16. A fair woman's neck should stand awry; for so she looks as if she were looking for a kiss. 17. Women love fish better than flesh; for they will have Place, whatever they pay for it. _Neuter._[629] 1. Old things are the best things; for there is nothing new but diseases. 2. The best bodies should wear the plainest habits; for painted Clothes were made to hide bare walls. 3. Dissemblers may safely be trusted; for their meaning is ever contrary to their words. 4. Musicians cannot be but healthful; for they live by good air. 5. An Usurer is the best Christian; for _Quantum nummorum in arca, Tantum habet et fidei_. 6. None should have license to marry but rich folks; for _Vacuum_ is a monster _in rerum natura_. 7. A hare is more subtle than a fox; for she makes more doubles than old Reynard. 8. 'Tis better to be a beggar than a Merchant; for all the world lies open to his traffic, and yet he pays no custom. 9. 'Tis more safe to be drunk with the hop than with the grape; for a man should be more inward with his Countryman than with a stranger. 10. It is better to buy honour than to deserve it; for what is far fetched and dear bought is good for Ladies. 11. A man deep in debt should be as deep in drink; for Bacchus cancels all manner of obligations. 12. Playhouses are more necessary in a well governed Commonwealth than public Schools; for men are better taught by example than precept. 13. It is better to feed on vulgar and gross meats, than on dainty and high dishes; for they that eat only partridge or quail, hath no other brood than woodcock or goose. 14. Taverns are more requisite in a City than Academies; for it is better the multitude were loving than learned. 15. A Tobacco shop and a Bawdy house are coincident; for smoke is not without fire. 16. An Almanack is a book more worthy to be studied than the history of the world; for a man to know himself is the most worthy knowledge, and there he hath twelve signs to know it by. 17. Wealth is better than wit; for few poets have had the fortune to be chosen Aldermen. 18. Marriage frees a man from care; for then his wife takes all upon her. 19. A Kennel of hounds is the best Consort;[630] for they need no tuning from morning to night. 20. The Court makes better Scholars than the University: for where a King vouchsafes to be a teacher, every man blushes to be a non-proficient. [_Music sounds._ _Enter Pages._ _Para._ But hark! Music: they are upon entrance. I must put up. MAIN MASQUE. _Enter Pages 4._ _Their Song, dialoguewise._