Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and CharactersEarle, John
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Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters
Earle, John
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5. _Lines on the Death of the Earl of Pembroke_; now printed for the first
time. See Appendix, No. V.
6. _Elegy upon Francis Beaumont_; first printed at the end of _Beaumont's
Poems, London_, 1640. 4to. See Appendix, No. VI.
7. [Greek: Eikon Basilike], _vel Imago Regis Caroli_, _In illis suis
AErumnis et Solitudine. Hagae-Comitis._ Typis S. B. &c. 1649. 12mo. See
Appendix, No. VII.[BN]
FOOTNOTES:
[BN] Besides the pieces above noticed, several smaller poems were
undoubtedly in circulation during Earle's life, the titles of which are
not preserved. Wood supposes (_Ath. Oxon._) our author to have contributed
to "_some of the Figures, of which about ten were published_" but is
ignorant of the exact numbers to be attributed to his pen. In the
Bodleian[BO] is "_The Figvre of Fovre: Wherein are sweet flowers, gathered
out of that fruitfull ground, that I hope will yeeld pleasure and profit
to all sorts of people. The second Part, London, Printed for Iohn Wright,
and are to bee sold at his shop without Newgate, at the signe of the
Bible, 1636._" This, however, was undoubtedly one of Breton's productions,
as his initials are affixed to the preface. It is in 12mo. and consists of
twenty pages, not numbered. The following extracts will be sufficient to
shew the nature of the volume.
"There are foure persons not to be believed: a horse-courser when he
sweares, a whore when shee weepes, a lawyer when he pleads false, and a
traveller when he tels wonders.
"There are foure great cyphers in the world: hee that is lame among
dancers, dumbe among lawyers, dull among schollers and rude amongst
courtiers
"Foure things grievously empty: a head without braines, a wit without
judgment, a heart without honesty, and a purse without money."
Ant. Wood possessed the _figure of six_, which, however, is now not to be
found among his books left to the university of Oxford, and deposited in
Ashmole's museum. That it once was there, is evident from the MS.
catalogue of that curious collection.
[BO] 8vo. L. 78. Art.
No. IV.
LINES ON SIR JOHN BURROUGHS,
KILLED BY A BULLET AT REEZ[BP].
[_From a MS. in the Bodleian_.]--(_Rawl. Poet_. 142.)
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