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

Epigrams* 141536. On Women.Women think wo men far more constant be,Than we men, and the letter O we see,In wo men, not in we men, as they say,Figures earths constant Orbe we men; say nay:It means the Moon, which proves (none think it strange)Women are constant, & most true in change.537. On Souldiers.Nor faith, nor conscience common souldiers carry,Best pay, is right ;their hands are mercenary.538. Drusius and Furio.Furio would fight with Drusius in the field,Because .the straw, stout Drusius would not yield,On which their Mistriss trod ; they both did meet ;Drusius in field fell dead at Furio's feet ;One had the straw, but with it this Greek letter IIThe other lost it, pray who had the better ?539. On Cupid.Love is a Boy, and subject to the rodSome say, but Lovers say he is a God :I think that love is neither god nor boy,But a mad brains imaginary toy.r