The English Parnassus, or, A helpe to English poesie containing a collection of all rhyming monosyllables, the choicest epithets, and phrases : with some general forms upon all occasions, subjects, and theams, alphabeticaly digested : together with a short institution to English poesie, by way of a preface / by Joshua Poole.

I.

January.

VVHen with winter snow, The Pleiades doth Oemu•• top bestrow, When the times new-naming day draws near, Old Janus feast beginner of the year, That from old Janus takes his name, The leader of the moneths, The foreman in the Jury of the moneths, When the Sun hath run his full career, Through the twelve Stages of the turning year. The King of light, father of aged time, Hath brought about that day which is the prime.

To the slow gliding mon••hs, when every eye ••eirs symptomes of a sober jollity, ••d every hand is ready to present ••e service in a reall complement, ••st some in golden letters write their love, ••e speak affection by a ••ing or glove, ••r planes and poin••s (for even the peasant may; ••er his ruder fashion be as gay ••s the brisk Courtly Sir) and thinks that he Cannot without a grosse absurdity, ••e this day frugall, and not spare his friend, ••ome gift to shew his love finds not an end. ••ith the decased year. ••••, Cold, Frost, Hall, Snow, Winter.

Janus.

Key-hearing god. The two fac'd god Pat••••cius. •••• lausius, That shuts and opes the year, Who onely of the gods can see his back. Old Vesta's husband. VVhose temple shut to Romanes did declare, A setled peace, but open, open war.

Jason.

He that from Colchos brought to Greece The wealthy Trophies of the golden Fleece•• The great Commander of the Argonautes. Aesons victorious heir. The Aemon••an conquerour.

Ice. v. Frost.

VVater Chrystalized, ctusted snow, Chrystal chains Compacted water. Curded streams.

Idle.

Lethargick soul, slumbe••ing soul, with yawning lips VVhose arms infolded kni••. A drowsie knot upon his carelesse breast, That lies in hungry wishes pin'd. That feed on sloth. As beetles in the dung they breed in, Not ca••ing how the mettal of their mind Is eaten with the rust of idlenesse. A reasonable dormouse. His soul lies fallows

Ida.

The mount enchas'd with silver springs. The famous mount of Troy, Where Paris judge'd the naked goddesses, Whose wealthy top, Is alwayes crowned with a plenteous crop. The stately hill of Troy, Whence Jove's great eagle snatcht the beauteous boy

Idolater.

Th••t to the wo••d and stone devotion do, More senselesse than the stones they bow unto.

Jealous. Jealousie.

Burning like Aetna with an imbowell'd fire. Self-torturing Martyr. Hollow-ey'd, Snake-hair'd monster. That watches himself a mischief, and keeps a lear eye still, for fear he should escape him. Hundred ey'd Argos, ever waking spie. Pale hag, infernall Fury, pleasures smart, Envious observer viewing every part. Pin'd With seeking that he would be loath to find. The frensie of of the wise. Unkind carefullnesse. Self-punishment for others fault. Cousin of envy. Daughter of love and mother of hate. Self-misery for others happinesse. Beauties watchfull guard. Diligent in hope to lose his labour. That fruitfull mischief, ferall malady. Con••inuall Feaver. The furious b••tter passion. Self-harming passion. Vertue drowning flood, That hellish fire not quenched but with blood, One that dates scarce trust his mother in bed with his wife. An head fly-blown with suspition. Argos was not so jealous of his Cow, Nor th' watchful dragon of the golden fleece. An ill Jailour that makes many break prison. It opens more wayes to wickednesse than it stops, and where it finds one, makes ten dishonest.

Ignorant.

Things like men, which seem far off a man. Of scarce so much understanding as will deliver him from being a fool.

Onely his lineaments bely a man, A son of earth. A narrow flat soul. A man of a lank shallow brain. Dull unconceiving brains. Idiot, D••zzard. Speaking beast. A greater babie. Cumine asse. Old children. A piece of earth that Prometheus put not half th••s p••oportion of fire into. A soul drown'd in flesh.

Ignorant rich man.

A glorious fool, a golden asse. Sh••ep with a golden fleece, a crowned asse. Dull as a thick-skul'd Justice, drunk with sloth, Or Alderman far gone in capon-broth.

Island.

Ground hugg'd in Neptun••s arms. Clasp'd in the embraces of the sea. Hoopt with a watry girdle. Hedg'd in with water. Neptunes enclosures.

Immortall. v. Eternall

That may challenge time and out wear it. What neither age, winter nor death can know. Above times battery, which ages cloud can n••'r benight. That neither stoop to age nor death:

Imperfect.

Embryon'd, unpolisht, unfill'd, not th••oughly anvill'd.

Impossible. v. Never, Incredible.

Not within the sphear of omnipotency. Not within the capacity of being an object to an al••ighty power. Meer contradictions. Chymera', of a restlesse brain. We may hope as soon to calm a tempest with a song. Should all the world their da••ing wits confer, They should not make this lesse impossible. You may as soon go kindle fire with snow, As easily may'st thou th••ow A drop of water in the breaking gulph, And take it thence again unmi••gled, Without addition or diminishing. As soon▪ The whole earth may be bored, and the Moon May through the Centre creep and so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Her brothers noon-ride with th' Antipodes.

Imprison.

Its easier far, The torne and injur'd panther to restrain, In's hot pursuit, or stroke him coole again, To tell the cause why winds do disagree, Divide them when in stormes they mingled be, Strait fix them single, where they breath'd before, Or fan them with a plume from sea to shore: Than—men shall sooner see The inticed needle disobey, the tempting Adamant.

Imprison.

Confine, enjayle, enclose, fetter shackle, gyre, manacle, chain, enthral, enslave.

Impudent.

Of a ••ear'd impudence, Who have confirm'd their faces like to flint, Against all die of modesty. Who nere had somuch grace As is portended by the blushing face. Ash••m'd of nothing but of modesty. One that hath dispensed with all shame. A reprobate in vertue. Without restraint of shame, or modesty. An headstrong impudence, that mocks reproofe. Which with small change might be turn'd into flint.

Inconstant. v. Changeable. Incredible. v. Admirable.

I adde no more least truth it self should blush, Fearing to loose its credit. Wer't not avouched by antiquity Who durst believe it? Behold, What hope transcends, nor can with faith be told, 'Tis past my creede. Beyond the credit of the credulous. Above all history, stands not within the prospect of be∣lief. Which to believe, Is a faith which reason without miracle Can never plant in understanding judgements. Not believ'd without some difficulty. Without all appearance of reason. There's nothing is incredible after this. Which none would speak, but he that thought He had a priviledge without controll, To speak things unlikely.

Posterity will scarce the same believe. Which no wise man can lend a thought to. I sooner will believe Medusa's head With snaky hairs was round encompassed; Or Scylla, or Chymaera's monstrous frame, Lyon and serpent parted with a flame, Or that the Minotaure hath ever been, Or Cerberus with triple dog-face seene, Or Sphynx, or Harpyes, Giants that had feete Like serpents, Gyges, or the Centaures fleete. I will believe all these can sooner be, Than that, &c.

v. Never Impossible. Indian.

That sucks sweet liquor from his sugar cane, That dives for pearls within the wealthy maine. That within The streams of Ganges bathe their swarthy skin.

Infamous.

Whose name is in black letters registred In the eternal book of infamy. From out the book of honour razed quite.

Infant.

Non-age, pupillage, mino ity, dawne of life. The new-spun thread of life. That hath but yet an inch of life. Bonelesse gums. Unbreathed suckling. Whose lips hang on the mothers brest. Whose cries A estill'd with rattles, and fond lullabies. A thrumbe of man, Natures epitome. The handfull of a man. Not much in debt to time. The mothers late deliver'd load. Whose young breath scarce knowes the way. VVhose pretty smiles could never yet descry The deep affect on of a mothers eye. VVhose imperfect pace, Can hardly lead his feet from place to place.

Inocent.

A man as free from wronging others, as himself. VVhose hands are free, And yet unstaind with any injury. From all aspersions clear.

Whose souls unsullied yet with ••oul offence Enthroned sit in spotlesse innocence. Pure as the stream of aged Symois, untainted with offence. White as the unsullied lilly was her soul. His looks doth raise from blemish clear.

Intice.

To train, toll, ensna••e, becken, wooe, court, allure, bai••.

Job.

That spectacle of patient miserie, All the ulcers that had been In Aegypt cured were broke out again In his distempered flesh. The patient Edomite. He that tr••'d both estates, Acquainted with the smiles and frowns of fate Pa••••ent unto a P••ove••••, Whom neither riches could make insolent, Nor naked p••verty impatient.

John the Baptist

The son of Zachay. Late issue of the barr••n womb. Christs former trumpet, The head of Prophets, Forerunner to the King of heaven, The morning-star of the etern••l son, Whose head was price unto the D••msels feet.

Joyfull. v. Glad. J••y Publick. v. Shout. Noise.

The Palace with the peop••e•• praises rings, And sacred joy in every bosome sp••ings. The people that in shoals do swim, Walls window••, ooft, ••owers, steeples, all were set With severall eyes that in this object met. Children uncapable to all mens thinking, Were d••unk with joy, as others were with drinking, And st••ik••s the heavens with sound of trembling bells. The Vocal G••ddesse leaving d••sart woods, Sl••des down the Dales, and dancing on the floods Observes our woods, and wi••h repeating noise Contends to double our abundant joyes. Mirth digs her pits in every che••k. To bury grief and sorrow, Casheer all care, and chear the foolish, soul

To joyn.

To mar••y glue, paste, wed, wedge, ••ive••, yoke, manacle, fetter, shack∣cle, sodder, cement, knit, tie.

Iris v. Rainbow.

Heavens Embassadresse, the thousand coloured dame, She that paints the clouds, Golden wing'd Thaumantia. The goddesse with the painted bow. The painted mother of the showers. Juno's embassad resse.

Judas.

The damned Iscariot, He that betray'd his master with a kisse, And miss'd of heaven even at the gates of blisse.

Judge.

Grim pronouncers of the Law. Living Law. S••rict conservers of the Laws. Grave Stewards and dispensors of the Laws, That sit on bright Astraea's sacred Throne, That speaks nothing but chains and shackles. Whose stubble beard doth grate poor prisoners eyes. Whose stern faces look Worse than the Prisoner that's deni'd his book. Or Pilate painted like a scalded Cook.

Day of Judgement.

The worlds combustion. The generall Bonefire. The grand Sessions. Natures Funerall. The worlds sad hour. Dooms-day. When souls shall wear their new array. When the words masse shall shrink in purging flame▪ The last dayes summons, when earths T••ophies lie, Ascattered heap, and time it self shall die, When the Sun shall From the blind heavens like a dead cinder fall, And all the elements intend their strife To ruine what they fram'd, When desperate time lies gasping, When thunder summons from eternal sleep Th' imprison'd ghosts, and spreads ••'th frighted deep A veil of darknesse. When the knot of nature is dissolved, And the worlds ages in one hour involved In their old Ch••os, seas with skies shall joyn, And stars with stars confounded lose their shine. The ••arth no longer shall extend her shore. To keep the Ocean ou••, the Moon no more

Follow the sun, but scorning her old way, Crosse him, and claim the guiding of the day. The falling worlds now jarring frame, no peac••, No league shall hold, great things themselves oppresse, When earth and seas to fl••mes are turn'd, And all the world with one sad fire is burn'd. The utmost date of time, When rocks and all things sh••ll disband. The great and universal doome, When Christ shall in a throne of clouds descend To judge the earth. With rusty maske the heavens shall hide their face. The aged world dissolved by the last, And fatal houre, shall to old Chaos hast; Stars justling stars shall in the deep confound Their radiant fires, the land shall give no bound To swallowing seas, the moon shall crosse the sun With scorne that her swift wheeles obliquely run, Daies throne aspiring, discord then shall ••end The worlds crackt flame, and natures concord end. The frame Of nature then shall feed the greedy flame, Men, cities, floods and seas by ravenous lust Of fire devoured, all shall resolve to dust. When the dancing poles Shall cease their whirling galliard. When Lachesis hath no more thread to spin, Nor time a feather on his crazy wing, When this vast o••be of earth shall blazing burn, And all the world in funeral flames shall mourn; When heaven and hell amaz••ng must appear In two extreams, joy, and excessive fear. The hindge of things Is broke, all ends run back into their springs. The second Chaos. When earth and sea in fiery flames shall frie, And time lies buried in eternity. When as to those enchaind in sleepe, The wakeful trump of doome shall thunder through the deepe With such an horrid clang As on mount Sinai rang. While the red fire, and smouldring clouds out brake,

The aged earth agast With terrour of that blast, Shall f••om the surface to the center shake, When at the worlds last session, The dreadful Judge in midle aire shall spread his throne.

July.

That month whose fame Growes greater by the man that gave it name, When many well pil'd cocks of short sweet hay, stands in the field. What time soft night had silently begun To steal by minutes on the long-liv'd day. The furious dog pursuing of the sun Whose noisome breath ads fervour to his ray. v. Summer. Zodiack. Leo.

June.

Sol leaving Gemini, and drawing near Unto his height in Cancer, when shortest night Urg'd the Thessalian archer. v. Summer. Zodiack-Cancer.

Juno.

Saturnia. Great Queen of Gods. Great matron of the Thunderer. That chariots through the skies By peacocks drawn stuck full of Argus eyes. Heavens Queen. The Empresse of the skie. Silver-arm'd goddesse. White-arm'd deity. Saturnia that makes the white embrace. The ivory fingerd Queen. Drawn with a team of harnest peacocks, With silken bridles in a coach of gold, Lined with Estrich plumes. Shee That shares with Joves imperial soveraignty, Joves sister, and his wife. That kindles Hymens fires, The Queen of marriage, and of chast desires. Heavens great dame That hath the charge to rule the nuptial flame. In nuptial bands That ties the hearts, and then the willing hands.

Jupiter.

Saturnius. The Almighty Thunderer.

To give the soul a goal delivery. To deal their martial almes. To suffer shipwrack of the soul. And with his blood embrued The blushing earth. Making a fatal rest to lul•• Him in the sleep of death, which clos'd his sight, Shutting his eyes up in eternal night. Taught him the way to his grave. Driving the soul out at the yawning wound. Uncase, dislodge, untenant, uncage a soule. As when a spring conducting pipe doth break, The waters at a little breach burst ou••, And hissing through the airy regions smoke, So ••lusht the blood.

To Kill ones self.

To leave the warfare of this life Without a passe from the great general. He gives himself a period to the race Of his loath'd life. To abridge their own lives pilgrimage. To be a traitour to ones selfe. To let out life, and so unhouse the soul. To break the prison, As if'••were sweet to dye, when forc't to live. Accessary to their own death. Self murtherer.

Kings.

Gods enshrin'd in earthly frames. Fine•• but more britle ware. Sifted from common bran. Inferiour Gods. Earthly Deities. Mortal God. Whose awfull eye Bears signes of an imperious majesty. That swaies the awful scepter in his hand. The supream moderators of the law. Ast••••a's princely stewards. Men in Text letters. Whose roval temples are impal'd With the enamel'd crown and diadem. Who on th'••mperial throne Doth alwaies sit, and alwaies sits alone. Whose lives are gaudy troubles, whose crowns are Not more beset with pearls than stuft with care.

He that bears Heavens Scepter, and the clouds with thunder tears. The King of Gods. That power from whom, what ere hath being springs: The goat-nurst God, who three-forkt lightning flings. Whose nod the worlds foundation shakes. Father of men and Gods. Great Berecynthia's son. Great founder both of Gods and men. Grim Sa••urnes son. The great Olympick Jove. The spirit that all the world maintains, And the poiz'd earth in empty aire sustain••. That with his dreadful thunder rends the skies. Who day with light inspires, Dividing duskie clouds with glittering fires, Who the dull earth, and tempest-tossed seas, C••ties and hells sad kingdome doth appease, And with the equal power of a just law, Doth Gods above, inferiour mortals awe. Great Panomphaeus.

v. Gods. Thunder. Justice.

Whose looks are ••ixt and sad, her left hand holds A paire of equal ballances, her right A two edg'd sword, her eyes are quick and bright, Not apt to sqint, but nimble to discerne, Her visage lovely is, yet bold and sterne, Unpartial maid. Unb••ibed virgin. Beauteous Astraea.