Wits fittes and fancies Fronted and entermedled with presidentes of honour and wisdome. Also: Loves Ovvl. An idle conceited dialogue betwene loue, and an olde man. Recta securus. A. C.

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Author:	Copley, Anthony, 1567-1607?
Title:	Wits fittes and fancies Fronted and entermedled with presidentes of honour and wisdome. Also: Loves Ovvl. An idle conceited dialogue betwene loue, and an olde man. Recta securus. A. C.
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To the Right Honourable, GEORGE, Earle of CVMBERLAND, Baron CLIFFORD: Lord of Westmerland, Bromfleet, Vipount and Vessa, and of the most honourable order of the Garter Knight: All fortune euer equall to his valourous woorth.

To the Gentlemen READERS.

Wits, Fits, and Fancies.

OF KINGS AND PRINCES

OF NOBLEMEN AND Ambassadors.

OF GENTLEMEN.

OF GALLANTS AND VPSTARTS.

CORONELS AND CAPTAINES.

OF SOVLDIOVRS.

OF CHALLENGES AND Combates.

TRAVAYLERS BY LAND and Sea.

OF POLITITIANS.

OF SVTE AND SVTERS.

OF GAME AND GAMESTERS.

Wittes, Fittes, and Fancies. The second Part.

OF POPES AND PRELATES.

OF PRIESTES AND FRIERS.

OF DOCTORS, AND SCHOLLERS.

OF POETS AND MVSITIONS.

OF PHYSICK AND PHYSITIONS.

OF IVSTICES, LAWYERS, and Scriueners.

Wittes, Fittes, and Fancies. The third Part.

OF LOVE AND LOVERS.

OF HVSBANDS, AND WIVING.

OF WOMEN.

OF CVCKOLDS.

OF BASTARDS.

OF TABLE MATTER.

OF VISITATION.

Wittes, Fittes, and Fancies. The fourth part.

OF NATIONS AND CITTIES.

OF RELIGIONS.

OF ATTIRES.

OF OFFICERS.

OF GVEST AND ENTER∣tainment.

OF MARCHANTS AND Misers.

OF ARTIZANS AND Prentises.

Wittes, Fittes, and Fancies. The Fift part.

OF IESTERS.

OF SERVING-MEN AND PAGES.

OF BISCAYNS AND FOOLS.

OF COVNTRY-MEN AND Clownes.

OF FELLONS AND THEEVES.

OF CONY-CATCHERS.

OF BEGGERS.

Wittes, Fittes, and Fancies. The sixt Part.

OF EQVIVOCATES IN SPEECH.

EXTRAVAGANT SPEECH.

OF EVASIONS AND EXCV∣ses in speech.

SENCE REVERSED BY IDEN∣titie of speech.

OF IMPROPER SPEECH.

OF EMBLEMES, POESIES, AND Endorcements.

OF SIMILIES.

OF MONVMENTS.

Wittes, Fittes, and Fancies. The seuenth part.

OF DRVNKARDS,

OF NOSES.

OF BREATH.

OF FACE AND SKARRES.

OF BEARD.

OF BLINDNES.

OF TALNES.

OF FAT AND GROSSE.

OF LEANNES.

OF CROOKEDNES AND Lamenesse.

OF CHILDREN.

OF AGE.

OF GARRVLITY.

OF DREAMES.

OF SICKNES.

OF LITTLENES. This Chapter is misplaced with some of Talnesse from fol. 192.

OF DEATH.

A Table of all the Chapters of this Booke.

The 1. Part.

The 2. Part.

The 3. Part.

The 4. Part.

The 5. part.

The 6 part.

The 7. part.

Faults escaped in Printing.

LOVES OWLE. In dialogue-wise betweene Loue, and an olde man.

Faults escaped in this Poeme.