thy Genius are Pen'd That though All true they All belief transcend Hope in a Child not present Worth is prais'd Thee present Worth not Hope alone hath rais'd 7. To her Daughter Cecily Thou like thy Mother art and needst none other Applause It is enough th' art like thy Mother 8. Know thy Self Of Harpalus Thou worthy to be known art not of worth Fit for thy knowledge then seek something forth 9. To a Lawyer If happy 's he who knows of Things the Cause How happy thou Cause-Pleader with Applause 10. Of John Prote To lead a Wife that is to marry One Oft hast Thou menac'd Drunkards can do none Rather a Wife must marry Thee to lead Thee drunken from the City to thy Bed 11. To Aulus an ignoble Noble-man Thou to thine Ancestors ow'st All to Thee Posterity shall not indebted he 12. To Hernicus Thou bought'st a Fool for Twenty Pounds but I Will not at such a price the Buyer buy 13. Of Venus Love's first Sweet's better bitter is in Fine Venus comes smiling mourning doth decline So run fresh Rivers to the Sea whose Taste Returns Them brackish-brinish at the last 14. To Mr. Gilbert Thou th' Earth denyst to stand prodigious Note Thus writing Thou perhaps wert in a Boat 15. To Physicians and Lawyers Galen thine Health doth from our sickness rise Justinian our Folly makes Thee wise 16. O Times O Manners Learn'd Scaliger The Worlds deformed Times Reformed Who shall Now reform Mens Crimes 17. Paris his judgement When Paris was elect a Judge to be Between Three Goddesses and of the Three Doubtful which to preferr Pallas was wise Juno majestick Venus wan the Prize Love Conquer'd All were 't now to vote again One money'd Juno would the Prize obtain 18. Germanical Truth Democritus affirm'd that Truth was drown'd In some profound Abyss not to be found If hid in Wine as Proverbs have assign'd The Teutons have It found or will It find 19. To Linus Thou Linus hast (1) Books Labrorum store but more Wouldst learned be (2) Pounds Librarum hadst such store 20. To a certain young Noble-man Old Age not Death's Thee wish'd the Sickness Age Not Death the Cure is wish'd Thee by the Sage 21. To a certain poor Physician Thou that of late (1) A Beggar Mendicus cam'st to Town Thy Name but changing (2) A Physician Medicus art grown Physick Thou giv'st the Sick he gives Thee Coin Thus his Disease Thou curest and he Thine 22. Of a certain Woman Thy Form brought forth thy Fame But O the Child Did kill the Mother fair Form Fame defil'd 23. On Marcus In Nature why dost (1) Vacuum Emptiness deny Siâ—h in thine Head 's so much vacuity 24. Upon modern Writers To the Reader Whether the vulgar more untruths unmask In Quart ' Octav ' or Folio dost ask In Sexto-decimo some Writers I Suspect in ev'ry Folio to lie 25. Of Phillis Phillis Thou wilt not give but tak'st a kiss Knowing that taking One a giving is 26. To the same If Love be Fire as doth the Proverb prove Ah woe to Me how Cold a Fire 's thy Love 27. A wicked Atheist Use present Times and Things A Time will be When there will be no Time at all for Thee Grammarians Past Future Times display But I will use the Present while I may 28. The Atheist's Epitaph He died as if dead no Life There were As if There were no Death He lived Here. 29. The Optative Mood Th' Infinitive is near th' Optative Mood For Infinite's the wish of Goods or Good 30. Of Alana Wedlock to be th' intolerablest yoke Alana cries all day but doth revoke When Night is come her Clamorous Regreet And saith No yoke like Wedlock is so sweet 31. Prophets Poets Prophets of Things to come the Truth predict But Poets of Things past write false and fict 32. Of Life and Death Life tends to Death as Rivers to the Seas For Life is sweet Death bitter doth displease 33. Of Vulcan Vulcan made splendid Arms for Mars his Breast Mars gave unt ' him a specious-spacious Crest Thou wert well paid O Vulcan for thy pains Horns for thine Iron Were such Glaucus gains 34. An English Grammer The Feminine doth unt ' It self design What 's proper to the Gender Masculine 35. Free Will Freedom of will which is The worlds Contest Husbands have lost but Wives have It possest 36. Of Life and Love Though ev'ry Action unt ' its End doth tend Yet Life and Love abominate their End 37. The Elysian Fields Through Hells dark-dismal Cell Aâ—neas walk'd Into th' Elysian Fields as Poets talk'd For when He shot Elisa's Gulph who can Deny He was i' th' Fields Elysian 38. An Husband and an Adulterer The Husband I have A wife others her Love so rather For Others not Themselves Bees Honey gather The Adulterer This Seed I rais'd but in Anothers Field So Birds for Others not Themselves do build 39. New Rhetorick His Arguments who Money wants are sick Gifts Now not words are the New Rhetorick 40. Of Cotta lately made a Monk Cotta perplex'd with 's wife a (1) A Monks Hood Cucule bought That dying He might die no Cuckold thought 41. Geneva ' s Arms. Geneva in her Ensign doth display Th' Imperial Eagle and the Popedoms Key But how Geneva Them to keep dost hope Should (1) The Emperour Rodolph claim his Bird his Key the Pope 42. Upon the Trifles of Borbonius a Poet. Thou Trifles thought'st not what Thou so didst call I call Them not but think Them Trifles All. 43. Of Faith Not Faiths but Faith is mention'd on Record For former Times did but one Faith afford 44. Of Paulinus a Physician Wherefore's a sick Man call'd thy Patient Sith He 's impatient at thine Advent By suff'ring He 's thy Patient for He Doth suffer more than by 's disease by Thee 45. Of Cottula If what Apollo said of (1) Socrates One be true Th' art Wise Thou knowst Thou Nothing knowst Adiew 46. Of Fabiana If Fields be fertile call'd that bear much Corn Then Fab'an's fertile for she hath many born 47. A Joque upon Covetous Men. The Vulgar Nature pleas'd with little praise And on the Covetous a Scandal raise Yet sole the Covetous pleas'd with least we see Nature Enough thinks little Nothing He. 48. To Philopater Though for Ones Country noble 't is to die Yet nobler 't is to live for It think I. 49. The World I' th' world 's no Constancy All 's Circular What wonder Then no Rectitude is There 50. Of Aretinus In All Things there 's a Mediocrity Excepting in the Thing call'd Venery Lust hath found out a Thousand means with Art To do what should be done on Natures part 51. Of Silius Th' art Atheist For Papist Thou mayst not be And to b' a Protestant disliketh Thee 52. Against Atheists No House doth want Its Lord shall Then alone This specious-spacious House the World have None 53. A Physician Physicians take
Chance divide The Roses His The Kingdoms are thy Bride 40. The Apocalypse of John Napeir Ninety two years the World continue shall If as thou Calculat'st it stand and fall Why dost not th' End to be more near surmize Lest thou a Lyer should'st be found th' art wise 41. God Man God cannot die nor man Death conquer can But Christ did both he was both God and Man 42. Death Death unto bad men bane to good men bliss An endless Ill or End of all Ill is 43. God God is Immense all measuring alone And He 's Innumerable for but but one 44. Miracle Let others Miracles admire but I Admire their Maker only God on high 45. Adam ' s Fall Mens Bodies Goods and Souls Adam's foul fall To Physick Law Divines did first inthrall 46. To Adam False Eve Death's Parent thee deceiv'd by Fruit And foully ruin'd with a fair salute 47. To Preachers The Cock the Mornings Herald claps his wings To rouze himself before he Crows or Sings Preachers should do the like first should begin To rouze themselves next others raise from sin 48. The Tempter As Mice in Walls so Satan in man's heart Orfinds or makes a way with his black Art 49. Mortification We live to die and die to live O why Then learn we not to die before we die 50. Hodie to Day This Day was yesterday to Morrow nam'd To Morrow shall be yesterday proclaim'd To Morrow not yet come nor far away What shall to Morrow then be call'd To Day 51. Against thee only have I sinned Subjects do sin 'gainst God the King the Laws A King 'gainst God alone A King because 52. Prayer As Christ transpiere'd the Doors fast shut at Even So Prayers pierce th' Impenetrable Heaven 53. Mary Magdalens Tears Vain wandring Eyes sinning by seeing vain Wip'd off by weeping with those Eyes sins stain I err if not that weeping faculty Because th' Eye first did sin 's infus'd in th' Eye 54. Of Hope and Fear Riches and Fear Hope want concomitate Hope 's to be wish'd for Fear 's a froward fate Poor men have Hopes the Rich men Fears But I These Fears had rather than those Hopes apply 55. Mathusalem is dead Life is not long but still to live what profit Is in long life when Death 's the sequel of it 56. Of Law and Justice The way to Law than Justice more we trace Though this the shorter that 's the longer Race 57. Intemperance We who desire long life before we die Why do we shorten it by Luxury We will and will not lengthen our short spans We nill our selves will by Physicians 58. To Ponticus Art poor 't is hard to make thee rich but when Th' art rich 't is easie to be richer then 59. The Pharisees They say but do not 't is our Ages sin First say then do Faith so doth enter in 60. Liberty If happy 's he that all things hath at will Why do men will yet are repining still The best-great'st vertue 's Liberty sole he Can live at will whose will is well to be 61. Christ whence Conceiv'd at Nazareth at Beth'lem born Thy Natures two two Countries did adorn 62. Christ Crucified To th' Erring Dying Sick the Way Life Cure The Crosses Cross Deaths Death didst Cross endure 63. Christs Cross. The Cross bare Christ Christ bare the Cross and thus Christ bare the Cross the Cross Christ all for us 64. Of Religion A pleasant Tree planted in pious breast Whose Root hath labour fruit hath honours Crest Fear first brought Gods into the world no lye For to fear God is the prime Piety In Piety's root 's Gall Honey's above For Fear 's Religion 's Fount the River Love 65. On the Prodigal and Miser This till his death gives nothing that at 's death Hath nothing left to give or to bequeath 66. The Married Let man love's wife let wife submissive be T' her husband he 's her Head his Heart is she 67. Study Students grow mad by studying much to know None mad by studying to be good doth grow 68. Remember Death Death of uncertains hath most certainty Uncertain when but certain once to die None from his birth none from his death is far Yet none of this is a Remembrancer 69. The Blessed Virgin Gods Spouse her Fathers Parent her Sons Child Virgin by man without man Mother stil'd 70. What 's rare not dear A Paradox Vice common is yet nothing is more dear Vertue seems vile yet rare it doth appear 71. A Beast Past hope what 's past sole future hope doth rest Things hopeless pass hopes fruitless with the Beast While past things vex future perplex with care Us men Beasts wiser pleas'd with present are 72. Reason Reason's the Queen of things their Mother's Nature This brings them forth that is their Regulater 73. Nature Wise Nature hath with Reason us supply'd Which wills us to take Nature for our Guide 74. Freedom of Speech Thou seem'st t' have freedom fables to relate But free enough's the Tongue that less doth praâ—â— 75. To Marcus a Problem Be'st good or bad what matter 's it For those Force like the Lawes these Laws like force oppose 76. Upon Old and New Fashions 'T is foolish Envy new things to despise And envious folly new things sole to prize 57. A Christians Death Death like the way leads thee to life and is No dying but an Entrance into Bliss 78. To Christ. Anchor of Hope Faiths Ship Loves shoreless Sea Earth's Salt Heavens Sun the Souls sole saving Plea Death by thy death is kill'd Death dead doth lie Yet who would think that ever Death could die 79. self-Self-Love Who sees not his own faults but others spies Is wise unt ' others but t' himself unwise 80. Saints Lives 'T is vain Saints Lives to read and not to lead Do both the lives of Saints read lead lead read 81. Our Country A good man 's still at home not in Exile Each Land each Sea is as his native soyle Exile's where ill our Country where contrary In this Good Bad are each ubiquitary 82. Upon an Atheist No faith of past nor hopes of future move Within thy Soul the present's thy sole love 83. Of Hereticks Virgil from Enn'us dross did Gold extract But Hereticks from Gold do dross compact 84. An Encomiastick The Good by praise is better worse the bad The Crafty craftier the fool more mad 85. Not too fast None 's on the sudden good hast not too fast Although in Vertues way thou makest hast Good counsel us'd in hast proves bad we find First recollect and then correct thy mind 86. The Envious and Fool. This wants right Reason that a candid heart This cannot and that will not Truth assert 87. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sermo Speech Gods Speech all Reason's ours all Oraizon So what God speaks and man 's a speaking Tone 88. Opinion None will believe yet all would be believ'd â—o faith like friendship is by gain atchiev'd 89. Art God hath
and the Cross in Cheap in the Parish of St. Peter Why 's Peter's Golden Paul's a Leaden Cross Why because Golden words Paul's Cross ingross 137. Loves Chronicle A Moment multipli'd amounts t' an Hour A Day 's made up with Hours twenty four Days many make a Month twelve Months a year So with more Times my Love doth more appear 138. Twins Nothing 's unlike in us all 's like sole we Differ in number we two Bodies be 139. Friends We scarce in number differ Two we be Yet One You Twins in Body In Mind we 140. Of the Art of Love Though Naso's Art of Love some prove-approve Yet men unexpert know not what is Love Love is by Nature taught not learn'd by Art By th' Eyes not Ears Love enters in t ' our Heart 140. Seneca the Philosopher Thy Dictates seem like Epigrams almost But that in Numbers they be not ingrost 141. To Attalus Thou saidst once at thy Table as I take it Thou didst not relish Salt but didst forsake it For Salt thou needst not care nor is' t a fault All almost that thy Tongue doth speak is Salt 142. Sir Philip Sidney ' s Life Who while they liv'd writ Books deserving Fame Their Lives need not he writ there lives their Name The Corps not Life of Sidney's in the Tomb His short Lifes longer Glory keeps more room 143. The Bodies Valediction to the Soul I for thy sake did Mother Earth forsake The Soul departing Fool I left God my Father to betake My self to Thee Now call'd I t' him return And leave thee to thy Mother in thine Urn. Till when For we till then shall meet no more Th' Earth Thee to Me God Me to Thee restore 144. A Kingdom divided Two Kingdoms undivided are Heaven Hell As in themselves There Good here Bad do dwell On Earth alone oh shame Division raigns Which Good and Bad promiscuously sustains But time will come when th' Earth shall lie divast When Heav'n and Hell shall both be fill'd at last 145. How Waters Tears prest-exprest do tacite Love declare Love Tears begets Fire Water Strange and Rare 146. Of Wit and Memory To Ponticus 'T is ask'd Why wit is called sharpness Why Because what 's sharp doth pierce more inwardly The Memory is to retain not pierce Thus Vessels are made round and with reverse Whence I supect that or thy Wit is round Or sharp thy Memory Both unprofound 147. Comfort for the Poor To the Rich. Inconstant Fortune various appears Whence Hopes arise to Me to The â— but Fears 148. Of Titius and Gellia One in disgrace did Titius upbraid That 's Wife when first he took her was no Maid What 's that to Me thus Titius repli'd She then was Semprones Daughter not my Bride 149. The Heart Why in the left side rather than the right Is Mans Heart plac'd to Good 'cause opposite 150. The Flesh and Spirit God made mans Body first and when created He with a living Soul it animated Hence the dull Body doth I think deny T' obey the Soul pleads Seniority 151. The Innocents Proto-Martyrs For Christ the Children suff'red death before Christ for the Children shed his precious * Blood Gore 152. To his Friend The Dual Number oft doth Friendship bound Scarce in the Plural Number Love is found 153. To a friend growing old 1607. Thou wert a youth when I a Child And now Thou art grown old while I a youth do grow Thee therefore Death expects and Old Age Me Certain's thy lot though mine uncertain be 154. Of A. G. Thy Name and Face is Mans Wit Animals A Fool in Specie learn'd in Generals 155. Harmony To Divines Of Gospels Harmony have divers writ But who that Harmony Great Labour's it 156. Dissonancy So great discordance doth abound with Men That what Souls Peace is scarce knows One of Ten Here 's Base depress'd There Elah too much rear'd That scarce the Tenor or the Mean is heard 157. To Pontilianus Art jealous of thy Wife Th' art wise in part But art not jealous Then thou wiser art To watch thy Wife is vain That wife loves best That though can will not raise her husbands Crest 158. To Porcia Art thou the Daughter of the Night or Light Born in the Day begotten in the Night 159. An Epitome of the Histories of his Time To Marianus We worse are than our Fathers worser they Than their Fore-fathers apt to run astray If our Posterity prove worse than we Nothing can worse than our Poster'ty be 160. London To J. W. A London Gold-smith As Thames the Rivulets drinks up and drowns So London swalloweth the poorer Towns Though Thames with Flux re-flux Send and resend Its Floods to Sea Th' art still a constant Friend 161. Debtor and Creditor To Will. Cawley A London Merchant Though in my Book thou find if there thou look Thy Name My Name yet is not in thy Book I owe thee nought but Love Of this to thee A Creditor and Debtor still will be 162. Fools and Dwarfs Though we be not accounted men of might Yet are we great mens sport and their delight 163. To Pontilian Poor Irus still was careful why 'Cause poor Croesus was careful why For 's wealth was more One's vex'd because he wants a Wife and thou Because thou hast a wife art vexed now 164. Union To Married Britains One God and Union the World supply Wedlock on Earth was the first Unity 165. The Elements War Though God created all things for mans sake Yet th' Elements against us Wars do make How many have alas been swept from hence With the contagious Air by Pestilence How near hath London felt the Trojan Flames How many have been drench'd and drown'd in Thames Earth stops her Fruits Yet no man doth repent Though Heav'n with Tears and Earth our sins lament Though th' Earth be mollifi'd with moistning showers Yet sin our stubborn hearts more-more obdures 166. An Epithalamy To Tullia By day Thou the sole Object of my Sight Shalt be the Subject of my Love at Night 167. To Sextus an Academian That thou mayst mind thy Grave before th' art dead 'T is said by day thou mak'st for Night thy Bed That in Remembrance thou thy Death mayst keep Why dost not oftner go to Bed and Sleep 168. To his Beloved Thee known I love I lov'd thee when unknown Fame then thy Face hath made me now thine own I now know Love I love not lov'd Yea now I know not to be lov'd to love I know 169. The Younger Brother I m poor My Parents Fault not mine nor other Who did not me beget before my Brother 170. The Firmament Th' Earth stands unmov'd standing there moves the Creature Heav'n moves yet the fix'd Stars move not by Nature 171. The blessed Virgin Although the blessed Virgin we thee call Thou among women blessed art withal I profit nothing by thy Virgin vest But as a Mother Me Thou profitest 172. Hope and Faith Faith is no Faith unless but One firm
new Law thou maist not wed what then By th' old thou maist without offending men But twice 'gainst * Levit. 21.7 13 14. Moses Law th' hast done amiss Thy first wife was a whore a widow this 142. Ka'end Jan To Germanicus Instead of Gifts I Verses send to thee Send Gifts instead of Verses unto Me. 143. Sara She that her Maid would unt ' her Husband give As did rare Sara now doth rarely live 144. To D. T. Thy Titles Scholars Servant Masters Lord Mine Envy and my Pity both afford 145. Of Paula an Atheist Whether a Man two Wives or Husbands two A Maid should have 't was ask'd This knot t' undo Thus Paula said A Maid two Men should have Else how can two consist in one Concave 146. In Medio virtus Between two Men a pompous Woman sate Vertue the middle Place hath lost of late 147. Of Acerra He 's blest whom others Horns have made afraid Unwedded A'cer oft t' his Father said 148. To Pinotus Dost ask What I would have a Feminine Not Venale Vendible I would have Mine 149. Of Quintus and Quintina Quintus his Wifes Intreaties for Commands Her words for Laws her Beck for Statute stands She leads she drives at will the silly Sot As if she had an Husband and had not 'Gainst Nature Laws Arts Rules Grammarian Avaunt For Here 's He Woman and She Man 150. A Paradox to his absent Mistress I burn with Love And I the more am burn'd The more remote from me the Fire is turn'd 151. Of Paulina False to the First false to the second Bed Both void She liv'd unblam'd-unblemished Not for the fear of Sin but fear of Shame Preferr'd Her without Blemish without Blame Though many did her treat did her intreat She granted unto none the Vacant Seat 152. Of Gellia If it be Simony to Merchandize And at a price Things consecrate to prize We well may call thee Simoniacal Who sellest Love For Love's Spiritual 153. Of a certain Woman In small time how immense thy Things did grow Of late but Omicron Omega now 154. Aenigma Tell where that Creature is on Hill or Vale Whose Father Female Mother is a Male 155. To Ponticus That Both thine Eyes thou hast I wonder Why Because thy Parents Each had but One Eye 156. Of D. Vitus I know not whether Horn'd I know by signs That th' art a Bull having Three Vitulines 157. Of a Dactyle to a certain Lover Wouldst with a pleasing Verse thy Mistris Court 'T were fit to know what Feet should it support Of all the Measures which a Verse do summon The Dactyle Measure best delights a woman 158. Of Love descending From th' Eyes Love riseth by the Mouth descends Into Loves Center where It hath it's Ends. 159. Of Balba Balba leave taking of her Spouse said Thus Phi-Philip you 'l b' I hope soon-soon with us 160. Of Theft a Problem to Lawyers Who takes a thing â—illing his Lord 's a Thief But what if's Lordess in that Act be Chief 161. Of Ponticus Of Promise thou dost no Performance make Physician-like who gives not yet saith Take 162. Of Cerellia married to an Eunuch Now to the Spartane Customs I agree That Men Maids when they wed should naked be For Cerill having late espous'd a Frank Thiking to gain a Prize got but a Blank 163. Of Horns a Probleme When any Wife betrays the Marriage Bed Why wears her Husband Horns Because he 's Head 164. To Germanicus Calend. Jan. Or give m' a Gift my Verses or restore Which I on that condition gave before 165. Christ-Church Colledge in Oxford Though this imperfect House to ruine tend It s large Quadrangle yet doth it commend 166. Of Phyllis Phyllis pretends my Verse her Fancy moves She loves a Verse but something more she loves 167. Of Himself I spend the Time in Trifles and in Folly Thus lest my Time be lost I lose it wholly 168. To the Reader of Himself My Brevity perchance seems Sloth t' imply Believe me no small labour 's Brevity I not as some speak much in foolish sort Perhaps my Speech is foolish but 't is short 169. Of boasting Thraso Why doth Sir Thraso wear great Spurs Because Glory doth wear great Spurs to gain Applause 170. Of Himself Ask saith Saint James it shall be given thee O that King James would say the same to me 171. Court Musick consisting of two Voices The Favourite's advanc'd and Elah sings Another all his Tunes t' a Cadence brings 172. To the Reader Lest this my Book should make Tobaco vapour Wipe rather thy Posteriours with my Paper 173. To his Book My Book Me living thou maist die perhaps What then A Child doth oft to death elapse Before his Father So then whether I Survive Thee or Thou me We both must die The End of the First Book To M r. Thomas Harvey on his Translation of the First Book of Owen's Epigrams WHen what 's begun tha ' ast finish't Owen shaâ—â— Be the Translation thine th' original Thy Native Tongue the vigour doth express More of his Fancy than his Latine dress So from thy Version he derives this Good To be esteem'd in being understood T. M. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE EPIGRAMS OF John Owen Englished by Thomas Harvey Gent. Incept 10. Novemb. 1672. 1. To the Reader LEst this my Book please Fools whereof are Many I would not have It many please if any Few Readers are enough but One if wise If none do read me none shall me suffice 2. To the Lady Mary Neville The Praise of many's rais'd by Poets Art But all thy Praise springs from thine own desert 3. To the same Thou to thy Foes if any be dost will Dost wish none ill to Friends art Candid still This one thou never dost forget That other Thou never didst remember Maid nor Mother 4. To the same In Tables men fair Faces paint and place There to survive when Fates the Face deface I cannot paint but I can Poetize And Verses can give Life when Picture dies Though sole Apollo sole Apelles able's Thee to describe in Verse to paint in Tables 5. To D. J. H. I am no learned Poet but a Learner No Learner Thou but Poets learn'd Discerner 6. What News The foolish People as I pass the Street Iâ—â—uisitive thus ask when me they meet What News I tell them I know nothing New Or if I knew I say no News I knew 7. The Court. He that complies not in the Princes Hall With All the witty hath no wit at all 8. Of Aulus Wert Knighted that thy wise should love thee more She loves thee less her self more than before Her Garb her Garments must new fashion'd be So that thy Dear will be more dear to thee 9. Of the Chymist The Chymist Gold decocts till leaving none He loseth all his Gold to find a Stone 10. A Trojan Troy lost at last the Trojans Wiser grew What man is not in this a Trojan true 11. Loves Remedy Take Wood
thou self distracted didst distract What should'st thou do Famine advis'd that Act. Thee Poverty compell'd thy Books with sweat Compil'd first pen'd after to vend and eat 126. On a Bald Pate Lo not an hair thine heads bald Crown doth Crown Thy Faithless Front hath not one hair thine own Before Behind thine hair 's blown off with Blast What 's left thee to be lost thine Head at last 127. To Claudius and Linus Lewd Claud to make thee good thou want'st sole will Thou Linus want'st sole Power to make thee ill 128. To George (1) Nom. George whether thou desir'st to b' in my Book Wherein a Verse averse is if thou look (2) Gen. Or whether of thy Kindred I should raise Trophys in Verse oft sounding Thine-their Praise (3) Dat. Or whether I to thee would recommend Due thanks my Verse cannot due thanks repend (4) Accus 'T is well no Verse of mine thee doth accuse In this thy Name well pleaseth Me-my Muse. (5) Vocat If generous O George thou would'st be call'd Thou in th' extremest Place shalt still b' install'd (6) Ablat Wo's me that I my Verse cannot inforce Longer to hold with thee a long Discourse 129. A Lover is a Warrior Souldiers with Harlots Aulus well compar'd Mars bodies arm'd Venus unarm'd doth guard 130. The Military Oath The Latines Sacrament call'd sacred Oath Which Souldiers to their Captain did betroth If Sacraments be but an Oath then there More Sacraments than two will soon appear 131. Of Alanus Covetous and Lame Give but a Gift t' Alanus He though Lame Is hundred-handed to receive the same But if for Gift a Gift he must restore He 's Lame that hundred-handed was before 132. The Condition of Kings While This forbears That fears Truth to relate To Kings O miserable Kingly state 133. Vis Jus Force Right to J. C. Vis Force Jus Right are adverse yet the Name Of Vis and Jus inverted is the fame 134. Of Marcus Wives Widows Maids Whores Wenches women-kind Thou lov'st but thine own Wife thou leav'st behind Among so many kinds of Venus sports Why leav'st the lawful lov'st th' unlawful sorts 135. Desperate Debt Who 's not in Debt t' his wise who (1) Solvency or Payment is not to be understood but of one that is able to pay the whole debt Jabol de verb. signif 1. solvendo solvent is None solid but insolvent is in This. 136. Of Culianus Wise men are (1) Cic. de Divin lib. 2. wonders wonders now are none Then now there is no wise man no not one But Culian th' art wise then wonders are Or thou from wisdom Culian art far 137. Of Marcus a man venust or comely Too much of Venus (1) Burnt usted part of Thee That in some Part thou maist Venustus be 138. Of Adrian 5. Derided Epigrams derided Verse Thou writest which with mirth have no commerce No mirth is in them yet the Reader smil'd Because both wit and mirth from them 's exil'd 139. I Thou He. There 's no man but prefers Himself unt ' All Hence the first Person I we count and call Thou fam'st thy present blam'st thine absent Friend He Thou next Me and He next Thee doth tend 140. Petite dabitur vobis Ask and it shall be given you That which was promis'd Askers heretofore Is given now to Givers men no more Will gratis give what 's gratis comes from Heaven Of nought comes nought Give and it shall be given Date dabitur vobiâ— 141. Married Persons Children Parents Husband and wife once two are now but one Once one two now are Father and his Son 142. Of Marcus a Lawyer Thou pleadest for thy self not Client he Not for himself but brings his Gold for thee The certain Laws uncertain Causes cross Thou sure of gain thy Client 's sure of loss 143. To his Father As man more excellent than woman is I so thy son do more excel in this 144. An Italian Th' Italians of their wives as Books comprize The parts incluse-sâ—cluse Monopolize This what God said unt ' Eve the woman gains By this I will multiplicate thy pains 145. What Wife the Author would have I like a woman facile to be lov'd To love difficile comely well approv'd Rivals in love I like deserve she should The love of all not love alone I would 146. To one complaining that his Children were not like him Would'st on thy wife beget a Self-like Child First get a wife like thee compos'd-compil'd 147. To the Married Of Conjugal Love When Adam had espoused Eve his Bride No woman was for him to love beside Love Conjugal is therefore First and best Paternal doth the Second Love attest 148. Sir Francis Drake ' s Epitaph Though Papistry should rage in time to come It would not Drake I think dig up thy Tomb Thou need'st not fear it should thy Body burn For in the water safe from Fire 's thine Urne 149. A Childs Epitaph dying before his Grandfather and Father Death keeps no method Logick's Art denies A Son before his Sire and Grandsire dies 150. Epitaph of Maurus His Soul of 's Corps his Corps of 's Soul 's hereft Maurus wants both his Name is only left 151. Epitaph of Pyramus and Thisbe Death friendly-foe from you that grief remov'd Which brought on Death before because you lov'd 152. Tho. Moor dying Moor had his Head from 's Body severed But would not have his Hair cut from his Head 153. Three Languages Crucified Hebrew Greek Latine First Next Third commixt Sacred Learn'd Roman all three Crucifixt 154. Don Antonio King of Portugal Between thee and thy Kingdom a Divorce Was lately made against thy will by force Now thou maist of thy Kingdom took away What Christ Himself (1) My Kingdom is not of this World did of his Kingdom say 155. Alexander Aristotle He great'st of Kings of Sophists this compleater Great Alexander Aristotle greater This learn'd made Alexander more compleat Great He made Aristotle not more great 156. Of Plato The Bees which swarm'd on Plato's lips do still Distill rare Sweets from his mellistuous Quill 157. Virgil ' s Georgicks Thou Maro writ'st rich Verse of Husbandry And dost manure the Readers wit thereby 158. Persius the Poet. Dark Persius I read but not conceive I' th' dark he doth his Readers lead and leave 159. Tacitus Thee Candor made Truth-telling Nature wise Briefness obscure and Gravity concise 160. To Martial Persons thou know'st to spare to speak of things All thy Conceits are honyed have no Stings 161. To Petrarch While O thy Laura's read the doubt will be Lawrel or Laura whether fitt'st for thee 162. Pliny Englisht by Philemon Holland a Physician Pliny writes many things is long is short Much writing Holland's (a) Because more plene longer (b) Because more plaiâ—â— shorter for't 163. Of Cicero to Catullus What thou didst tell Catullus and foretell Of Cicero was true for it befell
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.
for a Prodigy it now may pass 94. Of Annetta a Franck. Nature with very little is content But of thy Nature this I think 's not meant 95. Of Marcus a Souldier blind and blear-cy'd One of thine Eyes doth Marcus yet remain Which with continual drops thy Face doth slain Why is that Eye with Tears so much imâ—ost Because his Brother in the Wars was lost 96. Peace in Europe to Divines Kings war and Kings in peaceful Leagues combine 'T is something yet t' enjoy sweet peace in Fine The Priests with an immortal strife contend And their contests nor measure have nor End Hence by Tongues virulence it doth appear That than the Sword the Pen is more severe 97. To Carolina As oft as in the Glass thou view'st thy face Lest that thy beauty make thee proud abase Abate thy Pride think though th' art fair alas Th' art fraile though beautiful yet like thy Glass 98. Florals As in the Scene obscene came Cato thence To go so man comes here to pass from hence And never to come hither from his Urne As Caâ—o to the Scene did not return 99. Man's Epitaph Who lies here no man no man here doth lie A liveless Corps doth not a man imply 100. The Souls Horizon Th' high Elements we see not Fire and Air Water and Earth we see the lower pair So we know men and beasts with us below But God and th' Angels ah we do not know 101. The Souls Eclipse As th' Earth 'twixt Sun and Moon doth stand we see In her Eclipse so sin 'twixt God and me 102. A Merchant Plautus a Tale the Merchant call'd compil'd The next like it is the Deceiver stil'd 103. Worshipper of Images Who Grandees honour Idolize 't is clear Sith woman mans man doth Gods Image bear 104. Erasmus his desire Erasmus Desiderius I could Desire who sole might write what e're he would 105. A Neuter Pompey and I if Pompey win the Field If Caesar then to Caesar I will yield 106. Scandalizing Grandees to the Servants of Servants The Master saith I will my Servant have To be still faithful how my Goods to save Stand watch go come perform the most th' art able Th' art yet a Servant but unprofitable 107. Mars and Venus Venus and Mars themselves alike extend Mars common Foe Venus a common Friend 108. February Thou sole of many Brothers not one other Hast eight and twenty daies most like thy mother 109. To E. J. Thy modesty thee vertue like doth praise I to thy wit with leave would Tropheys raise But O thy modest Face and candid spirit Cause me to praise thee less than is thy Merit 110. A Circles Square What is a Circles Square but this alone Th' Earth parted in four parts at first but One. 111. Whether an Arithmetical unite answereth to a Geometrical Point God than a Point is more yet is but One Like as a Point doth differ from a * Unity Mone 112. From the Womb to the Tomb. Man 's born to death most certain which comes on As a lean Ox feeds to be fed upon 113. To the King O of what Force Example's in a King Actest thou bidst forbearst forbidst the thing A Prince moves principal a King doth steer As Skyes the Stars so Kings the People bear 114. The Head and Body to the same Reason's i' th' Head there it s five Agents â—bide Little 's Divine in the whole Man beside 115. Report of the Death of Henry 4. the French King To the French King What Kings to hear and Servants fear to tell Fame sounds i' th' Ear To die remember well 116. Light and Air. Air though a Body is unseen with th' Eye Light hath no body yet is seen on high 117. One God many Friends Though no man can two Masters serve as slave What hinders but two Patrons one may have One God forbids not to seek many friends As one Faith many Arts not discommends 118. Donna Danno Adam a Rib lost for the womans sake And for her sake he laid his Soul at stake 119. Womens Tire This is more like an house than cov'ring this Is not to deck t' erect the Head it is 120. All things Nothing All things who made of Nothing He 's sole All What God of Nothing made we Nothing call 121. The East and Western Church The right-true Faith i' th' Worlds left Part resounds Faith sinister i' th' Worlds right Part abounds 122. Anger Patience Ire minds inflames and Patience cools that Ire As Fire doth temper water water fire 123. Ruine of Heaven and Earth Th' Earth lowest is Heav'n highest is of all Yet that hath whither this no where to fall 124. To Henry Howard Earl of Northampton Ally'd unt ' one Uncle to two great Counts Of great Account thy Fame thy Name surmounts Of many Noble Dukes sprung from the Stemm Ones Brother Nephew unto three of them An Earls son who but Fates did not so please Had been the fourth Duke in this Series An Earl thy self None wonders at thy Fates Whom wit conducts Fortune concomitates 125. To Pontia I from thy sight which wounds mine Heart remove Not that I love thee not but that I love 126. To an Adulterer Adam in Eden was forbid to taste One Fruit the rest were all for his Repast I wonder having so much at command That He from One could not withhold his hand Thou contrary art All forbid but One That thou may'st use the rest must let alone Less strange than Adam that thou didst decline Whose Liberty was greater far than thine 127. To the Reader Salt meats cause thirst O that my verses might The Reader cause to thirst with Appetite 128. To an Uxorious Man Let not thy Wife command give if she crave Make not thy Wife thy Master nor thy Slave 129. To Ponticus Thy Life 's a Comick Death a Tragick Story Unlike thy Death will be to thy Life's Glory 130. Of a certain married Priest A Levite born a Levite made thy Wife Of Levi's Tribe Levitical's thy Life 131. Of Innovators You pull down All Things No Thing you rebuild Are you with Zeal or fiery fury fill'd The Spirit you pretend doth you compell What Spirit is' t * Apoc. 9.11 A bad one Abaddon One from Hell 132. Of Cotta God out of Nothing All things did Create Thou Chymist All things dost Annihilate 133. Tho. Egerton Chancellour of England and Francis Leigh his Son-in-law â—any Vertue loves and Honours Arts â—hat Father and this Son act both these parts â—ave Egerton Brave Leigh the Muses love â—he Son would not unlike the Father prove 134. Consubstantiation To the same Francis and Mary his Wife You have not both one Soul but both one Mind Nor both one Body but one flesh conjoyn'd Man Wife in name are two but one in Troth They diff'rent are in Sex but humane both 135. Funeral Sermons Good men are wrong'd while living prais'd when dead O black Life O Death candid-honoured 136. Paul's Cross
will not compleat it (a) Prov. 30.13 The Womb and Tomb insatiable are Saith the wise King He did them both compare Who falls on Wife descends into the Pit A Wife in sense not sound is like unt ' it 53. The Answer A Wife I 'm nam'd not that I vex the man But that mine Housewifes care's Quotidian Is Man in Woman as Belzeb's in Hell Man's Satan then if Woman be that Cell 54. The Religious What 's well done's ill done if in publick done The Politician What 's ill done's well done if reveal'd to none 55. Three Goddesses Chast Juno wanton Venus Pallas learn'd Pure Virgin 's rare between those two discern'd 56. English Proteus New-fashions in Apparel ' states do wast Sole Pleasure pleaseth us though lost at last 57. One protects two The saying of H. 4. The French King One King protects two Kingdoms yet both fail'd Thee to protect but one when Death th' assail'd 58. The Birth and Scite of the Sun The Sun fourth midst is of the Planets seven (a) The Sun was created the fourth day Gen. 1. The fourth day made plac'd in the midst of Heaven 59. The Sepulchers of Caesar Pompey and Crassus Africk for Pompey Asia doth mourn For Crassus Europe hath great Caesars Urn. 60. City Buildings most City-like of Henry Earl of Northampton The Structure of an House Beneath Above The Builders Ingenuity doth prove Who raise rude Piles of Buildings to thy Praise By thine Example may their Buildings raise 61. To Oranus Thy Wifes rich Sire oft said This Daughter mine In stable Wedlock I to thee will joyn Too stable Wedlock hath you joyn'd sith she So much unstable is in love to thee 62. Of Faelix Faelix through all the City walks per deiu Who scarce two Cities in the World did view Who many Men and Cities saw the Poor In his own City beggeth at the door 63. Francis Drake No time shall Drake forget He cross'd the Seas And Drake-like swam unto th' Antipodes Or This. Drakes Name and Fame no time shall ravel out He sail'd amid the Seas the World about 64. Man Before thy Birth which thou remembrest not Thou nothing wert Dead something is thy lot 65. Of Phoebus and Neptune The Sun 's of swift the Sea 's of swister force That runs but once this twice a day its course 66. Uxor Vi n cta that is A Wife bound Conquer'd The Brides Tongue brid'led th' Husband's Conquerer He sole o'recomes his Wife that quiets her 67. Naked Truth Of Alethus If as saith Plato Vertue naked might Be seen 't would fill mens hearts with rare Delight Alethus as 't is said saw (a) Four Curtizans call'd by the names of the four Vertues Vertues four Naked at Venice and did them deflour 68. Of Bacchus and Byrrhia Wine and Beer Wine simple-single's prais'd but double Beer Double is good but single best doth cheer 69. Of Gellia To the first Matter Gellia inclines That all forms fancies this sole Masculines 70. Of Papilus pulling off his hoar Hairs Thou need'st not pull thine hoar hairs from thine head Proceed in (a) Riot Greek they of themselves will shed 71. Be not many Masters While none would Scholars be but Masters all All Scholars none we can a Master call 72. Hen. 8. Defender of the Faith This Title (a) Leo the tenth a Florentine by Nation 1521. Leo Pope a Florentine To th' King of Flow'rs and Lions did assign 73. To Pope Leo. That Title with the Sword thou gav'st the King He thee denies the Sword thy Death did bring 74. The Pride of Life Man though of vile Earth made with Pride doth swell Th' Earth made of nothing swells with man as well So man like th' Earth aspires above his kind Th' Earth mounts in Mountains Man mounts up in Mind 75. To Guarene Tounsend J. C. Thy Tongue no Law-court courts nor avaricious Is prostitute t' excuse the guilty vicious Thou dost contemplate Natures Mysteries Scripture Laws History thou dost revise Three Graces seven Arts Sisters thrice three Causes to know but not to plead teach thee 76. Genesis and Saint Matthew's Gospel Christ's Birth in this Adam's that Book is in Gospel and Law from Genesis begin 77. Some Body No Body The sacred Hebrew Text Men Souls doth stile As if that Man were solely Soul the while None no body one some body we call In English as if we were Bodies-All 78. A Love Fancy If Lesbia thou wert the Zodiack I would I were the Sun for thy sweet sake The Sun compleats the Zodiack once a year But once a Night I would compleat thy Sphear 79. To Book-gelders If wise then gild my Book but geld it not That other Books by this may be begot 80. To Gellia In earnest speak Why dost thou so profuse Give that to many promis'd for ones use 'T is an old custome common as a Clock That many Keys should be t' a single Lock 81. Eve's and the Serpents Conventicle By Eves and Satans Parley sin did come O would she had been deaf or he been dumb 82. To Robert Johnson a Scottish-Britain Reading thy British (a) Of the affairs of great Britain and Ireland In his Time History I love Thy self I like thy Method both approve No such Book 's extant that 's more genuine More genial than that same Book of thine Excepting (b) Sir Tho. Moore Moore Who wrote the Life-the fate Of (c) Richard the third Richard Thee next him I emulate 83. Of Himself I of the Minor Brothers orders am My Fathers Lands to th' Major Brother came 84. Sell all that thou hast and give to the Poor To Paetus Of this Advice thou kept'st the former part But not the latter There remiss thou wert Th' hast sold and given all Part to thy Whore Part to thy Riot nothing to the Poor 85. Nor Of Evils the least Of Good the greatest Though she were best I would not have my Bride A Giant nor a Dwarf though worst beside 86. Sirens Songs If thou thy Reins wouldst keep from Blain-from â—ane Flee Sirens Songs thou shalt be safe and sane 87. A Love Letter Love wants not Hope in hope the Lover lives But Hope without thee thine me nothing gives 88. Blind Love Love and Ebriety are like They blind Mens Eyes of Body this that of the Mind 89. The Will of rich T. S. Thou givest all no longer here to live Nor hence to take it Couldst Th' would'st nothing give 90. Air Water Earth Hell The fordid Earth receives the dross of th' Air Earth's dregs unto th' infernal Caves repair What Evil's in the World shall t' Hell descend As pond'rous things unto the Center tend 91. The Christian Zodiack The twelve Apostles their Stars four times three My Zodiack Faith and Christ my Sun shall be 92. Erasmus Praise of Folly Thou didst not folly praise Erasmus solely Thee many praise and many praise thy folly 93. Of Gymnicus A Pastor Thou feed'st thy flock with