The Closet of Counsells conteining The aduice of diuers wyse Philosophers, touchinge sundry morall matters, in Poesies, Preceptes, Prouerbes, and Parrables, translated, and collected out of diuers aucthors, into Englishe Verse: by Edmond Eluiden. Wherunto is anexed a pithy and pleasant discription of the abuses: and vanities of the vvorlde |
Of truth and time. |
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Of truth and time.
Although thou mayst a while kepe closethy sinne and well prouide
That by thy subtilty the same
may scantly be descryed.
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thy wickednes in time:
The which hath sworne for to detect
each falshode, sinne and crime.
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