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71Consilium post factum.

Aske not Uincentio now when things are past,
Why he so often sported with his Puncke.
Or wherefore so much hath beene spent in wast;
(As good you told a tale to one that's druncke:)
Let it suffice, he hath consum'd it all,
And as you see, walkes like the prodigall.