hath its half of mid is scant 70. Physicians and Lawyers compared To Galen Galen the feared Tyrants fear thee Why The Life and Death of Kings in thee doth lie Physicians next to God are Arbiters Of Life and Death none can their Pow'r reverse A Judge may Sentence give of Death though loth Not without Crime and witness thousans both 71. Of King People Law Kings Shepheards People Sheep Laws Fodder are For sick Sheep Doctors Kings Laws cure prepare Orthography and Orthodox Faith To the Hebrews If the Right hand the Right side should decline And the left hand the left side Both disjoyn But if the left incline to th' right the right Incline unto the left hand Both unite You Jews right Writers we right Teachers are The Spirit 's ours yours is the Letter bare 73. Few are chosen Each and sole man adores the Pow'r divine Each and sole man offends against the trine Each and sole man the Saviour came to save Sole man yet not each man this Boon shall have 74. Of salt Pits Ambiguous Though generous English have Ingeniousness Yet Salt they prize at little Wit at less Though English Salt be white and Gallick brown Yet that French Salt sells dearer than our own 75. Novelty What 's new will not continue new nor will A pleasing Novelty be pleasing still What new then solely pleaseth not 'cause new But that best pleaseth whence good doth ensue 76. Man no man Man 's born by Nature man did Arts invent Art is mans work not man Arts instrument None follow Natures Rules by Art all live And now mans work t' Himself a Work doth give 77. Authors of Sin To Grammarians Authors of Errors Autor and Auctor you too much confound Pythagoras his a saying was renown'd Th' unhappy Tree produc'd Original Sin Whence Adam are but did not first begin The Serpent Autor was Eve did proceed Adam not (b) Beginner or Author Autor (c) Increaser Auctor was indeed (a) Ipse dixit He hath said it 78. Anagram of Diabolus The Devil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vis Fraus Force Fraud The Devil like a Lion seeks to find Souls to devour with force more fierce than Wind He Fox-like spreads close frauds and secret snares Surprizing or by Force or unawares 79. To Teach and Do Acts 1.1 Preachers good words teach people to believe But their good Works more lively Doctrine give He preacheth best whose Words and Works do preach Their ill Works hurt more than their good Words teach 80. Usury and Lot Be with thy Lot content Usurious gain Is sinful with thy Lot content remain 81. Invention of Truth To the Dubious Pythagoras 't is said when Truth he found Lid sacrifice an Oxe with Garlands crown'd Truth now 's so rarely seen with mortal eyes A Calf's enough for thee to sacrifice 82. Circumcision and Baptism Thou Christ wa st Circumcis'd thou wast Baptiz'd Though neither thou did'st need yet both were priz'd Sins which both cannot purge though joyn'd together Why may not I O Christ have one of either 83. The Wisdome of Solomon and of Siracides Wisdomes two Books Apocryphal we call Wise men must then be still Apocryphal 84. On Covetous Persons Sell all that thou hast and give to the Poor This killing Letter doth all misers kill What say they doth the Spirit herein will The Spirit wills what you will not your store To give but you give nothing to the poor 85. Of Sextus Is the Church visible Thou ask'st Why Ours Is visible invisible is yours 86. An Exiles Comfort Not banish'd while I live while Earth doth stand Nor exil'd shall I be while th' Earth's call'd Land When dead exil'd from Earth I shall at rest In Heaven be blessed among the blest 87. Man an Hunter Fisher Fowler I hunt for Riches Fowl for Praise and Honour I Fish for Mysteries Would know their Donor While Fool I strive to know Proud Honours crave Sordid seek Wealth I travel to my Grave 88. Of the same The Dog hunts on the Ground Fish swim in Seas The winged Birds poys'd are in th' Air at case A wise man Fish-like sounds things hid-profound Proud men soar Bird-like covetous hunt like hound 89. Foot-mens Comfort An Horse in t ' Heaven did not Castor bear Nor rode Triptolemus in 's Chariot there Heav'ns way 's strait-narrow Foot-men travel it The broad way 's most for Horse and Chariot fit 90. Of Wax I trebly useful am for Church Laws Health I bring Divines Physicians Lawyers Wealth 91. Of a certain Fair Fickle Woman The King of Stars thee decks the Queen directs The Sun thy Face the Moon thy Breast aspects 92. Of the Soul and Body A Probleme The Greeks their Slaves did Bodies call because The Soul 's free from the servile Bodies Laws A Lord 's the Bodies Lord a King 's its King But not the Souls From God Souls solely spring Bodies begotten are But Souls divin'd Deduce from God their unbegotten kind 93. Of Christs Miracles To one incredulous Thy Faith 's not great wonders thou canst do none Nor hast thou Faith to credit what are done 94. The old Testament A Testament while the Testator lives Is of no force invalid nothing gives Yet Gods word 's call'd th' old Testament But why Sith God who did ordain it cannot die 95. The New Testament This was of Christ call'd the new Testament By few first now by general consent Yet not a letter of this Book was writ While the Testator liv'd t' attestate it 96. All things are full of Errors Cic. Physicians are sick Lawyers mistake Many Divines pass to th' infernal Lake 97. Against all Nations One only God one man did make on Earth One man once made to many Gods gave Birth 98. On Atheists Fear first taught to fear God But now alas The fear of God without all fear doth pass 99. To his Mecaenas William Sidley c. Who to thee wisheth not old Nestors years Would wishes serve before thou climb the Sphears I wish thee not more years one year wish I I wish thee Plato's year before thou die 100. On Cotta a poor and foolish writer Thou sayst thou wantst new Clothes That 's true I grant But I think rather thou new Wit dost want The End of the Second Book EPIGRAMS OF John Owen AN OXONIAN AND CAMBRO-BRITAIN To his Mecaenas Roger Owen Knight The Third Book 1. To Roger Owen his Mecaenas IT is thy Vertue Vertue to propose To be thy Study this thy Judgement chose Where thou most Vertue find'st thou lov'st it there While thou with the most vert'ous art Compeer 2. To Ponticus Sound-unsound In health and wealth thou dost with Pride abound But when thou shalt be sick thou wilt be sound 3. What a Clock is' t Death creeps on Life and Age on youth The while 'T is ask'd What is' t a Clock Hours us beguile 4. Bacchus his Deifying Wine Truth doth speak doth secret things display Dry Souls are silent moyst things open lay
Sheep the Beasts With Grass with Plume with Fleece with hair invests What ever under th' Air is born or bred By Nature or with Art is covered Why are all cloath'd but naked Love express The more Love naked is 't is call'd the less 89. Of the Exchequer to Sir William Pits Knight Into the Treasury collected Coyn Runs as fresh Rivers run into the (1) The Sea Brine Out of the Treasury the Coyn dispers'd Runs as the Rivers from the Sea revers'd Nor all those Rivers can the Sea supply Nor are the Fountains in the Mountains dry 90. Of a persidious Person I learn by trusting not to trust Pretences My false and hapless Hope beguil'd my Senses 91. The Silver Sin No Whoremongers did Saturns Kingdom stain The World was chast till Jupiter did Reign 92. A Bawd No part from Sale is of thy Body Free Nor is thy Soul if one would buy 't of thee Thy Soul 's expos'd to Sale but none will buy it For all except the Devil will deny it 93. Self-Love I the First Person Second Thou Third He Yet Each t' himself seems First of all the Three 94. Wisdom Who 's Rich the Wise Who 's Poor the Fool by which If I be wise I shall be quickly Rich. Who 's wise the Rich Who 's Fool the Poor then seâ— If Rich I am not I a Fool must be 95. The Etymology of Venus Venus saith (1) Cicero de Nat. Deorum Lib. 2. one spontan'ous doth advene Unt ' all things doth he not uâ—t ' all men mean 96. Of a certain Drunkard If Potable as Optable were Gold What Mines of Gold would thy vast Guts insold 97. To Polla A Kiss thou nor deny'st nor givest one But turn'st thy Cheek arid as is a Bone If new things must have new Names not the same Kisses must have a New another Name 98. A Friend and a Wife Life's dear unt ' us a Friend is therefore dear A Wife t' her Husband 's dear why 'cause so near 99. Anger Because that Anger Valour doth precur Call'd Aristotle Anger Valours Spur 100. The Roman Flora. Proud Rome to which the world did Tribute pay Paid Tribute unto thee by night by day For All that was contributed to thee For Portage thou may'st call thy Tribute Free 101. The Etymology of the English word Anger Ira. Angry men Anguish have in Deed in Name Anger and (1) Vexing Angor then are near the same 102. Of Himself I grave in Trifles Study playing when In grave things trifling I play studying then 103. Womens Titles A Court when spous'd his Wife a Countess makes A Countess makes no Count the Spouse she takes So from the Sun the Moon receives her Light The Sun's Light is his own no borrow'd Right 104. To Zoilus The Praiser Praise the Lover Love doth merit Praise then if Praise Love if thou 't Love inherit 105. Of the middle Age an indefinite Definition While drawing is our frail Life's latest Line No Line the Middle Place can it assign That which th' unlearn'd and learn'd call Middle Age None knows till finish'd is his Pilgrimage 106. To a Grey-hair'd Dier Thy Beard once colour'd Black 's now colour'd White This Nature not thine Art wrought brought to Light 107. To Aulus New Rome expell'd her King proud she the proud What wonder Pride Kings lov'd not nor allow'd Tell why so few Kings Friends are found 'cause there 's Few that are Kings Competitors or Peers 108. The Bed What th' English Bed the Welch call Sepulcher The Bed a Tomb and Sleep doth Death infer 109. Riders Library What means arrided Riders Book thus stil'd A Library sith but one Book 's compil'd And that of words It therefore should not carry The Name of Library but Dictionary 110. Nummus Money Do Latine Criticks (1) Money Nume and Numisme name That which the Greeks Nome and Nomisme proclaim Or is' t O Nummus 'cause thou numbred art Thy Name from Numb'ring comes in whole or part Or is' t because the world esteems Queen Coyn To be some Goddess Numen or Divine 111. Of J. S. a Covetous Man An Iron Chest thy Gold Iron bars inviron Thy Gate House and House-holder all are Iron 112. Of Roman Flora to Grammarians The Romans for the Flowers of their Fruit Did Flora for a Goddess constitute She too too prodigal of Flesh and Fame Did neither bear good Fruit nor keep good Name But prostitute i' th' Flower of her youth She lost both Fruit and Flowers in their growth 113. Of J. Protus As Leaves from Trees in Autumn by the wind Are whiffled all away none left behind The bald-man so by shaking of his head Hath shook off all those Hairs which there were bred 114. Of Theodorus When David threescore years and Ten was old A fair young Virgin kept him from the cold Thou to be like that Prophet great and sage A young wife hast espous'd in thine old Age. 115. Of the Plague in England 1603. This Plague so many men and women slew That scarce is place for any Plague anew 116. To a certain Woman If Fortune had thee favour'd as did Nature England had not a more accomplish'd Creature When Trojan Wars began hadst thou been born Troy for thy sake might have been sack'd and torn 117. Of a Perjured Person Convicted by his own Hand-writing In vain perfidious thy words deny That Truth which thine own hand doth testifie That words more constancy than Deeds should have One Mouth to thee not two thy Maker gave But one Tongue though two hands to thee belong Why single are thine Hands double thy Tongue 118. Of Cottula a Grammaticaster Thus Cottula did Labyrinth expound Because quoth he great labour in 't is found 119. Anagram of Rome to the Carthaginians Stout Annibal in a few hours delay'd His fortune having not Romes wealth survey'd He knew to conquer knew not how to prize His Conquest though an African and wise Alas what loss had he Procrastination Though small preserv'd great Rome from Devastation 120. Of a great Clark Sick Stomachs much receive not much concoct So thou know'st much I know yet art indoct 121. Of one called Davis From London Davisses thou bragg'st Descent And dost dissent from British Orient Ignoble thou a noble Stock and pure Disclaim'st and claim'st from Parents more obscure Thou with thy native soyle dost well agree For thou of it and it 's asham'd of thee 122. Of Aulus Thee wise men think a fool Fools think thee wise What art what think'st thou of thy self Advise 123. Of Linus a Doctor Why dost for form things frame so coveting Wit slightest Form gives Essence to the thing If thou deny this Philosophick Norme I vouch it thou wert Doctor made for Form 124. Of Thais O would thou wert less fair or honest more For no thing 's fouler than the fairest Whore 125. Of a nameless Voluminous Writer When dire-dure Hunger and sad wants opprest thee When Thirst insatiated did molest thee Thy Books
thou self distracted didst distract What should'st thou do Famine advis'd that Act. Thee Poverty compell'd thy Books with sweat Compil'd first pen'd after to vend and eat 126. On a Bald Pate Lo not an hair thine heads bald Crown doth Crown Thy Faithless Front hath not one hair thine own Before Behind thine hair 's blown off with Blast What 's left thee to be lost thine Head at last 127. To Claudius and Linus Lewd Claud to make thee good thou want'st sole will Thou Linus want'st sole Power to make thee ill 128. To George (1) Nom. George whether thou desir'st to b' in my Book Wherein a Verse averse is if thou look (2) Gen. Or whether of thy Kindred I should raise Trophys in Verse oft sounding Thine-their Praise (3) Dat. Or whether I to thee would recommend Due thanks my Verse cannot due thanks repend (4) Accus 'T is well no Verse of mine thee doth accuse In this thy Name well pleaseth Me-my Muse. (5) Vocat If generous O George thou would'st be call'd Thou in th' extremest Place shalt still b' install'd (6) Ablat Wo's me that I my Verse cannot inforce Longer to hold with thee a long Discourse 129. A Lover is a Warrior Souldiers with Harlots Aulus well compar'd Mars bodies arm'd Venus unarm'd doth guard 130. The Military Oath The Latines Sacrament call'd sacred Oath Which Souldiers to their Captain did betroth If Sacraments be but an Oath then there More Sacraments than two will soon appear 131. Of Alanus Covetous and Lame Give but a Gift t' Alanus He though Lame Is hundred-handed to receive the same But if for Gift a Gift he must restore He 's Lame that hundred-handed was before 132. The Condition of Kings While This forbears That fears Truth to relate To Kings O miserable Kingly state 133. Vis Jus Force Right to J. C. Vis Force Jus Right are adverse yet the Name Of Vis and Jus inverted is the fame 134. Of Marcus Wives Widows Maids Whores Wenches women-kind Thou lov'st but thine own Wife thou leav'st behind Among so many kinds of Venus sports Why leav'st the lawful lov'st th' unlawful sorts 135. Desperate Debt Who 's not in Debt t' his wise who (1) Solvency or Payment is not to be understood but of one that is able to pay the whole debt Jabol de verb. signif 1. solvendo solvent is None solid but insolvent is in This. 136. Of Culianus Wise men are (1) Cic. de Divin lib. 2. wonders wonders now are none Then now there is no wise man no not one But Culian th' art wise then wonders are Or thou from wisdom Culian art far 137. Of Marcus a man venust or comely Too much of Venus (1) Burnt usted part of Thee That in some Part thou maist Venustus be 138. Of Adrian 5. Derided Epigrams derided Verse Thou writest which with mirth have no commerce No mirth is in them yet the Reader smil'd Because both wit and mirth from them 's exil'd 139. I Thou He. There 's no man but prefers Himself unt ' All Hence the first Person I we count and call Thou fam'st thy present blam'st thine absent Friend He Thou next Me and He next Thee doth tend 140. Petite dabitur vobis Ask and it shall be given you That which was promis'd Askers heretofore Is given now to Givers men no more Will gratis give what 's gratis comes from Heaven Of nought comes nought Give and it shall be given Date dabitur vobiâ— 141. Married Persons Children Parents Husband and wife once two are now but one Once one two now are Father and his Son 142. Of Marcus a Lawyer Thou pleadest for thy self not Client he Not for himself but brings his Gold for thee The certain Laws uncertain Causes cross Thou sure of gain thy Client 's sure of loss 143. To his Father As man more excellent than woman is I so thy son do more excel in this 144. An Italian Th' Italians of their wives as Books comprize The parts incluse-sâ—cluse Monopolize This what God said unt ' Eve the woman gains By this I will multiplicate thy pains 145. What Wife the Author would have I like a woman facile to be lov'd To love difficile comely well approv'd Rivals in love I like deserve she should The love of all not love alone I would 146. To one complaining that his Children were not like him Would'st on thy wife beget a Self-like Child First get a wife like thee compos'd-compil'd 147. To the Married Of Conjugal Love When Adam had espoused Eve his Bride No woman was for him to love beside Love Conjugal is therefore First and best Paternal doth the Second Love attest 148. Sir Francis Drake ' s Epitaph Though Papistry should rage in time to come It would not Drake I think dig up thy Tomb Thou need'st not fear it should thy Body burn For in the water safe from Fire 's thine Urne 149. A Childs Epitaph dying before his Grandfather and Father Death keeps no method Logick's Art denies A Son before his Sire and Grandsire dies 150. Epitaph of Maurus His Soul of 's Corps his Corps of 's Soul 's hereft Maurus wants both his Name is only left 151. Epitaph of Pyramus and Thisbe Death friendly-foe from you that grief remov'd Which brought on Death before because you lov'd 152. Tho. Moor dying Moor had his Head from 's Body severed But would not have his Hair cut from his Head 153. Three Languages Crucified Hebrew Greek Latine First Next Third commixt Sacred Learn'd Roman all three Crucifixt 154. Don Antonio King of Portugal Between thee and thy Kingdom a Divorce Was lately made against thy will by force Now thou maist of thy Kingdom took away What Christ Himself (1) My Kingdom is not of this World did of his Kingdom say 155. Alexander Aristotle He great'st of Kings of Sophists this compleater Great Alexander Aristotle greater This learn'd made Alexander more compleat Great He made Aristotle not more great 156. Of Plato The Bees which swarm'd on Plato's lips do still Distill rare Sweets from his mellistuous Quill 157. Virgil ' s Georgicks Thou Maro writ'st rich Verse of Husbandry And dost manure the Readers wit thereby 158. Persius the Poet. Dark Persius I read but not conceive I' th' dark he doth his Readers lead and leave 159. Tacitus Thee Candor made Truth-telling Nature wise Briefness obscure and Gravity concise 160. To Martial Persons thou know'st to spare to speak of things All thy Conceits are honyed have no Stings 161. To Petrarch While O thy Laura's read the doubt will be Lawrel or Laura whether fitt'st for thee 162. Pliny Englisht by Philemon Holland a Physician Pliny writes many things is long is short Much writing Holland's (a) Because more plene longer (b) Because more plaiâ—â— shorter for't 163. Of Cicero to Catullus What thou didst tell Catullus and foretell Of Cicero was true for it befell
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-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.
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
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
fixt Nor Hope is Hope if not with doubts commixt 173. Novelty Reviv'd are many things which heretofore Fell and shall fall though now they flourish more New things now please but will not still because What 's now new will wax old and full of Flaws 174. Marcus his Looking-glass Why is thy Fool before thee still All-Ass Thou view'st thy self in him as in a Glass 175. To one Uxorious The Field's not alway plough'd Thy Wife 's a Field Yet she loves dayly to be duly till'd 176. To a Friend Four years and more praeter-plu-perfect past First sprung thy love and then was rooted fast In vain thou now dost seek it to remove No new young Plant an old grown Tree's thy Love 177. To Porphyrius We read that Christ wept twice not laugh'd at all Why dost mans Nature Risible then call 178. To Pontilianus As a Blind Man by Boy or Woman led Ways t' him unseen-unknown doth often tread So Venus or her Boy thee blind in Love Hither and Thither lead move and remove 179. Love is beyond all Exception To a certain Friend Though some new cause old Love may chance suspend I by the Laws of Friendship am thy Friend My Love 's beyond Exception unto thee Except thou lov'st not as thou shouldst love me 180. Of Ponticus aged sixty years In all thy Life thou good hast done to none When wilt thou now begin Thou sayst upon My death I all will to the poor bequeath Too late he 's wise that is not wise till death 181. Of Nigella Candidated Rare Bird on Earth thou art and Swan-like white White are thy Cloaths thy Skin as black as night 182. Le Carneval de la vit Why doth the Soul abhor the Bodies death Fears that to die when this hath lost its Breath Or doth it fear that after death remains Unt ' it short Judgement but long lasting pains I doubt this doth the Soul in death dismay That to the Flesh it cannot farewel say 183. Quintina ' s Praise Should I thee praise thou then wouldst prouder be I praise thee not Th' art proud enough I see 184. Earth ' s Son Heaven looks on us and we must look on Heaven For Stars in Skies God Eyes to thee hath given Thou scarce the thousandth part of Earth canst see Half Heaven yet is visible to thee Fool why dost Earth prefer unt ' Heaven rather But as some love their Mother more than Father 185. The lowest Species Though Mankind is the chief yet him we call We account the lowest Species of all Heav'n hath but few More men in Hell do lie Who mens unhappiness can then deny 186. Of Envy a Paradox If Vertue did Envy would less abound For where 's more Vertue there less Vice is found 187. James of that Name The sixth King of Scotland The first of England Happiness to Britain What hath been often wish'd scarce hop'd for came 'Twixt Hope and Fear unto thy royal Name King James the first the sixth of Regal Line Sice Ace the best chance of the Dice was thine 188. To James the First King of Great Britain c. Thine Hand four Crowns four Scepters doth command Four Languages are spoken in thy Land The Britains Language though not one their Heart Is One of thy three Kingdoms being part At first the Devil did mens hearts divide But God their Languages And all for Pride 189. Kings and Prophets Out of his Countrey no King rules in chief No Prophet in his Countrey gains Belief 190. Vertue A double Genius while transitory Attends on Vertue Good Bad Envy Glory 191. Envy Envy corrodes mens praises like a Slave As Worms corrode their Bodies in the Grave 192. Of Battus Thy many Queries I in brief respond Not 'cause so many but 'cause foolish fond 193. Sleep Death Though in my sleep I seem as dead in sort Yet no part of my Life 's the sweeter for 't 'T is strange what should in Death so bitter be Sith Sleep Deaths Image is so sweet to me 194. The Triumvirs Clients unto the Lawyer go because Wealth their chief Good 's secured by the Laws In Sickness the Physician comes next Wealth The second thing to be secur'd is Health Divines who first to have been sent for ought Come last unto the sick â—â—sent-unsought 195. Lovers Patience Lover wouldst have thy wish Be patient He that will live in Peace must be content 196. Of a certain Grammaticaster Thou Letters knowst a good Grammarian And nothing knowst but them A learned man 197. To a pompous Dame Be like Men'laus or Ulysses Wife If thou wouldst famous live beyond thy Life For Vice not only Vertue doth survive Helen's Penelope's Names are yet alive 198. Of Aulus a Grandee Truth-telling Fools speak things to be conceaâ—'d But wise men see what 's sit to be reveal'd Aulus to trust his Servants wits afraid Keeps four fools still about him for their Aid 199. Gold from Dung Virgil from Ennius Dung did Gold extract What Virgils was is now Physicians act 200. Loves Secret A Lover's seldom lov'd Be loveless if Thou wilt not be belov'd love then in chief 201. Mon Tout To Marcia Oft thou me call'st all thine That I deny All thine I am not But thine all am I. 202. Of Quintus and Orus Quintus and Orus have of late declar'd Themselves Papistical On what regard That for their Faiths Antiquity And this For Novelty thereof a Papist is 203. Ariadne ' s Thread As Theseus by Ariadne's Thread Was Led so Men One Faith to Truth doth lead 204. Of Wills and Vows In Testaments or Wills the Last must stand In Vows if good the first hath chief command When God created all things with one vote Two Wills or Testaments he made-he wrote 205. To a Covetous Friend The Covetous hath all himself not giving He nothing hath Himself but wants while living 206. To Ponticus A Lawyer Part of thy Life thou to thy wife dost give Part to thy Client When to th' self wilt live 207. Of Preachers and Players Preachers and Players check our crimes With Tears The Preachers and the Players with their Jeers To that I wretched foolish seem to this This numbers and that ponders mine amiss 208. The Births of Christ and J. Baptist. John in the Summer Christ in Winter came That did Baptize with Water This with Flame Well did those Contraries * The two Baptisms of Christ and John Floods Flames convene Our Sins Fire purgeth Water washeth clean 209. No Man is hurt but from himself None 's free from Crimes nor Discords For most times Our Discords are procur'd by our own Crimes 210. Upon a bawling Ass. I do not call thee Momus ev'ry Ass But that which the false Prophet Balaams was Not that which into Salem Christ did carry For this was mild and mute but that contrary 211. Of his Heirs To the Lawyers None of his wife but Adam was secure And none but Eve was of her husband sure In Wedlock the poor
will not compleat it (a) Prov. 30.13 The Womb and Tomb insatiable are Saith the wise King He did them both compare Who falls on Wife descends into the Pit A Wife in sense not sound is like unt ' it 53. The Answer A Wife I 'm nam'd not that I vex the man But that mine Housewifes care's Quotidian Is Man in Woman as Belzeb's in Hell Man's Satan then if Woman be that Cell 54. The Religious What 's well done's ill done if in publick done The Politician What 's ill done's well done if reveal'd to none 55. Three Goddesses Chast Juno wanton Venus Pallas learn'd Pure Virgin 's rare between those two discern'd 56. English Proteus New-fashions in Apparel ' states do wast Sole Pleasure pleaseth us though lost at last 57. One protects two The saying of H. 4. The French King One King protects two Kingdoms yet both fail'd Thee to protect but one when Death th' assail'd 58. The Birth and Scite of the Sun The Sun fourth midst is of the Planets seven (a) The Sun was created the fourth day Gen. 1. The fourth day made plac'd in the midst of Heaven 59. The Sepulchers of Caesar Pompey and Crassus Africk for Pompey Asia doth mourn For Crassus Europe hath great Caesars Urn. 60. City Buildings most City-like of Henry Earl of Northampton The Structure of an House Beneath Above The Builders Ingenuity doth prove Who raise rude Piles of Buildings to thy Praise By thine Example may their Buildings raise 61. To Oranus Thy Wifes rich Sire oft said This Daughter mine In stable Wedlock I to thee will joyn Too stable Wedlock hath you joyn'd sith she So much unstable is in love to thee 62. Of Faelix Faelix through all the City walks per deiu Who scarce two Cities in the World did view Who many Men and Cities saw the Poor In his own City beggeth at the door 63. Francis Drake No time shall Drake forget He cross'd the Seas And Drake-like swam unto th' Antipodes Or This. Drakes Name and Fame no time shall ravel out He sail'd amid the Seas the World about 64. Man Before thy Birth which thou remembrest not Thou nothing wert Dead something is thy lot 65. Of Phoebus and Neptune The Sun 's of swift the Sea 's of swister force That runs but once this twice a day its course 66. Uxor Vi n cta that is A Wife bound Conquer'd The Brides Tongue brid'led th' Husband's Conquerer He sole o'recomes his Wife that quiets her 67. Naked Truth Of Alethus If as saith Plato Vertue naked might Be seen 't would fill mens hearts with rare Delight Alethus as 't is said saw (a) Four Curtizans call'd by the names of the four Vertues Vertues four Naked at Venice and did them deflour 68. Of Bacchus and Byrrhia Wine and Beer Wine simple-single's prais'd but double Beer Double is good but single best doth cheer 69. Of Gellia To the first Matter Gellia inclines That all forms fancies this sole Masculines 70. Of Papilus pulling off his hoar Hairs Thou need'st not pull thine hoar hairs from thine head Proceed in (a) Riot Greek they of themselves will shed 71. Be not many Masters While none would Scholars be but Masters all All Scholars none we can a Master call 72. Hen. 8. Defender of the Faith This Title (a) Leo the tenth a Florentine by Nation 1521. Leo Pope a Florentine To th' King of Flow'rs and Lions did assign 73. To Pope Leo. That Title with the Sword thou gav'st the King He thee denies the Sword thy Death did bring 74. The Pride of Life Man though of vile Earth made with Pride doth swell Th' Earth made of nothing swells with man as well So man like th' Earth aspires above his kind Th' Earth mounts in Mountains Man mounts up in Mind 75. To Guarene Tounsend J. C. Thy Tongue no Law-court courts nor avaricious Is prostitute t' excuse the guilty vicious Thou dost contemplate Natures Mysteries Scripture Laws History thou dost revise Three Graces seven Arts Sisters thrice three Causes to know but not to plead teach thee 76. Genesis and Saint Matthew's Gospel Christ's Birth in this Adam's that Book is in Gospel and Law from Genesis begin 77. Some Body No Body The sacred Hebrew Text Men Souls doth stile As if that Man were solely Soul the while None no body one some body we call In English as if we were Bodies-All 78. A Love Fancy If Lesbia thou wert the Zodiack I would I were the Sun for thy sweet sake The Sun compleats the Zodiack once a year But once a Night I would compleat thy Sphear 79. To Book-gelders If wise then gild my Book but geld it not That other Books by this may be begot 80. To Gellia In earnest speak Why dost thou so profuse Give that to many promis'd for ones use 'T is an old custome common as a Clock That many Keys should be t' a single Lock 81. Eve's and the Serpents Conventicle By Eves and Satans Parley sin did come O would she had been deaf or he been dumb 82. To Robert Johnson a Scottish-Britain Reading thy British (a) Of the affairs of great Britain and Ireland In his Time History I love Thy self I like thy Method both approve No such Book 's extant that 's more genuine More genial than that same Book of thine Excepting (b) Sir Tho. Moore Moore Who wrote the Life-the fate Of (c) Richard the third Richard Thee next him I emulate 83. Of Himself I of the Minor Brothers orders am My Fathers Lands to th' Major Brother came 84. Sell all that thou hast and give to the Poor To Paetus Of this Advice thou kept'st the former part But not the latter There remiss thou wert Th' hast sold and given all Part to thy Whore Part to thy Riot nothing to the Poor 85. Nor Of Evils the least Of Good the greatest Though she were best I would not have my Bride A Giant nor a Dwarf though worst beside 86. Sirens Songs If thou thy Reins wouldst keep from Blain-from â—ane Flee Sirens Songs thou shalt be safe and sane 87. A Love Letter Love wants not Hope in hope the Lover lives But Hope without thee thine me nothing gives 88. Blind Love Love and Ebriety are like They blind Mens Eyes of Body this that of the Mind 89. The Will of rich T. S. Thou givest all no longer here to live Nor hence to take it Couldst Th' would'st nothing give 90. Air Water Earth Hell The fordid Earth receives the dross of th' Air Earth's dregs unto th' infernal Caves repair What Evil's in the World shall t' Hell descend As pond'rous things unto the Center tend 91. The Christian Zodiack The twelve Apostles their Stars four times three My Zodiack Faith and Christ my Sun shall be 92. Erasmus Praise of Folly Thou didst not folly praise Erasmus solely Thee many praise and many praise thy folly 93. Of Gymnicus A Pastor Thou feed'st thy flock with
Have nothing rich too much enough hath no man 36. To Henry Wotton Knight the Kings Embassadour c. 1612. In dubious things thou didst remember me In serious though late I think on thee At Venice at (a) A Town between France and Germany Sabbaudies for our King Thou Legate wert fair Winds thee back did bring The King must pay thee what he thee doth owe 'T is secret when But that he will I know 37. Foresee thine End Mans death not birth declares his bane or bliss None bless'd before his death nor wretched is 38. The Polar Sabbath To the Polars One day one Night doth your whole year display So that your Seventh year 's your sevenâ—h day 39. To the Desirers of the Salick Law In France the Virile Law sets men at th' Helm The female Distaff must not rule the Realm Would ye the Salick Law should here come in O Britains Be robust At home begin 46. To G. Gwyn That I no Disticks in thy praise design It is because thine better are than mine 41. Irus and Croesus Epitaph Croesus and Irus thus are different Both dead that hath this hath no Monument 42. The Inter-Calar Month 1612. Why February sole each fourth year grows 'Cause 't is the least month from the Moon that flows 43. Of Faelix Rich while alive thou wert now dead poor art Wishing with Lazarus a place a part 44. Ten Principles One Substance doth nine (a) Predicaments in Logick Categors confine As one Apollo doth the Muses nine 45. Logick A Creature horn i' th' dark Rude Infant Child Unt ' Oxford sent will soon a man be stil'd 46. To Samuel Daniel Poet. A. Pen thy right Hand Sword thy left doth follow Mars is Sinister Dexter's thine Apollo 47. Lover of Truth To Paulus Fond Novelties sottish Antiquities Me please not truth is all I praise-I prize I follow neither new nor old 'T is true But Truth I love whether 't is old or new 48. Humility Long Grass in valleys short on Mountains grows Low minds more Wisdome have than lofty Brows A Mind 's a Mount whose Top's a Type of Wit Each Top is bare and Type is like unt ' it 49. Three Self-Lovers I next my self and thou thy self art next What hinders but that he should be context 50. Saint Marks Festival To Marianus a Shepheard Why marks Saint Mark 's day Sheep not Goats Tell why Sheep Shall hereafter live when Goats shall die 51. To Dindimus Devouring time devoureth all that 's our But thou mispending time dost time devour 52. Of Heaven and Earth a double Paradox Heav'ns Motion errs not erring is th' Earth's Station Fast stedfast though yet full of Variation Trod under foot Plough'd Harrow'd ev'ry Morn Poor Earth while I am Earth I shall be torn 53. The Year Spring Summer Autumn Winter make the year Autumn doth Summer Spring doth Winter chear 54. A Client Hast care to cure and to secure thy Cause Incline then Client to thy Lawyers Laws 55. Of the Covetous Shooes wider than thy Feet thou wilt not have Why then more Wealth than 's fit or needs dost crave 56. Patience I will or must be patient hoping still All things by this I suffer can or will 57. The Serpent Eve Adam The Serpent not deceiv'd deceiv'd poor Eve Adam deceiv'd not but he did believe His Wise and was deceiv'd The Womans fault Was Active Passive Catch'd her self she caught 58. The Swan When Fates me call the Rivers Bank close by I sweetly sing my Requiem and die 59. To Polydore The Dative case than Ablative is better The Taker to the Giver is a Debtor Ah th' Ablative doth here too long remain When will the Dative case return again 60. To N. N. Unhappy Servant of two Masters thou This Nothing doth that Nothing hath t' allow 61. A Three-fold Continency of the Eyes Ears and Tongue Lest ill thou seest or hear'st thy Windows close Lest ill thou speak'st Locks on thy Lips impose 62. Saturns three Sons Nummipotent is one Hells President Next Amnipotent third Omnipotent 63. The old man speaks to the young Man My Life is short nor can long time import Thy Life seems long but shortly will be short 64. Of my Book Salted at Oxon youth then 't is the Mode Pepper'd at Winton then Child I abode If this my Book of Salt or Pepper tast First Winton Pepper gave Salt Oxon last 65. To Theo-dore Gods Gift A Physician In Greek and Latine Theodore's thy Name Thy skill in (a) The most high created the Physician The most High created Physick out of the Earth Ecclesiasticus 38.1.4 Physick makes it thrice the same 66. Of Quintus At School a Boy thou learn'dst four Swearing Adverbs Now grown a Man thou swear'st four thousand Mad Verbs 67. To an Angry man Let Anger set but not rise with the Sun Still let it with the Sun t' Antipoâ—es run 68. Of a Cloak and Coal Blew Coats with Sleeves and Badges yearly new Here Serving Men did wear a lazy crew Now Cloaks they wear Why Cloaks Because they may Flagens or Capons under Cloaks convey 69. Death Nothing 's here humane but inhum'd must be Earth swallows Earth but Souls from Earth flee free 70. Of Pontius A Poet. Pont'us on one Foot halts with th' other stumbles Hexameters Pentameters he rumbles 71. Of Fabian Do what thou say'st or say what thou do'st do But Fabian doth neither of the two 72. Edition of Books It happens that when Verses I have penn'd Fasting or full Edition is their end 73. God loves a chearful Giver Regard not what Reward thou giv'st the poor God will Regard and it Reward with more 74. Of Quintus Ramista his Fathers third Son As if one Tree bare two â—oughs none beside So thou dost all things in two Parts divide If all thing else should bipartited be What of thy Fathers Goods would come to thee 75. Cupid's Arms Bow and Arrows Offensive not Defensive weapons why Doth Cupid use He conquers all thereby 76. Of Prose and Verse A Probleme Why runs a Speech in Verse than Prose more fleet Because that wanteth not this wanteth Feet 77. Heaven Heaven 's the specious-spatious House of God All-potent Lord House patent all abroad 78. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Water 's made holy for Regeneration But 't is but simply water in Creation 79. A Nest of Boxes Suscipio Pyxidum Trias Scipio Pyxidum Trias Pio Pyxidum Trias The English cannot reach the conceit I for my Countrey Fathers People I Adventure dare said Scipio to die 80. Of Pontilian The fawning Dog with wagging Tail doth flatter Pontill for want of Tail with 's Tongue doth chatter 81. We are Dust and Ashes Horace Let none though clad with Earth of Heaven despair Nor any though a Shadow thin as Air Dust is our Flesh Christs Body 's of like clod Our Soul 's a shadow shadow yet of God 82. An Aenigma Tell what (a) Felicitas whole world in Heaven doth abound (b)
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