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
nothing left In Love he lost Faith Hope All ill did prove What 's left him now to lose at last sole Love 94. An Anagram Gerere Regere To bear Rule and to bear are proper where Is Man and Wife Let Man Rule Woman bear 95. A forsaken Lover As Tophets Fire is burning without light So me thy Love doth burn though nothing bright My Love to thee 's like Elementar fire It shines but burns thee not with my desire 96. The punishment of Thais A Probleme Sith in her former not her hinder part Thais did offend why should her hinder smart Whether because the sin before was sign'd The Punishment must therefore come behind 97. Irus his Obsequies The Poor is like a Quartan not one Bell For the Poor's tacite Fun'ral rings a knell 98. The Epitaph of Croesus and Irus Under a Marble Tomb lies Croesus there But Irus where The Poor lies ev'ry where 99. Of Momus That I might love approve or praise in thee Or that I envy might I nothing see 100. Unite no number Of Forreign writers and Britannicks Tone I of no number am yet I am one The End of the First Book EPIGRAMS OF John Owen AN OXONIAN AND CAMBRO-BRITAN To William Sidley Knight and Baronet The Second Book 1. To a Critical Courtier Labor Labos Englished Labour Arbor Arbos Englished A Tree Honor Honos Englished Honour THese words the same in sense but not in sound He 's wise that with the last of them is crown'd 2. Faith Reason demonstrates God makes it our Creed And by this Reason Faith is Reasons deed 3. God God all things sees and yet is seen of none Sole in all places seen unseen alone 4. To William Sidley Knight and Baronet c. Thy sundry Languages thy skill i' th' Laws Arts Piety sublime thee with applause Thy counsel many poor thy money have Thus Vertue leads the Journey to the Grave Live so to Christ thy Countrey to thy King Thy self till Angels thee to Glory bring 5. To John Sidley only Son of the aforenamed William Sidley Thou Janus art but sole in name now young Thy Father emulate in Deed ere long Thou shalt be Janus hard 't is to precel Thy Father if thou equal'st him 't is well 6. A perpetual Equinoctial To a blind man Thy Days and Nights are equal thou canst see Nor Day nor Night Aequators all to thee 7. To Ponticus an Anabaptist Wouldst keep good diet for thy Souls Salvation Sup oft wash once in thy Regeneration 8. The Gods of Inconstancy Romans Vertumnus Greeks Proteus ador'd What people make not each of these their Lord 9. Wheel-grease Men grease their Axle-trees left Wheels should creak But Lawyers must be greas'd to make them speak 10. Of Harpalus the reputed Father of two Sons The Son that bears thy name is not thine own But he that bears anothers thine is known 11. The Creation of Woman When Paul the Gospel preach'd his language then Was us'd (a) Men Fathers and Brethren not unto Women but to men O Brethren pray but not O Sisters pray The Priest in saying of the Mass doth say When Moses most exactly doth relate The things which God in order did create God solely good who nothing made in vain Or useless God saith Moses did explain And call his Works all good excepting one When he the Woman made of Adam's Bone 12. Of Papinianus and Ponticus He saith he cannot err and yet doth err This that he may but errs not doth averr 13. Of Tustonus Tuston is dead Now dead his Coyn doth come Rising out of his Chest as from a Tomb. 14. Of Sin and Punishment The Doctors place Sin with Non-Entities Why place they not its Punishment there likewise 15. Of the Moors who paint Angels Black and Devils White Art cannot Metamorphose Black to White But Art roakes White take Black though black as night Divines affirm no Devil can repent Satan's not White then Black 's his Element 16. L' Argent faict tout Whence comes it that after so many slain English and French each in their own Land raign The (a) L' escu Shield O generous France advanc'd thy Van (b) L' Angelot An Angel England was thy Guardian 17. Of a certain Drunkard Nothing 's more thirsty than dry pratling Bess Thy Wife prates more than thee why drinks she less 18. Verona Placentia Beneventum To an Italian Few pass Verona from to Benevent Thou shalt be Placent if * Ben-venuto per tutto Bene-volent 19. Time Truth Hatred Truth is Times Daughter Hatred's Mother is Then Hatred's Nephew unto Time by this 20. Daughter of Time I who Times Daughter was in times of yore Am I Times Daughter now as heretofore Daughter of those not of these Times am I Times Daughter 's Christ th' Eternal Deity 21. Wedlock Love No weddings but much Love 's in Heaven above On Earth are many Weddings but no Love 22. The Decalogue the Lords Prayer and the Apostles Creed One Love ten Precepts One Hope seven votes Twelve Articles one Faith Religion notes 23. To Calistratus Pain'd with the Spleen said I 's a painful thing The Spleen doth laughing cause doth weeping bring 24. The Sun Three Planets higher lower three there be Thy Vertue Sol 's amid the double three 25. A Metaphor Bare knowledge knows not Natures voice no sound Of Natures words in Dictionary's found Farmers by Figures do their Sense express Rusticks their talk with City language dress Mans as to words t' his life doth figures give 'T is figur'd all and as we speak we live 26. Christ a Divine Physician Lawyer Christ here on Earth was a Physician A Preacher is in Heaven a Judge God-Man 27. Of Law English-Welsh-French Di-rect (a) Droit the French doth say (b) Cys-raith Welsh say Cor-rect But Law 's call'd (c) Right Right in th' English Dialect Erring's directed Errors are by Law Corrected Laws Rule rules keeps all in awe 28. Castor and Pollux In Heaven the two Brother-Stars agree In Earth I doubt scarce two such Brothers be 29. What is deferr'd is not auferr'd Long Life deferrs but takes not Death away What differs then to die this or next day 30. Venale Honours Apology To the Baronets Gold Honour Lands are Goods which Fortune lends And what on mans Arbitrement depends Health Beauty Strength the Bodies Goods These three And the Minds Goods from Price from sale are free 'T is madness to sell Bodies sinful Souls Fortune to sell to buy no Law controuls 31. Authority and Reason In humane words not who but what I weigh In words divine not what but who doth say 32. Luci-fer The splendid Planet Venus doth adorn With her resplendent Ray the Night the Morn In Heaven she still waits upon the Sun Why then the light on Earth should Venus shun 33. Of the end of the World The Worlds beginning Genesis unt ' us Moses declar'd could not its (a) Exitus Exodus 34. To Pontilian Whether two Wives
friends me forsook as 't is in use Unhop'd for Help you three did me produce Your three Names therefore next the Prince his name I joyn Mecaenas sole deserves such fame 3. Lawyer and Physician Unless he subtile be this rashly bold They both perhaps may beg their bread when old 4. The Courtiers Ladder None but by many steps doth rise at Court But falling one's enough too much though short 5. To Edward Noel c. Though I Mecaenas send this Book to thee Others may read it if 't worth reading be How is my Patron better by this sped Than Readers Thus he readeth and is read 6. On Tomasine Many these times in praise of Asses writ I read a Book and read thy praise in it 7. To A Courtier The bold by Fortune th' eaters are by meat Aided Wilt something be be bold and eat 8. Honour and Riches compared God gives men Riches Honour claims as Donor Preferr'd before all Riches therefore 's Honour 9. On fabulous Poets Poets of old making small difference 'Twixt Truth and Lies made something of each Ens Their proper name from making Poets gather From making something making nothing rather 10. On Fabianus Some bald without thou bald within 't is plain They want their Hair thou want'st as much of Brain 11. Osculum a Kiss Lovers affect three Syllables this word Is given by the Lovers that accord Is the first given Doubtless then in fine The rest will follow from the femiâ—iâ—e 12. Dalilah Strong Sampsons Wife despoyl'd him of his hair Our times have many Dalilahs as fair 13. Coventry and Warwick Midland Cities Not the same Prelate the same Judge you see Your Spirits differ but one flesh you be 14. The Birth-day To present born reborn to future things The present's first the last more comfort brings 15. On the Art of Love I think 't was rudeness th' Art of Love t' impart Love is the work of Nature not of Art 16 On Gallio Rare Judge who giftless doth his office Why Because with gifts he did his office buy 17. On Phyllis The Love of Phyllis for a Solar year Endures not Lunar 't is like Phoebe's Sphear Her love is like her Body monthly sick Lunar's her Love her self is Lunatick 18. On Paetus A Probleme Nor Father Step-father nor kin to those Thy Wife brought forth What shall we thee suppose 19. On Pontiliana Why wert thou wedded on bright Lucy's light Because 't was shortest Day and longest Night 20. To Fronto a Lawyer I many Penal statutes Fronto saw But not one Premial in all your Law Laws Penal Premial support a State This age hath lost the last the first 's in date 21. To Edward Noel c. Wise Nature did to thee much Wit impart To Natures strength thou dost add helps of Art Good Fortune with thy Vertue doth combine Unto thine Art and Wit thou Wealth dost joyn Fortune enables thee to succour wants And Vertue makes thee willing Both God grants 22. On Festus an unjust Judge What Judas did or Pilate do the same Hang'd wouldst not be Wash then thine hands from blame 23. Paronomasia i. Gingling with words A Maid looks on her Lovers face not mind If wedded 't is enough her Husband 's kind Venus had rather courted be than painted With Acts than Complements she 's more acquainted 24. To Martha Of Quintus Quintus in Love is prodigal recluse Of thy Love covetous of 's own profuse 25. Of Mans Back-parts are in Latine Neuters stil'd But all his parts please Women well compil'd 26. Of Colinus dying Intestate Dying Colinus nothing did bequeath Lest all In Life a Dog an Hog at 's Death 27. Of Virginity and Wedlock Virginity's a narrow way a broad Is Wedlook Hence most People ride this road 28. Of Pansa Great strife 'twixt Pansa and Eunomius Arose about Church Rites which they discuss Eunomius to prove his Period The Scripture cites th' undoubted word of God With Scripture what have I to do replies Pansa my Bible in my Law books lies 29. To D. T. Thou followest two Masters strange to me If or thou pleasest both or both please thee 30. Merchants Faith Where Debtors credit's less less credit give The Creditors by trust how should they live Sole trust these times hath many Merchants split To trust now therefore 't is nor safe nor fit 31. Gerunds and Supines Di-do-dum while Aeneas was away Did want her Gerunds and Un-supine lay 32. Give me an Angel and I will give thee the Spirit The Spirit here an Angel Michael Is promis'd there here Gifts there Hands excell 33. To a certain rich Man If now thou givest much thy love 's compleat If much thou creditest thy Faith is great 34. To a servant of two most penurious Sisters Three Parce fatal Sisters once were known Thou now poor wretch two such dost serve and own 35. A Louse Thou me dost bite I kill thee True but small Thy Crime 's thy Punishment is Capital 36. From bad to worse He falls on Scylla that Charybdis shuns Who newly sick to the Physician runs Fools one extreme t' avoid act the contrary When trifles men to Law to Lawyers carry 37. Of the Prodigal and Covetous Both these are wretched And it oft doth fall That th' Heirs of Cov'tous men prove Prodigal 38. Divine Vengeance on G. R. 1603. Thou kept'st the Prelates House against his mind Against thy mind th' art now t' an (a) a Prison House confin'd 39. Of Damas. As oft as I thy promise claim and I Claim it more oft fith thou dost not comply Thou never sayst I have oft sayst I will No more I will but say I do fulfill 40. On unfortunate Linus What wonder fortune is to thee contrary Thy front is bare and bald her Front is hairy 41. To Gaurus Thy Whispers did of me some samll gift crave Wilt have a Culus gift Thou shalt it have 42. Man all-eating Air Water Earth with all the vast Extents Of th' Elements scarce serve Mans Aliments If all man eateth in t ' his Substance ran As 't is suppos'd what Monster would be man 43. The broad way Broad is the way much trod unt ' Hell that leads The Blind himself the Guide this broad way treads 44. To In Of. Of In To these three words my Book inhems Of Teacheth To Commendeth In Condemns 45. On unmerciful Quintus When any Poor or Naked at thy door Beg Alms how canst deny while such implore Thou sayst none ought to Begg by th' English Laws But no Law barrs relief to th' poor when cause 46. Error is humane I read a just man falls seven times a day How oft a Woman falls I cannot say 47. On a certain foolish writer O that all black had been thy Papers white Or tinctur'd with no black when thou didst write 48. The usurers Apology What good doth me my Money without use Gold 's bright with use use doth me gain produce 49. On a Cuckold Hadst Horns by Nature them thou