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Comedies, Tragi-comedies, With other Poems

by Mr William Cartwright ... The Ayres and Songs set by Mr Henry Lawes
Cartwright, William (1611-1643)

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[Thus thy left hand the Mighty Stagyrite Supports]
 
To the Memory of the most Ingenious and Vertuous Gentleman Mr Wil: Cartvvright, my much valued Friend.
 
Upon Mr Cartvvright's Excellent Poems Now collected and published.
 
On Mr Cartvvright's Poems.
 
On the Incomparable Poems of Mr William Cartvvright, late Student of Christ-Church in Oxford.
 
On Mr Cartvvright's excellent Poems, now Collected and Published.
 
On Mr Cartvvright and his Poems.
 
On Mr William Cartvvright's excellent Poems, collected and published since his Death.
 
To the deceased Author of these Poems.
 
On Mr Will: Cartvvright's excellent Poems, Now collected and Published.
 
On the publication of the Posthume Poems of M. William Cartwright, sometime Student of Christ-Church in OXON.
 
To my dear Mother the Vniversity of Oxford, Upon Mr Cartvvright's Poems.
 
To the Stationer (Mr Moseley) on his Printing Mr Cartvvright's Poems.
 
Vpon the Ingenuous Author and his Poems.
 
On Mr Will: Cartwright's excellent Poems.
 
ON Mr William Cartvvright's excellent Poems.
 
Vpon Mr. Cartvvright's Poems, published long after his death.
 
In Memory of his honoured Friend Mr VVilliam Cartvvright.
 
To the Memory of his deceased Friend. Mr William Cartvvright.
 
In Memory of Mr William Cartvvright.
 
On Mr William Cartvvright's surviving Poems.
 
Upon the Poems and Plaies of the ever Memorable Mr Will: Cartvvright.
 
On Mr William Cartvvright's excellent Poems.
 
To the rich Memory of my Honoured Friend the Learned Author.
 
TO The Memory of Master Cartvvright.
 
On Mr William Cartvvright's excellent Poems, collected and published since his Death.
 
On Mr VVil: Cartvvright's excellent Poems, Collected and Published since his death.
 
To the Memory of Mr William Cartvvright.
 
On his Deceased Friend Mr Will: Cartvvright's Poems, now Collected and Published.
 
TO The Memory of my most deserving and peculiar Friend Mr Wil. Cartvvright.
 
On the Death of Mr. William Cartvvright, and the now publishing of his Poems.
 
On the Death of Mr Cartvvright, and the Life of his desired Poems.
 
On the Death of Mr William Cartvvright.
 
Upon Mr Cartvvright and his Poems.
 
On Mr Cartvvright's Incomparable Poems published after his Death.
 
On M. Will: Cartwrights Incomparable Poems.
 
Upon the setting forth M. Will: Cartwrights Poems.
 
To the Memory of Mr VVilliam Cartvvright.
 
To the Memory of the deceased Author Mr William Cartvvright.
 
On Mr William Cartvvright excellent Poems.
 
On Mr William Cartvvright's excellent Poems.
 
On M. Cartvvright and his Poems.
 
On Mr Cartvvright's Poems Now collected and Published.
 
On Mr Cartvvright's Poems.
 
To the Memory of Mr William Cartvvright, On the publication of these His Incomparable Poems
 
Upon the Memory of Mr William Cartvvright and his admirable Poems.
 
Vpon the Author's decease, and Poems.
 
TO THE Memory of Mr Cartvvright, and on his Incomparable Poems.
 
On the Death of Mr Cartvvright, and Resurrection of his Poems.
 
Upon Mr Cartvvright's Poems.
 
Vpon the Incomparable Poems of the Learned Mr Cartvvright.
 
To the Memory of the Incomparable Mr William Cartvvright.
 
Upon the Incomparable Poems of Mr William Cartvvright late Student of Christ Church in Oxford.
 
On the Death of my dear Friend Mr William Cartvvright, relating to the fore-going Elegies.
 
The Stationer.
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POEMS.
 
A Panegyrick to the most Noble Lucy Countesse of Carlisle.
 
On the Imperfection of Christ-Church Buildings.
 
A Continuation of the same to the Prince of Wales.
 
On His Majesties recovery from the small Pox. 1633.
 
To the King, On His Majesties Return from Scotland. 1633.
 
To the Queen on the same Occasion.
 
To the Lady Pavvlet, upon her Present sent to the Vniversity, being the Story of the Nativity and Passion of our Saviour, wrought by her self in Needle-work.
 
On the Birth of the Duke of York.
 
To Dr Duppa, then Dean of Christ-Church, and Tutor to the Prince of Wales.
 
To the same immediately after the Publick Act at Oxon. 1634.
 
On the great Frost. 1634.
 
To Mr W. B. at the Birth of his first Child.
 
For a young Lord to his Mistris, who had taught him a Song.
 
On Mr Stokes his Book on the Art of Vaulting.
 
The Dreame.
 
Love inconcealable.
 
The Teares.
 
Parchment.
 
Falshood.
 
Beauty and Deniall.
 
Women.
 
To Cupid.
 
To Venus.
 
A Sigh sent to his absent Love.
 
Sadness.
 
Corinna's Tomb.
 
To the memory of a Shipwrackt Virgin.
 
To a Painters handsome Daughter.
 
Lesbia On her Sparrow.
 
The Gnat.
 
Love-Teares.
 
At a dry Dinner.
 
A Bill of Fare.
 
The Chambermaids Posset.
 
On a Gentlewomans Silk-hood.
 
A Dream Broke.
 
Loves Darts.
 
Parthenia for her slain Argalus.
 
Ariadne deserted by Theseus, as She sits upon a Rock in the Island Naxos, thus complains.
 
No drawing of Valentines.
 
To Lydia whom Men observ'd to make too much of me.
 
To Chloe who wish'd her self young enough for me.
 
A Valediction.
 
No Platonique Love.
 
Love but one.
 
Absence.
 
Consideration.
 
Vpon the Translation of Chaucer's Troilus and Creseide by Sir Francis Kinaston.
 
A Translation of Hugo Grotius's Elegy on Arminius.
 
Martial lib. 1. Epig. 67.
 
Matial. lib. 7. Epig. 59.
 
In Pompeios Juvenes.
 
Si memini fuerunt.
 
Martial lib. 10. Ep. 5.
 
Martial lib. 11. Ep. 19.
 
Horat. Carm. lib. 4. Ode 13.
 
To Mr Thomas Killegrew on his two Playes, the Prisoners, and Claracilla.
 
On the Birth of the Kings's fourth Child. 2636.
 
To the Queen on the same; being the Preface before the English Verses sent then from Oxford.
 
The Conclusion to the Queen.
 
To Mrs Duppa, sent with the Picture of the Bishop of Chichester (her Husband) in a small peece of Glass.
 
To the King, on the Birth of the Princess Elizabeth. March 17. 1636.
 
On the same to the Queen.
 
Vpon the Dramatick Poems of Mr John Fletcher.
 
Another on the same.
 
To the Right Reverend Father in God, Brian, Lord Bishop of Chichester, Tutor to the Prince His Highness, my most gracious Patron
 
A New-years Gift.
 
A New-years-gift to a Noble Lord. 1640.
 
A New-years-gift to Brian Lord Bishop of Sarum,
 
To the Queen after her dangerous Delivery. 1638.
 
Vpon the Birth of the Kings sixth Child. 1640.
 
On the Marriage of the Lady Mary to the Prince of Aurange his Son. 1641.
 
To the Cancellour of the Vniversity of Oxford, then newly chosen. 1641.
 
On the Lady Newburgh, who dyed of the small Pox.
 
On Mrs Abigall Long, who dyed of two Impostumes.
 
An Epitaph on Mr. Poultney.
 
To the Memory of the most vertuous Mrs Ursula Sadleir, who dyed of a Feaver.
 
On the Queens Return from the Low Countries.
 
Upon the death of the Right valiant Sir Bevill Grenvill Knight.
 
On the Death of the Most hopefull, the Lord Stafford. 1640.
 
To the Memory of the Most Worthy, Sir Henry Spelman.
 
To the Memory of Ben Johnson. Laureat.
 
On the Nativity.
 
On the Circumcision.
 
On the Epiphany.
 
Confession.

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On the Birth of the Duke of York.

The State is now past fear, and all that we
Need wish besides is perpetuity.
No gaudy traine of flames, no darkned Sun,
No Change inverting Order did forerun
This Birth, No hurtless Natalitious fire
Playing about him made the Nurse admire,
And Prophesie. Fond Nature shews these things
When Thraldom swels, when Bondmaids bring forth Kings.
And 'tis no favour: for She straight give o'r
Paying these trifles, that She ow no more.
Here Shee's reserv'd, and quiet, as if He
Were her Design, her Plot, her Policy:
Here the enquiring busie Common Eye
Only intent upon New Majesty,
Ne'r looks for further wonder, this alone
Being sufficient, that Hee's silent shewn.
What's Her intent I know not: let it be
My pray'r, that Shee'l be modest, and that He
Have but the second Honour, be still neer;
No imitation of the Father here.
Yet let him, like to him, make power as free
From Blot or Scandall as from Poverty:
Count Bloud and Birth no parts, but something lent
Meerly for outward Grace and Complement;
Get safety by good Life, and raise defence
By better forces, Love and Conscience.
This likewise we expect; the Nurse may find
Something in Shape, wee'l look unto his Mind.
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The Forehead, Eye, and Lip, poor humble Parts
Too shallow for resemblance, shew the Arts
Of private guessings; Action still hath been
The Royall Mark; Those Parts, which are not seen,
Present the Throne, and Scepter; and the right
Discoverie's made by Judgment, not by Sight.
I cannot to this Cradle promise make
Of Actions fit for growth. A strangled Snake,
Kill'd before known, perhaps 'mongst Heathen hath
Been thought the deed and valour of the Swath.
Far be such Monsters hence; the Buckler here
Is not the Cradle, nor the Dart and Spear
The Infants Rattles; 'tis a Son of Mirth,
Of Peace and Friendship, 'tis a quiet Birth;
Yet if hereafter unfil'd People shall
Call on his Sword, and so provoke their fall,
Let him look bak on that admired Name,
That Spirit of Dispatch, that Soul of Fame,
His Grandfire Henry, tread his steps, in all
Be fully like to him, except his fall.
Although in Royall Births, the Subjects Lot
Be to enjoy what's by the Prince begot;
Yet fasten, Charles, fasten those Eyes you ow
Unto a People, on this Son, to shew
You can be tender too, in this one thing
Suffer the Father to depose the King.
See what delight your Queen takes to peruse
Those fair unspotted Volumes, when She views
In Him that Glance, in Her that decent Grace,
In This sweet Innocence, in All the face
Of both the Parents. May this Blessing prove
A welcome Trouble, puzzling equal Love
How to dispence Embraces, whiles that She
Strives to divide the Mother 'twixt all Three.
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