Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

84 Epigrams.2$i.Of Lawlesse.Lawlesse the worst times liketh best, why 1st ?Because theii Lawlesse may doe what he list.252. A rich Curre.Dru dares good men deprave because hee's rich,Whether more fool or knave, I know not which.253. On a Youth married to an Old Woman.A smooth-fac'd youth, what wedded to an oldDecrepit Shrew (such is the power of Gold)!Thy fortune I dare tell ; perchance thou'lt haveAt Supper dainties, but in bed a grave.254. On a Fly in a glasse.A Fly out of his glasse a guest did take,E're with the liquor he his thirst would slake ;When he had drunk his fill, again the Fly,Into the glasse he put, and said, though ILove not Flyes in my drink, yet others may,Whose humour I nor like, nor will gain-say.255. On Collimus.If that Collimus any thing do lend,Or dog, or Horse, or Hawk unto his friend,He to endear the borrowers love the more,Saith he ne'r lent itany one before,