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Rufus the Courtier at the theater, Leaving the best and most conspicuous place, Doth either to the stage himselfe transferre, Or through a grate doth shew his double face: For that the clamorous fry of Innes of Court, Fills up the priuate roomes of greater price: And such a place where all may haue resort, He in his singularity doth dispise. Yet doth not his particular humour shun The common stews and brothells of the towne, Though all the world in troops doe hither run, Cleane and uncleane, the gentle and the clowne: Then why should Rufus in his pride abhorre, A common seate, that loues a common whore.

IN QUINTUM. 4.

Quintus the dancer useth euermore, His feet in measure and in rule to moue: Yet on a time he call'd his Mistresse, 'whore' And thought with that sweet word to win her loue: Oh had his tongue like to his feet beene taught It neuer would haue uttered such a thought.

IN PLURIMOS. 5.

Faustinus, Sextus, Cinnae, Ponticus, With Gella, Lesbia, Thais, Rhodope, Rode all to Stanes for no cause serious, But for their mirth, and for their leachery: Scarce were they setled in their lodging, when Wenches with wenches, men with men fell out: Men with their wenches, wenches with their men; Which straight dissolues their ill-assembled rout. But since the Deuill brought them thus together, To my discovrsing thoughts it is a wonder, Why presently as soone as they came thither, The selfe same deuill did them part asunder. Doubtlesse it seemes it was a foolish deuill, That thus did part them e're they did some euill.

IN TITAM. 6.

Titas, the braue and valorous young gallant, Three yeares together in this towne hath beene; Yet my Lord Chancellor's tombe he hath not seene Nor the new water-worke, nor the Elephant. I cannot tell the cause without a smile,-- He hath beene in the Counter all this while.

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IN FAUSTUM. 7.

Faustus, nor lord, nor knight, nor wise, nor old, To euery place about the towne doth ride; He rides into the fields, Playes to behold, He rides to take boat at the water side: He rides to Pauls', he rides to th' Ordinary He rides unto the house of bawdery too,-- Thither his horse doth him so often carry, That shortly he will quite forget to goe.

IN KATUM. 8.

Kate being pleas'd wisht that her pleasure could Indure as long as a buffe-jerkin would: Content thee, Kate; although thy pleasure wasteth, Thy pleasure's place like a buffe-jerkin lasteth, For no buffe-jerkin hath beene oftner worne, Nor hath more scrapings or more dressings borne.

IN LIBRUM. 9.

Liber doth vaunt how chastly he hath liu'd, Since he hath bin seuen yeares in towne, and more, For that he sweares he hath four onely swiude; A maid, a wife, a widdow, and a whore: Then, Liber, thou hast swiude all women-kinde, For a fifth sort, I know thou canst not finde.

IN MEDONTEM. 10.

Great captaine Maedon weares a chaine of gold, Which at fiue hundred crownes is valu?d; For that it was his grand sire's chaine of old, When great King Henry, Bulloigne conquer?d. And weare it Maedon, for it may ensue, That thou, by vertue of this massie chaine, A stronger towne than Bulloigne maist subdue, If wise men's sawes be not reputed vaine; For what said Philip king of Macedon? There is no castle so well fortified, But if an asse laden with gold comes on, The guard will stoope, and gates flye open wide.

IN GELLAM. 11.

Gella, if thou dost loue thy selfe, take heed, Lest thou my rimes unto thy louer read; For straight thou grin'st, and then thy louer seeth Thy canker-eaten gums and rotten teeth.

IN QUINTUM. 12.

Quintus his wit infused into his braine, Mislikes the place, and fled into his feet; And there it wandered up and downe the street, Dabled in the dirt, and soak?d in the raine: Doubtlesse his wit intends not to aspire, Which leaues his head, to travell in the mire.

IN SEVERUM. 13.

The Puritan Severus oft doth read This text, that doth pronounce vain speech a sin,-- "That thing defiles a man, that doth proceed, From out the mouth, not that which enters in." Hence it is, that we seldome heare him sweare: And thereof as a Pharisie he vaunts; But he devours more capons in one yeare, Then would suffice an hundred Protestants. And sooth, those sectaries are gluttons all, As well the thred-bare cobler, as the knight; For those poore slaues which haue not wherewithall, Feed on the rich, till they devour them quite; And so, as Pharoe's kine, they eate up clean, Those that be fat, yet still themselues be lean.

IN LEUCAM. 14.

Leuca, in Presence once, a fart did let; Some laught a little; she refus'd the place; And mad with shame, did then her gloue forget, Which she return'd to fetch with bashfull grace; And when she would haue said, "I've lost my gloue," My fart which did more laughter moue.

IN MACRUM. 15.

Thou canst not speake yet, Macer, for to speake, Is to distinguish sounds significant: Thou with harsh noise the ayre dost rudely breake; But what thou utterest common sence doth want,-- Halfe English words, with fustian termes among Much like the burthen of a Northerne song.

IN FASTUM. 16.

"That youth," saith Faustus, "hath a lyon seene, Who from a dicing-house comes money-lesse": But when he lost his haire, where had he beene? I doubt me he had seene a Lyonesse?

IN COSMUM. 17.

Cosmus hath more discoursing in his head Then Ioue, when Pallas issued from his braine; And still he strives to be deliver?d Of all his thoughts at once, but all in vaine; For, as we see at all the play-house doores, When ended is the play, the dance, and song, A thousand townesmen, gentlemen, and whores, Porters and serving-men, togethe

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