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Epigram. 22. Eidem.

To whom may I these rimes more truely send,
Then vnto you, where they were bred & born,
Should all forsake them, you, must be their friend,
If good, your praise, if bad (t'escape from scorne)
To Buckelers-bery, or Tobacco-takers,
Or Flax-wiues vent them, or neere home you may,
To Tewkesbery amongst the Mustard-makers,
Or fire them, or send them quite away:
Your only sweet course for Virginia ship them,
For by the Statute you are bound to keep them.