The Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus

The Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus.

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46 [Let neuer woonder fill your head]

Let neuer woonder fill your head,
For sure the case is plaine and cleere,
By slug gish keeping of my bed,
I lost a thousand pound a yeere:
My brother rose, and did it get,
And I am to his keeping set.

I knew a gentleman, that would say he lost, a thousande pounds a yeere, by lying but one hower too long in bed. For his eldest brother was borne, not past one hower before him.

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[Let neuer woonder fill your head]