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Epig. 22. Of Fame.

Oft have I wonder'd at it, yet tis so,
Fame, when she list her Trumpet lowd will blow,
Renowning some with wealth and eminence,
Onely for folly, and for Impudence;
And those, whose merits ought on earth ner'e die
She buries with them in obscuritie.