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To all your Rope-tard Nose-gay-Bearers.
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To all your Rope-tard Nose-gay-Bearers.
S Stand farther off's my subiect, thus I write,
T 'Tis propper thereon, these dayes to endite:
A A man knowes not his friend from any other,
N Nor can he now know his endeered Brother,
D Death hants them so, they know not one from tother
T 'Tis propper thereon, these dayes to endite:
A A man knowes not his friend from any other,
N Nor can he now know his endeered Brother,
D Death hants them so, they know not one from tother
F Farre must thou stand, if thou conuerse with mee,
V Vnlesse thou haue like Nosegay; Dost thou see,
R Rope Tarr'd I haue, it keepes out Pestilence,
T The Diuell as soone, or else thou hast no sence,
H Hee that doth thinke, by that to be Plague-free,
E Euer shall be accompted like to thee,
R Respected not; call'd foole for's Foppery.
V Vnlesse thou haue like Nosegay; Dost thou see,
R Rope Tarr'd I haue, it keepes out Pestilence,
T The Diuell as soone, or else thou hast no sence,
H Hee that doth thinke, by that to be Plague-free,
E Euer shall be accompted like to thee,
R Respected not; call'd foole for's Foppery.
O Omnipotent Ioue bids thee repent and mend,
F For thy great sinne (saith he) this Plague I send,
F Feare thou, repent, and then my Plague shall end.
F For thy great sinne (saith he) this Plague I send,
F Feare thou, repent, and then my Plague shall end.
Amicus Mariscallus Petovve.
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