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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]

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[The Leg of a Larke is worth two of a Kite.]

The Leg of a Larke is worth two of a Kite.
That's sith the ones heauy, the other light:
Then if legs we weigh by lightnesse: in sence,
The leg of a Puncke is meate for a Prince.