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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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[The Faire lasts all the yeare: so Londons doth]

The Faire lasts all the yeare: so Londons doth;
And yet most fovvly lyes each House, and Booth:
Which fovvly lye, to vent their Marchandize;
Then, better t'vvere it ly'de not as it lyes:
Or, that an hovvre the Faire might fully end;
So, should the Faire (though fowle) the lesse offend.
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