Satyrical characters and handsome descriptions in letters written to severall persons of quality by Monsieur De Cyrano Bergerac ; translated out of the French by a person of honour.

Title

Satyrical characters and handsome descriptions in letters written to severall persons of quality by Monsieur De Cyrano Bergerac ; translated out of the French by a person of honour.

Author

Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655.

Publication

London :: Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at his shop ...,

1658.

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Contents

• title page
• DEDICATION.
• To the Reader.
• The Readers are desired, when they meet with that, which they do not so clearly understand, to have recourse to these Equivocall Words.
• A TABLE Of the severall LETTERS.
• SATYRICAL LETTERS And Handsome DESCRIPTIONS TO Mounsier Le Bret A Counsellor.
  • 1. Against Winter.
  • To the same. 2. For the Spring.
  • 3. For the Summer.
  • To the same. 4. Against Autumne.
  • The second Description of the Aquaeduct or Fountaine of Arcueil.
  • 6. Another on the same subject.
  • 7. Upon the shaddow of Trees in the water.
  • 8. Of a Cypresse Tree.
  • 9. Of a Tempest.
  • 10. For a Red-Lady.
  • 11. Of a Country house.
  • 21. For Witches.
  • 13. Against witches.
  • 14. To Monsieur Gerzan upon his Book, The Ladyes triumph,
  • 15. The Duellist.
  • 15. Upon a Recovery.
  • 16. Against a Coward.
  • 17. Against a Detractor.
  • 18. To Madam*****
  • 19. Of a Dwarf.
  • 20. Against Soucidas.
  • 21. Letter.
  • 22. Consolation for one of his friends, upon the Eternity of his Father in Law.
  • 23. Against a Plagiary.
  • 24. Another, on the same subject.
  • 25. Against a great man.
  • 24. Against Scarron.
  • 27. Another Letter.
  • 28. Against a Pedant.
  • 29. Against Lent.
  • 30. For Madam***** to Mr. Cock.
  • 31. To a Count of meane Birth.
  • 32. To a Reader of Romances.
  • 33. Against Physitians.
  • 34. Against a coward, Bragadocio.
  • 35. A Dreame.
  • 36. Against the Frondeurs, or Slingers.
  • 37. Theseus to Hercules.
  • 38. Upon an Aenigma, that the Author sent to Monsieur*******
    • Aenigma, upon Sleep.
• 1. Amorous Letters.
  • To Madam.*******
  • 2. Letter.
  • 3. Letter.
  • 4. Letter.
  • 5. Letter.
  • 6. Letter.
  • 7. Another Letter.
  • 8. Letter.
• The Errors of the Presse.