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. 118. Against Flaccus the great house-keeper.
Flaccus , they say, doth keepe too great an house;They say but sooth heerein, his house is so;
But, he therein keepes neither Man nor Mouse,
For, there is meate for neither: so, they go
From him, though he doth keepe a house too great;
But it he keepes without Myce, Men, or Meat.
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