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 Brother Mr. Iames Dauies, Master in the Arte of Writing, in Oxford.
Iames , now thou liu'st, where I with pleasure liu'd;Yet thriue thou there no worse then there I thriu'd,
And thou wilt Oxford finde a louing Nurse
To feede thy Mawe, with meate; with Coyne, thy Purse;
And when thou shalt grow Twy-childe, she will bee
Carefull and kinde (religiously) to thee:
Then, while thy strength continues, serue her so
That by thy seruice, she may greater grow
In Fame and Grace: so, shall she, as she should,
Make him, that makes her prass'd more manifold.
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