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Chrestoleros

Seuen bookes of Epigrames written by T. B. [i.e. Thomas Bastard]

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Epigr. 30.

He which an elder seeking to defame,
Reueales his secret to his enemies.
Deserues the heauy curse of wicked Cham,
Which did contemne his fathers priuities.
The Sire was dronke, and yet the plague did light,
Vpon the sonne which scornd a sinfull sight.