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 |
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19. Against Drunkennesse.
Of all soule-sicknesses that Mortals have,This falls the heaviest, quenching many a brave
Sweet friends, that to the two-topt Mount aspire
Of noble Art and Honour, to the ditch
Of base contempt tumble this loathed Witch,
That worse than Circe) with a cup doth sacke
The Fort of Reason, and sound sences cracke.
For who (not frantick) would diseases buy
At a lame rate, or thirst for poverty?
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