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

Epigrams. 137516. De Corde 6 Lingua.The tongue was once a servant to the heart,And what itgave she freely did impart :But now hypocrisie isgrown so strong,She makes the heart a servant to the tongue.517. On Rumpe.Rump is a Turn spit, yet he seldome canSteale a swolne sop out of the dripping-pan.518. On Poverty.If thou be poor, thou shalt be ever so,None now do wealth but on the rich bestow.519. In Ebriosum.Fie man (saith she) but I tell Mistrisse Anne,Her drunken Husband is no drunken man.For those wits which are overcome with drink,Are voyd of reason, and are beasts I think.520. Wills error.Will sayes his wife's so fat, she scarce can go,But she as nimbly answers, Faith Sir no :Alas good Will, thou art mistaken quite,For all men know that she is wondrous light.