IN SEVERUM. XIII.
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he puritan Severus oft doth readThis text, that doth pronounce vain speech a sin,--"That thing defiles a man, that doth proceedFrom out the mouth, not that which enters in."Hence is it that we seldom hear him swear;And therefore like a Pharisee, he vaunts:But he devours more capons in a yearThan would suffice a hundred protestants.And, sooth, those sectaries are gluttons all,As well the thread-bare cobbler as the knight; 10For those poor slaves which have not wherewithal,Feed on the rich, till they devour them quite;And so, like Pharaoh's kine, they eat up cleanThose that be fat, yet still themselves be lean. IN LEUCAM. XIV.[475] Leuca in presence once a fart did let:Some laugh'd a little; she forsook the place;And, mad with shame, did eke her glove forget,Which she return'd to fetch with bashful grace;And when she would have said "this is[476] my glove,""My fart," quod she; which did more laughter move. FOOTNOTES: [475] Not in MS. [476] So Isham copy.--Other eds. omit the words "this is."
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