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Linsi-woolsie

Or two centvries of epigrammes. Written by William Gamage

Gamage, William

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Epig. 37. Coed Franke.

Of the knights of St Denis Bathe.

I wonder why men did thee nominate
Coed Franke, in antique Brittaines copious Tongue;
Vnlesse thou got'st it through the French-mans fate,
The gallian griefe, which blasted thee along.

If it be so, let fleshmen learne by thee
To shun the pox; which burn's the very tree.