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60 Epigrams.158. Vpon Thorough-good an unthrift.Thy sir name Thorough-good befitteth thee,Thou Thorough-good, and good goes thorough theeNor thou in good, nor good in thee doth stay,Both of you, thorough goe, and passe away.159. In Amorem.Love, if a God thou art, then evermore thou mustBe mercifull and just,If just thou be, O wherefore doth thy dart,Wound mine alone, and not my Mistrisse heart ?If mercifull, then why am I to paine reserv'd,Who have thee truly serv'd ?Whiles she that for thy power cares not a fly,Laughs thee to scorn, and lives at liberty:Then if a God thou wilt accounted be,Heale me like her, or else wound her like me.1 6 o. On the nnv dressings.Ladyes that weare black cypresse vailes,Turn'd lately to white linnen railes,And to your girdle weare your bands ;And shew your armes in stead of hands :What can you do in Lent more meet,As fittest dresse, than weare a sheet :Twas once a band, 'tis now a cloake,An acorne one day proves an oake,Weare but your lawn unto your feet,And then your band will prove a sheet :