, my ancient kind friend.
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103. To the Reuerend George Hackwell, Doctor in Diuinity, Archdeacon of Surry, my ancient & kind friend.
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104. To the right worshipfull Iohn Barker Esquire, late Maior of the City of Bristoll, my louing and kind brother in Law.
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105 To the wise and learned S. B. K. Knight.
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106 To the right worshipfull Iohn Doughty, Alderman of Bristoll, of his right worthy wife, my especiall good friends.
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107. To the worshipfull, Richard Long of Bristoll, Merchant, and his good wife, my kind and louing friends.
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108 To the Reuerend Doctor, Thomas Winnife, Deane of Glocester, Prebend of Pauls, and Chaplaine to King Charles, anciently of my acquaintance in Exceter Colledge in Oxford.
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109 To the right worshipfull Richard Spicer, Doctor of Physicke, my louing and kind Kinsman.
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110. To the right worshipfull Robert Viluain, Doctor of Physicke, my ancient friend, in Exeter Colledge in Oxford.
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111. To the Reuerend, learned, acute, and witty, Master Charles Fitz-Geoffery, Bachelor in Diuinity, my especiall kind friend, most excellent Poet.
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112. To a right worshipfull, discreet, sober Gentleman, a Iustice of Peace, who of a wild demeand yong Gentleman, is now become a Reuerend Minister, a painefull Preacher, and a worthy Example.
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113. To the same Reuerend Doctor.
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114 To my honest Bed-fellow the priuatly Charitable, discreetly Beneficiall, Master Edward Payne, Merchant of Bristoll.
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115. To squint-eyed, enuious Momus.
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116. A little of my vnworthy Selfe.
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117. A Skeltonicall continued ryme, in praise of my New-found-Land.
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118. A Napkin to wipe his mouth that waters at these deserued Commendations.
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[THE SECOND BOOKE.]
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THE THIRD BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS.
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THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS. An vnfinisht Booke.
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CERTAINE EPIGRAMS OVT OF THE FIRST FOVRE BOOKES OF THE Excellent Epigrammatist, Master Iohn Ovven:
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SEVERALL SENTENTIOVS EPIGRAMS, AND WITTY SAYINGS OVT of sundry Authors both Ancient and Moderne:
  
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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94. To my very good Friend, Mr. Iohn Poyntz, Esquire, one of the Planters of Newfound-Land in Doctor Vaughans Plantation.

'Tis said, wise Socrates look't like an Asse;
Yet he with wondrous sapience filled was;
So though our Newfound-Land look wild, saluage,
She hath much wealth penn'd in her rustie Cage.
So haue I seene a leane-cheekes, bare, and ragged,
Who of his priuate thousands could haue bragged.
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Indeed she now lookes rude, vntowardly;
She must be decked with neat husbandry.
So haue I seene a plaine swarth, sluttish Ione,
Looke pretty pert, and neat with good cloathes on.
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