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The Riddles of Heraclitus and Democritus


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[A murtherer, a prisoner, barely fed]

A murtherer , a prisoner, barely fed
Was first of all depriued of the light,
And then straightwaies vnto the gallowes led,
Which did belong to him of very right:
Where hanged he was something against my will,
Though some good folke could wish him hanged still.
But one of power, the power of law to stay,
That ere this time, did a companion make him:
The prince himselfe came passing by that way,
And from the gallowes graciously did take him:
The best is though he did enioy this fauour,
He standeth bound vnto the good behauiour.

A hauke, first fed, then hooded, then set on a pearch: was soone after hanged by the heeles, and rescued by the master of the house, at Stokesbie.

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