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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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[A man shall as soone breake his necke as his fast]

A man shall as soone breake his necke as his fast
In a misers house. Yet stay, make no hast
To condemne his fare-cost: for, it is confest
That there is no cheare to a Misers feast.