The non-dramatic works of Thomas DekkerIn five volumes . To the Author. Ow ere thou maift by blazing all Abufe,a Incurre fufpect, thou fpeakft what thouiM$&& haft proud, (Tho then to keepe it clofe it theebehoud,So, Reafon makes for thee a iuft excufe)Yet of thy paines the Beft may make good vfe;Then of the Beft, thy paines mould be approud,And for the fame of them fhouldft be thou of Falfehoods Floud doft ope the Sluce,That they at wafte continually may runne,By fhewing men the Reaches that they haue,That honeft men may fo ore-reach a Knaue,Or found their fwallowing Deepes, the fa

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The non-dramatic works of Thomas DekkerIn five volumes . To the Author. Ow ere thou maift by blazing all Abufe,a Incurre fufpect, thou fpeakft what thouiM$&& haft proud, (Tho then to keepe it clofe it theebehoud,So, Reafon makes for thee a iuft excufe)Yet of thy paines the Beft may make good vfe;Then of the Beft, thy paines mould be approud,And for the fame of them fhouldft be thou of Falfehoods Floud doft ope the Sluce,That they at wafte continually may runne,By fhewing men the Reaches that they haue,That honeft men may fo ore-reach a Knaue,Or found their fwallowing Deepes, the fame to fhunne :But if from hence, a Knaue more cunning grovves,That Spider fucks but poifon from thy Rqfe. Thy friend if thine owne,Io: Da :.

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