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] |
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Epig. 153 Of Maurus his sayling in the Fleete.
Maurus , doth grieue that he committed isVnto the Fleete for something done amis.
Maurus, thou needst not grieue, sith thou art bound
But to thy Lands-end, in a Fleete on Ground,
That stands all Stormes, sith Water still it shunnes,
Vnlesse an Arme of Thames, that neere it runnes,
Do beare some washing Balls to make it sweete;
(For men of honor oft saile in that Fleete)
Therefore, be quiet, sith thou art secure,
And saylest in a Fleete so sweete and pure,
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