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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
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Epigram. [Horse]
Quite contrary to other Horses, theseFeed 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.
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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.
Works of John Taylor the Water Poet not included in the folio volume of 1630 | ||