The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Now made English by several hands (Vol. II). [EEBO] [R2177]

DMI number:

323

Aliases

Second and third parts of the works of Cowley.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1700

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

R2177

EEBO/ECCO link:

EEBO – Wing / 709:23

Shelfmark:

BL 631.l.220

Full Title:

[g]The Third Part[/g] | OF THE | WORKS | OF | Mr Abraham Cowley, | BEING | [g]his Six Book of Plants,[/g] | Never before Printed in English | [2 columns] [col. 1][i]Viz.[/i][/col. 1] [col. 2]The [i]First[/i] and [i]Second[/i] of HERBS. | The [i]Third[/i] and [i]Fourth[/i] of FLOWERS.[/i] | The [i]Fifth[/i] and [i]Sixth[/i] of TREES.[/col. 2] | [i]Now made[/i] English [i]by Several Hands.[/i] | [rule] | [i]With a Necessary[/i] INDEX. | [rule] | [g]The Second Edition.[/g] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed for CHARLES HARPER, at the [i]Flower-de-luce[/i] over-against | St.[i] Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleet-street[/i]. M DCC.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellany dominated by poet and Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Folio

Pagination:

[20], 1-166, [2].

Comments:

PAGINATION: p.34 AND 76 misnumbered '43' and '67' respectively.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: 'To his Grace Charles Duke of Somerset' (signed N. Tate) pp. [iii-v]; 'To the Reader' (signed N. Tate) pp. [vii-xi]; 'Author's Preface to his Two first Books of Plants' pp. [xiii-xviii]. End matter: Index [2pp.]

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Now made English by several hands (Vol. I). [R2177]

Publication Date:

1700

ESTC No:

R2177

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley [Parts II and III] [ESTC R21164]

Publication Date:

1689

ESTC No:

R21164

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Title:

The third and last volume of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley [T133360]

Publication Date:

1708

ESTC No:

T133360

Volume:

3 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley [T133363]

Publication Date:

1721

ESTC No:

T133363

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley [T133364]

Publication Date:

1711

ESTC No:

T133364

Volume:

3 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Author:

Charles Harper

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for Charles Harper, at the Flower-de-luce over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street.'

Dedicatee:

Charles Seymour

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'To his Grace Charles Duke of Somerset.'

Editor:

Nahum Tate

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Dedication and 'To the Reader' signed by Tate.

Content/Publication

First Line:

While through the world thy labours shine

Page No:

[1p]

Poem Title:

The Epitaph in the Frontispiece of this Book transcrib'd from the Author's Tomb in Westminster-Abby, attempted in English. Here under lies Abraham Cowley, The Pindar, Horace, and Virgil Of the English Nation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here passenger beneath this shed

Page No:

[1p]

Poem Title:

The Author's Epitaph upon himself yet alive, but withdrawn from the busie World to a Country-Life ; to be supposed written on his House.

Attribution:

'The Author's Epitaph [i.e. Cowley] upon himself'

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

More poetry you'll cry dost thou return

Page No:

[2pp]

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Life's lowest but far greatest sphere I sing

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

Of Plants. Book I.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To know my virtues briefly you in vain

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pp.2-4

Poem Title:

Betony.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I being the chief of all the hairy state

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

Maiden-Hair or Venus-Hair.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sage who by many virtues gainest renown

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

Sage.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hence cares my constant troublesome company

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

Baum.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A malady there is that runs through all

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

Scurvy-grass.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou neither leaf nor stalk nor root can'st show

Page No:

pp.9-10

Poem Title:

Dodder.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Among children I a baneful weed am thought

Page No:

pp.11-13

Poem Title:

Worme Wood.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

D'ye slight me cause a bog my belly feeds

Page No:

pp.13-15

Poem Title:

Water-Lily.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Me cruel nature when she made me gave

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

Spleenwort or Miltwast.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some thing your commendation you deserve

Page No:

pp.16-17

Poem Title:

Lettuce.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Eat me with bread and oil you'll never repine

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

Upon the same.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Enter sweet stranger to my eyes reveal

Page No:

pp.17-19

Poem Title:

Eye-Bright.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I stand musing as I often do

Page No:

pp.19-20

Poem Title:

Winter-Cherries.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To say the truth nature's too kind to thee

Page No:

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

Sun-Dew or Lust-Wort

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The dropping bloody nose you gently bind

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

Sow-Bread.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy conquered ivy Bacchus now throw down

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

Upon the same.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In my fire that false gold the jaundice I

Page No:

pp.22-23

Poem Title:

Upon the same.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My virtue dries all ulcerous running sores

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

Upon the same.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See how with pride the groveling pot herb swells

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

Upon the same.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A lusty frog a duck swears is such meat

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

Ducks-Meat.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Daunian Arachne who spinst all the day

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

Rosemary. Touching the Bite of the Tarantula.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Take my advice men and no riddles use

Page No:

pp.25-28

Poem Title:

Mint.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Welcome thrice welcome sacred mistletoe

Page No:

pp.28-29

Poem Title:

Misseltoe.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See how the yellow gall the deluged eyes

Page No:

pp.29-30

Poem Title:

Celandine.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten thousand blessings may the gods bestow

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

Upon the same.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You who in sacred wedlock coupled are

Page No:

pp.31-32

Poem Title:

Rocket.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cybele's holy mysteries now begin

Page No:

pp.33-36

Poem Title:

Of Plants. Book II.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

After long cold grave matrons in this place

Page No:

pp.36-38

Poem Title:

Mugwort [the President, begins.]

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

First Penny Royal to advance her fame

Page No:

pp.37-38

Poem Title:

Penny-Royal.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dittany though cold winds her lips did close

Page No:

pp.38-40

Poem Title:

Dittany.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Next way-bred rose propped by her seven nerves

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Plantain or Way-bred

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You Cretan dittany who such poisons mix

Page No:

pp.41-43

Poem Title:

The Rose.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That fate which frequently attends on all

Page No:

pp.43-46

Poem Title:

Laurel.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Green berries I and seed and flowers bear

Page No:

pp.46-49

Poem Title:

Birth-Wort.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Then Chian Mastick thus began said she

Page No:

pp.49-50

Poem Title:

The Mastick-Tree.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou wretched shrub in passionate tones said she

Page No:

pp.50-53

Poem Title:

Savin.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If the green nation sister banish thee

Page No:

pp.53-54

Poem Title:

Mugwort [the President.]

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At last when myrrh had wiped her odorous tears

Page No:

pp.55-59

Poem Title:

Myrrh.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now muse if ever now look brisk and gay

Page No:

pp.60-64

Poem Title:

Of Plants. Book III. Flora.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

I mean not now my beauty to oppose

Page No:

pp.65-70

Poem Title:

Helleborus Niger, or Christmas-Flower.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

The ram now ope the golden portal throws

Page No:

pp.70-71

Poem Title:

The Violet.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

Great queen of flowers why is thy snowy breast

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

Auricula Ursi. Bears-Ear.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

What once I was a boy not ripened to a man

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

The Daffadil, - Narcissus,

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

Thou gentle zephyr who didst flora wed

Page No:

pp.73-74

Poem Title:

Anemone, or Emonies.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

With furious heats and unbecoming rage

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

The Imperial Crown.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

Somewhere in Horace if I don't forget

Page No:

pp.75-76

Poem Title:

The Tulip.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

If empire is to beauty due

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

Iris, or the Flower-De-Luce.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

If the fond tulip swelled with pride

Page No:

pp.78-80

Poem Title:

Paeonia. The Peony.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

And who can doubt my race says she

Page No:

pp.80-82

Poem Title:

The Rose.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

Happy the man whom from ambition freed

Page No:

pp.83-92

Poem Title:

Of Plants. Book IV.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

To find a name for me the gods took care

Page No:

pp.92-93

Poem Title:

Moly.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Homer I will not vain or careless call

Page No:

pp.93-95

Poem Title:

Flora.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Such as the lovely swan appears

Page No:

pp.96-97

Poem Title:

White---Lily.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

O sleep the gentle ease of grief

Page No:

pp.97-99

Poem Title:

Poppy.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

If by the rules of nature we proceed

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

Sun-Flower.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

How this pretender for no medicine good

Page No:

pp.100-101

Poem Title:

Gilly-Flower.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

While others boast their proud original

Page No:

pp.101-102

Poem Title:

Saffron.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome

Page No:

pp.103-104

Poem Title:

Flora.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

What can the puling rose or violet say

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

Amaranth, Flower-Gentle.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Let now my muse more lofty numbers bring

Page No:

pp.105-130

Poem Title:

Of Plants. Book V. Pomona

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Cease oh my muse the soft delights to sing

Page No:

pp.131-166

Poem Title:

Of Plants. Book VI. Sylva.

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. Behn.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn