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TO HIS HONOURED FRIEND, SIR JOHN MYNTS, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
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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