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In Flaccium.

A tryed Friend.

Flaccus is dry, and doth request his friend
To satisfie his thirsty appetite:


His Friend hath now great businesse to attend,
And sweares he cannot tarry by that light.
Flaccus is druncke, and meets his friend againe,
And now forsooth his friend bestowes the wine:
Flaccus receaues it and his sences bane,
Shewes apish trickes, then imitates the swine:
O you forget your selfe, true sir I doe,
I knew my self vntill disguisde by you:
Ilou'd you once, hereafter ile despise ye,
Because youle glut me, rather than suffice me.