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Epigram. [Rose]
Hee were a man of Art that had the skillRose 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.
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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.
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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.
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Epigram. [Ship]
Here is a Fleet of Ships, ne're crost the Maine,To bring Commodities from France or Spaine:
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Yet are wel fraight with French wine and good Sack.
Epigram. [Swan]
These are strange Swans that neither swim or sinkeAnd all their maintenance is onely drink:
And I in lofty Verse his praise will sing,
That can but pluck a Feather from their wing.
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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.
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