You say you'll kiss me, and I thank you for it;
But stinking breath, I do as hell abhor it.
But stinking breath, I do as hell abhor it.
Robert Herrick
573. UPON BLANCH. EPIG.
I have seen many maidens to have hair,
Both for their comely need and some to spare;
But Blanch has not so much upon her head
As to bind up her chaps when she is dead.
574. UPON UMBER.
Umber was painting of a lion fierce,
And, working it, by chance from Umber's erse
Flew out a crack, so mighty, that the fart,
As Umber states, did make his lion start.
579. UPON URLES.
Urles had the gout so, that he could not stand;
Then from his feet it shifted to his hand:
When 'twas in's feet, his charity was small;
Now 'tis in's hand, he gives no alms at all.
580. UPON FRANCK.
Franck ne'er wore silk she swears; but I reply,
She now wears silk to hide her blood-shot eye.
590. UPON A FREE MAID, WITH A FOUL BREATH.
You say you'll kiss me, and I thank you for it;
But stinking breath, I do as hell abhor it.
591. UPON COONE. EPIG.
What is the reason Coone so dully smells?
His nose is over-cool'd with icicles.
596. UPON SPALT.
Of pushes Spalt has such a knotty race,
He needs a tucker for to burl his face.
_Pushes_, pimples.
_Tucker_, a fuller.
_Burl_, to remove knots from cloth.
597. OF HORNE, A COMBMAKER.
Horne sells to others teeth; but has not one
To grace his own gums, or of box, or bone.
600.