Two bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft |
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129. To Sir Iohn Fitzherbert of Narbury.
Some worthy cause doth make your Country holdYour selfe so deare: It is sweet curtesie,
And goodnesse, that adornes you more than gold,
And wins more honour than a crowne can buy.
For though great vices titles rot, the fame
Of vertue keeps her sound, and spreads her name.
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