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EPIG. 23.

[Cornutus was exceeding sicke and ill]

Cornutus was exceeding sicke and ill,
Pain'd as it seemed chiefly in his hed:
He cal'd his friends, meaning to make his will,
Who found him drunke, with hose & shooes a bed
To whom he sayd: Oh good my Maisters see,
Drinke with his dart hath all be stabbed me.
I here bequeath, if I do chaunce to die,
To you kinde friendes, and bon companions all,
A pound of good Tabacco, sweete and dry,
To drinke amongst you, at my funerall:
Besides, a barrell of the best strong Beere,
And Pickle-herrings, for to domineere.