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

DMI number:

398

Aliases

Second and third parts of the works of Cowley.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1708

Volume Number:

3 of 3

ESTC number:

T133360

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110929130

Shelfmark:

BOD - Tanner 813

Full Title:

The [g]Third[/g] and [g]Last[/g] Volume | OF THE | WORKS | OF | Mr.[i]Abraham Cowley[/i]: | BEING | The [i]Second[/i] and [i]Third[/i] Parts thereof: | [i]Adorn'd with Proper and Elegant[/i] CUTS. | [rule] | PART II. | What was written and publish'd by | Himself ; Now Reprinted together. | [g]The Eighth Edition.[/g] | [rule] | PART III. | His [i]Six Books[/i] of PLANTS, | The [i]First[/i] and [i]Second[/i] of [g]Herbs.[/g] | The [i]Third[/i] and [i]Fourth[/i] of [g]Flowers.[/g] | The [i]Fifth[/i] and [i]Sixth[/i] of [g]Trees.[/g] | [i]Made[/i] English [i]by several celebrated Hands[/i]. | [rule] | With necessary TABLES, and divers Poems | of eminent Persons, in praise of the Author. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed for [g]Charles Harper[/g], at the [i]Flower-de-luce[/i] | over against S. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church, [i]Fleetstreet[/i]. 1708.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[16], [1]-207, [208]-[240], 241-495, [9]pp.

Bibliographic details:

Name 'Thom. Tanner.' written on title page of Bod Tanner 813. Plates: Frontispiece and facing title page and pp. 1, 27, 241. Several sections have separate titlepages. Separate title page for the Books of Plants, p.209: The THIRD Part | OF THE | WORKS | OF | Mr.[i]Abraham Cowley[/i]: | Being his [g]Six Books[/g] of | PLANTS, | The [i]First[/i] and [i]Second[/i] of [g]Herbs.[/i] | The [i]Third[/i] and [i]Fourth[/i] of [g]Flowers.[/g] | The [i]Fifth[/i] and [i]Sixth[/i] of [g]Trees.[/g] | Made [i]English[/i] by several celebrated Hands. | [rule] | With a Necessary INDEX. | [rule] | [g]The[/g] Third [g]Edition.[/g] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed for [g]Charles Harper,[/g] at the [i]Flower-de-luce[/i] | over against S. [i]Dunstan's[/i] Church, [i]Fleetstreet[/i]. 1708.

Comments:

Contents: Play of 'Loves Riddle' pp.65-144; Play of 'Naufragium Joculare' pp.145-203.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Part II: The Booksellers to the Reader [2pp.]; Dedication to the 'Ld Bishop of Lincoln, and Dean of Westminster' signed Abraham Cowley [1p.]; prose 'To the Reader' signed Abraham Cowley [1p.]; verse 'To the Reader' signed 'Abr. Cowley' [1p.]; poems to the memory of Cowley [8]pp.; Contents [1]p. Prefatory matter: Part III: Dedication to 'His Grace Charles, Duke of Somerset' signed 'N. Tate' pp.[211]-[214]; 'To the Reader' signed 'N. Tate' pp.[215]-[224]; 'The Author's Preface to his First Two Books of Plants' pp.[225]-[235]; 'Epitaphium' p.[236]; Author's Epitaph p.[237]; Epitaph to frontipiece to this book p.[238]; list of translators [1p.] Back matter: 'Index to the Plants' [8]pp.; Advertisement for books printed and sold by Charles Harper [1]p.

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

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Title:

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

Publication Date:

1700

ESTC No:

R2177

Volume:

2 of 2

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Title:

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

Publication Date:

1721

ESTC No:

T133363

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1 of 1

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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

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Another Edition of

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

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Unknown

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Related People

Dedicatee:

Charles Seymour

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Part III dedicated to 'His Grace Charles, Duke of Somerset'.

Dedicatee:

John Williams

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Part II dedicated to 'John, Ld Bishop of Lincoln and Dean of Westminster'.

Editor:

Nahum Tate

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Dedication and address to the reader in part III signed by Tate.

Publisher:

Charles Harper

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

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

Content/Publication

First Line:

To fertile wits and plants of fruitful kind

Page No:

[2pp.]

Poem Title:

To the Memory of the Author.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With artless hand and much disordered mind

Page No:

[3pp.]

Poem Title:

To the Memory of the Incomparable Mr. Cowley.

Attribution:

Tho. Flatman

Attributed To:

Thomas Flatman

First Line:

When young Alcides in his cradle lay

Page No:

[4pp.]

Poem Title:

On Mr. Cowley's Juvenile Poems, and the Translation of his Plantarum. A Pindarique.

Attribution:

S. Wesley

Attributed To:

Samuel Wesley

First Line:

I called the buskined muse Melpomene

Page No:

sig. A4r

Poem Title:

To the Reader.

Attribution:

Abr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

I sing two constant lovers various fate

Page No:

pp.1-22

Poem Title:

Constantia And Philetus.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Sir | My childish muse is in her spring and yet

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

To the Right Worshipful, my very Loving Master Mr. Lambert Osbolston, Chief Master of Westminster-School.

Attribution:

Abr. Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

When Babylon's high walls erected were

Page No:

pp.27-34

Poem Title:

Piramus And Thisbe.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Phoebus expelled by the approaching night

Page No:

pp.35-40

Poem Title:

Sylva, &c. A Dream of Elysium.

Attribution:

By ABR. COWLEY. Signed 'A. C.'

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Great Charles there stop ye trumpeters of fame

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

On His Majesty's Return out of Scotland.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Hence clouded looks hence briny tears

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

A Song on the same.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Lest the misjudging world should chance to say

Page No:

pp.42-45

Poem Title:

The Wish.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Westminster Hall a friend and I agreed

Page No:

pp.45-47

Poem Title:

A Poetical Revenge.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

If I should say that in your face were seen

Page No:

pp.47-48

Poem Title:

To the Dutchess of Buckingham.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

I love for that upon the wings of fame

Page No:

pp.48-49

Poem Title:

To his very much honoured Godfather, Mr. A. B.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

And must these waters smile again and play

Page No:

pp.49-51

Poem Title:

An Elegy on the Death of John Littleton, Esq; Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Littleton, who was drowned leaping into the Water to save his younger Brother.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

The infernal sisters did a council call

Page No:

pp.51-52

Poem Title:

On the Death of the Right Honourable Dudley Lord Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, late Secretary of State.

Attribution:

Abr. Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

It was decreed by steadfast destiny

Page No:

pp.52-53

Poem Title:

On the Death of my Loving Friend and Cousin, Mr. Ric. Clarke, late of Lincolns-Inn, Gent.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name and signed 'A. C.'

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Once thou rejoicedst and rejoice for ever

Page No:

pp.53-55

Poem Title:

A Translation of Verses upon the Blessed Virgin, written in Latin by the Right Worshipful Dr. A.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Tis not a pyramid of marble stone

Page No:

pp.56-57

Poem Title:

On the Praise of Poetry.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Why oh doth gaudy Tagus ravish thee

Page No:

pp.57-58

Poem Title:

That a Pleasant Poverty is to be preferr'd before Discontented Riches.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Tyrian dye why do you wear

Page No:

pp.58-59

Poem Title:

To his Mistress.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Leave off unfit complaints and clear

Page No:

pp.59-60

Poem Title:

On the Uncertainty of Fortune. A Translation.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Cursed be that wretch death's factor sure who brought

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

In Commendation of the Time we live in, under the Reign of our Gracious King Charles II.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Mark that swift arrow how it cuts the air

Page No:

pp.61-62

Poem Title:

Upon the Shortness of Man's Life.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Nichols my better self forbear

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

An Answer to an Invitation to Cambridge.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Come poetry and with you bring along

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

To a Lady who desired a Song of Mr. Cowley, he presented this following.

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

This latter age the lees of time has known

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

To the truly Worthy and Noble Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt

Attribution:

A. Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

The author bid me tell you --- faith I have

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

Epilogue, Spoken by Alupis

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

More poetry you'll cry dost thou return

Page No:

pp.235-236

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Collected under Cowley's name

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Here passenger beneath this shed

Page No:

p.238

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:

While through the world thy labours shine

Page No:

p.239

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 the Virgil Of the English Nation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Life's lowest but far greatest sphere I sing

Page No:

pp.241-243

Poem Title:

Of Plants. Book I.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To know my virtues briefly you in vain

Page No:

pp.243-246

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.246-248

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.249-251

Poem Title:

Sage.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hence cares my constant troublesome company

Page No:

pp.251-252

Poem Title:

Baum.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A malady there is that runs through all

Page No:

pp.252-255

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.255-256

Poem Title:

Dodder.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Among children I a baneful weed am thought

Page No:

pp.257-260

Poem Title:

Wormwood.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

D'ye slight me cause a bog my belly feeds

Page No:

pp.260-263

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.264-265

Poem Title:

Spleenwort or Miltwast.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Eat me with bread and oil you'll never repine

Page No:

pp.266-267

Poem Title:

Upon the same.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some think your commendation you deserve

Page No:

p.266

Poem Title:

Lettuce.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Enter sweet stranger to my eyes reveal

Page No:

pp.267-270

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.270-272

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:

p.272

Poem Title:

Sundew or Lustwort.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy conquered ivy Bacchus now throw down

Page No:

p.273

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.274

Poem Title:

Upon the same.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The dropping bloody nose you gently bind

Page No:

p.274

Poem Title:

Sow-Bread.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In my fire that false gold the jaundice I

Page No:

pp.275-276

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.275

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:

pp.276-277

Poem Title:

Ducks-Meat.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Daunian Arachne who spinst all the day

Page No:

pp.277-279

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.280-283

Poem Title:

Mint.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Welcome thrice welcome sacred mistletoe

Page No:

pp.283-285

Poem Title:

Misseltoe.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See how the yellow gall the deluged eyes

Page No:

pp.286-287

Poem Title:

Celandine.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten thousand blessings may the gods bestow

Page No:

pp.287-288

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.288-291

Poem Title:

Rocket.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cybele's holy mysteries now begin

Page No:

pp.292-296

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.297-298

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.298-300

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.300-302

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.303-305

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.305-308

Poem Title:

The Rose.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That fate which frequently attends on all

Page No:

pp.308-312

Poem Title:

Laurel.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Green berries I and seed and flowers bear

Page No:

pp.313-316

Poem Title:

Birth-Wort.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Then Chian Mastick thus began said she

Page No:

pp.317-319

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.319-323

Poem Title:

Savin.

Attribution:

By J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If the green nation sister banish thee

Page No:

pp.323-325

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.326-332

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.333-340

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.340-347

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.348-350

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.350-351

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.351-352

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.353-354

Poem Title:

Anemone, or Emonies.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

With furious heats and unbecoming rage

Page No:

pp.354-356

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.357-358

Poem Title:

The Tulip.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

If empire is to beauty due

Page No:

pp.359-361

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.362-363

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.364-368

Poem Title:

The Rose.

Attribution:

By C. Cleve.

Attributed To:

C. Cleve

First Line:

Happy the man whom from ambition freed

Page No:

pp.369-384

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.384-385

Poem Title:

Moly.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Homer I will not vain or careless call

Page No:

pp.385-389

Poem Title:

Flora.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Such as the lovely swan appears

Page No:

pp.389-391

Poem Title:

White-Lily.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

O sleep the gentle ease of grief

Page No:

pp.391-395

Poem Title:

Poppy.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

If by the rules of nature we proceed

Page No:

pp.395-396

Poem Title:

Sun-flower.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

How this pretender for no medicine good

Page No:

pp.396-398

Poem Title:

July-Flower.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

While others boast their proud original

Page No:

pp.398-400

Poem Title:

Saffron.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

What can the puling rose or violet say

Page No:

pp.400-401

Poem Title:

Amaranth, Flower-Gentle.

Attribution:

By N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome

Page No:

pp.401-402

Poem Title:

Flora.

Attribution:

N. Tate.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let now my muse more lofty numbers bring

Page No:

pp.403-442

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.443-495

Poem Title:

Of Plants. Book VI. Sylva.

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. Behn.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn