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Epigram. 15. To the worthy, his friend, Maister Fovlk Knottesford.

Who knowes thee right hee will thee rightly prize
Aboue the generall of Gentlemen,
Not sullen-sad, nor selfe-conceited-wise,
Yet knowing how to speak, and where and when,
And how to liue, and how to loue thy friends:
And say (as man) thou hast inherent sinne,
Thy rare and many vertues make amends:
And do but hold the way that thou art in:
The president begunne, as well but end it,
Many may follow, but there's none can mend it.