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I3 oEpigrams.481. On a vaunting Poetaster.Cecilius boasts his verses worthy beTo be ingraven on a Cypresse tree ;A Cypresse wreath befits them well, 'tis true ;For they are near their death and crave but due.482. In divites iracundos.Rich friends 'gainst poor to anger still are prone :It is not well but profitably done.483. Durum telunt necessitas.Coquus with hunger pennilesse constraintTo call for meat and wine three shillings cost,Had suddenly this project entertain'd,In stead of what's to pay, to call mine host ;Who being come entreateth him discusse,What price the Law allots for shedding blood :Whereto mine Host directly answers thus ;Twas alwayes forty pence he understood :So then, quoth Coquus^ to requite your pains,Pray break my head, and give me what remains.484. To an Vpstart.Thine old friends thou forgotst having got wealthNo marvaile, for thou hast forgot thy selfe.485. Ambition.In wayes to greatnesse, think on this,That slippery all Ambition is.