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

'. ",^Epitaphs. 251His kidneys encreastSo much, that his wastWas hoopedall round :But his girdle death cuts,And down fell his guts,'Bouts heels to the ground.126. On John Newter.Reader, John Newter who erst plaidThe Jack on both sides, here is laidWho like the herb John indifferentWas not for King or Parliament,Yet fast and loose he could not play,. ..(,11 I)-/ :J\.With death, he took him at a Bay ;What side his soul hath taken nowGod or Devil ? we hardly know :But this is certain, since he dy'dHe hath been mist of neither side.127. On Hocas Pocas,Here Hocas lyes with his tricks and his knocks,Whom death hath made sure as his Juglers box :Who many hath cozen'd by his leiger-demain.Is presto convey'd and here underlain :Thus Hocas he's here, and here he is not,While death plaid the Hocas^ and brought him to th'pot.