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Philipot, Thomas

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FAB. VI. De Asino Rubos comedente.

A sordid Ass while on his back he bore,
Of chosen delicates, a plenteous store;
His courser Appetite with Thistles treats,
And starves beneath his load of nobler meats.

Morall

Profusenes is a farr less dangerous vice
Than the Ill natur'd damning Avarice.