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

Fancies and Fantasticks. 403And think their help sufficientTo fit and furnish my intent.For sure I must not use high strainesFor fear it bluster out in graines:When Virgils Gnat, and Ovids Flea,And Homers Frogs strive for the day ;There is no reason in my mind,That a brave Fart should come behind ;Since that you may it parallellWith any thing that doth excell :Musick is but a Fart that'^ sentFrom the guts of an instrument :The Scholler but farts, when he gainsLearning with cracking of his brains.And when he has spent much paine and toile,Thomas and Dun to reconcile ;And to learn the abstracting Art,What does he get by't? not a fart.The Souldier makes his foes to runWith but the farting of a Gun ;That's if he make the bullet whistle,Else 'tis no better then a Fizle :And if withall the wind do stir upRain, 'tis but a Fart in Syrrup.They are but Farts, the words we say,Words are but wind, and so are they.Applause is but a Fart, the crudeBlast of the fickle multitude.Five boats that lye the Thames about,Be but farts severall Docks let out.D D 2