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

'184 Epigrams.730. On Zoilus.If Souldiers may obtain four Terms of war,Muskets should be the pleaders, Pikes. the bar;For black bags, Bandeliers, Jackets for gowns,Angels for fees, we'll take no more crackt crowns.731. On a long beard.thee fit,Thy beard is long, better it wouldTo have a shorter Beard, and longer wit.732. On my selfe.Who seeks to please all men each way,And not himselfe offend ;He may begin to work to day,But God knows when he'll end. ;:> /733. Nimium ne crede colori.Battas believed for a simple truth,That yonder guilt-spur spruce and velvet youth,Was some great personage, or worthy wight,Untill one told him he was but a Knight.A Knaight (quoth Battas) vaith I chud a zworne,A hod not bin lass then zome Gen-man borne.>iAv'..734. Silens simplex.Witt would seem wise, and many words let passe,Speaking but little 'cause he is such an-