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Epigr. 12. In Bardum.
Bardus eates crusts and shrids of Barly bread,Parings of cheese, and drippings of the meate,
Steru'de mutton, beefe with soote be martelled.
And skinn and bones: all these will Bardus eate.
He ends the loafe, he fleas the cheese, (O teeth)
And when the bones dance naked then he praies.
He makes the soote smoake out of rusty beefe,
And that which hunger kilde, his hunger stayes,
And yet his father is no dogge I see.
His father is not, but his sonne may be.
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