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Two bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs

Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft
Bancroft, Thomas (fl. 1633-1658)

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The First Booke of Epigrammes.
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The second Booke of Epigrammes.

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225. To John Whiteall, Gentleman.

Let no man thinke the first worlds innocence
Quite lost, nor seeke prime goodnesse farther hence
Than your calme brest, embeam'd with Vertues light,
Whose Fame is like your Name, entirely white.
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