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Epigrammes in the oldest cut, and newest fashion

A twise seuen houres (in so many weekes) studie: No longer (like the fashion) nor vnlike to continue. The first seuen. [by] Iohn Weeuer

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Epig. 1 Ad Robertum Dalton Armig.

Grace thou (kind Dalton) with a smiling looke,
These rude pend lines of this my secōd book;
And I, my Muse, and Graces three wil praise
Thy iudgement, wit, and valour:
But I, my Muse, and Graces, are too few,
To pen thy praise, to whom al praise is due.