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. 210. Of ones mistaking a Mute for a Consonant:
A loose Acquaintance once of me desir'd,To passe my Bond for Satten for a Sute;
But being loth to do what he requir'd,
I, of a Consonant, became a Mute.
Which he tooke for consent, and Satten got;
But seeing him mistake the Mute so much,
I silence brake, and told him, I would not;
Vnlesse I kept the Stuffe that must keepe touch.
Had I beene bound for one that was so loose,
I had beene Gull'd, and pull'd, and made a Goose.
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