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A91843 Sixe propositions propounded, by the officers and souldiers under the command of His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, to the citizens of London. Wherein they set forth, the reasons of their near approach, and their advancing toward the said city. Together, with their demands to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, concerning the Kings most excellent Majestie, the Honourable Houses of Parliament assembled at Westminster, and the enemies of this kingdome who endeavour to raise a second warre. VVhereunto is annexed, the answer of the Lord Mayor, to the demands and desires of the army. Published at the desire of the army, for generall satisfaction to the whole kingdome. Rishton, Robert. 1647 (1647) Wing R1537; Thomason E392_17; ESTC R201571 2,634 8 View Text
A55801 Witty William of Wiltshire his birth, life, and education, and strange adventures ... with merry songs and sonnets. L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680? 1674 (1674) Wing P3394; ESTC R29404 10,347 30 View Text
A16734 Conceyted letters, nevvly layde open: or A most excellent bundle of new wit wherin is knit vp together all the perfections or arte of episteling, by which the most ignorant may with much modestie talke and argue with the best learned. A worke varying from the nature of former presidents. Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?; Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637, attributed name. 1618 (1618) STC 3637; ESTC S104713 23,257 48 View Text
A16779 A poste vvith a madde packet of letters; Post with a packet of mad letters. Part 1 Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1602 (1602) STC 3684; ESTC S104722 28,019 44 View Text
A10301 A president for young pen-men. Or The letter-writer Containing letters of sundry sortes, with their seuerall answeres. Full of variety, delight, and pleasure, and most necessary for the instruction of those that can write, but haue not the guift of enditing. M. R., fl. 1638. 1615 (1615) STC 20584; ESTC S120927 31,955 64 View Text
A19705 Cupids messenger: or, A trusty friend stored with sundry sorts of serious, wittie, pleasant, amorous, and delightfull letters. Newly written 1629 (1629) STC 6122; ESTC S105143 34,686 64 View Text
A10156 The prompters packet of private and familar letters fitted (in sundrie formes) to mens seuerall occasions and according to the qualitie of persons. Not vnworthy imitation of the most: but most necessarie for such as want either facultie or facilitie to endight. 1612 (1612) STC 20432; ESTC S102576 41,284 157 View Text
A68982 Choice, chance, and change: or, Conceites in their colours Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1606 (1606) STC 3636; ESTC S104711 44,432 94 View Text
A02273 The most famous and tragicall historie of Pelops and Hippodamia Whereunto are adioyned sundrie pleasant deuises, epigrams, songes and sonnettes. Written by Mathewe Groue. Grove, Mathew.; Smith, Richard, fl. 1587. 1587 (1587) STC 12403; ESTC S105883 44,918 146 View Text
A47384 Mid-night and daily thoughts in prose and verse / by Sir William Killigrew. Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695. 1694 (1694) Wing K462; ESTC R22780 45,259 108 View Text
A64861 The compleat scholler; or, A relation of the life, and latter-end especially, of Caleb Vernon who dyed in the Lord on the 29th of the ninth month, 1665. Aged twelve years and six months. Commending to youth the most excellent knowledge of Christ Jesus the Lord. Vernon, John, fl. 1666. 1666 (1666) Wing V250B; ESTC R219857 45,377 107 View Text
A19558 Amanda: or, The reformed whore. Composed, and made by Thomas Cranley gent. now a prisoner in the Kings-bench, Anno Dom. 1635 Cranley, Thomas, fl. 1635. 1635 (1635) STC 5988; ESTC S118905 47,524 98 View Text
A19740 The copy of a letter written by E.D. Doctour of Physicke to a gentleman, by whom it was published The former part conteineth rules for the preseruation of health, and preuenting of all diseases vntill extreme olde age. Herein is inserted the authours opinion of tabacco. The latter is a discourse of emperiks or vnlearned physitians, wherein is plainly prooued that the practise of all those which haue not beene brought vp in the grammar and vniuersity, is alwayes confused, commonly dangerous, and often deadly. Duncon, Eleazar, 1597 or 8-1660. 1606 (1606) STC 6164; ESTC S109182 59,222 56 View Text
A93669 Votivæ Angliæ, Englands complaint to their king:, or, The humble desires of all the zealous and true-hearted Protestants in this kingdome, for a speedy and happy reformation of abuses in church government, being the onely meanes to remove these distractions, and to avert the judgement of God from us. : As they were expressed in sundry petitions, remonstrances and letters, lately presented from them to the king, upon sundry occasions. / Collected by a wel-wisher to reformation. Spencer, John, 1601-1671. 1643 (1643) Wing S4955A; ESTC R184528 61,579 125 View Text
A61113 A discovrse of divers petitions of high concernment and great consequence delivered by the authour into the hands of King James, of famous memory, and into the hands of our gracious King Charles : and divers other letters delivered unto some great peers of the land and divers knights and ladies and others of great worth and quality : a treatise of melancholie and the strange effects thereof : with some directions for the comforting of poor afflicted soules and wounded consciences : and some directions for the curing and reclaiming surious mad men and some rare inventions in case of great extremity to feed them and preserve them from famishing and to procure them to speak : which it pleased the God of wisdom to enable me to finde out in the long time of fifty years experience and observation / by John Spencer, gentleman. Spencer, John, Gentleman. 1641 (1641) Wing S4953; ESTC R19173 61,728 130 View Text
A03350 A quartron of reasons of Catholike religion, with as many briefe reasons of refusall: By Tho. Hill Hill, Edmund Thomas, ca. 1563-1644. 1600 (1600) STC 13470; ESTC S113265 68,569 200 View Text
A86994 The information of Sir Frederick Hammilton, Knight, and Colonell, given to the Committee of Both Kingdoms, concerning Sir William Cole, Knight, and Colonell; with the scandalous answer of the said Sir William Cole, Knight; together with the replication of Sir Frederick Hammilton, in answer to the said scandalous and recriminating pamphlet of Sir William Cole. With divers letters and depositions, for the cleering of the said Sir Frederick Hammilton, from the severall scandals and aspersions in the said answer of Sir William Cole. Hamilton, Frederick, Sir, fl. 1645.; Cole, William, Sir, d. 1653. 1645 (1645) Wing H478; Thomason E284_18; ESTC R200063 81,081 97 View Text
A55825 The validity of the orders of the Church of England made out against the objections of the papists, in several letters to a gentleman of Norwich that desired satisfaction therein / by Humphrey Prideaux ... Prideaux, Humphrey, 1648-1724. 1688 (1688) Wing P3419; ESTC R33955 139,879 134 View Text
A54240 The wits academy, or, The muses delight consisting of merry dialogues upon various occasions composed of mirth, wit, and eloquence, for a help to discourse to such as have had but small converse with the critical sort of people, which live in this censorious age : as also, divers sorts of letters upon several occasions both merry and jocose, helpful for the inexpert to imitate, and pleasant to those of better judgement, at their own leisure to peruse : with a perfect collection of all the newest and best songs, and catches, that are, and have been lately in request at court, and both the theatres. W. P. 1677 (1677) Wing P139; ESTC R4337 143,775 351 View Text
B09153 Theatre of wits ancient and modern attended with severall other ingenious pieces from the same pen [brace] viz. I. Faenestra in pectore, or, A century of familiar letters, II. Loves labyrinth: A tragi-comedy, III. Fragmenta poetica, or, Poetical diversions, IV. Virtus redivivi, a panegyrick on our late king Charles of ever blessed memory concluding with A panegyrick on His Sacred Majesties most happy return / by T.F. Forde, Thomas. 1661 (1661) Wing F1548A; ESTC R177174 187,653 418 View Text
A84701 Virtus rediviva a panegyrick on our late King Charles the I. &c. of ever blessed memory. Attended, with severall other pieces from the same pen. Viz. [brace] I. A theatre of wits: being a collection of apothegms. II. Fœnestra in pectore: or a century of familiar letters. III. Loves labyrinth: a tragi-comedy. IV. Fragmenta poetica: or poeticall diversions. Concluding, with a panegyrick on his sacred Majesties most happy return. / By T.F. Forde, Thomas. 1660 (1660) Wing F1550; Thomason E1806_1; ESTC R200917 187,771 410 View Text
A63798 Tryon's letters upon several occasions ... by Tho. Tryon. Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703. 1700 (1700) Wing T3184; ESTC R27544 228,706 258 View Text
A30977 The genuine remains of that learned prelate Dr. Thomas Barlow, late Lord Bishop of Lincoln containing divers discourses theological, philosophical, historical, &c., in letters to several persons of honour and quality : to which is added the resolution of many abstruse points published from Dr. Barlow's original papers. Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691. 1693 (1693) Wing B832; ESTC R3532 293,515 707 View Text
A16248 The decameron containing an hundred pleasant nouels. Wittily discoursed, betweene seauen honourable ladies, and three noble gentlemen.; Decamerone. English Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.; Florio, John, 1553?-1625, attributed name. 1620 (1620) STC 3172; ESTC S106639 719,575 777 View Text
A10668 The triumphs of Gods revenge against the crying and execrable sinne of (willfull and premeditated) murther VVith his miraculous discoveries, and severe punishments thereof. In thirtie severall tragicall histories (digested into sixe bookes) committed in divers countries beyond the seas, never published, or imprinted in any other language. Histories which containe great varietie of mournfull and memorable accidents ... With a table of all the severall letters and challenges, contained in the whole sixe bookes. Written by Iohn Reynolds.; God's revenge against murder Reynolds, John, fl. 1621-1650.; Payne, John, d. 1647?, engraver. 1635 (1635) STC 20944; ESTC S116165 822,529 714 View Text
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