Flovvers of epigrammes, out of sundrie the moste singular authours selected, as well auncient as late writers. Pleasant and profitable to the expert readers of quicke capacitie: by Timothe Kendall, late of the Vniuersitie of Oxford: now student of Staple Inne in London
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Contents
- title page
- ¶The names of all suche Aucthors out of whom these Flowers are selected.
-
To the right honourable the Lorde Robert Dudley, Earle of Ley∣cester, Baron of Denbigh, master of the Quee∣nes Maiesties horse, Knight of the noble order of the Garter▪ cheefe Chaunceler of the Vni∣uersitie of
Oxford, and one of her highnes moste honourable priuie Counsell:Timothe Kendall wisheth hap∣py health with increase of honour. - To the courteous and frendly Reader.
- VV. Seymour gentleman of Grayes Inne: in commenda∣tion of the author.
- George VVhetstones gentleman in the authors commendation.
- E. G. TO THE READER.
- Abraham Fleminge vpon T. K. his translated Epigrammes.
- A. VV. gent. to the courteous reader, in commendation of these flowers.
- AD T. K. AMICVM LECTIS∣SIMVM G. L. CARMEN.
- EIVSDEM AD EVNDEM Carmen Sapphicum.
- FLOWERS OF EPIGRAMS: out of sundrie the moste singuler authors selected.
-
EPIGRAMMES OVT OF MARTIAL.
- TIMOTHE KENDAL to the Reader.
- Of a Lion, that offended his keper.
- Of a Tiger and a Lion.
- Of Leander.
- Of Gemellus, and Maronilla.
- Of Arria, and Paetus.
-
To Fabulla,
vainglorious. - To Caecilianus for the gender, and declination of Ficus.
- To Fidentinus.
- To Laelius.
-
To Neuolus, a
Lawier. - To Flaccus.
- Of Sceuola.
- To Aelia.
- To Fidentinus.
- To Sabidius.
- Of Cellia.
- To Fidentinus.
-
Of Diaulus,
a Phisition. - Against Olus,
- To Flaccus.
- Against Caecilianus.
- Against Gargilianus.
- Of Philaene.
- Against Attalus.
- Against Posthumus.
- Against Zoilus.
- Of Sertorius.
- Against Apicius.
- To Fabianus.
- Of Caerelia, and Gellia.
- Of his abidyng in the countrey.
- To Cinna.
- Against Calistratus.
- Against Gellia.
- To Quintianus.
- To Aulus, against Mamercus.
- To Gellia.
- That we should benifite our frendes.
- Against Posthumus.
- Against Candidus.
- To Rufinus.
- Against Matrinia.
- Of Fishes engrauen.
- Against Ligurinus.
- To the same Ligurinus.
- To Aemilianus.
- To Labienus.
- To Lupercus.
- To Faustinus, against an euill Phisition Hermocrates.
- Against Phoebus.
- Against the enuious.
- To Marianus.
-
Of the the
e Cilix. - To Lupus.
- To Rufus.
- To Amianus.
- Against Olus.
- To Castor.
- To his Muse.
- To Priscus.
- To a married couple, that could not agree.
- Of Fabius, and Chrestella.
- Against Gallicus.
- Of Priscus, his banquet.
- Against Cinna.
- To Condilus.
-
Against Aphe
. - Against Crispus.
- To Phileros.
- To hymselfe.
- Otherwise.
- Against Carmenion.
- To Gallus.
- To Philenis
- To Cherimon.
- To Parthenope.
- Against Zoilus.
- To Vacerra.
- To Polla.
- Of Legeia.
- Of Affricanus.
- To Fabullus. Of Themnon.
- Against Thelesinus.
- To Iulius.
- To Phoebus.
- To one diuersly conditioned.
- Against Zoilus.
- Otherwise.
- Against Policarnus.
-
EX. XENIIS, ET APOPHO∣RETIS, MARTIALIS.
- Wheate flower.
- Lettuce.
- Leekes oft cut.
- The Dormouse.
- The Conie.
- The Ringdoue, or Stockdoue.
- The Peacocke.
- The Swanne.
- A shelfishe, in Latine Murex.
- The Gogion.
- The Hare.
- Does.
- Wine of Tarentum.
- Sweete oyle or oyntment.
- Chestes made of Iuery.
-
- The combe, to the bald pate.
- Otherwise.
- The Coffer wherin bookes are laid.
- Light, pertainyng to the chamber.
- A Candlesticke of wood.
- Bellovves.
- A medicine by rubbyng to make the teeth vvhite.
- A Lanterne of Horne.
- A Flye flap of Peacockes plumes.
- The Parret.
- The Nightingale.
- The Pye.
- Cups of Christall.
- A Girdle.
- Hay.
- Leander.
- The Tumbler.
- The Ram.
- The Havvke.
- A Cooke.
- A baker of fine Cakes, or like thinges.
-
PICTORIVS.
-
To Leonellus.
Submission. - Sorovvyng for the dead▪
-
To Titus.
Naughtines borne withall. - To A man thankeles.
-
To Sextus.
Pittie: almes. - To Baptista Castellus.
-
To Zoylus.
Weepyng teares. -
To Homer.
an Hyprocite. -
To Zeno.
Castigation. -
To Caper.
tauntes. backbityngs. -
To Criticus.
Children must be instructed. - To Quirinus.
-
To Visus.
a backbiter. -
To Philenius.
a flatterer. -
To Petrus.
Loue dissimuled. -
To Arnus.
Surfet. -
To Marius.
Armour and weapon against the deuill. -
To Cosmicus.
Curiositie in decking the bodie. -
To Pamphilus.
frendship. - Repentaunce.
-
To Propertianus.
a Niggarde. -
To Lazarus.
Vice in honour. -
To Paulus B.
Of an harlot. -
To Ponticus.
Examples. -
To Marianus.
Stable abidyng. - Lithernes.
-
To Larius.
Infirmities. -
To Maximus.
a M se . - Luste vnsatiate.
-
To Ollus
Patience. -
To Iacobus Melitus.
Detraction. -
To Vincentius Nouatus.
shunsloth. -
To Flaccus.
Extortioners, Cormorauntes. -
To Marullus.
Almesdeedes. - The good man feareth nought.
-
To Doinisius Feb.
The holy Scripture. -
To Archemedorus.
A Cussoner. -
To Linus.
Vice. - To one verie timerous.
- To Katharina.
-
To Leonellus.
- B. DARDANIVS.
- ANGELVS POLITIANVS.
- BRVNO.
- CYNTHIVS IOANNES BAPTISTA.
- TEXTOR.
- NICOLAVS BARTHOLO∣MAEVS LOCHIENSIS.
- HIERONYMVS BALBVS.
- ERASMVS IN HIS CHILIADES.
- STROZA.
- ANTONIVS MVRETVS.
-
AVSONIVS.
- An exhortation vnto modestie.
- Of the Picture of Rufus, a vaine Rhethorician.
- Of a woman that would haue poyso∣ned her husbande.
- To one that painted Eccho.
- An Epitaphe of Anitia.
- Of a Hare taken by a Dog-fishe.
- Of Miron an old dottrell, that would haue lyen with Lais.
- Translated out of twoo Greeke au∣thors: Plato and Scatilius.
- Of Venus in armour.
- The same otherwise.
- Of the picture of Rufus a vaine Rhethoritian, of whom there is an Epigram before.
- Of the picture of the same Rufus.
- Of the Table wherein Rufus was painted.
- Of the picture of kyng Craesus, transla∣ted out of the first booke of Greke Epigrams.
- Of the drinke DODRA: Which is made of nine thinges.
- Against tvvo sisters of diuers conditions.
- Of a sluggard.
- Of the riche and poore man.
- Of his deare deceased.
- MICHAEL TARCHA∣MOTA MARVLLVS.
- ANDREAS DACTIVS.
- IOANNIS BAPTISTA PIGNA.
- CAELIVS RHODIGINVS.
- GEORGIVS SABINVS.
- ANGERIANVS.
- IOANNES SECVNDVS.
- SIMON VALLAMBER∣TVS AVALON.
-
OVT OF GREEK EPIGRAMMES.
- How to vse riches.
- Against riot.
- Mannes miserie.
- Wiuyng twise.
- Wedlocke.
- Of a Thracian lad.
- Pittie and compassion.
- To Orestes preparyng to kill his mother.
- A prouerbe.
- How death is hastened.
- Three thynges bothe hurt and helpe.
- Nothyng hid from God.
- Fayned frendship.
- To muche brynges lothsomnesse.
- Against stepdames.
- Of the contempt of Fortune.
- A controuersie betwene Fortune and Venus.
- Otherwise
- The seuen sages names, saiynges, and countryes, in seuen verses.
- The report of the multitude not to be regarded.
- Or thus.
- Of a foole.
- Of a foolish Astronomer.
- When Women profite.
- Of Castors Nose.
- Of a foule wife.
- To one, hauyng a long nose.
- Of a deaf Iudge, a deaf plaintife, and a deaf defendant.
- Of Marcus a sluggard.
- Against one very deformed.
- Against a drunkerd.
- Of drunkennesse.
- Otherwise.
- Againe of the same.
- Against a miser.
- Of Chrisalus couetous.
- Of a riche miser.
-
Of Aulus,
Auarus. - The same otherwise.
- Of Asclepiades, a greedie carle.
- A long beard makes not a Philosopher.
- To one lame and loutishe.
- Cassander his Epitaphe.
- Timocritus his Epitaphe.
- Aristomenes.
- Calimachus.
- Olde age longed for, yet lothed.
- Death euerywhere.
- It matters not where a man dye.
- Liuyng on the Seas.
- Of Diogenes.
- Opinion.
- Epictetus.
- To Gabriel.
- Myrons Cowe.
- Venus to Praxiteles.
- Of Venus in armour.
- Of Cinyras a Fisher.
- Biton.
- Of Alcon an Archer.
- Timon his Epitaphe.
-
THEODORVS BEZA VEZELIVS.
- An Epitaphe vppon the death of William Bu∣daeus, an excellent learned man of our tyme, who died at Paris in Fraunce. Anno. M.D.XL.XII. Cal. Septemb.
- An other Epitaphe of the same Budaeus.
- An Epitaphe vppon the death of Katharina Texea.
- Written vppon the graue of ANTON. PRAT. (chefe Chaunceler of FRAVNCE) which was a grosse great Gorbely.
- Of Titus Liuius.
- To Cl. Marotus.
- A present to Truchius and Dampetrus.
- Description of vertue.
- Against a maidenly man.
- Of a Painter, and a Baker.
- A sportfull comparison, betwene Poets and Papists.
- Against stepdames.
- An Epitaphe vpon the death of Ihon Caluin, poorely and plainly enterred at Geneua.
- Againe vppon the death of Ihon Caluin
- Martino Luthero, antichristi Romani domitori Trophaeum.
-
THOMAS MORVS.
-
Of an Astrologer,
That was a Cuckold. -
Of Beuty.
Dilemma. - Against Wiuyng.
- Againe of wiues.
- Of a Picture liuely described.
-
O
a Niggard departing this life. - The difference betwene a King and a Tyrant.
- A Tyrant in slepe, naught differeth from a common person.
- Of a good Prince and an euill.
- Of a Theef and a Lawier.
- A ridiculous pranke of a Priest.
- Of a waterspaniell.
- A Cur by a crib, a couetous miser.
- Of a Beggar, bearyng hym self for a Phisition.
- Of a dishonest wife.
- To one whose wife was naught at home.
- Of Tyndarus.
- To Sabinus whose wife con∣ceiued in his absence.
- Of Fuscus a drunkerd.
- Of a Kyng and a Clowne.
- Of an vnlearned Bishop.
- To one light minded.
- A Iest of a Iackbragger.
- Against a Parasite.
- Against Chelonus.
- Of Sleep. The sentence of Aristotle
- Desire of Dominion.
- Remedies, to take away a stinkyng breath occasioned by sundry meates.
-
Of an Astrologer,
- 10. IOVIANVS PONTANVS.
- GASPAR VRSINVS.
- ANTONIVS GOVEANVS.
- CLAVDIVS ROSELETTVS.
- CLAVDIVS CLAVDIANVS.
- IACOBVS ROGERIVS.
- GEORGIVS BVCHANA∣NVS SCOTVS.
-
H. STEPHANVS.
- Of Auctus, a swilbole.
- Of the booke whiche Vincentius Obso∣poeus wrote of the feat of drinkyng.
- Of Aulus.
- Of Marcus.
- To Ancus.
- To a certaine drunkarde.
- Of Aulus.
- An Epitaphe, of a notorious drunkard.
- To Pontifer.
- Of a Iade most vile and pestilent.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
- Againe.
-
OVT OF THE POEMES OF M. GVALTER HADDON.
- The way to liue well.
- Precepts of wedlocke. The husbands requests.
- The wiues aunswere.
- Desire not to obtaine, that whiche thou canst not gaine.
- BY VERTVE NOT VIGOVR.
- How euery age is enclined.
-
A noble dame:
I hide her name. - Of the Queenes Picture.
- Of the picture of Thomas Cranmer, som∣tyme Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Of his owne picture.
- Of the picture of the most excel∣lent Dame A. H.
- To his Bed.
- An Aunswere.
- An Epitapthe vpon the death of Sir IHON CHEKE.
-
IHON PARKHVRST, late Bishop of NORWICH.
- To the Reader.
- To Torpetus.
- An Epitaph vpon the death of a Couetous Miser.
- Of Robin Bartlet fallyng into the handes of Theues.
- Against Battus, an euell Singer.
- To Ihon Foxe.
- Of an old trot Persephone, and Pyllio a yongster.
- To Marcellinus.
- Against Bossus, a Prieste.
- Of Lupercus.
- Of Molzus that caste his wife into the Sea.
- Of Lollus and Caeciliana, man and wife.
- To Sixtus.
- Of a certain Duke, and Robin Bartlet.
- To Alexander Nowell.
- To Candidus.
- Of certaine faire maydens plaiyng with Snowe.
- To Hallus.
- In quendam.
- To a certayne Draper.
- Against Bossus.
- Of Attus.
- To papisticall Prelats.
- Of the Lady Iane Gray.
- Against Colte, a coltish Preist.
- Of Holus a Souldier beyng lame.
- To Ihon Gibbon.
- Against Alanus.
- Of Diogenes.
- Against Fridolinus.
- Of ROBIN BARTLET, fainyng hymself deafe to get lodgyng, beyng on a tyme benighted.
- Of Caelia, and her sonne, now redie to dye.
- Of Editha, trauelyng in child-bed.
- Of a certaine Bishop, and his foole Philibert.
- Against Claudia.
- To a certaine frend.
- Of an egregious drunkard.
- To certaine proude Papi∣sticall persones.
- To Pope Paulus. 2.
- Of Pope Ione the 8. and of the maner of makyng the Pope.
- Of Lucretia whiche was daughter and wife to Pope Alex. 6.
- Of Nodosius, a Papist.
- Of a certaine yongman, and a toothlesse sire.
- To a proude princox.
- To Pigmenius.
- Of Cotilus a Priest.
- Against Huberdine, an old dottrell and peuish Preacher.
-
To Ruffina. He playeth the woer for a frend of his, of person as pretty as aPigmey. - Of the vnsatiable couetousnes of this worlde.
- To Pontiana, a mayd so called.
- To Claudia.
- Of Antonina.
- To Ihon Cullier.
- Of Glaurus an old dotyng Priest.
- To Hermannus Mennus.
- Of Clytus.
-
This Monostichon here followyng, was written vpon the gate of the Mo∣nestarie of the
Benedictines, or blacke Monkes. - Of the aunswere of a foole to a certaine Duke.
- Of Rob. Bartlet, and of one that had a foule byg nose, and a precious (as they terme it.)
- The Louer.
- Of Loue.
- To Hordenus.
- Of Alphus.
- Of him that is in debt.
- To Ponticus.
- To Minsiger.
-
Of Squyre, an old man flewmatike. - Of Cotta.
- N. NOMAN To B. Bonner.
- To a certaine Papist.
- To a wife, whiche set a pot full of flowers in her windowe.
- Of a counterfet Diuell.
- An Epitaphe vpon the death of KYNG EDVVARD the 6.
- Of Lydia.
- To Florianus.
- To Haerillus.
- Of Hassus.
- Of Furnus a Cuckold.
- Of Pope Innocent. 8.
- Of Alexander 6. and his daugh∣ter Lucretia.
- Against Claudia.
- To Dauid Whitehed.
- To Leopoldus.
- Against Gaspus, whiche with one draught of wine or ale would be made drunke.
- Against Colt a Preist.
- To the Reader.
- To the Reader.
-
M. ROGER ASCHAM.
- The sentence whiche Darius Kyng of Persia commaunded to bee engrauen on his Toumbe.
- The gracelesse grace of the Court.
- A verse of Homer, translated into Englishe, by M. Watson.
-
Of the herbe
Moly, translated out of Homer. - Of Newters.
- Master Aschams lamentation for the death of master Ihon Whitney.
- A golden sentence out of Hesiodus.
- A verse of Homer.
- An excellent saiyng of Homer.
-
A saiyng of Adra
tus, out of Euripides.
- title page
- CORNELIVS GALLVS.
- ¶THE AVTHOR TO HIS Pamphlets and Trifles.
- acrostic
- A Comparison betwene CHRIST and the POPE.
- Written in heuines.
- An old verse.
- In Englishe thus.
- Otherwise.
- To an Epicure.
- A letter written to T. w. gent. when he was scoller in Oxford.
- Verses written to his father when he was scholler in Aeton. Scripsit admodum puer.
- Of Loue.
- Of Boner, and his brothers.
- Of Pope Alexander. 6.
- To one of a diuers and straunge nature.
- Of the workes of Poets.
- How to get the loue, bothe of God and men.
- Exposition.
- A similitude, of Idlenes.
- What thyng he feareth moste.
- How the xij. signes doe gouerne and rule in mannes bodie.
- Commendation and praise of Vertue.
- The couetous carle, com∣pared to a Mule.
- To a frende.
- Christe speaketh.
- To hymself.
- To one so giuen to goe braue. That at last he left hymself like a slaue.
- To one that made his bragges that he was nosed like vnto kyng Cirus.
- Of money and lande.
- Learnyng,
- Of Tyme.
- Of Dice.
- Of women, water, and wine.
- Of wemens lightnes.
- Again of the same.
- Of the misery of man.
- To his vnkle: HENRY KENDALL.
- Of the Poet Lucan.
- Christ.
- Gold, not God, regarded now adayes.
- Of hymself.
- Remedies against loue.
- To all men.
- Of Dearh.
- Death spareth no kinde.
- Who riche, who poore.
- Labour killes loue.
- The more a man hath, the more he desireth.
- To Iesus Christe.
- Of Pope Iulius. 3.
- To Zoilus.
- Of an Astrnomer, and a Plowman.
- To Zoilus.
- Of Zenabon.
- Anacharsis the Philosophers saying.
- Otherwise, and shorter.
- Precepts written to HENRY KNEVET gent.
- Preceptes written in his frend RICHARD WOODWARDS praier booke, som∣time his companion in OXFORD.
- Of fower Beastes and the Spider.
- Ite, Venite.
- Of the vanity of this world,
- To Zoilus.
- Of hym that marryes twise.
- Of a wife.
- The same and shorter.
- Bewtie and Vertue seldom coupled.
- How the Papist praies.
- Who takes the paines, the profite gaines.
- Who poore.
- To one that married a foule wife for riches.
- Of Wine.
- Of Phisitions.
- To an vnskilfull Phisition.
- Of a Fishe, a Swallowe, and an Hare, shot through at one shoote. an vncertayne Author.
- To the Rechlesse route.
- Of Wiuyng.
- Tyme doeth all.
- Be aduised ere thou speake.
- To one furious and full of Pride.
- To Henry Kneuet gent.
- Idem est pauperibus, diuiti∣busque Deus.
- To Markes a marker of faultes.
- To the Pope.
- To a sweete mouthed minion.
- A verse wherein the numerall letters shewe the yere of the Lorde, when the Queene began her raigne o∣uer this Realme.
- A Rime against ROME.
- To one named Loue.
- To a common Bragger.
- A prettie similitude.
- Of a certayne Ruffian.
- Of a certayne Ciuilian.
- Of a Lawyer.
- To one that sayd he was a Lawyer almost.
- Agayne, of a Lawyer.
-
Ridyng by the way with a gentleman, and beyng Demaunded by hym, the dif∣ference betwene their horses, he thus answered
ex∣tempore. - Wrytten to a frend, in hys extreme sicknesse.
- An Epitaph vppon the death of M. Ihon Bradford.
- A prancke of Pope Iulius 3. about a Peacocke.
- To a certayne frend.
- Written vnder the picture of M. Thomas Becon.
- Of the picture of Thomas Cranmer, sometyme worthie Archbi∣shop of Canterburie.
- Of his owne picture.
- Againe.
- Of fower liuyng creatures, that liue by the fower Elementes.
- Of Papistes.
- A saiyng of S. Ciprian.
- An other saiyng of S. Cyprian.
- Xij. abuses in the life of man, colle∣cted out of S. Cyprian.
- A saiyng of S. Austin.
- An olde saiyng.
- Of Lacon.
- Thinkyng on the latter daie.
- Please, Praise, and Praie.
- Fiue thynges white.
- Three thynges detestable.
- Three things not to be lente.
- Three things should not be forgotten.
- Of Mark miserable, that hanged hymselfe.
- Of saiyng grace.
- The Best are hated of the Bad.
- To the carpyng Corrector.
- A staffe.
- The saiyng of BIAS.
- To a frende.
- The torment of Turnecotes.
- Translated out of Theocritus.
- Preceptes written to his Cosen Paul Tooley.
- To all render: Youthes and young schollers.
- A young schollers Poesie.
- Verses written at the request of his Cosen MARY PALMER, in her praier booke called THE POMANDER OF PRAIER.
- To one that called hym Spendall.
- To a Niggard that called hym vnthrift.
- To a certaine frende.
- The nature of the Hernshew.
- Fower properties of the dog.
- Of Boner.
- To a naughty Lawier.
- Translated out of an Italian writer.
- AENIGMATA. Nix.
- A Cherrie.
- Paries.
- The Snaile.
- A Tennice ball.
- Vespertilio.
- The Combe.
- Castanea.
- Of fower birdes, signifiyng the fo∣wer quarters of the yere.
- To the Reader
- To his Cosen IHON KENDALL.
- To his dere brother IHON SHEPPARD gent. of Grayes Inne.
- An Epitaphe vppon the death of the right wise and worthy Matron the Lady ALSE AVENON.
- An EPITAPHE vppon the death of his deere Mother, ALSE KENDALL. Which died and lieth buried at Northaston.
- ¶An Epitaphe vpon the death of his deare fa∣ther, William Kendall: which died (beyng cut of the stone) and lyes buried at Northaston in Oxford shire.
- An Epitaph vpon the death of his deare aunt ELLEN KENDALL: which died, and lyes buried at BLOXAM.
- THRENODIA.
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