A mastif whelp with other ruff-Island-lik Currs fetcht from amongst the Antipedes Which bite and barke at the fantasticall humorists and abusers of the time [by William Goddard] |
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Satire 22.
[For certen, yet in woemen ther's some sweet]
For certen, yet in woemen ther's some sweet,With which wee blinde-men yet could neuer meet,
To proue the same let's to the Bee-hiue goe,
Why did dame Nature giue the Bee a sting?
Some reasons sh'ad to giue hir such a thing.
And place it in hir taile (men marke the case)
The prettie Bees sweetst best & ritchest place,
Hir reason why shee plac't it in hir taile,
Was this (if my opinion doe not faile)
Because that place hir treas'rie is: in which
Lies all hir wealth: For Bees be sweetly ritch.
Now as with stinges dame Nature made the Bee,
Soe woemen hath shee made with stinges wee see,
For all their heades (I hope I doe none wrong)
Containeth stings: If not a stinge, a tongue,
But let vs term't a stinge; for it will prick,
And hee that striues with it gainst thornes dus kick:
They hauing stinges, noe question if wee search,
Shall honny finde where those sharpe stinges doe pearch.
Yet as you doe, doe not, for men you'le faile,
Jf Bee-like for the sweete, you search the ---
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