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Folly
Those that have to do with Fooles
Must turn themselves t' as very owles.
Must turn themselves t' as very owles.
Sober Folly is the worst
Of all Sorts, and the most Accurst.
Of all Sorts, and the most Accurst.
An Idiot is but an Almes at Court
The King bestows on those that aske him for't.
The King bestows on those that aske him for't.
For Idiots (Anatomists Maintaine)
Have no Commerce, between the Heart and Braine.
Have no Commerce, between the Heart and Braine.
For no exact and true Proposition Pleases
The Ignorant, like Pretty uglinesses,
That serv's to set an Edge on Fancy with
As vineger and Sowr Fruit do's the teeth.
The Ignorant, like Pretty uglinesses,
That serv's to set an Edge on Fancy with
As vineger and Sowr Fruit do's the teeth.
No wonder Ignorance is Counted Holy,
Credulity it self's the Nurse of Folly,
Or (as some say) a medcine to anoynt
And Ease the Torment of a Gouty Joynt,
When most mens memorys are found so Dul
They cannot think on Death without a Scul.
Credulity it self's the Nurse of Folly,
Or (as some say) a medcine to anoynt
And Ease the Torment of a Gouty Joynt,
When most mens memorys are found so Dul
They cannot think on Death without a Scul.
A Mad man Seldom forfets al his wits
Without some Intervals Between their Fits.
Without some Intervals Between their Fits.
Eternal talking's but an overheat
O' th' Brain, as some put rume in Parrot's meat.
O' th' Brain, as some put rume in Parrot's meat.
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