A collection of the choicest epigrams and characters of Richard Flecknoe being rather a new work, then [sic] a new impression of the old.
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- A collection of the choicest epigrams and characters of Richard Flecknoe being rather a new work, then [sic] a new impression of the old.
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- Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?
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- 1673.
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Contents
- title page
- THE PREFACE.
-
THE POURTRAIT OF
HIS MAJESTY, Made a little before HIS Happy Restauration. - To His Majesty.
-
PROEMIƲM OF EPIGRAMS. -
EPIGRAMS
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To his Royal Highness JAMES Duke of YORK, On his return from our Naval Victory.
Anno 1665. -
To his Highness Prince
Rupert on the same. -
On the Death of Her Royal Highness
HENRIETTA Dutchess ofORLEANCE. -
On the Death of the Duke of
Glocester. -
On the Duke of
Monmouth 's going intoFrance, An. 1669. -
On the Dutchess of
Monmouth 's happy Child-birth. -
To His Highness
COSMO Prince ofTUSCANY; On his Travels and coming intoEngland. -
To Mr.
Edward Howard, Brother to the Duke ofNorfolk. -
To the Dutchess of
Cleveland, on her new Accession of Titles.An. 1670. -
On the Death of the Lady
Jean Cheney. -
To Mr.
E. W. on his excellent Poems. Poco & Bono. -
On the Death of her Highness
Beatrix, Dutchess ofLorrain. -
To her noble Sister Madamoiselle de
Beauvais, now Princess ofAremberg. - Question on her Letting Blood.
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To the Lady
Kilmurry. -
To the Earl of
St. Albans. - Of an unworthy Nobleman.
-
Of a worthy Nobleman, or
William Duke ofNewcastle. -
To the Lord
Henry Howard ofNorfolk now Earl ofNorwich, and Lord High Marshal ofEngland, on hisAfrican Voyage. -
To the same on his Voyage and Return from
Constantinople. -
On the Duke of
Albemarles, and the Earl ofSandwich's bringing in the King. -
To M. M.
Davies. On Her excellent Dancing. - On Her excellent Singing.
- Envoy to this Book.
-
To his Royal Highness JAMES Duke of YORK, On his return from our Naval Victory.
-
THE SECOND BOOK OF EPIGRAMS, ON GEORGE The First Duke of
Buckingham, to my Lord Duke His Son.-
On
MARY Dutchess ofRichmond. -
On Mistress
STUART. -
On Her Dancing in
Whitehal, all shining with Jewels. -
On Her Marriage with the Duke of
RICHMOND. -
To the truly Honorable Mr.
Thomas Howard, Brother to the Earl ofCarlisle. -
On the Death of the Earl of
Sandwich. -
To the Earl of
Ossery on his going to Sea. -
On
Welbeck the Duke ofNew∣castle 's House, where he entertain∣ed the Last King so Royally. -
TO SirWILLIAM DUCEY, on his Three Entertainments, of the King, Prince ofTuscany, and Prince ofDenmark, all the same year.An. 1669. -
On his House at
Charlton, nighGreenwich, where these En∣terments were made. -
On the Death of
Charles LordGerrard ofBromley. -
To the Lady
Gerrard ofBromley, on the Education of my Lord Her Son. -
To Sir K. D. -
To the same, Recommending a certain Memorial to him in
Italy. An. 1646. -
On the Dutchess of
Newcastles Closset. -
To the same with his
Emilia. -
To Mr.
Henry Jermin, On the demand, Why he had no higher Titles. -
To
James Earl ofNorthampton. -
To Mr.
Bernard Howard, Brother to the Duke ofNorfolk. Seguite il Pocchi, & non li vulgare genti. -
To the Lord
George Barkley. -
To
LILLY, Drawing the Dutchess ofClevelands Picture. -
In Memory of his Noble Friend, Col.
William Evers, Slain in the Battle ofMarstone-Moor. -
Of the Riches of the
Barbado's, to Mr.Henry Drax. -
On Mr. Abraham Cowley. - The same in French.
-
The Praises of
Burbadge, or an Excellent Actor. ToCharles Hart. -
To Mr.
John Dryden. -
On Mistress
Jean Roberts.
-
On
-
THE THIRD BOOK OF EPIGRAMS.
- To a Lady who miscarried of Her First-Born Son.
- To a Lady newly Married.
- To a Lady, too curious of Her Dress.
- To a fair and vertuous Lady, too confident of Her Innocence.
-
The Ladies name in
Enigma. - On two married very young.
- On a Fair and Beauteous Youth.
-
To a fair Lady under the name of
Celia. - On a little pretty Child.
- To certain Ladies, who said they liked not our old Wits.
- To a fair Lady against Masquerading.
- Of a fair Lady ill spoken of.
- Ʋpon one who slandred a fair Lady.
- To a Noble Friend of his in the Countrey.
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On the Noble Company at
Melchbourn. - On a Ladies blushing, when the King looked upon her.
- The Pourtract.
- On a Famous Running Horse.
- To an Enemy.
- On a little pretty Person.
-
THE FOURTH BOOK OF EPIGRAMS.
-
On his Accession to the Poetical Academy in
ITALY: Ʋnder the Presidency of the Lord Duke ofBuckingham. -
Something upon an excellent Poem of
Nothing. -
On Doctor
Cornuto. -
Ʋpon one Sweating in
Cornelius Tub. - In Small-Beer.
- In the Small Pox.
-
The Patrons Lives to the Lord
M. - Of an Epicure.
-
In Pravos Aulicos. - Consolation to Porters.
- To one who spake ill of him.
- On Simple.
- Of Friends and Foes.
- On your Cross-haters.
- To his Horse at Grass in a Friends Park.
-
On Madam
Tumbril inBurlesque Verse. - On your Justices of Peace's making Marriages.
- On Married Ministers.
- In Invideum.
- On Madam
-
On a
Hector, Pitifully beaten and drag'd away by the Watch and Constable. - On an Avaricious Person.
- On his dim Sight.
-
On his Accession to the Poetical Academy in
- half title
- dedication
-
epigrams
- To Her Majesty. Of the Dignity and Efficacy of Prayer.
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On the Birth of our
B. S. -
On the
Magiis following the Star. -
On the Circumcision of our
B. S. -
On the Death and Passion of our
B. S. -
Of
Easter andChristmass. -
On these words of our
B. S. O Woman, great is thy Faith! -
On these words of our
B. S. Be perfect, &c. -
On these words of our
B. S. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. - On these words of the Apostle. Nihil ex me possum facere, & omnia possum meo qui me confortat.
- The saying of a certain Holy Man.
-
On our
B. S. curing the Leper. -
On the Picture of a Weeping
Magdalen. - On the rooting out of Vice.
- The Harm of Procrastination.
-
On the hearing of the
Word ofGod. - On Sin
- On the same.
- Of Death.
- On the same.
- Of Judgment.
- The Pleasure of doing Good.
- On a Ladies Beauty suddenly decayed.
- How to bear Neglects.
- Of a Happy Life.
-
On the same out of
Ronsard. - The same in English.
- Of GOD.
- On a Fair and Vertuous Lady.
- Of Charity.
- On a Noble Ladies embracing a Religious Life, Eclogue-wise.
- On a Dim Sight.
- The Resolution.
- ERRATA.
- title page
-
To his worthy Friend, Mr.
Richard Flecknoe, UPON His Characters. - To the same, On the same Characters.
-
Of these Characters.
- Of a Running Head.
- Of a Bilk Courtier.
-
Of one who turns Day into Night,
&c. - Of our Modern Censurers.
- Of a Common Newsmonger.
- On a Dutch Frow.
- Of a French Lacquey.
- Of a Dutch Waggoner.
- Of a Novice of a certain Religious Order.
- Of a Fille Devote.
- Of a French Dancing Master.
- Of a very Widow.
- Of Poetry and its abuse.
- Of a Talkative Lady.
- Of a Taciturnos Person.
- Of an unconstant Disposition.
- Of an Irresolute Person.
- Of a Valiant Man.
- Of a Profess'd Coward.
- Of an Importunate Visitant.
- Of a miserable old Gentlewoman.
- Of a Gamestress.
- Of a Gallant French Monsieur.
- Of a meer Libertine.
- Of a Coquette, or an affected Beauty.
- Of an English Inn.
- Of a Curious Glutton.
- Of a Common Acquaintance.
- Of a Make-bait, or Sower of Dissention.
- Of a Complimenter.
-
Of a Young E
amorist. - Of a dull Countrey Gentleman.
- Of an extream Vitious Person.
- Of a School Boy.
- Of one ridiculously Proud of his Estate.
- Of a Modern Fanatick Sectary.
- Of a Green-Sickness Girl.
- Of an Eager Disputant.
- Of one who is excellent Company.
- Of a troublesome Kindness.
- Of your English Papist Ass.
- Of a Modern Casuist.
- Of a Gentleman turned Clown.
- Of one who falsly stiles himself Colonel.
- Of a Nice City Dame.
- Of a Bold Abusive Person.
- Of an Exceptions Person.
- Of one of your New Reformers.
- Of a Busie Body.
- Of a Tepid Timorous Christian.
- Of a Flatterer.
- Of some who are troubled with every thing.
- Of a Mischievous Disposition.
- Of Wit.
- Of a Witty Person.
-
Of one who
Zanys the Good Companion. - Of a Shreud old Catholick Gentle∣woman.
- Of an Honest Man.
- Of a Rich Miser.
- Of one who is never content.
- Of Kindness.
- Of the Parliament, In answer to the Ignorant Objections of some Strangers.
- POSTSCRIPT.