Epigrams theological, philosophical, and romantick Six books, also the Socratic Session, or the Arraignment and Conviction, of Julius Scaliger, with other Select Poems. By S. Sheppard |
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Epig. 25. Tis money makes the man.
Now onely wealth prevailes, let him be baseDescended, of a vile and vulgar race,
Be he a sot, a foole, yea a meere swine,
Yet if he have but money, and goe fine,
He shall be honour'd by our sonnes of earth,
As the best he that comes of noble birth:
Be he debauch'd, yet he's a second Cato,
Money makes him divine, he equalls Plato:
He's Virtuous, Wise, well borne, and what you will,
That can with money, both his pockets fill.
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