The Scourge of Folly Consisting of satyricall Epigrams, And others in honour of many noble Persons and worthy friends, together, with a pleasant (though discordant) Descant upon most English Proverbs and others [by John Davies] |
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Epig. 113. Of Crocus burying his money.
Great Alexander, faire interd his Horse,Augustus, to his Parrat did the same:
Heliogabalus, balmd his Sparrowes Corse;
And buried her with Sermons in her fame.
But those were Pagans; so, might easily misse
The way of Christians through darke ignorance;
But, Crocus buries coyne that currant is,
And laies it lowe that him it may aduance:
Indeede who builds aloft must found it low,
But this, if found, him quite will ouerthrowe.
Those Kings inter'd the dead, but this selfe-Theife;
Doth bury currant Coyne his owne reliefe.
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