"On Gut": Ben Jonson (1573-1637)
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/ / | / / | x / | x / | x / Gut eats all day and lechers all the night; x / | x / | x / | x /|x / So all his meat he tasteth over twice: x /| x /| x / | x (/)| x / And striving so to double his delight, x / | x / |x /| x / | x / He makes himself a thoroughfare of vice. / x | x / |x (/)| x / |x / Thus in his belly can he change a sin: / x | / / | x /| x(/)|x / Lust it comes out, that gluttony went in.