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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[A faire threed, Captaine Porcupine hath spunne]
A faire threed, Captaine Porcupine hath spunne:For, he his Threed of life hath quite vndone:
Call yee that spinning that vntwines that Threed?
Then did he (hanging) spinne till he was dead.
O Hercules, what meantst thou so to spinne,
To loose the glory which thy Fights did winne!
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