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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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The Third Booke.
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Epig. 4. The happy Virgin-issue of Blessed Queene Elizabeth .
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9 To the vertuous Lady, Mary Neuil, Daughter to the Earle of Dorset, his worthy Patronesse.
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10 To the same right worthy Lady, of her little Daughter, Cicill .
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11 To the white-handed Reader.
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12 To the black-mouth'd Reader.
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18 Diues and Lazarus .
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22 The Spirit and Flesh.
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24 Gods Sight and mans ouer-sight.
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25 The broad and narrow Way.
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30 A Catechisme.
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31 Rich mens Repentance.
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35 Wisedome, Iustice, and Fortitude.
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37 To Camber-Brittons.
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41 Christ Iesus God and Man.
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45 Adams fall was our thrall.
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47 A Good Preacher.
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65 Niggard and prodigall.
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76 Old Criticks. New Phantasticks.
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77 A Christians Death.
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80 Holinesse is better then Learning.
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82 An Atheists godlinesse.
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84 The diuers effects of praise.
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86 The Enuious and the Foolish man.
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96 Diuine Vertue.
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105 Young Dayes.
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106 Desire, and haue.
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108 Good men are better then wise men.
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110 Much Preaching. To Preachers.
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112 Eloquence.
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116 Loue comes by seeing: Faith comes by hearing.
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117 O Times, O Manners!
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118 Knowledge-hunters. Philosophers of our time.
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120 More Zeale then Godlinesse.
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123 A quiet and a temperate life frees a man from Lawyers and Physicions.
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124 The vicissitude of Marriage.
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125 Death sudden and sure.
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128 A Prayer.
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129 Good Counsell without a Fee.
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130 To a Belly-god.
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132 It is no marueile that we haue no Miracles.
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138 Griefe and Pleasure.
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140 An argument against sleeping.
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143 Contrary to the Prayer of the Apostles, Luk. 17. 5. The multiplicitie of beliefes in our dayes, doth rather require this prayer.
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146 Vanity of vanities.
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148 Works Consequence.
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149 Feare begets zeale.
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161 Owens Bracelet.
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164 Wisdome and Valour.
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165 In the sweat of thy browes.
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170 Retaliation. To an ignoble Nobleman.
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173 Iohn against all.
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174 Iustification.
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181 A strange wish.
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182 The Earths division.
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183 The cause of quarrels.
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185 A wise Man.
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186 Wisdomes souerainty.
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187 A Chrisoms Epitaph.
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191 Socrates knowledge.
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193 A Generall Epitaph.
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196 The two Eyes of the world.
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192 Death, better then life.
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197 To Doctor Iohn Gifford, a learned Physicion.
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200 Saint Pauls in London, and Saint Peters in Westminster.
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199 Miserable Iob.
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201 On those Traytors, who the fift of Nouember, 1605. intended to blow vp the Parliament house with Gunpowder.
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207 To the Reader.
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208 Voice and Writing.
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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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201 On those Traytors, who the fift of Nouember, 1605. intended to blow vp the Parliament house with Gunpowder.

These, like the old fain'd Gyant-Generation,
Would pluck the Gods out of their habitation,
With raising Pelion vpon Ossa hill.
And Babel towre build with a strange new skill,
Burne Troy to ashes, and her peace disquiet,
And bring all things vnto a second Fiat.

Addition. On this neuer the like heard of Treason, and neuer to be forgotten Deliuerance.

Ne'r did the like report sound in mans eare:
God blest vs, that That sound wee did not heare.

To the Reader. To those Gunpowder Traytors, who on a Tuesday intended to blow vp the Parliament House.

Traytors, would you with fire New-Troy destroy,
'Cause Trayterous Greekes with fire destroyd old Troy?
Tuesday is Mars his day, the God of Warre,
A day fit for a plot of Gunpowder.
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