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 most noble, and all-worthyly-commended
Lady, the Lady Wroth.
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To the most noble, and all-worthyly-commended Lady, the Lady Wroth.
A letter in your Name (deere Dame's) misplac'dBy Fortune, els, it had your Nature hitt:
The R. where now it stands, It would haue raz'd;
And, put past O, your Genius so to fitt:
For, in the Abstract, you are WORTH, (not Wroth)
By Nature, Bloud, and by your natiue Name:
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For, Man and Wife's but One: Then, one in fame
I make you both: if any odds there bee,
It is in VVroth, but not in Worths degree.
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