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Epigrams. 5 1129. On Leucus.Leucus loves life, yet liveth wickedly ;He hateth death, yet wisheth he may dyHonestly and well so what is :naught he loves,And what he would have good, he nought approves.130. In Thrasonem.^Since Thraso met one stoutly in the field,He crakes his spirit, & knows not how to yield ;Looks big,Yet gently yields the wall to all he meets.And to his friends that ask the reason, why ?swears, strouts with set-side-annes the streets,His answer's this, My self I grace thereby :For every one the common proverb knows,That alwaies to the wall the weakest go's.131. On a Wittall.I know my fate, and that must bear ;And since I know,I need not fear.132. On Mopsus.Mopsus almost, what e're he means to speak,Before it sir-reverence the way must break : , j;"iiytOdl 2A;KamifjjSuch manners hath sir-reverence learnt at school,, ;>C TN 3} fThat now sir-reverence Mopsus is a fool. ,r^> jA133. Turpelucrum Veneris.Will in a wilfull humour, needs would wedA wench of wonder, but without a stock ;E 2