The Scourge of Folly Consisting of satyricall Epigrams, And others in honour of many noble Persons and worthy friends, together, with a pleasant (though discordant) Descant upon most English Proverbs and others [by John Davies] |
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Epig. 109. Against Grillus his greedy gluttony.
Grillus before his Soule preferrs his Tooth,And toothsome fare before Celestiall foode;
Yet common Cates the Epicure doth lothe;
He eats not little, but it must be good,
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The Phregian Woodcocke, and th' Ambracian Goat,
The dainty Lamprey in Tartesis tane,
The fine fish Assinellus hardly got.:
The Oysters of Tarentum, fish of Helops,
Of Rhodes, and vvhere not? (yeelding dainty cates)
The Goldny of Cilicia, Chior Scallops,
The Nuts of Tasia, and the Aegiptian Dates:
Thus Grillus fares; yet fareth like a Dog,
That eats vp all himselfe, hee's such a Hog.
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