There was a man bespake a thing
Which when the owner home did bring,
He that made it did refuse it;
And he that brought it would not use it,
And he that hath it doth not know
Whether he hath it, ay or no.
From "The Curtaine-Drawer of the Worlde ...
by W. Parkes, Gentleman ... 1621.[181]
[Footnote 181: In my Fuller Worthies' Library edition of Davies, I
inserted above Riddle as kindly sent me by Mr. W. C. Hazlitt, from the
"Philosopher's Banquet": 2d edition, 1614, p. 261. In its text l. 6
'he' is spelled 'hee,' and 'ay' is 'yea.' G.]