Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses
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Contents
- The Frontespeice discovered.
- title page
- The Stationer to the Reader.
-
Wits Recreations.
- 1 To the Reader.
- 2 On Battus
- 3 On the same
- 4. An evill age.
- 5 On a woman's will.
-
6. To a
eader. - 7 Of a Iudge.
-
8 Of Poet
s. - 9 On an up-start.
- 10 Ad Clodium.
- 11 In Getam.
- 12 In Fimum.
-
13 Asper
m imis condimentum. - 14 Gender and number.
-
15 At
eists pastimes. - 16 To Sr. Iohn Suckling.
- 17 On a braggadocio.
- 18 To Mr. George Sands.
- 19 To Mr. William Habbington on his Castara, a Poem.
- 20 To Mr. Francis Beaumont and Mr. Iohn Fletcher gent.
- 21 On apump stopt with stones.
- 22 To Mr. Benjamin Iohnson.
- 23. In Aulam.
- 24 To Mr. George Chapman on his Translation of Homers works into English meeter.
- 25 To Mr. William Shake-spear.
- 26 Ad Tilenum.
- 27 To Mr. Thomas Randolph.
- 28 In Paulum.
- 29 Of sleep and death.
- 30 Ad Lectorem.
- 31 Ad Momum.
- 32 On Thraso.
- 33 News.
-
34 Of Ru
us. - 35 Of Marcus.
- 36 Of a theefe.
- 37 Of motion.
- 38 Ad Scriptorem.
-
39 Domi
a Margarita Sandis: Anagramma. - 40 Man.
- 41 Vita via.
- 42 To Mr. Thomas May.
- 43 On Harpax.
-
44 On Sextu
. -
45 To Mr. George Wyt
ers. - 46 On a Drawer drunk.
- 47 Vpon the weights of a clock.
- 48 To Mr. Thomas Middleton.
-
49 On Cyn
. - 50 To Mr. Iames Shirly on his Comedy viz. the yong Admirall.
- 51 On Alastrus.
- 52 On Macer.
- 53 To Mr. Philip Massinger.
- 54 On Celsus.
- 55 On Candidus.
- 56 To Mr. Iohn Ford.
- 57 On Paulus.
- 58 To Mr. Thomas Heywood.
- 59 On a cowardly Souldier.
- 60 To Mr. Thomas Goffe on his tragedies.
- 61 On Cornuto.
- 62 On a Shrew.
- 63 On a youth married to an old woman.
- 64 On a dying Vsurer.
- 65 On a fly in a glasse.
- 66 On Collimus.
-
67 Auri-sacra fames-qui
non? -
68 On Sex
us. - 69 Good wits jump.
- 70 On Womens Maskes.
- 71 On Lepidus and his wife.
- 72 Vpon a pair of Tongs.
- 73 On Celsus his works.
- 74 The Devill and the Fryar.
- 75 To Phillis.
-
76 Of Charidem
s. - 77 Of Clytus.
- 78 On Balbus.
- 79 On Comptulus.
- 80 On Gellius.
- 81 To Ponticus.
- 82 On a Pot-poet.
- 83 On Onellus.
- 84 On Wine.
- 85 On beere.
- 86 On a vaunting Poetaster.
- 87 On Philos.
- 88 On a valiant Souldier.
- 89 On Aurispa.
- 90 On Paulus.
- 91 On Alexander the great.
- 92 On a vertuous talker.
- 93 On a land-skip in the lid of his Mrs. Virginals.
- 94 Vpon pigs devouring a bed of penny-royall commonly called Organs.
- 95 On a fortune-teller.
- 96 On sore eyes.
- 97 On a gallant.
- 98 On an inevitable Cuckold.
- 99 On an empty house.
- 100 On a bragging coward.
- 101 On a great nose.
- 102 On an unequall paire.
- 103 On a changeable raiment.
- 104 On the ensuring office.
- 105 On a Tennis-court haunter.
- 106 On Barossa.
- 107 On Clodius Albinus.
- 108 On Afer.
- 109 On Balbulus.
- 110 To Lycus.
- 111 On Charismus.
- 112 Of one praising my book.
- 113 Facilis discensus averni.
- 114 Age and Youth.
- 115 On Orus.
- 116 On Women.
- 117 On Acerra.
- 118 On Briso.
-
119 On the King of
picture. - 120 To his Mistris.
- 121 B. I. answer to a thiefe bidding him stand.
-
122 The Theefe's
eplie. - 123 Vpon Clarinda begging a lock of her lovers haire.
- 124 To his Mistris.
- 125 The Answer.
- 126 On his Mrs.
- 127 On an houre glasse.
- 128 On the picture of Cupid in a jewell worn by his Mrs. on her brest.
- 129 On his Mistris.
- 130 On Cupid.
- 131 On a Tobacconist.
- 132 On the same.
- 133 Another.
- 124 On Tobacco.
- 135 On a beloved lye.
-
136 On Button a S
xton, making a grave. - 137 On long haire.
- 138 A Crab's Restorative.
- 139 On Iustus Lypsius who bequeathed his gown to the Virgin Mary.
- 140 On a fidle-stick.
- 141 On hopes of preferment.
-
142 Sorte tu
contentus. - 143 On a pretender to prophecy.
- 144 Mart. lib 8 epigr. 69.
- 145 On a Gamester.
- 146 On Fr. Drake.
- 147 B. I. approbation of a copy of verses.
- 148 On a gentleman that married an heire pri∣vately at the Tower.
- 149 A Gentlemans satisfaction for spitting in anothers face.
- 150 On a little Gentleman and one Mr. Story.
- 151 On a Welshman and an Englishman.
- 152 On a Souldier.
- 153 On a faire Gentlewoman whose name was Brown.
- 154 On Garret and Chambers.
- 155 On the word intollerable.
- 156 Ad Lectorem.
- 157 Suum cuique pulcbrum.
-
158 In magnis voluisse sat
est. - 159 As proud as witlesse Draccus.
-
160 S
liem videret r. - 161 On womens inconstancy.
- 162 On Women.
- 163 To his Mrs.
- 164 How to choose a wife.
- 165 On his Mistris.
- 166 On a proud Mayde.
- 167 Satis est quod sufficit.
- 168 Tempus edaxrerum.
- 168 Of women.
- 169 On a coy woman.
- 170 On Morcho.
- 171 On Bed keeping.
-
172 On a man stealing a candle from a la
ther . - 173 On Fraternus.
-
174 On a french
encer, that challeng'd Church an English fencer. - 175 On two striving together.
- 176 On Musique.
- 177 On Tobacco.
-
178 Claudianus de Sphaer
a Archimedis - 179 On Caelia.
- 180 On Chloris walking in the snow.
- 181 To a Shoomaker.
- 112 Youth and Age.
- 183 To Loquax.
- 184 Death.
- 185 A disparity.
- 186. To Mak dict.
-
187 Womens properti
s. - 188 Interpone tuis &c.
- 189 Womens teares
- 190 Pot-Poets.
- 191 Content.
- 192 Fast and loose.
- 193 On Gervase.
- 194 Tortus.
- 195 ANNAGRAMS.
-
196 On Capt
ine Iohn, Came-age 2 anagr. Age-came. - 197 Christopher Lindall, 3 anagr. I offer, lend Christ all.
- 198 Iohn Rysdon 4 anagr. In honors dy.
- 199 On the same.
- 200 Phineas Fletcher. 5 anagr. Hath Spencer life? Or Spencer hath life.
- 201 Mrs. Elizabeth Noell 6 anagr. holinesse be still my star.
-
202. My lot is blisse
ternall. - 203 I shall smite no ill brest.
- 204 My blisse on earth's little.
- 205 See my heart is still noble:
- 206 A riddle.
- 207 Another being a translation.
- Thus Englished.
- 208 Another.
- 209 Another.
- 210 Another:
- 211 On Women.
- 212 On Clarret wine spilt.
- 213 On womans love.
- 214 On Cooke a cuckold.
- 215 A Butcher marrying a tanners daughter.
- 216 On Cupid.
- 217 A plain sutor to his love.
- 218. On a passing bell.
- 219 On a farmer knighted.
- 220 On Pallas and Bacchus birth.
- 221 On an old man doating on a yong mench.
- 222 Clownish Court-Ship.
-
223 A Gen
leman to his love. - 224 Her answer.
- 225 His answer.
-
226 On a Wels
man. - 227 The vanity of man.
- 228 To a friend on the losse of his Mrs.
- 229 On a whore.
- 230 On a Welshman.
- 231 On men and women.
- 232 On Linus.
- 233 On a litle diminutive band.
- 234 On Iulius.
- 235 On fine apparell.
- 236 Vpon Conscience.
- 237 In Cornutum.
- 238 A witty passage
- 239 A new married Bride.
- 240 On a pudding.
- 241 Answer.
- 242 On maydes.
- 243 On a man whose choice was to be hang'd or married.
- 244 Women.
- 245 On a louse.
- 246 A Courtier and a Scholler meeting.
-
247 Cede maj
ribus. - 248 On Women.
-
249 On a M
sitian and his Scholler. - 250 Why women weare a fall.
- 251 Foras expertus.
- 252 Liber too wary to thrive.
- 253 On Venus and Vulcan.
- 254 Detur quod meritum.
- 255
-
256 Sorte t
a contentus. - 257 Fovent perjuria furtum.
- 258 The promise breaker.
- 259 Nummos & demona jungit.
- 260 Nil gratum ratione carens.
- 261 Non cessat perdere lusor.
-
262 Volucren
sic decipi auceps. -
263 Perdat qui cav
at emp or. - 264 Virescit vulnere Venus.
- 265 On Death.
- 266 On a rich country Gentleman.
- 267 On his Mrs.
- 268 To bis Mrs.
-
269 To Mr. Ben. Iohnson demanding the reason
why he call'd his playes
arks. -
270 Thus answer'd by a friendin Mr.
Ioh
sons defence. - 271 Tempus edax rerum.
- 272 Ad Aristarchum.
- 273 To his Mrs.
- 274 On a charming beauty.
- 275 Covetous persons.
- 276 On a dyer.
- 277 Non verber a sed verba.
- 278 In Octavium.
- 279 Ofletting.
- 280 In Dossum.
- 281 Post dulcia finis amarus.
-
282 In Mi
cam. -
283 Feminae ludifieantur vi
os. -
284 Ad T
sserum. -
285 Praestar videri qu
messe. -
286 Tun
ua res agitur. - 287 A conference.
- 288 In Marcum.
-
289 Quid
on verba suadeant. - 290 Stupid Binus.
- 291 In divites.
- 292 In Fannium.
- 293 To Vellius.
- 294 In divites iracundos.
- 295 Clericus absque libro.
- 296 Durum telum necessitas.
- 297 Loves Lunacy.
- 298 So his Mrs.
- 299 To an upstart.
- 300 Suum euique.
-
301 Similis doctrina libell
. - 302 On Tullus.
- 303 In Prodigum.
- 304 In medicum.
-
305 Crispati crines plumae dant calcar am
ri. - 306 Most men mistaken.
- 307 On Glaucus.
- 308 Of Batardas.
- 309 An idle huswife.
- 310 Consuetudo lex.
- 311 In Battum.
- 312 To women.
- 313 On marriage.
- 314 Quidam erat.
- 315 Against a certaine—
- 316 Loves progresse.
- 417 On old Scylla.
- 318 On Gallants Cloakes.
- 319 On Banks the usurer.
-
320 Pecunia praevale
s. - 321 On the same.
- 322 On debt.
- 323 Vmbras non certus metuit
- 324 On women.
- 325 On Saranzo.
- 326 In Cottam.
- 327 De corde & lingua.
- 328 On poverty.
- 329 Women are mens shadowes:
- 330 In ebriosum.
- 331 Wills errour.
- 332 On Rome.
- 333
- 334 Act, fortune, and ignorance.
- 335 On Ebrio.
- 336 On love.
- 337 On the same.
- 338 On a wanton.
- 339 In procos:
- 340 Ingluviem sequitur fames:
- 341 In Corbum.
- 342 On Priscus mistrisse.
- 343 On Women.
- 344 On Promises.
- 345 To his mistrisse.
- 346 On souldiers.
- 347 In Diogenem & Craesum:
- 348 On a barber.
-
349 Drusiu
and Furio. - 350 On Cupid.
- 351 On Durus.
- 352. On a Puritane.
- 353. Quantum mutatus ab illo.
- 354 On Bibens.
- 355 On Tobacco.
- 356 In Superbum.
- 357 On Infidus.
- 358 On Christmas-Ivy.
- 359 On Bacchus.
- 360 Of a fat man.
- 361 Vindicta vim sequitur.
- 363 On Flaccus.
- 363 Per plumas anser.
- 364 Of Ienkyn.
- 365 To Fortune.
- 366 Vnde venis, memora.
- 367 On Leucus.
- 368 On Biscus.
- 369 In Thrasonem.
- 370 In Cornutum.
- 371 On More-dew.
- 372 On Sims mariage.
- 373 On a Wittall.
- 374 On Mopsus.
- 375 On Clym.
- 376 Turpe lucrum Veneris.
-
377 On Womens f
ults. - 378 Si hodie tibi, cras mihi.
- 379 On Law.
- 380 Better lost than found.
- 381 In Coam.
- 382 De Ore.
- 383 In Hugonem.
- 384 Fronti nulla fides.
- 385 On Severus.
- 386 On a Gallant.
- 387 Against Caius.
- 388 On Vertue, Milla's maid.
- 389 On Corydon.
-
389 Fam
mendax. - 390 On a Spanish souldier.
- 391 On Otho.
- 392 On Hypocrisy.
- 393 On Man and Woman.
- 394 On Fabullus.
- 395 On Furnus.
- 396 On a Thief.
-
397 Quidn
ebrietas? - 398 Infirmis-animosus.
- 399 A culina ad curiam.
-
400 Fruf
ra vocaveris heri. - 401 Magnis non est morandum.
-
402 Puduit sua
amna referre. - 403 Nimis-docuit consuetudo.
- 404 Poculo junguntur amici.
-
405 Nullum s
imulum ignaris. - 406 Detur laus digniori.
-
407 Non p
nna, sed sus. - 408 An absolute Gallant.
- 409 In Dolentem.
- 410 Ambo-dexter.
- 411 On a Gallant.
- 412 In sextum.
- 413 Tom's Fortune.
- 414 Opus & Vsus.
-
415 A good Wi
e. - 416 On an inconstant Mistris.
- 417 In Lesbiam.
- 418 In Paulinum.
- 419 On Zeno.
- 420 To Cotta.
- 421 To Women.
- 422 On Creta.
- 423 On Priscus.
- 424 Ictus piscator sapit.
- 425 On Rufus.
- 426 On Tobacco.
-
427 Ne
vultus indicat virum. -
428. On F
rius. - 429 Fooles Fortune.
- 430 Tace sed age.
- 431 On a Mad-màn.
- 432 To Scilla.
- 433 Nescis, quid serus vesper vehat.
- 434 To Ficus.
- 435 Of Arnaldo.
- 436 Quis nisi mentis inops—
-
437 On a Friend inde
d. - 438 Mans ingresse, and egresse.
-
439 On bad de
tors. - 440 On a foolish dolt.
- 441 On Panurgus.
- 442 To a sleeping talker.
- 443 Omne simile non est idem.
- 444 Qui ebrius laudat temperantiam.
- 445 On Misus.
- 446 On wisdome and vertue.
- 447 On Ducus.
- 448 On Mysus, and Mopsus.
- 448 On Photinus.
-
449 On Ca
triotes. - 450 New Rhetoricke.
-
451 Est mi
i Diva parens. -
452 On T
irsites. - 453 On Zoylus.
- 454 On a swearing Gallant.
- 455 On a long Beard.
- 456 On my Selfe.
- 457 To the mis-interperter.
-
458 On a Mother and her son having but
two eyes betwixt the
, each one. - 459 To his quill.
-
460 Of C
irst crucified. - 461 On himselfe.
- 462 To young men.
- 463 The pens prosopopeia to the Scrivener.
- 464 A raritie.
-
465 Vpon Tom Tolt
am's nose. -
466 Vpon Thorough-good an unthrif
. - 467 In Amorem.
- 468 Ariddle on a pound of candles.
- 469 On the new aressings.
-
469 T
us answered. - 470 Amicitia.
- 471▪ To his Mistrisse.
- 472 On the Queene of Bohemia.
- 473 To his noble friend.
- 474 Fatum Supremum.
- 475 On his Mrs. death
- 476 Aequè facilitas ac difficultas nocet amoris.
- 477 In monumenta Westminsteriensia.
-
478 Semel it sa
ivimus. - 479 On the Marriage of one Turbolt, with Mrs. Hill.
- 480 Vpon Annas marriadge with a lawyer.
- 481 In Cupidinem.
- 482 Aenigma.
- 483 On Cupid.
-
484 A
answer. - 485 Barten Holiday to the Puritan on his Technogamia.
- 486 On a Picture.
- 487 In Meretrices.
- 487 On the Citty Venice.
-
488 To a Lady that every morning
used to paint her fa
e. - 489 On a Cuckold.
- 490 Vpon Marriage.
- 491 Quicquid non nummus.
- 492 On Annas a news-monger.
-
494 Semel in
anivimus omnes. - 495 To Aulus.
- 496 Ad sesquipedales poetastros.
- 497 A Serving man.
- 498 Two Theeves.
- 499 A Physitian and a Farrier.
- 500 A poore Peasant.
- 501 Three Pages.
- 502 A Gentleman and his Phisitian.
- 503 A Peasant and his wife.
- 504 G-L-Asse.
-
EPITAPHS.
- 1. On a travelling begger.
- 2. On a Mason.
- 3. On a Dyer.
- 4. Of a Schoolemaster.
- 5. On William Shake-speare.
- 6. On a youth.
- 7. On Prince Henry.
- 8. On a Foot-boy that dyed with overmuch running.
- 9. On Hobson the Carrier.
- 10. Another.
- 11. Another.
- 12. Another.
-
13. On a treachero
s Warrener. - 14. On a faire Damosell.
- 15. On a Foot-man.
-
16. On Queene Anne,
dyed in March, was kept all Aprill, and buried in May. - 17. Iustus Lipsius.
- 18. On a child of two yeeres old, being borne and dying in Iuly.
- 29. Another.
- 20. Another.
- 21. On a Cobler.
- 22. On a Lock-smith.
- 23. On a Collier.
- 24. On Dick Pinner.
- 25. On M. Thomas Best.
- 26. On Robyn.
- 27. On Proud Tygeras.
- 28. On Iohn Cofferer.
- 29. On blind and deafe Dicke Freeman.
- 30. On a Miller.
- 31. On a disagreeing couple.
- 32. On a Sack-sucker.
- 33. On a Lady.
- 34. On a Westler.
- 35. On Iohn Death.
- 36. On a Scrivener.
- 37. On a Chandler.
- 38. On a young gentle-woman.
- 39. On an Infant.
- 40. On a Lady dying quickly after her husband.
- 41. On a Smith.
-
42. On M
r . Stone. - 43. On a Child.
- 44. On a man drown'd in the snow.
- 45. On Prince Henry.
-
46. On M
r . Strange. - 47. On a Scholler.
- 48. On a young woman.
- 49. On Brawne.
- 50. On a lyar.
- 51. On a Dyer.
- 52. On a Candle.
- 53. Another.
- 54. On M. R.
- 55. On an Inne-keeper.
- 56. On Hobson the Carrier.
- 57. On Bolus.
- 58. On Iuggler.
- 59. On a Child.
- 60. On a Clowne.
- 60. On Queene Anne.
- 62. On Sir Horatio Palavozeene.
- 63. On an onely child.
- 64. Another.
-
65. On a Mu
tian. - 66. On Prince Henry.
- 67. On a Cobler.
- 68. On Master Doe.
- 69. On a Gard'ner.
- 70. On Edmund Spencer, poet laureat.
- 71. Ou Taylour a Sergeant, kill'd by a Horse.
- 71. On Sir Francis Drake, drowned.
- 73. On a Drunkard.
- 74. On a Child.
- 75. Another.
- 76. On Master Stone.
- 77. On Master Aire.
- 78. On a young man.
- 79. On Master Sand's.
- 80. On a Scholler.
- 81. On Master Goad.
- 82. On Master Munday.
- 83. On the two Littletons who were drowned at Oxford. 1636.
- 84. On a Matron.
- 85. In Latine thus.
- 86. On a Butler.
- 87. On a Souldier.
-
88. On a Tobacconi
t. - 94. On Master Thomas Allen.
- 89. On Master Cooke.
- 90. On a Printer whose wife was lame.
- 91. On a Taylour who dy'd of the stitch.
- 92. On a dumbe fellow dying of the collicke.
- 92. On Isabella a Curtezan.
-
94. On a vertuous wife, viz. Susanna
wife to M
r . William Horsenell. - 95. On M. Christopher Lawson.
- 96. On Hobson the Carrier.
- 97. On a Welshman.
- 98. On M. Pricke.
-
99.
Porter. - 100. On M. Carter, burnt by the great powder- mischance in Finsbury.
- 101. On a Lady dying in Child-bed.
- 102. On Prince Henry.
- 10. Vpon one, who dy'd in prison.
- 14. On Sir Walter Rawleygh.
- 105. On Doctour Hacket's wife.
- 107. On Waddham. Colledge-Butler.
- 107. On a Horse.
- 108. On Aratyne.
-
109. On William Coale an Ale-house-keeper,
at Coaton neere Cambridg
. - 110. On one Andrew Leygh who was vext with a shrewd wife, in his life-time.
- 111. On Richard Burbage a famous Actour.
- 112. On an Infant unborne, the Mother dying in travell.
- 113. In quendam.
-
114. On Sir Philip Sy
ney. - 115. Vpon Iohn Crop, who dyed by taking a vomit.
- 116. On Q Elizabeth
- 117. On a vertuous youth.
- 118. On a learned Noble man.
- 119. On a Lady.
-
120. On M
r . Mychael Drayton buried in Westminster, Admarmor Tumulj. - 121. On a Faulconer.
- 122. On a Cocke-master.
- 123▪ On a pious benefactour.
- 124. Vpon Hodge Pue's Father.
- 125. On M. Washington, page to the Prince.
- 126. On Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden.
- imprimatur
- title page
- Outlandish PROVERBS.