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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

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9. Mocking's Catching.

Ieere they that list, whose follies are profest:
With sinnes or swords it is not safe to jest.