668. UPON ZELOT.
Is Zelot pure? he is: yet! see he wears
The sign of circumcision in his ears.
670. UPON MADAM URSLY. EPIG.
For ropes of pearl, first Madam Ursly shows
A chain of corns picked from her ears and toes;
Then, next, to match Tradescant's curious shells,
Nails from her fingers mew'd she shows: what else?
Why then, forsooth, a carcanet is shown
Of teeth, as deaf as nuts, and all her own.
Tradescant, a collector of curiosities. See [Note].
Mew'd, moulted.
Deaf as nuts. Cf. De Quincey, "a deaf nut offering no kernel."
705. UPON TRIGG. EPIG.
Trigg having turn'd his suit, he struts in state,
And tells the world he's now regenerate.
706. UPON SMEATON.
How could Luke Smeaton wear a shoe, or boot,
Who two-and-thirty corns had on a foot.