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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.

Draw neer poor hungry Mortals to this Shrine,
Whose Muses, like Paul's-Men, on Statues dine:
Whose hide-bound Fancies never act their smiles
'Less fed with Giants, and Enchanted Isles.
Taste Cartvvright, whose admired Language can
Un-phlegme the dulness of an Alderman,
Whose gross conceit could not arive at sense
Higher than that which appertains to Pence:
Here's One will make him write beyond Receiv'd
Of such a One the Sum—I say Receiv'd.

Here's Wit Stenography'd. No Compass steers
A Course unknown to Him: He coasts the Spheres;
For what Platonick Spencer did unfold,
Or smooth-tongu'd Carew to the World hath told,
What came in reach of Fletcher's searching mind,
Or Beaumont's towring Brain could ever find,
What other heads, who must unchristen'd go,
Like Zanies to the Wits in Folio;
All their rare Arts our Author does display:
All Stars mix here, and make a Milky-way.
He sweetly guides the nimble Lyrick feet,
And makes the thundring Epicks aptly meet,
Charm'd by his Numbers Waves forget to land,
Times Wheels are trig'd, and brib'd to make a stand:
Let other Fancies draw the Body whole,
Our Poet's Pencill can pourtray the Soul.

Now as a Lady does disdain to pull
Of ev'ry Flower in a Garden-full,
But rather in one Rose delighted finds
The sev'rall glories of all other Kinds:
So do thou Reader by this Book; since here's
All Wit compriz'd in Pigmy Characters.

H. B. F. Nc. Oxon.