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GLUTTONY
A wretch ingendred in his food,
As French Punayses are in wood,
That ows his Being to his Guts,
As Magots breed in Cheese or Nuts,
Spawnd at the Mouth, as Fishes Breed,
And formd for nothing but to feed.
Had eate his Head out in a Trice,
Like Adam out of Paradice.
More Greedy then the Pox that swallow's
So many Mortals; or the Gallows,
That in a Quarter of an hour
Cart-loads of Sinners can devour.
As French Punayses are in wood,
That ows his Being to his Guts,
As Magots breed in Cheese or Nuts,
Spawnd at the Mouth, as Fishes Breed,
And formd for nothing but to feed.
Had eate his Head out in a Trice,
Like Adam out of Paradice.
More Greedy then the Pox that swallow's
So many Mortals; or the Gallows,
That in a Quarter of an hour
Cart-loads of Sinners can devour.
As thousands are Distroyd by Surfet:
For evry one that's found to sterv yet.
That with their Glutony feed their other Sins,
As Serpents use to cast, and eate their Skins.
For evry one that's found to sterv yet.
That with their Glutony feed their other Sins,
As Serpents use to cast, and eate their Skins.
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