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| The Will. |
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| Before I sigh my last gaspe, let me breath, |
| Great love, some Legacies; Here I bequeath |
| Mine eyes to Argus, if mine eyes can see, |
| If they be blinde, then Love, I give them thee; |
| My tongue to Fame; to'Embassadours mine eares; |
| To women or the sea, my teares; |
| Thou, Love, hast taught mee heretofore |
| By making mee serve her who'had twenty more, |
That I should give to none, but such, as had too much
(before. |
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| My constancie I to the planets give, |
| My truth to them, who at the Court doe live; |
| Mine ingenuity and opennesse, |
| To Jesuites; to Buffones my pensivenesse; |
| My silence to'any, who abroad hath beene; |
| My mony to a Capuchin. |
| Thou Love taught'st me, by appointing mee |
| To love there, where no love receiv'd can be, |
| Onely to give to such as have an incapacitie. |
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| My faith I give to Roman Catholiques; |
| All my good works unto the Schismaticks |
| Of Amsterdam; my best civility |
| And Courtship, to an Universitie; |
| My modesty I give to souldiers bare; |
| My patience let gamesters share.
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[CW: Thou] |