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The old gentleman's wish, or The reformed old gentleman.
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Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.
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1685
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Wing B804aA; ESTC R32828
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The Old Gentleman's VVISH OR The Reformed Old Gentleman I am grown old Alas My seventy years are past I Wish with all my heart I may grow wise at last 2. When I was past a Child I left the Grammer-school Fond Parents Ah! I Wish I had not been a Fool. 3. Having my liberty And Money every day I Wish none wou'd do thus Ah! I did game and play 4. Youth is the feeding time From whence good fruits shou'd grow I brought forth noisom weeds I Wish I 'd not done so 5. I kept ill Company My Hawks and Hounds and worse One can't to enemies wish any greater Curse 6. I and my bonny Fellowes Had many a vagary And after drank down sin In Clarret and Canary 7. But now I see my faults How I have gone astray That God wou'd set me right I hugely Wish and Pray 8. O Happy Change When Grace Assisting Industry Preventing following Grace I Wish may wants supply 9. My old Companions Themselves from me withdraw I sadly Wish I had Their Faces never saw 10. O Time most precious Time I Wish thee come again Impossible it is To Wish it is in vain 11. Time past cannot return You can't undo what 's done 'T is as hard as in 's course To stop the Giant Sun 12. Yet I do Wish and pray My Time I may redeem By double Diligence This a Wise Wish will seem 13. And now I entertain A Sober Learned Friend To'improve me and I Wish To keep him to my end 14. We read the Psalmodie And Gospel every Day At the Church and at home We Two together pray 15. We love God's Ministers Obey in every thing We dayly pray and Wish All Honour to the King 16. My Noble Friends do ye Get such a Guide and then You may be what I Wish Right good Old Gentlemen C B. AVTHORS and BOOKS Part I. 1. BRownrig of Exon's first and second Tome Yield you good Sermon-notes apply them home 2. Ascham restor'd pure Latin S r. John Cheek Restor'd the true pronouncing of the Greek 3. Eastern tongu'd Pocock in his writing quick 'mong many Works made Grotius Arabick 4. Savilian Bernard a good Learned man Will give us his Josephus when he can 5. Walton hath written Lives and doth deserve To have a fair Memorial of himself 6. Spelman did greatly Father and the Son Serve th' English Church by good things they have done 7. The Linguist Wheelock hath taught us to read Saxon and Latin venerable Bede 8. Patrick in 's Pilgrim Prayr's Advice Debate Is learned pious friendly moderate 9. Wotton long time Ambassador at last His mind at Eaton had a sweet repast 10. George Herbert noble both in Arts and Birth No Parson equals His in all the Earth 11. Cave's Books to Auction God forbid how then Shall he write th' History of all learned Men 12. Hales sold his Books to live upon this thing Shall not befall Cave under a good King 13. Wake the Orator King James's Ambassador His Rex Platonicūs he had wrote before 14. Fulman a Country Parson and yet he Can judge of all Books all Antiquity 15. Perinchief write his Dionysius durst Wrote at return the Life of Charles the first 16. Excellent Brierwood hath great favour done's By 's Numms by 's Languages and Religions 17. Cotton himself a noble Antiquary Friend to all such by his rare Library 18. The great Son of great Vossius is ours Prebend of that Church known by Royal Tow'rs 19. The famous Raulegh's History General We glory in grieve that we have not all 20. Smiths Law fed both the Universities Deserves our Universal Memories 21. Juxon great Tresuror Primate and a Friend Waited on Charles the Martyr at his end 22. Moulin of Canterbury as his Father was Many good learned pieces written has 23. Goodman for 's old Religion and the rest Chiefly the Parable of the Prodigal is blest 24. Whitmore Adams friends of Learning prime Aldermen faithful to 's Majesty at worst time 25. The admirable Grotius stands in these lines For the great love he had for our Divines 26. Lord Verulam his Works the Learned please He is admir'd here and beyond the Seas 27. Lord Faulkland slain lamented is by all With him Vertue and Learning had a fall 28. John Oxon Patron of Arts no time can His Name Extinguish nor his Cyprian 29. Spotswood Scots loyal Primate and his Son For Charles the first have suffer'd much much doe 30. Grave and mild Juckson of deep thoughts great sense High Phrase above common Intelligence 31. For 's Primitive Christianity our Cave And for his Fathers lasting praise will have 32. Sweet Chillingworth by Preaching won the day A Conqueror again by his safe way 33. Brave More for Godliness for Antichrist c I long to see his state of Philadelphia 34. Dean Field in writers of the Church is one Of the best see the best Edition 35. Sheldon the Dean first entertains his King At the Chapel with David's Thanksgiving 36. Nicolsons worth Bishop of Gloucester In his Defense of our Church does appear 37. Frampton our Bishop made against his will A Bishops Office does with praise fulfill 38. Dean Marshals forreign learning he that lists May perceive by the Gotth Evangelists 39. The senior Prebend Washbourn's Devotions We expect with his holy Meditations 40. Two Samways Cosin-Germans both we see In Studies and Devotions agree 41. Vesey a primate wrote Bramhal's life his name And Bishops vertues commend him to Fame 42. Thrice noble Boyl of Royal Society Hath led his fellows to Theology 43. That reverend man Bishop of Chester Fern Hath written whence obedience we may learn 44. Arch deacon Hyde hath merited a good Lot In Bodley's Catalogue Walton's Polyglot 45. The Primate Usher did revive Hierom And the most eloquent Preacher Chrysostom 46. Humfrey of Bangor Warren's friend and mine In Life and Learning is a true Divine 47. Bedel of Kilmore with Wotton the Seas crost 'T is pitty his great Irish Bible's lost 48. Dodwel a writer rational and profound By various Works hath Love and Glory found 49. Heylin of Westminster smart Man see 's life Well writ by my friend Vernon with some strife 50. Godwin of Abingdon deserves of me Thanks for Roman and Hebrew Antiquity Reader take these from me I leave the rest To those who have more light and see 'em best I beg no pardon for what I have done Out of my Love and Admiration C. B. Printed for John Barksdale Bookseller in Cirencester 1685.