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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]
Davies, John (1565?-1618)

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[He that comes euery day, shall haue a Cocknay]

He that comes euery day, shall haue a Cocknay:
And he that comes but now and then, shall haue a fat then,
But Cocks that to Hens come but now and then;
Shall haue a Cock-nay, not the fatt Hen.
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