The forrest of fancy Wherein is conteined very prety apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, songes, sonets, epigrams and epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. VVith sundry other deuises, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable.

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Title: The forrest of fancy Wherein is conteined very prety apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, songes, sonets, epigrams and epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. VVith sundry other deuises, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable.
Author: H. C.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: By Thomas Purfoote, dwelling in Newgate Market, within the new rents, at the signe of the Lucrece,; 1579.
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Of the thankefulnesse of a Dragon towardes a man that had brought him vp.

AS Bruson mention makes,
one Thoas in his youth
Brought vp a Dragon yong,
and of a certain truth,
when as he greater grne,
fearing his nature fell,
Conuaide him thence into a woode,
and left him there to dwell,
It hapned after Thoas was,
within that wood beset
with many Theeues, at which self time
not making stay or let,
when as the Dragon heatd his voyce,
which he remembred tho,
He rushed forth and rescued him.
from those that wisht his wo.

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