A collection of the choicest epigrams and characters of Richard Flecknoe being rather a new work, then [sic] a new impression of the old.
Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?
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Consolation to Porters.
COmfort poor Porter, every one must bear
Their load and burthen, whilst they tarry here;
And every one, be who they will, are free
As well as thou o'th' Porters Company:
Nor is't so base a trade perh•ps, as thou
Imagin'st it, since if that saying be true,
Great Honors are great Burthens, we may call
The Porters trade th'honorablest one of all.
