Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses

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Title
Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses
Publication
London :: Printed by R[ichard] H[odgkinson and Thomas Paine] for Humphry Blunden at the Castle in Corn-hill,
1640.
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Subject terms
English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Proverbs, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15606.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

Pages

2 On Battus

Battus doth bragge he hath a world of bookes His studies maw holds more then well it may, But seld' or never he upon them looks And yet he looks upon them every day,

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He looks upon their out-side, but within He never looks, nor never will begin: Because it cleane against his nature goes To know mens secrets, so he keeps them close.
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