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154 Epigrams.597. Magnis non est morandum.See how Silenus walks accomplished,With due performance of his fathers page :Looks back of purpose to be honoured,And on each slight occasion 'gins to rage ;You, villain, dog ! where hath your stay been such ?Quoth he, the Broker would not lend so much.598. Puduit sua damna refer re.Such ill success had Dick at Dice last night,As he was forc'd, next day, play least in sight:But ifyou love him, make thereof no speeches,He lost his Rapier, Cloak, and Velvet Breeches.599. Ad Lectorem.Reader, thou seest how pale these papers look,While they fear thy hard censure on my Book.600. Nimis docuit consuetude.Old Fucus board is oft replenished,But naught thereof must be diminished,Unlesse some worthlesse upper-dish or twain ;The rest for service stillagain remain.His man that us'd to bring them in for show,Leaving a dish upon the bench below,Was by his Master (much offended) blam'd,Which he, as brief, with answer quickly fram'd ;T'hath been so often brought afore this day,As now ch'ad thoft it self had known the way.