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EPIGRAM. 63. Stoica, & Christiana resolutio: ad M. Ioan. Hoskins LL. Baccal. noui coll. Socium.

Tyrannvs. Stoicvs.
Ty.
Thy goods they shall be confiscate to me,

St.
I care not much for that; suppose they be.

Ty.
In dungeon darke thou shalt be vnder keepe.

St.
Is't darke? the better shall I see to sleepe.

Ty.
If all this will not serue, then looke to die:

St.
As though I thought to liue immortally.

Tyrannvs, Christianvs.
Ty.
I'le take from thee the goods thou had'st before:

Ch.
The God which gaue me those, can giue me more.

Ty.
Close pen't in prison shalt thou rottting lie.

Ch.
Thraldome for his sake is true libertie.

Ty.
Then last, I will thee vtterly destroy.

Ch.
VVelcome my death, an entrance into ioy.