Pasquils palinodia, and his progresse to the tauerne where after the suruey of the sellar, you are presented with a pleasant pynte of poeticall sherry.

THE PRINTER To the Reader.

GENTLEMEN, I vnderstand that the AVTHOR is so farre out of patience, to heare that this Pasquill is prest for the publike view, which was entended onely for the priuate satisfaction of his peculiar friends, that hee will not greet the READER so much as with a Letter of Com∣mendations; yet considering that in these dayes we are alto∣ther carryed away with Fashions, and that it is quite be∣side the custome to put forth a Poem, without a Dedicato∣rie preamble, let mee I pray you make bold, for want of a better scholler, to salute the courteous Reader with a few words of Complement. Who the Author is I know not, & therefore on his behalfe I will be silent; yet I heare that hee is of the minde of that merry Huntsman, which would nei∣ther giue nor sell his Hare, but when he saw the Trauailer gallop away with her, and that hee was out of hope to haue her againe, he cryed out, Take her, Gentleman, I will be∣stow her on you. Concerning the Poem, although I shall be thought to be sutor vltra crepidam, yet in my opinion, it is a tollerable Pint of Poeticall Sherry, and if the Muses Seller afford no worse wine, it will make Sacke better re∣spected, and goe downe the merrier.

What the peeuish, puritanicall, and meager Zoilist out of his malitious humour shall calumniate, it skils not, for as the Prouerbe is, aut bibat, aut abeat: This dish was not drest to set his Dog-teeth on worke, and therefore if he like not these Lettice, let him pull backe his lips, for as the Poet saith,* 1.1

Non lux, non cibus est suauis illi, Nec potus iuuat, aut sapor lyaei, Nec si pocula Iupite, propinet, &c.

He was borne with teeth, and grynd when he first came in∣to the world, he feedes vpon snakes, drinks small-beere and vinegar, keepes no good company, liues without charitie, and dyes without honestie; hic finis Zoili. Notwithstand∣ing for the ingenious and candidous Readers, and all those fat honest men which are of a franke and sociable disposition, I dare be bold to promise, that this dish of drinke will not be distastfull vnto any of their stomackes, for as they haue bodies of a better constitution, so are their minds more fairely qualified, and their iudgements freer from corruption: and therefore to their taste is this Pinte of Poetrie dedicated, which if it seeme pleasant to their pa∣late, let mee be well payd for presenting them with it in paper, and I rest satisfied.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ʋirg. de Liuore.