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Skialetheia

Or, A shadowe of Truth, in certaine Epigrams and Satyres [by Edward Guilpin]
Guilpin, Edward

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To the Reader.
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EPIGRAMS.
 1. 
Proœmium. 1.
 2. 
To the Reader. 2.
 3. 
Of Titus. 3.
 4. 
To Liuia. 4.
 5. 
Of Matho. 5.
 6. 
Of Faber. 6.
 7. 
Of a railing humour. 7.
 8. 
To Deloney. 8.
 9. 
Of Paule. 9.
 10. 
Of Syluio. 10.
 11. 
To Gue. 11.
 12. 
Of Cotta. 12.
 13. 
Of the same. 13.
 14. 
To Licus. 14.
 15. 
Of Zeno. 15.
 16. 
Of Riuus. 16.
 17. 
Of Clodius. 17.
 18. 
Of Curio. 18.
 19. 
Of Faustus. 19.
 20. 
To Candidus. 20.
 21. 
Of Procus. 21.
 22. 
To Clodius. 22.
 23. 
Of Sextilius. 23.
 24. 
Of Fuscus. 24.
 25. 
Of Gnatho. 25.
 26. 
To Pollio. 26.
 27. 
Of the same. 27.
 28. 
Of Zeno. 28.
 29. 
Of Arion. 29.
 30. 
Of Chrysogonus. 30.
 31. 
Of Torques. 31.
 32. 
Of Lais. 32.
 33. 
Of Fidens. 33.
 34. 
Of Orpheus. 34.
 35. 
Of Cotta. 35.
 36. 
Of Metius. 36.
 37. 
Of the same. 37.
 38. 
To Licus. 38.
 39. 
Of Chrestina. 39.
 40. 
Of Næuia. 40.
 41. 
Of the same. 41.
 42. 
Of the same 42.
 43. 
Of Clodius. 43.
 44. 
Of Phrix. 44.
 45. 
In Zelotypum. 45.
 46. 
Of Gellia. 46.
 47. 
To the Reader. 47.
 48. 
To Lydia. 48.
 49. 
To Cotta. 49.
 50. 
To Women. 50.
 51. 
Of Chrestina. 51.
 52. 
Of Pansa. 52.
 53. 
Of Cornelius. 53.
 54. 
Of Issa. 54.
 55. 
To Mira. 55.
 56. 
De Ignoto. 56.
 57. 
Of Nigrina. 57.
 58. 
Of Drus. 58.
 59. 
To Mira. 59.
 60. 
De Ignoto. 60.
 61. 
Of Nigrina. 61.
 62. 
Of the same. 62.
 63. 
Of Bassus. 63.
 64. 
To Mira. 64.
 65. 
Of Nigrina. 65.
 66. 
Of Gellia. 66.
 67. 
Ad Crocum. 67.
 68. 
Of Cæius. 68.
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To the Reader. 69.
 70. 
Conclusion to the Reader. 70.
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SATYRE PRELUDIUM.
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Satyra prima.
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Satyra secunda.
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Satyra tertia.
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Satyra Quarta.
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Satyra Quinta.
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Satyra sexta.

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To Candidus. 20.

Friend Candidus, thou often doost demaund,
What humours men by gulling vnderstand:
Our English Martiall hath full pleasantly,

In his close nips describde a gull to thee:
I'le follow him, and set downe my conceit
VVhat a Gull is: oh word of much receit!
He is a gull, whose indiscretion,
Cracks his purse strings to be in fashion;
He is a gull, who is long in taking roote
In barraine soyle, where can be but small fruite:
He is a gull, who runnes himselfe in debt,
For twelue dayes wonder, hoping so to get;
He is a gull, whose conscience is a block,
Not to take interest, but wastes his stock:
He is a gull, who cannot haue a whore,
But brags how much he spends vpon her score:
He is a gull, that for commoditie
Payes tenne times ten, and sells the same for three:
He is a gull, who passing finicall,
Peiseth each word to be thetoricall:
And to conclude, who selfe conceitedly,
Thinkes al men guls, ther's none more gull then he.
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