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Epigrams. 219If you'l proclaim your selfe a fool you may ;I onely tell you now what others say.890. On Quaff.To quench his sorrows Quaff drinks very free,Sorrow is dry, he sayes, and so is he.891. To Tom Coriat.Of all the Toms that ever yet were nam'd,Was never Tom like as Tom Coriat fam'd.Tom Thumb isdumb, untill the pudding creep,In which he was intomb'd, then out doth peep.Tom Fool may go to School, but ne'r be taughtSpeak Greek, with which our Tom his tongue is fraught.Tom Asse may passe, but for all his long ears,No such rich Jewels as our Tom he wears.Tom Tell-troth is but froth, but truth to tell,Of all Toms, this Tom, bears away the bell.rt892. To a fat Vsurer.Fat folks we say by nature are most free :You and your purse are fat, and yet I seeYour hand and that still shut, the reason's this ;In costive flesh thy leane soule buried is.893. On Brisk.Brisk brag'd ofs ready wit ;I tempting himBut for one Distick, did propound this theam