Consum'd in learning and perfect in prose;
For to make verse in vain does travel take,
When as a prentice fairer words will make.

KING OF SCOTS.

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TWELVE FOUL FAULTS.


A wise man living like a drone, an old man not devout,
Youth disobedient, rich men that are charity without,
A shameless woman, vicious lords, a poor man proudly stout,
Contentious Christians, pastors that their functions do neglect,
A wicked king, no discipline, no laws men to direct,
Are twelve the foulest faults that most commonwealths infect.

W. WARNER.

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RIVERS.


Fair _Danubie_ is praised for being wide.
_Nilus_ commended for the seven-fold head;
_Euphrates_ for the swiftness of the tide,