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

144 Epigrams.550. On Christmasse Ivy.At Christmasse men do alwayes Ivy get,And in each corner of the house it set :But why do they, then, use that Bacchus weed ?Because they mean, then BaaktttA&e to feed.551. Adversity.Adversity hurts none, but onely suchWhom whitest fortune dandled has too much.552. On Bacchus.Bacchus to the earth did bendPot-liftingHis knee to drink a health unto his friend :And there he did so long in liquor pour,That he lay quite sick-drunk upon the floor.Judge, was there not a drunkards kindnesse shownTo drink his friend a health, and lose his own ?553- Of a fat Man.Hee's rich, that hath great in-comes by the year :Then that great belly'd man is rich,I'l swear :For sure his belly ne'er so big had bin,Had he not daily had great comings in.554. A wished Cramp.Some have the Cramp in legs, and hands, 'tis told,I wish't inmy wifes tongue, when she doth scold.