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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]
Davies, John (1565?-1618)

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TO THE MOST Noble Theophilvs Lord WALDEN.
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Passages before the Booke.
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Vpon English Prouerbs.
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[To worthy Persons.]

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To the right well-deseruing Mr. Mathew Royden.

Mathew , thou hast tane Custome (now) so long
Of Artes abstruse, that I do inly long
To call thee lowdly to attend on Grace,
That leads to Glory those that Arte do grace.
Thou had'st a Muse as potent in her pow'r,
As those in which the Heu'ns all graces powre:
Then, as my Rimes equiuocally meete,
So, double fame, for thy like Arte, is meete.
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