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A90351 Parnassi puerperium: or, some well-wishes to ingenuity, in the translation of six hundred, of Owen's epigrams; Martial de spectaculis, or of rarities to be seen in Rome; and the most select, in Sir. Tho. More. To which is annext a century of heroick epigrams, (sixty whereof concern the twelve Cæsars; and the forty remaining, several deserving persons). / By the author of that celebrated elegie upon Cleeveland: Tho. Pecke of the Inner Temple, Gent. Pecke, Thomas, b. 1637.; Martial.; More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.; Cottrel, James, fl. 1649-1670. 1660 (1660) Wing P1040; Thomason E1861_1 59,144 197

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as God-mother your honour Name That through the world might shine your Lucid Fame You for your Birth to noble Parents owe But wit and Vertue you the Light did show 33. The Knights Ring To Sir Henry Goodyear LEt Honour be the Gold Vertue the Stone Until that Ring your Finger leaves alone 34. To Mr. J. H. YOur Verses deserve well yet want Applause Some Writers are much prais'd for little cause 35. To D. B. IF he who keeps things close lives well then you You hide your Faculties they greater show 36. To Th. M. the Princes Tutor TO a Decorum you the Prince do bring Will make him of himself as Britains King Rule of himself all other will out-vie This one excels the Four-fold Soveraigntie This one laid in the Balance will weigh down Babylon Persia Grecia Romes proud Crown 37. To the same NOw Age makes our Prince docil his green youth Imbibes grave Precepts from your learned mouth O Teach him so that future times may say Our King is great good learned which bears sway 38. To Mr. Walter Gwyn YOu make the Princes happiness compleat By Prophesies * flourish in Arthur's Seat Nature hath given Parts let Fortune be As much profuse in her Indulgencie And as the Prince grows bigger I wish you May swell in Honour and still greater grow 39. Francis Drake 1581. DRake hath embrac'd the Word and did espy Both Polar Tenter-hooks which hold the sky If men be silent Stars will blaze thy Fame And So● will Trumpet his Dear Comrades Name Drake did but bait at Calpe and may cry Great was Alcides true but Greater I. 40. Britains Strength To the Prince HAvens are England's Gates the Navy Wals Sea Tents works Bodies and Hearts Admirals 41. The Terrestrial Globe WAter Earth make but one Globe 't is strange For Earth moves not the waters always range 42. The mad way to Health THe more Healths in your Belly swim the less Shall your drown'd Body dwell with healthfulness I envy not your thousand Healths to me A single Health is a sufficiency It is the only Health no Healths to drink In drinking Healths there is no Health I think 43. The Divine YOur knowledge is a Cypher without you To light your Brothers Candle it allow The Politician MY Brother shall be hang'd first before I Reveal one tittle of my Mystery 44. All things desire that which seems Good DOth Optimus from Opto steal its Name The Best to Wish in Latin ne'r the same Why may not this be so since none can rest From Wishing except Fools what they think Best 45. A Black Swan A Maid of Burgundie lean as a Rake Made by Green-sickness was advis'd to take Sedum minus 2 M. which some vow As rare an Herb as can in Gardens grow The Pious Maid her Doctor did deny Chose before sin Sins wages and would Die 46. Democritus and Heraclitus DEmocritus laught at what e'r befell Plague Famine Murders stil the World went well At Feasts at Weddings brewing brinish Tears Sad Heraclitus with sore eyes appears Shall we weep for Heraclitus or thus Shall we laugh at merry Democritus 47. Vpon Langa LAnga a Papist wedded to a Man That did Profess himself a Lutheran To prevent Future strife Husband said shee I 'l make for once this fair offer to Thee Grant me but Free Will and then there 's an end About the other Points I sha'nt contend 48. King Arthurs Round Table VVHy did Heroick Arthur so much care For a Round Table and rejected square Not without Reason for Gods work is Round But humane heads the Quadrature have found 49. To Theophila B. C. HE must be zealous in Brains no whit dull Who can ye Love or praise unto the full 50. Vpon Hernicus HIs Soul to Heaven Body to the Grave Commended Hernicus about to leave This sinful world but hearing that his Wife Would quickly period her Widows Life In very anger he recal'd his Breath But before that he was resolv'd for Death 51. Of Love and Faith LOve and Faith are divorc'd we know it thus Faith is suspected Love suspicious 52. The Lover UNcertain Hope short Pleasures constant Fears Joy-grief sweet Pains fall to poor Lovers shares 53. The Golden Age WHen to fill Bags with Gold men did not rage Why did they call such Times the Golden Age 54. Vpon Alana NAture ordain'd you to Lie under yet At Table uppermost be sure you 'l sit Thus Man and Wife finde out Pacifique waies He rules the Rost by Night She rules the Daies 55. The German Death To Polynicus NOt to be Death grave Seneca did think But Germany supposeth Not to drink 56. Vpon Philodemus OF scarce Commodities you hate the Price But to take common if cheap are not Nice I 'le tell you what because a friend of Mine A cheap costs more then a dear Concubine 57. Vpon Long-tongue BAttus talks like a fool and then of course Comes out Pray pardon Sir my long Discourse No want of Pardon should to you belong If you could learn the Art to hold your Tongue 58. The Gordian Knot WAS the strain'd Gordian Knot rather unty'd By the Kings Wit or did his Sword divide Without wit you may untye this Knot but Were Alexander here He could not Cut 59. Love WAr Peace Peace War such faults are found in Love For Love from strife doth seldom far remove 60. The Laws The loss of Quiet To the Lawyers STrife breeds Laws Laws Strife without strife no Man Useth to live without the Laws none can 61. The Covetous and the Prodigal THe Prodigal affects high polisht strains Nothing but Rhetorick coms neer his Brains The Covetous in Logick takes delight And scrapes up Syllogisms day and night For Avarice Logicks close fist we call Suadas broad Palm denotes the Prodigal 62. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Labour or Trouble PAin was scarce Labour to most Active Rome To Idle Greece Labour was Troublesome 63. A Good man Valiant Wise GOod men have seldom wealth or stout men wit And to Beleeve a Wise Man few think fit 64. The Order of the Golden-Fleece FRom Philip Duke of Burgundie saith Fame The Order of the Golden-Fleece first came His Heir now wears Rich Peru's Regencie This was no Order but a Prophesie 65. Tho. Earl of Dorchester's Motto Nec Temere nec Timide Not Rashly not Cowardly WIsely Despair of all things Boldly Hope Beware of all things yet scorn fear to cope 66. Sir Tho. Nevil's Motto Ne vile velis Scorn Baseness LEt not vain or Vile things thy Honour stain Vile things are worth but little Nothing vain 67. To Sir Phil. Sidney concerning his Arcadia YOu did at Death witness your wife command That your Arcadia through some bloudy hand Should give a Treat to the Impartial flame And like a Phoenix Nest perfume thy Name But if the Crime be fatal that hot Fires Were by it kindled in Lovers desires Those queint Lines by more Justice had been sent A present to the
Brests 49. Mortification UNless Sin Dies no hope of Life then try In time to make it facile for to Die 50. To Day THis instant time Men yesterday did call To Morrow what strange Name will it befal To Morrow the Name of Yesterday then Shall be put on it by all kinde of Men Cras is neer yet never comes I shall say Upon these Thoughts To Morrow is to Day 51. Against thee only have I sinned A Subject sins against God Law and King None but a Prince can such an excuse bring 52. Prayer AS Christ came in although the doors were shut So into Heaven Fervent Prayers get 53. Vpon Mary Magdalen WHat faults her eyes were guilty of in years Of wantonness she blots out with her tears A faculty to weep resides in eyes For by their Treachery most sins surprize 54. Concerning Hope and Fear RIches and Fears are huge Concomitants Hope a Companion unto him that wants Yet Hope is thought a comfortable thing But fear darts through the Soul a forked sting Hope belongs to the Poor to wealthy Fears You may take Hope I fancy Golden Cares 55. Methusalem is dead NOt to have Liv'd but to Live Life implies If Man lives many years at last He Dies 56. Of Lawes and Justice MEn the Laws Path more then Astraeas track Yet Justice they find quick and the Law slack 57. Intemperance THe Universal wish is to Live long Yet Luxury may freely lead us wrong We destroy what we wish for Life must be A debtor to Physicians not to Thee 58. To Ponticus 'T Is hard to become Rich since you are Poor If you were Rich 't were nothing to get more 59. The Pharisees THeir Life was foul Speech fair our Age likewise To cloud Hypocrisie are grown precise But if you credit what Grammarians tell Faith comes from Fio delights to do well 60. Liberty 'T Is Happiness what I wish to acquire Why then do Men destructive things desire Goodness is the grand Freedome only they Live to content whom Vertue teach the way 61. What Countrey Christ was of COnceiv'd A Nazaret Born Bethlemite But to Two Countrys Nature pretends Right 62. Christ's Crucifixion CHrist was a Life to such sad Souls as knew The Second Death was wages to them due To sick a Cure a Way to them at Loss Death unto Death a Torment to the Cross 63. Christ's Cross THe Cross bare Christ Christ the Cross up did take Thus Mercy mov'd Him for distress'd Mans sake 64. Upon Religion IN Pious Hearts a Tree must Grafted be Whose Fruit is Honour whose Root Industrie That Fear made Gods I readily assent For godly Fear is Graces Instrument Although the Root of Piety speaks Gall Yet She is Hony uppermost of all Fear is the Fount the River which thence springs Is Love whose ev'ry Drop much sweetness brings 65. Vpon the Prodigal and Covetous THe Miser not one Farthing gives till Death Spend-thrift hath nothing to give more then Breath 66. Man and Wife LEt Husbands Love their Wifes Wifes recompence Their Husbands Love with strict Obedience As Husband is the Head let the wife be Heart to her Head in meer humanity 67. Study SOme lose their wits by Study but ne'r they Grow mad who study Vertue Night and Day 68. Memento Mori Think on Death THe Hour of Death is dubious and yet A certain Time by Destiny is set No Man is far remote from West from East Yet when we think on them 't is but in Jest 69. The Virgin Mary GOd's Spouse her Fathers Mother might be styl'd A Daughter to her own Coelestial Child She was a Virgin and yet Married She A Mother was yet kept Virginitie That which is Rare is not alwaies Dear A Paradox VIce is a Disease Epidemical Yet 't is held Dear Its price will never fall Though seldom humane Eyes Vertue behold Yet for all that at easie Rates 't is sold 71. A Beast ON Future things not on those which are past Is it the fashion Hopes Anchor to cast Things Vanishing Hope Dies or hopes appear But where is the enjoyment that 's not near Times Past the Future both do Tyrannize The Beast takes what is present He is wise 72. Reason NAture is Mother Reason Queen of things Nature begets Reason to Order brings 73. Nature REason is Natures Childe and therefore saies If you 'l be Happy follow Natures waies 74. I must take leave to talk my Minde ALas poor Creature all your Freedom 's gone For you no more may rave against the Throne But Liberty of Tongue will never cease If you can obtain Leave to hold your Peace 75. To Marcus A Problem WHat if you take a Bad or honest Course For Bad by Law are punish't Good by Force 76. Upon Antiquarians and Novators 'T Is foolish Envy to pass all things by But what are moudly with Antiquity 'T is Envious Folly all things to explode But what are adorn'd with the newest Mode 77. What Death is to a Christian THrough Death at Life eternal we arrive 'T is not an End but Beginning to Live 78. To Christ LOrd thou Hopes Anchor art which never fails A Sea of Love the Ship where our Faith sails Thou art Salt to the Earth Sun to the Sky The Ransom paid for Souls captivity Destruction was destroy'd Death by thee slain Who thought Death could have suffer'd Deadly Pain 79. self-Self-Love THey who see others Faults and not their own For others Wise for themselves Fools are grown 80. The Lifes of Saints NOt to read Lifes of Saints but such to Live Is that which in the end will Profit give To turn Leaves over no Advantage brings Strive not to Read but Relish Holy things 81. A man's Countrey A Good Man alwaies is at Home a wise Under the fear of Banishment ne'r lies A valiant Son of Mars where e'r he be Converts that Place into his own Countrey Where we can't Thrive we there as exiles dwell My Countrey is where ever I am well A Good Mans Countrey from him can't be rent The wicked alwaies are in Banishment 82. Against the Atheist TIme past cannot Avail Future can't Ope To such a Reprobate the door of Hope Thy choyce desires only on that reflect Which for this moment doth the Sence affect 83. Upon Hereticks FRom Ennius dunghil Virgil scrapt up Gold Hereticks Dung from Truths most precious Mold 84. The effect of Praise GOod Men are made Better Bad worse by Praise Crafty More sly 't will the Fools folly raise 85. Not too Fast A Good Man is not quickly built take heed Though in plain way you make not too much speed Prudent Advice those slight which are in hast First thy self Collect then correct at last 86. The Envious and the Fool THe one wants Honesty the other wit One cannot see the other thinks not fit 87. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Reason 'T Is Reason which God speaks and which we Pray Thus God and Man both Rationally say 88. Opinion NOne will
words dispence To his Admirers Flowrs of Eloquence Learning about to die these late sad Wars Ordained yee Her Co-executors 5. To Sir Edmund Prideaux Attorney-General IF Law if Rhetorick my Muse avow In you Enthron'd I sing what all Men know Of your great Vertue most are Ignorant How Charitable unto those that want You have found out the untrack'd path to Bliss To sue for Heaven in Forma Pauperis 6. To those Excellent Conveyancers Sir Orlando Bridgman and the worthy Mr. Geofry Palmer WIse Greece Rome did both in this combine To make addresses to the Delphian Shrine And with divine Apollo to advise Was the Preludium of an Enterprise Few English men dare purchase an Estate Unless your Wisdom's unsophisticate The Title vouch Ye can stop Hymens way For Portions Joyntures both Sexes must pay Due Thanks Wise Fathers Ranters keep in awe Craving from ye the Oracles of Law Help to entail their Lands Whilst your selves be Tenants of Riches of Renown in Fee 7. To Mr. Recorder of the celebrious City of London YOur Pupil London did a great while Long To have a learned Head and fluent Tongue Now she vaunts happy Fortune for to you All sorts those two rare Faculties allow Pallas and Suada Triumphant are seen May you for ever flourish long be Green 8. To the Learned Lawyer and Eloquent Pleader Henneage Finch Esquire THe divine Samian guess'd aright in this That Souls affect a Metempsycosis The Penetration of Dimensions be Not dissonant from my Philosophie For two great Finches Souls the Sages know Pardon the Phrase concorporate in you 9. To his Honoured Cousin Edward Peck of the Inner Temple Esquire CErtain set Forms fixt in the Memory Almost accomplish for the Chancery It matters not in what your Practice lies Your Law your Love are no Formalities 10. To a certain old Barrister GRave Monsieur Plowden elected a time To tell my Father Law 's not writ in Rythme Ergo I must the two-topt Mount defie And give my Vale unto Poetry Were not thy skin good Buffe my Muse should send The Long-nail'd Furies which thy soul should rend I have fierce Satyrs that can assault Hell Dash out Medaeas Brains in spight of spell Reclaim an unback'd Impudence Make Bleed A Rock And stab the fell Medusa's Head And dares thy empty Skull bandy at Me Lord Paramount of gross Stupidity 11. To his most indulgent Grandmother Mrs. Anne Talbot THey who on Aesculapius Altars tend To my slack Memory this Notion lend That Children who are sent abroad to Nurse Delight in them and Love their Mothers worse If such Affection in Cradles appears What Love may you expect from mature years Your greatest Study was my Life to save Your self was prompt to Bail Me from the Grave When Tissical distempers stopt my Breath And my clog'd Wind-pipe seem'd to whistle death I beleeve Nature only gives Me Day That in some sort I might strive you to Pay 12. To his Honourable Father I Must acknowledge my Life did commence From you Dear Father Thanks to Providence Who ordain'd you Agent for what was done I could not choose a Father you a Son Reflecting on the Will we Actions call Vertues or Vices yours was General An Heir was wish'd but you could not foresee My Sex my VVit or my Stupidity For Birth my Muse shall grateful Hymns rehearse In praise of him who made the Universe My dutiful Devoirs to you are ty'd For my Well-being 'cause you thus Provide 13. To his Honourable Mother MOther-in-Lawes Poets much Vilifie You did I never no not secretly When own Mothers prove Sowre Unnatural Mother-in-Laws Sons may them aptly call She that is not by Nature yet may be An Own Mother by sweet Indulgency I shall endeavour Duty to improve According to the Merits of your Love You shall not lose those Favours you lend Me This is the Time for my Retaining Fee 14. To his Highly valued Vncle Thomas Pecke of Spixworth Esquire VVHen as it was my happy Chance to lie Sucking sweet Milk from th' University My happy Fortune prompted you to hold Fast my Affection by the Threads of Gold But now the Scene is chang'd You 'l not confer Your Cash but on the sprightful Traveller What though you cannot push me into France Though you cease Piping still my Love shall Dance 15. To the worthy Mr. Philips late Vsher of the Free-school of Norwich WHen Languishings gave leave I went to School To you kinde Sir your Favours made Me whole I cannot Chide your Passion for a Blow Not whipping then makes me obsequious now 16. To his very loving School-master Mr. Tho. Lovering MY weak endeavours you were pleas'd to prise As hating over Lads to Tyrannize Indulgence made my School-boyes Life a Sport You did not Lash to Study but Me Court This this perswades him to remain your Friend Who may perhaps prove witty in the End 17. To his Endeared Tutor Mr. Will. Naylour Senior Fellow of Gon. and Cai. Colledge in Cambridge TO your Protection Sir my Muse doth flie As conscious of her Imbecilitie It were Impiety to question now The Residence of Candour on your Brow Frequent Experiments made Manifest She as Queen Regent triumphs in your Breast I that am Flint to whatsoever Threat And can't be Anvil'd to a base Regret From things displeasing to you did refrain Nor were your Moral Lectures read in vain The Curb of Tutor did not chafe my will This made Me Obey then and Honour still On Pain of Death I durst not too much Rove Lest I should seem a Rebel against Love 18. To the highly deserving Dr. Love Master of Corpus Christi Colledge in Cambridge WHen first I read the Orphean History I conceiv'd it a gem of Poetry I must recant my error That is True For very Fresh-men Beadles adore you 19. To the learned Doctor Brown RAre Oculist whose Genius did devise To cut the Cataracts from Vulgar Eyes The Sun-shine of your Learning brought the day And chas'd the Fogs of Ignorance away Your Universal Judgment search'd about And put Gray-bearded Errors to the rout Yet Modesty made you mistake Most True A Phoenix exists The world Brown doth owe 20. To the Celebrated Doctor Scarborowe PSyche close vail'd from Galen made escape Nor could he view her Entrails in an Ape What dissect Beasts you are far more precize Galen himself you dare Anatomize 21. To the Honourable John Lord Herbert MAy my Pen venture to approach a Name Long since Espous'd to an Immortal Fame Deslowr'd Astraea in a Sable weed For your Grand-father did not weep but bleed Till she saw you who are intent to awe Audacious Vice and by your Life vouch Law 22. To the Honourable Lord Richardson OUr Virgin-Queen beheld with great content Our Sister Suffolk's happy Government But till her Progress she knew not the Cause To be the Gospels Marriage unto Lawes When to meet her the Justices did Ride Not one but had a Chaplain by his side To Love the Learned Pious
Ground must lie 12. Vpon a Niggard SIr Sir you 're Poor say others what they please Use Riches makes saith Apollophanes Whilst you use your Estate so long 't is thine That ceasing your Heir may cry This is Mine 13. The Spiders Hunting A Busie Fly laying aside due Care Was fast entangled in a cobweb Snare The Spider Thanks good Fortune now she 's sure To have a Dinner Be not too secure Arachne's Stomach did her Anger whet She leaps to seize the Fly and breaks the Net The Spiders fall making her very faint Away flies Spoyl-meat from her loath'd restraint Under the very Ax Hope may remain A thousand Guards to wickedness are vain 14. Upon a Cynick indiscreetly abstinent A Stubborn and grave Cynick set his best Side outwards by this carriage at a Feast None could perswade him Radishes to Eat Vertue abhors such kinde of luscious Meat Casting about his dull unpleasant Eye He chanc'd fine tender Onions to espie He snaps up those Though Radishes a' nt Good It seems that Onions are a vertuous Food 15. Vpon a Chamber-maid deceased HEr Body serv'd Her soul was alwaies Free Kinde Death hath set that too at Liberty 16. Upon a Fisher-man who was faln in Love withall A Fisher intent on the dropping Net Cast it so well He did a Sweet-heart get It was a Rich mans Daughter so that He Prov'd Master of much Wealth immediately Said He Our Trade is Gainfull In retort His wife made Answer who may you thank for 't 17. Vpon Mediocrity PIndar tells us envy'd Felicity Surpasseth passeth far lamented Misery The Rich are hated the Poor scorn'd God grant I either may abound nor suffer Want Avant Extreams the Mean is best of all Peasants are kick'd Lords can't prevent their fall 18. Fear is altogether unprofitable ANd why so stupid as to lend an Ear To the false Alarms of amazing Fear If evils come not then our Fears are vain And if they do Dread will encrease the Pain 19. A Cause finely pleaded A Certain cause was come to Tryal where Plaintiff Defendant and the Judge Deaf were The Plaintiff pleaded that He had much wrong His Cash was due Five Moneths since All night long Said the Defendant my Mill went Why strive Reply'd the Judge your Mothers are alive 20. Vpon the uncertainty of the Hour of Death I Weep not for those conquered by Fate I weep the fear of Death should Macerate 21. Upon the same YOu would bewail next Moneth to meet chill Death And can you laugh next Hour may stop your Breath 22. Upon a certain Ridiculous Astrologer CVmaean Sybils could not more descry Although enlightned from Divinity Then our Astrologer whose profound Art Could through the Stars a thing when past impart 23. Upon the same THe Prophet counsel'd by the Stars did crye No Man so happy in a Wife as I Looking again when She was run away He gravely foretold that unlucky Day 24. On the same SAturns far distance makes him think all hush He can't discern a Hare from a Brake-Bush Thy Bashfull Moon adventures not to see Actions improper for Virginity Great Jove Europa lov'd Kind Venus led Stout Mars a Captive to her wanton Bed Sol courted Daphne Lovely in the eye Dame Hyrce was of craftie Mercurie Thy Wife securely may spread forth her Sailes For their own Honours Planets can't tell Tales 25. Death not to be feared WHat Madness 't is for Sickness Poverty To refuse Death the end of Misery That only once inflicts a short-liv'd Pain And that endur'd it troubles not again But some Diseases are so rude that they Revisit where they lodg'd but th' other day 26. Upon a certain Covetous and sordid Bishop IF old Methusalem I should outvie The Bishops Bounty claims my Memory He 's vastly Rich doth many Cities owe To his Commands an Hundred Servants bow Yet when I of mean Rank did him approach He kindly spoke and chid not for Encroach Nay more he search'd both Pockets for the Key Of 's Wine-Cellar saying You may be Dry 27. Upon the Inconstancy of Fortune FOrtune observes no Method for throughout Humane Affairs her Wheel is turn'd about With great Inconstancy Low things arise High are confounded by her quick surprize Good Fortune is transmuted into Ill For to make Evill Good is at her will Let not them grieve who under hard Fates lie Good Fortune's near at Hand for shame don't die 28. Vpon Death THey who brag themselves Rich shall quickly see When Death casts their Accounts how Poor they bee 29. Upon a Rabbet that was catch'd twice I Fled from a Mans hands into a Net Ah sad Escape must I pay twice a Debt 30. Concerning Wifes ALl Men exclaim they never in their Lifes Met such great Crosses as their brawling wifes Talke is but Talke for should the sixth wife die The seventh should succeed her presently 31. On the same Subject A Wife afflicts yet She may usefull be If shee 'l die quickly and leave all to thee 32. Upon an Emperick who sold a Drop of Balsam very Deer SIr Q●ack his Patient told nothing could cure The stubborn Feaver did He not endure To pay for precious Balsam to be found With none but Him One Drop would cost ten Pound Five I require to have lay'd down in Hand The other when you 're well I shall demand But about this there scarce can be a strife What is ten pound to secure a Mans Life The Bargain 's made from a well-cover'd Glasse A Grain of this Elixar taken was The sick crav'd all as willing to be sound No the Remainder 's worth an hundred pound Besides the present Dose would stand instead And so it did for He was quickly dead Unhappy Bargain what won't the Fates do Life was not onely lost but Balsam too 33. Vpon a Picture much resembling the Party YOur shadow for your self might almost passe 'T is not your Picture but your Looking-Glass 34. Vpon a Picture unlike I Going lately to a Painters Shop Thy Pourtraicture my wandring eyes did stop I am perswaded that He did compact You should sit three Dayes for to mak 't exact At the first view I understood 't was you For I believ'd the Limner swearing so 35. Vpon a Ridiculous Prognostication A Fam'd Astrologer all Ears did fill Saying This year the King of France lies still New Almanacks were scarcely come in Date Before the Christian King resign'd to Fate The Prophet persists in Defence of 's ill Roving and askes doth not France now lie still The vulgar made his speech a common Jest Often repeating The French King 's at rest This Pill the Starres Interpreter did choake Therefore in Anger He them thus bespoke Ye simple Souls are all your skulls of Lead Doth not the King lie still now he is dead 36. Vpon a Roman Nose PRoclus can't blow his Nose but must confesse Though his Hand 's great yet then his Nose 't is lesse Nor when he sneezeth can He Himself hear His Nostrils are