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