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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. 145. Of Bonosus the great Bowzer.

Hesiod warnes all that loue much wine, to drinke
To make the Wine wel-neere like water taste;
But, should Bonosus do the same, I thinke
No Well nor Conduite ere should run at waste.
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