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

Epigrams. 185735. To the mis-interpreter.Cease gaul'd back guilt, these inscious lines to mince,The world wil know y'are rab'd if once you wince ;They hem within their seeming Critique wall,Particularly none ; generally all :'Mongst which if you have chanc'd to catch a prickCry we-hy if you will, but do not kick.736. To Mary Meare.Meare^ since unmixt, unmary'd, and a maid;Then you to be a Mearmaid may be said :A Mearmaid's flesh above, and fish below,And so may you be too, for ought I know.*fli!ijsr/;o n.cm on sr '".737. Ad Rinaldum amic.iWSee, see, Rinaldus ! prethee who is that,That wears yon great green feather in his hat,Like to some Tilter ? Sure it is some knight/ \Whose wits being green, his head must needs be light.738. On himselfe.Mirth pleaseth some, to others 'tis offence,Some commend plain conceit, some profound sence ;Some wish a witty jest, some dislike that,And most would have themselves, they know not what.Then he that would please all, and himself too,Takes more in hand then he is like to do.