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

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

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I3 oEpigrams.481. On a vaunting Poetaster.Cecilius boasts his verses worthy beTo be ingraven on a Cypresse tree ;A Cypresse wreath befits them well, 'tis true ;For they are near their death and crave but due.482. In divites iracundos.Rich friends 'gainst poor to anger still are prone :It is not well but profitably done.483. Durum telunt necessitas.Coquus with hunger pennilesse constraintTo call for meat and wine three shillings cost,Had suddenly this project entertain'd,In stead of what's to pay, to call mine host ;Who being come entreateth him discusse,What price the Law allots for shedding blood :Whereto mine Host directly answers thus ;Twas alwayes forty pence he understood :So then, quoth Coquus^ to requite your pains,Pray break my head, and give me what remains.484. To an Vpstart.Thine old friends thou forgotst having got wealthNo marvaile, for thou hast forgot thy selfe.485. Ambition.In wayes to greatnesse, think on this,That slippery all Ambition is.

Epigrams. 13486. Suum cuique.A strange contention being lately had,Which kind of Musick was the sweet'st and best,Some praise the sprightly sound, and some the sad,Some lik't the Viols ;and among the rest,Some in the Bag-pipes commendation spoke,Quoth one stood by, give me a pipe of smoke.487. In Prodigum.Each age of men new fashions doth invent ;Things which are old, young men do not esteem :What pleasd our Fathers, doth not us content :What flourish'd then, we out of fashion deem :And that's the cause as I do understand,Why Prodigus did sell his Fathers Land.488. In Medicum.When Mingo cryes, how do yousir ? 'tisthoughtHe Patients wanteth ;and his practice's naught:Wherefore of late, now every one he meeteth,With [Iam glad to see you well] he greeteth :But who'l believe him now, when all can tell,The world goesill with him, when all are well ?489. On Zelot.Is Zelot pure ? he is : yet see he wearsThe signe of Circumcision in his ears.K 2

Epigrams. 13486. Suum cuique.A strange contention being lately had,Which kind of Musick was the sweet'st and best,Some praise the sprightly sound, and some the sad,Some lik't the Viols ;and among the rest,Some in the Bag-pipes commendation spoke,Quoth one stood by, give me a pipe of smoke.487. In Prodigum.Each age of men new fashions doth invent ;Things which are old, young men do not esteem :What pleasd our Fathers, doth not us content :What flourish'd then, we out of fashion deem :And that's the cause as I do understand,Why Prodigus did sell his Fathers Land.488. In Medicum.When Mingo cryes, how do yousir ? 'tisthoughtHe Patients wanteth ;and his practice's naught:Wheref<strong>or</strong>e of late, now every one he meeteth,With [Iam glad to see you well] he greeteth :But who'l believe him now, when all can tell,<strong>The</strong> w<strong>or</strong>ld goesill with him, when all are well ?489. On Zelot.Is Zelot pure ? he is : yet see he wears<strong>The</strong> signe of Circumcision in his ears.K 2

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