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7oEpigrams.187. On Saint Bernard.Saint Bernards painted halfe, and ever shall :.For not a man a live can paint him all.1 88. On Captain Drad-nought and LieutenantSlaughter.SlaugJiter he swels, and proudly gives the lie,Which Drad-nought vowes to make him justifie.Slaughter will kill, or else be killed ith' place :Lieutenant curses, Captaine swears apace.Lieutenant Slaughter belches out disdain,And Captaine Drad-nought breathes all fire againThe rest, good gentlemen, stand trembling there,Ready to quit the tavern all for feare :There's not a man, but sues, and wooes, and sendsFor what the house can yeeld, to make 'em friends.Anchovise, Wine, dry'd Tongues, are brought in hast,Which sight perswades their stubborne soules at last.Anger abates, the storme is over-blowne,And in rich Sack they drink the quarrell down.'-: .i[ jr~" '&fi-"'\1 89. The Heavens mourn.Why do the clouds showr rain so fast down ?whyrBlusters the North-winde so impetuously ?This is the reason, as Divines give out,Heaven sighs, and weeps for us, since we cannot...t^* .Mft .(".;.,! a;-, Mt/r "^190. On Poets.Why do I climb Parnassus, since my hopeCan but expect cold water at the top ?