To the Right Noble Tom, Tell-Troth of His Travels, the Coriat of Odcombe, and His Book Now Going to Travel
T ry and trust Roger, was the word, but now
H onest Tom Tell-troth puts down Roger: how?
O f travel he discourseth so at large,
M arry, he sets it out at his own charge;
A nd therein (which is worth his valour too)
S hows he dares more than Paul's churchyard durst do.
C ome forth, thou bonny bouncing book then, daughter
O f Tom of Odcombe, that odd jovial author,
R ather his son I should have called thee: why?
Y es, thou wert born out of his travelling thigh
A s well as from his brains, and claim'st thereby
T o be his Bacchus as his Pallas: be
E ver his thighs male then, and his brains she.
H onest Tom Tell-troth puts down Roger: how?
O f travel he discourseth so at large,
M arry, he sets it out at his own charge;
A nd therein (which is worth his valour too)
S hows he dares more than Paul's churchyard durst do.
C ome forth, thou bonny bouncing book then, daughter
O f Tom of Odcombe, that odd jovial author,
R ather his son I should have called thee: why?
Y es, thou wert born out of his travelling thigh
A s well as from his brains, and claim'st thereby
T o be his Bacchus as his Pallas: be
E ver his thighs male then, and his brains she.
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