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Comedies, Tragi-comedies, With other Poems

by Mr William Cartwright ... The Ayres and Songs set by Mr Henry Lawes

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Martial lib. 1. Epig. 67.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Martial lib. 1. Epig. 67.

Ad furem de libro suo.

Th'art out, vile Plagiary, that dost think
A Poet may be made at th' rate of Ink,
And cheap-priz'd Paper; none e'r purchas'd yet
Six or ten Penniworth of Fame or Wit:
Get Verse unpublish'd, new-stamp'd Fancies look,
Which th' only Father of the Virgin Book
Knows, and keeps seal'd in his close Desk within,
Not slubber'd yet by any ruffer Chin;
A Book, once known, ne'r quits the Author; If
Any lies yet impolish'd, any stiff,
VVanting it's Boffes, and it's Cover, do
Get that; I've such, and can be secret too.
He that repeats stoln Verse, and for Fame looks,
Must purchase Silence too as well as Books.