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Epigr. 28. Ad Lectorem.
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Epigr. 28. Ad Lectorem.
Reader thou think'st that Epigrams be rife,Because by hundred they are flocking here.
I reade an hundred pamphlets; for my life
Could I finde matter for two verses there?
Two hundred ballets yeelded me no more,
Besides barraine reading and conference.
Besides whole legends of the rustie store,
Of stories and whole volumes voyde of sense,
And yet the Printer thinkes that he shall leese,
Which buyes my Epigrams at pence a peece.
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