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  3. Sir John Harrington
On the Warres in Ireland

From “Epigrams,” Book IV. Epigram 6
I PRAISED the speech, but cannot now abide it,
That warre is sweet to those that have not try’d it;
For I have proved it now and plainly see ’t,
It is so sweet, it maketh all things sweet.
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Poet: Sir John Harrington
Of a Certaine Man

There was (not certaine when) a certaine preacher,
That never learned, and yet became a teacher,
Who having read in Latine thus a text
Of erat quidam homo, much perplext,
He seemed the same with studie great to scan,
In English thus, There was a certaine...

Poet: Sir John Harrington