Peace, pratler, do not lowre:
Not a fair look, but thou dost call it foul:
Not a sweet dish, but thou dost call it sowre:
   Musick to thee doth howl.
   By listning to thy chatting fears
   I have both lost mine eyes and eares.
   Pratler, no more, I say:
My thoughts must work, but like a noiseless sphere,
Harmonious peace must rock them all the day:
   No room for prattlers there.
   If thou persistest, I will tell thee,
   That I have physick to expell thee.
   And the receit shall be
My Saviour's bloud; whenever at his board
I do but taste it, straight it cleanseth me,
   And leaves thee not a word;
   No, not a tooth or nail to scratch,
   And at my actions carp, or catch.
   Yet if thou talkest still,
Besides my physick, know there's some for thee:
Some wood and nails to make a staffe or bill
   For those that trouble me:
   The bloudie cross of my deare lord
   Is both my physick and my sword.


 



