Democritus, or Doctor Merry-man his Medicines against Melancholy humors. Written by S. R. [i.e. by Samuel Rowlands] |
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[A country fellow had a dreame] |
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[A country fellow had a dreame]
A country fellow had a dreameWhich did his minde amaze,
That starting vp, he wakes his wife,
And thus to her he saies:
Oh woman rise, and help our Goose,
For euen the best we haue,
Is presently at poynt to dye,
Vnlesse her life you saue;
On eyther side of her I see
A hungry Foxe doth sit,
But staying, vpon curtesie
Who shall begin first bit.
Husband (quoth she) if this be all
I can your dreame expound,
The perfect meaning of the same
I instantly haue found:
The Goose betweene two Foxes plac't
Which in your sleepe you saw,
In going still to law.
On eyther side a Lawyer comes
And they do feathers pull,
That in the end you will be left
A bare and naked Gull:
Wife in good troth (quoth he) I thinke
Thou art iust in the right,
My purse-can witnesse to my griefe
They do begin to bite;
I do resolue another course,
And much commend thy wit,
Ile leaue the Gooses part for them
That haue a mind to it:
And if thou euer find that I
To lawing humors fall,
Let me be hang'd at Westminster,
(Wife) Ile for-sweare the Hall.
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