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TIME
Time Allow's the shortest measure,
And Deale's with falsest weights, in Pleasure:
Steale's th' Idle, and it selfe, away,
And is the Greatest Cheate, in Play.
And Deale's with falsest weights, in Pleasure:
Steale's th' Idle, and it selfe, away,
And is the Greatest Cheate, in Play.
There are no Vizard-Masks, nor Fans,
To keep Age from a Countenance.
To keep Age from a Countenance.
Time made Truth (like Elnor at Queen Hythe)
Sinke under Ground, for Feare to Spoyle his Syth:
For, thoug[h] at once it mow down Age and Youth,
It turn's Edge, when it ventures upon Truth.
Sinke under Ground, for Feare to Spoyle his Syth:
For, thoug[h] at once it mow down Age and Youth,
It turn's Edge, when it ventures upon Truth.
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