One and Thyrtye Epigrammes wherein are briefly touched so many Abuses, that maye and ought to be put away. Compiled and Imprinted by Robert Crowley |
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Of leasemongars.
Of late a Leasemongarof London laye sycke,
And thynckyng to dye,
his conscience dyd him prycke.
Wherefore he sayde thus
wyth hym selfe secretly,
I wyll sende for a preachar
to knowe what remedy.
But whilse he thus laye
he fell in a sloumber,
and sawe in his dreame
pore folke a greate number.
Whoe sayde they had learned thys
at the preachars hande,
To paye all wyth patience
that theyr Landlordes demaunde
in such oppression,
Are promised rewarde
in the resurrection.
Where such men as take Leases
them selues to aduaunce,
Are sure to haue Hell
by ryght inheritaunce.
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