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13. Concerning Vertue.
Vertue, slights Praise; yet Praise, resolves to be,Constant Retainer, to her Familie.
Glory, waits upon Merit; as the shade,
Upon that Body; which it, perchance made.
Vertue is real; Honour is not; thus,
Substance are we: not the shade, waits on Us.
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