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[I vrge no time, with whipt, stript Satyrs Lines]

I vrge no time, with whipt, stript Satyrs Lines,
With furies scourge whipping depraued times.
My muse (tho fraught) with such shall not begin
T'vncase, vnlace, the centinell of sin:
Yet let earths vassailes, pack-horse vnto shame,
Know I could lash their lewdnesse, euill fame;
Reade them a Lecture, should their vice imprint
With sable lines, in the obdured flint;
Their Mappes of knauery and shame descry,
In liuely colours, with a sanguine die;
And tell a tale, should touch them to the quick;
Shold make them startle; fain thēselues cap-sick;
But, that no Patron dare, or will maintaine
The awfull subiect of a Satyre's vaine.