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Epigrams of That most wittie and worthie Epigrammatist Mr Iohn Owen

Translated by Iohn Vicars
Vicars, John (1579 or 80-1652)
 
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TO THE MOST HIGH, HOPEFVLL and Happy Charles, Prince of Wales.
 
THE TRANSLATOR to the most Worthy and wel-deseruing Author.
 
To the Courteous Readers.
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Epigrams.
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Out of one sole Booke.
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Out of the sixe last Bookes.
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The first Booke.
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Out of second Booke.
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Out of the third Booke.
 
Epig. 1. God the Beginning of All Things .
 
Epig. 4. The Art of Memory .
 
Epig. 6.
 
Epig. 7. The Prayse of Liberalitie .
 
Epig. 10. To Queene Anne .
 
Epig. 13. A New-Man .
 
Epig. 14. Health.
 
Epig. 15. Forbidden-Fruit.
 
Epig. 16. Troians and Greekes .
 
Epig. 21. N. A.
 
Epig. 23. Holinesse is Healthfulnesse .
 
Epig. 25. A Bride is a Ship .
 
Epig. 30. Against Pannicus a Rich-Asse .
 
Epig. 33. Homer.
 
Epig. 35. Little, Nothing, Too-much, Enough.
 
Epig. 37. To the Right Honourable, William Earle of Pembrooke, &c.
 
Epig. 48. Humility.
 
Epig. 54. The Clyent .
 
Epig. 57. The Serpent, Eue, Adam .
 
Epig. 59. To Polydore .
 
Epig. 60. To ------
 
Epig. 61. Three-fold Continency.
 
Epig. 62. Saturnes three Sonnes .
 
Epig. 63. The Old-man speakes to the Yong-man .
 
Epig. 67. To an Angry-Man .
 
Epig. 73. The Lord loueth Liberality .
 
Epig. 77. Heauen.
 
Epig. 80. Against Pontilianus .
 
Epig. 81. To Distrust.
 
Epig. 83. The Rich-Man .
 
Epig. 87. To the Iewes .
 
Epig. 97. Riches.
 
Epig. 98. Three Genders.
 
Epig. 99. ST. ST. a Signe of Silence .
 
Epig. 100. Where I Doe-Well, There I Dwell.
 
Epig. 103. Actæon.
 
Epig. 112. A Paradox of Dreames .
 
Epig. 119. Scoffing, Prudence.
 
Epig. 123. Against a tedious Oratour .
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Out of the three last Bookes.
 
To the Excellent Translatour of the Epigrams of Master Iohn Owen, Master Iohn Vicars.

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Epig. 98. Three Genders.

A wife, although most Wise and Chaste,
Is of the Doubtfull Gender;
A Queane, oth' Common; Fœminixes,
Are Women small and tender.
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