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

Epigrams. 55143. Vpo?i Indeedla.Indeedla grumbles much, that he a penny,Is levied in collection to the poore ;Indeedla but you are the first of any,Will contribute unto a handsome1 44. Ictus piscator sapit.Brutus at length escap'd the Surgeons hands,Begins to frollique as if all were well ;And would not for the worth of thrice his lands,Endure the brunt of such another hell ;But leaves this farewell, for his Physicks hire ;The child that's burnt, for ever dreads the fire.145. On a woman.All women naturally are called EvesBecause from Eve all women do proceed,And by TH. are women turn'd to theeves,Then unto Eve ifyou put /. behind,Your woman's turned quite from Eve to Evel :But place a D. before, and you shall findThat shee by doing Evell is turned Devel,So that from Eves to Theeves, from Theeves to Evel,Women do runne untill they come to'th Devel.146. Humors.Aske Humors why a feather he doth weare ?It ishis humor (by the Lord) hele sweare.