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
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
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.
above Thus one mans Fall anothers Rise doth prove 256. To a certain Man Doctor beginning O begin to be Now Ductior more learn'd for thy degree 257. Beside Women and Children Read through the sacred writ though they surmount * Mat. 14.21 Women and Children pass not in account Women and Children are not Officers Nor are they trained up or arm'd for wars Women and Children for their Garments have Long Coats they beardless are and never shave Women and Children will Tears quickly shed And are by Flatterers soon led-misled O with what Arts do you man-kind destroy Thou woman Venus Cupid thou her Boy 258. A Nose of Wax Do sacred Scriptures promise good unt ' us Our Faith believes it soon is credulous Do they require our duty Then O then 'T is durus sermo difficult for men 259. Heavens Ladder 1 Cor. 13.8.13  y   t  h i  t r e i a p a h o F C H Three Vertues as by steps ascend in t ' Heaven Good Hope by four by five Faith Love by seven Hope to the Moon Faith doth to th' Sun aspire But Charity to th' highest Heav'n and higher 260. Of Battus Thy Tongue thine Heart interprets let thine Heart Be silent e're thy Tongue thy Mind impart Th' interpreter must silent stand as long As the Embassadour doth use his tongue 261. The Praise of the Ass. Be ye not like an Horse or Mule which have no understanding With Horse and Mule why was not th' Ass brought on Because he was to carry David's Son 262. A pair of impair Courtiers The Carper the Parasite They well agree not nor keep equal ways This all things praiseth that doth nothing praise 263. Four causes of man What is Mans form but a bad mind vain will What Principle Material But Nily Suspect not matter with the form respect Th' Efficient and End On these reflect 264. The last Line Sad Death is of a merry Life last Act A serious Life doth Joys in Death attract 265. Upon the Death of Rich. Vaughan Bishop of London 1607. I who thee living did most justly praise Well knowing that thy worth deserv'd the Bays Ah thee now dead why praise I not more full Joys did my wit make brisk Grief makes it dull While with more Tears than Verse I found thy knell My Tears confound my Verse my words farewel 266. Of Life and Death One way to Life to Death a thousand 's had 'T is well Death is a good thing Life a bad 267. Of decrepit Paul A Builder Thou build'st an House wherein to die not dwell Whether thine House or Tomb thou canst not tell 268. Of Sextus a Prodigal Robber We thee confess Munificent who thine Not only giv'st but tak'st from me what 's mine 269. On Zoilus Thou spar'st the Dead the Living dost envy I will not therefore wish my self to die 270. A Pair Royal of Friends To the English-Scots Britains Scots-Welsh Britains Welsh-English Britains In friendship this doth seem a royal pair When three between one love commands the Chair To make a pair in Love if there be three Each of the three must then twice numbred be 271. A Kingdom divided This world hath nothing pertinent And this World cannot stand because divided ' t is 272. The Ring of Concord To the Britains in Parliament 1607. Scotland the Jewel brings to make the Ring England the Gold the Goldsmith is the King Speed Europes Peace lest else the Ring-like year Before the Ring be finish'd disappear 273. Britain As thou wert i' th' Beginning now as then So O so be World without End Amen 274. Steganography To the curious Reader Why that my Verses are obscure dost say Not well to b' understood without a Key An Epigrammatist must not dilate 'T is therefore fit he should abbreviate 275. One God One Adam was the Father of all Men Nor can there be more Gods than Fathers then 276. To the Lady Arbella Stuart If in bare words were honour I could raise Could write a thousand Verses in thy Praise My Muse may by thy worth ennobled be But my poor Muse can nothing add to thee FINIS An Anagram of the Authors Name Invented by D. Du. Tr. of Paris JOANNES AUDOENUS Ad Annos Noe Vives Of the same A Distich This Anagram is false concerning thee But of thy Book it verifi'd may be D. Du. Tr. Med. Of the same Of Thee thy Book this Anagram is right Thou brought'st thy Book thy Book brings thee to light John Rosse J. C. A Temples EPIGRAMS OF John Owen AN OXONIAN AND CAMBRO-BRITAN Three Books Two Dedicated unto Henry Prince of Wales One unto Charles Duke of York Englished by Thomas Harvey LONDON Printed by R. White for Nevil Simmons 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. The Author to the Reader IN th' Authors Praise according to the Mode Dost wonder thou canst find nor Verse nor Ode No Patronage can to my Verses add For if they 'r good they 'r good if bad they 'r bad The same to the same MIne Epigrams are not like strifes nor are They like a Lawyers Client at the Bar None can our Verses nor have Kings such power If low make lofty lofty if make lower EPIGRAMS OF John Owen A CAMBRO-BRITAN To Henry Prince of Wales The First Book 1. To Prince Henry IN Love for Custome Books we Dedicate And I the Prince choose for my Principate 2. To Mecaenas I for my Verses no Mecaenas look I want one for my self not for my Book 3. To Marcellus A Lawyer Thou wert Paulinus Patient for it Let him thy Client be Then are you quit 4. To Henry Prince of Wales Thy Breast Brain Reason Head Affections Heart In thee with good Effects perform their Part Thy Wit thy Courage Reason rules thy Sense Thine Head compleats thine Heart with Eminence Wales had three noble Princes * Three Princes of Wales surnamed Great Great surnam'd And Thou Great Prince shalt be the fourth proclaim'd 5. Mercury Gallo-Belgick Not ev'ry Tree will make a Mercury This Artist yet doth to 't all Woods apply 6. Orpheus Orpheus did fetch his Wife from Hell But when Fetch'd any Wife her Husband from that Den 7. Academical Vests To the Students of Oxford and Cambridge Why are you Students and our Clergy clad In black their Vestments wearing fable sad Is' t that our Muses for Apollo mourn Or for Mecaenas closed in his Urn Mecaenas yet left Heirs 'T is true some one Heir of his Goods but of his Goodness none 8. Wheter Peter were at Rome Whether at Rome Saint Peter ever were 'T is doubtful doubtless Simon was is there 9. To Be and Have 'T is good to Be and Have A Greek I think Once said an Alman added and to drink 10. To Ligurinus Arr'us thy Wife doth till doth fill The seed He sow'd but thine 's what Harvest it doth breed 11. Thou
sin did buy 46. Democritus and Heraclitus That only laugh'd this only wept but whether Shall be laugh'd at or wept for Both or Neither 47. Of Langa Langa she Papist ' spous'd t' a Lutheran T' avoid contesting thus to speak began Lest future Discords should disturb our Peace To me be facile and I thee will please Grant me the Liberty of Conscience And with all other things I will dispence 48. King Arthur's Round-Table Why thy Round Table dost t' a Square prefer Men made things Square God made * The World the Circular 49. To Theophila B. C. He must love much and have no vulgar spirit Who doth thee praise and love as thou dost merit 50. Of Hernicus His Soul to God his Body to the Ground Hernick bequeath'd And lying in a Swound He heard some whisp'ring that his wife had gain'd A new-another Husband which disdain'd By th' envious Man he gave his wife the Lye Reviv'd whereas before he thought to die 51. Of Love and Faith Love is from Faith divorc'd that ever is Suspicious not once suspected this 52. A Lover Uncertain Hope Fear constant flying Pleasure Sad Joyes sweet Grief Love bitter Where 's the Treasure 53. The Golden Age. Before the virtue was of Gold disclos'd Why was that Age the Golden Age suppos'd 54. Of Alana In Bed Alana's Place is lowest yet At Table in the high'st Place She 's set Her facile Husband parts with her the Sway He rules by Night She governs all the day 55. Germanick Death to Polynicus Death 's not to be saith Seneca some think And Germans too that Death is not to drink 56. Of Philodemus Rare things 'cause dear thou shunnest seekest common To thee more dear's a vile than dearer Woman 57. Of Battus Thou secrets tell'st crave'st pardon for the wrong Wouldst have no need of Pardon Hold thy Tongue 58. The Gordian Knot The Gordian Knot cut once with Sword Is it Now rather to be loos'd by Sword or Wit None can dissolve this Knot by Wit or Word Nor yet can Alexander with his Sword 59. Love Wars Peace again these things occur in Love Content Contention in one Circle move 60. Strifes Laws to J. C. Strife Laws produc'd and Law produceth Strife None without One of these can live this Life 61. The Miser and Prodigal My study's Rhetorick saith Prodigal And mine the Miser saith is Logical Logick close-fisted Avarice descries And Rhetorick mens Prodigalities 62. Labour Though th' active Romans Grief no Labour deem'd Th' inactive Greeks Labour a Grief esteem'd 63. A good strong wise man Good Men want Wealth but have divine supplies Wit to the Strong Faith's wanting to the Wise. 64. The Order of the Golden Fleece Philip the Duke of Burgundy 't is feign'd That Order of the Golden Fleece ordain'd Whose Heirs the Golden Indies now possess This Order was an Oracle no less 65. The Motto of Thomas Earl of Dorset Nec temerè nec timide Not hastily nor heartlesly Wisely suspect and stoutly things expect Be circumspect lei thee no Fear deject 66. The Motto of Henry Neville Knight Ne vile velis Not vile's thy will Neville thy will ne-vile or vain brings forth Sith vile things little vain are Nothing worth 67. To Sir Philip Sidney of his Arcadia Thou did'st command when passing to thine Urne Witness thy Wife they should th' Arcadia burn If it should die for kindling Lovers Flames It ought not to be burn'd but drown'd in Thames In this thy Book no Line no Letter 's found That merits either to be burn'd or drown'd What ever censure on thy Book may fall Thy Wit nor censure merits Death nor Gall. 68. To Jane Owen a most learned woman None of thy Sisters have I heard or seen Though Five to th' aged Father born have been How many then I know but what they be I know not yet I know if like to thee 69. To his Friend He be none's Enemy nor twice a Friend My Friendship where it doth begin shall end 70. The Usurers Grammer Things Creeping Swimming Going Fleeing All Love These Those all things all Men doth inthral He She That Coyn Money and Gold these Three Do conquer Love by whom all conquer'd be 71. To one like neither Parent Why did thy Parents thee not like unt ' Either Beget when they Consented Both together Thou no right form of Either Parent hast While both of them to form thee did what 's past 72. To two nameless returning from Venice That your Adventure fourfold might return Your Journey you to Venice did adjourn From whence when with your gain you came again Your Friends though to their loss rejoyc'd amain 73. Adultery and Fornication What differs base Adulterers from vile Fornicators Tragick as from Comick stile 74. Of Hercules to C. D. No force could force or Hercules remove What was the greatest of his Labours Love A Lioness not Manness he could tame No Monstress him a Mistress overcame 75. A Saluting Kiss Give me three Kisses Phyllis if not three So many as thy Lips are give to Me Thou giv'st and takest one deny'st one more Or take thou thine or mine to me restore 76. A Problem to Naturalists of Kisses If Kisses to the Tast bring nothing sweet Why Kiss we with our mouth when Friends we meet 77. Of Labienus This Thief the Gallows mounting there to die Thus thus said he we scale the Starry Sky 78. Of Alexander One World one Alexander not confin'd O than the world immenser was his mind To this one World one Man was not compleat Great Alexander but the World more great 79. To Firmicus of Aulus Thou Firmick credit'st none all credit thee Aulus trusts all but cannot trusted be 80. Of a certain Poetaster Thou pottest so as if no Pot no Poet. No Poetry as if Pots only show it Drunken (1) Carnifex an Hangman Carminifex from out this word Take Mi the rest to thee will well accord 81. Of ones Lying Letters Thy false Epistle oft comes to my sight Or rare or never thou dost Gospel write 82. Physician heal thy self to Gilbertus Vain is advice to thee thy self to cure For 't is thy greatest care that cure t' ensure 83. Of a certain Usurer The thousand Pounds thou did'st to Flava lend Thou for it with full Usury dost send If like for like she gave th' art paid thereby Thou hadst her Bodies use for th' Usury 84. Of an Hypocrite All things he doth dissemble or surmise Though Labour hence thence Dolour doth arise 85. Of Erasmus his Book of Follies Erasmus was the first who Folly prais'd This Folly shew'd his wit his wisedom rais'd 86. Of Anagrammatists Whither O whither will your wits inforce Vowels and Letters here and there to course As when Augustus leisure gave in one Thyrsis his Sheep his Goats brought Corydon 87. Of a certain indoctrin'd Doctor Master in Art thou Beardless-Artless wert Now Bearded Doctor th' art but more inert 88. Of naked Love Nature the Fields the Birds the
164. Of Historians in this Age. Historians of old wrote truth no lyes Now to write lies no truth it doth suffice This Nay that Yea concludes O which I pray Shall the next Age believe of Yea or Nay The certain Reader is uncertain whether He Neither of them shall believe or Either 165. Kings People By Kings unlearn'd the People's led-misled Like faultring feet by a distemp'red Head 166. The Senate Kings Reign alone why rule they not alone He ruleth best who 's rul'd by more than one 167. To an Historian Thou conversant in Histories dost read And travelst without danger without dread An History doth teach in Time though short More than long Times Experience doth comport 168. Of Diet to J. H. If old thou wouldst be slowly then use all Med'cines like Modicums Reciprocal Like too much meat Med'cines may health infest And meat like Med'cines us'd is most times best 169. The Peers of France Not altogether Peers for it appears Imparity with Parity co-heres 170. P. Magnus C. Major F. Maximus Pompey Cato Fabius This great'st less than the great greater than he The Greater which is greatest of the three 171. To T. S. Thy wit and Judgement in my Verse to show My wit and Judgement are too weak too low Thy wit and Judgement I transcendent find Or else my wit and Judgement both are blind But whatso'ere my Judgement is or wit I to thy wit and Judgement mine submit 172. Of himself What wonder if bad Verse my Muse unveils For I nor claw mine Head nor gnaw my Nails 173. The Five Senses These Five to will and pleasure that relate Do they their Office or officiate 174. Seeing The more the sight assimilates the Mind The more it draws it makes it more inclin'd 175. Hearing How soon sounds vocal vanish from our Ear Like Air they come like Air they disappear 176. Smelling Between the mouth and Eyes th' expanded Nare Doth carnal with spiritual things compare 177. Tasting That meat may be more pleasing to the Tast Hunger like Sauce will sweeten the repast 178. Touching Some Touch sole pleaseth some hath Titillation This youth that Age affects with Delectation 179. Objects of the Senses Sight Hearing Smelling Tasting Touching these Affect infect my Senses as they please 180. Touching and Tasting Some are who can nor Smell nor Hear nor See And of five Senses are depriv'd of three Why want none Tasting Touching 'cause of these That th' individ this guards the Species 181. Epigrams Satyres Satyres are but long Epigrams And these Are but short Satyres to displease or please Satyres avail not if they be not tart Nor Epigrams unless like Satyres smart 182. A dumb man He moves his Lips but utters no true sound Let Apollonius his mind expound 183. Blind and Deaf Why this with 's Eyes with 's Ears more quick is he This hears with 's Eyes he with his Ears doth see 184. Teeth and Tongue (1) A Tooth Dens comes from Edens Eating Lingua Tongue From Licking each from what doth t' it belong 185. The Phoenix and the Viper The dying Phoenix leaves a living seed But living Vipers dying are to breed 186. The Silk-Worm Me skill doth kill I make my self my Tomb I draw my fatal Thread spin Death my Doom 187. The Right-Hand To give or take I use my Right-Hand Why Lest what my Right-Hand doth my left should ' spy 188. The Left-Hand From Pleasantness the Left-Hand hath its name An idle Hand and in all Labour lume 189. Sunday Why 's that day call'd when Light was first dilated Sunday when yet the Sun was not created 190. Terra di Lavoro Why is Campania so fully fam'd For Pleasure now the Land of Labour nam'd 191. Garments New things wax old and old things are renew'd Thus men are pleas'd with a vicissitude 192. Wine Wine from sad hearts expelleth Grief and mine Letificates dilating when supine 193. A Sheep Want we flesh skins young dung dice Musick-strings Wooll Milk one Sheep supplies with all these things 194. Soyling of Fields Dung's a vile Excrement yet hath its worth Its Element mine Aliment brings forth 195. Harmony Discording Concords best concur in Nature So man and woman generate a creature 196. A Parret If words t' invert be lawful and unblam'd A Parret then a prater shall be nam'd 197. Ink and Paper That it may more apparent be we write With cole-black Ink on Paper Snow-like white 198. A Comedy The Scene our facts obscene describes descries Our faults are found not feign'd in Comedies 199. A Cloak My Cloak from th' Earth than I my self more far 's A Gown My Gown sweeps th' Earth my Mind transcends the Stars 200. A Satyre One reason Satyres did produce and Laws Ill Manners of both's being were the Cause 201. An Eunuch My Testicles I want yet I attest My self a Man a Masculine at least 202. An Hour-glass False is the truest Hour-glass for with use The Sand wears smaller wider grows the Sluce 203. A Merchant 'T is hard to say That Merchant's rich or poor Who to the trustless Seas intrusts his store 204. Lust. That thing 's deform'd fair form'd by night should seem 'T is not black Nights but 't is blind Lust's esteem 205. Donna Lady By how much more man's Lord of 's wife why than His wife his Lady calls th' uxorious Man 206. A Souldier Though Wars give bloody Skarrs yet more are harm'd By naked Venus than by Mars when arm'd 207. An Army Huge Hulk Faith faithless inhumane too greedy Of bloodshed to shed humane blood too speedy 208. Lovers Tears As fervent fire from wood the moisture drills So Love within the Tears from th' Eyes distills 209. The Stars He that affects th' odd Number that is God Created all the Stars in number odd 210. The Venetians As Seas with Waters Skyes with Stars abound So Riches the Venetians surround 211. An Harp Sith th' Harps discording Strings concording be Is' t not a shame for men to disagree 212. A Fowler Shun cruel Flames not knowing sports events All Elements give thy sport Aliments 213. The Echo No skill nor Art a voice can form or found Sole Echo doth reiterate the sound 214. A Looking-glass Than Phid'ias or Apelles wiser thou The Bodies moti'on form'st they knew not how 215. The Echo and Looking-glass Nothing of Life hath th' Echo but to squeake The Glass would seem to live if it could speak 216. Musick The name of Musick from the Muses came Best Art none other Science hath this Name 217. Albion To the King England was once an Heptarchy that while Into nine Parts was parted all this Isle Unhappy Britain when divided thus United happy made by thee for us The End of the Second Book THE THIRD BOOK OF JOH OWEN'S Epigrams 1. To the Lady Mary Neville I Gloze not lye not thee when I applaud None more deserveth less desireth land Thou seek'st not praise though thou deserv'st it best And of thy praises this is not the least 2.
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
gave a Verb to me 10. Three Dimensions on Battologus Of three Dimensions thou but one dost sound That 's broad enough too long but not profound 11. To the Reader As after sev'ral Births a womans womb Past Fifty fruitless childless doth become So my three former Books of better strain Have stupifi'd and arifi'd my brain 12. To Simon Waterson Stationer Kind Waterson who first my Book didst take And undertake it publick for to make Though Monopolies Laws against arise Yet thou shalt all my wit Monopolize 13. The Sea Salt Meats cause thirst what 's salter than the Seas Fresh waters therefore are drank up by these 14. The Solstice of Ponticus an Atheist Death is Life's Solstice the Sun seems t' our Eyes To stand but stands not man to die not dies 15. To his Book My little Book by me forewarn'd forearm'd Observe at Court to keep thy self unharm'd Perhaps thou there maist find some one thy friend And some perchance that thee will reprehend If any be too rigid too severe Say thus My Master blame but me forbear 16. Courtship to his Friend a Courtier Loves thee the King his Page will then thee love As Shadows when the Bodies move do move Frowns but the King his Page will on thee frown As Shadows Bodies when the Sun 's gone down 17. On Corbulo Why 's Corbulo so bald upon his Pate For want of hair was it his fault or fate 18. To Pontilian Pontilian thee Christ'pher sues at Lawâ— Not thee but money 't is from thee to draw 19. To Sir Edward Herbert Knight Fame whisper'd that thou didst commend my Layes O that I could but equalize this praise Thou who dost praise this slender Muse of mine Dost merit to be prais'd by th' Muses Nine 20. Envies Genealogie to J. H. Vertue brings Envy forth brought forth defends From vertue this one-only Vice descends Know'st why to thee this Epigram I write Thou maist of right expect pale Envyes spight 21. Of Vertue a Paradox Each vertue 'twixt two vices hath its place If vice were plac'd there better were the case 22. The Seven Planets to Paula Among th' Erratick Stars thou well didst mark Five Males two Females wandring in the dark 23. To Marcus More than thy Promise thou must keep not less Hence but one Tongue two Hands thou dost possess But thou dost promise much performest none As if thou two Tongues hadst and Hands not one 24. A Roman Priest Would'st have Adultery not punished By death no wonder th' art unmarried 25. A Minister of Geneva Would'st have Adultery have loss of Life No wonder for thou hast a buxom Wife 26. Self-loving Poet. The Moon because of her vicinity Though least seems greatest Planet in our Eye So sith I 'm next my self my self the best I think of Poets though I am the least 27. Of a penurious Client Wonder'st the Judges Ears are shut to thee When unto them thine hands not open be 28. Of a certain Ass. That I thee call not name an Ass dost grieve We Names unt ' Horse not unt ' Asses give 29. Of the Picture in the Looking-glass Thou smiling there thine Image seems to smile And while thou weep'st it seems to weep the while It winks thee winking it thee moving moves But though thou speak'st thine Image speechless proves 30. Glaucus Change His Birth-right Esau unt ' his brother sold Jacob his Pottage for it gave not gold 31. Of Asellus a Dreamer Thou sleeping art inspir'd with Mysteries Which waking are concealed from thine Eyes O how would Death inform thee sith that sleep Deaths Image prompteth thee with things so deep 32. Wales and Kent Wales keeps though not its name its ancient Nation Kent keeps its name but not its first Plantation 33. Heauton-timoroumenos Self-vexing Angels not having Bodies happy are And the brute Beasts which Reason want want care Sole man who soul and body doth possess Is wretched knows and feels his wretchedness Yea ev'ry man hath Menedemus Fates Whom Reason ruinates not regulates 34. Of Linus Thou bound wert to me when I did thee lend Wilt have me bound to thee my Coyn repend 35. Single Life If Heaven to Good works be ascrib'd as Merit Thy Single Life hath wherewith Heav'n t' inherit 36. The Creation In the beginning God made Heaven Earth Man Why 'cause not to be sole he then began 37. Of Marcus Promise thou sayst makes rich but I by thee Thy Promises shall never richer be 38. Of Aulus an Atheist When we with thee discourse of God and Heaven With thee who prizest God at six and seven Thou sayst what 's us above concerns us not True for the lowest hole in Hell 's thy lot 39. Man a Stage-Player Hope is Lifes Argument for Life 's a Fable World Scene Faith Prologue Acts are Love unstable 40. To the Reader Why am I in mine Epigrams so brief It is O Reader for thy sake in chief As Gold than Silver is more light to carry So than long Epigrams short make less weary 41. New Stile Wherefore doth Rome which new things so detests So dotes on old ordain new Fasts new Feasts 42. To Marinus Motion 's the praise of th' Heavens constant Station Earths glory fix'd upon a firm Foundation Whence to thee Phillis seems of heav'nly birth Still moveable she nothing hath of Earth 43. Eves Fall The Sun 's not oft the Moon 's oft in th' Eclipse So women are than men more prone to slips 44. Neither in this nor in the World to come of Damianus Whether I present things or future mind I none more wretched than thy self do find Th' art wicked future times will thee condemn A Fool th' art present times do thee contemn 45. By wanting rather than having to Ponticus Thou knowst what wit what valour is if by Their want one their true value may descry 46. Manslaughter One man himself may kill a thousand men But two can scarce beget one man agen 47. Friendship to his Friend Why seeks Likes like Friends friend because that none Can long stand stedfast on one foot alone 48. To Sir John Harington son of the Lord Harington If vertue may be guess'd at by the front Thy Face hath wit and vertue stamp'd upon 't And herein is thy Fathers wisdom seen That learned Tovey hath thy Tutor been Sith all this Isle of Britain but a few Tutors like him Pupils like thee can shew 49. Polydore Virgil. Two Virgils were one Maro soaring higher A Poet next thou Polydore a Lyar. 50. Upon Momus an unjust Censurer of the former Epigrams Among so many wicked then alive Had but Gomorrha found of just men five It yet had stood And thou malignant Reader for a few Loose Lines wouldst all the Structure overthrow 51. On the same One whom I know not infamous by Fame Diana's Temple burn'd to get a Name So with black Teeth thou dost my Verses bite Hoping to have thy name in what I write But bite backbite thy fill I will deceive Thine
hopes and thee without a name will leave 52. Upon a domestick Carper And me thy Brother thou my Brother dear Woundst with thy tongue and with thy teeth dost tear Why dost maligne my Verse if praise it merit If blame to spare it 't were a brothers spirit 53. A Cuckold Why for my Wives close Thefts am I alas Traduc'd men call me Cuckold as they pass And point at me For what I did not sign But you I know not who I call not mine 54. A Self-Lover Love like thy self thy Neighbour saith the Text I do thou say'st I to my self am next 55. Fortune assists the Bold Fair women are like Fortune Neither she Nor they love men that slothful-bashful be 56. Love blind Love not too fierce at first hath large extent For slow things longer last than violent Lovers in hast are like that breeding kind which like blind love bring forth their younglings blind 57. Love not blind to Firmicus Love is not blind Argus to love is prone But Polyphemus blinded loveth none Love's bred by Seeing therefore Love's not blind Which through th' Eyes windows doth inflame the mind 58. To Quintus a Courtier Ulysses fear hast Quintus but one Eye An hundred hast beware of Mercury 59. Epitaph of Justice E're since Astraea last of heav'nly Race Abandon'd Earth and took in Heav'n her place Laws Altars Justice Temples are forsook And t' each his * Jus signifies Right Pottage Jus to give sole knows the Cook 60. Of Marcus skulking Wisely th' art hid if hid thine hiding were But open thy close hiding doth appear 61. Jesus Colledge and Christ Church Colledge in Oxford not fully Finished 1607. Jesus one House unfinish'd bears thy Name And Christ thou hast another like the same Among so many Noble Structures those Thy two thy former Poverty disclose 62. Merchants Trust. Poor Irus paid rich Croesus all now which Is of the greater credit Poor or Rich 63. Muses most sad Shorne is Apollo now unshorne e're while Scarce in a year doth our Apollo smile O he mistook who call'd the Muses merry Phoebus his Harp's untun'd his hand is weary 64. Incredulity Credulity's an errour not a fault Too much an errour is too little naught 65. Credulity Him I distrust who trusteth all by guess The more thou me I credit thee the less 66. Faiths Obsequiousness to young men I like Pythagoras his Discipline Which seven years Tryal did for Trust assign Wilt have th' unlearn'd thee trust th' learn'd trust rather Wilt have thy son thee trust trust then thy Father 67. Better to give than receive God giveth man receiveth and doth bow Never I think were fewer Gods than now 68. Of Ponticus a Client Thy Gout's i' th' hand thy Lawyer dost not Fee His is in 's Feet he moves no Foot for thee 69. Tho. Wolsey I and my King I and my King with Grammer Rules comply Good Manners teacheth thus My King and I. This is the way to live that to discourse This in the Court that in the School's of force 70. To the Gauls Each drinks in his own Glass I like it well But who 's content with his own wife to dwell 71. Philautus to Philaristus Calend. January Thou lookst I should a Gift to thee commend I but my self have nothing else to send 72. Philaristus to Philautus Thou nothing sent'st thy nothing I repell Thou gav'st thy self I give thee back Farewell 73. To Henry Fanshaw Knight 1606. Augustus Empire had it been thy Fate T' have had or else Mecaenas his Estate In these our times had many Maro's been Now no Mecaenas nor no Maro's seen 74. To Henry Good-yeer Knight upon his Wifes Decease 1606. Men to command women t' obey to bear Nature injoynes thy Wife did both while here Sh' obey'd she bare sweet Pledges hopeful Sons Which props support the Ports of greatest Dons O happy Good-yeer thrice four times and more If one as good succeed as went before 75. Ulysses and Penelope Death 's t' us Ulysses-like when snatch'd from 's Wife As she her Thread so we spin out our Life 76. Of Mancinus an Artless Master Thou the whole day from Street to Street dost walk Yet lest thou shouldst be thought thy Book to baulk Thou sleep'st at night by Candle-light thine Oyl Mancinus thou wilt lose but not thy Toyl 77. Upon a certain woman Though thy two sons be both unlike to thee Each yet with 's Fathers likeness doth agree 78. The Celestial Archer to William Ravenscroft J. C. Thine Arrow Faith Bow Love thy Bow-string Hope Let Heaven be thy Mark and God the scope 79. Ponderous things descend No Creature in the World is more sublime Than Man why must he slabber in the slime Of th' Elements of what 's the World within The solid Earth most pond'rous is save sin What wonder then that man is downward prest Sith man is nothing else but sin at best 80. Of a litigious Debtor Thou dost not pay me dost the Lawyer pay Thy Folly this that doth thy Fault display 81. Of the same Thy care is not to pay thy Debts thy care Is not to pay thy Debts what e're they are 82. Of the Church Derivative Sith that there 's but one Faith one Church that 's true Sprung from the Fount of Life within the new Jerusalem what Church doth not derive It self from thence erres from the Primitive 83. Four Seas Britain's Trine-like Triangular why be Four Seas therein and yet but Kingdoms three 84. To a Rich Friend If by the want of things their worth is known I know the worth of Wealth for none's mine own 85. The Generation of one is the corruption of two The male and female in the course of nature Corrupt two bodies to produce one Creature 86. The Wedding Ring A Ring at Nuptials the Bridegroom gave The Bride in sign of Love a custom grave The wife should rather give the Ring to th' man Let him reach out his Finger for it than 87. The Worlds of Democritus If Worlds so many were as doth attest Democritus this were the worst o' th' rest 88. Of Epigrams to the Reader An Epigram is like a fair-fac'd woman Which is because more beautiful more common But common once her beauty 's out of date And then Adulterers it nauseate 89. The Earth The Heavens though in motion constant prove For with the self-same motion still they move But th' Earth is most inconstant though fast fixt Each Angle of it is with Errors mixt 90. The Moon Cynthia th' art call'd the Star that rules the Seas Thou rather rulest now the Land than these 91. Covetous Liberality to Acerra Thou giv'st to take not tak'st to give Acerra Thy mark 's Receiving Giving is thine Arrow 92. Of Paula a false Catholick If any ask of Paula what 's her Faith 'T is Catholick Apostolick she saith I think her love is Catholick unt ' all But I would have her Faith Catholical 93. A Prodigy Penelope's chast trust a Proverb was But
words they thee with weeds Thy care 's for Tythes no care to cure misdeeds 94. Of Dardanus Paleness in Face Leanness in Corps doth sit Thou nothing hast that 's fat but thy gross Wit 95. Pleas in the year 1609. between Rob. Calvin Plaintiff and John Bingley and Richard Gryffin Defendants When the Post-nati were in Law of late Robert the Son of James o'recame blest fate Th' one English th' other Welsh the Victor Scot O'recame them guilty both A lucky lot I love good luck Britains Hearts-Hands unite This Island shall no more be bipartite Their Sons Sons Sons shall see there shall be then One Kingdom under but one King Amen 96. Of our times Discords Logick doth things define divide beside But we no things define all things divide 97. Evil Manners produce good Laws God t' Adam gave a Law before his Sin Ill manners therefore all Laws brought not in 98. Four Articles of Faith 1 2 3 4. One God believe two (a) The two Testaments Bibles Symbols (b) The Apostles Athanasius and Nicene Creed three Let Faith the fourth with the four Councils be 99. To the Prince As a great Bear a little Lion flees So flees great Hope when small things come it sees Most happy Prince mine hope depends on thee From me take Hope and I shall happy be 100. To the Reader self- (a) Self-love Narcissus I leave off when Verse I write Do thou the same when thou my Verse dost cite The End of the Second Book EPIGRAMS OF John Owen A CAMBRO-BRITAN To Charles Duke of York Brother to the Prince the Kings Son The Third Book 1. A Jove Principium Begin in God GOd's the beginning i' th' beginning 's God Before and after without Period Without beginning the beginning From This sole beginning all beginnings come 2. To the Reader I publish'd former Books with Verses clad I to the former this not naked add If more remain they better will appear Kind Reader thou dost hope but I do fear 3. To Charles Duke of York The Kings the Kingdoms next Hope-Happiness Great Charles yet then the Prince of Camb'ra less Thy Tutors Counsel use thee which instruct Sage-sane advice a Duke will safe conduct Be like thy Father Second to thy Brother Thy Second or thy like will be none other 4. The Art of Memory Simonides invented Mem'ries Art But th' Art of Wit none yet in whole or part 5. Things Names and Words God all things did Create Man gave them Names Woman gave words But word for word inflames 6. Redemption and Regeneration Satan from Eve bought Man Christ man re-bought Adam did death procure the cure Christ wrought 7. The Praise of Liberality A Gift's eternal follows him that gives The Giver and Receiver It relieves 8. Oxford's new Library To the Readers 1610. Authors seek ye Ready before your Eyes Each Classick Author in his Classis crys Of this great Work scarce parallell'd on Earth Seek ye the Founder Bodley gave It birth 9. To the University of Oxford No Library there is with thine that dare Compare nor with thy Wits that can compare 10. To Queen Anne Sister Wife Mother Daughter of a King Queen Anne What greater Titles can we bring Four Vertues thou with these four Titles hast What canst thou to thy Vertues add at last 11. To Elizabeth the Kings Daughter Born of a Kingly long continu'd Line A King a Caesar meriting for thine Shouldst for an Husband stay who could out-vie Thy worth thou mightst a Virgin live and die 12. Speech and Writing Mute Hand 's the speaking Tongues Interpreter As speaking Tongue 's the mute Hearts messenger 13. A new Man Depel Dispel that old-grown Man of Sin And with the new Man a new life begin 14. An healthful Anagram Opto I wish Poto I drink I wish much Health but drink no Health to thee Better 's a dry than drunken Health for me 15. The forbidden Fruit. It was not sole an Apple It was worse Adam brought Sins Original the Curse 16. Cal. January Greeks and Gift-givers Tros thus saith I fear Who 's Greek The Poor Who Tros The Usurer 17. Of Alcon Alcon wants credit he will credit none All credit him His credit then 's not gone 18. To Robert Carey Knight Governour of Charles Duke of York Great Queen Elisa in Alliance nigh Unto thy Parent grac'd thy family The King of Britains Son thy Pupil is That 's th' Honour of thy Kind of thy Mind this 19. Example Vertue by good Example 's taught and learn'd In teaching me my Teacher is concern'd 20. A double Medium Th' Earth in the middle stands yet low doth lie And Vertue 's in the midst yet soareth high 21. N. O. N leads O follows Nothing 's more Old than All For God of Nothing made what th' Orb we call 22. To James Fullerton Knight Governour of Charles Duke of York Learn'd Fullerton the credit of thy Nation Thou the Kings Son hast in thine Education And that the Son may like his Father move Thy Labour that thine Honour this will prove 23. Holiness Healthfulness All wish long Life few to live well endeavour Wouldst thou live long live well and live for ever 24. Sheep and Goats The Goats climb Rocks and Promontories steep The lower Ground depasture flocks of Sheep 'T is so now but it will not still be so The Sheep on high the Goats below shall go 25. A Ship The Stern's the Train Bulk Belly Bill the Prore The Sayls are Wings Ships sayl as Birds do soar 26. To Thomas Murrey Tutor to Charles Duke of York If Jacobines be the Kings Friends I will My self a Jacobine acknowledge still If Scotists be the Regal favourites I will a Scotist be by days by nights Learn'd Thomas thou me Thomist mak'st to be And Scotist thou Scotch-Britain makest me 27. Blood not Vertue Vertue than Blood 't was said is more preclare But Blood is better than all Vertues are Blood better is than Vertue Not by Merits But by thy Blood O Christ man Heaven inherits 28. The Sun and time The Sun is swift but th' Hour 's more swift (a) Josh. 10.12 The Sun Sometime stood still but th' Hour that time did run 29. The Blood I 'm Crude call'd Blood A circled course I keep And Snake-like through the bodies Veins I creep 30. Of Pannicus a rich Fool. Forture doth favour Fools Or credit me Or else believe thy Self thou then shalt see 31. Brevity Perspicuous Brevity doth please in chief In words which things concern'd contain be brief 32. The Tomb of John Puckeringe Keeper of the Great Seal This Tomb presents three Brothers Sisters five One Sister 's dead one Brother 's yet alive 33. Homer No wonder Homer former was of Lyes His Ears were his Informers not his Eyes 34. Erasmus 'T is ask'd why men Erasmus thee do call Answer If Mouse I was the best or none at all 35. A little nothing too much enough The Poor have little Beggars that are common
friends me forsook as 't is in use Unhop'd for Help you three did me produce Your three Names therefore next the Prince his name I joyn Mecaenas sole deserves such fame 3. Lawyer and Physician Unless he subtile be this rashly bold They both perhaps may beg their bread when old 4. The Courtiers Ladder None but by many steps doth rise at Court But falling one's enough too much though short 5. To Edward Noel c. Though I Mecaenas send this Book to thee Others may read it if 't worth reading be How is my Patron better by this sped Than Readers Thus he readeth and is read 6. On Tomasine Many these times in praise of Asses writ I read a Book and read thy praise in it 7. To A Courtier The bold by Fortune th' eaters are by meat Aided Wilt something be be bold and eat 8. Honour and Riches compared God gives men Riches Honour claims as Donor Preferr'd before all Riches therefore 's Honour 9. On fabulous Poets Poets of old making small difference 'Twixt Truth and Lies made something of each Ens Their proper name from making Poets gather From making something making nothing rather 10. On Fabianus Some bald without thou bald within 't is plain They want their Hair thou want'st as much of Brain 11. Osculum a Kiss Lovers affect three Syllables this word Is given by the Lovers that accord Is the first given Doubtless then in fine The rest will follow from the femiâ—iâ—e 12. Dalilah Strong Sampsons Wife despoyl'd him of his hair Our times have many Dalilahs as fair 13. Coventry and Warwick Midland Cities Not the same Prelate the same Judge you see Your Spirits differ but one flesh you be 14. The Birth-day To present born reborn to future things The present's first the last more comfort brings 15. On the Art of Love I think 't was rudeness th' Art of Love t' impart Love is the work of Nature not of Art 16 On Gallio Rare Judge who giftless doth his office Why Because with gifts he did his office buy 17. On Phyllis The Love of Phyllis for a Solar year Endures not Lunar 't is like Phoebe's Sphear Her love is like her Body monthly sick Lunar's her Love her self is Lunatick 18. On Paetus A Probleme Nor Father Step-father nor kin to those Thy Wife brought forth What shall we thee suppose 19. On Pontiliana Why wert thou wedded on bright Lucy's light Because 't was shortest Day and longest Night 20. To Fronto a Lawyer I many Penal statutes Fronto saw But not one Premial in all your Law Laws Penal Premial support a State This age hath lost the last the first 's in date 21. To Edward Noel c. Wise Nature did to thee much Wit impart To Natures strength thou dost add helps of Art Good Fortune with thy Vertue doth combine Unto thine Art and Wit thou Wealth dost joyn Fortune enables thee to succour wants And Vertue makes thee willing Both God grants 22. On Festus an unjust Judge What Judas did or Pilate do the same Hang'd wouldst not be Wash then thine hands from blame 23. Paronomasia i. Gingling with words A Maid looks on her Lovers face not mind If wedded 't is enough her Husband 's kind Venus had rather courted be than painted With Acts than Complements she 's more acquainted 24. To Martha Of Quintus Quintus in Love is prodigal recluse Of thy Love covetous of 's own profuse 25. Of Mans Back-parts are in Latine Neuters stil'd But all his parts please Women well compil'd 26. Of Colinus dying Intestate Dying Colinus nothing did bequeath Lest all In Life a Dog an Hog at 's Death 27. Of Virginity and Wedlock Virginity's a narrow way a broad Is Wedlook Hence most People ride this road 28. Of Pansa Great strife 'twixt Pansa and Eunomius Arose about Church Rites which they discuss Eunomius to prove his Period The Scripture cites th' undoubted word of God With Scripture what have I to do replies Pansa my Bible in my Law books lies 29. To D. T. Thou followest two Masters strange to me If or thou pleasest both or both please thee 30. Merchants Faith Where Debtors credit's less less credit give The Creditors by trust how should they live Sole trust these times hath many Merchants split To trust now therefore 't is nor safe nor fit 31. Gerunds and Supines Di-do-dum while Aeneas was away Did want her Gerunds and Un-supine lay 32. Give me an Angel and I will give thee the Spirit The Spirit here an Angel Michael Is promis'd there here Gifts there Hands excell 33. To a certain rich Man If now thou givest much thy love 's compleat If much thou creditest thy Faith is great 34. To a servant of two most penurious Sisters Three Parce fatal Sisters once were known Thou now poor wretch two such dost serve and own 35. A Louse Thou me dost bite I kill thee True but small Thy Crime 's thy Punishment is Capital 36. From bad to worse He falls on Scylla that Charybdis shuns Who newly sick to the Physician runs Fools one extreme t' avoid act the contrary When trifles men to Law to Lawyers carry 37. Of the Prodigal and Covetous Both these are wretched And it oft doth fall That th' Heirs of Cov'tous men prove Prodigal 38. Divine Vengeance on G. R. 1603. Thou kept'st the Prelates House against his mind Against thy mind th' art now t' an (a) a Prison House confin'd 39. Of Damas. As oft as I thy promise claim and I Claim it more oft fith thou dost not comply Thou never sayst I have oft sayst I will No more I will but say I do fulfill 40. On unfortunate Linus What wonder fortune is to thee contrary Thy front is bare and bald her Front is hairy 41. To Gaurus Thy Whispers did of me some samll gift crave Wilt have a Culus gift Thou shalt it have 42. Man all-eating Air Water Earth with all the vast Extents Of th' Elements scarce serve Mans Aliments If all man eateth in t ' his Substance ran As 't is suppos'd what Monster would be man 43. The broad way Broad is the way much trod unt ' Hell that leads The Blind himself the Guide this broad way treads 44. To In Of. Of In To these three words my Book inhems Of Teacheth To Commendeth In Condemns 45. On unmerciful Quintus When any Poor or Naked at thy door Beg Alms how canst deny while such implore Thou sayst none ought to Begg by th' English Laws But no Law barrs relief to th' poor when cause 46. Error is humane I read a just man falls seven times a day How oft a Woman falls I cannot say 47. On a certain foolish writer O that all black had been thy Papers white Or tinctur'd with no black when thou didst write 48. The usurers Apology What good doth me my Money without use Gold 's bright with use use doth me gain produce 49. On a Cuckold Hadst Horns by Nature them thou
might'st Cashier But th' Horns thy Wife thee gave thou needs must wear 50. Things adjudged Though Cicero call Law the sum of Reason And that Law 's best which thence proceeds in season Few Lawyers are Logicians Use Example The Laws and Statutes are of either Temple 51. A Woman Fair women famous Youthful sportful are If Witty Wise Buxome and Chast are rare 52. The four Terms at Law The first Term's from Saint Michael declar'd For now (a) The form of the Arch-Angel in this English Piece of Gold th' Arch-Angel doth the Lawyers guard The next is Hilary this Term doth cause The Lawyers Hilarity by th' Laws The third from Easter Feast its Title took The Lawyers Dockets are like (b) The Parsons Easter Book th' Easter Book The fourth Term's called Trinity But why Because (c) The Client Lawyer Judge each cause hath a Triplicity 53. The Cross in the Poultrey To Christ. The Crosses Image stands thine 's took from thence Than thee the Cross hath greater Reverence 54. That the Lawyers two Colledges the Middle and Inner Temple are the same One house both have and both one Law apply No Middle-Inner sense i' th' Law doth lie What 's Middle is the great World's inner Cell For than the Center what doth inner dwell The Middle Temple then though Middle wrote From th' Inner Temple differs not one Jot 55. Of the same Two Parl'aments you have one convocation Two Kitchens but one Altar for oblation One Master calls to Supper but the same One Horn doth not your Dinner time proclaim Nor the same winding both your Horns inflates Yet one mind both your bodies animates 56. A bountiful Mecaenas Thou liberal and free dost nourish many And me thou nourishest as well as any 57. To Faustinus Thou sayst my Book is good O if 't be good I wish I were my Book and understood 58. O the times The Times are Chang'd and in them Chang'd are we How Man as Times grow worse grows worse we see 59. Stammering To Balbinus Though thou dost stammer in thy Speech yet none Can (a) The Pope Pa-pa (b) Father pater say but thou alone 60. Agna-Oxon Thou Bride to Benedict not so well nam'd Suppos'd a Lamb a Wolf art found art fam'd 61. To Aulus a Physician a vernal Gratulation Sick persons purge their Bodies in the Spring I thee salute Spring doth thine Harvest bring 62. A Poet Laureate In Fire the Bay-leaves crackle Poets live In Death Hence to the Poet Bays we give 63. To a Citizen Sick of a Fever thou dost make repair From Town to Countrey for exchange of Air And going thither leaving Cities gain Thy former Health thou dost again attain Returning home to London healthful poor Thou dost increase in Wealth But as before Thy Fever comes Now which is better try Sickness with Wealth or Health with Poverty 64. Of Labienus A Self-Lover He solely loves himself beside loves none Loves sole himself and loves himself alone 65. A Widow Who weds a Widow buys as 't may be scann'd A Garment in Long-Lane at second hand For all such Garments more or less were wore So more or less all Widows were before 66. Pyramus and Thisbe A fatal wall us parted O how near How far asunder we two lovers were 67. To Pollux a Client Thy Suit depends in law Better suspend Than it should long depend Pay there 's an end 68. Hot Cold. Women though cold their lovers yet inflame So Lime in water cast doth heat the same 69. By my Faith None swear by Love too many by their Faith Yet (a) Jo. Ep. 1. cap. 4. v. 16. that is God but this no God-head hath 70. Astrology Physiology Sublime Astrology soars in the Sky And Natures secrets in the Center lie I neither of these Mysteries can sound That for me 's too sublime this too profound 71. Of Ponticus Thou nothing giv'st but dying wi lt Then dy He giveth twice who giveth speedily 72. Unequal Conflict His Sword at all Times Matho cannot wield But Pontia still ready hath her Shield 73. Of Lands and Money To Pontilian a Merchant All Money with its Interest hath bounds But doubtless bottomless are Lands and Grounds Founts better are than Cisterns Ground than Chest Though Cisterns greatest are and Fountains least 74. Of Fame Fame seldome praiseth good bad oft proclaims Freely from thence evil the name of Fame's 75. Of Galla. Thine Eyes inflame me Galla Touch me not If seeing burn touching will be more hot 76. Of decrepit Linus Saturn from Saturate or full of years Was call'd thine age now Saturn-like appears 77. A Dance Th' Heart dictates Love Tongue 's silent Feet advance Love's cunning meaning in a wanton Dance 78. The Meditations and Vows of Joseph Hall of Cambridge Thou vowing vow'st writ'st to be read blest man Who reads thy Vows if them perform he can 79. Anagram to Priscus an old man Priscus thine Hairs were Crisped Why no more I Priscus am who Crispus was before 80. The Britains Night The Britains with short Night are pleas'd (a) Juvenal Sat. 3 't is said But British Maid no long Night hath dismay'd 81. To Naevia We wish for th' absent Sun the present shun O how our Love in this is like the Sun 82. Of Festus a Lyar. All men are Lyars Festus will confess Then call him man he 's Lyar call'd no less 83. Of Carpophorus From home he laughs with Lasses which he keeps At home with 's weeping wife dissembling weeps 84. The World Two Worlds are in the World one undefil'd This most defil'd yet each the World is stil'd 85. To an Usurer The more thou giv'st the more thou gainst a Friend But get'st a Foe where thou the more dost lend 86. Of Giving and Satisfying Give crys Laws voice in the West-minster Hall Though satisfie saith Law Pontifical Lawyers take much give little much apply Themselves to speak little to satisfie 87. A Wichamite I no Pompeian no Caesarian No Syllan I I am a (a) Of Winchester Colledge and New Colledge in Oxon both founded and indowed by William Wicham Bishop of Winton and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary Marian. 88. Against that common Proverb viz. The younger Brother is the ancienter Gentleman Adam was first of generous Mankind For him his maker next himself design'd Then he that 's nearest t' Adam's period More generous is and nearer unto God 89. No man hath seen God Dark minds see not Gods might nor Owls the Light These see not day nor those the God of might 90. An old man is no man A young Man's laughing weeping Child and Woman An old man dry both hath unlearn'd he 's no man 91. Of a Saracen Atheist Bless'd Abr'hams Bosome seems a tale to thee In Sara's bosome thou would'st rather be 92. Custome Custome and usage seems t' have force of Law Now wickedness the ballance down doth draw 93. Of Albinus Merchant Albinus is of all berest Goods Credit He to lose hath
nothing left In Love he lost Faith Hope All ill did prove What 's left him now to lose at last sole Love 94. An Anagram Gerere Regere To bear Rule and to bear are proper where Is Man and Wife Let Man Rule Woman bear 95. A forsaken Lover As Tophets Fire is burning without light So me thy Love doth burn though nothing bright My Love to thee 's like Elementar fire It shines but burns thee not with my desire 96. The punishment of Thais A Probleme Sith in her former not her hinder part Thais did offend why should her hinder smart Whether because the sin before was sign'd The Punishment must therefore come behind 97. Irus his Obsequies The Poor is like a Quartan not one Bell For the Poor's tacite Fun'ral rings a knell 98. The Epitaph of Croesus and Irus Under a Marble Tomb lies Croesus there But Irus where The Poor lies ev'ry where 99. Of Momus That I might love approve or praise in thee Or that I envy might I nothing see 100. Unite no number Of Forreign writers and Britannicks Tone I of no number am yet I am one The End of the First Book EPIGRAMS OF John Owen AN OXONIAN AND CAMBRO-BRITAN To William Sidley Knight and Baronet The Second Book 1. To a Critical Courtier Labor Labos Englished Labour Arbor Arbos Englished A Tree Honor Honos Englished Honour THese words the same in sense but not in sound He 's wise that with the last of them is crown'd 2. Faith Reason demonstrates God makes it our Creed And by this Reason Faith is Reasons deed 3. God God all things sees and yet is seen of none Sole in all places seen unseen alone 4. To William Sidley Knight and Baronet c. Thy sundry Languages thy skill i' th' Laws Arts Piety sublime thee with applause Thy counsel many poor thy money have Thus Vertue leads the Journey to the Grave Live so to Christ thy Countrey to thy King Thy self till Angels thee to Glory bring 5. To John Sidley only Son of the aforenamed William Sidley Thou Janus art but sole in name now young Thy Father emulate in Deed ere long Thou shalt be Janus hard 't is to precel Thy Father if thou equal'st him 't is well 6. A perpetual Equinoctial To a blind man Thy Days and Nights are equal thou canst see Nor Day nor Night Aequators all to thee 7. To Ponticus an Anabaptist Wouldst keep good diet for thy Souls Salvation Sup oft wash once in thy Regeneration 8. The Gods of Inconstancy Romans Vertumnus Greeks Proteus ador'd What people make not each of these their Lord 9. Wheel-grease Men grease their Axle-trees left Wheels should creak But Lawyers must be greas'd to make them speak 10. Of Harpalus the reputed Father of two Sons The Son that bears thy name is not thine own But he that bears anothers thine is known 11. The Creation of Woman When Paul the Gospel preach'd his language then Was us'd (a) Men Fathers and Brethren not unto Women but to men O Brethren pray but not O Sisters pray The Priest in saying of the Mass doth say When Moses most exactly doth relate The things which God in order did create God solely good who nothing made in vain Or useless God saith Moses did explain And call his Works all good excepting one When he the Woman made of Adam's Bone 12. Of Papinianus and Ponticus He saith he cannot err and yet doth err This that he may but errs not doth averr 13. Of Tustonus Tuston is dead Now dead his Coyn doth come Rising out of his Chest as from a Tomb. 14. Of Sin and Punishment The Doctors place Sin with Non-Entities Why place they not its Punishment there likewise 15. Of the Moors who paint Angels Black and Devils White Art cannot Metamorphose Black to White But Art roakes White take Black though black as night Divines affirm no Devil can repent Satan's not White then Black 's his Element 16. L' Argent faict tout Whence comes it that after so many slain English and French each in their own Land raign The (a) L' escu Shield O generous France advanc'd thy Van (b) L' Angelot An Angel England was thy Guardian 17. Of a certain Drunkard Nothing 's more thirsty than dry pratling Bess Thy Wife prates more than thee why drinks she less 18. Verona Placentia Beneventum To an Italian Few pass Verona from to Benevent Thou shalt be Placent if * Ben-venuto per tutto Bene-volent 19. Time Truth Hatred Truth is Times Daughter Hatred's Mother is Then Hatred's Nephew unto Time by this 20. Daughter of Time I who Times Daughter was in times of yore Am I Times Daughter now as heretofore Daughter of those not of these Times am I Times Daughter 's Christ th' Eternal Deity 21. Wedlock Love No weddings but much Love 's in Heaven above On Earth are many Weddings but no Love 22. The Decalogue the Lords Prayer and the Apostles Creed One Love ten Precepts One Hope seven votes Twelve Articles one Faith Religion notes 23. To Calistratus Pain'd with the Spleen said I 's a painful thing The Spleen doth laughing cause doth weeping bring 24. The Sun Three Planets higher lower three there be Thy Vertue Sol 's amid the double three 25. A Metaphor Bare knowledge knows not Natures voice no sound Of Natures words in Dictionary's found Farmers by Figures do their Sense express Rusticks their talk with City language dress Mans as to words t' his life doth figures give 'T is figur'd all and as we speak we live 26. Christ a Divine Physician Lawyer Christ here on Earth was a Physician A Preacher is in Heaven a Judge God-Man 27. Of Law English-Welsh-French Di-rect (a) Droit the French doth say (b) Cys-raith Welsh say Cor-rect But Law 's call'd (c) Right Right in th' English Dialect Erring's directed Errors are by Law Corrected Laws Rule rules keeps all in awe 28. Castor and Pollux In Heaven the two Brother-Stars agree In Earth I doubt scarce two such Brothers be 29. What is deferr'd is not auferr'd Long Life deferrs but takes not Death away What differs then to die this or next day 30. Venale Honours Apology To the Baronets Gold Honour Lands are Goods which Fortune lends And what on mans Arbitrement depends Health Beauty Strength the Bodies Goods These three And the Minds Goods from Price from sale are free 'T is madness to sell Bodies sinful Souls Fortune to sell to buy no Law controuls 31. Authority and Reason In humane words not who but what I weigh In words divine not what but who doth say 32. Luci-fer The splendid Planet Venus doth adorn With her resplendent Ray the Night the Morn In Heaven she still waits upon the Sun Why then the light on Earth should Venus shun 33. Of the end of the World The Worlds beginning Genesis unt ' us Moses declar'd could not its (a) Exitus Exodus 34. To Pontilian Whether two Wives
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