Sir Thomas Ouerburie his wife with new elegies vpon his (now knowne) vntimely death : whereunto are annexed, new newes and characters / written by himselfe and other learned gentlemen.
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Sir Thomas Ouerburie his wife with new elegies vpon his (now knowne) vntimely death : whereunto are annexed, new newes and characters / written by himselfe and other learned gentlemen.
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Overbury, Thomas, Sir, 1581-1613.
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London :: Printed by Edward Griffin for Laurence L'isle, and are to bee sold at his shop at the Tigers head in Pauls Church-yard,
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Overbury, Thomas, -- Sir, 1581-1613.
Character sketches.
Characters and characteristics.
Wives.
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"Sir Thomas Ouerburie his wife with new elegies vpon his (now knowne) vntimely death : whereunto are annexed, new newes and characters / written by himselfe and other learned gentlemen." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08597.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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A Phantastique.
An Improuident young Gallant.
THere is a confederacy betweene
him and his Clothes, to be made
a puppy: view him well, & you'll
say his Gentry sits as ill vpon him, as if
he had boght it with his pēny. He hath
more places to send money to, then the
Diuell hath to send his Spirits: and to
furnish each Mistresse, would make him
runne beside his wits, if hee had any to
lose. Hee accounts bashfulnesse the
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wicked'st thing in the world; and ther∣fore
studies Impudence. If all men were
of his mind, al honesty would be out of
fashion: he withers his Cloathes on the
Stage, as a Sale-man is forc't to do his
sutes in Birchin-lane; & when the Play
is done, if you marke his rising, tis with
a kinde of walking Epilogue betweene
the two candles, to knowe if his Suite
may passe for currant: he studies by the
discretion of his Barber, to frizle like a
Baboone: three such would keep three
the nimblest Barbers i'th' towne, from
euer hauing leasure to weare net-Gar∣ters:
for whē they haue to do with him
they haue many Irons i'th'fire. He is tra∣uelled,
but to little purpose; onlie went
ouer for a squirt, and came back againe
yet neure the more mended in his con∣ditions,
cause he carried himselfe along
with him: a Scholler he pretends him∣selfe,
and faies he hath sweat for it: but
the truth is, he knowes Cornelius, farre
better then Tacitus: his ordinary sports
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are Cock-fights; but the most frequent,
horse races, from whence hee comes
home drie foundred. Thus when his
purse hath cast her calfe, he goes down
into the Country, where he is brought
to milk and white cheese like the Swit∣zers.
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