Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses

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Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses
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London :: Printed by R[ichard] H[odgkinson and Thomas Paine] for Humphry Blunden at the Castle in Corn-hill,
1640.
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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.

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3. On a Dyer.

Though death the Dyer colour-lesse hath made, Yet he dies pale, and will not leave his trade; But being dead, the meanes yet doth not lacke To die his friends cloth into mourning blacke. Some sure foresaw his death, for they of late Vs'd to exclaime upon his dying fate. And weake, and faint, he seem'd oft-times t'have been, For to change colours, often he was seen; Yet there no matter was so foule, but he Would set a colour on it handsomlye. Death him no unexpected stroke could give That learnt to dye, since he began to live. He shall yet prove, what he before hath try'd, And shall once more, live after he hath dy'd.
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