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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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[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:
  
TO THE FAR ADMIRED, ADMIRABLLY FAIRE, vertuous, and witty Beauties of England.
  
A PRÆMONITION TO ALL KINDE OF READERS of these Translations of Iohn Owens Epigrams.
  
AN ENCOMIASTICK DISTICK ON MY RIGHT WORTHY AVTHOR, Iohn Ovven.
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PART OF MASTER IOHN OWENS EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED into English.
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The First Booke.
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Epig. 2. To the Reader.
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3 To Master Iohn Hoskins, of his Booke.
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8 Know thy selfe.
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14 Gilberts Opinion, that the Earth goes round, and that the Heauens stand still.
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15 Physicions, and Lawyers.
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16 O Times, O Manners!
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21 To a poore, bare, beggerly, fie on such a Physicion.
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26 Cold fire.
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27 An impious Atheists pastime.
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28 An Atheist's Epitaph.
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30 Married Alanaes complaint.
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31 A Prophet and Poet.
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35 Free-will.
 39. 
39 New Rhetoricke.
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52 To an Atheist.
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53 A trade betwixt Physicions and Patients.
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54 Iuris-prudentes, Wise men of Law.
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55 To Courtiers.
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57 A Mortall Conceit.
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58 A Comfort for Baldnes.
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61 On old Alan.
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62 New-yeeres-gifts.
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63 A Caueat for Cuckolds.
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71 Physicions and Lawyers.
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73 The Bald-pate.
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76 Gyants and Dwarfes.
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80 A Sergeants case.
 84. 
84 A begging Poet.
 89. 
89 An old Churle.
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93 Double dealing.
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94 Much haire, little Wit.
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101 A dead Reckoning.
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103 To selfe applying, and fault-finding Zoilus .
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105 To Bald-pate.
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106 Plaine downe-right bald-pate.
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107 Fortunes Apologie.
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113 The Chyrurgion.
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115 Complainers and Flatterers.
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119 A reasonable Request.
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120 Not seene, No sinne.
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127 To a scalded Leacher.
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130 To a minsing Madam.
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131 Saturnes three sonnes.
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132 To his married friend.
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139 Wine and Women.
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143 Rare Sarah .
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144 To D. T.
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147 A Waggs Bolt.
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149 An vxorious Asse.
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151 A wary wench that stood vpon her tearmes.
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161 A Doctor in promising, but a Dunce in performing.
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162 A pretty wench scuruily Cunny-catcht.
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163 A forked Probleme.
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164 Verses giuen for a New-yeeres-gift, vnrewarded.
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165 Christs Church Colledge in Oxford.
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166 Phillis Loue.
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167 Pastime.
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168 Short and sweet to the Reader.
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172 A Request to the Reader.
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173 Of his Booke.
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The Second Booke.
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The Third Booke.
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The Fovrth Booke, Which He Cals His Sole Booke.
  
An excellent Anagram on this excellent Poets name, with the verses annexed, translated.
  
D. Du. Med. his Latine Distick to the Readers, translated.
  
One of mine owne, to the same purpose.
  
Praise-worthy verses of Learned Mistris Iane Owens of Oxford, in praise of my Iohn Owen, translated out of her Latine.
  
To the same learned Woman, whose vertues I reuerence; I dedicate this Encomiastick.
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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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22. To my right worthy friend, Mr. Michael Drayton, whose vnwearied old Muse still produceth new dainties.

When I was young, I did delight your lines,
I haue admyr'd them since my iudging times:
Your younger muse plai'd many a dainty fit,
And your old muse doth hold out stoutly yet.
Though my old muse durst passe through frost and snow,
In warres your

He wrot battell of the Agincourt, when he was aboue 60. yeers old.

old muse dares her Colours shew.
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