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A02836	Quodlibets lately come ouer from New Britaniola, old Newfound-land Epigrams and other small parcels, both morall and diuine. The first foure bookes being the authors owne: the rest translated out of that excellent epigrammatist, Mr. Iohn Owen, and other rare authors: with two epistles of that excellently wittie doctor, Francis Rablais: translated out of his French at large. All of them composed and done at Harbor-Grace in Britaniola, anciently called Newfound-Land. / By R.H. sometimes Gouernour of the plantation there.	Hayman, Robert, 1578 or 9-1631?.; Owen, John, 1560?-1622. Epigrammata. Book 1-4. English. Selections.; Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553?; Habert, Francois, ca. 1508-ca. 1561.	1628 (1628)	STC 12974; ESTC S106081	67,153	134

giu'n eyes to you Thou canst at once little of this earth see But with one turne halfe Heau'n obseru'd may bee Since Heau'n is louely why lou'st thou Earth rather Wantons doe loue their Mam more then the father 188 Cor vnum via vna To King Iames the first King of Great Brittaine Two Scepters in thy two hands thou dost hold Thy Subiects languages are iust foure-fold Though Brittaine folke in tongues deuided bee Yet all their hearts vnited are in thee The Diuell it was that first deuided hearts Speach God diuided into many parts 189 A King and a Prophet A King out of his Countrey hath no place A Prophet in his Country hath no grace 190 Vertues Attendance These two like Genij follow Vertue still A good one and a bad Glory Ill-will 192 To a foolish inquisitiue vaine prattler Many fond questions thou dost aske of me To all I answer little vnto thee 'T is not because thy questioning is much But because thy fond questions are such 193 Sleepe is the image of Death When I doe sleep I seeme as I were dead Yet no part of my life 's more sweetned Therefore 't were strange that death should bitter be Since sleep deaths image is so sweet to me 194 How worldly men range their cares First we send for the Lawyer in all haste For our first care is to care for our wealth Next the Physicion with request is graste The second care is to care for our health Diuines that should be first may come at leasure If vnbid they come they may goe at pleasure 206 A Lawyers life To plead thy Clyents cause and please thy wife Little for thy selfe thou dost spend thy life Addition In little quietnesse but in much strife 207 Preachers and Players Preachers like Heraclite mourne for our sinne Prayers like Democrite at our faults grinne One alwaies laughs the other mournes alwaies One tells our faults the other our sinnes wayes 215 Schoole-boyes study When I was young I was a studying boy My study was when 't would be playing Day 216 Euery thing is as it takes If Archy should one foolishly aduise And it speed well he shall be iudged wise If wise aduice should come to an ill passe Though Cato's 't were he should be iudg'd an asse 217 How to handle griefe Grieue onely for those griefes which now thou hast T is too late for to grieue griefes that are past To grieue for griefes to come 't will too long last 223 The Poet of his Maecenas Not words for words good coyne he me affords Maecenas to his Poet. Hauing no coyne for coyne thou coynest words 225 Blind Homer Whe'r it be true that men doe write of thee That thou ne'r saw'st I 'm sure thy writings see 227 To goe about worse then the Goute Thou hast two diffring griefes I vnderstand One in thy feet th' other in thy wiues hand For when thy feet are fett'red with the goute Thy wiues sore nimble hand ferkes thee about 235 Pride is womans Colloquintida Learned neate young faire modest and bening Wert thou not proud thou wert a pretty thing 24 Of King Brute To Master Camden Bookes may be burnt and monuments decay My lines may dye and so in time thine may Yet whil'st some of the Brittaine blood shall liue The story of King Brute some will beleeue 246 To a couetous Carle Wealth thou hast scrap'd vp for a thousand yeares A hundred yeares is more then thou canst liue Yet to scrape vp more wealth thou bendst thy cares And thinkst a short life will long comfort giue Thou say'st If I liue long I shall be rich Liue I long I must dye should bee thy speach 247 Death and life are neere Neighbours One Natures skreene Death and life hang so neere As doth the muddy Earth to waters cleere Of lifes white Death blacke Nature makes one robe Euen as the Earth and Water makes one Globe 248 Moores Eutopia and Mercurius Brittanicus Moore shew'd the best the worst world 's shew'd by thee Thou shew'st what is and he shewes what should be 259. Vide ad Cor. vers HOPE FAITH CHARITY Epist. 1. cap. 13.8 13. We haue three ladders to helpe vs to heau'n One hath foure steps one fiue and one hath seu'n Hope reacheth to the Moone Faith to the Sunne But Charity doth reach vp to Gods Throne Addition Hope as the Moone is alwaies variable Faith as the Sunne more constant yet vnstable When both these with the World shall be consum'd Loue into endlesse ioyes shall be assum'd 249 Of himselfe Some men doe say I am a Poet no way They doe say true because the truth I say 254 The nullity of our Lawes How many lawes are made or rather none Not kept or not made we may count all one That former lawes be kept if an Act were That would be kept as all the others are 257 Besides women and children In holy Bible it is somewhere read Women and children were not reckoned And by the Ciuill and the Common Law Womens and childrens gifts are worth a straw VVomen and children are exempt from warre VVomen and children long-side coates doe weare And on the chins neither of them haue haire VVomen and children shead teares with much ease Faire words and toyes women and children please And last of Loue and Dallyance we may say Venus a VVoman was Cupid a Boy Addition A disparison betweene these Children fondly blab truth and fooles their brothers VVomen haue learn'd more wisdome from their mothers 258 Of those that make the Scripture a Nose of Waxe Doth holy Writ promise vs any good 'T is easily beleeu'd and vnderstood Doth it require ought or reprooue our sinne 'T is a hard speech wee haue no faith therein 262 The Harpe and Harrow of the Court An enuious and a flattering knaue These agree not though in one place they dwell Momus of none Gnatho of all speakes well 263 The foure efficient causes of man What is mans forme Onely a garish toy What is his matter Frailty and annoy ●hough for this cause we may these two neglect Making and finall cause we must respect 64 Deaths sweet and sowre To those that haue their liues in much mirth spent Death's sadnes is to sad men merriment Or thus To those that liue in sinne Death is good night Good morrow 't is to those that liue vpright 266 Death and life One way we liue Death many wayes is had All 's for the best Death is good life is bad 267 An old decrepit man A Builder Old and weake thou build'st many a faire roome What build'st thou now A house or else a Tombe 269 An Envious mans Charity The dead thou spar'st the liuing thou dost bite Yet rather then I 'd dye I 'le beare thy spite 273 Great Brittaine vnited euerlastingly As in beginning 't was is now agen Euer shall be till this world ends Amen FINIS An excellent Anagram on this excellent Poets name with the verses annexed translated Iohannes Audoenus

Why cause you else your Saints to weepe sweate bleed 57. Curious barly Brethren Those that will haue all Names out of Gods booke And hold all other Names in detest●tion Poore begging Lazarus Name these neuer tooke They more feare pouerty then Prophanation 58. A Scriuener on a Trotter Scriueners get most by riding trotting horses Copper-Ars and Gall for Inke towards their losses 59 Womens wise Teares Disburthening teares breeds sad hearts some reliefe And that 's one cause few Women dye of griefe 60. To my Reader If breuity my Reader doe displease I vse it more for his then for my ease 62. Youths conceit and Ages knowledge I thought my selfe wise when I was at Schoole But now I know I was and am a Foole. 63. Hearbe-grace commonly called Rewe Chast men with name of Hearbe of Grace this grac't Because thereby they thought they were kept chaste Some women hereupon did name it Rew. Because thereby they thought they lost their Due 64. To Writers of Hereticall and Keepers of false Books When yee before Gods Iudgemen Seat shall come Out of your owne books yee shall read your doome God need not to produce his owne True Booke For He doth daily on your False books looke 65. To a Periwiggian who hopes to gaine by some friends death Thou maist well hope to be some dead-mans heire For thou already wear'st some dead-mens haire 66. Gossipes and Good-wiues Whither goe these Good wiues so neat and trimme They goe a sipping or a gossiping Come hither Boy wipe cleane my Spectacles I shall see none of these Good-women else 67. A young Saint an old Deuill to a Contous old Man Thou changed art of late as I am told Lesse charitable growne as thou grow'st old Thy former good was heate of youth in thee For grace once rooted will grow like a Tree Which neuer can eradicated bee 68. A mad Wenches Iustice. Since not to be thy wiues head thou do'st scorne Thinke this as just The head must weare the Horne 69. Wee are Gods Husbandry or Gods crop out of a fortile Christian Soule A good Soule drest with Zeale plow'd vp with feare Water'd with Gods grace a large crop will beare The roote firme Faith Hope the blade spreading faire From these springs Loue into a large full eare The roote is sure the blade endures the storme With sheaues of Loue we must fill full Gods Barne 70. To a faire Whore When we doe see a woman sweetly faire We say that God hath done his part in her Thou passing faire but passing wicked art In thee therefore Satan hath play'd his part 71. Riches is now a dayes the House vpon Mens heads In elder times good Manners made a Man In our wise age good Mannors maketh one 72. Monyes Etymologie Mony that 's Mone I for when I haue none I pensiue am and sad and sigh and mone 73. The Treasure of the Church or the Popes Exchequor Wert not for the huge large imagin'd chest The Key whereof hangs at the Popes owne brest Where ouer-doers works are rang'd for buyers For prophane Traytors Gripers Leachers Lyers The Popes strong-bard-chest would be lin'd but thinne A bagge would serue to keepe his treasure in 74. A wicked contentious mans Epitaph None liuing lou'd him for his death none grieu'd Saue some say Griefe it was he so long liu'd 75. An Epitaph On euery well meaning man vndone by his kindnesse My rich heart made me Poore comforting Sad My helping Impotent my Goodnes Bad. 76. To one of Fortunes white Sonnes Thou hast liu'd many yeeres in perfect health Great friends thou hast for thou hast got much wealth All things fall pat with thee which thou would'st haue Were it not pitty thou should'st be a Knaue 77. Death and VVarre Warre begets Famine famine Plague plague Death War breathes forth woes but Death stops all woes breath Warre is great A of ills and Death is Z. In warres red Letters Deaths feast-dayes are read 78. The Popish Legend The Iewish Talmoud Mahomets Alcheron The Legend Talmoud and the Alcheron Are differing lyes for one intention They worke for differing works fram'd on one frame Like lewd large lyes fit for the whet-stone game One way they tend though seuerall wayes proceed Hee well beleeues who makes them not his Creed 79. To an Armenian Canary Bird. Thou that think'st good works in Gods nose so sauory What sauour think'st thou smells he in thy knauery 80. Faith without Works Works without Faith To beleeue and liue ill is but to thinke Without Faiths salt Good-works will quickly-stinke 81. Vngirt Vnblest Vngirt vnblest a Prouerbe old and good A true one too if rightly vnderstood Vnblest he shall be euerlastingly Who is not girt with Christian verily 82. True Chastity Not who doth not yet gladly would goe to it Is Chast but he that may and will not doe it 83. From hardnesse of heart good Lord deliuer vs. It s God alone that makes a tender heart To make hearts hard ours and the Deuils part 84. A perswasion to Heauen Where Heauen is all our Diuines agree They cannot well tell where Hells seate should bee Why should we not to knowne Heauen bend our race Rather then by sinne seeke an vnknowne place 85. To a namelesse Religious Friend Why dost thou euery Sermon Gods Word call Since Preachers broach damn'd errors flatter brawle Indeed thou maist Sermons this praise afford It is or should be Gods owne holy Word 86. To King IAMES King of Great Britaine c. of blessed memory Our Ministers in their Euangeling Praying for thee stile thee Great Brittaines King Our Lawyers pleading in Westminster Hall Of England and of Scotland King thee call For what great mystery I cannot see Why Law and Gospell should thus disagree Only I judge that Preachers giue thee thine By their Law it s as lawfull as Diuine 87. The most Catholike King of Spaine The Spanish King is stil'd Most Catholicke In it is hid a quaint mysterious tricke His meaning is not in Religion But he intends it in Dominion 88. What vse old Moones are put to What doth become of old Moones thou dost aske And where her borrowed influence she shades For me to tell thee t were too hard a taske A witty Wagge sayes They fill Womens heads 89. Little Legges and lesse wit At first me thought a wise man thou should'st be For Calfe about thee I could no where see T is thought thy Calfes are walkt into thy braine For all thy talke is in a Caluish vaine 90. Problematically prouing that the City of Rome is not the seat of CHRISTS Vicar Generall Since Christ his old choice Citie ruined 'Cause it despis'd Him and his Saints blood shed Why should He Rome with supreme Grace inable Who kil'd him and of his innumerable 91. I proue it thus Our Lord was Crucifi'd by Pilats doome His death was Roman and his Iudge of Rome And of his death the chiefe pretended cause Was for the breach of Romes Imperiall

Hercules on shore but Drake by Sea 43 The Diuine Though thou know much thy knowledge is but lost Vnlesse that other men know what thou know'st The Politician Though thou know much thy knowledge is but lost If any other man know what thou know'st 47 Women would haue their Will A Papist maid marrying a Lutheran Two sects much diff'ring in opinion She said Sweet heart be not vnkind to me All shall be well for I 'le be kind to thee Let me of my old Faith hold but free will In other points I shall your mind fulfill 54 An English Wife Let me set alwayes vppermost at boord The vppermost in bed I 'le you affoord Thus wee 'll deuide our rule I rule all day All night kind Husband you shall ouer-sway 57 A prating Companion Thou still ask'st leaue that still thy tongue may walke Thou need'st no leaue if thou would'st leaue to talke 64 The Order of the Golden Fleece Philip of Burgundy did first ordaine The Order of the Golden Fleece of Spaine He prophised when he this Order made For his heires since haue got the golden Trade 68 To Mistris Iane Owen a very learned Woman Of thy fiue sisters Iane I know but thee I onely haue heard what their number bee I cannot one of them by their names call Yet if they be like thee I know them all Addition Faire modest learned wise beyond my prayse Happy is he shall marry one of these 71 To one like neither of his Parents Why art thou so vnlike either of those Who thee begot with a ioynt willing close Whilst each did striue hard who should forme thee most Ill-fauouredly their fauours thou hast lost 72 Two Gallants that went to Venice vpon Returne Towards faire Venice both of yee are gone At your returne to receiue foure for one And now you are return'd to your owne Coast Your friends welcome you home vnto their cost 80 To a Drunken Rimer Thou drink'st and think'st drinke makes a man a Poet Thou think'st and drink'st thou art one by that diet Adde but two letters vnto Versifier And then thou art a drunken Vers-defiler 81 More Epistle then Gospell Full often thy Epistles I receiue Thou seldome writest Gospell I perceiue 88 Naked Loue. Natures preserue from cold as with a freeze The ground with grasse and corne with barke green trees With feathers birds and beasts with wooll and haire Where Nature wants Art couering doth prepare Why then loues Loue her naked to vnfold The nakeder she is she 's the lesse cold 89 The Exchequer Collected Coyne into the Exchequer flowes As fresh streames daily to the salt Sea goes From thence coyne is disperst by secret veines As through the Earth the Sea refils vp streames Yet neuer will this Sea be satisfide These riuers by their tribute neuer dride 94 This Worlds Wisdome Who 's rich The wise Who 's poore The foolish man If I were wise I should haue riches than Who 's wise The rich And who 's a foole The poore If I were rich I should be wise therefore 102 To play and study together When I handle a graue and serious thing Lightly and slightly I play studying When I light and slight triuiall matters way Too seriously I study in my play 104 To fault-finding and enuious Zoilus Praises are praised Louers loued are If thou commend vs we will speake thee faire Loue vs hereafter we will for thee care 111 The Couetous Man Thy gold is lockt vp in thy iron chest Thy loue is blockt vp in thy iron brest 115 The Plague in England 1603. This hungry leane Plague did so many eate That we shall hardly finde a new plague meate 116 To a very faire Woman If that thou wert as rich as thou art faire Then no one liuing could with thee compare If thou hadst liu'd in time of Trojan warres For thee more iustly had been all those iarres Addition on my Author Rare faire was She to whom he this affords Or he disposed to giue her faire words 122 A phantasticall Courtier Of wise men thou art thought a foolish Elfe Fooles thinke thee wise what think'st thou of thy selfe 124 A hansome Whore Would ' thou wert not so faire or better giuen Then a faire Whore there 's nought worse vnder heau'n 126 To Bald-pate Thou hast lost all thy haire vpon thy pate Thy faithlesse forhead is in the same state Before behinde all thy haires being fled What hast thou bald-pate for to lose Thy head 127 Nolens volens Claudius might soone be honest if he would Lynus would be vnhonest if he could 131 On a couetous Gowty-fist If thou a gift giu'st to this Clung-fist man Hee 'l finde a hundred hands though he haue none But if thou for thy gift a gift do'st craue No hand he hath though hundred hands he haue 132 Kings Misery Whil'st some dares not tell him the truth of things And those that may nought but placebo sings How miserable is the state of Kings 133 Might and Right Might ouercomes Right and Right masters Might Yet change one letter Right makes Might Might Right 137 On a Scalded ill-fauored Knaue In a knowne part hot Venus branded thee That thou some where might'st in her liuery heel 138 To Adr. V. Thy laughing Epigrams ridiculous Make vs not smile but laughter cause in vs. They haue no iests the Reader laughs at that Because ther 's nothing worth the laughing at 148 Sir Francis Drakes Epitaph If Romish bloody superstition Should for our sinnes into our Land returne And that they should vse their vile fashion Their aduersaries bodies for to burne Braue Drake thy body in the Sea lies free From their bold beastly bloody cruelty Addition Alluding to the Legend of the floating Lady of Loretto Except some Loret Miracle doe float thee 157 Of Virgils Georgicks Thy verses Maro Husbandry expresse Thou dost thy Readers grounds and his wit dresse 158 To Poet Persius Persius when I sometimes thy verses touch Thy sence I see not thy darke lines are such Thou dost neglect thy Reader too-too much 160 To Poet Martiall Thou iest'st at things yet men thou dost not wrong No gall much honey flowes from thy salt tongue 161 To excellent Poet Petrack of his Laura As often as thy Laura shall be read Amongst thy Readers 't will be questioned Whether thy Laura Lawrell doth deserue Better then thou that didst her so well serue 172 On his owne Epigrams to Samuel Daniel most witty Poet. 'T is not strange if my Epigrams be meane I doe not bite my nailes nor beate my braine 177 Hunger makes meate taste sweetest If with much pleasure thou would'st eate thy meate Be hungry then before the meate thou eate 181 Satyrs and Epigrams Satyrs are Epigrams but larger drouen Epigrams Satyrs are but closer wouen An Epigram must be Satyricall A Satyr must be Epigrammicall 183 Deafe and Blind Deafe men looke wilde blind men thrust out their eare Blind with eares see Deafe with their eyes doe heare 189