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The poetical works of William Strode

... Now first collected from manuscript and printed sources: to which is added: The floating island a tragi-comedy: Now first reprinted from the original edition of 1655: Edited by Bertram Dobell with a memoir of the author
 

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THANKS FOR A WELCOME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THANKS FOR A WELCOME

For your good lookes and your clarrett,
For oft bidding doe not spare it:
For tossing glasses to the toppe,
And after sucking off a droppe,
When scarce a droppe was left behinde,
Or that which nicknames wine, even winde:
For healthy mirth and lusty sherry
Such as made old Cato merry;
Such are our thanks that you may have
In blood the clarrett which you gave,
And in your service shall be spent
The spirits which your sacke hath lent.