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

2 6 Epigrams.Beyond all patience vex'd, he said althoughI bullets want, myself will wound the foe ;Then from his mouth, took he a tooth and sent,A fatall message to their regiment,What armes will fury steed men with, when weCan from our selves have such artillerie ;Sampson thy jaw bone can no trophy reareEquall to his, who made his tooth his speare.83. On Aurispa.Why doth the world repute Aurispa learn'd ?Because she gives men what they never earn'd.84. On Alexander the great.If Alexander thought the world but smallBecause his conquering hand subdu'd it all,He should not then have stil'd himselfe the great,An Infants .stool can be no giants seat.85. On sore eyes.Fuscus was councell'd if he would preserveHis eyes in perfect sight drinking to swerve ;But he reply'd 'tis better that I shu'dLoose them, then keep them for the worms as food.86. On an inevitable Cuckold.Two wives th' hast buried and another wed,Yet neither of the three chaste to thy bed,