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Against Balladders.

Epi. 207.

Cherillus , that: of many verses, made
Seauen only good: for which his poesie
He had seauen gobbes of Gold; and for the bad,
He had a buffet on the Uisnomy:
If Balladers, that but defloure the Muse,
Were so rewarded for their versifiing.
It would (like Pan) appeare vpon their Browes,
Sith out of tune they doe so often sing:
For if seauen lines they chance to draw aright,
They milliōs make that would make Patience smite.