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184Ad te (Scabiose Poeta.)

Scalpo hath got an itch in Poetry,
With which conceit doth oft his elbow scratch,
And sooner hopes to come in print hereby,
Then any young beginner of his match:
As cast-off Chamber-maides conuert to Drabbes,
So may thy itch in time breake out to scabes.