Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...
Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ... Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...
466 Fancies and Fantasticks.So sparkle Flints when struck, so mettles findHardness from hammering, and the closer bind ;So flames increase, the more supprest by wind.And as the Grindstone to uhpplish'd Steelmind I feelGives edge and Lustre, so myWhetted and glaz'd, by Fortunes turning wheel.The Brqggadochio Captain.TO I blucirWhilst timorous Ansa led his Martial band'Gainst the Invader of his Native Land,Thus he bespake his men before the fight,Courage (my Friends) lets dine, for we to nightShall sup, sayes he, in Heaven ;this having said,Soon as the threatning Ensigns were display'd,And the loud drums and trumpets had proclaimedDefiance twixt the Hosts, he, who ne're sham'4At losse of Honour, fairly ran away ;Who being ask'd, how chance he would not stayAnd go along with them to Sup in Heaven,Pardon me, Friends, said he, I fast this Even.The choice of a Wife.I would not have a wife with such a wastAs might be well witfy a Thumb-ring imbrac'4 ;Whose bony hips which out on both sides stick,May serve for graters, and whose lean knees prick ;One who a Saw doth in her back-bone beare,Whose withered legs like kenes do appear ;
Fancies and Fantasticks. 467Nor would I have her yet of bulk so grosse,That weigh'd shee'd break the Scales of th' Market crosse,A meer unfathom'd lump of grease, no. 'thatI do not relish, give me flesh, not fat.A Debtor to his Creditor.Thou thinkest th'hast shown thy self a mighty friend,Because to me thou fifty pounds didst lend ;But ifyou rich, for lending, mayest be saidSo great a friend, what I ?who poor repay'd.ii> }%**?
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Fancies and Fantasticks. 467N<strong>or</strong> would I have her yet of bulk so grosse,That weigh'd shee'd break the Scales of th' Market crosse,A meer unfathom'd lump of grease, no. 'thatI do not relish, give me flesh, not fat.A Debt<strong>or</strong> to his Credit<strong>or</strong>.Thou thinkest th'hast shown thy self a mighty friend,Because to me thou fifty pounds didst lend ;But ifyou rich, f<strong>or</strong> lending, mayest be saidSo great a friend, what I ?who po<strong>or</strong> repay'd.ii> }%**?