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The Recreations of his Age

By Sir Nicholas Bacon

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Of a Jester and a Fryer.

A perte Marchante seekeinge to lowte
A seelye ffryer in a greate rowte
Sayde: mas ffryer I marvell muche

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Whie to the Crosse you doe soe crowche
And to the Gallowes Crosses toe
Of the like substance you doe not soe.
Sir quothe the ffryer asmuche muse I
What is the cause and reason whye [OMITTED]