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A nursery of novelties in Variety of Poetry

Planted for the delightful leisures of Nobility and Ingenuity. Composed by Tho. Jordan
  
  

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ANNAGRAMS.

CHARLES STUART: Annagram, AS CLEER AS TRUTH.

Exposition.

Charles Stuart makes it out in age and youth,
His Name and Nature are as Cleer As Truth.

CHARLES STUART: Annagr. CALS TRU HEARTS.

Expo.

What man who either doth love Arms or Arts,
That goes not when Charles Stuart, calls true hearts.

PARLIAMENT: Annagr. I TRAP AL MEN.

Expo.

When the Long Parliament was sitting, then
This Annagram was right, I Trap Al Men.

OLIVER CROMWELL: Annagr. RULE WELL OR I COM.

Expo.

Rule Well Or I Com cry'd the red nos'd Jew,
'Tis just (since you trap all men) I trap you.

ROUND-HEADS: Annagr. HEAVENS ROD.

Expo.

When Cavaliers by sin offended God,
The bloody Round-heads were made Heaven's Rod.

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TEACHERS: Annagram. CHEATERS. SAINTS: An. STAINS.

Ex.

When Heresie creeps into factious Brains,
Teachers are Cheaters, and such Saints are Stains.

MINISTER: An. MENTIRIS.

Ex.

When Presbyter inflam'd with a false fire is,
A man may tell him, Minister, Mentiris.

LOSTE: An. STOLE.

Ex.

This Annagram mysterious sense may boast,
For what is Stole is found in what was Loste.

TOAST: An. A SOTT.

Ex.

A Toast is like A Sott, or what is most,
Comparative, A Sott is like a Toast;
For when their substances in liquor sink,
Both properly are said to be in Drink.
End of the Annagrams.