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EPITAPH ON REGNIER, 1613
Death, in stopping my breath
Was unfair, you'll agree,
Since I ne'er thought of Death
Why should he think of me?
THE FEMALE SMOKER
I own I hardly like it, though
Such clouds of smoke you see me blow;
In fact I should not care for it a bit,
But that my husband has forbidden it:
Therefore my smoking is incessant,
To aggravate him—not because it's pleasant.
THE TRUE TEMPTERS
Women alone true tempters are to man,
The devil cannot tempt as women can.
A GOOD BARGAIN
You wish to make a good round fortune? Well,
Here's a receipt will bring you in much pelf—
Buy Gilbert at his proper value: sell
Him at the rate he estimates himself.
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