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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To my tenderly beloued friend Mr. Nicholas Deeble.
Hend Nicholas (quoth Chaucer) kinde to me,Shall I with my loose lines vndo thy name?
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And shall I quite thee in an Epigram?
Well sith it is thy luck to bee my friend,
Thy luck it is to dropp out of my Quill:
For, till my Memory bee at an end,
(In iest and earnest) I will minde thee still.
In ieft, Ile make such mention of thy Worth,
As shall, in ernest, shew how deere thou art:
In ernest, Nick, I will so set thee forth,
That thou shalt sell forth-with in any Mart.
Yet, wert thou myne to sell, as myne to vse,
I thinke no Chapman would buy thee of mee;
Because thy price should bee so precious,
As one that for no price would part from thee:
Yet, if at Hazard, thou thy selfe wilt play,
Ile set mee for thee; Nick me then, I pray.
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