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Philomythie or Philomythologie

wherein Outlandish Birds, Beasts, and Fishes, are taught to speake true English plainely. By Tho: Scot ... The second edition much inlarged

Scot, Tho

[PHILOMYTHIE],

CERTAINE PIECES OF THIS AGE PARABOLIZD.

DVELLVM BRITANNICVM.

DEDICATED To the eternall memorie of that admirable Combat performed by two valorous Knights, Sir Robert Mansell appellant, and Sir Iohn Heydon Defendant; where both equally expressing fortitude and skill in giuing and receiuing wounds, scaped death, notwithstanding by the onely fauour of Prouidence.

HOMO HOMINI DÆMON

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DUELLI FINIS

Epitaphium Georgii Whartoni Milit.

Epitaphium Iacobi Stewardi Armigeri.

IVSTITIA IACOBI.

Aquignispicium.

ANTIDOTVM Cecillianvm.

TO THE RIGHT WORTHY, Henry Doile, Esquire.

SATYRA AVLICA.

AN IRISH BANQVET, OR THE Mayors feast of Youghall.

To all those Knights, Ladies, and Gentlemen, to whom my Dedications are made, a true reason and excuse why I haue not placed them in their rankes and distances.

THE SECOND PART Of PHILOMYTHIE,

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HOMO HOMINI DÆMON

Man may Man perswade amisse,
But the skill and cunning is,
To rule him right, to cause him do,
What true wisedome longs vnto.
See how the busie Lawyers throng
Twixt Man and Man for right and wrong,
Those Papers, all those bookes are writ,
To reconcile Mans iarring wit.
Pistols, Muskets, Rapiers, Swords,
All the Engines war affords,
Are for Man prepar'd, not hell:
There no foe like Man doth dwell.
“Man for sport baites Lyons, Beares,
“Man alone Man hates, and feares.