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Epigram. 80.

[I haue some Kinsfolke rich, but passing prowd]

I haue some Kinsfolke rich, but passing prowd,
I haue some friends, but poore and passing willing,
The first would gladly see me in my shrowd,
Which in the last would cause the tears distilling:
Now which of these loue I? so God me mend,
Not a rich Kinseman, but a willing Friend.