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KOSMOBREVIA[Greek], or the infancy of the world

With an Appendix of Gods resting day, Edon Garden; Mans Happiness before, Misery after, his Fall. Whereunto is added, The Praise of Nothing; Divine Ejaculations; The four Ages of the world; The Birth of Christ; Also a Century of Historical Applications; With a Taste of Poetical fictions. Written some years since by N. B.[i.e. Nicholas Billingsley] ... And now published at the request of his Friends
Billingsley, Nicholas (1633-1709)

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The Worlds Creation, sung by Mr. Nicholas Billingsly, at fifteen years of Age.
  
To my friend the Author of this Book cui Titulus est Κοσμοβρεφια
  
Εκ Διος αρχομεα προς γαρ Διος εσμεν απαντες Πταχοι ------
  
To my Son (in Law) upon his Poem.
  
To my deare Brother the Author of this Book called Κοσμοβρεφια.
  
To my good friend Mr. Nicholas Billingsly in Honor of this work, penned by him about the fifteenth yeare of his age.
  
To my friend the Author, on his Poem intituled Κοσμοβρεφια.
  
To his very loving friend, Mr. Nicholas Billingsly, on his acurate Poem.
  
In Amici sui meritisimi: Nicholas Billingsly amænam Κοσμοβθεφια Synopsin Carmen Encomiasticon, Januar. 16. 1657.
  
Deo Ter Opt. Max.
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The Worlds Infancy.
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To the reverend, his much Honored Freind, Mr FRANCIS TAILOUR
  
The Praise of Nothing.
  
Divine Ejaculations.
  
The Birth of Christ.
  
A Hymne in Commemoration of the Gun-powder Treason.
  
GENETHLIACON,
  
The four Ages of the World.
  
Monumentum Exequiale
  
His Epitaph
  
In Equum quendam ætate consumptum haud veloci pede promoventem Hexasticon
  
[In Equum quendam ætate consumptum haud veloci pede promoventem Hexasticon]
  
An Acrostick Elegy upon the death of the late Reverend, and Famons Divine
  
On Ambition.
  
Annagramma FRANCIS ROVSE, Rise Car Of Svn.
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A CENTURIE OF HISTORICAL APPLICATIONS, With a Taste of Poetical Fictions: Being the fruits of some spare Hours.
  
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Historicall Applications
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Poetical Fictions.
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1. On Jupiter.
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2 On Apollo.
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4 On Bacchus.
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5 On Mercury.
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6 On Mars.
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7 On Uulcan.
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8 On Cibele.
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9 On Juno.
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10. On Uenus.
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11 On Minerva.
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12 On Diana.
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13 On Ceres and Proserpine,
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14 On Pluto.
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15 On Charon.
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16 On Minos, Eacus, Rhadamanthus,
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17 Eumenides.
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18 On the Harpies, Stryges, and Lamiæ.
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19 On Chimera.
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20 On the Fates.

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9 On Juno.

The sceptred Queen of heaven, to thundring love
Sister, and wife of marriage doth approve
Goddess of riches, ever counted mild
And helpful unto woman great with child;
Saturne, and Ops, her parents; she was bred
Up by the Flowrs, and by the Sea-Nymphs fed.
Faire Iris, Ledeas twins, and Nymphs twice seaven
Fidelious service, to the Queen of heaven,
Duly performe, and dayly waite upon her,
Respecting her according to her honour;
In a rich Charriot, stately to behold,
Of beaten silver and of burnish'd gold,
A yoke of yellow Lyons draw her round
Her vast dominions; spangled star pav'd ground.
The taile-proud Peacock, and the vigilant Goose,
And ravenous Raven's sacred to her use:
Her parties, to be married, off'rings bring,
And do the gall behind the Alters fling:
Her Temple open-roofed was, to enter
Therein, no whore by Numa's law might venture.
Her coadjutor, who is wont to tye men
To females, known is by the name of Hymen.
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This hand a Torch, and that a red vaile holds,
Therewith she modest blushing Brides enfolds;
Iuno did shed her milke, rather then she
A nurse unto feirce Herculee would be:
Thence Lillius had their Alablaster look,
From thence the milkie way its whiteness took:
This hand holds a Pomgranate, there doth stand
A Cuckow on her other sceptered hand.
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