Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed.
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- Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed.
- Author
- Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
- Publication
- London :: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to be sold by Peter Inch of Chester,
- 1641.
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- Jesus Christ -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
- Christian literature -- Early works to 1800.
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"Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A91224.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.
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Page 55
TO The Worshipfull his highly Honoured Friend Mrs Elizabeth Car∣teret, Daughter to Sir Philip Carteret, Knight, Lievtenant Governour and Bayliffe of the Isle of Jersy.
THat neare relation wherein now you stand By Habitation, and a Nuptiall Band, To Seas, and Sea-men; did at first in∣duce Me to digest this SEA-CARD for your Use, And his you most esteeme; which in some sort May helpe conduct you unto Heav'ns blest Port, The onely Haven which you now most Eye, And strive for to arrive in when you dye. Accept it therefore (though scarce worthy view,) As a small pledge of his Respects to you, Who much adores your Vertues, and must deeme His Muse too meane to adde to your esteeme.Your Engaged Friend
and Servant,
WILLIAM PRYNNE.