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

Bastard, Thomas (1565 or 6-1618)

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Epigr. 6. Ad Momum.

Momus , I treate of vices by the way,
Of vices pure, abstract, and separate,
Of vniuersall, as the schoole men say,
Intentionall, meere, and specificate;
Which floate aboue all sense of vulgarnesse,
And keepe the topp of the prædicament;
Which like Chymæra haunt the wildernesse,

And are the substance of an accident.
You cannot Momus then be toucht by me,
Vnlesse you genus vniuersum, be.