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Epigr. 16. In Brillum.

Brillus is neither proud nor timerous,
Nor of the swearing cutt, as many be.
He is not false, he is not couetous,

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He is not amorous, he is not he.
He is not giuen to the sinn of wine,
And yet he is not honest for all this,
How euer secretly he doth decline.
I cannot but commend him for the misse.