The city hermit or the life of Henry Welby, Esq. [ESTC T197300]
- DMI number:
- 719
- Publication Date:
- 1741
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T197300
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB129854568
- Shelfmark:
- BOD - Gough Lond. 148 (1)
- Full Title:
- THE | CITY-HERMIT | OR, THE | LIFE | OF | [i]HENRY WELBY[/i], Esq; | Who liv'd at his House in [i]Grub-Street[/i], | Forty-four Years, and, in that Space, | was never seen by any: And there di- | ed, ([i]Oct.[/i] 29, 1636) aged Eighty-four. | SHEWING, | The first Occasion and Reason thereof. With | [i]Epitaphs[/i] and [i]Elegies[/i] on the late deceased | Gentleman; who lyeth bury'd in St. [i]Giles[/i]'s | Church, near [i]Cripple-Gate, London[/i]. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], Printed in the Year M DCC XLI.
- Epigraph:
- Arabia [i]yields a[/i] Phoenix, [i]and but one:[/i] | England [i]this[/i] Phoenix, [i]and besides him none[/i] | [i]To solitary Desarts both retire,[/i] | [i]Not minding what the World doth most admire[/i] | [i]His[/i] Face, [i]tho' it was much desir'd by many[/i], | [i]In Forty-four Years, was not seen by any[/i] | SHE, [i]in[/i] sweet Flames, [i]in[/i] fervent Zeal, HE [i]dies[/i], | [i]And both alike soar to th' Aetherial[/i] Skies.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse, Memorial collection, Collection including prose, and Collection of poems about subject/person
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [2], 3-24, 33-38.
- Comments:
- Contents: prose description of Henry Welby p. 3; prose The City Hermit p. 7-34.
- First Line:
- If miracles and wonders with each nation
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Life and Death of Master Henry Welby.
- Attribution:
- J.B.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What age is this we live in that we see
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Life and Death of Master Henry Welby.
- Attribution:
- Shackerly Marmion
- Attributed To:
- Shackerley Marmion
- First Line:
- Well be the blessed subject of these lines
- Page No:
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- In Commendation of that Virtuous Gentleman, Mr. Henry Welby.
- Attribution:
- J.T.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of any man at once alive and dead
- Page No:
- p.35
- Poem Title:
- To the Sacred Memory of that most Abstemious Genllman [sic], Mr. Henry Welby.
- Attribution:
- Tho. Brewer
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brewer
- First Line:
- Old Henry Welby well be thou for ever
- Page No:
- p.36
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Life of that most Worthy Gentleman, Mr. Henry Welby.
- Attribution:
- John Taylor
- Attributed To:
- John Taylor
- First Line:
- Who on the setting sun shall cast their eyes
- Page No:
- pp.37-38
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph: Or Rather, A Funeral Elegy Upon the Right Worshipful Mr. Henry Welby, Who dy'd at his house in Grub street, and lyeth bury'd in the Church of St. Giles, near Cripplegate.
- Attribution:
- Tho. Heywood
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Heywood
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