"Inclusam Danaen turris ahenea."
The Dangers of an Honest Man in much Company.
Claudian's Old Man of Verona.
The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches.
Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit,
The Danger Of Procrastination.
Mart. Lib. 5, Ep. 59.
Mart. Lib. 2, Ep. 90.
Of Myself.
Martial, Lib. 10, Ep. 47.
Martial, Lib. 10. Ep. 96.
Epitaphium Vivi Auctoiris.
Epitaph Of The Living Author.
A Few Notes.



INTRODUCTION.



Abraham Cowley was the son of Thomas Cowley, stationer, and citizen
of London in the parish of St. Michael le Querne, Cheapside. Thomas
Cowley signed his will on the 24th of July, 1618, and it was proved
on the 11th of the next month by his widow, Thomasine. He left six
children, Peter, Audrey, John, William, Katherine, and Thomas, with
a child unborn for whom the will made equal provision with the rest.
The seventh child, born before the end of the same year, was named
Abraham, and lived to take high place among the English Poets.