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A08687 Epigrams of that most wittie and worthie epigrammatist Mr. Iohn Owen, Gentleman. Translated by Iohn Vicars; Epigrammata. English. Selections Owen, John, 1560?-1622.; Vicars, John, 1579 or 80-1652. 1619 (1619) STC 18993; ESTC S113769 23,712 112

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th' are Bad neglect them EPIG 4. To the Prince THy Heart in Brest Hea●ts Chest Sense Reason Will Thy Head thy Wit in Thee their Parts fulfill For Reason Sense thy Wit thy Will doth guide Thy Head is by thy Heart well rectifide Wales had three Princes stiled-Great thy Brother Made-vp the fourth i th' fift place Thou art th' other EPIG 6. Orpheus ORpheus his Wife Redeem'd from Hels hot flame Who e're knew Wife for Husband do the same EPIG 8. Whether Saint Peter were at Rome WHether or no Saint Peter were At Rome is Disputable ●ut yet that Simon hath beene there Is most Vn-refutable EPIG 16. Honours Etymo logic Honours Genea logic EBricians Hon French Or ' doe Riches call Hence then we see Hon-ors originall And since that Wealth is Honors Pedegree No maruell though Rich-Asses Honour'd bee EPIG 19. A Regular Woman A Woman to a Gen'rall-Rule We fitly may compare Why so Those Rules doe oft deceiue And so doe Women faire EPIG 20. Salomons Wish WHy did the Wisest King for Wisdome craue He had bin Wise t' haue wished Wealth to haue Hee wisht not Wealth Wisdome was his best Prize Wisdome hee wisht why 'Cause he was not Wise. EPIG 24. Blessed are the Power makers Blessed are the Peace makers GReat Britaines tott'ring State affaires Munite ' Vnited bee King IAMES our Gracious Peace-maker Power-maker blest is Hee EPIG 34. Irregularitie WHat I Require I can't Acquire And what I Can I Nill Thus all Mans Life is nought but Strife Now Nill anon hee Will. EPIG 63. To a Batchelour A Wife is Good Better 's a Good But Best is none at-all I wish the Best may be my Lot And none to thee may fall EPIG 66. Three Delta's THat i th' Worlds-Sea thou mayst not Ship-wracke make These Delta's three as Rockes see thou forsake Dis worldly Riches Diuels and Delight These Three to th' Spirit beare a mortall spight EPIG 67. A Payre of Gallowes to P. L. A Thiefes Hope is a Rope Death is his Due The Gallowes all such Fellowes doth pursue But many scape true yet their Fates attend them And at the last the horrid Hempe will end them EPIG 72. Whether Bacchus be a God To a Drunkard SEest thou not when th' art Drunke with dulcid Wine How Bacchus makes thy Head to th' Foot decline Since He low feet exalts high Heads brings downe This shewes that He 's thy God of high Renowne EPIG 76. The Priest the People THe Priests doe Pray both Night and Day The Lay-men they take paines These Plough the Soyle those Plough the Soule These Teach those Tithe their Gaines EPIG 58. To the most Learned King Iames. TO be a Poet-Good me thinkes is much To be a Good-Man is me thinkes as faire To be a Good-King I suppose few such Thou art Good Poet Man and King most rare EPIG 44. Against Quintus a Dreamer I Oft haue seene thee Quintus in sad plight And mourne i th' morne when thou from sleep didst rise Because thy dreames did neuer fall out right And maruell not for daily thou tell'st Lyes How then can Dreames the Truth to thee declare When all the Day to forge-Lyes is thy care EPIG 8● Deaths Indifferencie FLouds fight with Flouds so Man with Mā 's at strife The Ocean striues in 's Motion Man in 's Life Riuers once Run to Sea haue the same sauour Death equals All as Waues Waues without fauour EPIG 86. Against Cinna a Phisician CInna cures sicknesse how he kils the sickly And what he doth he Iudas-like doth quickly Happy thrice happy are his Patients sure A tedious sicknesse they shall ne're indure EPIG 92. To the Prince ALL Night I Dreame of nought but Gold and Gaine Thus am I Rich all Nigh● a Wre●ch all Day With Gold make-good my Dreames sweet Prince I pray So Reall-Royall-Rich I shall remaine EPIG 94. A Court Louse THe Smoo●h-boote Flatt'rer Runs about the Court And vn●o Prince and Peeres doth most resort So La●ines name the Louse for 's many-feet Lice much to th' Body most to th' Head doe fleet EPIG 96. Against Galatèa HArts yeerely change their snaggie Hornes they say Thy Husbands Hornes are changed euery-day EPIG 102. Against Gellia WIth Papists Gellia thou didst e're take part Worse art thou now how Catholike thou art EPIG 103. Against Aulus WHen Aulus is a little Sicke in bed Or hath the Tooth-ach or distemp'red Head O would to God I were in Heauen hee 'le say So th' Heyre for 's Father Would to God doth pray EPIG 108. Against Festus FEstus th' art old and yet wouldst marryed bee Ere thou doe so this Counsell take of mee Looke into Lillies Grammar there thou 'lt finde Cornu a Horne a word still vndeclin'd This Counsell's good take it not as a mocke For sure I thinke few old-men scape this Rocke EPIG 110. Against Cornelius ALthough Corn-elius know himselfe Cornute Yet hee with pacience holds his peace is mute Therefore I thinke hee 's not Cornelius But fitlier may be termed Tacitus FINIS EPIGRAMS Out of second Booke EPIG 5. What Loue is A Iocund-Iayle a wanton-warre A most vnpleasant Pleasure A tottering Trust a Bitter-sweet Is Loue Mirth without Measure EPIG 14. A Mathematicall Instrument called a Iacobs-Staffe to Mathematicks THy Iacobs-Staffe take vnto thee I le Iacobs-Ladder choose These Steps more than thy Staffe can show If I them well will vse EPIG 17. Death's Epitaph to the Death of Death DEaths Los●e was in Christs Crosse Thence ne're more rising Christs Death Deaths Death Christs Crosse Deaths Tombe comprizing EPIG 19. Of God and Man God is the Word and by his Word God All i th' World hath wrought Man vtters Words Words Mans chiefe Marke than words Man else is nought EPIG 21. Of Fasts POpes in the Yeere as may appeare Doe many Fasts ordayne For to declare that Peters Chaire They rightly doe retayne EPIG 39. Socrates Wisedome WHen I was Yong I thought I All-things knew The more I now-know more my wants I rue EPIG 44. Earths Body EArths Sinewes are her Mettels rich Her Bones are Stones most strong Water 's her Bloud her Superfice Her Skinne Grasse her Haire long EPIG 54. The Religious Man WHat 's Well-done 's Ill-done if too Publikely Politician What 's Ill-done 's Well-done if none doe it Spie EPIG 56. An English Proteus IN Clothes we Thrift and Honesty refuse For Pride and Pleasure 's All Nought Long wee vse EPIG 66. A Shrow Tamed WOuld'st Tame thy Wife first Tame her Tongue as Dumbe Who thus his Wife Comes-o're shall Ouer-come EPIG 74. Pride of Life MAn swe●s although his Gran-Dame is the Earth Ear●h swels although from Nothing it had Birth So Man as Mou●d Him past Himselfe doth raise Mould sw●ls with Mounts Mans Minde his P●ide d●splayes EPIG 81. Eues and the Serpents meeting EVes and the Serpents Prattling wrought our Sin Oh would to God Hee Dumbe Shee Deafe had bin EPIG 85. Neyther too great a Good one Neyther too little