The Different Humors of Men, Epilogue
Epilogus.
Gentlemen,
MY Maſter Sir Francis, gives his ſervice to you all, and commands me to tell you, that if his Houſe were as large as his Heart, you ſhould all lodge all night in the former, as we…l as you are ſure to do in the latter. Though the entertainment was intended for his two great friends the Doctors, and the benefit to redound to his Tenants, yet he thanks you all for the honour you do him in this viſit, and wiſhes himſelf capable (can you blame him?) of entertaining you all like Princes. He is a perſon of a Mind and Temper ample and generous: He gives me leave, that am but his Butler, at any time to entertain as many as the Buttery will hold, with as much Ale as their Bellies will hold. But, alas, he wants room for ſo great a Company; as indeed you may eaſily perceive: For if he had had other room convenient, he would not have deſecrated his Chappel, as you ſee he has done to cay, for your ſakes. But his Worſhip has commanded me to direct you to certain …nns for accommodation and lodging at his charges. As for preſent accommodation, there is ſcarce a publick Houſe in Town, but can furniſh you. If you intend to lodge, they can alſo furniſh you: only you are to be you lodge at any Man's Houſe that has Horns, you leave no more behind you than you found. As for particular choice. I need give you no directions, they are all good; nay they are all beſt. The Bull has the beſt Mouth, the Bell is the beſt Me…le, the Stag and the Heart are the beſt Veniſon, The Lamb is the beſt natur'd, the George is the beſt mounted, the Dog has the beſt heels, the Lion has the beſt Heart, the Bear has the beſt back, but the Keys if they be St. Peters, have the beſt authority. The Peacock has the beſt Feathers, the Swan has the beſt Neck, the Royal Pate has the beſt Brains, but the Vine, (oh the Vine!) affords the beſt Liquor. But, if after all, you would know my opinion, the Eagle that carries away the Child is our beſt Emblem, ſhe wil… mount all the pretty Lads into the Skies upon the Wings of Fame, and ſo every Boy ſhall be a Ganymedes. And I aſſure you to be a Butler to Jupiter is no ſmall preferment.
And now Gentlemen, as we met lovers, I hope we ſhall part friends.
Fare ye well.
FINIS.
ERRATA.
PAge 3. l. 9. r. ſwet, l. 24. r. there, P. 5. l. 9. r. nomine, p. 6. l. 15. r. giving, P. 10. l. 1. r. ſmall, p. 15. l. penult. r. humourous, P. 25. l. 10. r. fixing, l. 12. for one r. we, p. 32. l. penult, for he is r. you be, p. 34. l. 3. after talk add much, p. 35. blot out line the 24. p. 39. l. 2. r. Hogs, p. 42. l. 6. after heated add his head, l. 16. r. Cruſt, p. 43. l. penult, r. ſpeak, p. 44. l. 12. and 23. p. 45. l. 12. r. Will, p. 47. l. 5. r. an, p. 61. l. 7. after fodder add too, p. 65. l. 15. r. Scotomia, p. 68. l. 4. r. Papiſt, p. 14. l. 3. r. curs'd, p. 78. l. 17. dele the.
End of the text · Samuel Shaw, The Different Humors of Men (1692)