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

22OEpigrams.Nothing: It cannot be, he wondring saidThat out of nothing ought shu'd ere be made.Dul Brisk thou ne'r couldst tune Apollo's lyre:A pure steeld-wit, will strike Mercuriall fireOut of the flintiest subject :but thy headIs allcomposed of softer mettle, lead..srl .cf;\*C o..i txib?.L v/an?':'894. Semd insanivimus omnes.Thus have I waded through a worthlesse task,Whereto I trust there's no exception ta'n,For meant to none, I answer such as ask,'Tis like apparrell made in Birchen-lane;If any please to suit themselves and wear it,The blame's not mine, but theirs that needs will bear it.895. On Sulkn.Sullen will eat no meat, but peevishlyReplies, I care not, nor I will not, I :Troth I commend his abstinence, 'tis great,When having such a stomach hee'l not eat.896. To Bankes.When Spmdall asks to borrow, you reply,You know not when hee'l pay you ;troth nor I.897. To Boldface.Boldface, I wonder at thy impudence,That dafst affirme things so against all sence :