When Marcus comes from Minnes,[54] hee still doth sweare, By "come on[55] seauen," that all is lost and gone; But that's not true; for he hath lost his haire,-- Onely for that he came too much at one. [Footnote 54: MS. "for newes."--The first edition [and Isham] reads 'from Mins': the other two as _above_. Mins' (which perhaps should be written Min's) is, I presume, the name of some person who kept an Ordinary where gaming was practised. D.] [Footnote 55: Isham 'a.' G.] IN CIPRUM.[56] 22. The fine youth Ciprius is more tierse and neate, Then the new garden of the Old Temple is; And still the newest fashion he doth get, And with the time doth change from that to this; He weares a hat of the flat-crowne block, The treble ruffes, long cloake, and doublet French; He takes tobacco, and doth weare a lock, And wastes more time in dressing then a wench: Yet this new fangled youth, made for these times, Doth aboue all praise old George Gascoine's[57] rimes? [Footnote 56: _Sic_: but should be, as Isham, Ciprium: Mr. Dyce reads Cyprium. G.] [Footnote 57: Died October 7th, 1577. His Works have been worthily collected by Mr. W. C. Hazlitt in his Roxburghe Library. G.] IN CINEAM. 23. When Cineas comes amongst his friends in morning, He slyly spies[58] who first his cap doth moue; Him he salutes, the rest so grimly scorning, As if for euer they had lost his loue. I seeing[59] how it doth the humour fit Of this fond[60] gull to be saluted first, Catch at my cap, but moue it not a whit: Which to[61] perceiuing, he seemes for spite to burst: But Cineas, why expect you more of me, Then I of you? I am as good a man, And better too by many a quality, For vault, and dance, and fence and rime I can: You keep a whore at your own charge, men tell me, Indeed friend (Cineas) therein you excell me. [Footnote 58: MS. "notes." D. [first edition and Isham "lookes": others as _above_. G.]] [Footnote 59: In first edition and Isham "Knowing" and MS. G.] [Footnote 60: Foolish. G.] [Footnote 61: Dyce's text is 'he': but 'to' is often in Davies' time printed for 'too.' Isham 'Which perceiuing.' G.] IN GALLUM. 24. Gallas hath beene this Summer-time in Friesland, And now return'd, he speaks such warlike words, As, if I could their English understand, I feare me they would cut my throat like swords: He talkes of counter-scarfes[62] and casomates, Of parapets, of curteneys, and palizadoes; Of flankers, ravelings, gabions he prates, And of false-brayes,[63] and sallies[64] and scaladoes. But, to requite such gulling tearmes as these, With words of my profession I reply; I tell of fourching,[65] vouchers, and counterpleas, Of withermans,[66] essoynes, and Champarty. So, neither of us understanding[67] one another, We part as wise as when we came together.