Emblemes and Epigrames Psal: Quum defecerit virtus mea, ne derelinquas me, Domine. [A.D. 1600, by Francis Thynne ... ]: Edited by F. J. Furnivall |
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(74) Solomons witt.
ffreind Eldrington, thow art as wise
As Salomon, menn saye,
ffor thow art like to him in witt,
in earnest and in playe.
As Salomon, menn saye,
ffor thow art like to him in witt,
in earnest and in playe.
But what is like, is not the same,
as all menn well doe finde:
Soe thow hast not Solomons witt
in all points of his minde.
as all menn well doe finde:
Soe thow hast not Solomons witt
in all points of his minde.
Yet in one thinge thow dost the height
of his rare witt expresse,
In chaunge of Venus sweete delights
and Lecheries excesse.
of his rare witt expresse,
In chaunge of Venus sweete delights
and Lecheries excesse.
In other thinges thow art not hee,
noe more then is an Ape,
Whoe is like thee in Peevishe witt
and in deformed shape.
noe more then is an Ape,
Whoe is like thee in Peevishe witt
and in deformed shape.
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Thus must I playe with thy fyne witt,
to answere thy fonde Ieste,
That scoffes at everie meaner witt,
which wisemenn doe detest.
to answere thy fonde Ieste,
That scoffes at everie meaner witt,
which wisemenn doe detest.
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