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] |
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Epig. 276. To mine approoued kinde frend and Scholler, Humfrey Bought on Esquire, one of his Maiesties gent. Pensioners.
Hvmfrey , thou hast my heart; for, well I wotThou lou'st me well, sith ill I taught thee not.
But there are some (which yet I tender still)
Haue taught me now to know I taught them ill.
Ill paide, with ill? I ill a paide must bee:
Would I had taught them better, or they mee.
But noble Humfrey thy braue Spirit doth learne
My Muse (by thine example) to discerne
Twixt Man, and Man: and sith a Man I finde thee,
I were a beast with braue men not to minde thee.
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