Date: 1667, 1710
"And there are very few that have any true Kindness for it, and thou knowest not the Worth of that Jewel, thy Soul; but here, here's a Friend, if thou wilt but leave it with him, he will take care of it, it shall not be marted away for nothing."
preview | full record— Janeway, James (1636?-1674)
Date: 1675
"Our Poet hope's you'll not expect to day, / T'have all his down-right thoughts drest up so gay, / If his Coyn chinks too much, you'll doubt allay."
preview | full record— Fane, Sir Francis (d. 1691)
Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706
"Such borrowed Wealth, like Fairy-money, though it were Gold in the hand from which he received it, will be but Leaves and Dust when it comes to use."
preview | full record— Locke, John (1632-1704)
Date: 1694
"Thy mighty Soul, stamp'd of Heav'n's noblest Coin, / More Pure than Gold, more Precious and Divine, / Does in thy Everlasting Vertues shine."
preview | full record— Cobb, Samuel (bap. 1675, d. 1713)