husbands sole defence And comfort is in 's Wife t' have confidence 212. An hollow Tooth The Fire Me cast therein doth not consume But I am hollow made by Watrish Rheume 213. Vertues Praise As the Suns constancy consists in Motion So Vertue 's force in Action hath best Notion 214. Aesop ' s Tongue No Member is that doth to man belong More Noble or Ignoble than the Tongue 215. To the Children of Winchester Colledge I am not what I was once all for Plays A Child of Festivals and Holy-days 216. Wisdome leading Fortune following Of Ancus If ill advice chance well in vulgar Eyes Ancus the Fool shall be reputed wise If good advice come by mischance to nought Wise Cato shall himself a Fool be thought 217. Grief Loss present's to be griev'd for We bemoan Past ah too late and future loss too soon 218. Vicissitude Mirth Mourning ends and Mourning Mirth concludes Hope Fear w' are various by Vicissitudes 219. To Germanicus Thy Wife hath rais'd the Number of thy Friends This her fertility in part commends This Benefit in Wedlock doth accrew A new Wife gains new Friends and Friendship new 220. Armed Wickedness Of Linus As the best Wine makes Vinegar most tart So the more witty thou more wicked art 221. Opinionist How ah Opinion reigns the World thoughout The Truth I know not yet I must not doubt Who doubteth errs not Yet for both prepar'd Error b' Opinion not by doubt's declar'd 222. Alma Mater Academia Oxonia Fair Mother Oxford University Nature was Mother of my Brain Thou Now She dura Mater pia Mater Thou 223. The Poet. Rewards not words Meâ—enas Poets gave The Grandee What more than words can I from Poets have 224. Man is to Man a God A Man 's a Man though he but sparing lives A Wolf that spoils a God who freely gives 225. Homer If that be true which some of thee do write Thou never sawst thy Books yet see the Light 226. Three Secretaries Thou must to th' Lawyer thy whole case untwist To th' Doctor thy Disease thy Sins to th' Priest If thou respect'st thy Soul's and Body's weal Nothing from this Triumvirate conceal 227. To D. C. G. The Gout thee vexeth and a pest contrary Thy Wife makes thee to run the Gout to tarry 228. Ubiquitaries All th' Earth's before the poor where e're he roam He 's never exil'd ever is at home 229. Lovers Love is in us as in the Wood is Fire As Fire the Wood Love burns us with desire But Fire in Air Wood t' Ashes doth consume We Ashes are And what 's our Love but fume 230. Speech A Speech is like to Grief is like to sport If long 't is trivial if grave 't is short 231. On an esseminate old man Bacchus old age Venus doth youth ingage This therefore fit for youth and that for age 232. On Harpalus a covetous Youth The World thy Friendess is wretch thou t' adore it That 's old thou youthful 't is enough t' abhorr it 233. To the Reader Who writes is fam'd of these is blam'd of those Himself to censure still he doth expose He daily pleads his cause desisteth Never And Reader unto Thee the Judge is ever 234. Of a Looking-glass Thou gav'st m' a Glass my Face to represent One to present thy Face would more content 235. Of Quintia a Hypocrite Learn'd Comely youthful fair Benign and Chast Thou if not proud of these some Goodness hast 236. A Probleme The Prodigal the Miser doth detest Why then do Misers Prodigals love best 237. Sleep Venus Shall I you call Death's Sisters or Allies Thou pleasing Venus Thou Sleep easing Eyes You both indulge your Selves on Beds to lie And Feds are made your Pleasures to supply Dull Sleep lewd Venus hate the light And this Is the Souls Death the Senses Death that is 238. Lifes length and shortness To sloathful men the Day Night Month and Year Seem long though posting on with swift career We trifle out our long-thought time in vain Why of Life's shortness do we then complain 239. The Treasury Birds are with Bird-lime caught both young and old So Treasuries like Lime-twigs catch our Gold 240. To self-loving Ponticus Thy mind and Eye themselves did never see That thou so lov'st thy self how can it be 241. Scrutiny O that what Christ unt ' his Disciples spake Prince Priest and people would their Query make What do men say of me This askd in th' end Men would their Errors see and them amend 242. Light of Grace The Moon enlight'ned by the Sun doth shine So shines the Soul inspir'd with Grace divine 243. Fame Error Rumours and Errors further going grow Greater and greater like a Ball of Snow 244. Historical Tradition of King Brutus To William Camden Books may be burn'd and Monuments may lie Demolished thy works and mine may die But a Tradition National alive While is that Nation will in force survive 245. To Roger Owen A Learned Knight Thou knowst the Britains Laws their old new Rites And all that their whole History recites In thy Discourse Th' art so profoundly read A living Library seems in thine Head 246. On a Covetous Man Thou wretched man why for a thousand year Provid'st and canst not live one hundred here Why such vast sums of Moneys up dost heap And seek'st long Joys in this short life to reap Thou sayst I one day shall be rich if I Live close Why sayst not I shall one day die 247. One Foot in the Grave We live upon Deaths shore our life 's as near To death as Seas unto the Shores appear Life Death are almost one thing in repute As Earth and Water one Globe constitute 248. Britains Mercury To J. H. Of mundane things Moore wrote the best and good Thou writ'st the worst but Truth if understood 249. Of Himself Some say I am no Poet 't is no lye For I write nothing else but verity 250. To William Butler Physician at Cambridge Some to desired Health preferr their Wealth Thou sleightest Wealth thy care 's for cure for Health Thee the Physician let none despair Of Health that 's sick Physick as Phoebus Heir Thou giv'st I flatter not the truth I speak Nor comes this Praise from one that 's Sick or weak 251. To Paulus A Lawyer Why calls the common Law a Relict her Whose husband 's dead to th' wedded that referr No need a Wife her husbands death expect To lodge in mournful Bed with Face erect 252. The last Divorce If man to Bliss to Dis wife pass away Or contrary No more one flesh are they 253. The World The Earth is like a Gaol like Walls the Skies The Gaoler's Sin the Fetters Womens Eyes 254. Laws Nullity We many Laws have made almost not any For if not any kept what good 's so many That Laws be kept this one Law more ordain Which if soon marr'd will soon be made again 255. The state of man If one Foot down Then th' other is
both good or one a bad Were best to marry with thy Querie's had If I must choose I then would choose the least Of both these Evils one though bad is best 35. Love is the fulfilling of the Law Of the ten Precepts keep two of the two Keep one that 's Love it will suffice This do 36. Devotion The pious people caus'd the Clergy's weal Ungrateful off-spring of religious Zeal 37. Of Heaven and Earth Th' Earth's greatest part is hid Heav'n spreads abroad I think that th' Earth's asham'd of Men her load 38. To Aulus On Sextus Of Quintus Me Sextus envies him I pity I Quintus who me not envies I envy 39. Of Pollio Thy Wife thou dost forsake but why Before Thou didst her wed thou saidst she was a Whore A Pre-contract doth Wedlock break I know But why a Pre-contact should do 't me show 40. Meer trifles To Thou truly saidst that Whores meer trifles are For Harlots skins are always base and bare 41. To banish'd Pannicus A Probleme In Exile free thou liv'st as 't were the while Thy native Soil did thee from it exile Which of these Fortunes gives thee best content Freedome abroad or from home Banishment Rather I would for I disclose my mind From home live free than live at home confin'd 42. The Evening The Sun declin'd behind leaves little light So Gods sole back was shew'd to Moses sight The Morning Wee see bright Phoebus shine in th' Orient Th' Antipodes on 's Back look discontent 43. Baptism to the Jew Baptism doth cure but Circumcision wound The Laws wounds are by Baptism rendred sound 44. Heatuontimoroumenos Self-vexing While Death to shun Life to preserve poor Man Doth vex himself the space of all his span â—rute Beasts enjoy the present Life's supply Living they live and when they die they die 45. To William Sidley Knight and Baronet Thy noble worth doth Gold doth Honour merit Yet both flag far beneath thy gen'rous spirit 46. To J. P. A brisk wise Wife that Latine speaks and Greek That can dispute in Logick thou dost seek One that the Major and the Minor takes And from bad Premisses worse sequence makes One that was vers'd in puny Naturals While puny Maid now Mistress of her Art in all 's One that can render all Opponents mute And of all entities can well dispute â—f such a Wife so rational were mine â— would exchange with thee though brute were thine 47. On Ramista bipartite Thou first definest then what was defin'd Thou dost divide defin'st-divid'st each kind The whole thou in so many parts dissect'st That now thy comment's longer than the Text's 48. To Saint Paul Of the City of God Thou for thy self when threatned with the Scourge A Citizen of Rome to be didst urge But in the fatal day of final Doom Wilt serve to plead that priviledge of Rome 49. Christ. Christ came into this World saw mortal men Death overcame returned into Heaven 50. To W. Cambden Of his Britannia Great Britains Isle almost forgot almost In Lethe's Lake of black Oblivion lost In name in fame by thee reduc'd alive Thou shalt in her while she survives survive 51. To Perpenna Like a Parenthesis thy fore-head is Horn'd Crescent-like An hard Parenthesis An hard Metathesis Thy Wife too free Of flesh all flesh doth make all Horn of thee 52. Of Vices and Riches No man doth crimeless live or Coinless here A full fill'd Purse from crime is seldome clear 53. Apology of Death and the Shambles If Death no Youths Butchers no Bullocks kill'd The World with Fools and Calves would soon be fill'd 54. Eve and Proserpine compar'd The Serpent Eve seduc'd and Proserpine Was caught by Pluto's specious design Eve fell from Paradise to prejudice For eating th' Apple which she thought no Vice And Proserpine might have escaped Dis Had she not been surpriz'd in that Abyss Death captiv'd Eve and Pluto Proserpine This of feign'd Jove that Child of Jove divine Both took forbidden things this Flow'rs that Fruit Like Punishments to their like Sins did suit 55. Astrologer and Geographer You two the total World divide The Stars Astrologers th' Earth claim Geographers 56. To Fannia Noble Fair Poor Fann'a thou-fain wouldst with some rich man wed But for thy Poverty canst not be sped Though thou be nobly born of fair aspect The sordid Lover Wealth doth more affect In Categoricks substance sole we find More prevalent in Love than form or kind 57. Con-sci-ence Love's Verbal now not regal as of yore Belief depends on sense not reasons score Religion scars i' th' Head not sinks i' th' Heart It in the Brain not Breast doth act its part 58. An unspotted Sacrifice Gods Temple 's th' Earth Altar the Cross the Priest The Sacrifice and Sacrificer's Christ. 59. Of Mortal and Venial Sin To Christ. Thy Death hath clear'd the Sins men double call Thy Cross doth Mortal Sins make Venial 60. Upon in-hospitable persons 〈◊〉 to those houses am no Page nor Guest Whose Gates are to the Thresholds fast when Feast 61. Another the same His own none others let him be that 's mine Let him be friendly that 's my Friend in fine 62. Suffer little Children to come unto me The wanton flesh doth youth to sin seduce Old age in wickedness is more profuse Hence I suspect that few scarce one in seven Of old men or of young men enter Heaven 63. Of Paracelsus She Salt of th' Earth Christ his Disciples nam'd Why then that th' Earth is salt have * Paracelsians Chymists fam'd 64. Of Eggs. The second Person humane form assum'd The third like an Egg-breeding Dove was plum'd The great Creator Birds and Fishes blest Egg-breeders not Life-breeders had his Test. 65. Of Rome and the World Old Rome was square and then the World was round The World 's now square and new Rome Wheels hath found 66. Magical Generation If Satan man succumb in Womans stead No Child from such coition can proceed But if like man h' incumb a Woman thence Some monstrous birth may chance t' have Effluence 67. Of Bread and Butter In Genesis I (a) Bara the first Word in Genesis Bara (b) Menin the first in Homers Iliads Bara in Welsh signifies Bread Menin Butter Menin find In th' Iliads two Welsh words one (c) by Scripture divin'd 68. The Age of Moses and David Mans life is (a) Gen. 6.3 six-score years as Moses said And (b) Deut. 34.7 he so many years liv'd undecay'd King David said man in his Pilgrimage Lives (c) Psal. 90.10 This Psalm is called a Prayer of Moses the man of God threescore years and ten (d) 2 Sam. 5.4 such was his age Each of them liv'd so long before they di'd As each had said his Death each propheci'd He who taught Moses David the Divine Their days to number wills thee (e) Psal. 90.12 number thine 69. Even and uneven Number Each Number hath its mid odd half doth want What 's even
new Law thou maist not wed what then By th' old thou maist without offending men But twice 'gainst * Levit. 21.7 13 14. Moses Law th' hast done amiss Thy first wife was a whore a widow this 142. Ka'end Jan To Germanicus Instead of Gifts I Verses send to thee Send Gifts instead of Verses unto Me. 143. Sara She that her Maid would unt ' her Husband give As did rare Sara now doth rarely live 144. To D. T. Thy Titles Scholars Servant Masters Lord Mine Envy and my Pity both afford 145. Of Paula an Atheist Whether a Man two Wives or Husbands two A Maid should have 't was ask'd This knot t' undo Thus Paula said A Maid two Men should have Else how can two consist in one Concave 146. In Medio virtus Between two Men a pompous Woman sate Vertue the middle Place hath lost of late 147. Of Acerra He 's blest whom others Horns have made afraid Unwedded A'cer oft t' his Father said 148. To Pinotus Dost ask What I would have a Feminine Not Venale Vendible I would have Mine 149. Of Quintus and Quintina Quintus his Wifes Intreaties for Commands Her words for Laws her Beck for Statute stands She leads she drives at will the silly Sot As if she had an Husband and had not 'Gainst Nature Laws Arts Rules Grammarian Avaunt For Here 's He Woman and She Man 150. A Paradox to his absent Mistress I burn with Love And I the more am burn'd The more remote from me the Fire is turn'd 151. Of Paulina False to the First false to the second Bed Both void She liv'd unblam'd-unblemished Not for the fear of Sin but fear of Shame Preferr'd Her without Blemish without Blame Though many did her treat did her intreat She granted unto none the Vacant Seat 152. Of Gellia If it be Simony to Merchandize And at a price Things consecrate to prize We well may call thee Simoniacal Who sellest Love For Love's Spiritual 153. Of a certain Woman In small time how immense thy Things did grow Of late but Omicron Omega now 154. Aenigma Tell where that Creature is on Hill or Vale Whose Father Female Mother is a Male 155. To Ponticus That Both thine Eyes thou hast I wonder Why Because thy Parents Each had but One Eye 156. Of D. Vitus I know not whether Horn'd I know by signs That th' art a Bull having Three Vitulines 157. Of a Dactyle to a certain Lover Wouldst with a pleasing Verse thy Mistris Court 'T were fit to know what Feet should it support Of all the Measures which a Verse do summon The Dactyle Measure best delights a woman 158. Of Love descending From th' Eyes Love riseth by the Mouth descends Into Loves Center where It hath it's Ends. 159. Of Balba Balba leave taking of her Spouse said Thus Phi-Philip you 'l b' I hope soon-soon with us 160. Of Theft a Problem to Lawyers Who takes a thing â—illing his Lord 's a Thief But what if's Lordess in that Act be Chief 161. Of Ponticus Of Promise thou dost no Performance make Physician-like who gives not yet saith Take 162. Of Cerellia married to an Eunuch Now to the Spartane Customs I agree That Men Maids when they wed should naked be For Cerill having late espous'd a Frank Thiking to gain a Prize got but a Blank 163. Of Horns a Probleme When any Wife betrays the Marriage Bed Why wears her Husband Horns Because he 's Head 164. To Germanicus Calend. Jan. Or give m' a Gift my Verses or restore Which I on that condition gave before 165. Christ-Church Colledge in Oxford Though this imperfect House to ruine tend It s large Quadrangle yet doth it commend 166. Of Phyllis Phyllis pretends my Verse her Fancy moves She loves a Verse but something more she loves 167. Of Himself I spend the Time in Trifles and in Folly Thus lest my Time be lost I lose it wholly 168. To the Reader of Himself My Brevity perchance seems Sloth t' imply Believe me no small labour 's Brevity I not as some speak much in foolish sort Perhaps my Speech is foolish but 't is short 169. Of boasting Thraso Why doth Sir Thraso wear great Spurs Because Glory doth wear great Spurs to gain Applause 170. Of Himself Ask saith Saint James it shall be given thee O that King James would say the same to me 171. Court Musick consisting of two Voices The Favourite's advanc'd and Elah sings Another all his Tunes t' a Cadence brings 172. To the Reader Lest this my Book should make Tobaco vapour Wipe rather thy Posteriours with my Paper 173. To his Book My Book Me living thou maist die perhaps What then A Child doth oft to death elapse Before his Father So then whether I Survive Thee or Thou me We both must die The End of the First Book To M r. Thomas Harvey on his Translation of the First Book of Owen's Epigrams WHen what 's begun tha ' ast finish't Owen shaâ—â— Be the Translation thine th' original Thy Native Tongue the vigour doth express More of his Fancy than his Latine dress So from thy Version he derives this Good To be esteem'd in being understood T. M. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE EPIGRAMS OF John Owen Englished by Thomas Harvey Gent. Incept 10. Novemb. 1672. 1. To the Reader LEst this my Book please Fools whereof are Many I would not have It many please if any Few Readers are enough but One if wise If none do read me none shall me suffice 2. To the Lady Mary Neville The Praise of many's rais'd by Poets Art But all thy Praise springs from thine own desert 3. To the same Thou to thy Foes if any be dost will Dost wish none ill to Friends art Candid still This one thou never dost forget That other Thou never didst remember Maid nor Mother 4. To the same In Tables men fair Faces paint and place There to survive when Fates the Face deface I cannot paint but I can Poetize And Verses can give Life when Picture dies Though sole Apollo sole Apelles able's Thee to describe in Verse to paint in Tables 5. To D. J. H. I am no learned Poet but a Learner No Learner Thou but Poets learn'd Discerner 6. What News The foolish People as I pass the Street Iâ—â—uisitive thus ask when me they meet What News I tell them I know nothing New Or if I knew I say no News I knew 7. The Court. He that complies not in the Princes Hall With All the witty hath no wit at all 8. Of Aulus Wert Knighted that thy wise should love thee more She loves thee less her self more than before Her Garb her Garments must new fashion'd be So that thy Dear will be more dear to thee 9. Of the Chymist The Chymist Gold decocts till leaving none He loseth all his Gold to find a Stone 10. A Trojan Troy lost at last the Trojans Wiser grew What man is not in this a Trojan true 11. Loves Remedy Take Wood
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
164. Of Historians in this Age. Historians of old wrote truth no lyes Now to write lies no truth it doth suffice This Nay that Yea concludes O which I pray Shall the next Age believe of Yea or Nay The certain Reader is uncertain whether He Neither of them shall believe or Either 165. Kings People By Kings unlearn'd the People's led-misled Like faultring feet by a distemp'red Head 166. The Senate Kings Reign alone why rule they not alone He ruleth best who 's rul'd by more than one 167. To an Historian Thou conversant in Histories dost read And travelst without danger without dread An History doth teach in Time though short More than long Times Experience doth comport 168. Of Diet to J. H. If old thou wouldst be slowly then use all Med'cines like Modicums Reciprocal Like too much meat Med'cines may health infest And meat like Med'cines us'd is most times best 169. The Peers of France Not altogether Peers for it appears Imparity with Parity co-heres 170. P. Magnus C. Major F. Maximus Pompey Cato Fabius This great'st less than the great greater than he The Greater which is greatest of the three 171. To T. S. Thy wit and Judgement in my Verse to show My wit and Judgement are too weak too low Thy wit and Judgement I transcendent find Or else my wit and Judgement both are blind But whatso'ere my Judgement is or wit I to thy wit and Judgement mine submit 172. Of himself What wonder if bad Verse my Muse unveils For I nor claw mine Head nor gnaw my Nails 173. The Five Senses These Five to will and pleasure that relate Do they their Office or officiate 174. Seeing The more the sight assimilates the Mind The more it draws it makes it more inclin'd 175. Hearing How soon sounds vocal vanish from our Ear Like Air they come like Air they disappear 176. Smelling Between the mouth and Eyes th' expanded Nare Doth carnal with spiritual things compare 177. Tasting That meat may be more pleasing to the Tast Hunger like Sauce will sweeten the repast 178. Touching Some Touch sole pleaseth some hath Titillation This youth that Age affects with Delectation 179. Objects of the Senses Sight Hearing Smelling Tasting Touching these Affect infect my Senses as they please 180. Touching and Tasting Some are who can nor Smell nor Hear nor See And of five Senses are depriv'd of three Why want none Tasting Touching 'cause of these That th' individ this guards the Species 181. Epigrams Satyres Satyres are but long Epigrams And these Are but short Satyres to displease or please Satyres avail not if they be not tart Nor Epigrams unless like Satyres smart 182. A dumb man He moves his Lips but utters no true sound Let Apollonius his mind expound 183. Blind and Deaf Why this with 's Eyes with 's Ears more quick is he This hears with 's Eyes he with his Ears doth see 184. Teeth and Tongue (1) A Tooth Dens comes from Edens Eating Lingua Tongue From Licking each from what doth t' it belong 185. The Phoenix and the Viper The dying Phoenix leaves a living seed But living Vipers dying are to breed 186. The Silk-Worm Me skill doth kill I make my self my Tomb I draw my fatal Thread spin Death my Doom 187. The Right-Hand To give or take I use my Right-Hand Why Lest what my Right-Hand doth my left should ' spy 188. The Left-Hand From Pleasantness the Left-Hand hath its name An idle Hand and in all Labour lume 189. Sunday Why 's that day call'd when Light was first dilated Sunday when yet the Sun was not created 190. Terra di Lavoro Why is Campania so fully fam'd For Pleasure now the Land of Labour nam'd 191. Garments New things wax old and old things are renew'd Thus men are pleas'd with a vicissitude 192. Wine Wine from sad hearts expelleth Grief and mine Letificates dilating when supine 193. A Sheep Want we flesh skins young dung dice Musick-strings Wooll Milk one Sheep supplies with all these things 194. Soyling of Fields Dung's a vile Excrement yet hath its worth Its Element mine Aliment brings forth 195. Harmony Discording Concords best concur in Nature So man and woman generate a creature 196. A Parret If words t' invert be lawful and unblam'd A Parret then a prater shall be nam'd 197. Ink and Paper That it may more apparent be we write With cole-black Ink on Paper Snow-like white 198. A Comedy The Scene our facts obscene describes descries Our faults are found not feign'd in Comedies 199. A Cloak My Cloak from th' Earth than I my self more far 's A Gown My Gown sweeps th' Earth my Mind transcends the Stars 200. A Satyre One reason Satyres did produce and Laws Ill Manners of both's being were the Cause 201. An Eunuch My Testicles I want yet I attest My self a Man a Masculine at least 202. An Hour-glass False is the truest Hour-glass for with use The Sand wears smaller wider grows the Sluce 203. A Merchant 'T is hard to say That Merchant's rich or poor Who to the trustless Seas intrusts his store 204. Lust. That thing 's deform'd fair form'd by night should seem 'T is not black Nights but 't is blind Lust's esteem 205. Donna Lady By how much more man's Lord of 's wife why than His wife his Lady calls th' uxorious Man 206. A Souldier Though Wars give bloody Skarrs yet more are harm'd By naked Venus than by Mars when arm'd 207. An Army Huge Hulk Faith faithless inhumane too greedy Of bloodshed to shed humane blood too speedy 208. Lovers Tears As fervent fire from wood the moisture drills So Love within the Tears from th' Eyes distills 209. The Stars He that affects th' odd Number that is God Created all the Stars in number odd 210. The Venetians As Seas with Waters Skyes with Stars abound So Riches the Venetians surround 211. An Harp Sith th' Harps discording Strings concording be Is' t not a shame for men to disagree 212. A Fowler Shun cruel Flames not knowing sports events All Elements give thy sport Aliments 213. The Echo No skill nor Art a voice can form or found Sole Echo doth reiterate the sound 214. A Looking-glass Than Phid'ias or Apelles wiser thou The Bodies moti'on form'st they knew not how 215. The Echo and Looking-glass Nothing of Life hath th' Echo but to squeake The Glass would seem to live if it could speak 216. Musick The name of Musick from the Muses came Best Art none other Science hath this Name 217. Albion To the King England was once an Heptarchy that while Into nine Parts was parted all this Isle Unhappy Britain when divided thus United happy made by thee for us The End of the Second Book THE THIRD BOOK OF JOH OWEN'S Epigrams 1. To the Lady Mary Neville I Gloze not lye not thee when I applaud None more deserveth less desireth land Thou seek'st not praise though thou deserv'st it best And of thy praises this is not the least 2.
Chance divide The Roses His The Kingdoms are thy Bride 40. The Apocalypse of John Napeir Ninety two years the World continue shall If as thou Calculat'st it stand and fall Why dost not th' End to be more near surmize Lest thou a Lyer should'st be found th' art wise 41. God Man God cannot die nor man Death conquer can But Christ did both he was both God and Man 42. Death Death unto bad men bane to good men bliss An endless Ill or End of all Ill is 43. God God is Immense all measuring alone And He 's Innumerable for but but one 44. Miracle Let others Miracles admire but I Admire their Maker only God on high 45. Adam ' s Fall Mens Bodies Goods and Souls Adam's foul fall To Physick Law Divines did first inthrall 46. To Adam False Eve Death's Parent thee deceiv'd by Fruit And foully ruin'd with a fair salute 47. To Preachers The Cock the Mornings Herald claps his wings To rouze himself before he Crows or Sings Preachers should do the like first should begin To rouze themselves next others raise from sin 48. The Tempter As Mice in Walls so Satan in man's heart Orfinds or makes a way with his black Art 49. Mortification We live to die and die to live O why Then learn we not to die before we die 50. Hodie to Day This Day was yesterday to Morrow nam'd To Morrow shall be yesterday proclaim'd To Morrow not yet come nor far away What shall to Morrow then be call'd To Day 51. Against thee only have I sinned Subjects do sin 'gainst God the King the Laws A King 'gainst God alone A King because 52. Prayer As Christ transpiere'd the Doors fast shut at Even So Prayers pierce th' Impenetrable Heaven 53. Mary Magdalens Tears Vain wandring Eyes sinning by seeing vain Wip'd off by weeping with those Eyes sins stain I err if not that weeping faculty Because th' Eye first did sin 's infus'd in th' Eye 54. Of Hope and Fear Riches and Fear Hope want concomitate Hope 's to be wish'd for Fear 's a froward fate Poor men have Hopes the Rich men Fears But I These Fears had rather than those Hopes apply 55. Mathusalem is dead Life is not long but still to live what profit Is in long life when Death 's the sequel of it 56. Of Law and Justice The way to Law than Justice more we trace Though this the shorter that 's the longer Race 57. Intemperance We who desire long life before we die Why do we shorten it by Luxury We will and will not lengthen our short spans We nill our selves will by Physicians 58. To Ponticus Art poor 't is hard to make thee rich but when Th' art rich 't is easie to be richer then 59. The Pharisees They say but do not 't is our Ages sin First say then do Faith so doth enter in 60. Liberty If happy 's he that all things hath at will Why do men will yet are repining still The best-great'st vertue 's Liberty sole he Can live at will whose will is well to be 61. Christ whence Conceiv'd at Nazareth at Beth'lem born Thy Natures two two Countries did adorn 62. Christ Crucified To th' Erring Dying Sick the Way Life Cure The Crosses Cross Deaths Death didst Cross endure 63. Christs Cross. The Cross bare Christ Christ bare the Cross and thus Christ bare the Cross the Cross Christ all for us 64. Of Religion A pleasant Tree planted in pious breast Whose Root hath labour fruit hath honours Crest Fear first brought Gods into the world no lye For to fear God is the prime Piety In Piety's root 's Gall Honey's above For Fear 's Religion 's Fount the River Love 65. On the Prodigal and Miser This till his death gives nothing that at 's death Hath nothing left to give or to bequeath 66. The Married Let man love's wife let wife submissive be T' her husband he 's her Head his Heart is she 67. Study Students grow mad by studying much to know None mad by studying to be good doth grow 68. Remember Death Death of uncertains hath most certainty Uncertain when but certain once to die None from his birth none from his death is far Yet none of this is a Remembrancer 69. The Blessed Virgin Gods Spouse her Fathers Parent her Sons Child Virgin by man without man Mother stil'd 70. What 's rare not dear A Paradox Vice common is yet nothing is more dear Vertue seems vile yet rare it doth appear 71. A Beast Past hope what 's past sole future hope doth rest Things hopeless pass hopes fruitless with the Beast While past things vex future perplex with care Us men Beasts wiser pleas'd with present are 72. Reason Reason's the Queen of things their Mother's Nature This brings them forth that is their Regulater 73. Nature Wise Nature hath with Reason us supply'd Which wills us to take Nature for our Guide 74. Freedom of Speech Thou seem'st t' have freedom fables to relate But free enough's the Tongue that less doth praâ—â— 75. To Marcus a Problem Be'st good or bad what matter 's it For those Force like the Lawes these Laws like force oppose 76. Upon Old and New Fashions 'T is foolish Envy new things to despise And envious folly new things sole to prize 57. A Christians Death Death like the way leads thee to life and is No dying but an Entrance into Bliss 78. To Christ. Anchor of Hope Faiths Ship Loves shoreless Sea Earth's Salt Heavens Sun the Souls sole saving Plea Death by thy death is kill'd Death dead doth lie Yet who would think that ever Death could die 79. Self-Love Who sees not his own faults but others spies Is wise unt ' others but t' himself unwise 80. Saints Lives 'T is vain Saints Lives to read and not to lead Do both the lives of Saints read lead lead read 81. Our Country A good man 's still at home not in Exile Each Land each Sea is as his native soyle Exile's where ill our Country where contrary In this Good Bad are each ubiquitary 82. Upon an Atheist No faith of past nor hopes of future move Within thy Soul the present's thy sole love 83. Of Hereticks Virgil from Enn'us dross did Gold extract But Hereticks from Gold do dross compact 84. An Encomiastick The Good by praise is better worse the bad The Crafty craftier the fool more mad 85. Not too fast None 's on the sudden good hast not too fast Although in Vertues way thou makest hast Good counsel us'd in hast proves bad we find First recollect and then correct thy mind 86. The Envious and Fool. This wants right Reason that a candid heart This cannot and that will not Truth assert 87. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sermo Speech Gods Speech all Reason's ours all Oraizon So what God speaks and man 's a speaking Tone 88. Opinion None will believe yet all would be believ'd â—o faith like friendship is by gain atchiev'd 89. Art God hath
thy Genius are Pen'd That though All true they All belief transcend Hope in a Child not present Worth is prais'd Thee present Worth not Hope alone hath rais'd 7. To her Daughter Cecily Thou like thy Mother art and needst none other Applause It is enough th' art like thy Mother 8. Know thy Self Of Harpalus Thou worthy to be known art not of worth Fit for thy knowledge then seek something forth 9. To a Lawyer If happy 's he who knows of Things the Cause How happy thou Cause-Pleader with Applause 10. Of John Prote To lead a Wife that is to marry One Oft hast Thou menac'd Drunkards can do none Rather a Wife must marry Thee to lead Thee drunken from the City to thy Bed 11. To Aulus an ignoble Noble-man Thou to thine Ancestors ow'st All to Thee Posterity shall not indebted he 12. To Hernicus Thou bought'st a Fool for Twenty Pounds but I Will not at such a price the Buyer buy 13. Of Venus Love's first Sweet's better bitter is in Fine Venus comes smiling mourning doth decline So run fresh Rivers to the Sea whose Taste Returns Them brackish-brinish at the last 14. To Mr. Gilbert Thou th' Earth denyst to stand prodigious Note Thus writing Thou perhaps wert in a Boat 15. To Physicians and Lawyers Galen thine Health doth from our sickness rise Justinian our Folly makes Thee wise 16. O Times O Manners Learn'd Scaliger The Worlds deformed Times Reformed Who shall Now reform Mens Crimes 17. Paris his judgement When Paris was elect a Judge to be Between Three Goddesses and of the Three Doubtful which to preferr Pallas was wise Juno majestick Venus wan the Prize Love Conquer'd All were 't now to vote again One money'd Juno would the Prize obtain 18. Germanical Truth Democritus affirm'd that Truth was drown'd In some profound Abyss not to be found If hid in Wine as Proverbs have assign'd The Teutons have It found or will It find 19. To Linus Thou Linus hast (1) Books Labrorum store but more Wouldst learned be (2) Pounds Librarum hadst such store 20. To a certain young Noble-man Old Age not Death's Thee wish'd the Sickness Age Not Death the Cure is wish'd Thee by the Sage 21. To a certain poor Physician Thou that of late (1) A Beggar Mendicus cam'st to Town Thy Name but changing (2) A Physician Medicus art grown Physick Thou giv'st the Sick he gives Thee Coin Thus his Disease Thou curest and he Thine 22. Of a certain Woman Thy Form brought forth thy Fame But O the Child Did kill the Mother fair Form Fame defil'd 23. On Marcus In Nature why dost (1) Vacuum Emptiness deny Siâ—h in thine Head 's so much vacuity 24. Upon modern Writers To the Reader Whether the vulgar more untruths unmask In Quart ' Octav ' or Folio dost ask In Sexto-decimo some Writers I Suspect in ev'ry Folio to lie 25. Of Phillis Phillis Thou wilt not give but tak'st a kiss Knowing that taking One a giving is 26. To the same If Love be Fire as doth the Proverb prove Ah woe to Me how Cold a Fire 's thy Love 27. A wicked Atheist Use present Times and Things A Time will be When there will be no Time at all for Thee Grammarians Past Future Times display But I will use the Present while I may 28. The Atheist's Epitaph He died as if dead no Life There were As if There were no Death He lived Here. 29. The Optative Mood Th' Infinitive is near th' Optative Mood For Infinite's the wish of Goods or Good 30. Of Alana Wedlock to be th' intolerablest yoke Alana cries all day but doth revoke When Night is come her Clamorous Regreet And saith No yoke like Wedlock is so sweet 31. Prophets Poets Prophets of Things to come the Truth predict But Poets of Things past write false and fict 32. Of Life and Death Life tends to Death as Rivers to the Seas For Life is sweet Death bitter doth displease 33. Of Vulcan Vulcan made splendid Arms for Mars his Breast Mars gave unt ' him a specious-spacious Crest Thou wert well paid O Vulcan for thy pains Horns for thine Iron Were such Glaucus gains 34. An English Grammer The Feminine doth unt ' It self design What 's proper to the Gender Masculine 35. Free Will Freedom of will which is The worlds Contest Husbands have lost but Wives have It possest 36. Of Life and Love Though ev'ry Action unt ' its End doth tend Yet Life and Love abominate their End 37. The Elysian Fields Through Hells dark-dismal Cell Aâ—neas walk'd Into th' Elysian Fields as Poets talk'd For when He shot Elisa's Gulph who can Deny He was i' th' Fields Elysian 38. An Husband and an Adulterer The Husband I have A wife others her Love so rather For Others not Themselves Bees Honey gather The Adulterer This Seed I rais'd but in Anothers Field So Birds for Others not Themselves do build 39. New Rhetorick His Arguments who Money wants are sick Gifts Now not words are the New Rhetorick 40. Of Cotta lately made a Monk Cotta perplex'd with 's wife a (1) A Monks Hood Cucule bought That dying He might die no Cuckold thought 41. Geneva ' s Arms. Geneva in her Ensign doth display Th' Imperial Eagle and the Popedoms Key But how Geneva Them to keep dost hope Should (1) The Emperour Rodolph claim his Bird his Key the Pope 42. Upon the Trifles of Borbonius a Poet. Thou Trifles thought'st not what Thou so didst call I call Them not but think Them Trifles All. 43. Of Faith Not Faiths but Faith is mention'd on Record For former Times did but one Faith afford 44. Of Paulinus a Physician Wherefore's a sick Man call'd thy Patient Sith He 's impatient at thine Advent By suff'ring He 's thy Patient for He Doth suffer more than by 's disease by Thee 45. Of Cottula If what Apollo said of (1) Socrates One be true Th' art Wise Thou knowst Thou Nothing knowst Adiew 46. Of Fabiana If Fields be fertile call'd that bear much Corn Then Fab'an's fertile for she hath many born 47. A Joque upon Covetous Men. The Vulgar Nature pleas'd with little praise And on the Covetous a Scandal raise Yet sole the Covetous pleas'd with least we see Nature Enough thinks little Nothing He. 48. To Philopater Though for Ones Country noble 't is to die Yet nobler 't is to live for It think I. 49. The World I' th' world 's no Constancy All 's Circular What wonder Then no Rectitude is There 50. Of Aretinus In All Things there 's a Mediocrity Excepting in the Thing call'd Venery Lust hath found out a Thousand means with Art To do what should be done on Natures part 51. Of Silius Th' art Atheist For Papist Thou mayst not be And to b' a Protestant disliketh Thee 52. Against Atheists No House doth want Its Lord shall Then alone This specious-spacious House the World have None 53. A Physician Physicians take
die 〈◊〉 of bringeth Death Death Grief extinguisheth 〈◊〉 therefore Epicharme is worse than Death 98. Of Phylllis 〈◊〉 Parthians in their Flight shoot wound their Foe 〈◊〉 Lovers Phyllis fleeing woundeth so 99. Of Hallus the Grammaticaster â—â—mous am while fasting but when full 〈◊〉 saith Hallus Infamous and dull 100. Of the Loadstone 〈◊〉 Court Magnates Gold to Them attract 〈◊〉 on the Magnetes All exact 〈◊〉 not deal with Such in Asking learn'd 〈◊〉 Giving flack in Taking most concern'd 〈◊〉 to Them go none from them come again 〈◊〉 I nill ask them lest I ask in vain 101. Of Death 〈◊〉 ask what 's Death till dead I know not (1) Verè 〈◊〉 to Me then I will resolve thy Quere (2) Certainly 102. Of Clients â—â—nts before a Thief run singing home 〈◊〉 from the City Money-less they come 103. To Zoilus 〈◊〉 I bad Manners check thou carp'st at Me â—onscious for reprehending Thee Why fear'st thou more than others I perhaps Blaming bad Manners blame mine own Relapse 104. Children and Fools tell Truth Our Proverb calls Truth-tellers Fools What then Is' t Folly to tell Truth in English Men 105. To one Bald-headed Thy Front had certain Measure till a blast I know not of what Wind thy Leaves off cast Thy Front hath sithence All thine Head ingrost And is perpetual at last not lost Thou canst not tell the largeness of thy Front No Trust is therefore to be built upon 't 106. To the same Mine hairs I cannot number 'cause so many Nor canst Thou number thine because not any 107. Fortunes Apology Dame Fortune doth an equiballance bear Shee fills the Poor with Hope the Rich with Fear 108. On Cotta Cotta the Stews advent'ring in return'd T' his house 't is said with something that was burn'â— 109. On Procillus a Noble-man If thou to Lyers wouldst not lend thine Ear None with a Lye before Thee durst appear 110. To Paulus a Lawyer Between thy self and Wife thou dost disjoyn The year so that scarce Half is wholly Thine One part 's thy Wives Vacation call'd t' apply Thy Wives Vocation or Vacuity That other part 's not wholly thine thy Bride Neglected Thou by Clients art employ'd This Part o' th' year the Term is call'd and why Because It Terminates thy Venery 111. To the same No Terms determine no Vacation's vain Thou wholly Vacant art by Strifes to gain 112. To Marinus As oft as from the Bed thy wife doth rise Untouch'd by Thee her Nails assault thine Eyes Thou speak'st her Fair but words in vain proceed She must be pleas'd in doing of the Deed. 113. A Chirurgion Shall I wish Wars or Peace Each serves for me Fierce Mars fair Venus both my Patrons be 114. The Venetian disease My Country 's Italy my Parents Gauls 'T is doubt which of those Names to me befalls 115. Back-biters Flatterers (1) Anaxagoras One said The Snow was Black an Author sad This Age hath Many seen as sad as bad The Fox a Crow's white Feathers prais'd Ah me How many Foxes in this Age have we 116. To Ponticus Thou said'st thou would'st repent I scarce believe Thee For I did never yet so wise perceive Thee 117. An Herculean labour To tame a shrewd Wives Tongue and haughty mind A Thirteenth Labour Hercules will find 118. Mars Mors. War Death War bringeth Dearth Dearth Death to Men on Earth War therefore 's worse than either Death or Dearth Our Troubles War begins Death finisheth In War small distance is 'twixt Dearth and Death 119. To Cynthia O that thy Feats were like thy Feature And O that thine Heart were candid like thine Hand 120. To Gellia In secret sins thou think'st thy self secure Though Nothing 's done in secret that 's impure 121. Of Albinus A Friend Albinus meeting said Retire Thine shakes for O thy Neighbours Wall 's on Fire Albinus hasting home his wife did take In th' Act O Now quoth He my Wall doth shake 122. Of Claudius a Philosophaster Sick Claudius poor foolish parts by 's Art Good in Three Parts but of Them hath no Part. 123. Of Bardella a Thief at Mantua A Monk the Thief Bardella judg'd to die Thus Comforted O thou shalt Sup on high Bardella then reply'd I fast this day Please you to Sup There in my Place you may 124. Of Flitting Flora. In thy Coition thou didst boast thine Act Thy boasting was more sinful than thy Fact 125. Of Quintillus He nothing gives t' his Friend but liberal T' his Friendless gives Himself his Wealth his All. 126. To Aulus of old Quintius Though Quintius a young wild Wife did Wed Why sentst an Epithalamy t' his Bed An Epitaph were fitter to confer For his own Grave he digg'd in Bedding her 127. Of Costus Thou sinn'st impunely but thy Fore-man paid Thy Pennance with his Head 't was burn'd 't is said 128. An Answer to Cynthia's Letter Thy Paper 's white thy Letter 's black within This doth denote thine Heart and That thy Skin 129. To Sextilian a Bastard Not to Create Thee but to recreate Himself thy Father thee begot 't was Fate If Givers Minds than Gifts b' accepted rather Thou dost not owe thy Life unto thy Father 130. Of Porcia an Hypocrite Thou 'cause my Book a Fore-man Names dost flout it Books Thou wouldst have but not a Man without it 131. Of Saturns Three Sons Divines Physicians Lawyers These Three Do regulate the World in their degree 132. Of a single Life To a Married man Woe to the sole said * Solomon Eccles. He that had a Wife Saint Paul doth much Commend a single Life (2) A Welch Proverb Gwelh iw guaâ— si na gua ni that is Better is woe to me than woe to us That Woe untâ— us saith This but Woe to Me That 's double This but single Woe can be 133. Of Corneus Hear mark be silent he whose Feminine Is wanton to these three must most incline 134. Of Cajus When Cajus was accus'd of Bigamy Confessing he professing did reply A Bishop Husband of One wife may be May not a Lay-man then have Two or Three 135. Of Pomponia She 's punctual her self that prostitutes Because with profit pleasure she commutes 136. Of Pinotus sick with the Colick Thy Life was sav'd by breathing out thy Breath That was thy Life which proves unt ' others Death 137. Of Pomponia A Plume of Feathers brave Pomponia wears What Mars his Ensign was now Venus bears As Mars his favour She doth wear 't that she May shew how friendly Mars and Venus be * Cic. Tusc. quaest lib. 5. Suum Cuique pulchrum 138. To H. L. Thou lov'st thy Neighbours wife he thine doth love So that ones own doth not still pleasing prove 139. Venus Sith Venus is expos'd to sale like Wine Why hangs there not before her door a Sign 140. To Marinus Difficilia quae pulchra If difficult what 's fair on this Result Take Facile thou give me the Difficult 141. To Theodorus By th' now
sin did buy 46. Democritus and Heraclitus That only laugh'd this only wept but whether Shall be laugh'd at or wept for Both or Neither 47. Of Langa Langa she Papist ' spous'd t' a Lutheran T' avoid contesting thus to speak began Lest future Discords should disturb our Peace To me be facile and I thee will please Grant me the Liberty of Conscience And with all other things I will dispence 48. King Arthur's Round-Table Why thy Round Table dost t' a Square prefer Men made things Square God made * The World the Circular 49. To Theophila B. C. He must love much and have no vulgar spirit Who doth thee praise and love as thou dost merit 50. Of Hernicus His Soul to God his Body to the Ground Hernick bequeath'd And lying in a Swound He heard some whisp'ring that his wife had gain'd A new-another Husband which disdain'd By th' envious Man he gave his wife the Lye Reviv'd whereas before he thought to die 51. Of Love and Faith Love is from Faith divorc'd that ever is Suspicious not once suspected this 52. A Lover Uncertain Hope Fear constant flying Pleasure Sad Joyes sweet Grief Love bitter Where 's the Treasure 53. The Golden Age. Before the virtue was of Gold disclos'd Why was that Age the Golden Age suppos'd 54. Of Alana In Bed Alana's Place is lowest yet At Table in the high'st Place She 's set Her facile Husband parts with her the Sway He rules by Night She governs all the day 55. Germanick Death to Polynicus Death 's not to be saith Seneca some think And Germans too that Death is not to drink 56. Of Philodemus Rare things 'cause dear thou shunnest seekest common To thee more dear's a vile than dearer Woman 57. Of Battus Thou secrets tell'st crave'st pardon for the wrong Wouldst have no need of Pardon Hold thy Tongue 58. The Gordian Knot The Gordian Knot cut once with Sword Is it Now rather to be loos'd by Sword or Wit None can dissolve this Knot by Wit or Word Nor yet can Alexander with his Sword 59. Love Wars Peace again these things occur in Love Content Contention in one Circle move 60. Strifes Laws to J. C. Strife Laws produc'd and Law produceth Strife None without One of these can live this Life 61. The Miser and Prodigal My study's Rhetorick saith Prodigal And mine the Miser saith is Logical Logick close-fisted Avarice descries And Rhetorick mens Prodigalities 62. Labour Though th' active Romans Grief no Labour deem'd Th' inactive Greeks Labour a Grief esteem'd 63. A good strong wise man Good Men want Wealth but have divine supplies Wit to the Strong Faith's wanting to the Wise. 64. The Order of the Golden Fleece Philip the Duke of Burgundy 't is feign'd That Order of the Golden Fleece ordain'd Whose Heirs the Golden Indies now possess This Order was an Oracle no less 65. The Motto of Thomas Earl of Dorset Nec temerè nec timide Not hastily nor heartlesly Wisely suspect and stoutly things expect Be circumspect lei thee no Fear deject 66. The Motto of Henry Neville Knight Ne vile velis Not vile's thy will Neville thy will ne-vile or vain brings forth Sith vile things little vain are Nothing worth 67. To Sir Philip Sidney of his Arcadia Thou did'st command when passing to thine Urne Witness thy Wife they should th' Arcadia burn If it should die for kindling Lovers Flames It ought not to be burn'd but drown'd in Thames In this thy Book no Line no Letter 's found That merits either to be burn'd or drown'd What ever censure on thy Book may fall Thy Wit nor censure merits Death nor Gall. 68. To Jane Owen a most learned woman None of thy Sisters have I heard or seen Though Five to th' aged Father born have been How many then I know but what they be I know not yet I know if like to thee 69. To his Friend He be none's Enemy nor twice a Friend My Friendship where it doth begin shall end 70. The Usurers Grammer Things Creeping Swimming Going Fleeing All Love These Those all things all Men doth inthral He She That Coyn Money and Gold these Three Do conquer Love by whom all conquer'd be 71. To one like neither Parent Why did thy Parents thee not like unt ' Either Beget when they Consented Both together Thou no right form of Either Parent hast While both of them to form thee did what 's past 72. To two nameless returning from Venice That your Adventure fourfold might return Your Journey you to Venice did adjourn From whence when with your gain you came again Your Friends though to their loss rejoyc'd amain 73. Adultery and Fornication What differs base Adulterers from vile Fornicators Tragick as from Comick stile 74. Of Hercules to C. D. No force could force or Hercules remove What was the greatest of his Labours Love A Lioness not Manness he could tame No Monstress him a Mistress overcame 75. A Saluting Kiss Give me three Kisses Phyllis if not three So many as thy Lips are give to Me Thou giv'st and takest one deny'st one more Or take thou thine or mine to me restore 76. A Problem to Naturalists of Kisses If Kisses to the Tast bring nothing sweet Why Kiss we with our mouth when Friends we meet 77. Of Labienus This Thief the Gallows mounting there to die Thus thus said he we scale the Starry Sky 78. Of Alexander One World one Alexander not confin'd O than the world immenser was his mind To this one World one Man was not compleat Great Alexander but the World more great 79. To Firmicus of Aulus Thou Firmick credit'st none all credit thee Aulus trusts all but cannot trusted be 80. Of a certain Poetaster Thou pottest so as if no Pot no Poet. No Poetry as if Pots only show it Drunken (1) Carnifex an Hangman Carminifex from out this word Take Mi the rest to thee will well accord 81. Of ones Lying Letters Thy false Epistle oft comes to my sight Or rare or never thou dost Gospel write 82. Physician heal thy self to Gilbertus Vain is advice to thee thy self to cure For 't is thy greatest care that cure t' ensure 83. Of a certain Usurer The thousand Pounds thou did'st to Flava lend Thou for it with full Usury dost send If like for like she gave th' art paid thereby Thou hadst her Bodies use for th' Usury 84. Of an Hypocrite All things he doth dissemble or surmise Though Labour hence thence Dolour doth arise 85. Of Erasmus his Book of Follies Erasmus was the first who Folly prais'd This Folly shew'd his wit his wisedom rais'd 86. Of Anagrammatists Whither O whither will your wits inforce Vowels and Letters here and there to course As when Augustus leisure gave in one Thyrsis his Sheep his Goats brought Corydon 87. Of a certain indoctrin'd Doctor Master in Art thou Beardless-Artless wert Now Bearded Doctor th' art but more inert 88. Of naked Love Nature the Fields the Birds the
thou self distracted didst distract What should'st thou do Famine advis'd that Act. Thee Poverty compell'd thy Books with sweat Compil'd first pen'd after to vend and eat 126. On a Bald Pate Lo not an hair thine heads bald Crown doth Crown Thy Faithless Front hath not one hair thine own Before Behind thine hair 's blown off with Blast What 's left thee to be lost thine Head at last 127. To Claudius and Linus Lewd Claud to make thee good thou want'st sole will Thou Linus want'st sole Power to make thee ill 128. To George (1) Nom. George whether thou desir'st to b' in my Book Wherein a Verse averse is if thou look (2) Gen. Or whether of thy Kindred I should raise Trophys in Verse oft sounding Thine-their Praise (3) Dat. Or whether I to thee would recommend Due thanks my Verse cannot due thanks repend (4) Accus 'T is well no Verse of mine thee doth accuse In this thy Name well pleaseth Me-my Muse. (5) Vocat If generous O George thou would'st be call'd Thou in th' extremest Place shalt still b' install'd (6) Ablat Wo's me that I my Verse cannot inforce Longer to hold with thee a long Discourse 129. A Lover is a Warrior Souldiers with Harlots Aulus well compar'd Mars bodies arm'd Venus unarm'd doth guard 130. The Military Oath The Latines Sacrament call'd sacred Oath Which Souldiers to their Captain did betroth If Sacraments be but an Oath then there More Sacraments than two will soon appear 131. Of Alanus Covetous and Lame Give but a Gift t' Alanus He though Lame Is hundred-handed to receive the same But if for Gift a Gift he must restore He 's Lame that hundred-handed was before 132. The Condition of Kings While This forbears That fears Truth to relate To Kings O miserable Kingly state 133. Vis Jus Force Right to J. C. Vis Force Jus Right are adverse yet the Name Of Vis and Jus inverted is the fame 134. Of Marcus Wives Widows Maids Whores Wenches women-kind Thou lov'st but thine own Wife thou leav'st behind Among so many kinds of Venus sports Why leav'st the lawful lov'st th' unlawful sorts 135. Desperate Debt Who 's not in Debt t' his wise who (1) Solvency or Payment is not to be understood but of one that is able to pay the whole debt Jabol de verb. signif 1. solvendo solvent is None solid but insolvent is in This. 136. Of Culianus Wise men are (1) Cic. de Divin lib. 2. wonders wonders now are none Then now there is no wise man no not one But Culian th' art wise then wonders are Or thou from wisdom Culian art far 137. Of Marcus a man venust or comely Too much of Venus (1) Burnt usted part of Thee That in some Part thou maist Venustus be 138. Of Adrian 5. Derided Epigrams derided Verse Thou writest which with mirth have no commerce No mirth is in them yet the Reader smil'd Because both wit and mirth from them 's exil'd 139. I Thou He. There 's no man but prefers Himself unt ' All Hence the first Person I we count and call Thou fam'st thy present blam'st thine absent Friend He Thou next Me and He next Thee doth tend 140. Petite dabitur vobis Ask and it shall be given you That which was promis'd Askers heretofore Is given now to Givers men no more Will gratis give what 's gratis comes from Heaven Of nought comes nought Give and it shall be given Date dabitur vobiâ— 141. Married Persons Children Parents Husband and wife once two are now but one Once one two now are Father and his Son 142. Of Marcus a Lawyer Thou pleadest for thy self not Client he Not for himself but brings his Gold for thee The certain Laws uncertain Causes cross Thou sure of gain thy Client 's sure of loss 143. To his Father As man more excellent than woman is I so thy son do more excel in this 144. An Italian Th' Italians of their wives as Books comprize The parts incluse-sâ—cluse Monopolize This what God said unt ' Eve the woman gains By this I will multiplicate thy pains 145. What Wife the Author would have I like a woman facile to be lov'd To love difficile comely well approv'd Rivals in love I like deserve she should The love of all not love alone I would 146. To one complaining that his Children were not like him Would'st on thy wife beget a Self-like Child First get a wife like thee compos'd-compil'd 147. To the Married Of Conjugal Love When Adam had espoused Eve his Bride No woman was for him to love beside Love Conjugal is therefore First and best Paternal doth the Second Love attest 148. Sir Francis Drake ' s Epitaph Though Papistry should rage in time to come It would not Drake I think dig up thy Tomb Thou need'st not fear it should thy Body burn For in the water safe from Fire 's thine Urne 149. A Childs Epitaph dying before his Grandfather and Father Death keeps no method Logick's Art denies A Son before his Sire and Grandsire dies 150. Epitaph of Maurus His Soul of 's Corps his Corps of 's Soul 's hereft Maurus wants both his Name is only left 151. Epitaph of Pyramus and Thisbe Death friendly-foe from you that grief remov'd Which brought on Death before because you lov'd 152. Tho. Moor dying Moor had his Head from 's Body severed But would not have his Hair cut from his Head 153. Three Languages Crucified Hebrew Greek Latine First Next Third commixt Sacred Learn'd Roman all three Crucifixt 154. Don Antonio King of Portugal Between thee and thy Kingdom a Divorce Was lately made against thy will by force Now thou maist of thy Kingdom took away What Christ Himself (1) My Kingdom is not of this World did of his Kingdom say 155. Alexander Aristotle He great'st of Kings of Sophists this compleater Great Alexander Aristotle greater This learn'd made Alexander more compleat Great He made Aristotle not more great 156. Of Plato The Bees which swarm'd on Plato's lips do still Distill rare Sweets from his mellistuous Quill 157. Virgil ' s Georgicks Thou Maro writ'st rich Verse of Husbandry And dost manure the Readers wit thereby 158. Persius the Poet. Dark Persius I read but not conceive I' th' dark he doth his Readers lead and leave 159. Tacitus Thee Candor made Truth-telling Nature wise Briefness obscure and Gravity concise 160. To Martial Persons thou know'st to spare to speak of things All thy Conceits are honyed have no Stings 161. To Petrarch While O thy Laura's read the doubt will be Lawrel or Laura whether fitt'st for thee 162. Pliny Englisht by Philemon Holland a Physician Pliny writes many things is long is short Much writing Holland's (a) Because more plene longer (b) Because more plaiâ—â— shorter for't 163. Of Cicero to Catullus What thou didst tell Catullus and foretell Of Cicero was true for it befell
To the same Thou who before thy Birth a burden were Unto thy Parent born her honour art 3. To the Reader of his Book Lest this my Book displease the candid Eye I fear and fear lest it with Fools comply 4. The Virgin Birth of Elizabeth Queen of England 1602. England and Scotland are united by Th' auspicious Birth of thy Virginity T' unite then multiply's of greater worth And thou best Parent by not bringing forth 5. To the Hollander 1602. Thou not against Minerva's will didst fight Whil'st Englands Pallas back'd thee with her might But thy fate chang'd Death like Ulysses come Took hence thy Pallas and Palladium 6. To James King of Great Britain c. The Golden Age is come long since foretold When but one King should wear Brute's Crown of Gold Who should the Britains that divided were Unite of Peace should th' Olive Branches bear That having Peace all good unt ' us comes forth We now may say most truly from (a) For Owen Grandfather to King Henry the seventh came from North Wales And King James from thâ— North of great Britain the North. 7. To the Prince Great Britaines Hope son of so great a Sire Half of each Parent for Example higher Almost than imitation in rare Parts Follow'd by few belov'd in all mens hearts Hadst thou these vertues from thy Sires instinct Or from thy Mothers Breasts from both I think 't 8. Basilicon Doron to the King None needs this Author none this Book proclaim He This This Him resounds with Trump of Fame 9. To the Lady Mary Neville Thy Glass reflects thee fair fame calls thee chast Thou nor from Glass nor Fame a fable hast Fame that of all things hath the swiftest wing Dares not presume thy fame to stain or sting 10. Of her daughter Cecily No Painter can delineate the mind Yet in this Picture thou thy self maist find 11. To the Candid Reader My good Verse best indifferent mine ill Kind Reader thou dost call with candid will To the malevolent Reader My bad Verse worst indifferent my good Thou call'st black Reader so thy censure stood 12. Hercules By-way Some in Quadruples some in Triples erre Th' Herculean Duple is most sinister 13. Of Vertue Vertue contemneth praise though praise incline To Vertue Shadows as to Bodies joyn For Vertue 's real praise but verbal bare As Bodies something Shadows nothing are 14. Lifes Dyal From East to West without return am I Born yesterday live this day next day die 15. Of God So great thy Greatness Euclide could not show And such as Aristotle did not know 16. Of an Atheist There is no God the Fool in secret saith But none so soolish as to make 't his Faith If none a God deny who 's th' Atheist he Who doth desire that there no God should be 17. Charity As Wives where loveless there do faithless prove So 's Faith depriv'd of Charitable love 18. Dives and Lazarus The Gospel doth a nameless Rich man blame Where Lazarus hath an eternal Name 19. Increase and Multiply The first man was at first but one till God Of him made two evening the number odd After when God unt ' Eve did Adam tye God made them one again to multiply God first made one then two then as before He made them one to multiply the more 20. Union Divine is Union Division evil's For there 's one God innumerable Devils 21. Three Tempters The World Flesh Devil are three Sophisters In Logick he in Rhet'rick they converse 22. The Spirit and Flesh. Me Flesh and Spirit hither thither force Jove Caesar are in me Competitors Peace to you both were you but once at Peace Peace then in all the world would soon increase 23. Man to Man a God Wolf Man is to man a God a Wolf why when For Christ's a God Adam a Wolf to men 24. God's word Men few things see God all things sees foresees Hence men speak often God but once decrees 25. The Broad and Narrow way The Scripture bids us strive 't is our concern To walk the Narrow way to Life eterne If that way leads us not t' inherit Bliss The broader way will lead us down to Dis. 26. St. John Baptist. The Baptist Christ preceded as the Light Precedes the Sun brings day dispells the night 27. Of Autumn Autumn shakes off the Leaves and for man's use Produceth fruit let us the like produce 28. The Misery of Life Who long would live wretched although and poor That is he would be wretched more and more Poor-wretched Irus dies against his will That iâ— he would be poor and wretched still 29. Of Nature and Grace Nature like to the Moon gives pallid Light Grace like the Sun more splendid shines and bright 30. The Catechism Twelve things thou must believe must pray for seven And ten things do if thou wilt enter Heaven 31. A Rich Man Why are few rich men sav'd because their bent Repents Expences nothing else repent 32. O guileful Hopes O rather guileful things our Hope a friend Most faithful us concomitates to th' end 33. The Redeemer One man by dying man from Death hath freed Which was to man for one mans sin decreed Christ all things did post-pone lost man to win Contemn'd-condemn'd O Adam for thy sin 34. The Holy Spirit As Doves to whitest Houses soonest come So th' holy God makes cleanest Hearts his home 35. Fortitude The Wise doth know the Just will do what 's right Who dares thus shall b' esteem'd a man of might 36. Of a King Law where 's no King 's like light when Sun 's away King where 's no Law 's like Sun without a Ray. People first chose a King The King with them Made Laws yet subject to the Diadem 37. A Welch Man English and Scots by name are one with thee Now Welch-man sole thou shalt not British be 38. English-Scots Disjoyn'd in Laws what Law shall them conjoyn The Kingdoms safety best of Laws divine 39. Henry the Roses James the Kingdoms To the King The Roses English colours Red and White Like Cadmus new-sprung Host ingag'd in Fight And as the Twins which one Egge did include Do Rise and Set in a vicissitude As Day the Night as Night succeeds the Day The Roses so did bear alternate sway Till Mother Mona (a) A British Proverb Mon Mam Gymri in English thus Anglisey the Mother of Wales British Angles'y An Isle which Tacitus not tacitely Recordeth happy Mother happier By bearing British Owen Theodor From whom arose a Noble Prince a Rose Whose Wife and Mother sprung from Stem of those Who thousand dangers pass'd in Nuptial Bed United (b) Remarkable here that the Triple Empire of Britain by a certain occult Fate was restored to the British Blood 1 The Kingdom of Scotland by Stuart 2 The Kingdom of England by Tyder 3 The Empire of the whole Island by James the first descended from both both the Roses White and Red. Which Union lest Change or
all Arts laid up in Natures breast That man might thence require acquire the best 90. Adams Apology Why am I blam'd as Author of mans sin I sin'd not first Eve did to me begin 91. The Serpent Thou thy self-tempter self-deceiver wert None did attempt to tempt or thee pervert 92. Still the same One God in all the World was is and shall Why is not then the same one faith for all One faith like day the world t' enlighten even As one Sun 's in the Sky one God in Heaven 93. Mental Prayer Let Soul be pure House Oratory Reader The Spirit cleansed Heart Prayers the Pleader 94. The five Wounds Balsoms not wounds were th' wounds which Christ endur'd For by those wounds our wounds are clos'd are cur'd 95. Feigned Friendship While the dark World the Suns bright beams accend The shadow on the body doth attend But when Clouds intervening shade the shine The shadow doth thy body then decline While Fortune smiles thy friends will follow thee As shadows Bodies when Sun shines we see 96. Vertue Vertue consisteth not in words but Deeds Faith Hope and Charity are Herbs not Weeds 97. Rachel Why dost bewail thy loss in thy lost Son Thou brought'st him forth with pain with grief he 's gone 98. Solomon So many Miracles as wise men are For than a wise man what 's more strange more rare But Solomon's before the seven Sages He 's then the first not the Eighth by our Suffrages 99. Hope Sith in things future artless is my Skill Why should I hope for good or fear what 's ill Yet I despair not without hope I die Long hope prolongs my short Lifes Brevity 100. Mans Ignorance I scarce know what 's to live no wonder I Then know not what 't is to be born or die 101. Christ the Way Would'st know the way which doth unt ' Heaven tend The Way from Heaven doth to thee descend 102. Of Fame Seek vertue but the praise thereof disclaim Not of the man the praise is but the Name 103. Faith Faith in Pythag'ras principles 's a Prince His Ipse dixit did convince-evince 104. Aequanimity Whether Deaths hour be come or not abhor it To be too willing or unwilling for it 105. Newest Times The Times which first produced things in view Were the New Times for then the world was new Tell me learn'd Reader of the Books inroll'd Whether our Times be the New Times or Old 106. The Will Wilt thou be good Will sole it shall be so Who gave thee Will will on thee Pow'r bestow 107. To the Sun Fair Phoebus who twice fourscore times by guess Art than th' Earth greater though thou seemest less Thou who to me poor worm so small dost seem How little Ah am I in thine esteem 108. Honesty The wise man than the good 's more wise no matter While that the good is than the wise man better 109. Man His Heart 's but care his flesh a Carkass and Sickness his Birth his Life at Deaths command 110. Multiloquy to a Preacher Multiloquy shews Ignorance what needs So many words when thou dost see the Deeds 111. Death with and against Nature By Natures course O Death thou shouldst not gather Nor take away the Son before his Father In Life and death we Natures Rules apply Nature will have men live will have men die 112. Eloquence Not to speak much but well is Eloquence As fertile Fields good fruit not much dispence 113. God As from our sight thick Clouds the Skies obscure So God's invisible to minds impure None have seen God and few have heard Him speak Hence (a) Faith is by Hearing Love by Seeing Faith 's so rare but Love 's more rare more weak 114. To Ponticus Thou ask'st what years thou hast I answer None For what thou had'st thou hast not they be gone 115. Love and Friendship to Carolus From a long custom Nature doth dissent As Love from friendship differs in th' extent 116. Princes You seem to shew a zealous-pious care For true Religions Progress to prepare But your Religion moves t' have Honour more Not th' Honour true Religion to restore 117. O Times O Manners Why doth man blame the Manners and the Times Imputing to their pravities his Crimes In Times or Manners is no fault at all Not by Them in Them are we criminal 118. Philosophy All much would know but to believe it few Hence many much believe yet few do know 119. Infinite Evil. Born but one way a thousand waies we die Our thousand Sores have but one Remedy 120. Of Controversies Divines contend and yet is their contest Under the Judge O would it there might rest Divines contend and of the Judge complain O would that all the strife did there remain Or that in us there was such strife of Love As Love of strife in ev'ry Sphere doth move 121. Christ on the Cross. When Christ was Crucifi'd two Thieves between Then Vertue never or i' th' midst was seen 122. Times Daughter Though truth be sometimes hid 't will be proclaim'd Hence by the Greeks it is (a) Without Obliviâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nam'd 123. Physick and Law If Mortals would as Nature dictates live They need not Fees to the Physicians give If men were wise they need not have their Cause Pleaded prolonged by th' ambiguous Laws So Bartolus might Feeless go to Bed And Mice corrode Hippocrates unread 124. Man and Wife The total House us holds not when we chide But one Bed serves us both when pacifi'd 125. The shortest Day One Day the last is our Lifes shortest Day For it is next our End and will away 126. Vertues Complaint Rare 's love of love love of Vertue 's rare Price is now priz'd and Honours honour'd are Riches are prostitute Coyn Money buyes And Vertue 's vile she must her own worth prize 127. An hard Father A sparing Father is most liberal T' his Son For dying he doth leave him all 128. A Prayer to God in Sickness Nature of Nature O good God when I Can live no longer give me will to die 129. To a litigious Person If Judge to thee be deaf thy Cause is lost Thy gain is vain Experience with cost 'T is better Judges please than plead the Laws Those before these indulge unto thy Cause 130. Of Brunonius Our Fathers instituted Fasts that they Their Flesh the Spirit that it might God obey But with full Table thou keep'st Fast that thence Thy Spirit may thy flesh thy flesh serve sense 131. Time Age all things brings all things bears hence with it All things have Time and Time hath all things fit 132. Miracles Sith Miracles are ceas'd what shall I speak Is Gods hand shorter or our faith more weak 133. To Irus Thou still wouldst live but live thou caust not still Though still to live thou maist dost wish and will But sith thou liv'st so poor I know not why Though life thou will'st thou should'st not wish to die 134.
fixt Nor Hope is Hope if not with doubts commixt 173. Novelty Reviv'd are many things which heretofore Fell and shall fall though now they flourish more New things now please but will not still because What 's now new will wax old and full of Flaws 174. Marcus his Looking-glass Why is thy Fool before thee still All-Ass Thou view'st thy self in him as in a Glass 175. To one Uxorious The Field's not alway plough'd Thy Wife 's a Field Yet she loves dayly to be duly till'd 176. To a Friend Four years and more praeter-plu-perfect past First sprung thy love and then was rooted fast In vain thou now dost seek it to remove No new young Plant an old grown Tree's thy Love 177. To Porphyrius We read that Christ wept twice not laugh'd at all Why dost mans Nature Risible then call 178. To Pontilianus As a Blind Man by Boy or Woman led Ways t' him unseen-unknown doth often tread So Venus or her Boy thee blind in Love Hither and Thither lead move and remove 179. Love is beyond all Exception To a certain Friend Though some new cause old Love may chance suspend I by the Laws of Friendship am thy Friend My Love 's beyond Exception unto thee Except thou lov'st not as thou shouldst love me 180. Of Ponticus aged sixty years In all thy Life thou good hast done to none When wilt thou now begin Thou sayst upon My death I all will to the poor bequeath Too late he 's wise that is not wise till death 181. Of Nigella Candidated Rare Bird on Earth thou art and Swan-like white White are thy Cloaths thy Skin as black as night 182. Le Carneval de la vit Why doth the Soul abhor the Bodies death Fears that to die when this hath lost its Breath Or doth it fear that after death remains Unt ' it short Judgement but long lasting pains I doubt this doth the Soul in death dismay That to the Flesh it cannot farewel say 183. Quintina ' s Praise Should I thee praise thou then wouldst prouder be I praise thee not Th' art proud enough I see 184. Earth ' s Son Heaven looks on us and we must look on Heaven For Stars in Skies God Eyes to thee hath given Thou scarce the thousandth part of Earth canst see Half Heaven yet is visible to thee Fool why dost Earth prefer unt ' Heaven rather But as some love their Mother more than Father 185. The lowest Species Though Mankind is the chief yet him we call We account the lowest Species of all Heav'n hath but few More men in Hell do lie Who mens unhappiness can then deny 186. Of Envy a Paradox If Vertue did Envy would less abound For where 's more Vertue there less Vice is found 187. James of that Name The sixth King of Scotland The first of England Happiness to Britain What hath been often wish'd scarce hop'd for came 'Twixt Hope and Fear unto thy royal Name King James the first the sixth of Regal Line Sice Ace the best chance of the Dice was thine 188. To James the First King of Great Britain c. Thine Hand four Crowns four Scepters doth command Four Languages are spoken in thy Land The Britains Language though not one their Heart Is One of thy three Kingdoms being part At first the Devil did mens hearts divide But God their Languages And all for Pride 189. Kings and Prophets Out of his Countrey no King rules in chief No Prophet in his Countrey gains Belief 190. Vertue A double Genius while transitory Attends on Vertue Good Bad Envy Glory 191. Envy Envy corrodes mens praises like a Slave As Worms corrode their Bodies in the Grave 192. Of Battus Thy many Queries I in brief respond Not 'cause so many but 'cause foolish fond 193. Sleep Death Though in my sleep I seem as dead in sort Yet no part of my Life 's the sweeter for 't 'T is strange what should in Death so bitter be Sith Sleep Deaths Image is so sweet to me 194. The Triumvirs Clients unto the Lawyer go because Wealth their chief Good 's secured by the Laws In Sickness the Physician comes next Wealth The second thing to be secur'd is Health Divines who first to have been sent for ought Come last unto the sick â—â—sent-unsought 195. Lovers Patience Lover wouldst have thy wish Be patient He that will live in Peace must be content 196. Of a certain Grammaticaster Thou Letters knowst a good Grammarian And nothing knowst but them A learned man 197. To a pompous Dame Be like Men'laus or Ulysses Wife If thou wouldst famous live beyond thy Life For Vice not only Vertue doth survive Helen's Penelope's Names are yet alive 198. Of Aulus a Grandee Truth-telling Fools speak things to be conceaâ—'d But wise men see what 's sit to be reveal'd Aulus to trust his Servants wits afraid Keeps four fools still about him for their Aid 199. Gold from Dung Virgil from Ennius Dung did Gold extract What Virgils was is now Physicians act 200. Loves Secret A Lover's seldom lov'd Be loveless if Thou wilt not be belov'd love then in chief 201. Mon Tout To Marcia Oft thou me call'st all thine That I deny All thine I am not But thine all am I. 202. Of Quintus and Orus Quintus and Orus have of late declar'd Themselves Papistical On what regard That for their Faiths Antiquity And this For Novelty thereof a Papist is 203. Ariadne ' s Thread As Theseus by Ariadne's Thread Was Led so Men One Faith to Truth doth lead 204. Of Wills and Vows In Testaments or Wills the Last must stand In Vows if good the first hath chief command When God created all things with one vote Two Wills or Testaments he made-he wrote 205. To a Covetous Friend The Covetous hath all himself not giving He nothing hath Himself but wants while living 206. To Ponticus A Lawyer Part of thy Life thou to thy wife dost give Part to thy Client When to th' self wilt live 207. Of Preachers and Players Preachers and Players check our crimes With Tears The Preachers and the Players with their Jeers To that I wretched foolish seem to this This numbers and that ponders mine amiss 208. The Births of Christ and J. Baptist. John in the Summer Christ in Winter came That did Baptize with Water This with Flame Well did those Contraries * The two Baptisms of Christ and John Floods Flames convene Our Sins Fire purgeth Water washeth clean 209. No Man is hurt but from himself None 's free from Crimes nor Discords For most times Our Discords are procur'd by our own Crimes 210. Upon a bawling Ass. I do not call thee Momus ev'ry Ass But that which the false Prophet Balaams was Not that which into Salem Christ did carry For this was mild and mute but that contrary 211. Of his Heirs To the Lawyers None of his wife but Adam was secure And none but Eve was of her husband sure In Wedlock the poor
shalt not kill thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not steal this Law 's for Lawyers writ Thou shalt not kill this for Physician 's fit 12. Of Alanus A decocting Chymist This Chymist Gold to Not-Gold brought in Fact But he from not-Gold could not Gold extract 13. To the Prince Ones own be first If not let none decline Anothers to be while he may be thine 14. To Richard Earl of Dorset returned from France The change of Air hath chang'd which is most rare Thy Qualities and wit both better'd arc More learn'd more good thou now return'st thy Fate In both great Earl I do congratulate 15. Nine Muses Mutes When mute the Muses be what odds in fine Whether thou sayst nine Mutes or Muses nine If th' Idiome the diff'rence constitutes What diff'rence 'twixt the Muses and the Mutes 16. Honours Etymologie Genealogie In Hebrew wealth's call'd Hon in French Gold Or Hence Hon-or hath its name and Metaphor 17. To Cornutus Pythagoras his Letter hath upon 't A Bipartite That Letter 's on thy front 18. To Dindimus Of Salt a Bushel thou with me must eat Thou sayst to make our Amity compleat Thou never eatst as I remember Salt What shall thy friendship then for ever halt 119. A Cannical Woman A Woman 's like a Rule that 's general Which many times deceives so women all 20. Solomons wish Why did the wise King wisdome wish not Health Had Solomo◠been wise h' had wish'd for wealth But Solomon wish'd wiser He did prize Wisdome 'fore Wrath 〈…〉 was not 〈◊〉 21. What News Here 's nothing new saith Solomon yet bold Columbus found a new World in our old 22. A Trine of British women from whom came the British union (a) Henry the seventh Henry's wife Mother Roses red and white (b) Margaret the Wife to James the fourth King of Scots Mother of the Union Conjoyn'd his Daughter did the Crowns Unite Happy O Son happy O Husband rather (c) James the First Britains Monarch Thrice happy Henry seventh as a Father 23. Doron Basilicon A Kingly Gift To thee the Wisdome's wish'd of Solomon Thy wish thou hast Doron Basilicon 24. Blessed are Munisicents Pacisicents King James the Britains state munites unites Munificent unificent he writes 25. Of Gaurus a Church-Canon Wisdome is read in Texts Apocryphal Thou though unwise art yet Canonical 26. A Snayl Emblematical Like Snayls are disagreeing Man and Wife One House will not contain them in their strife 27. Christopher Columbus (a) The Dove Columba was the first which did relate That Land appear'd and waters did abate And thou Columbus was the first whose hand Discover'd to the World the (b) America New-found-Land This Gold an Olive Branch that did produce That Pleasures and this Treasures for mans use 28. Against Regicides Cut off thy (a) Mat. 9.43 Right Hand if it make thee sin Thy (b) v. 45. Foot likewise if errours it walk in If that thy (c) v. 47. right Eye cause thee to transgress Then pull it out what Member more or less Is peccant in the Body strike it dead Except Divines and (d) Physicians Doctors say the Head 29. A Gratulation To George Arch-bishop of Canterbury 1511. At Oxford Rector thence thou didst arise A Dean two Cities didst Episcopize Thou Londons Bishoprick soon hadst and thee The Metropolitan we soon did see Thou in the Triple Senate fitt'st on high What more remains for thee to doe To die * Litchueld and Coventry 30. To Decianus a Judge I would not have thee deaf nor dumb but blind Not lame but maim'd not cruel nor too kind 31. To Caesar Caesars to God Gods All Pow'r on Earth beginning hath and end God solely doth beyond them both extend Indefinite not infinite are Powers On Earth God's Infinite but finite Ours 32. Three Sabbaths Saturn The Sun and Venus in a Trine To th' Jews Turks Christians Sabbaths three design The Jews their Sabbath have And they the same From pale-fac'd-leaden colour'd Saturn name The Turk whose Law permitteth many Wives His Sabbaths Name from Venus Name derives But Christians their Sabbath on the Day The Sun of Righteousness arose display 33. To David Murray Knight one of the Bed-chamber unto Prince Henry Kings Favours to their Favourites impart Wise Kings to those alone of best desert Our King in this excels For Favours he Daigns sole to worthy men to Thee like Thee 34. I can will will not Anomals I will but cannot what I can I nill Mans total Life is only Nill and will 35. Patience The man that suffers overcomes But then The suff'ring woman 's overcome by men 236. Of Genu-flexion A Probleme When Honour is conferr'd or Friend to Friend Why man but one Knee Woman both doth bend Man once but Woman twice must serve in Life While Maid her Father Husband when a Wife 37. To William Earl of Pembroke one of the Kings privy Council Not old in years nor young in Judgement sound The King thee fit for him thy Countrey found Shall I for this thine Honour praise thy Fate Or thy Desert I both congratulate 38. To the Bishop of London The learned King of the Metropolis Thee Pastor made The City wish'd for this The See-seat vacant many sought for it As their Reward for Learning and for Wit The King th' Arch-bishop thee the City call'd And thou the See-seat vocant art install'd 39. Of rising and setting Remember at Sun-setting Death thine Urn And at Sun-rising mind thy thence return 40. To Peter Junius a Scot-Britain formerly Tutor to King James He 's born unworthy from whom none is born But thou thy birth thy being dost adorn For seven from thy Loyns are issu'd forth Th' Idea's of thy Body Wit and worth So many learn'd from thee their Father sprung As Wise men did to learned Greece belong 41. Of Gaurus Thou wise and foolish art Who credits it Wise in conceit Foolish for want of Wit 42. S. T. S T. though a note of silence doth expound Without a Vowels help a vocal sound 43. The saying of Henry Earl of Northampton Uni Univoce One and Onely We Britans are univocal serve one Only King James uniting us alone 44. Of Quintus a Dreamer Oft in the Morn I thee complaining heard That in thy Dreams by Night no Truth appear'd What wonder while by day thou speakst but lye◠That all thy Dreams by Night are falsities 45. To Robert Carre of the Kings Council c. The vulgar seldome love whom Kings prefer The King as seldom loves the popular 'T is difficult to purchase both their Loves Thy Motion 's double for with both it moves 46. Of a certain Hypocrite Thy left hand knows not what thy right hand gives True For it gives to none nor one relieves 47. The death of Justus Lipsius 1606. The seventi'th and sixth year of thine Age Finish'd oh Grief thine Earthly Pilgrimage That Day brought first mine Epigrams to Light When thon didst die
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)
friends me forsook as 't is in use Unhop'd for Help you three did me produce Your three Names therefore next the Prince his name I joyn Mecaenas sole deserves such fame 3. Lawyer and Physician Unless he subtile be this rashly bold They both perhaps may beg their bread when old 4. The Courtiers Ladder None but by many steps doth rise at Court But falling one's enough too much though short 5. To Edward Noel c. Though I Mecaenas send this Book to thee Others may read it if 't worth reading be How is my Patron better by this sped Than Readers Thus he readeth and is read 6. On Tomasine Many these times in praise of Asses writ I read a Book and read thy praise in it 7. To A Courtier The bold by Fortune th' eaters are by meat Aided Wilt something be be bold and eat 8. Honour and Riches compared God gives men Riches Honour claims as Donor Preferr'd before all Riches therefore 's Honour 9. On fabulous Poets Poets of old making small difference 'Twixt Truth and Lies made something of each Ens Their proper name from making Poets gather From making something making nothing rather 10. On Fabianus Some bald without thou bald within 't is plain They want their Hair thou want'st as much of Brain 11. Osculum a Kiss Lovers affect three Syllables this word Is given by the Lovers that accord Is the first given Doubtless then in fine The rest will follow from the femiâ—iâ—e 12. Dalilah Strong Sampsons Wife despoyl'd him of his hair Our times have many Dalilahs as fair 13. Coventry and Warwick Midland Cities Not the same Prelate the same Judge you see Your Spirits differ but one flesh you be 14. The Birth-day To present born reborn to future things The present's first the last more comfort brings 15. On the Art of Love I think 't was rudeness th' Art of Love t' impart Love is the work of Nature not of Art 16 On Gallio Rare Judge who giftless doth his office Why Because with gifts he did his office buy 17. On Phyllis The Love of Phyllis for a Solar year Endures not Lunar 't is like Phoebe's Sphear Her love is like her Body monthly sick Lunar's her Love her self is Lunatick 18. On Paetus A Probleme Nor Father Step-father nor kin to those Thy Wife brought forth What shall we thee suppose 19. On Pontiliana Why wert thou wedded on bright Lucy's light Because 't was shortest Day and longest Night 20. To Fronto a Lawyer I many Penal statutes Fronto saw But not one Premial in all your Law Laws Penal Premial support a State This age hath lost the last the first 's in date 21. To Edward Noel c. Wise Nature did to thee much Wit impart To Natures strength thou dost add helps of Art Good Fortune with thy Vertue doth combine Unto thine Art and Wit thou Wealth dost joyn Fortune enables thee to succour wants And Vertue makes thee willing Both God grants 22. On Festus an unjust Judge What Judas did or Pilate do the same Hang'd wouldst not be Wash then thine hands from blame 23. Paronomasia i. Gingling with words A Maid looks on her Lovers face not mind If wedded 't is enough her Husband 's kind Venus had rather courted be than painted With Acts than Complements she 's more acquainted 24. To Martha Of Quintus Quintus in Love is prodigal recluse Of thy Love covetous of 's own profuse 25. Of Mans Back-parts are in Latine Neuters stil'd But all his parts please Women well compil'd 26. Of Colinus dying Intestate Dying Colinus nothing did bequeath Lest all In Life a Dog an Hog at 's Death 27. Of Virginity and Wedlock Virginity's a narrow way a broad Is Wedlook Hence most People ride this road 28. Of Pansa Great strife 'twixt Pansa and Eunomius Arose about Church Rites which they discuss Eunomius to prove his Period The Scripture cites th' undoubted word of God With Scripture what have I to do replies Pansa my Bible in my Law books lies 29. To D. T. Thou followest two Masters strange to me If or thou pleasest both or both please thee 30. Merchants Faith Where Debtors credit's less less credit give The Creditors by trust how should they live Sole trust these times hath many Merchants split To trust now therefore 't is nor safe nor fit 31. Gerunds and Supines Di-do-dum while Aeneas was away Did want her Gerunds and Un-supine lay 32. Give me an Angel and I will give thee the Spirit The Spirit here an Angel Michael Is promis'd there here Gifts there Hands excell 33. To a certain rich Man If now thou givest much thy love 's compleat If much thou creditest thy Faith is great 34. To a servant of two most penurious Sisters Three Parce fatal Sisters once were known Thou now poor wretch two such dost serve and own 35. A Louse Thou me dost bite I kill thee True but small Thy Crime 's thy Punishment is Capital 36. From bad to worse He falls on Scylla that Charybdis shuns Who newly sick to the Physician runs Fools one extreme t' avoid act the contrary When trifles men to Law to Lawyers carry 37. Of the Prodigal and Covetous Both these are wretched And it oft doth fall That th' Heirs of Cov'tous men prove Prodigal 38. Divine Vengeance on G. R. 1603. Thou kept'st the Prelates House against his mind Against thy mind th' art now t' an (a) a Prison House confin'd 39. Of Damas. As oft as I thy promise claim and I Claim it more oft fith thou dost not comply Thou never sayst I have oft sayst I will No more I will but say I do fulfill 40. On unfortunate Linus What wonder fortune is to thee contrary Thy front is bare and bald her Front is hairy 41. To Gaurus Thy Whispers did of me some samll gift crave Wilt have a Culus gift Thou shalt it have 42. Man all-eating Air Water Earth with all the vast Extents Of th' Elements scarce serve Mans Aliments If all man eateth in t ' his Substance ran As 't is suppos'd what Monster would be man 43. The broad way Broad is the way much trod unt ' Hell that leads The Blind himself the Guide this broad way treads 44. To In Of. Of In To these three words my Book inhems Of Teacheth To Commendeth In Condemns 45. On unmerciful Quintus When any Poor or Naked at thy door Beg Alms how canst deny while such implore Thou sayst none ought to Begg by th' English Laws But no Law barrs relief to th' poor when cause 46. Error is humane I read a just man falls seven times a day How oft a Woman falls I cannot say 47. On a certain foolish writer O that all black had been thy Papers white Or tinctur'd with no black when thou didst write 48. The usurers Apology What good doth me my Money without use Gold 's bright with use use doth me gain produce 49. On a Cuckold Hadst Horns by Nature them thou
Gold but seldom give They Physick give take none yet healthy live A Diet They prescribe the Sick must for 't Give Gold Each other Thus supply-support 54. Of Lawyers Lawyers are prudent provident beside For prudently They for Themselves provide 55. A Courtier If good Thou mayst be better but not greater If great more great not better nor compleater 56. To Marcus a Monoculist Thou Marcus wantst an Eye Enough 's one Eye Both Eyes may more not better Things espye I have both Ears but hear no Truth now told Both Eyes but can with Them no good behold 57. Of Paulus Thou to preserve thy Fame hast built thy Tomb As if that Tombs should not to ruine come 58. A Secret against Grey Hairs To Bithynicus Lest in old Age thine hairs should silver'd be Thy youth hath made Thee bald O happy Thee 59. Of Theodore Thou newly married didst think th' hadst found A narrow Passage to the Starry Round But that New Passage led t' another Road T' a lower not the strait way but the broad 60. Of Apollo and the Muses The Muses Femes Apollo's Masculine For One Apollo's worth the Muses Nine 61. Of Alanus grown old His Cubit with 's Wives Cubit measuring Alanus said O sweet concubiting 62. The Calends of January Of Olus and Quintus To th' Rich Ole gives not lest his Gifts ask more Nor to the Poor because Himself is poor But Quintus gives expecting by that shift For what He durst not ask a better Gift 63. Of Pontia One wish'd All Cuckolds cast i' th' Sea but t' Him His Wife thus said Learn Husband first to Swim 64. A work of Darkness 'T is to preserve the Species of profit But th' Individuum's th' Opposer of it 65. Thou Lyest Beware t' a Souldier give not the Lye He takes it for the great'st Indignity Ye that the Lye for such Disgrace esteem Why then to Lye so great a grace d' ye deem 66. Of an Hypocrite Thou wilt not swear 't is Sin but thou wilt Lye Is this Religion or Hypocrisie 67. Androgynus Who Venus-like and Mercury's in fight Nor Man nor Woman 's an Hermaphrodite 68. Venus Love like the Sea doth flow doth Ebb again What wonder For Venus sprung from the Main No Trust 's in Her she 's light and plac'd with Mars Among the Planets not the fixed Stars 69. Of Rivals Each unt ' himself would Phillis have but There Doth more of Envy than of Love appear 70. A Woman A woman from mans Womb was ham'd but Eve Did from Mans Bone not Flesh her Form receive 71. The Alliance of Physicians and Lawyers Physicians and Lawyers in their Trade Are like their gain of others loss is made To Patients Those to Clients These apply Their helping-hand but help themselves thereby 72. Of Pamphilus to Philippe Nature doth no Vacuities admit Pamph ' therefore as his Leader follows It. 73. To one Bald. Leaves to the Trees and Grass returns to Ground But not one hair on thy bald pate is found 74. Nilus in the Eyes Aetna in the Heart Cold Nilus entred hath my burning Eyes Mine Heart with Aetna's Flames inflamed fryes No Floods of Tears can quench so great a Fire Nor burning Love can make those Floods retire So though discording Fire and Water be Concording yet They shew their force in me 75. Caeteris paribus The rest alike Of Camilla â—wo Suiters did Camilla love and Court The beautiful in Stature yet but short That other not so fair but taller prov'd The Maid b'ing ask'd which of them best she lov'd â—he looking on the Taller when she spies â—is Nose Arms Leggs Feet all of longest size â—he thus or Impudent or prudent spake â—f all he like I will this long Man take 76. Of Gyants and Dwarfs Giants and Dwarfs are Monsters in their Forms Those are like Elephants and these like Worms 77. Of an Abbat's two Bastards When in the Temple with the rest you pray You two not fictly Abba Father say 78. Of Priests Priests wedded are what thereby gain they more They had as much as that in Tenths before 79. A Participle A Verb if Eras Mus a Noun's declin'd What is Erasmus let the Reader find 80. A Cuse To the Lawyers A Man lies with a Wife which is his own Whom he suppos'd Anothers till 't was known Whether the Child by such mistake begot Be spurious legitimate or not 81. Of the Morning Dost wonder why the Light 's expatiated â— th' Morn before the Sun 't was First created 82. Of the Day Though Night than Argus be more full of Eyes The Day 's One Eye more clearly things descries 83. Of the Night Why doth dark Night put on her black Array It Widow-like mourns for departed Day Should not the Stars inlighten mourning Night Grief would oppress us e're the Mournings light 84. To Marcus Thy Verses praise Me but I think because I should thy Verses praise with mine Applause 85. Of Death Thieves shall restore their Theft Robbers their Prey But Nothing Death For Death takes All away 86. To his Friend Half of thy Dear whom Thou dost dearly love Sith th' art and Half thine own how Mine dost prove Yet writ'st thy self still Mine while having thine Own Wife art scarce thine own how canst be Mine 87. A good Man If what is Rare 's preclare and of Account A good Man doth all Rarities surmount 88. Of a certain Old man Thy Beard once black Age hath made white thy Minâ— Once white 's now black once candid now 's unkind 89. Of Paulinus When I thy Friend a Boon from Thee would borrow Thine Answer is It shall be done to Morrow Wilt that I Thanks condigne should Thee repay Thou shalt have Thanks to Morrow not to day 90. Of painted Ladies You that your Faces paint may well nay must With (1) Horaâ—â— Flaccus say We Shadows are and Dust. 91. Of Cotta Thy Wives Thou Wholly but not solely art She 's solely Thine not wholly but in part 92. A Politician Dissemble Feign Thy Self comport-comply With Humours with the Times 't is Policy If Thou be wise thy Self comply-comport To serve the Times that Times may serve Thee for 't 93. Of Venus Why follows Venus Mars his lawless Flame Because t' his lawful Venus Vulcan's lame 94. Of Marinus None can Two Masters serve without disaster But Thou Two Mistresses dost serve no Master 95. Of Marcus 〈◊〉 Beard doth grow thine hairs from head do fall â—â—â—ve bearded but light-headed th' art withal 96. To Mr. John Hoskins â—â—en I convers'd with Thee my Friend instil'd â—outh at (1) New Colledge in Oxford Oxon (2) Winchester Colledge where the Scholars are called Children Winton at a Child 〈◊〉 without doubts in doubts I found thy love 〈◊〉 Friendship without Fraud I oft did prove 〈◊〉 that thy Love which then thou shew'd'st to Me â—â—mands commends These grateful Lines to Thee 97. Of Death to Epicharmus â—â—y wouldst not die but yet be dead O why â—â—uldst without dying Epicharmus
Knowledge Methinks they sole are happy here below That either all things or else no things know 135. Christ. As Morning ends the Night begins the Day So thou Death's End wert and Lifes rising Ray. 136. Who art Thou Whom do mine Eyes behold mine Eyes are blind What sees my mind my mind doth want a mind If my best part my mind it doth not know How can I what I am unto thee show 137. The Kingdom of Heaven Why do so few the Kingdom gain of Heaven Because the way 's so strait uncouth uneven 138. Grief and Pleasure Mans heart and body present Grief doth grieve Future with fear doth vex past doth relieve Present Delight bought with past pain doth please But fear of future pain doth it disease 139. Peter Jerusalems last High Priest Caiaphas was But Romes first High Priest was they say Kephas 140. Of Sleep If Sleep be but as Death Death but as Sleep The more I Sleep the less of Life I keep 141. Rome The world begun Abel was kill'd by Cain Rome Founded Remus was by Rom'lus slain The world and Rome with blood alike stain'd stand Both did begin in blood by Brothers hand 142. Mans Perfection The chief Perfection of ev'ry Creature Is to return t' its principles by Nature Then I shall perfect be when I return My Soul to God my Body to mine Urne 143. Lord increase our Faith Luk. Cap. 17. Faith needs not an increase but a decay Sith scarce so many men as Faiths bear sway Each hath his Faith his Tutor of his own Never more Faiths more faithless men were known Lord diminish our Faith 144. On the Covetous He Hercules Nil ultra doth pass by And Carolus Plus ultra doth apply 145. Good Transcending Good all transcends and boundless is alone None therefore in the world is good not one 146. All is Vanity Heraclite living would our Manners mourn Our Times Democritus would laugh to scorn Though to deride what vain on Earth is seen Democritus hath not enough of spleen Nor to lament poor Mortals miseries Heraclitus hath tears in both his Eyes 147. Of Epicurus Young men complain that short's their youthful sport And old men murmur that their Life 's so short The life of pleasure pleasures life arise Both short who vilipends them both is wise 148. Works Good men shall follow their good works But then Their wicked works shall follow wicked men 149. Wisdoms Beginning None would for Heaven hope if none fear'd Hell Fear in the prudent hope creates 't is well 150. Of Battologus Thou not content to tire the learned ear With words and with vain babbling Time to tear But after a Tautology long spun Dost yet complain that Time too fast did run Return unt ' Oxford and distinguish better Thy Sermon long short time was not thy debtor 151. Of the same Learn'd Tullies long Orations seem not long Nor would thy Sermons couldst thou clip thy Tongue 152. Of Polytheans O foolish folk what madness doth y' insnare To think there be more Gods than worlds there are 153. Of Wit and Study Wit if not whet with Study waxeth null As Knives without the Whetstones help are dull Wit is by Study cherish'd perish'd there As Whetstones make Knives sharp and sharpning tear 154. Know thy Self None knows himself aright yet mind he can Himself a Child when old a younger man 155. Long Art short Life An Age to make one wise doth not suffice Death 's at our backs before we can be wise 156. Of Moranus an old man Not to be learn'd but to be unlearn'd by thee Are many things if thou wilt better be But how thou wilt unlearn or learn wilt thou To be made good thus old is hopeless now 157. To D. T. Twice wretched thou because once fortunate Twice happy 's he who wretched was of late 158. All seek their own The Laick Gain not Christ seeks uncontroll'd And thou O Clerick seek'st not God but Gold 159. Of Brunonius Why doth the Pest as is suppos'd attest God's wrath sith thee the Pest doth not infest The reason 's ready and a solid one Thou to thy Country art a Pest alone 160. Respect thine End Look back on thy beginning and thine End Foresee scorn Earth in Soul unt ' Heav'n ascend 161. Sense Reason Faith Charity God Sense without Reason Reason faithless Dull Faith without love love without God is null 162. Of Prudence Prudence is useful matters to dispence And of three Vertues is the Quintessence For what is Good in Life she doth impart As Logick teacheth what is Truth in Art 163. To his Parents Dear Parents I am of your Flesh and Bone You both are in my Flesh yet Flesh but one 164. Prudence and Fortitude Wise men must ills beware Strong must them bear That those may suffer none these none may fear 165. In the sweat of thy Brows c. He that injoyn'd thee t' eat thy bread in sweat Will not to th' idle give th' eternal Meat 166. Of Faith and Charity As Trees first planted are e're Fruit they bear So where are vertues faith must first appear Life lives by Faith not without Love as poor Do live in hope yet labour more and more Faith's first Love's chief for 't is a vertue great God to believe to love God's more compleat 167. If thy right Eye c. Mat. 5.29 If the Right Eye by sinning oft must out The world would suddenly be blind no doubt 168. Christian Adverbs Adverbs all Adjectives do far excel God less rewards good Deeds than Deeds done well 169. Lifes Brevity T' an unborn Infant and an old man dead Time 's all alike that 's future this is fled Abate time past abate the time to come From both how little then 's Lifes total Summ. 170. Like for like To Aulus Thy Predecessors Facts thou dost not read Strange if Posterity read thine when dead 171. Time Time things Devourer us and all out-wears We wear out Time and thus are we compeers 172. Abundant Caution Not temerous nor timerous nor late Art quickly wary not precipitate Is nature fearful Prudence strength prepares None danger fears of danger that bewares 173. John opposing Though all Antiquities oppose thy sense Thou canst them all with one word No convince 174. Justification Do Faith or Facts sole justifie declare Facts Faith by God sole justified are 175. Doomsday When all for all their works shall t' answer come Sufficeth one day for so great a Doom 176. To Marianus The Good hate sin because they vertue love Few therefore now on Earth good men do prove Vice is so priz'd Vertue so vile reputed That 't is almost a sin to b' unpolluted 177. Mary Magdalens Tears Two fluent Fountains from two Mountains rise Whence flows a double River from mine Eyes 178. Of the Soul The Soul 's from God not drawn from mortal Line For with the Body then it would decline 179. To Marcus In Bed thou prayest with thy Face erect No wonder slothful