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Chrestoleros

Seuen bookes of Epigrames written by T. B. [i.e. Thomas Bastard]

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Epigr. 31. In Libellum.

Libel all rawe with indigested spite,
Whose witt doth droppe inuenymde iniurie.
Whose pen leakes blots of spitefull infamie,

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Which the synke of thy paper doth receite.
Why dost thou boast? for if thou had'st don well.
In naughty things twere easie to excell.