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An Inuectiue against Enuie.
When Enuie in his furious rage,had spitted forth his spight:
Against the falsnes of his speech,
I thought it best to write.
Wherby I might discharge my self,
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Which in my absence (to my greef)
hee hath put forth at large
But though false Enuie sought by spight,
to blemish my good name:
Yet tryed trueth in tract of Time
shall vtter his defame.
And all the threatning bragging boasts,
which witlesse he hath vsde:
Without controle my tung shall tel,
how vyle he me abus'de.
The freendly speech which he did vse,
attending to deceit:
Til hee had caught me in his snare,
and chokte mee with his bait.
Was so delightful vnto mee,
in following of his train:
That all the warnings Reson vsde,
I deemed woords in vain.
But yeelding vnto his request,
I see I did consent:
Vnto the ruin of my self,
wherto his minde was bent.
For as the blinded sloeworme dooth,
in darcknes shine like Golde:
So his false woords (I witlesse) thought,
that only trueth they tolde.
But as the day light dooth withdrawe,
the slowwormes glistring hue:
So trueth dooth manifest to mee,
his deeds and woords vntrue.
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returns from whence they flowe:
The woords of Enuie shall not speed,
when Trueth pronounceth (no.)
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