hath its half of mid is scant 70. Physicians and Lawyers compared To Galen Galen the feared Tyrants fear thee Why The Life and Death of Kings in thee doth lie Physicians next to God are Arbiters Of Life and Death none can their Pow'r reverse A Judge may Sentence give of Death though loth Not without Crime and witness thousans both 71. Of King People Law Kings Shepheards People Sheep Laws Fodder are For sick Sheep Doctors Kings Laws cure prepare Orthography and Orthodox Faith To the Hebrews If the Right hand the Right side should decline And the left hand the left side Both disjoyn But if the left incline to th' right the right Incline unto the left hand Both unite You Jews right Writers we right Teachers are The Spirit 's ours yours is the Letter bare 73. Few are chosen Each and sole man adores the Pow'r divine Each and sole man offends against the trine Each and sole man the Saviour came to save Sole man yet not each man this Boon shall have 74. Of salt Pits Ambiguous Though generous English have Ingeniousness Yet Salt they prize at little Wit at less Though English Salt be white and Gallick brown Yet that French Salt sells dearer than our own 75. Novelty What 's new will not continue new nor will A pleasing Novelty be pleasing still What new then solely pleaseth not 'cause new But that best pleaseth whence good doth ensue 76. Man no man Man 's born by Nature man did Arts invent Art is mans work not man Arts instrument None follow Natures Rules by Art all live And now mans work t' Himself a Work doth give 77. Authors of Sin To Grammarians Authors of Errors Autor and Auctor you too much confound Pythagoras his a saying was renown'd Th' unhappy Tree produc'd Original Sin Whence Adam are but did not first begin The Serpent Autor was Eve did proceed Adam not (b) Beginner or Author Autor (c) Increaser Auctor was indeed (a) Ipse dixit He hath said it 78. Anagram of Diabolus The Devil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vis Fraus Force Fraud The Devil like a Lion seeks to find Souls to devour with force more fierce than Wind He Fox-like spreads close frauds and secret snares Surprizing or by Force or unawares 79. To Teach and Do Acts 1.1 Preachers good words teach people to believe But their good Works more lively Doctrine give He preacheth best whose Words and Works do preach Their ill Works hurt more than their good Words teach 80. Usury and Lot Be with thy Lot content Usurious gain Is sinful with thy Lot content remain 81. Invention of Truth To the Dubious Pythagoras 't is said when Truth he found Lid sacrifice an Oxe with Garlands crown'd Truth now 's so rarely seen with mortal eyes A Calf's enough for thee to sacrifice 82. Circumcision and Baptism Thou Christ wa st Circumcis'd thou wast Baptiz'd Though neither thou did'st need yet both were priz'd Sins which both cannot purge though joyn'd together Why may not I O Christ have one of either 83. The Wisdome of Solomon and of Siracides Wisdomes two Books Apocryphal we call Wise men must then be still Apocryphal 84. On Covetous Persons Sell all that thou hast and give to the Poor This killing Letter doth all misers kill What say they doth the Spirit herein will The Spirit wills what you will not your store To give but you give nothing to the poor 85. Of Sextus Is the Church visible Thou ask'st Why Ours Is visible invisible is yours 86. An Exiles Comfort Not banish'd while I live while Earth doth stand Nor exil'd shall I be while th' Earth's call'd Land When dead exil'd from Earth I shall at rest In Heaven be blessed among the blest 87. Man an Hunter Fisher Fowler I hunt for Riches Fowl for Praise and Honour I Fish for Mysteries Would know their Donor While Fool I strive to know Proud Honours crave Sordid seek Wealth I travel to my Grave 88. Of the same The Dog hunts on the Ground Fish swim in Seas The winged Birds poys'd are in th' Air at case A wise man Fish-like sounds things hid-profound Proud men soar Bird-like covetous hunt like hound 89. Foot-mens Comfort An Horse in t ' Heaven did not Castor bear Nor rode Triptolemus in 's Chariot there Heav'ns way 's strait-narrow Foot-men travel it The broad way 's most for Horse and Chariot fit 90. Of Wax I trebly useful am for Church Laws Health I bring Divines Physicians Lawyers Wealth 91. Of a certain Fair Fickle Woman The King of Stars thee decks the Queen directs The Sun thy Face the Moon thy Breast aspects 92. Of the Soul and Body A Probleme The Greeks their Slaves did Bodies call because The Soul 's free from the servile Bodies Laws A Lord 's the Bodies Lord a King 's its King But not the Souls From God Souls solely spring Bodies begotten are But Souls divin'd Deduce from God their unbegotten kind 93. Of Christs Miracles To one incredulous Thy Faith 's not great wonders thou canst do none Nor hast thou Faith to credit what are done 94. The old Testament A Testament while the Testator lives Is of no force invalid nothing gives Yet Gods word 's call'd th' old Testament But why Sith God who did ordain it cannot die 95. The New Testament This was of Christ call'd the new Testament By few first now by general consent Yet not a letter of this Book was writ While the Testator liv'd t' attestate it 96. All things are full of Errors Cic. Physicians are sick Lawyers mistake Many Divines pass to th' infernal Lake 97. Against all Nations One only God one man did make on Earth One man once made to many Gods gave Birth 98. On Atheists Fear first taught to fear God But now alas The fear of God without all fear doth pass 99. To his Mecaenas William Sidley c. Who to thee wisheth not old Nestors years Would wishes serve before thou climb the Sphears I wish thee not more years one year wish I I wish thee Plato's year before thou die 100. On Cotta a poor and foolish writer Thou sayst thou wantst new Clothes That 's true I grant But I think rather thou new Wit dost want The End of the Second Book EPIGRAMS OF John Owen AN OXONIAN AND CAMBRO-BRITAIN To his Mecaenas Roger Owen Knight The Third Book 1. To Roger Owen his Mecaenas IT is thy Vertue Vertue to propose To be thy Study this thy Judgement chose Where thou most Vertue find'st thou lov'st it there While thou with the most vert'ous art Compeer 2. To Ponticus Sound-unsound In health and wealth thou dost with Pride abound But when thou shalt be sick thou wilt be sound 3. What a Clock is' t Death creeps on Life and Age on youth The while 'T is ask'd What is' t a Clock Hours us beguile 4. Bacchus his Deifying Wine Truth doth speak doth secret things display Dry Souls are silent moyst things open lay
for a Prodigy it now may pass 94. Of Annetta a Franck. Nature with very little is content But of thy Nature this I think 's not meant 95. Of Marcus a Souldier blind and blear-cy'd One of thine Eyes doth Marcus yet remain Which with continual drops thy Face doth slain Why is that Eye with Tears so much imâ—ost Because his Brother in the Wars was lost 96. Peace in Europe to Divines Kings war and Kings in peaceful Leagues combine 'T is something yet t' enjoy sweet peace in Fine The Priests with an immortal strife contend And their contests nor measure have nor End Hence by Tongues virulence it doth appear That than the Sword the Pen is more severe 97. To Carolina As oft as in the Glass thou view'st thy face Lest that thy beauty make thee proud abase Abate thy Pride think though th' art fair alas Th' art fraile though beautiful yet like thy Glass 98. Florals As in the Scene obscene came Cato thence To go so man comes here to pass from hence And never to come hither from his Urne As Caâ—o to the Scene did not return 99. Man's Epitaph Who lies here no man no man here doth lie A liveless Corps doth not a man imply 100. The Souls Horizon Th' high Elements we see not Fire and Air Water and Earth we see the lower pair So we know men and beasts with us below But God and th' Angels ah we do not know 101. The Souls Eclipse As th' Earth 'twixt Sun and Moon doth stand we see In her Eclipse so sin 'twixt God and me 102. A Merchant Plautus a Tale the Merchant call'd compil'd The next like it is the Deceiver stil'd 103. Worshipper of Images Who Grandees honour Idolize 't is clear Sith woman mans man doth Gods Image bear 104. Erasmus his desire Erasmus Desiderius I could Desire who sole might write what e're he would 105. A Neuter Pompey and I if Pompey win the Field If Caesar then to Caesar I will yield 106. Scandalizing Grandees to the Servants of Servants The Master saith I will my Servant have To be still faithful how my Goods to save Stand watch go come perform the most th' art able Th' art yet a Servant but unprofitable 107. Mars and Venus Venus and Mars themselves alike extend Mars common Foe Venus a common Friend 108. February Thou sole of many Brothers not one other Hast eight and twenty daies most like thy mother 109. To E. J. Thy modesty thee vertue like doth praise I to thy wit with leave would Tropheys raise But O thy modest Face and candid spirit Cause me to praise thee less than is thy Merit 110. A Circles Square What is a Circles Square but this alone Th' Earth parted in four parts at first but One. 111. Whether an Arithmetical unite answereth to a Geometrical Point God than a Point is more yet is but One Like as a Point doth differ from a * Unity Mone 112. From the Womb to the Tomb. Man 's born to death most certain which comes on As a lean Ox feeds to be fed upon 113. To the King O of what Force Example's in a King Actest thou bidst forbearst forbidst the thing A Prince moves principal a King doth steer As Skyes the Stars so Kings the People bear 114. The Head and Body to the same Reason's i' th' Head there it s five Agents â—bide Little 's Divine in the whole Man beside 115. Report of the Death of Henry 4. the French King To the French King What Kings to hear and Servants fear to tell Fame sounds i' th' Ear To die remember well 116. Light and Air. Air though a Body is unseen with th' Eye Light hath no body yet is seen on high 117. One God many Friends Though no man can two Masters serve as slave What hinders but two Patrons one may have One God forbids not to seek many friends As one Faith many Arts not discommends 118. Donna Danno Adam a Rib lost for the womans sake And for her sake he laid his Soul at stake 119. Womens Tire This is more like an house than cov'ring this Is not to deck t' erect the Head it is 120. All things Nothing All things who made of Nothing He 's sole All What God of Nothing made we Nothing call 121. The East and Western Church The right-true Faith i' th' Worlds left Part resounds Faith sinister i' th' Worlds right Part abounds 122. Anger Patience Ire minds inflames and Patience cools that Ire As Fire doth temper water water fire 123. Ruine of Heaven and Earth Th' Earth lowest is Heav'n highest is of all Yet that hath whither this no where to fall 124. To Henry Howard Earl of Northampton Ally'd unt ' one Uncle to two great Counts Of great Account thy Fame thy Name surmounts Of many Noble Dukes sprung from the Stemm Ones Brother Nephew unto three of them An Earls son who but Fates did not so please Had been the fourth Duke in this Series An Earl thy self None wonders at thy Fates Whom wit conducts Fortune concomitates 125. To Pontia I from thy sight which wounds mine Heart remove Not that I love thee not but that I love 126. To an Adulterer Adam in Eden was forbid to taste One Fruit the rest were all for his Repast I wonder having so much at command That He from One could not withhold his hand Thou contrary art All forbid but One That thou may'st use the rest must let alone Less strange than Adam that thou didst decline Whose Liberty was greater far than thine 127. To the Reader Salt meats cause thirst O that my verses might The Reader cause to thirst with Appetite 128. To an Uxorious Man Let not thy Wife command give if she crave Make not thy Wife thy Master nor thy Slave 129. To Ponticus Thy Life 's a Comick Death a Tragick Story Unlike thy Death will be to thy Life's Glory 130. Of a certain married Priest A Levite born a Levite made thy Wife Of Levi's Tribe Levitical's thy Life 131. Of Innovators You pull down All Things No Thing you rebuild Are you with Zeal or fiery fury fill'd The Spirit you pretend doth you compell What Spirit is' t * Apoc. 9.11 A bad one Abaddon One from Hell 132. Of Cotta God out of Nothing All things did Create Thou Chymist All things dost Annihilate 133. Tho. Egerton Chancellour of England and Francis Leigh his Son-in-law â—any Vertue loves and Honours Arts â—hat Father and this Son act both these parts â—ave Egerton Brave Leigh the Muses love â—he Son would not unlike the Father prove 134. Consubstantiation To the same Francis and Mary his Wife You have not both one Soul but both one Mind Nor both one Body but one flesh conjoyn'd Man Wife in name are two but one in Troth They diff'rent are in Sex but humane both 135. Funeral Sermons Good men are wrong'd while living prais'd when dead O black Life O Death candid-honoured 136. Paul's Cross
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