One and Thyrtye Epigrammes wherein are briefly touched so many Abuses, that maye and ought to be put away. Compiled and Imprinted by Robert Crowley |
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Of Nice wyues. |
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Of Nice wyues.
The sonne of Siracheof women doeth saye.
That theire nicenes & hordō
is perceiued alwaye.
By there wanton lokes
and lyftynge vp of eyes
And their lokinge ascoye
in most wanton wise
And in the same
Iesus Syrach I finde
That the gate and the garment
If these thynges be trew,
(as no doubt they be)
What shold we thynk of ye womē
that in London we se?
For more wanton lokes
I dare boldely saye,
Were neuer in Iewyshe whores,
then in London wyues thys daye.
And if gate and garmentes
do shewe any thynge:
Our wiues do passe their whoris,
in whorelyke deckynge.
I thynk the abominable
whores of the Stews,
Dyd neuer more whorelyke
attyrementes vse.
The cappe on hyr heade,
is lyke a Sowes mawe,
Such an other facion
I thynk neuer Iewe sawe
Then fyne geare on the foreheade,
sette after the new trycke,
Though it coste a crowne or two.
If theyr heyre wyl not take colour
then must they by newe
And laye it oute in tussockis
this thynge is to true.
At ech syde a tussocke
as bygge as a ball
A very fayre syght
for a fornicator bestiall
Hyr face faire paynted
to make it shyne bryght
And hyr bosome all bare
and most whorelyke dight
Hyr mydle braced in
as smal as a wande:
And some by wastes of wyre
at the paste wyfes hande
A bumbe lyke a barrell
wyth who opes at the skyrte
Hyr shoes of such stuffe
that may touche no dyrte
Upon hyr whyte fyngers
manye rynges of golde
Wyth suche maner stones
Of all their other trifles
I wyll saye nothynge
Leaste I haue but small thanckes
for thys my writynge,
All modeste Matrons
I truste wyll take my parte
As for nice whippets wordes
shall not come nye my hert.
I haue tolde them but trueth
let them saye what they wyll
I haue sayde they be whorelike
and so I saye still,
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