Ex ungue leonem, or, A proof (by ten dozen) of sixty one gross epigrams designed for the year 1656
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- Ex ungue leonem, or, A proof (by ten dozen) of sixty one gross epigrams designed for the year 1656
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- Printed at London :: By James Cottrel,
- 1656.
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Contents
- title page
- TO THE Gentlemen-READERS.
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Ex ungue Leonem.
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To the Elixir of Beauty, patern of Goodness, quin∣tessence of Worth, abstrect of all Compleatness, Paragon of her Sex, Master-piece of Nature, Proto-type of Perfection, and the sublimely ac∣ceptable object of Comentment in all the fe∣male kinde; the most excellent, matchless, in∣comparable, transcendent, Angelick, divinely accomplished, and never too-much-to-be-prai∣sed
Aura. - The reason why women should go no longer bare∣headed after they be married.
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The discrepance betwixt
Eve, and other women. - Of a certain very jealous man.
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How blinde
Adraces was serv'd by his wanton wife. -
How one
Dick did cuckold himself. -
Of
Moll 's skll in Grammar. -
Of
Quintin the Bankrupt. -
How one
Ben, with his MistressPen, practised their skill in Alchymie. -
Of
Nat and his wife. - Of a young Widow, and a pretty Widower.
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Of Meads,and Maids. -
Of
Morgan the Fidler, and his Sweet-heartKate. -
To
Procaculo, a suiter to oneDoll. - Of a handsome, and well-bred Girl, without a Portion.
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Of the scolding betwixt
Joan andJug. - Of the right of Cuckolds and Cuckold-makers.
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Of one
Doll, how she practised her cunning in the Science of Natural Philosophy. -
Why it is a proper sort of speech, to say that a man
knows his wife, when he hath carnally to do with her; according to the answer of oneAm∣phibolos, to another that asked him the que∣stion. -
Of
Knox the Sabbatarian. - Of Conditional clauses.
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The words of one
Mongo, to a Courtizan of his acquaintance; together with her reply. -
Of Scotusand Aquinas. - In vindication of a free-strained Epigram.
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Of the amorous Kisses which frequently pass be∣twixt the
male andfemale. - An Apologie for lascivious Writing.
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Of No,and Much. -
The words of one, that was both a great
Drinker, and aWencher, in excuse of both. - Of Bettrice the widow of one Frederick
- Contraria juxta se posita, clarius clucescunt.
- Bridegrooms compared to Mathematical Navigaters.
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Of
Here-bider the Dutch-man's adventure, with the beautiful CourtizanFlora. -
Of one
Trigion, who was in love with a holy sister namedPeine. -
Concerning such, as of late have received the honour, some of
Lord, some ofEarl, by the names of eminent running waters. -
The relation of a single Combat, as it was fought betwixt
Dan, and his Sweet-heartAnne. -
Upon one
Frank. -
Of Vir,in Virginity. -
Of the pretty woman
Nell, most exquisitely pra∣ctising the gesticulatory cricks and whirls of an amoreus ball. -
Of Bess. -
Of
Pet, and his wifeKate. -
Concerning the Bride
Meg, to her Bridegroom. -
Of the wench
Frank, concerning her skill inAlgebra. -
Of Lasses,and Glasses. -
The Arithmetick of
Bess the Courtizan. -
The liberality of one Mr.
Rashion. -
Of one
Jane accustomed toFarding, whose pi∣cture the Limner drew, to represent her face, as it was painted. -
An Observation upon
Caesar, and hisGaulish foes. - The words of a certain Bridegroom, whilst he was about to consummate the Matrimonial act with his Bride; together with her answer.
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The analogie betwixt Apples, Codlins; Maids,and Women. - At a peny the sheet.
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To Philoinos. -
The words of a certain jovial woman to her jea∣lous husband, in apologizing for Lechery, by the metapher of a
Ring. - That in the whole composure of humane frame, amidst the variety of its most alluring parts, the mouth affords the greatest conveniencie for the application of a kiss.
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To Jupiter. -
Of Love's
Didimi, and the premises of a Syllogism. - Of the nature of such licentious women, as do datly addict themselves to the practice of Venery.
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Of two
Wonchers, whereof the one was aPapist, the other aProtestant. -
The simplicity of the Girl
Joan, in losing her Virginity with oneBeedle. - Why so many maidenheads are lost.
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Of
Ben, and GoodieGlamees. -
How
Geometrically the MathematicianNed did court his sweet-heartMeg. - The mutual taunts of an English and Spanish Ambassadour.
- Concerning those who being lov'd, are said to possess the hearts of such as are enamoured of them.
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Why on the Friday we ought to abstain from flesh — to
Ned. -
The severally inflicted wounds of
Cupid 's dart; Love being somtimes reciprocal, somtimes not. - Of Virginity.
- Of that masculine love, which tends to lust.
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To a certain Gentlewoman, concerning
Cupid, and a new born babe of hers. - The Bell-man.
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Of the widow
Machlis. - That it is a very natural thing in a woman, to lose her maidenhead.
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To a lusty strong man named
Bently, on the day of his marriage with a young weak strip∣ling Girl. -
Of the Lover
Eron, and his Sweet-heartPhileta. - The reason why wearing of Gowns is peculiar to Scholars and Women.
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Of one
Strigo, a Farmer inAragon, who for his matchless activity in Love-duels, was sent for byAlfonse the then king of that country. -
Of one
Amalia, a Poetess of a very amorous disposition. - How hard a thing it is, to judge of the minde by the outward carriage.
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Of Dorothie,the wife of John-a-Stiles. - Of Womens precellencie.
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Of
Tib, and her sweet-heartVere. -
Of the loving carriage of one
Bosens to his wifeMary, after his return from a great Lord. -
Concerning the souldier
John Gerthudenberg 's Art of Printing; and the finding out of Gun∣powder byBartholdus Swart, aFranciscan Fryar. - The expression of one, who did not love to burn for Religion.
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Of the Widow
Philandra Quadrivira. -
That
Wedlock is a mixed sort of life. -
Of holy
Ananias, and his spiritual sisterSarah. -
To the Batchelor
Apicrogamos, who hoped to have the wife he was to make choice of, endow∣ed (besides her being favoured of Fortune) with manyer and more excellent perfections, both in body and minde, then Nature readily alloweth. -
On Maids,and Fathers. - The expression of a young married girl of some thirteen yeers of age, and little withal, when she saw a tame mouse, tyed to a string in the pocket of her husband; who though married some three weeks before that, had, for fear of hurting his bride, delayed the performance of his Matrimonial duty.
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Of frolick
Ned, and the old houswife GamerGow. -
The words of a certain
Captain 's daughter to her fathersColonel, and her ownDepuce∣lator, when, after she was married, he would have embrac'd her, as formerly. -
Why the
Pope should dwell atRome. -
Of Penisecto. -
Of a
Taylor, and his Sweetheart. -
Of Cunnus,and Mentula. -
Of four young men traveling with a Merchant (whose name was
Edward ) towardsDon∣caster. -
Of
Cynon 's Courtship to his MistressAnne, who had some skill inArithmetick andAlgebra. -
Of Understanders,and Underliers. -
Of Mistress Alce,and John Ackwards. -
On the Merchant
Kapees. -
Concerning
Nick and his wifeCapraena. -
Upon the Merchant
Dose, and his wifeGlossinde. -
Of
Grisel, and her belovedEphebos. - Leasure and Solitariness are great impugners of Chastity.
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Of Jackand Doll. -
Of the free-spoken woman
Briccona. -
Of
Pet, and his MistressKate. -
Why the carnal union of man and woman is ex∣pressed many times by the name of
Venery. -
Of Knestiosa. - The Penance of Licentious writing.
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Of the Puritane woman
Ruth. -
Of the opposite effects of
Printing, andGun∣powder, discovered to the knowledge of the world within seventy nine yeers of one ano∣ther. -
How a certain resolute and audacious
Wooer was so confident in conversing with hisMi¦stress, of her gracious acceptance of, and yeel¦ding to his amorous request, that being leseloquent, then judicious, he broke off on a sud∣den, the thred of those complements, he had not the skill to prosecute; and supplied his lack of discourse with a more pathetically expres∣sive action. -
Of one
Gametes. -
Of
Barnabee, and his wifeSantarella. -
To one
Meg, who was modest at the Table, and with her Sweet hearts in the Chamber, lasci∣vious. - Of such as being of a disposition kinde enough otherwise, will perhaps take exceptions at the freedom of many of my Verses.
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Of
Ralph the Logician, and his Sweet-heartGrisel. -
Of the two robbed Merchants,
Dick andBen. -
Of Hanseand Ned. -
How a certain
Lover, and hisMistress, played together on theVirginals. -
Of the
Amazonian Queen, who made a pro∣gress to visitAlexander the Great: and of the Queen ofSheba. -
Of the Poet
Poll, and his Sweet-heartSaenura, who likewise had some skill in Versifying. -
A brisk, handsome, young Semstress, whose shop was in the
Loken-booths atEdin∣burgh, taking occasion upon a time, about seven a clock at night, in the Winter-season to go thorow St.Giles, thereto adjacentstumbled by chance (whilst she thought there had not been any living creature in the Church but her self) upon a pillar, where there was sitting a proper, young, gallant Cavalier, (who but three hours before had drop'd a thou∣sand pounds for his Composition) by which unexpected accident, she (on a sudden) fall∣ing in the amorous embraces of that vigorous Gentleman, whose ticklesh blood, by the glimpse which a glimmering light did afford him of her beauty, swelled up his veins so full, with the influence ofLove andLust, that, like a valiant Champion ofVenus, (maugre her resistance) prosecuting the assault, he in a trice stormed her fort, entred, and took possession thereof, and therein posed his stand∣ing Centry. She in this surprisal (like those to whom sometimes bold Intruders at first, prove afterwards most acceptable Guests) taking some pleasure, concurred with the Conquerour, whose spirits, joyntly with hers, mounting upon the same degrees of mutual delights, furnished subject, in this adventrous Rapture, for the followingEpigram.
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To the Elixir of Beauty, patern of Goodness, quin∣tessence of Worth, abstrect of all Compleatness, Paragon of her Sex, Master-piece of Nature, Proto-type of Perfection, and the sublimely ac∣ceptable object of Comentment in all the fe∣male kinde; the most excellent, matchless, in∣comparable, transcendent, Angelick, divinely accomplished, and never too-much-to-be-prai∣sed
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