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EPIGRAM 13.

[Lord scourge my Asse if shee should make no hast]

Lord scourge my Asse if shee should make no hast,
And curbe my Stagge if hee should flee too fast:
If hee be over swift, or shee prove idle,
Let Love lend him a spurre: Feare, her, a Bridle.