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. 13. Against Vlalia and her ouer-much desire of pretious stones.
Vlalia spends her selfe for precious Stones;They must be precious that are bought so deere:
But, were she wise, she would buy Marrow-bones;
For, all her Bones, that full of Marrow were,
Are dry and rotten, sith so deere she bought
Those precious Stones that brought her quight to nought.
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