One and Thyrtye Epigrammes wherein are briefly touched so many Abuses, that maye and ought to be put away. Compiled and Imprinted by Robert Crowley |
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Of commen drunkardes |
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Of commen drunkardes
Esaye lamentethand sayeth oute alas
Muche wo shall betide you
that do youre tyme passe,
In eatinge and drinckynge
from morninge to nighte,
Til none of your membres
canne do his office righte.
Woe be to you, sayeth he,
that do so earlye rise,
To fyll your selues wyth drincke.
in suche beastelye wise
But if he were nowe liuyng
and sawe this worldes state
He wold saye this of our drūkards
that sytte vp so late,
For fewe of oure drunckardes
do vse to rise earelye,
But muche of the nighte
they wyll drincke lustelye,
Well, sainte Paule doeth warne
all that be of pure mynde
To auoide drunckardes company
Se ye neyther eate nor drincke
wyth suche menne sayeth he
That be geuen to drinkinge
what so euer they be
But alas manye curates
that shoulde vs thys tell
Do all their parishioners
in drynckyng excell,
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