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

Fancies and Fantasticks. 313A Comparison.Like to the self-inhabiting snaile,Or like a Squirrell pent-hous'd under his taile,Even such is my Mistresse face in a vaile :Or like to a Carp that's lost in mudding,Nay, more like to a black-pudding :For as the pudding, the skin lies within,So doth my Mistresse beauty in a taffity gin.A Question.Tell me (Sweet-heart) how spell'st thou Jone,Tell me but that, 'tis all I crave ;I shall not need to be alone, *If such a lovely mate I have ;That thou art one, who can deny ?And all will grant that I am I,If I be I, and thou art one,Tell me (Sweet-heart) how spell'st thou Jone.on *jv.:r* I ^tTiift'a&Di jt rfou.a octf tjTX(ywTThe Answer.I tellyou Sir, and tellyou true,That I am y, and I am one,So can I spell Jone without you,And spelling so, can lye alone :My eye to one is consonant,But as for yours it is not so ;If that your eye agreement want,I to your eye must answer no ;Therefore leave off your loving plea.And let your I be I per se.