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To Maximus. a Miser.
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To Maximus. a Miser.
This is thy cast still, Maximus,thou vsest euermore:
Because thou wilt not spende thy goods,
thou sparst to feede the poore.
Ah caitiffe carle, how art thou witcht
with blinde desire of gaine:
Knowest not that carkyng couetousnesse,
bryngs hell and houlyng paine?
The carle that letts the poore to pine,
and saues his paultrie pelfe,
What seekes he but to spare his goods,
and quight to spill hym selfe?
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