Of a naughtie neighbour. 
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[5] His head is a storehouse, with quarrels full fraught, 
[10] 
[15] 
[20] 
His 
braine is vnquiet, till all come to naught. 
memorie pregnant, old euils to recite, 
mind euer fixed each euill to requite. 
mouth full of venim, his lips out of frame, 
tongue a false witnes, his friend to defame. 
eies be promooters, some trespas to spie, 
eares be as spials, alarum to crie. 
hands be as tyrants, reuenging ech thing, 
feete at thine elbow, as serpent to sting. 
breast full of rancor, like Canker! to freat, 
hart like a Lion, his neighbour to eat. 
is gate like a sheepebiter, fleering aside, 
looke like a coxcombe, vp puffed with pride. 
face made of brasse, like a vice in a game, 
iesture like Dauus, whom Terence doth name. 
brag as Thersites, with elbowes abrode. 
cheekes in his furie shall swell like a tode. 
colour like ashes, his cap in his eies, 
nose in the aire, his snout in the skies. 
[25] His promise to trust to as slipprie? as ice, 
His 
His 
His 
His 
credit much like to the chance of the dice. 
knowledge or skill is in prating® too much, 
companie shunned,‘ and so be all such. 
friendship is counterfait, seldome to trust, 
His dooings vnluckie and euer vniust. 
His 
His 
fetch is to flatter, to get what he can, 
purpose once gotten, a pin® for thee than. 
1 ‘Coprus. 1577. 2 slipper. 1577. 
parting. 1577. 4 shenned. 1577. 
5 penny. 1577. 
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