The Closet of Counsells conteining The aduice of diuers wyse Philosophers, touchinge sundry morall matters, in Poesies, Preceptes, Prouerbes, and Parrables, translated, and collected out of diuers aucthors, into Englishe Verse: by Edmond Eluiden. Wherunto is anexed a pithy and pleasant discription of the abuses: and vanities of the vvorlde |
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Truth is the daughter of tyme whichby ryght immortall seemes,
Because when tyme hath couered long truth
her state and eche man deems
That tyme hath broake the wynges of truth
and that shee can not flye,
Yet truthe at laste with myghty forse
her wisdome doth discrye.
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