A Century of Parody and Imitation

by Unknown

Friar.

And I am the friar, who so corpulent a belly bore.

Apothecary.

And that is why poor skinny I have none at all.

Romeo.

I'm the resurrection-man, of buried bodies amorous.

Falstaff.

I'm fagg'd to death, and out of breath, and am for quiet clamorous;

For though my paunch is round and stanch, I ne'er begin to feel it ere I

Feel that I have no stomach left for entertainment military.