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Abuse is familiar with humane Flesh and Bloud.
Minding this World, I muse at what I minde,
though It vnworthy be of Minde or Muse:
I muse that Men are to It so inclinde,
sith It mindes nought, but how Men to abuse.
though It vnworthy be of Minde or Muse:
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sith It mindes nought, but how Men to abuse.
From high to low Abuse doth proudly raigne;
from which the Preist, that leads all, is not free:
The Holy hold the Holy in disdaine,
if with their state, their states doe not agree.
from which the Preist, that leads all, is not free:
The Holy hold the Holy in disdaine,
if with their state, their states doe not agree.
Vertue, or Vice are held or good or ill,
as, in this World, they thriue or ill, or well:
For, Vice is honor'd more then Vertue still,
if Vices Mannors, Vertues doe excell:
If Manors good, doe what good Maners ought,
(That's make men great) great men are made of nought.
as, in this World, they thriue or ill, or well:
For, Vice is honor'd more then Vertue still,
if Vices Mannors, Vertues doe excell:
If Manors good, doe what good Maners ought,
(That's make men great) great men are made of nought.
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