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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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TO THE MOST Noble Theophilvs Lord WALDEN.
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Passages before the Booke.
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Vpon English Prouerbs.
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[To worthy Persons.]

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Epig. 142. Ignauis semper feriæ sunt.

With Sluggards eu'ry day is holy day;
And so it is vvith some that seldome sleepes;
For, in an Alehouse, day and night they play
For Ale, the vvhile a Colt the Reckning keepes:
Till (like the woodden Troian Horse) at last,
Their liues, and liuelihoods the Colt doth wast.
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