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Title: Epigrams
Author: Coyte, William
Attribution: Dr. Coyte of Ipswich
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Short, horticulturally-themed epigram, playing on the plant 'morsus diaboli'
Title: A Riddle by the Same
Author: Coyte, William, Senior
Attribution: Dr. Coyte of Ipswich
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Poetic riddle (without a solution) in which the poet compares himself to various objects in nature, such as a bird, a lion, and a stream
Title: A Bowl of Punch. By the Same
Author: Coyte, William, Senior
Attribution: Dr. Coyte of Ipswich
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Lines in which the different ingredients of the drink punch are personified as nymphs ('Unda', 'Brandysia', 'Limonia' and 'Saccharissa')
Title: On his old Gardener, John Forsdike. By the Same
Author: Coyte, William, Senior
Attribution: Dr. Coyte of Ipswich
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Epitaph on a gardener, John Forsdike, extolling his virtues, and describing where he is buried