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KOSMOBREVIA[Greek], or the infancy of the world

With an Appendix of Gods resting day, Edon Garden; Mans Happiness before, Misery after, his Fall. Whereunto is added, The Praise of Nothing; Divine Ejaculations; The four Ages of the world; The Birth of Christ; Also a Century of Historical Applications; With a Taste of Poetical fictions. Written some years since by N. B.[i.e. Nicholas Billingsley] ... And now published at the request of his Friends
Billingsley, Nicholas (1633-1709)

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The Worlds Creation, sung by Mr. Nicholas Billingsly, at fifteen years of Age.
  
To my friend the Author of this Book cui Titulus est Κοσμοβρεφια
  
Εκ Διος αρχομεα προς γαρ Διος εσμεν απαντες Πταχοι ------
  
To my Son (in Law) upon his Poem.
  
To my deare Brother the Author of this Book called Κοσμοβρεφια.
  
To my good friend Mr. Nicholas Billingsly in Honor of this work, penned by him about the fifteenth yeare of his age.
  
To my friend the Author, on his Poem intituled Κοσμοβρεφια.
  
To his very loving friend, Mr. Nicholas Billingsly, on his acurate Poem.
  
In Amici sui meritisimi: Nicholas Billingsly amænam Κοσμοβθεφια Synopsin Carmen Encomiasticon, Januar. 16. 1657.
  
Deo Ter Opt. Max.
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The Worlds Infancy.
  
To the reverend, his much Honored Freind, Mr FRANCIS TAILOUR
  
The Praise of Nothing.
  
Divine Ejaculations.
  
The Birth of Christ.
  
A Hymne in Commemoration of the Gun-powder Treason.
  
GENETHLIACON,
  
The four Ages of the World.
  
Monumentum Exequiale
  
His Epitaph
  
In Equum quendam ætate consumptum haud veloci pede promoventem Hexasticon
  
[In Equum quendam ætate consumptum haud veloci pede promoventem Hexasticon]
  
An Acrostick Elegy upon the death of the late Reverend, and Famons Divine
  
On Ambition.
  
Annagramma FRANCIS ROVSE, Rise Car Of Svn.
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A CENTURIE OF HISTORICAL APPLICATIONS, With a Taste of Poetical Fictions: Being the fruits of some spare Hours.
  
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Historicall Applications
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Poetical Fictions.
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1. On Jupiter.
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2 On Apollo.
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4 On Bacchus.
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5 On Mercury.
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6 On Mars.
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7 On Uulcan.
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8 On Cibele.
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9 On Juno.
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10. On Uenus.
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11 On Minerva.
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12 On Diana.
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13 On Ceres and Proserpine,
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14 On Pluto.
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15 On Charon.
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16 On Minos, Eacus, Rhadamanthus,
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17 Eumenides.
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18 On the Harpies, Stryges, and Lamiæ.
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19 On Chimera.
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20 On the Fates.

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12 On Diana.

Apollo 's sister daughter unto Jove,
And fair Latona, loves in woods to rove;
And on the swelling hills: from her sure bow
Her Arrows (messengers of death) doth throw,
At swift-foot Dears, and tim'rous Hares, which hast
For life, but meet with death; Diana chast
Goddess of dancing, unto virgins mild
Propitious unto women great with child:
An eye of watchfulness, this Goddess sets,
Over the Fishers and the Hunters nets.
The dancing Satyrs. Sylvan Dryades,
Nymphs, Hamadryades, and Orades,
Do in her sight delight; in Heaven, Earth, Hell,
Luna, Diana, Proserpine, do dwell;
One and the same, Triform'd, and Trivia nam'd,
Because, where three wales met there she was fam'd
This winged Goddess easily restrains
Fierce Lions force, and speck'led Leopards reines:
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The all-united force of milk-white Stags,
Through Marble plains her silver Chariot drags;
Because, with hornes, she looketh beautifull,
Men sacrifized unto her a Bull;
Nay more (while they Diana did invoke)
With humane flesh her frequent Altars smoke.
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