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A02836	Quodlibets lately come ouer from New Britaniola, old Newfound-land Epigrams and other small parcels, both morall and diuine. The first foure bookes being the authors owne: the rest translated out of that excellent epigrammatist, Mr. Iohn Owen, and other rare authors: with two epistles of that excellently wittie doctor, Francis Rablais: translated out of his French at large. All of them composed and done at Harbor-Grace in Britaniola, anciently called Newfound-Land. / By R.H. sometimes Gouernour of the plantation there.	Hayman, Robert, 1578 or 9-1631?.; Owen, John, 1560?-1622. Epigrammata. Book 1-4. English. Selections.; Rabelais, François, ca. 1490-1553?; Habert, Francois, ca. 1508-ca. 1561.	1628 (1628)	STC 12974; ESTC S106081	67,153	134

at meat at play 49. Of the Gunpowder Holly-day the 5. of Nouember The Powder-Traytors Guy Vaux and his mates Who by a Hellish plot sought Saints estates Haue in our Kalender vnto their shame A ioyfull Holy-day cald by their Name 50. On these blacke Saints The first day of Nouember is alway All Saints feast and the fift all Deuils day 51. To a great Gamester Saint Paul doth bid vs Pray continually But thou would'st rather Play continually 52. Most men are mistaken To Mr. Robert Grimes Good bad rich poore the foolish and the sage Doe all cry out against the present age Ignorance made vs thinke our young Times good Our elder dayes are better vnderstood Besides griefes past we easily forget Present displeasures make vs sad or fret 53. The Tree of Sanctification First growes the Tree and then the Leaues doe grow These two must spring before the fruite can shew Faith is a firme Tree Hope like shaking Leaues From these two Charity her Fruits receiues Faith without Hope and Loue is a dead Tree Hope without Loue and Faith greene cannot be Loue without Hope and firme Faith is no more Then hansome Fruit without rotten at core 54. Real presence Praying to Saints Each contradict the other If Christ be reall corporall in the bread After the Consecrating words are said What need you goe to Saints since you may take him And vse him as you please like them that bake him 55. An Antidote for Drunkards If that your heads would ake before you drinke As afterwards you 'd ne'r be drunke I thinke 56. Womens Tyers Womens head-laces and high towring wyres Significantly rightly are cald tyres They tyre them and their Maides in putting on Tyre Tyremakers with variation I thinke to pay for them doth tyre some men I hope they 'll tyre the Deuill that inuents them 57. The Grant I 'm but a man though I in length exceed The Dwarfe Though I want length a Man I am indeed The Gyant to the Dwarfe My Syre out-shot the marke begetting me Thy Father shot too short when he made thee The Dwarfe to the Gyant Although short shooting often lose the game To ouer-shoot the marke is as much shame 58. To a namelesse Friend whose head is said to be full of Proclamations To fill the head with Proclamations Is no disgrace so they be well penn'd ones 59. The good of punishment Plagues make proud big swolne hearts fall low againe As Causticks bate proud flesh though with much paine 60. A Chyrurgions good qualities To my good friend Mr. P.S. Chyrurgion A Surgion should haue well to vse his art Ladyes hands Eagles eyes A Lyons heart Not one of these good properties you lacke But when you hide them in the white strong Sacke 61. A Pill to purge Bribery Those that doe liue heere by Corruption Shall dye in the next generation 62. Papisticall faith What a strange doubtfull blind no-Faith you hold Which cannot be imagind held or told What Lay-men know not Clarks doe thinke they know Sayes the Pope otherwise It is not so The Weather-Cocke of your Religion Is in the Popes shifting Opinion 63. Some poore comfort for these Multifidians If this Pope Millions drawes with him to Hell The next wise Pope may reset all things well 64. Spirituall weapons to encounter with Satan To my louing and good Aunt Mistris Elizabeth Spicer of Exceter mother to Doctor Richard Spicer Physition These are strong Armes to buckle with the Deuill Fasting Faith Prayer bearing forbearing euill If with these weapons God doe vs assist Satan will ne'r stand to it nor resist 65. Confidence ill vsed and Confidence abused Cursed is he that puts his confidence In Man Onely in man is the right sense And that Man shall like punishment receiue Who doth an honest Confidence deceiue 66. A Caueat for buyers and sellers In this world silly buyers must beware In the next world deare sellers of bad ware 67. To Politike Bankerupt Thou hast broke fiue times thou wilt breake once more What a braue Tilter thou wouldst make therefore 68. A mad answer of a Mad-man One askt a Mad-man if a wife he had A Wife quoth he I neuer was so mad 69. A lusty Widdow to one of her Sutors To haue me thou tel'st me on me thou 'lt dote I tell thee Who hath me on me must doo 't I may be coozen'd but sure if I can I le haue no doting but a dooing man 70. To Mammonnists who put their trust in vncertaine Riches Some haue too many goods some would haue none You haue too many though you haue but one For yellow Mammon is your God alone 71. God and Mammon Seruice to God and Mammon none can doe Yet we may serue God and haue Mammon too 72. There is no fooling with Edge-tooles To a Friend Thou hast sped well in many a former plot Thou vndertook'st a great one fail'st in that Men must haue Mittons on to shoo a Cat. 73. My Iudgement on Men of Iudgement To a kind Friend Thou talk'st of men of Iudgement Who are they Those whose conceits successe doth still obey Wise mens wise counsell is but their conceits If they speed ill they are sad wise deceits 74. To all the shrewd Wiues that are or shall be planted in New-found-land If mad-men Drunkards Children or a Foole Wrong sober discreet men with tongue or toole We say Such things are to be borne withall We say so too if Women fight or brawle 75. Some preuention for some of these misdooers Mad men are bound Drunkards are laid to sleepe Fooles beaten are Toyes Children quiet keepe I wish vnruly Shrewes were turnd to Sheepe 76. Masters Behauiour To my good Friend Master Thomas Mil-ware of Harbor-Grace in Newfound-land Sterne cruell vsage may bad seruants fetter Wise gentle vsage keepes good seruants better 77. Too much Familiarity breeds contempt Though some wise men this Prouerbe doe apply For a defence of their austerity I thinke this way this Prouerbe might be meant Chiding too oft brings Chiding in contempt 79. The foure Elements in Newfound-land To the Worshipfull Captaine Iohn Mason who did wisely and worthily gouerne there diuers yeeres The Aire in Newfound-Land is wholesome good The Fire as sweet as any made of wood The Waters very rich both salt and fresh The Earth more rich you know it is no lesse Where all are good Fire Water Earth and Aire What man made of these foure would not liue there 80. To all those worthy Women who haue any desire to liue in Newfound-Land specially to the modest discreet Gentlewoman Mistris Mason wife to Captaine Mason who liued there diuers yeeres Sweet Creatures did you truely vnderstand The pleasant life you 'd liue in Newfound-land You would with teares desire to be brought thither I wish you when you goe faire wind faire weather For if you with the passage can dispence When you are there I know you 'll ne'r come thence 81. To a worthy Friend who often

That saying of thy Nature is not ment 95 To an one-eyed Souldier Of thy two eyes thou now hast left but one Which by his moistnesse alway seemes to mone One eye being lost why alway weeps the other Because that in the warres he lost his brother 96 Why there is no peace in Europe Princes make warre and soone their warres doe cease Oft times they warre to haue the better peace Diuines striue and with Venome fill their veines With gall their stomackes and with spite their braines Longer and worse they warre with quills and words Then Princes vse to doe with fire and swords 97 An Antidote lest women should be proud When thou thy faire face see'st in thy fine glasse Be not puft vp because it beauty has Brittle and fraile is thy faire fine neate feature How like thy fine glasse art thou pretty Creature 100 Natures Horizon Two Elements we see not fire and aire Water and Earth wee see 'cause they are neere So wee know men and beasts that are below High Angels highest God we doe not know 105 An ambo dexter A Fencer with a two-hand Scabberd If Pompey ouercome I am his man If Caesar winne I 'm a Caesarian 113 A Kings behauiour To King Iames. All subiects in their manners follow Kings What they doe bids forbearing forbids things A Kings behauiour swayes his subiects lyues As the first moouer all the fixt starres driues 114 The head is worth all the body besides To King Iames. Reason and senses in the head resides Nothing in man worth any thing besides 115 Kings feare Death What Kings feare most what men feare them to tell Fame boldly tells them and the passing Bell. 118 A Losing Gaine Adam did lose a rib to get a wife Poore gaine by her he lost eternall Life 119 Head Tyres Huge high-topt-wyres and tyres with toyes bespred Doe rather build then beautifie the head 121 The East and Westerne Churches The right hand Faith is in the worlds left Coast The right hand of the world hath left faith most 127 To his Reader Thirsty those are that doe eat salt meats first Would my salt lines might cause in thee such thirst 128 How to rule a wife Who begs not nor commands what he would haue His wife is not his Mistresse nor his slaue Addition A Probleme Yet some are so ill-natur'd or ill bred With whom request commands threats haue ill sped What bit is fit for beasts that so take head 131 To Anabaptists and such kind of mealy Brethren You build no Churches Churches you destroy This Zeale doth not heale but Christs Church annoy The Spirit you say doth presse you fiercely on What spirit is your spirit then A-badd-on 132 Alchymists folly God at the first of nothing all things wrought Our Alchymists reduce all things to nought 136 The Crosse in Cheapside ouer against Saint Peters and Pauls Crosse in the Booke-row Why is Saint Peters guilt Pauls crosse of lead Vnder Pauls Crosse are golden Lectures read 140 Seneca the Philosopher Thy writings are fine Epigrams in face They nothing want but Poets cinquepace 141 To the honourable wise iudicious Knight Sir Henry Neuil Sonne and Heire to the Lord of Aberguenny I thinke I heard you once say at your boord That your taste the sharp taste of salt abhord Wise Sir you need not to eat salt Wherefore All your wise talke hath salt in it good store 144 Contention is fit to dwell no where In heauen or Hell is no dissention In Heauen all good in Hell ill euery one In earth mens diuers dispositions Doe cause both long and strong diuisions Therefore the earth shall be quite emptied And heauen and hell be fully peopled 147 The poore mans poore comfort To a rich man Vnconstant Fortune quickly changeth cheare Hence springs my future Hope thy present Feare 149 The Heart Why is the right side of the Heart bereft And on the left plac'd Wisedome it hath left 156 The Worlds blacke Saunts or Musicke for the Deuill The World 's so full of shrill-voyc'd iangling Of deepe repyning and base murmuring The Base so deepe the Treble is so high That Meane and Tenor we cannot discry 159 The world growes worse and worse Our Syres were worse then theirs we worse then they For still the World growes worser eu'ry day If our posterity grow worse then we A worser race then theirs there cannot be 160 Londons Loadstone As Thames deuoures many small brookes and rills Soe smaller Townes with their wealth London fills But though that Thames empts it selfe in the Sea Wealth once at London neuer runnes a way 162 Fooles and Dwarfes Though wit or vertue haue in vs no treasure Yet we are Great mens sports and Great mens pleasure 163 Euery man is full of care Poore men haue care because that they are poore Rich men haue wealth and haue much care therefore Who hath no wife takes great care to haue one Who hath a wife hath more then who hath none 171 The blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of Christ Iesus A blessed Virgin that 's thy common Name Aboue all Women blest that is thy fame Thy Virgins blessed State had me nought wonne Had'st thou not beene the Mother of thy Sonne 173 New fashions in words Old words are new reuiu'd and those shall dye Which now are in discoursing prized high And with bold flights in our set speeches fly Our now new pleasant words will not please long Because they cannot still continue young And other newer words will them out-throng 180 To an Old Churle Thou that did'st neuer doe good any way When wilt begin to doe good Thou dost say When I dye to the poore I le leaue my state Who 's not wise till he dyes is wise too late 182 A fearefull Soules flesh-farewell Why should the immortall soule feare bodies death Feares shee to expire with the bodies breath Or feares she going hence she must resort To long long punishment but iudgement short Cold shaking feare of the hot fire of hell Makes this sad soule loth bid the flesh farewell Addition A good Christians Soules Flesh-farewell A thought so base hath not that soule surpriz'd Who knowes the flesh shall be immortaliz'd He feares no punishment who is assur'd Before he dye his pardon is procur'd Body and soule thus chear'd by Gods grace Part like friends pointing a new meeting place Therefore who hopes for Heauen and feares not Hell May chearefully bid the fraile flesh farewell An Epigram on both these Hee feares not death who hopes for Heauens glory He may feare Death that feareth purgatory Or he that thinkes this life shall end his story A Prayer hereupon Good dreadfull God though I liue fearefully Yet when I dye make me dye cheerefully 183 A woman may be too proud If I should praise thee thou wouldst prouder grow And thou already art too proud I trow 184 A muck-Worme Heau'n still views thee and thou shouldst it still view God gaue Heau'n lights and hath