Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets with a Discourse of the Friendly affections of Tymetes to Pyndara his Ladie. Newly corrected with additions, and set out by George Turbervile |
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The Aunswere to the vile and canckred counsell of the outragious Epicure.
My Friend, for that I see my selfeto be a man in deede,
Thy quaffing counsell I refuse,
vnlesse to serue my neede.
I muse no whit that thou art dust,
thy beastly lyuing heere
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the sooner for thy cheere.
Thou thoughts to pamper vp thy paunch,
but thou didst feede ywis
The greedie Wormes that gnaw thy guts,
for them a daintie dish.
Good reason that thou shouldst forgo
and leaue thy goods behinde,
For that a beast so lyke a beast
didst liue against thy kinde.
A man in name, no man in deede
thou art that counselst mee
To liue as thou hast liude, and die
a Monster like to thee.
For since thy lyfe so lothsome was,
and shamefull eake thy death:
I will beware, and make a Glasse
of thee whilst I haue breath,
To shunne thy sluttish sinfull Sect,
thy tipling and thy toyes:
For after death those pleasures passe
as did thy fickle ioyes.
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