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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07319	Epigrams diuine and morall. By Edvv. May, Gent	May, Edward, Gent.	1633 (1633)	STC 17708; ESTC S109945	25,192	80

a notorious Lyar. HAd I a secret that I would commit To anies bosome I should thinke it fit To tell it thee for thou art truely knowne So great a lyar so common grown That shouldst thou sweare and dam thou speakst good sooth Not any would beleeve thou telst a truth 72 THe Hebrewes at the sacred fountaines quaft The Grecians at the Rivers take their draft The Latines at the silver brookes doe drinke English and others at the lakes small brinke 73 Of a Witch A Certaine VVitch condemned to be burn'd Seeing her Son stand by to him she turn'd And earnestly desir'd some drinke to have VVhich he denying she the more did crave Swing Deere Sonne I am exceeding dry Give me one draught of drinke before I dye For that quoth he if I remaine your debter No matter Mother you will burne the better 74 On a Gull A VVorthy Lady Mounsier Gull did meet As he with awicke gesture passd the street At fight of her off went his hat and feather And bow'd that chin and knee eu'n kist together She g●ve him the salute being Nobly bred And ask'd When shal your wife be brought to bed H● answer'd from th' abundance of his wit Even when your Ladiship shall thinke it fit 75 On monie THe forme of monie round at first began Because it is to run from every man 77 On captaine Sharke ONe askd a friend where Captaine shark did lie Why Sir quoth he at Algate at the pye Away quoth tother he lies not there I know 't No sayes the other then he lyes in 's throat 78 On Signeor Vapor Sweet Signeor Vapor a late cast commander Boasts in the warres he was a Sallamander And livd in flames it might be true he spoke For now in peace he only lives by smoake 79 To Camelion VVAlking in Pauls I met Camelion there Who told me he had bin to take the aire I' th' Temple Cloysters when I did repaire Him did I finde being come to take the ayre Trasing the fields the weather being faire He told me then h 'had been to take the aire And t'other day I heard him deepely sweare The musicke playd a sweet and dulcet aire Anothers dancing he esteemd most rare And vow'd he mov'd his bodie like the ayre He talkes so much on 't that I thinke in troth The ayre is vnto him meat drinke and cloth 80 To Spend-all SPend all to grace and guild his cunning shifts Swears by new coind oaths he lives by his wits They are wondrous sharp indeed for I have known When with Duke Humphrey he hath fed on stone 81 An Aerosticke on Canary Sacke C Come come yee powerfull raptures sisters nine A And bathe your spirits in this spring of mine N Nectar Ambrosia nor Nepenthe can A Afford more immortality to man R Rich blood it makes comforts the hart brain Y. Your noblest balsum for all griefe and paine S Sacke why t is only Agauippes well A And much it doth P●rnassus fount excell C Crowne mee with chaplets of this clustring grape K Kindle about me flames draw swords I le scape E Even through the heart of danger Sack as free From thunder keepes me as the Lawrell tree 82 To Women THe sword and sea ruines so many men That for one man you may finde women ten But were they few as good the taylor knowes His bill would be but little for their clothes 83 On a Sheepe that gave a Wolfe sucke A Sheepe a Wolfe did suckle with her teat And when the Wolfe was Iustie growne and great He in requitall slew the silly sheepe Thus kinde from kinde no love nor cost can keepe 84 To Cornutus HAppie art thou Cornutus for to thee All things are proper that may proper be Thy fat Sardinian Corne and Indian Gold Thou truly proper to thy selfe dost hold To thee is proper thy most lussius Vine Which proper yeelds to thee old Massique wine Thy gratefull flockes are proper too to thee Yeelding free offerings of fertillitie Thy wonderous wit thy heart and courage stout All that thou hast is proper thine no doubt Yet if I say so I shall say amisse Thy wife 's not proper for she common is 85 To Claudius SEven wives of thine are laid within the ground The earth so kinde but thee whoever found These in short time thou hadst and now hast none I have a longer time bin vex'd with one To Philenis 86 PHylenis doe not aske me why I weare A plaster on my lip thou need'st not feare I doe not meane to kisse thee wh●n we meet Phylenis no thy breath is not so sweet 87 To Lalia FOure teeth had Lalia which did grieu her much She durst not freely cough her feare was such At length upon her it so fiercely grew That one sore cough did force her spit out two So halfe her feare was past to quit her doubt Another hauke expelo the other out Now she may dreadlesse spit hem spue and spaule For now she 'as none to cough away at all 88 To Venus Venus one time got Mars his armour on His sword his shield and javeling whereupon Quoth Pallas come let 's fight let Paris be An umpire now betwixt thy selfe and me Fie fie quoth Venus when I naked stood Thou know'st I conquer'd thee in Idas wood 89 To the same otherwise PAllas in armes before the gods once stood And challeng'd Venus then to try her might Quoth Citherea nak'd in Idas wood I conquer'd thee and therefore scorne to fight 90 To an inconstant Mistris FAlse one farewell Mans woe and therfore mine Stringst thou thy vowes upon so weake a line That they are broke and lost Noune adiective That canst not stand without a substantive And then art falling too weake feminine What gender art thou or who can decline Thy heart it is the common of two else either The doubtfull or the Neuter true t is neither Nor proper ist to one but like thee woman Takst part with homo unto all men common Forth of my harts true Grammer thee Ile taire So foule a lease shall stand no longer there 'T is blotted so that I no word can see Only thy characterd inconstancie Adrew changing Camelion that dost live By ayre and that my numerous sighes doe give Farewell thou various raine-bow which appeares More glorious after my sad showre of teares Those sighes and teares I le in the ballance lay With the light Creature whom they shal outweigh Oh but thou wilt not tarrie in the scale There is so much quicksilver in the tale Thy wanton friskes I tell thee will be little When thou art temperd well with fasting spittle And since thou wilt be changing change then all And take a lodging in the hospitall Then change thy daubing next another place Is fit for plasters better then thy face When thou vowst love againe change not t is evill For shouldst thou who 'd beleeve the next the devil Why Counsell I in vaine for it is knowne True love

dayes after it If thou sayst true Elisia then I sweare In all thy life thou ne're didst eate a hate 23 To Thraso VItious and euill minded men there be But honest Thraso this is naught to thee Castor keepes whores who 'le feel●●he smart but he And honest Thraso c. Gnat●o a dice consumes his state we see But honest Thraso c. He sits vp la●e and vainely watch doth keepe T●ou in thy bed all nigh dest●oundly sleepe C●luns from Lu●u● d● but neuer free But honest Thraso c. Thou nothing ow'st nor none can doe thee wrong Yet there are some things doe to thee belong Thy c●oaths are pawn'd set them at liberty This Thraso only does belong to thee Not one will trust thee for a doyt againe This Thraso vnto thee does appertaine Thy wife does giue thee horns this great wrong Does most my Thraso vnto thee belong Much more there is but what belongs to thee Does not good Thraso appertaine to me 24 On Arria and Paetus Paetus commanded by the Tyrants will With his own sword his own dear blood to spil His chast wife Arria being present by First tooke the sword and with a scornfull eye Beheld the Tyrant saying Monster know Though it is in thy power at one blow To kill two bodies yet our soules shall fleet Hence spight of thee and in Elizium meet Thy cruell doome pronounc'd shall make vs blest And saying so she pierc'd her noble brest Then drew it forth and gaue the bloody blade Vnto her dearest husband and thus said My faithfull Patus what I now haue done Does grieue me not but when the sword shall run Through thy heart that heart I lou'd so well The thought of that to me alone is hell Yet sweet make hast to ouertake her breath Flew with that word her selfe o'retane by death 26 To Luper LVper when late I did thee sitting see Me thoght I saw three men which cousen'd me Thy bald patc 't was where stood one patch of hair Another here likewise another there Afraid of one another and so seene As if in facions they had parted beene Thy Crowne was bare where many an ally was In which there grew not halfe a blade of grasse Yet thy head yeelds vnto thee profit when The Emperors dole is giuen other men Onely one basket haue but thou hast three But haue a care if thee Alcides see Before grim Pluto's gate thou art but dead So like to three-chapt Cerberus is thy head 27 On Leander LEander sinking cry'd vnto the waues Spare me you seas spare me you liquid g●aue● Vntill my Hero I haue seene be still And spare me now then drowne me if you will 28 To Flora. MY dearest Flora it is wondrous strange That one so faire should subiect be to change For in an April day there cannot be More change of wethers then there 's change in thee Sometimes thou full of pleasure dost appeare And then thou swear'st thou only hold'st me deare Straight in a franticke vaine thou fl●'st away Nor haue I power to entreat thee stay Againe that humor off thou art more kind Then louing Turtle or the Southerne wind Now thou ma●'st much of me and now againe Thou break'st thy vowes and put'st me vnto paine Would Tantalus my case were like to thine Thy punishment's to be in waues and pine Bu● 't is a greater plague to be a dry And yet not drinke when Nectar standeth by 29 To a naughty Lawyer THou dost the Court with noyse businesse fill And pra●'st talk'st as if thou hadst great skill I' th Law yes faith thou hast as much as need Need has no Law nor thou hast none indeed 30 To Labine THou married hast a wife deform'd and blacke And yet no wealthy substance did she lacke Her didst thou choose wisely to set thee free For hands to feele not for thine eyes to see 31 To marke a Vsurer MArke miserable wretch as I heare say Would needs go hang himsefle the other day But thus he was deceiued of his hope F●● vnder three pence he could buy no rope Oh sie quoth he the price amaz'd the Elfe Two pence halfe penny he gaue hang'd himselfe 32 To Marcus MArcus being drunke o're night his bed does keepe Till noone next day dots Marcus soundly sleepe And being bid by some that doe him know To yeeld a reason why he sleepeth so He makes reply why does not Dauid say 'T is vanity in man to rise e're day 33 The Louers Enigma Sum sine Deo sum sine te sum sine me WHat power shall I inuoke and to whom turne me To thaw my Ice or quench the fire does burne me I see my folly count it worthy blame And yet haue no fig-leafe to hide my shame Is there an Art vnto our memory set And can we not as well learne to forget Oh no for trifles we estreme as rare When they are purchas'd with much cost and care Like Tantalus I onely feast mine eye And court my shadow that does from me flye As the poore Moath my funerall flame I fan In louing thee I leaue to be a man And what a man should be and am become Bankrout in paying vnto thee a summe Of faithfull teares and constant vowes nay more I am without God for I doe adore And seeke thee more then him for thee I pine Yet am without thee ' cause thou art not mine And what most weighes me downe into my graue I am without my selfe being thy slaue Iudge then my case how strange it is and odde Without thee I 'me without my selfe and God 34 To his Mistris who found fault with him AS your bright eyes discouer my amisse So your faire lips may cure me with a kisse Then if I am not good the fault 's in you That spaire your kisses and to mend me too 35 To his cruell mistris FAire cruel Mistris since nor prayers nor teares Can moue your pitie nor my tender yeares Yet since your heart is stone oh giue giue consent To let it be my true hearts monument 36 To Lacon I Asked Lacon that was lately wed Why such a little wise he had chose to bed Oh friend quoth he I hold it for the best Still of all euils for to choose the least 37 To a Braggart SInce Sturdy thou canst better fart then fight Take S away and thou art such a wight 38 On a woman and a ship A Goodly ship a faire and wanton woman For mans vse both created and both common Such is their natures their condition such That they can ne're be trick'd or trimd too much 39 On the Sun and mans thought WHat in the world is swifter then the Sun That in a day the orbed round doth run The thought of man whose quicke and fleeter force Does in a moment circle the same course 40 On the Pope A Glorious seat and most imperiall state The Pope has purchas'd after this lifes date For heauen he doth continually sell