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

Fancies and Fantasticks. 457Another.Small my Host doth to me such reckoning make,That I of Small my Host small reckoning take,Henceforth, good Small, let reckonings lesser be,And greater reckoning I shall make of thee.On a Tell-tale.Such glowing tongues to hot contention bent,Are not unlike red Herrings broyl'd in Lent.Cherry-pit*Nicholas and Nell did lately sitPlaying for sport at Cherry-pit ;They both did throw, and having thrown,He got the pit,and she the stone.A vow toCupid.Cupid I do love a GirleRuby lip'd, and tooth'd like Pear! ;If so be that I may proveLucky in this Maid I love,I do promise there shall be;Myrtles offer'd up to thee.On the Rose.Go lovely Rose,Tell her that wasts her time and me,That now she knowsWhen I resemble her to thee,How sweet, and fair she seems to be.