Recreation for ingenious head-peeces, or, A pleasant grove for their wits to walk in of epigrams 700, epitaphs 200, fancies a number, fantasticks abundance : with their addition, multiplication, and division.

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Title
Recreation for ingenious head-peeces, or, A pleasant grove for their wits to walk in of epigrams 700, epitaphs 200, fancies a number, fantasticks abundance : with their addition, multiplication, and division.
Author
Mennes, John, Sir, 1599-1671.
Publication
London :: Printed by M. Simmons ...,
1654.
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Subject terms
English wit and humor.
Epigrams.
Epitaphs.
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http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50616.0001.001
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"Recreation for ingenious head-peeces, or, A pleasant grove for their wits to walk in of epigrams 700, epitaphs 200, fancies a number, fantasticks abundance : with their addition, multiplication, and division." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50616.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.

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A doubtfull meaning.

The Faeminine kind is counted ill: And is I swear: The contrary; No man can find: That hurt they will; But every where: Doe show pity; To no kind heart: They will be curst; To all true friends: They will be trusty; In no part: They work the worst; With tongue and mind: But honesty; They doe detest: Inconstancy; They doe embrace: Honest intent; They like least: Lewd fantasie; In every case: Are penitent; At no season: Doing amisse; To it truly: Contrary; To all reason: Subject and meek; To no body: Malicious; To friend or foe: Or gentle sort; They be never: Doing amisse; In weale and woe: Of like report; They be ever: Be sure of this; The Faeminine kind: Shall have my heart; Nothing at all: False they will be; In word and mind: To suffer smart; And ever shall: Believe you me.
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