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TO
Doctor Duppa, Deane
of Christ-Church, and Tutor to
the Prince.

An acknowledgment for his col­lection,
in Honour of Ben. Iohnson's
memory.

How shall I sleepe to night, that am to payBy a bold vow, a mighty Debt ere Day?Which all the Poets of this Island owe:Like Palnea, neglected, it will greater grow.How vainly from my single Stock of Wit,(As small, as is my Art, to Husband it)I have adventur'd what they durst not doeWith strong confed'rate Art, and Nature too.This Debt hereditary is, and moreThan can be pay'd for such an Ancestor;

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