Whom no ambition doth move, He's truly king. Thus, if you live, At the funeral of his Schoolfellow C. M. Another. Epitaphium Magistri T. Reading. An Epitaph upon Mr. Jo. 1 homas. Upon the same. Upon the death of Mrs. Dorothy Thomas. Another. Upon my La. C. and her sisters comming into the country in a very rainy day. In Crastinum beatæ Luciæ. In D. Doctorem Kerry, et Uxorem ejus piæ memoriæ." Part II. is dedicated to the hopes of Hawling, Mr. Henry and Mr. Richard Stratfords. The poems are addressed : To Mr. Fra. Powell of Ch. Ch. To Mrs. Jane Commelin. To Dr. Rogers, Canon of Hereford. A New Year's gift to Dr. Bosworth, physician of Hereford. Upon his seven Children: two girls dead, one alive, and four boyes. On the death of Mr. Fr. Pink. To Dr. Charlton. Upon Dr. Croft, Dean of Hereford. To Sir Wm. Croft, with Thuani Principes. Upon Dr. Brown, Dean of Hereford, preaching. M. Stephano Philips prælectori electo, 1645. To the religious pair of widows, Mrs. P. Green and Upon Zuinglius: é Thuani Elogiis. Upon Luther: ex eodem. To Mr. Tho. Williams, at the Temple. Mr. R. Samasio, C.C.C. To Mr. Fra. Thorne. To Mr. Tho. Bridges. To Mr. Powell, for the fair wax-light he sent me. To Mrs. Susanna Charlton. On the death of her mother, 1649. To Mr. William Burton, upon his Clemens Rom. In morte Gulielmi Fratris. Grotius de Verit. Relig. Englished. To John and Richard Hows. To a gentleman, with Dr. Featly's Handmaid. To Mr. Savage. To Mr. Edward Carew. To Squire Higford, upon his Grandfather's Book. To Mrs. Abigail Stratford. D. Doctori Skinner, Cancell. Heref. D. D. Wright, Doct. Medico. Mr. Tho. Jamesio Col. O. A. Part III. is thus dedicated to his nephew, J. B. "The care thy Father once bestow'd on me, I very gladly would return to thee. What What I to thee, (thus love in a blood runs) I have no land to give, such is my chance; A little here is best; because much more Of poetry, perhaps would make you poor." "To Mr. Ro. Scudamore. To L. Hedworth. Upon Mr. William Lawes: To Mr Will. Brode. Upon Mr. Henry Lawes: To Mr. Jo. Philips. Upon Beggers lodg'd in the Col. Heref. 1645. To Col. B. Upon the taking of Hereford, Dec. 1645. To Col. James Wroughton. Ad Guil. Turrium, T. B. Mr. Freeman, Theologo Seni. Ad M. Collierum. Ad M. Palmerum. To Mrs. Eliz. Williams; for Dr. Taylor's Rule. Upon Dr. Hammond's Works: To Mr. Jn. Beale. Jo. Warreno suo LL. Doctori. V. CI. Herberto Crofto. D. H. To D. Rogers, C. R. To Dr. Higs, D. L. upon Lord Verulam's motto. To D. Critton, C. R. Upon the death of B. Prideaux. Upon Dr. Kerry and his Wife. Upon Mr. Shirly's* Gram. Anglo. Lat. An English Library: To Ri. Sackvill. † Cuidam.” This was James Shirley, the poet and dramatic writer. + Qu. Richard Ld. Buckhurst, who succeeded his father in 1652 as fifth Earl of Dorset? and may be tracked as a noble author in Jonsonus Virbius. The * The former of these is long and serious: the latter is short and epigrammatic. "Your man ask't, whether I did preach to-day I came in time and preach'd: you absent were: To old Mr. Tho. Hacket. Chr. Merretto suo Doct. Med." Part IV. dedicates itself to his noble friend Mr. Tho. Bridges. Then follows" To Mr. D. W. To Sir W. C. of Glo." (Qu. Sir Willm. Chandos, 7th baron?) This gratefully acknowledges the author's domestic obligations. "After a chilling blast took me elsewhere, My little family is planted here, Whom Chandos' noble bounty now maintains; And prepares for you th' Ebrew Commonwealth.* Where the tree grows, sure there some fruit is due." "To Mr. Fra. Powell of Ch. Ch. To Dr. Fuller. On the death of Sir Wm. Croft: to Col Wroughton. The Defence: to Mr. Fr. Powel of Ch. Ch. Dr. Kerry's Counsel. This he published in 1653, from Cunæus, De republicâ Hebræorum. Το To Mrs. Stratford. Guil. Turrio, cum non responderet. Upon the death of Mr. William Whear, fellow of Merton, on St. Matth. day: to Mr. Sam. Whear. To his Wife, at last a Nurse. A parley 'twixt a Citizen and Soldier, at Herefordsiege, Sept. 1, 1645. Upon his son C. B. Upon Dr. Taylor's Funeral Sermon. To Mr. Savage. sister Barksdale. To the same. Το my Upon the Book of Justification, written by J. G. sent me by my Lady Chandos. Non nobis Domine, &c. In the Great Chamber at "Chandos, wh' adorn'd the princely chamber, where Caus'd the artificer on the wall to write This sentence, and expos't to all men's sight: So when our works are brought to end, must we All sing aloud non nobis, Domine! And I, my Lord, that for my Muse I may 'Twas her ambition her notes to sing To the great grandson of the Cotswold-King." In Stapyltonum equitem Anglum interpretem Strada Romani. To my brother D. Charlton. Eidem Domino Gualt. Charltono. M. R. To Mr. Edmund Bower. Grey Brydges, fifth Lord Chandos, on account of his splendid retinue was styled "The King of Cotswold," but he was father of George Lord Chandos. To |