The Scourge of Folly Consisting of satyricall Epigrams, And others in honour of many noble Persons and worthy friends, together, with a pleasant (though discordant) Descant upon most English Proverbs and others [by John Davies] |
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Epig. 234 Of Grobius the rich Grasier.
Grobius
, the Grasier, out of Grasse and Neat,
Extracted hath a Thousand pound a yeare:
Yet vs'd no fire, sith him t'would ouer-heat;
For, he is hot, and loues the coldest cheare.
Yet feeds he fatt: That's feedeth fatt his Beasts:
But other Feeding hardly he digests.
Extracted hath a Thousand pound a yeare:
Yet vs'd no fire, sith him t'would ouer-heat;
For, he is hot, and loues the coldest cheare.
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But other Feeding hardly he digests.
A Thousand pound a yeere! and all doth store,
Then must he get, in fine the diuell and all:
Yet (giue the Diuell his due) hee feeds the poore:
Feeds them with hope of foode at's funerall:
Meane while he bidds them pray, and make them fast,
That so (beeing faithfull) they may feede at last.
Then must he get, in fine the diuell and all:
Yet (giue the Diuell his due) hee feeds the poore:
Feeds them with hope of foode at's funerall:
Meane while he bidds them pray, and make them fast,
That so (beeing faithfull) they may feede at last.
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