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

426 Fancies and Fantasticks.Thou mak'st us Lords of Regions large and faire,Whilst our conceits build Castles in the aire :Since fire, earth, aire, thus thy inferiours be,Henceforth I'll know no element but thec :Thou precious Elixar of all Grapes,Welcome by thee our Muse begins her scapes,Such is the worth of Sack ; I am (me thinks)In the Exchequer now, hark how itchinks,And do esteem my venerable selfeAs brave a fellow, as if all the pelfeWere sure mine own ;and I have thought a wayAlready how to spend it I would;payNo debts, but fairly empty every trunk ;And change the gold for Sack to keep me drunk ;And so by consequence till rich Spaincs wineBeing in my crown, the Indies too were mineAnd when my brains are once afoot (heaven bless usI think my self a better man than Crcesus.And now I do conceit my selfe a Judge,And coughing laugh to see my Clients trudgeAfter my Lordships Coach unto the HallFor Justice, and am full of Law withall,And do become the Bench as well as heThat fled long since for want of honesty :But I'll be judge no longer, though in jest,For fear I should be talkt with like the rest,who can chuse but thinkWhen I am sober ;Me wise, that am so wary in my drink ?Oh admirable Sack here's !dainty sport,I am come back from Westminster to Court ;