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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134. On the same.
For thy deaths sake (noble friend)Be no man before his end
Happy thought, though flattering fame
Fixe amongst the Starres his name:
He that leanes on wealth or strength,
Breakes his staffe and fals at length.
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