Of Grantus His Grosse Wit and Wombe
G RANTUS his too grand Panche is neither fit
For action, nor for contemplation:
His wombe's too grosse to haue too fine a wit,
Sith he is young and with fat ouer-growne.
But were he fatt as brawne, yet old and staid,
He might bee wise, and still (like bacon) feede
On witts prouision, that his youth puruaid,
Which vs'd in age, makes witt bee wise in deede
But Grantus' youth and belly are so great
That he would starue if witt were all his meate.
For action, nor for contemplation:
His wombe's too grosse to haue too fine a wit,
Sith he is young and with fat ouer-growne.
But were he fatt as brawne, yet old and staid,
He might bee wise, and still (like bacon) feede
On witts prouision, that his youth puruaid,
Which vs'd in age, makes witt bee wise in deede
But Grantus' youth and belly are so great
That he would starue if witt were all his meate.
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