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For when a Plant Degenerat's t' a weed,
They freely Pass, in one another Stead,
An Antient Composition, and a Fresh,
Have æquall virtue, over a Disease:
That 'tis Impossible, t' administer,
To th' Itch, and Mange, with safety, and not Erre.
Beside the Dangerous Gibberish of Pædants
To learn the Bumbast-Names, of all Ingredients,
That No Man is permitted to be Sick,
But must be Cur'd, in Latin, or in Greek,
For No Men love so Naturally to Dabble,
As those that Pass for Learnedish, and Able.
That can put down (in fustian) th' Ablest Brushers
Of hinder Parts, Inculcaters, and ushers.
So he that knew a Tayler, by his Stale,
Because with shreds, H' had stopt the urinalle.
They freely Pass, in one another Stead,
An Antient Composition, and a Fresh,
Have æquall virtue, over a Disease:
That 'tis Impossible, t' administer,
To th' Itch, and Mange, with safety, and not Erre.
Beside the Dangerous Gibberish of Pædants
To learn the Bumbast-Names, of all Ingredients,
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But must be Cur'd, in Latin, or in Greek,
For No Men love so Naturally to Dabble,
As those that Pass for Learnedish, and Able.
That can put down (in fustian) th' Ablest Brushers
Of hinder Parts, Inculcaters, and ushers.
So he that knew a Tayler, by his Stale,
Because with shreds, H' had stopt the urinalle.
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