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

44 2 Fancies and Fantasticks.John de IndagineWith all their Pagine,Of faces and Palmestrie,And this is Allmysterie,Lay by your Wimbles,Your boring for Thimbles,Or using your nimbles,In diving the Pockets,And sounding the socketsOf Simper the Cockets ;Or angling the purses,Of such as will curse us ;But in the strict duellBe merry, and cruell,Strike fair at some JewellThat mine may accrew wellFor that is the fuell,To make the Town brew well,And the Pot wring well,And the braine sing well,Which we may bring wellAbout by a string well,And do the thing well.It is but a strainOf true legerdemain,Once twice and againe.Or what will you say now ?If with our fine play now,Our knack and our dances,We work on the FanciesOf some of your Nancies,