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

Fancies and Fantasticks. 453And therefore of the spacious Aire,Joves Royal Consort had the care ;And by that power did once escapeThe amorous bold Ixions rape ;And she with her resemblance grac'dA shining Cloud which he imbrac'd ;Such was the Image, so it smil'4AVith seeming kindness, which beguildYour hugging thoughts, when as you thoughtThat you had me your Mistress caught ;So shap'dit was, but for the Faire,You fill'dyour Arms with yeelding Aire ;For which you sure may grieve the lesseBecause the Gods had like successe ;For in their story, One we seePursues a Nymph, and takes a Tree;A second, with a Lovers hast,Soon overtakes whom he had chac'd ;But she that did a Virgin seem,Did prove to be a gliding stream ;For his supposed love a thirdLayes greedy hold upon a Bird,And stands amaz'd to find his DeareA wild Inhabitant of th'Ayre ;To these bold tales such youths as youGive credit, and still make them new,But Sir, ifyou do apprehendThese words of your repenting friend,Again, deceive me, and again,For I do swear, I'l not complain ;