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Epigrams theological, philosophical, and romantick

Six books, also the Socratic Session, or the Arraignment and Conviction, of Julius Scaliger, with other Select Poems. By S. Sheppard

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Epig. 15. To my Friend Theodor Vaux .

It is set down, by Heavens just Decree,
The Child of Riot, must be beggerie.
Take caution (Friend) for “that man spends with shame,
“That with his riches doth consume his name.