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Epigrams. 107366. On bed keeping.Brddus the Smith hath often sworn and sed,That no disease should make him keep his bed ;His reason was, I oft have heard him tell it,.He wanted money, therefore he would sell it.367. On a man stealing a Candlefrom a Lanthorn.One walking in the street, a winter night,Climb'd to a lanthorn, thought t'have stole the light,But taken in the manner and descri'dBy one o'th'servants, who look'd and cry'd,Whose there : what d'you ? who doth our lanthornhandle ?Nothing, said he, but onely snuffe the Candle.368. On Fraternus.Fraternus' opinions show his reason weak,He held the nose was made for man to speak.369. Little and Loud.Little you are : for Womens sake be proud ;For my sake next, (though little)be not loud.flrib Jv.^rf r?'?;!"" rtJvw ,322 jd i/:t\^r ? j ?i; r ;T }370. On a French Fencer ;that challenged Church an EnglishFencer.The fencing Gaules in pride and gallant vaunt,Challeng'd the English at the Fencing skill,The Fencer Church^ or the Cfo