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

Epigrams. 133495. Of Batardus.Batardus needs would know his horoscope,To see if he were born to scape the rope :The Magus said, ere thou mine answer have,I must the name of both thy parents crave :That said, Batardus could not speak but spit ;For on his fathers name he could not hit :And out of doors at last he stept with shame,To ask his mother for his fathers name.496. Consuetudo lex.Two wooers for a wench were each at strife,Which should enjoy her to his wedded wife,Quoth th'one, she's mine, because I first her saw ;She's mine quoth th'other, by Pye-corner law ;Where sticking once a prick on what you buy,It's then your own, which no man must deny.497. On Womens denial.Women, although they ne're so goodly make it,Their fashion is but to say no, and take it.498. In Battum.Battus affirm'd no Poet ever writ,Before that love inspir'd his dull-head wit :And that himself in love had wit no more,Then one stark mad, though somewhat wise before.