"The bird, that’s fetcht from Phasis flood, Or choysest Hens of Affricke brood; These please our palats. And why these…"

"And over all, a Counterpane was plac’d, Thick sown with Furs of many a Savage Beast, Of Bears and Lions, heretofore h…"

"Mounted on panthers’ furs and lions’ manes, From rear to van they scour about the plains."

"Was there any more repellent sight than a silly, self-centred, greedy woman clad in the skin of a beast so much more …"

"... If we can't be cordial to these creatures' fleece, I think that we deserve to freeze."

"It is really a joy to slip furs around a beautiful, luxurious woman, to see and feel how her neck, her lovely limbs s…"

"’Twas never merry world since, of two usuries, the merriest was put down, and the worser allowed by order of law a fu…"

"This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, The lion and the belly-pinchèd wolf Keep their fur dry."

"Tipt with jet, Fair ermines, spotless as the snows they press; Sables, of glossy black; and dark-embrown’d, Or beaute…"

"Immers’d in furs, Doze the gross race."