No More Learning

Cob clouts his shoes, and, as the story tells,
His thumb nails par'd afford him sparrables.

_Sparrables_, "sparrow-bills," headless nails.


652. UPON SKOLES. EPIG.

Skoles stinks so deadly, that his breeches loath
His dampish buttocks furthermore to clothe;
Cloy'd they are up with arse; but hope, one blast
Will whirl about, and blow them thence at last.


661. UPON JONE AND JANE.

Jone is a wench that's painted;
Jone is a girl that's tainted;
Yet Jone she goes
Like one of those
Whom purity had sainted.

Jane is a girl that's pretty;
Jane is a wench that's witty;
Yet who would think,
Her breath does stink,
As so it doth? that's pity.


668. UPON ZELOT.

Is Zelot pure? he is: yet!
see he wears
The sign of circumcision in his ears.


670. UPON MADAM URSLY. EPIG.

For ropes of pearl, first Madam Ursly shows
A chain of corns picked from her ears and toes;
Then, next, to match Tradescant's curious shells,
Nails from her fingers mew'd she shows: what else?
Why then, forsooth, a carcanet is shown
Of teeth, as deaf as nuts, and all her own.

_Tradescant_, a collector of curiosities. See Note.
_Mew'd_, moulted.
_Deaf as nuts. _ _Cf. _ De Quincey, "a deaf nut offering no kernel. "


705. UPON TRIGG. EPIG.

Trigg having turn'd his suit, he struts in state,
And tells the world he's now regenerate.