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A02647
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The most elegant and witty epigrams of Sir Iohn Harrington, Knight digested into foure bookes: three vvhereof neuer before published.
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Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612.
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1618
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but a man 's more grac'd noted of no vice 18 Of the corne that rained I Handled tasted saw it with mine eyes The graine that lately fell downe from the skies Yet what it tok'ned could I not deuise And many doubts did in my minde arise At last I thus resolu'd it signifies That this is our sole meane to mend this dearth To aske from heau'n that we doe lacke on earth 19 To his wife at the birth of his sixt Child THe Poet Martiall made a speciall sute Vnto his Prince to grant him vnder seale Right of three children which they did impute A kinde of honour in their Common-weale But for such sute my selfe I need not trouble For thou do'st seale to me this Patent double 20 Against Feasting KInde Marcus me to supper lately bad And to declare how well to vs he wishes The roome was strow'd with Roses and with Rushes And all the cheere was got that could be had Now in the midst of all our dainty dishes Me thinke said he to me you looke but sad Alas said I 't is to see thee so mad To spoile the skies of Fowles the seas of fishes The land of beasts and be at so much cost For that which in one houre will all be lost That entertainment that makes me most glad Is not the store of stew'd boyl'd bak't and rost But sweet discourse meane fare then beleeue me To make to thee like cheere shall neuer grieue me 21 Against Cosmus couetousnesse COsmus when I among thine other vices That are in nature foule in number many Aske thee what is the reason thee entices To be so basely pinching for thy penny Do'st thou not call vpon thy selfe a curse Not to enioy the wealth that thou hast wonne But saue as if thy soule were in thy purse Thou straight reply'st I saue all for my sonne Alas this re-confirmes what I said rather Cosmus hath euer beene a Penny-â—ather 22 Against Vintners in Bathe IF men ought those in dutie to commend That questions of Religion seeke to end Then I to praise our Vintners doe intend For Question is twixt Writer old and latter If wine alone or if wine mixt with water Should of the blessed Sacrament be matter Some ancient Writers wish it should be mingled But latter men with much more zeale in kindled Will haue wine quite and cleane from water singled Our zealous Vintners here growne great Diuines To finde which way antiquitie enclines For pure zeale mix with water all our wines Well plainly to tell truth and not to flatter I find our wines are much the worse for water 23 To Bassifie his wiues mother when shee was angry MAdam I read to you a little since The story of a Knight that had incurd The deep displeasure of a mighty Prince For feare of which long time he neuer sturd Till watching once the King that came froÌ„ Chappel His little sonne fast by him with his Gardon Entic'd the Infant to him with an apple So caught him in his armes and su'd for pardon Then you shall turne your angry frown from lafter As oft as in mine armes you see your daughter 24 To his wife of Poppea Sabynas faire heyre MAll once I did but doe not now enuy Fierce Neroe's blisse of faire Poppeas rayes â—hat in his lap koming her locks would lye â—ech hayre of hers a verse of his did praise â—ut that prais'd beauty fruitlesse spent her daies â—o yong Augustus euer cal'd him Dad. â—o small Poppeas with their prettie playes â—id melt their hearts and melting make them glad â—ut thou in this do'st passe his faire Sabyna â—hat hast seuen times beene succor'd by Lucina â—hy wombe in branches seau'n it selfe displayes Then leaue I Nero with Poppeas heyres To ioy and to inioy thee and thine heyres 25 Against Lalus an ill Preacher YOng Lalus tooke a Text of excellent matter And did the same expound but mâ—rre the latter â—is tongue so vainely did and idly chatter â—he people nought but hem cough and spatter Then said a Knight not vs'd to lye or flatter Such Ministers doe bring the Diuels blessing That marre vs so good meate with so ill dressing 26 Against Paulus an Atheist LEwd Lalus led by Sadduces infection Doth not beleeue the bodies resurrection And holds them all in scorne and deepe derision That tell of Saints or Angels apparision And sweares such things are fables all and fancies Of Lunatiques or Fooles possest with franzies I haue said he trauail'd both neere and farre By sea by land in time of peace and warre Yet neuer met I sprite or ghost or elfe Or ought as is the phrase worse then my selfe Well Paulus this I now beleeue indeede For who in all or part denies his Creede Went he to sea land hell I would agree A Fiend worse then himselfe shall neuer see 27 To Galla going to the Bathe WHen Galla for her health goeth to the Bathe She carefully doth hide as is most meete With aprons of fine linnen or a sheete Those parts that modesty concealed hath Nor onely those but eu'n the brest and necke That might be seene or showne without all checkâ— But yet one foule and vnbeseeming place She leaues vncouered still What 's that Her facâ— 28 To one that had meate ill drest KIng Mithridate to poysons so inur'd him As deadly poysons damage none procur'd him So you to stale vnsauorie foode and durtie Are so inur'd as famine ne're can hurt yee 29 Of giuing much credit OF all the Towne old Codros giues most credit Who he poore soule Alas that ere you sed it How can he credit much and is so poore Hee 's blinde yet makes he loue to euery whore 30 Of honest Theft To my good friend Master Samuel Daniel PRoud Paulus late my secrecies reuealing Hath told I got some good conceits by stealing But where got he those double Pistolets With which good clothes good fare good land he gets Tush those he saith came by a man of warre That brought a Prize of price from countries farre Then fellow Thiefe let 's shake together hands â—ith both our wares are filcht from forren lands You 'le spoile the Spaniards by your writ of Mart And I the Romanes rob by wit and Art 31 Against Faustus IN skorne of writers Faustus still doth hold Nought is now said but hath beene said of old Well Faustus say my wits are grosse and dull If for that word I giue not thee a Gull Thus then I proue that holds a false position I say thou art a man of fayre condition A man true of thy word tall of thy hands Of high disent and left good store of lands Thou with false dice and cards hast neuer plaid Corrupted neuer Widdow Wife nor Maid And as for swearing none in all this Reame Doth seldomer in speech curse or blaspheme In fine your vertues are so rare and ample For all our sonnes thou maist be made a sample This I dare sweare none euer said before This
I may sweare none euer will say more 32 Of Free will I Know a foolish fellow hath a fashion To proue that all is by Predestination And teach's nor man nor spirit hath free will In dooing no nor thinking good or ill I am no Doctor at this disputation Nor are deepe questions fit for shallow skill Yet I 'le renounce with learn'd men reputation If I disproue not this by demonstration He proue so plaine as none can it resist That in some things three things do what they list The wind saith Scripture where it list doth blow His tongue talkes what it lists his speeches showe My heart beleeues him as it list I know 33 Of a drunken Paracelsian WHen Pilo other trades of thrift had mist He then profest to be an Alcumist That 's all too much Chimist you might him call And so I thinke t were true and leaue out all He takes vpon him he can make a mixture Of which he can extract the true elixar Tinctur of Pearle and Currall he doth draw And Quintessence the best that ere you saw He hath the cure except Aqua Mirabilis Only he wants drammes Auri potabilis He doth of nature so the secret ferrit That he of euery thing can draw the spirit Spirits of mynes spirits of stones and herbes Whose names can scant be told with nownes and verbes But of all spirits my spirit doth diuine His spirit best doth loue the spirit of wine 34 Of Misacmos his successe in a suite MIsacmos hath long time a suter beene To serue in some neere place about the Queene â—n which his friends to work his better speede Doe tell her Highnesse as t is true indeede That hee 's a man well borne and better bred In humane studyes seene in stories read Adding vnto an industry not small Pleasant conceit and memory withall And chiefely that he hath beene from his youth A zealous searcher of Eternall Truth Now neuer wonder he his suite doth misse What I haue told you that the reason is 35 A Groome of the Chambers religion in King Henry the eights time ONe of King Henries Fauorites beganne To moue the King one day to take a man Whom of his Chamber he might make a Groome Soft sayd the King before I graunt that roome It is a question not to be neglected How he in his Religion stands affected For his Religion answered then the Minion I doe not certaine know what 's his opinion But sure he may talking with men of learning Conforme himselfe in lesse then ten days warning 36 To Doctor Haruey of Cambridge THe prouerbe sayes Who fights with durty foes Must needs be foyld admit they winne or lose Then think it doth a Doctors credit dash To make himselfe Antagonist to Nash 37 An infallible rule to rule a wife To his wiues mother COncerning th' wiues hold this a certaine rule That if at first you let them haue the rule Your selfe at last with them shall haue no rule Except you let them euer-more to rule ProbatuÌ„ est 38 Why Paulus takes so much Tobacco WHen our good Irish neighbours make repaire With Lenton stâ—ffe vnto Bridgewaters Faire At euery Boothe and Alehouse that they come They call for Herring straight they must haue some Hostis I preâ—dee hast â—ee any Herring Yea sir O passing meaâ— a happy Herâ—ing Herring they aske they praise they eate they buy No price of Herring can be held too hie But when among them iâ— is closely muâ—ter'd Those Herringâ— that they bought to sell are â—tter'd Then giue them Herring Poh away with these Pree d ee good Hostis giue 's some English Cheese Hence I haue learn'd the cause and see it clearely Why Paulus takes Tobacco buyes it â—earely At Tippling-houses where he eates and drinks That euery roome straight of Tobacco stinks He swears t is salue for all diseases bred It strengthens ones weake back comforts the head Dulls much flesh-appetite t is cordiall durable It cures that ill which some haue thought incurable Thus while proud Paulus hath Tobacco praised The price of eu'ry pound a pound is raised And why 's all this because he loues it well No but because himselfe hath store to sell. But hauing sold all his he will pronounce The best in Cane not worth a groat an ounce 39 Of a formall Minister A Minister affecting singularitie And preaching in the Pulpit of his theame Borne with the current of the common streame Extolling faith and hope forgetting charitie For while he was most busie in his Text He spyde a woman talking with her next And straight â—e crid to her Dame leaue thy babbling Wherewith the good poore woman shrewdly vext Could hold no longer but fell flat to squabbling Beshrew thy naked heart she doth reply Who babbled in this place more thou or I 40 Of a lawfull wife AT end of three yeeres law and sute and strife wheÌ„ Canon lawes coÌ„mon both coÌ„mand heâ— Cys married thee now sue them for a slaunder That dare deny she is thy lawfull wife 41 Against Feasting LAst day I was vnto your house inuited And on the â—ord were forty diuers dishes Of Sallets and of flesh fowles and fishes With which God knowes I little am delighted Became I came I tooke that you did bid me But now I rather thinke you did forbid me 42 Against Lynus that said the Nobility were decayed YOu Lynus say that most of our Nobilitie Are much decayd in valour and in wit Though some of them haue wealth and good ability Yet very few for gouernment are fit â—oole seest thou not that in our stately buildings â—laine massy stones the substance doth sustaine â—et colloms wreath'd staid set out with guildings Must in high ranke for ornament remaine So men of noble birth the State adorne But by the wise stout learnd the sway is borne 43 To Itis alias Ioyner an vncleanly token conuayd in cleanly tearmes TOrquato Tasso for one little fault That did perhaps deserue some small rebuke Was by his sharp and most vngratefull Duke Shut vp close prisoner in a loathsome vault Where wanting Pen and Inke by Princes order His wit that wals of Adamant could pierce Found meanes to write his mind in excellent verse For want of Pen and Inke with pisse and ordure But thy dull wit damn'd by Apollos crew To dungeon of disgrace though free thy body With pen nay Print doth publish like a noddy Base taunts that turn'd vpon thy selfe are true And wanting salt thy wallowish stile to season And being of vncouth tearmes a senslesse coyner Thou call'st thy selfe vnproperly a Ioyner Whose verse hath quite disseuer'd rime and reason Deseruing for such rayling and such bodging For this Torquatos Inke for that his Lodging 44 To his wife WHen I to thee my Letters superscribe Thus To mine own Leda therat doth iybe And aske her why she saith because I flatter But let her thinke so still it makes no matter If I doe flatter onely thou canst try