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NASH HIS DILDO
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and vndermines thy kingdome euery hower:And slyly creepes betwene the barke and tree,and suckes the sap while sleepe deteyneth thee:He is my Mistres lake at euery sound,[page—Petyt MS.]and soone will tent a deepe intrenched wound;He waytes on courtly nimphs that are full coye,and bids them scorne the blind alluring boye;[He giues yong guirls their gamesome sustenance,[Petyt MS.]And euerie gaping mouth his full sufficiance.]He fortifyes disdayne with foraigne artes,while wantons chast delude all loving hartes.If any wight a cruell Mistres serue,And in dispaire full deeply pyne and sterue,[Curse Eunicke dilldo, sencelesse counterfeit,[Petyt MS.]Who sooth maie fill, but neuer can begett:But if revenge enraged with dispaire,That such a dwarf his wellfare should impaire,]Would faine this woemans secretary knowe,let him attend the markes that I shall showe:He is a youth almost two handfulles high;straight, round, and plump, and having but one eye,Wherein the rheume soe fervently doth raine,the Stigian gulfe can scarce his teares conteyne;Running sometymes in thicke congealed glasse,where he more like, downe into hell would passe:An arme strong guider stedfastly him guides;Vpon a chariot of fiue wheeles he rides,
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