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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]
Davies, John (1565?-1618)

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Epig. 261. Against Glossus.

Who flatters selfe-conceited Glossus, hee
Farre past himselfe o're-weening Glossus beares;
And so he rightly is compar'd to bee
An empty Pot, still carried by the Eares.
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