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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.

Out of one sole Booke.

Out of the sixe last Bookes.

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Out of the three last Bookes.

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The First Booke.

Epig. 3. Lawyers and Phisicians .

Epig. 9. Against Tomasinus .

Epig. 10. Against Fabianus .

Epig. 12. Dalilah.

Epig. 14. Birth.

Epig. 18. Against Pætus, a Probleme .

Epig. 19. Against Pontiliana .

Epig. 22. Against Festus, an vn-Iust Iudge .

Epig. 26. Against Colinus, Dying Intestate .

Epig. 36. From Bad to Worse .

Epig. 47. Against a Foolish-Writer .

Epig. 51. Females.

Epig. 52. Foure Law-Termes.

Epig. 57. To Faustine .

Epig. 65. A Widdow .

Epig. 78. Doctor Ios. Hals Vowes and Meditations .

Epig. 95. The forsaken Louer .

Epig. 98. The Epitaph of Crœsus and Irus .

Out of the second Booke.

Out of the third Booke.

To the Excellent Translatour of the Epigrams of Master Iohn Owen, Master Iohn Vicars.

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Epig. 47. Against a Foolish-Writer .

O, I could wish thy Paper were All-blacke;
Or that it did Least Spot of blacknesse lacke.