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Epigr. 10. De Philippo Hispaniæ Rege.
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Epigr. 10. De Philippo Hispaniæ Rege.
If workes doe saue, happy king Philip is,He may set heauen to so high a prise.
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That he alone may purchase Paradise,
But merits saue, so saith the Church of Rome.
And Philip doth beleeue it verily,
With hired armes which renteth Christendome.
And with huge summes doth purchase villany
Gainst princes heads, these are his pretious balmes,
Fy Rome; teach you your king to giue such almes?
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