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

Fancies and Fanlasticks.445You shall the next dayHave license to playAt the hedge a flirtFor a sheet or a shirt ;If your hand be light,lie shew you the slightOf our Ptolomies knot,It is, and 'tis not.To change your complexionWith the noble confectionOf Wallnuts and Hogs-grease,Better than Dogs-grease:And to milk the kine,Ere the milkmaid fineHath opened her eine.Or ifyou desireTo spit, or fart fire,He teach you the knacks,Of eating of flax ;And out of their noses,Draw ribbands and posies.And ifyou inclineTo a cup of good wine,When you sup or dine ;If you chance it to lack,Be it Claret or Sack ;He make this snout,To deal it about,Or this to run out,As it were from a spout.