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IOANNES SECVNDVS.
Three Euills.
Whiche are three ills that mischefe men,to know dost thou desire?
Haue here in few my frend exprest,
the Fem, the Flud, the Fire.
The riche old man, of hym selfe.
When yong I was, then poore I wasnow in my latter dayes,
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vnhappie wretche both wayes.
When as I knewe some vse of goods,
I wanted euermore:
And now I know no vse of goods,
of goods I haue great store.
Of a Dwarfe.
A Dwarfe vppon a Pismyers backedid get hym vp to ride:
He deemd a tamed Oliphante
he did as then bestride.
But while he did aduaunce hym selfe
to bolde vppon his backe,
He tumbled downe, and had a fall
that made his guts crie quacke.
When as the Dwarfe was thus vnhorst,
each laught, both great and small:
Why laugh you masters quoth the dwarfe?
what? Phaëton had a fall.
Loue is vncurable.
An hearb is found each hurte to helpe:all soares haue salues we see:
Alone the wound that Cupid giues
can neuer cured be.
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