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

Epigrams. 203817. To Damon.What cause, what confidence draws thee to town ?Oxford can yeeld thee nothing, get thee down ;Thou canst not turn rogue for thy private ends,Thou canst not play the baud to please thy friends.Thou hat'st to sell thy breath at any price,Or flatter great ones to their prejudice.Whence wilt thou live ?(unhappy wretch I am!)A trusty friend, thou say'st,an honest man.That's nothing, Damon, set thy wits to school,Not to be knave here, is to be a fool8 1 8. Compotatio.Tasso,Torquato, Trew-wit, Manlius,Brave merry Greeks all, and ingenious:Let us be mad a while :come here thou squireOf Pints and Pottles, pile us up a fire :Then bring some sack up, quick you canniball,Some cleanly sack to wash our brains withall :There is I am sure, no other Thespian spring,No other Helicon to bathe us in.Troul then your sack about boyes, never faile,Commendingdull men to their stands of Ale.Tinkers wind off whole pottles in a breath,I hate such puddle coxcombs worse than deathBut we true brats of Bacchus, as our use is,With lusty wines will sacrifice to th'Muses.