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TO HIS HONOURED FRIEND, SIR JOHN MYNTS by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: FOR CIVILL, CLEANE, AND CIRCUMCISED WIT
Last Line: THE CALCULATION OF THY BIRTH, BRAVE MINCE.
Subject(s): WIT & HUMOR;
For civill, cleane, and circumcised wit,
And for the comely carriage of it;
Thou art The Man, the onely Man best known,
Markt for the True-wit of a Million:
From whom we'l reckon. Wit came in, but since
The Calculation of thy Birth, Brave Mince.



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