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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

the next Heire Our feares so sodainly to ioyes did passe We cannot well tell in what yeere it was This yeere our iust victorious Warre did cease And we enioy'd a sought-for proff'red Peace Assoone as our wise Debora was gont God sent this Land a Peacefull Salomon Our warlike Pallas hauing rul'd her dayes Apollo came adorn'd with learned Bayes Lastly herein our Chronogram doth hold This yeere we chang'd our Siluer into Gold Siluer a female is Gold masculine Good God lengthen strengthen this golden Lyne If any wise man iudge it otherwise I may well iudge that Wiseman ouerwise 7. Of the Great and Famous euer to bee honoured Knight Sir Francis Drake and of my little-little selfe The Dragon that our Seas did raise his Crest And brought back heapes of gold vnto his nest Vnto his Foes more terrible then Thunder Glory of his age After-ages wonder Excelling all those that excell'd before It 's fear'd we shall haue none such any more Effecting all he sole did vndertake Valiant iust wise milde honest godly Drake This man when I was little I did meete As he was walking vp Totnes long Street He ask'd me whose I was I answer'd him He ask'd me if his good friend were within A faire red Orange in his hand he had He gaue it me whereof I was right glad Takes and kist me and prayes God blesse my boy Which I record with comfort to this day Could he on me haue breathed with his breath His gifts Elias-like after his death Then had I beene enabled for to doe Many braue things I haue a heart vnto I haue as great desire as e're had hee To ioy annoy friends foes but 't will not be 8. To the right Reuerend Father in God Ioseph Hall by Gods especiall prouidence Lord Bishop of Exceter Borne in a Christian new Plantation These kneele to you for Confirmation To you they come that you might them adorne Their Father in your Diocesse was borne 9. To the Reuerend and diuinely witty Iohn Dun Doctor in Diuinity Deane of Saint Pauls London As my Iohn Owen Seneca did praise So might I for you a like piller raise His Epigrams did nothing want but verse You can yours if you list that way rehearse His were neat fine diuine morality But yours pure faithfull true Diuinity 10. Aristotles ten Predicaments to be reduced into questions is an excellent rule for examining any busines for matter of iustice To the hopefull and right worthy young Gentleman Thomas Smith of Long Ashton in the County of Sommerset Esq. The thing how much conditions of the men For what cause what was done who suffer'd then Where when their postures how clad foule or cleane 11. Their vse Who hath power of examinations If he desire to finde out guilty ones Let him reduce these into questions So if to finde out truth be his intent Before that all these questions be spent The guilty's brought in a Predicament 12. The cause of Dedication Strange not that I these Lines to you haue sent I know your worth will make you eminent Grace Wisedome Learning Vertue you haue store Were you not modest I could say much more 13. To the Reuerend Learned and Iudicious Thomas Worall Doctor in Diuinity and Chapaline to the right Reue. Father in God George L. Bishop of London Of my reprehending Epigrams It is for one of your gifts and your place To looke bold-staring-black sinne in the face To wound and launce with the two-edged blade To clense and heale those wounds that you haue made Yet suffer me with my sharp-merry pinne To prick the blisters of some itching sinne And though Diuines iustly loose Rymes condemne My tart smart chiding Lines doe not contemne 14. To the Reuerend my worthy ingenious friend Mr. Abel Louering one of the Preachers of the Word of God at Bristoll Of my commending Epigrams Those I commend you would commend them too If you did know them truely as I doe Preachers like you may praise men at their ends Laymen like me may praise wise-liuing friends 15. To a Reuerend and witty friend Since few yeeres studying hath improu'd your wit That for the place you hold you are held fit When you preach you preach sweetly and compleat And other things you doe smooth witty neate What place in Church would you not fitly hallow If you your study soberly would follow 16. Of Epigrams Short Epigrams rellish both sweet and sowre Like Fritters of sowre Apples and sweet flowre 17. To the wise and Learned Sir Iohn Stradling Knight Baronet the Author of diuers Diuine Heroicall printed Poems Robert Fitz-Heman drew your Ancestor To Wales to be his fellow Conqueror And Robert Hayman would draw all your worth If he true knowledge had to lymme it forth Wise Sir I know you not but by relation Sauing in this which spreads your reputation Your high diuine sweet straines Poeticall Which crownes adornes your noble vertues all Therein to dight a full Feast you are able Whilst I fit Fritters for Apollo's Table 18. To Master Beniamin Iohnson Witty Epigrammatist and most excellent Poet. My Epigrams come after yours in time So doe they in conceipt in forme in Ryme My wit 's in fault the fault is none of mine For if my will could haue inspir'd my wit There neuer had beene better Verses writ As good as yours could I haue ruled it 19. To one of my neate Readers Thou say'st my Verses are rude ragged rough Not like some others Rymes smooth dainty stuffe Epigrams are like Satyres rough without Like Chessnuts sweet take thou the kernell out Satyres 20. To the acute Satyrist Master George Wither The efficient cause of Satyres are things bad Their matter sharpe reproofes instructions sad Their forme sowre short seuere sharp roughly clad Their end is that amendment may be had 21. To the same Mr. George Wither of his owne Satyres What cause you had this veine too high to straine I know not but I know it caus'd your paine Which causeth others wisely to refraine Yet let some good cause draw you on againe You strip and whip th' ill manners of the times So hansomely that all delight your Rymes 22. To my right worthy friend Mr. Michael Drayton whose vnwearied old Muse still produceth new dainties When I was young I did delight your lines I haue admyr'd them since my iudging times Your younger muse plai'd many a dainty fit And your old muse doth hold out stoutly yet Though my old muse durst passe through frost and snow In warres your old muse dares her Colours shew 23. To my worthy and learned good friend Mr. Iohn Vicars who hath translated part of Mr. Owens Epigrams Who hath good words and a warme brooding pate Shall easier hatch neate new things then translate He that translates must walke as others please Writing our owne we wander may at ease 24. To my good friend Mr. T. B. Vintner at the signe of the Sunne in

Ad annos Noë vives ALthough that this cannot be said of you Yet of your booke this Anagram is true D. Du Tr. Med. This of thee and thy booke auerd may be Thou mak'st thy booke liue and thy booke makes thee Iohn Rosse I.C. D. Du Med. his Latine Distick to the Readers translated Art thou a Clerke or Lay-man Reade thou these They will both profit you and you both please One of mine owne to the same purpose Art thou a merry man or art thou sad To sute you both fit stuffe may hence be had Praise-worthy verses of Learned Mistris Iane Owens of Oxford in praise of my Iohn Owen translated out of her Latine It was and is Poets quaint property To carpe at men and womens vanity Yet this I iudge Thy salt lines merit it Both men and women will commend thy wit To the same learned Woman whose vertues I reuerence I dedicate this Encomiastick I 'd rather haue thy praises on my side Then any Womans I doe know beside Thy wit and iudgement is more iust and able Then many miriads of the vnlearned rabble FINIS SEVERALL SENTENTIOVS EPIGRAMS AND WITTY SAYINGS OVT of sundry Authors both Ancient and Moderne TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AT HARBOR-Grace in Bristols-Hope in Brittaniola Anciently called New-found-land By R. H. PAX OPVLENTIAM SAPIENTIA PACEM FK LONDON Printed by Felix Kyngston for Roger Michell and are to be sold at the Buls-head in Pauls Church-yard 1628. A WEAKE APOLOGIE FOR MY WEAKENESSE in these following Translations WE think it no strang thing nor do we laugh To see an old weake man walke with a staffe I that could with strong legs runne a large fit Must now with short turnes rest on others wit TRANSLATIONS OVT OF SEVERALL AVTHORS Beauties Excellencie VErtue to all complections giueth Grace But Vertue graced is by a good face The Deuils hospitality Satan keepes open house though sorry cheere His blacke-wicket stands open all the yeere A Rule for periured lecherous Votaries If that against your Oathes you must needs doe To 't closely then that none may sweare 't was you Cares Birth In yonger yeeres black melancholy Cares Breeds with hard throwes hoare white abortiue haires A scuruy comfort It is a comfort though a scuruy one To haue companions in affliction Womens leuity What 's lighter then the wind Thunder you know What 's lighter then that cracke Lightning I trow What 's lighter then that flame Why sure a Woman What 's lighter now then that Nay that knowes no man To answer him who wrought this in defence of those women who can well enough defend themselues Good wiues I thinke the man that made this Iest Ne'r felt the weight of your words nor your fist Dangerous Weapons There are not kild so many by the sword As by the throat by meate drinke and the cord A merry Mate A merry Way-mate that can tale and skoch With a tyr'd horse is better then a C'roach Patience prouoked If doubled wrongs inflame cold Patience blood Her mildnesse will conuert to a mad mood Womens properties To weepe oft still to flatter sometimes spin Are properties women excell men in To this women may answer We weepe for pittie and we speake men faire And of their houshold thrift we haue great care Yet enuious men our credits would impaire Froward nature Deny a thing fond men the more will craue it Deny a woman and shee 'l cry or haue it In defence of these soft Creatures Alas good Creatures teares are all their Armes To beat backe griefe and to reuenge their harmes Miserable want Luxurious men may want particulars But misers all things want except their cares Impatible wrong Those that wrong other men beyond all measure Will take wrongs done to them in great displeasure Law and Fortunes difference Wise Law corrects those that commit offence Blind giddie Fortune plagueth innocence A miserable Comforter He that can helpe his friend but with his breath Is in the case of him he comforteth A Rule for Trauellers Being at Rome I hold it good discretion In manners and in clothes to vse their fashion And when that thou art any other-where 'T is fit to vse the fashion thou find'st there A Riddle My Mother got me I beget my Mother Alternately thus we beget each other Womens Teares When women weepe in their dissembling Art Their teares are sawce to their malicious heart I answer for women He that wrote this was sure some sawcie Iacke Against your Sex malice he did not lacke Necessity Necessity hath no law no not any Yet shee the Mother is to a great many Doubly-guilty He that commits a shamefull hainous fact Is doubly-guilty by that single act Necessary Restitution Thy sinnes be sure will on thy backe remaine Till thy ill-got goods thou giue backe againe Ranke couetousnesse The ranke desire of money growes alwayes Faster then money's coyned now adayes Natures frailtie I see and doe allow the better way Yet still I know not how I goe astray Miserable misery of miseries Three times vnhappy is that man at least To whom milde Mercie 's an vnwelcome guest Innocencies Comfort For a good cause to dye is honest shame Although a halter should procure the same Preachers principall properties That Preacher with a liuely voyce doth preach That with his life as well as voyce doth teach How to end well He surely hath his businesse halfe well done Who hath at first his bus'nesse well begun On a pretty Virgins Virginall Posie Musicke is a sad minds Physicion If a faire maide be the Musicion Blind Ignorance Blinder then Cupid is he in desire In whom blind ignorance puts out the fire Womens Credit A woman is not to be credited If you will credit me though shee be dead That women be not angry with me nor my Author Mine Author makes a man speake this in snuffe Himselfe was wise he knew you well enough Teares Vanity Our outward Teares may show our inward woes They are a poore reuenge against our foes Fortunes Flowers Whil'st wealth doth last great store of friends thou hast If thou it waste thou soone may'st tell the last Armour against lust If thou from idle thoughts canst guard thy heart Thou mak'st it Musket-proofe 'gainst Cupids dart Anger The sting-taild small Muscheeto hath his spleene The busie Ant sometimes is angry seene A Builders Humor He buildeth vp what he threw to the ground And changeth former foure-squares into round Truths and flatteries effects Flattery gets Friends and Truth gets Enemies Soft and proud fooles this Adage verifies Exemplified Flatter an easie foole on you he 'll doate Tell a proud foole his faults hee 'll cut your throat Refractory nature Dull Oxen long

Too much too little hurts Light Corne beares ground that 's not with dressing dight Without some learning wit growes vaine and light As too much dressing cause weeds ranck and bad So too much Learning makes a quicke wit mad 21. Greatnes and Loue moue not in one Spheare Greatnes soares vpward Loue is downeward mou'd Hence 't is that Greatnes Loues not nor is Lou'd 22. To an enuied Fauorite right worthy of his preferment Enuious and bad 'gainst vertue goodnesse fight Would Good and wise did vnderstand you right 23. To a casheard Fauorite who hath deserued his disgrace I grieue at thy disgrace blush at thy shame But this drawes teares Thou hast deseru'd the same 24. How Little how Great The least of all the fixed Stars they say Is some times bigger then the earth and Sea Poore little I that from earth haue my birth Am but a clod compared to the Earth How little now how great shall I be then When I in Heauen like to a Starre shall shine 25. On Young weekely Newes-writers old Chroniclers Currantiers lye by Vbiquity But Chroniclers lye by Authority Newes-writers Trauellers are Historians old Trauellers and old men to lye may be bold Not then Not there cannot their lyes vnfold 26. Conscience Whilst concious men of smallest sinnes haue ruth Bold sinners count great Sinnes but tricks of youth 27. To a weake braind Good-fellow Thy braine is weake strong drinke thou canst not beare Follow my Rule Strong drinke doe thou forbeare 28. The only Foundation Rocke of Christs Church To the Diuines of Rome Out of the Creed wherein we both consent Peter I proue is not the Rocke Christ ment Doe we belieue in God of all the maker In that the Iew with vs is a partaker Doe we belieue that Christ was borne and dy'd And that he was vnjustly Crucifi'd The Turke beleues so and sayes he did stand Till theirs came mediating at Gods right hand That he shall Iudge all that beleeue in him Both Iew and Turke Forgiuenes of all sinne Belieue the fleshes Resurrection The blessed Saints holy Communion And life eternall almost as we doe And that their Church is Catholicke and true They doe beleeue the Spirits influence Though not like vs but in a larger sense But all within our Creed which doth conduce To proue Christ Iesus is the only sluce Of our Saluation and Gods only Sonne In that we Christians doe beleeue alone This is the Rocke whereon Christs Church is built Take away this all our Faiths frame will tylt And this was Peters wise confession Whence I deduce this firme conclusion Not Peter his confession the Rock is And Christ said not On Thee but Vpon This. 29. An honest wrong'd Mans Meditations Since for my Loue Friends me vnkindly serue God will not vse me as I doe deserue 30. The good effects of Corrections Sea-water though 't be salt salt meates makes fresh So doth correction our ill liues redresse 31. Preachers Fame and Ayme Young Preachers to doe well doe take much paine That all may doe well is old Preachers ayme 32. To the Reader This one fault Reader pardon and endure If striuing to be briefe I grow obscure 33. A Christian Meditation I hope and I doe faithfully beleeue That God in loue will me Saluation giue I hope and my assured firme faith is God will accept my Loue to him and his I hope by faith his Loue will me afford All this only through Iesus Christ our Lord. 34. A Messe of Mistakers Lewd loose large lust is loue with Familists Papists chiefe Hope in their owne workes consists Some Protestants on barren Faith relye Atheists haue no Faith Hope nor Charity 35. An Appendix to this Epigram Loue is the fruite Hope the leaues Faith the tree Who hath a perfect Faith hath all these three Only by such a Faith men saued be 36. A Guilty Conscience When God did call to Adam Where art thou He meant not thereby where or in what place God knew in which bush he was well enough But Where art Adam that is In what case 37. To giue the Church of Rome her due To a Separatist Though thou art loth to put it in thy Creed The Church of Rome is a true Church indeed So is a Thiefe a true truely a man Although he be not truely a true one How is it else that Children there baptizde By other Christians Christians are agnizde 38. To Quick siluer headded Innouators Because of the vncertainty of Wits Our Law commands a certainty in Writs For as good cause is our Church Lythurgie Wisly reduced to a certainty If that were yeelded to that some men seeke We should haue new Church-Seruice euery weeke 39. Faire Good Wiues Cleare-skind true colour'd Wiues with exact features With wise mild chaste Soules are the best of Creatures 40. Faire Shrewes Cleare-skind faire colour'd Wiues with exact features With shrewd lew'd wild minds are the worst of creatures 41. A Probleme hereupon If fine flesh be so ill with an ill mind What is a foule outside thus inward lin'd 42. A Trestick to these three Disticks by way of Answer To all constant Batchelers especially to my Good Friend Mr. Roger Michell Caribdis one the other Sylla is And though the first an harbour be of blisse You steare the safest course these Rockes to misse 43. To an honest old doting Man such as I may be if I liue a little longer A Lyer should haue a good memory For want of it thou vtterest many a Lye Thou dost remember many things in great But the particulars thou dost forget Thou tell'st thy Lyes without ill thought or paine Th' are no malicious Lyes nor Lyes for gaine 44. A Crue of Cursing Companions To the Bishop of Rome With Bell Booke Candle each Ascension day Thou cursest vs who for thee yeerely pray But on good Fryday the Greeke Patriark Doth banne thee branding thee with this lewd marke He stiles thee Father of Corruption Of Ancient Fathers the corrupting One They saw long since thy knauish forgery As we now see thy Purging Knauery 45. To the same man He that doth dead Saints Reliques Idolize Their liuing writings lewdly falsifies 46. Enuies Dyet Old wits haue seuerall wayes drest Enuies food Each hath his sawce if rightly vnderstood Her owne heart her owne flesh A Toade A Bone Which she deuoureth sitting all alone Though these are faire This dish doth me best please When I find her gnawing a wreathe of Bayes For her chiefe food Is well deserued praise 47. To a hansome Whore One told me what a pretty face thou hast And it 's great pitty that thou art not chaste But I did tell him that did tell it me That if thou wert not Faire thou chaste wouldst be 48. The mad life of a mad Sea-man of Warre He liues and thriues by death and by decay He drinkes sweares curseth sometimes he doth pray That he may meet somewhat to be his prey And spends the rest in sleepe

Sunday Sunday I 'le call that day spite of precise In which the glorious Sonne of God did rise 191 Fashions in Clothes Old out-worne fashions young mens fashion growes And old men weare late strange new fashion clothes 193 The commodity of a silly Sheepe If leather flesh milke compost dice or cords Or wooll you want all this a Sheepe affords An Egge which though it be mine owne I 'le adde to this because it goes to the same tune If flesh or skinne or bones feathers or strings Or blood you want all this one round Egge brings To mine Author a little to be merry with him When I did write this I did thinke vpon The Egge sup't vp by thine owne Countryman 196 Parret and Prater Parret and Prater iumpe iust in their names One to the other are right Anagrams 200 Satyrs and good Lawes haue one originall cause Good Lawes and Satyrs from one cause proceed Wicked behauiour both of them doth breed Addition These ends are alike Tart byting Satyrs haue the selfe-same end That good Lawes haue bad manners to amend 203 A Merchants account Or rich or poore account my selfe I may Whilst with my goods I trust the Bankrout Sea 204 Lust. In the darke foule Sluts are esteemed faire Blind lust is cause thereof not the darke ayre 213 Eccho Caruing nor painting cannot expresse words Yet prating Eccho that quaint-art affords 214 Looking-glasse To expresse Motion Painting is nought worth My Looking-glasse can liuely set it forth 215 Eccho and Looking-glasse Nothing of man but voyce Eccho affords My Looking-glasse wants nothing else but words 217 A good Chapman I gaue thee three books three pounds thou gau'st me No man hath bought my books as deare as thee 218 To the blessed Memory of King Iames the happy Vniter of this so long-diuided Iland of Great Brittaine Great Brittaine seuer'd from the World by Sea Was in it selfe diuided many a day In many Kingdomes and in many parts Which did diuide her people and their harts Vnhappy then was parted Albion Happy in Thee for in Thee All-be-on Addition to King Iames. Oft haue I wish'd O pardon my wishing That thou hadst stil'd thy selfe All-be-ons King PART OF MASTER IOHN OWENS EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED into ENGLISH THE THIRD BOOKE Epig. 4. The happy Virgin-issue of Blessed Queene Elizabeth SCotland with England was twinn'd happily In the blest birth of thy Virginity To vnite is more blessed then to breed From thy not-bearing this birth did proceed 9 To the vertuous Lady Mary Neuil Daughter to the Earle of Dorset his worthy Patronesse Thy glasse presents thee faire Fame Chast thee stiles Neither thy Glasse nor Fame doe lye the whiles Loud-wide-mouth'd Fame swifter then Eagles wing Dares not report against thee any thing 10 To the same right worthy Lady of her little Daughter Cicill To limme soules beauty painting is nought-worth This pretty Image liuely sets thine forth 11 To the white-handed Reader My good excell my bad ones well may passe Such grace white Reader thy kind iudgement has 12 To the black-mouth'd Reader My meane are nought my bad intolerable Thy enuy doth black Reader them disable 18 Diues and Lazarus The rich man hath in Gods Booke but his shame Poore Lazarus in Gods Booke hath his Name 22 The Spirit and Flesh. The Spirit this the Flesh drawes me that way Caesar and Ioue in me beare seuerall sway If there were once a good Peace 'twixt these two In Earth there would not be so much adoe 24 Gods Sight and mans ouer-sight Men few things see God all things doth fore-see God seldome speakes but men still prating bee 25 The broad and narrow Way Heau'ns Way is narrow but Heau'ns Roomes are broad Hells way is large but narrow his aboade Who goes not the straite Way to the broad place The broad will bring him in a narrow case 30 A Catechisme We must beleeue twelue and we must do ten And pray for seuen if we 'll be godly men 31 Rich mens Repentance Why are so many rich men to Hell sent They repent nothing but their Mony spent 35 Wisedome Iustice and Fortitude He 's wise who knowes much iust who iust doth deale He valiant is who knowes and dares doe well 37 To Camber-Brittone Wales Scotland England now are ioynd in one Henceforth Wales is not Brittany alone 41 Christ Iesus God and Man Because the purer God-head could not dye Nor could the impure Man-hood satisfie Therefore our wise God suffered bodily 45 Adams fall was our thrall Since our first Parent Father Adams fall Our bodies goods and soules are thus in thrall Diuines haue got the sway ouer our soules Physicions bodies Lawyers goods controwle 47 A good Preacher The mornings trusty Herauld Chantecleare Before he tells vs that the day is neere Russels himselfe stretching forth euery wing And then his good newes lowdly he doth sing So a good Preacher shoud rouze himselfe then When he intends to stirre vp other men 65 Niggard and prodigall Niggards nothing will giue whil'st they haue breath Vnthrifts haue nothing to giue after death 76 Old Criticks New Phantasticks His enuy is too grosse who likes no new diuice And he that likes nothing but new his enuy is too nice 77 A Christians Death As in a way Death doth vs to life bring Death 's no enterring but an entering 80 Holinesse is better then Learning To reade Saints liues and not liue like them holy Doth not respect but doth neglect them wholly 82 An Atheists godlinesse Thou hast no Faith on any thing that 's past Nor dost thou hope on any thing at last But on the present all thy Loue is plast 84 The diuers effects of praise Praise doth improue the Good man hurts the Bad Infatuates Fooles makes wise the crafty Lad. 86 The Enuious and the Foolish man The foole wants wit the enuious a good mind Whil'st this sees not the other will be blind 96 Diuine Vertue Vertue an act is not an idle breath In workes not words are found Loue Hope and Faith 105 Young Dayes Then now time was when first of all time was When the new world was fram'd out of the masse Now tell me Reader of Antiquities Are these the elder or the newer dayes 106 Desire and haue Would'st thou doe good continue thy good will He that gaue thee desire will giue thee skill 108 Good men are better then wise men Wise men are wiser then good men What then 'T is better to be better then wise men 110 Much Preaching To Preachers 'T is signe of much ill where much preaching needs For what needs preaching where you see good deeds A reply to mine Author Yes preaching may doe good where goodnesse growes T' incourage to confirme to comfort those 112 Eloquence Not he that prates and takes a foule great deale Is eloquent but hee that talketh well As that is not good ground that ranke weeds beares But that which breeds good grasse or great full eares 116 Loue comes by seeing Faith comes

That saying of thy Nature is not ment 95 To an one-eyed Souldier Of thy two eyes thou now hast left but one Which by his moistnesse alway seemes to mone One eye being lost why alway weeps the other Because that in the warres he lost his brother 96 Why there is no peace in Europe Princes make warre and soone their warres doe cease Oft times they warre to haue the better peace Diuines striue and with Venome fill their veines With gall their stomackes and with spite their braines Longer and worse they warre with quills and words Then Princes vse to doe with fire and swords 97 An Antidote lest women should be proud When thou thy faire face see'st in thy fine glasse Be not puft vp because it beauty has Brittle and fraile is thy faire fine neate feature How like thy fine glasse art thou pretty Creature 100 Natures Horizon Two Elements we see not fire and aire Water and Earth wee see 'cause they are neere So wee know men and beasts that are below High Angels highest God we doe not know 105 An ambo dexter A Fencer with a two-hand Scabberd If Pompey ouercome I am his man If Caesar winne I 'm a Caesarian 113 A Kings behauiour To King Iames. All subiects in their manners follow Kings What they doe bids forbearing forbids things A Kings behauiour swayes his subiects lyues As the first moouer all the fixt starres driues 114 The head is worth all the body besides To King Iames. Reason and senses in the head resides Nothing in man worth any thing besides 115 Kings feare Death What Kings feare most what men feare them to tell Fame boldly tells them and the passing Bell. 118 A Losing Gaine Adam did lose a rib to get a wife Poore gaine by her he lost eternall Life 119 Head Tyres Huge high-topt-wyres and tyres with toyes bespred Doe rather build then beautifie the head 121 The East and Westerne Churches The right hand Faith is in the worlds left Coast The right hand of the world hath left faith most 127 To his Reader Thirsty those are that doe eat salt meats first Would my salt lines might cause in thee such thirst 128 How to rule a wife Who begs not nor commands what he would haue His wife is not his Mistresse nor his slaue Addition A Probleme Yet some are so ill-natur'd or ill bred With whom request commands threats haue ill sped What bit is fit for beasts that so take head 131 To Anabaptists and such kind of mealy Brethren You build no Churches Churches you destroy This Zeale doth not heale but Christs Church annoy The Spirit you say doth presse you fiercely on What spirit is your spirit then A-badd-on 132 Alchymists folly God at the first of nothing all things wrought Our Alchymists reduce all things to nought 136 The Crosse in Cheapside ouer against Saint Peters and Pauls Crosse in the Booke-row Why is Saint Peters guilt Pauls crosse of lead Vnder Pauls Crosse are golden Lectures read 140 Seneca the Philosopher Thy writings are fine Epigrams in face They nothing want but Poets cinquepace 141 To the honourable wise iudicious Knight Sir Henry Neuil Sonne and Heire to the Lord of Aberguenny I thinke I heard you once say at your boord That your taste the sharp taste of salt abhord Wise Sir you need not to eat salt Wherefore All your wise talke hath salt in it good store 144 Contention is fit to dwell no where In heauen or Hell is no dissention In Heauen all good in Hell ill euery one In earth mens diuers dispositions Doe cause both long and strong diuisions Therefore the earth shall be quite emptied And heauen and hell be fully peopled 147 The poore mans poore comfort To a rich man Vnconstant Fortune quickly changeth cheare Hence springs my future Hope thy present Feare 149 The Heart Why is the right side of the Heart bereft And on the left plac'd Wisedome it hath left 156 The Worlds blacke Saunts or Musicke for the Deuill The World 's so full of shrill-voyc'd iangling Of deepe repyning and base murmuring The Base so deepe the Treble is so high That Meane and Tenor we cannot discry 159 The world growes worse and worse Our Syres were worse then theirs we worse then they For still the World growes worser eu'ry day If our posterity grow worse then we A worser race then theirs there cannot be 160 Londons Loadstone As Thames deuoures many small brookes and rills Soe smaller Townes with their wealth London fills But though that Thames empts it selfe in the Sea Wealth once at London neuer runnes a way 162 Fooles and Dwarfes Though wit or vertue haue in vs no treasure Yet we are Great mens sports and Great mens pleasure 163 Euery man is full of care Poore men haue care because that they are poore Rich men haue wealth and haue much care therefore Who hath no wife takes great care to haue one Who hath a wife hath more then who hath none 171 The blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of Christ Iesus A blessed Virgin that 's thy common Name Aboue all Women blest that is thy fame Thy Virgins blessed State had me nought wonne Had'st thou not beene the Mother of thy Sonne 173 New fashions in words Old words are new reuiu'd and those shall dye Which now are in discoursing prized high And with bold flights in our set speeches fly Our now new pleasant words will not please long Because they cannot still continue young And other newer words will them out-throng 180 To an Old Churle Thou that did'st neuer doe good any way When wilt begin to doe good Thou dost say When I dye to the poore I le leaue my state Who 's not wise till he dyes is wise too late 182 A fearefull Soules flesh-farewell Why should the immortall soule feare bodies death Feares shee to expire with the bodies breath Or feares she going hence she must resort To long long punishment but iudgement short Cold shaking feare of the hot fire of hell Makes this sad soule loth bid the flesh farewell Addition A good Christians Soules Flesh-farewell A thought so base hath not that soule surpriz'd Who knowes the flesh shall be immortaliz'd He feares no punishment who is assur'd Before he dye his pardon is procur'd Body and soule thus chear'd by Gods grace Part like friends pointing a new meeting place Therefore who hopes for Heauen and feares not Hell May chearefully bid the fraile flesh farewell An Epigram on both these Hee feares not death who hopes for Heauens glory He may feare Death that feareth purgatory Or he that thinkes this life shall end his story A Prayer hereupon Good dreadfull God though I liue fearefully Yet when I dye make me dye cheerefully 183 A woman may be too proud If I should praise thee thou wouldst prouder grow And thou already art too proud I trow 184 A muck-Worme Heau'n still views thee and thou shouldst it still view God gaue Heau'n lights and hath