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

Epigrams. 121I thank'd him that he would me so much grace,To take the worse and leave the better place ;For if by owners we esteem of things,The wall's the subjects, but the way the Kings.437. On Betty.Sound Teeth has Betty, pure as pearl and small,With mellow lips, and luscious therewithall.438. A rule for Courtiers.He that will thrive in Court, must oft become,Against his will, both blind, and deaf, and dumb.439- Why women wear a fall.A question 'tis, why women wear a fall ;The truth it to is, pride they are given all,And pride, the proverb sayes, must have a fall.440. Foras expertus.Priscus hath been a traveller, for why ?He will so strangely swagger, swear and lye.441. To a painted Whore.Whosoever saith thou sellest all, doth jest,Thou buy'st thy beauty, that sells all the rest.442. Detur quod meritum.A Courtier kind in speech, curst in condition,Finding his faults could be no longer hidden,