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Two bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs

Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft

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174. To T. R.

How shall I plague thee for thy villanies!
That meane thy beaten bulke to pulverize,
And in an Houre-glasse (while swift Time can flye)
Tosse, turne, and vexe thy powder pitteously.