[4.] A Tinker coming through _Cornhill_, and sounding briskly on his kettle, _Have you any Work for a Tinker?_ A Grocer that thought to put a Jest upon him (there being a Pillory near his door) bid him stop those two Holes, pointing to the Pillory: to whom the Tinker smartly replyed, _Sir, if you will lend me your Head and Ears, I will find a Hammer and Nails, and give you my Work into the bargain_. _A Dialogue concerning Hair, between a Man and a Woman._ M. Ask me no more why I do wear [13.] My Hair so far below my ear:[F. 36] For the first Man that e're was made Did never know the Barbers Trade. W. Ask me no more where all the day The foolish Owl doth make her stay: Tis in your Locks; for tak't from me, She thinks your hair an Ivy tree. M. Tell me no more that length of hair Can make my visage look less fair; For how so'er my hair doth fit, I'm sure that yours comes short of it.[F. 37] W. Tell me no more men wear long hair To chase away the Colder air; For by experience we may see Long hair will but a back friend be. M. Tell me no more that long hair can Argue deboistness[F. 38] in a man; For 'tis Religious being inclin'd To save the Temples from the wind. W. Ask me no more why Roarers wear Their hair extant below their ear; For having morgag'd all their Land, They'd fain oblige the appearing Band. M. Ask me no more why hair may be The expression of Gentility: 'Tis that which being largely grown Derives its Gentry from the Crown. W. Ask me no more why grass being grown, With greedy Sickle is cut down, Till short and sweet; So ends my Song, Lest that long hair should grow too long. [Footnote 36: Prynne was especially exercised in his mind about this fashion, and wrote a book called "The Unlovelinesse of Love Lockes, or a Summarie discourse, proving the wearing and nourishing of a locke or love locke to be altogether unseemly and unlawfull unto Christians" (1628), and also "A Gagge for Long Hair'd Rattle Heads &c." (1646).] [Footnote 37: An allusion to the curly crops and fringe over the forehead then worn by ladies.] [Footnote 38: Debauchedness.] Some did ask Tom Gold [12.] What's Latin for Cold; Why truly, says he, my Friends, I know it full well, And I feel I can tell, For I hav't at my fingers ends. [18.] A Papist asked a Protestant, as 'tis their usual Way, where his Religion was before _Luther_. _In the Bible_, says he, _where yours never was_.