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In Cinean. 19.
Thou doggèd Cineas, hated like a dogge,For still thou grumblest like a masty dogge,
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Thou saith thou art as weary as a dogge,
As angry, sicke, and hungry as a dogge,
As dull and melancholly as a dogge,
As lazy, sleepy, and as idle as a dogge:
But why dost thou compare thee to a dogge
In that, for which all men despise a dogge?
I will compare thee better to a dogge;
Thou art as faire and comely as a dogge,
Thou art as true and honest as a dogge,
Thou art as kind and liberall as a dogge,
Thou art as wise and valiant as a dogge.
But Cineas, I have [often] heard thee tell,
Thou art as like thy father as may be:
'Tis like enough; and faith I like it well;
But I am glad thou art not like to me.
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