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Flovvers of Epigrammes

Ovt of sundrie the moste singular authours selected, as well auncient as late writers. Pleasant and profitable to the expert readers of quicke capacitie: By Timothe Kendall

Kendall, Timothy

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VV. Seymour gentleman of Grayes Inne: in commendation of the author.

George VVhetstones gentleman in the authors commendation.

E. G. To the reader.

Abraham Fleminge vpon T. K. his translated Epigrammes.

A. VV. gent. to the courteous reader, in commendation of these flowers.

FLOWERS OF EPIGRAMS: out of sundrie the moste singuler authors selected.

Out of Pvlix an auncient Poet.

EPIGRAMMES OVT OF MARTIAL.

TIMOTHE KENDAL to the Reader.

Of a Lion, that offended his keper.

Of a Tiger and a Lion.

Of Leander.

Of Gemellus, and Maronilla.

Of Arria, and Pætus.

To Fabulla, vainglorious.

To Cæcilianus for the gender, and declination of Ficus.

To Fidentinus.

To Lælius.

To Neuolus, a Lawier.

Of Diaulus, a Phisition.

Of Cærelia, and Gellia.

Of his abidyng in the countrey.

To Aulus, against Mamercus.

To Gellia.

That we should benifite our frendes.

To the same Ligurinus.

To Æmilianus.

To Labienus.

To Lupercus.

To Faustinus, against an euill Phisition Hermocrates.

To a married couple, that could not agree.

Of Fabius, and Chrestella.

Against Gallicus.

Of Priscus, his banquet.

To Cherimon.

To Fabullus. Of Themison.

Against Thelesinus.

To Iulius.

To Phœbus

To one diuersly conditioned.

Against Zoilus.

Otherwise.

Against Policarnus.

EX XENIIS, ET APOPHORETIS, MARTIALIS.

CYNTHIVS IOANNES BAPTISTA.

TEXTOR.

NICOLAVS BARTHOLOMAEVS LOCHIENSIS.

HIERONYMVS BALBVS.

ERASMVS IN HIS Chiliades.

STROZA.

ANTONIVS MVRETVS.

AVSONIVS.

MICHAEL TARCHAMOTA MARVLLVS.

ANDREAS DACTIVS.

IOANNIS BAPTISTA PIGNA.

SIMON VALLAMBERTVS Avalon.

OVT OF GREEK EPIGRAMMES.

THEODORVS BEZA Vezelivs.

THOMAS MORVS.

IO. IOVIANVS PONTANVS.

GEORGIVS BVCHANANUS SCOTVS.

H. STEPHANVS.

OVT OF THE POEMES of M. Gvalter Haddon.

IHON PARKHVRST, late Bishop of NORWICH.

M. ROGER ASCHAM.

TRIFLES BY TIMOTHE KENDAL deuised and written (for the moste part) at sundrie tymes in his yong and tender age.

Ænigmata.

To the Reader.

To his Cosen Ihon Kendall.

To his dere brother Ihon Sheppard gent. of Grayes Inne.

An Epitaphe vppon the death of the right wise and worthy Matron the Lady Alse Avenon.

An Epitaphe vppon the death of his deere Mother, Alse Kendall. Which died and lieth buried at Northaston.

An Epitaphe vpon the death of his deare father, William Kendall: which died (beyng cut of the stone) and lyes buried at Northaston in Oxford shire.

An Epitaph vpon the death of his deare aunt Ellen Kendall: which died, and lyes buried at Bloxam.

THRENODIA.

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To Cherimon.

Sith like a Stoike, Cherimon,
thou praisest death so muche:
Thou wouldst bee praisde, and wondred at,
as though there were none suche.
What makes thee death desire so muche?
thy broken pitcher potter
Thy homely raskall harth, that burnes,
with fire seldome hotte.
Thy matte, and eke thy bedstead bare,
with stinkyng Cimex fret:
Thy curtolde cassoke colde, wherein

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thou still art faine to iet:
O what a stoute couragious man
is this? how manly bolde?
That loues no dregs of Uineger,
nor holme, nor brownbread olde.
Well goe to: if vpon a bed
of dowle thou shouldest lye:
And if thy couche were costly clad
with clothes of purple dye.
Then, then, full often wouldst thou wishe
thrice Nestors yeares to liue:
No tyme then wouldst thou lose, but still
thy self to pleasure giue.
An easie thyng in penurie,
this life for to dispise:
Who can beare torment paciently,
tis he thats counted wise.