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thou_o do_v live_v give_v life_n unto_o my_o pen_n which_o when_o thou_o die_v will_v pay_v it_o the_o again_o epigr._fw-la 22._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la reader_n i_o grant_v i_o do_v not_o keep_v the_o law_n of_o rhyme_v in_o my_o verse_n but_o i_o have_v cause_n i_o turn_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o end_n sometime_o lest_o he_o that_o like_v they_o not_o shall_v call_v they_o rhyme_n epigr._fw-la 23._o de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la pveris_fw-la in_o furnace_n ignea_fw-la what_o be_v the_o child_n nabucadnessar_n which_o walk_v in_o the_o furnace_n thou_o do_v see_v be_v each_o a_o angel_n or_o a_o heavenly_a star_n above_o the_o act_n of_o nature_n sovereignty_n be_v they_o three_o wedge_n of_o the_o fine_a goold_n which_o the_o heaven_n treasurer_n do_v so_o desire_v or_o have_v they_o power_n to_o turn_v the_o heat_n to_o cold_a be_v they_o three_o salamander_n in_o the_o fire_n the_o flame_n be_v martyr_v with_o her_o heat_n spend_v and_o the_o fire_n suffer_v for_o the_o innocent_a 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ungentle_a death_n why_o do_v thou_o rob_v dick_n pinner_n of_o his_o breath_n for_o live_v he_o by_o scrape_v of_o a_o pin_n make_v better_o dust_n than_o thou_o have_v make_v of_o he_o epigr._fw-la 29._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la reader_n but_o half_o my_o labour_n be_v expire_v and_o poet_n matter_n wit_n and_o all_o be_v tire_v thrice_o fifty_o labour_n have_v wear_v out_o my_o vein_n a_o hundred_o meaning_n and_o a_o half_a remain_n here_o will_v i_o rest_v be_v my_o first_o work_n to_o do_v be_v the_o last_o at_o a_o end_n here_o will_v i_o to_o epigr._fw-la 30._o melus_n be_v teach_v to_o speak_v to_o read_v to_o write_v yet_o clerkly_a sooth_n he_o can_v do_v none_o of_o these_o he_o learned_a logic_n and_o arithmetic_n yet_o neither_o brawl_n nor_o cipher_n worth_a a_o pease_n the_o music_n school_n do_v teach_v he_o her_o sweet_a art_n he_o deal_v with_o rhetoric_n and_o astrology_n yet_o nether_a can_v he_o chant_v it_o for_o his_o part_n ne_o can_v he_o tell_v a_o tale_n or_o prophesy_v and_o yet_o he_o â—ides_v as_o scholarlike_o be_v think_v as_o never_o any_o yet_o be_v never_o teach_v epigr._fw-la 31._o de_fw-fr francisco_n walsingham_n &_o philppo_n sidneio_n equit._n sir_n francis_n and_o sir_n philip_n have_v no_o tomb_n worthy_a of_o all_o the_o honour_n that_o may_v be_v and_o yet_o they_o lie_v not_o so_o for_o want_v of_o room_n or_o want_v of_o love_n in_o their_o posterity_n who_o will_v from_o live_a heart_n untombe_v such_o one_o to_o bury_v under_o a_o few_o marble_n stone_n virtue_n die_v not_o her_o tomb_n we_o need_v not_o raise_v let_v they_o trust_v tomb_n which_o have_v outlive_v their_o praise_n epigr._fw-la 32._o when_o i_o behold_v with_o deep_a astonishment_n to_o famous_a westminster_n how_o there_o resort_n live_v in_o brass_n or_o stony_a monyment_n the_o prince_n and_o the_o worthy_n of_o all_o sort_n do_v not_o i_o see_v reform_v nobility_n without_o contempt_n or_o pride_n or_o ostentation_n and_o look_v upon_o offenselesse_a majesty_n naked_a of_o pomp_n or_o earthly_a domination_n and_o how_o a_o play-game_n of_o a_o paint_a stone_n content_v the_o quiet_a now_o and_o silent_a spirit_n who_o all_o the_o world_n which_o late_o they_o stand_v upon_o can_v not_o content_v nor_o squench_v their_o appetite_n life_n be_v a_o frost_n of_o cold_a felicity_n and_o death_n the_o thaw_n of_o all_o our_o vanity_n epigr._fw-la 33._o the_o first_o and_o ripe_a world_n of_o man_n and_o skill_n yield_v to_o our_o late_a time_n for_o three_o invention_n miracolous_o we_o write_v we_o sail_v we_o kill_v as_o neither_o ancient_a scroll_n nor_o story_n mention_n print_n the_o first_o have_v open_v learning_n old_a conceal_v and_o obscure_v art_n restore_v to_o the_o light_n the_o second_o hide_a country_n have_v reveal_v and_o send_v christ_n gospel_n to_o each_o live_a wight_n stone_n these_o we_o commend_v but_o o_o what_o need_v more_o to_o teach_v death_n more_o skill_n than_o it_o have_v before_o gun_n epigr._fw-la 34._o ad_fw-la johannem_fw-la reynolds_n do_v i_o call_v judgement_n to_o my_o foolish_a rhyme_n and_o rare_a art_n and_o read_v they_o to_o view_v reynoldes_n religion_n oracle_n most_o true_a mirror_n of_o art_n and_o austen_n of_o our_o time_n for_o love_v of_o these_o i_o call_v thou_o which_o i_o pray_v that_o thou_o in_o read_v these_o will_v put_v away_o epigr._fw-la 35._o i_o see_v a_o naked_a corpse_n spread_v on_o the_o ground_n over_o the_o dead_a i_o see_v the_o live_a fight_n if_o ever_o ought_v my_o sense_n do_v confound_v or_o touch_v my_o heart_n it_o be_v this_o woeful_a sight_n to_o wound_v the_o grave_n to_o dare_v the_o dead_a to_o die_v to_o sprinkle_v life_n on_o ash_n putrifide_v to_o weep_v with_o blood_n to_o mourn_v with_o villainy_n to_o look_v on_o death_n and_o not_o be_v mortify_v such_o funeral_n if_o we_o sustain_v to_o keep_v i_o think_v the_o dead_a will_v rise_v and_o for_o we_o weep_v epigr._fw-la 36._o chito_n and_o trogus_n sin_n th'extremity_n chito_n of_o pride_n trogus_n of_o gluttony_n chito_n will_v wear_v his_o dinner_n on_o his_o back_n trogus_n will_v eat_v his_o shoe_n rather_o than_o lack_v chito_n have_v earthen_a plate_n but_o golden_a cut_n tragus_n have_v a_o freeze_v coat_n but_o velvet_n gut_n epigr._fw-la 37._o de_fw-fr gualtero_fw-la deurox_n in_o expeditione_n gallica_fw-la caeso_fw-la honour_v and_o bliss_n deurox_n thou_o do_v aspire_v by_o worthy_a mean_n though_o fortune_n not_o thy_o friend_n take_v from_o thy_o joy_n what_o virtue_n do_v desire_v to_o give_v thy_o life_n but_o pay_v thou_o in_o thy_o end_n only_o at_o this_o thy_o country_n do_v repine_v that_o her_o rejoice_v be_v not_o joinde_v with_o thou_o epigr._fw-la 38._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la have_v i_o my_o wish_n content_v i_o shall_v be_v though_o nether_a rich_a nor_o better_a than_o you_o see_v for_o be_v nor_o wealth_n nor_o honour_n that_o i_o crave_v but_o a_o short_a life_n reader_n and_o a_o long_a grave_n epigr._fw-la 39_o ad_fw-la henricum_fw-la wottonem_fw-la wotton_n my_o little_a beer_n dwell_v on_o a_o hill_n vnderwhose_v foot_n the_o silver_n trout_n do_v swim_v the_o trout_n silver_n without_o and_o goold_v within_o bibbing_a clear_a nectar_n which_o do_v aye_o destill_n from_o nulams_n low_a head_n there_o the_o bird_n be_v sing_v and_o there_o the_o partial_a sunnne_n still_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o sweet_a dew_n eternal_a generation_n there_o be_v green_a joy_n and_o pleasure_n ever_o spring_v o_o iron_n age_n of_o man_n o_o time_n of_o rue_n shame_v you_o not_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v goold_v but_o you_o epigr._fw-la 40._o my_o merry_a exercise_n of_o conceit_n when_o i_o be_v once_o in_o a_o severe_a vein_n have_v feel_v one_o dash_v my_o fury_n be_v so_o great_a up_o be_v my_o pen_n and_o scarce_o
for_o his_o vice_n he_o suffer_v of_o the_o law_n for_o good_a and_o evil_a both_o hurt_n if_o they_o exceed_v but_o for_o his_o word_n and_o for_o no_o other_o cause_n he_o plaint_n unto_o his_o friend_n and_o cry_n o_o lord_n i_o be_o keep_v for_o not_o keep_v of_o my_o word_n epigr._fw-la 35._o antiquity_n of_o learning_n hold_v dear_a make_a vault_n and_o goodly_a shrine_n to_o close_v it_o in_o and_o raise_v her_o stately_a pillar_n year_n by_o year_n to_o make_v her_o outside_n answer_v that_o within_o our_o age_n have_v raze_v those_o goodly_a monument_n and_o pierce_v the_o temple_n where_o the_o muse_n lay_v to_o all_o succeed_a time_n astonishment_n digging_z for_o ignorance_n out_o of_o their_o clay_n yet_o spare_v that_o little_a which_o be_v not_o deface_v while_o her_o decay_n do_v suffer_v she_o to_o stand_v you_o which_v that_o rich_a and_o pietious_a balm_n do_v waste_v which_o do_v so_o sweet_o smell_v in_o all_o our_o land_n and_o for_o your_o prince_n and_o country_n sake_n relent_v you_o be_v the_o sin_n be_v be_v the_o punishment_n epigr._fw-la 36._o in_o quiet_a sleep_n a_o judgement_n seat_n i_o see_v two_o bring_v as_o guilty_a to_o their_o trial_n when_o the_o quest_n be_v charge_v according_a to_o the_o law_n to_o give_v their_o verditt_n on_o these_o silly_a man_n but_o by_o the_o jury_n he_o which_o have_v do_v ill_o acquit_v be_v the_o innocent_a betray_v then_o stand_v i_o up_o although_o i_o have_v no_o skill_n to_o plead_v before_o a_o judge_n and_o this_o i_o say_v this_o be_v no_o jury_n thing_n of_o right_a to_o try_v but_o to_o say_v truth_n this_o be_v a_o injury_n epigr._fw-la 37._o if_o i_o dream_v epigram_n i_o do_v as_o they_o which_o use_n to_o dream_v of_o what_o they_o do_v the_o day_n epigr._fw-la 38._o ad_fw-la georgium_n morton_n armig_v de_fw-fr truta_n a_o se_fw-la capta_fw-la morton_n how_o foolish_a be_v this_o silly_a trout_n which_o quick_o see_v and_o pert_o play_v about_o the_o little_a fly_n of_o 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pain_n shall_v wish_v his_o heart_n fresh_a to_o be_v gnaw_v again_o epigr._fw-la 42._o ad_fw-la guilielmum_fw-la arnoldum_n arnold_n the_o father_n oracle_n profound_a sink_v deep_a into_o man_n hearing_n when_o we_o cite_v they_o and_o sometime_o poet_n verse_n bear_v such_o ground_n as_o great_a divine_v divine_o do_v recite_v they_o and_o though_o the_o sum_n &_o substance_n main_a they_o bear_v who_o settle_a study_n yield_v that_o sweet_a increase_n yet_o sometime_o with_o decorum_n we_o may_v hear_v a_o poet_n speak_v a_o father_n hold_v his_o peace_n as_o when_o a_o father_n like_o a_o poet_n creak_v and_o when_o a_o poet_n like_o a_o father_n speak_v epigr._fw-la 43._o in_fw-la severum_fw-la seuerus_n will_v not_o have_v i_o slack_v my_o vein_n nor_o vary_v sense_n to_o diverse_a kind_n of_o writing_n nor_o play_v with_o meaning_n which_o may_v ease_v my_o brain_n and_o case_n my_o reader_n if_o they_o do_v not_o like_v he_o but_o i_o must_v rack_n my_o wit_n till_o all_o be_v spend_v that_o he_o may_v nothing_o but_o cry_v excellent_a finis_fw-la libri_fw-la sexti_fw-la επιγÏαμματων_fw-gr libre_fw-la septimus_n epigr._fw-la 1._o ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la if_o thou_o think_v reader_n that_o desire_n of_o gain_n have_v move_v i_o to_o indite_v or_o stir'de_v my_o vein_n or_o rather_o if_o thou_o think_v i_o undertake_v to_o come_v upon_o this_o stage_n for_o glory_n sake_n will_v give_v thou_o all_o that_o profitt_a and_o that_o praise_n and_o make_v i_o but_o a_o lawyer_n for_o three_o day_n epigr._fw-la 2._o de_fw-fr mathone_n matho_n bethink_v what_o life_n he_o best_o might_n fit_a for_o baseness_n sake_n he_o scorn_v all_o occupation_n study_v he_o can_v not_o for_o he_o want_v wit_n and_o fight_v he_o dare_v not_o hence_o he_o take_v occasion_n to_o love_n of_o all_o live_v this_o life_n please_v he_o best_o till_o love_v to_o all_o these_o evil_n he_o object_v to_o labour_v study_n fighting_z and_z the_o rest_n more_o these_o by_o all_o then_o ever_o 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