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ANOTHER TO HIS WORTHILY-AFFECTED FRIEND MR. W. BROWNE by WILLIAM HERBERT (1583-)

First Line: WERE ALL MEN'S ENVIES FIX'D IN ONE MAN'S LOOKS
Last Line: AS SCæVA'S SHIELD, THYSELF EMERITUS.
Subject(s): BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591-1645);
WERE all men's envies fix'd in one man's looks,
That monster that would prey on safest Fame,
Durst not once check at thine, nor at thy name:
So he who men can read as well as books
Attest thy lines; thus tried, they show to us
As Scæva's shield, thyself Emeritus.



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