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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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[What some winne in the Hundred, they loose in the Sheere]

What some winne in the Hundred, they loose in the Sheere,
But some in the Hundred, get Sheeres well neere.