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 SIMILIES.

A Merrie Gent. seeing among a many faire yoong Ladies one olde withered Beldame, said: Loe, there a Deathes head at the end of a Rosary.

One beholding a house faire caru'd and wrought towarde the top, and rude and rough below, said it was like a womans smocke.

One that had but heer and there a scattred haire on his chin: an other sayd it was like a countrey-parish wasted with the plague.

One being ask'd why hee refus'd to answere one that had highly abus'd him in outragious tearmes: hee answered: I am like a deafe man in a Belfrie, that heares not the jangling of the Belles,

A poore Gent. made an old Seruiture of his, his horse-kee∣per, and hauing but one horse in all the world, it was noted that when he rode abroad, his man staid at home, & when his man rode foorth, then hee staid at home: Whereupon one merrily compar'd them to Castor and Pollux, two starres in the Firma∣ment, wherof the one appearing in the euening, assoone as euer the other begins to shew, straight peepes in his head, and vanisheth out of sight.

A Gentlewoman in a solemne festiuity danced with a yong Gallant a most lofty Lauolta: and a Noble-man there present, sayd, she resembled the crowne of a good felt hat, soone down, soone vp

Of a Gentlewoman that had a bad face and a good waste, an other said, that the circumstance was better then the sinne.

An old Marchant had hanging at his girdle a pouch, a spe∣ctacle-case, a punniard, a pen and inck-horne, and a hand-kert∣cher, with many other trinkets besides: which a merie compa∣nion seing, said: it was like a Haberdashers shop of smal wares. A man & his wife were chiding together, & in came a friend of

theirs, and besought them to forbeare one an other, and agree as became man and wife: Wherunto he answered: Know yee that my wife and I are like a paire of cardes still in shuffle with one an other all day long, and at night in a lump together like good friendes.

One seeing a many ••ubs in the street, some vp, some downe, said, they were like Chanons singing Glorie be to the Father &c.

One seing a Gentlewoman whose face was pure red and white, said it was like a shoulder of Mutton new cut off from the breast.

A Gent. gaue a Gentlewoman a fine twisted bracelet of silke and golde, and seeing it the next day vpon another Gentle∣womans wrest, sayd: it was like a Barbers girdle soon slipt from one side to another.

A Noble-man comming into a Gent. house, & being shew'd all the rooms therin, which he saw were many & small, he said: they were like Lenten dishes.

One seeing a many Seruing-men wayting on their Mai∣ster, their cloathes al too big for them, and flagging vnhansom∣lie about them, said, they were like so many rotten egges.

One seeing in a Noble-mans hall a many Marble-Nymphs, euery one holding before them a broad Escutcheon, said, they were like so many Millers displaying their sayles.

One hearing a bagpipe sownd yll-fauouredly, said, it was like the noise of a Cat, whiles her taile is a cutting off.

One seeing an other thrust out his head as though he stood harkening to somewhat, said, it was like the head of a Gittern.