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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]
Davies, John (1565?-1618)

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Epig. 133. Nequid nimis.

By ouer-doing Men haue been vndone;
By vnder-doing Maides haue done amisse:
Then better end ere such deeds are begun,
Sith or'e and vnder-doing hurtfull is:
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That make some Maides withstand, while men doe woo,
Left, vnder-doing they might ouer-doo.
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