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

Epigrams. 61By which device and wise excesse,You do your pennance in a dresse,And none shall know, by what they see,Which Lady's censur'd, which goes free.1 6 1. Thus answered.Blacke Cypresse vailes are shrouds of night,White linnen railes are railes of light ;Which though we to our girdles weare,W'have hands to keepe your armes off thereWho makes our bands to be a cloake,Makes John a Stiles of John an Oke:We weare our linnen to our feet,Yet need not make our band a sheet.Your Clergie wears as long as wee,Yet that implyes conformitie :Be wise, recant what you have writ,Lest you do pennance for your wit :Love-charmes have power to weave a stringShall tye you, as you ty'd your ring,Thus by loves sharpe, but just decreeYou may be censur'd, we go free.162. Amicitia.What's friendship ? 'tis a treasure,'tis a pleasure:Bred 'twixt two worthy spirits,by their merits :