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Flamma sine Fumo

or, poems without fictions. Hereunto are annexed the Causes, Symptoms, or Signes of several Diseases with their Cures, and also the diversity of Urines, with their Causes in Poetical measure. By R. W. [i.e. Rowland Watkyns]

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TO THE Reader.

Concerning God and Christ.

FAITH.

Upon Christs Nativity or Christmasse.

The covetous worldling

The Anabaptist.

Upon the mournful death of our late Soveraign Lord Charles the first, King of England, &c.

Gods Mercy.

Upon the return of our most illustrious King Charls the second from Flanders to England.

Upon the Lords Prayer.

Winter.

Upon the Right Honorable the Lord General George Monk, Duke of Albemarle

REPENTANCE

WORLDLY WEALTH

Upon the Coronation of our Soveraign Lord CHARLS by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith.

Upon the Right Honorable JAMES Duke of Ormond, and Earl of Brecknot.

Sampson's Foxes.

Upon a fair Gentlewoman, but ill qualified

Upon the Right Honorable HENRY Lord HERBERT, eldest Son and Heir to the Right Honorable EDWARD Marquess of Worcester.

Upon the golden Grove in the County of Carmarthin, the habitation of the Right Honorable the Lord Vauhan, Earle of Carbery, now Lord President of the Marches of Wales.

The righteous is confident as a Lion

Upon the Right Honourable Lady, the Lady, Mary Beauchamp of Edington, in the County of Wilts

Upon the honourable Gentlewoman Mrs. Jane Lane,

GRACE.

Vpon the Honourable Lady, the Lady Elinor Williams of Gwernivet,

Contentment.

I am the true Vine

Upon the fair, charitable, and piously devo ed Gentlewoman Mrs. Mary Jeffreys

Upon the Right Honourable John Lord Scudamore Uiscoun: Slego, qui profunditates penus pictatis ærarium, nec non nobilitatis, Splender maximus.

Upon the Honorable Colonel Sr Herbert Prise Baronet,

The Spiritual Watchman.

LOVE.

Upon the Right Worshipful: Sir Henry Lingen

The Sluggard.

To his much Honoured friend Mr. John Williams

The Blackamores.

Peace and Warre.

HOPE.

To the most incomparable, wise, and vertuous Lady, the Lady Goditha Prise,

Vpon the same most excellent Lady, the Lady Goditha Prise.

The mortified Christian.

The New illiterate Lay-Teachers.

A Prayer to the Holy Ghost.

Antipathy.

Astrology.

Solomon's Memento

Upon the Right Worshipful, Sir Francis Floyd Knight,

Even so come, Lord Jesus.

Upon Natures Darling, the young ingenuous Gentleman, Mr. James Jones

Upon the death of the Right worshipful, Sir Walter Pye of the Mynde.

The Passion of Christ.

The Children of Bethlehem

Upon the Worshipful, and most hospitable Gentleman, Andrew Barker Esq;

Upon Saul seeking his fathers Asses.

The Moon.

Upon the fair and vertuous Gentlewoman Mrs. M. S. that can sing excellently.

The Hen and Chickens.

Upon the Honourable Colonel; Sir Randolph Egerton Knight.

Upon the fair, and vertuous Gentlewoman Mrs. Elizabeth Gwyn of the Hay.

Wordly Honor.

To the most Courteous, and fair Gentlewoman the pattern of modesty, and piety Mrs. Elinor Williams of the Gare.

Remember Lots Wife.

Upon the death of the Right Worshipful: Sir Anthony Mansel,

Charity.

The Holy Sacrament, or Supper of the Lord

Upon the Right Worshipful Sir Richard Floyd,

Conscience.

The Shrew.

Upon a Gentlewoman with a bad face but a good, and pious mind.

The Harlot.

The Wish.

Upon the most beautiful, hospitable, and Ingenuous Gentlewoman Mrs: Blanch Morgan of the Therow.

Fasting.

Baptism.

Sickness.

To the most affable, charitable, and ingenuous Gentleman, Roger Vaughan of Moccas, Esq

The tongue.

Upon the Right Worshipful, Sir John Awbrey of Lantrethit, Knight.

To the Right Worshipful, Sir Richard Basset of Bewper, Knight.

Upon his much honoured friend, Major Henry Stedman.

To the Worshipful, Edward Powel, Esq; of the Maes Maur.

Upon the Right Worshipful, Nicholas Arnold of Lantony, Esq

A Perewig.

Upon his most dear and pious Uncle, Mr. James Parry, Parson of Tedstone.

Hell.

The prosperity of the wicked.

The Martyr.

The DEVIL.

The Sinners Petition.

Upon the most Hospitable, and Courteous Gentleman, the Worshipful, Thomas Lewis, Esq; of Langorse.

Upon the Worshipful, and most hopeful Gentleman, Thomas Prise of Whisteston, Esq

Upon the Nobly minded, and most pious Gentlewoman, Mrs. Mary Williams,

Upon the most learned Gentleman, Doctor Aurelius Williams, Dr. of Physick.

Upon a drunken Woman.

The Priesthood.

The Merciful Samaritane.

The poor Widows mite.

Upon the sad departure of the right reverend Father in God, and the most learned Prelate, William Nicolson, from Caermarthin in South-Wales, to his Bishopick of Gloncester.

Upon the much honoured Gentleman, John Delahay of Alltrynis, Esq

Upon the Worshipful Milborn Williams Esq;

DEATH.

Simeon's Song

Upon the Worshipful, and much deserving Gentleman, John Jeffreys of Abercunrick Esquire.

The Gardener.

Copernicus his opinion confirm'd.

The Changes.

The Hour-glass.

Pride, and Humility.

Christs Resurrection-day:

The Spring.

The Poets Soliloquy.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life,

Thankfulness.

The Holy Maid

Come unto me all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will ease you

The Presbyterian Covenanter.

Upon the young, most beautiful, and most ingenuous Gentlewoman, Mrs. Mary Carne,

The Leper.

An Epitaph upon my beloved Daughter Susanna Watkyns,

Upon the most pious, and learned Work, intituled, Davids Harp strung and tuned; being a brief Analysis of Davids Psalms, with devout Prayers and Meditations on each, Psalm:

Upon a most pious and learned Exposition of the Apostles Creed, by the same right reverend Father in God, William Nicolson, Lord Bishop of Gloucester.

Ambition exemplified in the Parable,

The Conclusion.

Proverbial Sentences.

To the Courteous Reader.

A LOOKING-GLASSE for the Sick:

Of the Head-ach caused by heat.

Of the Head-ach by cold.

Of a Head-ach caused of a Plethory, or plenitude of blood.

Of Head-ach caus'd by the foul Stomack.

Of Head-ach by Drunkenness.

Of the Windiness of the Stomack.

The Yellow Jaundes.

The Dropsie.

Of the Stone in the reins of the Bladder.

The Strangury.

The Gout.

The Ague called Ephymera, which endureth one day.

[Abundance the foul body doth contain]

The Turn, or Dazeling in the head.

Too much Watching.

[Gross, slimy humors do possess the brain]

The Falling-Sickness.

The Pain in the Ears.

The Fistula.

The Scabs, Pox, and Leprosie.

The Falling of the Hair.

The Morphew.

The Tooth-ach.

The Palsie. Paralisis.

The Worms in the Belly.

The Hemerrhoides.

The Oppilation of the Liver.

The Inflation of the Cods.

The Mother.

The swelling of the Paps.

The Consumption.

Warts.

For the Bleeding at the Nose.

Of the Pains in the Lights.

Against great desire to Fleshly lust.

Against spitting of Blood.

To draw out Thorns or Splinters, or any thing which sticketh in the body.

The pain in Child-birth.

Certain Rules to know the disposition of the Body by the Urine or Complexion.

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The Holy Maid

Dum fugio homines, invenio angelos; & nunquam minùs sola quàm cùm sola.

I am resolv'd, no fond desire
Shall kindle in me Cupids fire:
No amorous toyes, no wanton kiss
Shall rob me of eternal bliss,

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I'll write, I'll read, I'll spin, I'll pray,
To drive vain thoughts of Love away.
A silent Cloyster, which is free
From change and chance, best pleaseth me:
When I do not converse with men,
I speak with God, and Angels then.
I will not wear a rich attire
Of gold or silk, to set on fire
Beholders eyes: The care I find,
Most needful, is to dress my mind.
No cunning Lover shall beguile,
Or win me with a gift, or smile:
I will accept no pretty thing,
As Ribans, Gloves, a Watch, or Ring.
Weak man's estate, as in a glass,
Is truly seen in fading grass:
The choisest Man, the fairest Rose,
Will languish, and perfection lose.
And yet I am in love: but where?
My love ascends a higher sphere;
Where honor, beauty, pleasures be
Inthron'd, and full of constancie.
My Beloved's white and ruddy,
My red sins made him all bloody:
His head is like fine gold, most free
From dross, and all impurity:
His gracious eyes are like Doves eyes;
And in his cheeks composed lies
A bed of spices and flowers sweet,
Where all perfumes together meet:
His mouth breathes roses; and no bliss
Can equal his delicious kiss.
But see, where my Beloved lies,
And courts me with his dying eyes:
He spreads his arms me to embrace;
Who would not love so sweet a face?

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Rich drops of blood, like rubies fall,
To ransom my poor soul from thrall:
The Cross my pillow, and my bed
Shall be his Grave to rest my head.
All sweets are sour, all fair perfections foul,
Compar'd with Christ, the Bridegroom of my soul.