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The Lady-Errant

A Tragi-Comedy

Cartwright, William (1611-1643)

THE LADY-ERRANT.

[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.

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On Mr Cartvvright's Poems Now collected and Published.

Iust as the Mind departed rears her Frame,
Combines and Trims
Her scatter'd Limbs:
Gathers her self, and is once more the same:
Her All does Spring and Dart,
Through All, and every part:
Is in this Member All, yet no where Lame.
So does great Cartvvright's quickning Fire
Shed it self through, knit, reinspire
His Rapsodies, and owns the Bulk: His Vein,
Diffus'd alike through All, and Every strein,
In a just Volume Lives,
And the whole Cartvvright gives.

As when we view an handsome Feature nigh,
Each Members Draught
Agrees in nought
But this, that each apart does take the Eye:
And though each part that's Linkt
Is Beauteous, and Distinct,
We find a Fresh one i'th' Composure Lye.
So do I find great Cartvvright's Art
The same, and severall in each part:
His Garbs as numerous as his Poems: and
In each him Other still, still Cartvvright stand:
Each Verse gives all his Air,
And yet the whole's more Fair.

He sings: and Streight our Thoughts are his, not Ours:
What's in our Souls
His Verse Controuls;
We quit our Minds, and he Commands our Pow'rs:
He shuffles Souls with us,
And Frames us Thus or Thus:
We change our Humors, as his Muse her Flowers;
If she Laments, we're pleas'd and weep,
She's Blith, we (captive) Triumphs keep;
Shee's Grave, wee're so: If she great Princes wooe,
The Poets Lines are High and Mighty too.
His Muse flies every where,
Yet we our selves find There.

Masculine and Nervous are thy streins, (Great Soul:)
Each Thought of Thine
Makes us Divine;
And bids us Pledge o'th' Fount a full Crown'd Bowl;
Rich, Deep, yet Understood,
We Swear, not Thou, Tis Good:
Pow'rfull to take all judgments, none Controul.
Nimble Apollo gain'd the Bay,
But thou the Nymph her self away:
And all the Muses hanging on thy Lire,
Feel through their Veins now first an Humane fire,
And Alone Cartvvright will
The whole Parnassus fill.

Tho. Severne Ex æde Christi. A.M. Oxon.