Classic Poem

Of Grobius the rich Grasier.

E PIG . 234.

G ROBIUS the Grasier out of grasse and neat,
Extracted hath a thousand pound a yeare:
Yet v'sd no fire, sith him t'would ouer-heat,
For he is hot, and loues the coldest cheare;
 Yet feeds he fait; thats feedeth fatt his beasts
 But other feeding hardly he digests.

A thousand pound a yeere! and all doth store,
Then must he get in fine the diuell and all;
Yet (giue the diuell his due) hee feeds the poore:
Feeds them with hope of foode at's funerall;
 Meane while he bidds them pray and makes them fast,
 That so (beeing faithfull) they may feede at last.