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Two bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs

Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft
Bancroft, Thomas (fl. 1633-1658)

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The First Booke of Epigrammes.
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The second Booke of Epigrammes.

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63. To Mistris Dorothy Harpur, (now the Lady Fitzherbert.)

ANAGRAMME. Pure Hart I hoord.

Let stupid worldlings stuffe their chests with gold;
Their glittering pelfe doth no proportion hold
With the Soules beauties, nor so safe doth lye
As thy rich worth, whose brest's a treasury.
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