The Arbor of Amitie wherin is comprised pleasant Pohems and pretie Poesies, set foorth by Thomas Howell |
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The Arbor of Amitie | ||
Aunswere.
[But nowe we feele and finde]
But nowe we feele and finde,A thing to true in deede:
Where man be foe or friende,
The Golde and goods shall speede.
For vertues all are shut,
Unto the lower place:
And money loft is put,
Eche learned head to face.
If money none thou hast,
Thou art not worth a flie:
Thy credit cleane is past,
All vertues husht doe lie.
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Is counted doting foole:
Wise Virgill stands at dore,
To goe againe to schoole.
Yet once I hope to see,
All money go for drosse:
And vertue high to bee,
To winne hir wrongfull losse.
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