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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.