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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.
 10. 
10. Borrowing on Time, is worse then Bird-lime.
 11. 
11. To a kinde Foole.
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12. Trauelling in England.
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13. A perswasion to Humilitie.
 14. 
14. Why there are so few Hospitals built.
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15. Lawyers profitable pastime.
 16. 
16. The Polycie of the Whore of Babylon.
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17 To Bald-pate.
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18. Worse then naught.
 19. 
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.
 22. 
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.
 26. 
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.
 35. 
35. To Sir Peirce Penny-lesse.
 36. 
36 The reward of Charity. To a rich Friend.
 37. 
37. Thought vpon, on the preparation of a great Fleet, and may serue for all such actions hereafter.
 38. 
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.
 42. 
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.
 57. 
57. Curious barly Brethren.
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58. A Scriuener on a Trotter.
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59 Womens wise Teares.
 60. 
60. To my Reader.
 62. 
62. Youths conceit, and Ages knowledge.
 63. 
63. Hearbe-grace commonly called Rewe.
 64. 
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.
 66. 
66. Gossipes and Good-wiues.
 67. 
67. A young Saint, an old Deuill, to a Contous old Man.
 68. 
68. A mad Wenches Iustice.
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69. Wee are Gods Husbandry, or Gods crop out of a fertile Christian Soule.
 70. 
70. To a faire Whore.
 71. 
71. Riches is now a dayes the House vpon Mens heads.
 72. 
72. Monyes Etymologie.
 73. 
73. The Treasure of the Church, or the Popes Exchequor.
 74. 
74. A wicked, contentious mans Epitaph.
 75. 
75. An Epitaph. On euery well meaning man vndone by his kindnesse.
 76. 
76. To one of Fortunes white Sonnes.
 77. 
77. Death, and VVarre.
 78. 
78. The Popish Legend, The Iewish Talmoud. Mahomets Alcheron.
 79. 
79. To an Armenian Canary Bird.
 80. 
80. Faith without Works, Works without Faith.
 81. 
81. Ungirt, Vnblest.
 82. 
82. True Chastity.
 83. 
83. From hardnesse of heart, good Lord deliuer vs.
 84. 
84. A perswasion to Heauen.
 85. 
85. To a namelesse Religious Friend.
 86. 
86. To King Iames, King of Great Britaine, &c. of blessed memory.
 87. 
87. The most Catholike King of Spaine.
 88. 
88. What vse old Moones are put to.
 89. 
89. Little Legges, and lesse wit.
 90. 
90. Problematically prouing, that the City of Rome is not the seat of Christs Vicar Generall.
 91. 
91. I proue it thus.
 92. 
92. Two Prouerbs coupled.
 93. 
93. Good Counsell, ill Example.
 94. 
94. To an Vpstart.
 95. 
95. Christ in the middest.
 96. 
96. Gods Word is a two-edged Sword.
 97. 
97. To the admirably witty, and excellently learned Sir Nicholas Smith, Knight, of Lorkbeare neere Exeter, my ancient friend.
 98. 
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.
 99. 
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.
 100. 
100. To the right worshipfull Arthur Ducke, Doctor of the Ciuill Law, and Chancellor of London, Bath and Wells, my Cousin German.
 101. 
101. An Epithalamium. On the Marriage of Doctor Arthur Ducke, with one of the Daughters and Coheires of Henry Southworth Esquire.
 102. 
102. To the right worshipfull William Hackwell Esquire, one of the Benchers of Lincolnes Inne, my ancient kind friend.
 103. 
103. To the Reuerend George Hackwell, Doctor in Diuinity, Archdeacon of Surry, my ancient & kind friend.
 104. 
104. To the right worshipfull Iohn Barker Esquire, late Maior of the City of Bristoll, my louing and kind brother in Law.
 105. 
105 To the wise and learned S. B. K. Knight.
 106. 
106 To the right worshipfull Iohn Doughty, Alderman of Bristoll, of his right worthy wife, my especiall good friends.
 107. 
107. To the worshipfull, Richard Long of Bristoll, Merchant, and his good wife, my kind and louing friends.
 108. 
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.
 109. 
109 To the right worshipfull Richard Spicer, Doctor of Physicke, my louing and kind Kinsman.
 110. 
110. To the right worshipfull Robert Viluain, Doctor of Physicke, my ancient friend, in Exeter Colledge in Oxford.
 111. 
111. To the Reuerend, learned, acute, and witty, Master Charles Fitz-Geoffery, Bachelor in Diuinity, my especiall kind friend, most excellent Poet.
 112. 
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.
 113. 
113. To the same Reuerend Doctor.
 114. 
114 To my honest Bed-fellow the priuatly Charitable, discreetly Beneficiall, Master Edward Payne, Merchant of Bristoll.
 115. 
115. To squint-eyed, enuious Momus.
 116. 
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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1. To the Reader of my reprehending generall Epigrams.
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2. Of the like Epigrams. To the right worshipfull and learned, Simon Baskeruile, Doctor of Physicke.
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3. A Probleme of Children.
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4. To a close Sinner, more fearefull of shame, then Sinne.
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5. To Curious Criticke Wit, Head-Constable.
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6. On Erra Pater and his Almanacke.
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7 To Baldpate.
 8. 
8. To a Paultry Acquaintance.
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9. To a certaine Periwiggian.
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10. Of the Antiquity of the true Church, to a Iesuite.
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11. To the same Iesuite.
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12. To a sober, sly, Penurious, Usurious Companion.
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13. The Indefatigability of a Shrews Tongue.
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14. The goe-out and the Goute.
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15. To Father Taylor Iesuite, sometimes my familiar friend in Oxford.
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16. To an Idoll worshipper, or an obstinate Recusant.
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17. A Meditation for such simple innocent people as I am.
 18. 
18. The force of Repentance.
 19. 
19. Most men want somewhat.
 20. 
20. Too much, too little, hurts.
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21. Greatnes and Loue moue not in one Spheare.
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22. To an enuied Fauorite, right worthy of his preferment.
 23. 
23. To a casheard Fauorite, who hath deserued his disgrace.
 24. 
24. How Little, how Great.
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25. On Young weekely Newes-writers & old Chroniclers.
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26. Conscience.
 27. 
27. To a weake braind Good-fellow.
 28. 
28. The only Foundation Rocke of Christs Church, To the Diuines of Rome.
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29. An honest wrong'd Mans Meditations.
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30. The good effects of Corrections.
 31. 
31. Preachers Fame, and Ayme.
 32. 
32. To the Reader.
 33. 
33. A Christian Meditation.
 34. 
34. A Messe of Mistakers.
 35. 
35. An Appendix to this Epigram.
 36. 
36. A Guilty Conscience.
 37. 
37. To giue the Church of Rome her due. To a Separatist.
 38. 
38. To Quick siluer headded Innouators.
 39. 
39. Faire Good Wiues.
 40. 
40. Faire Shrewes.
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41. A Probleme hereupon.
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42. A Trestick to these three, Disticks by way of Answer. To all constant Batchelers, especially to my Good Friend Mr. Roger Michell.
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43. To an honest old doting Man, such as I may be, if I liue a little longer.
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44. A Crue of Cursing Companions. To the Bishop of Rome.
 45. 
45. To the same man.
 46. 
46. Enuies Dyet.
 47. 
47. To a hansome Whore.
 48. 
48. The mad life of a mad Sea-man of Warre.
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49. Of the Gunpowder Holly-day, the 5. of Nouember.
 50. 
50. On these blacke Saints.
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51. To a great Gamester.
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52. Most men are mistaken. To Mr. Robert Grimes.
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53. The Tree of Sanctification.
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54. Real presence Praying to Saints. Each contradict the other.
 55. 
55. An Antidote for Drunkards.
 56. 
56. Womens Tyers.
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57. The Gyant.
 58. 
58. To a namelesse Friend, whose head is said to be full of Proclamations.
 59. 
59. The good of punishment.
 60. 
60. A Chyrurgions good qualities. To my good friend Mr. P. S. Chyrurgion.
 61. 
61. A Pill to purge Bribery.
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62. Papisticall faith.
 63. 
63. Some poore comfort for these Multifidians.
 64. 
64. Spirituall weapons to encounter with Satan. To my louing and good Aunt, Mistris Elizabeth Spicer of Exceter, mother to Doctor Richard Spicer Physition.
 65. 
65. Confidence ill vsed, and Confidence abused.
 66. 
66. A Caueat for buyers and sellers.
 67. 
67. To Politike Bankerupt.
 68. 
68. A mad answer of a Mad man.
 69. 
69. A lusty Widdow, to one of her Sutors.
 70. 
70. To Mammonnists, who put their trust in vncertaine Riches.
 71. 
71. God and Mammon.
 72. 
72. There is no fooling with Edge-tooles. To a Friend.
 73. 
73. My Iudgement on Men of Iudgement. To a kind Friend.
 74. 
74. To all the shrewd Wiues that are, or shall be planted in New-found-land.
 75. 
75. Some preuention for some of these misdooers.
 76. 
76. Masters Behauiour. To my good Friend Master Thomas Mil-ware, of Harbor-Grace in Newfound-land.
 77. 
77. Too much Familiarity breeds contempt.
 79. 
79. The foure Elements in Newfound-land. To the Worshipfull Captaine Iohn Mason, who did wisely and worthily gouerne there diuers yeeres.
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80. To all those worthy Women, who haue any desire to liue in Newfound-Land, specially to the modest & discreet Gentlewoman Mistris Mason, wife to Captaine Mason, who liued there diuers yeeres.
 81. 
81. To a worthy Friend, who often obiects the coldnesse of the Winter in Newfound-Land, and may serue for all those that haue the like conceit.
 82. 
82. To the right worshipfull Iohn Slany, Treasurer to the Newfound-land Company, and to all the rest of that Honorable Corporation.
 83. 
83. Of the same Honorable Company.
 84. 
84. To the right Honourable Sir George Calvert, Knight, late Principall Secretary to King Iames, Baron of Baltomore, and Lord of Analon in Newfound-land.
 86. 
To the same Nobleman.
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86. To the right worthy, learned and wise, Master William Vaughan, chiefe Vndertaker for the Plantation in Cambrioll, the Southermost part of Newfound-Land, who with penne, purse, and Person hath, and will proue the worthines of that enterprise.
 87. 
87. To the same industrious Gentleman, who in his golden golden-fleece stiles himselfe Orpheus Iunior.
 88. 
88. Some Diseases were neuer in Newfound-land. To the right worthy Mistres, Anne Vaughan, wife to Doctor Vaughan, who hath an honourable desire to liue in that Land.
 89. 
89. To Sir Richard Whitborne, Knight, my deare friend, Sometime Lieutenant to Doctor Vaughan for his Plantation in Newfound-Land, who hath since published a worthy booke of that most hopefull Country.
 90. 
90. To my good Friend Mr. Thomas Rowley, who from the first Plantation hath liu'd in Newfound-Land little to his profit.
 91. 
91. There is more gaine in an honest Enemy, then in a flattering Friend.
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92. To the right Honourable, Sir Henry Cary, Knight, Viscount Faukeland, Lord Deputy of Ireland.
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93. To the Honourable Knight, Sir Perciuall Willoughbie, who, to his great cost, and losse, aduentur'd in this action of Newfound-Land.
 94. 
94. To my very good Friend, Mr. Iohn Poyntz, Esquire, one of the Planters of Newfound-Land in Doctor Vaughans Plantation.
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95. To the right Honorable Knight, Sir William Alexander, Principall, and prime Planter in New-Scotland: To whom the King hath giuen a Royall gift to defray his great charges in that worthy busines.
 96. 
96. To the same Wise, Learned, Religious Patriot, most Excellent Poet.
 97. 
97. To the right Honourable, Sir George Caluert, Knight, Baron of Baltamore, and Lord of Aualon in Britaniola, who came ouer to see his Land there, 1627.
 98. 
98. To the same right wise, and right worthy Noble-man.
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99. To the right worshipfull Planters of Bristoll-Hope in the new Kingdome of Britaniola.
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100. To the right worshipfull William Robinson of Tinwell, in Rutland shire Esquire, come ouer to see Newfound-Land with my Lord of Baltamore. 1627.
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101. To the first Planters of Newfound-land.
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102. To my Reuerend kind friend, Master Erasmus Sturton, Preacher of the Word of God, and Parson of Ferry Land in the Prouince of Avalon in Newfound-Land.
 103. 
103. To my very louing and discreet Friend, Master Peter Miller of Bristoll.
 104. 
104. To some discreet people, who thinke any body good enough for a Plantation.
 105. 
105. To the famous, wise and learned Sisters, the two Universities of England, Oxford and Cambridge.
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106. To answer a Friend, who asked me, Why I did not compose some Encomiasticks, in praise of Noble men and Great Courtiers, As my friend Iohn Owen hath done.
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THE THIRD BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS.
  
Iustice Epigram.
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2. To my delicate Readers.
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1. To my zealous, and honest friend, Master W. B. of Bristoll.
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4. Gods Loue: The Deuils Malice.
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5. God rewards thankefull men.
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6. To a dissembling, sober, slye Protestor.
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7. Dissemblers coozen themselues.
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8. On a wide-mouthed prating companion.
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9. Latin Prayers by number.
 10. 
10. To the Bishop of Rome.
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11. A wife more deare then sweet. To a complementing kinde Husband.
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12. Plaisters for a Gald-heart.
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13. A husbands desire to his Wife.
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14. To a weeping Widdow.
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15. Ill-fauoured Huswifery. To one shrewdly married.
 16. 
16. To all Chollericke People.
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17. To those who I feare will find fault with this Comparison.
 18. 
18. Reasons for the taking of Tobacco.
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19. The fiue Properties of good Tobacco.
 20. 
20. A Citty Sheriffe.
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21. Si Sennior: Spaniard. Signore Si: Italian.
 22. 
22. Why Astrea left the Earth.
 23. 
23. On a Priuate, Rich, close-liuing Churle, alluding to him in Terence, who of himselfe sayes, Populus me sibulat, &c.
 24. 
24. To the same fellow.
 25. 
25. To the Pope.
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26. Papisticall cruelty.
 27. 
27. A Prayer hereupon, to the God of Iustice.
 28. 
28. To our wise Roman Diuines.
 29. 
29. Why the fiue-footed Iämbicke fits best in our English verse.
 30. 
30. To the Diuine soule of that excellent Epigrammatist, Master Iohn Owen.
 32. 
32. Why Preachers stand, and Auditors sit. To his louing Friend, Master Robert Burton.
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33. What Prosperity cannot perswade, Aduersity will enforce.
 34. 
34. To a Friend.
 35. 
35. Talking Beasts.
 36. 
36. The Gowte.
 37. 
37. [When I was of Lincolns Inne]
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38. An old Prouerb, though a strange one, truely exemplified.
 39. 
39. To a namelesse one.
 40. 
40. The first Arithmeticke.
 41. 
41. The seeming good workes of vnbeleeuers.
 42. 
42. Heauenly, and Earthly hearts.
 43. 
43. To a superstitious Papist, fearefull of Purgatory, who to his cost desires to haue a quick dispatch from that fearefull place.
 44. 
44. To rich Papists.
 45. 
45. An humble, contrite, and a double-deuided heart.
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46. A short Dialogue betwixt two ancient Philosophers, laughing Democritus, and weeping Heraclitus.
 47. 
47. Counsell to my young Cousens, Iohn and William Barker, Abel and Mathew Rogers, Sonnes to my Brother Barker, and his now wife.
 48. 
48. To one, who on his Gossips pratlings in a dangerous disease, thinks and hopes so much of his Recouery, that hee neglects the consideration of his Mortality.
 49. 
49. To my Reuerend sicke friend, W. G. of Bristoll.
 50. 
50. Papisticall Miracles.
 51. 
51. An Aduertisement to all Tradesmen, and may serue for Souldiers, or any others subiect to Casualtie.
 52. 
52. To a Card-Cheater.
 53. 
53. To one that hath lost both his eares.
 54. 
54. Whome Discretion doth not, Correction will keepe vnder.
 55. 
55. A meditation of too much and too little Winde at Sea, wracking Stormes, and staruing Calmes.
 56. 
56 Fearefull Hell-Fire.
 57. 
57. To Sir Senix Fornicator.
 58. 
58. Some standers by see more Some standers by leese more then Gamsters.
 59. 
59. To nobly descended Recusants.
 60. 
60. Traditions and Gods Word. To Papists.
 61. 
61. To one that askt me why I doe write so briefely.
 62. 
62. To my kinde louing bedfellow, Mr. Edward Payne, on the Gift of a Ring, wherein there was a Poesie of Patience.
 63. 
63. Wise mens ill successe, and Fooles Fortune. A Paradox.
 64. 
64. To the Pope.
 65. 
65. One of the Popes titles is, Seruant of Seruants.
 66. 
66. All things are vendible at Rome.
 67. 
67. To fault-finding more faulty Zoilus.
 68. 
68. To a hard-fauour'd rich Widdow, who, because she hath many Suitors, thinkes well of her selfe.
 69. 
69. Why Physicians thriue not in Bristoll.
 70. 
70. To my Readers. An Arsee-versee Request, to my Friend Iohn Owen.
 71. 
71. Health and Wealth.
 72. 
72. To Inuocators of Saints.
 73. 
73. To those Papists, who shew their ignorant Deuotion in their Aue Maries.
 74. 
74. To one of the Elders of the sanctified Parlor of Amsterdam.
 75. 
75. Great mens entertainement.
 77. 
77. To a Bad-minded, Cholericke, vngratefull man.
 78. 
78. To Master Fabian Sanford, Master of our Shippe and voyage in Newfound-Land, and may serue for all Masters trading there.
 79. 
79. Goodnes and Greatnes. To my good and louing Cousin, Mistris Thomasin Spicer, wife to Doctor Richard Spicer, Physicion.
 80. 
80. Mary Magdalens Teares. To my pretty Neece, Marie Barker.
 81. 
81. To my Neece and God-daughter, Grace Barker.
 82. 
82. To a namelesse, wise, modest, faire Gentlewoman, my louing and kind Friend, whom reciprocally I loue as hartily.
 83. 
83. To our most Royall Queene Mary, Wife, Daughter, and Sister to three Famous Kings.
 84. 
84. To the same most Royall Queene.
 85. 
85. A Newfound-land Poeticall Picture, of the admirable exactly featur'd young Gentlewoman, Mistris Anne Lowe, eldest Daughter to Sir Gabriel Lowe, Knight, my delicate Mistris.
 86. 
86. The Pourtraite.
 87. 
87. To the faire and vertuous Gentlewoman, Mistris Mary Winter, the younger, worthy of all loue.
 88. 
88. To the same beauteous modest Virgin, an Ænigma.
 88. 
88. To a faire modest Creature, who deserues a worthy name, though she desires here to be namelesse.
 90. 
90. To my outwardly faire, and inwardly vertuous kind friend, Mistris Marie Rogers, widdow, since marryed to Master Iohn Barker of Bristoll, Merchant, my kind and louing Brother in Law.
 91. 
91. To the faire, vertuous, wittie widdow, Mistris Sara Smeyths.
 92. 
92. To my kind and worthy Friend, Mistris E. B. wife to Captaine H. B. By my Captaines leaue.
 93. 
93. To my perpetuall Ualentine, worthy Mistris Mary Tayler, wife to Master Iohn Tayler Merchant of Bristoll.
 94. 
94. To my best Cousin, Mistris Elizabeth Flea, wife to Master Thomas Flea, of Exeter Merchant.
 95. 
95. To the faire modest Mayd, pretty Mrs. Martha Morris, and of her hansome sister, Mistris Marie Philips, both of Bristoll.
 96. 
96. Another to the same, being since married.
 97. 
97. To the pretty, pert, forward greene, Mistris L. B.
 98. 
98. To the modest, and vertuous Widdow, Mistris Elizabeth Gye of Bristoll, whose dead Husband Master Philip Gye, was sometimes Gouernour of the Plantation in Newfound-Land, where he, and she liued many yeeres happily and contentedly.
 99. 
99. To a debausht University. A Complaint against Drunkennesse.
 100. 
100. A short Iigge after this long Lachrymæ Pauin.
 101. 
101. To the Reuerend, Learned, Sober, and wise Gouernours in this Famous Uniuersity.
 102. 
102. That euery one may take his. To my worthy Readers.
 103. 
103. To my vnworthy Reader.
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THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS. An vnfinisht Booke.
 1. 
1. To the Reader.
 2. 
2. To the Reader.
 3. 
3. Redargution or payd with his owne money.
 4. 
4. Catholique, Apostolique Roman faith. To Papists.
 5. 
5. To elder Pelagians, more fine later Papists and our refined Arminians.
 6. 
6. A Chronagram of the yeere wherein Queene Elizabeth dyed, and King Iames came to the Crowne of England: both of blessed memory. Wee MaDe a HappIe Change thIs Yeere. M D C III.
 7. 
7. Of the Great and Famous, euer to bee honoured Knight, Sir Francis Drake, and of my little-little selfe.
 8. 
8. To the right Reuerend Father in God, Ioseph Hall, by Gods especiall prouidence, Lord Bishop of Exceter.
 9. 
9. To the Reuerend and diuinely witty, Iohn Dun, Doctor in Diuinity, Deane of Saint Pauls, London.
 10. 
10. Aristotles ten Predicaments, to be reduced into questions, is an excellent rule for examining any busines for matter of iustice. To the hopefull and right worthy young Gentleman, Thomas Smith of Long-Ashton in the County of Sommerset, Esq.
 11. 
11. Their vse.
 12. 
12. The cause of Dedication.
 13. 
13. To the Reuerend, Learned, and Iudicious, Thomas Worall, Doctor in Diuinity, and Chapaline to the right Reue. Father in God, George, L. Bishop of London. Of my reprehending Epigrams.
 14. 
14. To the Reuerend, my worthy ingenious friend, Mr. Abel Louering, one of the Preachers of the Word of God at Bristoll. Of my commending Epigrams.
 15. 
15. To a Reuerend and witty friend.
 16. 
16. Of Epigrams.
 17. 
17. To the wise and Learned Sir Iohn Stradling, Knight Baronet, the Author of diuers Diuine Heroicall printed Poems.
 18. 
18. To Master Beniamin Iohnson, Witty Epigrammatist, and most excellent Poet.
 19. 
19. To one of my neate Readers.
 20. 
Satyres. 20. To the acute Satyrist, Master George Wither.
 21. 
21. To the same Mr. George Wither, of his owne Satyres.
 22. 
22. To my right worthy friend, Mr. Michael Drayton, whose vnwearied old Muse still produceth new dainties.
 23. 
23. To my worthy and learned good friend, Mr. Iohn Vicars, who hath translated part of Mr. Owens Epigrams.
 24. 
24. To my good friend, Mr. T. B. Vintner, at the signe of the Sunne in Milke-street.
 27. 
27. To a Friend, who asked me why I doe not compose some particular Epigrams to our most gracious King, as my Friend Iohn Owen did to his famous Father, King Iames of blessed memorie.
 28. 
28. Sinnes short Grammar. To my louiog Cousin Master Iohn Gunning the younger, of Bristoll Merchant.
 29. 
29. To lashing, fault-finding Zoilus.
 30. 
30. To the ineffable, indiuiduall, euer blessed Trinity in Unity.
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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.
 2. 
Epig. 2. To the Reader.
 3. 
3 To Master Iohn Hoskins, of his Booke.
 8. 
8 Know thy selfe.
 14. 
14 Gilberts Opinion, that the Earth goes round, and that the Heauens stand still.
 15. 
15 Physicions, and Lawyers.
 16. 
16 O Times, O Manners!
 21. 
21 To a poore, bare, beggerly, fie on such a Physicion.
 26. 
26 Cold fire.
 27. 
27 An impious Atheists pastime.
 28. 
28 An Atheist's Epitaph.
 30. 
30 Married Alanaes complaint.
 31. 
31 A Prophet and Poet.
 35. 
35 Free-will.
 39. 
39 New Rhetoricke.
 52. 
52 To an Atheist.
 53. 
53 A trade betwixt Physicions and Patients.
 54. 
54 Iuris-prudentes, Wise men of Law.
 55. 
55 To Courtiers.
 57. 
57 A Mortall Conceit.
 58. 
58 A Comfort for Baldnes.
 61. 
61 On old Alan.
 62. 
62 New-yeeres-gifts.
 63. 
63 A Caueat for Cuckolds.
 71. 
71 Physicions and Lawyers.
 73. 
73 The Bald-pate.
 76. 
76 Gyants and Dwarfes.
 80. 
80 A Sergeants case.
 84. 
84 A begging Poet.
 89. 
89 An old Churle.
 93. 
93 Double dealing.
 94. 
94 Much haire, little Wit.
 101. 
101 A dead Reckoning.
 103. 
103 To selfe applying, and fault-finding Zoilus .
 105. 
105 To Bald-pate.
 106. 
106 Plaine downe-right bald-pate.
 107. 
107 Fortunes Apologie.
 113. 
113 The Chyrurgion.
 115. 
115 Complainers and Flatterers.
 119. 
119 A reasonable Request.
 120. 
120 Not seene, No sinne.
 127. 
127 To a scalded Leacher.
 130. 
130 To a minsing Madam.
 131. 
131 Saturnes three sonnes.
 132. 
132 To his married friend.
 139. 
139 Wine and Women.
 143. 
143 Rare Sarah .
 144. 
144 To D. T.
 147. 
147 A Waggs Bolt.
 149. 
149 An vxorious Asse.
 151. 
151 A wary wench that stood vpon her tearmes.
 161. 
161 A Doctor in promising, but a Dunce in performing.
 162. 
162 A pretty wench scuruily Cunny-catcht.
 163. 
163 A forked Probleme.
 164. 
164 Verses giuen for a New-yeeres-gift, vnrewarded.
 165. 
165 Christs Church Colledge in Oxford.
 166. 
166 Phillis Loue.
 167. 
167 Pastime.
 168. 
168 Short and sweet to the Reader.
 172. 
172 A Request to the Reader.
 173. 
173 Of his Booke.
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The Second Booke.
 1. 
Epig. 1.
 5. 
5 To Sir Iohn Harrington, most Excellent Poet.
 7. 
7 A Court Wit.
 8. 
8 The Spurre of Knighthood.
 9. 
9 Chymicks folly.
 10. 
10 A true Troian.
 11. 
11 The Remedy of Loue.
 12. 
12 London, anciently called Troynouant.
 37. 
37 To Master Adam Newton, Tutor to King Charles, when he was Prince of Wales.
 39. 
39 Sir Francis Drake .
 43. 
43 The Diuine.
 47. 
47 Women would haue their Will.
 54. 
54 An English Wife.
 57. 
57 A prating Companion.
 64. 
64 The Order of the Golden Fleece.
 68. 
68 To Mistris Iane Owen, a very learned Woman.
 71. 
71 To one like neither of his Parents.
 72. 
72 Two Gallants that went to Venice vpon Returne.
 80. 
80 To a Drunken Rimer.
 81. 
81 More Epistle then Gospell.
 88. 
88 Naked Loue.
 89. 
89 The Exchequer.
 94. 
94 This Worlds Wisdome.
 102. 
102 To play and study together.
 104. 
104 To fault-finding and enuious Zoilus .
 111. 
111 The Couetous Man.
 115. 
115 The Plague in England, 1603 .
 116. 
116 To a very faire Woman.
 122. 
122 A phantasticall Courtier.
 124. 
124 A hansome Whore.
 126. 
126 To Bald-pate.
 127. 
127 Nolens volens.
 131. 
131 On a couetous Gowty-fist.
 132. 
132 Kings Misery.
 133. 
133 Might and Right.
 137. 
137 On a Scalded ill-fauored Knaue.
 138. 
138 To Adr. V.
 148. 
148 Sir Francis Drakes Epitaph.
 157. 
157 Of Virgils Georgicks.
 158. 
158 To Poet Persius .
 160. 
160 To Poet Martiall .
 161. 
161 To excellent Poet Petrack of his Laura .
 172. 
172 On his owne Epigrams to Samuel Daniel, most witty Poet.
 177. 
177 Hunger makes meate taste sweetest.
 181. 
181 Satyrs and Epigrams.
 183. 
183 Deafe and Blind.
 189. 
189 Sunday.
 191. 
191 Fashions in Clothes.
 193. 
193 The commodity of a silly Sheepe.
 196. 
196 Parret, and Prater.
 200. 
200 Satyrs and good Lawes haue one originall cause.
 203. 
203 A Merchants account.
 204. 
204 Lust.
 213. 
213 Eccho.
 214. 
214 Looking-glasse.
 215. 
215 Eccho, and Looking-glasse.
 217. 
217 A good Chapman.
 218. 
218 To the blessed Memory of King Iames, the happy Uniter of this so long-diuided Iland of Great Brittaine.
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The Third Booke.
 4. 
Epig. 4. The happy Virgin-issue of Blessed Queene Elizabeth .
 9. 
9 To the vertuous Lady, Mary Neuil, Daughter to the Earle of Dorset, his worthy Patronesse.
 10. 
10 To the same right worthy Lady, of her little Daughter, Cicill .
 11. 
11 To the white-handed Reader.
 12. 
12 To the black-mouth'd Reader.
 18. 
18 Diues and Lazarus .
 22. 
22 The Spirit and Flesh.
 24. 
24 Gods Sight and mans ouer-sight.
 25. 
25 The broad and narrow Way.
 30. 
30 A Catechisme.
 31. 
31 Rich mens Repentance.
 35. 
35 Wisedome, Iustice, and Fortitude.
 37. 
37 To Camber-Brittons.
 41. 
41 Christ Iesus God and Man.
 45. 
45 Adams fall was our thrall.
 47. 
47 A Good Preacher.
 65. 
65 Niggard and prodigall.
 76. 
76 Old Criticks. New Phantasticks.
 77. 
77 A Christians Death.
 80. 
80 Holinesse is better then Learning.
 82. 
82 An Atheists godlinesse.
 84. 
84 The diuers effects of praise.
 86. 
86 The Enuious and the Foolish man.
 96. 
96 Diuine Vertue.
 105. 
105 Young Dayes.
 106. 
106 Desire, and haue.
 108. 
108 Good men are better then wise men.
 110. 
110 Much Preaching. To Preachers.
 112. 
112 Eloquence.
 116. 
116 Loue comes by seeing: Faith comes by hearing.
 117. 
117 O Times, O Manners!
 118. 
118 Knowledge-hunters. Philosophers of our time.
 120. 
120 More Zeale then Godlinesse.
 123. 
123 A quiet and a temperate life frees a man from Lawyers and Physicions.
 124. 
124 The vicissitude of Marriage.
 125. 
125 Death sudden and sure.
 128. 
128 A Prayer.
 129. 
129 Good Counsell without a Fee.
 130. 
130 To a Belly-god.
 132. 
132 It is no marueile that we haue no Miracles.
 138. 
138 Griefe and Pleasure.
 140. 
140 An argument against sleeping.
 143. 
143 Contrary to the Prayer of the Apostles, Luk. 17. 5. The multiplicitie of beliefes in our dayes, doth rather require this prayer.
 146. 
146 Vanity of vanities.
 148. 
148 Works Consequence.
 149. 
149 Feare begets zeale.
 161. 
161 Owens Bracelet.
 164. 
164 Wisdome and Valour.
 165. 
165 In the sweat of thy browes.
 170. 
170 Retaliation. To an ignoble Nobleman.
 173. 
173 Iohn against all.
 174. 
174 Iustification.
 181. 
181 A strange wish.
 182. 
182 The Earths division.
 183. 
183 The cause of quarrels.
 185. 
185 A wise Man.
 186. 
186 Wisdomes souerainty.
 187. 
187 A Chrisoms Epitaph.
 191. 
191 Socrates knowledge.
 193. 
193 A Generall Epitaph.
 196. 
196 The two Eyes of the world.
 192. 
192 Death, better then life.
 197. 
197 To Doctor Iohn Gifford, a learned Physicion.
 200. 
200 Saint Pauls in London, and Saint Peters in Westminster.
 199. 
199 Miserable Iob.
 201. 
201 On those Traytors, who the fift of Nouember, 1605. intended to blow vp the Parliament house with Gunpowder.
 207. 
207 To the Reader.
 208. 
208 Voice and Writing.
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 3. 
Epig. 3. To his Booke.
 4. 
4 To the Inhabitants of Great Brittaine.
 10. 
10 The three Dimensions to a prating Iack.
 16. 
16 To a great Courtier.
 17. 
17 Baldnesse through Uice.
 18. 
18 To Pontilian.
 20. 
20 Enuies Genealogie.
 23. 
23 A rich Promiser, but a poore Performer.
 26. 
26 Euery man flatters himselfe.
 29. 
29 Thy shaddow in thy Looking-glasse.
 31. 
31 To a sleeping talker.
 33. 
33 Mans misery.
 35. 
35 To an vnmarried friend.
 36. 
36 Woe to the alone.
 38. 
38 An Atheists Inheritance.
 40. 
40 To the Readers.
 41. 
41 The New Roman Computation.
 50. 
50 To an enuious Momus, who found fault with his three first Bookes.
 53. 
53 The poore Cuckolds Complaint.
 69. 
69 Cardinall Wolseys Ego & Rex meus: I and my King.
 75. 
75 Deaths Trouer.
 80. 
80 A bad Debtor.
 82. 
82 The deriuatiue Church.
 84. 
84 The good of want.
 87. 
87 Democrates many Worlds.
 88. 
88 Of Epigrams.
 91. 
91 A couetous mans bounty: or a sure marke-man.
 93. 
93 Penelope's Patience.
 94. 
94 To Anetta .
 95. 
95 To an one-eyed Souldier.
 96. 
96 Why there is no peace in Europe.
 97. 
97 An Antidote, lest women should be proud.
 100. 
100 Natures Horizon.
 105. 
105 An ambo dexter.
 113. 
113 A Kings behauiour.
 114. 
114 The head is worth all the body besides.
 115. 
115 Kings feare Death.
 118. 
118 A Losing Gaine.
 119. 
119 Head Tyres.
 121. 
121 The East and Westerne Churches.
 127. 
127 To his Reader.
 128. 
128 How to rule a wife.
 131. 
131 To Anabaptists and such kind of mealy Brethren.
 132. 
132 Alchymists folly.
 136. 
136 The Crosse in Cheapside ouer against Saint Peters, and Pauls Crosse in the Booke-row.
 140. 
140 Seneca the Philosopher.
 141. 
141 To the honourable, wise, iudicious Knight, Sir Henry Neuil, Sonne and Heire to the Lord of Aberguenny.
 144. 
144 Contention is fit to dwell no where.
 147. 
147 The poore mans poore comfort.
 149. 
149 The Heart.
 156. 
156 The Worlds blacke Saunts: or Musicke for the Deuill.
 159. 
159 The world growes worse and worse.
 160. 
160 Londons Loadstone.
 162. 
162 Fooles and Dwarfes.
 163. 
163 Euery man is full of care.
 171. 
171 The blessed Uirgin Mary, the Mother of Christ Iesus.
 173. 
173 New fashions in words.
 180. 
180 To an Old Churle.
 182. 
182 A fearefull Soules flesh-farewell.
 183. 
183 A woman may be too proud.
 184. 
184 A muck-Worme.
 188. 
188 Cor vnum, via vna.
 189. 
189 A King and a Prophet.
 190. 
190 Vertues Attendance.
 192. 
192 To a foolish inquisitiue vaine prattler.
 193. 
193 Sleepe is the image of Death.
 194. 
194 How worldly men range their cares.
 206. 
206 A Lawyers life.
 207. 
207 Preachers and Players.
 215. 
215 Schoole-boyes study.
 216. 
216 Euery thing is as it takes.
 217. 
217 How to handle griefe.
 223. 
223 The Poet, of his Mæcenas.
 225. 
225 Blind Homer.
 227. 
227 To goe about, worse then the Goute.
 235. 
235 Pride is womans Colloquintida.
 245. 
245 Of King Brute .
 246. 
246 To a couetous Carle.
 247. 
247 Death and life are neere Neighbours.
 248. 
248 Moores Eutopia, and Mercurius Brittanicus.
 259. 
259 HOPE FAITH CHARITY
 249. 
249 Of himselfe.
 254. 
254 The nullity of our Lawes.
 257. 
257 Besides women and children.
 258. 
258 Of those that make the Scripture a Nose of Waxe.
 262. 
262 The Harpe and Harrow of the Court. An enuious and a flattering knaue.
 263. 
263 The foure efficient causes of man.
 64. 
64 Deaths sweet and sowre.
 266. 
266 Death and life.
 267. 
267 An old decrepit man, A Builder.
 269. 
269 An Envious mans Charity.
 273. 
273 Great Brittaine vnited euerlastingly.
  
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 WEAKE APOLOGIE FOR MY WEAKENESSE in these following Translations.
  
Beauties Excellencie.
  
The Deuils hospitality.
  
A Rule for periured lecherous Votaries.
  
Cares Birth.
  
A scuruy comfort.
  
Womens leuity.
  
To answer him who wrought this in defence of those women who can well enough defend themselues.
  
Dangerous Weapons.
  
A merry Mate.
  
Patience prouoked.
  
Womens properties.
  
To this women may answer.
  
Froward nature.
  
In defence of these soft Creatures.
  
Miserable want.
  
Impatible wrong.
  
Law and Fortunes difference.
  
A miserable Comforter.
  
A Rule for Trauellers.
  
A Riddle.
  
Womens Teares.
  
I answer for women.
  
Necessity.
  
Doubly-guilty.
  
Necessary Restitution.
  
Ranke couetousnesse.
  
Natures frailtie.
  
Miserable misery of miseries.
  
Innocencies Comfort.
  
Preachers principall properties.
  
How to end well.
  
On a pretty Uirgins Uirginall Posie.
  
Blind Ignorance.
  
Womens Credit.
  
That women be not angry with me, nor my Author.
  
Teares Vanity.
  
Fortunes Flowers.
  
Armour against lust.
  
Anger.
  
A Builders Humor.
  
Truths and flatteries effects.
  
Exemplified.
  
Refractory nature.
  
Addition.
  
Three wilde Coach-horses.
  
From the frying pan into the fire.
  
Womens extreme passions.
  
To reforme this error in this man.
  
A Citizens Thrift.
  
Hels Highway.
  
Coozening knaues.
  
No penny, no Pater Noster.
  
A wicked Ubiquitary.
  
A wise choise.
  
Customes inconuenience.
  
As for example.
  
Nothing new.
  
A true inquisition.
  
Painters and Poets properties.
  
Wicked Women.
  
Addition.
  
Perfect patience.
  
A good womans reward.
  
In the behalfe of good women, who cannot speake for themselues.
  
A Churles good.
  
Light of beliefe.
  
Sweet Gaine.
  
Hunger breakes stone walls.
  
Addition.
  
Complaints out of Spanish.
  
Addition.
  
Virgils Cloza.
  
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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The First Booke.

Epig. 2. To the Reader.

Thou that read'st these, if thou commend them all,
Thou'st too much milk; if none, thou'st too much gall.

3 To Master Iohn Hoskins, of his Booke.

My Booke the World is, Verses are the Men,
You'll finde as few good here, as amongst them.

8 Know thy selfe.

Nothing worth knowledge is in thee, I trow,
Seeke some-where else, some worthier thing to know.

14 Gilberts Opinion, that the Earth goes round, and that the Heauens stand still.

Thou sai'st, the Earth doth moue: that's a strange tale,
When thou didst write this, thou wert vnder sayle.

15 Physicions, and Lawyers.

Our sicknesses breeds our Physicions health,
Our folly makes wise Lawyers with our wealth.

16 O Times, O Manners!

Scaliger did Times computation mend:
Who, to correct ill manners doth intend?

Or thus to Scaliger.

Thou mended hast the bad score of old yeares:
Who dares take old bad manners by the eares?
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21 To a poore, bare, beggerly, fie on such a Physicion.

Thou wert a poore, bare, fye on such a one,
But now thou art growne a Physicion:
Thou giuest vs physicke, we with gold thee please:
Thou cur'st not ours; but we cure thy disease.

26 Cold fire.

If that Loue be a fire (as it is said)
How cold is thy Loues fire, my pretty Maide?

27 An impious Atheists pastime.

I ioy in present things, and present time:
A time will come that will be none of mine:
Grammarians talke of times past and hereafter:
I spend time present in pastime and laughter.

28 An Atheist's Epitaph.

He liu'd, as if he should not feele Deaths paine,
And died, as if he would not liue againe.

30 Married Alanaes complaint.

All day Alana rayleth at Wedlocke,
And says, 'tis an vntolerable yoake:
At night being pleasd, shee altereth her rage,
And sayes that marriage is the merriest age.

31 A Prophet and Poet.

Of things to come these make true predication,
These of things present make a false relation.

35 Free-will.

Free-will for which Christs Church is so diuided,
Though men it lose, Wiues will not be deny'd it.

39 New Rhetoricke.

Good arguments without Coyne will not stick
To pay, and not say is best Rhetorick.

52 To an Atheist.

Each house, thou seest here, some one doth possesse,
Yet thou dost thinke the great house masterlesse.

53 A trade betwixt Physicions and Patients.

Physicions receiue gold, but giue none backe,
Physicke they'll giue, but none of it they'll take:
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Their hands write our health bills, ours greaze their fist:
Thus one mans hand, another doth assist.

54 Iuris-prudentes, Wise men of Law.

Lawyers are rightly cald wise men of Law,
Since to themselues, they wisely wealth doe draw.

To the same purpose more largely thus.

Wise men of Law, the Latines Lawyers stile,
And so they are, fooles Clyents are the while:
Lawyers are wise, we see, by their affaires,
Leauing so much land to their happy heires.

55 To Courtiers.

If good thou be at Court, thou may'st grow better,
But I doe feare thou hardly wilt grow greater:
If great thou be, greater thou may'st be made:
But to grow better is no Courtiers trade.

57 A Mortall Conceit.

To eternize thy fame, thou buildst a Tombe,
As if death could not eat vp such a Roome.

58 A Comfort for Baldnes.

So young and bald, take comfort then in this,
Thy head will ne'r bee whiter then it is.

61 On old Alan.

Old Alan ioynes his couch to his wiues bed,
And thinkes himselfe thereby most sweetly laid.

62 New-yeeres-gifts.

Some mens pride, some mens basenesse.

Olus giues not to rich, to receiue more;
To poore he cannot giue, 'cause he is poore:
Quintus for gaine giues gift with long low legs,
And what he would haue giuen, by giuing begs.

63 A Caueat for Cuckolds.

When Pontius wish'd all Cuckolds in the Sea,
His wife replide: First learne to swimme, I pray.

71 Physicions and Lawyers.

Physicions, Lawyers, by one meanes doe thriue,
For others harmes doe both of them relieue:
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By sicknesse one, the other by contention;
Both promise helpe, both thriue by this pretention.

73 The Bald-pate.

Trees haue new leaues, in fields there growes new graine,
But thy shed haires will neuer grow againe.

76 Gyants and Dwarfes.

Gyants and Dwarfes are men of differing grouth,
Dwarfes are shrunke men; Gyants are men stretcht forth.

80 A Sergeants case.

To Lawyers.

If a man with a wench should make a match,
And in stead of her should his owne wife catch:
Tell me if a childe borne by this deceit,
Be a base bastard, or Legitimate?

84 A begging Poet.

I heare, thou in thy verses praysest me:
It is because in mine I should praise thee.

89 An old Churle.

What-euer of this friend I begge or borrow,
He puts me off, and sayes, You shall to morrow:
For this thy promise shall I fit thankes fit?
To morrow then, thee will I thanke for it.

93 Double dealing.

Wherefore loues Venus, Mars, vnlawfully?
Vulcan is lame in lawfull venery.

94 Much haire, little Wit.

Thy beard growes faire and large; thy head grow's thinne;
Thou hast a light head, and a heauy chinne.

Addition.

Hence 'tis those light conceites thy head doth breed,
From thy dull heauy mouth so slow proceed.

101 A dead Reckoning.

What death is, thou dost often aske of me:
Come to me when I am dead, I'll tell it thee.

103 To selfe applying, and fault-finding Zoilus .

When I finde fault at faults, thou carp'st at me:
It may be, therein thou think'st I meane thee:
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Why should'st thou thinke I reproue thee alone?
Finding fault with faults, I doe fault mine owne.

105 To Bald-pate.

Surely thy brow had some dimention,
Before thy haires were with a hoare-frost gone:
Thy haires are all like leaues fallen from a tree,
That thy whole head a fore-head now may be:
None know the length, bredth, depth of thy brow now,
Therefore there is no trust now to thy brow.

106 Plaine downe-right bald-pate.

I cannot count my haires, they are so thicke growne,
Nor canst thou number thine, for thou hast none.

107 Fortunes Apologie.

To all, iust Fortune deales an equall Share,
To poore men she giues hope, to rich men Feare.

113 The Chyrurgion.

Whether for warre or peace should I desire?
I gaine by Mars his sword, and Venus fire.

115 Complainers and Flatterers.

Old Anaxagoras said, Snow was black:
Our Age such kinde of people doth not lack:
The Foxe said, that the Rooke was white as Snow:
Many such flattering Foxes I doe know.

119 A reasonable Request.

Sweet, let thy soule be smooth as is thy skin:
As thou art faire without, be so within.

120 Not seene, No sinne.

Thou think'st all sure, when none doe see thine ill,
Though with a witnesse, thou goest to it still.

127 To a scalded Leacher.

Though thou hast scap'd commuting, and the sheet,
Thy head-lesse thing hath had correction meete.

130 To a minsing Madam.

Thou art displeasd, and angerly dost looke,
'Cause a mans thing thou find'st nam'd in my booke:
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For writing it, why dost thou chafe at me?
A man without it would more anger thee.

131 Saturnes three sonnes.

Doubtfull Diuines, Lawyers that wrangle most,
Nasty Physicions, these three rule the rost.

132 To his married friend.

Single and married liues.

Woe to th'alone saith married Salomon:
Yet Paul sayes, There's no life like such a one:
The married cry, Woe vs: Single, Woo mee.
Woo mee, I'll take: Take thou, Woe vs, to thee.

Addition out of his owne Welsh Annotation.

And single woes better then double be.

139 Wine and Women.

Since Venery is vendible as Wine,
Why hath not Venus an inticing signe?

Addition.

They need no signe to hang ouer the doore,
Whil'st in it stands the foule bawd or fine whoore.

143 Rare Sarah .

A Wife to yeeld her bed-right to her maid,
Of none but Sarah could it e're be said.

144 To D. T.

Thy Masters master, Pupils slaue the while,
I doe both enuy, and lament thy Stile.

147 A Waggs Bolt.

Happy is he (good Sir) that hath a care
Of others harmes, and hornes for to beware:
A sonne so whisper'd in his fathers eare.

149 An vxorious Asse.

Quintus obserues his wiues words, nods, and hands,
Her words are lawes, and her requests commands:
She drawes, she driues, she swayes her husband so,
You cannot tell where she haue one or no:
Against all Grammar rules, they lead their life,
That you may say, his husband, and her wife.
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151 A wary wench that stood vpon her tearmes.

Vnfaithfull to her first mate, and her last,
In the vacation shee liued wondrous chast.
Shame, and not sinne, made her forbeare the deed,
She knew she had good ground, had shee good seed:
Though shee were hard beset both first and last,
Still out of Terme her Checker-doore was fast.

Addition.

Yet still when she of her Terme-time was sure,
Some dayes before, She op'd her Checker-doore.

161 A Doctor in promising, but a Dunce in performing.

Much thou dost promise, nothing thou dost lend,
Like Doctors that write, take, and nothing send.

162 A pretty wench scuruily Cunny-catcht.

Would the old Spartan Law were vp againe,
That naked maides should marry naked men:
I thought to haue cockt away my maiden-head,
In naked truth, I did a Capon wed.

163 A forked Probleme.

Since She defiled hath the marriage bed,
Why must he weare the hornes? He is the head.

164 Verses giuen for a New-yeeres-gift, vnrewarded.

Giue some-what, or my verses backe to me:
On that condition, I doe giue them thee.

165 Christs Church Colledge in Oxford.

Though men looke sad at thy vnfinishing,
Which makes thee looke like to a ruin'd thing,
Thy Quadrangle shewes what thou should'st haue binne.

166 Phillis Loue.

Phillis sayes that shee's rauisht with my verses:
Verses she loues well: better she loues Tar---

167 Pastime.

I spend my time in vaine and idle toyes,
So fearing to lose time, my time I lose.
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168 Short and sweet to the Reader.

Brand not my breuity with ill beliefe,
Beleeue me, 'tis my paine to be thus briefe:
I speake not much, and fond, as many a one,
If I speake foolishly, I soone haue done.

172 A Request to the Reader.

Rather then my leaues should Tobacco light,
I pray thee with them make thy back-side bright.

173 Of his Booke.

What if my Booke long before me should dye?
Many a sonne doth so vnwillingly.
What if he should liue some time after me?
All my braines Children fraile and mortall be.
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