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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00826	Satyres: and satyricall epigrams with certaine obseruations at Black-Fryers? By H:F: of Lincolnes-Inne gent	Fitzgeffrey, Henry.	1617 (1617)	STC 10945; ESTC S113885	21,570	110

thou but nod at Fryers Or be tane Cloasly conuerting an impure Queane Found in a Morgage not a minute spare Or turne Informer for a demyshare Who Vertue holdes a bare apparant Good Makes nothing Vice that may assume a hood A vaile of Well pure honesty no more Then flat Hypo●risie a painted Whore Countes nothing more when indeed nothing lesse Then others mens Opinions Happines And Vertue rare All thinges to be at End When euery action needs to Good must tend Giue me a Genius a well tempred minde which no Feare vrge no Syren note can winde From way of Right that doth all Good approue For no Good else but for bare Vertues Loue. Whome not Cymerian darknes more then day Nor Gyges Ring could corrupt any way A Minde well mounted that will scoffe at Hate ●rample on Fortune feircel Incounter Fate ●purne at the sound of Vulgar praise as base ●pit a defiance in proud Enuyes face An armed Conscience that dares grapple with A mu●ter of Opinions in the teeth Who though a Theater should striue bring out ●is closest grosest Faults and all about ●et on to barke durst boldly stand it out Who thinks to trauerse so vpright the Stage Free from 〈◊〉 of this C●nsorious Age Or aimes in Action at the Vulgar grace Of Hydra-He●●●● multitude Appl●use Need frame him selfe a Nature that will brooke 〈◊〉 many shapes as euer Proteus tooke To crye God 〈◊〉 you with a Courtly grace To Kisse the Hand to-lay at Foote the Face To act the Cros-point Longey sleightly Is held Affecting Proud Humility To Vaile the Bonnet stiffe as Elephant A Furlong off to cast a Complement To titch the Brimmes or scarceto speake at all Wee stately scornefull hatefull Gesture call And carelesse carriage argues Loues neglect In best endeauours Critticks finde defect Let me no oftner then Apollo appeare To Laugh to skip 〈◊〉 Phaebus once a yeare To goe more formall then my won●ed fashion Corrected in my Taylours last Edi●ion To rectifie my Fore-top or assume For one nights Reuel a 3. story P●●me Though some will Lases weare and Leekes as of And with a more p●rchance Ambitious thought Straight 't is surmised rumord r●●●d about I roare I score I lauish lash it out Trifle Times Treasure And keepe open port To all Companions of licentious sort When in a day or two being found alone Hemmed in the hopefull habite of a G●rne By me a Plowdon or a Littleton Lord what a new bred fame gins hence to passe How I am changed from the man I was Thus I can expectation ●alsify Weary out Censure in vncertainty Redeeme Time as I list proue Want of Wit In those that most inue●tiue jerke at it And most precize of greatest vice condemne Making my Faults theirs by Belying them Know I can Frolique be with Fr●gio Court it in Comptest phrase with Curio Come deepe the Caster and Carouce it free As farre as Vertues limites Licence mee In as rich Grograns Sattins Tissues goe As Florence Carles Tartary can showe Meet and crye farwell to those spirits bolde By Pistolltenure that their Liuings holde Confer with Crop-eard knights ath'post heare tell Of Stangate prizes and of Shooters Hill Of Brothells Stewes of vil●st villanies And learne out Vertue by her contraries Fond Affectation to be counted Great To be The man held to be pointed at I e're neglected Singularitye May sometimes vertue b● nere Poli●ye Who is a man of Note note this from me Is sure ne're to offend in secrecie To liue in Bondage in Fa●es Iealosie T is not the mouthfull of mans breath I care Nor seuere Censure of strict Critick● feare In spite of Enuy Hate 't was neuer known But euer Fame will Vertue waite vpon And now when Vertue Vice is held whome is 't We may not Praise or Dispraise as wee list THen Snarling curres turne to this gally slyme Feed on the putrid substance of my Ryme Heer 's Hotch-pot Sosse prouided filling stuffe Shall finde your greedy Censures worke inough Where if I finde ye Or but spie a traine A fresh haue at yee Varlots once againe FINIS To his worthy Friend vpon these Satyres SAtyres in English I pray God your fate Send 's you not into the world too late To proue there may be such For there ha's bin So much deceit in Satyres 't is a Sin Almost to hope for good ones They who best Haue done haue onely Dar'd and more exprest Their Passions then a Poem Nay eeuen all Doe but conuert their little Braines to gall And bee it bitter once they care not then How venomous it be Which errors when I see and see how well approu'd they are 'T is more then miracle Your's be so farre Distinguished And that you suruiue to Write More out of true discerning then of Spite I. STEPHENS THE SECOND BOOKE OF Satyricall Epigram's To his True Friend Tho Fletcher of LINCOLN'S-INNE Gent TOM 't was thy Speeches did me first possesse These scattered Epigramm's deseru'd the Presse VVhose Learned Iudgement and Loue I knew such Might wel Commend and Command twice as much If Reader then heer 's ought may breed delight Giue halfe the thankes to him it brought to light Nor blush not Tom nor blame not that I seeme Thee the halfe-parent of my Booke to deeme Heer 's nought but Good if nothing they mis-scan Let Critticks Momus All say what they can Th' are Good who doubts it not for ought I know Yet Good I le sweare because Thou saist th' are so Satyricall Epigrammes Ad Emptorem Epig 2. THese Epigrams thou see'st whose are they mine No! The Book-binders buy thē they are thine In Thrasonem Epig 2. SInce Thraso met one stoutly in the field He cracks his Spirit knowes not how to yeeld Looks big Sweares stroutes with set-side armes the Yet gently yeelds the wall to all he meets streets And to his Friend that askes the reason why His Answer 's this my selfe I grace thereby For euery one the common Prouerbe knowes That All-wayes to the Wall the weakest goes Of a Rayling Clyent Epig. 3. I Call'd one Knaue who answered Sir not so The Knaue doth all-way's with the Lawyer goe How could I well but well approue his speech Each Lawyer walkes his Clyent at his breech Of Debt Epig. 4. TO bee Indebted is a shame men say Then 't is Confessing of a shame to Pay In Medicum Epig. 5. WHen Mingo cries How do you sir t is thought He Patients wanteth his practic's nought Wherefore of late now euery one he meeteth With Sir I 'm glad to see you well hee greeteth But who 'l beleeue him now when all can tell The world goes Ill with him when all are Well Against the Accademicks of their abusiue * Ignoramus Epig. 6. THe Law is in our Hands How dare ye then Abusiue bee Cause ye are Law-lesse men Your fault was great but wee neglect the same For ye excuse your Error in the * Name In Cornutum Epig. 7. ONe tolde his wife a

Her teeth doe water Of the Riming Sculler Epig. 32. HOrace the Poet in his Booke reherses That Water-drinkers neuer make good Verses Yet I a Poet know And in his Praise Hee 's one has liu'd by Water all his day's Sues Slip. Epig. 33. SVe swore she Lou'd mee and vow'd faithfully Neuer to match with any but with mee Now she hath chang'd her minde and of All men Will none of mee Hath she not match't mee then Tell her she Trifles Aske but to what end She swore shee Lou'd She meant but as a Friend Aske why Loue tokens she did priuate send Still shee replyes She meant but as a Friend Aske why sh ' Inuited mee to walke alone where she her thoughts more fully did make known Binding with Oathes Deliuering Hand on that Sealing with Lippes In Wttnesse I know what Casting her selfe downe by mee where I could And might haue tooke what Suerty I would Still blamelesse shamelesse Shee will all defend Saying in all Shee meant but as a Friend Then bee Su● such to all her Friends as mee I 'ad rather shee my Friend then Wife shu'd bee Of Win and her Sutors Epig 34. WIn is much wooed to but not wonne of any The troth on 't is She doth admit too many Tym's Studiosity Epig. 35. MArke ye how studious Tym is turnd of late How he breakes Company to meditate Does hee but thus continue certainly Hee 'l bee at least a Sargeant ere hee dye Hee may doe doubtlesse much yet I can tell Hee 'l not come neere a Sargeant by his will Aenigma A Begger once exceeding poore A penny pray'd mee giue him And deeply vow'd n'ere to aske more And I nere more to giue Him Next day he Begg'd againe I gaue Yet Both of vs onr Oathes did saue Of an Egregious Whoore. Epig. 36. THy Belly is thy God I well may say All thy care is to serue it Night and Day Feare then thy God least whil'st thou worship so He Rise and Hellish torments put the to Of Felo and his Poetry Epig. 37. FElo that lately kist the Gaole hath got A smacke of Poetry yea more then that Hee will maintaine none can bee truely said A Poet that was neere Imprisoned No Bird sings sweet●r then the Bird in Cage And Satyrists like Dogs ty'd fiercest rage Thus will fond Felo proue by Disputation That New-gate is the Muses habitation But how so when some there cannot reherse In a month's Learning for their Liues a Verse To his Vnconstant Mistris Epig. 38. I Dare not much say when I thee commend Least Thou bee changed ere my Praises end Woman quasi Woe-man Epig. 39. HAd I not felt it misery to W●e I had beene marryed certaine long agoe Had I Not marryed straight Moroco sayes I had not once felt Woe in all my dayes If after Woman as before comes Woe Woe worth the Man with Woman hath to doe For Lawyers Epig. 40. I Muse that Lawyers feare no more to marry That from their Wiues must all the Terme-time tarry O Sir If Termely absence breeds the Feare How many Frights each Lawyer in a yeare Speudall's Pollici● Epig. 41. NOuerint Vniuersi per prae Thus began Notario read ere hee 'd his Coyne forgoe Holde cryes young Spendall S'fut you marre all man By any meanes my Father must not know For any money I 'de not haue it so Of Liber too wary to Thriue Epig. 42. LIber is late set vp and wanteth Custome Yet great resort hath got but hee 'l not Trust ' em Is not his Loue vnto his Friend the greater Hee 'l want himselfe ere hee 'l see him a Debtor In Lesbiam ingratam Epig. 43. WHy I should Loue thee I no Reason see Then Out of Reason Lesbia I Loue thee Sir Hughes mistake Epig. 44. IN Marriage Woman promise makes To serue her Husband all her Life ●ence comes it that Sir Hugh mistakes ●hat vses Seruants as his Wife ●nd further yet the sence doth wrest ●ouing Her most that serues him best In Pontum Epig. 45. ●Ontus comes Posting almost euery day And cryes How doe you Sir Come what 's th● play Who doubts but much his labour hee hath lost nere coo'd tell no more then coo'd the Post In Milonem Epig 46. MIlo much blames mee that in all my Verse I nothing in my Mistris Praise reherse ●now I haue Volumes and wou'd I confesse ut can not get consent of Her to Presse Of Wine Epig. 47. PHysitians Wine at Spring-Time poyson call I hold It neuer hurteth but i th' Fall In Presbiterum Epig. 48. PResbyter that of late his Parish crost By his loose Liuing hath his Liuing lost And will turne Begger hoping by his Wittes To raise a Benefice from Benefitts Foole Studdy better better meanes to liue To Learned Beggers rare or ne're men giue Where Art and Pouerty together dwell 'T is shrowdly to bee fear'd all is not well Men doe by Beggiug Liuings get we see Yet few get Liuings by their Beggery In Ignotum Epig. 49. A Cornish Citizen came to his Wife Swore he had beene in danger of his life How man quoth shee Faith pointing but at One Counted the arrant'st Cuckold in the Towne ●ay Lord quoth shee what meant you Man to say it ●ye you forget your Selfe too bad be quiet The Iealous Man Care I Feare I Vexe full sore To Know of what would Vexe mee more The Wittall Know my Fate and that must beare And since I Know I need not Feare Epig. 50. HOw can Sir Amorous in his sute speede ill That hath his Mistris euery where at Will Then worke thy Will of her for know of Olde Tayle Tenure hath been held the surest holde Incerti Authoris Of a Bald-man Epig. 51. THy Haires and sinnes no man may aequall cal For as thy Sinnes increase thy Haires doe Fall● An Answer to the same Epig. 52. YEs If thy Haires fall as thy Sinnes increase Both will ere long proue aequall Numberlesse In Philippum Epig 53. CAll Phillip Flat-nose straight hee frets thereat And yet this Phillip hath a Nose that 's Flat To his Ingenious Friend Will Goddard of his Booke intituled Waspes Epig. 54. TRue Epigrams most fitly likned are To Waspes that in their taile a sting must beare ●hine being Waspes I say who'st will repine ●hey are not Epigrams are not like Thine Amor ex visu Of a Blind-man Louing Epig. 55. ●F Loue comes but by Sight as ●rue we finde Then needs must Caec● see for he is Blinde Maxima amicitia inter aequales The Younger Brother to the Elder Epig. 56. IF Amongst aequals greatest Friendship bee Our Loue was Best in our minoritie When as this mutuall Lesson wee were taught To bee as Equall branches from One graft Then did wee Goe and Grow alike as One No Difference had in Education So our Affections Sympathiz'd in all That no euent could come but mutuall So Neare so Deare we both did Loue and Liue That each ones Breath to each might Being