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EEBO-TCP · Phase 1

A Triple Paradox

by George Wither · 1588–1667

Published: 1661
Length: 20,609 words
Reading: ~an hour
Divisions: 7

From the title page

A triple paradox affixed to a counter-mure raised against the furious batteries of restraint, slander and poverty, the three grand engines of the world, the flesh, and the devil / by major George Wither ...

London Printed for the author 1661.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Contents

Front matter
Title page
DedicationThe Author, to all thoſe who have relieved him in his Beleagurement.
Text
IntroductionFor an INTRODUCTION, the AUTHOR flings this Expreſs to the WORLD.
PartConfinement is more advantageous than Liberty.
PartSLANDER is more Beneficiall than PRAISE.
PartPoverty is more profitable than Riches.
PartA Word on the behalf of Mr. Zachary Crofton Priſoner in the Tower.

More by George Wither

Nuptial Poems

1612

7 divisions in the TEI outline

Subjects

Imprisonment · Great Britain · PoetryLibel and slander · PoetryPoverty · Poetry

Details

Author: George Wither (1588–1667)
Imprint: London Printed for the author 1661.
Extent: [4], 73, [3] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: Wing W3202 · ESTC R12397
Source: TCP A66791
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

Prince Henrys Obsequies

1612

Abuses Stripped and Whipped

1613

A Satire

1614

The Shepherds Hunting

1615

Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented

1619

Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse

1620

The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures

1621

Withers Motto

1621

Collection of Poems

1622

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete

1622

The Hymns and Songs of the Church

1623

The Scholars Purgatory Discovered

1624

Britains Remembrancer

1628

An Excellent Sonnet

1633

Emblems Ancient and Modern

1635

A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641

1641

A Country Messenger

1643

A Shield and a Shaft

1643

Prophecy of our Present Calamity 2

1643

The Knave of Clubs

1643

Campo-musæ, or The field-musings of Captain George VVither touching his…

1643

VVithers remembrancer

1643

Letters of Advice

1644

The Speech Without Door

1644

Two Incomparable Generalissimos

1644

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath

1645

The Great Assizes

1645

An English Balm Lately Pressed out of a Shrub

1646

Declaration and Petition

1646

The Justice Justified

1646

What Peace to the Wicked

1646

A Timely Expostulation

1647

Almonds for Parrots

1647

Disclaimer

1647

Britains Genius

1648

Of Rhyme and Reason

1648

The Tired Petitioner

1648

A Private Thank-Oblation

1649

An Alarm from Heaven

1649

The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies

1651

Three Grains of Spiritual Frankincense

1651

A Timely Caution

1652

Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow

1653

The Dark Lantern

1653

The Modern Statesman

1653

Friendship

1654

Humble Petition

1655

Rapture Occasioned by the Miraculous Deliverance of His Highness

1655

The Protector

1655

A Good Omen

1656

A Sudden Flash

1657

A Cordial Confection to Strengthen the Heart

1659

An Epistle at Random in Prose and Meter

1659

Salt Upon Salt

1659

The Petition and Narrative

1659

A Considering Glass

1660

A Plea for the Public-Faith

1660

A Poetic Frenzy

1660

Discourse Between Two Dead Giants

1661

Improvement of Imprisonment

1661

The Prisoners Plea

1661

A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings

1662

Declaration as Prisoner in the Tower of London

1662

Epistle to the Three Nations of England Scotland and Ireland

1662

Verses to the Kings Majesty

1662

Seasonable Precautions

1664

A Memorandum to London

1665

Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer

1665

Three Private Meditations

1665

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet

1666

Sigh for the Pitchers Breathed Out

1666

The True Englishmans Complaints

1668

Prophecy of our Present Calamity

1683

Divine Poems

1688

The Grateful Acknowledgment of a Late Trimming Regulator

1688

Predictions of the Overthrow of Popery

1689