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The Scourge of Folly

Consisting of satyricall Epigrams, And others in honour of many noble Persons and worthy friends, together, with a pleasant (though discordant) Descant upon most English Proverbs and others [by John Davies]

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[Phryne may put her winnings in her eye]

Phryne may put her winnings in her eye
And see nere the worse. Still prouerbs ye lye:
For she woonne the Pox; vvhich if she should set
In her best eye, the sight it vvould let.