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A godly song, entituled, A farewell to the vvorld, made by a godly Christian, named Thomas Byll, being the parish clerke of West-Felton, as he lay vpon his death-bed shewing the vanitie of the world, and his desire to be dissolued. To the tune of, Fortune my foe.
Byll, ThomasDate: [1630?]- Books
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Moses his sight of Canaan : with Simeon his dying-song. Directing how to liue holily and dye happily. By Steuen Jerome, late preacher at St. Brides. Seene and allowed.
Jerome, Stephen, active 1604-1650Date: 1614- Books
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A song or, story, for the lasting remembrance of diuers famous works, which God hath done in our time : With an addition of certaine other verses (both Latine and English) to the same purpose.
Wilson, John, 1588-1667Date: 1626- Books
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Another ballad: called The libertines lampoone: or, The curvets of conscience : To the tune of, Thomas Venner, or 60. / Written by the authour of the Geneva Ballad.
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680Date: 1674- Books
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Another ballad: called The libertines lampoone: or, The curvets of conscience : To the tune of, Thomas Venner, or 60. / Written by the authour of the Geneva Ballad.
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680Date: 1674- Books
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The daunce and song of death.
Date: [1569]- Books
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Mercurius coelestis : being an almanack for the year of the worlds redemption, 1681. And of its creation according to the best of history, 5630. It being the first after bissextile, or leap-year in which is comprized variety of matter fit for such a subject, - as the aspects of the planets, eclipses, sun rising and setting, monthly observations in verse and prose. With other things. [bracket] Astronomically and astrologically [bracket] considered. Calculated for the meridian of London. / By John Partridge.
Partridge, John, 1644-1715Date: 1681- Books
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Mercurius coelestis : being an almanack for the year of the worlds redemption, 1681. And of its creation according to the best of history, 5630. It being the first after bissextile, or leap-year in which is comprized variety of matter fit for such a subject, - as the aspects of the planets, eclipses, sun rising and setting, monthly observations in verse and prose. With other things. [bracket] Astronomically and astrologically [bracket] considered. Calculated for the meridian of London. / By John Partridge.
Partridge, John, 1644-1715Date: 1681- Books
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A new song call'd curling of the hair.
Date: [1740?]- Books
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The male and female husband: or, A strange and wonderful relation how a midwife living at St. Albans, being brought to bed of an hermophrodite : brought it up in womans apparel, and carryed it with her as her deputy to be assisting at the labours of several women, going under the name of Mary Jewit: and how at last a discovery of it was made by it lying with a maid, and getting her with-child, whom the said hermophrodite was thereupon obliged to marry: with a particular account of the trades and imployments it was put to during its minority. With several pleasant passages that happened. To the tune of, What shall I do, shall I dye for love, &c.
Date: [between 1670-1696]- Books
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An almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1692 : Being the bissextil or leap-year, and from the creation 5692. Calculated for the meridian of the centre or middle of England, whose latitude is 54 deg. And therefore far more usefull for the kingdom in general, than any other extant. By W. Turner, Gent. In this almanack are contained these particluars. 1. A description of England, and a general tide-table. 2. A chronology of memorable things. 3. The sun's rising, setting, length of the day & night, and his place in the ecliptick, and break of day. 4. The change, full and quarters of the moon, with the time that every planet meets with the moon. 5. Choice rules for husbandry and gardening. 6. Presidents for making bills, bonds, wills, leases, &c. 7. Tables for interest of money, and for the purchasing of lands or leases of houses. 8. To measure and set out land, --- 9. To gauge vessels. - 10. And to find the hour of the day by the sun.
Turner, W. (William), active 1687-1701Date: 1692- Books
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The daunce and song of death.
Date: [1569]- Books
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[The balme of Gilead prepared for the sicke] : [The whole is diuided into three partes: 1. The sicke mans sore. 2. The sicke mans salue. 3. The sicke mans song. / Published by Mr. Zacharie Boyd, preacher of Gods Word, at Glasogw [sic]. August.].
Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653Date: [1633]- Books
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Wits interpreter: the English Parnassus. Or, A sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that compleat our English gentry, in the most acceptable qualifications of discourse or writing : In which briefly the whole mystery of those pleasing witchcrafts of eloquence and love, are made easie in the following subjects: viz. 1. Theatre of courtship, accurate complements. 2. The labyrinth of fancies, new experiments and inventions. 3. Apollo and Orpheus, several love-songs, epigrams, drollerys, and other verses. 4. Cyprian goddess, description of beauty. 5. The muses Elizium, severall poetical fictions. 6. The perfect inditer, letters a la mode. 7. Games and sports now us'd at this day among the gentry of England, &c. 8. Cardinal Richeleiu's key to his manner of writing of letters by cyphers. As also an alphabetical table of the first devisers of sciences and other curiosities; all which are collected with industry and care, for the benefit and delight of those that love ingenious enterprises. The 3d edition with many new additions, by J.C.
Cotgrave, John, active 1655Date: MDCLXXI. [1671]- Books
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Wits interpreter, the English Parnassus : or, a sure guide to those admirable accomplishments that compleat our English gentry, in the most acceptable qualifications of discourse, or writing. In which briefly the whole mystery of those pleasing witchcrafts of eloquence and love are made easie in the following subjects. I. The art of reasoning, a new logick. 2. Theatre of courtship, accurate complements. 3. The labyrinth of fancies, new experiments and inventions. 4. Apollo and Orpheus severall love-songs, epigrams, drolleries, and other verses. 5. Cyprian Goddess, description of beauty. 6. The muses Elizium, severall poeticall fictions. 7. The perfect inditer, letters ala-mode. 8. Cardinal Richeleiu's [sic] Key to his manner of writing of letters by cyphers. As also an alphabeticall table of the first devisers of sciences and other curiosities; all which are collected with industry and care, for the benefit and delight of those that love ingenious enterprises. By I.C.
Cotgrave, John, active 1655Date: 1655- Books
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Advice to the maidens of London : to forsake their fantastical top-knots; since they are become so common with Billings-gate women, and the wenches that cryes kitchin-stuff: together with the wanton misses of the town. To the tune of, Ye ladies of London. This may be printed, R.P.
Date: [1691?]- Books
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The true portriture of a prodigious monster : Taken in the mountains of Zardana. the following discription - whereof was sent to Madrid. Octob: 20th. 1654 from thence to Don Olonz de Cardines embassidor for the King of Spain, now resident at London.
Date: 1655- Books
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The lusty miller's recreation: or, The buxome females chief delight : Being a most pleasant design between a certain miller, the good-wife, and her three daughters. A most delectable new song, &c. Fair Peggy first to'th mill with grist was sent, who pleas'd return'd, but would not tell th' event; which Betty once perceiving, needs would go, who sped in the same tune, returned too; at which the mother knew not what to guess, but did her self in admiration bless. Till Jenny, of the three the youngest lass, would needs go see how all this came to pass, returns the same; then forth the mother set, who finds the plot, but ne'r discover'd it. To a pleasant new tune.
Date: [between 1670-1696]- Books
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A statute for swearers and drunkards, or Forsake now your follies, your booke cannot saue you, for if you sweare and be drunke, the stockes will haue you : To the tune of When canons are roaring.
Date: [1624]- Books
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The general practise of physicke : Conteyning all invvard and outward parts of the body, with all the accidents and infirmities that are incident vnto them, euen from the crowne of the head to the sole of the foote. Also by what meanes (with the help of God) they may be remedied: very meete and profitable, not onely for all physitions, chirurgians, apothecaries, and midwiues, but for all other estates whatsoeuer; the like whereof as yet in English hath not beene published. Compiled and written by the most famous and learned doctour Christopher Wirtzung, in the Germane tongue, and now translated into English, in diuers places corrected, and with many additions illustrated and augmented. By Iacob Mosan Germane, doctor in the same facultie.
Wirsung, Christof, 1500?-1571Date: 1617- Books
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Prologue to the reviv'd alchemist.
Date: [1660]- Books
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A right godly and Christian A.B.C. shewing the duty of every degree : To the tune of Rogero.
Date: [1625]- Books
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[Hebrew] A religious treatise upon Simeons song; or, instructions advertising how to live holily, and dye happily : Composed at first for the use of the truly pious Sir Robert Harley, knight of the honourable order of the Bath But since published by Timothy Woodroffe, B.D. pastor to the church at Kingsland, in Herefordshire.
Woodroffe, Timothy, 1593 or 1594-1677Date: 1659- Books
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The great sins of drunkeness and gluttony set forth in the proper colours : And by Scripture sentences and pious meditations briefly confirmed.
Date: 1656- Books
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The spared houres of a souldier in his travels. Or The true marrowe of the French tongue, where in is truely treated (by ordre) the nine parts of speech : Together, with two rare, and excellent bookes of dialogues ... Added yet an excellent worke, very profitable for all the ages of man, called The springwell of honour and vertue ... With many other godly songs, sonets, theames, letters missiues, and sentences proverbiales ... By Iohn VVodroephe. Gent. = Les heures de relasche d'un soldat, voyageant. Ou La vraie moëlle de la langue françoise, en laquelle est naïfuement traité (par ordre) des neuf parties d'icelle. Ensemble, deux excellens, & rares livres de dialogues ... Iouxte encore vne excellente oeuvre, fort profitable pour tous les aages de l'homme, appellée la Fontaine de vertu, & d'honneur ... Auecques beaucoup d'autres chansons pieuses, sonets, themes, lettres, missiues, & sentences proverbiales.
Wodroephe, John.Date: Ano. 1623