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89. Concerning the Exchequer. To Sir Will. Pits.
Money collected, runs into the chinks,Of the Exchequer; so Sea, Rivers drinks.
Money disperst, flies from't as fast; as though,
A thousand Rivers, from the Sea should flow.
And yet the Sea, is not full satisfy'd:
Nor lavish streams of Crystall Rivers dry'd.
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