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

92 Epigrams.292. To sir Guilty.Guilty, be wise ;and though thou knowest the crimesBe thine I tax ; yet do not own my rimes ;'Twere madnesse in thee to betray thy fame,And person to the world, ere I thy name.293. Veritas subverta.Luke that a man on horse-back met but late,Would simply seem thus to equivocate,And strong maintain 'gainst them, contend who dare,'Twas meerly but a Taylor and a Mare.294. On Hugh.Hugh should have gone to Oxford th'other day,But turn'd at Tiburn, and so lost his way.295. On a Painted Madam.Men say y'are fair ;and fair ye are, 'tis true,But (Hark !)we praise the Painter now, not you.296. On Barossa.Barossa boasts his pedigree, althoughHe knows no letter of the Christ-Crosse row,His house is ancient, and his gentry great,For what more ancient e're was heard of yetThen is the family of fools ? how thanDare you not call Barossa Gentleman ?