[Apollo hath attain'd his lowest seat]
The eleuenth of December, the Sunne enters into Capricorne, Or the Goat.
Capricornus. December.
Apollo
hath attain'd his lowest seat,
And now the shortnesse of his race is such,
That though his Glory for a time be great,
He giues his Sister Cynthia twice as much.
Now is the welcom'st time of all the yeere,
Now dye the oxen, and the fatted hogs:
Now merry Christmas fils the world with cheere,
And chimnies smoake with burning logge on logs.
He that's a mizer all the yeere beside,
Will reuell now, and for no cost will spare,
A poxe hang sorrow, let the world go slide,
Let's eate and drinke, and cast away all care.
Thus when Apollo's at the horned Goate,
He makes all Christendome with mirth to floate.
