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

86 Epigrams.261. Lawytrs and Souldiers.If Lawyers had for Ttrm, a tearm of wane,Souldiers would be as rich as Lawyers are ;But here's the difference between Guns and Gowns,These take good Angels,th'other take crack't crowns.262. On Momus.Momus can call another fool, but heCan never make his brain and wit agree*263. Woman.A woman is a book, and often foundTo prove far better in the Sheets then bound :No marvail then, why men take such delightAbove all things to study in the night.264. Clytus cunning.Clytus the Barber doth occasion fly,Because 'tis bald, and he gains nought thereby.265. Rich promises.Lords promise soon, but to perform are long,Then would their purse-strings were ty'd to their tongue.266. On Comptulus*I wonder'd Comptulus, how thy long hair,In comely curies should show so debonair,