DIALOGUE BETWEEN GLUTTON AND ECHO.


The following lines, written in the year 1609, are said to have induced
Butler to pursue the same idea in his _Hudibras_;

_Dialogue_.

_Glutton_.--My belly I do deify.

_Echo_.--Fie.

_Glutton_.--Who curbs his appetite's a fool.

_Echo_.--Ah! fool!

_Glutton_.--I do not like this abstinence.

_Echo_.--Hence!

_Glutton_.--My joy's a feast, my wish is wine.

_Echo_.--Swine.

_Glutton_.--We epicures are happy truly.

_Echo_.--You lie.