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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Epig. 48. Of Cornutus and his costly wife.
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Cleanly, Cornutus? costly, thou vvouldst say:
For thou thy substance dost on her bestovv,
To clad in gilden Gownes a clod of clay:
But who a Gold-finch faine would make his vvife,
Makes her (perhaps) a vvag-taile all her life.
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