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Cvres for the itch

Characters. Epigrams. Epitaphs. By H. P. [i.e. Henry Parrot]

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Optare frustra.

There cannot proue to Claudius such a curse,
As still to finde in's heart, and not in's purse:
But what the Destinies will haue decreed,
Must be (saith Claudius) wer't to hang for need.