shalt not kill thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not steal this Law 's for Lawyers writ Thou shalt not kill this for Physician 's fit 12. Of Alanus A decocting Chymist This Chymist Gold to Not-Gold brought in Fact But he from not-Gold could not Gold extract 13. To the Prince Ones own be first If not let none decline Anothers to be while he may be thine 14. To Richard Earl of Dorset returned from France The change of Air hath chang'd which is most rare Thy Qualities and wit both better'd arc More learn'd more good thou now return'st thy Fate In both great Earl I do congratulate 15. Nine Muses Mutes When mute the Muses be what odds in fine Whether thou sayst nine Mutes or Muses nine If th' Idiome the diff'rence constitutes What diff'rence 'twixt the Muses and the Mutes 16. Honours Etymologie Genealogie In Hebrew wealth's call'd Hon in French Gold Or Hence Hon-or hath its name and Metaphor 17. To Cornutus Pythagoras his Letter hath upon 't A Bipartite That Letter 's on thy front 18. To Dindimus Of Salt a Bushel thou with me must eat Thou sayst to make our Amity compleat Thou never eatst as I remember Salt What shall thy friendship then for ever halt 119. A Cannical Woman A Woman 's like a Rule that 's general Which many times deceives so women all 20. Solomons wish Why did the wise King wisdome wish not Health Had Solomo◠been wise h' had wish'd for wealth But Solomon wish'd wiser He did prize Wisdome 'fore Wrath 〈…〉 was not 〈◊〉 21. What News Here 's nothing new saith Solomon yet bold Columbus found a new World in our old 22. A Trine of British women from whom came the British union (a) Henry the seventh Henry's wife Mother Roses red and white (b) Margaret the Wife to James the fourth King of Scots Mother of the Union Conjoyn'd his Daughter did the Crowns Unite Happy O Son happy O Husband rather (c) James the First Britains Monarch Thrice happy Henry seventh as a Father 23. Doron Basilicon A Kingly Gift To thee the Wisdome's wish'd of Solomon Thy wish thou hast Doron Basilicon 24. Blessed are Munisicents Pacisicents King James the Britains state munites unites Munificent unificent he writes 25. Of Gaurus a Church-Canon Wisdome is read in Texts Apocryphal Thou though unwise art yet Canonical 26. A Snayl Emblematical Like Snayls are disagreeing Man and Wife One House will not contain them in their strife 27. Christopher Columbus (a) The Dove Columba was the first which did relate That Land appear'd and waters did abate And thou Columbus was the first whose hand Discover'd to the World the (b) America New-found-Land This Gold an Olive Branch that did produce That Pleasures and this Treasures for mans use 28. Against Regicides Cut off thy (a) Mat. 9.43 Right Hand if it make thee sin Thy (b) v. 45. Foot likewise if errours it walk in If that thy (c) v. 47. right Eye cause thee to transgress Then pull it out what Member more or less Is peccant in the Body strike it dead Except Divines and (d) Physicians Doctors say the Head 29. A Gratulation To George Arch-bishop of Canterbury 1511. At Oxford Rector thence thou didst arise A Dean two Cities didst Episcopize Thou Londons Bishoprick soon hadst and thee The Metropolitan we soon did see Thou in the Triple Senate fitt'st on high What more remains for thee to doe To die * Litchueld and Coventry 30. To Decianus a Judge I would not have thee deaf nor dumb but blind Not lame but maim'd not cruel nor too kind 31. To Caesar Caesars to God Gods All Pow'r on Earth beginning hath and end God solely doth beyond them both extend Indefinite not infinite are Powers On Earth God's Infinite but finite Ours 32. Three Sabbaths Saturn The Sun and Venus in a Trine To th' Jews Turks Christians Sabbaths three design The Jews their Sabbath have And they the same From pale-fac'd-leaden colour'd Saturn name The Turk whose Law permitteth many Wives His Sabbaths Name from Venus Name derives But Christians their Sabbath on the Day The Sun of Righteousness arose display 33. To David Murray Knight one of the Bed-chamber unto Prince Henry Kings Favours to their Favourites impart Wise Kings to those alone of best desert Our King in this excels For Favours he Daigns sole to worthy men to Thee like Thee 34. I can will will not Anomals I will but cannot what I can I nill Mans total Life is only Nill and will 35. Patience The man that suffers overcomes But then The suff'ring woman 's overcome by men 236. Of Genu-flexion A Probleme When Honour is conferr'd or Friend to Friend Why man but one Knee Woman both doth bend Man once but Woman twice must serve in Life While Maid her Father Husband when a Wife 37. To William Earl of Pembroke one of the Kings privy Council Not old in years nor young in Judgement sound The King thee fit for him thy Countrey found Shall I for this thine Honour praise thy Fate Or thy Desert I both congratulate 38. To the Bishop of London The learned King of the Metropolis Thee Pastor made The City wish'd for this The See-seat vacant many sought for it As their Reward for Learning and for Wit The King th' Arch-bishop thee the City call'd And thou the See-seat vocant art install'd 39. Of rising and setting Remember at Sun-setting Death thine Urn And at Sun-rising mind thy thence return 40. To Peter Junius a Scot-Britain formerly Tutor to King James He 's born unworthy from whom none is born But thou thy birth thy being dost adorn For seven from thy Loyns are issu'd forth Th' Idea's of thy Body Wit and worth So many learn'd from thee their Father sprung As Wise men did to learned Greece belong 41. Of Gaurus Thou wise and foolish art Who credits it Wise in conceit Foolish for want of Wit 42. S. T. S T. though a note of silence doth expound Without a Vowels help a vocal sound 43. The saying of Henry Earl of Northampton Uni Univoce One and Onely We Britans are univocal serve one Only King James uniting us alone 44. Of Quintus a Dreamer Oft in the Morn I thee complaining heard That in thy Dreams by Night no Truth appear'd What wonder while by day thou speakst but lye◠That all thy Dreams by Night are falsities 45. To Robert Carre of the Kings Council c. The vulgar seldome love whom Kings prefer The King as seldom loves the popular 'T is difficult to purchase both their Loves Thy Motion 's double for with both it moves 46. Of a certain Hypocrite Thy left hand knows not what thy right hand gives True For it gives to none nor one relieves 47. The death of Justus Lipsius 1606. The seventi'th and sixth year of thine Age Finish'd oh Grief thine Earthly Pilgrimage That Day brought first mine Epigrams to Light When thon didst die
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
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
IOANNES OWENVS CAMBRO BRITANNVS OXONIENSIS John Owen's LATINE EPIGRAMS Englished By THO. HARVEY Gent. Dedicated By the Author M r. John Owen unto the Lady Mary Nevil Daughter of the Earl of DORSET Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere Horat. de Arte Poet. Licensed May 25. 1677. Roger L'Estrange LONDON Printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard and Thomas Sawbridge at the three Flower de Luces in Little-Britain 1677. THE LATINE EPIGRAMS OF John Owen LATE One of the Fellows of New Colledge in OXFORD Rendred into English by Thomas Harvey Gent. Once a Commoner in the Colledge at Winchester Both Colledges being Founded and Indowed by William Wickam heretofore Bishop of Winton in Anno Dom. 1389. Anno 12 0. Richardi secundi Regis Angliae Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori Horat. LONDON Printed by Robert White for Nevil Simons at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard and for Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain 1677. To Mr. Thomas Harvey upon his Translation of Owen's Epigrams VVHo could divine a Branch so old could bring Such specious Blossoms as might suit the Spring Of youths best Fancy for here stand at vye The Cream of wit and Oyl of Industry I wonder how this English Muse could sink Into Owens depths into each hole and chink Of his hid sense Sure All thy year is May And owns no darkness For I needs must say When I read Owen I conceiv'd each part Of his Laconick Epigrams so smart So sharp so short so comprehensive that No English Genius could it adequate Pardon my Country that my Thoughts so rov'd And undervalu'd Thee For here 't is prov'd An English Pen makes That inventive Brain For all its intricate Conceits so plain That now each Epigram each Riddle lies Anatomiz'd to All unclouded eyes His Criticismes dissected and made bare And so Diaphanous that now They are Although not word for word yet sense for sense Unriddled and with such quaint Eloquence That as I read Both I could swear almost That Harvey's Muse consulted Owen's Ghost For but Compare Them and you 'l censure that Harvey hath hit what Owen aimed at David Lochard To Mr. Thomas Harvey of his Englishing Owen's Latine Epigrams SMooth Ogleby for Virgil Sandys won The Garland what for Ovid he hath done And Martial's Epigrams hath Fletcher drest In English Garb Horace is so exprest By divers Persons eminent for worth â—â—genious Brome deceas'd did set them forch But as for Owen's Epigrams there 's none As yet hath vent'red a Translation But only Harvey and He Mantuan thus Hath made most happily conspicuous The Sun 's unclouded now what Owen writ In shadowed mysteries of Roman wit His deâ—t'rous hand Translated hath and Pen'd That â—hâ—â—h none yet attempted fâ—w can mend Robert Coxshall Of the same OWen compos'd Harvey Translated well The question 's which of these doth most excell The answer in few words is quickly done Which like you best the Shadow or the Sun Robert Coxshall To the Book OWen had many Patrons I have None None that will be my Patron no not One. None that to Me will give a Quire of Paper Nor Pens nor Ink nor a poor Farthing Taper To the Reader THough I These Epigrams which Owen writ Have done in t ' English Thou must not expect Like quaint Conceits like Criticismes of wit In the Translator as in th' Architect For in their Idiome and Dialect Each Language diff'rent is as man from man One from Another differs in Aspect In Nuture in Condition nor Can Translations with th' original hold weight In sense They may Consent not in Conceit But take 't as 't is and with a Candid Eye Read Ruminate Remember and apply Septemb. 26. 1672. Sic dixit Tho. Harvey To his Patroness MIne English Owen Patron-less did pine Wanting an Heros or an Heroine To Potronize It Almost in despair Until a candid Nymph Mecaenas heir Not willing Papers fitted for the Press Should be suppress'd became my Patroness Tho. Harvey IN rendring mine with Owen parallels I am like One than rings or Chimes the Bells If I do jangle venidl's the sin It is to soule a better Ringer in Tho. Harvey In Praise of the Author To the Reader A. Clerick art or Laick read This Book Here Thou shalt find thy will if well Thou look D. Du-Tr Med. 2. To D. John Owen of his Book What hinders but thy Book should pass the Press If I know Verse This Age will say no less Suppose not so great hazard's of thy wit Yet This my judgement is I think it fit John Hoskins J. C. 3. To John Owen of his three Books of Epigrams Results of Love the Graces effluence The Muses mirth Apollo's Eloquence Wise Sentences and Criticisms of Art The Genius of an ingenious Heart All These Thy Book O Owen represents Unt ' us replenish'd with rare Arguments John Bowman Theol. 4. To John Owen Owen dost ask what Epigrams w' approve Those which That Engine of thy wit doth move What 's short chast learned quick polite withal That many Satyres hath yet free from Gall. Thy Muse thy Genius gives This no less By Thee 't is promis'd to thy Patroness Thine William James Theol. 5. In Praise of the Author What was is shall be still the Poets use Women and Men are Censur'd by thy Muse Yet in my Judgement thy rare wit thy Pen Deserveth Praise of Women and of Men. Jane Owen of Oxford 6. To the Reader in Praise of the Author whose Epigrams were published the second Time within a Month 1606. Greek Latine Authors Epigrams have writ Whose Work took up their Life to finish it Owen except he sole unparallel'd Hath equaliz'd Them All if not excell'd D. Du-Tr Med. 7. Of the Third Edition of these Epigrams To the Author This Book is like the world moves and is mov'd Though silent It is by the Printer prov'd For These thine Epigrams have had Access Thrice to the Printer and half tir'd the Press John Hoskins J. C. THE EPIGRAMS OF John Owen The First Book To the Lady Mary Neville I Dedicate lest Patron-less It be My Book to th' Reader and My Self to Thee 2. To the Reader The Folly 's blam'd if Thou Commendest all That here Thou readest no Thing if thy Gall. 3. Of his Book to John Hoskins a Lawyer This Book is as The World as Men The Verse Good Verses Here as There good Men are scarce 4. To the Lady Mary Neville If us Pythagoras doth not delude Thou Juno Pallas Venus dost include For in Thee though but One Three vertues be Where One of Them is rare in other Three 5. To the same As in the Skies the Sun i' th' Sun the Light So vertue 's splendor in thy Face seems scite Who comes a Looker on becomes a Lover Thy Vertue or thy Beauty 's the sole Mover 6. To her Son Thomas Neville Such rare Things of
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
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
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
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.
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
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
and I your John am to mine end 46. To the Creditor Thy Debtor is thy Servant he that pays Thy Friend thy Master Payment that gainsays 47. Truth in the deep To one painted False things appear Truth 's hid 'T is seen in thee Thy Face is painted thy facts tainted be 48. Of Phyllis Thou tak'st but wilt not Gratis give a kiss Thy Gift not grateful but ingrateful is 49. Gravity and Levity Though light and pond'rous things are opposâ—te I would not have mine head too grave too light Ills opposite I hate I would not have My Wife to be too light nor yet too grave 50. Of a Pratler sick with the Cholick Thy Tongue is loose thy Body close Both ill With Silence this with Loquence that doth kill 51. Of Theologaster a Sophister What is thy knowledge without Goodness Vain Cease then to know much rather Goodness gain 52. Action and Passion Who doth much ill shall suffer much for it But who much suffers doth less ill commit 53. Repentance and Reminiscence I wretch am griev'd when I recount my sins But when I count my suff'rings Joy begins 54. The Damned Thy sad Fate 's like Decembers ' leventh Ray A long night follows thy short-cloudy Day 55. The Blessed Like Junes eleventh Day thy Fate shines bright A long-long day succeeds thy short-short Night 56. Foelix and Festus Festus (a) Unlucky infestus was to thee Saint Paul And Foelix was (b) Unhappy infoelix worst of all 57. Democritus and Heraclitus This wept for the then times Defaults and Crimes That laughed at the Follies of the times Mortals will still be foolish wretched frail That this may laugh that ever may bewail 58. Always the same Let Faith Hope Charity be still the same The same thy Wit still kept within its frame 59. Of ignorant-arrogant Linus Thee double ignorance doth captivate Thou nothing know'st and know'st not that thy state 60. Of the Poet Maevius Non-Entities and Evil like we call Thou mak'st though many Verses none at all 61. Helena and Penelope Fame hath fair Helen mounted to the Skyes Glory Penelope doth Eternize Penelop's Helen's Names shall never die Because this would that would not falsifie 62. Of Life Nature mans life as Spiders Webs doth weave Each Labour 's long apt to decay-deceive 63. Of Paula Thou with thy Bodies use with usury Thine Husband trades He this thou that dost ply 64. Of a Covetous Miser To number add or multiply thy store 'T is nothing but divide thou shalt have more 65. Verity and Vertue Never so few who now learn well to live Never so many who good Doctrine give Many these times the ways of Faith display But they who taught the ways taught not the way 66. Modern Writers We carp at former Works and Words yet we Now writers but the formers Echoes be 67. The Worlds three Rulers Let the Divine be sage to b' all unt ' all The Lawyer wise Physician literal 68. The Authors Vote I wish not Poverty nor riches great Too little nor too much Enough 's compleat 69. Forbidden Books We covet things forbid deni'd desire A Wife cloggs youth a Damsâ—l sets on Fire One though deform'd injoy'd seems fair by night Forbidden Books are read witth most delight 70. On Festus I 'm to thee trusty trustless th' art to me But why Thou say'st th' art next thy self so be Be next thy self Thou shalt not me be next I love not by bad Neighbours to be vext 71. The false Church What Church doth not her self Christs Spouse declare How many yet of them but Harlots are If the false Church doth not her self deceive Christ shall than Solomon more Spouses have 72. To Decianus The World thou sayst is wicked True but thou Art one of them that makes it wicked now 73. Of Dindymus A Batchelor in Venus Art thou art Thou shalt when Pander act a Masters part 74. To G. T. 1606. Thy Servants Scholar and his Lord to be An Honour is a Misery to thee 75. Rule of State The common Wealth was once the Rule of Right But now new Rules of Right are brought to light 76. Of a certain Cross-wearing Hypocrite Belzebub's thought to th' Cross an Enemy Which seeing he doth turn return and fly But not from ev'ry Cross For though thy Breast Thou cross yet Satan in thine Heart dost rest 77. Christ's Life and Death For me Christ did and suff'red many things God in his Deeds Man in his Sufferings 78. The wise mens Star A Star t' Astronomers unknown was lent To light the Kings to Christ from th' Orient The wise men by that Star found Christ the King O may my Star my Faith to Christ me bring 79. The Golden Calf broken by Moses Exod. 32.20 The Golden Calf which Aaron did calcine Moses destroy'd made it less Belluine 80. The Triumvirs Divines Lawyers Physicians These of the World the grand Triumvirs be What are Divines Divinest of the three 81. To the Historâ—â—grapher In History speak'st free That bad may be Speak'st nothing false Silence may censure thee Dissimulate or simulate who writes An History must serve all appetites 82. Of the Deluge and end of the World The wicked World with sinful Lusts inflam'd Was drown'd by Water So those Lusts were tam'd The now-new World in Charity grown cold Shall be consum'd with Fire as was that old With Water Physick thus makes cures intire By contraries Fire Water Water Fire 83. Debtor and Creditor I owe thee nought but Evangelick Love The with Apostolick Faith I prove approve 84. Of God and the Devil God would have all men sav'd The Devil none These no mens persons do respect not one 85. Of Good and Evil. Thee Good shall have Rewards the Bad severe Torments hereafter That hath hope this fear 86. Do likewise To Attaâ—us J. C. Thou practise must to Theory conjoyn Read the Saints lives do likewise then in thine 87. The Redeemer To thee my Sight my Tast hath sole relation Thou art my Sun my Salt my sole Salvation 88. Money 's Method 'T is vertue great of Gold to get tuition It s good use greater greatest its fruition 89. Of Writers in these times A fatal error causeth fools to write Enough they seem to gain when seen in Light While they self-pleasing rashly write poor Elves They seldome others please who please themselves 90. A Paradox Though Atheists all descend in t ' Hell there roar None Atheist now 's in Hell there was before 91. Of Gaurus Thou praisest nothing all reprovest see While thou none pleasest no man pleaseth thee 92. To my self Owen would'st know what friends thou canst procure By weight not number count thou shalt be sure The number and the Finger oft beguile Though Love be Fire it pond'rous is the while 93. Difference between Kings and Tyrants Good-Godly Kings what 's Just and Right perpend But Tyrants what they will command-commend A good Kings Treats I prize Tore Tyrants Threats This what he speaks commands that but