Classic Poem

Your Ceilings (S r ) in humane learning beene
The tester, & the Curtains deeply seene
In Diuine storie. I haue often heard
That Curtaine sermons maried men haue feard.
But theise preacht patiently wthout abuse
And doctrine wisely had, as well as vse.
Adam & Eue most innocently stood
Starke belly nak't; Noah steer'd his horse of wood,
Here at the whales mouth panting Ionas lay,
There Samson wth his whale too, Dalilah.
For grant that Ionas had a dang'rous fitt,
Yet Samson sure was in the deeper pitt.
Young Gamesters marke, marke w t theise Curtains say
Whales cast men vp; but whores cast 'hem away.
You Papish that Maynteyne your Laymens Looks
On Images, & Pictures call their bookes,
Your Kitchen-stuff & supreme Poinct foregoe,
Wee'l grant you this; Theise Curtains proue it so.
And Puritanns, that vestments steale away
Woont holy walls & Altars to arraie,
Giue back such Coverings as theise Cortains are
And hang your parlours wth your notes thredbare