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

'Epigrams. 73195. On Battus.Battus doth brag he hath a world of books,His studies maw holds more then well itmay,But seld' or never, he upon them looks,And yet he looks upon them every day.He looks upon their outside, but withinHe never looks, nor never will begin :Because it cleane against his nature goesTo know mens secrets, so he keeps them close.'T:-.;^' O3 1 'S-.AJ3B3 ?92ejt /iA196, On Prue.Prues nose hangs down so low, one would supposeWhen ere she gapes, that Prue would eat her nose.. i97 . ,Gripe keeps his coin well, and his heaps are great,For which he seems wise in his own conceit ;Be not deceiv'd Gripe, for ought I can see,Thy bags in this senfe are as wise as thee.- -1 08. On Man and Woman./ * .>When Man and Woman dyes, as Poets sung,His heart's the last that stirs,of hers the tongue.199. On Womans will.How dearly doth the honest husband buy,His wives defect of Will when she doth dy ? .->/ nlBetter in death by Will to let her give,