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Epig. XIIII. In Curionem.

Tis said, when Rufus Englands King did raigne,
When vnto him a seruant of his trg;e
A paire of stockings of a mark did bring
That then he said, why these are for a King;
But liu'd he now, to see sir Curio hold
Both wollen, iersie, silke, all slite but gold;
What then' I thinke, his crowne, if he were here
Should stil be gold, his stockings woollen were;
Why then are Curioes legs with gold orespread?
I thinke, because, he hath a woollen head.