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Of Fuscus a drunkerd.
A certaine man in phisicke skildto F. spake in this wise:
F. drinke not ouermuch (take heed)
for drinke will loose your eyes.
He pausd vppon this sentence giuen,
and pondered what was spoke:
And when he had bethought hym, thus
at last his mind he broke.
I will by drinkyng loose myne eyes
quoth he, tis better so.
Then for to keepe them for the worms
to gnaw them out below.
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