Wits fittes and fancies Fronted and entermedled with presidentes of honour and wisdome. Also: Loves Ovvl. An idle conceited dialogue betwene loue, and an olde man. Recta securus. A. C.

OF NOSES.

ONe had a Nose like a bunch of grapes, and passing along the street, two women met him and seeing such a nose, stood still a while, and gazed therupon: He asking them why they stood still and went not about their busines, they an∣swered: because your nose stands in our way: With that hee wry'd his nose aside with his finger, and sayd: On (ye whoores) for (loe) now way is made yee.

One that had a huge nose hearing an other say that in Ger∣many, theeues are punished with diminution of their noses, said: Then will I goe into Germanie, and commit some halfe dozen robberies there, and so returne home again both rich and with a better nose.

One was a saying that he greatly marueill'd at Iohn a Nokes his great nose: An other answered: Say not so, but thus: that you greatly marueill at Iohn of Noses: for in saying so, you giuethe lesse to the greater, if otherwise, the greater to the lesse, wich is improper.

One that had a mighty nose, and a very thin beard, an other commented therupon, saying, that the shadow of his nose hin∣dred the growth of his beard, as doth the shadow of the Dock the growing vp of the Nettle.

In Spain it is a law, all swords & Rapiers to be of one length: A huge nos'd Constable tooke one with a Rapier aboue that skantling, and tooke it from him, and caus'd it to bee cut shor∣ter, and then deliuer'd it him again, saying: Know ye now from henceforth, that the law allowes all too-much to be diminished: Th'other answered: Diminish then your nose.

A mightie-nos'd Courtier hauing retir'd himselfe for a time into the country, ask'd a friend of his that came from the court, what newes was saide of him there, hee answered: Your Nose.

One seeing a great Drunkard with a huge nose all to bese•• with pimples blue and red, said, it was the soule of the wine as∣cended into the region of his nose, and those pimples the Me∣teors that redounded thereof.

Sir Thomas Moores Lady was very curious and neat in her attire, and going one day to Church, she bid her Gentlewoman look whether her gown-pleates stood euen behind, and whe∣ther all were well and tight about her: Sir Thomas himselfe then standing by, and noting her curiositie, and withal her wry nose said: Faith (wife) there is yet one fault more then your maid sees neither do I well see how it can be holpen. She being then ve∣rie earnest with her Gentlewoman to find it out, and halfe out of patience that shee was so long a looking it, at last ask'd Sir Thomas what fault it was: he merrily answered: Your nose.