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

Fancies and Fantasticks. 301A Riddle.A beggar once exceeding poore,A penny pray'd me give him,And deeply vow'd ne'r to ask moreAnd I ne'r more to give him,.Next day he begg'd again, I gave,Yet both of us our oaths did save.Another.There was a man bespake a thing,Which when the owner home did bring,He that made it, did refuse it,He that bought it, would not use it ;He that hath it doth not knowWhether he hath it, yea or no.Another.One evening, as cold, as cold might be,With frost and snow, and pinching weather,Companions about three times three,Lay close all in a bed together ;Yet one after another they took heat,And dy'd that night all in a sweat.A doubtfull meaning.The F&minine kind is counted ill :And is I swear : The contrary ;No man can find : That hurt they will ;But every where : Doe show pity ;