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The Works in Verse and Prose

(including hitherto unpublished Mss.) of Sir John Davies: for the first time collected and edited: With memorial-introductions and notes: By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In three volumes
Davies, John (1569-1626)

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VOL. I: VERSE.
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Nosce Teipsum.
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Orchestra.
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Hymnes of Astrœa.
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Minor Poems.
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Epigrams, with Additions.
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Ad Musam. 1.
 2. 
Of a Gull. 2.
 3. 
In Ruffum. 3.
 4. 
In Quintam. 4.
 5. 
In Plurimos. 5.
 6. 
In Titam. 6.
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In Faustum. 7.
 8. 
In Katum. 8.
 9. 
In Librum. 9.
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In Medontem. 10.
 11. 
In Gellam. 11.
 12. 
In Quintam. 12.
 13. 
In Severum. 13.
 14. 
In Leucam. 14.
 15. 
In Macrum. 15.
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In Fastum. 16.
 17. 
In Cosmum. 17.
 18. 
In Flaccum. 18.
 19. 
In Cinean. 19.
 20. 
In Gerontem. 20.
 21. 
In Marcum. 21.
 22. 
In Ciprum. 22.
 23. 
In Cineam. 23.
 24. 
In Gallum. 24.
 25. 
In Decium. 25.
 26. 
In Gellam. 26.
 27. 
In Syllam. 27.
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In Sillam. 28.
 29. 
In Haywodum, 29.
 30. 
In Dacum. 30.
 31. 
In Priscum. 31.
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In Brunum. 32.
 33. 
In Francum. 33.
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In Castorem. 34.
 35. 
In Septimium. 35.
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Of Tobacco. 36.
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In Crassum. 37.
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In Philonem. 38.
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In Fuscum. 39.
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In Afram. 40.
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In Paulum. 41.
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In Licum. 42.
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In Publium. 43.
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In Sillam. 44.
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In Dacum. 45.
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In Marcum. 46.
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Meditations of a Gull. 47.
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Ad Musam. 48.
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Appendix to Epigrams:
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Hitherto Unpublished Poems.
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Miscellaneous Poems.

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In Paulum. 41.

By lawfull mart, and by unlawfull stealth,
Paulus in spite of enuy, fortunate,
Deriues out of the Ocean so much wealth,
As he may well maintaine a lord's estate;
But on the land a little gulfe there is,
Wherein he drowneth all the wealth of his.
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