hath its half of mid is scant 70. Physicians and Lawyers compared To Galen Galen the feared Tyrants fear thee Why The Life and Death of Kings in thee doth lie Physicians next to God are Arbiters Of Life and Death none can their Pow'r reverse A Judge may Sentence give of Death though loth Not without Crime and witness thousans both 71. Of King People Law Kings Shepheards People Sheep Laws Fodder are For sick Sheep Doctors Kings Laws cure prepare Orthography and Orthodox Faith To the Hebrews If the Right hand the Right side should decline And the left hand the left side Both disjoyn But if the left incline to th' right the right Incline unto the left hand Both unite You Jews right Writers we right Teachers are The Spirit 's ours yours is the Letter bare 73. Few are chosen Each and sole man adores the Pow'r divine Each and sole man offends against the trine Each and sole man the Saviour came to save Sole man yet not each man this Boon shall have 74. Of salt Pits Ambiguous Though generous English have Ingeniousness Yet Salt they prize at little Wit at less Though English Salt be white and Gallick brown Yet that French Salt sells dearer than our own 75. Novelty What 's new will not continue new nor will A pleasing Novelty be pleasing still What new then solely pleaseth not 'cause new But that best pleaseth whence good doth ensue 76. Man no man Man 's born by Nature man did Arts invent Art is mans work not man Arts instrument None follow Natures Rules by Art all live And now mans work t' Himself a Work doth give 77. Authors of Sin To Grammarians Authors of Errors Autor and Auctor you too much confound Pythagoras his a saying was renown'd Th' unhappy Tree produc'd Original Sin Whence Adam are but did not first begin The Serpent Autor was Eve did proceed Adam not (b) Beginner or Author Autor (c) Increaser Auctor was indeed (a) Ipse dixit He hath said it 78. Anagram of Diabolus The Devil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vis Fraus Force Fraud The Devil like a Lion seeks to find Souls to devour with force more fierce than Wind He Fox-like spreads close frauds and secret snares Surprizing or by Force or unawares 79. To Teach and Do Acts 1.1 Preachers good words teach people to believe But their good Works more lively Doctrine give He preacheth best whose Words and Works do preach Their ill Works hurt more than their good Words teach 80. Usury and Lot Be with thy Lot content Usurious gain Is sinful with thy Lot content remain 81. Invention of Truth To the Dubious Pythagoras 't is said when Truth he found Lid sacrifice an Oxe with Garlands crown'd Truth now 's so rarely seen with mortal eyes A Calf's enough for thee to sacrifice 82. Circumcision and Baptism Thou Christ wa st Circumcis'd thou wast Baptiz'd Though neither thou did'st need yet both were priz'd Sins which both cannot purge though joyn'd together Why may not I O Christ have one of either 83. The Wisdome of Solomon and of Siracides Wisdomes two Books Apocryphal we call Wise men must then be still Apocryphal 84. On Covetous Persons Sell all that thou hast and give to the Poor This killing Letter doth all misers kill What say they doth the Spirit herein will The Spirit wills what you will not your store To give but you give nothing to the poor 85. Of Sextus Is the Church visible Thou ask'st Why Ours Is visible invisible is yours 86. An Exiles Comfort Not banish'd while I live while Earth doth stand Nor exil'd shall I be while th' Earth's call'd Land When dead exil'd from Earth I shall at rest In Heaven be blessed among the blest 87. Man an Hunter Fisher Fowler I hunt for Riches Fowl for Praise and Honour I Fish for Mysteries Would know their Donor While Fool I strive to know Proud Honours crave Sordid seek Wealth I travel to my Grave 88. Of the same The Dog hunts on the Ground Fish swim in Seas The winged Birds poys'd are in th' Air at case A wise man Fish-like sounds things hid-profound Proud men soar Bird-like covetous hunt like hound 89. Foot-mens Comfort An Horse in t ' Heaven did not Castor bear Nor rode Triptolemus in 's Chariot there Heav'ns way 's strait-narrow Foot-men travel it The broad way 's most for Horse and Chariot fit 90. Of Wax I trebly useful am for Church Laws Health I bring Divines Physicians Lawyers Wealth 91. Of a certain Fair Fickle Woman The King of Stars thee decks the Queen directs The Sun thy Face the Moon thy Breast aspects 92. Of the Soul and Body A Probleme The Greeks their Slaves did Bodies call because The Soul 's free from the servile Bodies Laws A Lord 's the Bodies Lord a King 's its King But not the Souls From God Souls solely spring Bodies begotten are But Souls divin'd Deduce from God their unbegotten kind 93. Of Christs Miracles To one incredulous Thy Faith 's not great wonders thou canst do none Nor hast thou Faith to credit what are done 94. The old Testament A Testament while the Testator lives Is of no force invalid nothing gives Yet Gods word 's call'd th' old Testament But why Sith God who did ordain it cannot die 95. The New Testament This was of Christ call'd the new Testament By few first now by general consent Yet not a letter of this Book was writ While the Testator liv'd t' attestate it 96. All things are full of Errors Cic. Physicians are sick Lawyers mistake Many Divines pass to th' infernal Lake 97. Against all Nations One only God one man did make on Earth One man once made to many Gods gave Birth 98. On Atheists Fear first taught to fear God But now alas The fear of God without all fear doth pass 99. To his Mecaenas William Sidley c. Who to thee wisheth not old Nestors years Would wishes serve before thou climb the Sphears I wish thee not more years one year wish I I wish thee Plato's year before thou die 100. On Cotta a poor and foolish writer Thou sayst thou wantst new Clothes That 's true I grant But I think rather thou new Wit dost want The End of the Second Book EPIGRAMS OF John Owen AN OXONIAN AND CAMBRO-BRITAIN To his Mecaenas Roger Owen Knight The Third Book 1. To Roger Owen his Mecaenas IT is thy Vertue Vertue to propose To be thy Study this thy Judgement chose Where thou most Vertue find'st thou lov'st it there While thou with the most vert'ous art Compeer 2. To Ponticus Sound-unsound In health and wealth thou dost with Pride abound But when thou shalt be sick thou wilt be sound 3. What a Clock is' t Death creeps on Life and Age on youth The while 'T is ask'd What is' t a Clock Hours us beguile 4. Bacchus his Deifying Wine Truth doth speak doth secret things display Dry Souls are silent moyst things open lay
To the same Thou who before thy Birth a burden were Unto thy Parent born her honour art 3. To the Reader of his Book Lest this my Book displease the candid Eye I fear and fear lest it with Fools comply 4. The Virgin Birth of Elizabeth Queen of England 1602. England and Scotland are united by Th' auspicious Birth of thy Virginity T' unite then multiply's of greater worth And thou best Parent by not bringing forth 5. To the Hollander 1602. Thou not against Minerva's will didst fight Whil'st Englands Pallas back'd thee with her might But thy fate chang'd Death like Ulysses come Took hence thy Pallas and Palladium 6. To James King of Great Britain c. The Golden Age is come long since foretold When but one King should wear Brute's Crown of Gold Who should the Britains that divided were Unite of Peace should th' Olive Branches bear That having Peace all good unt ' us comes forth We now may say most truly from (a) For Owen Grandfather to King Henry the seventh came from North Wales And King James from thâ— North of great Britain the North. 7. To the Prince Great Britaines Hope son of so great a Sire Half of each Parent for Example higher Almost than imitation in rare Parts Follow'd by few belov'd in all mens hearts Hadst thou these vertues from thy Sires instinct Or from thy Mothers Breasts from both I think 't 8. Basilicon Doron to the King None needs this Author none this Book proclaim He This This Him resounds with Trump of Fame 9. To the Lady Mary Neville Thy Glass reflects thee fair fame calls thee chast Thou nor from Glass nor Fame a fable hast Fame that of all things hath the swiftest wing Dares not presume thy fame to stain or sting 10. Of her daughter Cecily No Painter can delineate the mind Yet in this Picture thou thy self maist find 11. To the Candid Reader My good Verse best indifferent mine ill Kind Reader thou dost call with candid will To the malevolent Reader My bad Verse worst indifferent my good Thou call'st black Reader so thy censure stood 12. Hercules By-way Some in Quadruples some in Triples erre Th' Herculean Duple is most sinister 13. Of Vertue Vertue contemneth praise though praise incline To Vertue Shadows as to Bodies joyn For Vertue 's real praise but verbal bare As Bodies something Shadows nothing are 14. Lifes Dyal From East to West without return am I Born yesterday live this day next day die 15. Of God So great thy Greatness Euclide could not show And such as Aristotle did not know 16. Of an Atheist There is no God the Fool in secret saith But none so soolish as to make 't his Faith If none a God deny who 's th' Atheist he Who doth desire that there no God should be 17. Charity As Wives where loveless there do faithless prove So 's Faith depriv'd of Charitable love 18. Dives and Lazarus The Gospel doth a nameless Rich man blame Where Lazarus hath an eternal Name 19. Increase and Multiply The first man was at first but one till God Of him made two evening the number odd After when God unt ' Eve did Adam tye God made them one again to multiply God first made one then two then as before He made them one to multiply the more 20. Union Divine is Union Division evil's For there 's one God innumerable Devils 21. Three Tempters The World Flesh Devil are three Sophisters In Logick he in Rhet'rick they converse 22. The Spirit and Flesh. Me Flesh and Spirit hither thither force Jove Caesar are in me Competitors Peace to you both were you but once at Peace Peace then in all the world would soon increase 23. Man to Man a God Wolf Man is to man a God a Wolf why when For Christ's a God Adam a Wolf to men 24. God's word Men few things see God all things sees foresees Hence men speak often God but once decrees 25. The Broad and Narrow way The Scripture bids us strive 't is our concern To walk the Narrow way to Life eterne If that way leads us not t' inherit Bliss The broader way will lead us down to Dis. 26. St. John Baptist. The Baptist Christ preceded as the Light Precedes the Sun brings day dispells the night 27. Of Autumn Autumn shakes off the Leaves and for man's use Produceth fruit let us the like produce 28. The Misery of Life Who long would live wretched although and poor That is he would be wretched more and more Poor-wretched Irus dies against his will That iâ— he would be poor and wretched still 29. Of Nature and Grace Nature like to the Moon gives pallid Light Grace like the Sun more splendid shines and bright 30. The Catechism Twelve things thou must believe must pray for seven And ten things do if thou wilt enter Heaven 31. A Rich Man Why are few rich men sav'd because their bent Repents Expences nothing else repent 32. O guileful Hopes O rather guileful things our Hope a friend Most faithful us concomitates to th' end 33. The Redeemer One man by dying man from Death hath freed Which was to man for one mans sin decreed Christ all things did post-pone lost man to win Contemn'd-condemn'd O Adam for thy sin 34. The Holy Spirit As Doves to whitest Houses soonest come So th' holy God makes cleanest Hearts his home 35. Fortitude The Wise doth know the Just will do what 's right Who dares thus shall b' esteem'd a man of might 36. Of a King Law where 's no King 's like light when Sun 's away King where 's no Law 's like Sun without a Ray. People first chose a King The King with them Made Laws yet subject to the Diadem 37. A Welch Man English and Scots by name are one with thee Now Welch-man sole thou shalt not British be 38. English-Scots Disjoyn'd in Laws what Law shall them conjoyn The Kingdoms safety best of Laws divine 39. Henry the Roses James the Kingdoms To the King The Roses English colours Red and White Like Cadmus new-sprung Host ingag'd in Fight And as the Twins which one Egge did include Do Rise and Set in a vicissitude As Day the Night as Night succeeds the Day The Roses so did bear alternate sway Till Mother Mona (a) A British Proverb Mon Mam Gymri in English thus Anglisey the Mother of Wales British Angles'y An Isle which Tacitus not tacitely Recordeth happy Mother happier By bearing British Owen Theodor From whom arose a Noble Prince a Rose Whose Wife and Mother sprung from Stem of those Who thousand dangers pass'd in Nuptial Bed United (b) Remarkable here that the Triple Empire of Britain by a certain occult Fate was restored to the British Blood 1 The Kingdom of Scotland by Stuart 2 The Kingdom of England by Tyder 3 The Empire of the whole Island by James the first descended from both both the Roses White and Red. Which Union lest Change or
all Arts laid up in Natures breast That man might thence require acquire the best 90. Adams Apology Why am I blam'd as Author of mans sin I sin'd not first Eve did to me begin 91. The Serpent Thou thy self-tempter self-deceiver wert None did attempt to tempt or thee pervert 92. Still the same One God in all the World was is and shall Why is not then the same one faith for all One faith like day the world t' enlighten even As one Sun 's in the Sky one God in Heaven 93. Mental Prayer Let Soul be pure House Oratory Reader The Spirit cleansed Heart Prayers the Pleader 94. The five Wounds Balsoms not wounds were th' wounds which Christ endur'd For by those wounds our wounds are clos'd are cur'd 95. Feigned Friendship While the dark World the Suns bright beams accend The shadow on the body doth attend But when Clouds intervening shade the shine The shadow doth thy body then decline While Fortune smiles thy friends will follow thee As shadows Bodies when Sun shines we see 96. Vertue Vertue consisteth not in words but Deeds Faith Hope and Charity are Herbs not Weeds 97. Rachel Why dost bewail thy loss in thy lost Son Thou brought'st him forth with pain with grief he 's gone 98. Solomon So many Miracles as wise men are For than a wise man what 's more strange more rare But Solomon's before the seven Sages He 's then the first not the Eighth by our Suffrages 99. Hope Sith in things future artless is my Skill Why should I hope for good or fear what 's ill Yet I despair not without hope I die Long hope prolongs my short Lifes Brevity 100. Mans Ignorance I scarce know what 's to live no wonder I Then know not what 't is to be born or die 101. Christ the Way Would'st know the way which doth unt ' Heaven tend The Way from Heaven doth to thee descend 102. Of Fame Seek vertue but the praise thereof disclaim Not of the man the praise is but the Name 103. Faith Faith in Pythag'ras principles 's a Prince His Ipse dixit did convince-evince 104. Aequanimity Whether Deaths hour be come or not abhor it To be too willing or unwilling for it 105. Newest Times The Times which first produced things in view Were the New Times for then the world was new Tell me learn'd Reader of the Books inroll'd Whether our Times be the New Times or Old 106. The Will Wilt thou be good Will sole it shall be so Who gave thee Will will on thee Pow'r bestow 107. To the Sun Fair Phoebus who twice fourscore times by guess Art than th' Earth greater though thou seemest less Thou who to me poor worm so small dost seem How little Ah am I in thine esteem 108. Honesty The wise man than the good 's more wise no matter While that the good is than the wise man better 109. Man His Heart 's but care his flesh a Carkass and Sickness his Birth his Life at Deaths command 110. Multiloquy to a Preacher Multiloquy shews Ignorance what needs So many words when thou dost see the Deeds 111. Death with and against Nature By Natures course O Death thou shouldst not gather Nor take away the Son before his Father In Life and death we Natures Rules apply Nature will have men live will have men die 112. Eloquence Not to speak much but well is Eloquence As fertile Fields good fruit not much dispence 113. God As from our sight thick Clouds the Skies obscure So God's invisible to minds impure None have seen God and few have heard Him speak Hence (a) Faith is by Hearing Love by Seeing Faith 's so rare but Love 's more rare more weak 114. To Ponticus Thou ask'st what years thou hast I answer None For what thou had'st thou hast not they be gone 115. Love and Friendship to Carolus From a long custom Nature doth dissent As Love from friendship differs in th' extent 116. Princes You seem to shew a zealous-pious care For true Religions Progress to prepare But your Religion moves t' have Honour more Not th' Honour true Religion to restore 117. O Times O Manners Why doth man blame the Manners and the Times Imputing to their pravities his Crimes In Times or Manners is no fault at all Not by Them in Them are we criminal 118. Philosophy All much would know but to believe it few Hence many much believe yet few do know 119. Infinite Evil. Born but one way a thousand waies we die Our thousand Sores have but one Remedy 120. Of Controversies Divines contend and yet is their contest Under the Judge O would it there might rest Divines contend and of the Judge complain O would that all the strife did there remain Or that in us there was such strife of Love As Love of strife in ev'ry Sphere doth move 121. Christ on the Cross. When Christ was Crucifi'd two Thieves between Then Vertue never or i' th' midst was seen 122. Times Daughter Though truth be sometimes hid 't will be proclaim'd Hence by the Greeks it is (a) Without Obliviâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nam'd 123. Physick and Law If Mortals would as Nature dictates live They need not Fees to the Physicians give If men were wise they need not have their Cause Pleaded prolonged by th' ambiguous Laws So Bartolus might Feeless go to Bed And Mice corrode Hippocrates unread 124. Man and Wife The total House us holds not when we chide But one Bed serves us both when pacifi'd 125. The shortest Day One Day the last is our Lifes shortest Day For it is next our End and will away 126. Vertues Complaint Rare 's love of love love of Vertue 's rare Price is now priz'd and Honours honour'd are Riches are prostitute Coyn Money buyes And Vertue 's vile she must her own worth prize 127. An hard Father A sparing Father is most liberal T' his Son For dying he doth leave him all 128. A Prayer to God in Sickness Nature of Nature O good God when I Can live no longer give me will to die 129. To a litigious Person If Judge to thee be deaf thy Cause is lost Thy gain is vain Experience with cost 'T is better Judges please than plead the Laws Those before these indulge unto thy Cause 130. Of Brunonius Our Fathers instituted Fasts that they Their Flesh the Spirit that it might God obey But with full Table thou keep'st Fast that thence Thy Spirit may thy flesh thy flesh serve sense 131. Time Age all things brings all things bears hence with it All things have Time and Time hath all things fit 132. Miracles Sith Miracles are ceas'd what shall I speak Is Gods hand shorter or our faith more weak 133. To Irus Thou still wouldst live but live thou caust not still Though still to live thou maist dost wish and will But sith thou liv'st so poor I know not why Though life thou will'st thou should'st not wish to die 134.
Masters can perform great things 84. Of Ruffus An Hypocrite Thou sayst that Ignorance makes men devout Thou then shalt be the chief of all that Rout. 85. To the English A Probleme Wherefore do Spanish French Italian Sleight Wives They reckon Women not * Hommes Femmes Hombres Mugeres Huomini Donne Humane 86. To Cinna A Physician Thou cur'st Diseases How Thou kill'st the Sick And what thou dost like Judas thou dost quick Thy Patient is blest Thou wilt not wrong His Patience to let him languish long 87. We have one Advocate in Heaven One Advocate we have in Heav'n saith Paul Are no more Advocates within that Hall 88. To one young in years old in manners Why doth the Gout which doth unt ' age belong Thee vex A Souldier Scholar and so young The Gout mistook it saw thee grave and sage And took thee for an old man fulâ— of age 89. Anger is a short fury Though wrath be short 't is not for fury sit If furious 't is fit to shorten it 90. To Henry Good-yeer Knight Kal. Jan. 1610. What new-years Gift shall I present to thee I wish (a) A good year thy Name thou many years mayst see 91. Love Active and Passive To Pontia Wilt know what differs I'm lov'd from I love That I suppose My knowledge this doth prove 92. To the Prince My dreams by night are much of Royal Gold But in the morning there 's no Gold all 's cold If thou O Prince wilt with thine Hand assist I shall have Real Gold not in a Mist. 93. Arithmetical Division To J. S. Merchant 1607. Though living thou give nothing to thy Friends The total Sum at Death in nothing Ends. 94. The Court Louse The pratling Parasite through all the court To Grandees Chambers make their most resort So this vile Beast the Louse doth ost infest Mens Bodies but their Heads above the rest 95. Aesculapius Three-fac'd The Physick Doctor seems three-fac'd to be Unto the Sick God Man and Devil 's he In giving Physick he doth seem a Man If the disease be cur'd a God he 's than If Health 's restor'd and the disease destroy'd When Doctor comes for Fees Satan avoid 96. Of Galatea The Stag 't is said his Horns doth yearly mew Thine Husband daily doth his Horns renew 97. Waters and Earths Epithalamy All generated are in Earth and Water Both these God hath united former later That nothing to Man-kind unkind should prove Th' Earth lieth under Water flows above Earth's waters Wife Both one Globe constitute And well concurr Humor doth (a) The Ground Hume salute 98. Of the same Why Water which flows round doth slow from th' Earth 'Cause Thirst this should not suffer nor that Dearth 99. Death 's in the Pot. To Court Criticks Is Death i' th' Pot or Port that is in (a) With the antient Latines Olla and Aula signifie the same Court For Plautus saith Pot Court the same import 100. The Deluge A double Probleme Why saith the (a) So sound as a Fish Proverb As a Fish so sound Fish sole was sav'd when all the World was drown'd All drown'd why were the Fish from drowning freed Because the Mother would preserve her breed 101. A Cole of Wood. Born in the Fire and perishing thereby Woods spoiling I deserve by Fire to die 102. Of Gellia Thou from thy youth a Papist wert But now Worse Papist art How Catholick art thou 103. Of Aulus As ost as Sickness casts thee on thy Bed Or hollow Tooth doth ake or stupid Head O would I were in Heaven from this smart Thou sayst Thine Heir saith O would thou wert 104. A Woman what Creature Virgins untouch'd want sense and Husbands grant To them their sense but then they Reason want 105. Reason and Oratory Rhet'rick's the Palm and Dialect's the fist This Combats that Triumphs within the List. 106. Testicles To signifie the Sex or is our Name Call'd Testicles t' attest thy Sin-thy Shame 107. Upon the Death of Hen. Cuff 1600. Learn'd well in Greek happy thine Alpha was But thine Omega hapless prov'd Alas 108. Of Festus Wilt marry now th' art old If thou bâ—â— wise With Lillies learned Grammer first advise There indeclinable the Horn thou 'lt find Old men have seldome that hard Rock declin'd 109. Sir Thomas Moore Imprison'd Moore to guess what would befall Inspects his Urne in an Urinall He saw no signs of Death But had he seen The Kings the signs there of his death had been 110. Of Cornelius Thou knowst Th' art Horn'd tacite Cornelius Now thou shalt be Cornelius Tacitus A Tripple Lie Vented Invented Painted 111. On Tullus Carvers invent the painters paint a Lie Who vents it Thou Thou dost adventure high The End of the First Book THE SECOND BOOK OF JOH OWENS Epigrams To Prince Henry 1. To Henry Prince of Wales GOD grant thee will the best the Truth to know Who gave these gifts can * It is good to be Great better to be Learned best to be Good greatest Gifts bestow 2. To James of Great Britain c. King the Best-Greatest Tyrants are fear'd of all fear all Nor wants Their fearing force fearful concomitants No need for thee O thou great King of Kings Best King to fear such formidable things 3. Hysteron Proteron In Englishâ— The Cart before the Horse Cambridge and Oxford words so plac'd in force Are like to these The Cart before the Horse 4. On a decrepit Husband of a third Wife First Clotho Lachesis thy second wife Thy third wife Atropos cuts off thy life 5. Love Imprison'd-Liberty Peace-war sweet-sowre Hope-fear Gall-honey Love doth laugh and lowre 6. Minos A Judge who to be Just on Bribes doth look Is like a Fish which while it takes is took 7. Doubtfulness Both I suspect know neither ready either To credit Phoebus he can tell me whether 8. To the Princes Secretary Honours mens former Manners ' change in Fine 'T is the worlds course but 't is no course of thine Thou changed dost not change 'T is strange to see Some follow fortune but she follows thee 9. To Thomas Puckeringe Knight and Baronet Dear Thomas if to speak such things be fit I first did exercise thy noble Wit I thy first Tutor was thou Pupil mine I am not what I was but still am thine 10. Three Draughts First draught thirst past present the next abates And the third future thirst anticipates 11. A double Riddle Tell me t' her Mother that was spous'd what (a) Eve womaâ— Her (b) Adam Mother being Man Her (c) Goâ— Father no Man 12. Of Faith A five-fold Anagram True Faith is sure no Schismatick nor Greek Nor Creete whose Faith is fleeting or to seek 13. To Sir Edward Cooke Knight a learned Lawyer Judge c. The Laws of Nature Nature of the Laws Thou knowst thou judgest Clients and their cause Thine Answers our Apollo are more clear Than th' Oracles that were at Delphos were Thou cutt'st off present
nothing left In Love he lost Faith Hope All ill did prove What 's left him now to lose at last sole Love 94. An Anagram Gerere Regere To bear Rule and to bear are proper where Is Man and Wife Let Man Rule Woman bear 95. A forsaken Lover As Tophets Fire is burning without light So me thy Love doth burn though nothing bright My Love to thee 's like Elementar fire It shines but burns thee not with my desire 96. The punishment of Thais A Probleme Sith in her former not her hinder part Thais did offend why should her hinder smart Whether because the sin before was sign'd The Punishment must therefore come behind 97. Irus his Obsequies The Poor is like a Quartan not one Bell For the Poor's tacite Fun'ral rings a knell 98. The Epitaph of Croesus and Irus Under a Marble Tomb lies Croesus there But Irus where The Poor lies ev'ry where 99. Of Momus That I might love approve or praise in thee Or that I envy might I nothing see 100. Unite no number Of Forreign writers and Britannicks Tone I of no number am yet I am one The End of the First Book EPIGRAMS OF John Owen AN OXONIAN AND CAMBRO-BRITAN To William Sidley Knight and Baronet The Second Book 1. To a Critical Courtier Labor Labos Englished Labour Arbor Arbos Englished A Tree Honor Honos Englished Honour THese words the same in sense but not in sound He 's wise that with the last of them is crown'd 2. Faith Reason demonstrates God makes it our Creed And by this Reason Faith is Reasons deed 3. God God all things sees and yet is seen of none Sole in all places seen unseen alone 4. To William Sidley Knight and Baronet c. Thy sundry Languages thy skill i' th' Laws Arts Piety sublime thee with applause Thy counsel many poor thy money have Thus Vertue leads the Journey to the Grave Live so to Christ thy Countrey to thy King Thy self till Angels thee to Glory bring 5. To John Sidley only Son of the aforenamed William Sidley Thou Janus art but sole in name now young Thy Father emulate in Deed ere long Thou shalt be Janus hard 't is to precel Thy Father if thou equal'st him 't is well 6. A perpetual Equinoctial To a blind man Thy Days and Nights are equal thou canst see Nor Day nor Night Aequators all to thee 7. To Ponticus an Anabaptist Wouldst keep good diet for thy Souls Salvation Sup oft wash once in thy Regeneration 8. The Gods of Inconstancy Romans Vertumnus Greeks Proteus ador'd What people make not each of these their Lord 9. Wheel-grease Men grease their Axle-trees left Wheels should creak But Lawyers must be greas'd to make them speak 10. Of Harpalus the reputed Father of two Sons The Son that bears thy name is not thine own But he that bears anothers thine is known 11. The Creation of Woman When Paul the Gospel preach'd his language then Was us'd (a) Men Fathers and Brethren not unto Women but to men O Brethren pray but not O Sisters pray The Priest in saying of the Mass doth say When Moses most exactly doth relate The things which God in order did create God solely good who nothing made in vain Or useless God saith Moses did explain And call his Works all good excepting one When he the Woman made of Adam's Bone 12. Of Papinianus and Ponticus He saith he cannot err and yet doth err This that he may but errs not doth averr 13. Of Tustonus Tuston is dead Now dead his Coyn doth come Rising out of his Chest as from a Tomb. 14. Of Sin and Punishment The Doctors place Sin with Non-Entities Why place they not its Punishment there likewise 15. Of the Moors who paint Angels Black and Devils White Art cannot Metamorphose Black to White But Art roakes White take Black though black as night Divines affirm no Devil can repent Satan's not White then Black 's his Element 16. L' Argent faict tout Whence comes it that after so many slain English and French each in their own Land raign The (a) L' escu Shield O generous France advanc'd thy Van (b) L' Angelot An Angel England was thy Guardian 17. Of a certain Drunkard Nothing 's more thirsty than dry pratling Bess Thy Wife prates more than thee why drinks she less 18. Verona Placentia Beneventum To an Italian Few pass Verona from to Benevent Thou shalt be Placent if * Ben-venuto per tutto Bene-volent 19. Time Truth Hatred Truth is Times Daughter Hatred's Mother is Then Hatred's Nephew unto Time by this 20. Daughter of Time I who Times Daughter was in times of yore Am I Times Daughter now as heretofore Daughter of those not of these Times am I Times Daughter 's Christ th' Eternal Deity 21. Wedlock Love No weddings but much Love 's in Heaven above On Earth are many Weddings but no Love 22. The Decalogue the Lords Prayer and the Apostles Creed One Love ten Precepts One Hope seven votes Twelve Articles one Faith Religion notes 23. To Calistratus Pain'd with the Spleen said I 's a painful thing The Spleen doth laughing cause doth weeping bring 24. The Sun Three Planets higher lower three there be Thy Vertue Sol 's amid the double three 25. A Metaphor Bare knowledge knows not Natures voice no sound Of Natures words in Dictionary's found Farmers by Figures do their Sense express Rusticks their talk with City language dress Mans as to words t' his life doth figures give 'T is figur'd all and as we speak we live 26. Christ a Divine Physician Lawyer Christ here on Earth was a Physician A Preacher is in Heaven a Judge God-Man 27. Of Law English-Welsh-French Di-rect (a) Droit the French doth say (b) Cys-raith Welsh say Cor-rect But Law 's call'd (c) Right Right in th' English Dialect Erring's directed Errors are by Law Corrected Laws Rule rules keeps all in awe 28. Castor and Pollux In Heaven the two Brother-Stars agree In Earth I doubt scarce two such Brothers be 29. What is deferr'd is not auferr'd Long Life deferrs but takes not Death away What differs then to die this or next day 30. Venale Honours Apology To the Baronets Gold Honour Lands are Goods which Fortune lends And what on mans Arbitrement depends Health Beauty Strength the Bodies Goods These three And the Minds Goods from Price from sale are free 'T is madness to sell Bodies sinful Souls Fortune to sell to buy no Law controuls 31. Authority and Reason In humane words not who but what I weigh In words divine not what but who doth say 32. Luci-fer The splendid Planet Venus doth adorn With her resplendent Ray the Night the Morn In Heaven she still waits upon the Sun Why then the light on Earth should Venus shun 33. Of the end of the World The Worlds beginning Genesis unt ' us Moses declar'd could not its (a) Exitus Exodus 34. To Pontilian Whether two Wives
both good or one a bad Were best to marry with thy Querie's had If I must choose I then would choose the least Of both these Evils one though bad is best 35. Love is the fulfilling of the Law Of the ten Precepts keep two of the two Keep one that 's Love it will suffice This do 36. Devotion The pious people caus'd the Clergy's weal Ungrateful off-spring of religious Zeal 37. Of Heaven and Earth Th' Earth's greatest part is hid Heav'n spreads abroad I think that th' Earth's asham'd of Men her load 38. To Aulus On Sextus Of Quintus Me Sextus envies him I pity I Quintus who me not envies I envy 39. Of Pollio Thy Wife thou dost forsake but why Before Thou didst her wed thou saidst she was a Whore A Pre-contract doth Wedlock break I know But why a Pre-contact should do 't me show 40. Meer trifles To Thou truly saidst that Whores meer trifles are For Harlots skins are always base and bare 41. To banish'd Pannicus A Probleme In Exile free thou liv'st as 't were the while Thy native Soil did thee from it exile Which of these Fortunes gives thee best content Freedome abroad or from home Banishment Rather I would for I disclose my mind From home live free than live at home confin'd 42. The Evening The Sun declin'd behind leaves little light So Gods sole back was shew'd to Moses sight The Morning Wee see bright Phoebus shine in th' Orient Th' Antipodes on 's Back look discontent 43. Baptism to the Jew Baptism doth cure but Circumcision wound The Laws wounds are by Baptism rendred sound 44. Heatuontimoroumenos Self-vexing While Death to shun Life to preserve poor Man Doth vex himself the space of all his span â—rute Beasts enjoy the present Life's supply Living they live and when they die they die 45. To William Sidley Knight and Baronet Thy noble worth doth Gold doth Honour merit Yet both flag far beneath thy gen'rous spirit 46. To J. P. A brisk wise Wife that Latine speaks and Greek That can dispute in Logick thou dost seek One that the Major and the Minor takes And from bad Premisses worse sequence makes One that was vers'd in puny Naturals While puny Maid now Mistress of her Art in all 's One that can render all Opponents mute And of all entities can well dispute â—f such a Wife so rational were mine â— would exchange with thee though brute were thine 47. On Ramista bipartite Thou first definest then what was defin'd Thou dost divide defin'st-divid'st each kind The whole thou in so many parts dissect'st That now thy comment's longer than the Text's 48. To Saint Paul Of the City of God Thou for thy self when threatned with the Scourge A Citizen of Rome to be didst urge But in the fatal day of final Doom Wilt serve to plead that priviledge of Rome 49. Christ. Christ came into this World saw mortal men Death overcame returned into Heaven 50. To W. Cambden Of his Britannia Great Britains Isle almost forgot almost In Lethe's Lake of black Oblivion lost In name in fame by thee reduc'd alive Thou shalt in her while she survives survive 51. To Perpenna Like a Parenthesis thy fore-head is Horn'd Crescent-like An hard Parenthesis An hard Metathesis Thy Wife too free Of flesh all flesh doth make all Horn of thee 52. Of Vices and Riches No man doth crimeless live or Coinless here A full fill'd Purse from crime is seldome clear 53. Apology of Death and the Shambles If Death no Youths Butchers no Bullocks kill'd The World with Fools and Calves would soon be fill'd 54. Eve and Proserpine compar'd The Serpent Eve seduc'd and Proserpine Was caught by Pluto's specious design Eve fell from Paradise to prejudice For eating th' Apple which she thought no Vice And Proserpine might have escaped Dis Had she not been surpriz'd in that Abyss Death captiv'd Eve and Pluto Proserpine This of feign'd Jove that Child of Jove divine Both took forbidden things this Flow'rs that Fruit Like Punishments to their like Sins did suit 55. Astrologer and Geographer You two the total World divide The Stars Astrologers th' Earth claim Geographers 56. To Fannia Noble Fair Poor Fann'a thou-fain wouldst with some rich man wed But for thy Poverty canst not be sped Though thou be nobly born of fair aspect The sordid Lover Wealth doth more affect In Categoricks substance sole we find More prevalent in Love than form or kind 57. Con-sci-ence Love's Verbal now not regal as of yore Belief depends on sense not reasons score Religion scars i' th' Head not sinks i' th' Heart It in the Brain not Breast doth act its part 58. An unspotted Sacrifice Gods Temple 's th' Earth Altar the Cross the Priest The Sacrifice and Sacrificer's Christ. 59. Of Mortal and Venial Sin To Christ. Thy Death hath clear'd the Sins men double call Thy Cross doth Mortal Sins make Venial 60. Upon in-hospitable persons 〈◊〉 to those houses am no Page nor Guest Whose Gates are to the Thresholds fast when Feast 61. Another the same His own none others let him be that 's mine Let him be friendly that 's my Friend in fine 62. Suffer little Children to come unto me The wanton flesh doth youth to sin seduce Old age in wickedness is more profuse Hence I suspect that few scarce one in seven Of old men or of young men enter Heaven 63. Of Paracelsus She Salt of th' Earth Christ his Disciples nam'd Why then that th' Earth is salt have * Paracelsians Chymists fam'd 64. Of Eggs. The second Person humane form assum'd The third like an Egg-breeding Dove was plum'd The great Creator Birds and Fishes blest Egg-breeders not Life-breeders had his Test. 65. Of Rome and the World Old Rome was square and then the World was round The World 's now square and new Rome Wheels hath found 66. Magical Generation If Satan man succumb in Womans stead No Child from such coition can proceed But if like man h' incumb a Woman thence Some monstrous birth may chance t' have Effluence 67. Of Bread and Butter In Genesis I (a) Bara the first Word in Genesis Bara (b) Menin the first in Homers Iliads Bara in Welsh signifies Bread Menin Butter Menin find In th' Iliads two Welsh words one (c) by Scripture divin'd 68. The Age of Moses and David Mans life is (a) Gen. 6.3 six-score years as Moses said And (b) Deut. 34.7 he so many years liv'd undecay'd King David said man in his Pilgrimage Lives (c) Psal. 90.10 This Psalm is called a Prayer of Moses the man of God threescore years and ten (d) 2 Sam. 5.4 such was his age Each of them liv'd so long before they di'd As each had said his Death each propheci'd He who taught Moses David the Divine Their days to number wills thee (e) Psal. 90.12 number thine 69. Even and uneven Number Each Number hath its mid odd half doth want What 's even