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Pleasant dialogues and dramma's

selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. ... By Tho. Heywood

Heywood, Thomas

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To his worthie friend the Authour, Master Thomas Heywood.

To the learned Authour Master Thomas Heywood.

To my praise-worthy friend Master Thomas Heywood.

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[The Dialogue of Erasmus, called Naufragium]

The Argument of Erasmus his Dialogue called Naiagaion, or Naufragium.

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[The Dialogue of Erasmus, called Procus and Puella]

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[The Dialogue of Ravisius Textor, called Earth and Age]

The Argument of the Dialogue betwixt Earth and Age.

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[A Dialogue from Lucianus Samosatensis, called Misanthropos, or the Man-hater]

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[A Dialogue of the Same Author, betwixt Iupiter and Ganimede]

The Argument of the Dialogue intitled Ivpiter and Ganimede.

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Ivpiter and Ivno.

The Argument of the Dialogue.

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Ivpiter and Cvpid.

The Dialogve.

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Vulcan and Apollo.

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Mercvry and Apollo.

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Mercvry and Maia.

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Vulcan and Iupiter.

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Neptvne and Mercvry.

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Diogenes and Mausolus.

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Crates and Diogenes

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Charon, Menippvs, Mercvry.

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Menippvs, Æacvs, Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Socrates.

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Nerevs, Thersites, Menippvs.

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Ivpiter, Mercvry, Ivno, Pallas, Venvs, and Paris.

The Argument of the Dialogue, entituled Deorum Iudicium.

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Ivpiter and Io.

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Apollo and Daphne.

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[A Pastorall Drama called Amphrisa, or the Forsaken Shepheardesse.]

The Argument of Amphrisa the forsaken Shepheardesse.

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An Emblematicall Dialogue,

1. The Argument.

2. The Argument.

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Sundry Fancies writ upon severall occasions.

The Queene feasting the King at Somerset house, upon his Birth-day, hers falling in the same weeke, this was there spoken unto them.

A speech spoken to their two excellent Majesties, at the first Play play'd by the Queenes Servants, in the new Theater at White Hall.

To the King and Queene upon a New-yeares day at night: the Two-fac't Ianus with a great golden Key in his hand, the Presenter.

The Epilogue spoken by the same Ianus.

A Prologue spoke before the King, when her Majesty was great with child.

Another spoken at White Hall before their sacred Majesties.

A Prologue spoken to their sacred Majesties at Hampton Court.

Spoken to their two Majesties at Hampton Court.

Spoken to their two Majesties at White Hall.

Spoken to their excellent Majesties upon the like occasion.

Spoken to the King and Queene, at the second time of the Authors Play cald Cupids Mistresse or Cupid and Psiche, presented before them.

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The speech spoken to their two Majesties, eight dayes before, being the Kings birth-day: presented at Somerset house, by the Queenes appointment, she then feasting the King.

Cupid, the Prologue.

The Maske concluding with a stately measure, of the Gods and Planets, Cupid (they all standing about him bending) the Epilogue thus concludes.

Spoken to his Majesty upon a New yeares day at night.

Another spoken at the Court to the like purpose.

A Prologue spoken at the right Honourable the Earle of Dover house in Broadstreet, at a Play in a most bountifull Christmas hee kept there; the Speaker Hospitality a frollick old fellow: A Coller of Brawne in one hand, and a deepe Bowle of Muscadel in the other.

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Spoken to the right Honourable the Earle of Dover, at his house in Broadstreet upon a Candlemas night.

A speech spoken before the right Honourable the Earle of Dover, at his House at Hunsden, as a preparation to a Maske, which consisted of nine Ladyes.

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A young witty Lad playing the part of Richard the third: at the Red Bull: the Author because hee was interessed in the Play to incourage him, wrot him this Prologue and Epilogue.

A Prologue to the Play of Queene Elizabeth as it was last revived at the Cock-pit, in which the Author taxeth the most corrupted copy now imprinted, which was published without his consent.

Vpon his Majesties last birth-night, be being then thirty five yeares of age, and the Queene great with child.

Spoken to the Palsgrave at his first comming over, in the presence of his Majesty, &c.

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Funerall Elegies and Epitaphs.

A Funerall Elegie upon the death of the thrice noble Gentleman Sir George Saint Poole of Lincolne-shire my Country-man.

A Funerall Elegie upon a vertuous Maide, who dyed the very day on which shee should have beene married.

An Epitaph upon the death of Sir Philip Woodhouse Knight Baronet.

An Epitaph upon one Mr. Robert Honywood and his Mother, and of their numerous Issue.

Of Mr. Thomas Skipp her husband since deceased, and buried in the same Tombe, whose Statue is plac't in a circle of Bookes, for the great love he bore to learning.

An Epitaph upon a worthy Gentlewoman whose name was Patience.

An Epitaph upon a vertuous young Gentlewoman, who after seven yeares marriage expired.

Vpon a Toomb-stone which covereth the body of a worthy Citizen, on which is ingraven a white hand pointing to a Starre.

A Funerall Elegie upon the death of Mistris Mary Littleboyes, Daughter to Master George Littleboyes of Ashburnham in Sussex, Esquire.

The Inscription upon her Tombe-stone lying in Clerkenwell Church.

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Epithalamions or Nuptiall Songs.

An Epithalamion or Nuptiall Song upon a young sweet vertuous Gentlewoman. F. L.

To a vertuous Gentlewoman at the parting from her own Fathers house, to live with her husband at her Father-in-lawes.

A nuptiall song, devoted to the Celebration of a Marriage betwixt Master Iames, and Mistresse An. W.

A Song at their uprising.

An Anagram upon the name of the right honourable Sir Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper of the great Seale, &c.

Another of the same.

Of the right Honourable Sir Henry Carey, Lord Hunsden, Earle of Dover, &c.

Of Sir Ranoulphe Crewe, once Lord Chiefe Iustice of England.

Of the most excellent Lady, the Lady Anna Carre, sole daughter to the right Honourable Robert Earle of Somerset, Knight of the Garter, &c,

Of that worthy and most religious Knight, Sir Paul Pindar.

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Epig. ex Theod. Beza.

Of Erasmus, pictured but from the girdle upwards.

Vpon the Venetian History written by Petrus Bembus.

Of Helionora the French Queene.

Of Iohannes Secundus an excellent Poet of the Hage in Holland.

Against Philenus who carpt at Erasmus.

To Lodovick Masurus of his verses made of the fall of Babylon.

Vpon three the most excellent Divines of France then living.

A comparison betwixt Poets and Monkes.

The excellent Poet George Buchanan, upon a Diamond cut like an Hart, and sent from Mary Queene of Scots, to the most excellent Lady Queene Elizabeth.

An Epitaph upon Iacobus Sylvius.

Ex Angelo Politiano. Epigram In Pamphilum.

Against Mabilius a bitter rayling Poet.

Ex Accij sinceri sannazarij Neopolitani viri patricij. Epigram. Of the admirable City Venice.

Ex M. Anthonij Flamminij. Epigram. Of Cardinall Pooles Picture.

Of a faire gilt Bowle sent unto him from Benedict Accoltus Cardinall.

Ex Mario Molsa. Of the City Rome being late wasted by the Germanes.

Ex Antonio Titaldeo. An Epitaph upon Ioannes Mirandula.

Ex Benedicti Theocreni. Epigram. Upon a Comet which Lewes of Savoy saw a little before his death.

Ex Ioanne secundo Hagiensi. Of one Charinus who had married a deformed wife.

Ex Henrici Stephani Epigram. Of Phillis who was delivered within five moneths after her marriage.

Upon Pompe's death.

Ex Ioanne Colta. Of the City Verona.

Ex Petro Hembo. An Epitaph upon one Thebaldæus an excellent Musitian.

Ex Balt asser Castilione. An Epitaph upon a Virgin whose name was Gratia.

Ex Antonio Casanova. Of Lucrece.

In praise of Archery.

Upon a Booke late published by one Bird a Coachman, calld Byrds businesse.

Against a base and infamous Balladder, who disperst a scandalous riming Libell, in which hee malitiously traduced the noble exercises weekely practised in the Artillery Garden.

I conclude this Worke, suiting with the present, concerning the worth of Physick, and Physitians, deriving my president from a worthy Gentleman called M. Perisaulus Faustinus.

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The Dialogve.

Cupid.
Wherein have I, ô Iupiter, transgrest;
That by thy pow'r I should be thus opprest?
Being a childe, and therefore simple?

Iupiter.
Thou
A childe at these yeares, Cupid? who I vow,
Art older than Iapetus, hop'st thou to win
Favor, because no haire vpon thy chin
Appeares? and thou art beardlesse? but beguild
Must we be still in holding thee a childe?
Being both old and crasie?

Cup.
I pray tell
This subtill old man, whom you know so well,
What wrong he'hath done, that you would bind him?

Iup.
See,

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Thou wretch, dost th nke it a small injurie,
To make me such a mockerie and a jest
To all men: that a god should to a beast
Transhape himselfe: into a Satyre, than
Into a Bull, an Eagle, and a Swan:
Next to a golden Showre? all these th'hast made me.
But that wherein thou chiefely hast betrayd me,
My will by force or sleight I must obtaine,
But never love, to be belov'd againe:
Nor by thy power have I more gratious been
To my wife Iuno the celestiall Queen;
But forc'd to use prestigious strange disguise,
In all my scapes to hide me from her eies.
Besides, our mutuall pleasures are not full,
They only kisse an Eagle or a Bull:
But should I in my personall shape appeare,
Even at my sight (poore things) they die with feare.

Cupid.
That only shewes thy power and divine might,
Since mortall eies cannot endure thy sight.

Iup.
How comes it, Hyacinthus is so deare,
And Branchus, to Apollo? Is his Spheare
More bright than ours? yet they about him cling,
In his owne shape.

Cup.
But Daphne that coy thing,
Though he shew'd yong and beardlesse, his cheeks red,
And each way lovely, his embraces fled.
If Iove then would be amorous, and apply
Himselfe to Love, his shield he must lay by,
And fearefull thunders, smoothly kembe his haire,
And part it both waies, to appeare more faire:
Weare on his head a Chaplet for a Crowne,
And flowing from his shoulders a loose gowne
Dy'de in Sidonian purple: on his feet
Sandals, whose ties with golden buckles meet:
Vnto the Pipe and Timbrell learne to dance,
And foot it to them finely: so by chance

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More glorious Beauties may to him incline,
Than Menades attend the god of Wine.

Iup.
Away: I more esteeme my regall state,
Than to appeare so poorely effeminate:

Cup.
Love not at all, and that's more easie far.

Iup.
Yes, love I must, whil'st here such Beauties ar,
And gaine them with lesse trouble, mauger thee.
So for this time be gon.

Cup.
I now am free.