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Of Rob. Bartlet, and of one that had a foule byg nose, and a precious (as they terme it.)
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Of Rob. Bartlet, and of one that had a foule byg nose, and a precious (as they terme it.)
By fortune merry Bartlet sawa man with monstrous Nose:
Beset with Rubies riche: his minde
thus Bartlet gan disclose.
Goodfellow, frend, (quoth Bartlet) when
wast thou with goldsmith tell?
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not what to aunswere well.
I aske (quoth Bartlet) for because
he cosened thee I see:
He for a golden nose hath giuen
a copper nose to thee.
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