item: #1 of 129 id: A13417 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: An armado, or nauy, of 103. ships & other vessels, who haue the art to sayle by land, as well as by sea morally rigd, mand, munition'd, appoynted, set forth, and victualled, with 32. sortes of ling, with other prouisions of fish & flesh / by John Taylor ; the names of the ships, are in the next page. date: 1627.0 words: 10195 flesch: 63 summary: So likewise for the limbs and members of the body , she is the onely , Aesculapian Tabernacle ; and to speake the truth , St. Winifrides Well , the Bath of Spa●● , are not to be compared to this Ship , for speedy ease and cure : for I haue seene many that were so dimsighted , that they could not see their way at noone-day , and others haue beene so defectiue in their speech , that they could not speake one wise word ; and others so lame of their legges , that they could neither goe or stand , and with a few houres lying aboard of this easie Ship , their sights , speech , and legges haue beene all recouered . so this Horseman-SHIP , hath to attend her , her 〈…〉 , her Barbary ho●●e , her Naples Courser , her Germ●ne S●e●de her 〈◊〉 Mare , her Galloway Nagge , her 〈◊〉 Hobby , her French C●●uaia , her Welch Pal●ray , her English All , her Smithfield lade , and her Barthlomew Hoby-horse , and 〈◊〉 to all other Ships , which haue their Bridle , H●lme or Rudder in their sterne or tayle , Horseman SHIP is altogether directed and steered by the head , whereby , ●●r want of good managing , many times the Rider makes a head-long voyage ( like a man of good forecast 〈◊〉 the horse head . keywords: deere; doe; fish; good; hath; haue; horse; like; ling; loue; man; mariners; men; nauy; regiment; sayle; sea; seruice; shee; ship; tcp; text; themselues; time; vpon; vse; world; ● ● cache: A13417.xml plain text: A13417.txt item: #2 of 129 id: A13419 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: An arrant thiefe, vvhom euery man may trust in vvord and deed, exceeding true and iust. With a comparison betweene a thiefe and a booke. Written by Iohn Taylor. date: 1622.0 words: 10457 flesch: 78 summary: Thus hauing Treated sufficiently of Whores and Whoring , and Thieues and Thieuing , I doe purpo●● shortly , to set forth a Pamphlet , in the Commendat●●ons of Iaylors and Iayles , with the necessity of Hangiing , and the Hangmans Art or Mystery , Compend●●ously described . Yours , when you will , where you will , in what you will , as you will , with your will , again your will ; at this time , at all time , at all times or some●times , in pastimes . keywords: againe; art; bookes; day; doe; doth; euery; giue; good; haue; man; men; rob; robs; steale; tcp; text; thiefe; thieues; thieuing; time; vnto; vpon; ● ● cache: A13419.xml plain text: A13419.txt item: #3 of 129 id: A13421 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A bavvd A vertuous bawd, a modest bawd: as shee deserves, reproove, or else applaud. Written by John Taylor. date: 1635.0 words: 11627 flesch: 52 summary: For the other part of this Booke , or Bawd , shee is altogether civill or temporall , being not troubled so much as with one good Ecclesiastical word , but merely Paradoxicall ; setting foorth the rare and singular vertues of a Bawd ; wherein if any of my Readers can picke any pleasure , it is on apparant signe they have some wit , and if reape any profit , let them either thanke me in words , or else revvard me with silence . Moreover , shee is not like a ship bound for Groneland , which must saile but in summer , or a pot of ale wth a roast , which is onely in winter : no let the winde blow where it will , her care is such , that it brings her prize & purchase all seasons , her b pinkes are fraughted , her Pinnaces are man'd , her friggors are rig'd ( from the beakhead to the Poope ) and if any of her vessels be boorded by Pyrats , and shot betwixt wind & water , they are so furnished with engines , that they le send them packing with a pox , or else blow them quite up with a Devils name : there is not a poynt in the compasse but the skilfull c Bawd observes , if the wind be North or North-east , she expects profits out of the Low-countries , from Germany , Denmarke , Norway , and sometimes a prize from Scotland ; if at South or S. west , then her hopes are from France ; but Spaine & Italy doe seldome or never faile her ; And let it blow high or low , the Englishman is neere on all occasions . keywords: bawd; bawdry; bee; conscience; doe; doth; eebo; english; farre; good; hath; house; man; men; owne; paines; religion; saint; selfe; shee; taylor; tcp; text; trade; vpon; whore; wife; woman; world cache: A13421.xml plain text: A13421.txt item: #4 of 129 id: A13422 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The booke of martyrs· VVherein are set downe the names of such martyrs as suffered persecution, and laid downe theire lives for witnesse-bearing unto the Gospell of Christ Jesus; drawne downe from the primitive Church, to these later times, especially respecting such as have suffered in this land under the tyranny of Antichrist, in opposition to popish errours. date: 1639.0 words: 4693 flesch: 73 summary: I Sing their deaths who dying made death yeeld , By Scriptures sword , & faiths vnbatterd shield , Whom Satan , men , or monsters could not tame , Nor force them to deny their Saviours Name . Iohn Baptist by King Herod lost his head , Who to the world repentance published , Our blest Redeemer in his love did follow , And conquered death mans sinful soule to hallow , He was the death of death , and he did quell The sting and power of Satan , sin , and hell , And vnder his great standard , valiantly , A number numberlesse have dar'd to dye . keywords: burn'd; death; england; fire; gods; henry; iohn; king; life; man; martyrs; pope; tcp; text cache: A13422.xml plain text: A13422.txt item: #5 of 129 id: A13423 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A brave memorable and dangerous sea-fight, foughten neere the road of Tittawan in Barbary where the George and Elizabeth (a ship of London) under the command of Mr. Edmond Ellison, having but 19. peeces of ordnance, was encompass'd and encountred by nine great Turkish pyrat ships, or men of war, they being in number of men at the least 60. to one; and their ordnance more than ten to one against the English, yet (by Gods assistance) they were encouraged to a resolute fight, and obtained a glorious victory over their miscreant enemies, and a happy returne with men, ship, and goods to London. date: 1636.0 words: 5722 flesch: 61 summary: A brave memorable and dangerous sea-fight, foughten neere the road of Tittawan in Barbary where the George and Elizabeth (a ship of London) under the command of Mr. Edmond Ellison, having but 19. peeces of ordnance, was encompass'd and encountred by nine great Turkish pyrat ships, or men of war, they being in number of men at the least 60. to one; and their ordnance more than ten to one against the English, yet (by Gods assistance) they were encouraged to a resolute fight, and obtained a glorious victory over their miscreant enemies, and a happy returne with men, ship, and goods to London. A brave memorable and dangerous sea-fight, foughten neere the road of Tittawan in Barbary where the George and Elizabeth (a ship of London) under the command of Mr. Edmond Ellison, having but 19. peeces of ordnance, was encompass'd and encountred by nine great Turkish pyrat ships, or men of war, they being in number of men at the least 60. to one; and their ordnance more than ten to one against the English, yet (by Gods assistance) they were encouraged to a resolute fight, and obtained a glorious victory over their miscreant enemies, and a happy returne with men, ship, and goods to London. keywords: captaine; doe; english; fight; goods; london; malam; men; ordnance; sea; ship; tcp; text cache: A13423.xml plain text: A13423.txt item: #6 of 129 id: A13424 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A briefe remembrance of all the English monarchs, from the Normans conquest, vntill this present. By Iohn Taylor date: 1618.0 words: 4947 flesch: 79 summary: KING OF ENGLAND , DVKE OF NORMANDIE , Guyen and Aquitaine , &c. King Richard surnamed Cordelyon . EDWARD THE SECOND , KING OF ENGLAND , Lord of IRELAND , Duke of AQVITAINE , &c. King Edward the 2. surnamed Carnaruen was crouned att westminster at the 22. keywords: age; edward; england; english; france; henry; ireland; king; lord; raigne; tcp; text; westminster; yeares cache: A13424.xml plain text: A13424.txt item: #7 of 129 id: A13427 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A briefe remembrance of all the English monarchs with their raignes, deaths, and places of buriall : from the Normans Conquest, vnto Our Most Gratious Soueraigne / by Iohn Taylor. date: 1622.0 words: 1092 flesch: 68 summary: The most Illustrious Prince CHARLES , Prince of Great Britaine and Ireland , Duke of Cornwall , Yorke , and Albany ; Earle of Ch●ster , and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter , &c. ILlustrious Off spring of most glorious Sten● , Our happy hope , our Royall CHARLES the great , Successiue H●y e to foure rich Diadems , With gifts of Grace and Learning ●●gh repleat . For thee th' Almighties aid I doe m●●●at , To guide and prosper thy proceedings still , That long thou maist suruiue a Prince compleat , To guard the good , and to subuert the ill . keywords: english; tcp; text cache: A13427.xml plain text: A13427.txt item: #8 of 129 id: A13429 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Bull, beare, and horse, cut, curtaile, and longtaile. VVith tales, and tales of buls, clenches, and flashes. As also here and there a touch of our beare-garden-sport; with the second part of the merry conceits of wit and mirth. Together with the names of all the bulls and beares date: 1638.0 words: 11324 flesch: 73 summary: And now of late a Bull 's a Common Creature , For men ( with nonsence ) do speak Bull 's by Nature , From East to West , from North unto the South , Bull 's are produc'd each houre , by Word of Mouth . IT was well knowne to many ancient people to this day , that in the Citie of Gloucester , without the South Gate , in the Parish of Saint Ewins , ( where my selfe was borne ) there dwelt a Schoolemaster , who was called Master Greene , to whom I with many more went to Schoole , for some small learning beyond the Horn-Booke ; This Master Greene did love new milke so well , that because he would be sure to have it new , he would buy a Cowe of his owne , and to that purpose went to the Beast Market , but by the way having met with some friends , and a Cup or two of Sack , it had so wrought in the old mans pate , that when he came to the Beast-market , his eyes so dazled and doated on a faire Bull , that he suppos'd his Cod to be a goodly Cowes Vdder ; so he ( neither naming Cowe or Bull ) demanded the price of the Beast , till at the last the Bull was bought and sold , and driven home to a stable of Master Greenes , who being glad of his good bargaine , told his wife of it ; and when the Evening milking time was come , Master Greene , with his Wife and Maid , went to the Stable , where the Wench kneeling downe to milke , and taking the Bull by the Cod , shee said shee could find ne're a Teate , whereat the man and woman were amaz'd ; and the Bull ( for his owne ease ) instead of milke , pist in the Paile , for the which Master Greene was ever mockt and flouted , and my selfe ( with my Fellow Schollers ) to shew our acute forwardnesse in Rime , and out of the thallownesse of our deepe judgements , composed this poeticall Enco nium . keywords: beare; beast; boy; bull; buls; countrey; doth; english; fellow; garden; good; hath; head; hee; horse; london; man; master; men; quoth; sure; tcp; text; thou; time; wife cache: A13429.xml plain text: A13429.txt item: #9 of 129 id: A13431 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The carriers cosmographie. or A briefe relation, of the innes, ordinaries, hosteries, and other lodgings in, and neere London, where the carriers, waggons, foote-posts and higglers, doe usually come, from any parts, townes, shires and countries, of the kingdomes of England, principality of Wales, as also from the kingdomes of Scotland and Ireland With nomination of what daies of the weeke they doe come to London, and on what daies they returne, whereby all sorts of people may finde direction how to receiue, or send, goods or letters, unto such places as their occasions may require. As also, where the ships, hoighs, barkes, tiltboats, barges and wherries, do usually attend to carry passengers, and goods to the coast townes of England, Scotland, Ireland, or the Netherlands; and where the barges and boats are ordinarily to bee had that goe up the river of Thames westward from London. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1637.0 words: 7074 flesch: 69 summary: The Clothiers of sundry parts of Wiltshire doe weekely come and lodge at the Saracens head in Friday-street . The Carriers from Wells in Sommersetshire doe lodge at the Rose neere Holbornebridge , they come on thursdaies , and on fridaies . keywords: carriers; doe; doe lodge; doth; fridaies; goe; head; lodge; london; neere; parts; street; thursdaies; wednesdaies cache: A13431.xml plain text: A13431.txt item: #10 of 129 id: A13432 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Christian admonitions against the tvvo fearefull sinnes of cursing and swearing most fit to be set vp in euery house, that the grieuousnesse of those sinnes may be both remembred, and auoyded, whereby the hatred of them may possesse the heart of euery Christian / [by] Iohn Taylor. date: 1630.0 words: 2222 flesch: 68 summary: FIrst , ( if thou wilt liue in a holy feare and reuerence of the Name of God ) thou must consider what thou art , and learne to know thy selfe ; for hee that truely knoweth himselfe , is a man of very happy acquaintance , for by this thou shalt know thy selfe to be Earth , Gen. 2. 7. conceiu'd in sinne , Psalme 51. 5. Borne to paine , Iob , 5. 7. Hauing thus by the Touch-stone of Gods Word tryed , and examined thy miserable estate and condition , and therewithall knowing thy selfe , then on the other side , consider ( as neere as thy frailty will permit ) the power of God in creating thee , his mercy in Redeeming thee , his loue , in preseruing thee , his bounty , in keeping thee , his promise to glorifie thee in heauen , if thou honour him on earth , and his Iudgements to condemne thee , if thou blaspheme and dishonour him . keywords: christian; cursing; god; tcp; text; thou cache: A13432.xml plain text: A13432.txt item: #11 of 129 id: A13436 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The complaint of Christmas, and the teares of Twelfetyde by Iohn Taylor. date: 1631.0 words: 11793 flesch: 67 summary: Oh mad and brutish age , wherein the auarice of one is the preiudice of thousands ; when the Coach eates vp the Cart , the Backe robs the Belly , when the Perfumes , crewels , cullisses and the Castingbottle , makes a warme Chamber and a cold Kitchin ; Know you thick skin'd Hide-bound Chuffes , that you are hared of God & men , yea your owne childrē or heires ( for whom you rake and rauine ) doe inwardly curse & hate you , and know , that what most vilely you get ouer the diuels backe , your inheritours will as wickedly spend vnder his Dammes belly . Indeed we did out-Epicure the Epicure , and made Epicurisme seeme sobriety , both in meat , musicke , perfumes , masques , or any thing that might with delight fill the fiue senses , or cinque-ports of man. keywords: charity; christmas; country; day; doe; earth; fish; god; good; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; house; man; master; mee; men; neuer; owne; seene; tcp; text; thou; time; wee; welcome cache: A13436.xml plain text: A13436.txt item: #12 of 129 id: A13438 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Differing worships, or, The oddes, betweene some knights service and God's Or Tom Nash his ghost, (the old Martin queller) newly rous'd, and is come to chide and take order with nonconformists, schismatiques, separatists, and scandalous libellers. VVherein their abusive opinions are manifested, their jeeres mildly retorted, and their unmannerly manners admonished. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1640.0 words: 7266 flesch: 77 summary: For free remission of thy sinnes unholy Thou canst not ( in thy gesture ) be too lowly ; He that 's asham'd to worship God , is then Like him that doth deny him before men . God did swear here ; and it is not in mans power to make him call it back . keywords: christ; church; crosse; doe; doth; faith; god; gods; good; grace; hath; king; man; men; text; thou; white; worships cache: A13438.xml plain text: A13438.txt item: #13 of 129 id: A13439 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Divers crabtree lectures Expressing the severall languages that shrews read to their husbands, either at morning, noone, or night. With a pleasant relation of a shrewes Munday, and shrewes Tuesday, and why they were so called. Also a lecture betweene a pedler and his wife in the canting language. With a new tricke to tame a shrew. date: 1639.0 words: 22011 flesch: 64 summary: You are a wicked Creature , you cousen your Customers by your false weights , and blow up your meate to make it looke faire , and doe not kill it according to the Statute ; and for mee to be an eye-witnesse my conscience will not suffer mee : therefore leave questioning of mee where I have beene ; but thou wilt never leave prating till thy head be furnisht as well as thine Hydes , there is a bone for you to picke : But it will bee long enough before thou wilt tickle my hyde , I warrant thee : at which last words the Butcher being somewhat gored , hee answered betwixt jest and earnest , and said ; I know not wife what you meane by the harnising of my head , but of one thing I am sure , when I in the Spring ride abroad to buy ware , you can furnish your selfe in Lent with pricks to serve you all the yeare after : at which she bit her lippe , not her tongue , for that she kept still in motion , and replied : well , goodmangander-goose , some of my Gossips shall Catechise you for this , and He make your best Joynts pay for 't ; wee 'le neither spare Necke , Shoulder , Breast , Legge , nor Loyne ; there are no stakes to bee sav'd by us , take my word for that : But doe you heare wife : what if I should bee taken in stealing of Hennes , Ducks , Geese , or Capons , or Cloathes , or picking a Pocket , and so bee carried to prison : wife what shall I then say ? any states lye upon the Cracke , mill them , and budge a beak : And if thou want lower , budge to the next Vile , and there nip a Bung , or cloy a Culley ; then budge to the bowsing Ken , and boose rumsie and beanely : but Cove be sure thou tip me some Lower , when you budge backe from the Ken. keywords: againe; art; bee; day; doe; goe; good; hath; head; home; husband; lecture; man; mee; men; money; nay; owne; selfe; set; shee; thee; thing; thinke; thou; thy; time; tongue; wife; wilt; wine; woman cache: A13439.xml plain text: A13439.txt item: #14 of 129 id: A13441 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A dog of vvar, or, The trauels of Drunkard, the famous curre of the Round-Woolstaple in Westminster His seruices in the Netherlands, and lately in France, with his home returne. By Iohn Taylor. The argument and contents of this discourse is in the next page or leafe. date: 1628.0 words: 3567 flesch: 75 summary: A dog of vvar, or, The trauels of Drunkard, the famous curre of the Round-Woolstaple in Westminster His seruices in the Netherlands, and lately in France, with his home returne. A dog of vvar, or, The trauels of Drunkard, the famous curre of the Round-Woolstaple in Westminster His seruices in the Netherlands, and lately in France, with his home returne. keywords: dog; dogge; drunkard; eebo; english; haue; hound; loue; master; tcp; text cache: A13441.xml plain text: A13441.txt item: #15 of 129 id: A13442 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Drinke and vvelcome: or The famous historie of the most part of drinks, in use now in the kingdomes of Great Brittaine and Ireland with an especiall declaration of the potency, vertue, and operation of our English ale. With a description of all sorts of waters, from the ocean sea, to the teares of a woman. As also, the causes of all sorts of weather, faire or foule ... Compiled first in the high Dutch tongue, by the painefull and industrious Huldricke Van Speagle, a grammaticall brewer of Lubeck, and now most learnedly enlarged, amplified, and translated into English prose and verse. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1637.0 words: 9371 flesch: 58 summary: With a description of all sorts of waters, from the ocean sea, to the teares of a woman. With a description of all sorts of waters, from the ocean sea, to the teares of a woman. keywords: ale; beere; brewer; cold; doe; doth; drinke; earth; english; hath; man; men; sack; sea; sorts; tcp; text; time; use; vertue; water; wine cache: A13442.xml plain text: A13442.txt item: #16 of 129 id: A13444 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The eighth vvonder of the vvorld, or Coriats escape from his supposed drowning With his safe arriuall and entertainment at the famous citty of Constantinople; and also how hee was honourably knighted with a sword of King Priams. With the manner of his proceeding in his peregrination through the Turkish territories towards the antient memorable citty of Ierusalem. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1613.0 words: 4540 flesch: 75 summary: THus hath my Muse ( as fortune her alloted ) Both run and tid , and gallop● , ●●ble● , trotted To skies , and seas , and to blacke hell below In seruile duty that my loue doth owe. Knight of the Sunne , Great Champion to Apollo , Palatine of Ph●ebus , Sword-bearer to Sol , Tilter to Tytan , Housekeeper to Hiperion , and heire apparant to the inuisible kingdome of the Fairies : your deuoted Votary , IOHN TAYLOR , wisheth your Worshits wisedomes Longitude , Latitude , Altitude , and Craslitude may increase aboue the Ridiculus multitude of the most en●ment Stal●●●● of this latter age . keywords: coriat; english; hath; man; sir; sword; tcp; text; thee; thomas; thou; thy; write; ● ● cache: A13444.xml plain text: A13444.txt item: #17 of 129 id: A13445 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: An English-mans loue to Bohemia with a friendly farewell to all the noble souldiers that goe from great Britaine to that honorable expedition. As also, the names of the most part of the kings, princes, dukes, marquisses, earles, bishops, and other friendly confederates, that are combined with the Bohemian part. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1620.0 words: 3559 flesch: 72 summary: Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 11731) As also, the names of the most part of the kings, princes, dukes, marquisses, earles, bishops, and other friendly confederates, that are combined with the Bohemian part. keywords: bohemia; braue; doth; eebo; english; goe; haue; loue; men; souldiers; tcp; text cache: A13445.xml plain text: A13445.txt item: #18 of 129 id: A13446 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Faire and fowle vveather: or a sea and land storme betweene two calmes. With an apologie in defense of the painefull life, and needfull vse of sailors. By Iohn Tailor. date: 1615.0 words: 4375 flesch: 80 summary: Like the Glasse Great Arts-men vse , in shewing things that passe In parts farre from vs. This presents a Flawe , Or Storme at Sea : for what I red , I sawe . The ratling Thunder through the Ayre did rumble , As if Heau'ns frame into the Sea would tumble : Whole gusts of Sea ascends and fronts the Raine , And stormes of raine in fury fals againe , As if the Clowd contending water stroue , Great Neptune from his Palace to remoue . keywords: doe; doth; eebo; english; faire; iohn; land; maine; men; sea; storme; taylor; tcp; text; weather cache: A13446.xml plain text: A13446.txt item: #19 of 129 id: A13447 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A famous fight at sea VVhere foure English ships vnder the command of Captaine Iohn Weddell, and foure Dutch ships fought three dayes in the Gulfe of Persia neere Ormus, against 8. Portugall gallions, and 3. friggots. As also the memorable fight and losse of the good ship called the Lion, with the barbarous crueltie of the enemie truly declared. With a farewell and hearty well-wishing to our English sea and land forces. date: 1627.0 words: 8476 flesch: 60 summary: A famous fight at sea VVhere foure English ships vnder the command of Captaine Iohn Weddell, and foure Dutch ships fought three dayes in the Gulfe of Persia neere Ormus, against 8. A famous fight at sea VVhere foure English ships vnder the command of Captaine Iohn Weddell, and foure Dutch ships fought three dayes in the Gulfe of Persia neere Ormus, against 8. keywords: admirall; dutch; english; fight; fleet; iames; mast; men; ordnance; portugall; saile; ship; shot; vpon cache: A13447.xml plain text: A13447.txt item: #20 of 129 id: A13448 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The fearefull summer, or, Londons calamity, the countries courtesy, and both their misery by Iohn Taylor. date: 1625.0 words: 6940 flesch: 72 summary: The waies of God are intricate , no doubt Vnsearchable , and passe mans finding out , He at his pleasure worketh wonderous things And in his hand doth hold the hearts of kings , And for the loue , which to our King he beares , THere is no sin that euer the Diuell invented for the abuse of God , and the perdition of man , but the Authors and Actors of it may frame some frivolous or impertinent excuse ; for examples , our first parents in Paradise did disobediently offend , in hope thereby to gaine further knowledge , and to be like God. keywords: death; doe; doth; feare; god; gods; good; great; hath; haue; king; london; man; men; plague; tcp; text; thou; thy; time cache: A13448.xml plain text: A13448.txt item: #21 of 129 id: A13451 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: For the sacred memoriall of the great, noble, and ancient example of vertue and honour, the illustrious and welbeloued Lord, Charles Howard, Earle of Nottingham iustice in Eyre of all His Maiesties forests, parks, and chases on this side Trent, Knight of the Honourable Order of the Garter, and one of the lords of His Maiesties most Honourable Priuy Councell : who departed this life at his mannour of Haleing in Surrey on Thursday the 14 of December, 1624, and was buried at Rigate, amongst his honourable ancestors, the 20 of December last, 1624. date: 1625.0 words: 2925 flesch: 69 summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). keywords: charles; death; eebo; english; honour; maiesties; tcp; text; true cache: A13451.xml plain text: A13451.txt item: #22 of 129 id: A13454 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Great Britaine, all in blacke for the incomparable losse of Henry, our late worthy prince / by John Taylor. date: 1612.0 words: 3861 flesch: 79 summary: Thou happy I le , ordain'd to haplesse crosse , Thou neuer canst enough lament his losse : Thy hopes , and haps , were neuer lesse , nor more , A better good , or worser ill before , ( Then was the life or death of this deere Lord ) Black valiant Edward that war-breathing Prince , Whose proued prowes did all France conuince , And in the iawes of death his foes did quell , Our Henry would haue beene his paralell . keywords: death; earth; great; haue; life; prince; royall; tcp; text; thee; thou; thy; vnto cache: A13454.xml plain text: A13454.txt item: #23 of 129 id: A13456 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The great eater, of Kent, or Part of the admirable teeth and stomacks exploits of Nicholas Wood, of Harrisom in the county of Kent His excessiue manner of eating without manners, in strange and true manner described, by Iohn Taylor. date: 1630.0 words: 5839 flesch: 48 summary: Caligula was famous for Ambition , for hee would bee ador'd as a God , though he liu'd like a Deuill , poysoning his Vnkle and deflowring all his Sisters : And in all ages and Countries , time hath still produc'd particular persons , men & women , either for their vertues or their vices , to be remembred , that by meditating on the good , we may bee imitating their goodnesse , and by viewing the bad , we might be eschewing their vices . Herostratus was famous for burning the Temple of Diana in Ephesus : Dedalus for flying in the Ayre , and Leander for swimming ouer the Hellespontick sea : So by this small Treatise of your vertues , will your vnmatchable exploits be preserued to posterity , that time , or obliuion shall neuer eate out or deuoure the happy memory of your eating ; Yet ( not to flatter you ) though you are the absolutest man of mouth , and the most renowned stifgut in this Westerne Angle of the World , yet we haue as great or greater Faters then your selfe , which are scarcely thought vpon : there are some , that with the vnsauoury sawce of Enuy , will eate vp a mans name and reputation , and leaue nothing but the bones and scraps of infamy and scandall ; some eate vp whole Lordships without Mannours , and some deuoure Mannours and leaue nothing but bare Lordships : your exercise is onely for the Maw , and your Excellency consists totally in Crambo ; I haue done my best to please and pleasure you . keywords: day; eating; english; good; hath; haue; hee; house; kent; man; manner; men; nicholas; tcp; text; time; wood cache: A13456.xml plain text: A13456.txt item: #24 of 129 id: A13457 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The great O Toole date: 1622.0 words: 3800 flesch: 72 summary: And if perchance I doe in any word lye , Doe , as I writ it , reade it o're absurdly ; Though in these dayes there are a Crew of fond men , That for inuention striue to goe beyond men , And write so humerous Dogmaticall , To please my Lord and Lady what Mars yeelds to Venus , Gown-men rules the roast now , And men of War may fast , or kisse the post now . keywords: doe; eebo; english; great; hast; hath; men; selfe; sir; tcp; text; thee; thou; thy; toole cache: A13457.xml plain text: A13457.txt item: #25 of 129 id: A13458 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Heauens blessing, and earths ioy. Or a true relation, of the supposed sea-fights & fire-workes, as were accomplished, before the royall celebration, of the al-beloved mariage, of the two peerlesse paragons of Christendome, Fredericke & Elizabeth With triumphall encomiasticke verses, consecrated to the immortall memory of those happy and blessed nuptials. By Iohn Taylor, date: 1613.0 words: 6886 flesch: 64 summary: Fourthly , the Quéene of Amazonia with all her traine of Virgin Ladyes , with fires , marcheth round as the men did before , with the fire flying despearsedly diuers wayes : the whilst another part of the Pauilion is fired , with many blowes and reports , and fiers flying aloft into the ayre , from whence it comes downe againe in streaching flakes of slashing fire . Fifthly , aloft with the Turret , shall runns ( whirling rownd ) a fyerie Globe , with the Turret and all on fire , with many more greater blowes then before had bin heard , and diuers and sundry other sorts of fires ( then any of the former ) procéeding from thence , and flying into the ayre in great aboundance . keywords: ayre; blowes; castle; diuers; doth; fire; george; god; hath; high; rackets; reports; royall; saint; sea; séene; tcp; text; thee; time; workes cache: A13458.xml plain text: A13458.txt item: #26 of 129 id: A13460 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The honorable, and memorable foundations, erections, raisings, and ruines, of divers cities, townes, castles, and other pieces of antiquitie, within ten shires and counties of this kingdome namely, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Barkshire, Essex, Middlesex, Hartfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire: with the description of many famous accidents that have happened, in divers places in the said counties. Also, a relation of the wine tavernes either by their signes, or names of the persons that allow, or keepe them, in, and throughout the said severall shires. By John Taylor. date: 1636.0 words: 12157 flesch: 79 summary: 2002-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-08 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-10 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2002-10 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-12 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE HONORABL●… AND MEMORABL●… Foundations , Erections , Raisings , a●… Ruines , of divers Cities , Townes , Castles , and other Pieces of Antiquitie , within ten Shires and Counties of this Kingdome ; Namely , Kent , Sussex , Hampshire , Sur●… Barkshire , Essex , Middlesex , Hartfordshire Buckinghamshire , and Oxfordshire : With the Description of many fam●… Accidents that have happened , in diver●… places in the said Counties . Also , a Relation of the Wine Tavern●… either by their signes , or names of the pe●…sons that allow , or keepe them , in , and throughout the said severall Shires . keywords: anne; anthony; armes; bull; castle; church; county; edward; elizabeth; faire; francis; george; good; hart; hath; head; henry; iohn; kent; king; london; lyon; market; mary; neere; raigne; richard; robert; signes; street; tavernes; taylor; tcp; text; thomas; time; towne; white; william; wine cache: A13460.xml plain text: A13460.txt item: #27 of 129 id: A13461 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A iuniper lecture With the description of all sorts of women, good, and bad: from the modest to the maddest, from the most civil, to the scold rampant, their praise and dispraise compendiously related. Also the authors advice how to tame a shrew, or vexe her. date: 1639.0 words: 21081 flesch: 52 summary: It is better for a man to have a faire Wife , that himselfe and every man else will love , ( provided that shee bee not a scold withall ) or a deformed wife , that would hire others to make much of her ( for foule water will quench fire as well as faire ) or a drunken Wife , that would make much of her selfe , or an old wife , that were bed-rid of her tongue , or a theevish wife , that should steale from himselfe and others , or a proud one , that would waste all his state in fashions , or a liquorish wife , a daily feasthunter , or a lazy wife , like Joane Easie , that lov'd her Bed better than her Distaffe ; or a sluttish wife , that would poyson him , and end all his miseries : I say , it were better for a man to marry with any of all these fore-named wicked kinde of women , than to bee matched and over-matched with a scold , for a scold will be all these , and worse : shee will bee melancholy malicious , and her most study shall bee , to be ill-conditioned : shee will mumpe , hang the Lippe , swell , ( like a Toad that hath laine a yeare under a wood-pile ) pout , loure , be sullen , sad , and doged : she will knit the browes , frowne , be wayward , froward , crosse , and untoward on purpose to torment her husband : her delight is chiefely to make debate abroad , and to be unquiet at home ; in her house she will be waspish , peevish , teasty , tetchy and snappish . You begin the weeke wel , for this day , and no longer , so soone as you were up , and ready , then to the Ale-house to your companions , to some Game or other for your Mornings Draught of strong liquor : when I ( poore wretch ) must sit at home with a cup of small Beere of foure shillings price , and be glad of it too , or else I must drinke water : I dare say , and put a Warrant to it , that I may sit at home long enough before you will send me a cup of good drinke , which you guzle downe , making your selves beasts , and not men ; for a man , if he had or bore any love to his Wife at all , which hath brought him so many Children , would some time remember her , and say , carry this home to my Wife , and remember me to her : but your children and I must bee content with any thing : I would I were dead , that you might have another wife , and then you should see it , shee would not bee made such a foole as I am by you ; I am sure I take no pleasure at all like my other Neighbours Wives , for they can goe abroad with their Husbands every day , but I , ( poore I ) once in a yeare , and glad of it then too . keywords: bed; bee; company; day; doe; doth; goe; good; hath; heart; home; house; husband; keepe; king; lecture; love; man; mee; men; money; new; scold; selfe; shee; thee; thinke; thou; thy; time; tongue; wife; woman cache: A13461.xml plain text: A13461.txt item: #28 of 129 id: A13462 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A kicksey winsey: or a lerry come-twang: wherein Iohn Taylor hath satyrically suited 800. of his bad debters, that will not pay him for his returne of his iourney from Scotland date: 1619.0 words: 6060 flesch: 75 summary: KInde Sir , I haue seen oftentimes men offring to snuff acandle , haue against their wils put it cleane out ; and an vnskilfull Chirurgian taking a small greene wound in hand , hath brought it to an olde Vlcer . For this inconstant Age so few affoords Of men whose deedes do counterpoise their words , That finding one , me thinkes I see a wonder , More then Decembers fruit , or Winters Thunder . keywords: debters; doe; doth; english; euery; giue; good; hath; haue; meete; men; neuer; pay; tcp; text cache: A13462.xml plain text: A13462.txt item: #29 of 129 id: A13463 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The scourge of basenesse, or, The old lerry with a new kicksey, and a new cum twang with the old winsye wherein Iohn Taylor hath curried or clapperclawed, neere a thousand of his bad debters, who will not pay him vpon his returnes from Scotland, Germany, Bohemia, the voyages of the paper boate, and his nauigations to Yorke and Salsbury with Oates. date: 1624.0 words: 7695 flesch: 72 summary: KInd Sir , I haue seene oftentimes men offering to snusfe a candle , haue against their wills put it cleane out ; and an vnskilfull Chirurgian taking a small greene wound in hand , hath brought it to an old Vlcer . For this inconstant Age so few affoords Of men , whose deeds do counterpoise their words , That finding one , me thinkes I see a wonder , More then Decembers Fruit , or Winters Thunder , Ingratitude , I hold a vice so vile , That I could ne're endur 't a breathing while , And therefore , ere I 'le prooue a thanklesse Iade , Time in his course shall runne quite retrograde ; keywords: aduenture; debtors; doe; doth; english; giue; good; hath; haue; men; neuer; past; pay; tcp; text; vpon; words cache: A13463.xml plain text: A13463.txt item: #30 of 129 id: A13466 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The life and death of the most blessed among women, the Virgin Mary mother of our Lord Iesus VVith the murder of the infants in Bethlehem, Iudas his treason, and the confession of the good theife and the bad. date: 1620.0 words: 5800 flesch: 72 summary: I know this worke will be vnrelished in the pestiferous pallates of the dogmaticall Amsterdammatists ; but I do , must , and will acknowledge a most reuerend honor and regard vnto the sacred memory of this blessed virgin Lady , Mother of our Lord and Redeemer Iesus ; and in my thoughts she shall euer haue superlatiue respect aboue all Angels , Principalities , Patriarkes , Prophets , Apostles , Euangelists or Saints whatsoeuer , vnder the blessed Trinity ; yet ( mistake me not ) as there is a difference betwixt the Immortall Creator , and a mortall creature , so ( whilst I haue warrant sufficient from God himselfe , to inuocate his Name onely ) I will not giue man , Saint , or Angell any honour that may be derogatory to his eternall Maiestie . I confesse my selfe the meanest of men , and most vnworthy of all to write of her that was the best of Women , but my hope is , that Charity will couer my faults , and accept of my good meaning , especially hauing endeuoured and striuen to doe my best : So wishing all hearts to giue this holy Virgin such honour as may be pleasing to God ; which is , that all should patterne their liues to her lifes example , in lowlinesse and humility , and then they shall be exalted where shee is in Glory , with eternity . keywords: death; god; griefe; haue; life; lord; man; mary; mother; sauiour; sonne; tcp; text; thy; virgin cache: A13466.xml plain text: A13466.txt item: #31 of 129 id: A13468 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A liuing sadnes, in duty consecrated to the immortall memory of our late deceased albe-loued soueraigne lord, the peeereles paragon of princes, Iames, King of great Brittaine, France and Ireland Who departed this life at his mannour of Theobalds, on Sunday last, the 27. of March, 1625. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1625.0 words: 3694 flesch: 73 summary: TO THE MOST HIGH AND PVISSANT PRINCE , CHARLES by the Grace of God , the first of that Name , and second Monarch of the whole Iland of Great BRITTAINE : His vndoubted Royalties being vnited vnder one and the same his most glorious Crowne , the Kingdoms of England , Scotland , France , and Ireland ; Gods Immediate Vice Gerent ; Supreame head of all Persons , and Defender of the true , ancient Christian Faith , in these his Empires and Dominions . This was the cause , why God did take from hence , This most Religious , Learned , Gracious Prince , This Parragon of Kings , this Matchlesse Mirror , This Faith 's defending Antichristian Terror , This Royall al-beloued King of Harts , This Patterne , and this Patron of good Arts , This cabinet of mercie , Temperance , Prudence , and Iustice , that doth man aduance . keywords: death; doth; eebo; english; god; good; hath; life; men; peace; tcp; text cache: A13468.xml plain text: A13468.txt item: #32 of 129 id: A13471 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A most horrible, terrible, tollerable, termagant satyre most fresh and newly made, and prest in print, and if it bee not lik'd, the Divells in't. date: 1639.0 words: 7746 flesch: 70 summary: NOr speach nor silence now a dayes protects Men from the Critticks Bolt , he spyes defect●… ( At least pretends so ) in the thought of man As well as in his actions ; shall I than That have a free-borne spirit balke the way , Because a Dogge barkes , or an Asse doth bray ? Or cause some rash foole , such an one as hee That late revil'd the Prince of Poetry Shall rip up thy beginning , and shall raile And find exceptions out ( Sans head or taile ) Then is my manners quite misplac'd , for I Have no mind to commit Idolatry ; Unto a thing that 's out of Reliques made From Drapers , Mercers , and the Silk-mans Trade I 'le bend no Knee , nor shall my Bonnet Wagge , To Velvet Remnant , or a peece of Shagge ; A Plush Plus ultra man in scorne and pride , Such Ioyes , such Popping-joyes my Lines deride : His Tayler made , and shap'd , and trim'd , & trick'd him And ( like a young Beare ) into fashion lick'd him : He put his Corps insuite , and brave Array , And after puts his Bill in 〈◊〉 for pay , Such Things as thos●… Nor will I give For though man Of all the trea●… ●…t hath he not these gifts to man allow'd , ●…at he should be thereby ambititus , proud . keywords: bribe; doe; doth; eebo; english; good; hath; hee; honour; man; men; pride; satyre; state; stone; tcp; text; time; title; way; world cache: A13471.xml plain text: A13471.txt item: #33 of 129 id: A13472 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A memorial of all the English monarchs being in number 151, from Brute to King Charles. In heroicall verse by Io. Taylor. date: 1630.0 words: 14046 flesch: 85 summary: Estrild was a beautious Lady of King ●…umbers , whom Locrinus tooke prisoner . From which Posthumus Royall loynes did spring , * Great Brutus , Brittaines first commanding King : The people then were ( here ) all voyd of pride , Borne Naked , Naked liu'd , and Naked dy'd . keywords: brother; christian; crowne; danes; death; duke; dy'd; edward; england; english; fiue; france; good; great; hee; heere; henry; iohn; king; kingdome; london; men; peace; prince; queene; reigne; rome; saxons; scotland; slaine; sonne; state; text; time; yeeres; yorke cache: A13472.xml plain text: A13472.txt item: #34 of 129 id: A13473 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The needles excellency a new booke wherin are diuers admirable workes wrought with the needle ; newly inuented and cut in copper for the pleasure and profit of the industrious. date: 1631.0 words: 3023 flesch: 75 summary: With worke like Cherubims Embroidered rare , The Couers of the Tabernacle were . And by th' Almighties great command , wee see , That Aarons Garments broydered worke should be ; And further , God did bid his Vestments should Be made most gay , and glorious to behold . keywords: booke; eebo; english; needle; queene; stitch; tcp; text; time; workes cache: A13473.xml plain text: A13473.txt item: #35 of 129 id: A13474 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The muses mourning: or funerall sonnets on the death of Iohn Moray Esquire. By Iohn Taylor date: 1615.0 words: 2486 flesch: 77 summary: 4. COrruption , Incorruption hath put on , Immortall , weake mortality is made : Earths woe , hath gain'd A happy heauenly throne , By death , life dyes , by life deaths force doth fade ▪ Though death kill life , yet life doth conquer death , Death but putts off our Raggs of shame and sinne : When for a moment's an eternall breath , Life ( passing through the dore of death ) doth win . But thou , vnmou'd with either gaine or losse , Nor ioy , or care , could vexe thy constant braine : keywords: death; doth; sonnet; tcp; text; thee; thou; weepe cache: A13474.xml plain text: A13474.txt item: #36 of 129 id: A13477 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Newes and strange newes from St. Christophers of a tempestuous spirit, which is called by the Indians a hurry-cano or whirlewind Which hapneth in many of those ilands of America or the West-Indies, as it did in August last, about the 5. day. 1638. Blowing downe houses, tearing up trees by the rootes, and it did puffe men up from the earth, as they had beene feathers, killing divers men. Whereunto is added the true and last relation of the dreadfull accident which hapned at Withicombe in Devonshire the 21. of October last past. date: 1638.0 words: 4481 flesch: 64 summary: Blowing downe houses, tearing up trees by the rootes, and it did puffe men up from the earth, as they had beene feathers, killing divers men. Blowing downe houses, tearing up trees by the rootes, and it did puffe men up from the earth, as they had beene feathers, killing divers men. keywords: cano; church; doe; english; god; good; hee; hurt; indians; men; tcp; text cache: A13477.xml plain text: A13477.txt item: #37 of 129 id: A13478 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A new discouery by sea, with a vvherry from London to Salisbury. Or, a voyage to the West, the worst, or the best That e're was exprest. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1623.0 words: 10855 flesch: 64 summary: GOD , who of his infinite wisedome made Man , of his vnmeasurable mercy redeemed him , of his boundlesse bounty , immense power , and eternall eye of watchfull prouidence releeues , guards , and conserues him ; It is necessary , that euery man seriously consider & ponder these things , and in token of obedience and thankfulnesse say with Dauid : What shall I render , and the man hauing thus searched considerately , the causer of his being , then let him againe meditate for * what cause hee hath a being : indeede it may be obiected that almost euery thing hath a being , as stones haue being , trees , hearbs , and plants , haue being and life : Beasts , fowles , and fishes , haue being , life , and sence : but to man is giuen a Being , life , sence , and reason , and after a mortall an immortall euer being ; this consideration will make a man know that hee hath little part of himselfe , which hee may iustly call his owne : his body is Gods , he made it ; his soule is his , who bought it ; his goods are but lent him , by him that will one day call him to a reckoning , for the well or ill disposing of them : so that man hauing nothing but what he hath receiued , and receiued nothing but what is to be imployed in the seruice of God , and consequently his Prince and Countrey , it is plainely to be perceiued , that euery man hath , the least share or portion of himselfe to boast of . Man , monster , fiend or fish , what e're thou be That trauelst here in Neptunes Monarchy , I charge thee by his dreadfull Three-tin'd Mace Thou hurt not me or mine , in any case , And if thou be'st produc'd of Mortall kinde Shew vs some course , how we the way may finde To deeper water , from these sands so shallow , I which thou seest our ship thus wash and wallow . keywords: boate; citie; doe; euery; good; hath; haue; house; land; like; man; men; miles; riuer; salisbury; sea; seas; tcp; text; towne; vnto; vpon; worke cache: A13478.xml plain text: A13478.txt item: #38 of 129 id: A13479 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The nipping and snipping of abuses: or The woolgathering of vvitte With the Muses Taylor, brought from Parnassus by land, with a paire of oares wherein are aboue a hundred seuerall garments of diuers fashions, made by nature, without the helpe of art, and a proclamation from hell in the Deuils name, concerning the propogation, and excessiue vse of tobacco. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1614.0 words: 20748 flesch: 82 summary: It is a blessing heau'n hath sent to men , By men it is diuulged with their pen : And by that propogation it is knowne , And ouer all the world disperst and throwne : In verball elocution so refinde , That it to Vertue animates mans mindes The blessed singer of blest Israel , For as from man , mans generation breeds , So by manuring of our Grandam Earth , Are brought forth fruits , and flowers , and hearbs , & weeds To shield ingratefull man from pining dearth . keywords: anagramma; art; death; doe; doth; english; epigram; euery; fame; friend; gentleman; giue; good; great; hast; hath; haue; heart; idle; iohn; life; liue; loue; man; men; muse; nature; neuer; owne; poets; praise; rest; selfe; sir; speake; sweet; taylor; tcp; thee; thine; thou; thy; time; verse; vnto; vpon; vse; water; wit; words; world; worth; write cache: A13479.xml plain text: A13479.txt item: #39 of 129 id: A13481 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Odcombs complaint: or Coriats funerall epicedium or death-song, vpon his late reported drowning. With his epitaph in the Barmuda, and Utopian tongues. And translated into English by Iohn Taylor. date: 1613.0 words: 3784 flesch: 66 summary: IF any where my lines do fall out lame , I made them so , in merriment and game : For , be they wide , or side , or long , or short , All 's one to me , I writ them but in sport ; Yet I would haue the Reader thus much know● That when I list my simple skill to show In poesie , I could both read and spell : I know my Dactils , and my Spondees well ; My true proportion , & my equal measure , What accent must bee short , and what at leasur● How to transpose my words frō place , to plac● To giue my poesie the greater grace . Either in Pastorall or Comick straine , In Tragedy , or any other vaine , ●n nipping Satyrs , or in Epigrams , ●n Odes , in Elegies , or Anagrams , ●n eare-bewitching rare Hexameters , Or in Iambicks , or Pentameters : ● know these like a Sculler not a Scholler , And therefore Poet , pray asswage your coller . keywords: books; coriats; death; eebo; english; epitaph; hath; haue; head; iohn; man; song; taylor; tcp; text; wit cache: A13481.xml plain text: A13481.txt item: #40 of 129 id: A13482 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The olde, old, very olde man: or the age and long life of Thomas Par the sonne of John Parr of Winnington in the parish of Alberbury; in the country of Salopp, (or Shropshire) who was borne in the raigne of King Edward the 4th. and is now living in the Strand, being aged 152. yeares and odd monethes. His manner of life and conversation in so long a pilgrimage; his marriages, and his bringing up to London about the end of September last. 1635. Written by Iohn Taylor. date: 1635.0 words: 5784 flesch: 72 summary: Amongst the Learn'd , 't is held in generall That every seventh yeare 's Climactericall , And dang'rous to mans life , and that they be Most perillous , at th' Age of sixty three , Which is , nine Climactericals ; but this Man Of whom I write , ( since first his life began ) In all his lifetime he was never knowne , That drinking others healths , he lost his owne , The Dutch , the French , the Greek , and Spanish Grape , Vpon his reason never made a Rape ; For Ryot , is for Troy an Annagram ; And Ryot wasted Troy , with sword and flame : And surely that which will a Kingdome spill , Hath much more power one silly man to kill , Whilst sensuality the Pallat pleases , The body 's fill'd with surfets , and diseases ; By Ryot ( more than War ) men slaughtred be , From which confusion this Old Man is free . keywords: age; edward; hath; hee; iohn; king; life; liv'd; man; parr; raigne; son; tcp; text; thomas; time; yeares cache: A13482.xml plain text: A13482.txt item: #41 of 129 id: A13484 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Part of this summers travels, or News from hell, Hull, and Hallifax, from York, Linne, Leicester, Chester, Coventry, Lichfield, Nottingham, and the Divells Ars a peake With many pleasant passages, worthy your observation and reading. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1639.0 words: 11501 flesch: 49 summary: For which they thankefull be to God alone Who rais'd such means to ease the poor mans mone . Also there is another Vault or passage through the Rocke , whereby men may descend or ascend out , or into the Castle ; which vault is called Mortimers Hole , through which hole ( as report goes ) the great Roger Mortimer , Earle of Wigmor , and Lord of Wallingford had egresse and regresse to the Queene , wife to King Edward the second , or the infortunate Edward of Carnarvan . keywords: castle; city; day; doe; doth; end; faire; great; hath; hee; hell; house; king; leicester; man; master; men; miles; people; place; road; tcp; text; time; town; way cache: A13484.xml plain text: A13484.txt item: #42 of 129 id: A13485 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The pennyles pilgrimage, or The money-lesse perambulation, of Iohn Taylor, alias the Kings Majesties water-poet How he trauailed on foot from London to Edenborough in Scotland, not carrying any money to or fro, neither begging, borrowing, or asking meate, drinke or lodging. With his description of his entertainment in all places of his iourney, and a true report of the vnmatchable hunting in the brea of Marre and Badenoch in Scotland. With other obseruations, some serious and worthy of memory, and some merry and not hurtfull to be remembred. Lastly that (which is rare in a trauailer) all is true. date: 1618.0 words: 16776 flesch: 60 summary: I did goe through a Country called Glaneske , where passing by the side of a hill , so steepe as is the ridge of a house , where the way was rocky , and not aboue a yard broad in some places , so fearefull and horrid it was to looke downe into the bottome , for if either horse or man had slipt , he had fallen ( without recouery ) a good mile downe-right ; but I thanke God , at night I came to a lodging in the Lard of Eggells Land , where I lay at an Irish house , the folkes not being able to speake scarce any English , but I sup'd and went to bed , where I had not laine long but I was enforced to rise , I was so stung with Irish Musketaes , a Creature that hath sixe legs , & liues like a monster altogether vpon mans flesh , they doe inhabite and breed in most sluttish houses , and this house was none of the cleanliest , the beast is much like a louse in England , both in shape and nature ; in a word they were to me the A. and the Z. the Prologue and the Epilogue , the first and the last that I had in all my trauells from Edenborough ; and had not this highland Irish house helped mee at a pinch , I should haue sworne that all Scotland had not beene so kind as to haue bestowed a Louse vpon me : but with a shift that I had , I shifted off my Caniballs , and was neuer more troubled with them . REader , these Trauailes of mine into Scotland , were not vndertaken , neither in imitation , or emulation of any man , but onely deuised by my selfe , on purpose to make triall of my friends , both in this Kingdome of England , and that of Scotland , and because I would be an eye witnesse of diuers things which I had heard of that Country ; and whereas many shallow-brain'd Critickes , doe lay an aspersion on me , that I was set on by others , or that I did vndergoe this project , either in malice , or mockage of Maister Beniamin Ionson , I vow by the faith of a Christian , that their imaginations are all wide , for he is a Gentleman , to whom I am so much obliged for many vndeserued courtesies that I haue receiued from him , and from others by his fauour , that I durst neuer to be so impudent or ingratefull , as either to suffer any mans perswasions , or mine owne instigation , to incite me , to make so bad a requitall , for so much goodnesse formerly receiued ; so much for that , and now Reader , if you expect That I should write of Cities scituations , Or that of Countries I should make relations : Of brooks , crooks , nooks ; of riuers , boorns and rills , Of mountaines , fountaines , Castles , Towers & hills , Of Shieres , and Pieres , and memorable things , Of liues and deaths of great commanding Kings : I touch not those , they not belong to mee , But if such things as these you long to see , Lay downe my Booke , and but vouchsafe to reede The learned Camden , or laborious Speede. keywords: ale; bed; day; dayes; doe; england; english; foure; gentleman; great; hath; haue; hee; house; iohn; kinde; lodging; lord; man; master; mee; men; miles; neuer; night; noble; place; scotland; sea; sir; towne; vnto; vpon; way; wee cache: A13485.xml plain text: A13485.txt item: #43 of 129 id: A13486 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The praise and vertue of a iayle, and iaylers With the most excellent mysterie, and necessary vse of all sorts of hanging. Also a touch at Tyburne for a period, and the authors free leaue to let them be hanged, who are offended at the booke without cause. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1623.0 words: 8244 flesch: 79 summary: But leauing Gold and Gowt , ●e turne my pen , To what I haue digrest from Iayles and men : Let man examine well himselfe , and he Shall find himselfe his greatest enemie ; And that his losse of liberty and pelfe , He can accuse none for it , but himselfe ; How passions , actions , and affections cluster , And how to ruinate his state they muster , His frailty armes his members and his senses , To vndertake most dangerous pretences . For as man hath his limbs and linaments , His sinewes , muscles , nerues , and ligaments : His Panicles , his Arteries , his Veines , His ioynts , his membranes , and his beating braines : So hath a Iayle , Writs , Warrants , and Attachements , Arestings , Actions , Hues , Cries , & Appeachments : With Garnish , Sharing fees , and Habeas Corpus , ( Which feedes some Iaylors fatter than a Porpus ) And last for euerlasting Executions , Vntill the prisoners bodies dissolutions ; And if a man be hurt in legge or arme , Or head , or heele , t is said the man hath harme : If inward griefe doe pinch in any part , The anguish is a terror to the heart , And should a Iayle want these things nam'd before , It quickly would be miserable poore : Like men dismembred or of sense bereft , With scarcely any life or being left . keywords: anagramma; doe; doth; good; hang; hang'd; hanging; hath; haue; iayle; man; mans; men; prison; tcp; text; thou; vnto; way; world; ● ● cache: A13486.xml plain text: A13486.txt item: #44 of 129 id: A13487 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The praise, antiquity, and commodity, of beggery, beggers, and begging. Iohn Taylor date: 1621.0 words: 7481 flesch: 75 summary: The praise, antiquity, and commodity, of beggery, beggers, and begging. The praise, antiquity, and commodity, of beggery, beggers, and begging. keywords: bare; begg'ry; begger; day; doe; doth; earth; eebo; english; euery; foole; hath; haue; hee; man; men; neuer; tcp; text; thy; vnto; world cache: A13487.xml plain text: A13487.txt item: #45 of 129 id: A13492 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A sad and deplorable loving elegy consecrated to the living memory of his best assured friend, the generally beloved, M. Richard Wyan deceased, late his Majesties proctor for the high court of the Admiralty. Who departed this life at his house at Bryl in Buckinhamshire, on Thursday the 16. of August last. 1638. date: 1638.0 words: 1309 flesch: 71 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A13492) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 2779) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A13492.xml plain text: A13492.txt item: #46 of 129 id: A13493 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The sculler rowing from Tiber to Thames with his boate laden with a hotch-potch, or gallimawfry of sonnets, satyres, and epigrams. With an addition of pastorall equiuocques or the complaint of a shepheard. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1612.0 words: 12693 flesch: 82 summary: 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . How 〈◊〉 hath forfeited his eares , How 〈◊〉 mounted on the Pillory , How graceles 〈◊〉 , that nothing feares , Doe end their dayes in loathed misery . keywords: art; bene; christ; death; deuill; doe; doth; downe; earth; epigram; friend; god; good; hath; haue; hell; iohn; life; man; men; muse; neuer; pope; taylor; tcp; text; thee; thou; thy; vnto; wife; wit; world cache: A13493.xml plain text: A13493.txt item: #47 of 129 id: A13495 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A shilling or, The trauailes of twelue-pence date: 1621.0 words: 9558 flesch: 75 summary: E●● & K 〈◊〉 all their ●●●lings of weight 〈◊〉 and before my 〈◊〉 - pence * 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 ●iogenes Twelue●●● is at ●●●● . All men ●●bour for ●●ney , bu●● with al●● deuotion * Ready ●●ney is as 〈◊〉 as any m●●●● Bond. keywords: bin; day; doe; doth; earth; english; euery; hath; haue; king; loue; man; masters; men; money; neuer; pence; power; round; shilling; t ●; tcp; text; twelue; vnto; vpon; world; ● ● cache: A13495.xml plain text: A13495.txt item: #48 of 129 id: A13497 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Stripping, vvhipping, and pumping. Or, The five mad shavers of Drury-Lane strangely acted, and truely related. Done in the period, latter end, tayle, or rumpe of the dogged dogge-dayes, last past, August. 1638. Together with the names of the severall parties which were actors in this foule businesse. date: 1638.0 words: 4106 flesch: 52 summary: Suppose this I●●●e had beene guilty of a fault , must these Women be their owne revengers , their owne witnesses , their owne Judges ? must they have the Law in ●●eir owne hands , thus to usurpe● 〈◊〉 wholsome Lawes , and make havo●● of a woman in this un●ill mann●●● Women shall I call them● nay , rather monsters : or else some evill spirit in their shapes , to commit such inhumane and unnaturall acts as these : such actions they be that are past example , nay ; never the like heard of , to commit such uncivill actions , and upon their owne Sexe , whose civill carriage should be example to the younger sort ; their actions were such , as I said before , that I blush to relate them , and ought not to be divulg'd no lowder than a whisper : The Heathens that knew not God would not have done the like : Hee gives a false sweete-seeming rellish to the Drunkards Cup , he ●ars the Glut●on against the day of slaughte● , he tips the Blaspheamers tongue with Oaths and Curses , he wher 's the Slanderers and backbiters speech , and makes it keene and cutting ; hee teaches the rare and ancient Ar● of Lying , ( and hath 〈◊〉 innumerable ●umber of apt 〈…〉 Scholl●●s ) hee turnes ang 〈…〉 venge , Revenge into Murd 〈…〉 to Impie●y , Truth into Theft● Love into Jealousie , Jealousie into hatred and madnesse ; and ( in a word ) to summe up all together , the Devill doth labou● dayly , and all his endeavour is wholly bent to make worke for the Hangman , and draw soules to his Infernall Kingdome . keywords: hath; ioane; jealousie; man; shee; tcp; text; wife; women; ● ● cache: A13497.xml plain text: A13497.txt item: #49 of 129 id: A13498 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The subjects joy for the Parliament [by] Iohn Taylor. date: 1621.0 words: 1746 flesch: 74 summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). of King James I at head of text. keywords: eebo; english; king; lawes; tcp; text cache: A13498.xml plain text: A13498.txt item: #50 of 129 id: A13499 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Sir Gregory Nonsence his newes from no place Written on purpose, with much study to no end, plentifully stored with want of wit, learning, iudgement, rime and reason, and may seeme very fitly for the vnderstanding of nobody. Toyte, Puncton, Ghemorah, Molushque, Kaycapepson. This is the worke of the authors, without borrowing or stealing from others. By Iohn Taylor. date: None words: 5351 flesch: 71 summary: I doubt not but I might haue had a Patrone neerer hand , as the Deane of Dunstable , or the Beadle of Layton Buzzard , but that I know the p●●rase , Method and Stile , is not for euery mans vnderstanding , no my most renowned Pythagor-Asses , for you this Hogshead of inuention was brewed and broched , for I am ignorantly perswaded that your wisedome , can pick as much matter out of this Booke in one day as both the Vniuersities can in twelue moneths , and thirteene Moones , with sixe times foure yeeres to boot . I know your bounties too exding , for as old mother Baly said , the wit of man was much when she saw a dog muzzled . keywords: eebo; end; english; great; hath; haue; line; man; newes; nonsence; page; purpose; sent; sir; tcp; text; vpon; wit cache: A13499.xml plain text: A13499.txt item: #51 of 129 id: A13500 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Superbiæ flagellum, or, The vvhip of pride. By Iohn Taylor date: 1621.0 words: 11907 flesch: 73 summary: Nature ( without mans helpe ) doth them supply , And man without their help would straue and dic . Yet forasmuch as I know that Pride cast Angels out of Heauen , made diuels in hell , threw man out of Paradise , was a maine causer of the drowning of the first World , is a deuowrer of this world , and shall euer be accursed in the world to come , by this knowledge , I haue with a mix'd inuectiue mildnesse , shewed in this Booke the vanities of all sorts of Pride , not that I hope for amendment , but to shew my honest intendment . keywords: beauty; bin; christ; day; doe; doth; euery; fall; giue; god; good; hath; haue; knowledge; like; man; mans; men; neuer; owne; pride; sinne; strength; tcp; text; things; time; vnto; way; weare; ● ● cache: A13500.xml plain text: A13500.txt item: #52 of 129 id: A13501 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylors farevvell, to the Tovver-bottles date: 1622.0 words: 4804 flesch: 76 summary: But leauing him vnto the course of Fate , Bottles let you and I a while debate , Call your extrauagant wilde humours home , And thinke but whom you are departed from ; I that for your sakes haue giu'n stabs and stripes ▪ To giue you suck from Hogsheads and from Pipes , I that with paines and care you long haue ●urst , Oft fill'd you with the best , and left the worst . Ingratefull Bottles , take it not amisse That I , of your vnkindnes tell you this , Sure if you could speake , you would say in briefe , Your greatest want , was still my greatest griefe . keywords: bin; bottles; doe; haue; man; place; tcp; text; time; vnto; yeares cache: A13501.xml plain text: A13501.txt item: #53 of 129 id: A13502 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylors feast contayning twenty-seaven dishes of meate, without bread, drinke, meate, fruite, flesh, fish, sawce, sallats, or sweet-meats, only a good stomacke, &c. Being full of variety and witty mirth. By John Taylor. date: 1638.0 words: 14479 flesch: 64 summary: Secondly , I observe a Rule of the Italian ( which is now of late in great use in England ) which is to invite a man most earnestly to Dinner or Supper , hoping hee or they that are so invited , will have more manners then to come : MY Bawdy Boy , having thus procur'd Faggots , yet hee 'l not be idle , but for your better content , the same Tyde hee will fit you with two Bushels of great and small Oysters ; for before hee had rowed foure miles , he overtooke a Katch that was swiming up towards London loaden with Oysters . keywords: bee; beere; butcher; doe; faggots; feast; fellow; gentleman; goe; hee; house; man; master; meate; money; priest; quoth; richard; roasted; sir; thou; time; woman cache: A13502.xml plain text: A13502.txt item: #54 of 129 id: A13503 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: [Taylors goose] [describing the wilde goose] date: 1621.0 words: 7762 flesch: 75 summary: The stealing howers , creep'd on with sleeping pace , When masqued Midnight shew'd her Ebon face ; When Hagges and Furies , Witches , Fairies , Elues , Ghosts , Sprites and Goblins doe disport themselues : When fond imaginarie dreames doe raigne In formeleste formes , in mans molested braine : On such a time , I sleeping in my bed , An vnaccustom'd dreame came in my head , Me thought as neere vnto a Riuers side , suruiuing amongst men , That will my true worth search and vnderstand , And in my quarrell take a Pen in hand , And in a stately high Heroick stile , My Predecessours noble Acts compile , From age to age descending vnto me , That my succeeding Issue all may see The admirable deedes that I haue done , And runne that worthy course that I haue runne . keywords: a13503; bin; doe; doth; eebo; english; feathers; flesh; geese; good; goose; hath; haue; honour; king; man; men; notes; quill; tcp; text; time; vnto cache: A13503.xml plain text: A13503.txt item: #55 of 129 id: A13505 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylor's motto Et habeo, et careo, et curo. date: 1621.0 words: 13856 flesch: 79 summary: Riding the iadish Hackneies of this age , In ● plaine dealing Satyrs Equipage . There are some few that wil their iudgement season ▪ With mature vnderstanding , and with reason : And call a spade a spade , a Sichophant , A flattring Knaue , and those are th●se I want . keywords: care; doe; doth; feare; giue; god; good; hath; haue; hee; keepe; king; knowe; like; liue; loue; man; men; neuer; selfe; text; things; vnto; vpon; want; wealth; wit; world; ● ● cache: A13505.xml plain text: A13505.txt item: #56 of 129 id: A13508 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylor his trauels: from the citty of London in England, to the citty of Prague in Bohemia The manner of his abode there three weekes, his obseruations there, and his returne from thence: how he past 600 miles downe the riuer of Elue, through Bohemia, Saxony, Anhalt, the bishoprick of Madeberge, Brandenberge, Hamburgh, and so to England. With many relations worthy of note. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1620.0 words: 9050 flesch: 53 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. Thus much I dare affirme , that whosoeuer hee or they bee , that do scatter any scandalous speeches against the plenty in Bohemia of all manner of needfull things for the sustenance of man and beasts , ( of the which there is more aboundance then euer I saw in any place else ) or whatsoeuer they bee that report any ill successe on the Kings party , this little booke , and I the Author doth proclaime and proue them false lyers , and they are to be suspected , for coyning such falshoods , as no well-willers to the Bohemian prosperity . keywords: bee; bohemia; citty; day; england; english; euery; fellow; foote; god; great; hath; haue; hee; man; miles; prague; tcp; text; time; towne; wee cache: A13508.xml plain text: A13508.txt item: #57 of 129 id: A13509 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylor on Thame Isis: or The description of the tvvo famous riuers of Thame and Isis, who being conioyned or combined together, are called Thamisis, or Thames With all the flats, shoares, shelues, sands, weares, stops, riuers, brooks, bournes, streames, rills, riuolets, streamelets, creeks, and whatsoeuer helps the said riuers haue, from their springs or heads, to their falls into the ocean. As also a discouery of the hinderances which doe impeache the passage of boats and barges, betwixt the famous Vniuersity of Oxford, and the city of London. date: 1632.0 words: 5727 flesch: 62 summary: For then with noble care and deligence He view'dthe helps , and the impediments , Which aid , or hinder passage vp and downe , Twixt Oxford City , and braue Winds●…r towne ; Yet as I sometimes row'd and sometimes st●…r'd , I view'd wh●…e well , where ill the way appeard ; And here I haue des●…rib'd the way we went , Commixing truth with honest merriment , My th●…ed-bare wit a mad wooll gathering goes , To shew the things in verse I saw in prose ; And ( Honourable Pe●…res ) I humbly craue , My artless●… lines may your acceptance haue , ●…or closer can the barke be to the tree , ●…han their infoldings and embracings be ; ●…hey rise and fall together , and they are ●…n want and plenty to haue equall share ; ●…d Tame with Isis will be both one riuer , ●…ill in the Oc●…n they their names deliuer . keywords: bridge; doe; doth; good; haue; isis; locke; men; neare; oxford; riuer; tame; taylor; tcp; text; thames; towne; water cache: A13509.xml plain text: A13509.txt item: #58 of 129 id: A13510 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylors revenge, or, The rymer William Fennor firkt, feritted, and finely fetcht ouer the coales wherein his riming raggamuffin rascallity, without partiallity, or feare of principallity, is anagramatized, anotomized, & stigmatized : the occasion of vvhich inuectiue, is breifly set dovvne in the preface to the reader. date: 1615.0 words: 4996 flesch: 76 summary: That day thou shouldst haue met me on the Stage Thou wentst three me wayes at once on pilgrimage , Thou sent'st ●e word tho'wast sent for to the Court , Thy wife said thou with speed must make resort To fetch her portion out of Warwick-shire , And the day after t' was my chance to heare , How thou for begging of a Fellons pardon Wast Rid downe into Kent to fetch thy Guer●●●n . Ri●de , F●old , & Pip'd , mongst pocky Whoores & Harlots For two-pence in some drunken Bawdy-booth To please thy Doxy-dells sweet stinking tooth , Whereas thou mightst ( as thou hast often done ) keywords: doe; doth; eebo; english; fennor; haue; play; tcp; text; thee; thou; thy; vpon; word; ● ● cache: A13510.xml plain text: A13510.txt item: #59 of 129 id: A13511 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylors travels and circular perambulation, through, and by more then thirty times twelve signes of the Zodiack, of the famous cities of London and Westminster With the honour and worthinesse of the vine, the vintage, the wine, and the vintoner; with an alphabeticall description, of all the taverne signes in the cities, suburbs, and liberties aforesaid, and significant epigrams upon the said severall signes. Written by Iohn Taylor. date: 1636.0 words: 8205 flesch: 78 summary: I am sure there hath beene within these 30. yeares more then 200. Impressions of Bookes in my Name ; For though I have ●…ot written above 80. Bookes , ( besides those ●…hat I have beene Rewarded for : ) keywords: armes; doe; doth; end; epigram; good; head; kings; lane; lyon; man; men; neere; saint; ship; signe; smithfield; southwarke; strand; street; tuns; westminster; white; wine cache: A13511.xml plain text: A13511.txt item: #60 of 129 id: A13512 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylors Vrania, or His heauenly muse With a briefe narration of the thirteene sieges, and sixe sackings of the famous cittie of Ierusalem. Their miseries of warre, plague, and famine, (during their last siege by Vespasian and his son Titus.) In heroicall verse compendiously described. date: None words: 13566 flesch: 77 summary: Thou offrest God thy body and thy soule . ( 51 ) But dost thou thinke he is at thy Command , Or that his mercy must attend thy leasure ? Or dost thou thinke thou canst in Iudgment stand And scape the Iustice of his high displeasure ? Or dost thou thinke that his Almighty hand Is shortned ? or that his supernall pleasure Regards not how the Sonnes of Men do liue ? Or that without Repentance hee 'le forgiue ? ( 52 ) Sly Sathans Rage is almost at an end , And well he knowes his dominations stint ; He therefore now doth all his Engins bend To batter and confound our fleshly Fort ; He and his Ministers do all attend To draw vs to his damn'd infernall Court. God was the Creditor , and man the debter Christ ( God & man ) did pay , none could pay better ( 21 ) keywords: death; doth; euer; glory; god; good; grace; great; hath; haue; heau'n; hir; ierusalem; iewes; iohn; king; know; life; loue; man; men; selfe; sonne; soule; state; tcp; temple; thee; things; thou; thy; vnto; vpon; world cache: A13512.xml plain text: A13512.txt item: #61 of 129 id: A13513 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Three vveekes, three daies, and three houres obseruations and trauel, from London to Hamburgh in Germanie amongst Iewes and gentiles, with descriptions of townes and towers, castles and cittadels, artificiall gallowses, naturall hangmen: and dedicated for the present, to the absent Odcombian knight errant, Sr. Thomas Coriat. Great Brittaines error, and the worlds mirror. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1617.0 words: 11080 flesch: 41 summary: So this terrible shot being discharged ( which in the totall amounted to the sum of sixepence English , ) we departed towards Hamburgh , where by the way I noted some 20. men , women , and children in diuers places of Altonagh , all deformed , some with one eye , some with hare-lips , crooke backt , splay footed , halfe-nozed , or one blemish or other . The Sermon being ended at the English Church , I walked in the afternoone with a friend of mine , ( an Inhabitant of the Towne ) to see and to be seene , where at one of the gates was placed a strong guard of Souldiers with Muskets , Pikes , Halberts , and other warlike accoutrements , I asked the cause , and I was informed it was because of the building of certaine new mounts and Bulwarks , which were partly erected without the old wall : And when I perceiued these fortifications , I was amazed , for it is almost incredible for the number of men and horses that are daily set on worke about it , besides the work it selfe is so great that it is past the credit of Report , and as I suppose will prooue most inexpugnable and inuincible Rampiers to strengthen the Towne on that side against the inuasiue attempts of the greatest Monarke that should assaile them . keywords: bee; doe; end; english; euery; halfe; hamburgh; hand; hath; haue; hauing; head; hee; house; man; men; miles; people; place; prisoner; tcp; text; towne; vpon; way; wee cache: A13513.xml plain text: A13513.txt item: #62 of 129 id: A13514 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: True louing sorow, attired in a robe of vnfeigned griefe presented vpon occasion of the much bewailed funerall of that gracious and illustrious prince Lewis Steward, Duke of Richmond and Linox, Eearle [sic] of Newcastle and Darnely ... who departed this life at White-Hall on the Thursday the 12 of February ... / [by] John Taylor. date: 1624.0 words: 2514 flesch: 73 summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A13514) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28432) keywords: duke; eebo; english; grace; seruants; sonnes; tcp; text cache: A13514.xml plain text: A13514.txt item: #63 of 129 id: A13515 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The vnnaturall father, or, The cruell murther committed by [one] Iohn Rowse of the towne of Ewell, ten m[iles] from London, in the county of Surry, vpon two of his owne children with his prayer and repentance in prison, his arrai[gn]ment and iudgement at the Sessions, and his execution for the said fact at Croydon, on Munday the second of Iuly, 1621. date: 1621.0 words: 6112 flesch: 56 summary: This false friend of his ( as he said ) did perswade him to leaue his Wife for altogether , and did lodge and boord him and his paramore certaine weekes in his house , and afterward caused him and her to be lodged ( hauing chang'd his name ) as Man and Wife in an honest mans house neere Bishopsgate , at Beuis Marks , where they continued so long , till his money was gone , ( as indeede he neuer had much , but now and then small petty summes from his secret friend aforesaid ) and he being fearefull to bee smoak'd out by his Creditors , was counselled to leaue his Country , and depart for Ireland ; and before his going ouer-Sea , his friend wrought so , that all his Land was made ouer in trust to him , and Bonds , Couenants , and Leases made , as fully bought and sold for a summe of two hundred and threescore pounds ; of all which money the said Rowse did take the Sacrament and his death , that hee neuer did receiue one penny , but hee said that now and then he had fiue or ten shillings at a time from his said friend , and neuer aboue twenty shillings , and that all that euer he had of him , being summ'd together , was not aboue three & twenty pounds , the which moneys his friend did pay himselfe out of his Rents . By this mans fall , we may see an example of Gods Iustice against Drunkennes , Whoredome , and Murder ; the Diuel being the first Author , who was a Murtherer from the beginning : who fil'd Cain with Enuy , that hee murdered his brother Abel : who tempted Dauid first to Adultery , and afterwards to Murther ; who prouoked Herod to cause the blessed Seruant of God Iohn Baptist to lose his head , because hee told him it was not lawfull for him to marry his brother Philips Wife ; and who was the prouoker of the aforesaid Herod to murther all the innocent male children in his Kingdome . keywords: children; friend; god; haue; hee; himselfe; london; man; owne; tcp; text; time; vpon; wife; woman cache: A13515.xml plain text: A13515.txt item: #64 of 129 id: A13516 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A valorous and perillous sea-fight Fought with three Turkish ships, pirats or men of warre, on the coast of Cornewall, (or Westerne part of England) by the good ship named the Elizabeth, of Plimmouth, she being of the Burthen of 200 tuns, which fight was bravely fought, on Wednesday, the 17 of Iune last part. 1640. date: 1640.0 words: 4443 flesch: 65 summary: Thus ( by the mercifull assistance of God ) this one poore Ship , so weakely man'd , and so meanely furnished with Artillery or Ordnance , against so many , and so great a multitude , ( as were 3. Ships , 500. Men , and 56. Our Saviour himselfe , did not onely passe the Sea or Lake of Genezareth , but he also did there ( in the Ship ) most miraculously command , and stil'd the raging windes and Seas , and he did grace one Ship so much , that he preached out of the said Ship , or another , to the people that stood on the banke of the Sea . keywords: elizabeth; english; fight; master; men; plimmouth; sea; ship; text; time; turkes cache: A13516.xml plain text: A13516.txt item: #65 of 129 id: A13519 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A verry merry vvherry-ferry-voyage: or Yorke for my money sometimes perilous, sometimes quarrellous, performed with a paire of oares, by sea from London, by Iohn Taylor, and Iob Pennell. And written by I.T. date: 1622.0 words: 8710 flesch: 78 summary: Th'vnkindnes that I had before , it come Because the Constables were troublesome : Long'd to be busie , would be men of action , Whose labours was their trauels satisfaction , Who all were borne when wit was out of Towne , And therefore got but little of their owne : So farewell Pescod , Wiseman , Kimble , * Clarke , I Now intend a Voyage heere to Write , From London vnto Yorke , helpe to Indite Great Neptune ! lend thy Ayde to me , who pa● Through thy tempestuous Waues with man● a blas● And then I●● true describe the Townes , & me● And manners , as I went and came agen . keywords: boate; day; doe; doth; feare; good; hath; haue; land; london; man; men; miles; night; sea; tcp; text; time; towne; water; yorke cache: A13519.xml plain text: A13519.txt item: #66 of 129 id: A13520 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Wit and mirth chargeably collected out of tauernes, ordinaries, innes, bowling greenes, and allyes, alehouses, tobacco shops, highwaies, and water-passages : made vp, and fashioned into clinches, bulls, quirkes, yerkes, quips, and ierkes : apothegmatically bundled vp and garbled at the request of old Iohn Garrets ghost / by Iohn Taylor, water-poet. date: 1628.0 words: 14257 flesch: 66 summary: ( 113 ) A 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 eye chanced to 〈◊〉 a man in the field , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hath 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the other man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 , whereat the 〈◊〉 man suddenly cast downe his Rapier 〈◊〉 Buenas noches , which in the Spanish tongue is goodnight . 〈◊〉 after they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 of an houre , no man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , 〈◊〉 any man knowing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : at 〈◊〉 a young man that neuer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , said , Gentlemen , it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 speake keywords: bee; doe; doth; fellow; giue; good; haue; hee; husband; iustice; knaue; lord; man; neuer; quoth; shee; sir; thou; thée; time; vpon; wife; wit cache: A13520.xml plain text: A13520.txt item: #67 of 129 id: A13521 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The water-cormorant his complaint against a brood of land-cormorants. Diuided into fourteene satyres. By Iohn Taylor. date: 1622.0 words: 12023 flesch: 76 summary: Detraction is a priuate wounding of a mans name , and flattery a deuourer of men aliue . There is no degree of man or woman , whatsoeuer , from the Court to the Cottage , or from the Pallace to the Plough , but may make good vse of this Poem , either for merry recreation , or vices defamation : and in a word , if it please the iudicious , or be any way profitable to the confirming of the good , or reforming the bad , I have then my full recompence , with the effect of my intentions and wishes . keywords: againe; argvment; cormorant; country; day; diuell; doe; doth; fit; giue; goe; good; hath; haue; hee; hell; iustice; keepe; knaue; land; liues; man; men; neuer; place; purse; soules; tcp; text; trust; vvhen cache: A13521.xml plain text: A13521.txt item: #68 of 129 id: A13524 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The world runnes on vvheeles: or oddes, betwixt carts and coaches date: 1623.0 words: 9484 flesch: 35 summary: Moreouer , as Man is the most noblest of all Creatures , and all foure-footed Beasts are ordayned for his vse and seruice ; so a Cart is the Embleme of a Man , and a Coach is the Figure of a Beast ; For as Man hath two legges , a Cart hath two wheeles : The Coach being ( in the like sense ) the true resemblance of a Beast , by which is Parabollically demonstrated vnto vs , that as much as Men are superior to Beasts , so much are honest and needfull Carts more nobly to be regarded and esteemed , aboue needlesse , vpstart , fantasticall , and Time-troubling Coaches . one William B●ouen a Dutchman brought first the vse of Coaches hither , and the said Boonen was Queene Elizabeths Coachman , for indeede a Coach was a strange Monster in those dayes , and the fight of them put both horse and man into amazement : some said it was a great Crab-shell brought out of China , and some imagin'd it to be one of the Pagan Temples , in which the Canibals adored the deuill : but at last all those doubts were cleared , and Coach-making became a substantiall Trade : keywords: cart; coach; coaches; coachman; deuill; doe; doth; drawne; good; hath; haue; man; men; neuer; rye; tcp; text; times; vpon; vse; wheeles; whore; world cache: A13524.xml plain text: A13524.txt item: #69 of 129 id: A13628 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The colde tearme, or, The frozen age, or, The metamorphosis of the Riuer of Thames date: 1621.0 words: 2056 flesch: 78 summary: IT was the time when men wore liquor'd bootes , When rugged Winter , murdred hearbes & rootes : When as the Heauens , the Earth did all attire With plashes , puddles , pooles , blacke dirt & mire . And all that losse of theirs , was no mans gaine , But toyle and dirt by land , with cost and paine . keywords: eebo; english; men; tcp; text; thames; time cache: A13628.xml plain text: A13628.txt item: #70 of 129 id: A19381 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Mr Thomas Coriat to his friends in England sendeth greeting from Agra the capitall city of the dominion of the great Mogoll in the Easterne India, the last of October, 1616. Thy trauels and thy glory to ennamell, with fame we mount thee on the lofty cammell; ... . date: 1618.0 words: 7857 flesch: 52 summary: That if thou were in Hebrew circumsised , The Rabbyes all were wondrous ill aduised : Nay more , they were all Coxecombes , all starke mad To thinke thou wert of any Tribe but Gad. keywords: city; country; court; doe; doth; english; god; good; haue; india; mahometan; master; mee; persian; tcp; text; thee; thomas; thou; thy; time; vnto; world cache: A19381.xml plain text: A19381.txt item: #71 of 129 id: A25840 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The armies letanie, imploring the blessing of God on the present proceedings of the armie by the author of Mercurius melancholicus. date: 1647.0 words: 1717 flesch: 85 summary: Author of Mercurius melancholicus 1647 1388 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 B The rate of 7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A25840 of text R22407 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A3714). keywords: author; libera; nos; quaesumus te; text cache: A25840.xml plain text: A25840.txt item: #72 of 129 id: A34591 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Cornu-copia, or, Roome for a ram-head wherein is described the dignity of the ram-head above the round-head or rattle-head. date: 1642.0 words: 2006 flesch: 79 summary: But vow you shall not , for I take more pleasure and content in them then in any thing in the world beside , esteeming them as a goodly ornament unto me above all other men , 2. as a testification to all the world of my innocency , 3. it is unto me a strong defence against all adverse power , 4. hornes are so serviceable and usefull that no man almost can live without them . H. Because they have no harme in them , for where hornes are there is innocency : As for example , we may see in the very animall , keywords: head; horne; man; ram; text cache: A34591.xml plain text: A34591.txt item: #73 of 129 id: A43604 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A Preparative to studie, or, The vertue of sack date: 1641.0 words: 1223 flesch: 76 summary: [no entry] 1641 911 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 C The rate of 11 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. A Preparative to studie, or, The vertue of sack This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A43604 of text R22858 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing H1790). keywords: doe; preparative; sack; text cache: A43604.xml plain text: A43604.txt item: #74 of 129 id: A53267 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Old nevves newly revived, or, The discovery of all occurences happened since the beginning of the Parliament as the confusion of patent the deputies death Canterburies imprisonment, secretary Windebank L. Finob, doctor Roane, Sir Iohn Sucklin and his associates flight the fall of wines, the desolation of doctors commons the misery of the papists, Judge Barckleyes imprisonment and the ruine of Alderman Abels monopoly : most exactly compiled in a short discourse between Mr. Inquiseive a countrey gentleman and Master Intelligencer a newes monger. date: 1641.0 words: 2370 flesch: 72 summary: I le tell you Sir , if the glorious acts that Hector d●d , made his conq●est the more honourable , and Achilles by slaying him ingrost all his heroicke deeds , why should not yong Brandon be as famou● for the death of him that shak't three Ki●gdomes ? Inquis . Old nevves newly revived, or, The discovery of all occurences happened since the beginning of the Parliament as the confusion of patent the deputies death Canterburies imprisonment, secretary Windebank L. Finob, doctor Roane, Sir Iohn Sucklin and his associates flight the fall of wines, the desolation of doctors commons the misery of the papists, Judge Barckleyes imprisonment and the ruine of Alderman Abels monopoly : most exactly compiled in a short discourse between Mr. Inquiseive a countrey gentleman and Master Intelligencer a newes monger. keywords: hee; inquis; intell; iohn; parliament; sir; text cache: A53267.xml plain text: A53267.txt item: #75 of 129 id: A57985 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The high and mightie commendation of the vertue of a pot of good ale full of wit without offence, of mirth without obscenities of pleasure without scurrilitie, and of good content without distaste : whereunto is added the valiant battell fought between the Norfolk Cock and the Wisbich Cock / written by Thomas Randall. date: 1642.0 words: 2969 flesch: 79 summary: But he was a Pagan , and Ale then was rife ; But after Christ came , and bade us , All haile , Saint Ta●●● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 peere in her life , Put awle Cally 〈…〉 , and excellent Ale . 2003-08 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-09 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-10 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2003-10 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-12 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion The High and Mightie Comm●●●ation of the vertue of a Pot of Good Ale . keywords: ale; cock; fight; good; pot; text; thomas cache: A57985.xml plain text: A57985.txt item: #76 of 129 id: A62414 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Roger the Caterburian that cannot say grace for his meat, with a low-crown'd hat before his face, or, The character of a prelaticall man affecting heighths newly written by G. T. date: 1642.0 words: 2166 flesch: 74 summary: Hee ha's read the whole Story of Christian Religion from Christ-Crosse to & per se and : and yet cannot finde Ananias the Puritan neither in A. nor B. nor C. nor any Age of the Christ-cross-row , but quite beside it : The Poxe and the Plague ha's frighted him out of Oxford ; and Mr. PYM out of his Leg-Religion , and almost his Witt. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A62414 of text R21210 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T10). keywords: god; grace; hee; man; roger; text cache: A62414.xml plain text: A62414.txt item: #77 of 129 id: A64152 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The anatomy of the separatists, alias, Brownists the factious brethren in these times, wherein this seditious sect is fairely dissected, and perspicuously discovered to the view of world : with the strange hub-bub, and formerly unheard of hurly-burly, which those phanatick and fantastick schismatiks made on Sunday ... the 8 of May ... at the sermon of the Right Rev. Father in God, Henry, Bishop of Chichester ... date: 1642.0 words: 3726 flesch: 57 summary: These and their holy sisters ( for they may wel be linkt together ) are they , who by their unreverent gestures in the Church disesteeme of Church-Prayers ; These are they who contemn the publike service of God , and cry down the Lyturgie of the Church of England ; that solemne Lyturgie , celebrous by the piety of Bishops , and Martyres , hallowed with the blond of some of them who composed it , established by the Lawes of this Land , by severall Acts of Parliament in this Kingdome , attested and approved by the best of all forraigne Divines , confirmed by the subscription of all the Clergie , accepted of by the most and best of all the Laity , and hath continued since in the raignes of Queene Elizabeth , King Iames , and our gracious King Charles , in the Church of England , for the service of God these 90. yeares ; that this holy exercise of Religion should be by them vilified , interrupted , and depraved , what doth it tend to , but the advancing of Heresie , Schisme , Profanenesse , Libertinisme , Anabaptisme , and Atheisme ? We acknowledge , that some parts of our publike Liturgy , may be very well corrected , ( and thankes be to God the great Counsell of the King , and the Kingdome have consulted and determined about it ) but the clamours now go very high : Impudence or Ignorance is at this time grown so frontlesse , that it is confidently expected by many , that all formes of publike worship should be utterly abrogated , and that our booke of Common-Prayer should bee quite abolished , as they would have Episcopacy everlastingly extirpated . Religion it selfe is now crucified , as Christ was between two thieves , viz , Superstition and Irreverence , which is a spice of Atheisme , and of the two extreames is worse peccant in the defect , than in the excesse . keywords: brethren; brownists; church; god; men; religion; sect; separatists; text cache: A64152.xml plain text: A64152.txt item: #78 of 129 id: A64154 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: An apology for private preaching in which those formes are warranted or rather justified, which the maligannt sect contemne and daily by prophane pamphlets make ridiculous : viz. preaching in a tub : teaching against the backe of a chaire : instructing at a tables end : revealing in a basket : exhorting over a buttery hatch : reforming on a bad side or, indeed, any place according to inspiration, since it is knowne, the spirit moves in sundry places : whereunto is annexed, or rather conjoyned or furthermore united, or moreover knit the spirituall postures, alluding to that of musket and pike / by T.J. date: None words: 2324 flesch: 62 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64154 of text R20694 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T429). In which those formes are warranted, or rather justified, which the maligannt sect contemne, and daily by Taylor, John 1642 1975 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 B The rate of 5 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: doctrine; man; text; tub; zeale cache: A64154.xml plain text: A64154.txt item: #79 of 129 id: A64158 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A brief director for those that would send their letters to any parts of England, Scotlaud, or Ireland. Or A list of all the carriers, waggoners coaches, posts, ships, barks, hoys, and passage-boats, that come to London, from the most parts and places, by land & sea Alphabetically printed, so that none may pretend ignorance, who would gladly send, but know not where to carry their letters. With the dayes when they come, and when they return. And also to send letters to the most habitable parts of the world, and to have an answer. date: 1642.0 words: 3193 flesch: 87 summary: S●…ford in Ch●…ire at the Ax in Aldermanbury . A F●…-post from ●…rk to the Rose and Crown in S●… . keywords: aldermanbury; bridge; fridayes; head; holborn; street; thursdayes cache: A64158.xml plain text: A64158.txt item: #80 of 129 id: A64159 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The Brownists conventicle, or, An assemble of Brownists, separatists, and non-conformists as they met together at a private house to heare a sermon of a brother of theirs neere Algate, being a learned felt-maker contayning the whole discourse of his exposition with the manner and forme of his preaching, praying, giving thankes before and after dinner and supper : as it was lately heard and now date: 1641.0 words: 4248 flesch: 52 summary: This is that cruell Herod , but more bloudy hearted : he onely slew the Babes and Sucklings but this Dragon woul● make slaughters of all of you , deare brothers and sisters , for which hee shall bee eaten up with the wormes of his owne Conscience . The rate of 21 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: brethren; brownists; church; deare; dragon; house; maker; saints; sisters; text cache: A64159.xml plain text: A64159.txt item: #81 of 129 id: A64160 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Christmas in & out, or, Our Lord & Saviour Christs birth-day to the reader ... / [by] John Taylor. date: 1652.0 words: 5499 flesch: 58 summary: But I am more properly called Christs Day , for he himselfe did honour me with that Name , and though all dayes are his ( for as he is God , he is the Antient of Daies ) for whem the Jewes did speak of ABRAHAM , Joh. 8 , 56 , My Master sayd , Before ABRAHAM was , I am , for ABRAMAM saw my Day , and rejoyced in it , and was glad . So likewise if poore old Christmas day be made welcome , I am not the richer or fatter , if I be ill entertain'd , I will neither be poorer or leaner : Let them make me a feasting or fasting day , all my joy or grief is not of long continuance , I am but a short day , and not far from the shortest day , and therefore their loves are but short to my Master , that will not rejoyce and be glad at the comming of his anniversary Birth day . keywords: birth; christmas; christs; day; god; good; lord; master; men; son; text cache: A64160.xml plain text: A64160.txt item: #82 of 129 id: A64161 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A cluster of coxcombes, or, Cinquepace of five sorts of knaves and fooles namely, the domatists, publicans, disciplinarians, anabaptists, and brownists, their originals, opinions, confutations, and, in a word, their heads roundly jolted together : also shewing how in the raignes of sundry kings, and in the late Q. Elizabeths raign the Anabaptists have bin burnt as hereticks, and otherwayes punished : and that the sect of the brownists is so new, that many are alive who knew the beginning of it : with other sects displayed / by John Taylor. date: None words: 2842 flesch: 56 summary: And it is to be wondered at the many unlicenced licentious Pamphlets that have been scattered about the Kingdome within these 23. months , wherein neither Religion , Church , King , Peeres , Priest , or people have escaped Railing , Libelling , and transcendent traducing , so that it may be supposed , that the paper that hath beene wasted by those pestiferous pamphleteeres , would goe neere ( if it were laid sheet by sheet ) to cover the whole Kingdome ; and this is certaine , that they have drawne many thousands of poore idle people from all parts of England to London , where without serving any Apprentiship , they take a freedom to sell Bookes , so that the Book-sellers are encreased ten fold in number within these two yeares : And what stuffe doe they sell ( for sooth ) things New Lye come forth and things either of no worth , or else Speeches fathered upon men that never knew of them , or Newes out of Scotland or Ireland , made over night in an Ale-house , and printed in the morning Cum privilegio , 1642. A cluster of coxcombes, or, Cinquepace of five sorts of knaves and fooles namely, the domatists, publicans, disciplinarians, anabaptists, and brownists, their originals, opinions, confutations, and, in a word, their heads roundly jolted together : also shewing how in the raignes of sundry kings, and in the late Q. Elizabeths raign the Anabaptists have bin burnt as hereticks, and otherwayes punished : and that the sect of the brownists is so new, that many are alive who knew the beginning of it : with other sects displayed / by John Taylor. Taylor, John, 1580-1653. keywords: anabaptists; brownists; christian; church; sect; text; yeare cache: A64161.xml plain text: A64161.txt item: #83 of 129 id: A64162 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The conversion, confession, contrition, comming to himselfe, & advice, of a mis-led, ill-bred, rebellious round-head which is very fitting to be read to such as weare short haire, and long eares, or desire eares long / written by John Taylor. date: 1643.0 words: 6096 flesch: 33 summary: Therefore ( my Brethren ) let me advise you to hearken no more to them , they have coufened us too much already , they have made us perfect in turning Markes to eighteen pence , and Nobles to nine pence , and all to nothing ; yet there is hope , though your monies be gone , yet you may have a small proportion of Wit left , which ( guided by grace ) may make you turne a little honest , and assure your selves that those who doe dye in this most Horrid and damned Rebellion , against their Iust and Lawfull King , they doe dye in as desperate a manner , as those that murther themselves , either by Hanging , Stabbing , Poysoning , Drowning , or any other desperate Way . The sixth Commandement forbids doing any Murther , and we have observ'd it so well , that we have , by committing most barbarous and inhumane Murthers and slaughters , made this sometimes Kingdome of Peace , an Aceldema , or field of Bloud , a very Golgotha of dead mens sculls , as if it were the slaughter house of the world , and shambles of Butcher'd mans flesh for all the Anthropophagie of man-eating Canniballs . keywords: brethren; conversion; day; doe; faith; god; good; hath; king; law; man; rebells; round; taylor; text cache: A64162.xml plain text: A64162.txt item: #84 of 129 id: A64163 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The Devil turn'd Round-head, or, Plvto become a Brownist being a just comparison how the Devil is become a round-head : in what manner and how zealously, like them, he is affected with the moving of the Spirit : with the holy sisters of copulation, if he would seem holy, sincere, and pure, were it with the Devill himself : as also the Amsterdammian definition of a Familist. date: 1642.0 words: 1291 flesch: 64 summary: (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A64163) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 64292) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64163 of text R19927 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T449). keywords: head; holy; text cache: A64163.xml plain text: A64163.txt item: #85 of 129 id: A64165 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The diseases of the times, or, The distempers of the common-wealth succinctly describing each particular disease wherin the kingdome is troubled : contracted into these heads viz. 1. the immedicable tumour of faction : 2. the strange diffusuion of Brownianisme : 3. the stupendeous inundation of heresie : 4. the desperate swelling of obstinacy : 5. the dangerous disease of feminine divinity : 6. the aspiring ambition of presumption : 7. the audacious height of disobedience : 8. the painted deceitfulnesse of hypecrisie. date: 1642.0 words: 1624 flesch: 63 summary: T●ese are the Diseas●s , whe●eof these Ti●es languish , and di●●rs cures and Remedies for them may be pers●icuously s●ene in a Book , called , A medicine for the Times . Eighthly , and lastly , we come to the painted deceitfulnesse of Hypocrisie ; this is too obvious in the publike view of the w●rld , and those that under the colour of Religio● would reforme the Church● do wholly defor●e it ; ●hese have the voyce of Iacob , but the h●nd of Es●● , and like a Candle , they show a faire Light to others , but waste and consume themselves in their owne pride . keywords: disease; distempers; kingdome; text; times cache: A64165.xml plain text: A64165.txt item: #86 of 129 id: A64167 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Englands comfort and Londons ioy expressed in the royall triumphant and magnificent entertainment of our dread soveraigne Lord, King Charles ... date: 1641.0 words: 1985 flesch: 65 summary: Englands comfort and Londons ioy expressed in the royall triumphant and magnificent entertainment of our dread soveraigne Lord, King Charles ... Taylor, John, 1580-1653. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1411:15) Englands comfort and Londons ioy expressed in the royall triumphant and magnificent entertainment of our dread soveraigne Lord, King Charles ... Taylor, John, 1580-1653. keywords: king; london; lord; majesty; major; royall; text cache: A64167.xml plain text: A64167.txt item: #87 of 129 id: A64168 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Epigrammes vvritten on purpose to be read: with a proviso, that they may be understood by the reader; being ninety in number: besides, two new made satyres that attend them. By John Taylor, at the signe of the Poets Head, in Phœnix Alley, neare the middle of Long-Aker, or Covent Garden. date: 1651.0 words: 5936 flesch: 86 summary: And as men that would travell , would attaine Some knowledge in the tongues of France , or Spaine , Th' Italian , or the High , Low , spacious Dutch , The Russe , Shavonian , Latine , Greeke , or such As is the language where they mean to go , Each Traveller these tongues would gladly know , That when they came to any forraine Land , They might the peoples speeches understand : So swearers will to hell a voyage make , And therefore they most studious pains do take To learn hels language , to blaspheam and sweare , That all their friends may understand them there : These men in their mad furies do suppose That Hel's a Kingdome where all pleasure grows ; And that Elyzium is a pleasant place , Where soules immortall dance the wild-goose chase : Their stupid brains the Devill hath so possest , That Hel's a place of wealth , joy , peace , and rest ; That Heaven 's a fiction , and no place of pleasure , That to be damn'd is everlasting treasure : This is the cause they scorne to aske salvation , And pray God dam'em , and beg for damnation . Their speech to God ( or of God ) is most base , To curse or sweare are th' only garbs of grace : keywords: doth; god; good; grace; hath; himselfe; love; man; men; text; want; words cache: A64168.xml plain text: A64168.txt item: #88 of 129 id: A64169 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A full and compleat answer against the writer of a late volume set forth entituled A tale in a tub, or, A tub lecture : with a vindication of that ridiculous name called roundheads : together with some excellent verses on the defacing of Cheapside crosse : also proving that it is far better to preach in a boat than in a tub / by Thorny Ailo ... date: 1642.0 words: 2845 flesch: 67 summary: What have we not done ? we have rav'd and rail'd , Vn●ail'd , revil'd , exclaim'd , and made a noyse , Brake windowes downe , left nothing unassail'd , And wanting men ( to clamour ) borrowed boyes : We have most stoutly play'd the beasts like men , In hope to be all benefic'd , ( But when ? ) But why do I thus toll our griefes in Meetre , Prose is meeter for our capacities by halfe , hang Poets and Poetry , wee could never endure them , no verse is more sweet than a mans neck-verse ( if it be said in season ) and as for Rhime , it is as much distastefull to us as Reason , keywords: crosse; heads; john; man; set; text; tub cache: A64169.xml plain text: A64169.txt item: #89 of 129 id: A64170 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Grand plvtoes remonstrance, or, The devill horn-mad at Roundheads and Brownists wherein His hellish Maiestie, by advice of his great counsell, Eacus, Minos & Radamanthus, with his beloved brethren, agdistis, beliall, incubus & succubus : is pleased to declare 1. how far he differs from round-head, rattle-head or prickeare : 2. his copulation with a Holy Sister : 3. his decre affection to Romish Catholikes and hate to Protestants : 4. his oration to the rebells. date: 1642.0 words: 1647 flesch: 58 summary: Wherein his Hellish Maiestie (by advice of his great counse [no entry] 1642 1233 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 C The rate of 16 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64170 of text R13522 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T463). keywords: brownists; deere; maiestie; sister; text cache: A64170.xml plain text: A64170.txt item: #90 of 129 id: A64171 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Heads of all fashions being a plain defection or definition of diverse and sundry sorts of heads, butting, jetting or pointing at vulgar opinion : and allegorically shewing the diversities of religion in these distempered times : now very lately written, since calves-heads came in season. date: 1642.0 words: 2691 flesch: 85 summary: Heads of all fashions being a plain defection or definition of diverse and sundry sorts of heads, butting, jetting or pointing at vulgar opinion : and allegorically shewing the diversities of religion in these distempered times : now very lately written, since calves-heads came in season. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 251:E145, no 17) Heads of all fashions being a plain defection or definition of diverse and sundry sorts of heads, butting, jetting or pointing at vulgar opinion : and allegorically shewing the diversities of religion in these distempered times : now very lately written, since calves-heads came in season. keywords: doth; hath; head; hollow; man; text cache: A64171.xml plain text: A64171.txt item: #91 of 129 id: A64172 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The hellish Parliament being a counter-Parliament to this in England, containing the demonstrative speeches and statutes of that court together with the perfect league made between the two hellish factions the papists and the Brownists. date: 1641.0 words: 1778 flesch: 68 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64172 of text R6305 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T465). The rate of 20 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: brownists; england; papists; parliament; text cache: A64172.xml plain text: A64172.txt item: #92 of 129 id: A64173 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: An honest ansvver to the late published apologie for private preaching wherein is justly refuted their mad forms of doctrine, as, preaching in a tub, teaching against the backe of a chaire, instructing at a tables end, revealing in a basket, exhorting over a buttery hatch, reforming on a bed side : with an objection to their common plea of divine inspiration, directly, without passion, proving there is but nice distinction betwixt the brownists and papists who have bin equall disturbers of the state yet in continuall controversie one against the other : with an argument against Round-heads / by T. J. date: None words: 2529 flesch: 63 summary: First , I will prove you Mad men ; I shall make Fooles of you hereafter : ( and that you 'l say is impossible . ) in the first place ( according to my observation of the times ; let a fellow come amongst you with some humourous Pamphlet , wherein Round-heads are mentioned , though there be neither Name nor Trade specified , nor no mans private Reputation wrong'd , without Law or Reason by a crew of men he knowes not , he must be beaten or kicked ( as the spirit moves you ) from the place ; and if such unlawfull violence have any relation to Religion I am an Heretick , all actions that tend to the maintenance of true piety are performed by Order ; the Elements observe their Centers ; the Sunne , Moon , and Starres keepe their direct motions , ( Creatures onely by Nature instructed ) but Zeale in a Round-head is like fire given to a Granado , the strange Materials in disordered Flight , hazzard both Friend and Foe . Such Zeale is theirs , I 'le not beleeve every man that dyes in the confirmation of his profession departeth truly Religious , because I see men daily more violent in the maintenance of unjust actions , then men Religious , whose patience is sufficient Fortitude , and can gaine a conquest without fury . keywords: apologie; head; man; men; preaching; text cache: A64173.xml plain text: A64173.txt item: #93 of 129 id: A64174 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: An humble desired union betweene prerogative and priviledge shewing, that if one draw too hard one way, and the other another, the whole common-wealth must be in danger to be pull'd in sunder. date: 1642.0 words: 2559 flesch: 54 summary: But all the world may know that such Pastors and Teachers were not sent by him whom they pretend and fainedly seeme to serve , for the Eternall Prince of Peace never gave any of his servants any command or Commission to raise Warre , ( especially Domestique , Civill vncivill Warre , and surely those nimble talking tong-men that talke so hotly of Battailes , they would not willingly be at one themselves , and th●y doe know chat a whole skin is a good cover to sleepe in . There are too great a number that have gotten the wisdom of the old serpent but there are few that are possest with the Innocency of the Dove , the old Serpent is a malitious breaker of Peace and a diligent Laborer for Warre , his onely businesse is to make us wicked and he knowes that for the sinnes of a people God sends War for a punishment , 1 Kings . keywords: english; god; king; peace; protestants; text; warre cache: A64174.xml plain text: A64174.txt item: #94 of 129 id: A64175 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A late weary, merry voyage and journey, or, Iohn Taylors moneths travells by sea and land, from London to Gravesend, to Harwich, to Ipswich, to Norwich, to Linne, to Cambridge, and from thence to London : performed and written on purpose to please his friends and to pleasure himselfe in these unpleasant and necessitated times. date: 1650.0 words: 5073 flesch: 69 summary: Lastly , Norwich was won and fired by Ket and his Army of Rebels , since when it hath been well repaired , and in a flourishing condition ; the wals of the City are of more circuit or bounds then the wals of London : But it is to be considered , there are Pasture Grounds , Gardens , and waste Lands ( not built upon ) more then half the ground within the walls ; it hath 12. gates to issue in and out 12. severall wayes , whereby it may be conceived that it is large in circuit , ( for London hath not fo many ) there are 30. faire Parish Churches , there were five more , but they are ruined before these present troubles ; the goodly Cathedrall is much defaced in these late times of Reformation . keywords: bee; day; doth; hath; hee; john; london; man; mee; miles; norwich; text; time cache: A64175.xml plain text: A64175.txt item: #95 of 129 id: A64178 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Love one another: a tub lecture, preached at Watford in Hartfordshire at a conventicle on the 25. of December last, being Christmas day, by John Alexander, a joyner. His text was taken out of the epistle of Saint Iohn, and himselfe was taken by Captaine Bird, Lieutenant Rock, and other officers, from whom he received such usage as his doctrine did deserve; for which the said officers were commended by the Parliament. date: 1643.0 words: 3231 flesch: 58 summary: of December last, being Christmas day, by Taylor, John 1643 3019 7 0 0 0 0 0 23 C The rate of 23 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64178 of text R6037 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T476). keywords: beloved; day; doe; haste; love; speed; text cache: A64178.xml plain text: A64178.txt item: #96 of 129 id: A64179 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Lvcifers lacky, or The devils new creature being the true character of a dissembling Brownist whose life is hypocriticall, instructions schismaticall thoughts dangerous, actions malicious and opinions impious : with the relation of their repulse from the Parliament house upon Thursday the 4 of December : and the reason why constables had warrants in the city and liberties of London to take up men to guard the Parliament-House upon Friday the 12 of December, 1641. date: 1641.0 words: 1430 flesch: 62 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64179 of text R7096 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T477). Being the true character of a dissembling Brownist, whose life is hypocriticall, instructions s Taylor, John 1641 999 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 C The rate of 10 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: december; house; parliament; text cache: A64179.xml plain text: A64179.txt item: #97 of 129 id: A64180 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Mad fashions, od fashions, all out fashions, or, The emblems of these distracted times by John Taylor. date: 1642.0 words: 2016 flesch: 70 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64180 of text R16195 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T478). Thus Church and Common-wealth , and men , all are ( Much like the Picture ) out of frame or square . keywords: church; doe; doth; fashions; taylor; text; times cache: A64180.xml plain text: A64180.txt item: #98 of 129 id: A64181 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Mercvrivs Aqvaticvs, or, The vvater-poets ansvver to all that hath or shall be writ by Mercvrivs Britanicvs date: 1643.0 words: 7196 flesch: 67 summary: 1. Secretary Nicholas the Informer , George Digby contriver of the Lyes , 〈◊〉 , and Calumntes of an Drford Pam , phlet . 〈◊〉 , now when Sir Benjamin Rudyeard is turn'd Assembly man too , I never look to sée our Church 〈◊〉 according to the ancient Primitive Form of Doctrine and discipline , which is the same with the 〈◊〉 Religion her established . keywords: aulicus; britanicus; england; houses; mercurius; new; parliament; people; petition; power; pym; religion; sir; text; time cache: A64181.xml plain text: A64181.txt item: #99 of 129 id: A64183 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Mercurius Nonsencicus, written for the vse of the simple vnderstander by John Taylor. date: 1648.0 words: 2165 flesch: 55 summary: There is a new trade lately practis'd in England , which is to cut throats , and kill men for 3. or 4 . s . a weeke , they say the Devill himselfe is Master of the Company : the most part , or greatest numbers of this society are so far from the way of Peace , that they hate the peace of their Countrey : they have banished the Peace of Conscience , the Kings peace ( I am sure ) they have broken , and the peace of God , they ( through want of understanding ) have no stomack to . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64183 of text R2728 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T482A). keywords: case; english; hath; john; men; taylor; text cache: A64183.xml plain text: A64183.txt item: #100 of 129 id: A64184 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Misselanies, or, Fifty years gathering out of sundry authors in prose and verse being the studious readings, painful collections, and some of them are the composings of the writer and publisher heerof / John Taylor. date: 1652.0 words: 9356 flesch: 68 summary: When the Devill had taken all Job's earthly goods , insomuch that to the appearance of men , he had nothing left him but extream poverty , Botches and Scabs ; some may suppose that the Devill was kind in leaving him his Wife , but the subtile Serpent had a further aime then to leave Job's Wife to be a helper or comfort unto him , he saw that all that had been done to his body , or children , or estate , could not make him impatient to blaspheam , and he knew that the Law was that the Blaspheamer was to be stoned to death ; therefore he left his Wife to vex him , and to tempt him to curse God and die , whereby he had not only lost his life by the Law , but also hazzarded his soule to the Devill for his impatiency and blasphemy . In Naturall reason wee may perceive Conscience to be a binding Law , for when a man is about to put in practise any wicked act , eyther of prophanenesse against God , or abuse towards men , presently Conscience forbids it , and commands him to remember that God sees his thoughts and actions , and to have that just precept in his minde , Whatsoever thou wouldst that men should doe unto thee , doe thou the same unto them ; for Conscience is a Law wherein no excuse is to bee admitted , no evasion or illusion , no bribe , cloke , cover or dispensation can make this Evidence mute , for it will declare the Truth , and the whole Truth , without the abatement of a tittle . keywords: bee; christ; church; conscience; doe; doth; father; god; gods; good; hath; hee; law; life; man; men; people; text; world; ● ● cache: A64184.xml plain text: A64184.txt item: #101 of 129 id: A64185 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Most curious Mercurius Brittanicus, alias Sathanicus, answer'd, cuff'd, cudgell'd, and clapper-claude ... date: None words: 3613 flesch: 50 summary: Most curious Mercurius Brittanicus, alias Sathanicus, answer'd, cuff'd, cudgell'd, and clapper-claude ... Taylor, John, 1580-1653. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1160:11) Most curious Mercurius Brittanicus, alias Sathanicus, answer'd, cuff'd, cudgell'd, and clapper-claude ... Taylor, John, 1580-1653. 8 p. s.n., keywords: annagram; brittanicus; hath; king; look; man; mercurius; newes; sir; text cache: A64185.xml plain text: A64185.txt item: #102 of 129 id: A64188 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The noble cavalier caracterised, and a rebellious caviller cavterised by John Taylor. date: 1643.0 words: 3811 flesch: 34 summary: All which Villanies are so contrary to a cavalier , that a greater disparity is not betwixt Light and Darknesse , or between God and Belial ; and although the blacke mouth'd , venom'd tooth'd Caviller doth dayly seek to sully and blast the name of a Cavalier , by bestowing on them the sweet stinking Epithites and Titles of Damme , renounce , consume , confound , sinke , and the like execrable Blasphemies , which indeed are inexcusable , and inevitably damnable ; yet I must be so plain with the Caviller , as to tell him that Lot's Incest was no excuse for Achan's Theft , Cain's committing Murder was no warrant for Achitophel to give treacherous Counsell , nor was Rabsheka's blasphemy any president for the lying hypocrisie of Ananias and Saphira ; no more are the detestable and damnable Oathes with which the Caviller doth charge and scandall the Cavalier , any presidents to move or maintain lying , dissimulation , cheating , Rebellion , Treason , &c. Nor can I believe the saint seeming Caviller , that the Cavalier hath taken all the prophane swearing from him , for if he will but call his seared , cauterized Conscience to a strict examination , it will tell him , that he hath sworne an Oath of Allegiance to be loyall to his King , which Oath is recorded in Heaven , and the breach of it is to be punished in Hell , of the violation of which Oath the Cavalier is guiltlesse , and the Caviller most damnably guilty . Moreover ( to seasen all the rest ) I must not omit the zeale of a devout Brother , whose name is Francis Beale , ( dwelling in the Axe-yard in Kings Street , Westminster . ) this Beale was sometimes an Ale-house-keeper and Tobacco-man , that with pot and pipe , nicke , froath , puffe , and whiffe , gat a devillish deale of money , by punishing , cheating , and beggering of Drunkards ; then he gave over that kinde of life , and was a Porter to the Lady Kincleavin , since when he is turned Gentleman , and contributary bountifull Rebell ; this Beale hath a son at mans estate , ( a proper honest man ) who left father , mother , Sectarisme and Rebellion , and hath long served in His Majesties Army , ( which his father and mother hold to be Apostasie ) and she good old Gentlewoman , with griefe and sorrow that her son was so undutifull as to be a Protestant , and a good Subject , she caused a Bill to be written to have him prayed for in the Church , which Bill was delivered in Martin's Church neare Chearing-Crosse , to the famous Master Case , the Lecturer there on Thursdayes ; the Forme of the Bill was as followeth . keywords: cavalier; caviller; hath; himselfe; john; king; rebellion; religion; taylor; text cache: A64188.xml plain text: A64188.txt item: #103 of 129 id: A64189 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Nonsence upon sence, or, Sence, upon nonsence chuse you either or neither : written upon white paper, in a browne study, betwixt Lammas day and Cambridge, in the yeare aforesayd / by John Taylor. date: 1651.0 words: 3418 flesch: 72 summary: T is almost past the mamory of man Since famous Arthur first in Court began : The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). keywords: a64189; betwixt; chuse; day; english; hath; john; man; men; nonsence; selfe; taylor; text; thou; time cache: A64189.xml plain text: A64189.txt item: #104 of 129 id: A64190 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The number and names of all the kings of England and Scotland, from the beginning of their governments to this present as also how long each of them reigned, how many of them came to untimely ends, either by imprisonments, banishments, famine, killing of themselves, poyson, drowning, beheading, falling from horses, slaine in battells, murthered, or otherwise / written by John Taylor ... date: 1649.0 words: 6309 flesch: 80 summary: yeers : a good King , built Cambridge and Gra●ham . 78 Coyle Duke of Colchester reign'd 14 years , h● married Hellen who was the mother ● the Emperour Constantine , she beautifie●Jerusalem , with many faire buildings an● Churches , and she also walled London an●Colchester , where Coyle was buried , An. 315● 79 Constantius reigned 4 years , a good King , buried at York . 80 Constantine the great was an English m●●orne , he was Emperour of the Christia● world ; he was the Founder of Constant●nople , which was an old ruin'd Towne called Bizantium , he was zealous for God glory , for which he was honoured o● earth , and doubtlesse eternally glorified● He raigned 22. yeers . keywords: hee; king; land; prince; raignd; slaine; text; time; yeers; ● ● cache: A64190.xml plain text: A64190.txt item: #105 of 129 id: A64191 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Oxford besiedged surprised, taken, and pittifully entred on Munday the second of Iune last, 1645. by the valiant forces of the London and Westminster Parliament. Written, by a trusty wellwisher of theirs, who sted-fastly hopes, and heartily prayes, they may have the like prosperous successe in all their future undertakings. The writers name and surname begins with the 9th letter of the Greeke alphabet, io-ta. date: 1645.0 words: 3068 flesch: 54 summary: [Oxford : Printed in the last year of the Parliament's raigne, 1645. by the valiant forces of the London and Westminster Parliament. keywords: day; forces; iune; london; oxford; parliament; text; westminster cache: A64191.xml plain text: A64191.txt item: #106 of 129 id: A64192 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A pedlar and a Romish priest in a very hot discourse, full of mirth, truth, wit, folly, and plain-dealing by Iohn Taylor. date: 1641.0 words: 6105 flesch: 74 summary: To draw all backe to that hundred and twentie , Indeed this way should have tongues in plentie , They differ in 12. verses , the Text saies , Besides the time is different full 10. dayes , The first upon the day the Lord ascended , The other when the holy Ghost descended . And so , sir Iohn , to shew you all my packe , And let you see my breast as well as backe ; I wonder yee consider not the end , Why God the Holy Ghost in Tongues did send : Know ye not women are forbidden preaching , Know ye not tongues were onely given for teaching ; Women ( at home ) have hardly leave to speake , But they take leave , and often silence breake ; Their husbands must permit their tongues to walke , And therefore , in Gods House , they may not talke : And then , sir Iohn , what worship doe you win Vnto our Lady , when you bring her in As a Companion with the whole six score , Who gat the Holy Ghost and she no more , And where the Pope hath made her Queen of heaven , You make her here like one of the Eleven , In this , her dignitie doth seeme to fall , You thrust her to the Kitchin from the Hall . keywords: doe; holy; iohn; latin; man; mother; pedlar; priest; sir; text; thou; tongue cache: A64192.xml plain text: A64192.txt item: #107 of 129 id: A64193 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A plea for prerogative, or, Give Cæsar his due being the wheele of fortune turn'd round, or, the world turned topsie-turvie : wherein is described the true subjects loyalty to maintain His Majesties prerogative and priviledges of Parliament / by Thorny Aylo, alias, John Taylor. date: 1642.0 words: 2392 flesch: 66 summary: Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). keywords: doth; hath; peace; prerogative; religion; tcp; text; wheele cache: A64193.xml plain text: A64193.txt item: #108 of 129 id: A64194 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The Popes benediction, or, His generall pardon to be purchased onely with mony and without penance sent into England by Ignatim Holy-water a Iesuit to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury and to the rest of his subjects there. date: 1641.0 words: 1716 flesch: 62 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64194 of text R23019 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T497). no The Popes benediction or, his generall pardon to be purchased onely with mony and without penance: sent into England by Ignatius Holy-water Taylor, John 1641 1410 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 B The rate of 7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-10 Jennifer Kietzman Sampled and proofread 2002-10 Jennifer Kietzman Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-12 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE POPES BENEDICTION OR , His generall pardon to be purchased onely with mony and without penance : Sent into England by Ignatius Holy-water a Iesuit , to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury , and to the rest of his Subjects there . keywords: grosses; holy; pardon; text cache: A64194.xml plain text: A64194.txt item: #109 of 129 id: A64195 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A preter-plvperfect spick and span new nocturnall, or Mercuries weekly night-newes wherein the publique faith is published and the banquet of Oxford mice described. date: 1643.0 words: 6732 flesch: 23 summary: yet it choaked them , and proved their bane , for many of them died , and it is certain most of them are destinated or bewitched like Traitors to be catch'd in a Trap , or fall into the clawes of the Cat , as Conspiratours , and wicked treacherous Rebels will drop into the Hangmans budget : but the Day begins to dawn , therefore I le give over till soon at Night : But now be amazed , astonished , and possest with wonder and admiration , and if ever we had cause to be beside our selves , out of our wits , or starke mad with joy , now is the time ; there was this Night brought to light the most horrible , terrible , detestable , cruell Plot that ever was contriv'd since the dayes of Achitophel , the Sicilian Even-song comes short of it , the Massacre of Paris comes not neare it , the Spanish intended Invasion was a toy to it , and the Powder Plot was but a blast or puffe in comparison of it ; but I hold my Reader too long before I come to the unpurposed purpose , or marrow of the matter , which was as followeth : This Night our watchfull Centinels , closely and carefully examined all that came neare them , and if any were so sawcie as to say they were for God and the King , there was a a strict Order for them , for being dangerous persons to the State , about nine of the clocke , or two houres before or behinde : a tall fellow disguised , with a water tankard on his shoulder , stopt with a clout , as the manner is , which he had filled at the Conduit , as he said , falsly , for it was proved afterwards to be wilde-fire-water , this audatious Herostratus knowing where a Souldier stood with his Musket , which Souldier had a pound of Powder in a paper loose in his pocket , which the Villain having notice of , he suddenly stepped to him , and plucked out the stopple of his Tankard , whereat the water gushed forth with such violence that it fired the Powder , and blew the Souldier from the Standard in Cheape over the houses into Milkestreet , as farre as Saint What d'ye call hims Church , where the learned Master Case teaches , the wicked wretch was taken with his watery Engine , and upon examination he confest , that he and seventy nine more of his fellowes were hired by the Malignant partie to fire the Citie in eleven score and twelve places with this new-found stratagem of Water-tankards , for the which Plot the Traitour was committed to Waltham house neare Bedlam , and it is thought that publique Thankesgiving must be given for this great Deliverance . keywords: day; english; faith; hath; king; lye; manner; master; mice; money; new; newes; night; oxford; publique; selfe; text cache: A64195.xml plain text: A64195.txt item: #110 of 129 id: A64201 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A reply as true as steele to a rusty, rayling, ridiculous, lying libell which was lately written by an impudent unfoder'd Ironmonger and called by the name of An answer to a foolish pamphlet entituled, A swarme of sectaries and schismatiques / by John Taylovr. date: 1641.0 words: 2225 flesch: 70 summary: 37 D The rate of 37 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64201 of text R23441 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T506). keywords: libell; men; reply; text; thou; verse cache: A64201.xml plain text: A64201.txt item: #111 of 129 id: A64203 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: St. Hillaries teares shed upon all professions from the judge to the petty fogger from the spruce dames of exchange to the durty walking fishmongers : from the coven-garden lady of iniquity to the turne-bal-streete-trull and indeed from the tower-staires to Westminster ferry : for want of a stirring midsomer terme this yeare of disasters, 1642 / written by one of his secretaries that had nothing else to doe. date: 1642.0 words: 3181 flesch: 45 summary: If you step aside into Coven-Garden , long Acre , and Drury Lune , where those Doves of Venus , those Birds of youth , and beauty , ( the wanton Ladies ) doe build their nests , you shall finde them in such a dump of amazement , to see the hopes of their trading frustrate , their beauties decaied for want of meanes to procure Pomatum , and F●●ous , Their eyes which like glistering comets had wont to dazle their Idolaters , now shadowed with clowds of griefe , their golden tresses which had wont to flag about their shoulders , like so many ensignes in Cupides Regiment , and every haire thereof had a servant or visitant , which did superstitiously dote on it , now for want of curling , and ordering growne to the fashion of an Irish rugge , And what a misery it is to see the Velvets , Sattins , and Taffaties , nay the curious smockes , sent to the brokers , and the whole wardrope that was purchast with so large a proportion of free favours , and communities , now reduc't to one pore tufted holland suit ? It is not pitty to see them ( pore soules ) who had wont to shine like so many constellations in the Firmament of the suburbs , and be hurried in Coaches to the Tavernes , and Sparagus Gardens , where ten or twenty pounds suppers were but trifles with them , should now goe to the Chandlers , and herbe-wives in slip-shooes , for Cheese and Onions to dinner ? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64203 of text R15224 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T508). keywords: court; english; exchange; hall; hee; hillaries; teares; text; want cache: A64203.xml plain text: A64203.txt item: #112 of 129 id: A64204 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A seasonable lecture, or, A most learned oration disburthened from Henry VValker, a most judicious ... iron monger : a late pamphleteere and now, too late or too soone, a double diligent preacher : as it might be delivered in Hatcham barne the thirtieth day of March last stylo novo / taken is short writing by Thorny Ailo ; and now printed in words at length and not in figures. date: 1642.0 words: 3015 flesch: 67 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64204 of text R22403 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T510). The rate of 35 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: dog; hee; man; text; time; tobias cache: A64204.xml plain text: A64204.txt item: #113 of 129 id: A64206 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A svvarme of sectaries, and schismatiques: wherein is discovered the strange preaching (or prating) of such as are by their trades coblers, tinkers, pedlers, weavers, sowgelders, and chymney-sweepers. By John Taylor. The cobler preaches, and his audience are as wise as Mosse was, when he caught his mare. date: 1641.0 words: 5203 flesch: 73 summary: For in Saint Austins time , he made complaint , That eighty two Sects did the Church ●●● Since when , could I all Here si●● recount , The number ( trouble ) treble will amount ; Yet in that Fathers daies , that reverend man Did ne're heare of the Sect call'd Puritan , And sure the name of Puritan doth yeeld , A good mans nickname , and a bad mans shield , It is a cover for a cheating Knave , And 't is a jeare , a good man to deprave ; But both the good and bad , who are they be , They get no name of Poritan from me . HEE that resists the world , the flesh , and Fiend , And makes a conscience how his daies he spend Who hates excessive drinking , Dr●bs and Dice And ( in his heart ) hath God in highest price ; That lives conformable to Law , and State , Nor from the Truth will flie or separate : That will not sweare , or couzen , ●ogge or lie , But strives ( in Gods ●●are ) how to live and die : keywords: church; cobler; doe; doth; god; learning; man; men; puritan; text; thou; ● ● cache: A64206.xml plain text: A64206.txt item: #114 of 129 id: A64208 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A tale in a tub, or, A tub lecture as it was delivered by my-heele Mendsoale and inspired Brownist and a most upright translator : in a meeting house neere Bedlam the one and twentieth of December, last 1641 / vvritten by J. T. date: 1641.0 words: 2089 flesch: 66 summary: A TVB Lecture BEloved Sisters , and my well infected Brethren , attend this Text , as you shall find it written in the first Chapter of Bell and the Dragon , the third Verse , as it followeth , Now the Babylonians had an Idoll they called Bell , and there were spent upon him every day , 12 gress measures of fine flower , and 40 sheepe , and 6 vessels of wine . I have observed that there was never any good in that word where Bell had a share in 't what was Adam Bell , but a hunter , so was Nimrod , who built that ambitious Tower Babel ; I have heard with mine owne eares , those blads which call themselvs Cavaleroes call a Crosse Bard sword Troy Bel. what is a Bel-man but a night walker ( as I apprehend him ) nay doe not your superstitious papists curse the Bretheren with Bell Booke and Candell ; was not that Cardinall an arch Heretick who had to name Bell Armine ; doe not those persecuting papists in Ireland ReBel , yes double and Tre-Bel ; and I hope there will be such an Equall uniformity amongst us who are the select Brethren that no particular man may be sayd to bare the Bel : nor shall any man hereafter be counted a man the sounder for being Bel-Metle , for Bel was Brasse without and Clay within . keywords: babylonians; bell; idoll; text; tub cache: A64208.xml plain text: A64208.txt item: #115 of 129 id: A64213 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Tailors travels from London to the Isle of VVight, vvith his returne, and occasion of his iourney date: 1648.0 words: 4012 flesch: 62 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64213 of text R10069 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T520). There found I friendship more then I expected Or did deserve , so much to be respected : The Gentlewomen both their husbands met there , The Moone was mounted , and the Sun was set there ; And after two houres time , or some such matter We turn'd our Coach t' a boat , and swam by water : My entertainement was good wine and welcome , The cups most kindly unto me pell well come ; Southamptons Governour , much love did show me , He was my old acquaintance , and did know me : He gave me's passe , to passe me to the Island And I tooke boate , and left him on the dry Land ; It was as bright a mooneshine night , I say As ever man saw in a Summers day ; Thus with a fore winde , and faire Cintha's light , In foure houres time we came to the Isle of Wight : We past Cowes Castle , and into the Towne went , Where some short time we wandring up and downe went ; Thus being favow'd by men , windes and weathers , At Cowes I landed , and lodg'd at the Feathers : The Isle of Wight contain'd a Wight of Waigh then , And on that Wight of Waight ; I came to wait then . keywords: horse; island; isle; king; london; majesty; man; miles; text; wight cache: A64213.xml plain text: A64213.txt item: #116 of 129 id: A64215 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Truth's triumph: or, Old miracles newly revived in the gracious preservation of our soveraigne Lord the King By Iohn Taylor. date: 1643.0 words: 2069 flesch: 74 summary: eng Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. The Ravens fed Elias in his need , And Hungry Daniel , Abacuck did feed , The Meale and Oyle , did every day encrease In Rich Aboundance , till the Dearth did cease , King David , oftentimes to flee was forc'd , And ( like a Partridge or'e the Mountaines Cours'd , Th' Almighty still being their Great defence Sav'de them from Famine , Sword , and Pestilence , And as these Miracles long Since were done , Yet God hath Lately shewed a Gracious one , Which proves my King th' Adopted son of God , Else he had Ruin'd beene , or downe beene Trod . keywords: god; king; miracles; soveraigne; taylor; text cache: A64215.xml plain text: A64215.txt item: #117 of 129 id: A64216 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: John Taylors vvandering, to see the vvonders of the vvest. How he travelled neere 600. miles, from London to the Mount in Cornwall, and beyond the Mount, to the Lands end, and home againe. Dedicated to all his loving friends, and free minded benefactors. In these dangerous dayes for rich men, and miserable times for the poore servants of the late King, (whereof I was one, 45. yeers to his royall father and himself) I thought it needful to take some course to make use of some friends, and devise a painfull way for my subsistence; which was the journey I have past, and this booke heere present; for which purpose I gave out many of these following bills, to which neere 3000. gentlemen and others, have kindly subscribed, to give me a reasonable reward. date: 1649.0 words: 6952 flesch: 55 summary: miles, from London to the Mount in Cornwall, and beyond the Mount, to the Lands end, and home againe. miles, from London to the Mount in Cornwall, and beyond the Mount, to the Lands end, and home againe. keywords: day; dayes; friends; hath; house; iuly; london; men; miles; mount; neere; text; towne cache: A64216.xml plain text: A64216.txt item: #118 of 129 id: A64219 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The vvhole life and progresse of Henry Walker the ironmonger first, the manner of his conversation : secondly, the severall offences and scandalous pamphlets the said Walker hath writ, and for which he is now a prisoner in New-Gate : thirdly, the forme of the inditement which is laid against him, by the Kings sergeants at law, and his learned counsell : fourthly, his conviction by the iury : fiftly, his recantation and sorrow for the publicke wrong he hath done His Majesty and the whole kingdome : here are also many remarkable passages concerning the offence, and apprehending the said Henry Walker, with a true relation of his severall escapes and rescues from the hands of justice, &c. / collected and written by Iohn Taylor. date: 1642.0 words: 4086 flesch: 56 summary: The truth is , he was an Apprentice to one Mr. 〈◊〉 , an Iro● monger in Newgate Market ; his time being expired ( I know not how or when ) he did set up that Trade in divers places of this City of London ; but his Trade and 〈◊〉 felt at odds one with the other , so that there was a breach betwixt them , & being there was no 〈◊〉 they parted , & never mean to come together againe : Then he having left selling Grydirens and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a gadding 〈◊〉 walk'd and found out a softer occupation , and 〈◊〉 up a Booke-sellers Shop , fell to Booke-selling ; Hee not having any word of God in his said Shop above the bulke or fize of a Horne-booke . In these troublesome times Mr. Walker set his wits a worke to compose such things as he supposed would vent or be 〈◊〉 , amongst such people as understood them not , loved contention , or were willing to beleeve any thing that tended to rend or shake the 〈◊〉 of either Church or State , and such ( and no other but such ) were all the Pamphlets , which he ( the said Walker composed , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 printed and sold , of which kinds of stuffe it is supposed that he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 neere 300. severall ones , of which number many 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bin printed 1500. keywords: hath; henry; kings; majesty; text; time; walker cache: A64219.xml plain text: A64219.txt item: #119 of 129 id: A64220 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The vvonder of a kingdom, dedicated to the iunto at VVestminster rascall reformers, snowie devills, behold the period of your evills ... date: 1648.0 words: 3081 flesch: 34 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A64220 of text R31965 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T531). The rate of 13 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: brethren; devills; english; iunto; kingdome; man; noise; text cache: A64220.xml plain text: A64220.txt item: #120 of 129 id: A64221 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The world turn'd upside down, or, A briefe description of the ridiculous fashions of these distracted times by T.J., a well-willer to King, Parliament, and kingdom. date: 1647.0 words: 1989 flesch: 71 summary: For England hath no likelihood or show Of what it was but seventy years ago ; Religion , manners , life , and shapes of men , Are much unlike the people that were then , Nay , Englands face , and language is estrang'd , That all is Metamorphis'd chop'd , and chang'd , For like as on the Poles the World is whorl'd , So is this Land the Bedlam of the World ; That I amazed , and amated am , To see Great Britain turn'd to Amsterdam , Mens braines and wits ( two simples beat together ) From thence , mix'd and compounded , are sent hither . Of what I in the Covenant have tooke , But , for all this , I may be mannerly In Gods House , and be free from Papistrie ; I hope I may put off my hat , and bee Allow'd to kneel , and pray , and bow my knee , When as divine Command bids , onely then I le bow to God , and not to Saints or Men , And from those duties I will never vary , Till death , or order do command contrary . keywords: church; doth; god; king; text; turn'd; world cache: A64221.xml plain text: A64221.txt item: #121 of 129 id: A64222 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Taylors arithmetick from one to tvvelve with a sollid discourse betweene yesterday, to-morrow, to-day, & a lover. date: 1653.0 words: 3974 flesch: 88 summary: So some who were but Cyphers in estate , One set before them rais'd them to some rate , To tens , to hundreds , thousands , thousands ten , From Cyphers unto millions , mounted men . But One did make me something , then I had Supportance from One to be fed and clad ; But many ( many sins ) a Cypher made me : Just nothing ( nothing ) ten years hath been paid me , Coyne is mans earthly life , life's Nerves and keywords: day; foure; hath; lov; man; morrow; text; times; yesterday cache: A64222.xml plain text: A64222.txt item: #122 of 129 id: A67888 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The Irish footman's poetry, or, George the rvnner against Henry the walker, in defence of Iohn the Swimmer being a sur-rejoinder to the rejoinder of the rusty ironmonger who endeavored to defile the cleare streames of the water-poet's Helicon / the author George Richardson ... date: 1641.0 words: 2185 flesch: 75 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A67888 of text R2346 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing R1383 T471). Being a sur-rejoinder to the rej Taylor, John 1641 1949 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 B The rate of 5 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: doe; george; hee; poet; richardson; text; walker cache: A67888.xml plain text: A67888.txt item: #123 of 129 id: A71179 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Iohn Taylor being yet unhanged sends greeting to Iohn Booker that hanged him lately in a picture, in a traiterous, slanderous, and foolish London pamphlet called A cable-rope double-twisted date: 1644.0 words: 3460 flesch: 47 summary: Booker , all the world may perceive the implacability and inveteracy of thy malice for thou canst not be contented , to hang me , but thou persistest so uncharitably towards me as not onely to send me a Rope , but to revile me , with the learned Titles of Rogue , Prick-lowse , Pagan , Metropolitan Villain , and such other pretty Sirnames , which he learned from the Fish-wives scoulding Colledge at Billingsgate , and that he should be loath to fowle his fingers to answer any Pamphlet that comes from Oxford , but that through his sides the honour of a Parliament is wounded : to which I answer , that Parliament at this time is a meer Conventicle , or not the shade of a shadow of what it should be , and thou thy selfe dost manifest the imbecility of it , in that it had no other fortifications but such rotten paper-walls as thy sides to defend it from the shot of a Scholars or a Scullars pen ; Sirtha , I would have thee know , that we at Oxford are true Protestant pen-proofe , and the King , Queen , Princes , Peeres , Clergy , Vniversity , Army , Magistrates , and Commons , are slander-proofe , so that neither your rebellious fighting , or reviling writing , can wound , blemish or sully the Majestique lustre of Royalty , in the Soveraigne , or the obedient expression of duty in the Subject . But thou with thy Consorts , May , Wither , Britannicus , the Scout , the Dove , and all the Rabble of lying and reviling Rebells , cannot so much as scratch or touch my reputation , much lesse can they wound either Aulicus or Naworth , and least of all can they batter with Elder-guns and paper-bullets either majesty or loyalty . keywords: anna; booker; iohn; john; rope; taylor; text; thee; thou cache: A71179.xml plain text: A71179.txt item: #124 of 129 id: A71180 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Rare physick for the chvrch sick of an ague prescribing excellent and most accurate physick to be given to the church which has been sicke a long time : with the names of every particular disease and the manner how she contracted them and by what meanes as also prescripts to remedy the same : humbly commended to the Parliament, those admirable physicians of the church and state. date: 1642.0 words: 1540 flesch: 55 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A71180 of text R21306 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T500). 54 D The rate of 54 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: church; physick; sicke; text cache: A71180.xml plain text: A71180.txt item: #125 of 129 id: A81604 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: A dog's elegy, or, Rvpert's tears, for the late defeat given him at Marstonmoore, neer York, by the three renowned generalls; Alexander Earl of Leven, general of the Scottish forces, Fardinando, Lord Fairefax, and the Earle of Manchester generalls of the English Forces in the North. Where his beloved dog, named Boy, was killed by a valiant souldier, who had skill in necromancy. Likewise the strange breed of this shagg'd cavalier, whelp'd of a malignant water-witch; with all his tricks, and feats. Sad Cavaliers, Rupert invites you all that does survive, to his dogs funerall. Close-mourners are the witch, Pope, & devill, that much lament ye'r late befallen evill. date: None words: 2742 flesch: 80 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A81604 of text R3732 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E3_17). 41 D The rate of 41 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: devill; dog; dogs; english; generalls; hee; tears; text; witch cache: A81604.xml plain text: A81604.txt item: #126 of 129 id: A95527 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The causes of the diseases and distempers of this kingdom; found by feeling of her pulse, viewing her urine, and casting her water. The remedies are left to the skill and direction of more able and learned physitians. / Written by John Taylor. date: 1645.0 words: 4637 flesch: 61 summary: I know some of you are Learned , I pray you recollect your Readings , and tell me ( if you can ) if you ever found Lawes or Government setled by the Sword ( that so continued ) or Justice , or Right , supprest long without being restored ; And therefore if you doe still continue your disbursements in maintaining this Rebellion , you will have the curse of all England , as your being the causers of all our miseries , and consequently of your own undoing ; for we all know , that if you doe lock up your Purses , that we and you shall have Peace laid at our doores , r By which means , we might have a free Parliament to stop all our Breaches , and build up the Ruines which this unnaturall Warre hath made , without which , we can expect no other but totall confusion and desolation . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A95527 of text R200327 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E305_20). keywords: causes; doe; english; king; knowne; lawes; men; people; text cache: A95527.xml plain text: A95527.txt item: #127 of 129 id: A95543 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The generall complaint of the most oppressed, distressed commons of England. Complaining to, and crying out upon the tyranny of the perpetuall Parliament at Westminster. / Written by one that loves, serves, and honours the King, and also holds the dignity of a parliament in due honourable regard and reverence. Jo. Ta. date: 1645.0 words: 3437 flesch: 59 summary: And you have fought for the King , ( and that is most certaine ) you have fought and sought for the King , but it hath been to Catch him , and make him no King . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A95543 of text R200259 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E300_15). keywords: commons; england; hath; king; letters; parliament; religion; text cache: A95543.xml plain text: A95543.txt item: #128 of 129 id: A95551 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: The Kings Most Excellent Majesties vvelcome to his owne house, truly called the honour of Hampton Court, vvho came thither on the 24. of August, and so consequently hoped and humbly desired to White-Hall. Written by his Majesties most humble servant John Tailor, one of the yeoman of His Maiesties guard. Alius poeta aquatticus. From my house at the Crowne in Globe Lane (alias Phœnix Ally, nere the Globe Taverne in Long Aker. date: 1647.0 words: 1899 flesch: 77 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A95551 of text R201864 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E404_31). The rate of 26 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: hath; house; king; text; thee; thou; thy cache: A95551.xml plain text: A95551.txt item: #129 of 129 id: A95576 author: Taylor, John, 1580-1653. title: Rebells anathematized, and anatomized: or A satyricall salutation to the rabble of seditious, pestiferous pulpit-praters, with their brethren the weekly libellers, railers, and revilers, Mercurius Britannicus, with the rest of that sathanicall fraternity. / By John Taylor. date: 1645.0 words: 2289 flesch: 67 summary: Your Parliament ( pretended ) coynes pretences , And to pretend Peace ▪ you are still resolv'd , And still run on in treacherous offences , Wherein our miseries are all involv'd . Thus may you see , you Impes of impudence ▪ You mighty Gogmagogs of ignorance , You Gulphes of most ridiculous non-sence , Your super-arrogating arrogance , You cannot do the wickednesse yee would , But on your cursed heads it doth returne ; The Devill that teacheth to blaspheme and scold , Cannot protect you from contempt and scorne . keywords: doth; god; good; king; men; taylor; text cache: A95576.xml plain text: A95576.txt