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, thenThis 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.
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