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Translated out of twoo Greeke authors: Plato and Scatilius.
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Translated out of twoo Greeke authors: Plato and Scatilius.
A wretched caitiffe, in dispaire,went foorth with throtlyng corde
To make a waie hymself: by hap
he founde a golden hoarde:
He ioyfull twas his happie chaunce,
this hidden hoarde to finde:
Forsooke his purpose, tooke the gold
and left the rope behinde.
The owner when he came, and sawe
from thence his ruddocks refte:
For sorrowe hunge hym self with rope,
that there behinde was lefte.
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