Quodlibets lately come ouer from New Britaniola, old Newfound-land Epigrams and other small parcels, both morall and diuine. The first foure bookes being the authors owne: the rest translated out of that excellent epigrammatist, Mr. Iohn Owen, and other rare authors: with two epistles of that excellently wittie doctor, Francis Rablais: translated out of his French at large. All of them composed and done at Harbor-Grace in Britaniola, anciently called Newfound-Land. / By R.H. sometimes Gouernour of the plantation there.

QVODLIBETS , LATELY COME OVER FROM NEW BRITANIOLA , OLD NEWFOVND-LAND .

Epigrams and other small parcels , both Morall and Diuine .

The first foure Bookes being the Authors owne : the rest translated out of that Excellent E●igrammatist , Mr. Iohn Owen , and other rare Authors .

With two Epistles of that excellently wittie Doctor , Francis Rablais : Translated out of his French at large .

All of them Composed and done at Harbor-Grace in Britaniola , anciently called Newfound-Land .

By R. H. Sometimes Gouernour of the Plantation there .

LONDON , Printed by Elizabeth All-de , for Roger Michell , dwelling in Pauls Church-yard , at the signe of the Bulls-head . 1628.

To the Kings most Excellent Maiestie , CHARLES , by Gods especiall mercy , King of Great-Britaine , France , and Ireland , &c. Emperour of South , and North Virginia , King of Britaniola , or Newfound-land , and the Iles adjacent , Father , Fauourer , and Furtherer of all his loyall Subjects right Honourable and worthie Plantations .

MAY it please your most Excellent Maiestie , this last right worthy attribute of yours ( no way insinuated , but iustly affixed to your more ancient stile ) perswades these vnworthy papers to presume ( with your gracious leaue and permission ) to take the hardines to kisse your sacred hands ; hoping of the like successe , that some vnripe eares of corne , brought by me from the cold Country of Newfound-land , receiued from some honest , well-minded louers of that action when they saw them : who with much-affected ioy often beholding them , tooke much comfort in what they saw : but more , when they suppos'd it might be better'd , by industry , care , and honestie . These few bad vnripe Rimes of mine ( comming from thence ) are in all humility presented with the like intendiment to your Maiestie , to testifie that the Aire there is not so dull , or maleuolent , but that if better wits were transplanted thither , neither the Summers heat would dilate them , nor the Winters cold benumme them , but that they might in full vigour flourish to good purpose . For if I now growne dull and aged , could doe somewhat , what will not sharper , younger , freer inuentions performe there ? They would not walke as I here doe , with short turnes , leaning sometimes on others inuentions , skipping weakly from bough to bough ; but with large walkes , with long , and strong flights . I suppose it not fit at this time ( but attending the successe of this presumption ) in some other larger manner to make knowne vnto your Maiestie , the inestimable riches of the Seas circuling that Iland : The hopefull improuements of the maine Land thereof : The more then probable , vnualuable hidden treasures therein : The infinite aboundance of combustible fierce materials fit for such an imployment . It is only the Aire at this time I desire to dignifie , and that which is within that Horizon : Yet is my proofe rather in hope of others , then in any actuated performance of mine owne . If your Maiestie will be pleased to giue credit to your meanest subiect , I may ingage my selfe on this asseueration , That not only in this vnprofitable ( though not vnpleasant ) Art , better wits would thriue there : but all other sollid learning would walke vprightly without conuulsions . I cannot but know , how almost all your Royall houres are taken vp in most Reall , serious , sollid imploiments : did I therefore imagine , that either your Maiestie could , or graciously would vouchsafe the reading of these ; they would be found some mine owne , the rest , Translations . Meane and vnworthy though they are , yet because some of them were borne , and the rest did first speake English , in that Land whereof your gracious Maiestie is the right , and lawfull Soueraigne , and King , by ancient descent and primary possession , and being the first fruits of this kind , that euer visited this Land , out of that Dominion of yours ; I thought it my duty , to present and to prostrate these with my selfe at your Royall feete : For what I haue mistakingly offended herein , or shall hereafter , I humbly beseech your Maiesties gracious , mercifull , generall , indulgence and pardon , vnfeinedly beseeching God to blesse your Maiesty with aboundance of all Earthly and Heauenly blessings . And that you may see an happy successe of all your Forraigne Plantations , especially of that of Newfound-land , I remaine

Your Maiesties well meaning and loyall Subiect , ROBERT HAYMAN .

My humble Muse , desires likewise to kisse your sacred hands . FAire , Bright , Illustrious Day-starre of our times ! Cast a faire aspect on my short breath'd Rymes : If these to kisse your hands , are found vnmeet , I throw my selfe downe at your Royall feete . Humbly kisseth your sacred hands , the short-breath'd Muse of ROBERT HAYMAN .

To my deare Friend and Fellow-Planter , Master Robert Hayman , who with Pen and Person prepares more roome for Christians in the Newfound-World . WHilst worldlings most build Castles in the Aire , Nibbling on baytes , like Orpheus and Sems heire : You spend your time both with your Muse and hand , To edifie our hopefull Newfound-Land . To tame the rude , doth argue a braue spirit : But to saue soules , are workes of greatest merit . To plant and fish , from sloth you those perswade : From errors these , to a more heauenly trade . Thus whil'st but dorsse some raking slaues ingrose , You digge new grounds , and roote vp Trees and Mosse . You shew the meanes to cut off suites and strife ; Meanes for good men , to leade a pleasant life . You search the Seas , and anchour with strong cables : Which deeds you build on faith , as those on Babels . Thus he who borrowed twice sweet Orpheus name ; Poore Cambriols Lord , addes to your rising fame . Your true friend William Vaughan .

To the Facetious Epigrammatist , my louing Kinsman , Mr. Robert Hayman , who composed these quaint Quodlibets at Harbor-grace , in Newfound-Land . YOur modest lines begot in Harbor-Grace , Doe grace that Harbor in old Newfound-Land , Your witty lines the Muses doe imbrace . Pernassus Nymphes admiring , mutely stand , Seeing such sweet flowers from that barren soyle , As your neat Quodlibets which there did spring , To Owens Genius you haue giuen the foyle . By your sweet Epigrams , you there did sing . I would you had the grace with our great King ; To doe there your desires : A greater thing . Your louing Kinsman , Richard Spicer .

To the Louers of the Muses , vpon these Quodlibets . WHy doe so many fondly dote vpon Parnassus Tempe , and that Helison Renowned by the Greeks ? why praise they so The Muses haunting Tiber , Thame , and Po ; As if no other Hill , or Groue , or Spring , Should yeeld such Raptures , as these forth did bring ? Behold , e'en from these vncouth shores , among Vnpeopled woods , and hills , these straines were sung : And most of theirs they seeme to paralell , Who boast to drinke of Aganippe's well . Despaire not therefore , you that loue the Muses , If any Tyrant , you , or yours abuses : For these will follow you , and make you mirth , Eu'n at the furthest Angles of the Earth , And those contentments which at home yee leese , They shall restore you among Beasts and Trees . Yours , George Wither .

An Acrostick-Sonnet . To his learned and welbeloued friend , Mr. Recreated with sweet sauours Of thy various curious Labours , Beautified with Arts trim Treasures , Ex'lent for Poeticke-Measures ; Rapt ( I say ) with so rare view , Thanks ( me thinks ) at least , was due . Heere , I found such fragrant flowers , As , best drest Vranias Bowers ; Yelding Sents and Sights admired , Meet , the Muses Browes t' haue tyred : As , They ( then ) are , thus grac'd by Thee , Neuer , may They , Grace , deny Thee .

Ad eundem : Per eundem . IF Newfound-Land yeeld such commodities , I 'd thither trade , for so rare Marchandize . Yours , Iohn Vicars .

Vpon this Anagram of my name , and the deuice of the West-Indian Guane .

. Harm I bare not . depiction of iguana

IF some should meete this Beast vpon the way , Would not their hearts-blood thrill for great affray ? Yet the West-Indian that best knowes his nature , Says , there is not any more harmelesse Creature . So though my lines haue much deformity , Their end mine Anagram shall verifie .

THE FIRST BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS , DONE AND COMPOSED BY THE AVTHOR himselfe . 1. Of mine owne Quodlibets . THough my best lines no dainty things affords , My worst haue in them some thing else then words . 2. To my Readers . I kept these closely by me some few yeeres , Restrained by my knowledge , and my feares : I feare they are too shallow for the Schooles , I know they are too deepe for shallow fooles , Yet there are many of a middle breeding May thinke them good : nay richly worth the reading . 3. To the perpetuall renowne of our learned King IAMES , King of Great Britaine , &c. of famous memorie . Wales , England , Scotland long did disagree , Yet like a threefoldcord accord in Thee , Such a cord hardly breakes , being wisely twist : These three combind , may the whole world resist . 4. Old Lelius to his wise friend Scipio . Let vs sit downe and by the fiers light , Let our discourse be without saucy spight , Wee 'll tell old tooth-lesse tales , which cannot bite , Whilst yong Fooles to talke Treason take delight . 5. Why God giues some Fooles riches , and some wise men none . To a discreet friend . Why fretst thou so , and art so sullen growne ? Thy neighbour Foole gets wealth , and thou getst none . Wise , mercifull , and iust is God in it : For he hath giuen him riches , and thee wit . Alas poore Foole , if that he had no wealth , He hath not wit to comfort his sad selfe . 6. An old Apothecary made a new Doctor . Hee kill'd by others warrant formerly , Hee kils now by his owne authority . 7. God doth all in all . It 's held , The Stars gouerne the works of Men : It 's likewise held , Wisemen may gouerne them : I hold , God ouer-rules Wise , Wayes , and Stars : It 's He that humbleth , and it s He preferres . 8. A worldly Man will haue it by hooke or by crooke . If wealth I cannot catch with Vertues hooke , I 'le haule it to me , by my crafty Crooke . 9. Thrifty Charity , to a namelesse Friend . On this Text thou dost seaze , with griping hold , Who giues the Poore , he shall receiue fourefold . This Text thou dost some pretty roome afford , Who giues the Poore , doth lend vnto the Lord : But this hard Text doth goe against thy graine , Giue cheerefully , looking for nought againe . 10. Borrowing on Time , is worse then Bird-lime . As Fowlers vse to take their Fowle with Lime : So Vsurers take borrowing Fooles with Time . Great danger'tis , for Birds , Bird-lime to touch ▪ Not to keepe Touch with Vsurers it 's as much . 11. To a kinde Foole. Oft into Bonds for others thou hast runne , But by those Bonds , thy selfe thou hast vndone . No luggler euer show'd vs such a cast , To be vndone by being bound so fast . So Drunkards doe with a like Iugling tricke , By gulping others healths , themselues make sicke . 12. Trauelling in England . The trauelling fashion of our Nation , To pay without examination : What our hard-rented Oasts may get thereby , Is Noble , Loose , Braue , Prodigality . 13. A perswasion to Humilitie . As when the Moone after the Sunne doth goe , She daily doth , fairer , and fuller growe ; But when that She doth goe before the Sunne , Her light growes lesse , and lesse , till she haue none : So whilst wee follow God in humble feare , His Grace in vs , will beauteously appeare : But if we goe before God in presumption , His Grace in vs will soone haue a consumption . 14. Why there are so few Hospitals built . It us hath Will , but wants good Meanes to doe it . Croesus hath Meanes , but wants a Will vnto it . 15. Lawyers profitable pastime . Lawyers doe call Plaintifes Defence , their Plea : It rather might be called Lawyers Play . 16. The Polycie of the Whore of Babylon . As common Queanes haue seuerall quaint deuices , To hooke all kind of men , by their intices : So the spirituall Whore of Babylon Hath seuerall ginnes to intrap euery one : For Villaines , Wantons , easie Indulgences : For Zealous , Wise , Angelicall pretences ; For High-mindes , Spenders , honor she dispences ; For Women , Fooles , fine shewes to please their sences . 17. To Bald-pate . Though I want yeeres , yet hoare I am through cares : But Whores haue made thy head white , without haires . 18. Worse then naught . Thou art not worthy of a Satyres quill : An Epigram's too short to shew thine ill . 19. Two filthy fashions . Of all fond fashions , that were worne by Men , These two ( I hope ) will ne'r be worne againe : Great Codpist Doublets , and great Codpist britch , At seuerall times worne both by meane and rich : These two had beene , had they beene worne together , Like two Fooles , pointing , mocking each the other . 20. Fooles are more masters of their wiues then wise men . Scarce a Paradoxe . Wise men for shame mildly away will goe , Fooles will stand stifly to 't and haue it so : Wise men for quietnesse will sometimes yeeld . Though Fooles be beaten , they 'll not quit the field . 22. To a Pardon-Buyer . The Pope giues thee a sweeping Indulgence , But thou must giue him good store of thy pence : So my Lord Mayor giues spoones all guilded o're , Euery Lord Maior of London doth yeerly giue a guilded spoon to most of his Company , & at a solemne Feast , each guest giues him 4. or 5. l. or more towards his charge . Receiues for each foure or fiue pounds therefore . 22. Worse then a Whore . Our common Whores turne Roman Catholicks , By that meanes they get Pardons for tricks : These wandring Stars of common occupation , Are rightly sphear'd in this large Constellation : I enuy not that Church , that vs so spites , For fingring such notorious Procelites . 23. Why Kings speake in the Plurall . Princes speake in the plurall Vs , and Wee : It is their charge , from wrongs to keepe Vs free , And We are wronged when They wronged bee : Thus Plurals with their Plurall charge agree . 24. The effects of Gods Word . Gods Word , to Sheepe is grasse ; to Swine , hard stones ; Vnto Beleeuers , Flesh ; to others , Bones . 25. A Scottish Honest Man . A Londoners Good Man . An Honest man , as Scot'shmen vnderstand , Is one , that mickle gudes hath , at command . A Good man , in the Londoners account , Is one , whose wealth to some Summe doth amount . Lord , make me Honest , Good by thy instruction : Then Good and Honest after their construction . 26. How and whereof to iest . Iest fairely , freely : but exempt from it , Mens misery , State businesse , Holy writ . 27. The Worlds Whirlegigge . Plenty breeds Pride ; Pride , Enuy , Enuy , Warre , Warre , Pouerty , Pouerty humble Care . Humility breeds Peace , and Peace breeds Plenty ; Thus round this World doth rowle alternatly . 28. On a Good fellow Papist , who makes no bones to eate Flesh on Fasting dayes . Thou holdst , thou saist , the old Religion , Yet I know , the new Dyet best likes thee . That which thou call'st the new opinion , I hold , yet the old Dyet best likes mee . 29. Poperies Pedigree . Papistry is an old Religion , Some part more old then Circumcision , And some as ancient as are Moses Lawes , From whose Lees she some Ceremonies drawes , Which she will hold , by old tradition . It is indeed a new hodg-podgerie , Of Iewish rites , elder Idolatry : Of these old simples a new composition . 30. The Married , to the Chaste . It would this World quickly depopulate , If euery one should dye in your estate . 31. The Chaste , to the Married . Therein you haue the odds , herein wee 'r euen : You fill the world , but we doe people heauen . 32. A Description of a Puritane , out of this part of the Letany , From Blindnesse of Heart , Pride , Vaine glory , &c. Though Puritanes the Letany deride , Yet out of it they best may be descride : They are blind-hearted , Proud , Vaine-glorious , Deepe Hypocrites , Hatefull and Enuious , Malitious , in a full high excesse , And full of all Vncharitablenesse . A Prayer hereupon . Since all tart Puritanes are furnisht thus , From such false Knaues ( Good Lord deliuer vs . ) 33. Loue is betwixt Equals . Rich friends for rich friends , will ride , runne and row , Through dirt and dangers , cheerefully they 'll goe : If poore friends come home to them , for a pleasure , They cannot find the Gentleman at leisure . 34. The difference betwixt good men and bad , is best seene after death . Good men like waxe-lights blow'n out , sauour well : Bad men like tallow , leaue a stinking smell . Bad mens Fame may flame more while they haue breath , But Good mens Name , smell sweeter after death . 35. To Sir Peirce Penny-lesse . He walks out his dinner in Pauls , and his supper in ●●e Exchange . Though little coyne thy purse-lesse pocket lyne , Yet with great company thou art ta'en vp , For often with Duke Humfrey thou dost dyne , And often with Sir Thomas Gresham sup . 36 The reward of Charity . To a rich Friend . Would'st thou be pittied after thou art dead ? Be pittifull whil'st thou thy life dost lead : If whilst thou liu'st , the poore thou dost releeue , Fearing the like supply for thee they 'll greeue : If now thou giu'st them nought , when thou art gone , They will be glad , hoping for a new gowne . 37. What haue Foolish men to doe with Princes Secrets ? Thought vpon , on the preparation of a great Fleet , and may serue for all such actions hereafter . Fond men doe wonder where this Fleet shall goe : I should more wonder , if that I should know . 38. A Secret of State . Though Peace be loue lyer , honourabler then Warre , Yet warlike Kings most lou'd , and honor'd are . 39. Kings Paramount Subiection . What wayes Kings walke , Subjects the same will goe . And many Kings , expect they should doe soe : Therefore should Kings follow the King Almightie : Kings are Gods Rom. 6. ver. 16. Subiects , if they gouerne rightly . 40. Why Women are longer attyring of themselues then Men. Women tyring themselues haue many lets , Their Fillets , Frontlets , Partlets , and Bracelets : Whilst downe-right-neatlesse-plaine men haue but one , A Duoblet double-let in putting on . 41 Christ and Antichrist . Christ in the Temple shopboords ouerthrew , Whipt thence the buying and the selling crue . The Pope In the yeere of Iubile . in his Church , sets vp his free Faire , And whips all those , that will not buy his Ware . 42. Wise men may be mistaken . Puritanes ragged Reason of the rag of Popery , and Papists rotten Reason of thread-bare Antiquitie . Some too precize , will not some customes vse , Because that Papists did them once abuse : As good a reason in sinceritie , As Papists oldnesse without veritie . Though these deserue to be hist off the Schooles , Yet they are held by those that are no Fooles . 42 Vnrighteous Mammon . Poets faind Pluto , God of wealth , and Hell : For they perceiu'd few got their riches well . 44. A Dialogue betwixt a Wise King and a good Christian. The Wise King . My neighbours secrets I desire to know , That I their priuate plots may ouerthrow . The good Christian. I doe neglect my Neighbours words , and deedes , I carefully suruey mine owne proceeds . The Wise King . If that my friends offer to doe me harme , I smite them first , and seeke them to disarme . The good Christian. Though that my Foes doe wrong me euery houre , I doe them all the good lyes in my power . The Wise King . By these and Iustice , I shall wisely raigne . The Good Christian. By this and faith , Heauens Kingdome I shall gaine . 45. Sad-Mens liues are longer then Merry-Mens A Paradox . To him , whose heauy griefe hath no allay Of lightning comfort , three houres is a day : But vnto him , that hath his hearts content , Friday is come , ere he thinkes Tuesday spent . 46. Poperies principall Absurdities . In Papisticall Churches , they both read the Scripture and sing and pray to Images , and all in Lattaine . Of all the hud-winkt trickes in Popery , This is the lamentablest foppery : When God is made to speake , and to command Men , in a tongue they doe not vnderstand , And Men commanded are to Sing and Pray To such fond things that know not what they say , And these men hauing madly , sadly pray'd , Themselues doe not know , what themselues haue said . 47. Of those who are too Kinde , too Courteous , &c. Who ouerdoe good things . Exuberant goodnesse , good mens names haue stain'd , Their too ranke Vertue is by some disdain'd . Yet 't is not Vice , but Vertue ouer strain'd . 48. Some Mens Testament is not their Will. He that will nothing spare whil'st he doth liue , And when he dyes , vnwillingly doth giue , Bequeathing what he gladly would keepe still , Makes a good Testament , but an ill Will. 49. Why Wiues can make no Wills . Men , dying make their Will● : why cannot Wiues ? Because , Wiues haue their wills , during their liues . 50. A iust Retaliation . Dead Men bite not : great reason is there then , That we which now doe liue , should not bite them . 51. A Prayer . Lord , send me Patience and Humility , And then send Plenty , or Aduersity : So if I be obseru'd , or disrespected , I shall not be puft vp , nor yet deiected . 52. Reuerent Graue Preachers . On holy dayes , I would heare such a Man , Graue , holy , full of good instruction . 53 Neat , quaint , nimble Pulpit Wits . These nimble Lads are fit for working dayes , Their witty Sermons may keepe some from playes . 54. Diuers complections , and diuers Conditions . A quiet , chast mind , in flesh faire , and neate , Is like to dainty sawce , and dainty meate . A hansome body , with a mind debaust , Is like to dainty meate sluttishly saust . A good wise mind , in flesh ill-fauoured , Is course meate , sweetly saust , well-sauoured . A froward , lewde mind in an ill shap't seate , Is scuruy-scuruy sawce , and scuruy meate . 55. Our Births , and Deaths , Reioycing , and Mourning . When we are borne , our friends reioyce , we cry : But we reioyce , our friends mourne when we dye . 56. The Vanity of a Papisticall Shift . You say you worship not the wood , nor stone , For that 's but the representation . Wise Heathen vs'd this Fine Distinction . Millions that know not this subtility , Commit plaine , palpable Idolatry . Which you in them , doe take some paines to breed , That on their offerings you may fatly feed : Why cause you else your Saints to weepe , sweate , bleed ? 57. Curious barly Brethren . Those that will haue all Names out of Gods booke , And hold all other Names in detest●tion : Poore begging Lazarus Name , these neuer tooke , They more feare pouerty , then Prophanation . 58. A Scriuener on a Trotter . Scriueners get most by riding trotting horses , Copper-Ars , and Gall , for Inke towards their losses . 59 Womens wise Teares . Disburthening teares breeds sad hearts some reliefe , And that 's one cause , few Women dye of griefe . 60. To my Reader . If breuity my Reader doe displease . I vse it more for his , then for my ease . 62. Youths conceit , and Ages knowledge . I thought my selfe wise when I was at Schoole , But now I know , I was , and am a Foole. 63. Hearbe-grace commonly called Rewe . Chast men with name of Hearbe of Grace this grac't , Because thereby , they thought they were kept chaste . Some women hereupon did name it Rew. Because thereby they thought they lost their Due . 64. To Writers of Hereticall , and Keepers of false Books . When yee before Gods Iudgemen Seat shall come , Out of your owne books , yee shall read your doome : God need not to produce his owne True Booke , For He doth daily on your False books looke . 65. To a Periwiggian , who hopes to gaine by some friends death . Thou maist well hope to be some dead-mans heire , For thou already wear'st some dead-mens haire . 66. Gossipes and Good-wiues . Whither goe these Good wiues so neat and trimme ? They goe a sipping , or a gossiping . Come hither , Boy , wipe cleane my Spectacles , I shall see none of these Good-women else . 67. A young Saint , an old Deuill , to a Contous old Man . Thou changed art of late ( as I am told ) Lesse charitable growne , as thou grow'st old ; Thy former good was heate of youth in thee , For grace once rooted , will grow like a Tree . Which neuer can eradicated bee . 68. A mad Wenches Iustice . Since not to be thy wiues head thou do'st scorne . Thinke this as just , The head must weare the Horne . 69. Wee are Gods Husbandry , or Gods crop out of a fortile Christian Soule . A good Soule drest with Zeale , plow'd vp with feare , Water'd with Gods grace , a large crop will beare , The roote firme Faith , Hope , the blade spreading faire , From these springs Loue , into a large full eare : The roote is sure , the blade endures the storme , With sheaues of Loue we must fill full Gods Barne . 70. To a faire Whore . When we doe see a woman sweetly faire , We say that God hath done his part in her , Thou passing faire , but passing wicked art , In thee therefore Satan hath play'd his part . 71. Riches is now a dayes the House vpon Mens heads . In elder times good Manners made a Man : In our wise age , good Mannors maketh one . 72. Monyes Etymologie . Mony that s Mone I : for when I haue none , I pensiue am , and sad , and sigh , and mone . 73. The Treasure of the Church , or the Popes Exchequor . Wert not for the huge , large , imagin'd chest , The Key whereof hangs at the Popes owne brest , Where ouer-doers works , are rang'd for buyers , For prophane Traytors , Gripers , Leachers , Lyers , The Popes strong-bard-chest would be lin'd but thinne , A bagge would serue to keepe his treasure in . 74. A wicked , contentious mans Epitaph . None liuing lou'd him , for his death none grieu'd , Saue some say , Griefe it was he so long liu'd . 75. An Epitaph . On euery well meaning man vndone by his kindnesse . My rich heart made me Poore , comforting Sad , My helping , Impotent , my Goodnes Bad. 76. To one of Fortunes white Sonnes . Thou hast liu'd many yeeres in perfect health , Great friends thou hast , for thou hast got much wealth , All things fall pat with thee , which thou would'st haue , Were it not pitty thou should'st be a Knaue ? 77. Death , and Warre . Warre begets Famine , famine , Plague , plague Death , War breathes forth woes , but Death stops all woes breath , Warre is great A of ills , and Death is Z. In warres red Letters , Deaths feast-dayes are read . 78. The Popish Legend . The Iewish Talmoud . Mahomets Alcheron . The Legend , Talmoud , and the Alcheron , Are differing lyes , for one intention , They worke for differing works fram'd on one frame , Like , lewd , large lyes , fit for the whet-stone game : One way they tend , though seuerall wayes proceed , Hee well beleeues , who makes them not his Creed . 79. To an Armenian Canary Bird. Thou that think'st good works in Gods nose so sauory , What sauour think'st thou smells he in thy knauery ? 80. Faith without Works , Works without Faith . To beleeue and liue ill , is but to thinke , Without Faiths salt , Good-works will quickly-stinke . 81. Vngirt , Vnblest . Vngirt , vnblest : a Prouerbe old , and good , A true one too , if rightly vnderstood : Vnblest he shall be euerlastingly , Who is not girt with Christian * * Ephes. 6.14 . verily . 82. True Chastity . Not , who doth not , yet gladly would goe to it , Is Chast , but he that may , and will not doe it . 83. From hardnesse of heart , good Lord deliuer vs . It s God alone that makes a tender heart . To make hearts hard , ours and the Deuils part ▪ 84. A perswasion to Heauen . Where Heauen is , all our Diuines agree , They cannot well tell , where Hells seate should bee . Why should we not , to knowne Heauen bend our race ? Rather then by sinne seeke an vnknowne place ? 85. To a namelesse Religious Friend . Why dost thou euery Sermon Gods Word call , Since Preachers broach damn'd errors , flatter , brawle ? Indeed thou maist Sermons this praise afford , It is , or should be , Gods owne holy Word . 86. To King IAMES , King of Great Britaine , &c. of blessed memory . Our Ministers in their Euangeling , Praying for thee , stile thee Great Brittaines King : Our Lawyers pleading in Westminster Hall , Of England , and of Scotland King thee call . For what great mystery , I cannot see , Why Law , and Gospell should thus disagree . Only I judge , that Preachers giue thee thine , By their Law it s as lawfull as Diuine . 87. The most Catholike King of Spaine . The Spanish King is stil'd Most Catholicke : In it is hid a quaint mysterious tricke , His meaning is not in Religion , But he intends it in Dominion . 88. What vse old Moones are put to . What doth become of old Moones thou dost aske , And where her borrowed influence she shades ? For me to tell thee , t were too hard a taske , A witty Wagge sayes , They fill Womens heads . 89. Little Legges , and lesse wit . At first me thought a wise man thou should'st be , For Calfe about thee I could no where see : T is thought thy Calfes are walkt into thy braine , For all thy talke is in a Caluish vaine . 90. Problematically prouing , that the City of Rome is not the seat of CHRISTS Vicar Generall . Since Christ his old choice Citie ruined , 'Cause it despis'd Him , and his Saints blood shed , Why should He Rome , with supreme Grace inable ? Who kil'd him , and of his innumerable ? 91. I proue it thus . Our Lord was Crucifi'd by Pilats doome , His death was Roman , and his Iudge of Rome , And of his death the chiefe pretended cause , * * Iohn 19 . 1● . Was for the breach of Romes Imperiall Lawes : And the ten bloody persecutions , Was by th' authority of Romes great ones . 92. Two Prouerbs coupled . As those that get goods ill , doe them ill spend , So an ill life makes an vngodly end . 93. Good Counsell , ill Example . Those that perswade others to Godlinesse , And liue themselues vngodly nerethelesse : Are like a ships Cooke , that calls all to prayer , And yet the greazie Carle will net come there . 94. To an Vpstart . Thine old friends thou forget'st , hauing got wealth : No maruaile , for thou hast forgot thy selfe . 95. Christ in the middest . He that on earth with low humility , Betwixt two Theeues vpon Mount Caluary , Acted his Passiue-actiue Passion , In highest heauen in supreme dignity , Seating himselfe betwixt the Deity , Acts his Actiue-passiue compassion . O let me beare what thou dost act in me , And act what may be suffered by Thee ! 96. Gods Word is a two-edged Sword . Gods Word wounds both wayes like a two-edg'd Sword , The Preachers , and the Hearers of the Word : The fore edge wounds the Hearers on the pate , The backe-edge on the Preachers doth rebate . 97. To the admirably witty , and excellently learned Sir Nicholas Smith , Knight , of Lorkbeare neere Exeter , my ancient friend . Taking occasion of an Anigram of his . N. S. Tulaus mihi eos es . Praises on duller wits a sharp edge breeds , Your Wit 's all edge , he no such whet-stone needs . Yet your steeld Iudgement , sharpe inuention , Temperd with learning , and discretion , Millions of praises merits as their due : Who knowes you well , knowes well that I speake true . 98. To the right worshipfull William Noy , Esquire , one of the Benchers of Lincolnes Inue , long since of my acquaintance both in Oxford and London . Noah the second father of all soules . Had in his Arke all beasts , and feathered fowles . You in your Arke , as in a plenteous hoord , Haue stor'd what Wit , or Learning can afford : For all Lawes , Common , Ciuill , or Diuine , For Histories of old , or of our time , For Morall Learning , or Philosophy , You are an exact , liuing Library . But your rich mind mixt with no base allay , Is ancient Opher of the old assay . I may feare drowing , lanch I further forth , In the large , full , deepe Deluge of your worth . 99. To the right worshipfull Nicholas Ducke , Esquire , one of the Benchers of Lincolnes Inne , and Recorder of the City of Exeter , my Cousin German . Although those Creatures , called by your name , For their delight in dirt , deserue much blame ▪ And though that some of your profession , Are glad when they haue got possession . Of the foule end , or will dirt a cleere case : You in your Circuittread a cleaner pase . I know it , you abhorre those sordid things , And where 't was foule before , you cleere the springs : For which , wise honest men you high esteemes , May your yong Duckling paddle in like streames . 100. To the right worshipfull Arthur Ducke , Doctor of the Ciuill Law , and Chancellor of London , Bath and Wells , my Cousin German . To correct Sinne and Folly to disgrace , To find out Truth , and Cunning steps to trace , To doe this mildly , with an vpright pace . Are vertues in you fitted for your place . 101. An Epithalamium . On the Marriage of Doctor Arthur Ducke , with one of the Daughters and Coheires of Henry Southworth Esquire . Amongst your best friends I am not ingrate To God , who hath you giuen so good a mate , Faire , Vertuous , Louing , with a great estate . Would I had such another at the rate . 102. To the right worshipfull William Hackwell Esquire , one of the Benehers of Lincolnes Inne , my ancient kind friend . Your large , compleat , sollid , sufficiency , Hid in the vaile of your wise modesty , Your quaint , neat learning , your acute quicke wit , And sincere heart , for great employments fit : Beside your Law , wherein you doe excell , Because you little shew of your great deale , None can know well , except they know you well . 103. To the Reuerend George Hackwell , Doctor in Diuinity , Archdeacon of Surry , my ancient & kind friend . Should I dilate all your great gifts at large , Which for my weake Muse were too hard a charge , An Epigram would to a volume grow , If I their large particulars should show . You haue your brothers whole sufficiency : Saue for his Law , you haue Diuinity : This may I adde , and with great ioy relate : For which to you oblig'd is our whole State , In our blest best plot , you haue sow'd good seeds , Which doe out-grow Natures quick-growing weeds . 104. To the right worshipfull Iohn Barker Esquire , late Maior of the City of Bristoll , my louing and kind brother in Law . Bristoll , your Birth place ( where you haue augmented Much , your much left you ) is well recompenced . In Counsell Office , and in Parliament , For her good you haue shew'd your good intent : As you doe grace the place that did you breed , I pray , your Sonnes sonnes may there so succeed . 105 To the wise and learned S. B. K. Knight . A Poet rich , a Iudge , and a Iust man , In few but you , are all these found in one . 106 To the right worshipfull Iohn Doughty , Alderman of Bristoll , of his right worthy wife , my especiall good friends . I haue heard many say they 'd not remarry , If before them their kind wiues should miscarry , I feare , some of them from their words would vary . Should your wife dye , sad sole you would remaine . I haue sufficient reason for my aime , You cannot find so good a wife againe . 107. To the worshipfull , Richard Long of Bristoll , Merchant , and his good wife , my kind and louing friends . Vnthankefulnes is the great Sinne of Sinnes , But Thankefulnes to Kindnes , kindnes winnes . For your deare loue accept my thankes therefore . An honest heart is grieu'd he can no more . 108 To the Reuerend Doctor , Thomas Winnife , Deane of Glocester , Prebend of Pauls , and Chaplaine to King CHARLES , anciently of my acquaintance in Exceter Colledge in Oxford . Your sollid learning , and sincere behauiour , Haue worthily brought you into great fauour , And you are Deane of Gloria Caesaris , Such Chaplaines our great Caesars glory is . Some deriue Gloster from Gloria Caesari , others from Claudius Caesar. 109 To the right worshipfull Richard Spicer , Doctor of Physicke , my louing and kind Kinsman . Apollo , first Inuentor of your Arte , His hidden secrets doth to you impart , Old Galen , Auicen , and all the rest , Haue with their knowledge your graue iudgement blest , You are both wise and happy in your skill , Doing continuall good , and no man ill . 110. To the right worshipfull Robert Viluain , Doctor of Physicke , my ancient friend , in Exeter Colledge in Oxford . Let me change your Paternall name Vilvaine , Somewhat more aptly , and call you Feele-vaine , In Physicke still you are as good as any , And with your Recipe's you haue holp't many , Wherefore in troopes the to sicke you repaire , Who hath your helpe , need not of health despaire . 111. To the Reuerend , learned , acute , and witty , Master Charles Fitz-Geoffery , Bachelor in Diuinity , my especiall kind friend , most excellent Poet. Blind Poet Homer you doe equalize , Though he saw more with none , then most with eyes . Our Geoffery Chaucer , who wrote quaintly , neat , In verse you match equall , him in conceit , Featur'd you are like Homer in one eye . Rightly surnam'd the Sonne of Geoffery . 112. To a right worshipfull , discreet , sober Gentleman , a Iustice of Peace , who of a wild demeand yong Gentlman , is now become a Reuerend Minister , a painefull Preacher , and a worthy Example . You know , I know , what kind of man you were ; Not like to make the man that now you are : Your buds of Grace , were ouer-growne with folly , These weeds pluckt vp , you are growne wholy holy , From a strange , loose , wild , waggish Libertine , A Doctor learned , Preacher sweet , Diuine . Many take Orders , Liuings to obtaine . Plenty you had , Christs glory was your aime , Your Friends ioy'd much , when they saw you so giuen , Ineffable's the ioy that was in heauen . 113. To the same Reuerend Doctor . You are turn'd old Saint , leauing your yong euils , Whilst many yong Saints , doe become old Deuils . 114. To my honest Bed-fellow the priuatly Charitable , discreetly Beneficiall , Master Edward Payne , Merchant of Bristoll . Piein is Greeke , to drinke : Pain , French , for bread : With Paine ( God sayes ) with these we shall be fed , Yet without Payne , many these needfuls gaine , Only by thanking God , and Master Payne . 115. To squint-eyed , enuious Momus . For praising These , doe not thou dispraise me ; If thou wilt be as these are , I le praise thee . 116. A little of my vnworthy Selfe . Many of these were my familiars , Much good , and goods hath fal'n vnto their shares , They haue gone fairely on in their affaires : Good God , why haue I not so much good lent ! It is thy will , I am obedient : What thou hast , what thou wilt , I am content , Only this breeds in me much heauines , My loue to this Land I cannot expresse , Lord grant me power vnto my willingnesse . 117. A Skeltonicall continued ryme , in praise of my New-found-Land . Although in cloaths , company , buildings faire , With England , New-found-land cannot compare : Did some know what contentment I found there , Alwayes enough , most times somewhat to spare , With little paines , lesse toyle , and lesser care , Exempt from taxings , ill newes , Lawing , feare , If cleane , and warme , no matter what you weare , Healthy , and wealthy , if men carefull are , With much-much more , then I will now declare , ( I say ) if some wise men knew what this were , ( I doe beleeue ) they 'd liue no other where . 118. A Napkin to wipe his mouth that waters at these deserued Commendations . Thus for this hopefull Countrie at this Time , As it growes better , I le haue better Ryme . The end of the first Booke .

1. To the Reader of my reprehending generall Epigrams . I Doe not , nor I dare not squib the State : Such oultrequidant sawcines I hate : Nor doe I meane any one Man herein ; In priuate tearmes , I lash a publique sin ; If any guilty thinke I him doe meane , He iudgeth right : for I at him doe ayme . 2. Of the like Epigrams . To the right worshipfull and learned , Simon Baskeruile , Doctor of Physicke . Epigrams are much like to Oxymell , Hony and Vineger compounded well : Hony , and sweet in their inuention , Vineger in their reprehension . As sowre , sweet Oxymell , doth purge though fleagme : These are to purge Vice , take them as they meane . 3. A Probleme of Children . Since God complaines of too few Children , And Satan hath for Gods One , more then ten , Yet still would haue more . Why should Man alone Repine at some , nay ? wish that they had none ? 4. To a close Sinner , more fearefull of shame , then Sinne. Dauid saith , Stand in awe , and doe not sinne Thou standst in awe , but t is , lest thou be seene : 5. To Curious Criticke Wit , Head-Constable . Search close , thou maist some Felony find here : From all Foole-hardy Treason these are cleare . 6. On Erra Pater and his Almanacke . The often Printed Gull-foole Erra Pater , Is in conclusion but an erring prater . 7 To Baldpate . Surely , Paldpate , thou some times hadst a brow Before thou lost thy haire ; No man knowes how . Thy brow doth now reach home vnto thy crowne , But vncrown'd thou art , he comes further downe ; How farre he comes , now cannot be descride : For he comes downe , downe , downe to thy backeside . 8. To a Paultry Acquaintance . Thou dost accuse me , and condemne my Rymes , Because to thee I dedicate no lines . Thou dost as well deserue an Epigram , As Baldpate , who is trim'd with many a one . 9. To a certaine Periwiggian . Thy smooth , sleeke head-haire , daily settled on , Though some say not , I say it is thine owne , Thou paid'st for 't : yet the haire thou hast lost , When thou did'st lose it , did thee much more cost . 10. Of the Antiquity of the true Church , to a Iesuite . Thou doost demand , and acclamations raise , Where our beliefe was , before Luthers dayes ? As Christ did answer to a question , By such a like expostulation : So doe I aske , answer me when thou please , Where was your Faith , long since the Apostles dayes ? 11. To the same Iesuite . Art thou a Iesuite , yet dost vs reproach With want of Faith , ere Luther his did broach ? Your race was raiz'd , since he preach'd : your new errors Are odious to your owne , to others terrors . A hated race , spew'd in these latter dayes , Though Fathers cal'd , y' are the Popes Roring boyes . 12. To a sober , sly , Penurious , Vsurious Companion . Godlines is great gaine , God sayes no lesse , But thou saist , thou canst make gaine godlines : What thou hast got by craft , and Vsury , Thou wilt bequeath in deeds of Charity . Such distribution I doe emulate ; The way vnto it , I abominate . 13. The Indefatigability of a Shrews Tongue . What long wants naturall rest , cannot indure : In all things , but a Shrewes Tongue , this is sure . 14. The goe-out and the Goute . Thou grieu'd art with the goe-out , and the Goute ; For if thy wife doth chide thee out of doore : Which of these ills is worst , some make a doubt : I thinke the goe-out , is the greater sore . The Goute doth ostnest but the great Toe paine : The goe-out doth afflict both heart , and braine . 15. To Father Taylor Iesuite , sometimes my familiar friend in Oxford . You say that Images are Lay-mens Bookes . He learnes most error , that most on them lookes . As the Egyptians Hierogliphicks . And to say truth , what-euer you doe say , They 're fit Bookes for the Learned , not the Lay , 16. To an Idoll worshipper , or an obstinate Recusant . Psal. 135. ver. 15.16 , 17 , 18. Idols are sencelesse , speake them foule or faire ; And those that trust in them , as sencelesse are . Trusting in them , thou art obdurate made , That Law nor Gospell can thee not perswade . 17. A Meditation for such simple innocent people as I am . Since thou All-wise hast made me not so wise , With subtile Serpents for to subtilize ; Accept my plainenesse , and my good intent , That with thy Doue I may be innocent ; From subtle trickes guard my simplicitie . And make me simple in subtility . 18. The force of Repentance . Our sinne enforceth God to raise his hand : But our Repentance doth the stroke withstand . 19. Most men want somewhat . Some honest well-bent mindes their strength is slacke ; Strong men haue strength , some of them wisdome lacke ; Wisemen haue wit ; But some want honestie ; Some men are neither honest , strong , nor wittie . 20. Too much , too little , hurts . Light Corne beares ground that s not with dressing dight ; Without some learning , wit growes vaine and light ; As too much dressing cause weeds , ranck , and bad : So too much Learning makes a quicke wit mad . 21. Greatnes and Loue moue not in one Spheare . Greatnes soares vpward ; Loue is downeward mou'd ; Hence 't is that Greatnes Loues not , nor is Lou'd . 22. To an enuied Fauorite , right worthy of his preferment . Enuious , and bad , 'gainst vertue , goodnesse fight ; Would Good , and wise , did vnderstand you right . 23. To a casheard Fauorite , who hath deserued his disgrace . I grieue at thy disgrace , blush at thy shame , But this drawes teares ; Thou hast deseru'd the same . 24. How Little , how Great . The least of all the fixed Stars , they say , Is some times bigger then the earth and Sea . Poore little I that from earth haue my birth , Am but a clod , compared to the Earth . How little now , how great shall I be then , When I in Heauen , like to a Starre shall shine ? 25. On Young weekely Newes-writers & old Chroniclers . Currantiers lye by Vbiquity ; But Chroniclers lye by Authority . Newes-writers , Trauellers are , Historians old : Trauellers and old men to lye may be bold . Not then , Not there , cannot their lyes vnfold . 26. Conscience . Whilst concious men of smallest sinnes haue ruth , Bold sinners count great Sinnes , but tricks of youth . 27. To a weake braind Good-fellow . Thy braine is weake , strong drinke thou canst not beare : Follow my Rule , Strong drinke doe thou forbeare . 28. The only Foundation Rocke of Christs Church , To the Diuines of Rome . Out of the Creed , wherein we both consent , Peter , I proue is not the Rocke Christ ment . Doe we belieue in God of all the maker ? In that , the Iew with vs is a partaker . Doe we belieue , that Christ was borne and dy'd , And that he was vnjustly Crucifi'd ? The Turke beleues so , and sayes he did stand , Till theirs came mediating at Gods right hand . That he shall Iudge all that beleeue in him , Both Iew and Turke , Forgiuenes of all sinne Belieue ; the fleshes Resurrection , The blessed Saints holy Communion , And life eternall almost as we doe , And that their Church is Catholicke , and true . They doe beleeue the Spirits influence , Though not like vs , but in a larger sense . But all within our Creed , which doth conduce , To proue Christ Iesus is the only sluce Of our Saluation , and Gods only Sonne ; In that , we Christians doe beleeue alone . This is the Rocke whereon Christs Church is built . Take away this , all our Faiths frame will tylt . And this was Peters wise confession : Whence I deduce this firme conclusion ; Not Peter his confession the Rock is , And Christ said not , On Thee , but , Vpon This. 29. An honest wrong'd Mans Meditations . Since for my Loue , Friends me vnkindly serue , God will not vse me , as I doe deserue . 30. The good effects of Corrections . Sea-water , though 't be salt , salt meates makes fresh ; So doth correction our ill liues redresse . 31. Preachers Fame , and Ayme . Young Preachers , to doe well , doe take much paine , That all may doe well , is old Preachers ayme . 32. To the Reader . This one fault ( Reader ) pardon , and endure , If striuing to be briefe , I grow obscure . 33. A Christian Meditation . I hope , and I doe faithfully beleeue , That God in loue will me Saluation giue : I hope , and my assured firme faith is , God will accept my Loue to him and his . I hope , by faith his Loue will me afford All this only , through Iesus Christ our Lord . 34. A Messe of Mistakers . Lewd , loose , large lust , is loue with Familists . Papists chiefe Hope in their owne workes consists . Some Protestants on barren Faith relye . Atheists haue no Faith , Hope , nor Charity . 35. An Appendix to this Epigram . Loue is the fruite ; Hope the leaues ; Faith the tree . Who hath a perfect Faith , hath all these three . Only by such a Faith men saued be . 36. A Guilty Conscience . When God did call to Adam , Where art thou ? He meant not thereby , where , or in what place ? God knew in which bush he was well enough : But , Where art , Adam ? that is , In what case ? 37. To giue the Church of Rome her due . To a Separatist . Though thou art loth to put it in thy Creed , The Church of Rome is a true Church indeed : So is a Thiefe a true , truely a man , Although he be not truely a true one . How is it else that Children there baptizde , By other Christians Christians are agnizde ? 38. To Quick siluer headded Innouators . Because of the vncertainty of Wits , Our Law commands a certainty in Writs : For as good cause is our Church Lythurgie Wisly reduced to a certainty . If that were yeelded to that some men seeke , We should haue new Church-Seruice euery weeke . 39. Faire Good Wiues . Cleare-skind , true colour'd Wiues , with exact features , With wise , mild , chaste Soules , are the best of Creatures . 40. Faire Shrewes . Cleare-skind , faire colour'd Wiues , with exact features , With shrewd , lew'd , wild minds , are the worst of creatures , 41. A Probleme hereupon . If fine flesh be so ill with an ill mind , What is a foule outside thus inward lin'd ? 42. A Trestick to these three , Disticks by way of Answer . To all constant Batchelers , especially to my Good Friend Mr. Roger Michell . Caribdis one , the other Sylla is ; And though the first an harbour be of blisse , You steare the safest course , these Rockes to misse . 43. To an honest old doting Man , such as I may be , if I liue a little longer . A Lyer should haue a good memory ; For want of it thou vtterest many a Lye , Thou dost remember many things in great : But the particulars thou dost forget . Thou tell'st thy Lyes without ill - thought or paine ; Th' are no malicious Lyes , nor Lyes for gaine . 44. A Crue of Cursing Companions . To the Bishop of Rome . With Bell , Booke , Candle , each Ascension day , Thou cursest vs Vide , the collect on good-Fryday . Nicholas de Nichola . lib. 4. cap. 36. who for thee yeerely pray . But on good Fryday the Greeke Vide , the collect on good-Fryday . Nicholas de Nichola . lib. 4. cap. 36. Patriark , Doth banne thee , branding thee , with this lewd marke , He stiles thee , Father of Corruption , Of Ancient Fathers the corrupting One : They saw long since thy knauish forgery , As we now see thy Purging Knauery . 45. To the same man . He that doth dead Saints Reliques Idolize , Their liuing writings lewdly falsifies . 46. Enuies Dyet . Old wits haue seuerall wayes drest Enuies food ; Each hath his sawce ( if rightly vnderstood ) Her owne heart , her owne flesh , A Toade , A Bone , Which she deuoureth sitting all alone : Though these are faire , This dish doth me best please , When I find her gnawing a wreathe of Bayes : For her chiefe food , Is well deserued praise . 47. To a hansome Whore . One told me , what a pretty face thou hast ; And it 's great pitty that thou art not chaste . But I did tell him , that did tell it me , That if thou wert not Faire , thou chaste wouldst be . 48. The mad life of a mad Sea-man of Warre . He liues , and thriues by death , and by decay , He drinkes , sweares , curseth , sometimes he doth pray , That he may meet somewhat to be his prey , And spends the rest in sleepe , at meat , at play . 49. Of the Gunpowder Holly-day , the 5. of Nouember . The Powder-Traytors , Guy Vaux , and his mates , Who by a Hellish plot sought Saints estates , Haue in our Kalender vnto their shame , A ioyfull Holy-day cald by their Name . 50. On these blacke Saints . The first day of Nouember is alway , All - Saints feast : and the fift , all - Deuils day . 51. To a great Gamester . Saint Paul doth bid vs Pray continually , But thou would'st rather Play continually . 52. Most men are mistaken . To Mr. Robert Grimes . Good , bad , rich , poore , the foolish , and the sage , Doe all cry out against the present age , Ignorance made vs thinke our young Times good ; Our elder dayes are better vnderstood ; Besides , griefes past we easily forget ; Present displeasures make vs sad , or fret . 53. The Tree of Sanctification . First growes the Tree , and then the Leaues doe grow ; These two must spring before the fruite can shew : Faith is a firme Tree , Hope , like shaking Leaues , From these two , Charity her Fruits receiues . Faith without Hope , and Loue , is a dead Tree , Hope without Loue , and Faith , greene cannot be . Loue without Hope and firme Faith is no more Then hansome Fruit without , rotten at core . 54. Real presence Praying to Saints . Each contradict the other . If Christ be reall , corporall in the bread , After the Consecrating words are said : What need you goe to Saints , since you may take him And vse him as you please like them that bake him ? 55. An Antidote for Drunkards . If that your heads would ake before you drinke As afterwards , you 'd ne'r be drunke , I thinke . 56. Womens Tyers . Womens head-laces and high towring wyres , Significantly , rightly are cald tyres ; They tyre them and their Maides in putting on , Tyre Tyremakers , with variation . I thinke to pay for them , doth tyre some men ; I hope they 'll tyre the Deuill that inuents them . 57. The Grant . I 'm but a man , though I in length exceed . The Dwarfe . Though I want length , a Man I am indeed . The Gyant to the Dwarfe . My Syre out-shot the marke , begetting me . Thy Father shot too short , when he made thee . The Dwarfe to the Gyant . Although short shooting often lose the game , To ouer-shoot the marke , is as much shame . 58. To a namelesse Friend , whose head is said to be full of Proclamations . To fill the head with Proclamations , Is no disgrace , so they be well penn'd ones . 59. The good of punishment . Plagues make proud , big , swolne hearts , fall low againe : As Causticks bate proud flesh , though with much paine . 60. A Chyrurgions good qualities . To my good friend Mr. P.S. Chyrurgion . A Surgion should haue , well to vse his art , Ladyes hands , Eagles eyes , A Lyons heart . Not one of these good properties you lacke , But when you hide them in the white strong Sacke . 61. A Pill to purge Bribery . Those that doe liue heere by Corruption , Shall dye in the next generation . 62. Papisticall faith . What a strange doubtfull blind no-Faith you hold , Which cannot be imagind , held , or told ? What Lay-men know not , Clarks doe thinke they know , Sayes the Pope otherwise , It is not so . The Weather-Cocke of your Religion Is in the Popes shifting Opinion . 63. Some poore comfort for these Multifidians . If this Pope , Millions drawes with him to Hell , Boniface Arch-Bi . of Mentz . apud Gratian. Dig. 40. The next wise Pope may reset all things well . 64. Spirituall weapons to encounter with Satan . To my louing and good Aunt , Mistris Elizabeth Spicer of Exceter , mother to Doctor Richard Spicer Physition . These are strong Armes to buckle with the Deuill , Fasting , Faith , Prayer , bearing , forbearing euill : If with these weapons God doe vs assist , Satan will ne'r stand to it , nor resist . 65. Confidence ill vsed , and Confidence abused . Cursed is he that puts his confidence In Man : Onely in man is the right sense . Ierem. 17.5 . And that Man shall like punishment receiue , Who doth an honest Confidence deceiue . 66. A Caueat for buyers and sellers . In this world silly buyers must beware : In the next world , deare sellers of bad ware . 67. To Politike Bankerupt . Thou hast broke fiue times ; thou wilt breake once more : What a braue Tilter thou wouldst make therefore ! 68. A mad answer of a Mad-man . One askt a Mad-man , if a wife he had ? A Wife ( quoth he ) I neuer was so mad . 69. A lusty Widdow , to one of her Sutors . To haue me , thou tel'st me , on me thou 'lt dote . I tell thee , Who hath me , on me must doo 't , I may be coozen'd ; but sure if I can , I le haue no doting , but a dooing man . 70. To Mammonnists , who put their trust in vncertaine Riches . Some haue too many goods : some would haue none : You haue too many , though you haue but one ; For yellow Mammon is your God alone . 71. God and Mammon . Seruice to God , and Mammon none can doe : Yet we may serue God , and haue Mammon too : 72. There is no fooling with Edge-tooles . To a Friend . Thou hast sped well in many a former plot , Thou vndertook'st a great one , fail'st in that , Men must haue Mittons on , to shoo a Cat. 73. My Iudgement on Men of Iudgement . To a kind Friend . Thou talk'st of men of Iudgement . Who are they ? Those , whose conceits successe doth still obey . Wise mens , wise counsell , is but their conceits ; If they speed ill , they are sad wise deceits . 74. To all the shrewd Wiues that are , or shall be planted in New-found-land . If mad-men , Drunkards , Children , or a Foole , Wrong sober , discreet men with tongue or toole , We say , Such things are to be borne withall . We say so too , if Women fight , or brawle . 75. Some preuention for some of these misdooers . Mad men are bound ; Drunkards are laid to sleepe : Fooles beaten are ; Toyes Children quiet keepe : I wish vnruly Shrewes were turnd to Sheepe . 76. Masters Behauiour . To my good Friend Master Thomas Mil-ware , of Harbor-Grace in Newfound-land . Sterne , cruell vsage may bad seruants fetter : Wise gentle vsage , keepes good seruants better . 77. Too much Familiarity breeds contempt . Though some wise men this Prouerbe doe apply , For a defence of their austerity ; I thinke this way this Prouerbe might be meant , Chiding too oft , brings Chiding in contempt . 79. The foure Elements in Newfound-land . To the Worshipfull Captaine Iohn Mason , who did wisely and worthily gouerne there diuers yeeres . The Aire , in Newfound-Land is wholesome , good ; The Fire , as sweet as any made of wood ; The Waters , very rich , both salt and fresh ; The Earth more rich , you know it is no lesse . Where all are good , Fire , Water , Earth , and Aire , What man made of these foure would not liue there ? 80. To all those worthy Women , who haue any desire to liue in Newfound-Land , specially to the modest & discreet Gentlewoman Mistris Mason , wife to Captaine Mason , who liued there diuers yeeres . Sweet Creatures , did you truely vnderstand The pleasant life you 'd liue in Newfound-land , You would with teares desire to be brought thither : I wish you , when you goe , faire wind , faire weather : For if you with the passage can dispence , When you are there , I know you 'll ne'r come thence . 81. To a worthy Friend , who often obiects the coldnesse of the Winter in Newfound-Land , and may serue for all those that haue the like conceit . You say that you would liue in Newfound-land , Did not this one thing your conceit withstand ; You feare the Winters cold , sharp , piercing ayre . They loue it best , that haue once winterd there . Winter is there , short , wholesome , constant , cleare , Not thicke , vnwholesome , shuffling , as 't is here . 82. To the right worshipfull Iohn Slany , Treasurer to the Newfound-land Company , and to all the rest of that Honorable Corporation . I know , that wise you are , and wise you were : So was hee who this Action did preferre : Yet some wise men doe argue otherwise , And say you were not , or you are not wise : They say , you were not wise to vndertake it : Or that you are not wise thus to forsake it . 83. Of the same Honorable Company . Diuers well-minded men , wise , rich , and able , Did vndertake a plot inestimable , The hopefull'st , easiest , healthi'st , iust plantation , That ere was vndertaken by our Nation . When they had wisely , worthily begunne , For a few errors that athwart did runne , ( As euery action first is full of errors ) They fell off flat , retir'd at the first terrors . As it is lamentably strange to me : In the next age incredible 't will be . 84. To the right Honourable Sir George Calvert , Knight , late Principall Secretary to King IAMES , Baron of Baltomore , and Lord of Aualon in Newfound-land . Your worrh hath got you Honour in your dayes . It is my honour , you my verses praise . O let your Honour cheerefully goe on ; End well your well begunne Plantation . This holy hopefull worke you haue halfe done , For best of any , you haue well begunne . If you giue ouer what hath so well sped , Your sollid wisedome will be questioned . 86. To the same Nobleman . Yours is a holy just Plantation , And not a iustling supplantation . 86. To the right worthy , learned and wise , Master William Vaughan , chiefe Vndertaker for the Plantation in Cambrioll , the Southermost part of Newfound-Land , who with penne , purse , and Person hath , and will proue the worthines of that enterprise . It ioy'd my heart , when I did vnderstand That your selfe would your Colonie command ; It greeu'd me much , when as I heard it told , Sicknes had layd on you an vnkind hold . Beleeue me , Sir , your Colchos Cambrioll Is a sweet , pleasant , wholesome , gainefull soyle . You shall find there what you doe want ; Sweet health : And what you doe not want , as sweet ; Sweet wealth . 87. To the same industrious Gentleman , who in his golden golden-fleece stiles himselfe Orpheus Iunior . Your noble humor indefatigable , More vertuous , constant yet , then profitable , Striuing to doe good , you haue lost your part , Whil'st lesser losse hath broke some Tradesmens heart : Yet you proceed with person , purse and penne , Fitly attended with laborious men . Goe on , wise Sir , with your old , bold , braue Nation To your new Cambriolls rich Plantation , Let Dolphins dance before you in the floods , And play you , Orpheus Iunior , in her woods . 88. Some Diseases were neuer in Newfound-land . To the right worthy Mistres , Anne Vaughan , wife to Doctor Vaughan , who hath an honourable desire to liue in that Land . Those that liue here , how young , or old soeuer , Were neuer vext with Cough , nor Aguish Feauer , Nor euer was the Plague , nor small Pox heere ; The Aire is so salubrious , constant , cleere : Yet scuruy Death stalks heere with theeuish pace , Knocks one downe here , two in another place . 89. To Sir Richard Whitborne , Knight , my deare friend , Sometime Lieutenant to Doctor Vaughan for his Plantation in Newfound-Land , who hath since published a worthy booke of that most hopefull Country . Who preaching well , doth doe , and liue as well , His doing makes his preaching to excell : For your wise , well-pend Booke this Land 's your debter ; Doe as you write , you 'le be beleeu'd the better . 90. To my good Friend Mr. Thomas Rowley , who from the first Plantation hath liu'd in Newfound-Land little to his profit . When some demaund , Why rich you doe not grow ? I tell them , Your kind nature makes it so . They say , that heere you might haue gotten wealth . Adam in Paradise vndid himselfe . 91 There is more gaine in an honest Enemy , then in a flattering Friend . A flattering Friend in 's Commendations halts : An honest Foe will tell me all my faults . 92. To the right Honourable , Sir Henry Cary , Knight , Viscount Faukeland , Lord Deputy of Ireland . I ioy'd when you tooke part of Newfound-Land ; I grieu'd , to see it lye dead in your hand : I ioy'd when you sent people to that Coast ; I grieu'd , when I sawe all that great charge lost . Yet let your Honor try it once againe , With wise , stayd , carefull honest-harted men , I am to blame , you boldly to aduise : For all that know you , know you wondrous wise : Yet neere-hand , Dull bleare-ey'd may better see , Then quicker cleare-ey'd , that a farre off bee . 93. To the Honourable Knight , Sir Perciuall Willoughbie , who , to his great cost , and losse , aduentur'd in this action of Newfound-Land . Wise men , wise Sir , doe not the fire abhorre , For once being findg'd , more wary grow therefore . Shall one disaster breed in you a terror ? With honest , meet , wise men mend your first error . If with such men you would begin againe , Honor and profit you would quickly gaine . Beleeue him , who with griefe hath seene your share , 'T would doe you good , were such men planted there . 94. To my very good Friend , Mr. Iohn Poyntz , Esquire , one of the Planters of Newfound-Land in Doctor Vaughans Plantation . 'T is said , wise Socrates look't like an Asse ; Yet he with wondrous sapience filled was ; So though our Newfound-Land look wild , saluage , She hath much wealth penn'd in her rustie Cage . So haue I seene a leane-cheekes , bare , and ragged , Who of his priuate thousands could haue bragged . Indeed she now lookes rude , vntowardly ; She must be decked with neat husbandry . So haue I seene a plaine swarth , sluttish Ione , Looke pretty pert , and neat with good cloathes on . 95. To the right Honorable Knight , Sir William Alexander , Principall , and prime Planter in New-Scotland : To whom the King hath giuen a Royall gift to defray his great charges in that worthy busines . Great Alexander wept , and made sad mone , Because there was but one World to be wonne . It ioyes my heart , when such wise men as you , Conquer new Worlds which that Youth neuer knew . The King of Kings assist , blesse you from Heauen ; For our King hath you wise assistance giuen . Wisely our King did aide on you bestow : Wise are all Kings who all their gifts giue so . 'T is well giuen , that is giuen to such a One , For seruice done , or seruice to be done . By all that know you , 't is well vnderstood , You will dispend it for your Countries good . Old Scotland you made happy by your birth . New-Scotland you will make a happy earth . 96. To the same Wise , Learned , Religious Patriot , most Excellent Poet. You are a Poet , better ther 's not any , You haue one super-vertue 'mongst your many ; I wish I were your equall in the one , And in the other your Companion . With one I 'd giue you your deserued due , And with the other , serue and follow you . 97. To the right Honourable , Sir George Caluert , Knight , Baron of Baltamore , and Lord of Aualon in Britaniola , who came ouer to see his Land there , 1627. Great Shebae's wise Queene traueld farre to see , Whether the truth did with report agree . You by report perswaded , laid out much , Then wisely came to see , if it were such : You came , and saw , admir'd what you had seene , With like successe as the wise Sheba Queene . If euery Sharer heere would take like paine , This Land would soone be peopled to their gaine . 98. To the same right wise , and right worthy Noble-man . This shall be said whil'st that the world doth stand , Your Honor 't was first honoured this Land . 99. To the right worshipfull Planters of Bristoll-Hope in the new Kingdome of Britaniola . When I to you your Bristoll-Hope commend , Reck'ning your gaine , if you would thither send , What you can spare : You little credit me : The mischiefe is , you 'le not come here and see . Here you would quickly see more then my selfe : Then would you style it , Bristols-Hope of wealth . 100. To the right worshipfull William Robinson of Tinwell , in Rutland shire Esquire , come ouer to see Newfound-Land with my Lord of Baltamore . 1627. Strange , not to see stones here aboue the ground , Large vntrencht bottomes vnder water drown'd . Hills , and Plaines full of trees , both small , and great , And dryer bottomes deepe of Turfe , and Peace . When England was vs'd for a Fishing place , By Coasters only , 't was in the same case , And so vnlouely't had continued still : Had not our Ancestors vs'd paines , and skill : How much bad ground with mattock and with spade , Since we were borne , hath there beene good ground made ? You , and I rooted haue Trees , Brakes , and stone : Both for succeeding good , and for our owne . 101. To the first Planters of Newfound-land . What ayme you at in your Plantation ? Sought you the Honour of our Nation ? Or did you hope to raise your owne renowne ? Or else to adde a Kingdome to a Crowne ? Or Christs true Doctrine for to propagate ? Or drawe Saluages to a blessed state ? Or our o're peopled Kingdome to relieue ? Or shew poore men where they may richly liue ? Or poore mens children godly to maintaine ? Or amy'd you at your owne sweete priuate gaine ? All these you had atchiu'd before this day , And all these you haue balk't by your delay . 102. To my Reuerend kind friend , Master Erasmus Sturton , Preacher of the Word of God , and Parson of Ferry Land in the Prouince of Avalon in Newfound-Land . No man should be more welcome to this place , Then such as you , Angels of Peace , and Grace ; As you were sent here by the Lords command , Be you the blest Apostle of this Land ; To Infidels doe you Euangelize , Making chose that are rude , sober and wise . I pray that Lord that did you hither send , You may our cursings , swearing , * * A word frequently vsed by the West-Countrymen , and signifies muttering or murmuring iouring mend . 103. To my very louing and discreet Friend , Master Peter Miller of Bristoll . You askt me once , What here was our chiefe dish ? In Winter , Fowle , in Summer choyce of Fish . But wee should need good Stomackes , you may thinke , To eate such kind of things which with you stinke , As Rauens , Crowes , Kytes , Otters , Poxes , Beares , Dogs , Cats , and Soyles , Eaglets , Hawks , Hounds , & Hares : Dogs and Cats are fishes so call'd , and Hounds a kind of Fowle Yet we haue Partriges , and store of Deare , And that ( I thinke ) with you is pretty cheere . Yet let me tell you , Sir , what I loue best , It s a Poore-Iohn * * Cald in French Poure Gens , in English corruptly Poore Iohn , being the principall Fish brought out of this Countrie . that s cleane , and neatly drest : There 's not a meat found in the Land , or Seas , Can Stomacks better please , or lesse displease , It is a fish of profit , and of pleasure , I le write more of it , when I haue more leisure : There and much more are here the ancient store : Since we came hither , we haue added more . 104. To some discreet people , who thinke any body good enough for a Plantation . When you doe see an idle , lewd , young man , You say hee 's fit for our Plantation . Knowing your selfe to be rich , sober , wise , You set your owne worth at an higher price . I say , such men as you are , were more fit , And most conuenient for first peopling it : Such men as you would quickly profit here : Lewd , lazy Lubbers , want wit , grace , and care . 105. To the famous , wise and learned Sisters , the two Vniuersities of England , Oxford and Cambridge . The ancient Iewes did take a world of paine , And traueld farre some Proselites to gaine : The busie pated Iesuites in our dayes , To make some theirs , doe compasse Land and Seas : The Mahumetan , Heathen , moderne Iew , Doe daily striue to make some of their crue : Yet to our shame we idly doe stand still , And suffer God , his number vp to fill . Yee worthy Sisters , raze this imputation , Send forth your Sonnes vnto our New Plantation ; Yet send such as are Holy , wise ; and able , That may build Christs Church , as these doe build Babel . If you exceed not these in * * Mat. 5.20 . Righteousnes , I need not tell your Wisedomes the successe . 106. To answer a Friend , who asked me , Why I did not compose some Encomiasticks , in praise of Noble men and Great Courtiers , As my friend Iohn Owen hath done . I knew the Court well in the old Queenes dayes ; I then knew Worthies worthy of great praise : But now I am there such a stranger growne , That none doe know me there , there I know none . Those few I here obserue with commendation , Are Famous Starres in our New Constellation . The end of the second Booke .

THE THIRD BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS . Iustice Epigram . KIngs doe correct those that Rebellious are , And their good Subiects worthily preferre : Iust Epigrams reproue those that offend , And those that vertuous are , she doth commend . 2. To my delicate Readers . When I doe read others neate , dainty lines , I almost doe despaire of my rude times : Yet I haue fetch 't them farre , they cost me deare , Deare and farre fetcht ( they say ) is Ladies cheere . 1. To my zealous , and honest friend , Master W. B. of Bristoll . If thou canst not to thy preferrement come , To be Christs red Rose in best martyrdome ; With Patience , Faith , Hope , Loue , and Constancie , A pure blest , white Rose in Christs Garden dye . 4. Gods Loue : The Deuils Malice . He that made man , only desires mans heart : He that mard man , tempts man in euery part . 5. God rewards thankefull men . What part of the Moon 's body doth reflect Her borrowed beames , yeeldeth a faire prospect ; But that part of her , that doth not doe so , Spotty , or darke , or not at all doth show : So what wee doe reflect on God the giuer , With thankefulnes : those Graces shine for euer : But if his gifts thou challeng'st to be thine , They 'll neuer doe thee Grace , nor make thee shine . 6. To a dissembling , sober , slye Protestor . 'T is so , or so , as I 'me an honest man , Is thy assuring Protestation , When it 's as true as thou art such a one . 7. Dissemblers coozen themselues . Whilst in this life Dissemblers coozen some , Themselues they coozen of the life to come . 8. On a wide-mouthed prating companion . He prates , and talkes , and railes , and no man heares . Yet he hath mouth , to make a skore of Eares . 9. Latin Prayers by number . Christ spake no Latin , though he could doe so , Nor any of his Twelue , for ought I know . Why should you in that tongue pray by the skore ? It is the Language of the Mounted Whore . Somewhat more merrily ; here lies the iest : Most of hers speake the Language of her Beast . In such Hobgoblin words they sing , and pray , Scaliger full-tongu'd knowes not what they say . Greg. lib. 4 Epist. 32. and 36 - 10. To the Bishop of Rome . Of Bishops I dare stile you Principall , 'T is Antichristian to be Generall . 11. A wife more deare then sweet . To a complementing kinde Husband . Come hither , deare wife , prethee sweet wife goe , Sweet wife , doe this , or deare wife , pray' doe so . She 's deare indeed , but not so sweet , I trow . 12. Plaisters for a Gald-heart . On euery married man that hath a Shrowe , ( As many a married man hath one , I trow ; ) These foure , poore , pittious plaisters I bestow , Except their wiues death , the best helpe I know . 1 Or to thy friend reueale thy wofull plight ; 2 Or let her hot words thee inflame to fight ; 3 Or else withdraw thy selfe from her by flight ; 4 Or with thy patience all her wrongings flight . 13. A husbands desire to his Wife . Laugh with me , make me laugh , whilst I doe liue : When I dye , choose where thou 'lt laugh or grieue . 14. To a weeping Widdow . Thy Husband 's dead , and thou dost weepe therefore . No : 't is , cause thou canst make him weepe no more . 15. Ill-fauoured Huswifery . To one shrewdly married . Though you fall out , yet you agree herein , When as thy wife doth wash , then doo'st thou wring . 16. To all Chollericke People . Shrewdnes is like vnto a Grauesend toast , Abhorred by those that doe vse it most . In vs we doe contentedly it beare , We cry , Fought at it , finding it else-where . If Shrewes say they cannot their Choller smother , I say , For healths sake we must vent that other . 'T is hugg'd at home , abroad , at home it is abhor'd , Thence I conclude Shrewdnes is like a T. 17. To those who I feare will find fault with this Comparison . If you will say that this is odious , Comparisons are so ; this should be thus . 18. Reasons for the taking of Tobacco . Since most Phisicions drinke Tobacco still , And they of nature haue th' exactest skill , Why should I thinke it for my body ill ? And since most Preachers of our Nation , Tobacco drinke with moderation , Why should I feare of prophanation ? Yet if that I take it intemperately , My soule and body may be hurt thereby . 19. The fiue Properties of good Tobacco . Tobacco to be good , it must be strong , Cleare smoak't , white ashes , hard and lasting long . 20. A Citty Sheriffe . Before , and after , sparing he doth liue , Brauely he spends , when he is Master Shrieue . 21. Si Sennior : Spaniard . Signore Si : Italian . Of Spaniards and Italians thus I find , As Arsee-versee they auerre their mind . So one before , the other sins behind . 22. Why Astrea left the Earth . On earth Astrea held the Ballance euen : But she long since with them is fled to heauen . Why hath Astrea bid this world Adieu ? Her Lease was out , She would not buy a new . 23. On a Priuate , Rich , close-liuing Churle , alluding to him in Terence , who of himselfe sayes , Populus me sibulat , &c. Walking abroad like a great Turkie-Cocke , Some fleere , some geere , eu'ry one doth me mocke : At home amongst my puddings and my eggs , I hugge my selfe , looking on my full bags , Finding my selfe Fortunes white sonne to be , I laugh at them , that euen now laugh't at me . 24. To the same fellow . Thou ar● deceiu'd , selfe-flattering-golden Asse , Whil'st thou behold'st thy selfe in a false Glasse . 25. To the Pope . Christ said vnto the people , Reade and see The Scriptures : for they testifie of me . Wherefore didst thou thine reading them deny ? That thou art Antichrist , they testifie ; 26. Papisticall cruelty . Were there no other argument but this , It proues our faith , then yours the better is . We are not cruell , bloody , enuious , ( Though your late-lying Legends slander vs ) We meekely seeke but your Conuersion , Weepe at your sought for Execution : You bloody , slanderous , and inexorable At all times , euery where , where you are able ; Witnes Maries short Raigne , French Massacre , Which in red letters , your lewd minds declare . Our God , though Iust , his mercy 's ouer all , A blood-sucker , Satan was from his fall . 27. A Prayer hereupon , to the God of Iustice . When thou for blood mak'stinquisition , Thinke on the bloody Inquisition . 28. To our wise Roman Diuines . Why enforce yee a blind obedience ? All else would see your Glosses enforc't sence . 29. Why the fiue-footed Iämbicke fits best in our English verse . Iäbicks in our language haue best grace : They with graue Spondies dance a Cinquepace : If wanton Dactils doe skip in by chance , They well-neere marre the measure of the Dance : To end a verse , she may a foot be lending , Like to a round tricke at a Galliards ending . 30. To the Diuine soule of that excellent Epigrammatist , Master Iohn Owen . Let thy Celestiall Manes pardon me , If like thy shaddow I haue followed thee . 32. Why Preachers stand , and Auditors sit . To his louing Friend , Master Robert Burton . Would'st know why Preachers stand , and we doe sit ? Because what they speake with , or without wit , Not we , but they themselues must stand to it . 33. What Prosperity cannot perswade , Aduersity will enforce . He that in Zeale is calme , in calmes at Sea , In stormes if he haue Zeale , in Zeale , he 'le pray ; So though our Zeale be cold whil'st Fortune shines , 'T will be more feruent in tempestuous times . 34. To a Friend . Shew such as mine to young-briske Butterflyes , ( Who haue as many hearts as they haue eyes , ) They 'll sweare to you , The best that e're they saw : Behinde your backe , They are not worth a straw . This shuffling shewes , that in their Puffe-paste wit , Momus and Guato doe at random sit . 35. Talking Beasts . When Aesop said Beasts spake ; Aesop said true . I heard Beasts speake within this day or two . 36. The Gowte . 'T is said , that rich men only haue the Gowt , Of that old-rusty-sad saw , I make doubt . Indeed the Gowt , the child is of rich men ; This froward Elfe , poore men nurse now and then . 37. When I was of Lincolns Inne , the fashion was , ( and I thinke is still ) after dinner vpon grand and festiuall dayes , some young Gentlemen of the house would take the best Guest by the hand , and be the next , and so hand in hand they did solemnly passe about the fire , the whole Company , each after other in order ; to euery staffe a song , ( which I could neuer sing ) the whole Company did with a ioyn'd voyce sing this burthen : Some mirth and solace now let vs make , To cheare our hearts , and sorrowes slake . Vpon this kind of Commencement of these Reuels , I conceited this : When wise , rich Lawyers dance about the fire , Making graue needlesse mirth sorrowes to slacke . If Clyents ( who doe them too dearely hire , Who want their money , and their comfort lacke ) Should for their solace , dance about the Hall : I iudge their dance were more methodicall . 38. An old Prouerb , though a strange one , truely exemplified . A Prouerb 't is , how true I cannot tell , Happy are those , whose fathers goe to hell , Sure , some would thinke , their happinesse it were , If their close-fisted fathers in hell were , That they may of his wealth haue out their share . For whil'st they liue , but little they will spare . 39. To a namelesse one . Thou marri'st one , whom thou before didst know : It is the fashion now to marry so . 40. The first Arithmeticke . Adam at first in number Numration . was but one ; Vntill God added Eue , Addition . he was alone : They were deuided , Diuision . till the Lord them ioynes , And bade them multiply Multiplication . out of their Loynes : And so from them substracted Subtraction . are all Nations , Vnto these present Generations . 41. The seeming good workes of vnbeleeuers . The glorious deeds of vnbeleeuing ones , Are glittering cleare abominations ; So said St. Hierom : and thus saith St Paul , They 're shining brasse , and a tinkling Cymball . For good workes without faith and louing feare , Doe neither please Gods eye , nor yet his eare . 42. Heauenly , and Earthly hearts . The Earth is firme , the Heauens mutable , Yet Heauenly mindes are firme , Earthly vnstable . 43. To a superstitious Papist , fearefull of Purgatory , who to his cost desires to haue a quick dispatch from that fearefull place . With faith pray feruently , religious liue ; Thou need'st no money , for an Obit leaue , Thy soule in Purgatory to relieue . 44. To rich Papists . If the Popes Sawes by his authority , Were truer then Christs written Verity ; Contrary to Christs saying , Mat. 19.23 , 24. Those rich men , Asses were , that went to Hell , If they within Romes Churches limits dwell : For though you ne'r so lewdly spend your breath , Your Coyne will buy you Pardons after death . 45. An humble , contrite , and a double-deuided heart . Gods fauour breaks forth on a broken heart : But in a parted one God hath no part . 46. A short Dialogue betwixt two ancient Philosophers , laughing Democritus , and weeping Heraclitus . Heraclitus . Vaine , foolish man , why dost thou alwaies laugh ? Democritus . Mans vanity , and foolish pride I scoffe , Wherefore dost thou such a strange puling keepe ? Heraclitus . For mans bad sinnes , sad miseries I weepe . 47. Counsell to my young Cousens , Iohn and William Barker , Sonnes to my Brother Barker , and his now wife . Abel and Mathew Rogers , Sonnes to my Brother Barker , and his now wife . Ill Company is like Infection , It soone taints a good disposition . Take heed into what Company yee fall : Vice is a sicknes Epidemicall . 48. To one , who on his Gossips pratlings in a dangerous disease , thinks and hopes so much of his Recouery , that hee neglects the consideration of his Mortality . 'Cause some haue scap'd that haue beene almost dead , Thou think'st that thou may'st be recouered : But because many healthy men doe dye , I thinke on that , knowing that so may I. 49. To my Reuerend sicke friend , W. G. of Bristoll . Not quiet , an vsuall phrase for sicknesse in Deuonshire . When folke are sicke , we say , They are not well . My Country phrase is , That they are not quiet . Both of these phrases fit all those that mell With Physicke Doses , and prescribed dyet . The first of these two phrases fit sicke men : The last fits best Women and Children . 50. Papisticall Miracles . Primitiue miracles were strange and true , And did confirme the Doctrine then held new . Yours falsely , faign'd , ridiculous , and bold , Bolster new Doctrines , contradict the old . Your apparitions , new-faign'd miracles , Doe ouerthrowe the ancient Articles . 51. An Aduertisement to all Tradesmen , and may serue for Souldiers , or any others subiect to Casualtie . Who doth refuse a reasonable proffer , Had need to haue good Fortune in his Coffer . 52. To a Card-Cheater . To Cut , and shuffle , in a Horse is ill : To shuffle , and to Cut , is thy prime skill . 53. To one that hath lost both his eares . Some that haue two eares , heare not what we say : Thou that hast not an eare , hear'st more then they . 54. Whome Discretion doth not , Correction will keepe vnder . If head-strong Iades will not Gods Bit obey , His Rod will whippe their restines away . 55. Ne quid nimis . A meditation of too much and too little Winde at Sea , wracking Stormes , and staruing Calmes . Mans state on shore , is like mans state at Sea ; Too much , too little , causeth sad decay ; Hence Poets fained Fortune heretofore Sayling , one foote on Sea , and one on shore . 56 Fearefull Hell-Fire . At sight of fire , bold Lyons runne away Bold sinners , who men fearing sinne , vpbray : The sight of Hell-fire will these Lads dismay . 57. To Sir Senix Fornicator . Winter hath seaz'd vpon thy beard , and head , Yet for all this , thy wilde Oates are not shed . Me thinkes when Hills are ouerspred with Snow , It should not wantonly be hot below . But thou most like vnto a Leeke dost seeme : For though thy head be white , thy tayle is green . 58. Some standers by see more then Gamsters . 58. Some standers by leese more then Gamsters . Some wise by-standers more then Gamesters sees ; Some standers by more then wise Gamesters leese . 59. To nobly descended Recusants . 'T is said , you came from noble Ancestors , Who did strange wonders in the old French warres , You say you are of their Religion , And that it is the true and ancient one : It was your Ancestors , for ought I know : But new , vntrue , Gods old true Word sayes so . 60. Traditions and Gods Word . To Papists . 'Twixt your beliefe , and our Religion , There hath beene long , and strong contention : You proue yours by mens word : but we abhorre it : Our proofe is better , we haue Gods Word for it . 61. To one that askt me why I doe write so briefely . What I doe write of , I but only touch , Who writes of many things cannot write much , Or thus , Who writes of many things , must needs write much . 62. To my kinde louing bedfellow , Mr. Edward Payne , on the Gift of a Ring , wherein there was a Poesie of Patience . In your last gift you wish me Patience . I know you meane it in the better sence ; Not a sad , bad , stout patience , Stoicall . But one that knowes , that God sends , and mends all . 63. Wise mens ill successe , and Fooles Fortune . A Paradox . As many Wise men hurt themselues through wit , As there are sosts grow rich , for want of it . 64. To the Pope . Wherefore should'st thou blinde Ignorance inhance ? ( On which all Wiser times did looke ascance ? ) Saying it doth deuotion much aduance ? All thy mysterious skill , is Ignorance . 65. One of the Popes titles is , Seruant of Seruants . Seruant of Seruants , Popes themselues haue nam'd , By that stile cursed * * Gen. 9.25 . Canaan was defam'd . 66. All things are vendible at Rome . In Romes full shop are sold all kindes of ware , * * Reuel. 8.12 . Mens soules purg'd , fyre-new , you may buy there . 67. To fault-finding more faulty Zoilus . When others faults thou dost with spite reueale , The Kettle twits the pot with his burnt taile . 68. To a hard-fauour'd rich Widdow , who , because she hath many Suitors , thinkes well of her selfe . We know thee rich , and thou think'st thy selfe fine : Thou think'st we loue thee , we know we loue thine . 69. Why Physicians thriue not in Bristoll . In Bristoll Water-tumblers get small wealth : There Doctor good-wine keepes them all in health . 70. To my Readers . An Arsee-versee Request , to my Friend Iohn Owen . Owen , Lib. 1. Epig. 172. Doe not with my leaues make thy backeside bright : Rather with them doe thou Tobacco light . I 'd rather haue them vp in flames to flye , Then to be stiffled basely priuily . 71. Health and Wealth . Health is a Iewell , yet though shining wealth , Can buy rich Iewels , it cannot buy health . 72. To Inuocators of Saints . To Saints you offer supplication , And say , Gods face beholding , they them know . This is a strange bold speculation . Whence came the Doctor that first told you so ? In Gods Word wee doe read , that God sees all : Of such a glasse no mention made at all . 73. To those Papists , who shew their ignorant Deuotion in their Aue Maries . How long shall Ignorance lead you astray ? Whil'st to our Lady you 'd a prayer say , You her salute , and needlesse for her pray . 74. To one of the Elders of the sanctified Parlor of Amsterdam . Though thou maist call my merriments , my folly , They are my Pills to purge my melancholly , They would purge thine too , wert not thou Foole-holy . 75. Great mens entertainement . Though rich mens troubles , kindnes are esteem'd , Yet poore mens kidnes , troubles are still deem'd . 77. To a Bad-minded , Cholericke , vngratefull man . Thou soone forget'st those wrongs thou dost to Men : All small wrongs done to thee thou dost remember ; Euery good turne thou dost , thou count'st it ten : For good done to thee , thy record is slender . Kindnes from thee , like vomits make thee sweate ; Thou swallow'st others kindnes as thy meate . 78. To Master Fabian Sanford , Master of our Shippe and voyage in Newfound-Land , and may serue for all Masters trading there . Men wearied are with labour other-where : But you are weary , when you want it here . And what in England would quite tire a horse , Here the want of it , tyres you ten times worse . Labour was first a curse to curbe mans pride ; The want of it , makes you to curse , chafe , chide . To see you worke thus , better would me please , Did you not worke thus vpon Sabbath Dayes . 79. Goodnes and Greatnes . To my good and louing Cousin , Mistris Thomasin Spicer , wife to Doctor Richard Spicer , Physicion . Goodnes and Greatnes falling at debate , Which should be highest in mens estimate ; After much strife , they vpon this did rest , Great-goodnes and Good-greatnes is the best . 80. Mary Magdalens Teares . To my pretty Neece , Marie Barker . To wash Christs feet , Maries Bath was her teares , To wipe them drie , her Towell was her haires : What her teares could not cleanse , nor haires makes dry , Her Corrall lips did wipe , and mundifie . She did anoynt him with a sweet , rich oyle , And spared for no cost , nor for no toyle : This Storie merits to be Registred , And to be practised as well as read . 81. To my Neece and God-daughter , Grace Barkes . I promist , you should doe good , and fly ill , Before that you had power , or will , or skill . Lame Nature I knew could not walke that pace , Without Gods Grace : therefore I nam'd you Grace . Let mild Grace so sway Nature in you then , That you may obtaine Grace with God and Men. 82. To a namelesse , wise , modest , faire Gentlewoman , my louing and kind Friend , whom reciprocally I loue as hartily . Iuno is wealth , Pallas is vertue , wit , Venus Loue , beautie is in Poets writ : Pallas , and Venus haue in you their treasure , Why should hard Iuno offer vs such measure ? 83. To our most Royall Queene MARY , Wife , Daughter , and Sister to three Famous Kings . Venus , and Pallas , at your birth conspir'd , To make a worke , of all to be admir'd : Venus with admir'd feature did you grace , Diuine complection , an Angellike face . Pallas inspir'd a quicke , sweet , nimble spirit , Vertue , and wit , of admirable merit , But I admire them most , how they could place So much ; so admirable in so small space : And they themselues admir'd when they had ended , A Piece which they knew could not be amended . 84. To the same most Royall Queene . When wise Columbus offerd his New-land , To Wise men , they him held , vaine , foolish , fond , Yet a wise Woman , of an happy wit , With god successe aduentur'd vpon it : Then the wise-men their wisedomes did repent , And their heires since their follies doe lament . My New-land ( Madam ) is already knowne , The way the ayre , the earth , all therein growne , It only wants a Woman of your spirit , To mak 't a Land fit for your Heires t' inherit . Sweet , dreaded Queene , your helpe here will doe well : Be here a Famous second Isabell. 85. A Newfound-land Poeticall Picture , of the admirable exactly featur'd young Gentlewoman , Mistris Anne Lowe , eldest Daughter to Sir Gabriel Lowe , Knight , my delicate Mistris . The Preface to her Picture . At sight , Loue drewe your picture on my heart , In Newfound-Land I limm'd it by my Art . 86 , The Pourtraite . If Paris vpon Ida hill had seene You 'mongst the Three , the Apple yours had beene . * * Zeuxis drawing this picture had all the choice beauties of Greece naked before him . Had curious Zeuxis seene your-all-excelling , Whilst Iunoes Picture he was pencelling ; You had him eas'd in his various collection : For Beautie hath in you a full Connection . 87. To the faire and vertuous Gentlewoman , Mistris Mary Winter , the younger , worthy of all loue . Your budding beauty , wit , grace , modesty , I did admire , euen in your infancy , These blessed buds , each growne to a faire flowre , Much haue I lou'd , since my first lawfull houre . Whome few crosse-Winters haue made old and sad , One such fayre Winter would make young and glad . 88. To the same beauteous modest Virgin , an Aenigma . Had not false shuffling Fortune paltered , Hymen had Hyems long since altered . 88. To a faire modest Creature , who deserues a worthy name , though she desires here to be namelesse . Niggardly Venus beauty doth impart To diuers diuersly , and but in part . To one a dainty Eye , a cherry Cheeke : To some , a tempting Lip , Brests white and sleeke : To diuers ill-shap'd bodies , a sweet face : Cleane made Legs , or a white hand , doth some grace , On Thee more free her gifts She doth bestow ; For Shee hath set Thee out in Folio . 90. To my outwardly faire , and inwardly vertuous kind friend , Mistris Marie Rogers , widdow , since marryed to Master Iohn Barker of Bristoll , Merchant , my kind and louing Brother in Law . Lillies , and Roses on your face are spred , Yet trust not too much to your white and red : Lillies will fade , Roses their leaues will shed : These flowres may dye , long before you are dead . Your inward beautie ( which all doe not see ) Then white and red , and you , more lasting be . 91. To the faire , vertuous , wittie widdow , Mistris Sara Smeyths . If it be true , ( as some doe know too well ; ) To Louers Heauen , we passe through Louers Hell : Be confident , you shall enjoy Earths glorie , For you on Earth are past your Purgatorie . 92. To my kind and worthy Friend , Mistris E. B. wife to Captaine H. B. By my Captaines leaue . Your outward , and your inward graces moue My tongue to praise you , and my heart to loue . I hope , it will not God , nor man offend , If that in Loue your vertues I commend : And by his Leaue who is yours in possession , He loue , and praise your goodnes in reuersion . 93. To my perpetuall Valentine , worthy Mistris Mary Tayler , wife to Master Iohn Tayler Merchant of Bristoll . My sweet discreet perpetuall Valentine , In your faire brest vertue hath built a Shrine , Bedecking it with flowres , amongst the rest , Mild bearing your not-bearing is not least . You know the worthy husband that you haue , Is worth more children then some fondlings craue ; Besides the blessed babes begot by good , More comforts bring then some of flesh and blood . Kind Valentine , still let our comfort be , Children there are ynow for you and me . 94. To my best Cousin , Mistris Elizabeth Flea , wife to Master Thomas Flea , of Exeter Merchant . If one were safely lodg'd at his long rest , I could wish you a Flea in my warme nest . Who writes this , loues Yee both so well , he prayes , Long may yee skip from Death , like nimble Fleas . 95. To the faire modest , Mayd , pretty Mrs. Martha Morris , and of her hansome sister , Mistris Marie Philips , both of Bristoll . Though Martha were with Mary angrie for 't , Yet Christ told her , * * Luke 10.42 . She chose the better part . Faire , chaste mayd Martha , you haue chose the best : Your sister Mary , a life 1. Cor. 7.34 . of lesse rest . 96. Another to the same , being since married . But since I heare that you haue chang'd your state , I wish your choice may proue kind , fortunate , And that he may deserue you euery deale ; He well deserues , that doth deserue you well . 97. To the pretty , pert , forward greene , Mistris L. B. Nature tooke time your pretty parts to forme , She hastes her worke in you , since you were borne , Your buds are forward , though your leaues are greene : I thinke you will be ripe at Eleuenteene . 98. To the modest , and vertuous Widdow , Mistris Elizabeth Gye of Bristoll , whose dead Husband Master Philip Gye , was sometimes Gouernour of the Plantation in Newfound-Land , where he , and she liued many yeeres happily and contentedly . Though Fortune presse you with too hard a hand , I heare , your heart is here , in Newfound-Land . 99. To a debausht Vniuersity . A Complaint against Drunkennesse . Thy Sonnes ( most famous Mother ) in old time , To quench their thirst , Pernassus hill did clime . Some of thy Sonnes , now thinke that hill too steepe , Their Holliconian springs doe lye more deepe . Their study now is , where there is good drinke , The Spigot is their Pen , strong beere their Inke , I could with Democrit ' laugh at this sinne , If it in any other place had bin : But in a place where all should be decent , A sinne so nastie , inconuenient , So beastly , so absurd , worthy disdaine , It straines me quite out of my merry straine . I could with Heraclit ' lament , and cry , Or write complaints with wofull Ieremy : Nay , much-much more , if that would expiate What 's past , or following follies extirpate . Many rare wits hath it infatued , Their climbing merits quite precipited , And hopes of ancient houses ruined . Fooles and base sots this sinne hath made of them , That by sobriety had beene braue men : Yea I doe know , many wise men there be , Which for this dare not trust their Sonnes with thee , Fearing this Cerberus , this Dogge of Hell , Within whose Ward all other follies dwell . I hope , thy Sister better lookes to hers , Indulgent Elies are thy Officers , If they will not assist my motion , To apply Causticks , and no Lotium ; Deare Mother , on my knees I beg this boone , Afford this inconuenient Vice no roome , But whip it in thy Conuocation , Or strip it of Matriculation . 100. A short Iigge after this long Lachrymae Pauin . As drunke as an old Begger , once 't was said . As drunke as a young Scholler , now we reade . 101. To the Reuerend , Learned , Sober , and wise Gouernours in this Famous Vniuersity . I heare , this sinne you will shut out of doore : It ioyes me so , that I can write no more . 102. That euery one may take his . To my worthy Readers . Faire , modest , learned , sober , wise , and wittie , Praising I praise you , if those praises fit yee . 103. To my vnworthy Reader . Fond , wicked , misse-led , if thou guilty be , Although I name thee not , yet I meane thee . The end of the third Booke .

THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF QVODLIBETS . An vnfinisht Booke . 1. To the Reader . SErmons and Epigrams haue a like end , To improue , to reproue , and to amend : Some passe without this vse , 'cause they are witty ; And so doe many Sermons , more 's the pitty . 2. To the Reader . Of my small course , poore wares I cannot boast : Owen and others haue the choyce ingrost : And if that I on trust haue ta'ne vp any ; Owen hath done so too , and so haue many . 3. Redargution or payd with his owne money . When Pontius call'd his neighbour , Cuckold Asse , Being mad to see him blinded , as he was , His Wife him standing by , repli'd anon : Fie , Husband , fie , y' are such another man . Nay , I doe know ( quoth Pontius ) that there be Nine more in Towne , in as bad case as he . Then you know ten , if you ( quoth she ) say true . Fye , Husband , fie , what an odde man are you ? 4. Catholique , Apostolique Roman faith . To Papists . If the word Catholique yea truly straine , To neither of vs doth it appertaine . Apostolique we dare our selues afford , And proue it by their practice , and their word . The now new Roman Faith yee stifly hold , And brag of it , as if it were the old . 5. To elder Pelagians , more fine later Papists and our refined Arminians . Though seu'rall wayes you one opinion twine , 'Twixt your conceipts there 's but a little line : For all of you with free-grace are too bold , Withgood workes laying on presumptuous hold . With your weake works , binding your boundlesse Maker , Without whome , none can be an vndertaker . Whilst God tyes vs by Faith to doe good deeds , You will tye God to you by your fond Creeds . Satan , that lowres at faithfull , fearefull workes , Likes your good deed , because he knowes your querks . At weake , faith-propt , due works Satan doth grieue : At tip-toe good works , he laughs in his sleeue . It 's God that giues vs grace , and makes vs able , Hauing all done , we are vnprofitable . Worke , and worke on with fond credulity , Mercy with faith is our security . 6. A Chronagram of the yeere wherein Queene Elizabeth dyed , and King Iames came to the Crowne of England : both of blessed memory . Wee MaDe a HappIe Change thIs Yeere . MDC III. This yeere of Grace , by Gods especiall grace , When all our foes expected our disgrace , God crusht their malice , and allai'd our feare : We made a happy Change this Present yeere : A Change we made , but yet no Alteration ; Of former happines a transmigration : Two froward Sisters long at enmity , Became the birth-twinnes of Virginity , From a chaste , vertuous , blessed barren wombe , From the ill-boding North , our Spring did come ; Whilst many wise foreseeing men did feare , Who should with quietnes be the next Heire , Our feares , so sodainly to ioyes did passe , We cannot well tell in what yeere it was . This yeere our iust victorious Warre did cease , And we enioy'd a sought-for proff'red Peace . Assoone as our wise Debora was gont , God sent this Land a Peacefull Salomon . Our warlike Pallas hauing rul'd her dayes , Apollo came , adorn'd with learned Bayes . Lastly herein our Chronogram doth hold , This yeere we chang'd our Siluer into Gold . Siluer a female is , Gold masculine : Good God lengthen , strengthen this golden Lyne . If any wise man iudge it otherwise , I may well iudge that Wiseman ouerwise . 7. Of the Great and Famous , euer to bee honoured Knight , Sir Francis Drake , and of my little-little selfe . The Dragon , that our Seas did raise his Crest , And brought back heapes of gold vnto his nest , Vnto his Foes more terrible then Thunder , Glory of his age , After-ages wonder , Excelling all those that excell'd before ; It 's fear'd we shall haue none such any more ; Effecting all , he sole did vndertake , Valiant , iust , wise , milde , honest , godly Drake . This man when I was little , I did meete , As he was walking vp Totnes long Street , He ask'd me whose I was ? I answer'd him . He ask'd me if his good friend were within ? A faire red Orange in his hand he had , He gaue it me , whereof I was right glad , Takes and kist me , and prayes , God blesse my boy : Which I record with comfort to this day . Could he on me haue breathed with his breath , His gifts Elias-like , after his death , Then had I beene enabled for to doe Many braue things I haue a heart vnto . I haue as great desire , as e're had hee To ioy ; annoy ; friends ; foes : but 't will not be . 8. To the right Reuerend Father in God , Ioseph Hall , by Gods especiall prouidence , Lord Bishop of Exceter . Borne in a Christian new Plantation , These kneele to you for Confirmation ; To you they come , that you might them adorne : Their Father in your Diocesse was borne : 9. To the Reuerend and diuinely witty , Iohn Dun , Doctor in Diuinity , Deane of Saint Pauls , London . As my Iohn Owen Owen , Lib. 4. Epig. 40. Seneca did praise , So might I for you a like piller raise , His Epigrams did nothing want but verse ; You can yours ( if you list ) that way rehearse : His were neat , fine , diuine morality ; But yours , pure , faithfull , true Diuinity . 10. Aristotles ten Predicaments , to be reduced into questions , is an excellent rule for examining any busines for matter of iustice . To the hopefull and right worthy young Gentleman , Thomas Smith of Long - Ashton in the County of Sommerset , Esq. The thing , 1 how much , 2 conditions of the men , 3 For what cause , 4 what was done , 5 who suffer'd then , 6 Where , 7 when ; 8 their postures , 9 how clad , foule , or cleane . 10 11. Their vse . Who hath power of examinations , If he desire to finde out guilty ones , Let him reduce these into questions . So if to finde out truth , be his intent , Before that all these questions be spent , The guilty's brought in a Predicament . 12. The cause of Dedication . Strange not , that I these Lines to you haue sent ; I know , your worth will make you eminent . Grace , Wisedome , Learning , Vertue , you haue store ; Were you not modest , I could say much more . 13. To the Reuerend , Learned , and Iudicious , Thomas Worall , Doctor in Diuinity , and Chapaline to the right Reue. Father in God , George , L. Bishop of London . Of my reprehending Epigrams . It is for one of your gifts , and your place , To looke bold-staring-black sinne in the face , To wound , and launce with the two-edged blade , To clense , and heale those wounds that you haue made : Yet suffer me , with my sharp-merry pinne , To prick the blisters of some itching sinne . And though Diuines , iustly loose Rymes condemne , My tart , smart , chiding Lines doe not contemne . 14. To the Reuerend , my worthy ingenious friend , Mr. Abel Louering , one of the Preachers of the Word of God at Bristoll . Of my commending Epigrams . Those I commend , you would commend them too , If you did know them truely , as I doe . Preachers like you , may praise men at their ends , Laymen like me , may praise wise-liuing friends . 15. To a Reuerend and witty friend . Since few yeeres studying hath improu'd your wit , That for the place you hold , you are held fit , When you preach , you preach sweetly and compleat , And other things you doe , smooth , witty , neate . What place in Church would you not fitly hallow ; If you your study soberly would follow ? 16. Of Epigrams . Short Epigrams rellish both sweet and sowre , Like Fritters of sowre Apples , and sweet flowre . 17. To the wise and Learned Sir Iohn Stradling , Knight Baronet , the Author of diuers Diuine Heroicall printed Poems . Robert Fitz-Heman drew your Ancestor To Wales , to be his fellow Conqueror . And Robert Hayman would draw all your worth , If he true knowledge had , to lymme it forth . Wise Sir , I know you not , but by relation , Sauing in this , which spreads your reputation : Your high diuine sweet straines Poeticall . Which crownes , adornes your noble vertues all . Therein to dight a full Feast , you are able , Whilst I fit Fritters for Apollo's Table . 18. To Master Beniamin Iohnson , Witty Epigrammatist , and most excellent Poet. My Epigrams come after yours in time ; So doe they in conceipt , in forme , in Ryme ; My wit 's in fault , the fault is none of mine : For if my will could haue inspir'd my wit , There neuer had beene better Verses writ , As good as yours , could I haue ruled it . 19. To one of my neate Readers . Thou say'st , my Verses are rude , ragged , rough , Not like some others Rymes , smooth , dainty stuffe . Epigrams are like Satyres , rough without , Like Chessnuts , sweet , take thou the kernell out . Satyres . 20. To the acute Satyrist , Master George Wither . The efficient cause of Satyres , are things bad , Their matter , sharpe reproofes , instructions sad , Their forme sowre , short , seuere , sharp , roughly clad : Their end is that amendment may be had . 21. To the same Mr. George Wither , of his owne Satyres . What cause you had , this veine too high to straine , I know not , but I know , it caus'd your paine ; Which causeth others wisely to refraine : Yet let some good cause draw you on againe . You strip and whip th' ill manners of the times So hansomely , that all delight your Rymes . 22. To my right worthy friend , Mr. Michael Drayton , whose vnwearied old Muse still produceth new dainties . When I was young , I did delight your lines , I haue admyr'd them since my iudging times : Your younger muse plai'd many a dainty fit , And your old muse doth hold out stoutly yet . Though my old muse durst passe through frost and snow , In warres your * * He wrot battell of the Agincourt , when he was aboue 60. yeers old old muse dares her Colours shew . 23. To my worthy and learned good friend , Mr. Iohn Vicars , who hath translated part of Mr. Owens Epigrams . Who hath good words , and a warme brooding pate , Shall easier hatch neate new things , then translate : He that translates , must walke as others please : Writing our owne , we wander may at ease . 24. To my good friend , Mr. T. B. Vintner , at the signe of the Sunne in Milke-street . Bacchus desiring an auspicious signe , Vnder which he might sell his choysest wine , Desiring much to choose one of the seuen Celestiall Planets , reel'd one night to heauen , He found old Bent-brow'd Saturne melancholly , Ioue stern , Mars stout , Venus repleat with folly , Sly Mercury full of Loquacity , And Luna troubled with vnconstancy : Disliking these , he middle Sol espy'd , Who vnto sober drinkers is a guide : He liking this , in * * Milk-street via Lactea plaste it , And with his best wines , he hath e're since graste it , And finding you no Brewer , as your due , He doth commit the charge thereof to You. 27. To a Friend , who asked me why I doe not compose some particular Epigrams to our most gracious King , as my Friend Iohn Owen did to his famous Father , King IAMES of blessed memorie . Thou ask'st , Why I doe not spinne out my wit , In silken threds , and fine , smooth , neat lines fit , In speciall Epigrams to our wise King ? All these my selfe I dedicate to him . It s all too coorse , what my wit can weaue forth , To wrap the little finger of his worth . 28. Sinnes short Grammar . To my louiog Cousin Master Iohn Gunning the younger , of Bristoll Merchant . The Grammar . Sinnes easie Grammar , our Grandmother Eue To her sinfull posteritie did leaue . Sinnes Part. In Speach are eight parts , in sinne there are seuen , We may put Satan in , to make them euen . Satan a Noune . Satan , Sins grandfather , stands as a Noune , To all ill things giuing an ill renowne , Inticing mildly ; Roaring if withstood , Being thereby felt , heard , and vnderstood . Sloth , a Pronounne . Sloth is a Pronoune : Idle men in name Are men , but otherwise a sencelesse shame . Sloth is the Deuils best sonne Primitiue , And from him most sinnes doe themselues deriue . Anger , a Verbe . Anger a Verbe is ▪ for at euery word , His Actiue and his Passiue spleen is stir'd , In Mood and Tense declined is this sinne , Moody it is , at all times full of spleen . Couetousnesse , a Participle . Couetousnes may be sinnes participle , To helpe himselfe , from each one takes a little , With euery Sinne he will Participate , So he thereby may better his estate . Pride , an Aduerbe . Pride is an Aduerbe , if you 'll take his word , Nor Heauen , nor Earth the like thing doth afford . In his conceit he is the thing alone , He holds himselfe beyond Comparison . Lust , a Coniunction . Lust is a lawlesse , lewde Coniunction , For Lust desires not to act sinne alone : So ioyning sinnes his sinfull dayes dost waste , Vntill they joyne him with the Deuill at last . Enuie , a Praeposition . Enuie may be Sinnes Preposition , 'Gainst things well compos'd shewing opposition . Ablatiues , and Accusatiues hee 'll chuse For he loues to Detract , and to Accuse . Gluttony , an Interiection . Gluttony is an Interiection , Into his paunch all his delights are throwne . As nothing but good bits , can make him glad , So only want of them , can make him sad . Sinnes Declension . O God! in what bad Case are we declin'd ? Since thou in euery Case our sinnes maist find , In Nominatiue , by furious Appellations , In Genitiue , by spurious generations . In Datiue by corrupting briberie . In the Accusatiue , by calumnie . In Vocatiue , by grudging , and exclayming . In Ablatiue , by cooz'ning , rape , and stealing . Number , and Gender . Singular sinnes , and Plurall we commit , And we in euery Gender varie it . Number . Our Single sinnes are wicked cogitations , Our Plurall , Ryots , Combinations Against thee , Lord , and thy Anointed ones . Gender . Our Masculine , first sin's vxoriousnes , Our Feminine , to sin's sleights yeeldingnes , Our Neuter sinne , is cold neutralitie , Common of two , too common Venerie . Thrice Common we commit sinnes against Three ; Against our selues , our Neighbours , against Thee . Doubtfull is our Dissimulation . In all sinnes , Hee s and Shee s take delectation . The Conclusion . Thus we in Sinne vse regularitie , Whil'st Wee with Grace haue no Congruitie . 29. To lashing , fault-finding Zoilus . I know , thou wilt end , as thou hast begunne : Put vp thy Rod ( great whipper ) I haue done . 30. To the ineffable , indiuiduall , euer blessed Trinity in Vnity . To one in three , three in one be all praise , For planting in me , this small bud of Bayes . The end of the Authors Quodlibets . At this time .

To the Reader , in stead of an Epistle .

If these faile in worth , blame me , but consider from whence they came ; from a place of no helps . If in Printing , blame the Printer , and mend it . I haue omitted many of mine owne and of the Translations . As thou likest those , thou maist haue the rest .

FAREWELL .

CERTAINE EPIGRAMS OVT OF THE FIRST FOVRE BOOKES OF THE EXcellent Epigrammatist , Master IOHN OWEN :

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AT HARBOR-GRACE IN Bristols-Hope in Britaniola , anciently called New-found-land : By R. H.

PAX ⁙ OPVLENTIAM SAPIENTIA ⁙ PACEM printer's or publisher's device

AT LONDON Imprinted for Roger Michell , and are to be sold at the signe of the Buls head in Pauls Church-yard . 1628.

TO THE FAR ADMIRED , ADMIRABLLY FAIRE , vertuous , and witty Beauties of ENGLAND . IT was , faire , vertuous , wittie , for your sake , That I this harder taske did vndertake . I grieu'd , such wit was out of your command , Lock'd in a tongue you did not vnderstand . To doe you seruice , not my selfe to please , Did I at first aduenture vpon these .

I thought to haue proceeded in this method , but the ragged , bashfull slut my Muse ( hauing not seene your like before ) is amazed , and strucken dumbe at the sight of your excellencies : I must therefore take vp the speech for her , and as She hath heretofore twatled much for me , I must therefore entreat you in Her behalfe . Indeed I told Her , She should finde you very louing and kinde , and should be admitted to kisse your whitest hands . She is a stranger , I humbly therefore pray you , to take her into your protection , kindly take her into your hands , and entertaine her courteously ; none can doe it better then your selues ; whilst you looke kindly vpon her , let her with admiration , and contentment gaze on your beauties : you may looke vpon her boldly with vnuailed countenances , you shall finde her euery where modest , either she hath vailde , or quite omitted what She feares might offend your chast eares , She hath taken paines to let you know what enuious men haue too long kept from your knowledge . If She speake any thing against your sexe , it is but what malicious men sometimes mutter in an vnknowne language against your inferior frailties , and hath answered somewhat in your behalfe : you shall finde Her no importunate Companion , for you may begin with her when you please , and leaue her when you list : euery small parcell is an entire treatise , and depends vpon it selfe ; they may serue you for pastime , if you please , for vse , for embellishing in your discourse , as spangles in your attire : The translations were the better , if they are not made worse in the change . For our owne , they are the best we can at this time . The grace and loue I receiued sometime from one of your sexe , makes me confident of your gracious goodnesse : but my Muse hath a little recouered her spirits , and requests me She may speake a little vnto you .

Your beauties , wonder and amazement bred In me , that still I am astonished : Yet this request I pray doe not deny , Giue me good words , for you haue more then I. In recompence one day I le sing a song Of your rich worth with my laste buskins on . The admirer of your excellencies , the short-breath'd Muse of Robert Hayman .

A PRAEMONITION TO ALL KINDE OF READERS of these Translations of Iohn Owens EPIGRAMS . AS one into a spacious Garden led , Which is with rare , faire flowers well garnished , Where Argus may all his eyes satisfie ; Centimanus all his hands occupy , He will chuse some fine flowers of the best , To make himselfe a Poesie at the least : Or he will , if such fauour may be found , Intreate some Slips , to set in his owne ground : So fares it with me , when in Owens booke , At leasure times , with willing eyes I looke : I cannot chuse , but choose some of his flowers , And to translate them at my leisure howres . But as 't is not for this admitted Man , Manners at once to gather euery one , But mildly to cull a few at a time , I pray thee doe so too , kinde Reader mine : For as a Man may surfet on sweet meates : So thou maist ouer-read these quaint conceits . Some at one time , some at another chuse ; As Maidens doe their kissing Confects vse . Reade therefore these , His ; by translation , Mine : As some eate Cheese , a penny-waight at a time .

AN ENCOMIASTICK DISTICK ON MY RIGHT WORTHY AVTHOR , IOHN OWEN . THe best conceits Owens conceits haue found , Short , sharp , sweet , witty , vnforc'd , neate , profound .

PART OF MASTER IOHN OWENS EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED into ENGLISH .

THE FIRST BOOKE . Epig. 2. To the Reader . THou that read'st these , if thou commend them all , Thou 'st too much milk ; if none , thou 'st too much gall . 3 To Master Iohn Hoskins , of his Booke . My Booke the World is , Verses are the Men , You 'll finde as few good here , as amongst them . 8 Know thy selfe . Nothing worth knowledge is in thee , I trow , Seeke some-where else , some worthier thing to know . 14 Gilberts Opinion , that the Earth goes round , and that the Heauens stand still . Thou sai'st , the Earth doth moue : that 's a strange tale , When thou didst write this , thou wert vnder sayle . 15 Physicions , and Lawyers . Our sicknesses breeds our Physicions health , Our folly makes wise Lawyers with our wealth . 16 O Times , O Manners ! Scaliger did Times computation mend : Who , to correct ill manners doth intend ? Or thus to Scaliger . Thou mended hast the bad score of old yeares : Who dares take old bad manners by the eares ? 21 To a poore , bare , beggerly , fie on such a Physicion . Thou wert a poore , bare , fye on such a one , But now thou art growne a Physicion : Thou giuest vs physicke , we with gold thee please : Thou cur'st not ours ; but we cure thy disease . 26 Cold fire . If that Loue be a fire ( as it is said ) How cold is thy Loues fire , my pretty Maide ? 27 An impious Atheists pastime . I ioy in present things , and present time : A time will come that will be none of mine : Grammarians talke oftimes past and hereafter : I spend time present in pastime and laughter . 28 An Atheist's Epitaph . He liu'd , as if he should not feele Deaths paine , And died , as if he would not liue againe . 30 Married Alanaes complaint . All day Alana rayleth at Wedlocke , And says , 't is an vntolerable yoake : At night being pleasd , shee altereth her rage , And sayes that marriage is the merriest age . 31 A Prophet and Poet. Of things to come these make true predication , These of things present make a false relation . 35 Free-will . Free-will for which Christs Church is so diuided , Though men it lose , Wiues will not be deny'd it . 39 New Rhetoricke . Good arguments without Coyne will not stick To pay , and not say is best Rhetorick . 52 To an Atheist . Each house , thou seest here , some one doth possesse , Yet thou dost thinke the great house masterlesse . 53 A trade betwixt Physicions and Patients . Physicions receiue gold , but giue none backe , Physicke they 'll giue , but none of it they 'll take : Their hands write our health bills , ours greaze their fist : Thus one mans hand , another doth assist . 54 Iuris-prudentes , Wise men of Law . Lawyers are rightly cald wise men of Law , Since to themselues , they wisely wealth doe draw . To the same purpose more largely thus . Wise men of Law , the Latines Lawyers stile , And so they are , fooles Clyents are the while : Lawyers are wise , we see , by their affaires , Leauing so much land to their happy heires . 55 To Courtiers . If good thou be at Court , thou may'st grow better , But I doe feare thou hardly wilt grow greater : If great thou be , greater thou may'st be made : But to grow better is no Courtiers trade . 57 A Mortall Conceit . To eternize thy fame , thou buildst a Tombe , As if death could not eat vp such a Roome . 58 A Comfort for Baldnes . So young and bald , take comfort then in this , Thy head will ne'r bee whiter then it is . 61 On old Alan . Old Alan ioynes his couch to his wiues bed , And thinkes himselfe thereby most sweetly laid . 62 New-yeeres-gifts . Some mens pride , some mens basenesse . Olus giues not to rich , to receiue more ; To poore he cannot giue , 'cause he is poore : Quintus for gaine giues gift with long low legs , And what he would haue giuen , by giuing begs . 63 A Caueat for Cuckolds . When Pontius wish'd all Cuckolds in the Sea , His wife replide : First learne to swimme , I pray . 71 Physicions and Lawyers . Physicions , Lawyers , by one meanes doe thriue , For others harmes doe both of them relieue : By sicknesse one , the other by contention ; Both promise helpe , both thriue by this pretention . 73 The Bald-pate . Trees haue new leaues , in fields there growes new graine , But thy shed haires will neuer grow againe . 76 Gyants and Dwarfes . Gyants and Dwarfes are men of differing grouth , Dwarfes are shrunke men ; Gyants are men stretcht forth . 80 A Sergeants case . To Lawyers . If a man with a wench should make a match , And in stead of her should his owne wife catch : Tell me if a childe borne by this deceit , Be a base bastard , or Legitimate ? 84 A begging Poet. I heare , thou in thy verses praysest me : It is because in mine I should praise thee . 89 An old Churle . What-euer of this friend I begge or borrow , He puts me off , and sayes , You shall to morrow : For this thy promise shall I fit thankes fit ? To morrow then , thee will I thanke for it . 93 Double dealing . Wherefore loues Venus , Mars , vnlawfully ? Vulcan is lame in lawfull venery . 94 Much haire , little Wit. Thy beard growes faire and large ; thy head grow's thinne ; Thou hast a light head , and a heauy chinne . Addition . Hence 't is those light conceites thy head doth breed , From thy dull heauy mouth so slow proceed . 101 A dead Reckoning . What death is , thou dost often aske of me : Come to me when I am dead , I 'll tell it thee . 103 To selfe applying , and fault-finding Zoilus . When I finde fault at faults , thou carp'st at me : It may be , therein thou think'st I meane thee : Why should'st thou thinke I reproue thee alone ? Finding fault with faults , I doe fault mine owne . 105 To Bald-pate . Surely thy brow had some dimention , Before thy haires were with a hoare-frost gone : Thy haires are all like leaues fallen from a tree , That thy whole head a fore-head now may be : None know the length , bredth , depth of thy brow now , Therefore there is no trust now to thy brow . 106 Plaine downe-right bald-pate . I cannot count my haires , they are so thicke growne , Nor canst thou number thine , for thou hast none . 107 Fortunes Apologie . To all , iust Fortune deales an equall Share , To poore men she giues hope , to rich men Feare . 113 The Chyrurgion . Whether for warre or peace should I desire ? I gaine by Mars his sword , and Venus fire . 115 Complainers and Flatterers . Old Anaxagoras said , Snow was black : Our Age such kinde of people doth not lack : The Foxe said , that the Rooke was white as Snow : Many such flattering Foxes I doe know . 119 A reasonable Request . Sweet , let thy soule be smooth as is thy skin : As thou art faire without , be so within . 120 Not seene , No sinne . Thou think'st all sure , when none doe see thine ill , Though with a witnesse , thou goest to it still . 127 To a scalded Leacher . Though thou hast scap'd commuting , and the sheet , Thy head-lesse thing hath had correction meete . 130 To a minsing Madam . Thou art displeasd , and angerly dost looke , 'Cause a mans thing thou find'st nam'd in my booke : For writing it , why dost thou chafe at me ? A man without it would more anger thee . 131 Saturnes three sonnes . Doubtfull Diuines , Lawyers that wrangle most , Nasty Physicions , these three rule the rost . 132 To his married friend . Single and married liues . Woe to th' alone saith married Salomon : Yet Paul sayes , There 's no life like such a one : The married cry , Woe vs : Single , Woo mee . Woo mee , I 'll take : Take thou , Woe vs , to thee . Addition out of his owne Welsh Annotation . And single woes better then double be . 139 Wine and Women . Since Venery is vendible as Wine , Why hath not Venus an inticing signe ? Addition . They need no signe to hang ouer the doore , Whil'st in it stands the foule bawd or fine whoore . 143 Rare Sarah . A Wife to yeeld her bed-right to her maid , Of none but Sarah could it e're be said . 144 To D. T. Thy Masters master , Pupils slaue the while , I doe both enuy , and lament thy Stile . 147 A Waggs Bolt . Happy is he ( good Sir ) that hath a care Of others harmes , and hornes for to beware : A sonne so whisper'd in his fathers eare . 149 An vxorious Asse . Quintus obserues his wiues words , nods , and hands , Her words are lawes , and her requests commands : She drawes , she driues , she swayes her husband so , You cannot tell where she haue one or no : Against all Grammar rules , they lead their life , That you may say , his husband , and her wife . 151 A wary wench that stood vpon her tearmes . Vnfaithfull to her first mate , and her last , In the vacation shee liued wondrous chast . Shame , and not sinne , made her forbeare the deed , She knew she had good ground , had shee good seed : Though shee were hard beset both first and last , Still out of Terme her Checker-doore was fast . Addition . Yet still when she of her Terme-time was sure , Some dayes before , She op'd her Checker-doore . 161 A Doctor in promising , but a Dunce in performing . Much thou dost promise , nothing thou dost lend , Like Doctors that write , take , and nothing send . 162 A pretty wench scuruily Cunny-catcht . Would the old Spartan Law were vp againe , That naked maides should marry naked men : I thought to haue cockt away my maiden-head , In naked truth , I did a Capon wed . 163 A forked Probleme . Since She defiled hath the marriage bed , Why must he weare the hornes ? He is the head . 164 Verses giuen for a New-yeeres-gift , vnrewarded . Giue some-what , or my verses backe to me : On that condition , I doe giue them thee . 165 Christs Church Colledge in Oxford . Though men looke sad at thy vnfinishing , Which makes thee looke like to a ruin'd thing , Thy Quadrangle shewes what thou should'st haue binne . 166 Phillis Loue . Phillis sayes that shee 's rauisht with my verses : Verses she loues well : better she loues Tar — 167 Pastime . I spend my time in vaine and idle toyes , So fearing to lose time , my time I lose . 168 Short and sweet to the Reader . Brand not my breuity with ill beliefe , Beleeue me , 't is my paine to be thus briefe : I speake not much , and fond , as many a one , If I speake foolishly , I soone haue done . 172 A Request to the Reader . Rather then my leaues should Tabacco light , I pray thee with them make thy back-side bright . 173 Of his Booke . What if my Booke long before me should dye ? Many a sonne doth so vnwillingly . What if he should liue some time after me ? All my braines Children fraile and mortall be .

PART OF MASTER IOHN OWENS EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED into ENGLISH .

THE SECOND BOOKE . Epig. 1. THough Fooles are euery where , ( as there are many ) I cannot , nor I care not to please any : Few Readers I desire , and 't were but one , It should not trouble me , if there were none . 5 To Sir Iohn Harrington , most Excellent Poet. A Poet meane I am ; yet of the troope Though thou art not , yet better thou canst do 't . 7 A Court Wit. At Court , who cannot his wit nimbly fit , To fit each humour ; hath at Court no wit . 8 The Spurre of Knighthood . Thou knighted art , to get thy wiues good will ; Shee 'll loue her selfe the more , thee little still : She'ath cost thee much , but now shee 'll cost thee more ; Shee 's dearer therefore to thee , then before . 9 Chymicks folly . Th' vnskilfull Chymick toyles , and boyles , and spoyles , To make a Stone ; vnstones himselfe the whiles . 10 A true Troian . When all was lost , the Trojans then grew wise : Who is not a true Trojan in this wise ? 11 The Remedy of Loue . Pray much , fast oft , flye women as the fire , Thinke not on earthly things , but thinke on higher : If these worke not this , med'cine doth excell , The fire of marriage will lust-fire expell . 12 London , anciently called Troynouant . As from the old Phoenix ashes anew springs : So from Troyes ashes , London her birth brings . 37 To Master Adam Newton , Tutor to King Charles , when he was Prince of Wales . The hopefull'st Prince that euer this Land breed , Is from thy learned mouth so discipleed , That times hereafter will be arguing , Which he was ; Greater , More learn'd , Better King ? Addition . To the same Master Newton , to whom for kindnesse receiued , I am further indebted . I know thou art as learn'd as Arist'le , Thy Pupill will his farre surpasse in battle , In goodnesse , good Iosiah , Dauid rather ; In learning Tresmegist , or his owne * * Our late most learned King Iames. Father . 39 Sir Francis Drake . Drake like a Dragon through the world did flie , And euery Coast thereof he did descrie : Should enuious men be dumbe , the Spheares will shew , And the two Poles , his iourneys which they saw : Beyond Cades Pillers farre , Fame steerd his way ; Great Hercules on shore , but Drake by Sea . 43 The Diuine . Though thou know much , thy knowledge is but lost , Vnlesse that other men know what thou know'st . The Politician . Though thou know much , thy knowledge is but lost , If any other man know what thou know'st . 47 Women would haue their Will. A Papist maid marrying a Lutheran ; Two sects much diff'ring in opinion , She said , Sweet heart , be not vnkind to me ; All shall be well , for I 'le be kind to thee : Let me of my old Faith hold but free will ; In other points I shall your mind fulfill . 54 An English Wife . Let me set alwayes vppermost at boord , The vppermost in bed I 'le you affoord : Thus wee 'll deuide our rule ; I rule all day , All night , kind Husband , you shall ouer-sway . 57 A prating Companion . Thou still ask'st leaue , that still thy tongue may walke : Thou need'st no leaue , if thou would'st leaue to talke . 64 The Order of the Golden Fleece . Philip of Burgundy did first ordaine The Order of the Golden Fleece of Spaine , He prophised , when he this Order made : For his heires since haue got the golden Trade . 68 To Mistris Iane Owen , a very learned Woman . Of thy fiue sisters , Iane , I know but thee , I onely haue heard what their number bee : I cannot one of them by their names call ; Yet if they be like thee , I know them all . Addition . Faire , modest , learned , wise , beyond my prayse : Happy is he shall marry one of these . 71 To one like neither of his Parents . Why art thou so vnlike either of those Who thee begot , with a ioynt willing close ? Whilst each did striue hard , who should forme thee most , Ill-fauouredly their fauours thou hast lost . 72 Two Gallants that went to Venice vpon Returne . Towards faire Venice both of yee are gone , At your returne , to receiue foure for one : And now you are return'd to your owne Coast , Your friends welcome you home vnto their cost . 80 To a Drunken Rimer . Thou drink'st , and think'st , drinke makes a man a Poet , Thou think'st , and drink'st , thou art one by that diet . Adde but two letters vnto Versifier , And then thou art a drunken Vers-defiler . 81 More Epistle then Gospell . Full often thy Epistles I receiue , Thou seldome writest Gospell , I perceiue . 88 Naked Loue . Natures preserue , from cold as with a freeze , The ground with grasse and corne , with barke green trees , With feathers , birds ; and beasts , with wooll , and haire : Where Nature wants , Art couering doth prepare . Why then loues Loue her naked to vnfold ? The nakeder she is , she 's the lesse cold . 89 The Exchequer . Collected Coyne into the Exchequer flowes ; As fresh streames daily to the salt Sea goes : From thence coyne is disperst by secret veines , As through the Earth the Sea refils vp streames ; Yet neuer will this Sea be satisfide , These riuers by their tribute neuer dride . 94 This Worlds Wisdome . Who 's rich ? The wise . Who 's poore ? The foolish man . If I were wise , I should haue riches than . Who 's wise ? The rich . And who 's a foole ? The poore . If I were rich , I should be wise therefore . 102 To play and study together . When I handle a graue and serious thing , Lightly , and slightly , I play studying : When I light and slight triuiall matters way , Too seriously I study in my play . 104 To fault-finding and enuious Zoilus . Praises are praised , Louers loued are : If thou commend vs , we will speake thee faire ; Loue vs hereafter , we will for thee care . 111 The Couetous Man . Thy gold is lockt vp in thy iron chest : Thy loue is blockt vp in thy iron brest . 115 The Plague in England , 1603. This hungry leane Plague did so many eate , That we shall hardly finde a new plague meate . 116 To a very faire Woman . If that thou wert as rich as thou art faire , Then no one liuing could with thee compare . If thou hadst liu'd in time of Trojan warres , For thee more iustly had been all those iarres . Addition on my Author . Rare , faire was She to whom he this affords , Or he disposed to giue her faire words . 122 A phantasticall Courtier . Of wise men thou art thought a foolish Elfe : Fooles thinke thee wise : what think'st thou of thy selfe ? 124 A hansome Whore . Would ' thou wert not so faire , or better giuen : Then a faire Whore there 's nought worse vnder heau'n . 126 To Bald-pate . Thou hast lost all thy haire vpon thy pate , Thy faithlesse forhead is in the same state , Before , behinde , all thy haires being fled ; What hast thou bald-pate for to lose ? Thy head . 127 Nolens volens . Claudius might soone be honest , if he would : Lynus would be vnhonest , if he could . 131 On a couetous Gowty-fist . If thou a gift giu'st to this Clung-fist man , Hee 'l finde a hundred hands , though he haue none : But if thou for thy gift , a gift do'st craue , No hand he hath , though hundred hands he haue . 132 Kings Misery . Whil'st some dares not tell him the truth of things . And those that may , nought but placebo sings , How miserable is the state of Kings ? 133 Might and Right . Might ouercomes Right , and Right masters Might , Yet change one letter , Right makes Might , Might , Right . 137 On a Scalded ill-fauored Knaue . In a knowne part , hot Venus branded thee , That thou some where might'st in her liuery heel . 138 To Adr. V. Thy laughing Epigrams ridiculous , Make vs not smile , but laughter cause in vs . They haue no iests : the Reader laughs at that , Because ther 's nothing worth the laughing at . 148 Sir Francis Drakes Epitaph . If Romish bloody superstition Should for our sinnes into our Land returne , And that they should vse their vile fashion , Their aduersaries bodies for to burne ; Braue Drake , thy body in the Sea lies free From their bold , beastly , bloody cruelty : Addition , Alluding to the Legend of the floating Lady of Loretto . Except some Loret Miracle doe float thee . 157 Of Virgils Georgicks . Thy verses , Maro , Husbandry expresse , Thou dost thy Readers grounds and his wit dresse . 158 To Poet Persius . Persius , when I sometimes thy verses touch , Thy sence I see not , thy darke lines are such , Thou dost neglect thy Reader too-too much . 160 To Poet Martiall . Thou iest'st at things , yet men thou dost not wrong , No gall , much honey flowes from thy salt tongue . 161 To excellent Poet Petrack of his Laura . As often as thy Laura shall be read , Amongst thy Readers 't will be questioned , Whether thy Laura , Lawrell doth deserue Better then thou , that didst her so well serue . 172 On his owne Epigrams to Samuel Daniel , most witty Poet. 'T is not strange , if my Epigrams be meane , I doe not bite my nailes , nor beate my braine . 177 Hunger makes meate taste sweetest . If with much pleasure thou would'st eate thy meate , Be hungry then , before the meate thou eate . 181 Satyrs and Epigrams . Satyrs are Epigrams ; but larger drouen , Epigrams Satyrs are , but closer wouen : An Epigram must be Satyricall , A Satyr must be Epigrammicall . 183 Deafe and Blind . Deafe men looke wilde : blind men thrust out their eare : Blind with eares see : Deafe with their eyes doe heare . 189 Sunday . Sunday I 'le call that day , spite of precise , In which the glorious Sonne of God did rise . 191 Fashions in Clothes . Old out-worne fashions young mens fashion growes : And old men weare late strange new fashion clothes . 193 The commodity of a silly Sheepe . If leather , flesh , milke , compost , dice , or cords , Or wooll you want ; all this a Sheepe affords . An Egge , which though it be mine owne , I 'le adde to this , because it goes to the same tune . If flesh , or skinne , or bones , feathers , or strings , Or blood you want ; all this one round Egge brings . To mine Author , a little to be merry with him . When I did write this , I did thinke vpon The Egge , sup't vp by thine owne Countryman . 196 Parret , and Prater . Parret and Prater , iumpe iust in their names , One to the other are right Anagrams . 200 Satyrs and good Lawes haue one originall cause . Good Lawes and Satyrs from one cause proceed ; Wicked behauiour both of them doth breed . Addition . These ends are alike . Tart , byting Satyrs haue the selfe-same end , That good Lawes haue , bad manners to amend . 203 A Merchants account . Or rich , or poore , account my selfe I may , Whilst with my goods I trust the Bankrout Sea . 204 Lust. In the darke , foule Sluts are esteemed faire : Blind lust is cause thereof , not the darke ayre . 213 Eccho . Caruing , nor painting , cannot expresse words ; Yet prating Eccho that quaint-art affords . 214 Looking-glasse . To expresse Motion , Painting is nought worth ; My Looking-glasse can liuely set it forth . 215 Eccho , and Looking-glasse . Nothing of man but voyce Eccho affords ; My Looking-glasse wants nothing else but words . 217 A good Chapman . I gaue thee three books , three pounds thou gau'st me ; No man hath bought my books as deare as thee . 218 To the blessed Memory of King Iames , the happy Vniter of this so long-diuided Iland of Great Brittaine . Great Brittaine seuer'd from the World by Sea , Was in it selfe diuided many a day , In many Kingdomes , and in many parts , Which did diuide her people , and their harts : Vnhappy then was parted Albion , Happy in Thee , for in Thee All-be-on . Addition to King Iames. Oft haue I wish'd ( O pardon my wishing ▪ ) That thou hadst stil'd thy selfe All-be-ons King .

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THE THIRD BOOKE . Epig. 4. The happy Virgin-issue of Blessed Queene Elizabeth . SCotland with England was twinn'd happily , In the blest birth of thy Virginity : To vnite , is more blessed then to breed , From thy not-bearing this birth did proceed . 9 To the vertuous Lady , Mary Neuil , Daughter to the Earle of Dorset , his worthy Patronesse . Thy glasse presents thee faire , Fame Chast thee stiles : Neither thy Glasse nor Fame doe lye the whiles . Loud-wide-mouth'd Fame swifter then Eagles wing , Dares not report against thee any thing . 10 To the same right worthy Lady , of her little Daughter , Cicill . To limme soules beauty , painting is nought-worth : This pretty Image liuely sets thine forth . 11 To the white-handed Reader . My good excell : my bad ones well may passe : Such grace ( white Reader ) thy kind iudgement has . 12 To the black-mouth'd Reader . My meane are nought , my bad intolerable : Thy enuy doth ( black Reader ) them disable . 18 Diues and Lazarus . The rich man hath in Gods Booke but his shame : Poore Lazarus in Gods Booke hath his Name . 22 The Spirit and Flesh. The Spirit this , the Flesh drawes me that way : Caesar and Ioue in me beare seuerall sway : If there were once a good Peace 'twixt these two , In Earth there would not be so much adoe . 24 Gods Sight , and mans ouer-sight . Men few things see , God all things doth fore-see : God seldome speakes , but men still prating bee . 25 The broad and narrow Way . Heau'ns Way is narrow : but Heau'ns Roomes are broad ▪ Hells way is large : but narrow his aboade . Who goes not the straite Way to the broad place , The broad will bring him in a narrow case . 30 A Catechisme . We must beleeue twelue , and we must do ten , And pray for seuen ; if we 'll be godly men . 31 Rich mens Repentance . Why are so many rich men to Hell sent ? They repent nothing but their Mony spent . 35 Wisedome , Iustice , and Fortitude . He 's wise , who knowes much : iust , who iust doth deale : He valiant is , who knowes , and dares doe well . 37 To Camber-Brittone . Wales , Scotland , England , now are ioynd in one : Henceforth Wales is not Brittany alone . 41 Christ Iesus God and Man . Because the purer God-head could not dye , Nor could the impure Man-hood satisfie : Therefore our wise God suffered bodily . 45 Adams fall was our thrall . Since our first Parent , Father Adams fall , Our bodies goods , and soules are thus in thrall : Diuines haue got the sway ouer our soules , Physicions , bodies , Lawyers goods controwle . 47 A good Preacher . The mornings trusty Herauld Chantecleare , Before he tells vs that the day is neere , Russels himselfe , stretching forth euery wing , And then his good newes lowdly he doth sing : So a good Preacher shoud rouze himselfe then , When he intends to stirre vp other men . 65 Niggard and prodigall . Niggards nothing will giue , whil'st they haue breath : Vnthrifts haue nothing to giue after death . 76 Old Criticks . New Phantasticks . His enuy is too grosse , who likes no new diuice : And he that likes nothing but new , his enuy is too nice . 77 A Christians Death . As in a way Death doth vs to life bring : Death 's no enterring , but an entering . 80 Holinesse is better then Learning . To reade Saints liues , and not liue like them holy , Doth not respect , but doth neglect them wholly . 82 An Atheists godlinesse . Thou hast no Faith on any thing that 's past , Nor dost thou hope on any thing at last , But on the present all thy Loue is plast . 84 The diuers effects of praise . Praise doth improue the Good man , hurts the Bad , Infatuates Fooles , makes wise the crafty Lad. 86 The Enuious and the Foolish man . The foole wants wit , the enuious a good mind , Whil'st this sees not , the other will be blind . 96 Diuine Vertue . Vertue an act is , not an idle breath , In workes , not words , are found Loue , Hope , and Faith ▪ 105 Young Dayes . Then now time was , when first of all time was , When the new world was fram'd out of the masse , Now tell me , Reader , of Antiquities , Are these the elder or the newer dayes ? 106 Desire , and haue . Would'st thou doe good ? continue thy good will , He that gaue thee desire , will giue thee skill . 108 Good men are better then wise men . Wise men are wiser then good men . What then ? 'T is better to be better then wise men . 110 Much Preaching . To Preachers . 'T is signe of much ill , where much preaching needs , For what needs preaching , where you see good deeds ? A reply to mine Author . Yes , preaching may doe good , where goodnesse growes , T' incourage , to confirme , to comfort those . 112 Eloquence . Not he that prates , and takes a foule great deale . Is eloquent : but hee that talketh well : As that is not good ground that ranke weeds beares , But that which breeds good grasse ; or great full eares . 116 Loue comes by seeing : Faith comes by hearing . To Princes . Now out alas ! Zeale , and the ancient Faith You doe pretend , and warme her with your breath : Religion you pretend t' increase your honour , Not to restore Religions honour on her . 117 O Times , O Manners ! With our faults we doe times and manners blame , Accusing times and manners with the same : Neither in times nor manners is the crime , By times we are not viced , but in time . 118 Knowledge-hunters . Philosophers of our time . Most would know all , little beleeue , but such Doe know but little , and beleeue too much . 120 More Zeale then Godlinesse . Diuines striue , and their case is in the Iudge : Would God till he did bid , they would not budge : Diuines striue , and who 's Iudge , they do contend . Would God that that were all they did pretend , That strife of loue were their intention , Not loue of strife , and of contention . 123 A quiet and a temperate life frees a man from Lawyers and Physicions . If men would temperate be in thought and dyet , Eating that's good , and keeping themselues quiet : If men would patient be , and not be stird , With couetice , and euery testy word : Those that now pleade in Gownes , might then part Lice , And Veluet Caps goe poyson Rats and Mice . 124 The vicissitude of Marriage . One bed can hold a louing man and wife : A great house cannot hold them being at strife . 125 Death sudden and sure . Death hath his day , which he will not for-slow : To morrow is that day , for ought we know . 128 A Prayer . Good God that dost all wills to thy will tye : Giue me a will to liue , a will to dye . 129 Good Counsell without a Fee . If that the Iudge be deafe , then heare thou mee , Good Counsell I 'll thee giue without a Fee : Study thy Iudge more then thou dost thy case , So in that case thou shalt haue no disgrace . 130 To a Belly-god . Fasting was first ordained as a Rod , To awe flesh to the spirit , the spirit to God : But Fasting-dayes most of thy Feast dayes be , Thy spirit serues thy flesh , both of them thee . 132 It is no marueile that we haue no Miracles . Is Gods arme short , that Miracles are gone ? No : Our short-arm'd Faith now can reach vs none . 138 Griefe and Pleasure . Bodies and soule-griefes vex , till they are past , Griefes vex vs first , they comfort vs at last : But present pleasures please , though bought with paine : Their present pleasures future sorrowes gaine . 140 An argument against sleeping . If dying sleeping , be sleeping to die : Why , then the more I sleepe , the lesse liue I. 143 Contrary to the Prayer of the Apostles , Luk. 17.5 . The multiplicitie of beliefes in our dayes , doth rather require this prayer . Decrease our Faiths , Lord , 't is increast too farre : As many men , so many Faithes there are ; And each one dotes on his fond Misteres , Neuer more faiths , nor more vnfaithfulnes . 146 Vanity of vanities . Heraclitus , that shed so much salt brine , For those few small ills of his better time : If hee did see , and know the best of our , Hee 'd weepe out both his eyes in halfe an houre . And did Democritus laugh out his life In his dayes , when folly was not so rise ? If he dip see those parts that we doe play , Hee 'd laugh out all his Spleene in halfe a day . 148 Works Consequence . Their workes doe follow them , that still doe well : Those that doe ill , follow their works to Hell . 149 Feare begets zeale . We shall desire Heauen , if we feare Hell fire : Cold feare of Hell , inflames heauens hot desire . 161 Owens Bracelet . Our senses without Reason , are nought worth ; Nor Reason , vnlesse Faith doe set it forth : Neither is Faith without Loue to be deem'd ; Nor is Loue without God to be esteem'd . 164 Wisdome and Valour . Wise men feare harmes , but valiant men do beare them : So wise men beare them not , nor braue men feare them . 165 In the sweat of thy browes . Our blessed God , that bade vs for to get Our daily maintnance , by our daily swet ; Did neuer promise vs , without our paine , We should our euerlasting maint'nance gaine . 170 Retaliation . To an ignoble Nobleman . Thy Ancestors did many glorious acts ; But thou ne'r read'st the Record of their facts : Iustice 't will be in those , who thee succeeds , If they reade not thy vile ignoble deeds . 173 Iohn against all . Though all men argue 'gainst thee in the right , Thou hast one answer for them ; I deny it . 174 Iustification . Doth Faith or good works iustifie the iust ? Neither , except God iustifie them first . 181. A strange wish . To a poore friend . 'T is bad enough ; yet worser God thee send : For when 't is at the worst , then it will mend . 182 The Earths division . Cosmographers the Earth in foure parts share . As many parts , so many Creeds there are . Addition . Asia , Affrick , America , Europe . Iewish , Mametan , Pagan , Christian hope . 183. The cause of quarrels . All sauour their owne sense , their reasons sway ; All will haue their owne will , and their owne way : This is the cause of quarrels , and debate ; For if will would be still , we should not hate . 185 A wise Man . Who knowes the cause of things , can temporize , Rule passions , order actions ; he is wise . 186 Wisdomes souerainty . Fate gouernes fooles , wise men o're-rule the starrs : Not Fate , but their pate orders their affaires . 187 A Chrisoms Epitaph . Aske not the name of him that here doth lye ; Namelesse , and blamelesse , I poore child did dye : Without a name , O Christ , I am ingrau'd , That onely in thy Name I might be sau'd . 191 Socrates knowledge . Nothing thou know'st , yet that thing thou dost know ; Thou know'st some thing , and that 's nothing I trow This something 's nothing , nothing's something tho . 193 A Generall Epitaph . Thou wert borne with not one ragge on thy back ; When thou went'st hence , a sheet thou didst not lack : Therefore thou carriedst more vnto thy Mother , Then thou didst bring with thee , when thou cam'st hither . 196 The two Eyes of the world . Law and Religion doe herein agree ; Good and bad minds and hands ; they tye and free . 192 Death , better then life . Wee cry , being borne : from thence thus argue I , If to be borne be bad , t is good to dye . 197 To Doctor Iohn Gifford , a learned Physicion . In Physicke still thou art exactly seene ; Thy selfe thou know'st both without , and within : Whilst Gallen shewes thee rules for others health Apollo teacheth thee to know thy selfe . 200 Saint Pauls in London , and Saint Peters in Westminster . Saint Peters Church is by the Exchequor plac'd . Hard by White-hall with the Kings presence grac'd : But by Saint Pauls learned Diuines doe preach , And there are sold those bookes which learning teach . They 're fitly plac'd , Pauls here , Saint Peters there ; Peter the richer , Paul the learneder . 199 Miserable Iob. God gaue the Deuill leaue to spoyle Iobs wealth , To kill his Children , and impaire his health : His friends vpbray'd him with his wretched life , Yet had he one worse plague ; he had a wife . 201 On those Traytors , who the fift of Nouember , 1605. intended to blow vp the Parliament house with Gunpowder . These ▪ like the old fain'd Gyant-Generation , Would pluck the Gods out of their habitation , With raising Pelion vpon Ossa hill . And Babel towre build with a strange new skill , Burne Troy to ashes , and her peace disquiet , And bring all things vnto a second Fiat . Addition . On this neuer the like heard of Treason , and neuer to be forgotten Deliuerance . Ne'r did the like report sound in mans eare : God blest vs , that That sound wee did not heare . 202. To the Reader . To those Gunpowder Traytors , who on a Tuesday intended to blow vp the Parliament House . Traytors , would you with fire New-Troy destroy , 'Cause Trayterous Greekes with fire destroyd old Troy ? Tuesday is Mars his day , the God of Warre , A day fit for a plot of Gunpowder . 207. To the Reader . Thou that readst these , shalt find them shor and few , Were these few many , they would larger grow . Thou that read'st these , shalt find them few , and short : Were these few long , they 'd be the larger for 't . 208 Voice and Writing . Though voice be liuing , writing a Lead better , Yet voice soone dyes , writing liues long and etter .

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THE FOVRTH BOOKE , WHICH HE CALL HIS SOLE BOOKE . Epig. 3. To his Booke . THou now must passe euen through a world of hands , Thy censure vnder diuers iudgements stands : Who doth not reade thee , may thee discommend ; More fault-finders then Readers thou wilt find . 4 To the Inhabitants of Great Brittaine . As bad , as mad , we well That man may hold , Who doth despise needfull free-proferd gold : He worthy were to weare a Bedlam fetter ; You did despise the Vnion that was better . 10 The three Dimensions to a prating Iack. In thy talke are but two dimensions found ; 'T is large , 't is long , but not at all profound ; 16 To a great Courtier . If the King smile on thee , all will doe so ; As shaddows doe after our bodies goe : If the King frowne , all the Court will looke black ; As when the Sunne is set , we shaddows Iack. 17 Baldnesse through Vice . Though not one haire can on thy head be seene : On that white table all may reade thy sinne . 18 To Pontilian . Calls he thee into Law , Pontilian ? He calls not thee , he calls thy mony , man . Addition . He hopes to worke on thee by bribery , By thy feare , comprimise , or forgery . 20 Enuies Genealogie . To the admirably-vertuous , Sir Iohn Harrington , then Heire to the Lord Harrington . Faire Vertue , foule-mouth'd Enuie breeds , and feeds ; From Vertue onely this foule Vice proceeds : Wonder not that I this to you indite : 'Gainst your rare Vertues , Enuie bends her spite . 23 A rich Promiser , but a poore Performer . We should performe more , then we promise can ; For God hath giuen one tongue , two hands to man : Nothing thou giu'st , yet grantest each demand , As if thou hadst two tongues , but not a hand . 26 Euery man flatters himselfe . Of all the Planets betwixt vs and Heau'n , The Moone , though least , seemes greatest of the seu'n : To best conceits that other wayes doe know , Because she 's neerest vs , she seemeth so . So though I am a Poet small , and bad ; To my neere selfe , I seeme the finest Lad. 29 Thy shaddow in thy Looking-glasse . When thou dost laugh , thy shaddow seemes to smile ; Whilst thou dost weepe , he mourneth all the while : Sleeping he winks , all postures hee 'l afford ; Yet when thou speak'st , he speaketh not a word . 31 To a sleeping talker . In sleepe thou speak'st vnfore-thought mysteries , And vtt'rest vnfore-seene things with clos'd eies : How well would'st thou discourse , if thou wert dead , Since sleepe , Deaths image , such fine talke hath bred ? 33 Mans misery . Angels want bodies , and are neuer sick ; Beasts wanting soules , their conscience neuer prick : Onely poore man , of soule and body made , Their bodies paines ; sadnesse their soules inuade : Reason that should rule passion , is not able ; She only shewes men they are miserable . 35 To an vnmarried friend . Good doers deserue Heau'n after this life : Thou hast thy deseru'd heau'n , thou hast no wife . 36 Woe to the alone . To a married friend , proposing God for an example . God made him Angels to attend his Throne : And why ? because God would not liue alone . Addition . Hauing made Man , makes Woman of his bone : And why ? because man should not liue alone . 38 An Atheists Inheritance . When any man of Heau'n doth talke to thee ; Thou say'st , they vaine , and idle prattlers be : What 's aboue vs , to vs doth not belong , Hell is below thee to burne such a tongue . 40 To the Readers . Dost thou aske me , Why I take so much paine , To be thus briefe ? Reader , 't is for thy gaine . As trauellers find gold lesse cumbersome Then siluer , such is breuity to some . 41 The New Roman Computation . Rome that sayes , she holds all points without change ; Why doth she old feast , from the old ranke range ? 50 To an enuious Momus , who found fault with his three first Bookes . Had fiue iust men amongst a wicked brood Been found , Gomorah to this day had stood : For a few bad , loose verses thou findst heere , My whole booke thou ( black Reader ) wouldst casheere . 53 The poore Cuckolds Complaint . For my wiues close-stolne sports , why am I blam'd ? And of the common vulgar , Cuckold nam'd , And pointed at ? For what I did not act , But you , I know not who ; call 't not my fact . 69 Cardinall Wolseys Ego & Rex mens : I and my King . Grammarians will allow I , and my King : The Courtier say's , it was a saucy thing : Grammarians teach words ; Courtiers words well sort : This phrase might passe in Schooles , but not at Court . 75 Deaths Trouer . Death finds some , as Vlysses found his wife , With care and sorrow spinning out her life . Addition . To her , Vlysses was a welcome guest , To some as welcome is Deaths sad arrest . 80 A bad Debtor . I know , thou tak'st great care both night and day , Not how thou mayst , but how thou mayst not pay : Thou payst me nothing , that 's thy wickednesse : But payst thy Lawyer , that 's thy foolishnesse . 82 The deriuatiue Church . There is but one true Church , as one true Faith , Which from th' Eternall Spirit hath her breath : From Primitiue all would themselues deriue , To proue it , they strange arguments contriue . 84 The good of want . If how good things are , by want best are knowne , I should know mony 's good , for I haue none . 87 Democrates many Worlds . If all those Worlds were , those innumerable , Which fond Democrates did earst belieue : I doe beleeue , that amongst all that rabble , This world would be the worst wherein we liue . 88 Of Epigrams . An Epigram that 's new , quick , tart , sharp , witty , Is like a Wench that 's new , faire , smooth , neate , pretty : Whilst they are new and fresh , they are respected : Once commnon ( though still good ) they are neglected . 91 A couetous mans bounty : or a sure marke-man . He giues to take , takes not to giue againe : Giuing his arrowes are , his marke is gaine . 93 Penelope's Patience . Penelope's patient Fidelity Was once a Prouerbe , now a Prodigy . 94 To Anetta . Nature ( 't is said ) with little is content : That saying of thy Nature is not ment . 95 To an one-eyed Souldier . Of thy two eyes , thou now hast left but one , Which by his moistnesse alway seemes to mone : One eye being lost , why alway weeps the other ? Because that in the warres he lost his brother . 96 Why there is no peace in Europe . Princes make warre , and soone their warres doe cease , Oft times they warre to haue the better peace : Diuines striue , and with Venome fill their veines , With gall their stomackes , and with spite their braines : Longer and worse they warre with quills and words , Then Princes vse to doe with fire and swords . 97 An Antidote , lest women should be proud . When thou thy faire face see'st in thy fine glasse , Be not puft vp , because it beauty has : Brittle and fraile is thy faire , fine , neate feature : How like thy fine glasse art thou pretty Creature ? 100 Natures Horizon . Two Elements we see not , fire and aire ; Water and Earth wee see , 'cause they are neere : So wee know men and beasts that are below ; High Angels , highest God , we doe not know . 105 An ambo dexter . A Fencer with a two-hand Scabberd . If Pompey ouercome , I am his man : If Caesar winne , I 'm a Caesarian . 113 A Kings behauiour . To King Iames. All subiects in their manners follow Kings , What they doe ; bids : forbearing , forbids things : A Kings behauiour swayes his subiects lyues : As the first moouer all the fixt starres driues . 114 The head is worth all the body besides . To King Iames. Reason and senses in the head resides : Nothing in man worth any thing besides . 115 Kings feare Death . What Kings feare most , what men feare them to tell : Fame boldly tells them , and the passing Bell. 118 A Losing Gaine . Adam did lose a rib , to get a wife . Poore gaine ! by her he lost eternall Life . 119 Head Tyres . Huge , high-topt-wyres and tyres with toyes bespred , Doe rather build , then beautifie the head . 121 The East and Westerne Churches . The right hand Faith is in the worlds left Coast : The right hand of the world hath left faith most . 127 To his Reader . Thirsty those are that doe eat salt meats first , Would my salt lines might cause in thee such thirst . 128 How to rule a wife . Who begs not , nor commands what he would haue : His wife is not his Mistresse , nor his slaue . Addition . A Probleme . Yet some are so ill-natur'd , or ill bred , With whom request commands ; threats haue ill sped : What bit is fit for beasts that so take head ? 131 To Anabaptists and such kind of mealy Brethren . You build no Churches , Churches you destroy : This Zeale doth not heale , but Christs Church annoy : The Spirit ( you say ) doth presse you fiercely on . What spirit is your spirit then ? * * Reuel. 9.11 . A-badd-on . 132 Alchymists folly . God at the first of nothing all things wrought : Our Alchymists reduce all things to nought . 136 The Crosse in Cheapside ouer against Saint Peters , and Pauls Crosse in the Booke-row . Why is Saint Peters guilt ? Pauls crosse of lead : Vnder Pauls Crosse are golden Lectures read . 140 Seneca the Philosopher . Thy writings are fine Epigrams in face , They nothing want but Poets cinquepace . 141 To the honourable , wise , iudicious Knight , Sir Henry Neuil , Sonne and Heire to the Lord of Aberguenny . I thinke I heard you once say at your boord , That your taste , the sharp taste of salt abhord . Wise Sir , you need not to eat salt : Wherefore ? All your wise talke hath salt in it good store . 144 Contention is fit to dwell no where . In heauen or Hell is no dissention , In Heauen all good , in Hell ill euery one : In earth mens diuers dispositions Doe cause both long , and strong diuisions . Therefore the earth shall be quite emptied , And heauen and hell be fully peopled . 147 The poore mans poore comfort . To a rich man . Vnconstant Fortune quickly changeth cheare : Hence springs my future Hope , thy present Feare . 149 The Heart . Why is the right side of the Heart bereft ? And on the left plac'd ? Wisedome it hath left . 156 The Worlds blacke Saunts : or Musicke for the Deuill . The World 's so full of shrill-voyc'd iangling , Of deepe repyning , and base murmuring : The Base so deepe , the Treble is so high , That Meane and Tenor we cannot discry . 159 The world growes worse and worse . Our Syres were worse then theirs : we worse then they : For still the World growes worser eu'ry day . If our posterity grow worse then we , A worser race then theirs there cannot be . 160 Londons Loadstone . As Thames deuoures many small brookes and rills : Soe smaller Townes with their wealth London fills : But though that Thames empts it selfe in the Sea , Wealth once at London , neuer runnes a way . 162 Fooles and Dwarfes . Though wit or vertue haue in vs no treasure , Yet we are Great mens sports , and Great mens pleasure . 163 Euery man is full of care . Poore men haue care , because that they are poore : Rich men haue wealth , and haue much care therefore : Who hath no wife , takes great care to haue one ; Who hath a wife , hath more then who hath none . 171 The blessed Virgin Mary , the Mother of Christ Iesus . A blessed Virgin , that 's thy common Name ; Aboue all Women blest , that is thy fame : Thy Virgins blessed State had me nought wonne , Had'st thou not beene the Mother of thy Sonne . 173 New fashions in words . Old words are new reuiu'd , and those shall dye , Which now are in discoursing prized high , And with bold flights in our set speeches fly . Our now new pleasant words will not please long , Because they cannot still continue young : And other newer words will them out-throng . 180 To an Old Churle . Thou that did'st neuer doe good any way , When wilt begin to doe good ? Thou dost say , When I dye , to the poore I le leaue my state : Who 's not wise till he dyes , is wise too late . 182 A fearefull Soules flesh-farewell . Why should the immortall soule feare bodies death ? Feares shee to expire with the bodies breath ? Or feares she going hence , she must resort To long long punishment , but iudgement short ? Cold , shaking feare of the hot fire of hell , Makes this sad soule loth bid the flesh farewell . Addition . A good Christians Soules Flesh-farewell . A thought so base hath not that soule surpriz'd , Who knowes the flesh shall be immortaliz'd : He feares no punishment , who is assur'd Before he dye , his pardon is procur'd . Body and soule thus chear'd by Gods grace , Part like friends , pointing a new meeting place : Therefore who hopes for Heauen , and feares not Hell , May chearefully bid the fraile flesh farewell . An Epigram on both these . Hee feares not death , who hopes for Heauens glory ; He may feare Death , that feareth purgatory , Or he that thinkes this life shall end his story . A Prayer hereupon . Good dreadfull God , though I liue * * Phil. 2.12 . fearefully ; Yet when I dye , make me dye cheerefully . 183 A woman may be too proud . If I should praise thee , thou wouldst prouder grow : And thou already art too proud , I trow . 184 A muck-Worme . Heau'n still views thee , and thou shouldst it still view , God gaue Heau'n lights , and hath giu'n eyes to you : Thou canst at once little of this earth see , But with one turne , halfe Heau'n obseru'd may bee . Since Heau'n is louely , why lou'st thou Earth rather ? Wantons doe loue their Mam more then the father . 188 Cor vnum , via vna . To King Iames , the first King of Great Brittaine . Two Scepters in thy two hands thou dost hold : Thy Subiects languages are iust foure-fold : Though Brittaine folke in tongues deuided bee , Yet all their hearts vnited are in thee . The Diuell it was that first deuided hearts : Speach God diuided into many parts . 189 A King and a Prophet . A King out of his Countrey hath no place : A Prophet in his Country hath no grace . 190 Vertues Attendance . These two like Genij follow Vertue still : A good one , and a bad ; Glory , Ill-will . 192 To a foolish inquisitiue vaine prattler . Many fond questions thou dost aske of me , To all I answer little vnto thee : 'T is not because thy questioning is much , But because thy fond questions are such . 193 Sleepe is the image of Death . When I doe sleep , I seeme as I were dead ; Yet no part of my life 's more sweetned : Therefore 't were strange that death should bitter be , Since sleep , deaths image is so sweet to me . 194 How worldly men range their cares . First , we send for the Lawyer in all haste ; For our first care is , to care for our wealth : Next , the Physicion with request is graste , The second care is , to care for our health : Diuines that should be first , may come at leasure ▪ If vnbid they come , they may goe at pleasure . 206 A Lawyers life . To plead thy Clyents cause , and please thy wife ; Little for thy selfe thou dost spend thy life . Addition . In little quietnesse , but in much strife . 207 Preachers and Players . Preachers like Heraclite , mourne for our sinne ; Prayers like Democrite , at our faults grinne : One alwaies laughs , the other mournes alwaies ; One tells our faults , the other our sinnes wayes . 215 Schoole-boyes study . When I was young , I was a studying boy ; My study was , when 't would be playing Day . 216 Euery thing is as it takes . If Archy should one foolishly aduise , And it speed well ; he shall be iudged wise : If wise aduice should come to an ill passe ; Though Cato's 't were , he should be iudg'd an asse . 217 How to handle griefe . Grieue onely for those griefes which now thou hast ; T is too late for to grieue griefes that are past ; To grieue for griefes to come , 't will too long last . 223 The Poet , of his Maecenas . Not words for words , good coyne he me affords . Maecenas to his Poet. Hauing no coyne for coyne , thou coynest words . 225 Blind Homer . Whe'r it be true that men doe write of thee , That thou ne'r saw'st ; I 'm sure thy writings see . 227 To goe about , worse then the Goute . Thou hast two diffring griefes ( I vnderstand : ) One in thy feet , th' other in thy wiues hand : For when thy feet are fett'red with the goute , Thy wiues sore nimble hand ferkes thee about . 235 Pride is womans Colloquintida . Learned , neate , young , faire , modest , and bening ; Wert thou not proud , thou wert a pretty thing . 24 Of King Brute . To Master Camden . Bookes may be burnt , and monuments decay ; My lines may dye , and so in time thine may : Yet whil'st some of the Brittaine blood shall liue , The story of King Brute some will beleeue . 246 To a couetous Carle . Wealth thou hast scrap'd vp for a thousand yeares ; A hundred yeares is more then thou canst liue : Yet to scrape vp more wealth thou bendst thy cares , And thinkst a short life will long comfort giue . Thou say'st , If I liue long , I shall be rich : Liue I long , I must dye , should bee thy speach . 247 Death and life are neere Neighbours . One Natures skreene Death and life hang so neere , As doth the muddy Earth to waters cleere : Of lifes white Death , blacke Nature makes one robe , Euen as the Earth and Water makes one Globe . 248 Moores Eutopia , and Mercurius Brittanicus . Moore shew'd the best ; the worst world 's shew'd by thee : Thou shew'st what is ; and he shewes what should be . 259. Vide ad Cor. vers. HOPE FAITH CHARITY Epist. 1. cap. 13.8 , 13. We haue three ladders to helpe vs to heau'n ; One hath foure steps , one fiue , and one hath seu'n : Hope reacheth to the Moone , Faith to the Sunne ; But Charity doth reach vp to Gods Throne . Addition . Hope , as the Moone , is alwaies variable ; Faith , as the Sunne , more constant , yet vnstable : When both these with the World shall be consum'd , Loue into endlesse ioyes shall be assum'd . 249 Of himselfe . Some men doe say , I am a Poet no way : They doe say true , because the truth I say . 254 The nullity of our Lawes . How many lawes are made , or rather none ? Not kept , or not made , we may count all one : That former lawes be kept , if an Act were ; That would be kept as all the others are . 257 Besides women and children . In holy Bible it is somewhere read ; Women and children were not reckoned : And by the Ciuill , and the Common Law , Womens and childrens gifts are worth a straw . Women and children are exempt from warre ; Women and children long-side coates doe weare , And on the chins neither of them haue haire . Women and children shead teares with much ease ; Faire words and toyes , women and children please : And last , of Loue and Dallyance we may say , Venus a Woman was ; Cupid a Boy . Addition . A disparison betweene these . Children fondly blab truth , and fooles their brothers ; Women haue learn'd more wisdome from their mothers . 258 Of those that make the Scripture a Nose of Waxe . Doth holy Writ promise vs any good ? 'T is easily beleeu'd , and vnderstood : Doth it require ought , or reprooue our sinne ? 'T is a hard speech ; wee haue no faith therein . 262 The Harpe and Harrow of the Court . An enuious and a flattering knaue . These agree not , though in one place they dwell ; Momus of none , Gnatho of all speakes well . 263 The foure efficient causes of man . What is mans forme ? Onely a garish toy ; What is his matter ? Frailty and annoy : ●hough for this cause , we may these two neglect , Making , and finall cause we must respect . 64 Deaths sweet and sowre . To those that haue their liues in much mirth spent ; Death's sadnes is to sad men , merriment . Or thus . To those that liue in sinne , Death is good night ; Good morrow 't is to those that liue vpright . 266 Death and life . One way we liue , Death many wayes is had : All 's for the best ; Death is good , life is bad . 267 An old decrepit man , A Builder . Old , and weake , thou build'st many a faire roome : What build'st thou now ? A house , or else a Tombe ? 269 An Envious mans Charity . The dead thou spar'st , the liuing thou dost bite : Yet rather then I 'd dye , I 'le beare thy spite . 273 Great Brittaine vnited euerlastingly . As in beginning 't was , is now agen ; Euer shall be , till this world ends . Amen .

FINIS .

An excellent Anagram on this excellent Poets name , with the verses annexed , translated . Iohannes Audoenus . Ad annos Noë vives . ALthough that this cannot be said of you : Yet of your booke , this Anagram is true . D. Du . Tr. Med. This of thee , and thy booke , auerd may be ; Thou mak'st thy booke liue , and thy booke makes thee . Iohn Rosse . I.C. D. Du . Med. his Latine Distick to the Readers , translated . Art thou a Clerke , or Lay-man ? Reade thou these ; They will both profit you , and you both please . One of mine owne , to the same purpose . Art thou a merry man , or art thou sad ? To sute you both , fit stuffe may hence be had . Praise-worthy verses of Learned Mistris Iane Owens of Oxford , in praise of my Iohn Owen , translated out of her Latine . It was , and is Poets quaint property , To carpe at men , and womens vanity : Yet this I iudge , Thy salt lines merit it ; Both men and women will commend thy wit . To the same learned Woman , whose vertues I reuerence ; I dedicate this Encomiastick . I 'd rather haue thy praises on my side , Then any Womans I doe know beside : Thy wit and iudgement is more iust and able , Then many miriads of the vnlearned rabble . FINIS .

SEVERALL SENTENTIOVS EPIGRAMS , AND WITTY SAYINGS OVT of sundry Authors both Ancient and Moderne :

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AT HARBOR-Grace , in Bristols-Hope , in Brittaniola ,

Anciently called , New-found-land ; By R. H.

PAX OPVLENTIAM . SAPIENTIA PACEM . printer's or publisher's device

LONDON , Printed by Felix Kyngston for Roger Michell , and are to be sold at the Buls-head in Pauls Church-yard . 1628.

A WEAKE APOLOGIE FOR MY WEAKENESSE in these following Translations . WE think it no strang thing ; nor do we laugh , To see an old , weake man walke with a staffe : I that could with strong legs runne a large fit , Must now with short turnes , rest on others wit .

TRANSLATIONS OVT OF SEVERALL AVTHORS . Beauties Excellencie . VErtue to all complections giueth Grace : But Vertue graced is by a good face . Pulchrior est virtus veniens è corpore pulchro . The Deuils hospitality . Satan keepes open house ; though sorry cheere : His blacke-wicket stands open all the yeere . Patet atri ianua Ditis . A Rule for periured lecherous Votaries . If that against your Oathes you must needs doe : To 't closely then that none may sweare 't was you . Si non castè tamen cautè . Cares Birth . In yonger yeeres black melancholy Cares Cura facit canos , etiam si nesciat annos . Breeds with hard throwes , hoare , white , abortiue haires . A scuruy comfort . It is a comfort , though a scuruy one , Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris . To haue companions in affliction . Womens leuity . What 's lighter then the wind ? Thunder , you know . Quid vento Ieuius ? Fulmen . What 's lighter then that cracke ? Lightning , I trow . What 's lighter then that flame ? Why sure a Woman . Quid fulmine ? Flamma . What 's lighter now then that ? Nay that knowes no man . Quid flamma ? Mulier . To answer him who wrought this in defence of those women who can well enough defend themselues . Quid Muliere ▪ Nihil . Good wiues , I thinke , the man that made this Iest , Ne'r felt the weight of your words , nor your fist . Dangerous Weapons . There are not kild so many by the sword , Plures gulá quàm gladio . As by the throat , by meate , drinke , and the cord . A merry Mate . Comes facundus pro vehiculo est . A merry Way-mate that can tale and skoch , With a tyr'd horse , is better then a C'roach . Patience prouoked . Laesâ patientiâ fit furor . If doubled wrongs inflame cold Patience blood : Her mildnesse will conuert to a mad mood . Womens properties . Fallere , flere , nere : haec tria sunt muliere . To weepe oft , still to flatter , sometimes spin ; Are properties women excell men in . To this women may answer . We weepe for pittie , and we speake men faire , And of their houshold thrift we haue great care : Yet enuious men our credits would impaire . Froward nature . Nitimur in vetitum , semper cupimúsque negata . Deny a thing , fond men the more will craue it : Deny a woman , and shee 'l cry , or haue it . In defence of these soft Creatures . Alas , good Creatures , teares are all their Armes ; To beat backe griefe , and to reuenge their harmes . Miserable want . Luxuriae desunt multa , auaritiae omnia . Luxurious men may want particulars : But misers all things want ( except their cares . ) Impatible wrong . Qui faciunt , oderunt iniuriam . Those that wrong other men beyond all measure , Will take wrongs done to them in great displeasure . Law and Fortunes difference . Legem nocens veretur , Fortuna innocens . Wise Law corrects those that commit offence : Blind giddie Fortune plagueth innocence . A miserable Comforter . Prodesse qui vult , nec potest , aequè est miser . He that can helpe his friend but with his breath ; Is in the case of him he comforteth . A Rule for Trauellers . Cum fueris Romae , Romano viuito more . Being at Rome , I hold it good discretion In manners , and in clothes to vse their fashion : Cum fueris alibi , viuito more loci . And when that thou art any other-where , 'T is fit to vse the fashion thou find'st there . A Riddle . My Mother got me , I beget my Mother : Mater me genuit , eadem mox gigniter ex me . Alternately thus we beget each other . Womens Teares . When women weepe in their dissembling Art , Muliebris lacrima condimentum malitiae . Their teares are sawce to their malicious heart . I answer for women . He that wrote this , was sure some sawcie Iacke : Against your Sex , malice he did not lacke . Necessity . Necessity hath no law , no , not any ; Necessitat dat legem , non ipsa accipit . Yet shee the Mother is to a great many . Doubly-guilty . He that commits a shamefull hainous fact , In turpi re peccare , bis delinquere est . Is doubly-guilty , by that single act . Necessary Restitution . Thy sinnes , be sure , will on thy backe remaine , Non tollitur peccatum , nisi restituatur oblatum . Till thy ill-got goods thou giue backe againe . Ranke couetousnesse . The ranke desire of money growes alwayes , Crescit amor nummi , quantum ipsa pecunia crescit . Faster then money's coyned now adayes . Natures frailtie . I see , and doe allow the better way : Video meliora , prob●●quee ; , deteriora sequor . Yet still I know not how I goe astray . Miserable misery of miseries . Three times vnhappy is that man at least , Quam miser est , cui ingrata misericordia est ? To whom milde Mercie 's an vnwelcome guest . Innocencies Comfort . For a good cause to dye , is honest shame : Est honesta turpitudo pro bona causa mori . Although a halter should procure the same . Preachers principall properties . That Preacher with a liuely voyce doth preach , Viuâ voce docet , qui vitâ & voce docet . That with his life as well as voyce doth teach . How to end well . He surely hath his businesse halfe well done , Dimidium facti , qui benè caepit , habet . Who hath at first his bus'nesse well begun . On a pretty Virgins Virginall Posie . Musica mentis . Musicke is a sad minds Physicion , Medicina moestae . If a faire maide be the Musicion . Blind Ignorance . Ignoti nulla cupido . Blinder then Cupid is he in desire , In whom blind ignorance puts out the fire . Womens Credit . Mulieri ne credas ne mortuae quidem . A woman is not to be credited : If you will credit me , though shee be dead . That women be not angry with me , nor my Author . Mine Author makes a man speake this in snuffe : Himselfe was wise , he knew you well enough . Teares Vanity . Gemitus dolores indicat , non vindicat . Our outward Teares may show our inward woes : They are a poore reuenge against our foes . Fortunes Flowers . Dum fueris foelix , multos numera bis amicos : Whil'st wealth doth last , great store of friends thou hast : If thou it waste ; thou soone may'st tell the last . Nullus ad amiss●s ib●● amicus opes . Armour against lust . If thou from idle thoughts canst guard thy heart : Otia si tollas , periere Cupidinis arcus . Thou mak'st it Musket-proofe 'gainst Cupids dart . Anger . Habet & Musca splenem , & Formicae sua bilis inest . The sting-taild small Muscheeto hath his spleene : The busie Ant sometimes is angry seene . A Builders Humor . Diruit , aedificat , mutat quadrata rotundis . He buildeth vp what he threw to the ground ; And changeth former foure-squares into round . Truths and flatteries effects . Obsequium amicos , veritas odium parit . Flattery gets Friends , and Truth gets Enemies : Soft and proud fooles this Adage verifies . Exemplified . Flatter an easie foole , on you he 'll doate : Tell a proud foole his faults , hee 'll cut your throat . Refractory nature . Optat Ephippia bos piger arare cuballus . Dull Oxen long for saddles and the dorses ; Whil'st chaines and yoakes , desires hot stomackt horses . Addition . Dull people need the spurres , more then the saddle ; Yet Id est , marrying . yoaking may young hot-spurres better bridle . Three wilde Coach-horses . Wine , Venus , Dice , fit Iades for such a feat ; Alea , vina , Venus , tribus his sum factus egenus . Draw men to Beggers-bush without a baite . From the frying pan into the fire . From Vshing coueting himselfe to free , Incidit in Syllam , cupiens vitare Charibdem . On Sillaes Bishop and his Clerks fell hee . Womens extreme passions . Women doe fondly loue , or foulely hate ; Aut amat , aut odit Mulier , nihil est tertium . Their extreme passion hath no middle state . To reforme this error in this man . Why shouldest thou their goodnesse thus decline ? Vertue is of the Gender Foeminine . A Citizens Thrift . O Citizens , learne first your bags to fill ! O Clues Ciues , quaerenda pecunia primùm : And then ofhonesty goe learne the skill . Hels Highway . Virtus post nummos — There is an easie downe-descent to Hell : Those that goe there , doe know it too-too well . Facilis descensus Auerni . Coozening knaues . To coozen coozeners , is no cooz'ning : Fallere fallentem non est Fraus : To coozen any , it 's a knauish thing . Fallere quenquam , non est Laus . No penny , no Pater Noster . Homer , if thou nothing with thee dost bring ; Si nihil attuleris , ibis Homere foras . Thou mayst without reward without doore sing . A wicked Vbiquitary . The wicked doth his wickednesse declare Nequam nequitiam monstrat vbique suam . At all times , against all , and eu'ry where . A wise choise . Raile at me rather , till thou breake thy guts ; Mallem me vituperari quàm frigidè laudari . Then coldly praise me with thy Ifs and Buts . Customes inconuenience . What sinnes thou vsest often to commit : Consuetudo peccandi tolb't sensum peccati . Will flow from thee , without sence , feare , or wit . As for example . Reprooue a swearer , who doth vse to teare Gods holy Name : hee 'l sweare , he did not sweare , Or for your loue , or that sinne will not care . Nothing new . Nil est iam dictum quod non fuit dictum prius . Speake old words , or coine new words by the score : What-e're thou speak'st , hath spoken been before . A true inquisition . Nec me quaesiveris extra . Not of my out-side , nor of those that dwell With me , nor the report my neighbours tell : Come to me , into me , to know me well . Painters and Poets properties . — Pictoribus atque Poētis , Quodlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas . Painters and Poets haue like power and skill ; To adde , to foist , to feigne euen what they will . Wicked Women . Foeminium seruile genus , crudele , superbum . Women are of the gender feminine ; Proud , cruell , seruile ( in mine Authors time . ) Addition . A Claw . Although of women he could say so then ; Women may say so now of naughty men . Perfect patience . Optima spero , quaecunque feram . What-euer comes , I alway hope the best : And till that come , I mildly beare the rest . A good womans reward . Foemina nulla bona , sed si bona , digna Coronâ . There is not one good woman to be found : And if one were , she merits to be crown'd . In the behalfe of good women , who cannot speake for themselues . Good women , he that blurr'd you with this blot , Deserues a crowning with your chamberpot : With enuious eyes he sought for you ; or else He might haue found you with my spectacles . A Churles good . Auarus nisi cùm moritur , nihil recti facit . The couetous doth nothing as he should , Till lauish death doth spread abroad his gold . Light of beliefe . Let the wide-throated circumcised Iew Credat Iudaeus apella . Swallow it , and beleeue that it is true . Addition . The baptiz'd Papist , circumcised Turke , If for their Church aduantage it may worke ; One swallowes all , * * Vid. The Legend printed in Hen 8. time . I thinke the conformitie Presse hath suppressed it . the other all saue Whilest stigmaticall Francis in the Legend dares eate a Capon on a Friday at supper ; to worke a ridiculous miracle the next Sunday : yet to satisfie his canonicall host , can vrge our blessed Sauiours words , Mat. 15.11 . I beleeue a Turke would not swallow a miracle in his owne behalfe , if it were done by Pigs-flesh . Porke . Sweet Gaine . The smell of gaine smels pleasantly indeed , Lucri bonus est odor , ex re quâlibet . Although from stinking parcels it proceed . Hunger breakes stone walls . Of Gold the holy hunger , who can tell , Quid non mortalia pectora cogit Auri sacra fames ▪ To what will it not mortall minds compell ? Addition . Gold maketh bad men to doe what good is : Too often it makes good men doe amisse . Complaints out of Spanish . The old man weepes , for want of loue , being grieu'd : His young wife weepes , 'cause he so long hath liu'd . Addition . Sad reuerence ( he saith ) should affection moue : Sir reuerence ( she sayes ) hath out-liu'd his loue . Virgils Cloze . Come on , my Boyes , stop-vp the water-groofe , Cludite iam riuos puêri , sat prata biberunt . The thirstie Meddowes now haue drunk enough . FINIS .

A rayling Epistle , written in French by that excellently witty Doctor , Francis Rabalais : Wherein though I follow him not verbatim ; yet whoso can compare them , shall find I haue done him no wrong . THou toothlesse wither'd Hagge , defam'd , accurst ; Empty of Gods grace , by the Deuill nurst : Thou that didd'st neuer deed of Charitie ; But art the patterne of all villanie : Thou , in whose hairelesse braines ill thoughts do throng , And tak'st chiefe ioy to heare a bawdie song : Thou that didd'st neuer drinke water with wine , Senting each bed with lust , where thou hast line : Thou that doost weep at eu'ry draught thou drink'st : But hast dry eyes , when on thy sinnes thou think'st : Thou that ador'st no bed , but Priapus : Thou that didst ne'r , but for inticement blush : Thou that hast piss'd away thy vnknowne shame : Thou that hast entertain'd each one that came : Thou martyrer of men , 't is not the pose , That causeth thee to speake thus through the nose . Thou that art slow to Churchward as the louse ; But quick as lightning to a bawdy-house : Thou with whose age hot lust doth not declyne , Thou more insatiate then tyr'd Messaline . Thou stinking , with'red , stale ; thou past a whore ; Thou lust procurer , keeper of the doore : Thou that dost tempt faire Maydens to their shame , And for gaines sake , rob'st wiues of their faire name : Thou damn'd damn'd Bawd , that do'st procure thy meales , By tempting wenches to turne vp their — Thou that did'st neuer take delight to worke ; Thou in whose bosome snarling quarrels lurke ; Thou that in angrie mood dost neuer stay ; Worse then Megera or Tesiphonee , Vntill thine anger be with blood appeas'd ; Like a Shee-wolfe , that her mild prey hath seaz'd , Lyons , and Beares , and Griffins gentle bee , And free from rage , being compar'd with thee . In thee , mercy is pent ; but rage hath scope : Thou fitter for the fire , then for the rope . Thou witch that dost delight foule Toads to foster ; And alway say'st the Diuels Pater Noster . Thou that excell'st Medea in vile charmes : Thou that kill'st children in their Mothers armes ; Thou that from Heau'n canst call the crooked Moone , And make the Sunne darke at the brightest noone . For these good parts , a secret marke vnknowne , Satan hath mark't thee with , to be his owne : And he to thinke on thee , for ioy doth swell , Hoping ere long to fry thy bones in Hell . Thou soone wilt kill his ioy with future sorrow , When he shall know the Pox hath eate thy marrow . Thou whore , thou witch , thou bawd , crusted in euill , Thou that mayst be Schoolemistres to the Deuill , Thou that with stinking breath speak'st ill of many , Wert neuer heard speake good words of any : And though thy toothlesse gummes can doe no wrong , Those slanders bite , that flow from thy lewd tongue . Thou Hag , from whose blaspheming wide mouth goes Worse then ranke poyson to a fasting nose : Thy dugs by thine owne bastard brats defil'd , Are yet thought fit to nurse the Deuils child : Thy head hangs downe through thy sinnes weightines , Thy body doubles with thy wickednes : Thou Treuet , hadst thou but one mite of grace , Thou wouldst forethinke thy miserable case . What hope hast thou , continuing as thou do'st , To scape hell fire ? Hope not : to Hell thou must . Thy soule as wise , I doe repute her for it ; ( Although her purenesse did at first abhorre it ) Keepes still her loathsome Cabinet ; foreseeing , If she leaue this , her worser place of being , She needs among the damned soules must throng : And that 's the reason that thou liu'st so long . What hast thou good in thee , but onely this , That thy loath'd outside a true patterne is Of thy vile liuing ? Sinne , and want of grace , Are ditched in the wrinkles of thy face : Thou bunch-back-bug-beare-fac'd , splay-foot , Cat-hand ; Thou rough-bark'd-stinking Elder , worse then damn'd ; Thou , about whose scurse-head the Deuils flutter ; Thou viler vild , then I haue words to vtter : Amend thy lewd life ; or I sweare to thee , For one ill-fauour'd word , I 'le giue thee three .

120 Another Epistle of the same witty Author , Francis Rabelais , in praise of a graue Matrone ; translated as the former . THou reuerend Matrone , whose sweet grace & forme , Would a young , faire , sweet , hansome face adorne ; Thy modest carrying , and thy reuerend wit , Shewes that Gods grace within thy heart doth sit : Thou in whose hands are alway found good books ; But on loue-toyes thy chaste eyes neuer looks : Thou that hast in thy braines imprinted deepe Christ Iesus , who from thence ill thoughts doth keepe : In thy milde soule rich vertue hath her store ; As God giues wealth to thee , thou giu'st the poore . Thy heart is alway open to relieue , And comfort those whom miseries doe grieue : And with thine owne white hands dost not disdaine To plaister those poore folkes , whom sores doe paine . The hungry thou do'st feed with thine owne meate ; The naked , cold , with thine owne cloathes do'st heate ; Thy poore sick neighbours thou dost kindly visit ; Thou giu'st them counsell , mak'st them kitchin physick : Thou free'st poore pris'ners with thine owne estate : The fatherlesse thou do'st compassionate , And do'st so many godly deeds withall , That Iesus Christ may thee his Sister call . From foolish vanities thou turn'st thine eyes , And shutt'st thy eares against malicious lyes . Although foule sluttish smells thou do'st abhorre ; Perfumers get nothing by thee therefore . Thy table 's furnish'd with cleane , wholsome fare ; But for luxurious cates thou do'st not care : And when thou drink'st , it is pure vnmixt wine ; Not those hot drinks that vnto lust incline . Thy heart did neuer feele th' vnlawfull flame , Which hath drawne looser wiues to publique shame : Thou neuer lay'st on any am'rous bed ; But where thy husband had thy mayden-head ; And onely there for procreation , And for thy Husbands recreation : Thou art so zealous , godly , mercifull , And with such heauenly , goodly graces full ; That we may stile thee , The rich Christian Palace , Wherein the Holy Ghost doth take his solace . Thy outward graces haue such Excellence , That all salute thee with graue reuerence : Thy head is fraught with holy meditations ; Thy heart is fill'd with heau'nly consolations ; Thy eares are open to the poores sad cryes , And from them thou dost neuer turne thine eyes : Thy hands are open to each godly deed , And feet are swift , when of thy helpe there 's need . Thou art so faire , so vertuous , and so good ; Thou seem'st an Angell clad in flesh , and blood . Thou art so hansome , proper , neat , and faire , As if but yet thou a young maiden were : ( Sweet-heart beleeue ) all honest men with me , Are truly , heartily in loue with thee . Thou often hast the Bible in thy hand , And humbly pray'st , thou mayst it vnderstand ; And what with sober knowledge thou do'st reade , Thou putt'st in practice , or into thy Creede . Thou peerelesse Paragon ! thou past compare ! Such as thou art , I wish all women were . Thou Extract of good women now adayes ; Thy worthines so farre exceeds my praise ; To write it , I doe want an Angels quill ; And I as much doe need an Angels skill . If thou beest liuing , mayst thou neuer dye , I humbly pray the blessed Trinity : And that thou mayst in honour , health , and rest , Liue in this World , and in the next be blest . FINIS .

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