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

Epigrams. 97317. On the Tobacconist.If mans flesh be like swines,as itThe Metamorphosisis sooner made :is saidThen full fac'd Gnatho no Tobacco take,Smoaking your corps, lest Bacon you do make.318. Another.Tom I commend thee above all I know,That sold'st thy cushion for a pipe of ToFor now 'tis like if e're thou study more,Thou'lt sit to't harder than thou didst before.319. On Button the grave-maker.Ye powers above and heavenly poles,Are graves become but Button-\iQ\v$> ?320. On long hair.Lucas long hair down to his shoulders wears,And why? he dares not cut it for his ears.321. To a stale Lady.Thy wrinkles are no more, nor less,Then beautie turn'd to sowerness.322. The Crab is restorative.The Crab of the woodIs sawce very good,For the Crab of the foaming Sea ;But the wood of a CrabIs sawce for a drabThat will not her husband obey.VOL. II.H