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Miscellaneous works of George Wither

Wither, George (1588-1667)

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Vox Pacifica:
  
Carmen Eucharisticon:
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A Suddain Flash
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A Triple Paradox:
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A Proclamation In the Name of the King of Kings, To all the Inhabitants of the Isles of Great Brittain:
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I. To those Friends, unto whom this Author hath been scandalously mis-represented in private, by some false Brethren and others.
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II. A causual Meditation on Faith, Hope, Fear and Love.
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III. To those who enquire, why this Author is now imprisoned in Newgate?
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IV. A Hymn of Thanksgiving, for deliverance from a dangerous and sharp Sickness, during his Imprisonment.
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V. To them who say, or suppose, that a vain desire of Fame, was this Authors principal motive, to the Composure of what he hath written and published.
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VI. A Meditation, occasioned by considering the manifold Temptations to distrust in GOD, whereby his best Servants are otherwhile proved and exercised.
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VII. Another Scrap, to them, who carp at this Author's frequent writing.
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VIII. An Eccho from the Thunders, in the celestial Temple, reverberating, in part, the effect of what was uttered by their Voices.
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IX. A brief Reproof of them, who take pleasure in Scandalous Invectives, whereby others are personally defamed.
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X. A Disclaim, by way of Advertisement, of a Paper, falsly imputed to this Author.
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XI. To them who object it as a fault, that this Author hath written several Poems, since he resolved to write no more.
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XII. Of Governours and Governments; and how we ought to demean our selves toward them.
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XIII. A Scrap added to the former, since the sending of the Authors Remonstrance to the house of Commons.
  
Verses written by Mr. George Wither upon three Trenchers with Oker, during his close-Imprisonment, and carried to the Lieutenant of the Tower by the said Prisoners Keeper.
  
Hearing it reported, that the Diurnal women cryed the news of his Impeachment for Treason, he composed this Epigram.
  
Ingenii Largitor Venter.
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X. A Disclaim, by way of Advertisement, of a Paper, falsly imputed to this Author.

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There are Verses printed on one side of a sheet, Intituled, The Wheel of Time turning round to the Good Old Cause; which many, who know not me, nor my Principles, nor my Writings from other mens, have ascribed unto me, who do abhor publishing any thing without my Name, which may be scandalous; especially to individual persons, either by name, or by marking them out in such manner, that the Vices I reprove can be justly appropriated to them, and to no other: Neither did I ever purposly compose ought which might endanger the publick Peace, or hazard the quiet of private persons, whereof that Paper is suspected. And indeed, I conceived it at the first view, to have been the composure of a malicious person, who thereby intended to make those in Authority jealous of some Innovation intended by sober and conscientious men, who I hope will make patient suffering their Refuge, in all their Probations. Therefore, as soon as I had perused it, I wrote these following Verses on the backside thereof, and gave it unto a Friend, to communicate thereby my sense thereof, to others, if he pleased.

He, that divulgeth ought without a Name,
Which individual persons doth defame,
Although the Truth he writes, deserveth blame:
Yea, he, that without soberness and reason,
Speaks what is true, and speaks it out of season,
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Against the Dignity of Truth speaks Treason.
Yet, Saints, may by oppressions, now and then
Be so provoked (for they are but men)
That, they may thus offend by Tongue or Pen.
If it be so, let him who forth hath sent
Those Lines, his folly heartily repent;
For, they portend an Evil-Consequent.
G. W.
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