Ben Jonson(1572–1637)
On English Monsieur
Would you believe, when you this monsieur see,
That his whole body should speak French, not he
That so much scarf of France, and hat, and feather,
And shoe, and tie, and garter should come hether, 0hither
And land on one whose face durst never be
Toward the sea farther than Half-Way Tree 1
That he, untraveled, should be French so much
As Frenchmen in his company should seem Dutch
O r h a d his father, w h e n h e did h i m get,
T h e F r e n c h d i s e a s e , 2 w i t h w h i c h he labors yet
Or hung some monsieur's picture on the wall,
By which his dam conceived him, clothes and all
Or is it some French statue No: 'T doth move,it
And stoop, and cringe. O then, it needs must prove
The new French tailor's motion, 0 monthly made,puppet
Daily to turn in Paul's, 3 and help the trade.