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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]

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[The blind eates many a Fly: It's true indeede]

The blind eates many a Fly: It's true indeede;
And so may Seers do for want of heede:
For he that writes the Bible in a Nutt,
Hath married with a light, and filthy slutt.