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Flovvers of Epigrammes

Ovt of sundrie the moste singular authours selected, as well auncient as late writers. Pleasant and profitable to the expert readers of quicke capacitie: By Timothe Kendall

Kendall, Timothy

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VV. Seymour gentleman of Grayes Inne: in commendation of the author.

George VVhetstones gentleman in the authors commendation.

E. G. To the reader.

Abraham Fleminge vpon T. K. his translated Epigrammes.

A. VV. gent. to the courteous reader, in commendation of these flowers.

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FLOWERS OF EPIGRAMS: out of sundrie the moste singuler authors selected.

Out of Pvlix an auncient Poet.

EPIGRAMMES OVT OF MARTIAL.

EX XENIIS, ET APOPHORETIS, MARTIALIS.

ANGELVS POLITIANVS.

CYNTHIVS IOANNES BAPTISTA.

NICOLAVS BARTHOLOMAEVS LOCHIENSIS.

HIERONYMVS BALBVS.

ERASMVS IN HIS Chiliades.

ANTONIVS MVRETVS.

MICHAEL TARCHAMOTA MARVLLVS.

ANDREAS DACTIVS.

IOANNIS BAPTISTA PIGNA.

CÆLIVS RHODIGINVS.

GEORGIVS SABINVS.

IOANNES SECVNDVS.

SIMON VALLAMBERTVS Avalon.

OVT OF GREEK EPIGRAMMES.

THEODORVS BEZA Vezelivs.

IO. IOVIANVS PONTANVS.

GASPAR VRSINVS.

ANTONIVS GOVEANVS.

CLAVDIVS ROSELETTVS.

CLAVDIVS CLAVDIANVS.

IACOBVS ROGERIVS.

GEORGIVS BVCHANANUS SCOTVS.

OVT OF THE POEMES of M. Gvalter Haddon.

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IHON PARKHVRST, late Bishop of NORWICH.

An Epitaph vpon the death of a Couetous Miser.

Of Robin Bartlet fallyng into the handes of Theues.

Against Battus, an euell Singer.

Of an old trot Persephone, and Pyllio a yongster.

To Marcellinus.

Against Bossus, a Prieste

Of Molzus that caste his wife into the Sea.

Of Lollus and Cæciliana, man and wife.

Of a certain Duke, and Robin Bartlet.

To Alexander Nowell.

Of certaine faire maydens plaiyng with Snowe.

To a certayne Draper.

Against Bossus.

To papisticall Prelats.

Of the Lady Iane Gray.

Against Colte, a coltish Preist.

Of Holus a Souldier beyng lame.

To Ihon Gibbon.

Against Alanus.

Against Fridolinus.

Of Robin Bartlet, fainyng hymself deafe to get lodgyng, beyng on a tyme benighted.

Of Cælia, and her sonne, now redie to dye.

Of Editha, trauelyng in child-bed.

Of a certaine Bishop, and his foole Philibert.

Against Claudia.

To a certaine frend.

Of an egregious drunkard.

To certaine proude Papisticall persones.

To Pope Paulus. 2.

Of Pope Ione the 8. and of the maner of makyng the Pope.

Of Lucretia whiche was daughter and wife to Pope Alex. 6.

Of Nodosius, a Papist.

Of a certaine yongman, and a toothlesse sire.

To a proude princox.

Of Cotilus a Priest.

Against Huberdine, an old dottrell and peuish Preacher.

To Ruffina. He playeth the woer for a frend of his, of person as pretty as a Pigmey.

Of the vnsatiable couetousnes of this worlde.

To Pontiana, a mayd so called.

To Ihon Cullier.

Of Glaurus an old dotyng Priest.

To Hermannus Mennus.

This Monostichon here followyng, was written vpon the gate of the Monestarie of the Benedictines, or blacke Monkes.

Of the aunswere of a foole to a certaine Duke.

Of Rob. Bartlet, and of one that had a foule byg nose, and a precious (as they terme it.)

Of him that is in debt.

Of Squyre, an old man flewmatike.

N. Noman To B. Bonner.

To a certaine Papist.

To a wife, whiche set a pot full of flowers in her windowe.

Of a counterfet Diuell.

An Epitaphe vpon the death of Kyng Edvvard the 6.

Of Furnus a Cuckold.

Of Pope Innocent. 8.

Of Alexander 6. and his daughter Lucretia.

Against Claudia.

To Dauid Whitehed.

Against Gaspus, whiche with one draught of wine or ale would be made drunke.

Against Colt a Preist.

M. ROGER ASCHAM.

TRIFLES BY TIMOTHE KENDAL deuised and written (for the moste part) at sundrie tymes in his yong and tender age.

To his Cosen Ihon Kendall.

To his dere brother Ihon Sheppard gent. of Grayes Inne.

An Epitaphe vppon the death of the right wise and worthy Matron the Lady Alse Avenon.

An Epitaphe vppon the death of his deere Mother, Alse Kendall. Which died and lieth buried at Northaston.

An Epitaphe vpon the death of his deare father, William Kendall: which died (beyng cut of the stone) and lyes buried at Northaston in Oxford shire.

An Epitaph vpon the death of his deare aunt Ellen Kendall: which died, and lyes buried at Bloxam.

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To a certayne Draper.

Men many Draper deeme,
thou dost abound with stoore:
Thy Nose is precious, full of pearles,
Draper, canst thou bee poore?