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A05458
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Chrestoleros Seuen bookes of epigrames written by T B.
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Bastard, Thomas, 1565 or 6-1618.
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thou_o do_v live_v give_v life_n unto_o my_o pen_n which_o when_o thou_o die_v will_v pay_v it_o the_o again_o epigr._fw-la 22._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la reader_n i_o grant_v i_o do_v not_o keep_v the_o law_n of_o rhyme_v in_o my_o verse_n but_o i_o have_v cause_n i_o turn_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o end_n sometime_o lest_o he_o that_o like_v they_o not_o shall_v call_v they_o rhyme_n epigr._fw-la 23._o de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la pveris_fw-la in_o furnace_n ignea_fw-la what_o be_v the_o child_n nabucadnessar_n which_o walk_v in_o the_o furnace_n thou_o do_v see_v be_v each_o a_o angel_n or_o a_o heavenly_a star_n above_o the_o act_n of_o nature_n sovereignty_n be_v they_o three_o wedge_n of_o the_o fine_a goold_n which_o the_o heaven_n treasurer_n do_v so_o desire_v or_o have_v they_o power_n to_o turn_v the_o heat_n to_o cold_a be_v they_o three_o salamander_n in_o the_o fire_n the_o flame_n be_v martyr_v with_o her_o heat_n spend_v and_o the_o fire_n suffer_v for_o the_o innocent_a epigr._fw-la 24._o epitaphum_fw-la cannij_fw-la of_o fighting_z cannius_n here_o lie_v the_o bone_n which_o never_o receive_v the_o lie_n but_o one_o he_o think_v to_o avenge_v he_o he_o draw_v forth_o his_o sword_n he_o venture_v his_o life_n upon_o a_o bare_a word_n now_o i_o say_v he_o lie_v in_o he_o the_o cause_n be_v have_v he_o take_v that_o lie_n he_o have_v not_o take_v this_o epigr._fw-la 25_o our_o water_n drake_n long_a sea_n strange_a ieopardy_n farr_n country_n great_a attempt_n have_v overtake_v he_o pay_v his_o life_n there_o whence_o his_o glory_n come_v adorn_v he_o india_n for_o in_o thou_o he_o lie_v we_o have_v a_o worthy_a worthy_a of_o our_o state_n and_o will_v not_o leave_v our_o water_n for_o our_o drake_n epigr._fw-la 26._o indie_n which_o so_o long_o fear_v now_o have_v our_o drake_n her_o fear_n lie_v bury_v in_o her_o golden_a sand_n which_o we_o will_v oft_o revisit_v for_o his_o sake_n till_o we_o have_v ransom_v he_o out_o of_o her_o hand_n you_o which_o will_v venture_v for_o a_o goolden_a prey_n go_v on_o brave_a lad_n by_o water_n be_v your_o way_n epigr._fw-la 27._o in_o cultum_fw-la reliquiarum_fw-la to_o seek_v thou_o in_o thy_o tomb_n sweet_a jesu_n when_o the_o woman_n with_o their_o ointment_n hasten_v two_o angel_n do_v appear_v forbid_v they_o to_o seek_v thou_o live_v there_o among_o the_o dead_a do_v rome_n by_o dive_v in_o the_o tomb_n of_o saint_n but_o seek_v the_o live_n whence_o they_o now_o be_v sle_z yet_o may_v they_o hear_v the_o angel_n make_v plaint_n seek_v not_o the_o live_a rome_n among_o the_o dead_a but_o to_o tie_v holy_a worship_n to_o dead_a bone_n to_o bow_v religion_n to_o the_o wicked_a trust_n of_o cross_n relic_n ash_n flicke_n and_o stone_n to_o throw_v down_o live_a man_n to_o honour_n dust_n be_v not_o to_o seek_v but_o like_o mezentius_n rather_o to_o join_v the_o live_n and_o the_o dead_a together_o epigr._fw-la 28._o epitap_n richardi_fw-la pinuer_n here_o lie_v dick_n pinner_n o_o ungentle_a death_n why_o do_v thou_o rob_v dick_n pinner_n of_o his_o breath_n for_o live_v he_o by_o scrape_v of_o a_o pin_n make_v better_o dust_n than_o thou_o have_v make_v of_o he_o epigr._fw-la 29._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la reader_n but_o half_o my_o labour_n be_v expire_v and_o poet_n matter_n wit_n and_o all_o be_v tire_v thrice_o fifty_o labour_n have_v wear_v out_o my_o vein_n a_o hundred_o meaning_n and_o a_o half_a remain_n here_o will_v i_o rest_v be_v my_o first_o work_n to_o do_v be_v the_o last_o at_o a_o end_n here_o will_v i_o to_o epigr._fw-la 30._o melus_n be_v teach_v to_o speak_v to_o read_v to_o write_v yet_o clerkly_a sooth_n he_o can_v do_v none_o of_o these_o he_o learned_a logic_n and_o arithmetic_n yet_o neither_o brawl_n nor_o cipher_n worth_a a_o pease_n the_o music_n school_n do_v teach_v he_o her_o sweet_a art_n he_o deal_v with_o rhetoric_n and_o astrology_n yet_o nether_a can_v he_o chant_v it_o for_o his_o part_n ne_o can_v he_o tell_v a_o tale_n or_o prophesy_v and_o yet_o he_o â—ides_v as_o scholarlike_o be_v think_v as_o never_o any_o yet_o be_v never_o teach_v epigr._fw-la 31._o de_fw-fr francisco_n walsingham_n &_o philppo_n sidneio_n equit._n sir_n francis_n and_o sir_n philip_n have_v no_o tomb_n worthy_a of_o all_o the_o honour_n that_o may_v be_v and_o yet_o they_o lie_v not_o so_o for_o want_v of_o room_n or_o want_v of_o love_n in_o their_o posterity_n who_o will_v from_o live_a heart_n untombe_v such_o one_o to_o bury_v under_o a_o few_o marble_n stone_n virtue_n die_v not_o her_o tomb_n we_o need_v not_o raise_v let_v they_o trust_v tomb_n which_o have_v outlive_v their_o praise_n epigr._fw-la 32._o when_o i_o behold_v with_o deep_a astonishment_n to_o famous_a westminster_n how_o there_o resort_n live_v in_o brass_n or_o stony_a monyment_n the_o prince_n and_o the_o worthy_n of_o all_o sort_n do_v not_o i_o see_v reform_v nobility_n without_o contempt_n or_o pride_n or_o ostentation_n and_o look_v upon_o offenselesse_a majesty_n naked_a of_o pomp_n or_o earthly_a domination_n and_o how_o a_o play-game_n of_o a_o paint_a stone_n content_v the_o quiet_a now_o and_o silent_a spirit_n who_o all_o the_o world_n which_o late_o they_o stand_v upon_o can_v not_o content_v nor_o squench_v their_o appetite_n life_n be_v a_o frost_n of_o cold_a felicity_n and_o death_n the_o thaw_n of_o all_o our_o vanity_n epigr._fw-la 33._o the_o first_o and_o ripe_a world_n of_o man_n and_o skill_n yield_v to_o our_o late_a time_n for_o three_o invention_n miracolous_o we_o write_v we_o sail_v we_o kill_v as_o neither_o ancient_a scroll_n nor_o story_n mention_n print_n the_o first_o have_v open_v learning_n old_a conceal_v and_o obscure_v art_n restore_v to_o the_o light_n the_o second_o hide_a country_n have_v reveal_v and_o send_v christ_n gospel_n to_o each_o live_a wight_n stone_n these_o we_o commend_v but_o o_o what_o need_v more_o to_o teach_v death_n more_o skill_n than_o it_o have_v before_o gun_n epigr._fw-la 34._o ad_fw-la johannem_fw-la reynolds_n do_v i_o call_v judgement_n to_o my_o foolish_a rhyme_n and_o rare_a art_n and_o read_v they_o to_o view_v reynoldes_n religion_n oracle_n most_o true_a mirror_n of_o art_n and_o austen_n of_o our_o time_n for_o love_v of_o these_o i_o call_v thou_o which_o i_o pray_v that_o thou_o in_o read_v these_o will_v put_v away_o epigr._fw-la 35._o i_o see_v a_o naked_a corpse_n spread_v on_o the_o ground_n over_o the_o dead_a i_o see_v the_o live_a fight_n if_o ever_o ought_v my_o sense_n do_v confound_v or_o touch_v my_o heart_n it_o be_v this_o woeful_a sight_n to_o wound_v the_o grave_n to_o dare_v the_o dead_a to_o die_v to_o sprinkle_v life_n on_o ash_n putrifide_v to_o weep_v with_o blood_n to_o mourn_v with_o villainy_n to_o look_v on_o death_n and_o not_o be_v mortify_v such_o funeral_n if_o we_o sustain_v to_o keep_v i_o think_v the_o dead_a will_v rise_v and_o for_o we_o weep_v epigr._fw-la 36._o chito_n and_o trogus_n sin_n th'extremity_n chito_n of_o pride_n trogus_n of_o gluttony_n chito_n will_v wear_v his_o dinner_n on_o his_o back_n trogus_n will_v eat_v his_o shoe_n rather_o than_o lack_v chito_n have_v earthen_a plate_n but_o golden_a cut_n tragus_n have_v a_o freeze_v coat_n but_o velvet_n gut_n epigr._fw-la 37._o de_fw-fr gualtero_fw-la deurox_n in_o expeditione_n gallica_fw-la caeso_fw-la honour_v and_o bliss_n deurox_n thou_o do_v aspire_v by_o worthy_a mean_n though_o fortune_n not_o thy_o friend_n take_v from_o thy_o joy_n what_o virtue_n do_v desire_v to_o give_v thy_o life_n but_o pay_v thou_o in_o thy_o end_n only_o at_o this_o thy_o country_n do_v repine_v that_o her_o rejoice_v be_v not_o joinde_v with_o thou_o epigr._fw-la 38._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la have_v i_o my_o wish_n content_v i_o shall_v be_v though_o nether_a rich_a nor_o better_a than_o you_o see_v for_o be_v nor_o wealth_n nor_o honour_n that_o i_o crave_v but_o a_o short_a life_n reader_n and_o a_o long_a grave_n epigr._fw-la 39_o ad_fw-la henricum_fw-la wottonem_fw-la wotton_n my_o little_a beer_n dwell_v on_o a_o hill_n vnderwhose_v foot_n the_o silver_n trout_n do_v swim_v the_o trout_n silver_n without_o and_o goold_v within_o bibbing_a clear_a nectar_n which_o do_v aye_o destill_n from_o nulams_n low_a head_n there_o the_o bird_n be_v sing_v and_o there_o the_o partial_a sunnne_n still_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o sweet_a dew_n eternal_a generation_n there_o be_v green_a joy_n and_o pleasure_n ever_o spring_v o_o iron_n age_n of_o man_n o_o time_n of_o rue_n shame_v you_o not_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v goold_v but_o you_o epigr._fw-la 40._o my_o merry_a exercise_n of_o conceit_n when_o i_o be_v once_o in_o a_o severe_a vein_n have_v feel_v one_o dash_v my_o fury_n be_v so_o great_a up_o be_v my_o pen_n and_o scarce_o
6._o ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la the_o news_n of_o spanish_a war_n how_o wondrous_o it_o strike_v our_o heart_n what_o terror_n it_o do_v breed_v saint_n mary_n port_n and_o cales_n can_v testify_v and_o be_v spaniard_n witness_v the_o deed_n when_o thou_o deurox_n with_o fear_n it_o so_o dismay_v that_o thou_o to_o seville_n well_o nigh_o flee_v for_o aid_n epigr._fw-la 7._o when_o caesar_n in_o those_o war_n which_o do_v not_o cease_v till_o they_o have_v consummate_v not_o his_o peace_n by_o high_a cause_n be_v draw_v into_o the_o flood_n where_o alexander_n royal_a city_n stand_v and_o now_o the_o world_n do_v stint_v her_o conquer_a against_o the_o come_n of_o a_o great_a king_n egypt_n which_o hord_v all_o iniquity_n under_o yet_o unrevealed_a mystery_n do_v burn_v the_o wisdom_n of_o all_o age_n old_a which_o forty_o thousand_o volume_n have_v enrol_v plain_o foretell_v what_o short_o shall_v ensue_v wipe_v out_o the_o old_a world_n and_o begin_v the_o new_a epigr._fw-la 8._o in_o philonem_fw-la phylo_n be_v rich_o rayde_v and_o bear_v high_a his_o great_a revenue_n date_v in_o his_o coat_n coin_n jewel_n plate_n and_o land_n loa_o here_o they_o lie_v this_o be_v their_o last_o which_o late_o so_o do_v float_v first_o in_o his_o belly_n ship_v they_o suffer_v wrack_n now_o they_o be_v land_v all_o upon_o his_o back_n epigr._fw-la 9_o beside_o contention_n to_o we_o natural_a and_o to_o our_o age_n beside_o all_o wickedness_n so_o rife_o so_o ripe_a so_o reach_v over_o all_o and_o murder_a malice_n rage_v in_o excess_n we_o have_v invent_v engine_n to_o shed_v blood_n such_o as_o no_o age_n do_v ever_o know_v before_o like_a as_o god_n thunder_v from_o the_o airy_a cloud_n lightning_n forth_o death_n out_o of_o death_n house_n of_o store_n what_o art_n have_v ever_o more_o perfection_n then_o murder_n have_v since_o gonn_n do_v work_v our_o evil_n fie_o on_o all_o mischievous_a invention_n fie_o on_o all_o wicked_a head_n fie_o on_o the_o devil_n which_o we_o such_o murder_a instrument_n assign_v it_o be_v to_o much_o to_o have_v such_o murder_a mind_n epigr._fw-la 10._o when_o bankrupt_a tamus_n his_o chamnel_n scarce_o do_v be_v he_o be_v great_a store_n of_o water_n in_o our_o dett_n which_o all_o he_o pay_v we_o when_o a_o other_o year_n he_o plead_v at_o the_o bar_n at_o westminstere_a epigr._fw-la ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la reader_n if_o heywood_n live_v now_o again_o who_o time_n of_o life_n have_v not_o of_o praise_n bereave_v if_o he_o will_v write_v i_o can_v express_v his_o vain_a thus_o he_o will_v write_v or_o else_o i_o be_o deceive_v epigr._fw-la 12._o of_o a_o pudding_n the_o end_n be_v all_o &_o in_o the_o end_n the_o praise_n of_o all_o depend_v a_o pod_v merit_n double_a praise_n a_o pod_v have_v two_o end_n epigr._fw-la 13._o a_o cross_v of_o that_o epigram_n a_o pod_v have_v two_o end_n you_o lie_v my_o brother_n for_o he_o begin_v at_o one_o and_o end_n at_o tother_o epigr._fw-la 14._o of_o the_o lion_n tell_v i_o good_a tom_n have_v thou_o the_o lion_n see_v jacke_n i_o have_v feel_v they_o why_o where_o have_v thou_o be_v where_o have_v i_o not_o be_v range_v here_o and_o there_o and_o trust_v i_o jacke_n lion_n be_v every_o where_o why_o then_o thou_o see_v they_o fool_n that_o be_v no_o sore_n he_o that_o tell_v thou_o i_o feel_v they_o tell_v thou_o more_o epigr._fw-la 15._o of_o jenkin._n ienkin_n be_v a_o rude_a clown_n go_v tell_v he_o so_o what_o need_v i_o tell_v what_o he_o himself_o do_v know_v perhaps_o he_o know_v not_o than_o he_o be_v a_o sot_n for_o tell_v i_o what_o know_v he_o which_o know_v not_o that_o epigr._fw-la 16._o of_o a_o ape_n he_o that_o will_v know_v a_o ape_n may_v be_v to_o seek_v a_o ape_n be_v that_o which_o a_o ape_n be_v not_o like_a epigr._fw-la 17._o of_o bank_n horse_n bankes_n have_v a_o horse_n of_o wondrous_a quality_n for_o he_o can_v fight_v and_o piss_v and_o dance_v and_o lie_v and_o find_v your_o purse_n and_o tell_v what_o coin_n you_o have_v but_o bank_n who_o teach_v your_o horse_n to_o smell_v a_o knave_n epigr._fw-la 18._o of_o pymer_n which_o fall_v mad_a for_o the_o love_n of_o his_o dog_n talbot_n pymer_n love_v talbot_n talbot_n love_v he_o who_o love_v best_a both_o love_v constant_o pymer_n with_o talbot_n die_v talbot_n with_o he_o who_o die_v best_a both_o dye_v love_o yet_o be_v i_o judge_v for_o talbot_n i_o shall_v sit_v who_o match_n in_o love_n pymer_n be_v not_o in_o wit_n epigr._fw-la 18._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la some_o will_v perhaps_o condemn_v my_o foolish_a vein_n for_o that_o of_o dog_n lion_n and_o ape_n i_o speak_v but_o if_o they_o know_v the_o cause_n they_o will_v refrain_v i_o do_v it_o only_o for_o the_o printer_n sake_n the_o simple_a must_v have_v something_o for_o their_o humour_n and_o have_v something_o they_o my_o book_n will_v buy_v then_o gayn_v he_o by_o who_o i_o be_o no_o loose_a so_o be_v he_o satisfy_v and_o they_o and_o i._n some_o will_v give_v six_o penny_n for_o a_o witty_a touch_n and_o some_o to_o see_v a_o ape_n will_v give_v as_o much_o epigr._fw-la 19_o in_o severum_fw-la seuerus_n read_v my_o book_n and_o have_v read_v forthwith_o pronounce_v i_o a_o idle_a head_n and_o idle_a he_o have_v binn_n as_o well_o as_o we_o but_o that_o he_o matter_n find_v to_o carp_v at_o i_o then_o all_o go_v not_o amiss_o as_o i_o mistake_v i_o see_v there_o be_v some_o matter_n in_o my_o book_n epigr._fw-la 20._o in_o eundem_fw-la seuerus_n call_v i_o idle_a i_o confess_v but_o who_o can_v work_v upon_o my_o idleness_n epigr._fw-la 21._o when_o sextus_n quintus_n traytrous_o have_v slay_v he_o throw_v his_o spoil_a corpse_n into_o the_o deep_a but_o the_o just_a sea_n do_v throw_v he_o out_o again_o and_o to_o a_o murder_n will_v not_o counsel_n keep_v the_o fact_n appear_v the_o author_n of_o the_o sin_n be_v yet_o unknown_a but_o see_v the_o slay_v do_v bleed_v and_o his_o cold_a blood_n run_v out_o and_o point_n at_o he_o and_o cry_n this_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o deed_n thus_o even_o the_o dead_a against_o such_o villainy_n of_o abel_n blood_n for_o vengeance_n learn_v to_o cry_v epigr._fw-la 21._o ad_fw-la reginam_fw-la elizebetham_fw-la mother_n of_o england_n and_o sweet_a nurse_n of_o all_o thy_o country_n good_a which_o all_o depend_v on_o thou_o look_v not_o that_o country_n father_n i_o thou_o call_v a_o name_n of_o great_a and_o kingly_a dignity_n thou_o do_v not_o only_o match_v old_a king_n but_o rather_o in_o thy_o sweet_a love_n to_o we_o excel_v a_o father_n epigr._fw-la 22._o ad_fw-la eandem_fw-la i_o know_v where_o be_v a_o thief_n and_o long_o have_v be_v which_o spoil_v every_o place_n where_o he_o resorte_v he_o steal_v away_o both_o subject_n from_o the_o queen_n and_o man_n from_o his_o own_o country_n of_o all_o sort_n house_n by_o three_o and_o seven_o and_o ten_o he_o rase_v to_o make_v the_o common_a glebe_n his_o private_a land_n our_o country_n city_n cruel_a he_o deface_v the_o grass_n grow_v green_a where_o little_a troy_n do_v stand_v the_o forlorn_a father_n hang_v down_o his_o head_n his_o our_o cast_a company_n draw_v up_o and_o down_o the_o pine_a labourer_n do_v beg_v his_o bread_n the_o plowswayne_n seek_n his_o dinner_n from_o the_o town_n o_o prince_n the_o wrong_n be_v thou_o for_o understand_v many_o such_o robbery_n will_v undo_v thy_o land_n epigr._fw-la 23._o ad_fw-la do_v mountioy_n mountioy_n what_o be_v my_o muse_n or_o my_o dull_a pen_n or_o my_o forlorn_a conceit_n worthy_a of_o thou_o the_o honore_v of_o honourable_a man_n noble_v with_o virtue_n thy_o nobility_n yet_o since_o thy_o fame_n through_o every_o ear_n do_v sly_a and_o all_o man_n praise_v thy_o worth_n why_o shall_v not_o i_o epigr._fw-la 24._o in_o cacum_n when_o cacus_n wrong'de_v i_o this_o be_v his_o excuse_n i_o mean_v no_o harm_n i_o think_v thou_o no_o abuse_n well_o have_v he_o mean_v it_o worse_o i_o can_v not_o speed_v i_o can_v not_o feel_v his_o thought_n more_o than_o his_o deed_n i_o will_v have_v thank_v he_o have_v the_o case_n so_o stand_v that_o he_o have_v mean_v i_o harm_n and_o do_v i_o good_a epigr._fw-la 25._o in_o eundem_fw-la you_o do_v i_o harm_n but_o mean_v not_o so_o to_o do_v since_o you_o have_v do_v it_o cacus_n mean_v it_o to_o epigr._fw-la 26._o ad_fw-la georgium_n morton_n armig._n morton_n who_o face_n betray_v antiquity_n when_o man_n be_v goodly_a of_o proportion_n but_o in_o who_o heart_n be_v true_a gentility_n in_o thou_o perfect_v in_o thy_o race_n begin_v take_v these_o poor_a line_n as_o due_a to_o thy_o desert_n from_o he_o which_o owe_v to_o thou_o more_o than_o his_o heart_n epigr._fw-la 27._o ad_fw-la richardum_fw-la eeds_n eeds_n