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TAYLORS TRAVELS AND CIRCVLAR PERAMBVLATION, through, and by more then thirty times twelve Signes of the Zodiack, of the Famous Cities of London and Westminster.

A

Epigram. [Angell]

Cœlestiall sure these Angels are not yet,
Nor fiends infernall from the hellish Pit:
Though Sinners made them, they are clean from Sin;
Yet are they hang'd, to shew good Wine's within.

Epigram. [Anker]

Some men have found these Ankers very able,
To More them safe and fast without a Cable:
A man may Load himselfe, and Sleepe, and Ride,
Free from Storms, Tempests, Pirats, Wind and Tide.

Epigram. [Adam and Eve]

Our Parents first (as I thinke) ne're dranke Wine,
And yet for Wine their Figures are a Signe:
As they forbiden were the Fruit to taste,
So wee forbidden are, good Wine to waste.

Epigram. [Antelop]

The Antelop's a rare Beast, seldom seene,
Nor hath it often in our Kingdome beene:
A forraine Beast, a Signe, shewes forraine Wine,
For you, or mee, or any Friends of mine.

Epigram. [Andrewes]

Saint Andrewes Argent Crosse in th'Azure field
Is ancient, and a noble Christian shield:
Ther's French and Spanish, to cheere heart and brain,
From the most Christian Cath'like, France and Spain.

Epigram. [Antwerp]

Antwerp, is English'd, Throw thy hand Away,
Rather then God, or King, to disobey:
At Antwerp Taverne meet shake hands, be merry,
Ther's Clarret, White, Canary, and good Sherry.

Epigram. [Archer]

This Signe doth shew the worthiest exercise
Is Shooting, and it shewes unto our eyes,
When Archers in the field have woon the Vpshot,
They may come to this Archer and be Cupshot.

B.

Epigram. [Bell]

These Bels are never told, with Rope in Steeple,
Yet there's od Iangling, 'mongst od kind of people,
And these 9. Bels at once are dayly Rung
With 2. strange Clappers, Pewter and the Tongue.
Bull head in the Borough of Southwarke
Bull head without Bishopsgate.

Epigram. [Bull head]

These Bull Heads nere had Bodyes I am sure,
'Tis strange Heads without Bodies should endure:
Yet tis not strange; for though the Signe be dead,
The Cellers foot below, holds up the Head.

Epigram. [Bull]

These Bulls were never Calues, nor came of Kine,
Yet at all seasons they doe yeeld good Wine,
But those that suck these Buls more then they ought,
Are Walthams Calues, much better fed than taught.

Epigram. [Beare]

No Ravenous, Savadge, Cruell Beares are these,
But Gentle, Milde, Delighting still to please:
And yet they have a Tricke to Bite all such
As Madly use their Company too much.

Epigram. [Bore]

He that will lay a wager sure shall win,
These Bores Heads shewes that Hogsheads are within
He that doth doubt let him the Celler try,
And tis much marvell if he come up dry,

C.

Epigram. [Crowne]

Within this Crowne hath many Crwnes been spent,
Good Wine, Attendance good, and good Content:
Theres Liquor of the best, from France and Spaine,
Which makes this Crowne full weight above a Graine.

Epigram. [Castle]

Tis oftentimes no Hazzard or Adventure,
These Peacefull Castles quietly to Enter:
They are not built for Defence, or Offence,
Yet all the Manhood is, in Going thence.

Epigram. [Crosse]

When men are overprest with Cares and Losses,
They may find speedy Comfort in these Crosses:
But such as beare no Crosses thither, then
Small Reason, tis, they should be welcome men.

Epigram. [Crosse Keyes]

These Keyes were never made to open Locks,
Yet they may be the meanes to ope the Stocks:
For he that drinkes, sweares, rores, fights, spewes and reeles
Hang such a Rascall, lay him by the heeles.

Epigram. [Cat]

Who scratcheth worst the Broker, or the Cat,
Good honest Reader, prethee tell me that:
The Broker scratches till a man be strip'd,
For nothing every day the Catt is whip'd.

Epigram. [Cardinals Hatt]

The Cardinals hurt least, being farre away,
And sure their Hatts will doe lesse hurt then they:
We are much better pleasd, with the bare Signe,
Then with the Hat, or Card'nall; There's good Wine.

Epigram. [Chequer]

The Chequer squars, doth many squares containe,
And good square dealing there doth still remaine;
Provided that you to the Chequer bring
Th'Exchequer Coine, the stamp of Queene or King.

Epigram. [Christopher at Clerkenwell]

I Read that Christopher once usde the Trade,
A mighty dangerous River o're to wade:
And having left the Water, tis thought meet
To set him up for Wine in Turnebull street.

Epigram. [Coopers hoope]

Good Wine doth need no Bush, the Proverb sayes,
And I have knowne that house three thousand dayes
Without a Signe or Bush; onely a Hoope
Shewes theres good Wine will make a strong man stoope.

Epigram. [Cranes]

The Cranes heau'd Wine (from Water) to the Cart,
The Cart to these Cranes, these Cranes to the Quart,
And other Measures, Thus is Wine divided,
And the divisions good, if not Misguided.

D.

Epigram. [Dragon]

These Dragons onely bite and sting all such
As doe immod'ratly haunt them too much:
But those that use them well, from them shall finde
Ioy to the Heart, and comfort to the Minde.

Epigram. [Dog]

These Dogs are very Tame, and free from Spight,
And yet sometimes they dare their Masters bite:
Exceeding Gentle, being not abusde,
They bite when they are over-roughly vsde.

Epigram. [Dolphin]

By Nature (as some famous Writers tell)
The Dolphin doth love Man and Musicke well:
And at these Dolphins men may at their pleasure,
Have Wine and Musicke, both in Time and Measure.

Epigram. [Dunston]

The Divell with Rorers in the house may Rore,
The whilst good Dunston guards & keeps the doore;
But sure Apollo did with Bacchus Ioyne,
That there's kind Entertainment and good Wine.

E.

Epigram. [Eagle]

The Eagles eye upon the Sunne dares stare,
If other Birdes doe so, they blinded are:
And men unto those Eagles Nests may come
Cleare sighted, yet want sight ere they get home.

F.

Epigram. [Fountaine]

These Fountaines are not Proud, like many a knave,
That brags of goodnesse, yet no Goodnes have:
The Fountaines promise Water, yet affoord
Good Wine, and so are better then their Word.

Epigram. [Fleece]

In peace a Man may peecemeale venture Pieces,
Spend Time and Coine, yet neuer win those Fleeces:
But those that doe attempt with Moderation,
Shall find the Hazzard but a Recreation.

Epigram. [Faulcon]

These Faulcons to the Lure did never stoope,
Nor do they Mue, Mute, cast their Gorge, or Droope:
Nor ever Mounted to the Sky (past Ken)
Yet all their Game is still to pleasure Men.

Epigram. [Fortune]

These Fortunes, are themselues nor good, or Ill,
Nor (like Dame Fortune) are they Changing still:
Yet do they make some Glad, some Sad, some Mad,
And are as they are used, Good or Bad.

Epigram. [Flower De Lices]

French Flowers doth shew thers good French Wine to sell
Which he that tries will find, and like it well:
But if perchance your Pallat doe disgust it,
Thers high and mighty Sacke, if you dare trust it.

Epigram. [Field-Gate]

All is not Gold that glisters here I say:
This Gold Gate hath no Latch, Bolt, Locke or Kay:
Yet at all lawfull houres (for lawfull Gaine)
Tis open, honest Guests to entertaine.

G.

Epigram. [Globe]

As the Celestiall Globe is various Mix'd
With Starrs, some more, some Retrograde, some fix'd
So in these lesser Globes, men are still Changing,
Drunke, Sober, Mad, Sad, Merry, Reeling, Ranging.

Epigram. [George]

George is on Horsebacke Riding Day and Night,
And with the Dragon in perpetuall fight,
Which shewes that we should watch 'gainst fleshly evill,
To ride the World, and Combate with the Devill.

Epigram. [Greyhound]

These Greyhounds nere hunt Buck, nor course a Hare
Instead of hunting, they still hunted are:
And those that hunt them many times are bit,
Lam'd in the Leggs, and Creepl'd in their Wit.

Epigram. [Goate]

When sicknesse doth man of his health deprive,
Goates Milke is wholesome and preservative:
And sure this Goate such Liquor doth containe,
As can both Glad and Mad, Mans heart and braine.

Epigram. [Gerter]

The Honorable Garter first did Spring
From Famous Edward, Englands Warlike King:
He beat the French, and to requite his paine,
French Wine hath ever since beat vs againe.

Epigram. [Grashopper]

This Grashopper is not a skipping Vermin,
Whose Glory with the Summer doth extermine:
Nor Heate or Cold can change his hue or shape,
Twill live upon the Liquor of the Grape.

H.

Epigram. [Hart]

Although these Harts doe never runne away,
They'le tire a Man to hunt them every day:
The Game and Chase is good for Recreation,
But dangerous to make't an occupation

Epigram. [Horse]

Quite contrary to other Horses, these
Feed not on Grass, Hay, Oates, Bread, Beanes, or Pease:
The cost is small, their Provender to buy,
For all the Charges in the Drinke doth lye.

Epigram. [Harrow]

'Tis not a common use (as most men know)
That men should goe to Harrow e're they sow:
Yet here it is in fashion every day
To Harrow first, and Sow when they doe pay.

Epigram. [Horshoe]

Hee were a cunning man that could declare,
Whether this Shoe would best fit Horse or Mare:
Those that will know, they may goe study there,
And catch a Fox, and so be ne're the neere.

Epigram. [Hoope]

Here are not taught, Tricks, Sleights, or active Feats,
No Legerd'maine, or Iuggling sharking Cheats:
Drink moderate when thy Pensive mind doth droop,
Or quickly learne to Tumble in the Hoope.

Epigram. [Horne]

Hee that will whet his wit when it is dull,
Drinke, for these Cornucopeia's still are full:
But if you whet away the Steele, take heed,
It will the Megrim and the Staggers breed.

I.

Epigram. [Iohn]

Knights of Saint Iohn, Knights, Templers, Knights of Rhodes,
And Malta's Knights (there now is their Abodes)
And at this Place a House was built for them,
Then call'd Saint Iohns House of Ierusalem.

Epigram. [Iohns Head]

Hee that in all his life ne're car'd for Wine
For Wine his memory is made a Signe:
Where such as to the Wine their lives doe wed,
May lose their wit, although they keepe their head.

K.

Epigram. [Kings head]

These Painted Signes unto my view doth bring
The Royall figure of a Mighty King:
The sight whereof, should men to Temp'rance win,
To come as sober out as they went in.

Epigram. [Katherin Wheele]

It is a Custome (e're since the beginning)
Women (not Men) should use the art of Spinning:
But Spinning is not practis'd with this Wheele,
Yet (in short space) 'twill teach a man to Reele:

Epigram. [Kings Armes]

To the Kings Armes, bring the Kings Armes I pray,
For the Kings Armes must all the Reckoning pay:
Without the Kings Armes, not the Kings Arms hant,
Hee's quite disarm'd that doth the Kings Arms want.

L.

Epigram. [Lyon]

These Lyons are exceeding milde and tame,
Yet oft (in Ieast) they'l claw a man starke lame:
Play with them temperately, or looke to find,
A Lyon in the end will shew his kind.

Epigram. [Lamb]

A harmlesse Signe of a most fruitfull Creature,
Yet contrary to Sheep and Lambs by nature:
They yield us cloathes to weare, and meat to live,
And nothing else but drinke, this Lamb doth give.

M.

Epigram. [Moone]

Though these are but halfe Moones, yet to all such
They are full Moones, that dare to drinke too much:
The Moone is ever changing day and night,
And hee's a Man that stands i'th Moone upright.

Epigram. [Mouth]

These Mouthes do (like two Monsters) live on Men,
They swallow them, and put them out agen:
They gape, yet bite not; if they bite, I'm sure
They rankle not, my selfe have try'd the cure.

Epigram. [Martin]

If it be true, some ancient Writers spoke,
That Martin to a Begger gave his Cloake;
Those that have Cloakes, let them this Tavern find,
And there they and their Cloakes may well be lin'd.

Epigram. [Mermayd]

This Mayd is strange (in shape) to Man's appearing,
Shee's neither Fish, or Flesh, nor good Red-hearing:
What is shee then? a Signe to represent
Fish, Flesh, good Wine, with welcome and content.

Epigram. [Miter]

These Miters have no Privilege from Rome,
Nor are all Catholikes that to them come:
No man's Religion here is call'd in question,
Here's Wine to glad the mind, and breed disgestion.

Epigram. [Maydenhead]

Virginity's a Vertue, much renown'd,
A Maydenhead once lost, can nere be found:
But yet these Maydenheads (with little cost)
May be both lost and found, and found and lost.

N.

Epigram. [Nags head]

These head-strong heads all weathers will endure,
And where you leave them, you may find them sure:
They never kick or fling, yet with a trick
They oft make sick men well, and sound men sick.

P.

Epigram. [Princes Armes]

Oft in the Field these Royall Plumes have wav'd
When Englands Foes have bin both bang'd & brav'd:
In memory whereof, wee ever since
Drinke Healthes to'th Cambrian, or Great Britaines Prince.

Epigram. [Popes head]

These Popes heads are no Authors of Debate,
Nor Schismaticks, or Troublers of the State:
Yet theres good Clarret, and Sack Catholike
Will make a Mad man Tame, a Tame man strike.

Epigram. [Pye]

This Pye is dumb, yet oft shee makes folks chatter
Much, to small purpose, quite besides the matter:
But temperate men excuse the harmlesse Pye,
The fault is their's that drinke intemperately.

Epigram. [Peacocke]

Though Argus eyes be in the Peacocks taile,
A man may drinke there till his eye-sight faile:
But if a man a good Decorum keepe,
Hee'l see the clearer, and more soundly sleepe.

Epigram. [Plough]

There's many goes to Plough, and doe not know,
Where Corne (upon the ground, or trees) do grow:
Beware therefore, and looke before thou leape,
And Plough and sow no faster than thou Reape.

Epigram. [Pauls head]

Paul's head an ancient Taverne, in request,
Well Custom'd, loving to each honest guest:
But yet they care not for such Guests at all,
As rob and rifle Peter to pay Paul.

Epigram. [Phenix]

The rare Arabian Bird, expires in fire:
Reviving, shee's both Young, and Dam, and Sire:
Then as the Phenix is by fire refin'd,
So let the Phenix liquor cleare thy mind.

Q.

Epigram. [Queenes head]

These Queenes heads like the Kings heads are, I see
Both are one Sex, both Wood, both Painting be:
There is but little difference in the Signes,
And sure there is small odds amongst their Wines.

Epigram. [Queenes Armes]

The Queenes Armes and her Armies were renown'd,
Eliza's Fame did fill the worlds wide Round:
Through al her raign, France lov'd us, Spain did fear us
And at her Armes are both their Wines to cheer us.

R.

Epigram. [Rose]

Hee were a man of Art that had the skill
Rose water from these Roses to distill:
I know theres good Rose Wine, but for Rose Water
I oft have still'd, and still find no such matter.

Epigram. [Ram]

At Ram or Rams head (be it knowne to all)
Are Wines Predominant and Capitall,
To set a Horseman quite beside the Saddle,
And make a Footman's Pericranion Addle.

Epigram. [Sun]

The Grape is ripened with bright Phœbus shine,
Which shewes that at the Sun there is good wine:
Beware of being Sun-burn't e're thou goe,
Drink civilly, make not thy friend thy Foe.

Epigram. [Star]

Hee that by these eight Stars can Calculate,
Iudge of Nativities, and descant Fate:
Yet are their Influences good and bad,
Some gaine wit by them, some lose that they had.

Epigram. [Ship]

Here is a Fleet of Ships, ne're crost the Maine,
To bring Commodities from France or Spaine:
They ne're fear'd Tempest, Pyrat, Rock, or Wrack,
Yet are wel fraight with French wine and good Sack.

Epigram. [Swan]

These are strange Swans that neither swim or sinke
And all their maintenance is onely drink:
And I in lofty Verse his praise will sing,
That can but pluck a Feather from their wing.

Epigram. [Salutation]

When men doe meet, and courteously Salute,
They at the Salutation may dispute:
Some for their profit, some for their love or pleasure,
Whilst all their wine is in and out of Measure.

T.

Epigram. [Tun]

These Tuns proclame there's Tuns of Wine below,
Goe in and welcome, try, and you shall know:
There shall you see a plenteous Spring that runs
From Pipes, Buts, Hogsheads, from the liberall Tuns.

Epigram. [Turnstile]

A Turn-stile is a Bar to keepe out Beasts,
Which oft times hath more reason than the Guests:
When Wine makes men the Rules of Reason passe,
They'r far inferiour to Oxe, Horse, or Asse.

Epigram. [Taverne]

Where no Signe is, 'tis no ill Signe to mee,
Where no Signe is, 'tis no good Signe to see:
But though the Signes are neither good nor bad,
There's Wine, Good, Bad, Indifferent, to be had.

V.

Epigram. [Vineyard]

The Vineyard doth the lushious Grapes produce,
The Vintage Presseth, and makes Wine their Iuce:
If these yield no good Wine, I must say still,
The Vineyard's Barren, and the Vintage Ill.

Epigram. [Venice]

The Citty Venice (Strong and Opulent)
Fam'd from the Orient, to the Occident:
And sure the Signe of such a Noble Citty
Affords good Wine, or else the more's the pitty.

W.

Epigram. [Wrastler]

Wrastling is held a Manly exercise,
A Game Olimpick, both for Praise and Prize:
But hee that is most Skilfull, Strong or Tall,
And Wrastles with the Wine, shall surely Fall.

Epigram. [Windemill]

No Meale-mouth'd Miller Keepes this Mill I know,
And let the wind blow either high or low,
Hee's kindly taking Toll, and at his Mill
Is Wine exceeding good, and Welcome still.

Epigram.

[Here's the bright Christall rincing Rhennish Drink]

Here's the bright Christall rincing Rhennish Drink,
The salt dry'd Neats-tongue, and West-phalia skink:
The Pickled Herring, and the Anchovea rare:
And (if you please) Potarbo, or Caveare.
They deale in Deale wine, and their dealing's Iust:
And though their Faith be good, they seldom Trust.

[Thus (Gentle Reader) I have ran a Course]

Thus (Gentle Reader) I have ran a Course
That would have tyr'd (perhaps have kild) a Horse:
For if the winged Pegasus (like Mee)
Had watred been, h'had had no eyes to see:
Or if Bucephalus had trotted so,
Hee had been lam'd and founder'd long agoe.
Yet is my Task not done, for I must Play
A Second Part before I have my Pay:
Which Second Part shall to your view declare
The Tavernes in ten Shires, and where they are;
Within what County, in what Towne, what Signe,
Or else (if not what Signe) who sels the Wine.
The Counties are, Brave Barkshire, Hampshire, Essex,
Kent, Surrey, Hartford, Middlesex and Sussex;
With Buckingham and Oxford; these are they
Which in my Second Part I must display.