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The works of Mr. Thomas Brown

Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings
Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

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Volume 1.
  
[dedication]
  
Tho. Brown's Epitaph,
  
The Beauties, to Armida.
  
[Soteria Ormondiana] The same in English, upon the Recovery of the Duke of Ormond.
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The beginning of the first Satire of Persius imitated.
  
The PROLOGUE, addrest to Mr. Midgly.
  
The beginning of the first Satire of Persius imitated.
  
A SATIRE against WOMAN.
  
A Satire on MARRIAGE.
  
A Satire upon the French King, on the Peace of Reswick.
  
Being committed for the foregoing Satire, he wrote the following Petition to the Lords in Council Assembled, by which he receiv'd his Enlargement from Prison.
  
A Satire upon an ignorant Quack, that murder'd a Friend's Child, and occasion'd the Mother, upon the News of it, to Miscarry.
  
An Inscription upon a Tobacco-Box.
  
To a Young Lady, who appeared frequently leaning out of her Chamber Window.
  
Upon a Lady's being disappointed by a young Scotch Lord.
  
The Temperate Epicure, written by that Celebrated Wit of France, Monsieur la Fountaine, when troubled with a Rheumatism.
  
An Epigram upon Sir R. B.
  
An EPIGRAM.
  
On a Blind Man in Love.
  
On the TAX upon SALT.
  
The Pleasures of LOVE.
  
Cupid turn'd Tinker.
  
The General LOVER.
  
A Tale from Bocas, or a Cure for Cuckoldom.
  
The Highlander, a Satire.
  
An Epigram, occasion'd by the News that Sir R--- Bl---re's Paraphrase upon Job was in the Press.
  
Upon the Knighting Sir R--- B---re, for his incomparable Poem call'd King Arthur.
  
Upon King Arthur, partly writ in the Doctor's Coach, and partly in a Coffee-House.
  
Upon seeing a Man light a Pipe of Tobacco in a Coffee-House with a Leaf of King Arthur.
  
Epigram, occasion'd by the Passage in the Satire against Wit, that reflects upon Mr. Tate, and ends thus: He's honest, and, as Wit comes in, will pay.
  
A Story of a Greek Chevalier, Predecessor in a direct Line to the British Knight.
  
To Elkanah Settle, the City-Poet.
  
To the Author of the Satire against Wit, upon concealing his Name.
  
On Job newly travestied by Sir R--- B---re.
  
To Sir R--- B---re, upon his unhappy Talent of Praising and Railing.
  
On Sir R--- B---re's Project to erect a Bank of Wit.
  
To Sir R--- B---re, on the two Wooden Horses before Sadlers-Hall.
  
Epigram upon King Arthur.
  
An Epitome of a Poem truly call'd, A Satire against Wit; done for the undeceiving of some Readers, who have mistaken the Panegyrick in that immortal Work for the Satire, and the Satire for the Panegyrick.
  
Epigram, Upon the Fortunate and Auspicious Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, of happy Memory, and our most Gracious Queen Ann.
  
To Mr. Dryden, on his Conversion.
  
Upon the Pensioners in the Parliament.
  
A Comical Panegyrick on that familiar Animal, by the Vulgar call'd a Louse: By Mr. Willis, of St. Mary-Hall, Oxon; with some Additions by Mr. Tho. Brown.
  
Upon the Anonymous Author of Legion's humble Address to the Lords.
  
To that most senseless Scoundrel, the Author of Legion's humble Address to the Lords, who wou'd persuade the People of England to leave the Commons, and depend upon the Lords.
  
A pleasant Dialogue beeween the Pillory and Daniel de Foe.
  
The last Observator: Or, The Devil in Mourning. A Dialogue between John Tutchin and his Countryman.
  
Advice to the Kentish Long-Tails, by the Wise Men of Gotham. In answer to their late sawcy Petition to the Parliament, 1701
  
To a Lady, whom he refus'd to Marry, because he lov'd her.
  
Jo. Haines's Reformation-Prologue, drest as a deep Mourner.
  
Jo. Haines's Reformation-Prologue.
  
On his Friend Owen Swan, at the Black Swan-Tavern in Bartholomew-Lane.
  
MR. SWAN'S ANSWER.
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PLINY'S EPISTLES.
  
[As the sequacious Wax with Ease receives]
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THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE WOKRS OF Mr. THO. BROWN. Containing LETTERS FROM THE Dead to the Living, And from the Living to the Dead. Both Serious and Comical.
  
[dedication]
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LETTERS From the Dead to the Living.
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PART I.
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Boileau's Answer to Juvenal.
  
[Let Codrus, that nauseous pretender to Wit]
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Diana of Poictiers to Madam Maintenon.
  
[I dare not, (were't to save my Ransom)]
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Julia to the Princess of Conti
  
[A mighty Monarch you begot]
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The Duchess of Fontagne to the Cumean Sybil.
  
[Your tender Girls, when first their Hands]
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Christiana Queen of SWEDEN to the Ladies.
  
[Fate justly reach'd the pratling Fool]
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The ANSWER of a young Vestal to the Queen.
  
[Madam, I much rejoice to hear]
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Francis Rabelais, to the PHYSICIANS of PARIS
  
[Oh! wou'd it not provoke a Maid]
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The Mitred Hog: A dialogue between Abbot Furtiere and Scarron
  
[Thou nauseous everlasting Sow]
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[Part II.]
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From Bully Dawson to Bully W---
  
[The Gods on a day when their Worships were idle]
  
A SATYR against Fly-Blows.
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THE Third Volume OF THE WORKS OF Mr. Thomas Brown, Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse.
  
[dedication]
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AMUSEMENTS Serious and Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of London.
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Amusement I.
  
[Stout should his Heart, and thoughtful be his Head]
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Amusement III.
  
[This Fabrick which at first was built]
  
[When Job contending with the Devil I saw]
  
[Reader, beneath this Turf I lie]
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Amusement VI.
  
GALLANTRY.
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A Declamation in Defence of Gaming against Drunkenness.
  
[O charming Cask of sprightly Wine]
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Æneas Sylvius's Satyr on The Women of the Town
  
[Now do I know what 'tis that LOVE we name]
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Letters to Gentlemen and Ladies.
  
The Answer.
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A Walk round London and Westminster.
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Upon OLD MAN's and YOUNG MAN's COFFEE-HOUSES.
  
[Nature, in Pity to our Pain]
  
[Their Care and Pains the Fair-ones do bestow]
  
[The Ladies here, their Lovers Hearts]
  
[Fond Isra'l after Brazen Idols whor'd]
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St. James's Park.
  
[The Colonels here in solemn manner meet]
  
[Tyrant and Traytor then were Names unknown]
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Westminster Abbey.
  
[All mortal things are subject to decay]
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Upon the Compters.
  
[Swift of Access is Ceres grizly Son]
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The London and Lacedemonian Oracles.
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Queries in Metre.
  
[Self-nam'd Athenians, let it, pray, be shown]
  
[Hail, Bard Divine! unknown, we must adore]
  
[Tell me, ye Men of doughty Quill]
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THE Fourth and Last Volume OF THE WORKS OF Mr. THO. BROWN. CONTAINING
  
[dedication]
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The Odes of Horace.
  
Part of the 2d Ode in Horace l. 4. Translated. Beginning at, Dignum laude Virum.
  
A Translation of Ode iii. l. 1. in Horace.
  
An Imitation of the 6th Ode in Horace, l 1. Scriberis vario fortis, & hostium . . . .
  
A Translation of Teucer Salamina, Patremq; Cum fugeret, &c. Hor. Ode vii. lib. 1.
  
Hor. Ode 8. l. 1.
  
Ode ix. Lib. 1. in Horace imitated. Vides ut alta stet nive candidum, &c.
  
A Paraphrase on Horace of Vides ut Altæ.
  
The x. Ode in Horace l. 3. Paraphrased.
  
Hor. Ode 11. l. 2.
  
The 13th Ode in Horace l. 4. Paraphrased.
  
The xv Ode in Horace Lib. 3. Imitated
  
A Translation of Ode xxiii. lib. 1.
  
The xxvi. Ode in Hor. l. 3. Paraphras'd.
  
Hor. Ode 27. l. 1.
  
The same Ode imitated.
  
An Imitation of the 14th Epod in Hor.
  
A Translation from Horace of Mollis inertia, February 85.
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MARTIAL'S EPIGRAMS.
  
The PREFACE.
  
Mart. Epig. 5. l. 2.
  
Advice to a Vintner. Mart. Epig. 19. l. 1.
  
Mart. Epig. 23. l. 1.
  
An Imitation of an Epigram 44. in Mart. lib. 3.
  
The 63d Epigram in Martial, Lib. 3.
  
The Contented Whore.
  
An Imitation of Uxor vade foras. In Mart. l. ii. Ep. 105.
  
Mart. Epig. 61. l. 11.
  
To a Gentleman that cut off his Hair, and set up for a Spark in his old Age. Out of Martial. Epig. 43. lib. 3. Mentiris Juvenem, &c.
  
The Epigram in Martial L. Imitated.
  
An Epigram out of Martial imitated Book 3. Epig. 54.
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EPIGRAMS.
  
An Epigram under the Picture of a Beau.
  
An extempore Epigram on Death.
  
Thus merrily turn'd over a Glass.
  
Mr. Brown's Extempore Version of two Verses out of Martial, occasion'd by a Clamorous Dun, who vow'd she would not leave him 'till she had her Money.
  
An Epigram by Mr. Tho. Brown.
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FABLES.
  
The Fable of the Bat and the Birds.
  
The Fable of the Horse and the Stag.
  
The Fable of the Wolf and Porcupine. In answer to the Argument against a Standing Army.
  
The Fable of Apollo and Daphne.
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MISCELLANIES.
  
An Elegy on that most Orthodox, and Pains-taking Divine, Mr. Samuel Smith, Ordinary of Newgate, who dy'd of a Quinsey, on St. Bartholomew's Day, the 24th of August, 1698.
  
An Epitaph upon that profound and learned Casuist, the late Ordinary of Newgate.
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An Elegy in Memory of the Gallant Viscount Dundee, who was killed by a random Shot, after he had won the Battle at Gillecrankey. Writ by Mr. Brown, at the Request of Dr. Griffith and Mr. Burges.
  
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His Speech to his Soldiers.
  
The Mourning Poet: Or, The unknown Comforts of Imprisonment, written in the Year, 1703. and Calculated for the Meridian of the three populous Universities of the Queen's Bench, the Marshalsea, and the Fleet; but may indifferenly serve any Prison in the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed.
  
To my Friend Mr. Playford; on the Publication of his second Book of Pills.
  
Upon the Encampment at Hounslow-Heath.
  
Upon the setting up of the Statue of Queen Elizabeth, of ever blessed Memory, in the Royal Exchange London.
  
In Praise of the Bottle. A Song.
  
The Rover. A Song.
  
The Campaign. A Song.
  
The Libertine. A Song.
  
A Catch.
  
A Match for the Devil. In Imitation of M. Rabelais.
  
The Whet.
  
Song.
  
On Sternhold and Hopkins, and the New Version of David's Psalms.
  
A Translation of Lesbia, Mi dicit semper male. Out of Catullus.
  
A Song in Ridicule of a famous Musician, who was caught serenading his Mistress with his Base-Viol, in a very frosty Night.
  
The Good Fellow.
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Commendatory Verses on the Author of the two Arthurs, and the Satyr against Wit. By several Hands, and collected by Mr. Brown.
  
A short and true History of the Author of the Satyr against Wit.
  
Upon the Author of the Satyr against Wit.
  
To that incomparable Panegyrist, the Author of the Satyr upon Wit.
  
The Quack corrected; or, Advice to the Knight of the Ill favour'd Muse.
  
To the merry Poet after at Sadler's-Hall in Cheapside.
  
An equal Match; or, a drawn Battle.
  
To the Mirrour of British Knighthood, the worthy Author of the Satyr against Wit: Occasion'd by the Hemistick, Pag. 8.
  
To the Cheapside Kt. on his Satyr against Wit.
  
To the indefatigable Rhimer.
  
A modest Request to the Poetical Knight.
  
Wholesome Advice to a City Knight, over-run with Rhimes and Hypocrisie: Occasion'd by his Satyr against Wit.
  
To a thrice illustrious Quack, Pedant, and Bard, on his incomparable Poem, call'd, A Satyr against Wit.
  
To Sir R**** Bl****re, on the two Arthurs being condemn'd to be hang'd.
  
A Tale.
  
Upon the Character of Codron, as 'tis drawn by the bungling Knight, in his Satyr against Wit.
  
An Epigram on Job, travested by the City Bard.
  
To the Adventurous Knight of Cheapside, upon his Satyr against Wit.
  
To the canting Author of the Satyr against Wit.
  
Friendly Advice to Dr. Bl---
  
To Dr. Garth, on the fourth Edition of his Incomparable Poem, The Dispensary; occasion'd by some Lines in the Satyr against Wit.
  
To a Famous Doctor and Poet at Sadlers-hall.
  
To the Cheapside Quack; occasion'd by this Verse in the Satyr against Wit.
  
To that most incomparable Bard and Quack, the Author of the Satyr against Wit.
  
A merry Ballad on the City Bard.
  
On the Treatment of the Modern Drama. By Mr. Kn*** of Magd. Coll.
  
On Dr. Lower, who was observed to be grown good-natur'd a little before his Death. By another hand.
  
To his Cruel Mistress. Out of French.
  
An Ode upon a Kiss. Out of French.
  
A Translation.
  
On the Death of Dr. Kirleus.
  
An Epitaph on Dr. Kirleus of Grays-Inn-Lane, occasion'd by his Friends reporting him only gone into the Country.
  
The Fable of the Satyr, and the Traveller.
  
A Dialogue betwixt the New Lotteries, and the Royal-Oak.
  
An Impromptu to Shadwell's Memory by Dr. B---
  
Antenor's Speech in the Second Æneid, applied to the Declaration for Liberty of Conscience. In the Year 1687.
  
Prologue spoken before the University of Oxford, 1683.
  
Epilogue.
  
A Catch. By Mr. T. Brown.
  
A Panegyrick upon Col. George Walker.
  
To Mr. D'Urfey, upon his incomparable Ballads, call'd by him Lyrick Odes.
  
On Flowers in a Lady's Bosom.
  
The London Vintners Answer to Mr. Brown.
  
To Mr. Henry Purcel.
  
On Dr. Sherlock.
  
Upon the taking of the new Oaths.
  
Tom Brown having committed some great Fault at the University, the Dean of Christ Church threaten'd to expel him; but Tom, with a very submissive Epistle, begging Pardon, so pleas'd the Dean, that he was minded to forgive him, upon this Condition, viz. That he should translate this Epigram out of Marshal extempore.
  
[When Eve the Fruit had tasted]
  
[As moody Job, in shirtless Case]
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A Supplement to Tho. Brown's Works.
  
Jo. Haines in Pennance:
  
Tho. Brown's Recantation of his Satyr on the French King. Suppos'd by some to be by Mr. Brown, tho' said by others to be Written by a Nonjurant-Parson.
  
An ELEGY,
  
To Mr. Justice Higden, upon the ill Success of his Play.
  
To the same upon his Play's being damn'd, for having too much Eating and Drinking in it.
  
Upon persecuting it with Cat-calls.
  
A Pastoral on the Death of Queen MARY.
  
Prologue to a Musick Speech in the Theatre in Oxford.
  
The EPILOGUE.
  
Upon Mr. Creech's Translation of Lucretius.
  
Algernon Sidney's Letter of Advice to his Friend, concerning the Education of his Son. By T. Brown.
  
TO Dr. SHERLOCK, ON Occasion of his taking the Oaths, 1690.
  
AN EPITAPH ON Dr. SHERLOCK, 1707.

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Prologue to a Musick Speech in the Theatre in Oxford.

Well! for a careful provident Bawd, say I,
Give me my Mother University.
Bless us! how neatly has she rank'd you here,
Where drawn in Love's Battalia, you appear
The Black, the Brown, the Fair, and the not Fair.
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I must confess the Case is alter'd now,
From what your narrow fulsome Box could show.
A Musick-Room, a fitter Name 'twould prove,
Call it a Stove, a Bathing-Tub of Love,
Where sweating Scholar faints, and knows not why,
And melting Tallow-Chandler drips hard by,
And all this Heat from Love, or else July.
But now you're welcome hither, in this Row
Painting does in its full Perfection show,
Streter above you, Ladies here below.
Did not such Malice in your Beauties reign,
We yet might hope a Golden Age again:
When Nature taught her untold Tale of Love,
And Passion from a ragged Gown could move.
But now those Days are gone, and saucy Art,
Mimick of Nature, acts the noblest Part.
E'en Passion is successless in this Age,
Unless set off by Love's high Equipage.
The ruffling Pantaloon declares the Flame,
And the well ty'd Cravat-string wins the Dame.
Plain Lovers, like plain Linnen, e'er cashier'd,
In whose behalf no Point has e'er appear'd:
What Hopes then have unhappy we to please,
Whom niggard Stars made not so vain as these?
Alas! we hate your gentle stinking Water,
Loath distill'd Oils, but those of Mother Nature.
This knew our Fates, and plac'd us in a Town
Where Beauty is so thin, so rarely sown;
The Nymphs o'th' Fleece, and the three Gates go down.
Like homely Peasants, us'd to wholesome Meat,
When Love invites us to your splendid Treat;
We'll gape and gaze, and make no hearty Meal,
Give us our sturdy Beef and Mutton still.
But let us not despair. I'll lead the Van,
And tho' I proudly say't, we Scholars can,
Altho' not act the Fop, yet play the Man.
We'll run at all, and freely take our Lot,
From the fair Walcop, down to foul Bess Scot.
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