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

56 Epigrams.D'ye see me wrong'd, and will yethus restrain me ?Sir let me go, for by these hilts I'll brain ye.Shall a base patch with appearance wrong me?I'll kill the villain, pray do not prolong me.Call my Tobacco putrified stuffe ?TelLme it stinks ? sayit is drosse I snuffe?Sirrah ! what are you ? why Sir, what would you ?I am a Prentice, and will knock you too ;are you so ? I cry you mercy then,1 am to fight with none but Gentlemen.606. To Momus.Momus thou sa/st my Verses are but Toyes :Tis true, yet truth is often spoke by boyes.607. In Dolentum.Dolens doth shew his purse, and tellyou this,It is more horrid then a Pest-house is ;For in a Pest-house many mortals enter,But in his purse one Angell dares not venture.608. Additio perditio.From Mall but merry, men but mirth derive,For trix 'tis makes her prove demonstrative.609. On a Gallant.Sirrah, come hither, boy, take view of me,My Lady I am purpos'd to go see ;