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] |
To the generous and my sincearely honored
friend, Henry Ierningham Esquire.
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To the generous and my sincearely honored friend, Henry Ierningham Esquire.
Right generous, and truly noble Sprite,That euer held'st the World a World too light
To weigh thy Heart from heigth of that desire
Which loue to roiall Vertues makes t'aspire:
Vpon th'unspotted Vellem of thy face
Nature hath printed Characters of Grace
So plainely, that the darkest Eye may see
The noble nature that abounds in thee.
And sith the world hath knowne thee long for such,
At this thyne Honors blaze, no Mome will gruch.
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