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XX. (c) SATIRE in. 229(C)How to vse the court and him-setfe therin, written tosyr Fraunces Bryan.A Spendyng hand, that alway powreth out,Had nede to haue a bringer in as fast.And, on the stone that styllThere groweth no mosse.doth turne about,These prouerbes yet do last;Reason hath set them in so sure a place, 5That length of yeres their force can neuer waste.When I remember this, and eke the caseWherin thou standst, I thought forthwith to write,Brian, to thee, who knowes how great a graceIn writyng is to counsaile man the right. 10To thee therfore, that trottes still vp and downe,And neuer restes, but runnyng day and nightFrom realme to realme, from citye, strete, and towne.Why doest thou weare thy body to the bones ?And mightest at home slepe in thy bedde of downe, 15And drinke good ale, so nappy ^ for the nones,Fede thy-selfe fatte,and heape vp pounde by pounde.Likest thou not this ? ' No.' Why ? ' For swine sogrones ^In stye, and chaw dung moulded on the ground.And driuell on pearles with head styll in the manger ; 20So of the harpe the asse doth heare the soundSo sackes of durt be filde. The neate courtierSo serues for lesse then do these fatted swine.Though I seme leane and drye, withouten moysture.Yet will I serue my prince, my lord and thine, 25'Printed 'noppy' first ed. ;'nappy' second ed.2 Printed ' groines.'