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

146 Epigrams.559. On Trigg.Trigg having turn'd his sute he struts in state,And tells the world he's now regenerate.560. To Fortune.Poets say Fortune's blind, and cannot see,And therefore to be born withall, if sheSometimes drop giftson undeserving wights:Be sure they are deceived ;she hath her sight,Else could it not at all times so fall out,That fools should have, and wise men go without.561. On Biscus.I pray you Sir give Biscus leave to speak,The Gander loves to hear himself to creak.562. On an English Ape.Would you believe, when you this Monsieur see,That his whole body should speak French, not he ?That he untravell'd should be French so much,As French men in his company should seem Dutch ?Or hung some Monsieurs picture on the wall ;By which his damme conceiv'd him, cloaths and all ?No, 'tisthe new French Taylors motion, madeDayly to walk th'Exchange, and help the trade.563. Possessions.Those possessions short liv'd areInto the which we come by warre.