The honest ghost or a voice from the vault [by Richard Brathwait] |
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[Hee who thinks I can flatter is deceiv'd] |
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[Hee who thinks I can flatter is deceiv'd]
Hee who thinks I can flatter is deceiv'd,
For in my youth when I instruction sought,
And some small glimpse of knowledg had receiv'd,
My Spirit wrestled in me as I thought,
And so in time upon my weaknesse wrought,
As I gave way; which giv'n, she caus'd me write,
To purge the State, and scourge the Parasite.
For in my youth when I instruction sought,
And some small glimpse of knowledg had receiv'd,
My Spirit wrestled in me as I thought,
And so in time upon my weaknesse wrought,
As I gave way; which giv'n, she caus'd me write,
To purge the State, and scourge the Parasite.
Yet so, as thou shalt never personate
Or high, or low, or any one in place,
Lest thou incur the censure of the State;
Not men but manners thou shalt have in chace,
Causing shame paint their vices in their face:
For then this Rule, a safer there is none,
“To taxe the sinne, but let the man alone.
Or high, or low, or any one in place,
Lest thou incur the censure of the State;
Not men but manners thou shalt have in chace,
Causing shame paint their vices in their face:
For then this Rule, a safer there is none,
“To taxe the sinne, but let the man alone.
Be jealous what thou heares, spare in reports,
For some there be who on this string doe strike,
How they may vent disgrace on Princes Courts,
Yet these can closly play the Parasite,
And with their servile humors force delight:
Which ere I'd doe I wish with all my heart,
I may hang for a Signe at Franck-fort Mart.
For some there be who on this string doe strike,
How they may vent disgrace on Princes Courts,
Yet these can closly play the Parasite,
And with their servile humors force delight:
Which ere I'd doe I wish with all my heart,
I may hang for a Signe at Franck-fort Mart.
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