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Durft then the fineft wormc but touch the mcate," 
Or dilh which for his foueraigne was ordain’d? 
Durft they figges,nuts,peares,plummes or mulb Vies 
Before their lord with treafd foule was ftain’d? (eatc 
No certs no, but when ambitious heate, 
Reuok’t the bliffe which finncleffe Sire had gain’d: 
Then wormes in common fed with vs, and tore 
Our trees, our fruits,yea eu’nour felues therefore. 
i Htni. Say Romanes heau’nl y-humane (1) Orator, 
AS.!*. Whofe words droptfweeter then Hymettus dewe: 
% ^han» m E ' S *Y ( z ) fcourge and Iudaes tormentor, 
3 vuto, Wm A- Whofe very namedoth pomp and glory fliewe: 
iShTene l** ^ a y \ t ^ ou w writccs men as diuine adore, 
Infpir’d from heau’n with knowledge giuen to few: 
What are you now? what liuing were you then 
But worms repaft,thaugh w ife and mighty men? 
Foul e-footed bird.,that ncuer fleepeft well | 
Norfully s but on higheft pearch do’ft breathe: 
Whofe outward flireeks bewray an inward hell, 
Whofe gli (king plumes are but a painted fheathc:’ 
Whofe taile, though it with pride fo lofty fwel. 
Yet hides it not thy bkekneffe vnderneath. 
T ei! me: what haft thou got by diming thus, 
But to thy fclfc a fhamc, and lofle to vs ? 
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