Two hundred epigrammes, vpon two hundred prouerbes with a thyrde hundred newely added and made by Iohn Heywood.
Heywood, John, 1497?-1580?
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Of Burden. cxiii.
Lyght burden, far heuy: that doost thou try.
A fether borne far, wyll tyre the welny.
Othervvyse.
Lyght burden, far heuy. borne for other men:
For our selues, heuy burdens lyght inough then.
Othervvyse.
Lyght burden, far heuy, thy brayne lacketh strength:
To beare a pynte of wyne, a payre of buttes length.
Othervvyse.
Lyght burden, far heuy. thou doost fynde that lacke:
In all lyght good burdens, that lye on thy backe.
Othervvyse.
Lyght burden, far heuy. howe can lame tolke proue,
Who in all theyr lyues, theyr lengthes do not remoue,
