Have nothing rich too much enough hath no man 36. To Henry Wotton Knight the Kings Embassadour c. 1612. In dubious things thou didst remember me In serious though late I think on thee At Venice at (a) A Town between France and Germany Sabbaudies for our King Thou Legate wert fair Winds thee back did bring The King must pay thee what he thee doth owe 'T is secret when But that he will I know 37. Foresee thine End Mans death not birth declares his bane or bliss None bless'd before his death nor wretched is 38. The Polar Sabbath To the Polars One day one Night doth your whole year display So that your Seventh year 's your sevenâ—h day 39. To the Desirers of the Salick Law In France the Virile Law sets men at th' Helm The female Distaff must not rule the Realm Would ye the Salick Law should here come in O Britains Be robust At home begin 46. To G. Gwyn That I no Disticks in thy praise design It is because thine better are than mine 41. Irus and Croesus Epitaph Croesus and Irus thus are different Both dead that hath this hath no Monument 42. The Inter-Calar Month 1612. Why February sole each fourth year grows 'Cause 't is the least month from the Moon that flows 43. Of Faelix Rich while alive thou wert now dead poor art Wishing with Lazarus a place a part 44. Ten Principles One Substance doth nine (a) Predicaments in Logick Categors confine As one Apollo doth the Muses nine 45. Logick A Creature horn i' th' dark Rude Infant Child Unt ' Oxford sent will soon a man be stil'd 46. To Samuel Daniel Poet. A. Pen thy right Hand Sword thy left doth follow Mars is Sinister Dexter's thine Apollo 47. Lover of Truth To Paulus Fond Novelties sottish Antiquities Me please not truth is all I praise-I prize I follow neither new nor old 'T is true But Truth I love whether 't is old or new 48. Humility Long Grass in valleys short on Mountains grows Low minds more Wisdome have than lofty Brows A Mind 's a Mount whose Top's a Type of Wit Each Top is bare and Type is like unt ' it 49. Three Self-Lovers I next my self and thou thy self art next What hinders but that he should be context 50. Saint Marks Festival To Marianus a Shepheard Why marks Saint Mark 's day Sheep not Goats Tell why Sheep Shall hereafter live when Goats shall die 51. To Dindimus Devouring time devoureth all that 's our But thou mispending time dost time devour 52. Of Heaven and Earth a double Paradox Heav'ns Motion errs not erring is th' Earth's Station Fast stedfast though yet full of Variation Trod under foot Plough'd Harrow'd ev'ry Morn Poor Earth while I am Earth I shall be torn 53. The Year Spring Summer Autumn Winter make the year Autumn doth Summer Spring doth Winter chear 54. A Client Hast care to cure and to secure thy Cause Incline then Client to thy Lawyers Laws 55. Of the Covetous Shooes wider than thy Feet thou wilt not have Why then more Wealth than 's fit or needs dost crave 56. Patience I will or must be patient hoping still All things by this I suffer can or will 57. The Serpent Eve Adam The Serpent not deceiv'd deceiv'd poor Eve Adam deceiv'd not but he did believe His Wise and was deceiv'd The Womans fault Was Active Passive Catch'd her self she caught 58. The Swan When Fates me call the Rivers Bank close by I sweetly sing my Requiem and die 59. To Polydore The Dative case than Ablative is better The Taker to the Giver is a Debtor Ah th' Ablative doth here too long remain When will the Dative case return again 60. To N. N. Unhappy Servant of two Masters thou This Nothing doth that Nothing hath t' allow 61. A Three-fold Continency of the Eyes Ears and Tongue Lest ill thou seest or hear'st thy Windows close Lest ill thou speak'st Locks on thy Lips impose 62. Saturns three Sons Nummipotent is one Hells President Next Amnipotent third Omnipotent 63. The old man speaks to the young Man My Life is short nor can long time import Thy Life seems long but shortly will be short 64. Of my Book Salted at Oxon youth then 't is the Mode Pepper'd at Winton then Child I abode If this my Book of Salt or Pepper tast First Winton Pepper gave Salt Oxon last 65. To Theo-dore Gods Gift A Physician In Greek and Latine Theodore's thy Name Thy skill in (a) The most high created the Physician The most High created Physick out of the Earth Ecclesiasticus 38.1.4 Physick makes it thrice the same 66. Of Quintus At School a Boy thou learn'dst four Swearing Adverbs Now grown a Man thou swear'st four thousand Mad Verbs 67. To an Angry man Let Anger set but not rise with the Sun Still let it with the Sun t' Antipoâ—es run 68. Of a Cloak and Coal Blew Coats with Sleeves and Badges yearly new Here Serving Men did wear a lazy crew Now Cloaks they wear Why Cloaks Because they may Flagens or Capons under Cloaks convey 69. Death Nothing 's here humane but inhum'd must be Earth swallows Earth but Souls from Earth flee free 70. Of Pontius A Poet. Pont'us on one Foot halts with th' other stumbles Hexameters Pentameters he rumbles 71. Of Fabian Do what thou say'st or say what thou do'st do But Fabian doth neither of the two 72. Edition of Books It happens that when Verses I have penn'd Fasting or full Edition is their end 73. God loves a chearful Giver Regard not what Reward thou giv'st the poor God will Regard and it Reward with more 74. Of Quintus Ramista his Fathers third Son As if one Tree bare two â—oughs none beside So thou dost all things in two Parts divide If all thing else should bipartited be What of thy Fathers Goods would come to thee 75. Cupid's Arms Bow and Arrows Offensive not Defensive weapons why Doth Cupid use He conquers all thereby 76. Of Prose and Verse A Probleme Why runs a Speech in Verse than Prose more fleet Because that wanteth not this wanteth Feet 77. Heaven Heaven 's the specious-spatious House of God All-potent Lord House patent all abroad 78. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Water 's made holy for Regeneration But 't is but simply water in Creation 79. A Nest of Boxes Suscipio Pyxidum Trias Scipio Pyxidum Trias Pio Pyxidum Trias The English cannot reach the conceit I for my Countrey Fathers People I Adventure dare said Scipio to die 80. Of Pontilian The fawning Dog with wagging Tail doth flatter Pontill for want of Tail with 's Tongue doth chatter 81. We are Dust and Ashes Horace Let none though clad with Earth of Heaven despair Nor any though a Shadow thin as Air Dust is our Flesh Christs Body 's of like clod Our Soul 's a shadow shadow yet of God 82. An Aenigma Tell what (a) Felicitas whole world in Heaven doth abound (b)
from Fire thy Lust with Fasting tame Sit from a Woman far as from a Flame If nor the former cool thee nor the later Then take a wife she will b' instead of water 12. Troynovant To the Londoners As Phoenix Ashes do the Phoenix breed So from old Troy new London did proceed 13. The Lawyers Deity Rome had one God call'd Terminus of old But Westminster more Terms than one doth hold 14. Of the Earth In all things we the Middle things commend For they to Mediocrity do tend Th' Earth therefore than the Skyes hath greater grace Because i' th' world it holds the middle Place 15. To King James Defender of the Faith Thou greatest art of Christian Kings in this That to thy Faith the Faith committed is 16. To the Lord Treasurer of England Th' art Kings and Kingdoms faithful Treasurer Thy Faith before all Treasures I prefer 17. To the Kings Principal Secretary Thou secret keep'st the Kingdoms Secrets even So secret that Faith to thy Faith is given 18. To the Venetians Your Cities Scituation O wonder Is Founded unconfounded th' Ocean 's under Lest only Fish should in the water dwell Y' have seated in the Sea your Citadel Where th' Ocean was a City 's now compleat What Nature made a Sea Art made a Seat Y' have constituted to your grand Renown Th' Inconstant water constant to your Town What wonder then by Laws your City stands When it the lawless waters countermands 19. To the Lord Chancellour of England Lest Force the greatest Enemy to Law Should violate it Law keeps Force in awe But thou the Laws Extreams hast pow'r t' abate And in the Chancery to moderate 20. To Richard Sackeville Earl of Dorset Though thou from Noble Ancestors wert born And dost thy Birth with Noble Parts adorn Yet thou which was a wonder heretofore And for a Prodigy now stands or more Merit to Mercenaries Peace to War Vertue to Strength Worth dost to Birth prefer 21. Caecil Treasurer of England 1597. Arms are and Stratagems of small concern If Caecil's Counsel sits not at the Stern Caecil and Atlas nobly both prognate This doth support the Skyes and that the State 22. To Guil. Caecil Virtut Duce Comite Fortuna Great Queen Elisa Fortune made a Count Why Vertue did She not t' a Dukedom mount 23. To Richard Vaughan Bishop of London O of the British Thou th' immortal Grace Art the First British Bishop of (1) London this Place 24. To the same I like those Preachers best who Preach and Act Not those that only Preach but wave the Fact Thou therefore dost excell for thou dost teach What should be done and dost what thou dost Preach 25. To Thomas Bilson Bishop of Winchester Bilson I was thy Scholar heretofore And to thy Precepts owe these Lines and more 26. The Life of William Wickham formerly Bishop of Winchester written in Latine by Thomas Martin Dr. in the Civil Law Life to the Dead to give the Dead to raise From Death to Life 's a Work deserving Praise Which hadst not done thou Martin hadst been dead But now both in this one Book live are read 27. Winchester Colledge Europes prime School whereof a little Part I was to my great'st praise in Learnings Art Zoilus himself will not to thee deny Thy Founder Wickham known this Primacy 28. To Sir Philip Sidney Great Alexander call'd Achilles blest Whom Homer prais'd in Verse above the rest Unhappy I because thou half Divine Canst not made happy be by Verse of Mine 29. To Sir Philip Sidney Whose Deeds worth writing Lines worth reading are Is Rare Thou therefore doing both art Rare Thy Lines worth reading Deeds worth writing shew Thee learned candid equaliz'd by Few 30. Upon the Marriage of William Earl of Pembroke and Mary daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury 1605. In Manners Personage Wit Age Estates And in Nobility you Both are Mates Yet thou deserv'st a better Bride than Shee A better Bridegroom She deserve than Thee 31. To Elizabeth Countess of Rutland Sir Philip Sidney ' s Daughter 'T was Philip's Praise thou wert his Child But rather Thine that thou Daughter wert of such a Father 32. To Lucy Countess of Bedford Iury thy splendid Name à Luce came That splendent through the World might be thy Names Thy Noble Parents brought thee forth to sight But thee thy Vertues brought into the Light 33. A Knights Ring To Henry Goodyeer Knight Nobility the Gold the Gem be Grace This Ring upon thy Finger ever place 34. To D. J. H. Thy Verse is Nameless though not worthless while Others their worthless Verse with Names instile 35. To D. B. Thou livest well if one well hid well lives And thy great wit conceal'd more splendour gives 36. To Th. M. the Princes Tutor Thou so dost form inform the Prince that He King of his Realms and of Himself will be This Fifth to prize before those Kingdoms Four And of Himself as well of them t' have Power 37. To Th. M. the Princes Tutor Thou so dost teach for times of Sword and Gown The docile Prince prime Hope of Britains Crown That scarce in future times 't will be discern'd Whether He be more great more good more learn'd 38. To Walter Gwyn Th' Increase of the good Prince thou votest fair And say'st * Seeming a fatal Anagram of the Prince as appeareth in the Book of Anagrams of Mr. Walter Gwyn published in Scotland before Britain reborn Increase to sit in Arthur's Chair Nature gave Wit may Grace attend his youth Grow may thine Honour with the Princes growth 39. Francis Drake 1581. Thy Travels Drake have reach'd Earths utmost bound Have seen both sides of the Terrestrial Round If men be mute the Stars will blaze thy Name And both the Poles will sound-resound thy Fame Beyond (1) Hercules Pillars the Gades Thou maist these words repeat I greater am than Hercules the Great 40. Britains Strength To the Prince The (1) Havens Ports are Englands Gates the Ships her Walls Camp Seas Forts Bodies Hearts the Generals 41. The Terrestrial Globe Of Water and of Earth's the Globe Sea Land That movable this unremov'd doth stand 42. Health unhealthy The more thou drink'st of drunken Healths the less Of Health of Happiness thou dost possess I wish a thousand of such Healths to thee And envy not One Health's enough for me One Health's enough for sober men and sane No Health's in Drinking Healths no Boon but Bane 43. The Divine To know thine 's nothing if not known 't is known The Politician If known 't is nothing then to know thine own 44. All Things affect good From Opto's Optimus without contest For he that 's wise doth wish himself the best 45. A Phoenix on Earth A certain Maid of Burgundy surpriz'd With Maiden Sickness helpless and advis'd To take a little Ment an Herb a thing Helpful to many taken in the Spring She rather than to live by sin would die Death being all the Purchase
Prayers want effect Such praying as vain words of one not praying God hears as if he heard not by gainsaying 180. Hell As Art black colours cannot turn to white So from dark Hell none can return to Light 181. To a poor Friend Is' t bad I would 't were worse for at the worst Oft better things succeed than came at first 182. The Parts of the World The world though round is parted in t ' a Square Whereas four Parts so * Jews Christians Mahumetans Pagans four Religions are 183. The Causes of Discord Self-sense Self-reason each man regulates Each his own will his own Faith estimates Each wilful is hence Brethren strive the while Will only wants all strifes to reconcile 184. The Liberal The just man gives unt ' each his own but thou To Rich men theirs to poor must thine allow 185. The Temperate He that things causes knows with Times complies Calms his affects orders his acts is wise 186. The Wise. Fate governs Fools the wise more sublimate Themselves by wisdom govern not by Fate 187. Anonymus an Infant dead before Baptiz'd What dead Al is unnam'd and unbaptiz'd O Christ I nameless must by thee b' agniz'd I' th' Book of Life without a Name me write For in thy name alone mine hope is scire 188. The Flatterer and Carper These differ not in Nature but in Name This Good that Bad maligneth Both to blame 189. Love and Friendship The knot of Friendship 's to be broke for Love But Love for Friendship must not once remove 190. Peter and Paul The Sword keeps Kingdoms Coyn the Keys by which Peter than Paul reputed is more rich Saint Paul in an Epistle saith he 's poor Saint Peter no where doth his wants deplore 191. Socrates Thou nothing knowst this one thing knowst and this One thing is something something nothing is 192. Man Born weeping being born at first didst cry Thou then not pleas'd why now displeas'd to die 193. To Paul inhum'd Thou naked cam'st to th' world from mothers womb With Shirt and Shroud returnst unto thy Tomb More than thou broughtst thou tak'st hence to thy Grave Thou giv'st thy mother more than she thee gave 194. To the Courtly Reader If much for School for Court here 's little note That this for Court that for the School we wrote 195. Wise Simplicity That thou do wrong to none be like a Dove That none thee wrong wise like a Serpent prove 196. The Common-Wealths Eyes Religion and Law conjoin combine That curbs mens hearts their hands this doth confine 197. To Doctor John Gifford a Learned Physician That in Apollo's Art thou skilful art No wonder for thy parts thou knowst apart If Galen saith not this yet wise Apollo Saith Know thy Self his dictates thou dost follow 198. The Daw. No Birds more loquent-eloquent than I The Goose. But I write more than thou canst Crake or Cry 199. Jobs Miseries Satan the Lord permitting did disrobe Of Children Wealth and Health poor-poorest Job When all was gone his wife did yet remain Who vex'd him more than all his loss and pain 200. The Temples of St. Paul in London St. Peter in Westminster At Peter's West th' Exchequer Law Courts are White-Hall the Princes Palace thence not far At Paul's the Preacher things divine declares And Stationers there vend their sacred Wares All things convene here Paul and Peter there Peter more rich more learn'd doth Paul appear 201. Of the Conspirators in the Gun-Powder Treason upon Tuesday the Fifth of November 1605. Heav'n to provoke from Earth and from below Upon the Gods above our threats to throw What is if this be not t' accumulate On Ossa Pelion to fabricate The Tower Babel old Troy new to burn And in t ' a Chaos all things to return 202. Of the same And would you Troynovant to Cinders turn By the same Fate which Phrygian Troy did burn Unfit was Tuesday for such fatal Flashes Ash wednesday is the day design'd for Ashes 203. The King to Britain Fame brought a Rumour of my death to thee O do not credit Fame but credit Me. 204. To England of the uniting of Britain Concord intern-etern Crowns Britains Brow For her three Nations are united now Scotland with Shield Wales doth like Walls immure Thy Land O England thou maist rest secure 205. To Thomas Nevill an hopeful Child Extract from Nevil's Noble Blood the Grace Of both thy Parents shines in thy sweet Face Their Natures not sole Features thou shewst forth Thy Mothers Vertues and thy Fathers worth 206. Upon the Death of Charles Blount Earl of Devonshire 1606. Whether with Eulogies or Elegies With Praise or Tears thy Death to solemnize 'T is doubtful divers men speak divers things Good speak the best malignants wound with Stings 207. To the Reader Reader these Epigrams are short and few For many if though short they long would shew Reader these Epigrams are few and short For few if long a many would import 208. Of speaking and writing Though words be living voices writings dead Yet these survive when those are vanished The End of the Third Books EPIGRAMS OF John Owen AN OXONIAN AND CAMBROBRITAN A Single Book Dedicated To the most Learned Heroine the Lady ARBELLA STUART LONDON Printed by R. White for Nevil Simmons at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard and for Thomas Sawbridge at the three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain 1677. John Owen's EPIGRAMS A Single Book 1. To the Lady Arbella-Stuart ILlustrious Virgin sprung from Regal Race Whose Real worth thy Royal Birth doth Grace He that his wits First-fruits thee gave ev'n He Doth tender render now new Fruits to Thee Upon thine * A fair Altar Ara-Bella as most fit I consecrate I sacrifice my wit 2. To the same Thy constant Life doth from thy youth express The Genius of thine Ingeniousness Adverse things quell thee not nor prosp'rous swell Thy Sails thy front and mind are parallel And thy rare signal vertues are the cause That none will think I flatter for applause 3. To his Book Before innum'rous Judges thou must plead Not one or two will censure when they read Perhaps unread thou shalt not censures flee And more Reprovers will than Readers be 4. Union to the Britains 1606. Who unless mad will off'red Gold refuse Here 's Union This Pearl who will not choose 5. Vacuity The Ethicks of vacuities complain But Physicks shew that nothing's made in vain 6. On Zoilus Zoilus is torn with an eternal Verse Though e're two thousand years he lies on 's Hearse Is it because his heirs do never die He 's punish'd for his whole Posterity 7. From the Center to the Circumference Not from the Center to th' Circumference Sole one Line 's yet but one way t' Heaven 's hence 8. Cock-Crowing to the Prince France felt and did our English Forces see No Gallick sound could make our Lion flee 9. Of Quintus Money 's a Noun a Verb to promise he Promis'd a Noun but
and the Cross in Cheap in the Parish of St. Peter Why 's Peter's Golden Paul's a Leaden Cross Why because Golden words Paul's Cross ingross 137. Loves Chronicle A Moment multipli'd amounts t' an Hour A Day 's made up with Hours twenty four Days many make a Month twelve Months a year So with more Times my Love doth more appear 138. Twins Nothing 's unlike in us all 's like sole we Differ in number we two Bodies be 139. Friends We scarce in number differ Two we be Yet One You Twins in Body In Mind we 140. Of the Art of Love Though Naso's Art of Love some prove-approve Yet men unexpert know not what is Love Love is by Nature taught not learn'd by Art By th' Eyes not Ears Love enters in t ' our Heart 140. Seneca the Philosopher Thy Dictates seem like Epigrams almost But that in Numbers they be not ingrost 141. To Attalus Thou saidst once at thy Table as I take it Thou didst not relish Salt but didst forsake it For Salt thou needst not care nor is' t a fault All almost that thy Tongue doth speak is Salt 142. Sir Philip Sidney ' s Life Who while they liv'd writ Books deserving Fame Their Lives need not he writ there lives their Name The Corps not Life of Sidney's in the Tomb His short Lifes longer Glory keeps more room 143. The Bodies Valediction to the Soul I for thy sake did Mother Earth forsake The Soul departing Fool I left God my Father to betake My self to Thee Now call'd I t' him return And leave thee to thy Mother in thine Urn. Till when For we till then shall meet no more Th' Earth Thee to Me God Me to Thee restore 144. A Kingdom divided Two Kingdoms undivided are Heaven Hell As in themselves There Good here Bad do dwell On Earth alone oh shame Division raigns Which Good and Bad promiscuously sustains But time will come when th' Earth shall lie divast When Heav'n and Hell shall both be fill'd at last 145. How Waters Tears prest-exprest do tacite Love declare Love Tears begets Fire Water Strange and Rare 146. Of Wit and Memory To Ponticus 'T is ask'd Why wit is called sharpness Why Because what 's sharp doth pierce more inwardly The Memory is to retain not pierce Thus Vessels are made round and with reverse Whence I supect that or thy Wit is round Or sharp thy Memory Both unprofound 147. Comfort for the Poor To the Rich. Inconstant Fortune various appears Whence Hopes arise to Me to The â— but Fears 148. Of Titius and Gellia One in disgrace did Titius upbraid That 's Wife when first he took her was no Maid What 's that to Me thus Titius repli'd She then was Semprones Daughter not my Bride 149. The Heart Why in the left side rather than the right Is Mans Heart plac'd to Good 'cause opposite 150. The Flesh and Spirit God made mans Body first and when created He with a living Soul it animated Hence the dull Body doth I think deny T' obey the Soul pleads Seniority 151. The Innocents Proto-Martyrs For Christ the Children suff'red death before Christ for the Children shed his precious * Blood Gore 152. To his Friend The Dual Number oft doth Friendship bound Scarce in the Plural Number Love is found 153. To a friend growing old 1607. Thou wert a youth when I a Child And now Thou art grown old while I a youth do grow Thee therefore Death expects and Old Age Me Certain's thy lot though mine uncertain be 154. Of A. G. Thy Name and Face is Mans Wit Animals A Fool in Specie learn'd in Generals 155. Harmony To Divines Of Gospels Harmony have divers writ But who that Harmony Great Labour's it 156. Dissonancy So great discordance doth abound with Men That what Souls Peace is scarce knows One of Ten Here 's Base depress'd There Elah too much rear'd That scarce the Tenor or the Mean is heard 157. To Pontilianus Art jealous of thy Wife Th' art wise in part But art not jealous Then thou wiser art To watch thy Wife is vain That wife loves best That though can will not raise her husbands Crest 158. To Porcia Art thou the Daughter of the Night or Light Born in the Day begotten in the Night 159. An Epitome of the Histories of his Time To Marianus We worse are than our Fathers worser they Than their Fore-fathers apt to run astray If our Posterity prove worse than we Nothing can worse than our Poster'ty be 160. London To J. W. A London Gold-smith As Thames the Rivulets drinks up and drowns So London swalloweth the poorer Towns Though Thames with Flux re-flux Send and resend Its Floods to Sea Th' art still a constant Friend 161. Debtor and Creditor To Will. Cawley A London Merchant Though in my Book thou find if there thou look Thy Name My Name yet is not in thy Book I owe thee nought but Love Of this to thee A Creditor and Debtor still will be 162. Fools and Dwarfs Though we be not accounted men of might Yet are we great mens sport and their delight 163. To Pontilian Poor Irus still was careful why 'Cause poor Croesus was careful why For 's wealth was more One's vex'd because he wants a Wife and thou Because thou hast a wife art vexed now 164. Union To Married Britains One God and Union the World supply Wedlock on Earth was the first Unity 165. The Elements War Though God created all things for mans sake Yet th' Elements against us Wars do make How many have alas been swept from hence With the contagious Air by Pestilence How near hath London felt the Trojan Flames How many have been drench'd and drown'd in Thames Earth stops her Fruits Yet no man doth repent Though Heav'n with Tears and Earth our sins lament Though th' Earth be mollifi'd with moistning showers Yet sin our stubborn hearts more-more obdures 166. An Epithalamy To Tullia By day Thou the sole Object of my Sight Shalt be the Subject of my Love at Night 167. To Sextus an Academian That thou mayst mind thy Grave before th' art dead 'T is said by day thou mak'st for Night thy Bed That in Remembrance thou thy Death mayst keep Why dost not oftner go to Bed and Sleep 168. To his Beloved Thee known I love I lov'd thee when unknown Fame then thy Face hath made me now thine own I now know Love I love not lov'd Yea now I know not to be lov'd to love I know 169. The Younger Brother I m poor My Parents Fault not mine nor other Who did not me beget before my Brother 170. The Firmament Th' Earth stands unmov'd standing there moves the Creature Heav'n moves yet the fix'd Stars move not by Nature 171. The blessed Virgin Although the blessed Virgin we thee call Thou among women blessed art withal I profit nothing by thy Virgin vest But as a Mother Me Thou profitest 172. Hope and Faith Faith is no Faith unless but One firm
and I your John am to mine end 46. To the Creditor Thy Debtor is thy Servant he that pays Thy Friend thy Master Payment that gainsays 47. Truth in the deep To one painted False things appear Truth 's hid 'T is seen in thee Thy Face is painted thy facts tainted be 48. Of Phyllis Thou tak'st but wilt not Gratis give a kiss Thy Gift not grateful but ingrateful is 49. Gravity and Levity Though light and pond'rous things are opposâ—te I would not have mine head too grave too light Ills opposite I hate I would not have My Wife to be too light nor yet too grave 50. Of a Pratler sick with the Cholick Thy Tongue is loose thy Body close Both ill With Silence this with Loquence that doth kill 51. Of Theologaster a Sophister What is thy knowledge without Goodness Vain Cease then to know much rather Goodness gain 52. Action and Passion Who doth much ill shall suffer much for it But who much suffers doth less ill commit 53. Repentance and Reminiscence I wretch am griev'd when I recount my sins But when I count my suff'rings Joy begins 54. The Damned Thy sad Fate 's like Decembers ' leventh Ray A long night follows thy short-cloudy Day 55. The Blessed Like Junes eleventh Day thy Fate shines bright A long-long day succeeds thy short-short Night 56. Foelix and Festus Festus (a) Unlucky infestus was to thee Saint Paul And Foelix was (b) Unhappy infoelix worst of all 57. Democritus and Heraclitus This wept for the then times Defaults and Crimes That laughed at the Follies of the times Mortals will still be foolish wretched frail That this may laugh that ever may bewail 58. Always the same Let Faith Hope Charity be still the same The same thy Wit still kept within its frame 59. Of ignorant-arrogant Linus Thee double ignorance doth captivate Thou nothing know'st and know'st not that thy state 60. Of the Poet Maevius Non-Entities and Evil like we call Thou mak'st though many Verses none at all 61. Helena and Penelope Fame hath fair Helen mounted to the Skyes Glory Penelope doth Eternize Penelop's Helen's Names shall never die Because this would that would not falsifie 62. Of Life Nature mans life as Spiders Webs doth weave Each Labour 's long apt to decay-deceive 63. Of Paula Thou with thy Bodies use with usury Thine Husband trades He this thou that dost ply 64. Of a Covetous Miser To number add or multiply thy store 'T is nothing but divide thou shalt have more 65. Verity and Vertue Never so few who now learn well to live Never so many who good Doctrine give Many these times the ways of Faith display But they who taught the ways taught not the way 66. Modern Writers We carp at former Works and Words yet we Now writers but the formers Echoes be 67. The Worlds three Rulers Let the Divine be sage to b' all unt ' all The Lawyer wise Physician literal 68. The Authors Vote I wish not Poverty nor riches great Too little nor too much Enough 's compleat 69. Forbidden Books We covet things forbid deni'd desire A Wife cloggs youth a Damsâ—l sets on Fire One though deform'd injoy'd seems fair by night Forbidden Books are read witth most delight 70. On Festus I 'm to thee trusty trustless th' art to me But why Thou say'st th' art next thy self so be Be next thy self Thou shalt not me be next I love not by bad Neighbours to be vext 71. The false Church What Church doth not her self Christs Spouse declare How many yet of them but Harlots are If the false Church doth not her self deceive Christ shall than Solomon more Spouses have 72. To Decianus The World thou sayst is wicked True but thou Art one of them that makes it wicked now 73. Of Dindymus A Batchelor in Venus Art thou art Thou shalt when Pander act a Masters part 74. To G. T. 1606. Thy Servants Scholar and his Lord to be An Honour is a Misery to thee 75. Rule of State The common Wealth was once the Rule of Right But now new Rules of Right are brought to light 76. Of a certain Cross-wearing Hypocrite Belzebub's thought to th' Cross an Enemy Which seeing he doth turn return and fly But not from ev'ry Cross For though thy Breast Thou cross yet Satan in thine Heart dost rest 77. Christ's Life and Death For me Christ did and suff'red many things God in his Deeds Man in his Sufferings 78. The wise mens Star A Star t' Astronomers unknown was lent To light the Kings to Christ from th' Orient The wise men by that Star found Christ the King O may my Star my Faith to Christ me bring 79. The Golden Calf broken by Moses Exod. 32.20 The Golden Calf which Aaron did calcine Moses destroy'd made it less Belluine 80. The Triumvirs Divines Lawyers Physicians These of the World the grand Triumvirs be What are Divines Divinest of the three 81. To the Historâ—â—grapher In History speak'st free That bad may be Speak'st nothing false Silence may censure thee Dissimulate or simulate who writes An History must serve all appetites 82. Of the Deluge and end of the World The wicked World with sinful Lusts inflam'd Was drown'd by Water So those Lusts were tam'd The now-new World in Charity grown cold Shall be consum'd with Fire as was that old With Water Physick thus makes cures intire By contraries Fire Water Water Fire 83. Debtor and Creditor I owe thee nought but Evangelick Love The with Apostolick Faith I prove approve 84. Of God and the Devil God would have all men sav'd The Devil none These no mens persons do respect not one 85. Of Good and Evil. Thee Good shall have Rewards the Bad severe Torments hereafter That hath hope this fear 86. Do likewise To Attaâ—us J. C. Thou practise must to Theory conjoyn Read the Saints lives do likewise then in thine 87. The Redeemer To thee my Sight my Tast hath sole relation Thou art my Sun my Salt my sole Salvation 88. Money 's Method 'T is vertue great of Gold to get tuition It s good use greater greatest its fruition 89. Of Writers in these times A fatal error causeth fools to write Enough they seem to gain when seen in Light While they self-pleasing rashly write poor Elves They seldome others please who please themselves 90. A Paradox Though Atheists all descend in t ' Hell there roar None Atheist now 's in Hell there was before 91. Of Gaurus Thou praisest nothing all reprovest see While thou none pleasest no man pleaseth thee 92. To my self Owen would'st know what friends thou canst procure By weight not number count thou shalt be sure The number and the Finger oft beguile Though Love be Fire it pond'rous is the while 93. Difference between Kings and Tyrants Good-Godly Kings what 's Just and Right perpend But Tyrants what they will command-commend A good Kings Treats I prize Tore Tyrants Threats This what he speaks commands that but