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Divine Fancies

Digested into Epigrammes, Meditations, and Observations. By Fra: Quarles

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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114. On Gracchvs .

Gracchus so often did repeat a Lye,
Past on, with Credit, from his very youth,
That now his Conscience has forborne to crye
Against it, and perswades him 'tis a Truth:
Tis well for Gracchus; He has gaind thereby:
He now may tell the same, and never lye.