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XVI. To Braine-hardy.
Hardy, thy braine is valiant, 'tis confest;Thou more; that with it every day, dar'st jest
Thy selfe into fresh braules: when, call'd upon,
Scarce thy weeks swearing brings thee of, of one.
So, in short time, th'art in arrerage growne
Some hundred quarrels, yet dost thou fight none;
Nor need'st thou: for those few, by oath releast,
Make good what thou dar'st do in all the rest.
Keep thy selfe there, and think thy valure right;
He that dares damne himselfe, dares more than fight.
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