A Heart Dressed

Life takes a heart, and passions puts therein,
And covers it with a dissembling skin.
Takes anger, which like pepper keen doth¹ bite,
And vinegar that’s sharp and made of spite.
Ginger of revenge, grated, in is² flung,                         5
To which she adds a lying cloven tongue.
A lazy flake of mace, which³ lies down flat;
Some salt of slander she doth put⁴ to that.
Then serves it up with sauce of jealousy,
In dishes of most careful⁵ industry.                              10

1. Takes anger, which like pepper keen doth] Then take some Anger, that like Pepper 1653
2. Ginger of revenge, grated, in is] Hot Ginger of Revenge grated in 1653
3. which] that 1653
4. she doth put] put also 1653
5. most careful] Carefull 1653