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
Knowledge Methinks they sole are happy here below That either all things or else no things know 135. Christ. As Morning ends the Night begins the Day So thou Death's End wert and Lifes rising Ray. 136. Who art Thou Whom do mine Eyes behold mine Eyes are blind What sees my mind my mind doth want a mind If my best part my mind it doth not know How can I what I am unto thee show 137. The Kingdom of Heaven Why do so few the Kingdom gain of Heaven Because the way 's so strait uncouth uneven 138. Grief and Pleasure Mans heart and body present Grief doth grieve Future with fear doth vex past doth relieve Present Delight bought with past pain doth please But fear of future pain doth it disease 139. Peter Jerusalems last High Priest Caiaphas was But Romes first High Priest was they say Kephas 140. Of Sleep If Sleep be but as Death Death but as Sleep The more I Sleep the less of Life I keep 141. Rome The world begun Abel was kill'd by Cain Rome Founded Remus was by Rom'lus slain The world and Rome with blood alike stain'd stand Both did begin in blood by Brothers hand 142. Mans Perfection The chief Perfection of ev'ry Creature Is to return t' its principles by Nature Then I shall perfect be when I return My Soul to God my Body to mine Urne 143. Lord increase our Faith Luk. Cap. 17. Faith needs not an increase but a decay Sith scarce so many men as Faiths bear sway Each hath his Faith his Tutor of his own Never more Faiths more faithless men were known Lord diminish our Faith 144. On the Covetous He Hercules Nil ultra doth pass by And Carolus Plus ultra doth apply 145. Good Transcending Good all transcends and boundless is alone None therefore in the world is good not one 146. All is Vanity Heraclite living would our Manners mourn Our Times Democritus would laugh to scorn Though to deride what vain on Earth is seen Democritus hath not enough of spleen Nor to lament poor Mortals miseries Heraclitus hath tears in both his Eyes 147. Of Epicurus Young men complain that short's their youthful sport And old men murmur that their Life 's so short The life of pleasure pleasures life arise Both short who vilipends them both is wise 148. Works Good men shall follow their good works But then Their wicked works shall follow wicked men 149. Wisdoms Beginning None would for Heaven hope if none fear'd Hell Fear in the prudent hope creates 't is well 150. Of Battologus Thou not content to tire the learned ear With words and with vain babbling Time to tear But after a Tautology long spun Dost yet complain that Time too fast did run Return unt ' Oxford and distinguish better Thy Sermon long short time was not thy debtor 151. Of the same Learn'd Tullies long Orations seem not long Nor would thy Sermons couldst thou clip thy Tongue 152. Of Polytheans O foolish folk what madness doth y' insnare To think there be more Gods than worlds there are 153. Of Wit and Study Wit if not whet with Study waxeth null As Knives without the Whetstones help are dull Wit is by Study cherish'd perish'd there As Whetstones make Knives sharp and sharpning tear 154. Know thy Self None knows himself aright yet mind he can Himself a Child when old a younger man 155. Long Art short Life An Age to make one wise doth not suffice Death 's at our backs before we can be wise 156. Of Moranus an old man Not to be learn'd but to be unlearn'd by thee Are many things if thou wilt better be But how thou wilt unlearn or learn wilt thou To be made good thus old is hopeless now 157. To D. T. Twice wretched thou because once fortunate Twice happy 's he who wretched was of late 158. All seek their own The Laick Gain not Christ seeks uncontroll'd And thou O Clerick seek'st not God but Gold 159. Of Brunonius Why doth the Pest as is suppos'd attest God's wrath sith thee the Pest doth not infest The reason 's ready and a solid one Thou to thy Country art a Pest alone 160. Respect thine End Look back on thy beginning and thine End Foresee scorn Earth in Soul unt ' Heav'n ascend 161. Sense Reason Faith Charity God Sense without Reason Reason faithless Dull Faith without love love without God is null 162. Of Prudence Prudence is useful matters to dispence And of three Vertues is the Quintessence For what is Good in Life she doth impart As Logick teacheth what is Truth in Art 163. To his Parents Dear Parents I am of your Flesh and Bone You both are in my Flesh yet Flesh but one 164. Prudence and Fortitude Wise men must ills beware Strong must them bear That those may suffer none these none may fear 165. In the sweat of thy Brows c. He that injoyn'd thee t' eat thy bread in sweat Will not to th' idle give th' eternal Meat 166. Of Faith and Charity As Trees first planted are e're Fruit they bear So where are vertues faith must first appear Life lives by Faith not without Love as poor Do live in hope yet labour more and more Faith's first Love's chief for 't is a vertue great God to believe to love God's more compleat 167. If thy right Eye c. Mat. 5.29 If the Right Eye by sinning oft must out The world would suddenly be blind no doubt 168. Christian Adverbs Adverbs all Adjectives do far excel God less rewards good Deeds than Deeds done well 169. Lifes Brevity T' an unborn Infant and an old man dead Time 's all alike that 's future this is fled Abate time past abate the time to come From both how little then 's Lifes total Summ. 170. Like for like To Aulus Thy Predecessors Facts thou dost not read Strange if Posterity read thine when dead 171. Time Time things Devourer us and all out-wears We wear out Time and thus are we compeers 172. Abundant Caution Not temerous nor timerous nor late Art quickly wary not precipitate Is nature fearful Prudence strength prepares None danger fears of danger that bewares 173. John opposing Though all Antiquities oppose thy sense Thou canst them all with one word No convince 174. Justification Do Faith or Facts sole justifie declare Facts Faith by God sole justified are 175. Doomsday When all for all their works shall t' answer come Sufficeth one day for so great a Doom 176. To Marianus The Good hate sin because they vertue love Few therefore now on Earth good men do prove Vice is so priz'd Vertue so vile reputed That 't is almost a sin to b' unpolluted 177. Mary Magdalens Tears Two fluent Fountains from two Mountains rise Whence flows a double River from mine Eyes 178. Of the Soul The Soul 's from God not drawn from mortal Line For with the Body then it would decline 179. To Marcus In Bed thou prayest with thy Face erect No wonder slothful
Wine hearts doth open Rhenish Wine descries The Reins Who Bacchus then a God denies 5. Of silent Labienus If wise th' art foolish not to speak but if A Fool as th' art it is thy Wisdome chief 6. Faith in Wax Without or Wax or Seal men once lent money But now without them both none will lend any 7. To Firmicus Of the seven Planets The Sun 's like Gold the Moon shews Silvers smile Venus like Coppress Cyprus was her Ile Quick-silver'd Mercury stern Mars strikes dead With fatal Steel Jove's Time and Saturn Lead The last five of the seven take to thee One Sun 's enough one Moon 's enough for me 8. Of a certain Niggard Verses can from the Skies deduce the Moon As soon as from thy Purse produce one Boon 9. Wedlocks Primacy The man by day by night the feminine Bears rule So Sun and Moon alternate shine 10. Of a certain Woman Thine Head wears Feathers Corks thy Feet up rear From Head to foot thy lightness doth appear 11. Faith I see the Stars the Pole's imaginary Eyes view the Skies but Faith to God doth carry 12. To Thomas Baron of Ellesmer Chancellour of England c. 1612. Thou late one Son one-only Daughter late Hast lost yet hast one Son preserv'd from fate He of the three like John sole Son to thee Summest of all the Sum of all the three 13. Contempt of the World Wilt live an happy life Thy Life contemn He wretched lives whose life unt ' him 's a Jem 14. To Robert Cary Viscount Rochester and Henry Danvers Baron of Dantesay c. Five Jacobines you gave me even then When I five Distichs gave you from my pen. I merit not your Love nor Gifts by which If so dear were the rest I might be rich 15. To his Friend A Batchelor Dost burn with lust 'T is sin Espouse a Bride The flesh will be the better mortifi'd 16. Of Baldinus He Books unworthy light to Light brought forth Yet Books deserving Fire else nothing worth 17. The Decalogue and Creed Why 's my Belief than Life bound more unto 'Cause 't is more easie to believe than do 18. Knowledge and Charity I must know two things two things love must I God and my Self God and my Neighbour by 19. Of Tythes To the Laitie What Fruit comes hence best fruit's beyond compute After the Ninth before th' Eleventh Fruit How good is God who takes not for his due More than the tenth but gives the tenth to you 20. Of God and the World This World in God exists God is not here We are i' th' World O would in God we were 21. The Right of Tythes and First-Fruits God is the First and Last most justly then The First-fruits and the Tythes he claims of men 22. Faith Hope and Charity Sole Love with us doth Heaven penetrate Faith Hope are useless Both within that Gate There 's nothing to believe all 's in our Eine Nothing to Hope for for w' injoy the Trine Love's ever there Love after Death's alive While God himself in Heaven doth survive 23. Of Polydorus Clos'd in a Chest as dead he money keeps Quick-silver 't is not 't is or dead or sleeps 24. To my self Owen the Printer sought thy Book to buy The price thou ask'st he gave it readily The Book is printed and thou buyest it Owretched man thou sell'st and buy'st thy Wit 25. Of one Uxorious Thou sitt'st at Stern but thee thy Boat doth guide Which Pinnace-like thee bears with Wind and Tide 26. Of Husband and Wife Two in one Flesh. If Love unite not Hearts espous'd together Both of them are not one but two are either 27. Man Solar The Sun contrary to the Globe doth run Let then mans course of Life be like the Sun 28. Of Sylvanus The force of 's wit is fi'ry Sylvan says And thence concludes that Fire doth nothing raise 29. London The barren City fruits converts to dung The fertile Fields turn Dung to fruits e're long Thou debtor art for Food and Life to th' Clown He debtor is for compost to thy Town 30. To his Friend and Kinsman Theodore Prise Theologer In things uncertain thou my certain Friend Hast been and still to be so dost intend What words profess thy Deeds express I grant Thy life to th' vocal tongue is consonant 31. Of Atheists and a Polytheists The poor his wants as many Gods doth fear Rich Averice doth wish no Gods there were Poor Penury sins less than Plenty doth That thinks on Gods but this t' have God is loth (a) Many Gods 32. Solicitude To Ponticus By day by night thy Wife with clamours fills Thine Ears and with solicitude thee kills What cure is there from this thee to secure In Solitude thou mayst be safe and sure 33. (a) Fides Amor Spes F A S. Faith Hope and Love 's the way to scale the Sky Without these three no man can soar so high Hope on the left Faith is on Love's right hand Love the chief Vertue in the midst doth stand 34. To the Learned and Judicious Knight Roger Owen Thou mayst seem to be young most learn'd to some If either I were Deaf or thou wert Dumb None will thee young unless he 's Deaf suppose Nor old unless he doth his Eye-lids close 35. Eight The Saviour of the world twice four did bless And Noah's saving Ark sav'd eight no less 36. Of mans Primacy A Probleme Why did the Lord from Adam Eve create Because with him she should not b' adaequate Had she been made of Earth she would have deem'd Her self his Sister and his equal seem'd 37. Conjux Man and Wife Sith Wives their Husbands subjects are Then why Doth Conjux Wife and Husband signifie Why doth this Word Conjux conioyn them when Wives most perverse are most averse to men 38. Epigram We that have fancies t' Epigrammatize Can out of any Wood make Mercuries I 'm vers'd in Words as Galenist in Herbs He 's master of his Herbs I of my Verbs 39. Of Paula a most lectick Woman Dost wonder why th' art call'd most lect 'T is soon Resolv'd because thou sleep'st in (a) Bed Lect till Noon 40. Of a certain litigious Lawyer Wert not cause-maker thou thy need to serve Thou no cause-pleader might'st for hunger starve 41. Scripture Reading The Thief the Traveller are arm'd with Sword Phanaticks Catholicks all read Gods word 42. To John Williams a Cambro-Britan Dr. in Divinity Principal of Jesus Colledge in Oxford Thou dost the Scriptures search both old and new Thou Janus art before-behind do'st view 43. To John Williams a Cambro-Britan a Divine and fellow of St. Johns Colledge in Cambridge Ingenious youth do not thy Talent hide The Cambrians Honour shall by thee abide 44. To John Williams a Cambro-Britan the Kings Goldsmith in London Thy civil wit doth more than civil seem Thee wiser than a Citizen I deem 45. To all those three You three my Kinsmen are and each my Friend Three Johns
IOANNES OWENVS CAMBRO BRITANNVS OXONIENSIS John Owen's LATINE EPIGRAMS Englished By THO. HARVEY Gent. Dedicated By the Author M r. John Owen unto the Lady Mary Nevil Daughter of the Earl of DORSET Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere Horat. de Arte Poet. Licensed May 25. 1677. Roger L'Estrange LONDON Printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard and Thomas Sawbridge at the three Flower de Luces in Little-Britain 1677. THE LATINE EPIGRAMS OF John Owen LATE One of the Fellows of New Colledge in OXFORD Rendred into English by Thomas Harvey Gent. Once a Commoner in the Colledge at Winchester Both Colledges being Founded and Indowed by William Wickam heretofore Bishop of Winton in Anno Dom. 1389. Anno 12 0. Richardi secundi Regis Angliae Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori Horat. LONDON Printed by Robert White for Nevil Simons at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard and for Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain 1677. To Mr. Thomas Harvey upon his Translation of Owen's Epigrams VVHo could divine a Branch so old could bring Such specious Blossoms as might suit the Spring Of youths best Fancy for here stand at vye The Cream of wit and Oyl of Industry I wonder how this English Muse could sink Into Owens depths into each hole and chink Of his hid sense Sure All thy year is May And owns no darkness For I needs must say When I read Owen I conceiv'd each part Of his Laconick Epigrams so smart So sharp so short so comprehensive that No English Genius could it adequate Pardon my Country that my Thoughts so rov'd And undervalu'd Thee For here 't is prov'd An English Pen makes That inventive Brain For all its intricate Conceits so plain That now each Epigram each Riddle lies Anatomiz'd to All unclouded eyes His Criticismes dissected and made bare And so Diaphanous that now They are Although not word for word yet sense for sense Unriddled and with such quaint Eloquence That as I read Both I could swear almost That Harvey's Muse consulted Owen's Ghost For but Compare Them and you 'l censure that Harvey hath hit what Owen aimed at David Lochard To Mr. Thomas Harvey of his Englishing Owen's Latine Epigrams SMooth Ogleby for Virgil Sandys won The Garland what for Ovid he hath done And Martial's Epigrams hath Fletcher drest In English Garb Horace is so exprest By divers Persons eminent for worth â—â—genious Brome deceas'd did set them forch But as for Owen's Epigrams there 's none As yet hath vent'red a Translation But only Harvey and He Mantuan thus Hath made most happily conspicuous The Sun 's unclouded now what Owen writ In shadowed mysteries of Roman wit His deâ—t'rous hand Translated hath and Pen'd That â—hâ—â—h none yet attempted fâ—w can mend Robert Coxshall Of the same OWen compos'd Harvey Translated well The question 's which of these doth most excell The answer in few words is quickly done Which like you best the Shadow or the Sun Robert Coxshall To the Book OWen had many Patrons I have None None that will be my Patron no not One. None that to Me will give a Quire of Paper Nor Pens nor Ink nor a poor Farthing Taper To the Reader THough I These Epigrams which Owen writ Have done in t ' English Thou must not expect Like quaint Conceits like Criticismes of wit In the Translator as in th' Architect For in their Idiome and Dialect Each Language diff'rent is as man from man One from Another differs in Aspect In Nuture in Condition nor Can Translations with th' original hold weight In sense They may Consent not in Conceit But take 't as 't is and with a Candid Eye Read Ruminate Remember and apply Septemb. 26. 1672. Sic dixit Tho. Harvey To his Patroness MIne English Owen Patron-less did pine Wanting an Heros or an Heroine To Potronize It Almost in despair Until a candid Nymph Mecaenas heir Not willing Papers fitted for the Press Should be suppress'd became my Patroness Tho. Harvey IN rendring mine with Owen parallels I am like One than rings or Chimes the Bells If I do jangle venidl's the sin It is to soule a better Ringer in Tho. Harvey In Praise of the Author To the Reader A. Clerick art or Laick read This Book Here Thou shalt find thy will if well Thou look D. Du-Tr Med. 2. To D. John Owen of his Book What hinders but thy Book should pass the Press If I know Verse This Age will say no less Suppose not so great hazard's of thy wit Yet This my judgement is I think it fit John Hoskins J. C. 3. To John Owen of his three Books of Epigrams Results of Love the Graces effluence The Muses mirth Apollo's Eloquence Wise Sentences and Criticisms of Art The Genius of an ingenious Heart All These Thy Book O Owen represents Unt ' us replenish'd with rare Arguments John Bowman Theol. 4. To John Owen Owen dost ask what Epigrams w' approve Those which That Engine of thy wit doth move What 's short chast learned quick polite withal That many Satyres hath yet free from Gall. Thy Muse thy Genius gives This no less By Thee 't is promis'd to thy Patroness Thine William James Theol. 5. In Praise of the Author What was is shall be still the Poets use Women and Men are Censur'd by thy Muse Yet in my Judgement thy rare wit thy Pen Deserveth Praise of Women and of Men. Jane Owen of Oxford 6. To the Reader in Praise of the Author whose Epigrams were published the second Time within a Month 1606. Greek Latine Authors Epigrams have writ Whose Work took up their Life to finish it Owen except he sole unparallel'd Hath equaliz'd Them All if not excell'd D. Du-Tr Med. 7. Of the Third Edition of these Epigrams To the Author This Book is like the world moves and is mov'd Though silent It is by the Printer prov'd For These thine Epigrams have had Access Thrice to the Printer and half tir'd the Press John Hoskins J. C. THE EPIGRAMS OF John Owen The First Book To the Lady Mary Neville I Dedicate lest Patron-less It be My Book to th' Reader and My Self to Thee 2. To the Reader The Folly 's blam'd if Thou Commendest all That here Thou readest no Thing if thy Gall. 3. Of his Book to John Hoskins a Lawyer This Book is as The World as Men The Verse Good Verses Here as There good Men are scarce 4. To the Lady Mary Neville If us Pythagoras doth not delude Thou Juno Pallas Venus dost include For in Thee though but One Three vertues be Where One of Them is rare in other Three 5. To the same As in the Skies the Sun i' th' Sun the Light So vertue 's splendor in thy Face seems scite Who comes a Looker on becomes a Lover Thy Vertue or thy Beauty 's the sole Mover 6. To her Son Thomas Neville Such rare Things of
and I your John am to mine end 46. To the Creditor Thy Debtor is thy Servant he that pays Thy Friend thy Master Payment that gainsays 47. Truth in the deep To one painted False things appear Truth 's hid 'T is seen in thee Thy Face is painted thy facts tainted be 48. Of Phyllis Thou tak'st but wilt not Gratis give a kiss Thy Gift not grateful but ingrateful is 49. Gravity and Levity Though light and pond'rous things are opposâ—te I would not have mine head too grave too light Ills opposite I hate I would not have My Wife to be too light nor yet too grave 50. Of a Pratler sick with the Cholick Thy Tongue is loose thy Body close Both ill With Silence this with Loquence that doth kill 51. Of Theologaster a Sophister What is thy knowledge without Goodness Vain Cease then to know much rather Goodness gain 52. Action and Passion Who doth much ill shall suffer much for it But who much suffers doth less ill commit 53. Repentance and Reminiscence I wretch am griev'd when I recount my sins But when I count my suff'rings Joy begins 54. The Damned Thy sad Fate 's like Decembers ' leventh Ray A long night follows thy short-cloudy Day 55. The Blessed Like Junes eleventh Day thy Fate shines bright A long-long day succeeds thy short-short Night 56. Foelix and Festus Festus (a) Unlucky infestus was to thee Saint Paul And Foelix was (b) Unhappy infoelix worst of all 57. Democritus and Heraclitus This wept for the then times Defaults and Crimes That laughed at the Follies of the times Mortals will still be foolish wretched frail That this may laugh that ever may bewail 58. Always the same Let Faith Hope Charity be still the same The same thy Wit still kept within its frame 59. Of ignorant-arrogant Linus Thee double ignorance doth captivate Thou nothing know'st and know'st not that thy state 60. Of the Poet Maevius Non-Entities and Evil like we call Thou mak'st though many Verses none at all 61. Helena and Penelope Fame hath fair Helen mounted to the Skyes Glory Penelope doth Eternize Penelop's Helen's Names shall never die Because this would that would not falsifie 62. Of Life Nature mans life as Spiders Webs doth weave Each Labour 's long apt to decay-deceive 63. Of Paula Thou with thy Bodies use with usury Thine Husband trades He this thou that dost ply 64. Of a Covetous Miser To number add or multiply thy store 'T is nothing but divide thou shalt have more 65. Verity and Vertue Never so few who now learn well to live Never so many who good Doctrine give Many these times the ways of Faith display But they who taught the ways taught not the way 66. Modern Writers We carp at former Works and Words yet we Now writers but the formers Echoes be 67. The Worlds three Rulers Let the Divine be sage to b' all unt ' all The Lawyer wise Physician literal 68. The Authors Vote I wish not Poverty nor riches great Too little nor too much Enough 's compleat 69. Forbidden Books We covet things forbid deni'd desire A Wife cloggs youth a Damsâ—l sets on Fire One though deform'd injoy'd seems fair by night Forbidden Books are read witth most delight 70. On Festus I 'm to thee trusty trustless th' art to me But why Thou say'st th' art next thy self so be Be next thy self Thou shalt not me be next I love not by bad Neighbours to be vext 71. The false Church What Church doth not her self Christs Spouse declare How many yet of them but Harlots are If the false Church doth not her self deceive Christ shall than Solomon more Spouses have 72. To Decianus The World thou sayst is wicked True but thou Art one of them that makes it wicked now 73. Of Dindymus A Batchelor in Venus Art thou art Thou shalt when Pander act a Masters part 74. To G. T. 1606. Thy Servants Scholar and his Lord to be An Honour is a Misery to thee 75. Rule of State The common Wealth was once the Rule of Right But now new Rules of Right are brought to light 76. Of a certain Cross-wearing Hypocrite Belzebub's thought to th' Cross an Enemy Which seeing he doth turn return and fly But not from ev'ry Cross For though thy Breast Thou cross yet Satan in thine Heart dost rest 77. Christ's Life and Death For me Christ did and suff'red many things God in his Deeds Man in his Sufferings 78. The wise mens Star A Star t' Astronomers unknown was lent To light the Kings to Christ from th' Orient The wise men by that Star found Christ the King O may my Star my Faith to Christ me bring 79. The Golden Calf broken by Moses Exod. 32.20 The Golden Calf which Aaron did calcine Moses destroy'd made it less Belluine 80. The Triumvirs Divines Lawyers Physicians These of the World the grand Triumvirs be What are Divines Divinest of the three 81. To the Historâ—â—grapher In History speak'st free That bad may be Speak'st nothing false Silence may censure thee Dissimulate or simulate who writes An History must serve all appetites 82. Of the Deluge and end of the World The wicked World with sinful Lusts inflam'd Was drown'd by Water So those Lusts were tam'd The now-new World in Charity grown cold Shall be consum'd with Fire as was that old With Water Physick thus makes cures intire By contraries Fire Water Water Fire 83. Debtor and Creditor I owe thee nought but Evangelick Love The with Apostolick Faith I prove approve 84. Of God and the Devil God would have all men sav'd The Devil none These no mens persons do respect not one 85. Of Good and Evil. Thee Good shall have Rewards the Bad severe Torments hereafter That hath hope this fear 86. Do likewise To Attaâ—us J. C. Thou practise must to Theory conjoyn Read the Saints lives do likewise then in thine 87. The Redeemer To thee my Sight my Tast hath sole relation Thou art my Sun my Salt my sole Salvation 88. Money 's Method 'T is vertue great of Gold to get tuition It s good use greater greatest its fruition 89. Of Writers in these times A fatal error causeth fools to write Enough they seem to gain when seen in Light While they self-pleasing rashly write poor Elves They seldome others please who please themselves 90. A Paradox Though Atheists all descend in t ' Hell there roar None Atheist now 's in Hell there was before 91. Of Gaurus Thou praisest nothing all reprovest see While thou none pleasest no man pleaseth thee 92. To my self Owen would'st know what friends thou canst procure By weight not number count thou shalt be sure The number and the Finger oft beguile Though Love be Fire it pond'rous is the while 93. Difference between Kings and Tyrants Good-Godly Kings what 's Just and Right perpend But Tyrants what they will command-commend A good Kings Treats I prize Tore Tyrants Threats This what he speaks commands that but