IN GELLAM. XXVI.
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f Gella's beauty be examinËd,She hath a dull dead eye, a saddle nose,An ill-shap'd face, with morphew overspread,And rotten teeth, which she in laughing shows;Briefly, she is the filthiest wench in town,Of all that do the art of whoring use:But when she hath put on her satin gown,Her cut[512] lawn apron, and her velvet shoes,Her green silk stockings, and her petticoatOf taffeta, with golden fringe around, 10And is withal perfum'd with civet hot,Which doth her valiant stinking breath confound,--Yet she with these additions is no moreThan a sweet, filthy, fine, ill-favour'd whore. FOOTNOTES: [512] So MS.--Old eds. "out."
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